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Jimmy Cummings
James Michael Cummings (born April 20, 1968 in South Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor, writer and producer and is the founder and CEO of Broadvision Entertainment. Cummings wrote and appeared in the movie '' Southie'', which won the American Independent Filmmaker Award at the 24th annual Seattle International Film Festival. He is also a co-founder of Journey Forward, a non-profit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of those who have suffered a spinal cord injury. Career Cummings began his career studying acting at the HB Studios in New York and at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York and Los Angeles. He established himself as an actor with roles in the theater productions ''Dumb Waiter'', ''The Street Poet'' and Tom Topor's ''Answers'' (which he also produced). After taking leading roles in the films ''Close Up'' and ''The Compulsion'', he began to produce his own project titled ''Southie''. He wrote the script and secured financing, then found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Boston, Massachusetts
South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. South Boston, colloquially known as Southie, has undergone several demographic transformations since being annexed to the city of Boston in 1804. The neighborhood, once primarily farmland, is popularly known by its twentieth century identity as a working class Irish Catholic community. Throughout the twenty-first century, the neighborhood has become increasingly popular with millennial professionals. South Boston contains Dorchester Heights, where George Washington forced British troops to evacuate during the American Revolutionary War. South Boston has undergone gentrification, and consequently, its real estate market has seen property values join the highest in the city. South Boston has also left its mark on history with Boston busing desegregation. South Boston is also home to the St. Patrick's Day Parade, a celebration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southie (film)
''Southie'' is a 1999 American film directed by John Shea starring Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, Jimmy Cummings, Lawrence Tierney, Robert Wahlberg, Will Arnett, Shea, and Amanda Peet. The film centers around Danny Quinn, a former "street kid" from South Boston, returning home to find his family deeper into organized crime than when he left, and his struggles to not fall back into his previous life. Plot Danny Quinn (Donnie Wahlberg) is a former "street kid" from South Boston, colloquially known as "Southie," who returns home from New York City after three years away. He finds his mother (Anne Meara) overwhelmed with worry as her other three kids are caught up in the madness of the hardscrabble neighborhood in which drinking, sex, and fighting is the way of life. Danny tracks down his brothers only to find out they're deeply embedded in the Irish mob in Boston and in debt to local mobster Colie Powers (Lawrence Tierney). His younger sister Kathy (Rose McGowan), meanwh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees. The SIFF runs for more than three weeks (24 days), in May/June, and features a diverse assortment of predominantly independent and foreign films, and a strong contingent of documentaries. SIFF 2006 included more than 300 films and was the first SIFF to include a venue in neighboring Bellevue, Washington, after an ill-fated early attempt. However, in 2008, the festival was back to being entirely in Seattle, and had a slight decrease in the number of feature films. The 2010 festival featured over 400 films, shown primarily in downtown Seattle and its nearby neighborhoods, and in Renton, Kirkland, and Juanita Beach Park. History The festival began in 1976 at a then-independent cinema, the Moore Egyptian Theater, under the direction of managers Jim Duncan, Dan Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Forward
Journey Forward is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization outside of Boston, Massachusetts in the city of Canton, Massachusetts dedicated to improving the lives of those who have suffered paralysis through a spinal cord injury with exercise programs. Journey Forward was founded by Dan Cummings, a C6 quadriplegic Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical area of the spinal cord. A loss of motor function can present as either weakness or paralysis leading to partial or ... who regained the ability to walk, in June 2008. Mission Journey Forward is dedicated to improving the lives of those who have suffered a spinal cord injury through an intense exercise program. References {{reflist External linksJourney ForwardOfficial Site Charities based in Massachusetts Disability organizations based in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the injury. Injury can occur at any level of the spinal cord and can be ''complete'', with a total loss of sensation and muscle function at lower sacral segments, or ''incomplete'', meaning some nervous signals are able to travel past the injured area of the cord up to the Sacral S4-5 spinal cord segments. Depending on the location and severity of damage, the symptoms vary, from numbness to paralysis, including bowel or bladder incontinence. Long term outcomes also range widely, from full recovery to permanent tetraplegia (also called quadriplegia) or paraplegia. Complications can include muscle atrophy, loss of voluntary motor control, spasticity, pressure sores, infections, and breathing problems. In the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Strasberg Theatre And Film Institute
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, also known as Lee Strasberg Way, in New York, New York. The school has a secondary campus located in Los Angeles, California. For more than 40 years, the Institute has held a partnership with New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where students can earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The Institute is under the artistic direction of Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasberg's widow. Students at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute learn method acting, an acting technique created and developed by Strasberg. History In 1931, Lee Strasberg co-founded the Group Theatre, hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective," alongside fellow directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford. In 1951, he became director of the Actors Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Topor
Tom Topor (born 1938) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Topor was born in Vienna, Austria, and was brought to London in 1939, where he remained until he came to New York City in 1949. He earned his bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College in 1961. Topor is the author of the 1979 play '' Nuts'' and the screenplay for the 1987 film, which became a starring vehicle for Barbra Streisand. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film, ''The Accused'', which starred Jodie Foster. He won the Writers Guild of America Award for his screenplay for the 1990 made-for-television film, ''Judgment'', which he also directed. In 1996 he won the Dilys Award for his novel, ''The Codicil''. Topor's works tend to involve courtroom drama, psychological drama, docudrama, melodrama, social problems, crime, and/or sexual abuse issues. Prior to his career as an author, he was a reporter for the ''New York Post'', covering stories in police stations, courtrooms, hospitals, and psy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Wahlberg
Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside music, he has had roles in the ''Saw'' films, ''Zookeeper'', '' Dreamcatcher'', ''The Sixth Sense'', '' Righteous Kill'', and ''Ransom'', as well as appearing in the World War II miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' as Carwood Lipton. From 2002 to 2003, he starred in the crime drama ''Boomtown''. He has starred in the drama series '' Blue Bloods'' as Danny Reagan since 2010, and since 2014 is an executive producer of the TNT reality television show '' Boston's Finest''. He was nominated for ''Choice Scream'' at the 2006 Teen Choice Awards for his work in the ''Saw'' films. He has also produced and starred in ''Rock This Boat'', ''Donnie Loves Jenny'' and ''Return of the Mac'' on Pop TV. He also produced and starred in '' Wahlburgers'' on A&E TV. He is the brother of singer-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose McGowan
Rósa Arianna "Rose" McGowan (born September 5, 1973) is an American actress. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy '' Encino Man'' (1992), McGowan achieved wider recognition for her performance in the dark comedy ''The Doom Generation'' (1995), receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance. She had her breakthrough in the horror film '' Scream'' (1996) and subsequently headlined the films '' Going All the Way'' (1997), '' Devil in the Flesh'' (1998) and '' Jawbreaker'' (1999). During the 2000s, McGowan became known to television audiences for her role as Paige Matthews in The WB supernatural drama series ''Charmed'' (2001–2006). She went on to star in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-feature film '' Grindhouse'' (2007), for which she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress and the Scream Award for Best Scream Queen. She appeared in the action-thriller series '' Chosen'' (2014), and released her debut studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Arnett
William Emerson Arnett (; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian actor, comedian and producer. He is best known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix series '' Arrested Development'' (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and as the titular character in the Netflix series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020). He has appeared in films such as '' Let's Go to Prison'' (2006), '' Blades of Glory'' (2007), '' Semi-Pro'' (2008), ''G-Force'' (2009), '' Jonah Hex'' (2010), '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (2014) and its sequel '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' (2016), and ''Show Dogs'' (2018). His deep baritone voice has landed him numerous voice acting jobs, including ''Danny Phantom'' (2004–2007), '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' (2006), ''Ratatouille'' (2007), '' Horton Hears a Who!'' (2008), '' Monsters vs. Aliens'' (2009), ''Despicable Me'' (2010), ''The Nut Job'' (2014), ''Teen Titans Go! To the Movies'' (2018), '' Dolittle'' (2020), '' Rumble'' (2021), '' Chip 'n Dal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Peete
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”. The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' aul. Nol. Epist. 44.4 In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1998 Film)
''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' is a 1998 American television crime thriller film directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and starring Edward James Olmos. It is a television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Morton Freedgood (writing under the pseudonym John Godey), and is a remake of the 1974 film adaptation. It was followed by a 2009 remake. Premise Edward James Olmos plays Detective Anthony Piscotti, a New York City police officer. He is trying to crack the hijacking of a New York City Subway train where the antagonists are holding the passengers for ransom. Cast * Edward James Olmos as Detective Anthony Piscotti * Vincent D'Onofrio as Mr. Blue * Richard Schiff as Mr. Green * Donnie Wahlberg as Mr. Grey * Tara Rosling as Mr. Brown * Lisa Vidal as Barbara 'Babs' Cardoza * Kenneth Welsh as Caz Hollowitz * Lorraine Bracco as Detective Ray * Ben Cook as Older Boy On Subway * Bobby Boriello as Younger Boy On Subway * Bobby O'Neill as Homeboy On Subway (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
