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Mercedes McNab
Mercedes Alicia McNab (born March 14, 1980) is a Canadian former actress. She is known for her role as Harmony Kendall on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2001) and its spinoff ''Angel'' (2001–2004). She additionally is known for her role as pretentious Amanda Buckman in ''Addams Family Values'' (1993) and Misty in the horror films ''Hatchet'' (2007) and ''Hatchet II'' (2010). Early life McNab was born on March 14, 1980, in Vancouver, British Columbia. McNab's father is English former soccer player Bob McNab. Career McNab received her first notable acting role in 1991 when she appeared as a Girl Scouts of the USA, Girl Scout selling cookies in ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family.'' She played a more prominent role in the 1993 sequel ''Addams Family Values'' as snobby camper Amanda Buckman. In 1997, McNab was cast in a recurring role on The WB TV show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'' McNab had initially auditioned for the lead role of Buffy Summers, which went to ...
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Metro Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over , and the fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of nei ...
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David Boreanaz
David Paul Boreanaz (; born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Angel on The WB/UPN supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003) and its spinoff ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'' (1999–2004); Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, a homicide investigator, on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television Police procedural, crime procedural comedy-drama series ''Bones (TV series), Bones'' (2005–2017); and United States Navy SEALs, United States Navy SEAL Master Chief Petty Officer List of SEAL Team characters#Jason Hayes, Jason Hayes in CBS/Paramount+ military drama series ''SEAL Team (TV series), SEAL Team'' (2017–2024). Early life David Paul Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, New York, where his father Dave Roberts (broadcaster), Dave Roberts (born David Thomas Bor ...
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La Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur, with a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the state. La Paz City is located in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, La Paz Municipality—the fourth-largest Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in Mexico, by area and populace (with a reported 292,241 inhabitants), covering an area of . For air travelers, La Paz is served by Manuel Márquez de León International Airport, with connecting flights to some of Mexico's main cities (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey, León, Guanajuato, Tijuana), as well as other destinations across the north-northwest of the country (including Chihuahua City, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Hermosillo, Mazatlán and Querétaro, among others). Seasonal services to American Airlines hubs Dallas, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, are also provided. Additionally, two ferry servi ...
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Shutterstock
Shutterstock, Inc. is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; it is headquartered in New York. Founded in 2002 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer, Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations, with around 10 million video clips and music tracks available for licensing. Originally a subscription site only, Shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into à la carte pricing in 2008. It has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2012. In January 2025, it was announced that the company would be merging with Getty Images. History Founding and early years (2003–2011) Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneur and computer programmer Jon Oringer. Creating his own online marketplace, Oringer initially uploaded 30,000 of his own stock photos and made them available via subscription, with unlimited downloads and a ...
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Playboy
''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playboy Playmate, Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special #International editions, nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular displ ...
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USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ...
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Tara Reid
Tara Donna Reid (; born November 8, 1975) is an American actress and model. Her film roles established her status as a sex symbol in the late 1990s through the early 2000s. In film, Reid is best known for her lead ensemble role as Vicky Lathum in the American Pie (film series), ''American Pie'' film series (1999–2001; 2012). Her other notable lead film roles include ''Urban Legend (film), Urban Legend'' (1998), ''Body Shots (film), Body Shots'' (1999), ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Van Wilder'' (2002), ''My Boss's Daughter'' (2003) and ''Alone in the Dark (2005 film), Alone in the Dark'' (2005). She had supporting roles in the films ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''Cruel Intentions'' (1999), ''Dr. T & the Women'' (2000), and ''Just Visiting (film), Just Visiting'' (2001). In television, Reid had recurring roles as Ashley on the soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' (1995) and Danni Sullivan on the NBC series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (200 ...
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Vipers (film)
''Vipers'' is a 2008 American television film directed by Bill Corcoran and starring Tara Reid and Jonathan Scarfe. It premiered on the Sci Fi Channel on September 21, 2008, and was released on DVD on September 23, 2008. The name of the film was inspired by the Co/Ed softball team of the same name, playing games in the summer months throughout the Capital Region. It is the twelfth film in the ''Maneater'' film series. Plot Universal Bio Tech Research Facility secretly works on enhancing horned viper snakes with poison C12 for their venom to cure disease. The enhanced venom cures a woman of breast cancer. The snakes, however, murder four people. Aided by his own men, a man named Jon Staffin subdues the staff to steal the snakes. In the ensuing struggle, the snakes get released and kill everybody except Staffin, who escapes. The snakes then rapidly repopulate. On the island of Eden Cove, a couple is murdered on a beach. Meanwhile, policeman Cal Taylor visits Doc Jim Silverton. Sh ...
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TV-movie
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a terrestrial or cable television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats, and films released on or produced for streaming platforms. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and s ...
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Dark Reel
''Dark Reel'' is a 2008 horror film, horror starring Tiffany Shepis, Edward Furlong, Agung Bagus, Tony Snegoff, Mercedes McNab, Alexandra Holden, Barry Ford, Tony Todd and Lance Henriksen and directed by Josh Eisenstadt. Plot After his girlfriend leaves him, lonely horror movie buff Adam Waltz moves to Los Angeles to be closer to her. There he lands a walk-on role in studio chief Connor Pritchett's latest cinematic schlockfest, Pirate Wench. One night, a killer starts stalking the set, and before long bodies are piling up. On the downside, it wreaks havoc with the film's budget. On the upside, Adam's part keeps getting bigger and bigger. With ace police detectives Shields and LaRue on the case, everyone hopes the mystery will be solved quickly. But when Adam begins seeing the ghost of an actress who died fifty years ago, there may be more to this serial killing spree than a psycho with a taste for torture. Cast Reception Bill Gibron of DVD Talk said, "a lot of what this film h ...
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Adam Green (filmmaker)
Adam Green (born March 31, 1975) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician, best known for his work in horror and comedy films, including the ''Hatchet'' franchise, 2010's '' Frozen'', and the television series '' Holliston''. He was also the lead singer for the hard rock and metal band Haddonfield. Early life Green was born and raised in Holliston, Massachusetts. After finishing high school in 1993, he left for New York to study film and television production at Hofstra University, where he graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science. After finishing studies, Green worked in Boston making local commercials for Time Warner Cable, where he met his future collaborator Will Barratt. In 1998, the duo founded production company ArieScope Pictures and the following year made their first feature-length film: the semi-biographic comedy ''Coffee & Donuts''. Green starred in the lead role, while other parts were played by Steven C. DeWitt Jr., Katie Bove and Jeff Davison. This am ...
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Slasher Movie
A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a generic term for any horror film involving murder, film analysts cite an established set of characteristics which set slasher films apart from other horror subgenres, such as monster movies, splatter films, Supernatural horror film, supernatural and psychological horror films.Petridis, Sotiris (2014).A Historical Approach to the Slasher Film. Film International 12 (1): 76–84. Critics cite psychological horror films such as ''Peeping Tom (1960 film), Peeping Tom'' (1960) and ''Psycho (1960 film), Psycho'' (1960) and the Italian ''giallo'' films as early influences.Mark D. Eckel (2014). "When the Lights Go Down". p. 167. WestBow Press. The genre hit its peak between 1978 and 1984 in an era referred to as the "Golden Age" of slasher films. Notable ...
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