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Raney Shockne
Raney Shockne is an American music composer and producer based in Los Angeles. He has written and produced songs for Giorgio Moroder, Pitbull, Britney Spears, Foxes, Matthew Koma, Leona Lewis and others. His score and songwriting collaborations have appeared in over 30 films and 100 televisions shows to date. Shockne is perhaps best known as the composer of USA drama '' Queen of the South'', CBS primetime comedy ''Kevin Can Wait'', ''Anger Management'' (FX Network) starring Charlie Sheen, the film '' The To Do List'' (Aubrey Plaza), and '' Fame'', where his remake of the title song reached the American ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Additionally, Shockne's current video game credits include ''Cyberpunk 2077'', '' Star Wars Battlefront II'', '' Tron RUN/r'', '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' and ''The Sims'' franchise. Film work * The Wedding Year omposer* Josie omposer* Cover Versions omposer* Peppermint riginal songs* The Assignment omposer* American Pastoral riginal songs* In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005). Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fame (2009 Film)
''Fame'' is a 2009 American musical drama film and a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same name. It was directed by Kevin Tancharoen and written by Allison Burnett. It was released on September 25, 2009 in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The film follows talented high school students attending The High School of Performing Arts in New York City (known today as Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School), where students get specialized training that often leads to success in the entertainment industry. Exterior shots of the Performing Arts school are of the Professional Performing Arts School or PPAS on West 48th Street and not the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School on 100 Amsterdam Avenue behind the Lincoln Center. Debbie Allen, who portrays the school principal Angela Simms, is the only person to appear in the original movie, the subsequent television show (in the 1980 film and the series she played the role of dance teacher Lydia Grant), and this prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoolander 2
''Zoolander 2'' (promoted as ''Zoolander No. 2'') is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and written by John Hamburg, Justin Theroux, Stiller, and Nicholas Stoller. It is the sequel to the 2001 film ''Zoolander''. It stars Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, and Kristen Wiig. Filming took place from April to July 2015, in Rome, Italy. The film was released on February 12, 2016, by Paramount Pictures, to mostly negative reviews from critics and earned $56 million against a $55 million budget. Plot At Fashion Interpol, a secret agent, Valentina Valencia examines the expressions of recently assassinated pop singers' last images and believes they match Derek Zoolander's signature look, "Blue Steel". A flashback reveals that the ''Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good'' collapsed, killing Matilda Jeffries and injuring Hansel McDonald two days after the events of the first film. Derek later lost custody of his son, Derek Zoolande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Famous
''Internet Famous'' is a 2016 mockumentary comedy film satirizing the Internet celebrity phenomenon. It was written and directed by Michael Gallagher and Steve Greene, and features several real-life internet celebrities portraying parodies of themselves or general stereotypes. It stars a mix of Internet personalities including Shane Dawson, Steve Greene, Richard Ryan, Amanda Cerny, and Christian Delgrosso, as well as established actors John Michael Higgins, Missi Pyle, Roger Bart, and Kevin Hernandez. It was the only feature film produced by Maker Studios, the online short-form content subsidiary of Disney. The film premiered on iTunes on June 21, 2016, and subsequently reached No. 5 on the iTunes movie comedy chart. One month after the online release, it was made available worldwide on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hasti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Pastoral (film)
''American Pastoral'' is a 2016 American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor (in his feature directorial debut) and with a screenplay by John Romano, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegert, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker and David Strathairn. Principal photography began on September 21, 2015, in Pittsburgh. The film had its world premiere on September 9, 2016, at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on October 21, 2016, by Lionsgate. Plot In 1996, at the 45th-year reunion of the class of '51 at Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey, writer Nathan Zuckerman meets one of his old friends, Jerry Levov. They talk about Jerry's older brother, former all-state star athlete Seymour "Swede" Levov, class of '44, who recently died after a long illness. The story moves back to a young Swede persuading his father, glovem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Assignment (2016 Film)
''The Assignment'' (also known as ''Tomboy'', and formerly known as ''(Re) Assignment'' and ''Tomboy: A Revenger's Tale'') is an action crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill and co-written by Hill and Denis Hamill. The film stars Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Caitlin Gerard, and Sigourney Weaver. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2016. It was released on March 3, 2017, through video on demand, prior to a limited release on April 7, 2017, by Saban Films. Plot Dr. Rachel Jane is a rogue plastic surgeon with a twisted vision of a better world. After losing her medical license, she began an illegal practice and performed unwanted surgical experiments on impoverished homeless people. The film is split between a present-day timeline in which she has been institutionalized and her condition is being assessed by Dr. Ralph Galen, and a second timeline two years into the past. Three years prior, Jane's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peppermint (2018 Film)
''Peppermint'' is a 2018 American vigilante action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and starring Jennifer Garner. Also featuring John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr., Juan Pablo Raba, and Tyson Ritter, the plot follows a mother who transforms herself into a vigilante in a quest for revenge against the drug cartel that killed her daughter and husband. The film was released in the United States on September 7, 2018. It grossed $53 million worldwide and received generally negative reviews from critics, but more positive reviews from audiences. The film was released on Netflix in 2020, as well as other platforms. Plot An unidentified woman engages in a brutal fight with a man in a car. After a fierce struggle, she manages to shoot him in the head. Five years earlier, the same woman, Riley North, is working as a banker in Los Angeles, struggling to make ends meet. Her husband, Chris, owns a failing mechanic shop, and together, they have a ten-year-old daughter, Carly. Chris's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie (film)
''Josie'' (also known as ''Huntsville'') is a 2018 American thriller drama film directed by Eric England and written by Anthony Ragnone II. The film stars Sophie Turner as the titular character, a mysterious high school student who transfers to the Southern town of Baymont, where she draws the attention of local recluse Hank (Dylan McDermott). The film also stars Jack Kilmer, Micah Fitzgerald, Lombardo Boyar, Daeg Faerch, Robin Bartlett, and Kurt Fuller. ''Josie'' premiered at Mammoth Film Festival on February 8, 2018, and was released in the United States by Screen Media Films on March 16, 2018. Plot Hank lives at the Pink Motel and works as a guard at the high school. He enjoys fishing and raising his tortoises. He occasionally sees a vision of a man in an orange prison jumpsuit. One day a pretty teenage girl named Josie asks for help moving into the motel. She starts class at the school where Hank works and is assigned a project where students are to work in pairs. She make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding Year
''The Wedding Year'' is a 2019 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Luketic and starring Sarah Hyland, Tyler James Williams, Jenna Dewan, Matt Shively and Anna Camp. It was released on September 20, 2019, by Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures. Premise Los Angeles photographer, Mara Baylor, "isn’t sure she is the marrying type and her new ready-to-settle-down boyfriend and commitment issues are put to the test when she is invited to 7 weddings in the same year", putting "pressure on Mara to make some big decisions." Cast * Sarah Hyland as Mara Baylor * Tyler James Williams as Jake Riddick * Jenna Dewan as Jessica * Matt Shively as Alex * Anna Camp as Ellie * Noureen DeWulf as Boss Queen * Wanda Sykes as Janet/Grandma * Keith David as Preston * Grace Helbig as Kelly * Benton Jennings as Waiter * Darlene Vogel as Mother * Patrick Warburton as Michael * Kristen Johnston as Barbara * Camille Hyde as Nicole * Zora Bikangaga as Robbie * Laci Mosley as Violet * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sims 4
''The Sims 4'' is a social simulation game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth major title in ''The Sims'' series, and is the sequel to '' The Sims 3'' (2009). The game was released in North America on September 2, 2014 for Windows, an OS X version was released in February 2015, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released in November 2017. The game moved to a free-to-play model on October 18, 2022, monetized by the purchase of various paid downloadable content packs that have been developed since its release. Like previous titles in the series, ''The Sims 4'' allows players to create and dress characters called "Sims", build and furnish houses for them, and simulate their everyday lives. The game introduces a newly-developed custom game engine, with improved character creation and house-building tools, as well as deeper in-game simulation with the new emotion and personality systems for Sims. Development of ''The Sims 4'' began as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inquisition
The Inquisition, in historical ecclesiastical terminology also referred to as the "Holy Inquisition", was a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, conducting trials of suspected heretics. Studies of the records have found that the overwhelming majority of sentences consisted of penances, but that cases of repeat unrepentant heretics were handed over to the secular courts, which generally resulted in execution or life imprisonment. The Inquisition had its start in 12th-century Kingdom of France, with the aim of combating religious deviation (e.g. apostasy or heresy), particularly among the Cathars and the Waldensians. The inquisitorial courts from this time until the mid-15th century are together known as the Medieval Inquisition. Other groups investigated during the Medieval Inquisition, which primarily took place in France and Italy, including the Spiritual Franciscans, the Hussites, and the Beguines. Beginning in the 1250s, inquisito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tron RUN/r
''Tron RUN/r'' is an endless runner video game developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Disney Interactive Studios as part of the ''Tron'' franchise. It was released on February 16, 2016 for the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game was announced at the Game Awards 2015, where it was described as an "action arcade" game. Soundtrack The soundtrack was written and composed by Giorgio Moroder and Raney Shockne. It was released on May 31, 2016 and included remixes from Autechre, Plaid, Rusko, Bibio, Darkstar, patten and Christopher Nicholls; most of these artists are associated with the record label Warp. Reception Critical reception for ''Tron RUN/r'' has been mixed and the game currently holds a rating of 64 on Metacritic Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
