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The Rook (novel)
The Rook is the 2012 debut novel of Australian author Daniel O'Malley. It follows protagonist Myfanwy Thomas as she attempts to re-integrate into her life of administrating a clandestine government organization responsible for protecting the U.K. from supernatural threats. Following a mysteriously induced bout of amnesia, she works to uncover the identity of a traitor inside the organization while simultaneously keeping her amnesia a secret. The title of the book is a reference to Thomas' rank in her organization, the Checquy. The sequel '' Stiletto'' was simultaneously released in the United States and United Kingdom on 14 June 2016 through Little, Brown and Company. Plot The book follows a young woman in her thirties who wakes up in a park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. She's unable to remember anything about herself or how she or the bodies got there, and her only clue is a letter in her coat pocket that says, "To You". Inside is a letter that tells her the body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month; previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. The department was eliminated as an economic measure in 1932 (for about a year), so Kirkus left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Initially titled ''Bulletin'' by Kirkus' Bookshop Service from 1933 to 1954, the title was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Australian Novels
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Paula Patton
Paula Maxine Patton (born December 5, 1975) is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy '' Hitch'', and has had starring roles in the films ''Déjà Vu'' (2006), '' Precious'' (2009), ''Jumping the Broom'' (2011), '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011), ''2 Guns'' (2013), ''Warcraft'' (2016), and ''Sacrifice'' (2019)''.'' Early life and education Patton was born in Los Angeles, California, to Joyce (née Vanraden), a school teacher, and Charles Patton, a lawyer. Her mother is white, of German and Dutch descent, and her father is of African American descent. She graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School, and then started college at University of California, Berkeley, transferring to University of Southern California's Film School after her first year. Shortly after completing her studies, she won a three-month assignment making documentaries for PBS. Career Patton provided additional vocals for Usher on his 2004 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Steadman
Catherine Steadman is a British actress and author. Career Steadman trained at the Oxford School of Drama and made her screen debut playing Julia Bertram in ''Mansfield Park''. Since then she has appeared in television series such as ''The Tudors'', ''The Inbetweeners'', '' Fresh Meat'', ''Midsomer Murders'' and ''Trying Again''. Some of her more notable roles include Nurse Wilson in ITV's '' Breathless'', Mabel Lane Fox in ''Downton Abbey'', Maggie Lewis in ''Tutankhamun'', Gemma in BBC Four's ''Bucket'', Mrs Forbes in ''Victoria'' and Eliza Gestalt in '' The Rook''. On stage, she has appeared in the West End in Polly Stenham's award-winning ''That Face'', the Royal Shakespeare Company's '' Oppenheimer'' (for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress) and the title role in the West End revival of ''Witness for the Prosecution''. Steadman's debut novel, the psychological thriller ''Something in the Water'', was published in June 2018 by Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronan Raftery
Ronan Raftery is an Irish actor in television, film and stage. Television Film Theatre References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raftery, Ronan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Male actors from Dublin (city) Irish male television actors Irish male film actors Irish male stage actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Lester
Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey; 14 August 1968) is a British actor, director and writer. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage. Early life Lester was born in Birmingham, the son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of nine, Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre. After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, he attended Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College for one year, before completing three years of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Theatre Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time Out Award for his 1991 performance as Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's all-male production of '' As You Like It''. In 1993, he played Antho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Munn
Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and former television host. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, primarily on the series ''Attack of the Show!'' from 2006 until 2010. She appeared as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 2010 to 2011. She is known for her three-season-long portrayal of Sloan Sabbith in Aaron Sorkin's HBO political drama series '' The Newsroom'' (2012–2014). Munn worked as an actress in the late 2000s, recurring on the television series '' Beyond the Break'' from 2006 to 2009, and appearing in supporting roles in the comedy films '' Big Stan'' (2007) and ''Date Night'' (2010), the superhero film ''Iron Man 2'' (2010), and Steven Soderbergh's comedy-drama ''Magic Mike'' (2012). She starred in the supernatural horror film '' Deliver Us from Evil'' (2014), the comedy ''Mortdecai'' (2015), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joely Richardson
Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003–10) and Katherine Parr in the Showtime series ''The Tudors'' (2010). She has also appeared in films such as '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), '' The Patriot'' (2000), ''Return to Me'' (2000), '' Anonymous'' (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation of ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), the remake of '' Endless Love'' (2014), the thriller ''Red Sparrow'' (2018), and '' The Turning'' (2020). Early life Joely Kim Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson (1928–1991), and the granddaughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave (1908–1985) and Rachel Kempson (1910–2003), Lady Redgrave. Actress Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) was her sister and actor Liam Neeson is her brother-in-law. She is the aunt of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Greenwell
Emma Greenwell (born January 14, 1989) is an American-born English actress. She made her acting debut as Mandy Milkovich in the second season of the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'' (2012–2016), appearing as a series regular in the third and fourth seasons. Greenwell also appeared as a series regular on the Hulu drama '' The Path'' (2016–2018) and headlined the Starz miniseries '' The Rook'' in 2019. Personal life Greenwell was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, to a French mother and an English father. The family moved back to London's South Kensington neighbourhood before her second birthday. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for a year. Greenwell said it was good, but it made her realise she did not want to go to drama school before trying her luck at a pilot season in Los Angeles, California. '' Shameless'', the Emmy-winning Showtime Showtime or Show Time may refer to: Film * ''Showtime'' (film), a 2002 American action/comedy film * ''Showt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rook (miniseries)
''The Rook'' is an American television series, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Daniel O'Malley, and originally adapted by Stephenie Meyer. It was ordered direct-to-series at Starz in July 2017. Meyer left the series due to creative differences as the first and second episodes were being filmed. It premiered on June 30, 2019 in the United States on Starz and on July 1, 2019 in the United Kingdom on the Virgin TV Ultra HD channel. On March 4, 2020, Starz confirmed that they had decided not to continue it beyond the original eight episode miniseries. Premise Myfanwy Thomas finds herself at Millennium Bridge in London surrounded by dead bodies with no memory of how she came to be there. She soon discovers that she is an agent with supernatural abilities in a British secret service called the Checquy. Cast Main *Emma Greenwell as Myfanwy Thomas, a Rook in the inner court of the Checquy *Joely Richardson as Linda Farrier, the King in the Checquy *Jon Fletcher as Teddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series. Created in 1994 as a multiplex service of Encore (now Starz Encore), Starz operates six 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and a namesake over-the-top streaming platform that both acts as a TV Everywhere offering for Starz's linear television subscribers and is sold directly to streaming-only consumers. Starz is also sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Starz's linear television services (consisting of the primary channel's East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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