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Tom Howe (musician)
Tom Howe (born 26 December 1977) is a British composer and musician who has worked on over 100 films and television series. Growing up in a musical family, Tom was classically trained on piano, clarinet and guitar. After attending the University of Edinburgh, he became a session musician in both classical and contemporary spheres, working with multiple bands, including Adult Jazz, and performed at multiple live events, including David Byrne's Meltdown Festival. He started writing for TV in 2008, with music credits for the BBC production ''How The Celts Saved Britain'' presented by Dan Snow. In 2011 he co-wrote with Gary Go on the theatrical release '' Love's Kitchen''. He developed a close working relationship with established composers Harry and Rupert Gregson-Williams and subsequently has worked on multiple major TV series and movies, including ''Wonder Woman'', ''Mulan'', '' A Shaun the Sheep Movie:Farmaggedon'' and '' Ted Lasso.'' Other work includes music for '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Jazz
Adult Jazz is an English experimental rock band. History Adult Jazz was established in 2010 at the University of Leeds. Members Tim Slater, Harry Burgess and Steven Wells are all originally from Guildford. In 2013, they released a 12" vinyl single; In 2014 the band released their debut full-length album titled ''Gist Is'' on Spare Thought. The album had a positive critical reception, with David Peschek, writing in The Quietus, positioning it "at the sharpest edge of the expression of queer experience in pop music" The record caught the ear of other artists: cellist Oliver Coates covered the album's opener Hum; Bjork attended a 2014 show in Reykjavík, later writing about the experience for Art in America magazine; Shabazz Palaces remixed their single Springful; and the group were invited to play 2015's Meltdown festival at the Royal Festival Hall, curated by David Byrne. In 2016, Adult Jazz released a mini-album titled ''Earrings Off!'' on Tri Angle. The record explored hars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranormal Witness
''Paranormal Witness'' is an American paranormal documentary television series made by a British production company which described itself as "true tales of supernatural hauntings and explanation-defying paranormal experiences, which are brought to life through recreations". The series premiered on September 7, 2011, on Syfy in the U.S. It is also shown in the UK on Really, W, and Pick. Ranked as one of the top 10 new original series, it was renewed for a 12-episode second season which premiered on August 8, 2012. Based on the high ratings of the first three episodes of season two, ''Paranormal Witness'' was renewed for a 20-episode third season which premiered on June 5, 2013. Although Syfy did not announce the series' renewal following its third-season finale, it was reported that a fourth season had begun filming. On October 29, 2014, the series was officially renewed for a 13-episode fourth season, which premiered on August 26, 2015, under the new title ''Paranormal Witnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation Inc. is an American animation studio owned by Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment through their Motion Picture Group division and founded on May 9, 2002. The studio's films are distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label, while all direct-to-video releases are released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The first film produced by the studio, '' Open Season'', was released on September 29, 2006, and their most recent film was '' Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'' on January 14, 2022. Their upcoming slate of films includes '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' on June 2, 2023, and ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' on March 29, 2024. History In 2001, Sony Pictures considered selling off its visual effects facility Sony Pictures Imageworks but after failing to find a suitable buyer, having been impressed with the CGI sequences of '' Stuart Little 2'' and seeing the box office successes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scared Silly
Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. He inhabits the fictional world of McDonaldland, with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird and The Fry Kids. Many people work full-time making appearances as Ronald, visiting children in hospitals and attending regular events. At its height, there may have been as many as 300 full-time clowns at McDonald's restaurants. There are also Ronald McDonald Houses, where parents can stay overnight with their sick children in nearby chronic care facilities. History Washington, DC "Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger-Happy Clown" originally appeared in 1963 on three separate local television spots. The advertisements were created by the advertising agency of Oscar Goldstein, who doubled as a McDonald's franchisee in the Washington, DC area. The first person to portray Ronald was Willard Scott, who had played Bozo the Clown on WRC-TV in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?
''Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?'' is a 2016 American comedy film written and directed by Matt Cooper and starring Andrea Anders. Cast *Andrea Anders as Jenna Keely *Matt Passmore as Glenn Keely *Cloris Leachman as Maxine *Katherine McNamara as Sandy Keely *John Michael Higgins as Mayor Wally *Horatio Sanz as Luis *Lauren Bowles as Barb Archer * John Heard as Sheriff Parsons *Christine Estabrook as Shirley Parsons * Kevin Conway as Cyrus *David Denman as Byron *Fernanda Romero as Connie *Max Lloyd-Jones as Dexter *Marshall Bell as Dwayne * Chad Buchanan as Keith Reception The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Mark Jenkins of ''The Washington Post'' gave it one star out of four. See also * ''Lysistrata ''Lysistrata'' ( or ; Attic Greek: , ''Lysistrátē'', "Army Disbander") is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponne ...'' References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disneynature
Disneynature is an independent film studio that specializes in the production of nature documentary films for The Walt Disney Studios. The production company was founded on April 21, 2008, and is headquartered in Paris, France. The company's nature films are consistently budgeted between $5 million to $10 million, with their distribution and marketing handled by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The label's event films are released on Earth Day and have a conservation campaign based on the feature of the film with an appropriate conservation charity receiving donations based on tickets sold, at a pace of one per year. The eight Disneynature theatrical films have a gross of $151.6 million at the box office, at an average of $19 million, with ''Earth'' the top earner at $32 million. Background Disney had a background in making nature films prior to the creation of Disneynature; ''Bambi'' (1942) featured forest life and was a hit. From 1948 through 1960, the company produced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkey Kingdom
''Monkey Kingdom'' is a 2015 American nature documentary film directed and produced by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill and narrated by Tina Fey. The documentary is about a family of monkeys living in ancient ruins founded in the jungles of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. The film was released by Disneynature on April 17, 2015, the eighth nature documentary released under that label. Plot In the ruins of an ancient city in the jungles of Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka, Maya is a toque macaque who was born at the bottom of the social order tree in her family. Even though she is a lowborn, the troop's alpha male, Raja, keeps a close eye on her, and considers Maya to be his property. One day, during the courtship season, a handsome male monkey named Kumar arrives & catches Maya's gaze from just outside of the troupe's territory. As Maya is in estrus, she and Kumar discreetly mate, but are caught by Raja, who knows that he has been duped. Kumar is chased away by Raja and his sub-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Iglesias
Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi (born 21 October 1955) is a Spanish composer. He was first noticed as a score composer for Spanish films, mostly from Pedro Almodóvar and Julio Medem. His career became more international with time and he eventually started to work also in Hollywood. Since then, he has been nominated four times for an Academy Award for his work in the films ''The Constant Gardener'' (2005), ''The Kite Runner'' (2007), ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), and ''Parallel Mothers'' (2021). His other film credits include soundtracks for Steven Soderbergh's '' Che''. and Hossein Amini's ''The Two Faces of January'' (2014). He also has worked for ballet and has done other classical music work. Early and personal life Alberto Iglesias Fernández-Berridi was born in 1955 in San Sebastián. His sister is visual artist Cristina Iglesias. Iglesias was the brother-in-law of the late Spanish sculptor, Juan Muñoz. Career Iglesias studied harmony and counterpoint at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by 20th Century Studios and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Buena Vista Home Entertainment) distributes the films produced by 20th Century Studios in home media under the 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment banner. For over 80 years – beginning with its founding in 1935 and ending in 2019 (when it became part of Walt Disney Studios), 20th Century Fox was one of the then "Big Six" major American film studios. It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures and was originally known as the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (while owned by TCF Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades throughout his career, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2018. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British film industry. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising, where he honed his filmmaking skills by making mini-films for television commercials. He made his debut as a film director with ''The Duellists'' (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, ''Alien'' (1979). Three years later he would dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods & Kings
''Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings'' is the first official expansion pack for the turn-based strategy video game '' Civilization V''. It was released on June 19, 2012 in North America, and on June 22, 2012 in the rest of the world. It adds both religion and espionage mechanics to the game as well as reworking the combat and diplomacy features. It is available either in disc form or as download content via Steam. Gameplay ''Gods & Kings'' includes 27 new units, 13 new buildings, nine new wonders, two new eras, and nine new playable civilizations. A new religion mechanic featuring a " faith" resource allows players to found their own religion which they can grow into a "world-spanning fully customized religion." Diplomacy has been reworked to include espionage, foreign embassies, and new types of city-states (religious and mercantile). City-states also feature a new quest system and strategic importance. Additionally, the combat system has been re-worked to include smart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Ireland
Daniel Frederick Ireland (May 11, 1949 – April 14, 2016) was an American-Canadian film producer and director.''. In: cinemawithoutborders.com, July 5, 2012 He was the co-founder of the Seattle International Film Festival. Biography Ireland was born the second of four children of Rainsford and Betty Ireland (née Shantz) in Portland, Oregon.Daniel Frederick Ireland Obituary'. In: legacy.com, access date March 4, 2017Betty Ireland Obituary'. In: legacy.com, access date March 4, 2017 His date of birth is disputed. When he was five years old, his mother moved to Vancouver, Canada, where Ireland grew up. Ireland and Darryl MacDonald ran the Seattle International Film Festival for ten years. They were immigrated from Vancouver to take on the task of creating the festival, and opening a first run art theatre, The Egyptian. During his tenure, the festival selected and launched some films, including ''Blood Simple'', ''The Stunt Man'', ''The Empire Strikes Back'', ''Alien'', ''Poltergeist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
