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Tales From The Crypt (radio Series)
''Tales from the Crypt'' is an American radio series spun off from the HBO series of the same name based on the 1950s EC Comics, which ran for eight episodes in 2000. History In 2000, several ''Tales from the Crypt'' "radio shows" were recorded for Seeing Ear Theatre, an online subsidiary of The Sci-Fi Channel, and were offered free as streaming RealAudio files on their website, as well as for sale on Audible.com. Featuring most of the same producers from the HBO series and John Kassir reprising the role of The Cryptkeeper, 13 episodes were planned (with forthcoming episodes listed as "TBA"), but ultimately only 8 stories were recorded. Seven of the eight shows were released on CD in 2002 by Highbridge Audio ("This Trick'll Kill You" was omitted from the CD set). The Sci-Fi Channel removed the Seeing Ear Theatre section of their website in 2007 and Seeing Ear Theatre shows are no longer available from Audible.com, but surreptitiously recorded copies of all of the episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR ( old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Holdings. Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002. It now provides 69 streams (channels) of music and 65 streams of sports, news, and entertainment to its subscribers. Music streams on Sirius carry a wide variety of genres broadcasting 24 hours daily, commercial-free, and uncensored. A subset of Sirius music channels is included as part of the Dish Network satellite television service. Sirius channels are identified by Nielsen Audio with the label "SR" (e.g. "SR120", "SR9", "SR17"). Its business model is to provide pay-for-service radio, analogous to the business model for premium cable television. Music channels are presented without advertising, while its talk channels, such as Howard Stern's Howard 100 and Howard 101 and Jason Ellis (radio host), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venida Evans
Venida Evans is an American television, film, stage and commercial actress. Evans is perhaps best known to audiences for her role as " The Muse" in a series of IKEA television commercials in the United States beginning in 2008. Personal life Evans was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, but raised in Detroit. Her father (who was born on April 10, 1912) was 97 years old as of April 2009, while her mother is deceased. Evans graduated from Southwestern High School in Detroit. She later attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. Evans also served as an enlisted member of the United States Air Force. Career Evans moved from her native Detroit to New York City in 1972 to pursue her acting career. She took a job as a theater usher on Broadway as a "survival job" to pay her bills while she simultaneously pursued acting jobs. Evans continued ushering until 1999, when she began acting full-time. In a 2009 interview with ''The Detroit News'', Evans stated that she would still return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), ''Indecent Proposal'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (both 1993), ''Executive Decision'', '' A Time to Kill'' (both 1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'', ''Bulworth'', ''The Impostors'', ''Dr. Dolittle'' (all 1998), ''Ready to Rumble'', '' Gun Shy'' (both 2000), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Zig Zag'' (2002), '' Pieces of April'' (2003), ''The Ice Harvest'' (2005), '' Martian Child'' (2007), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), '' Year One'', ''2012'' (both 2009), ''Please Give'', ''Love & Other Drugs'' (both 2010), '' X-Men: First Class'', ''The Oranges'' (both 2011), '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' (2013), ''Frank and Cindy'' and '' One More Time'' (both 2015). He has also appeared in numerous television series, including ''The West Wing'', '' The Big C'', and '' Fargo''. Platt has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles musical stage productions of ''The Rocky Horror Show''. Curry's other stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of ''Hair'', Tristan Tzara in the 1975 West End and Broadway productions of ''Travesties'', Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of ''Amadeus'', Alan Swann in the Broadway production of ''My Favourite Year'', and King Arthur in Broadway and West End productions of ''Spamalot'' from 2005 to 2007. His theatre accolades include three Tony Award nominations and two Laurence Olivier Award nominations. Curry received further acclaim for his film and television roles, including Rooster Hannigan in the film adaptation of ''Annie'' (1982), Darkness in ''Legend'' (1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Jones (actor)
Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English actor. He portrayed Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' on radio in 1978 and again on television in 1981. Jones also appeared in the film ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005) in a cameo role. He also played the role of Donald Shellhammer in ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1994), appeared in ''Brideshead Revisited'' as Lord Brideshead, and as King George V in the film ''Downton Abbey''. Career Jones appeared in various television series, including ''Brideshead Revisited'' (in which he played the Earl of Brideshead, or 'Bridey', heir to the Marquess of Marchmain), and the second series of ''Blackadder'' (playing Sir Walter Raleigh). His films have included '' Club Paradise'', ''Privates on Parade'', ''Miracle on 34th Street'' and ''The Devil's Own''. Jones studied at King's College, Taunton, before going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Footlights and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vault Of Horror (film)
''The Vault of Horror'' (otherwise known as ''Vault of Horror'', ''Further Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Tales from the Crypt II'') is a 1973 British anthology horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring Terry-Thomas, Dawn Addams, Denholm Elliott, Curd Jürgens, Tom Baker, Michael Craig, Terence Alexander, Glynis Johns, Mike Pratt, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Daniel Massey and Anna Massey. None of the film's stories are actually from ''Vault of Horror'' comics. All but one appeared in ''Tales from the Crypt'', the exception being from ''Shock SuspenStories''. The film omits the Vault Keeper character from the comics. Plot Intro Five strangers board a descending lift, one by one, in a modern office block in London. They reach the sub-basement, though none of them have pressed for that destination. There they find a large, elaborately furnished room that appears to be a gentlemen's club. The lift door has closed; there are no buttons to bring it back, nor any ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wyman
Nick Wyman (born May 18, 1950) is an American stage, television, and film actor, and is a former president of the Actors' Equity Association. Early life and education Wyman was born in Portland, Maine and raised in Summit, New Jersey and attended Harvard University. Career Wyman received his big break as Freddy in the 1981 revival of ''My Fair Lady'' which starred original Higgins Sir Rex Harrison. He later created the role of Firmin in the Broadway production of ''The Phantom of the Opera''. He featured in ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' as Hungarian terrorist and explosive expert Mathias Targo. In 2008, he was cast as John Barsad in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''A Tale of Two Cities'', at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. He was elected President of Actors Equity in May 2010 and served until 2015. Personal life He is the older brother of voice actor Oliver Wyman Oliver Wyman is an American management consulting firm. Founded in New York City in 1984 by former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Gershon
Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress. She has had roles in the films ''Cocktail (1988 film), Cocktail'' (1988), ''Red Heat (1988 film), Red Heat'' (1988), ''Showgirls'' (1995), ''Bound (1996 film), Bound'' (1996), ''Face/Off'' (1997), ''The Insider (film), The Insider'' (1999), ''Demonlover'' (2002), ''P.S. I Love You (film), P.S. I Love You'' (2007), ''Five Minarets in New York'' (2010), ''Killer Joe (film), Killer Joe'' (2011) and ''House of Versace'' (2013). She has also had supporting roles in FX (TV channel), FX's ''Rescue Me (U.S. TV series), Rescue Me'' and HBO's ''How to Make It in America''. She portrayed Families of Archie's Gang#Gladys Jones, Gladys Jones on The CW teen drama series ''Riverdale (2017 TV series), Riverdale''. Early life Gershon was born in Los Angeles, to Mickey Gershon (née Koppel), an interior decorator, and Stan Gershon, who worked in the International trade, import-export business and sales. She was raised in a Jewish family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Dangerous Game
"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in ''Collier's'' on January 19, 1924, with illustrations by Wilmot Emerton Heitland. The story features a big-game hunter from New York City who falls from a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s. The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1932 RKO Pictures film ''The Most Dangerous Game'', starring Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks and Fay Wray, and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series ''Suspense'', starring Orson Welles. It has been called the "most popular short story ever written in English." Upon its publication, it won the O. Henry Award. "The Most Dangerous Game" is one of many works that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Perry
Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. He also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series '' Riverdale.'' He had guest roles on notable shows such as ''Criminal Minds'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''The Simpsons'', and ''Will & Grace'', and also starred in several films, including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1992), ''8 Seconds'' (1994), ''The Fifth Element'' (1997), and ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019), his final feature performance. Early life Luke Perry was born on October 11, 1966 in Mansfield, Ohio, the second of three children to Ann Perry, a homemaker, and Coy Luther Perry Jr., a steelworker. He had an older brother, Thomas Perry and a younger sister, Amy Coder (nee Perry). His parents divorced in 1972. His biological father died of a heart attack in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Daniel (science Fiction Writer)
Tony Daniel (born November 25, 1963) is an American science fiction writer and was an editor at Baen Books before becoming a senior editor at Regnery Publishing. Career Tony Daniel was born on November 25, 1963, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Daniel began writing science fiction in 1990. He has authored eight books, numerous short stories and poems, as well as literary criticism and reviews. His work has appeared numerous times in Gardner Dozois' ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies. Daniel was a senior editor at Baen Books. He was also senior story editor at scifi.com's Seeing Ear Theater from 2000 to 2002, where he wrote, produced and directed several productions. He was a lecturer in science fiction as literature, screenplays, and graduate writing workshops at the University of Texas at Dallas from 2006 to 2011. He is currently a senior editor at Regnery Publishing. In ''Warpath'' (1993), his first novel, Indigenous people of North America discover how to travel in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
