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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
''Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' is a 2012 epistolary comedy novel written by Maria Semple. The plot revolves around an agoraphobic architect and mother named Bernadette Fox, who goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica. It is narrated by her 15-year-old daughter Bee Branch, and is told in a series of documents (emails, memos, transcripts, etc.) with the occasional interlude by Bee. Synopsis 15-year-old Bee Branch lives in Seattle with her father Elgin, a computer genius who works for Microsoft, and mother Bernadette, an agoraphobic stay-at-home parent. Bernadette delegates the task of making their arrangements to a personal assistant in India named Manjula, and has ongoing feuds with some of the other mothers at Bee's private school, the main instigator being their neighbor Audrey Griffin. Their tension worsens when Audrey accuses Bernadette of running over her foot with her car - which Bernadette does not dispute, though it is untrue - and when the hillside above Audr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maria Semple
Maria Keogh Semple (born May 21, 1964) is an American novelist and screenwriter. She is the author of ''This One Is Mine'' (2008), '' Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2012), and '' Today Will Be Different'' (2016). Her television credits include ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Mad About You'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Arrested Development'', ''Suddenly Susan'', and ''Ellen''. She is a 2013 recipient of the Alex Awards. Early life Semple was born in Santa Monica, California. Her family moved to Spain soon after she was born. There her father, the screenwriter Lorenzo Semple, Jr., wrote the pilot for the television series ''Batman''. The family moved to Los Angeles and then to Aspen, Colorado. Semple attended boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall, then received a BA in English from Barnard College in 1986.Maria Semple biography at o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Annapurna Pictures
Annapurna Pictures is an American independent media company founded by Megan Ellison on April 2, 2011, and based in Los Angeles, California. It is active in film, television theatrical production and video game publishing. History Annapurna Pictures was founded in 2011 by Megan Ellison as a production and financing company focusing on high-end auteur-driven cinema. Ellison had attended University of Southern California’s film school for two semesters and then left in 2005 and traveled the world. Among her stops was Nepal, where she trekked on the Himalayan mountain Annapurna, for which her production company is named. By 2014 Annapurna had produced and/or financed the films '' Lawless'', '' The Master'', ''Killing Them Softly'', ''Zero Dark Thirty'', '' Spring Breakers'', '' The Grandmaster'', ''Her'', ''Foxcatcher'', and '' American Hustle'', and was starting production on '' Joy'', '' Sausage Party'', '' Wiener-Dog'', '' 20th Century Women'', and '' Everybody Wants Some! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Janet Maslin
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, who served as a film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1977 to 1999, serving as chief critic for the last six years, and then a literary critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, Maslin helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors. Education Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Career Maslin began her career as a rock music critic for '' The Boston Phoenix'' and became a film editor and critic for that publication. She also worked as a freelancer for ''Rolling Stone'' and worked at ''Newsweek''. Maslin became a film critic for ''The New York Times'' in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. Maslin continued to review films for ''The Times'' until 1999, when she briefly left the newspaper. Her film criticism career, including her embrace of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Directors Guild Of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of Film director, film and Television director, television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. DGA Awards The DGA hosts the annual DGA Awards, an important precursor to the Academy Awards. In its 69-year history, the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has been a near perfect barometer for both the Best Director, and in some cases, the Best Picture Academy Award. Only seven times has the DGA Award winner not won the corresponding Best Director Academy Award. Honorees are awarded with a statue manufactured by Society Awards. Credits The rule that a film can only have one single director was adopted to preserve the continuity of a director's vision and to avoid pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Judy Greer
Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has appeared in Judy Greer filmography, a wide variety of films. She rose to prominence for her supporting roles in the films ''Jawbreaker (film), Jawbreaker'' (1999), ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''13 Going on 30'' (2004), ''Elizabethtown (film), Elizabethtown'' (2005), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), and ''Love & Other Drugs'' (2010). Greer expanded into multiple genres with roles in films, such as ''The Wedding Planner'' (2001), ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' (2002), ''The Village (2004 film), The Village'' (2004), ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), ''Carrie (2013 film), Carrie'' (2013), ''Men, Women & Children (film), Men, Women & Children'' (2014), ''Grandma (2015 film), Grandma'' (2015), ''Lemon (2017 film), Lemon'' (2017), ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film), Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019), ''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Troian Bellisario
Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress and filmmaker. The daughter of producer Donald P. Bellisario and actress Deborah Pratt, she first appeared in her father's film ''Last Rites'' (1988), at age three. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Bellisario gained international attention for her portrayal of Spencer Hastings in the Freeform drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (20102017), for which she received various accolades. In film, Bellisario has received recognition for her performances in '' C.O.G.'' (2013), '' Feed'' (2017)which she also wrote and produced'' Clara'' (2018), and '' Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019). On television, Bellisario appeared in the television drama film ''Sister Cities'' (2016), the web series ''Lauren'' (20122013), and the police procedural series '' On Call'' (2025). Since 2016, she has been married to actor Patrick J. Adams, with whom she has two daughters. The couple appear together in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. List of awards and nominations received by Laurence Fishburne, His accolades include six Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Fishburne first came to prominence appearing in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979) and achieved further recognition for his supporting role in ''Boyz n the Hood'' (1991). Later, he became known for portraying Morpheus (The Matrix), Morpheus in The Matrix (franchise), ''The Matrix'' trilogy (1999–2003) and the Bowery King in John Wick, ''John Wick'' film series (2017–). For his portrayal of Ike Turner in ''What's Love Got to Do with It (1993 film), What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also won six Emmy Awards for various television p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Billy Crudup
William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in '' Jesus' Son'' (1999). He went on to star in numerous high-profile films, including '' Almost Famous'' (2000), '' Big Fish'' (2003), '' Mission: Impossible III'' (2006), ''Watchmen'' (2009), '' Public Enemies'' (2009), '' The Stanford Prison Experiment'' (2015), '' Jackie'' (2016), and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), in both lead and supporting roles. Crudup is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play '' The Coast of Utopia'' in 2007. He has also starred in the streaming television series '' Gypsy'' (2017), and '' The Morning Show'' (2019–present), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and '' Hello Tomorrow!'' (2023). In June 2023, he married British actress Naomi Watts. Early life Crudup was born in Manhasset, New York. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kristen Wiig
Kristen Carroll Wiig (; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') from 2005 to 2012. During her stint at ''Saturday Night Live'', Wiig received four nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also took on supporting roles in the comedy films ''Knocked Up'' (2007) and '' Paul'' (2011), and co-wrote and starred in '' Bridesmaids'' (2011), which was critically and commercially successful. The film earned her nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. After leaving ''Saturday Night Live'', Wiig appeared in the films '' The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (2013), '' The Skeleton Twins'' (2014), '' The Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise Blanchett ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for Cate Blanchett on screen and stage, her versatile work across stage and screen. Blanchett has received List of awards and nominations received by Cate Blanchett, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her career on the Australian stage in 1992 and made her feature film debut in 1997. She came to international prominence for her performance as Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth I in the period drama ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' (1998), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. In 2015, Linklater was included on the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. His films include the comedies '' Slacker'' (1990) and '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993); the romance films ''Before'' trilogy (1995–2013); the music-themed comedy '' School of Rock'' (2003); the adult animated films '' Waking Life'' (2001), '' A Scanner Darkly'' (2006), and '' Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood'' (2022); the coming-of-age drama '' Boyhood'' (2014); the comedy film '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016); the action romantic comedy ''Hit Man'' (2023); the biographical film '' Blue Moon'' (2025); and the comedy-drama '' Nouvelle Vague'' (2025). Many of Linklater's films are noted for their loosely structured narratives. The ''Before'' trilogy and ''Boyhood'' both feature the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
