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Invasion (2005 TV Series)
''Invasion'' is an American science fiction television series created by Shaun Cassidy. It originally aired on ABC from September 21, 2005 through May 17, 2006. Somewhat similar to ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and begin to take over the bodies of the town's inhabitants through a cloning process (by first merging with, then replacing them). It stars an ensemble cast featuring William Fichtner, Eddie Cibrian, Kari Matchett, Lisa Sheridan, Tyler Labine, Alexis Dziena, Evan Peters and Ariel Gade. The show was produced by Shaun Cassidy Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the aftermath in the southern United States, early on-air promotions were quickly pulled by ABC. The advertising then switched emphasis completely to the alien invasion aspect of the series, while the hurricane received no mention. The premiere was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Cassidy
Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958) is an American singer, actor, writer and producer. He has created and/or produced a number of television series including ''American Gothic (1995 TV series), American Gothic'', ''Roar (1997 TV series), Roar'' and ''Invasion (2005 TV series), Invasion''. Cassidy was also an executive producer and writer for NBC's medical drama ''New Amsterdam (2018 TV series), New Amsterdam''. While in high school, Cassidy signed a contract with Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records, leading to his albums ''Shaun Cassidy (album), Shaun Cassidy'', ''Born Late'', ''Under Wraps (Shaun Cassidy album), Under Wraps'', ''Room Service (Shaun Cassidy album), Room Service'', and ''Wasp (album), Wasp''. Almost concurrently, Cassidy starred in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''The Hardy Boys Mysteries'', as well as ''Breaking Away (TV series), Breaking Away'' and had a stint on the daytime soap ''General Hospital''. While appearing on Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean. A typhoon is the same thing which occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, comparable storms are referred to as "tropical cyclones". In modern times, on average around 80 to 90 named tropical cyclones form each year around the world, over half of which develop hurricane-force winds of or more. Tropical cyclones tropical cyclogenesis, typically form over large bodies of relatively warm water. They derive their energy through the evaporation of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dinner
Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television. Biography Prior to his TV career, Dinner was a singer-songwriter and recording artist for Fantasy Records, where he released two albums, ''The Great Pretender'' (1974) and ''Tom Thumb the Dreamer'' (1976), along with four singles. In 2017, he wrote and directed an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video series ''Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''. He also served as an executive producer. He graduated from Harvard College. Filmography Film * ''Heaven Help Us'' (1985) * ''Off Beat (1986 film), Off Beat'' (1986) * ''Hot to Trot'' (1988) * ''The Crew (2000 film), The Crew'' (2000) Television References External links * 1953 births Film directors from California American male screenwriters American male singer-songwriters American television directors American television producers American comedy film directors Fantasy Records artists Living people Primetime Emmy Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Trilling
Lawrence Trilling (born June 29, 1966) is an American television director, producer, showrunner, and writer. He has directed nearly 150 hours of television to date, and served as Producer/Executive Producer on such series as '' Felicity, Alias, Parenthood, Pushing Daisies, Goliath,'' and '' Outer Range''. He has directed episodes of many popular series, including '' Scrubs, Monk, Masters of Sex, Damages, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' and ''Snowfall''. Early life and education Trilling was born in Wayne, New Jersey, and moved to Santa Monica, California, when he was three. At Lincoln Jr. High, Trilling met fellow future director Matt Reeves, who inspired Trilling with his Super 8 film camera and editing system. Together, they co-wrote several films, which Reeves directed and Trilling starred in. One of those films, ''The Loser'', was screened at a student film festival at the Nuart Theater in West Los Angeles, where they befriended fellow filmmaker, J.J. Abrams. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Schlamme
Thomas David Schlamme (; born ) is an American television director, known particularly for his collaborations with Aaron Sorkin. He is known for his work as executive producer on '' The West Wing'' and '' Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,'' as well as his work as director on '' Sports Night'' and ''The Americans''. Early life Schlamme was born in Houston, Texas. He is Jewish, and his family escaped Nazi Germany the week before the '' Kristallnacht''. He attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas. Production Schlamme moved from his native Houston to New York City in 1973. After serving in several low level positions for production companies, he founded his own company, Schlamme Productions, in 1980. From there, he produced campaigns for a number of musicals, including ''Cats''. He directed the first "I Want My MTV!" advertising campaign in 1981 for producer Buzz Potamkin, and singer/songwriter Amy Grant's 1985 music video " Find a Way" for producers Fred Seibert and Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and director. The recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award, she was named the "Queen of Peak TV" by ''Vulture'' in 2017. Moss began acting in the early 1990s and first gained recognition for playing the youngest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet, in the NBC political drama series ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006). She earned wider recognition as Peggy Olson, a secretary-turned-copywriter, in the AMC period drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), and subsequently won the Golden Globe Award for portraying a detective in the BBC miniseries '' Top of the Lake'' (2013). For producing and starring as June Osborne in the Hulu dystopian drama series ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2025), Moss won two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has also starred in the Apple TV+ series '' Shining Girls'' (2022) and the FX on Hulu series '' The Vei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Frain
James Frain is an English actor. His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/CBC historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''True Blood'' (2010), Warwick the Kingmaker in the BBC drama serial '' The White Queen'' (2013), John Sumner in the Sky/ Canal+ crime drama '' The Tunnel'' (2013), Ferdinand Chevalier in the BBC/Space sci-fi thriller ''Orphan Black'' (2015–2017), Theo Galavan/Azrael in Fox's '' Gotham'' (2015–2016), and Sarek in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2019). In film, he is best known for playing Daniel Barenboim and Álvaro de la Quadra in the biographical dramas '' Hilary and Jackie'' and '' Elizabeth'', respectively (both 1998), Bassianus in the Shakespeare adaptation ''Titus'' (1999), and Gérard de Villefort in the historical drama ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002). Early life and education James Frain was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and brought up in Stansted Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Hodge
Edwin Martel Basil Hodge (born January 26, 1985) is an American actor. He is recognized for portraying Dante Bishop in ''The Purge'' film series, and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films. Early life Hodge was born on January 26, 1985, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, but he was raised in New York. Hodge's mother is from Florida and his father from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Both of his parents served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is the older brother of actor Aldis Hodge. Career Hodge guest starred on an episode of the TNT series '' Leverage'' which stars his younger brother. He guest starred on an episode of '' One Tree Hill''. Hodge played the role of "the Bloody Stranger" in the horror film ''The Purge'' (2013) and its sequels '' The Purge: Anarchy'' (2014) and '' The Purge: Election Year'' (2016); "the Bloody Stranger" was revealed to be named Dante Bishop in the third film. He also appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Huynh
David Huynh (born February 5, 1983) is a Canadian actor. Early life Huynh was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, briefly studied at the University of Manitoba focusing on a major in theater and a minor in film studies. Huynh continues to study with acting coach Marjorie Ballentine and Terry Knickerbocker.David Huynh - Official Site - Bio, http://www.david-huynh.com/bio.html Career Huynh has appeared on TV shows such as '' ER'' (as Leo), ''Cold Case'' (as Billy Takahashi, as the son of Ray Takahashi, played by Ian Anthony Dale) and ''Without A Trace'' (as Frankie Jones, opposite Jessika Van who plays Stacey Tan), '' Kevin (Probably) Saves the World'' and '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. In 2008, he starred in Mark Tran's film "All About Dad" (Winner of the Cinequest Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature) as a Biology major named Ty Do who quits his studies to pursue a career in filmmaking. Huynh won a Special Jury Prize Award at the 2007 Los Angeles Asian Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Baesel
Nathan Baesel (born April 7, 1974, in La Palma, California) is an American actor. Biography Baesel attended Buena Park High School. After high school he went to Fullerton College, before graduating from Juilliard School in 2002. He has appeared in various national television spots and guest starred in ''The District'' and CBS's ''Cold Case''. He had a recurring role on ABC's science fiction drama Shaun Cassidy's ''Invasion An invasion is a Offensive (military), military offensive of combatants of one geopolitics, geopolitical Legal entity, entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory (country subdivision), territory controlled by another similar entity, ...'', playing the one-armed deputy Lewis Sirk. Baesel is a founding member of NY-based ''Theater Mitu'' and he performs regularly for South Coast Repertory. He also starred in the horror movie '' Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon'' and in the post-apocalyptic film '' 20 Years After''. He also starred on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315 million, with Arianna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
