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Kazaam
''Kazaam'' () is a 1996 fantasy comedy family film. It was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer based on a story by Glaser, and starring Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a 12-year-old boy three wishes. The film was released on July 17, 1996, grossing $19 million on its $20 million budget. Plot A wrecking ball destroys an abandoned building, the impact knocking over a magic lamp inside and causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy named Maxwell “Max” Conner goes to school. He greets his friend, Jake, with a goofy face and is chastised by his teacher. Max is confronted by a gang of bullies, who hold him on the bathroom floor and spray paint his outline, in retaliation for a key he gave them for a robbery being no good. The bullies later chase Max through Brooklyn af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program '' Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time. He is a and center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid tension between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and his fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Walker
Allene Damian "Ally" Walker (born August 25, 1961) is an American actress. She made her television debut in the NBC daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' (1988) before landing the leading roles on the short-lived dramas '' True Blue'' (1989–1990), and '' Moon Over Miami'' (1993). During the 1990s, Walker had roles in films such as '' Universal Soldier'' (1992), ''Singles'' (1992), '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1994), '' While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), ''Kazaam'' (1996), and ''Happy, Texas'' (1999). From 1996 to 1999, she played the leading role of Doctor Samantha Waters in the NBC crime drama series '' Profiler'', for which she received Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination. She returned to television with a role in the HBO drama series '' Tell Me You Love Me'' (2007), and later played villainous Agent June Stahl in the FX crime drama, ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2010). Walker also had the leading role in the short-lived Lifetime police drama series '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Capra
Francis Capra (born April 27, 1983) is an American actor. He has played the roles of Max Connor in ''Kazaam'', and Eli "Weevil" Navarro in the TV series ''Veronica Mars''. Personal life Capra attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School. He is not related to the director Frank Capra. Career Capra began his acting career in 1993 with ''A Bronx Tale'' in which he played the nine-year-old version of the lead character. He played the character of Eli "Weevil" Navarro on the critically acclaimed TV series ''Veronica Mars'' and had a small guest role on '' The O.C.'' Most recently he was seen on ''The Closer'', '' Lincoln Heights'' season 3 premiere, ''Criminal Minds'', '' Friday Night Lights'' and in the film '' Crank''. He starred in ''Kazaam'', ''A Simple Wish'' and '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home''. He portrayed Jesse Murphy on the TV show '' Heroes'', following in the footsteps of ''Veronica Mars'' co-star Kristen Bell. Capra has also branched out into film producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Costelloe (actor)
John A. Costelloe (November 8, 1961 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor best known for his role as Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski, the lover of Vito Spatafore, in the HBO television series ''The Sopranos''. Costelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 16, 2008, at the age of 47. His body was found two days later at his home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be .... Shortly before his death, Costelloe had been playing a hustler in the hit ensemble play ''Gang of Seven''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costelloe, John 1961 births 2008 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors People from Sunset Park, Brooklyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian-American actor. Biography When Manesh was young, his father died; he was raised by his mother, from whom he feels he got his strength to make it in show business. He went to the United States in the mid-70s, joined the Persian Theater Group, and traveled extensively throughout the US, Canada and Europe for eight years. His debut film was ''True Lies'', directed by James Cameron. He has since appeared in more than 100 feature films, in television projects, and in more than 40 commercials. Manesh has appeared in recurring roles on the television shows ''Will & Grace'', '' Scrubs'', ''Andy Barker, P.I.'', ''Hot in Cleveland'', ''Boston Legal'', and, most notably, ''How I Met Your Mother'', where he played taxi driver Ranjit. Though Ranjit was depicted as Bangladeshi in the series, Manesh delivered several lines in his native Persian. He has also guest starred on many shows, including ''Burn Notice'', '' Law & Order: Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Brat
Shawntae Harris-Dupart (born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992, the year she signed with So So Def Records. Her debut album '' Funkdafied'' (1994) sold one million copies, making her the first female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification, and the second overall female rap act (solo or group) after Salt-N-Pepa. Throughout her career, she has earned two top ten hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Funkdafied" and " Not Tonight", the latter with Lil' Kim, Lisa Lopes, Missy Elliott and Angie Martinez. Brat has also had commercial success with other songs including " I Think They Like Me", plus several remixes of Mariah Carey's songs, including "Loverboy", " Always Be My Baby", " I Still Believe/Pure Imagination", "Honey", and "Gotta Thing For You", a hip-hop-inspired version of the Bobby Caldwell song " What You Won’t Do For Love". Brat has received two G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interscope Communications
Interscope Communications (also known as Interscope Pictures) was a motion picture production company founded in 1982 by Ted Field. It soon became a division of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. History Interscope Communications was founded in 1982 by media mogul Ted Field, who aimed to create films with mass appeal. Field acted as a producer or executive producer on a number of films in Interscope's filmography. The company's first film, '' Revenge of the Nerds'', was released in 1984 and was a box office success. That same year, Robert W. Cort, a former executive of 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, joined Interscope and became the president of the company. Cort also co-produced a number of films. On November 13, 1984, the company received an agreement with The Walt Disney Studios for a two-year term, to become the company's first independent supplier within the studio, after several years working with an agreement at 20th Century-Fox in order that Interscope would fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, ''Starsky & Hutch''. In between his work writing and directing, Glaser also played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series ''Third Watch'' from 2004 to 2005, appeared as Al in several episodes of '' Ray Donovan'' in the 2010s, and had his first U.S. exhibition of his artwork in 2018. Early life Paul Manfred Glaser was born March 25, 1943 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest child and only son of Dorothy and Samuel Glaser, a MIT graduate and well-known Boston architect. He grew up in Brookline and Newton. He was raised Jewish, and although Dorothy was an agnostic, and the family did not observe the Shabbat, the family did celebrate the religion's major holidays, including Glaser's own bar mitzvah. Samuel designed a shul in Rhode Island. Glaser attended the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Rennard
Deborah Rennard is an American actress, writer and producer, best known for her role as Sly Lovegren in ''Dallas'' (1981–1991). Life and career Rennard was born in Los Angeles, California. In 1981 she was cast in a recurring role on ''Dallas'' as J.R. Ewing's loyal secretary Sylvia "Sly" Lovegren. She appeared in the series from 1981 to 1991 and later was cast in the 1996 film '' J.R. Returns''. After ''Dallas'', she had role in daytime soap opera '' Days of Our Lives'', and guest starred on ''Silk Stalkings'', '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', and '' Due South''. In film, she appeared as Harmony in the 1986 movie '' Land of Doom'' and as Cynthia alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the 1990 movie '' Lionheart''. She left acting and as of late 1990s began career as stage producer. In 1997, Rennard married director Paul Haggis Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Minsky
Charles David Minsky is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with film director Garry Marshall, their collaborations include ''Pretty Woman'', '' Dear God'', ''Raising Helen'', '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'', ''New Year's Eve'' and ''Mother's Day''. Filmography *''Radioactive Dreams'' (1985) *''April Fool's Day'' (1986) *'' Weekend Warriors'' (1986) *''Pretty Woman'' (1990) *''Dutch'' (1991) *''The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag'' (1992) *''Past Tense'' (TV) (1994) *''Kazaam'' (1996) *'' Dear God'' (1996) *''Guinevere'' (1999) *'' Looking for an Echo'' (2000) *'' Tomcats'' (2001) *'' Slap Her... She's French'' (2002) *''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002) *''Raising Helen'' (2004) *'' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' (2004) *'' The Producers'' (2005) *''Keeping Up with the Steins'' (2006) *''You, Me and Dupree'' (2006) *'' The Russell Girl'' (TV) (2008) *'' Post Grad'' (2009) *'' Loving Leah'' (TV) (2009) *''New Year's Eve'' (2011) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Kroopf
Scott Kroopf (born June 20, 1951) is an American film producer. He studied at the University of California with Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ... degree in drama. Filmography ''All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.'' Film ;Miscellaneous crew ;Thanks Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kroopf, Scott 1951 births Living people American film producers University of California alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (formerly known as PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures or simply PFE) was a British film studio founded in 1979 which became a European competitor to Hollywood, but was eventually sold to Seagram Company Ltd. in 1998 and was folded in 1999. Among its most successful and well known films were '' An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), ''Flashdance'' (1983), ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), '' Fargo'' (1996), ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995), '' The Game'' (1997) and ''Notting Hill'' (1999). In 1979, PolyGram created PolyGram Pictures in a partnership with Peter Guber. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, PolyGram continued to invest in a diversified film unit with the purchases of individual production companies. In 1995, PolyGram purchased ITC Entertainment for $156 million. In May 1998, PolyGram was sold to Seagram, which owned Universal Pictures and Universal Music Group, for $1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
