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Kevin Burns
Kevin Burns (June 18, 1955September 27, 2020), was an American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter. His work can be seen on A&E, National Geographic Channel, E!, Animal Planet, AMC, Bravo, WE tv, Travel Channel, Lifetime, and The History Channel. Burns created and executive-produced more than 800 hours of television programming. Biography Early life Born on June 18, 1955, Burns grew up in Niskayuna, New York. Raised Roman Catholic, he graduated from St. Helen’s School before attending Niskayuna High School. In 1977, he graduated cum laude from Hamilton College. In 1981, he received both a master's degree in film from Boston University's College of Communication and a Student Academy Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his first film, '' I Remember Barbra'', a humorous documentary short that profiled Barbra Streisand's impact on her former Brooklyn, New York neighborhood. After graduation, Burns taught film production at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schenectady, New York
Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany, which is about southeast. Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, many of whom came from the Albany area. The name "Schenectady" is derived from the Mohawk word ''skahnéhtati'', meaning "beyond the pines" and used for the area around Albany, New York. Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river. Connected to the west by the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Schenectady developed rapidly in the 19th century as part of the Mohawk Valley trade, manufacturing, and transportation corridor. By 1824, more people worked in manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards, awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Streisand began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theaters in the early 1960s. Following her guest appearances on various television shows, she signed to Columbia Records, insisting that she retain full artistic control, and accepting lower pay in exchange, an arrangement that continued throughout her career, and released her debut ''The Barbra Streisand Album'' (1963), which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Throughout her recording career, Streisand has topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 11 albums—a record for a woman—including ''People (Barbra Streisand album), People'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prometheus Entertainment
Prometheus Entertainment is an American production company, specializing in documentary, reality, and non-fiction television programming and specials. History Prometheus Entertainment was formed in March 1999 by Kevin Burns. It was housed at Fox Television Studios and was originally slated to produce scripted entertainment for Fox, focused on documentaries and non-fiction. In 2002, Prometheus Entertainment developed a revival of ''Playboy After Dark''. In 2008, it signed a deal with the Travel Channel to produce 23 hours' worth of new shows. Their documentary '' Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed'' was nominated for three Emmy Awards. Programs *'' The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch'', 2020–present *''The UnXplained'', 2019–present *''The Curse of Civil War Gold'', 2018–2019 *'' The Tesla Files'', 2018 * ''In Search of Aliens'', 2014 * ''The Curse of Oak Island'', 2014–present * ''Kendra on Top'', 2012-2017 * ''America's Book of Secrets'', 2012–2014 * ''Food Paradise'', 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Michael Ansara, and Frankie Avalon. The film's storyline was written by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett. The opening title credits theme song was sung by Avalon. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Plot The new, state-of-the-art nuclear submarine, '' Seaview'', is on diving trials in the Arctic Ocean. ''Seaview'' is designed and built by scientist and engineering genius Admiral Harriman Nelson (USN-Ret). Captain Lee Crane is the submarine's Commanding Officer. One of the on-board observers is Dr. Susan Hiller, studying crew-related stress. The mission includes being out of radio contact for 96 hours while under the Arctic ice cap. The polar ice suddenly begins to crack and melt, with boulder-size pieces sinking into the ocean ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poseidon (film)
''Poseidon'' is a 2006 American action disaster film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen. It is the third film adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1969 novel '' The Poseidon Adventure'', and a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name. It stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss with Emmy Rossum, Jacinda Barrett, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett, and Andre Braugher in supporting roles. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. in association with Virtual Studios. It had a simultaneous release in IMAX format. It was released on May 12, 2006, and nominated at the 79th Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects. It grossed $181 million worldwide on a budget of $160 million; however, after the costs of promotion and distribution, it lost around $77 million for the studio. Plot The ''Poseidon'', a luxury passenger ship, is making a transatlantic crossing. Former New York City Mayor and firefighter Robert Ramsey is traveling with his daughter Jennifer and her boyfrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Tunnel
''The Time Tunnel'' is an American color science fiction TV series written around a theme of time travel adventure starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science-fiction television series and was released by 20th Century Fox Television and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes from 1966 to 1967. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002 but did not proceed to a series. A history of the series by Martin Grams, Jr., was published in 2012. Premise Project Tic-Toc is a top-secret U.S. government effort to build an experimental time machine, known as "The Time Tunnel" due to its appearance as a cylindrical hallway. The base for Project Tic-Toc is a huge, hidden underground complex in Arizona, 800 floors deep and employing more than 12,000 specialized personnel. The directors of the project are Dr. Douglas Phillips (Robert Colbert), Dr. Anthony Newman (James Darren), and Lt. General Heywood Kirk (Whit Bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Television Studios
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by The Walt Disney Company. It was founded in 2014 from the merger of Fox Television Studios and Fox 21, and given its second name in mid-2020 following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney. On December 1, 2020, Disney announced that the label was folded into 20th Television. Predecessors Fox Television Studios Fox Television Studios, Inc. was a television production subsidiary of 21st Century Fox's Fox Entertainment Group, as well as being the unofficial production arm of Fox and the secondary production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, itself a division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. Fox Television Studios (FTVS) was formed in 1997 alongside 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Television under executive David Grant. The studio was created t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen (born Irwin O. Cohen, June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful productions were '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972) and ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974). He also created and produced the popular 1960s science-fiction television series ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'', ''Lost in Space'', ''The Time Tunnel'', and ''Land of the Giants''. Biography Early life Irwin Allen was born in New York City, the son of poor Jewish immigrants (Joseph Cohen and Eva Davis) from Russia. He majored in journalism and advertising at Columbia University after attending City College of New York for a year. He left college because of financial difficulties caused by the Great Depression. Radio and journalism Allen moved to Hollywood in 1938, where he edited ''Key'' magazine followed by an 11-year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Jashni
Jon Jashni is an American media investor and advisor. Work In 1999, Jashni and Kevin Burns formed Synthesis Entertainment, which develops and produces content based on properties of the Irwin Allen estate such as ''Poseidon'', ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,'' ''The Time Tunnel'' and ''Lost in Space''. From 2006 to 2016 Jashni was president and chief creative officer of Legendary Entertainment, working as a producer and developing film projects including '' Kong: Skull Island'', '' The Great Wall'', ''Warcraft'', ''Crimson Peak'', ''Godzilla'' (2014), ''42'', and '' Pacific Rim''. He also played a key role in corporate dealings including the sale of Legendary to the Dalian Wanda Group Co for $3.5 billion. In 2016 he started Raintree Ventures, an entertainment-related investment fund. He is an executive producer of a Netflix ''Lost in Space'' series released in 2018. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Nation
''Alien Nation'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Rockne S. O'Bannon (later known for ''Farscape''), comprising film, television, and other media productions about alien refugees living on Earth. The series began with the 1988 film ''Alien Nation'', which was adapted into a Fox Network television series of the same name in 1989. Fox cancelled the series abruptly after one season, but continued the story in five TV movies. The series also produced other media and merchandising tie-ins, including novels and comics. Aside from the sci-fi angle, the franchise fits into many different genres including drama, police procedural and buddy cop. Setting The franchise is set in the near future in the United States. In 1991 a flying saucer crashes in the Mojave Desert containing a race of extraterrestrials, the Tenctonese (called Newcomers by humanity) escaping from slavery under a cruel Overseer race. They resemble humans, but have various anatomical differences ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxstar Productions
Foxstar Productions was a television production subsidiary of News Corporation. It was founded in 1993 to make TV movies and mini-series under Steve Bell (the former network production president of 20th Century Fox Television) and producer Kevin Burns. That same year, they entered the television documentary business through its production subsidiary, Van Ness Films. Many of their programs have and can be seen on networks such as A&E, CBS, National Geographic Channel, E!, Animal Planet, AMC, Bravo, We TV, Travel Channel, Lifetime, The History Channel and Syfy. In 1999, Foxstar became part of the newly formed Fox Television Studios and continued producing documentaries, non-fiction programming and specials. By 2005, Kevin Burns already had several non-fiction programs under his Prometheus Entertainment shingle. In 2005, Foxstar Productions disbanded, and folded into Fox Television Studios (then Fox 21 Television Studios, later bought by The Walt Disney Company, and turned into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
