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Absinthe (show)
''Absinthe'' is a live show that premiered in 2006 and is playing on the forecourt of Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, after opening on April 1, 2011. Paul Carr of ''The Huffington Post'', proclaimed "If I could only see one show my entire life," he said, "I'd want it to be that." It was also called "The Greatest Show In Vegas History" by ''Las Vegas Weekly''. The show is hosted by the character The Gazillionaire, originally played by former Cirque du Soleil clown Voki Kalfayan. His original assistant (2006-2015), Penny Pibbets was portrayed by actress Anais Thomassian. In 2015 the character Joy Jenkins was introduced, "a kewpie doll-goofy sidekick inspired by Moe of The Three Stooges." Developed and played by the American clown Jet Eveleth, "who masterminds the show. Joy is truly the heart of the show." Background Originally, ''Absinthe'' was supposed to open at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a proposed resort which was later postponed due to financial problems. Instead, the show ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiegelworld
Spiegelworld is an American comedic theater company and contemporary circus known for its current shows: ''Absinthe'', ''DiscoShow'', and ''Atomic Saloon Show,'' all in Las Vegas, and Atlantic City's ''The Hook''. The theater company takes its name from the traveling Belgian performance tents known as spiegeltents (Flemish for "tent of mirrors") in which it has staged a number of productions. Background The company began by producing contemporary circus-style shows for a heritage Belgian spiegeltent, made of wood and mirrors, which blurred the lines between passive performance and audience activity. Audiences were encouraged to order from the bars during the show while performers appeared on a central stage only nine feet in diameter. Founded and currently headed by Australian producer Ross Mollison, Spiegelworld first opened in the summer of 2006 with the premiere of the show ''Absinthe'' on South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 on the East River in New York City. Spiegelworld retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest Indiana Times
''The Times of Northwest Indiana'' (NWI) is a daily newspaper headquartered in Munster, Indiana. It is the second-largest newspaper in Indiana, behind only ''The Indianapolis Star''. History The paper was founded on June 18, 1906, as ''The Lake County Times''. Its founder, Simon McHie, was a native of a small town along the Niagara River in Canada. In 1933, the name was changed to ''The Hammond Times'', and it became an afternoon paper serving Hammond, Whiting, and East Chicago. In May 1962, the McHie family sold the publication to Robert S. Howard of Howard Publications. The paper expanded to all of northwest Indiana in 1967 and dropped Hammond from its masthead to become simply ''The Times''. Offices were moved to Munster in 1989, and the paper began morning delivery and began printing different editions based on distribution region. The Howard papers were bought in April 2002 by Lee Enterprises. Distribution ''The Times'' prints different editions based on delivery regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon also has 6 edges as well as 6 internal and external angles. 6 is the second smallest composite number. It is also the first number that is the sum of its proper divisors, making it the smallest perfect number. It is also the only perfect number that doesn't have a digital root of 1. 6 is the first unitary perfect number, since it is the sum of its positive proper unitary divisors, without including itself. Only five such numbers are known to exist. 6 is the largest of the four all-Harshad numbers. 6 is the 2nd superior highly composite number, the 2nd colossally abundant number, the 3rd triangular number, the 4th highly composite number, a pronic number, a congruent number, a harmonic divisor number, and a semiprime. 6 is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million records, best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the highest-selling female Australian recording artist of all time. In 1978, Newton-John starred in the musical film ''Grease (film), Grease'', which was the highest-grossing musical film at the time and whose Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, soundtrack remains one of the List of best-selling albums, world's best-selling albums. It features two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want"—which is one of the List of best-selling singles#15 million physical copies or more, best-selling singles of all time—and "Summer Nights (Grease song), Summer Nights". Her signature solo recordings include the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Neil Patrick Harris, multiple accolades throughout his career, including a Tony Award and five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for a Grammy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. On television, he is known for playing the title character on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC series ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' (1989–1993), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, as well as Barney Stinson on the CBS series ''How I Met Your Mother'' (2005–2014), for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards, and Count Olaf on the Netflix series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series), A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2017–2019). He won the Primetime Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giada De Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (; born Giada Pamela De Benedetti on August 22, 1970) is an Italian American chef, entrepreneur, writer, and television personality. She was the host of Food Network's program called ''Giada at Home''. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's program entitled ''Today''. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host and the Gracie Award for Best Television Host. She was also recognized by the International Hospitality Institute as one of the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality. Early life De Laurentiis was born on August 22, 1970, in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti. Alex De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's maternal grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. As a child, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (2008), ''Eat Pray Love'' (2010), ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''Spring Breakers'' (2012), and ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including ''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''This Is the End'' (2013), ''Sausage Party'' (2016), and The Disaster Artist (film), ''The Disaster Artist'' (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in ''127 Hours'' (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. In his first prominent television role, Franco played Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama ''Freaks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut in the drama ''Coach Carter'' (2005), and had his Breakthrough role, breakthrough with the sports comedy film ''She's the Man'' (2006) and the dance film ''Step Up (film), Step Up'' (2006). He rose to prominence for playing Duke (G.I. Joe), Duke in the action films ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' (2009) and ''G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' (2013), the title role in the comedy-drama films ''Magic Mike'' (2012), ''Magic Mike XXL'' (2015) and ''Magic Mike's Last Dance'' (2023), and an undercover cop in the action-comedy films ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Street'' (2012) and ''22 Jump Street'' (2014). Tatum's other films include ''The Vow (2012 film), The Vow'' (2012), ''White House Down'' (2013), ''Foxcatcher'' (2014), ''The Hateful Eight'' (2015), ''Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), ''Logan Lucky'' (2017), and ''The Lost City (2022 film), The Lost City'' (2022). He has produced several of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco ( ; born November 30, 1985) is an American actress. She starred as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom '' 8 Simple Rules'' (2002–2005), Penny on the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019), and as the title character in the HBO Max comedic thriller '' The Flight Attendant'' (2020–2022). The lattermost earned her nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Cuoco has also played Billie Jenkins in the fantasy series ''Charmed'' (2005–2006), voiced the title role in the animated series ''Harley Quinn'' since 2019, and played the lead role in the comedy thriller series '' Based on a True Story'' (2023). Her film work includes several television films, such as '' Quicksand: No Escape'' (1992) and '' Growing Up Brady'' (2000), as well as '' Virtuosity'' (1995), '' Hop'' (2011), '' The Wedding Ringer'' (2015), '' The Man from Toronto'', '' Meet Cute'' (both 2022), and '' Role Play'' (2024). She received a star on the Hollywood W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacey Chabert
Lacey Nicole Chabert ( ; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress. One of her first roles as a child actress was the part of Bianca Montgomery, the daughter of Erica Kane, on ''All My Children'' from 1992 to 1993. She gained further prominence for her portrayal of Claudia Salinger in the Fox television drama '' Party of Five'' (1994–2000). In film, she has appeared in '' Lost in Space'' (1998), '' Not Another Teen Movie'' (2001), and '' Daddy Day Care'' (2003); and had leading roles as Gretchen Wieners in '' Mean Girls'' (2004), Meg Cummings in '' Dirty Deeds'' (2005), Dana Mathis in the horror remake '' Black Christmas'' (2006), and Penelope in the animated film '' All I Want for Christmas Is You'' (2017). Chabert has also appeared in more than 40 Hallmark Channel films. Chabert's extensive voice acting roles have included Eliza Thornberry in the Nickelodeon animated series '' The Wild Thornberrys'' (1998–2004) and the feature films '' The Wild Thornberrys Movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. Radcliffe rose to fame at age twelve for portraying the title character in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. He starred in all eight films in the series, from '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) to '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of '' Equus''. He returned to Broadway in the musical '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (2011), earning a Grammy Award nomination. His other Broadway roles include Martin McDonagh's drama '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' (2014) and Stephen Sondheim's musical '' Merrily We Roll Along'' (2023), the latter of which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and another Grammy Award nomination. He also starred in the London revivals of Tom Stoppard's '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (2017) and Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as '' Mrs Brown'' (1997), the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997), and '' Tale of the Mummy'' (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film '' Dracula 2000''. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries ''Attila'' (2001), then appeared in the films '' Reign of Fire'' (2002) and '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life'' (2003) before starring in the science fiction film ''Timeline'' (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical '' The Phantom of the Opera''. Butler gained wider recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film ''300'' (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
