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The Philanthropist (TV Series)
''The Philanthropist'' is an American action drama television series that aired on NBC from June 24 to August 12, 2009. The program was a limited summer series, principally filmed in South Africa. It opened to strong ratings, but saw a drop in viewers in subsequent weeks. ''The Philanthropist'' is a Carnival Films production in association with The Levinson/Fontana Company and Original Media. Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Peter Horton, Charlie Corwin, Gareth Neame, and Teri Weinberg served as executive producers. On October 21, 2009, NBC cancelled the series after one season. Synopsis The title character, Teddy Rist (portrayed by James Purefoy), is a billionaire playboy haunted by the death of his only child. His life changes when he rescues a young boy during a hurricane in Nigeria. As a result, Rist begins using his fortune to personally change the lives of others. ''The Philanthropist'' is based loosely on the life of Bobby Sager. Cast and characters Main * James Purefoy as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action (genre)
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and Mystery fiction, mysteries. This kind of story utilizes Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a Thriller (genre), thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting Action (narrative), action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael K
''Life & Times of Michael K'' is a 1983 novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The novel won the Booker Prize for 1983. The novel is a story of a man named Michael K, who makes an arduous journey from Cape Town to his mother's rural birthplace, amid a fictitious civil war during the apartheid era, in the 1970-80s. Plot summary The novel is split into three parts. The novel begins with Michael K, a poor man with a cleft lip who has spent his childhood in institutions and works as a gardener in Cape Town. Michael tends to his mother who works as a domestic servant to a wealthy family. The country descends into civil war and martial law is imposed, and Michael's mother becomes very sick. Michael decides to quit his job and escape the city to return his mother to her birthplace, which she says was Prince Albert. Michael finds himself unable to obtain the proper permits for travel out of the city so he builds a shoddy rickshaw to carry his mother, and they go on their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Europe. It lies at the centre of the Balkans. Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008, and has since gained diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state by 101 member states of the United Nations. It is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo is dominated by the vast plains and fields of Dukagjini and Kosovo field. The Accursed Mountains and Šar Mountains rise in the southwest and southeast, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Pristina. In classical antiquity, the central tribe which emerged in the territory of Kosovo were Dardani, who formed an independent polity known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McNamara (writer)
John McNamara (born April 2, 1962) is an American writer, producer, showrunner and television creator. He attended East Grand Rapids High School located in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan and New York University. While at NYU, he wrote two children's books published by Delacorte Press and a teleplay for the CBS Afternoon Playhouse. Career He is co-creator of a short-lived television series called ''Profit'' which ran on the Fox network in April 1996, as well as ''Vengeance Unlimited'' for ABC in 1998 and '' Fastlane'' for Fox in 2002. In 1998, his McNamara Paper Products company had inked an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Television to develop scripted programming. McNamara went on to executive produce several other television shows, including '' The Fugitive'' (a remake from 2000 to 2001 season) and ''Eyes''. After nearly a decade working at Warner Bros., he moved to CBS Paramount Television in 2006 for a two-year overall deal. In 2007, he served a stint as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oil Refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas and petroleum naphtha. Petrochemicals feedstock like ethylene and propylene can also be produced directly by cracking crude oil without the need of using refined products of crude oil such as naphtha. The crude oil feedstock has typically been processed by an oil production plant. There is usually an oil depot at or near an oil refinery for the storage of incoming crude oil feedstock as well as bulk liquid products. In 2020, the total capacity of global refineries for crude oil was about 101.2 million barrels per day. Oil refineries are typically large, sprawling industrial complexes with extensive piping running throughout, carrying streams of fluids between large chemical processing units, such as distillation colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Pate
Jonas James Pate (born January 15, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote and directed ''The Grave'', '' Deceiver'', '' The Take'', and directed '' Shrink''. Pate also co-created '' Good vs Evil,'' ''Surface'' and ''Outer Banks'' Early life Jonas Pate was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Josh Pate. Pate's parents divorced when he was young, and the siblings were raised through elementary school with their mother and step-father in Atlanta, Georgia, and through high school with their father and step-mother in Raeford, NC. He studied philosophy at Princeton University, and graduated in 1992. Career In 1996, Pate started his career by writing and directing the thriller film called ''The Grave'' with his brother Josh. After a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, it received a wide range of positive reviews. The following year, they collaborated on the movie '' Deceiver''. He subsequently co-created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. It has been called a form of modern slavery because of the way victims are forced into sexual acts non-consensually, in a form of sexual slavery. Perpetrators of the crime are called sex traffickers or pimps—people who manipulate victims to engage in various forms of commercial sex with paying customers. Sex traffickers use force, fraud, and coercion as they recruit, transport, and provide their victims as prostitutes. Sometimes victims are brought into a situation of dependency on their trafficker(s), financially or emotionally. Every aspect of sex trafficking is considered a crime, from acquisition to transportation and exploitation of victims. This includes any sexual exploitation of adults or minors, including child sex tourism (CST) and domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST). In 2012, the International Labour Organization (ILO) reported 20.9 million people were subjected to forced labor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Hardy
Linda Hardy (born 11 October 1973) is a French actress and model. Life and career Hardy won the title of Miss France in 1992, and represented her country at Miss Universe 1992, Miss World 1992, and Miss Europe 1992. She then launched an acting career in French cinema, beginning with the 1999 film ''Recto-verso'' ( here the article in French), which was followed by her role as Charlotte in the TV series '' H'' in 2000. Internationally, her best-known role to date has been as the blue-haired, blue-teared, mutant-woman-turning-human, Jill, in the 2004 science-fiction film, '' Immortel'' (released in North America as ''Immortal''). In the film, Hardy is dubbed by an English-speaking actress (Barbara Weber-Scaff), except for one piece of dialogue delivered in her French. Another of her roles was in a 2006 film titled ''A House Divided'', also known as ''Mount of Olives''. The film tells the story of Romi (Eion Bailey Eion Francis Hamilton Bailey ( ; born June 8, 1976) is an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duane Clark
Duane Bradley Clark (born July 16, 1963) is an American–Canadian television director, producer and screenwriter. He is the son of television personality Dick Clark and his second wife, Loretta Martin. He attended the film program at UCLA, where he graduated with honors and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He directed episodes for a number of television series, '' Highlander: The Series'', '' Dark Angel'', ''The Practice'', ''Boston Public'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''CSI: NY'' and the mini-series ''XIII XIII may refer to: * 13 (number) or XIII in Roman numerals * 13th century in Roman numerals * ''XIII'' (comics), a Belgian comic book series by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance ** ''XIII'' (2003 video game), a 2003 video game based on the comic b ...''. Clark has been a resident of the US and the UK (2005–14), and he has dual citizenship of the US and Canada. Filmography References External links * (archived) * American film direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Brown
Lucy is an English people, English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce (name), Luce, Lucie, Lucia (name), Lucia, and Luzia (other), Luzia. The English Lucy (surname), Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on Latin male personal name Lucius. It was transmitted to England after the Norman Conquest in the 11th century (see also De Lucy). Feminine name variants *Luiseach (Irish language, Irish) *Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ (Armenian language, Armenian) *Lučija, Лучија (Serbian language, Serbian) *Lucy, Люси (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian) *Lutsi, Луци (Macedonian language, Macedonian) *Lutsija, Луција (Macedonian language, Macedonian) *Liùsaidh (Scottish Gaelic) *Liucija (Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021. She has served as the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) since 2011, having been the general secretary from 1988 to 2011. She played a vital role in Myanmar's transition from military junta to partial democracy in the 2010s. The youngest daughter of Aung San, Father of the Nation of modern-day Myanmar, and Khin Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi was born in Rangoon, British Burma. After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1964 and St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1968, she worked at the United Nations for three years. She married Michael Aris in 1972, with whom she had two children. Aung San Suu Kyi rose to prominence in the 8888 Uprising of 8 August 1988 and became the General Secretary of the NLD, which she h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Arrest
In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to being in a prison while awaiting trial or after sentencing. While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In these cases, the person under house arrest often does not have access to any means of communication with people outside of the home; if electronic communication is allowed, conversations may be monitored. History Judges have imposed sentences of home confinement, as an alternative to prison, as far back as the 17th century. Galileo was confined to his home following his infamous trial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
