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39th Saturn Awards
The 39th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2012, were held on June 26, 2013, and hosted by Wayne Brady. The awards were presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The seven Best Film Award categories were respectively won by '' The Avengers'' (Science Fiction), ''Life of Pi'' (Fantasy), ''The Cabin in the Woods'' ( Horror or Thriller), ''Skyfall'' ( Action or Adventure), '' Headhunters'' (International), '' Killer Joe'' (Independent) and '' Frankenweenie'' (Animated). ''The Avengers'' led the winners with four wins. In the television categories, ''Breaking Bad'' won three of its four nominations, including Best Television Presentation. ''Revolution'', '' The Walking Dead'' and ''Teen Wolf'' won the other Best Series Awards. The ceremony was dedicated to the memory of author Richard Matheson, who died just days prior to being set to receive the Visionary Award. Other honorees included Lifet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an international border with the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40million residents across an area of , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, largest state by population and List of U.S. states and territories by area, third-largest by area. Prior to European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America. European exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries led to the colonization by the Spanish Empire. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following Mexican War of Independence, its successful war for independence, but Mexican Cession, was ceded to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenweenie (2012 Film)
''Frankenweenie'' is a 2012 American gothic 3D stop-motion animated science fiction horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by John August, and starring Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, and Winona Ryder. A co-production between Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton Productions, it is a feature-length remake of Disney and Burton's 1984 short film of the same name, and is also both a parody of and homage to the 1931 film ''Frankenstein'', based on Mary Shelley's 1818 book '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. The film follows a boy named Victor Frankenstein who uses the power of electricity to resurrect his dead Bull Terrier, Sparky, but his peers discover what he has done and reanimate their own deceased pets and other creatures, resulting in mayhem. ''Frankenweenie'' came under development in December 2007, when Burton was asked to direct two 3D films for Disney, including a 2010 live-action adaptation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HitFix
HitFix, or HitFix.com, was an entertainment news website that launched in December 2008 specializing in breaking entertainment news, insider information, and reviews and critiques of film, music, and television. In mid-2010 HitFix crossed the 1,000,000 unique users per month milestone. HitFix had been cited as a source by ''Time'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''HuffPost'', ''E! Online'', and ''The Daily Herald''. In April 2016, it became a brand of Woven Digital and is now a part of the Woven Digital property Uproxx. In November 2016 the website switched from standalone to a redirect to Uproxx. Founders HitFix was founded by ex- Reed Business Information Development executive Jen Sargent and former ''L.A. Times'' and MSN.com film editor Gregory Ellwood. Sargent and Ellwood's goal was to create a site that fit into the gap between trade publications and gossip- or celebrity-scandal-driven sites, such as TMZ, and to target an audience slightly skewed towards males – a unique approa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Gilligan
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. (born February 10, 1967) is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He is best known as the creator, primary writer, executive producer, and occasional director of the AMC (TV channel), AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and its spin-off prequel series ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). He also wrote, directed, and produced the ''Breaking Bad'' sequel film ''El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, El Camino'' (2019). Gilligan's other work includes writing, directing, and producing some episodes of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox science fiction series ''The X-Files'' (1993–2002) and co-creating its spin-off series ''The Lone Gunmen (TV series), The Lone Gunmen'' (2001), as well as co-writing the screenplay for the superhero film ''Hancock (film), Hancock'' (2008). His List of awards and nominations received by Vince Gilligan, numerous accolades include four Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, two Critics' Choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of William Riker in the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series ''Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction'', voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series ''Gargoyles (TV series), Gargoyles'', and narrated the History (U.S. TV channel), History Channel documentary ''Lee and Grant''. He is the credited author of the novel ''The Abductors: Conspiracy'', which was Ghostwriter, ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith. Frakes began directing episodes of ''The Next Generation'' during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films ''Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996) and ''Star Trek: Insurrection'' (1998) and episodes of the later ''Star Trek'' series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Voyager, Voyager'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise, Enterprise'', ''Star Trek: Disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Career Award
The Life Career Award is presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, in conjunction with their annual Saturn Award ceremony. Recipients Below is a list of recipients and the year the award was presented: 1970s *Fritz Lang (1976) * Samuel Z. Arkoff (1977) * Christopher Lee (1979) 1980s *Gene Roddenberry (1980) *William Shatner (1980) * John Agar (1981) *Ray Harryhausen (1982) *Martin B. Cohen (1983) * Vincent Price (1986) *Leonard Nimoy (1987) *Roger Corman (1988) 1990s *Ray Walston (1990) *Arnold Schwarzenegger (1992) *David Lynch (1993) *Alfred Hitchcock (1994) * Steve Reeves (1994) * Whit Bissell (1994) *Joel Silver (1995) *Richard Fleischer (1995) *Sean Connery (1995) * Wes Craven (1995) * Albert R. Broccoli (1996) * Edward R. Pressman (1996) *Harrison Ford (1996) * Dino De Laurentiis (1997) * John Frankenheimer (1997) *Sylvester Stallone (1997) *James Coburn (1998) * James Karen (1998) *Michael Crichton (1998) * Nathan Juran (1999) 2000s *Dick Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'' (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, and the horror film ''The Exorcist'' (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Friedkin's other films in the 1970s and 1980s include the drama ''The Boys in the Band (1970 film), The Boys in the Band'' (1970), considered a milestone of queer cinema; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller ''Sorcerer (film), Sorcerer'' (1977); the crime comedy drama ''The Brink's Job'' (1978); the controversial thriller ''Cruising (film), Crui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film version, '' The Last Man on Earth'', starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964. The other two adaptations were ''The Omega Man'', starring Charlton Heston, and '' I Am Legend'', with Will Smith. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'', including " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", " Little Girl Lost" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – '' House of Usher'', '' The Pit and the Pendulum'', '' Tales of Terror'' and ''The Raven''. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay, directed by Steven Spielbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Wolf (2011 TV Series)
''Teen Wolf'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Jeff Davis (writer), Jeff Davis for MTV. Serving as a Dark fantasy, supernatural Reboot (fiction), reimagining of the Teen Wolf, 1985 film of the same name, the series is the fourth installment overall in the Teen Wolf (franchise), titular franchise. Tyler Posey portrays a young werewolf who defends his California town from supernatural creatures and other threats. The series premiered on June 5, 2011, and concluded on September 24, 2017, after six seasons. It received generally positive reviews from critics and won three Saturn Awards for Saturn Award for Best Youth-Oriented Television Series, Best Youth-Oriented Television Series. The series also received thirteen Teen Choice Awards, nine for the performances of Posey, Dylan O'Brien, Tyler Hoechlin, Holland Roden and Shelley Hennig, and four for Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Series, Choice Summer TV Series. A fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walking Dead (TV Series)
''The Walking Dead'' is an American Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic horror fiction, horror Drama (film and television), drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the The Walking Dead (comic book), comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore (artist), Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Together, the show and the comic book series form the core of The Walking Dead (franchise), ''The Walking Dead'' franchise. The series features a large ensemble cast as survivors of a zombie apocalypse trying to stay alive under near-constant threat of attacks from zombies known as "walkers". With the collapse of modern civilization, these survivors must confront other human survivors who have formed groups and communities with their own sets of laws and morals, sometimes leading to open conflict between them. The series is the first television series within ''The Walking Dead'' franchise. ''The Walking Dead'' premiered on October 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution (TV Series)
''Revolution'' is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that ran from September 17, 2012, until May 21, 2014, when it was cancelled by NBC. The show takes place in the post-apocalyptic near-future of the year 2027, 15 years after the start of a worldwide, permanent electrical-power blackout in 2012. Created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot for the NBC network, it originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET, and did well enough that NBC ordered a second season shortly after the first-season finale. Film director Jon Favreau directed the pilot episode. In October 2012, NBC picked it up for a full season of 22 episodes, which was later reduced to 20 episodes. Season 1 of the show was filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Many of the scenes were shot in historic downtown Wilmington and on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. On April 26, 2013, the series was renewed by NBC for a second seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
