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Undiscovered
''Undiscovered'' is a 2005 American drama film directed by Meiert Avis. The plot is about a group of aspiring entertainers who intend to establish their careers in Los Angeles. Released on August 26, 2005, the film received a largely negative reception, holding an 8% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 73 reviews. The film also had the record for largest percentage drop-off in ticket sales from its opening weekend to its second weekend in theatrical release, 86.4%, until it was broken by '' Collide'' in March 2017. The film was originally called ''Wannabe'', but was retitled prior to release. ''Undiscovered'' was the first significant film role for Ashlee Simpson, who had previously acted on the television series '' 7th Heaven'' before launching a singing career. "Undiscovered" is also the name of one of Simpson's songs, the closing track from her debut album ''Autobiography'', the song is included in the film. The DVD and VHS of the film was released on December 26, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon () is an American actress, director, and musician. She has appeared in the films ''A Knight's Tale'' (2001), '' 40 Days and 40 Nights'', ''The Rules of Attraction'' (both 2002), '' The Order'' (2003), ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005), ''The Holiday'' (2006), '' Wristcutters: A Love Story'' (2006), ''Road to Nowhere'' (2009), ''The End of Love'' (2012), and ''Sinister 2'' (2015). As a musician, she provided vocals and drums to Warpaint from 2004 to 2008. She abruptly left the group after recording their first EP. Sossamon's sole recording with the band is the 2009 EP ''Exquisite Corpse''. In 2009, Sossamon began directing and producing shorts and music videos through her small production company, the Maudegone Theater. In 2019 she created a video channel called THE MAUDE ROOM, a variety show in which she serves as writer, director, and performer. Early life Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon was born in Hawaii, and was raised in Reno, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Strait
Steven Strait (born March 23, 1986) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the adventure film '' Sky High'' (2005) and the science fiction series ''The Expanse'' (2015–2022). Early life Strait was born and raised in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, the son of Jean (née Viscione) and Richard Dyer Strait. His ancestry is Dutch and Italian. He attended Village Community School, Xavier High School and took classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Career During his teen years, Strait modeled for several magazines, including ''L'uomo Vogue'', ''Spoon'' magazine, '' Details'', ''Surface'', ''Hollister Co.'', and ''Pop'' magazine, and worked with photographers Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Ellen von Unwerth. Strait began taking acting lessons at the age of eleven. In the sixth grade, he began to take performing classes at the Village Community School. Although forced into it at first, he found a passion for acting after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashlee Simpson
Ashley Nicolle Ross ( Simpson; born October 3, 1984), known professionally as Ashlee Simpson, is an American singer and actress. The younger sister of singer and actress Jessica Simpson, she began her career as a back-up dancer for her sister and appeared in television commercials at the age of 15. She later pursued a career as an actress and had a main role on the family drama ''7th Heaven (TV series), 7th Heaven.'' She appeared on the reality show ''Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica'', broadcast on MTV between 2003 and 2005, which focused on Ashlee's older sister Jessica and Jessica's then-husband Nick Lachey. While working on her debut studio album, Simpson became the star of a spin-off reality series, ''The Ashlee Simpson Show'', which was broadcast on MTV between 2004 and 2005. Like her sister before her, Simpson became the center of considerable media attention. Her breakout came with her debut single, "Pieces of Me (song), Pieces of Me", which was released in 2004, became a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pell James
Pell James (born April 30, 1977) is an American actress. Life and career James was born in Virginia. In the early 2000s, she appeared in an episode of ''Law & Order'' and an episode of '' Law & Order:SVU''. In 2005, she portrayed Brier in ''Undiscovered''. She also appeared in the film ''Broken Flowers'' and earned her first starring role in the film '' The King''. In 2007, she played Zodiac Killer victim Cecelia Shepard in ''Zodiac''. In 2006, James married banker, entertainment executive, and vice-chairman of Lionsgate Michael R. Burns in a Roman Catholic ceremony officiated by Rev. William G. Murphy at the Chateau Marmont The Chateau Marmont is a hotel located at 8221 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The hotel was designed by architects Arnold A. Weitzman and William Douglas Lee and completed in 1929. It was modeled loosely after the Château d'Amboise .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson Album)
''Autobiography'' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson. Released in the United States by Geffen Records on July 20, 2004, the album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Musically, it combines elements of rock and pop. Critical reception for the album by critics was mixed. ''Autobiography'' has sold more than five million copies worldwide. Three singles from ''Autobiography'' were released: " Pieces of Me"—the first and most successful single—which was a hit in several countries in mid to late 2004, as well as the follow-up singles "Shadow" and " La La". MTV highlighted the process of making the album in the reality series '' The Ashlee Simpson Show'', which drew a large audience and served as an effective promotional vehicle for the album.Edna Gundersen"Ashlee Simpson shows big sister how it's really done" ''USA Today'', 28 July 2004. Bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collide (2016 Film)
''Collide'' is a 2016 action thriller film directed by Eran Creevy, who also co-wrote it with F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Marwan Kenzari, Ben Kingsley, and Anthony Hopkins. The plot follows two young Americans living in Germany who must complete a drug theft from a crime boss in order to pay for a medical operation. ''Collide'' was first announced in May 2013 as ''Autobahn'', with Zac Efron and Amber Heard set to star. After they both dropped out, Hoult and Jones were cast to replace them and filming began in May of the following year. Collide was released in the United States by Open Road Films and grossed $7 million against its $21.5 million budget, and set a new record for second-weekend drop in box office performance. Plot Casey, an American living in Cologne, Germany, works with his friend Matthias for a drug dealer, Geran, as money runners. He meets Juliette, another American, one night while she tends bar at one of Geran's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrey Reeves
Perrey Reeves (born ) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Melissa Gold on the television series ''Entourage'' from 2004 to 2011 and Frank the Tank's wife in the 2003 comedy '' Old School''. Early life Reeves was born in New York City and raised in New Hampshire, the daughter of Dr. Alexander Reeves, a professor of medicine and anatomy at Dartmouth College. Reeves' paternal grandfather was sound pioneer Hazard E. Reeves, who introduced magnetic stereophonic sound to film. Career Reeves co-starred on the comedy series ''Entourage'' (2004–2011) as Mrs. Gold, the wife of Ari Gold. She also appeared (2009) in ''Rules of Engagement'', ''Family Style'', and in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Other notable roles included Marissa opposite Will Ferrell in the film '' Old School'' and Jessie in the film '' Mr. and Mrs. Smith''. She has had parts in ''American Dreamz'', ''The X-Files'', '' Kicking and Screaming'', ''Escape to Witch Mountain'', an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer (born Stephen John Emery; 11 October 1969) is an English film and television actor who is best known as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series ''True Blood''. His first television role was in 1993 as Philip Masefield in the TV adaptation of the play ''Conjugal Rites'', written by actor/playwright Roger Hall. This was followed by the television film ''Lord of Misrule'', filmed in Fowey, Cornwall, which also featured Richard Wilson, Emily Mortimer and Prunella Scales. In 1997, Moyer made his big-screen debut landing the lead role in the film adaptation of the long-running comic strip ''Prince Valiant'' by Hal Foster, working alongside Ron Perlman and Katherine Heigl. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Reed Strucker, the lead role in Fox series '' The Gifted''. Early life and career Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex and attended St Martin's, a comprehensive school in Hutton, Essex. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC is an American independent film production, finance, and former international sales and distribution company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum (1933–2002). Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company produced over 60 films, including the Academy Award-winning '' Million Dollar Baby''. Sigurjón Sighvatsson was the company's first president and served from its founding until 1998. He was replaced by producer Gary Lucchesi. The company also had a record label division, Lakeshore Records. In 2013, the company launched a television division, and in 2015, they launched a digital studio, Off the Dock, that targets the YouTube demographic. Lakeshore Records was the independent music division of Lakeshore Entertainment. They had begun as Will Records, which was founded by Skip Williamson in the early 1990s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiert Avis
Meiert Avis is an Irish music video and commercial director. Avis has directed videos for artists such as Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Alanis Morissette, Flyleaf, Jennifer Lopez, New Found Glory and Josh Groban, Ariana Grande amongst many others. His awards and nominations include a Grammy Award for U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name" and MTV Music Video Awards for U2's "With or Without You" and Ryuichi Sakamoto and Iggy Pop's "Risky". His commercial clients include Toyota,Boards Magazine – "Special Effects: The Shift Is On" 1 November 1999 , |
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and ''Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series ''Early Edition'', and villainous computer genius Eugene "The Plague" Belford in ''Hackers''. He portrays Marvin Gerard on NBC’s ''The Blacklist''. His most recent successes include winning the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' The Cove'' and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' Crazy Love''. In addition, he has directed the documentary '' Before the Flood'', which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and by National Geographic on October 21, 2016. He stars as Hugo Baker on the HBO satirical drama series '' Succession''. Early life Stevens was born Steven Fisher in 1963 in Chicago, the son of Sally, a painter and AIDS activist, and Norman Fisher, a furniture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, television director, and art historian. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including ''RoboCop'' (1987) and its sequel ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), in which he played the title character; ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'' (1984); and ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013). He also appeared in such films as Woody Allen's ''Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995), the Oliver Stone-produced ''The New Age'' (1994), and David Cronenberg's adaptation of William Burroughs's novel ''Naked Lunch'' (1991). In addition to a Saturn Award nomination for his ''RoboCop'' role, he received an Academy Award nomination for his 1993 short ''Partners'', in which he also acted. In television, he hosted the program ''Engineering an Empire'' on the History Channel from 2005 to 2007. He played Christopher Henderson in the fifth season of '' 24'', Stan Liddy in the fifth season of the Showtime origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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