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Temptation (2004 Film)
''Temptation'' is a 2004 movie musical written by Sydney Forest and John Taylor and directed by Mark Tarlov. The film starred Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley, and Zoe Saldana. The film has not yet had a theatrical or video release. Plot and production The story tells the tale of Faust, making a deal with the devil, in a rock musical form. There is little-spoken dialogue in the film as the majority of the show is sung. The story is Annie (Zoe Saldana) works in a nightclub to support her boyfriend Billy. To settle an old debt with the nightclub owner Pablo (Michael Cerveris), Nicholi (Adam Pascal) and his personal assistant Sabrina (Alice Ripley) make a deal with Annie to make Billy a star, however Nicholi warns her if she utter "After all I've done for you" then Nicholi will claim a part of her soul. Annie is confident her love for Billy and agrees. However she does ultimately lose the deal and has to pay, and Nicholi takes her voice. Howie (Deven May)makes a deal with Nicholi to get back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Tarlov
Mark Tarlov (1952 – July 31, 2021) was an American film producer and director, attorney, speechwriter, and winemaker. Death Tarlov died on July 31, 2021, at his Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ... home after battling cancer. He was 69. Filmography ''He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.'' Film ;As director Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarlov, Mark 1952 births 2021 deaths American film producers Deaths from cancer in New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Golden
Annie Golden (born October 19, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She first came to prominence as the lead singer of the punk band the Shirts from 1975 to 1981 with whom she recorded three albums. She began her acting career as Mother in the 1977 Broadway revival of '' Hair''; later taking on the role of Jeannie Ryan in the 1979 film version of the musical. Other notable film credits include ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985), '' Baby Boom'' (1987), ''Longtime Companion'' (1989), '' Strictly Business'' (1991), '' Prelude to a Kiss'' (1992), ''12 Monkeys'' (1995), ''The American Astronaut'' (2001), '' It Runs in the Family'' (2003), ''Adventures of Power'' (2008), and ''I Love You Phillip Morris'' (2009). Golden is best known for portraying mute Norma Romano in the Netflix comedy-drama streaming television series '' Orange Is the New Black'' from 2013 to 2019. In 1985–1986 she appeared as the recurring character Tommy in ''Miami Vice'', and from 1989 to 1992 she port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deven May
Deven Shaw May (born April 3, 1971, in Whittier, California) is a Broadway performer, actor and photographer. He is most famous for his portrayal of the half-bat, half-human boy in Laurence O'Keefe's Off-Broadway musical ''Bat Boy'', for which he won a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding New York Debut", as well as Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. He also performed as Bat Boy in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Among other credits, he appears in the films ''Temptation'' and '' Fabled''. Along with theatre and film, May is also a professional photographer. May recently played Tommy DeVito in the National Tour Production of ''Jersey Boys'', the Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...-winning musical. He later reprised the role of Tommy DeVito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orfeh
Orfeh (born March 28, 1971 as Orfeh Or) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Orfeh and her husband, Andy Karl, performed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series in 2016, and in the Broadway musicals ''Saturday Night Fever (musical), Saturday Night Fever'', ''Legally Blonde (musical), Legally Blonde'', and ''Pretty Woman: The Musical, Pretty Woman''. Early life and career Orfeh was born and raised in New York City. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and received a record deal shortly after graduation. Her first release was ''Life in the Movies'', which she released as a part of the group Genevha with her musical partner Mike More in 1987. After the release, the duo formed the group Or-N-More and signed with EMI Records. In 1991, the duo released a self-titled album, their single "Everyotherday" reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cerveris
Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American actor, singer, and guitarist. He has performed in many stage musicals and plays, including several Stephen Sondheim musicals: ''Assassins'', ''Sweeney Todd'', '' Road Show'', and '' Passion''. In 2004, Cerveris won the Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for ''Assassins'' as John Wilkes Booth. In 2015, he won his second Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for ''Fun Home'' as Bruce Bechdel. He was called, by ''Playbill.com'', "arguably the most versatile leading man on Broadway", playing roles from "Shakespeare's Romeo to ''The Who's Tommy'', from the German transsexual rock diva Hedwig in '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' to the homicidal title character of Sondheim's ''Sweeney Todd''.""About Michael Cerveris" MasterWorksBroadway.com, accessed March 13, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Tiana, Disney's first African-American princess, as seen in ''The Princess and the Frog'' (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. She is also known for her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film ''Dreamgirls'' (2006) and for playing LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner in the Starz series ''Power''. She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for her starring roles as Emmie Thibodeaux in the Broadway production of ''Caroline, or Change'' (2004), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and Beneatha Younger in the Broadway revival of ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (2014), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Early life Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut, to Claudia and John Rose, a corporate counsel. She began her acting career in Bloomfield high school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lip Synching
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , the same as the word ''sink'', short for lip synchronization) is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals. Audio for lip syncing is generated through the sound reinforcement system in a live performance or via television, computer, cinema speakers, or other forms of audio output. The term can refer to any of a number of different techniques and processes, in the context of live performances and audiovisual recordings. In film production, lip syncing is often part of the post-production phase. Dubbing foreign-language films and making animated characters appear to speak both require elaborate lip syncing. Many video games make extensive use of lip-synced sound files to create an immersive environment in which on-screen characters appear to be speaking. In the music industry, lip syncing is used by singers for music videos, television and film appearances and some types of live perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal (born October 25, 1970) is an American actor, singer, and musician, known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original 1996 cast of Jonathan Larson's musical ''Rent (musical), Rent'' on Broadway theatre, Broadway, the 2005 Rent (film), movie version of the musical, and the Broadway tour of ''Rent'' in 2009. He is also known for originating the role of Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice's ''Aida (musical), Aida'', for playing the Emcee in the 1998 revival of ''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'', and for playing Huey Calhoun in the Broadway company of ''Memphis (musical), Memphis''. More recently, he played William Shakespeare in the Tony Award-winning musical ''Something Rotten!'' Early life Pascal was born in The Bronx, The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, with his mother, Wendy (née Frishman), and stepfather, Mel Seamon. He was raised Jewish. He graduated from Syosset High School. He then graduated from New York Institute of Technolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open House (2004 Film)
''Open House'' is a 2004 real estate musical film starring Hedy Burress, Ann Magnuson, Anthony Rapp, Sally Kellerman, Jenna Leigh Green and Kellie Martin, and directed by Dan Mirvish, a co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival. It played on the film festival circuit in 2004–05 and was released on DVD through Wellspring Media. All the actors sang live on set, rather than lip synching. Cast *Hedy Burress ... Gloria Hobbs *James Duval ... Joel Rodman *Jerry Doyle ... Dave Torkenson * Jenna Leigh Green ... Betty *Daniel Hagen ... Marvin Tibett * Sally Kellerman ... Marjorie Milford *Ann Magnuson ... Sarah Jane Tibbett *Kellie Martin ... Debbie Delaney * Robert Peters ... Ron Tucker *Anthony Rapp ... Barry Farnsworth * Ian Whitcomb ... Dr. Santee * Branden Williams ... Stanley Nasser *Joel Michaely ... Lamar *Eddie Daniels Eddie Daniels (born October 19, 1941) is an American musician and composer. Although he is best known as a jazz clarinetist, he has also played saxophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Pop Opera
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
