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The Octopus Project
The Octopus Project is an American experimental music, experimental band formed in Austin, TX in 1999 by Toto Miranda, Yvonne Lambert & Josh Lambert. Their first album, ''Identification Parade'', came out in 2002, setting them off on a musical path that veers through blown-out rock’n’roll, vibrant electronics, surreal pop and expansive psych landscapes. Since then, the group of multi-instrumentalists has released six studio albums and scored six feature films. Touring venues and festivals worldwide (Lollapalooza, Coachella (festival), Coachella, Austin City Limits Festival) both on their own and as handpicked support for artists as diverse as DEVO and Aesop Rock, they have earned a reputation for explosive live shows and immersive audio-visual experiments. Also active as composers for video games and film, they were awarded the Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for their work on the film ''Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter''. Their recent scorin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin, Texas
Austin ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the Metropolitan statistical area, 26th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the List of United States cities by population, 13th-most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fifth-most populous city in the state after Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and the second-most populous state capital city after Phoenix, Arizona. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 in Texas, I-35 corridor. This combined metropolitan region of San Antonio–Austin met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aesop Rock
Ian Matthias Bavitz (born June 5, 1976), better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American rapper and producer from Long Island, New York. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it went on hiatus in 2010. In a 2010 retrospective, betterPropaganda ranked him at number 19 at the ''Top 100 Artists of the Decade''. He released his first album, '' Music for Earthworms'', in 1997, with '' Float'' following three years later. '' Labor Days'', his third studio album, was released in September 2001. His next release, titled '' Bazooka Tooth'', released 2 years later in September 2003. His fourth studio album, '' None Shall Pass'', was released in August 2007. Its titular song became one of Ian's most popular and well-known songs. His sixth record, '' Skelethon'', was released in July 2012. His seventh release, '' The Impossible Kid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamo Drafthouse
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, which is famous for serving dinner and drinks during the film, as well as its strict policy of requiring its audiences to maintain proper cinema-going etiquette. Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Experiences acquired the chain in June 2024. The cinema chain has multiple locations across the United States, including 18 in Texas. There are five locations in Virginia (Winchester, Virginia, Winchester; Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville; Woodbridge, Virginia, Woodbridge; Crystal City, Virginia, Crystal City; and Ashburn, Virginia, Ashburn); three locations in Colorado (Denver; Westminster, Colorado, Westminster; and Littleton, Colorado, Littleton); and four in New York (state), New York (Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Lower Manhattan), two locations in Missouri (St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri, Springfield) and California (San Francisco and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Sundance Film Festival
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to 28, 2024. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 6, 2023. Among the highlighted events included the premiere of a documentary about the 1980s rock band Devo. Films U.S. Dramatic Competition World Cinema Dramatic Competition U.S. Documentary Competition World Documentary Competition Premieres Next Midnight Spotlight Special Screenings Episodic Anniversary Screenings U.S. Fiction Short Films International Fiction Short Films Animated Short Films Nonfiction Short Films Awards The following awards were given out: Grand Jury Prizes * U.S. Dramatic – ''In the Summers'' (Alessandra Lacorazza) * U.S. Documentary – ''Porcelain War'' (Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev) * World Cinema Dramatic – ''Sujo'' (Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez) * World Cinema Documentary – ''A New Kind of Wilderness'' (Silje Evensmo Jacobsen) * Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riley Keough
Danielle Riley Keough ( ; born May 29, 1989) is an American actress. Born into the Presley family, she is the oldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and the eldest grandchild of Elvis Presley. She initially started her career as a model from 2004 to 2008 before transitioning as an actress making her feature film debut in a supporting part in the musical biopic ''The Runaways (2010 film), The Runaways'' (2010), portraying Marie Currie. Keough's early roles included in the independent thriller ''The Good Doctor (2011 film), The Good Doctor'' (2011), the comedy-drama film ''Magic Mike'' (2012), and the action epic ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015). Her performance as a wayward young woman in the Andrea Arnold drama film ''American Honey (film), American Honey'' (2016) earned her a Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Independent Spirit Award nomination. She has since taken roles in the horror films ''It Comes at Night'' (2017), and ''The House That Jack Built (2018 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Adam Eisenberg ( ; born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, filmmaker, and playwright. Recognized for playing smart but awkward characters in both comedies and dramas, his accolades include a British Academy Film Award and nominations for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Eisenberg made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series '' Get Real'' (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the film '' Roger Dodger'' (2002), he starred in films such as '' The Squid and the Whale'' (2005), '' Adventureland'' (2009) and '' Zombieland'' (2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film ''The Social Network'' (2010), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the Woody Allen films '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) and '' Café Society'' (2016), the heist films '' Now You See Me'' (2013) and its 2016 sequel, and independent dramas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasquatch Sunset
''Sasquatch Sunset'' is a 2024 American absurdist fantasy drama film directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner, written by David Zellner, and starring Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Christophe Zajac-Denek, and Nathan Zellner. The film follows a family of Sasquatch over a period of one year. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024. The film was released by Bleecker Street on April 12, 2024 and received generally favorable reception from critics. Plot In the wilderness of Northern California live four nomadic Sasquatch—the brutish alpha male, his female mate, her male child, and another adult male. They spend their days exploring, foraging, and performing rituals where they drum with branches in hopes of getting a response from other Sasquatch. During springtime, the alpha and the female have sex while the other two watch. Later, the group find some berries to eat, but the alpha finds some that have fermented. After becoming intoxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeVar Burton
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ''Roots'' (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series '' Reading Rainbow'' for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of ''Reading Rainbow''. His other roles include Cap Jackson in ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977), Donald Lang in ''Dummy'' (1979), Tommy Price in ''The Hunter'' (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in ''Ali'' (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book ''The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr''. In 1990, he was honored for his accomplishments in television with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading Rainbow
''Reading Rainbow'' is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterward PBS Kids from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes were produced over 23 seasons. Before its official premiere, the show aired for test audiences in the Nebraska and Buffalo, New York markets (their PBS member stations, the Nebraska ETV ow Nebraska Public Mediaand WNED-TV, respectively, were co-producers of the show). The purpose of the show was to encourage a love of books and reading among children. In 2012, an iPad and Kindle Fire educational interactive book reading and video field trip application was launched bearing the name of the program. The public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including a Peabody Award and 26 Emmy Awards, 10 of which were in the "Outstanding Children's Series" category. The concept of a reading series for children originated with Twila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Guzman
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg (; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Spaced'' (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and ''The World's End (film), The World's End'' (2013), known collectively as the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film ''Paul (2011 film), Paul'' (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what ''Radio Times'' calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd, Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in ''Doctor Who'' (2005), ''Star Trek'' as Scotty (Star Trek), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015). He starred as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible (film series), ''Mission: Impossible'' f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986) is an English actor. #Filmography, His filmography often sees him portraying eccentric characters across a diverse range of genres. Known for starring in both major studio productions and independent films, Pattinson has been ranked among the List of highest-paid film actors, world's highest-paid actors, and his works have grossed over $4.7billion worldwide. In 2010, ''Time (magazine), Time'' included him in its list of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world, and he was also featured in the Forbes Celebrity 100, ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100. Born and raised in London, Pattinson started acting at age thirteen in a London theatre club. He made early screen appearances in supporting roles, including in ''Vanity Fair (2004 film), Vanity Fair'' (2004), and played Cedric Diggory in the fantasy film ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005) before making his debut as a lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
