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The Wedding Planner
''The Wedding Planner'' is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, in his feature film directorial debut, written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk, and starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Plot Ambitious San Francisco wedding planner Mary Fiore is re-introduced to childhood acquaintance Massimo by her father Salvatore, who wants them to marry, but Mary declines. Hoping to persuade her boss, Geri, to make her a partner at their company, Mary is hired to plan catering heiress Fran Donolly's society wedding to long-term boyfriend "Eddie". While reporting her success on the phone, Mary's shoe heel gets stuck in a manhole cover. As she struggles to free herself, a taxicab collides with a dumpster which comes hurtling towards her. A nearby man pulls her out of the way of the speeding dumpster just in time, and she manages to thank him before fainting. Waking up in the hospital, Mary meets her rescuer, pediatrician Steve Edison. Her colleague Penny p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Shankman
Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, writer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a permanent judge on season 6–7 of the television program ''So You Think You Can Dance''. He began his professional career in musical theater, and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman has choreographed dozens of films and directed several feature-length films, including ''A Walk to Remember'', '' Bringing Down the House'', ''The Pacifier'' and the 2007 remake of ''Hairspray''. His company, Offspring Entertainment (which he co-owns with his sister) produces films and television for various studios and networks. Shankman is also currently co-writing young adult novels for Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers. The books, co-written with author Laura Lee Sullivan, follow the story of rags to riches Lucille O'Malley as she becomes Hollywood's "it girl", navigating a murder mystery and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser ( ; born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor known for his leading roles in blockbusters, comedies, and dramatic films. Having graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts in 1990, he made his film debut in ''Dogfight'' (1991). Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy ''Encino Man'' and the drama ''School Ties''. He gained further prominence for his starring role in ''George of the Jungle'' (1997) and emerged a star playing Rick O'Connell in ''The Mummy'' trilogy (1999–2008). He took on dramatic roles in '' Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''The Quiet American'' (2002), and ''Crash'' (2004), and further fantasy roles in '' Bedazzled'' (2000) and ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (2008). Fraser's film work slowed from the late 2000s to mid 2010s amid various health problems, personal losses, and fallout from a sexual assault allegedly committed against him by Philip Berk, the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series ''Kids Incorporated'' (1989–1991). She had her breakthrough as Sarah Reeves Merrin on the Fox teen drama ''Party of Five'' (1995–1999) and rose to fame as a teen star for her role as Julie James in the horror films ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997) and its 1998 sequel, as well as her role as Amanda Beckett in the teen comedy film ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998). Hewitt's other notable films include '' Heartbreakers'' (2001), ''The Tuxedo'' (2002) and the two ''Garfield'' live-action films (2004–2006). She has starred as Melinda Gordon on the CBS supernatural drama '' Ghost Whisperer'' (2005–2010), Riley Parks on the Lifetime drama series ''The Client List'' (2012–2013), Special Agent Kate Callahan on the CBS crime drama ''Crimin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ar, كاثي ان نجيمي ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Soapdish'' (1991), ''Sister Act'' (1992), '' Hocus Pocus'' (1993), ''Hope Floats'' (1998), ''The Wedding Planner'' (2001), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and ''Hocus Pocus 2'' (2022), as well as her portrayal of Olive Massery on the NBC sitcom ''Veronica's Closet'' (1997–2000) and for voicing Peggy Hill on the animated television series ''King of the Hill'' (1997–2010). She also starred in Disney and Pixar's Academy Award winning film ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Step Up 3D'' (2010), '' The Guilt Trip'' (2012), Tyler Perry's '' A Madea Christmas'' (2013), ''A Christmas Melody'' (2015), '' Dumplin''' (2018), ''Music'' (2021), and ''Single All the Way'' (2021). She was first nationally known for her feminist play ''The Kathy and Mo Show'', which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney. Early life Najimy was born on February 6, 1957, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcast host. He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's legal film ''A Few Good Men'', Jacob Goldman in '' Grumpy Old Men'' and its sequel ''Grumpier Old Men''; Todd Hockney in ''The Usual Suspects'', Phillip Green in Martin Scorsese's ''Casino'', and Bobby Chicago in '' End of Days''. From 2016 to 2022, the actor played a recurring role in '' Better Things''. Since 2017, Pollak has been a regular cast member on ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' on Amazon. Early life Pollak was born on October 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California. He is the younger son of Elaine Harlow and Robert Pollak. He has one older brother, Craig, who lives in San Jose, California. He attended high school at Pioneer High School in San Jose. Pollak was raised in Reform Judaism. Career Acting As an actor, Pollak's roles include the best friend or confidant characters to the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Bay
Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008. Early life Frances Evelyn Goffman was born January 23, 1919 in Mannville, Alberta, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents, Ann (née Averbach) and Max Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her younger brother was the noted sociologist Erving Goffman. Before World War II she acted professionally in Winnipeg and spent the war hosting the Canadian Broadcasting Company's radio show, ''Everybody's Program'', aimed at service members overseas. She married Charles Irwin Bay (December 15, 1918 – June 18, 2002) in 1946, and moved to Cape Town, South Africa, living in the Constantia and Camps Bay areas. She studied with Uta Hagen at this time.Michael Posner, "Seinfeld's marble rye lady honoured", ''Toronto Globe and Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Myers (actor)
Lou Myers (September 26, 1935 – February 19, 2013) was an American actor. Myers was born in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, the son of Dorothy Jeffries (née Brown). He was typically typecast as a grumpy old man, but he appeared in many movies, stage plays television sitcoms, and dramas. He got his first break as an understudy in the Broadway play, ''The First Breeze of Summer'' as Reverend Mosley. He is perhaps best known as the feisty Mr. Vernon Gaines in the sitcom ''A Different World''. Myers was also an accomplished pianist. Myers died at the Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia after battling pneumonia for several months. Filmography Awards Myers won an NAACP Image Award for his role as the Stool Pigeon in the August Wilson play, ''King Hedley II''. He also won the Off-Broadway AUDELCO AUDELCO, the Audience Development Committee, Inc., was established in 1973 by Vivian Robinson to honor excellence in African American theatre in New York City. AUDELCO prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Willard
Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. He was best known for his roles in the Rob Reiner mockumentary film ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984); the Christopher Guest mockumentaries ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), '' Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), '' For Your Consideration'' (2006), and ''Mascots'' (2016); and the ''Anchorman'' films; as well as for his television roles on ''Fernwood 2 Night'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', and ''Modern Family'' the latter of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Early life Frederic Charles Willard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 18, 1933. Willard's mother, Ruth (née Weinman) was a housewife. His father, Frederick Charles Willard, died in 1945 when he was 12 years old. He was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Willard graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1951 and the Virginia Military Institute in 1955. He was stationed in Germany wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kimbrough
Charles Kimbrough (born May 23, 1936) is an American actor, best known for his role as the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on '' Murphy Brown''. In 1990, his performance in the role earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series". Biography Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Kimbrough has extensive stage experience. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kimbrough and his first wife Mary Jane were part of the resident company of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre where they appeared in such plays as Georges Feydeau's ''Cat Among the Pigeons'' and Jules Feiffer's ''The White House Murder Case''. In 1971, he was nominated for a Tony for best featured actor in a musical as Harry in Stephen Sondheim's '' Company''. In 1984, he performed in the original Broadway cast of Sondheim's '' Sunday in the Park with George''. He starred in the original Off-Broadway production of A.R. Gurney's comedy '' Sylvia'' in 1985. Around 1976–1977, he appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason (née Hall; born June 2, 1950) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is a Tony Award–winning musical theatre actress and has also had a number of notable film and TV roles. She's known for originating the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim's ''Into the Woods'' for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She is also known for her film work in Mike Nichols' ''Heartburn'' (1985), Woody Allen's '' Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986), and ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989), and Paul Thomas Anderson's '' Boogie Nights'' (1997). She has had television roles in shows such as '' Friends'', ''The West Wing'', ''The Good Wife'' and '' The Affair''. Early life Joanne Hall was born in Winnipeg, the eldest of three siblings born to television producer and game show personality Monty Hall, and his wife, Marilyn (née Plottel), both of whom died in 2017. At the time of her birth, her father was working at the Canada Wheat Board and had changed his nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Greer
Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress, who has appeared in a wide variety of films. She first rose to prominence in a variety of supporting roles in the films '' Jawbreaker'' (1999), ''What Women Want'' (2000), '' 13 Going on 30'' (2004), '' Elizabethtown'' (2005), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), and ''Love & Other Drugs'' (2010). Greer also expanded into other genres as a character actress with roles in such films as ''Adaptation'' (2002), '' The Village'' (2004), ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), ''Carrie'' (2013), '' Men, Women & Children'' (2014), ''Grandma'' (2015), ''Lemon'' (2017), ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019), '' Uncle Frank'' (2020) and ''Hollywood Stargirl'' (2022). She's also appeared in blockbusters such as the ''Planet of the Apes'' reboot series (2014–2017), ''Jurassic World'' (2015), the 2018 and 2021 ''Halloween'' films a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
