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100 Centre Street
''100 Centre Street'' is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq. Premise The show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of '' Law & Order'', although unlike ''Law & Order'', ''100 Centre Street'' focused more on the personal lives of its characters. Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Legal Drama
Legal drama, also called courtroom drama, is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Legal dramas have also followed the lives of the fictional Lawyer, attorneys, defendants, plaintiffs, or other persons related to the practice of law present in television show or film. Legal drama is distinct from Police procedural, police crime drama or detective fiction, which typically focus on police officers or detectives investigating and solving crimes. The focal point of legal dramas, more often, are events occurring within a courtroom, but may include any phases of legal procedure, such as Jury trial, jury deliberations or work done at law firms. Some legal dramas Film à clef, fictionalize real cases that have been litigated, such as the play-turned-movie, Inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Drug Addiction
Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use can alter brain function in synapses similar to natural rewards like food or falling in love in ways that perpetuate craving and weakens self-control for people with pre-existing vulnerabilities. This phenomenon – drugs reshaping brain function – has led to an understanding of addiction as a brain disorder with a complex variety of psychosocial as well as neurobiological factors that are implicated in the development of addiction. While mice given cocaine showed the compulsive and involuntary nature of addiction, for humans this is more complex, related to behavior or personality traits. Classic signs of addiction include compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, ''preoccupation'' with substances or behavior, and continued use de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arthur Penn
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American filmmaker, theatre director, and producer. He was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award winner. Among other accolades, he was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Awards. Penn’s first achieved prominence as a theatre director, winning a Tony Award for Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Play for The Miracle Worker (play), ''The Miracle Worker''. He received similar acclaim and his first Oscar nomination for directing the The Miracle Worker (1962 film), 1962 film adaptation. His 1967 film ''Bonnie and Clyde (film), Bonnie and Clyde'' is credited with initiating the New Hollywood movement, by infusing the biographical crime drama with a counterculture sensibility. He achieved similar critical and commercial success direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don Scardino
Donald Joseph Scardino (born February 17, 1949) is an American television director, producer, and retired actor. Career Acting Scardino was born in New York City, to jazz musician parents, Dorothy Denny Scardino and Charles Scardino. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in ''The Playroom'' in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include '' Johnny No-Trump'', '' Godspell'', and '' King of Hearts''. Off-Broadway he appeared in '' The Rimers of Eldritch'', '' The Comedy of Errors'', '' Moonchildren'', and '' I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road'', he was also the lead in a B horror movie titled '' Squirm'' in 1976. He additionally starred in several episodes of the '' CBS Radio Mystery Theater'', which ran from 1974 to 1982. In addition, he served as artistic director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991 to 1996. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas '' Guiding Light'', '' All My Children'', '' Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rudy Wurlitzer
Rudolph "Rudy" Wurlitzer (**Rudy Wurlitzer** born January 3, 1937) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Wurlitzer's fiction includes '' Nog'', ''Flats'', ''Quake'', ''Slow Fade'', and ''Drop Edge of Yonder''. He is also the author of the travel memoir, ''Hard Travel to Sacred Places'', which recounts a spiritual journey through Asia following the death of his wife Lynn Davis's 21-year-old son. Biography Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wurlitzer's family moved to New York City shortly after his birth. He is a descendant of Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914), founder of the jukebox company of the same name, though the family fortune had significantly diminished by the time Wurlitzer came of age in the 1950s. At 17, he worked on an oil tanker, beginning to write during this first trip. He attended Columbia University and served in the Army. He continued to travel, spending time in Paris and on Majorca, where he worked as a secretary for author Robert Graves. He credits Graves with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John O'Connell (director)
John O'Connell (born November 13, 1959) is an American television director. He has worked in Dramatic and Music multi-camera television production for over 20 years. Positions held 100 Centre Street * Director (2000,2001) * Associate Director(2000,2001) Private Sessions Copshop Night Music ''As the World Turns'' * Director (2004-2010) * Occasional Director (2002-2003) ''Guiding Light'' * Occasional Director (2003) * Director (1991-1998) * Associate Director (1990-1996) ''One Life to Live'' * Director(1998-2000) * Occasional Director (2003) Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Win, 2007, Directing Team, ''As the World Turns'' (Shared win with Maria Wagner, Michael Eilbaum, Sonia Blangiardo, Jennifer Pepperman, Habib Azar, Christopher Goutman Christopher Goutman (born December 19, 1952) is an American writer, producer, actor and director. He is most notable for his work on daytime soap operas. He was married from 1985 to 2016 to actress Marcia McCabe, whom he met whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steve Shill
Stephen A Shill (born 1957) is a British television and film director, actor, screenwriter and television producer. Early life Shill was born in 1957 in Buckinghamshire, England. He attended Keswick Grammar School in Keswick, Cumbria, England in the 1970s. Career He studied Fine Art at Leeds University, was a member of Impact Theatre Co-operative, and, after they disbanded, made theatre work under his own name. After completing the BBC Drama Director's Course he began his television directing career with episodes of ''EastEnders'' and ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'' for the BBC. Shill created the idea for Granada TV's ''Ted and Alice'' starring Dawn French. He moved to the United States and worked on many successful shows produced by premium television, premium cable television, cable network Home Box Office, HBO, including ''The Sopranos'', ''The Wire'', ''Rome (TV series), Rome'', ''Carnivàle'', ''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'' and ''Big Love''. He directed the pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jerry London
Jerry London (born January 21, 1937) is an American television director and producer. Life and career London has directed more than forty television movies, including the Emmy Award nominated '' Chiefs''. London won best director for James Clavell's ''Shōgun'', a nine-hour miniseries for NBC, and has also directed ten other miniseries, including the acclaimed '' The Scarlet and the Black'' with Gregory Peck, '' Chiefs'' with Charlton Heston, and ''Ellis Island'' with Richard Burton. He has taught film production at UCLA and Los Angeles Film School. London is the father of Todd London and Lisa London. The former is a TV producer of HBO's ''Rome'' and '' The Pacific'', and a senior vice president and post-production executive of Walt Disney Pictures. Filmography *'' Killdozer!'' (1974) *'' Ma and Pa'' (1974) *'' Goodnight Jackie'' (1974) *'' Just by Accident (Rockford Files)'' (1975) *'' The World of Darkness'' (1977) *'' Cover Girls'' (1977) *''Wheels'' (1978) *'' Escapade'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill J Vlasnic
Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Places * Bill, Wyoming, an unincorporated community, United States People and fictional characters * Bill (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Bill (surname) * Bill (footballer, born 1953), Brazilian football forward Oswaldo Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1978), Togolese football forward Alessandro Faria * Bill (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football forward Rosimar Amâncio * Bill (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian forward Fabricio Rodrigues da Silva Ferreira Arts, media, and entertainment Characters * Bill, the villain of the ''Kill Bill'' films * Bill, one of the protagonists of the ''Bill & Ted'' films * A lizard in Lewis Carroll's ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' * A locomotive in ''The Railway Series'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michole Briana White
Michole Briana White is an American actress. She began her career while appearing on numerous of television sitcoms before portraying Lucille Flenory on the Starz' crime series '' Black Mafia Family'' (since 2020). White also appeared in many films throughout her career including '' Out of Darkness'' (1994 TV Movie), '' Courage Under Fire'' (1996), ''Volcano'' and ''Convict 762'' (both in 1997), '' She Hate Me'' and ''The Break-Up Artist'', (both in 2004), '' Into the Fire'' (2005 TV Movie), ''The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes'' & '' Lila & Eve'' (both in 2015), '' Spell'' (2018), and ''The Fight That Never Ends'' (2021 TV Movie). Life and career White is known for her role as attorney Fatima Kelly in the A&E series '' 100 Centre Street''. She has also guest starred in a number of notable television series namely ''L.A. Law'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', '' Family Matters'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Private Investigator
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI; also known as a private detective, an inquiry agent or informally a wikt:private eye, private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators often work for lawyer, attorneys in civil and criminal cases. History In 1833, Eugène François Vidocq, a French soldier, criminal, and privateer, founded the first known private detective agency, "Le Bureau des Renseignements Universels pour le commerce et l'Industrie" ("The Office of Universal Information For Commerce and Industry") and hired ex-convicts. Much of what private investigators did in the early days was to act as the police in matters for which their clients felt the police were not equipped or willing to do. Official law enforcement tried many times to shut it down. In 1842, police arrested him in suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and taking money on false pretences after he had solved an embezzleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
