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Alysia Reiner
Alysia Reiner is an American actress. She is best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast. Reiner starred in and produced the financial drama '' Equity'', which was bought at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and released nationwide. It is now being developed into a TV series by Tri-Star and ABC. Reiner has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and won an Obie Award for her performance in '' An Oak Tree''. In ''Sideways'', the critically acclaimed comedy–drama film, Reiner played Christine Ergarian, where she won her first ensemble cast SAG award. She played District Attorney Wendy Parks in the ABC crime-legal drama TV series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' and Sunny in the FX comedy '' Better Things''. In 2014, she also appeared in Season 4 of '' Masters of Sex'' on Showtime, as Lilian Izikoff on ''Rosewood'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, United States, and the most populous city in North Central Florida, with a population of 145,212 in 2022. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gainesville metropolitan area with a population of 350,903 in 2022. Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the List of largest United States university campuses by enrollment, third-largest public university campus by enrollment in the United States as of the 2023–2024 academic year. The university is represented by the Florida Gators sports teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA competitions. History There is archeological evidence, from about 12,000 years ago, of the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Gainesville area, although it is not known if there were any permanent settlements. A Deptford culture campsite existed in Gainesville and was estimated to have been used between 500 BCE and 100 CE. The Deptford peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosewood (TV Series)
''Rosewood'' is an American police procedural drama series that aired on Fox from September 23, 2015, to April 28, 2017. The series was created by Todd Harthan, starring Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a private pathologist working in Miami, Florida, in high demand with law enforcement. On October 16, 2015, Fox picked up ''Rosewood'' for a full season of 22 episodes. On April 7, 2016, Fox renewed the series for a second season which premiered on September 22, 2016. On May 9, 2017, Fox cancelled the series after two seasons. Cast and characters Main * Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Darius Rosewood, Jr. * Jaina Lee Ortiz as Det. Annalise Villa * Gabrielle Dennis as Pippy Rosewood, Beaumont's sister. Pippy calls her brother by his nickname of Rosie despite the fact it is a variation of their family name Rosewood. * Anna Konkle as Tara Milly Izikoff (TMI), Pippy's girlfriend/wife * Domenick Lombardozzi as Captain/Detective Ira Hornstock * Lorraine Toussaint as Donna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Flights Up
''5 Flights Up'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Ruth & Alex'') is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Loncraine, written by Charlie Peters, and starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. The film is based on the novel ''Heroic Measures'' by Jill Ciment. It was released on May 8, 2015 by Focus World. Plot Alex and Ruth Carver, an older couple, live in a five-story walk-up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They want to move because it is difficult living in a building without an elevator. Alex is a painter and uses one of the rooms as his studio. Ruth is a retired school teacher. They have lived there so many years that it and the neighborhood have become intertwined with their lives. Their niece Lilly is their broker and believes the apartment is worth up to $1 million. Three other plot lines develop simultaneously with the sale of the apartment. One is the problem with the Carvers' old dog Dorothy who gets a ruptured disc and the issue of how much money to spend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Awkward Moment
''That Awkward Moment'' (released as ''Are We Officially Dating?'' in Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand) is a 2014 American bromantic comedy drama film written and directed by Tom Gormican in his directorial debut. The film stars Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis, and Jessica Lucas. The film had its Los Angeles premiere on January 27, 2014, and it was widely released on January 31 in the United States. Plot Jason is sitting on a bench in New York City waiting for someone to arrive. Jason's voiceover explains that he has been waiting for a long time, but to explain why, he needs to go back to the beginning. Jason tells the audience that every relationship reaches the "So..." moment, where someone in the relationship will want to take the relationship to a more serious place. At that point, Jason knows the relationship is over, as he is never ready to give up the hookup culture. Jason is currently working with his best friend Daniel at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arranged (film)
''Arranged'' is a 2007 American independent film, independent buddy film, produced by Cicala Filmworks, directed by Diane Crespo and Stefan Schaefer, and starring Zoe Lister-Jones and Francis Benhamou. It tells the story of the friendship between an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish woman (Rochel) and a Muslim woman (Nasira), both of whom are teachers in New York City. Plot Rochel, an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jew, and Nasira, a Muslim originally from Syria, are young women who are just beginning as teachers in Education in New York City, New York's public school system. As Rochel is a teacher for the Visual impairment, visually impaired, she meets Nasira, who teaches the fourth grade, as the aid for Eddie, one of Nasira's students. They bond while working together on Eddie's assignments, realizing that they share a lot in common. They also both fight against the stereotypes directed towards them, particularly from Principal Jacoby and Rochel's family. Both Nasira and Rochel are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vicious Kind
''The Vicious Kind'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Lee Toland Krieger. It stars Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost, and J. K. Simmons. It follows a misanthropic man who tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2009, and was given a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, California on December 11, 2009, by 72nd Street Productions. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of the cast (particularly Scott) and dialogue. At the 25th Independent Spirit Awards, it earned two nominations: Best Male Lead (for Scott) and Best Screenplay (for Krieger). Plot Peter is an idealistic college student on Thanksgiving break, and his older brother Caleb is begrudgingly giving him a ride home. At school, Peter has found a new gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissing Jessica Stein
''Kissing Jessica Stein'' is a 2001 American independent romantic comedy film written and co-produced by the film's stars, Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen, and directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. The film also stars Scott Cohen, Jackie Hoffman, and Tovah Feldshuh. It is one of the earlier film appearances of actors Jon Hamm and Michael Showalter. The film is based on a scene from the 1997 off-Broadway play ''Lipschtick'' by Westfeldt and Juergensen. Plot Twenty-eight-year-old Jessica Stein is an attractive, neurotic, Jewish copy editor Copy editing (also known as copyediting and manuscript editing) is the process of revising written material (" copy") to improve quality and readability, as well as ensuring that a text is free of errors in grammar, style, and accuracy. ''The Ch ... at a New York City newspaper. Her older brother Dan has recently become engaged, while her mother Judy is worried that Jessica will end up alone and often sets her up on blind da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Is The New Black Cast
Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower ** Orange juice *Orange (colour), the color of an orange fruit, occurs between red and yellow in the visible light spectrum *Some other citrus or citrus-like fruit, see '' list of plants known as orange'' * ''Orange'' (word), both a noun and an adjective in the English language Orange may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Game of Life'' (film), a 2007 film originally known as ''Oranges'' * ''Orange'' (2010 film), a Telugu-language film * ''The Oranges'' (film), a 2011 American romantic comedy starring Hugh Laurie * ''Orange'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language film * ''Orange'' (2015 film), a Japanese film * ''Orange'' (2018 film), a Kannada-language film Music Groups and labels * Orange (band), an American punk rock band, who formed in 2002 from California * Orange Record Label, a Canadian independent recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaïs Nin
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( ; ; February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín Nin and the classically trained singer Rosa Culmell. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author. Nin wrote journals prolifically from age eleven until her death. Her journals, many of which were published during her lifetime, detail her private thoughts and personal relationships. Her journals also describe her marriages to Hugh Parker Guiler and Rupert Pole, in addition to her numerous affairs with men and women, including those with psychoanalyst Otto Rank and writer Henry Miller, both of whom profoundly influenced Nin and her writing. In addition to her journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Group
The New Group, is a New York City Off-Broadway theatrical troupe founded by Artistic Director Scott Elliott, that produced its first play, Mike Leigh's '' Ecstasy'', in 1995. The New Group is run by founding Artistic Director, Scott Elliott, and Executive Director, Adam Bernstein. The New Group was recognized with the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical for Avenue Q originated at the Vineyard Theatre in 2003. Home theatre history Since 2003 the home theatre for the group has mostly been on West 42nd Street on Theatre Row. The main theatres since founding are: *1995 - John Houseman Theatre *1996–1998 - INTAR Theatre *1999–2003 - Theater at St. Clement's Church *2003–2014 - Acorn Theatre *2014–Present - Pershing Square Signature Center Production history *1995 **''Ecstasy'' by Mike Leigh, directed by Scott Elliott *1996 **''Curtains'' by Stephen Bill, directed by Scott Elliott *1996–1997 **''This Is Our Youth'' by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Mark Broka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Crouch
Tim Crouch (born 18 March 1964) is a British experimental theatre maker, actor, writer and director. His plays include ''My Arm'', ''An Oak Tree'', ''ENGLAND'', and ''The Author''. These take various forms, but all reject theatrical conventions, especially realism, and invite the audience to help create the work. Interviewed in 2007, Crouch said, "Theatre in its purest form is a conceptual artform. It doesn't need sets, costumes and props, but exists inside an audience's head."Mark Fisher, 'Art of the Matter', Edinburgh List Magazine, August 2007 Stephen Bottoms, Professor of Contemporary Theatre & Performance at the University of Manchester, has written that Crouch's plays "make up one of the most important bodies of English-language playwriting to have emerged so far in the twenty-first century... I can think of no other contemporary playwright who has asked such a compelling set of questions about theatrical form, narrative content, and spectatorial engagement."Professor Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
