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The Good House (film)
''The Good House'' is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed by Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky, who wrote the screenplay with Thomas Bezucha. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ann Leary. It is the final Amblin Partners film to be produced under the Participant label for social justice content (since Participant terminated its equity stake in Amblin Partners, ending its relationship with the company on November 30, 2020). Plot Hildy Good, once the most prosperous realtor in Wendover, has fallen on hard times following her divorce and family's insistence she went to rehab for alcoholism. Her former assistant, Wendy, also stole her clients while she was in rehab, adding to her problems. Hildy attempts to aid a local family with an autistic child sell their home, so they can move and enroll him in a special school by getting her former boyfriend, Frank, to renovate their home. She renews her relationship with Frank, but the home sale falls through, and she finds out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Forbes
Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with '' Infinitely Polar Bear'' (2014). Her other writing credits include the screenplay of '' The Rocker'' (2008) and many episodes of ''The Larry Sanders Show''. She was a co-executive producer of ''The Larry Sanders Show'' in its later seasons and executive producer of the sitcom '' The Naked Truth''. Forbes received Emmy and WGA Award nominations for her work on ''The Larry Sanders Show''. Life and career Forbes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Peggy (née Woodford) and Donald Cameron Forbes (1939–1998). Her father was of French/ Scottish descent, and her mother is African American. Forbes is married to Wally Wolodarsky, who was co-screenwriter of ''The Rocker'' and a producer of ''Infinitely Polar Bear''. China Forbes (lead singer of Pink Martini) is Maya Forbes's sister. Both she and her sister attended Phillips Exeter Academy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama Film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure * Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Vincent Guilfoyle () (born April 28, 1949) is an American television and film actor. He was a regular cast member of the CBS crime drama ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', on which he played Captain Jim Brass from 2000 to 2014. He returned for the series finale, "Immortality", in 2015.Upadhyaya, Ruchinka (July 24, 2015)"''CSI'' finale will feature a 'pivotal death'; find out which original character will return in two-hour episode" ''International Business Times''. Retrieved July 28, 2015. He also returned for two episodes in the sequel '' CSI: Vegas''. Early life Guilfoyle was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Boston College High School and spoke at the 2005 commencement of the school's seniors. He would later appear in ''Spotlight'', which features the school. Guilfoyle graduated from Lehigh University in 1972. He is a member of The Actors Studio and established a substantial theatrical reputation on and off Broadway, including 12 years with the Theatre Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Alexandra Eames on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', a spin-off of ''Law & Order'', and Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series '' Oz''. Early life Erbe was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elsbeth and Richard Erbe. Her father is a research geneticist. She graduated from New York University (NYU) in 1989. Career While an undergraduate student at NYU, Erbe was cast as the daughter of Lynn Redgrave's character on the sitcom ''Chicken Soup''. She later became a member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has starred in many of their productions, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''Curse of the Starving Class'', and ''The Grapes of Wrath'', which ran for six months and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Play. Erbe earned a Tony Award nomination in 1991 for her portrayal of Mary in '' The Speed of Darkness''. Erbe starred in such films as ''What About Bob?'', '' Stir of Echoes'', '' Rich in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly AuCoin
Kelly AuCoin (born February 14, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is best known as "Dollar" Bill Stern on '' Billions'' (Showtime), and Pastor Tim on ''The Americans'' ( FX). He has had recurring roles on several other American television series, including ''The Girl from Plainville'' (Hulu), ''WeCrashed'' ( AppleTV+), ''The Endgame'' (NBC), ''House of Cards'' (Netflix), and as Hercules Mulligan on the final season of '' Turn: Washington's Spies'' (AMC). He frequently appears on stage in New York and venues around the country, such as Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and La Jolla Playhouse. He has had supporting roles in many films, including Steven Spielberg's '' The Post'', '' The Good House'', ''False Positive'', '' The Kingdom'', ''Julie & Julia'', and ''All That I Am'', which won the SXSW Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting. Early life AuCoin was born in the Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Henderson (actress)
Rebecca Henderson (born 1980) is a Canadian actress. Life and career Henderson was born and raised in Canada. She moved to New York for college, and holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University. Henderson is known for her portrayal of Lizzy on the Netflix series ''Russian Doll'' and for her roles in independent films ''Appropriate Behavior'', '' They Remain,'' and '' Mickey and the Bear''. In October 2019, it was announced that Henderson would star alongside Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline in Amblin Partners' feature ''The Good House''''.'' In 2021, she joined the main cast of Freeform's ''Single Drunk Female'' as Olivia, a lesbian journalist. She joined cast of the Hulu comedy ''Sex Appeal'' in April 2021. Filmography Film Television Videogames Awards and honors Henderson received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble performance in Signature Theatre’s 2015 revival of “The Wayside Motor Inn” by A.R. Gurney. Personal life Henderson identifies as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rasche
David Rasche ( ; born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom ''Sledge Hammer!'' Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his performances in ''L.A. Law'', ''Monk'', ''The West Wing'', ''Veep'', and '' Succession''. Early life Rasche was born in Belleville, Illinois (less than from St. Louis, Missouri). His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche graduated from Elmhurst College in 1966; his grandfather was also an alumnus. Coming from "a long line of Evangelical and United Church of Christ ministers", he attended the University of Chicago Divinity School for two years, then quit. He did, however, receive a graduate degree in English from the University of Chicago. Rasche studied acting under Sanford Meisner. Career Early years He worked as a writer and teacher, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly D'Angelo
Beverly Heather D'Angelo (born November 15, 1951) is an American actress who starred as Ellen Griswold in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' films (1983–2015). She has appeared in over 60 films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role as Patsy Cline in '' Coal Miner's Daughter'' (1980), and for an Emmy Award for her role as Stella Kowalski in the TV film ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (1984). D'Angelo's other film roles include Sheila Franklin in ''Hair'' (1979) and Doris Vinyard in ''American History X'' (1998). Early life D'Angelo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the daughter of Priscilla Ruth ( Smith), a violinist, and Eugene Constantino "Gene" D'Angelo, a bass player and television station manager at WBNS-TV in Columbus. Her father was of Italian descent. Her paternal grandparents, Eugenio and Rosina D'Angelo were from Introdacqua in the Abruzzo region Italy. She has three brothers, Jeff, Tim and Tony. Their maternal grandfather, Howard Dwight Smith, was an archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
