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The Next Best Thing (soundtrack)
''The Next Best Thing'' is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by John Schlesinger (his final feature film before his death in 2003) about two best friends who have a child together and a custody battle years after. Starring Madonna, Rupert Everett, and Benjamin Bratt, it opened to the number-two position in the North American box office and poor critical reviews. Plot Two best friendsa heterosexual woman Abbie and a gay man Robert decide to have a child together. Five years later, Abbie falls in love with a heterosexual man and wants to move away with him and Robert's little boy Sam, and a nasty custody battle ensues. Cast * Madonna as Abigail "Abbie" Reynolds * Rupert Everett as Robert Whittaker * Benjamin Bratt as Benjamin "Ben" Cooper * Michael Vartan as Kevin Lasater * Josef Sommer as Richard Whittaker * Lynn Redgrave as Helen Whittaker * Malcolm Stumpf as Samuel "Sam" * Neil Patrick Harris as David * Illeana Douglas as Elizabeth Ryder * Mark Valley as Cardiologist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Midnight Cowboy'', and was nominated for the same award for two other films ('' Darling'' and ''Sunday Bloody Sunday''). Early life Schlesinger was born and raised in Hampstead, London, in a Jewish family, the eldest of five children of distinguished Emmanuel College, Cambridge-educated paediatrician and physician Bernard Edward Schlesinger (1896–1984), OBE, FRCP, who had also served in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a brigadier, and his wife Winifred Henrietta, daughter of Hermann Regensburg, a stockbroker from Frankfurt. She had left school at 14 to study at the Trinity College of Music, and later studied languages at the University of Oxford for three years. Bernard Schlesinger's father Richard, a stockbroker, had come to England in the 1880s from Frankfurt. After St Edmund's School, Hindhead and Uppingham School (whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whole Nine Yards (film)
''The Whole Nine Yards'' is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and distributed by Warner Bros. It was written by Mitchell Kapner and stars Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Natasha Henstridge. Its story follows a mild-mannered dentist as he travels to Chicago to inform a mob boss about the whereabouts of his new neighbor, a former hitman with a price on his head. The film was produced by Morgan Creek Productions, Franchise Pictures, Rational Packaging, and Lansdown Films and was released on February 18, 2000. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $106 million. A sequel, ''The Whole Ten Yards'', was released in 2004. Plot Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky is a likable Quebec dentist from Chicago, but is hated by his wife Sophie and mother-in-law. Oz's assistant Jill jokingly asks him to name a price to have Sophie disappear. Oz meets a new neighbor, and realizes he is Jimmy "the Tulip" Tudeski, an infamous Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Dollar
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. U.S. banknotes are issued in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, popularly called greenbacks due to their predominantly green color. The monetary policy of the United States is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, which acts as the nation's central bank. The U.S. dollar was originally defined under a bimetallic standard of (0.7735 troy ounces) fine silver or, from 1837, fine gold, or $20.67 per troy ounce. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 linked the dollar solely to gold. From 1934, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Murphy (writer)
Ryan Patrick Murphy (born November 9, 1965) is an American television writer, director, and producer. He has created and produced a number of television series including ''Nip/Tuck'' (2003–2010), ''Glee'' (2009–2015), ''American Horror Story'' (2011–present), ''American Crime Story'' (2016–present), ''Pose'' (2018–2021), ''9-1-1'' (2018–present), '' 9-1-1: Lone Star'' (2020–present), '' Ratched'' (2020–present), ''American Horror Stories'' (2021–present), and '' Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story'' (2022). Murphy also directed the 2006 film adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir '' Running with Scissors'', the 2010 film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir ''Eat, Pray, Love'', the 2014 film adaptation of Larry Kramer's play ''The Normal Heart'', and the 2020 film adaptation of the musical '' The Prom''. Murphy has received six Primetime Emmy Awards from 36 nominations, a Tony Award from two nominations, and two Grammy Award nominations. He ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Hunt
Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom ''Mad About You'' (1992–1999, 2019), which earned her three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Carol Connelly in the romantic comedy ''As Good as It Gets'' (1997), while her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in '' The Sessions'' (2012), gained her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include ''Twister'' (1996), ''Cast Away'' (2000), ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''Pay It Forward'' (2000), ''Bobby'' (2006), ''Soul Surfer'' (2011), and ''The Miracle Season'' (2018). Hunt made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (; born Dreyfus; October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for starring in popular films during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, including ''American Graffiti'' (1973), ''Jaws'' (1975), ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977), ''The Goodbye Girl'' (1977), '' The Competition'' (1980), '' Stand by Me'' (1986), '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' (1986), '' Stakeout'' (1987), ''Always'' (1989), ''What About Bob?'' (1991), and '' Mr. Holland's Opus'' (1995). Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for ''The Goodbye Girl'' (at the time, the youngest-ever actor, at age 30, to win) and was nominated in 1995 for ''Mr. Holland's Opus''. He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for two Screen Actor's Guild Awards for his portrayal of former Secretary of State Alexander Haig in the Showtime Networks ensemble film ''The Day Reagan Was Shot''. Early life Dreyfuss was born on October 29, 1947, in Brookl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Marlow
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Larkin
Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American actress, best known for her role as the speaking voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's 1992 animated feature film ''Aladdin''. Career Larkin began her career in 1990, with the film ''Zapped Again!'' as Joanne. She became the voice of Princess Jasmine in the 1992 Disney film ''Aladdin''. In order for her to voice Princess Jasmine, Disney required her to lower her voice as it was otherwise too high for the role. Larkin has reprised the role as Jasmine in the sequels and various other media, including ''The Return of Jafar'' and '' Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', as well as in the television series, ''House of Mouse'', ''Sofia the First'', and the ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Disney Infinity'' video game series. For her work at Disney, Larkin was honored as a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011. Personal life She has been married to actor and musician Yul Vazquez Yul Vazquez (born March 18, 1965) is a Cuban-American actor and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mesnik
William Mesnik (born May 21, 1953, age 68) is an American character actor, musician and playwright who appeared in numerous films and television series of the 1990s and 2000s. He started his career as a singer-songwriter in the mid-1970s, playing in such Greenwich Village coffee houses as Paul Colby's ''The Other End''. He honed his playwriting skills as a regular contributor to The West Bank Downstairs Theater Bar repertory during the 80s, then went on to create several genre-bending musical theater pieces, including his music-drama about folk singers during the blacklist ''Three Songs'' (Fremont Centre Theatre, 1997, revived in 2002), garnering "Critic's Choice" in the Los Angeles Times and a "Best Ensemble" Nomination (LA Weekly Theater Awards). In 2000 he released an album, ''Campaign Songs'', as an accompaniment to his drama ''Muckrakers: an evening of presidential campaign songs and family dysfunction'', which debuted at FCT on the eve of the United States presidential elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stacy Edwards
Stacy Edwards (born March 4, 1965) is an American actress. She appeared in a number of B movies before her breakthrough role in the 1997 black comedy film ''In the Company of Men'', for which she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination. Edwards later had roles in films such as ''Primary Colors'' (1998), ''Black and White'' (1999) and '' Driven'' (2001), and was a regular cast member in the drama series ''Chicago Hope'' (1997–1999). Career Edwards began her career on daytime television. She portrayed Hayley Benson on the daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' from 1986 to 1988. (Julia Roberts had unsuccessfully auditioned for the role.) Edwards spent the following decade appearing in an episodes of television shows such as ''21 Jump Street'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''L.A. Law'', and ''Murder, She Wrote'', and B movies include ''Relentless 3'' and '' Skeeter''. She also was regular cast member in the comedy-drama series '' Sons and Daughters'' in 1991. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Krull
Suzanne Krull (July 8, 1966 – July 27, 2013) was an American actress. Early years Born in New York City, Krull attended South Shore High School in Brooklyn, New York, and Agoura High School in Agoura, California. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Death Krull died on July 27, 2013, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm. She was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ... on July 30, 2013. Filmography Film Television Shorts References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krull, Suzanne 1966 births 2013 deaths Actresses from New York City American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni American film actresses American television actresses Burials at Mount Sinai Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
