Veronika Neugebauer
Veronika Aryana Neugebauer (27 November 1968 – 11 October 2009) was a German actress who specialized in dubbing. Neugebauer was born in Munich to voice actor Hartmut Neugebauer. She was best known for dubbing Ash Ketchum in the German-Language dub of ''Pokémon''. She has also dubbed Neve Campbell in some of her movies. Neugebauer died of colorectal cancer on 11 October 2009, aged 40. Roles Television animation *Pokémon (Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto)), Season 4 through Season 11 *Sailor Moon (Sailor Jupiter (Emi Shinohara)) Theatrical animation *Paprika (Doctor Atsuko "Paprika" Chiba (Megumi Hayashibara)) *Perfect Blue (Rei (Shiho Niiyama)) *Pokémon 4Ever (Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto)) *Pokémon Heroes (Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto)) * Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (Ash Ketchum (Rica Matsumoto)) Live action *Big Fish (Mildred (Missi Pyle)) *The Blair Witch Project (Heather (Heather Donahue)) * DOA: Dead or Alive (Kasumi (Devon Aoki)) *Ed Wood (Kathy O'Hara (Patrici ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Perfect Blue
is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon. It is based on the novel by Yoshikazu Takeuchi, with a screenplay written by Sadayuki Murai. Featuring the voices of Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji and Emiko Furukawa, the plot follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking, gruesome murders begin to occur, and she starts to lose her grip on reality. The film deals with the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality, a commonly found theme in Kon's later works, such as ''Paprika''. Plot Mima Kirigoe, member of a J-pop idol group named "CHAM!", decides to leave the group to become a full-time actress. She gets stalked by an obsessive fan named Me-Mania, who is upset by her change from a clean-cut image. Following directions from a fan letter, Mima discovers a website called "Mima's Room" containing public diary en ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patricia Arquette
Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Ed Wood'' (1994), '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996), '' Lost Highway'' (1997), ''The Hi-Lo Country'' (1998), ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999), ''Stigmata'' (1999), ''Holes'' (2003), ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006), ''The Wannabe'' (2015), and ''Toy Story 4'' (2019). For playing a single mother in the coming-of-age film '' Boyhood'' (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, Arquette won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she played the character Allison DuBois—based on the author and medium Allison DuBois, who claims to have psychic abilities—in the supernatural drama series ''Medium'' (2005–2011). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, from two nominations she ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ed Wood (film)
''Ed Wood'' is a 1994 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the eponymous cult filmmaker. The film concerns the period in Wood's life when he made his best-known films as well as his relationship with actor Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau. Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, Lisa Marie, and Bill Murray are among the supporting cast. The film was conceived by writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski when they were students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Irritated at being thought of solely as writers for family films with their work on '' Problem Child'' (1990) and its 1991 sequel, Alexander and Karaszewski struck a deal with Burton and Denise Di Novi to produce ''Ed Wood''. Initially, Michael Lehmann was chosen to direct the project, but due to scheduling conflicts with his work on the film ''Airheads'' (1994), he had to vacate the director's position, which was taken ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Devon Aoki
Devon Edwenna Aoki (born August 10, 1982) is an actress and fashion model. Aoki's film roles include supporting roles in '' 2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003) and ''Sin City'' (2005) and lead roles in '' DOA: Dead or Alive'' (2006) and ''Mutant Chronicles'' (2008). Early life Aoki was born in 1982 in New York City. She grew up in Malibu, California, and attended high school at The American School in London. Her father was former wrestler and Benihana restaurant magnate Hiroaki Aoki and her mother is Pamela Hilburger, a jewelry designer. Her father was Japanese and her mother is of German and English ancestry. She started modeling when she was 13, the same year her godmother introduced her to Kate Moss. She has an older sister and a younger brother, as well as four half-siblings including Steve Aoki. Aoki is also the aunt of fellow model Yumi Nu. Career Following her runway debut in 1997, Aoki walked for brands including Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons and Chanel. In 1998, at the age of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kasumi (Dead Or Alive)
is a Character (arts), fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive'' fighting game series by Team Ninja and Tecmo (Koei Tecmo). Kasumi has served as the lead character of the ''Dead or Alive'' franchise since its premiere in 1996. She was a main character in the first, second and fifth games of the series and in the film ''DOA: Dead or Alive''. In the games' canon (fiction), canon, Kasumi, also known as "The Kunoichi of Destiny", is a teenage ninja princess of the Mugen Tenshin Ninja Clan. Kasumi abandoned her clan, becoming an outcast and is pursued by her younger half-sister Ayane (Dead or Alive), Ayane. There are several ''Dead or Alive'' player and boss (video gaming), boss characters who are human cloning, clones of her. She also guest appeared in various other games, including Team Ninja's other flagship series ''Ninja Gaiden'' where she and Ayane play much bigger roles. Kasumi has become a symbol of the ''Dead or Alive'' fra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dead Or Alive
Dead or Alive most commonly refers to: *Dead or Alive (band), a British band * Dead or alive, a phrase on a Wanted poster Dead or Alive may also refer to: Film and television * ''Dead or Alive'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Dell Henderson * ''Dead or Alive'' (1944 film), an American film starring Tex Ritter *''Dead or Alive'', or '' A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'', a 1968 film *''Dead or Alive 1918'', a 2012 Finnish dramatized documentary about the Battle of Tampere in the Finnish Civil War *''Lupin III: Dead or Alive'', a 1996 animated film * ''Dead or Alive'' (1999 film), a Japanese yakuza action film ** '' Dead or Alive 2: Birds'', 2000 ** '' Dead or Alive: Final'', 2002 *'' DOA: Dead or Alive'', a 2006 film, based on the video game series *"Dead or Alive", an episode of ''Hunter'' Games * ''Dead or Alive'' (franchise), a video game series ** ''Dead or Alive'' (video game), 1996 Literature * ''Dead or Alive'' (novel), a 2010 book by Tom Clancy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heather Donahue
Rei Hance (born Heather Donahue; December 22, 1974) is an American writer, businesswoman, and retired actress. She is known for her roles as Heather in the 1999 film ''The Blair Witch Project'' and Mary Crawford in the miniseries '' Taken.'' Hance was credited under her birth name in her acting roles and for her first book, changing it to Rei Hance sometime after 2016 and before 2021. Early life and education Hance was born on December 22, 1974, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan, an office manager, and James Donahue, a printer. Hance graduated from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in 1995 with a BFA in theater. Acting career Throughout her entire acting career, Hance was credited under her birth name of Heather Donahue. Her first screen appearance, and her best known role, is in the 1999 found-footage horror film ''The Blair Witch Project''. She and the two other main cast members, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard, used their birth names as their ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Blair Witch Project
''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (director), Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard—who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, in 1994 to film a documentary about a local myth known as the Blair Witch. The three disappear, but their equipment and footage are discovered a year later. The purportedly "found footage" is the movie the viewer sees. Myrick and Sánchez conceived of a fictional legend of the Blair Witch in 1993. They developed a 35-page screenplay with the dialogue to be improvisation, improvised. A casting (performing arts), casting call advertisement in ''Backstage (magazine), Backstage'' magazine was prepared by the directors; Donahue, Williams and Leonard were cast. The film entered production in October 1997, with the principal photography taking place ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Missi Pyle
Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in a number of successful films, including ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Big Fish'' (2003), ''Bringing Down the House'' (2003), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008), '' The Artist'' (2011), '' Gone Girl'' (2014), ''Captain Fantastic'' (2016), and '' Ma'' (2019). Pyle has also appeared in various television series, such as ''Cleaners'' (2013–2014), ''Jennifer Falls'' (2014), ''Another Period'' (2015–2018), ''Bordertown'' (2016), ''The Soul Man'' (2016), ''Mom'' (2017), ''Impulse'' (2018), ''The Mentalist'' (2010) and ''Dirty John'' (2020). In addition to acting, Pyle has also worked as a singer. With actress Shawnee Smith, she served as half of Smith & Pyle, a country rock duo. Early life Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Big Fish
''Big Fish'' is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Tim Burton, and based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito. The film tells the story of a frustrated son who tries to distinguish fact from fiction in his dying father's life. Screenwriter John August read a manuscript of the novel six months before it was published and convinced Columbia Pictures to acquire the rights. August began adapting the novel while producers negotiated with Steven Spielberg who planned to direct after finishing '' Minority Report'' (2002). Spielberg considered Jack Nicholson for the role of Edward Bloom, but eventually dropped the project to focus on ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002). Tim Burton and Richard D. Zanuck took over after completing ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001) and brought Ewa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |