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Moira Kelly
Moira Kelly (born on March 6, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Kate Moseley in the 1992 film ''The Cutting Edge'' as well as single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama '' One Tree Hill''. She is also known for playing the role of Donna Hayward in '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', replacing Lara Flynn Boyle in the prequel to the 1990 TV series ''Twin Peaks''. Other roles include Dorothy Day in '' Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story'', White House media consultant Mandy Hampton in the first season of ''The West Wing'', and the voice of Simba's love interest Nala in ''The Lion King'' and its direct-to-video sequels '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' and '' The Lion King 1½''. She also played Hetty Kelly and Oona O'Neill in '' Chaplin''. Early life Moira Kelly was born in Queens, New York on March 6, 1968. She is the daughter of Peter (a trained concert violinist) and Anne (a nurse) who are Irish immigrants. Kelly is the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Hampton
Madeline "Mandy" Hampton is a fictional character from the American serial drama ''The West Wing'', portrayed by Moira Kelly. She was the White House media director during the first season of the show, and the former girlfriend of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, with whom she often clashed. A savvy political strategist and no-nonsense negotiator, the character is said to have been based on Mandy Grunwald, a real-life Democratic political consultant and media adviser who worked on the presidential campaigns for both Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.. Moira Kelly said of her character, "She's a fighter in a difficult business and has a lot of strength." Although Kelly was a primary cast member during the first season, Mandy was featured less frequently as the season progressed; Aaron Sorkin said early on in Season 1 that he and Kelly had agreed that the character was not working out, and that she would have less of a focus because she would not be returning for Seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oona O'Neill
Oona O'Neill, Lady Chaplin (14 May 1925 – 27 September 1991) was an actress who was the daughter of Irish-American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton, and the fourth and last wife of English actor and film-maker Charlie Chaplin. O'Neill's parents divorced when she was four years old, after which she was raised by her mother in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and rarely saw her father. She first came to the public eye during her time at the Brearley School in New York City between 1940 and 1942, when she was photographed attending fashionable nightclubs with her friends Carol Grace, Carol Marcus and Gloria Vanderbilt. In 1942, she received a large amount of media attention after she was chosen as "The Number One Debutante" of the 1942–1943 season at the Stork Club. Soon after, she decided to pursue a career in acting and, after small roles in two stage productions, headed for Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood. In Hollywood, O'Neill was introduced to C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannibal! The Musical
''Cannibal! The Musical'' (originally known as ''Alferd Packer: The Musical'') is a 1993 American black comedy musical film directed, written, produced, co-scored by and starring Trey Parker in his directorial debut while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before reaching fame with ''South Park'' alongside his friend Matt Stone who also stars in and produced the film. It is loosely based on the true story of Alferd Packer and the sordid details of the trip from Utah to Colorado that left his five fellow travelers dead and partially eaten. Trey Parker (credited as Juan Schwartz) stars as Alferd Packer, with frequent collaborators Stone, Dian Bachar, and others playing the supporting roles. A live staged version was performed at Sierra College, in Rocklin, California, in May 1998. It was followed by Dad's Garage Theater, Atlanta Georgia, in the fall of 1998. The Dad's Garage version is highlighted in the special features of Troma's DVD release of the movie. The sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Stone
Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interested in film and music as a child and at high school, and attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Parker. The two collaborated on various short films, and starred in the feature-length musical ''Cannibal! The Musical'' (1993). Stone and Parker moved to Los Angeles and wrote their second film, '' Orgazmo'' (1997). Before the premiere of the film, ''South Park'' premiered on Comedy Central in August 1997. The duo possess full creative control of the show, and have produced music and video games based on it. A film based on the series, '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999), received good reviews from both critics and fans. Stone went on to write, produce, and star in the satirical action film '' Team America: World P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. Parker was interested in film and music as a child and at high school and attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he met Stone. The two collaborated on various short films. They also co-wrote and co-starred in the feature-length musical '' Cannibal! The Musical'' (1993). Parker and Stone moved to Los Angeles and wrote their second film, ''Orgazmo'' (1997). Before the premiere of the film, ''South Park'' premiered on Comedy Central in August 1997. The duo possess full creative control of the show, and have produced music and video games based on it. A film based on the series, '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'' (1999), received good reviews from both critics and fans. Parker went on to write, produce, direct, and star in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polly Pry
Mrs. Leonel Campbell Ross O'Bryan (1857–1938), known under the pen name Polly Pry, was a controversial reporter for the ''Denver Post'' and later as a freelancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is best remembered for her connection to the case of Alferd Packer as an investigative reporter. Early life Pry was born to a wealthy family in 1857. Aged fifteen, she eloped to Mexico with a railroad industrialist named George Anthony. Five years later, Pry left Anthony and moved to New York to become a reporter. While initially being rejected by the New York Times, she succeeded in getting a trial assignment on a recent slum fire. The article she then produced was good enough to earn her a full time job there. In 1898, Pry was hired by Frederick Bonfils for the Denver Post, becoming the paper's first female reporter. Relationship with Packer Pry met Alferd Packer in 1901 while she was writing an article on the prison where he was incarcerated. She adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love, Lies And Murder
''Love, Lies and Murder'' is a 1991 American miniseries starring Clancy Brown, Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Tom Bower, John Ashton, and Cynthia Nixon. It is based on the 1985 murder of Linda Bailey Brown and Ann Rule's book ''If You Really Loved Me''. The miniseries is four hours long and aired on NBC in two parts, the first on February 17, 1991 and the second on February 18, 1991. Lifetime airs the miniseries. Plot In 1985, Cinnamon Brown kills her stepmother by shooting her. Although she confessed to the crime, the lack of motive propels investigators to delve deeper into the case, and discover that there is far more to it than originally thought. Cast * Clancy Brown as David Brown * Sheryl Lee as Patti Bailey * Moira Kelly as Cinnamon Brown * Shelley Morrison as Yolanda Brown * Cathryn de Prume as Linda Bailey Brown * Tom Bower as Leverette * Ramon Bieri as Howard * Cynthia Nixon as Donna * Nestor Serrano as Gonzalez * John M. Jackson as Sergeant Patterson * John Ashton as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovi Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company is primarily involved in licensing its intellectual property within the consumer electronics industry, including digital rights management, electronic program guide software, and metadata. The company holds over 6,000 pending and registered patents. The company also provides analytics and recommendation platforms for the video industry. In 2016, Rovi acquired digital video recorder maker TiVo Inc., and renamed itself TiVo Corporation. On May 30, 2019, TiVo announced the appointment of Dave Shull as the company's new president and CEO. On December 19, 2019, TiVo merged with Xperi; the combined firm operates as ''Xperi''. History Macrovision Corporation was established in 1983. The 1984 film '' The Cotton Club'' was the first video to be encoded with Macrovision technology when it was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmovie
AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded AllMusic and AllGame. The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data was accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic.com, AllMovie.com and AllGame.com were sold by Rovi in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (musical)
''Annie'' is a Broadway theatre, Broadway musical theatre, musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' and loosely based on the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" written by James Whitcomb Riley. The musical includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a musical theater, book by Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre). It spawned numerous productions in many countries, as well as national tours, and won seven Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical's songs "Tomorrow (song from Annie), Tomorrow" and "It's the Hard Knock Life" are among its most popular musical numbers. Background Charnin first approached Meehan to write the book of a musical about ''Little Orphan Annie'' in 1972. Meehan researched by rereading prints of the comic strip, but was unable to fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemia, New York
Bohemia is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 10,180 at the 2010 census. It is situated along the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Islip, approximately 50 miles from New York City. A portion of Long Island MacArthur Airport is located within the hamlet. Many of Bohemia's current residents trace their ethnic heritage back to southern Italy, Ireland, and the historical Czech lands (also called Bohemia); although the town has become more diverse in recent years. A large percentage of Bohemia's growing population has migrated to the town from western Long Island, Brooklyn, and Queens. Connetquot River State Park is also located in Bohemia. The park provides an ideal location for horse back riding and because of this, the town harbors a unique equestrian culture. Many of the homes located along the park have stables and it is common to see locals walking their horses through the town's tree lined stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connetquot High School
Connetquot High School (CHS) is a Public school (government funded), public High school (North America), high school serving students from the communities of Bohemia, New York, Bohemia, Oakdale, New York, Oakdale and Ronkonkoma, New York, Ronkonkoma, and parts of Sayville, New York, Sayville and West Sayville, New York, West Sayville, in the 9th-12th grades, located in Bohemia, New York. It is part of the Connetquot Central School District. History The school was established in 1963, three years after voters in the existing Oakdale-Bohemia and Ronkonkoma school districts voted to consolidate their two districts. Academics According to ''Newsday'' data, 91.2% of Connetquot graduates earn a New York state Regents Examinations, regent's diploma (55.2% with advanced designation). Also, 55.6% of graduates plan to attend a 4-year college and 35.8% plan to attend a 2-year college. Athletics The school competes in Section XI of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
