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Tim Truman (Sunset Beach)
Tim Truman is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', played by Dax Griffin from January 6, 1997, to December 31, 1999. Development Griffin secured the role of "bad guy" character Tim shortly after he moved to Los Angeles and it was his first television role. Griffin originally auditioned for another character in the series and was unsuccessful. One month later, producers invited Griffin back to audition for the role of Tim. Griffin was working as a bartender when he was informed that he had won the role. Of his casting the actor stated "I couldn't ask for a better opportunity than to start on an Aaron Spelling show. It's a dream come true." Griffin's casting was announced prior the show's debut on NBC and he was featured in promotional photographs. Candace Havens of ''The World'' reported that Griffin was one of many male cast members employed by Aaron Spelling to have the "hunk factor". Griffin was initially nervous because Tim was his first televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dax Griffin
Dax S. Griffin (born March 22, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for portraying younger Hank Pym in ''Ant-Man'' and its sequel ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''. Career Griffin is known for his role as Tim Truman on the NBC serial '' Sunset Beach'' from January 1997 until November 1999. He had one more appearance in the series finale in a dream sequence. He also played assistant district attorney Justin McCoy on ''All My Children'' in 2003. Griffin joined the cast of ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' in the role of Shane McGrath on September 12, 2006. He left the show on April 20, 2007, when his character was killed off. Griffin also played Albert Grabner in the TV commercial for the Japanese video game '' Front Mission: Gun Hazard'', and is listed in the game's credits for that role. Griffin made an appearance as " Bester" on ''Firefly'' as '' Serenity''s original engine mechanic. He has also made guest appearances on ''Charmed'', '' CSI'', and ''Drop Dead Diva''. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Cummings
Meg Cummings is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', played by Susan Ward. Meg was the serial's protagonist throughout the whole run. Sydney Penny temporarily took over the role while Ward was filming the movie '' The In Crowd''. Character development Susan Ward was cast in the role of Meg after her agent submitted her for the role. Ward was already known to series creator Aaron Spelling after starring in his series ''Malibu Shores''. Ward requested "to be put up for the nice girl", via her agent. She also said she preferred playing "nice girl" Meg more than mean characters she had previously played. Ward began filming a role in the 2000 film '' The In Crowd''. While she had to leave on a temporary basis, Sydney Penny took over for one month, until Ward returned. The serial's creator, Spelling, was impressed with Penny's portrayal of Meg so he cast her in another series he created. Meg is featured in the first scenes of ''Sunset Beach''. Her storyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Beach Characters
Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spring and autumn equinoxes. As viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun sets to the northwest (or not at all) in the spring and summer, and to the southwest in the autumn and winter; these seasons are reversed for the Southern Hemisphere. The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the upper limb of the Sun disappears below the horizon. Near the horizon, atmospheric refraction causes sunlight rays to be distorted to such an extent that geometrically the solar disk is already about one diameter below the horizon when a sunset is observed. Sunset is distinct from twilight, which is divided into three stages. The first one is ''civil twilight'', which begins once the Sun has disappeared below the horizon, and continues unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshkosh Northwestern
The ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' is a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The ''Northwestern'' was owned by the Schwalm and Heaney families until 1998, when it was sold to Ogden Newspapers; Ogden traded the paper to Thomson Newspapers two months later for four papers in Ohio and Pennsylvania. It has been part of the Gannett chain of newspapers since 2000, when it was purchased from Thomson Corporation. The ''Northwestern'' is primarily distributed in Winnebago, Waushara, and Green Lake counties. History For the forty years preceding establishment of the newspaper's name as ''Oshkosh Northwestern'' in 1979, the newspaper was known as the ''Oshkosh Daily Northwestern''. Building The building for the newspaper was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Behrens
Sam Behrens (born Stanley Birnbaum; July 24, 1950) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Jake Meyer on the ABC daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'', Danny Waleska in the CBS prime time soap opera ''Knots Landing'' and as Gregory Richards in the NBC daytime soap opera, '' Sunset Beach''. Life and career Behrens was born Stanley Birnbaum to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He is of German ancestry on his paternal side. He has been married to Shari Belafonte since December 31, 1989. Behrens began his soap opera career on ABC's ''Ryan's Hope'', playing Dr. Adam Cohen from 1979 to 1980. In 1980s. he moved from New York to Los Angeles, when was cast as Jake Meyer on ''General Hospital'' from 1983 to 1987. After recurring role on the NBC legal drama series, ''L.A. Law'', Behrens was cast as Danny Waleska, Valene Ewing's (Joan Van Ark) new husband. He won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain: Prime Time for this role in 1991. Behrens also guest starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Richards
Gregory Richards is a fictional character from the American television soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', portrayed by Sam Behrens. He made his first appearance during the show's debut episode broadcast on January 6, 1997. Gregory is one of the serial's 21 original contract characters. Behrens was approached by the ''Sunset Beach'' producers about the role, but he was hesitant about meeting with them, as he had been planning on returning to New York City. He was eventually persuaded to attend the meeting and he signed on to play Gregory. At the beginning of ''Sunset Beach'', Gregory is married to Olivia Richards (Lesley-Anne Down) and is a wealthy attorney. He is characterised as being a powerful, manipulative wheeler dealer. Behrens thought Gregory was "pretty nasty" to begin with, so he attempted to soften him by playing his scenes with more compassion. Gregory and Olivia are shown to have a complicated marriage, with Behrens calling them "dysfunctional". Seli Groves of the ''Times-N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Palm Beach Post
''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Daily News'' were purchased by New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc., which has ever since owned and operated ''The Palm Beach Post'' and all circulations and associated digital media sources. History ''The Palm Beach Post'' began as ''The Palm Beach County'', a weekly newspaper established in 1910. On January 5, 1916, the weekly became a daily, morning publication known as ''The Palm Beach Post''. In 1934, the Palm Beach businessman Edward R. Bradley bought ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Times'', which published daily in the afternoon daily. In 1947, both were purchased by the longtime resident John Holliday Perry Sr., who owned a Florida newspaper chain of six dailies and 15 weeklies. In 1948, Perry purchased both the ''Palm Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Robertson (actor)
Clive Gladstone Robertson (born 17 December 1965) is an English actor perhaps best known for his roles on the soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', the Canadian science fiction series ''Starhunter'', and the 2010 science fiction computer game '' Darkstar: The Interactive Movie''. Biography Born in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, Robertson spent much of his younger life abroad, living in such places as Singapore, Cyprus and the Netherlands, with his family following his RAF fighter pilot father. He was sent back to England at the age of eight, and was a boarder at Marlborough College. After leaving he attended the Oxford School of Business, where he gained a degree in business and management, before starting a career in marketing. After attending a one-year course at London drama school Arts Educational, Robertson launched his professional acting career playing the lead role of Alan Turing in the play Breaking the Code. He appeared in several plays and TV productions over the next few y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Evans (Sunset Beach)
''Sunset Beach'' was an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997, to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, California, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach, California. The show was co-produced by NBC and Spelling Television. ''Sunset Beach'' won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received 22 nominations for various other awards. Conception and development ''Sunset Beach'' was created in 1996, having replaced ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' (1984–1993) in an attempt to both rebuild NBC's NBC Daytime, daytime lineup and target younger audiences. It was the first daytime soap opera produced by Aaron Spelling, the chief of Spelling Television (Spelling had also produced several primetime soap operas, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Ward
Susan Ward is an American actress and model. She made her film debut in the 1997 sequel, '' Poison Ivy: The New Seduction'', before appearing in films, including, '' The In Crowd'' (2000), ''Going Greek'' (2001), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001) and ''Wild Things 2'' (2004). She is perhaps best known for her roles as Meg Cummings in the entire run of soap opera, '' Sunset Beach'' (1997–1999), and as Chloe Kmetko in the series, ''Make It or Break It'' (2009–2011). Early years Ward was the daughter of detective Eddie Ward and Sue Ward, a nurse and associate professor. Career Ward began modeling at the age of 13, leaving school and moving to New York City to do so. She began acting several years later. She appeared in the soap opera '' All My Children'' in 1995, and in NBC's teen drama ''Malibu Shores'', produced by Aaron Spelling. In late 1996, Ward began playing virginal Meg Cummings on Spelling's soap opera '' Sunset Beach'', which aired from 1997 to 1999. In 1999 she turned to fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera Digest
''Soap Opera Digest'' is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information. Founded in 1975, the magazine has historically included certain prime time soap operas in its coverage as well. History ''Soap Opera Digest'' debuted in November 1975, co-founded by Angela Shapiro and Jerome Shapiro and featuring actors John Aniston, Ron Tomme, Audrey Peters, Birgitta Tolksdorf, Jerry Lacy, and Tudi Wiggins of ''Love of Life'' on its first cover. In the early 1990s, the magazine had up to 1.4 million subscribers. In 1980, Network Publishing Corporation purchased the magazine from Shapiro, who went on to found ''Soap Opera Update''. Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation bought the magazine from Gerry M. Ritterman in 1989. Ritterman had owned ''Soap Opera Digest'' for three years before selling it to Murdoch Magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Guza, Jr
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
