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The Union (2024 Film)
''The Union'' is a 2024 American Spy film, spy action comedy thriller film directed by Julian Farino from a screenplay by Joe Barton (screenwriter), Joe Barton and David Guggenheim. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alice Lee (actress), Alice Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, and J. K. Simmons. As the story unfolds, the rekindled relationship between Mike and Roxanne adds layers of romantic tension and humor to the intense action, creating a blend of espionage, comedy, and romance. Mike, an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary circumstances, must navigate the dangerous world of international intrigue alongside Roxanne, culminating in a thrilling and unpredictable journey. ''The Union'' was released by Netflix on August 16, 2024 to negative reviews. Plot Mike McKenna is a construction worker from Paterson, New Jersey whose life changes unexpectedly when his high school sweetheart Roxanne Hall re-enters his life after 25 years. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Di Ciaula
Pia Di Ciaula ACE, CCE is a BAFTA winning Canadian film editor. She is best known for editing ''A Very English Scandal'', ''The Crown'' and ''Tyrannosaur''. Personal life and education Di Ciaula was one of six daughters born to Italian parents in Toronto. Her father was a dental technician. She attended Toronto Metropolitan University, Ryerson to study photography, where she discovered film editing in the second year. Early career Upon graduation she initially worked as a camera assistant. She worked as assistant editor on a Paul Saltzman project as part of ''Sunrise Films''. She then worked as an assistant sound effects editor on long-running programme ''Danger Bay'', moving on to dialogue assistant and then picture assistant. Meeting Gillies MacKinnon and beyond Di Ciaula met Scottish director Gillies MacKinnon at the Toronto International Film Festival where he was interviewing for roles for his upcoming film, Regeneration (1997 film), Regeneration (1997). He hired Di Ciaula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union (film)
''Union'' is a 2024 American documentary film, directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing. It follows the Amazon Labor Union as they seek to unionize Amazon (company), Amazon's JKF8 Warehouse in Staten Island. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024, and was released on October 18, 2024, by Level Ground Productions. Premise The film follows former and current workers of Amazon (company), Amazon, as they form the Amazon Labor Union, and take on the company to form a union. Production In 2020, producers Samantha Curley and Mars Verrone contacted labor organizer Chris Smalls to discuss making a documentary about his efforts to organize workers at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. Curley and Verrone brought on director Brett Story after seeing her short film ''CamperForce'', about Amazon's seasonal workforce. As Smalls and his fellow organizers formed the Amazon Labor Union and began a union drive at the warehouse, Story saw the opport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller Film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a goal, mission, or a mystery. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, screenwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delo (Slovenia)
''Delo'' () is a national daily newspaper in Slovenia. It covers politics, economics, sports, culture and social events in Slovene. In addition to Slovenia, the paper is available in several Croatian cities and in Belgrade, Serbia. It is based in Ljubljana. History ''Delo'' was first published on 1 May 1959 when the newspapers '' Ljudska pravica'' ("The People's Right"), which was published since 1934, and '' Slovenski poročevalec'' ("The Slovene Reporter"), established in 1938, both the newspapers of the Communist Party of Slovenia, merged. Among the chief editors were Dušan Benko, Darijan Košir, Peter Jančič, and Uroš Urbas. Profile ''Delo'' is published in broadsheet format by media house Delo which also owns newspaper '' Slovenske novice''. It offers content in print and also on web, mobile and tablet platforms. It publishes a mixture of different media, such as the tabloid ''Slovenske novice'', bimonthly cultural newspaper '' Pogledi'' and various supplements. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piran
Piran (; ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. A bilingual city, with population speaking both Slovene and Italian, Piran is known for its medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Piran and one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions. History In the pre-Roman era, the hills in the Piran area were inhabited by Illyrian Histri tribes who were farmers, hunters and fishermen. They were also pirates who disrupted Roman trade in the northern Adriatic. The Piran peninsula was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 178 and 177 BC and settled in the following years with rural homes ('' villae rusticae''). The decline of the Roman Empire, from the 5th century AD onward, and incursions by the Avars and Slavs at the end of the 6th century, prompted the Roman population to withdraw into easily defensible locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstage (magazine)
Backstage is a prominent global casting platform and entertainment industry publication that connects performers, content creators, and behind-the-scenes professionals with casting directors and production teams across film, television, theater, commercials, and digital media. Founded in New York City in 1960 as a trade magazine for working actors, Backstage now operates one of the largest online platforms for hiring creative talent. The Backstage casting platform hosts thousands of vetted casting calls weekly and supports a talent database of more than 700,000 profiles. Its talent-seeking users range from independent filmmakers to major studios, creative agencies, and global brands. Backstage continues to publish original digital content on career development, casting trends, and expert advice for performers and other talent types. Backstage is owned bCast & Crew a provider of production payroll and software solutions for the entertainment industry. History Backstage was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeast megalopolis, it is bordered to the northwest, north, and northeast by New York (state), New York State; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At , New Jersey is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, fifth-smallest state in land area. According to a 2024 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau estimate, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 11th-most populous state, with over 9.5 million residents, its highest estimated count ever. The state capital is Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark, New Jersey, Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Campbell Moore
Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe, 30 November 1979) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Alan Bennett's play '' The History Boys'' and the film based on it. He has starred in the sci-fi television series'' War of the Worlds'' (2019–2021). Career Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe. He was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the gold medal in his final year. He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's '' Bright Young Things''. He is primarily a screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre. Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play '' The History Boys'', and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Delany
Dana Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television drama ''China Beach'' (1988–1991), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 and 1992. She received further recognition for her appearances in the films ''Light Sleeper'' (1992), ''Tombstone (film), Tombstone'' (1993), ''Exit to Eden (film), Exit to Eden'' (1994), ''Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story, The Margaret Sanger Story'' (1995), ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), ''True Women'' (1997), and ''Wide Awake (1998 film), Wide Awake'' (1998). Delany also provided the voice of Lois Lane in ''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League (TV series), Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''. In the 2000s, Delany appeared in main roles on several short-lived television series, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress best known for her performance as psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on the HBO crime drama series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007) and for her breakthrough role portraying Karen Friedman Hill, Karen Hill in the Martin Scorsese film ''Goodfellas'' (1990). Bracco began her career modeling in France and appeared in Italian-language films in the 1980s. Her English-language debut came in ''The Pick-up Artist (1987 film), The Pick-up Artist'' (1987), which was followed by roles in ''Someone to Watch Over Me (film), Someone to Watch Over Me'' (1987), ''Sing (1989 film), Sing'' (1989), and ''The Dream Team (1989 film), The Dream Team'' (1989). She has been nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Early life Bracco was born on October 2, 1954, in the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
