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The Balloonman
"The Balloonman" is the third episode of the television series '' Gotham''. It premiered on FOX on October 6, 2014 and was written by John Stephens and directed by Dermott Downs. In the episode, detectives Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Bullock (Donal Logue) track down a vigilante who is killing corrupt Gotham citizens by attaching them to weather balloons. Meanwhile, Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) returns to Gotham and gets a new job close to an influential figure in the underworld. The episode was watched by 6.36 million viewers but received mixed reviews, with criticism aimed at the pace. Plot Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) returns to Gotham City. A breaking news report on a nearby TV reports that a businessman Ronald Danzer (Jack Koenig), is out on bail awaiting trial for a Ponzi scheme bilked a half a billion dollars. He tries to escape when he is intercepted outside the building by a man with a pig mask. The man ties Danzer to a weather balloon and Danzer floats in the sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham (TV Series)
''Gotham'' is an American superhero crime drama television series developed by Bruno Heller, produced by Warner Bros. Television and based on characters from the Batman mythos in comic books published by DC Comics. The series originally aired on Fox from September 22, 2014, to April 25, 2019, over five seasons, comprising a total of 100 episodes. It features an ensemble cast that includes Ben McKenzie as James "Jim" Gordon, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, and David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne. The show follows Gordon's early days at the Gotham City Police Department following the murder of Bruce's parents, as well as the origin stories of Batman's infamous rogues gallery. Development for a prequel series based on Batman began in September 2013, with Bruno Heller hired by Fox to serve as a writer and executive producer. In March 2014, Fox originally ordered 16 episodes for its first season before expanding it to 22. Filming primarily took place across New York City. In May 2018, Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weather Balloon
A weather balloon, also known as sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde. To obtain wind data, they can be tracked by radar, radio direction finding, or navigation systems (such as the satellite-based Global Positioning System, GPS). Balloons meant to stay at a constant altitude for long periods of time are known as ''transosondes''. Weather balloons that do not carry an instrument pack are used to determine upper-level winds and the height of cloud layers. For such balloons, a theodolite or total station is used to track the balloon's azimuth and elevation, which are then converted to estimated wind speed and direction and/or cloud height, as applicable. Weather balloons are launched around the world for observations used to diagnose current conditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Richards
Erin Richards is a Welsh actress, director and writer, best known for playing Molly Hughes in the television series '' Breaking In'' and Barbara Kean in the television series '' Gotham''. Life and career Richards was born in Penarth, Wales. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She presented the Welsh language teen magazine show Mosgito for S4C and appeared in short films before landing significant roles in BBC TV programmes ''Crash'' and ''Being Human''. Retrieved 14 June 2015. In 2012, she was cast in the FOX comedy '' Breaking In'' as an executive assistant with an exaggerated English accent. She became a ''Breaking In'' regular in January 2012. She co-starred in the role of Sharon in Gonzalo López-Gallego's horror film ''Open Grave'', alongside Sharlto Copley. From 2014 to 2019, she played Barbara Kean in the FOX Television series '' Gotham''. She directed the fifth season episode " The Trial of Jim Gordon", which premiered on 7 March 2019. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Maroni
Salvatore Vincent Maroni is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. The substantial character is portrayed as an infamous gangster of Italian descent in Gotham City and an enemy of Batman. Maroni is most famous for disfiguring Harvey Dent, setting the stage for the young district attorney's transformation into the supervillain Two-Face. In live-action, Maroni has been portrayed in film by Dennis Paladino in ''Batman Forever'' (1995) and Eric Roberts in ''The Dark Knight'' (2008), while on television he has been portrayed by David Zayas in the series '' Gotham'' (2014). Publication history Sal Maroni first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #66 and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Fictional character biography Pre-Crisis/Earth-Two Maroni's first Pre-Crisis appearance was in ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942) as Boss Moroni, a mobster on trial for the murder of a man named "Bookie" Benson. Harve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamonte's
Bamonte’s is a family owned Italian restaurant at 32 Withers Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Anthony Bamonte began running it in the 1960s, eventually bringing in daughter Nicole. It is said to have been a Mob hangout. In 2009, after he was released from a federal penitentiary, Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito of the Bonanno crime family, was forbidden by his probation officer from returning to several Italian restaurants in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, including Bamonte's. After Carmine Galante was murdered, they “closed down for a night and the heads of the five crime families held a celebratory dinner.” History When Anthony’s grandfather, Pasquale Bamonte, and his wife settled in Williamsburg after immigrating from Salerno, Italy they opened Liberty Hall in 1900, which became Bamonte’s. It originally served as a banquet hall and meeting place. Honors and awards In 2021, Bamonte’s was named on of NYC’s 21 best Italian restaurants by Condé Nast Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Mazouz
David Albert Mazouz (; born ) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as Bruce Wayne in Fox's Batman-prequel TV drama '' Gotham'' (2014–2019). Mazouz started his acting career with several guest roles before joining the Fox TV series ''Touch'' (2012–2013), for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award. He has had leading roles in the films ''The Games Maker'' and '' The Darkness''. Early life Mazouz was born in Los Angeles, to a Sephardic Jewish family; his father Michel Mazouz is a medical doctor from Tunisia, and his mother Rachel Cohen is a psychotherapist whose parents are from Greece. He has a sister, Rebecca. He was a student at Shalhevet High School, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, from 2015 to 2019 and appeared in a music video promoting the school. His Bar Mitzvah service was held at the Orthodox synagogue Young Israel of Century City in February 2014. In Fall 2019, he began attending Stanford University studying economics, psychology, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Pertwee
Sean Carl Roland Pertwee''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007'' (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer with an extensive career since the 1980s in television and cinema productions. He is known for the role of Sgt. Wells in the film ''Dog Soldiers'', W.F. "Smitty" Smith in ''Event Horizon'', Inspector Lestrade in CBS's ''Elementary'' and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox's '' Gotham''. He is also the narrator of '' MasterChef: The Professionals'' and '' Zero Hour''. Early life Pertwee was born on 4 June 1964 in Hammersmith, London, the son of the actor Jon Pertwee and his German second wife, Ingeborg Rhoesa. Playwright and screenwriter Roland Pertwee was his grandfather; his sister is the actress Dariel Pertwee, and ''Dad's Army'' actor Bill Pertwee was a cousin. Pertwee received his formal education at Teddington Boys' School in Richmond upon Thames and Sunbury College, Surrey. Career Pertwee trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Doman
John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Maryland State Police Superintendent, Deputy Police Commissioner and Major William Rawls on HBO series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Colonel Edward Galson on '' Oz'' (2001), Dr. Deraad in '' ER'' (1999–2003), Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series '' Borgia'' (2011–2014), Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show '' Gotham'' (2014–2017), and Bruce Buttler in '' The Affair'' (2014–2019). Early life and education Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is an alumnus of Northeast Catholic High School. Doman graduated from North in 1962 where he was an All-Catholic League football player and member of the school's Hall of Fame. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. During his years at Penn, he was a three-year letterman and starting defensive back with the Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stewart-Jones
Andrew Stewart-Jones is an English actor, best-known for playing the role of Crispus Allen in '' Gotham''. Career Stewart-Jones first came on to the television scene in 2003 in HBO's ''Sex and the City'' as Jules. Next he guest starred in 2005 in NBC's ''Third Watch''. In 2006, Stewart-Jones guest starred on Fox's '' The Wedding Album'' pilot episode. Also in 2006, he guest starred on ''One Life to Live'' in a 4 episode arc as an airline pilot. In 2007, Stewart-Jones began his film career with ''Montclair'' and ''The Girl in the Park''. Next Stewart-Jones guest starred on The CW's ''Gossip Girl'' in the pilot episode and the second episode. Stewart-Jones has guest starred on NBC's ''Law & Order'', ''30 Rock'', and ''Mercy''. He guest starred on ABC's ''Castle'' in 2009. Stewart-Jones had minor roles in 2009's '' It's Complicated'' and '' The Good Guy''. Stewart-Jones has guest starred on ''Person of Interest'', ''Unforgettable'', ''The Good Wife'', the short-lived '' Golden Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cartagena
Victoria Luz Cartagena is an American theater, film, and television actress. Cartagena is known for her role as Zoe Lopez in ''The Bedford Diaries'', and for portraying Renee Montoya as series regular in the first season of '' Gotham'' and the third season of ''Batwoman''. She is additionally known for her recurring role as Lourdes in the NBC-turned-Netflix drama ''Manifest''. Early life Cartagena was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Victor and Lucy Cartagena. She attended Penn State University. Cartagena has starred in numerous theater productions and participated in various plays and workshops for New York's Lark Theater. Career Cartagena appeared on the WB television series ''The Bedford Diaries'', NBC's ''Kidnapped'', and the 2008 season finale of '' Law and Order: Special Victims Unit''. She has appeared on several different TV shows throughout her career. Cartagena appeared as Renee Montoya in the FOX TV series '' Gotham''. In the first episode she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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