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Earl Boen
Earl Boen (; August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023) was an American character actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying criminal psychiatrist Doctor Peter Silberman from Terminator (franchise), the ''Terminator'' franchise. Boen was also very active in the voiceover field, voicing characters such as Horace Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series), the ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' television series, Police Chief Kanifky in ''Bonkers (American TV series), Bonkers'', the narrator and King Terenas Menethil II in ''Warcraft, World of Warcraft'', Señor Senior, Senior in ''Kim Possible'' and LeChuck in the ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' video game series. Early life Earl Boen was born on August 8, 1941, in New York City. Career He appeared as Willie's boss in ''ALF (TV series), ALF'' and Patrick Morrison in the ''Matlock (1986 TV series), Matlock'' episode, "The Cult". Boen played Jim Petersen, Angela Bower's boss on the show ''Who's The Boss?''. Boen had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation
Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry Technology Next generation often means a new state of the art: * AMD Next Generation Microarchitecture (other), AMD products * Next Generation Air Transportation System, the Federal Aviation Administration's massive overhaul of the national airspace system * Next Generation Internet (other), various projects intended to drastically increase the speed of the Internet * Next Generation Networking, emerging computer network architectures and technologies * Next-generation lithography, lithography technology slated to replace photolithography beyond the 32 nm node * Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, software architecture designed by Microsoft * NextGen Healthcare Infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Warcraft
''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows and Mac OS X. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the fictional planet Azeroth, approximately four years after the events of the previous game in the series, '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.'' The game was announced in 2001, and was released for the 10th anniversary of the ''Warcraft'' franchise on November 23, 2004. Since launch, ''World of Warcraft'' has had ten major expansion packs: '' The Burning Crusade'' (2007), '' Wrath of the Lich King'' (2008), '' Cataclysm'' (2010), '' Mists of Pandaria'' (2012), '' Warlords of Draenor'' (2014), '' Legion'' (2016), '' Battle for Azeroth'' (2018), '' Shadowlands'' (2020), '' Dragonflight'' (2022), and '' The War Within'' (2024). Two further expansions, ''Midnight'' and ''The Last Titan'', were announced in 2023. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Klumps
''Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson. It is the second and final installment in the ''Nutty Professor'' remake film series and the sequel to the 1996 film ''The Nutty Professor''. In contrast to the previous film, subplots centered on the parents of protagonist Sherman Klump occupy a substantial part of the film. Like the first film, the sequel's theme song is " Macho Man" by Village People, which this time is played during the end credits. Unlike its predecessor, the film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. It was later parodied by comedian Jack Black in ''Tropic Thunder'' (2008), in which Black's character Jeff Portnoy plays various members of a comically obese family. ''Tropic Thunder'' was released by Paramount Pictures, which had released the original version of the film, starring Jerry Lewis, in 1963. ''Tropic Thunder'' was directed by and starre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Final Insult
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marked For Death
''Marked for Death'' is a 1990 American action film directed by Dwight H. Little. The film stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter who returns to his Illinois hometown to find it taken over by a posse of vicious Jamaican drug dealers led by Screwface. Using a combination of fear and Obeah, a Jamaican syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin similar to Haitian vodou and Santería, Screwface attempts to control the drug trade in Lincoln Heights. Plot DEA Agents John Hatcher and his partner Chico pursue drug dealer Hector on foot. Later, at a drug deal, Hector is revealed to have blown John's cover. John and Chico manage to fight their way out of the ambush caused by Hector. During their escape, Chico is shot and mortally wounded by a woman pretending to be unarmed. In response, Hatcher immediately shoots several rounds through the wall, hitting and killing the woman. Hatcher kicks in the door to her room and then realizes Chico's assailan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Nation (film)
''Alien Nation'' is a 1988 American science fiction action film written by Rockne S. O'Bannon and directed by Graham Baker (director), Graham Baker. The ensemble cast features James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, and Terence Stamp. Its initial popularity inaugurated the beginning of the ''Alien Nation'' media franchise. The film depicts the assimilation of the "Newcomers", an alien race settling in Los Angeles, much to the initial dismay of the local population. The plot integrates the neo-noir and buddy cop film genres with a science fiction theme, centering on the relationship between a veteran police investigator (Caan) and an extraterrestrial (Patinkin), the first Newcomer detective. The duo probe a criminal underworld while attempting to solve a homicide. ''Alien Nation'' explores murder, discrimination and science fiction. The film was a co-production between American Entertainment Partners and 20th Century Fox, which distributed it theatrically. ''Alien Nation'' was released in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Be Or Not To Be (1983 Film)
''To Be or Not to Be'' is a 1983 American military comedy, war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson (choreographer), Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer. The film is a remake of the 1942 To Be or Not to Be (1942 film), film of the same name. Plot Frederick Bronski runs a large Vaudeville, ensemble show out of Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw. Despite the relative success the show receives, the majority of the cast are annoyed by the fact that Frederick nitpicks who does what, in particular his wife Anna, whom he regularly tries to undermine despite her getting the lion's share of audience praise. This leads her to begin a flirtation with bomber pilot Andre Sobinski, who she invites to come to her dressing room when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With Two Brains
''The Man with Two Brains'' is a 1983 American science fiction black comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner. Written by Reiner, Martin, and George Gipe (who previously worked together on 1982's '' Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid'') and shot in summer 1982 at Laird International Studios in Culver City, California, the film is a broad comedy, with Martin starring as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a pioneering neurosurgeon with a cruel and unfaithful new wife, Dolores Benedict (Turner). Plot Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, a widowed brain surgeon, is renowned for inventing a method of "cranial screw-top" brain surgery. He saves the life of Dolores Benedict, a gold-digging femme fatale who is accidentally run over by Michael when fleeing the scene of her latest husband's fatal coronary, caused by her malicious mind-games and scheming. As she recovers, Michael falls in love and they marry. Dolores torments Michael by pretending to be too ill to consum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9 To 5 (film)
9 to 5, or working time, is the standard period of working hours for some employees. 9 to 5 or Nine to Five may also refer to: Film and television * 9 to 5 (film), ''9 to 5'' (film), a 1980 American comedy film ** 9 to 5 (soundtrack), ''9 to 5'' (soundtrack) * 9 to 5 (TV series), ''9 to 5'' (TV series), a 1980s series based on the film * 9 to 5 (musical), ''9 to 5'' (musical), a 2008 musical based on the film * ''9 to 5: Days in Porn'', a 2008 documentary film Music * 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song), "9 to 5" (Dolly Parton song), 1980 * 9 to 5 (Sheena Easton song), "9 to 5" (Sheena Easton song) or "Morning Train (9 to 5)" (1980) * 9 to 5 (Lady Sovereign song), "9 to 5" (Lady Sovereign song), 2005 * ''Nin9 2 5ive'', a 2004 album by Joey Yung * "9 2 5", a song by Terror Jr from their 2019 EP ''Come Outside and Break Your Heart'' Other uses * 9to5, or National Association of Working Women, an American organization * 9to5 network, a group of tech blogs created by Seth Weintraub ** ''9to5M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Beyond The Stars
''Battle Beyond the Stars'' is a 1980 American space opera film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, and starring Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, John Saxon, Sybil Danning and Darlanne Fluegel. Inspired by '' Battle Beyond the Sun'' (1962), the Americanized edit (under Corman's lead) of Soviet film ''Nebo Zovyot'' (1959), it was intended as a science fiction-themed interpolation of ''The Magnificent Seven'' (1960; itself a Western film version of ''Seven Samurai'' 954 in outer space. In keeping with Corman's longstanding cultivation of emergent talents, the screenplay was written by John Sayles (then transitioning from an aborted literary career under the producer's aegis), with an early score from James Horner and special effects designed by nascent filmmaker James Cameron. The film was theatrically released by Corman's New World Pictures and was a moderate box office success, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. Plot Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Main Event (1979 Film)
''The Main Event'' is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Jon Peters and Streisand. The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the top 20 highest grossing films of the year at the box office. It was also the impetus for Streisand's first foray into disco singing the Golden Globe-nominated theme song written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts. Plot Perfume magnate Hillary Kramer (Streisand) loses her company and is financially ruined when her accountant embezzles from her and flees to South America. Among her few remaining assets, she finds a management contract with an inactive boxer, purchased as a tax write-off. She decides to force Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon (Ryan O'Neal), who is now a driving instructor, back into the ring to recover her losses. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed, so he resists but relents. As Eddie's unconventio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
