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Guy Burnet
Guy Burnet is a British actor. Early life Burnet attended Holland Park School where his interest in drama first developed, taking an A level in the subject. Before becoming an actor, Burnet aspired to become a professional footballer. He attended Queens Park Rangers Football School. He subsequently undertook trials and played in various locations throughout Europe.As well as playing football, Burnet is involved in amateur boxing and MMA. His interest in boxing led him to direct a documentary on WBU featherweight title holder Derry Mathews. He still plays football, taking part in a football match on 1 June 2007 at the new Wembley Stadium prior to England's first match at the stadium. In September 2007, he played for England in an England v Russia charity match in support of the Give Life Foundation. Acting career Television Burnet joined the cast of ''Hollyoaks'' in 2002 as a main character and series regular, Craig Dean, following his second ever audition. On 3 August 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Park School
Holland Park School is a coeducational Comprehensive school, comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in Holland Park, London, England. Opened in 1958, the school was considered a flagship for comprehensive education, nicknamed 'the socialism, socialist Eton College, Eton', and at one time had over 2,000 students. History The school was built in 1957 by Sir Ahmed Omar and Daniel J Noel, with his father, Michael Noel. The school had its first pupil intake in 1958. The formal school opening took place on 23 October 1959 and was made by politician and local resident Priscilla Reyntiens, Lady Norman. In 1969, Hilary Benn represented the school in ''Top of the Form (quiz show), Top of the Form''. Journalist George Gale (journalist), George Gale in 1970 whilst editor of ''The Spectator'' claimed that Holland Park girls were running a vice ring at the school. - URL only has an article preview. Newspapers.com clipping of full articlepage 1anpage 2 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterpart (TV Series)
''Counterpart'' is an American science fiction thriller television series starring J. K. Simmons. It was created by Justin Marks and was first broadcast on the premium cable network Starz. The series ran for 20 episodes across two seasons. It premiered on December 10, 2017, and aired its final episode on February 17, 2019. Premise Howard Silk, a gentle, quiet office worker, has been working for a Berlin-based United Nations agency, the Office of Interchange (OI), for thirty years. His position is too low for him to be told what his work—exchanging apparently nonsensical messages—really involves. The OI oversees a checkpoint below its headquarters between parallel Earths (the "Alpha" and "Prime" worlds). The parallel Earths were created in 1987 during an experiment by East Germany when only a scientist named Yanek was on-site. The "Alpha world" Yanek met his "Prime world" counterpart, and they soon began studying how the initially identical Earths diverge. The differenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Heroes (film)
''Age of Heroes'' is a 2011 British war film directed by Adrian Vitoria. The film is based on the real-life events of the formation of Ian Fleming's 30 Commando unit during World War II. The film was released in the United Kingdom in 2011. Plot The film follows the exploits of Corporal Bob Rains ( Danny Dyer) as he is inducted into the newly formed 30 Commando unit in the Second World War, after being freed from a war prison for cowardice and striking an officer during operations in France. Rains and the rest of the platoon are put through intensive training under the watchful eye of Major Jack Jones ( Sean Bean), where their skills and endurance are pushed to the limit as they prepare for their first highly classified and dangerous mission: to parachute into occupied Norway and capture new radar technology from the Germans which could change the outcome of the war.The mission objective bears much resemblance to Operation Biting. The newly formed band of brothers are joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. Starting his film career as a child appearing in the Cult following, cult horror (genre), horror film ''The Gate (1987 film), The Gate'' (1987), Dorff first rose to prominence playing Stuart Sutcliffe in ''Backbeat (film), Backbeat'' (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying Deacon Frost in ''Blade (1998 film), Blade'' (1998). Other notable lead roles include the titular character in John Waters' ''Cecil B. Demented, Cecil B. DeMented'' (2000) and Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's ''Somewhere (film), Somewhere'' (2010). Supporting roles include Candy Darling in ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1996), Detective Scott Strauss ''World Trade Center (film), World Trade Center'' (2006), Homer Van Meter in ''Public Enemies (2009 film), Public Enemies'' (2009), Stavros in ''Immortals (2011 film), Immortals'' (2011), Joseph Kuklinski in ''The Iceman (film), The Iceman'' (2012) and Ketchum in ''Old Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a leading role in '' The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985) and gained wider recognition for his breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopathic high school student, in the satire '' Heathers'' (1988). He received critical acclaim for playing the title role in the USA Network television series '' Mr. Robot'' (2015–2019): it earned him the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and additional nominations for that award in 2017 and 2018. For his role as Mulgarath in fantasy series '' The Spiderwick Chronicles'' (2024), Slater received the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer. In the 1990s, Slater starred in a number of big-budget films, including '' Young Guns II'' (1990), '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991), '' Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), '' Broken Arrow'' (1996), and '' Hard Rain' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rites Of Passage (2012 Film)
''Rites of Passage'' is a 2012 American thriller film written and directed by W. Peter Iliff. The film stars Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Ryan Donowho, Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff. Plot Nathan ( Ryan Donowho), a studious anthropology student, decries his position in a society that fails to provide a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood. Professor Nash (Stephen Dorff), an unethical teacher who openly pursues sexual liaisons with his female students, is intrigued when Nathan tells him his family's unoccupied but functional ranch is the site of an ancient Indian burial ground. Nathan convinces Professor Nash to bring the class out to the ranch, where the plan is to hold a spiritual ceremony in a sweat lodge built over the burial site. Encouraged by Nash's enthusiastic agreement to the idea, Nathan guides his stressed, party-going classmates to the ranch. There they meet his brother, Benny (Wes Bentley), who is in a psychotic spiral of drug addiction and guilt. A crystal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Rose (director)
Bernard Rose (born 1960 in London) is an English filmmaker, considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking. He is best known for directing the horror films '' Paperhouse'' (1988) and '' Candyman'' (1992)'','' the historical romances ''Immortal Beloved'' (1994) and ''Anna Karenina'' (1997), and the independent drama ''Ivans xtc'' (2000), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and the John Cassavetes Award. He has also been nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques and the Venice Horizons Prize. He has frequently cast actors Danny Huston and Tony Todd in his films. In the 1980s, he directed music videos for UB40, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat. Life and career Rose was born in London, the son of a father who was born Jewish and a mother who had converted to Judaism. His mother was a granddaughter of the Earl Jellicoe. He began making super 8 films when he was 9. By 1975, he won an amateur film competition hosted by BBC whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution reform, pre-reform Russian orthography. ; ), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic family, Tolstoy achieved acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, ''Childhood (Tolstoy novel), Childhood'', ''Boyhood (novel), Boyhood'' and ''Youth (Tolstoy novel), Youth'' (1852–1856), and with ''Sevastopol Sketches'' (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War. His ''War and Peace'' (1869), ''Anna Karenina'' (1878), and ''Resurrection (Tolstoy novel), Resurrection'' (1899), which is based on his youthful sins, are often cited as pinnacles of Literary realism, realist fiction and three of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing Day (2012 Film)
''Boxing Day'' is a 2012 British film written and directed by Bernard Rose. The film is roughly based on the 1895 Leo Tolstoy short story " Master and Man".Peter Bradshaw,Boxing Day – Review, ''The Guardian'' (20 December 2012). The film premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival. Plot An arrogant real estate developer named Basil and his unreliable hired chauffeur Nick battle the elements during a Boxing Day blizzard in Denver, Colorado. Cast *Danny Huston as Basil *Matthew Jacobs as Nick * Edie Dakota as Waitress * Lisa Enos as Marianne * Jo Farkas as Church Lady * Julie Marcus as Cynthia (voice) *Dave Pressler as Banker *Morgan Walsh Morgan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment'', also called ''Morgan!'', a 1966 comedy film * ''Morgan'' (2012 film), an American drama * ''Morgan'' (2016 film), an American science fiction thriller * ... References External links * * 2012 films 2012 drama films British drama films F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sienna Miller
Sienna Rose Diana Miller (born 28 December 1981) is an American-British actress. Born in New York City and raised in London, she began her career as a photography model, appearing in the pages of Italian '' Vogue'' and for the 2003 Pirelli Calendar. Her acting breakthrough came in the 2004 films ''Layer Cake'' and '' Alfie''. She subsequently portrayed socialite Edie Sedgwick in '' Factory Girl'' (2006) and author Caitlin Macnamara in ''The Edge of Love'' (2008), and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2008. Her role as The Baroness in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) was followed by a brief sabbatical from the screen amid increased tabloid scrutiny. Miller returned to prominence with her role as actress Tippi Hedren in the 2012 television film '' The Girl'', for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She has since starred in several notable fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Jacks
''Two Jacks'' is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose starring Sienna Miller and Danny Huston. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1856 short story "Two Hussars" and is Rose's fifth Tolstoy adaptation, following ''Anna Karenina'' (1997), ''Ivans XTC'' (2002), ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (2008) and ''Boxing Day'' (2012). The film premiered in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival (August 23 to September 3, 2012). Plot In 1992, Jack (Danny Huston), a legendary filmmaker, returns to Hollywood after a long absence. He is looking to secure finance for his new film project. His return to Tinseltown is heralded by a series of adventures, as he drinks freely, seduces a beautiful woman named Diana (Miller), quarrels with studio executives and finally procures funds for his new project by winning a poker game. Twenty years on, the filmmaker's son (Jack Huston) arrives in Hollywood looking to make his directorial debut amid questions of whether he has inherite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Paquin
Anna Helene Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic drama film ''The Piano'' (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, becoming the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she had roles in ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), ''Jane Eyre'' (1996), '' Amistad'' (1997), ''The Member of the Wedding'' (1997), and '' A Walk on the Moon'' (1999), as well as in Cameron Crowe's comedy drama film '' Almost Famous'' (2000). Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying Rogue in the ''X-Men'' franchise (2000–2006; 2014). Her other film credits include ''25th Hour'' (2002), ''Trick 'r Treat'' (2007), ''Margaret'' (2011), ''The Good Dinosaur'' (2015), and '' The Irishman'' (2019). She played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014), for which she wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
