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The Brawler
''The Brawler'' is a 2019 American biographical film directed by Ken Kushner and starring Zach McGowan as Chuck Wepner. The film also stars Amy Smart and Taryn Manning. Plot Chuck is a heavyweight boxer ranked in the top ten struggling to provide for his wife Phyllis and children. One day he receives news that he will be fighting the champion Muhammad Ali. With the help of his trainer and manager Al Braverman, Chuck trains full-time for the upcoming bout. Prior to a press conference between the two boxers, Ali requests a surprised Chuck to racially berate him to generate press, though Chuck refuses during the conference. Though Wepner manages to score a knockdown against Ali, he is dominated in the fight, getting knocked down in the 15th round. However, Chuck becomes a local hero, with him receiving a call that a film was being produced based on his fight with Ali, subsequently winning best picture. Chuck allows the fame to get to his head, and begins systematically partying, che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Aloe
Mary Aloe is an American film and television producer, focusing on faith-based, action and drama. She is the owner of Aloe Entertainment based in Beverly Hills, California, which has produced movies including ''Battle in Seattle'', ''When a Man Falls in the Forest'', ''While She Was Out'', '' Numb'', ''Tortured'', and ''The Princess and the Marine''. Education and early career Aloe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the youngest of three girls. She moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California, where she participated with other students on a music magazine titled "Rock", distributed in 35 countries. Her interest in journalism led her to work as an entertainment reporter for ''Us Weekly'' and Entertainment Weekly Radio. Aloe moved to New York and transitioned into producing talk shows, such as CBS's '' Geraldo''. She later moved back to the west coast where she produced a newsmagazine show at Paramount television called ''Hard Copy''. She went on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock Up (1989 Film)
''Lock Up'' is a 1989 American prison action film directed by John Flynn. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, Tom Sizemore, and John Amos. It was released in the United States on August 4, 1989. Stallone later said it was "Not a film that was produced and performed with enough maturity to really make a significant impact on the audience or my career. And that's the truth". Plot Frank Leone, a mechanic in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a model prisoner nearing the end of his sentence in Norwood, a low-security prison. He occasionally spends time outside prison on furlough fixing cars, playing American football and seeing his girlfriend Melissa. While sleeping in his cell, guards arrive and forcibly take Leone to the brutal maximum-security Gateway Prison run by Warden Drumgoole. Drumgoole explains that he arranged this in retaliation for an incident in which Leone escaped from Drumgoole's previous post, Treadmore Prison, and informed the press about Drumgoole's treatment o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don King (boxing Promoter)
Donald King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter, known for his involvement in several historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction and civil cases against him, as well as allegations of dishonest business practices by numerous boxers. King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Tomasz Adamek, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr., Azumah Nelson, Gerald McClellan, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Christy Martin. Some of these boxers sued him for allegedly defrauding them. Most of the lawsuits were settled out of court. Mike Tyson was quoted as saying, “He did more bad to black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lee Scott
William Lee Scott (born July 6, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as high school student Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki on the WB sitcom ''The Steve Harvey Show''. Additionally, he appeared in the films '' Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Pearl Harbor'', ''October Sky'' and ''The Butterfly Effect''. Career Scott began his career as a series regular on ''The Steve Harvey Show'', with guest roles in other TV shows such as Fitz and Gun. His first feature film role came as the younger version of Loren Dean's character in Andrew Nicolas' ''Gattaca''. He can also be seen as Hank in the TV movie ''Before Women Had Wings'' and as Randy in the independent picture ''The Opposite of Sex''. In 1999, Scott starred in ''October Sky'' as Roy Lee Cooke. He also had a role in the 2000 film '' Gone in 60 Seconds''. In 2007, he guest starred in ''Criminal Minds'' in the episode "Children of the Dark." In January 2016, he reunited with his co-star Steve Harvey for his birthday show on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalilah Ali
Khalilah Camacho Ali (born Belinda Boyd; March 17, 1950) is an American actress, also known for being the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali. Personal life Born Belinda Boyd on March 17, 1950, she was raised in Chicago where she attended Islamic schools. Her parents were members of the Nation of Islam. She claimed her paternal great-grandfather was from Karachi, Pakistan. Boyd married Muhammad Ali on August 18, 1967, at the age of 17. She claims the marriage was arranged by her Muslim parents. In an interview with NBC 6, Boyd recounted meeting Ali when she was 10 years old at her hometown mosque. "He said, 'Listen here little girl. This is my name. Imma be famous. You need to keep that 'cause it's gone be worth a lot of money,'" Boyd said, mimicking Ali. “You'll never be famous with that name. And, I walked away," Boyd said. After their marriage, she, like Ali, changed her name to Khalilah Ali, though she was still called Belinda by old friends and family. When Ali's evasion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Beutler
Betsy Beutler is an American actress. She is known for her role as Katie Collins on the NBC/ABC series ''Scrubs'' (2009), the related webisode series '' Scrubs: Interns'' (2009), and her roles in ''The Black Donnellys'' (2007), ''Legit'' (2014), ''You're the Worst'' (2015), '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2017), '' Blindspot'' (2017) and ''Inside Game'' (2018). Life and career Betsy was born in Oklahoma. A series regular on ''The Black Donnellys'', which filmed in New York City, Betsy moved to Los Angeles after the cancellation of the show and was cast in ''Scrubs Scrub(s) may refer to: * Scrub, low shrub and grass characteristic of scrubland * Scrubs (clothing), worn by medical staff * ''Scrubs'' (TV series), an American television program * Scrubs (occupation), also called "scrub tech," "scrub nurse," o ...''. Filmography Television Video games References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beutler, Betsy 21st-century American actresses American fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clohessy
Robert Clohessy (born June 10, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Correctional Officer Sean Murphy on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' from seasons 3–6, in addition to playing Officer Patrick Flaherty on the NBC police procedural ''Hill Street Blues'', Warden Boss James Neary on the HBO crime drama ''Boardwalk Empire'' for the first two seasons and Lieutenant Sid Gormley on the CBS police drama '' Blue Bloods''. Early life Clohessy was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of John Clohessy, a police officer. He fought in the 1975 Golden Gloves in Madison Square Garden. He graduated from Pearl River High School in Pearl River, New York, and from SUNY Purchase where he studied under Walt Witcover. Career Clohessy has had recurring roles in daytime dramas ''All My Children,'' ''Boy Meets World'', and ''Guiding Light''. In primetime, he has become known for his multiple regular turns as police officers and other law enforcement officials, creating parallels betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Mangano
Anthony J. Mangano is an American actor. He has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including ''Diff'rent Strokes'', '' Who's the Boss?'', '' 227'', ''Charles in Charge'', '' Step by Step'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Party of Five'', ''Spin City'', ''Seinfeld'' and ''The Wire''. He also appeared recurrently on ''NYPD Blue'', ''Law & Order'', '' Rescue Me'', '' Blue Bloods'', ''Public Morals'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''Person of Interest''. Mangano has appeared in the films ''Point Break'', ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'', ''Raising Helen'', ''Inside Man'', '' The Family'', ''Lost Cat Corona'', '' The Dictator'', and Green Book, and in video games '' The Warriors'', ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', ''Manhunt 2 ''Manhunt 2'' is a 2007 stealth game by Rockstar Games. It was developed by Rockstar London for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2, Rockstar Leeds for the PlayStation Portable, and Rockstar Toronto for the Wii. It is the sequel to 2003's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Cosell
Howard is an English language, English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (other), Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probably in some cases a confusion with the Old Norse cognate ''Haward'' (''Hávarðr''), which means "high guard" and as a surname also with the unrelated Hayward. In some rare cases it is from the Old English ''eowu hierde'' "ewe herd". In Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman the French digram ''-ou-'' was often rendered as ''-ow-'' such as ''tour'' → ''tower'', ''flour'' (western variant form of ''fleur'') → ''flower'', etc. (with svarabakhti). A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" (most common in the 19th century). Between 1900 and 1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960 and 1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990 and 2004, it ranked in the U.S. Top 600. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Loeb
Nicholas Mears Loeb (born August 2, 1975) is an American businessman and actor. He is the son of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. and Meta Martindell Harrsen, and he is the lineal descendant, scion of both the Loeb family (founders of American Metal Company and the brokerage firm Loeb, Rhoades & Co.) and Lehman family (founders of the global financial services firm Lehman Brothers). Early life and education Loeb is the son of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. and his second wife, Meta Martindell Harrsen.New York Times: "Nicholas Loeb: Forget All the Rest, He’s Mr. Condiment" By GEORGE GURLEY October 18, 2013 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason James Richter
Jason James Richter (born January 29, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role in the ''Free Willy'' film series as Jesse, the boy who befriends Willy the orca. Early life Richter was born on January 29, 1980, in Medford, Oregon, the son of Sandra "Sandy" Montgomery, an actress, and Gregory Lynn Richter, who was in the U.S. Navy. At the age of 3, he and his family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where a Japanese casting agency discovered him and signed him up for three TV spots. In 1989, his family moved back to the mainland, settling in San Diego, California. Career Richter starred as Jesse in ''Free Willy'' (1993), a role for which he was chosen out of more than 4,000 candidates. His other films include '' Cops & Robbersons'', ''The NeverEnding Story III'', '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home'', '' Laserhawk'', '' Free Willy 3: The Rescue'', and ''The Setting Son''. He also reprised his role as Jesse in the music video for Michael Jackson's "Childhood" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Young
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the ''Rocky'' film series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the first film. He has also appeared in ''Chinatown'' (1974), '' The Gambler'' (1974), ''The Killer Elite'' (1975), ''Convoy'' (1978), '' Uncle Joe Shannon'' (1978), ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' (1984), ''A Summer to Remember'' (1985), ''Back to School'' (1986), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1990), ''Mickey Blue Eyes'' (1999), '' Transamerica'' (2005), ''Win Win'' (2011), '' Bottom of the 9th'' (2019), ''Beckman'' (2020) and the documentary film '' Stallone: Frank, That Is'' (2021) and had a guest appearance on ''The Sopranos'' in 2001. Early life, family and education Young was born in Queens, New York City, New York, the son of Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
