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Judith Hoag
Judith Hoag (; born June 29, 1963) is an American actress. She is known for playing April O'Neil in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990) and Gwen Cromwell Piper in the Disney Channel television film series '' Halloweentown'', from 1998 to 2006. Hoag is also known for her recurring roles as Cindy Dutton Price in the HBO drama series ''Big Love'' (2006–2011), Tandy Hampton in the ABC musical drama series ''Nashville'' (2012–2018), and Stephanie Quinn in the Syfy fantasy drama series '' The Magicians'' (2016–2020). Early life Hoag was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. As a teen, Hoag attended Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts, where she concentrated on acting. She graduated in 1981. Career Hoag has acted professionally since 1986. That year, she got one of her first roles as a series regular in the ABC daytime soap opera '' Loving''; she played the role of Charlotte 'Lotty' Bates Alden. After leaving ''Loving'' in 1988, Hoag began her career in primetime t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GalaxyCon
GalaxyCon, LLC, formerly known as Super Conventions or Supercon, is a privately owned company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that organizes comic book convention, comic book and anime convention, anime conventions in the United States. Events currently include: GalaxyCon Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina; Animate! Raleigh; GalaxyCon Richmond in Richmond, Virginia; GalaxyCon Columbus in Columbus, Ohio; GalaxyCon Austin in Austin, Texas; and GalaxyCon San Jose in San Jose, California. In early 2019, the original Supercon trademark, along with the original Florida Supercon events, were sold to ReedPop, at which time all other "Supercon" events were renamed GalaxyCon. History The first Supercon was organized by founder Mike Broder in late 2006 at the Ramada Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida, called Florida Supercon. He was looking to bring a large scale convention to south Florida. Another event, Anime Supercon, took place in Fort Lauderdale five months later. Estima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf (American TV Series)
''Wolf'' is an American crime drama television series starring Jack Scalia and Nicolas Surovy which aired on CBS from September 13, 1989 to June 28, 1990. It features Scalia as Tony Wolf, a former cop turned private detective, with Surovy as the district attorney who had caused him to be discharged from the force. Joseph Sirola starred as Wolf's father, Sal, who lived on a boat. Plot Tony Wolf was a San Francisco policeman who now works as a fisherman and sometime private eye. Originally a narcotics officer for the SFPD, Tony was framed and took the fall as a crooked cop. Drummed off the force, he wandered the world for a couple of years, before finally returning home to The City to make amends with his aging father and to take over the family fishing boat. He has also tried to re-kindle a relationship with Connie, an old flame. Cast * Jack Scalia as Tony Wolf *Joseph Sirola as Sal Lupo *Nicolas Surovy as Dylan Elliott *J.C. Brandy Justine Chelsea "J. C." Brandy (born 15 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Donatello, Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Raphael and Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Michelangelo, four Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic turtle brothers trained in ''ninjutsu'' who fight evil in New York City. The franchise encompasses printed media, television series, feature films, video games, and merchandise. The franchise began as a comic book, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', which Eastman and Laird conceived as a parody of elements popular in superhero comics at the time. The first issue was published in 1984 by Eastman and Laird's company Mirage Studios and was a surprise success. In 1987, Eastman and Laird licensed the characters to Playmates Toys, which develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Television
The first and original incarnation of Walt Disney Television was an American production company and the original/former television production division of the Walt Disney Company, which was active from April 18, 1983 to 2003. Productions from this division were broadcast mostly on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD and ABC. The majority of the productions of this division are a plethora of animated series and a notable live-action series named '' Smart Guy'', the latter which ran for three seasons on The WB from 1997 to 1999. In 2003, its animation division, then known as Walt Disney Television Animation (currently just Disney Television Animation) spun-out as its own subsidiary within the larger Disney conglomerate, with an acquired production company, It's a Laugh Productions, taking over its operations for live-action productions. Walt Disney Television itself was absorbed into the first incarnation of Touchstone Television, which changed names to ABC Studios in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Halloweentown
''Return to Halloweentown'' (also known as ''Halloweentown 4'') is a 2006 American fantasy comedy film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on October 20, 2006, and is the fourth and final film in the '' Halloweentown'' series. The story follows Marnie Piper ( Sara Paxton) going to college at Witch University in Halloweentown, where dark forces try to control her magic. This is the only film in the ''Halloweentown'' series not to feature Kimberly J. Brown as Marnie, although Joey Zimmerman, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, and Lucas Grabeel reprise their roles. Sophie Piper, played by Emily Roeske in the previous films, is mentioned but does not appear. This film also marks the first Disney Channel Original Movie franchise to produce a fourth installment. The premiere scored 7.5 million viewers. Plot One year after the events of the last film, a now eighteen-year-old Marnie is offered a full scholarship to Halloweentown's Witch University, headed by its ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloweentown High
''Halloweentown High'' (also known as ''Halloweentown 3'') is a 2004 American fantasy comedy film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on Disney Channel on October 8, 2004. It is the third installment in the ''Halloweentown'' series. It stars Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, and Joey Zimmerman. In the film, Marnie persuades the Halloweentown Council to allow magical students to attend a mortal school, but risks losing her family's powers if something goes wrong before midnight on Halloween. The film attracted over 6 million viewers during its premiere. Plot One year after the previous film, Marnie Piper prepares to begin a new school year. She asks the Halloweentown Council to work toward openness between Halloweentown and the mortal world. She proposes bringing a group of Halloweentown students to her own high school in the mortal world. The council is initially apprehensive, mostly due to the legend of the Knights of the Iron Dagger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halloweentown (film)
''Halloweentown'' is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Duwayne Dunham and written by Paul Bernbaum, Jon Cooksey, Ali Matheson, from a story by Bernbaum. The first installment in ''Halloweentown'' series, it stars Debbie Reynolds, Kimberly J. Brown, Joey Zimmerman, and Judith Hoag. It is the fourth Disney Channel Original Movie. It centers on Marnie, who learns she is a witch on her 13th Halloween and is transported to Halloweentown—a magical place where ghosts, ghouls, witches, and werewolves live apart from the human world, but she soon finds herself battling wicked warlocks, evil curses, and endless surprises. Plot Widowed mother, Gwen Piper, always refuses to let her kids, Marnie, Dylan, and Sophie, go out on Halloween. Gwen's mother, Aggie, shows up for her annual Halloween visit. The children are happier to see Aggie than Gwen is, as Aggie openly encourages the children to get more involved in Halloween. Aggie and Gwen are secretly witches, but Gwen is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Bedelia
Bonnie Bedelia (born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin; March 25, 1948) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera '' Love of Life'' and made her film debut in '' The Gypsy Moths''. Bedelia subsequently appeared in the films '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'', '' Lovers and Other Strangers'', '' Heart Like a Wheel'', '' The Prince of Pennsylvania'', ''Die Hard'', '' Presumed Innocent'', '' Sordid Lives'', and '' Needful Things''. For her television work, Bedelia has earned two Emmy Awards nominations. From 2001 to 2004, Bedelia played the lead role in the Lifetime television drama series '' The Division''. She also starred as family matriarch Camille Braverman in the NBC family drama series '' Parenthood'' (2010–15). Early life Bedelia was born in New York City, the daughter of Marian Ethel (née Wagner), a writer and editor, and Philip Harley Culkin, who was in public relations and 50 years old at the time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switched At Birth (1991 Film)
''Switched at Birth'' is a 1991 American miniseries directed by Waris Hussein. It is based on the true story of Kimberly Mays and Arlena Twigg, babies switched soon after birth in a Florida hospital in 1978. NBC aired the production as a two-part miniseries over two consecutive nights on April 28, 1991. Plot Within days of Arlena Twigg's birth in Florida in late 1978, she is found to have a chronic illness. Blood tests reveal that she is not the biological daughter of Regina and Ernest Twigg. Arlena is ill throughout her life and dies at the age of nine. Subsequently, her parents search for their biological daughter, who they find is being raised as Kimberly Mays by a man who believes that he is her father. Cast * Bonnie Bedelia as Regina Twigg * Brian Kerwin as Robert "Bob" Mays * John M. Jackson as Ernest Twigg * Eve Gordon as Darlena * Jacqueline Scott as Ruth Mays * Judith Hoag as Barbara Mays * Caroline McWilliams as Lois Morehead * Lois Smith as Margaret Hill * Kelli Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Steel
Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling living author and one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. As of 2021, she has written 190 books, including over 140 novels. Based in California for most of her career, Steel has produced several books a year, often juggling up to five projects at once. All of her novels have been bestsellers, including those issued in hardback, despite "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" (''Publishers Weekly''). Her books often involve rich families facing a crisis, threatened by dark elements such as prison, fraud, blackmail, and suicide. Steel has also published children's fiction and poetry, as well as creating a foundation that funds mental illness-related organizations. Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine Things (film)
''Fine Things'', also known as ''Danielle Steel's Fine Things'', is a 1990 romantic drama television film directed by Tom Moore. The film is based upon the 1987 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel. Plot Bernard "Bernie" Fine is a highly successful businessman who moves from New York City to San Francisco for his work at the west coast Wolff's department store. One day, he meets Jane, a little girl who is lost while shopping at the store. Bernie approaches her, and helps her by paging her mother. They enjoy an ice cream sundae in his office while waiting for her mother, Liz O'Reilly, a single mother. Jane and her mom reunite shortly after, and she invites Bernie to join the two of them for lunch at their friend's beachhouse at Stinson. After a lengthy time of dating, Bernie and Liz decide to marry. Although his mother Ruth, a proud Jew, is not enthusiastic about Liz's religious background, she eventually comes to accept Liz as her new daughter-in-law. Soon, Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
