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Sterling Beaumon
Sterling Martin Beaumon (born June 2, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Max Doyle in the 2008 film, ''Mostly Ghostly'', and as young Benjamin Linus in the ABC television series, ''Lost''. Beaumon has had guest roles in ''Law & Order SVU'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He has starred in series such as '' The Killing'' and as "Seamus" on the television show ''Clue'', on The Hub channel. Life and career Beaumon guest-starred on an episode of the NBC series, '' ER'', as well as episodes of ''Bones'', '' Scrubs'', ''Gary Unmarried'', ''Cold Case'', and ''Crossing Jordan''. He portrayed the young Benjamin Linus on the hit ABC series ''Lost''. He also appeared on the CBS series ''Criminal Minds'' in an episode entitled "Safe Haven." He followed that with work on the NBC series, ''Law & Order SVU''. His mother was portrayed by actress/producer, Rita Wilson. He worked with Colin Firth, Emily Blunt and Anne Heche in the 2012 film, '' Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States and the seat of San Diego County, the fifth most populous county in the United States, with 3,338,330 estimated residents as of 2019. The city is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches and parks, long association with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center. San Diego is the second largest city in the state of California, after Los Angeles. Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego is frequently referred to as the "Birthplace of California", as it was the first site visited and settled by Europeans on what is now the U.S. west coast. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area for Spain, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff; October 26, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and producer. Her film appearances include ''Volunteers'' (1985), ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), '' Now and Then'' (1995), ''That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ''Jingle All the Way'' (1996), '' The Story of Us'' (1999), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), '' It's Complicated'' (2009), and ''Larry Crowne'' (2011), and she appeared in the television series ''The Good Wife'' and ''Girls''. Wilson has performed on Broadway, and has produced several films, including ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002). As a singer/songwriter, Wilson has released the albums ''AM/FM'', ''Rita Wilson'', ''Bigger Picture'', and ''Halfway to Home''. In March 2019, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Rita Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff in Los Angeles where she grew up. Her mother, Dorothea Tzigkou ( el, Δωροθέα Τζίγκου), was Greek, raised in Sotirë near Dropull i Sipërm in Albania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion, Nebraska (film)
Peter Moore Smith (born 1965) is an American writer and was the recipient of the 2000 Pushcart Prize for his short story " Oblivion, Nebraska." He has written two novels, ''Raveling'' and ''Los Angeles'', both published by Little, Brown. His short story ''Oblivion, Nebraska'' was adapted into a 2006 film by director Charlis Haine. His short story '' Forgetting the Girl'' was selected for the Best American Mystery Stories anthology in 2000. A film adaptation was directed by Nate Taylor. Smith is the brother of actress Julianne Moore. He currently resides with his wife, Brigette, and their son, Wolfgang aka "Wolfie", in New York City. "Oblivion, Nebraska" "Oblivion Nebraska" was first published in the Spring 1996 issue of ''The Massachusetts Review''. It was later selected for publication as part of the Pushcart Prize, in ''Pushcart Prize XXVI: Best of the Small Presses''. The short story was adapted twice, once for film and once as a stage reading. The short film premiered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killing (season 4)
The fourth and final season of the American crime drama television series '' The Killing'' consists of six episodes and was released on Netflix on August 1, 2014. Netflix picked up the series after it was canceled by AMC in 2013. Plot The season features detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder handling the fallout of their actions from the previous season while investigating the murder of a family whose only survivor is a member of an all-boys military academy. Cast Main cast * Mireille Enos as Sarah Linden * Joel Kinnaman as Stephen Holder * Gregg Henry as Carl Reddick * Tyler Ross as Kyle Stansbury, a member of the all-boys military academy and survivor of a family massacre * Sterling Beaumon as Lincoln Knopf * Levi Meaden as AJ Fielding * Liam James as Jack Linden, Sarah's son * Amy Seimetz as Danette Leeds * Billy Campbell as Darren Richmond Special guest star * Joan Allen as Colonel Margaret Rayne, headmaster of the all-boys military academy Guest stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Widow
''Red Widow'' is an American drama television series created by Melissa Rosenberg, starring Radha Mitchell and Goran Visnjic. On May 11, 2012, ABC picked up ''Red Widow'' as a series. The series ran from March 3 to May 5, 2013 and aired on Sundays. The series is based on a 2010 Dutch drama series titled '' Penoza'' created by Pieter Bart Korthuis and Diederik van Rooijen. On May 10, 2013, ABC canceled the series after one season. Overview The series stars Radha Mitchell as Marta Walraven, a housewife from Northern California whose husband, a marijuana smuggler, was killed. She has to continue his work to protect her family. Cast and characters * Radha Mitchell as Marta Walraven (née Petrova), housewife and widow of Evan Walraven, a marijuana smuggler * Goran Visnjic as Nicholae Schiller, San Francisco's premier crime boss and the man to whom Marta owes money * Clifton Collins Jr. as James Ramos, the FBI agent assigned to Marta's case * Rade Šerbedžija as Andrei Petrov, Marta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Boy (film)
''Astro Boy'' is a 2009 computer-animated superhero film loosely based on the Astro Boy, manga series of the same name by the Japanese writer and illustrator Osamu Tezuka. Produced by the Hong Kong-based company Imagi Animation Studios, it was directed by David Bowers (director), David Bowers, who co-wrote the screenplay with Timothy Harris (writer), Timothy Hyde Harris. The film stars Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Samuel L. Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Charlize Theron, and Nicolas Cage. The film was first released in Hong Kong on October 8, 2009, and in the United States on October 23, 2009. It received generally mixed reviews from film critics and was a box office bomb, financial failure, earning worldwide against its budget. As a result of the film's poor performance, Imagi absorbed into Blockade Entertainment on February 5, 2010, and ''Astro Boy'' became the final film produced by the studio. Plot In the 22nd century, Astr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer-generated Imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the use of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, simulators, and visual effects in films, television programs, shorts, commercials, and videos. The images may be static (still images) or dynamic (moving images), in which case CGI is also called ''computer animation''. CGI may be two-dimensional (2D), although the term "CGI" is most commonly used to refer to the 3-D computer graphics used for creating characters, scenes and special effects in films and television, which is described as "CGI animation". The first feature film to make use of CGI was the 1973 film ''Westworld''. Other early films that incorporated CGI include ''Star Wars'' (1977), ''Tron'' (1982), '' Golgo 13: The Professional'' (1983), ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984), ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985) and ''Flight of the Navigator'' (1986). The first music video to use CGI was Dire Straits' award-winning " Money for Nothing" (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun Sword
, is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC A.S.T.A, written by Hideyuki Kurata, and directed by Gorō Taniguchi. Plot The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for a man with a clawed right hand who killed his bride. He is joined by several other travelers along the way, each linked to the clawed man by a personal loss. Media Anime The series aired on TV Tokyo from July 4 to December 26, 2005, totaling 26 episodes. The series was licensed for North America by Geneon Entertainment, who produced an English dub overseen by New Generation Pictures. The dub is also available in Australia from Madman Entertainment and in the United Kingdom by MVM Films. At Anime Central 2010, North American anime distributor Funimation announced that they have rescued ''Gun X Sword'' and re-released the series in late 2010. Gun X Sword San These are a series of 13 omake episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice-over
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-Diegetic#Film sound and music, diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations. The voice-over is read from a script and may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice actor. Synchronous dialogue, where the voice-over is narrating the action that is taking place at the same time, remains the most common technique in voice-overs. Asynchronous, however, is also used in cinema. It is usually prerecorded and placed over the top of a film or video and commonly used in Documentary film, documentaries or news reports to explain information. Voice-overs are used in video games and on-hold messages, as well as for announcements and information at events and tourist destinations. It may also be read live for events such as award presentations. Voice-over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Newman (film)
''Arthur Newman'' (known as ''Arthur & Mike'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Dante Ariola and starring Colin Firth and Emily Blunt. Written by Becky Johnston, the film is about a former professional golfer who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life of failure. On his way to a new job in the Midwest, he is joined by a troubled young woman who is also trying to escape from her past. The film was released theatrically in the United States on April 26, 2013. Plot Former pro golfer Wallace Avery is struggling with depression and a life from which he longs to escape. Trapped in an unfulfilling FedEx floor manager job in Florida, he finds little comfort in his failed first marriage or his current relationship with his girlfriend Mina. He is estranged from his teenage son Kevin, who has come to resent him. Wallace decides that he needs a new life. Faking his own death by drowning, he acquires a forged passpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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