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Jami Gertz
Jami Beth Gertz ( ; born October 28, 1965) is an American actress. Gertz had roles in the films '' Crossroads'', '' Quicksilver'' (both 1986), '' Less than Zero'', '' The Lost Boys'' (both 1987), and the 1980s TV series '' Square Pegs'' and 1996's '' Twister'', as well as roles as Judy Miller in the CBS sitcom '' Still Standing'' and as Debbie Weaver in the ABC sitcom '' The Neighbors''. She is an owner of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team along with her husband Tony Ressler. Early life Gertz was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lived in the suburb of Glenview. She attended public schools, graduating from Maine East High School. Her parents are Sharyn and Walter Gertz, who was a builder and contractor, and she has two brothers, Michael and Scott. Gertz, who is Jewish, was raised in Conservative Judaism. Career She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear and studied drama at NYU. As a child actor, Gertz was in one episode of '' Diff'rent Strokes'' al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Jews
American Jews (; ) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. According to a 2020 poll conducted by Pew Research, approximately two thirds of American Jews identify as Ashkenazi, 3% identify as Sephardic, and 1% identify as Mizrahi. An additional 6% identify as some combination of the three categories, and 25% do not identify as any particular category. During the colonial era, Sephardic Jews who arrived via Portugal and via Brazil ( Dutch Brazil) – see Congregation Shearith Israel – represented the bulk of America's then small Jewish population. While their descendants are a minority nowadays, they represent the remainder of those original American Jews along with an array of other Jewish communities, including more recent Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Beta Israel-Ethiopian Jews, various other Jewish ethnic groups, as well as a smaller number of gerim (converts). The American Jewish community manifests a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Patric
Jason Patric (born John Anthony Miller III; June 17, 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his roles in films such as '' The Lost Boys'' (1987), '' Rush'' (1991), '' Geronimo: An American Legend'' (1993), '' Sleepers'' (1996), '' Speed 2: Cruise Control'' (1997), '' Your Friends & Neighbors'' (1998), '' Narc'' (2002), '' The Alamo'' (2004), '' My Sister's Keeper'' (2009), and '' The Losers'' (2010). His father was actor/playwright Jason Miller, and his maternal grandfather was actor Jackie Gleason. Early life Born in New York City in the borough of Queens, Patric is the eldest son and middle child of Academy Award–nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.) and actress Linda Miller (born Linda Mae Gleason), and his maternal grandfather was actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. He has an older sister, Jennifer, and had a younger brother, Jordan (died January 10, 2024), and his half-brother is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox drama series ''24 (TV series), 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, and Designated Survivor (TV series), President Tom Kirkman in the ABC political drama series ''Designated Survivor (TV series), Designated Survivor''. Born to actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas, he got his first leading film role in the Canadian Drama (film and television), drama ''The Bay Boy'' (1984), which earned him a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor, Genie Award nomination. He has since appeared in such films as ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'' (1986), ''The Lost Boys'' (1987), ''Young Guns (film), Young Guns'' (1988), ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''The Three Musketeers (1993 film), The Three Musketeers'' (1993), ''Freeway (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. Vampiric entities have been Vampire folklore by region, recorded in cultures around the world; the term ''vampire'' was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants in Southeastern Europe were also known by different names, such as ''shtriga'' in Albanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Downey Jr
Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. One of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by ''Time'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as Hollywood's highest-paid actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. At the age of five, Downey made his acting debut in his father Robert Downey Sr.'s 1970 film '' Pound''. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films '' Weird Science'' (1985) and '' Less than Zero'' (1987). Downey's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic ''Chaplin'' garnered him a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and his first Academy Award nomination. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Love (1981 Film)
''Endless Love'' is a 1981 American romantic drama film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray, Richard Kiley, Penelope Milford, and Beatrice Straight. The film also marks the feature film debut of Tom Cruise. Adapted from the 1979 novel of the same name by Scott Spencer, the screenplay was written by Judith Rascoe. The original score was composed by Jonathan Tunick. While the novel is set during the summer of 1969, the film updates the setting to the early 1980s and presents the narrative in chronological order, omitting the non-linear structure of the source material. The film received generally negative reviews, with critics drawing unfavorable comparisons to the novel, which explored themes of obsessive love. Despite the critical reception, the film's theme song—also titled " Endless Love" and performed by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie—emerged as a commercial success. It spent nine consecutive weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Facts Of Life (TV Series)
''The Facts of Life'' is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon that originally aired on NBC for nine seasons from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. Originally a spin-off of ''Diff'rent Strokes'', the series follows Charlotte Rae as Mrs. List of The Facts of Life characters#Edna Garrett, Edna Garrett as she becomes a house mother and later dietitian at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York. The first season featured a large ensemble cast that was quickly trimmed, with main co-stars throughout the majority of the series consisting of Lisa Whelchel as List of The Facts of Life characters#Blair Warner, Blair Warner, Kim Fields as List of The Facts of Life characters#Tootie Ramsey, Tootie Ramsey, Mindy Cohn as List of The Facts of Life characters#Natalie Green, Natalie Green, and Nancy McKeon as List of The Facts of Life characters#Jo Polniaczek, Jo Polniaczek. The premise of ''The Facts of Life'' changed numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the first stand-up comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for two consecutive nights. That same year, he played the lead role in the comedy-mystery film ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane''. Clay has appeared in several films and television shows, including critically acclaimed supporting roles in Woody Allen's ''Blue Jasmine'' (2013) and the 2018 remake of '' A Star Is Born'', the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He continues his acting career while also touring and performing stand-up. The television show ''Dice'' aired on Showtime for two seasons. He also launched a podcast, ''I'm Ova Hea' Now'', in September 2018. Early life Clay was born to parents Jacqueline and Fred Silverstein in the Sheepshead B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diff'rent Strokes
''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter. Phillip Drummond ( Conrad Bain) is a widower for whom their deceased mother previously worked; his daughter, Kimberly, is played by Dana Plato. During the first season and the first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred, as Mrs. Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' first housekeeper, who ultimately spun off into her own sitcom, '' The Facts of Life'', as a housemother at the fictional Eastland School. The second housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, was played by Nedra Volz. The third housekeeper, Pearl Gallagher, was played by Mary Jo Catlett, first appearing as a recurring character, later becoming a main cast ... [...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] |
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational Christianity, non-denominational all-male institution near New York City Hall, City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU is one of the largest private universities in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students in 2021. It is one of the most applied-to schools in the country and admissions are considered selective. NYU's main campus in New York City is organized into ten undergraduate schools, including the New York University College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
