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3000 Miles To Graceland
''3000 Miles to Graceland'' is a 2001 American action crime film directed and co-produced by Demian Lichtenstein. The original script was written by Richard Recco and Demian Lichtenstein shares a co-writing credit on the final film. The film stars Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak and Daisy McCrackin. ''3000 Miles to Graceland'' was released in the United States on February 23, 2001, by Warner Bros. Pictures and Morgan Creek Productions. The film received mostly negative critical reviews and was a box-office bomb making only $18.7 million against its $47.4 million budget. Plot Recent parolee Michael Zane stops at a run-down desert motel outside Las Vegas, Nevada. He catches a boy, Jesse, stealing from his car, and chases him back to his mother, Cybil Waingrow, whom he seduces. The next day, four men arrive to pick up Michael: Murphy, Hanson, Gus, and Franklin. Dressed in Elvis costumes, the group goes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Manes
Eric David Manes is a feature film and television writer and producer, owner of Swiss chocolate company Coco Suisse with his wife Marianne Manes, and a State of California Registered Investment Advisor. Biography Manes produced the documentary '' Voices of Iraq'', for which he funneled digital video cameras to hundreds of Iraqis in the midst of war. The Iraqis interviewed thousands of their compatriots. Within six months, the film was finished, marketed, and distributed for theatrical release in the United States. Because of its unparalleled intimacy and access to Iraqis, the footage was featured on '' This Week'' with George Stephanopoulos. Manes guided ''Voices of Iraq'' through its worldwide release and festival circuit, bringing it to Edinburgh, Melbourne, Locarno, and South Korea. Manes produced the $60 million budgeted '' 3000 Miles to Graceland'' (starring Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater and Courteney Cox) for Warner Bros. Manes also wrote and produced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisy McCrackin
Daisy McCrackin (born November 12, 1979) is an American actress. Early life McCrackin was born in Marin County, California, and raised in San Francisco. Career She made her film debut in the 2001 straight-to-video film ''A Crack in the Floor'' co-starring Mario Lopez. She has appeared in television series, such as ''Cold Case'', ''Angel'', and ''The Division'', and films such as ''Hollywood Horror'', '' 3000 Miles to Graceland'', '' Halloween: Resurrection'' (2002), and '' Love and Suicide'' (2005). She wrote the soundtrack and starred in the 2009 short film ''Till Death Do Us Part''. Mica Film released this debut recording, ''Till Death Do Us Part'', engineered by Steve Muhic in August 2009. Aeronaut Records followed with her EP release of ''The Rodeo Grounds'' in November 2009. She appeared in the 2011 film adaptation of ''Atlas Shrugged ''Atlas Shrugged'' is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCW World Heavyweight Champion
The WCW World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship originally used in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the original world title of the World Championship Wrestling promotion, spun off from the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It existed in WCW from 1991 to 2001. Following the acquisition of WCW by the WWF in March 2001, it became one of two world titles in the WWF, with its name being immediately abbreviated to the WCW Championship and finally, the World Championship in November. It continued to complement the then-WWF Championship until the following month, when both titles were unified to create the Undisputed WWF Championship. Ric Flair was the first holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, with Chris Jericho being the last. The title was the second to be represented by the historic Big Gold Belt, first introduced in 1986. History Formation In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS (American TV channel), TBS). For all of its existence, WCW was one of the two top professional wrestling promotions in the United States alongside the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one point surpassing the latter in terms of popularity. After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s, the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993. Under Bischoff's leadership, the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based angle (professional wrestling), storylines, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Chatelain
Christine Chatelain is a Canadians, Canadian film and television actress. She had a recurring role on ''The Collector (Canadian TV series), ''The Collector'''' as Taylor Slate. Originally an art student in Vancouver, she tried acting as a hobby and quickly gained roles in ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' and ''3000 Miles to Graceland''. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations Chatelain has twice been nominated for Leo Awards, first in 2005 in the category of Best Guest Performance by a Female: Dramatic Series for her role in the episode "The Superhero" of television series ''The Collector (Canadian TV series), The Collector'' and again in 2013 in the category of Best Supporting Performance by a Female: Motion Picture for her role in ''Death Do Us Part''. at Leo Awards, www.leoawards.com |
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs include " Diana", “ You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby". Anka also wrote the theme for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''; one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, " She's a Lady"; and the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song " My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley. He co-wrote three songs with Michael Jackson: " This Is It" (originally titled "I Never Heard") " Love Never Felt So Good", and " Don't Matter to Me", which became posthumous hits for Jackson in 2009, 2014, and 2018, respectively. Early life Paul Albert Anka was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Camelia (née Tannis) and Andrew Emile "Andy" Anka Sr., who owned a restaurant called the Locanda. According to Anka's autobiography, ''My Way'', both of his parents we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Lombardi
Louis Lombardi (born January 17, 1968) is an American actor known for his roles in ''The Sopranos'', ''Fantasy Island'', and ''24'' and also as the bartender in ''Battleship''. Early life Lombardi was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Louis Lombardi Sr. Career On television, Lombardi had a recurring role on ''The Sopranos'' as Agent Skip Lipari, and guest starred on such shows as ''Chuck'', '' Entourage'', '' Heroes'' and '' CSI''. He was a cast member of a 1990s revival of '' Fantasy Island'' and played Edgar Stiles on '' 24''. He also played Stucky Fein in the short-lived television show '' Mob City''. He has had roles in films including '' Beer League'', ''The Usual Suspects'', '' Natural Born Killers'', '' Suicide Kings'', '' Beverly Hills Cop III'', '' The Animal'', '' Spider-Man 2'', '' 3000 Miles to Graceland'', '' The Crew'', '' The Hot Chick'', '' The Spirit'', ''Battleship A battleship is a large, heavily naval armour, armored warship with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice-T
Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop music, hip hop and heavy metal music, heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album ''Rhyme Pays''. The following year, he founded the record label Records (named after his collective of fellow hip-hop artists called the "") and released another album, ''Power (Ice-T album), Power'' (1988), which is Ice-T's only album to be certified Music recording certification, platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. His next three albums, ''The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!'' (1989), ''O.G. Original Gangster'' (1991) and ''Home Invasion (album), Home Invasion'' (1993), were also critically acclaimed and commercially successful, and were all certified gold in the US. Ice-T co-founded the heavy me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church (born Thomas Richard McMillen; June 17, 1960) is an American actor. After starring in the 1990s sitcom '' Wings'' and playing the lead for two seasons in ''Ned & Stacey'' (1995–1997)'','' Church became known for his film work, including his role of Lyle van de Groot in ''George of the Jungle'' (1997), his Academy Award–nominated performance in ''Sideways'' (2004), his role as the Marvel Comics villain Sandman in the superhero films ''Spider-Man 3'' (2007) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), as well as his starring roles in ''Over the Hedge'' (2006), '' Smart People'' (2008), '' Easy A'' (2010), '' We Bought a Zoo'' (2011), ''Max'' (2015), and ''Hellboy'' (2019). He also made his directorial debut with '' Rolling Kansas'' (2003). In 2023, he starred as antagonist Agent Stone in the post-apocalyptic action comedy series ''Twisted Metal''. Early life Church was born Thomas Richard McMillen on June 17, 1960, in Woodland, Yolo County, California, to Maxine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Lovitz
Jonathan Michael Lovitz ( ; born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1990 for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Outside of ''SNL'', he starred as Jay Sherman in ''The Critic'' (1994–1995), has played various roles on ''The Simpsons'' (1991–), and has acted in numerous television shows such as ''Seinfeld'', ''Friends'', and ''NewsRadio''. From 2012 to 2015 he starred in the sitcom '' Mr. Box Office''. He played a baseball scout in the film '' A League of Their Own'' (1992) and acted in other films such as '' Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Big'' (1988), ''Happiness'' (1998), '' Small Time Crooks'' (2000), '' Rat Race'' (2001), and '' The Producers'' (2005) and '' Bula Quo!'' (2013). He also voiced roles in '' The Brave Little Toaster'' (1987), '' Hotel Transylvania'' (2012) and ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' (2015). He played Alan Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWAT
A SWAT (''Special Weapons and Tactics'') team is a generic term for a police tactical unit within the United States, though the term has also been used by other nations. SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations", often those regular police units are not trained or equipped to handle, such as shootouts, standoffs, raids, hostage-takings, and terrorism. SWAT units are equipped with specialized weapons and equipment not normally issued to regular police units, such as automatic firearms, high-caliber sniper rifles, stun grenades, body armor, ballistic shields, night-vision devices, and armored vehicles, among others. SWAT units are often trained in special tactics such as close-quarters combat, door breaching, crisis negotiation, and de-escalation. The first SWAT units were formed in the 1960s to handle riot control and violent confrontations with criminals. The number and usage of SWAT units increased in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera (hotel And Casino)
The Riviera (colloquially, "the Riv") was a hotel and casino on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It opened on April 20, 1955, and included a nine-story hotel featuring 291 rooms. The Riviera was the first skyscraper in the Las Vegas Valley, and was the area's tallest building until 1956. Various hotel additions would be made in later years, including a 12-story tower in 1966, a 17-story tower in 1975, and a 24-story tower in 1988. By the time of its closure in 2015, the resort included a casino and 2,075 rooms. In 1973, the Riviera was sold to businessman Meshulam Riklis, who owned it for the next two decades. The Riviera filed for bankruptcy in 1983, and targeted a middle-class demographic from that point on, which helped the property thrive. Changes included the addition of a Burger King in 1984, making the Riviera the first Strip property to feature a fast-food restaurant. The Riviera emerged from bankruptcy in 1985, but filed again in 1991, amid an expans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
