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Steven Michael Quezada
Steven Michael Quezada (); born February 15, 1963) is an American actor and politician. He played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Steven Gomez in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' from 2008 to 2013 and 2 episodes of its spin-off, ''Better Call Saul'' in 2020. Early life and education Quezada was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from West Mesa High School in 1981. After graduating from high school, Quezada attended Eastern New Mexico University where he studied theatre arts, but did not earn a degree. Career Quezada played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Steven Gomez in ''Breaking Bad'' from 2008 to 2013. He has appeared in films such as '' First Snow'' (2006), '' Beerfest'' (2006), and ''Kites'' (2010). He hosted the talk show ''The After After Party'' in Albuquerque from 2010 to 2012. Quezada portrays a priest presiding over a roadside funeral in country singer Eric Church's music video for the single ''Give Me Back My Hometown'' (2014). He cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bernalillo County () is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Mexico.Bernalillo County from the website of the New Mexico Office of the State Historian As of the 2020 census, the population was 676,444. The , , is the most populous city in New Mexico. Bernalillo County is the central county of the Albuquerque, NM |
Kites (film)
''Kites'' is a 2010 Indian romantic action thriller film directed by Anurag Basu, with the story written and produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Hrithik Roshan, Bárbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut, and Kabir Bedi. Presented in English as ''Kites: The Remix'' by Brett Ratner, the film was released in India and in North America on 21 May 2010. Its 208-theater opening in North America made it the largest Bollywood release up to that time. It was also the first Bollywood film to reach the weekend top ten, though ''My Name is Khan'' had a larger first-weekend North American gross. Despite a strong opening, the film only managed to collect net in its lifetime run following a critical loss. Domestically, one of the major criticisms aimed at the film was towards the multilingual narrative that featured the majority of dialogue in English and Spanish, while it was advertised as a Hindi-language film in India. Plot Jay Ray ( Hrithik Roshan) is a dance teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Condemned 2 (film)
''The Condemned 2'' (also known as ''The Condemned 2: Desert Prey'') is a 2015 American action film directed by Roel Reiné and released by WWE Studios. The film stars Randy Orton, Eric Roberts and Wes Studi. It is the stand-alone sequel to the 2007 action film ''The Condemned'' starring Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was distributed via a limited release in the United States and to video on demand on November 6, 2015. Plot Similar to the first movie, the protagonist Will (Randy Orton) finds himself in a game of death with several other contestants and is forced to rely on his skills and wits to survive. Cast * Randy Orton as Will Tanner * Eric Roberts as Frank Tanner * Wes Studi as Cyrus Merrick * Steven Michael Quezada as Raul Bacarro * Bill Stinchcomb as Harrigan * Alex Knight as Cooper * Dylan Kenin as Travis * Michael Sheets as James Lange * Morse Bicknell as Ryan Michaels * Mark Siversten as Sheriff Eric Ross * Merritt Glover as Deputy #1 * Matthew Page as Deputy #2 * Staffor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vida Robot
''Spare Parts'' is a 2015 drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell. It is based on the ''Wired'' magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who won first place over M.I.T. in the 2004 MATE ROV competition. The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015. Plot In 2004, four Mexican students arrive at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB); born in Mexico, raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attend an underfunded public high school. Oscar Vazquez goes to an Armed Forces Career Center to enlist into the U.S. Army; while he is waiting for his interview, he sees a video announcement and brochures about a Marine Underwater Robotics Competition, an event sponsored by NASA and the United States Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spare Parts (2015 Film)
''Spare Parts'' is a 2015 drama film directed by Sean McNamara and produced by David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Leslie Kolins Small, George Lopez, and Ben Odell. It is based on the ''Wired'' magazine article "La Vida Robot" (Robot Life) by Joshua Davis, about the true story of a group of students from a mainly Latino high school, who won first place over M.I.T. in the 2004 MATE ROV competition. The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 16, 2015. Plot In 2004, four Mexican students arrive at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB); born in Mexico, raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attend an underfunded public high school. Oscar Vazquez goes to an Armed Forces Career Center to enlist into the U.S. Army; while he is waiting for his interview, he sees a video announcement and brochures about a Marine Underwater Robotics Competition, an event sponsored by NASA and the United States Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rambler (film)
''The Rambler'' is a 2013 American independent horror film written and directed by Calvin Reeder. The film's narrative concerns a mysterious loner known only as the Rambler, played by Dermot Mulroney. Newly released from prison, he embarks on a dark journey across a bleak and strange contemporary landscape, meeting a bizarre cast of characters. Plot Cast * Dermot Mulroney as The Rambler * Lindsay Pulsipher as The Girl * Natasha Lyonne as Cheryl * James Cady as The Scientist Release ''The Rambler'' was premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently screened within such festivals as South by Southwest and Maryland Film Festival. Home media The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Lionsgate and Starz/Anchor Bay on June 25, 2013. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on , with a weighted average rating of 6.1/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reunion (2011 American Film)
''The Reunion'' is a 2011 American action film directed by Michael Pavone and starring John Cena, Ethan Embry, Michael Rispoli, Boyd Holbrook, and Amy Smart. The film was released on October 21, 2011. It received negative reviews. Plot After the death of her father, Nina (Smart) is charged with fulfilling his last wish – bring her three brothers back together… Sam (Cena), a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo (Embry), a loud-mouthed overbearing bail bondsman; and Douglas (Holbrook), a handsome 20-year-old thief fresh out of jail . When Leo discovers the con he pledged a lot of money for is suspected of kidnapping one of the wealthiest men in the country, he convinces his two brothers to join him on what will become a dangerous, yet exhilarating adventure. Cast * John Cena as Sam Cleary * Ethan Embry as Leo Cleary * Boyd Holbrook as Douglas Cleary * Amy Smart as Nina Cleary * Michael Rispoli as Marcus Canton * Gregg Henry as Kyle Wills * Lela Loren as Theresa Trujil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Ranch
''Love Ranch'' is a 2010 American drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Gina Gershon and Bryan Cranston. It was written by Mark Jacobson. The film is based on the lives of Joe Conforte and Sally Conforte, a married couple who operated the first legal brothel in the United States after the widespread criminalization of prostitution in the US earlier in the 20th century, the Mustang Ranch in Storey County, Nevada, Violence results when their marriage is tested by infidelity. The story also alludes to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the assassination of famous Argentinian boxer Ringo Bonavena in the Mustang Ranch. Plot synopsis Charlie Bontempo (sometimes called Charlie "Goodtimes") and his wife, Grace, run a legal brothel known as the Love Ranch on a large, remote property near Reno, Nevada. Grace's mother had been a prostitute, so Grace knew the business, but it was Charlie who persuaded her to open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Wise Guys
''Three Wise Guys'' is a 2005 Christmas television film. In an update on the nativity of Jesus, a pregnant woman named Mary is helped in the desert by three mobsters. The film stars Tom Arnold, Eddie McClintock, Judd Nelson, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Katey Sagal, and Nick Turturro. Filming took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Robert Iscove directed, with a story and screenplay by Damon Runyon and Lloyd Gold, respectively. Christopher Lennertz composed the score, and Francis Kenny was the cinematographer. At 87 minutes, the Lions Gate Television-produced film was released on the USA Network USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ... at 9p.m., December 8, 2005. See also * List of Christmas films References External links * 2000s Christmas films 2005 films 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Board
A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state, or province. Frequently, a board of directors power with a larger institution, such as a higher government's department of education. The name of such board is also often used to refer to the school system under such board's control. The government department that administered education in the United Kingdom before the foundation of the Ministry of Education was formerly called the Board of Education. See also *National Association of State Boards of Education The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is a nonprofit private association that represents U.S. state and territory boards of education. Founded in 1958, the association initially met in conjunction with the annual conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
