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Olivia DeJonge
Olivia DeJonge (; born 30 April 1998) is an Australian actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the ABC1 series ''Hiding (TV series), Hiding'' (2015) and the Netflix series ''The Society (TV series), The Society'' (2019), and films include ''The Visit (2015 American film), The Visit'' (2015), ''Better Watch Out'' (2016), and ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'' (2022). For portraying Priscilla Presley in the latter, she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. Early life and education DeJonge was born on 30 April 1998 in Melbourne, Victoria, the elder of two children of Robyn () and Rob DeJonge. Her parents are investors in the property and IT sectors. She spent her early years in Rochester Terrace, a heritage-listed townhouse in St Vincent Place, Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park. In October 2003 she moved to Perth, Western Australia with her parents at the age of five, where she was enrolled in up in the Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elvis (2022 Film)
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Voiceover
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice that is not part of the narrative (i.e., non-diegetic) accompanies the pictured or on-site presentation of events. The voice-over is read from a script and may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice actor. Synchronous dialogue, where the voice-over is narrating the action that is taking place at the same time, remains the most common technique in voice-overs. Asynchronous, however, is also used in cinema. It is usually prerecorded and placed over the top of a film or video and commonly used in documentaries or news reports to explain information. Voice-overs are used in video games and on-hold messages, as well as for announcements and information at events and tourist destinations. It may also be read live for events such as award pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Austin Butler
Austin Robert Butler (born August 17, 1991) is an American actor, singer, and model. Butler began his career on television, first in roles on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, most notably on ''Zoey 101'' (2007–2008), and later on teen dramas, including recurring parts on The CW's ''Life Unexpected'' (2010–2011) and ''Switched at Birth (TV series), Switched at Birth'' (2011–2012). He gained recognition for starring in ''The Carrie Diaries (TV series), The Carrie Diaries'' (2013–2014) and ''The Shannara Chronicles'' (2016–2017). Butler made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the 2018 revival of ''The Iceman Cometh'' and portrayed Tex Watson in Quentin Tarantino's film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). Butler gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'' (2022), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, Backbeat (music), backbeat-driven fusion of country music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer, and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music, and the recording industries. He is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, with four of his films in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films of all time. On the screen, he is best known for his ''Red Curtain Trilogy'', consisting of his romantic comedy film ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) and the romantic tragedies ''Romeo + Juliet, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet'' (1996) and ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included ''Australia (2008 film), Australia'' (2008), ''The Great Gatsby (2013 film), The Great Gatsby'' (2013), ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'' (2022), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Will (TV Series)
''Will'' is a historical fiction television series about the life of William Shakespeare in his early 20s. The series was ordered for a first season, consisting of ten episodes, on May 18, 2016. It premiered on TNT on July 10, 2017, and concluded on September 4, 2017. It was originally ordered to series at Pivot in 2013 but was never broadcast. On September 5, 2017, the series was canceled after one season. Plot Young William Shakespeare is a struggling playwright who tires of making gloves in order to support his wife and three children. He travels to London and sells one of his plays to a theatre owned by James Burbage. In doing so, he befriends the rest of the company, pushes out the previous playwright and falls in love with Burbage's daughter, Alice. While seeking fame and fortune in London, Will keeps his Catholicism secret from those who would threaten to kill him and exploit his connection to the wanted Robert Southwell. As he makes a name for himself, he finds that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
TNT (U
Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene), is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagent in chemical synthesis, but it is best known as an explosive material with convenient handling properties. The explosive yield of TNT is considered to be the TNT equivalent, standard comparative convention of bombs and asteroid impacts. In chemistry, TNT is used to generate Charge transfer complex, charge transfer salts. History TNT was first synthesized in 1863 by German chemist Julius Wilbrand and was originally used as a yellow dye. Its potential as an explosive was not recognized for three decades, mainly because it was so much less sensitive than other explosives known at the time. Its explosive properties were discovered in 1891 by another German chemist, Carl Häussermann. TNT can be safely poured when liquid into shell c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ed Oxenbould
Ed Oxenbould (born 1 June 2001) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the film '' Julian'' (2012). Subsequently, he appeared in the television series '' Puberty Blues'' (2012–2014) and became more well-known for his role in the film ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' (2014). He continued to gain fame for his roles in the films ''Paper Planes'' (2015), '' The Visit'' (2015), '' Better Watch Out'' (2016), ''Wildlife'' (2018), and ''Nugget is Dead?'' (2024). Early life and education Oxenbould was born in Melbourne, the son of actors Diane Adams and Jamie Oxenbould. He is the nephew of comedian/actor Ben Oxenbould. Career He starred in the 2012 Australian short film '' Julian'', directed by Matthew Moore, in which he played the title role (a 9-year-old Julian Assange). He was nominated for the AACTA Awards, AACTA Award for AACTA Award for Best Young Actor, Best Young Actor. He then starred in the Australian television show '' P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ABC Television (Australian TV Network)
ABC Television is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Until an organisational restructure in 2017/2018, ABC Television was also the name of a division of the ABC. The name was also used to refer to the first and for many years the only national ABC channel, before it was renamed ABC1 and then again to ABC TV. The Australian public broadcaster's television service was launched in November 1956 from its first television station in Australia, ABN (TV station), ABN Sydney. This was the second one in the country, with the commercial channel TCN having launched two months earlier. An ABC television network covering every Australian states and territories, state and territory was completed by 1971, and in 2000 the television operations joined the ABC Radio and Regional Content, ABC radio and ABC Online, online divisions at the Corporation's Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo headquarters in Sydney in 2000. The ABC pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Caryn Waechter
Caryn Waechter is an American filmmaker best known for her 2014 debut film ''The Sisterhood of Night''. Education Waechter initially attended Columbia University to earn a degree as a film critic. Encouraged by her mentors she switched majors and ended up earning an MFA in directing. While there she met Marilyn Fu who later presented her with the screenplay of ''The Sisterhood of Night''. Film career In 2012, Waechter and her team launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for ''The Sisterhood of Night''. The film premiered at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival. The film was picked up for distribution by Freestyle Releasing Freestyle Releasing, LLC is an American independent film distribution company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2004, specializing in releasing low budget films theatrically. Unlike most distributors, Freestyle Releasing does not put ... and was given a limited theatrical release as well as a release on VOD in April 2015. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kal Penn
Kalpen Suresh Modi ( born April 23, 1977), known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration. As an actor he is known for his portrayals of Kumar Patel in the '' Harold & Kumar'' film series, Lawrence Kutner on the television program ''House'', White House staffer Seth Wright on '' Designated Survivor'', and Kevin, a psychologist and boyfriend to Robin in ''How I Met Your Mother''. He is also recognized for his performance in the film '' The Namesake''. Penn once taught at the University of Pennsylvania in the Cinema Studies Program as a visiting lecturer. In April 2009, Penn joined the Obama administration as an associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement as liaison for outreach to Asian Pacific Americans and arts communities. This necessitated that his TV character, Lawrence Kutner, be written out of ''House''. Penn briefly left his post in June 2010 to film the thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
