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Vegas (2012 TV Series)
''Vegas'' is an American period drama television series that ran on CBS from September 25, 2012 to May 10, 2013. The series starred Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis. The series was co-created by Las Vegas chronicler and ''Casino'' screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, who also wrote the pilot. ''Vegas'' received a 22-episode full season on October 23, 2012. CBS later reduced the order to 21 episodes. On March 7, 2013, CBS announced that ''Vegas'' would move to Friday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET, beginning April 5, 2013. On May 10, 2013, CBS canceled the series after one season. Synopsis Set in 1960s Las Vegas, the series centers on Sheriff Ralph Lamb (Quaid) and his dealings with Chicago mobster Vincent Savino (Chiklis), who moved west to set up his own operation. The Lamb character is based on a real-life former rancher of the same name who served as Sheriff of Clark County from 1961 to 1979. Cast and characters Main * Dennis Quaid as Sheriff Ralph Lamb, a local rancher with se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costume Drama
Costume is the distinctive style of clothing, dress and/or cosmetics, makeup of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, occupation, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch—in short, culture. The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate clothing for certain activities, such as Riding habit, riding costume, Swimsuit, swimming costume, dance costume, and evening gown, evening costume. Appropriate and acceptable costume is subject to changes in fashion and local cultural norms. This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress", "attire", "robes" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot costumes. Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by hand. When made for commercial sale it was made, as late as the beginning of the 20th century, by "costumiers", often wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Clark County
The Sheriff of Clark County, officially The Sheriff of the County of Clark, is the chief law enforcement officer of Clark County, Nevada. The Sheriff heads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, is elected by the citizens of Clark County, and is an independent agency with joint policing of the City of Las Vegas and of unincorporated Clark County. The sheriff is the only elected head law enforcement officer within the city and county, and, as such, is not under the direct control of the city, county, state, or federal government. The current sheriff is Kevin McMahill, who became sheriff after Republican Joe Lombardo resigned to become Governor of Nevada. History The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was formed on July 1, 1973, by merging the former Las Vegas Police Department with the Clark County Sheriff's Department, with the Sheriff serving as its chief. The result is that Metro polices within the city limits of Las Vegas and all unincorporated areas and towns w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enver Gjokaj
Enver Leif Gjokaj ( , born February 12, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Victor in the science fiction television series '' Dollhouse'', Daniel Sousa in '' Agent Carter'' and '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', and Clark Evans in ''Invasion''. Early life Gjokaj's father is Albanian, and his mother is American. Gjokaj has an older brother named Bekim and an identical twin brother named Demir. Both Gjokaj and his brother attended Amador High School, in Sutter Creek, California, where Gjokaj participated in multiple plays and variety shows. Gjokaj graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. While at NYU, he was a semi-finalist for Tisch's Vilar Global Fellows Program. In 2002, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English from UC Berkeley. Career Beginning in 2009, Gjokaj played the role of Victor on the TV series '' Dollhouse''. His character, whose real name is Anthony Ceccoli, is an " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melinda Clarke
Melinda Patrice Clarke (born April 24, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Faith Taylor on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1989–1990), Julie Cooper on Fox's teen drama series '' The O.C.'' (2003–2007), Lady Heather on CBS's crime drama series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2001–2015) and Amanda on the action thriller series ''Nikita'' (2010–2013). Early life Clarke was born and raised in Dana Point, California. She is the daughter of actor John Clarke. Clarke is one of three siblings, and her sister died in 1994 of a malignant heart tumor. Career Clarke appeared on the daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' as Faith Taylor (where her father was a senior cast member), and starred in the television series '' Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'' (1997–1999). She also guest-starred on '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' (1997) as the Amazon chieftain Velasca, ''Firefly'' (2003) the brothel madam Nandi, ''Charmed'' (2002) as the Siren, and has had si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Doyle
Shawn Doyle (born September 19, 1968) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in ''The Expanse'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''Big Love'', '' 24'', ''Desperate Housewives'', and '' Star Trek: Discovery''. Early life and education Doyle was born and raised in Wabush (Labrador), Newfoundland. He was exposed to acting at a young age, as his father was the founder of a local theatre group. Later, he moved to Toronto to study theatre at York University. Career He has won three awards for his critically acclaimed performance as Dennis Langley in '' The Eleventh Hour''. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has also starred in the American shows '' 24'' as Ronnie Lobell, ''Desperate Housewives'' as Mr. Hartley, and ''Big Love''. He has also made several film appearances: as Jack Shepard in ''Frequency'', Brian in 1998's ''Babyface'', Stephen in the 2005 film ''Sabah'', and as Ray in ''Grown Up Movie Star'' (which he co-produced). Other roles include John in the film adaptation of '' The Robber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Las Vegas
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of Las Vegas. Starting with Mr. Peter Buol the first mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1911 to 1913. List of mayors of Las Vegas See also * Las Vegas history and timeline References {{Reflist External links City of Las Vegas Official Website Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael O'Neill (actor)
Michael O'Neill (born May 29, 1951) is an American character actor. Early life and education O'Neill was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Capitol Heights Junior High and Robert E. Lee High School, graduating in 1969. In high school he played basketball and was elected class beau and a class favorite. He graduated from Auburn University in 1974. While at Auburn, O'Neill was inducted as a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha. After attending Auburn, he spent time under the tutelage of actor Will Geer and one of Geer's daughters, the actress Ellen Geer, at Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue his career there. Career With a career stretching through three decades, he usually portrays senior law enforcement or military officers. He played Special Agent Ron Butterfield, the head of President Josiah Bartlet's Secret Service detail, on ''The West Wing'', and CTU Administrative Director Richard Walsh in the first two episodes of '' 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinessa Shaw
Vinessa Elizabeth Shaw (born July 19, 1976) is an American film actress and model. She began her career as a child actress, making her feature film debut in the slasher film ''Home Sweet Home (1981 film), Home Sweet Home'' (1981). She had her breakout role in Walt Disney Pictures, Disney's Halloween comedy-fantasy film ''Hocus Pocus (1993 film), Hocus Pocus'' (1993). Shaw also appeared in ''Ladybugs (film), Ladybugs'' (1992) and ''L.A. Without a Map'' (1998). While attending Barnard College, Shaw was cast in a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's ''Eyes Wide Shut'' (1999), after which she decided to continue acting into her adulthood. Subsequent roles include in Kathryn Bigelow's period drama ''The Weight of Water (film), The Weight of Water'' (2000); the comedy ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002), the 2006 remake of Wes Craven's horror film ''The Hills Have Eyes (2006 film), The Hills Have Eyes'', the western ''3:10 to Yuma (2007 film), 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007), and the romantic dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Garcia
Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom '' George Lopez'' (2006–2007), Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama '' Dexter'' (2011–2013), Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama '' Vegas'' (2012–2013), and Ella Lopez on the Fox/Netflix drama ''Lucifer'' (2016–2021). Early life Aimee Garcia was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Eloisa, is from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, and graduated from Northwestern University's dental school; her father, Hector, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was in the U.S. Armed Forces. Garcia started acting in commercials as a child, and participated in theater at seven years old. She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, where she attended Fenwick High School graduating in 1996. While in school, she took acting classes at Piven Theatre Workshop. She appeared in local plays and musicals during her time at Northwestern Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common ancestry, history and Culture of Ireland, culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaels, Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also Norman invasion of Ireland, conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while Kingdom of England, England's 16th/17th century Tudor conquest of Ireland, conquest and Plantations of Ireland, colonisation of Ireland brought many English people, English and Scottish Lowlands, Lowland Scottish people, Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Republic of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Made Man
In the Sicilian and American Mafia, a made man is a fully initiated member of the Mafia. In order to become eligible to be "made", an associate must fulfill several requirements, such as being Italian or of Italian descent and sponsored by another made man. An inductee will be required to take the oath of '' omertà'', the Mafia code of silence and code of honor. After the induction ceremony, the associate becomes a "made man" and holds the rank of soldier () in the Mafia hierarchy. Made men are the only ones who can rise through the ranks of the Mafia, from soldier to caporegime, consigliere, underboss, and boss. Other common names for members include ''man of honor'' (), ''man of respect'' (), ''one of us'' (), ''friend of ours'' (), ''good fella'', and ''wiseguy'', although the last two terms can also apply to non-initiated Mafia associates who work closely with the Mafia, rather than just official "made men". Earning or making one's "bones" or "button" or becoming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, second largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2012 was 2,106,146 inhabitants, and its area is for the capital city side and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,814,207 inhabitants in 2023. Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century. It served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
