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Allan Steele
Allan Steele (born December 30, 1966) is an American actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for playing Sergeant Harris in the film ''The Next Three Days'', and for TV roles on ''The Black Donnellys'', '' NYPD Blue'', ''Family Law'', '' Time of Your Life'' and '' Falcone''. In 2015, Steele appeared in the HBO mini-series Show Me A Hero, written by David Simon and Bill Zorzi, and directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis. A true story, the series takes place in Yonkers, NY in the 1980s, when a federal court order forced Yonkers mayor Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac) to build low-income housing in white neighborhoods, a decision that would ruin his political career and divide the city. Steele plays Edward Fagan, one of the defiant members of the Yonkers city council. Highlights as a television writer include an episode of the CBS drama '' Michael Hayes'', co-written with John Romano and named a TV Guide “Editorʼs Choice”; an episode of CBSʼ ''Family Law'' co-written wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jericho, New York
Jericho is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island, approximately 29 miles (47 km) east of Midtown Manhattan. Its population was 13,567 as of the U.S. 2010 Census. The area is served by the Jericho Union Free and the Syosset Central School Districts, the boundaries of which differ somewhat from those of the hamlet. The boundaries of the Jericho Post Office vary from both the hamlet and the school district boundaries, including a portion of Jericho in the Westbury zip code and a portion of Syosset in the Jericho zip code. History Located mainly in the Town of Oyster Bay with a small part in the Town of North Hempstead, Jericho was part of the Robert Williams Plantation in 1648. The English families who settled in Jericho were, or soon became, Quakers, members of the Society of Friends. Many fled from persecution in England and in the New England Colonies. They sought a peaceful existence as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners ''Million Dollar Baby'' (2004) and '' Crash'' (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006) and the James Bond films '' Casino Royale'' (2006) and ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008). He is the creator of the television series ''Due South'' (1994–1999) and co-creator of ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' (1993–2001), among others. Haggis is a two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and seven-time Gemini Award winner. He also assisted in the making of " We Are the World 25 for Haiti". In November 2022, he was found liable in a civil trial which alleged he raped publicist Haleigh Breest and he was required to pay $10 million in damages. Early life Paul Edward Haggis was born in London, Ontario, the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Male Film Actors
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People From Jericho, New York
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Code
''100 Code'' (also known as ''The Hundred Code'') is an internationally co-produced Swedish crime drama series, created by Ken Bruen and developed by Bobby Moresco, that first aired on German premium channel Sky Krimi on May 14, 2015. The series, which stars German-born British actor Dominic Monaghan and the late Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, is based upon Bruen's novel ''Merrick'', and follows Tommy Conley (Monaghan), an NYPD detective who travels to Stockholm to advise and investigate a particularly gruesome series of murders. The series was broadcast on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom, airing weekly from January 6, 2016. A DVD release of the complete series was released on October 30, 2015 in Germany, and on March 28, 2016 in the UK. The series premiered in the United States on WGN America on May 29, 2018. Premise Detective Tommy Conley travels to Stockholm to advise and investigate a particularly gruesome series of murders. Young, blonde, blue-eyed women are found murder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hayes (TV Series)
''Michael Hayes'' is an American television drama series that aired on CBS from September 15, 1997 to June 15, 1998. It stars David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Summary David Caruso plays in the title role, an Irish Catholic ex-New York City police officer appointed acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in eight New York counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan. Established b .... This series was Caruso's first attempt at a comeback on television after he left '' NYPD Blue''. Cast * David Caruso as Michael Hayes * Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Eddie Diaz * Mary B. Ward as Caitlin Hayes * Jimmy Galeota as Daniel Hayes Jr. * David Cubitt as Danny Hayes * Peter Outerbridge as John Manning * Hillary Danner as Jenny Nevins * Philip Baker Hall as William Vaughn * Rebecc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Simon
David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on ''The Wire'' (2002–08). He worked for ''The Baltimore Sun'' City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote '' Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' (1991), and co-wrote '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997) with Ed Burns. The former book was the basis for the NBC series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Simon adapted the latter book into the HBO mini-series '' The Corner'' (2000). He was the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner of the HBO television series ''The Wire'' (2002–2008). He adapted the non-fiction book '' Generation Kill'' into a television mini-series, and served as the show runner for the project. He was selected as one of the 2010 MacArthur Fellows and named an ''Utne Reader'' visionary in 2011. Simon also crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University At Albany, SUNY
The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one of the four "university centers" of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The university enrolls 16,648 students in nine schools and colleges, which offer 50 undergraduate majors and 125 graduate degree programs. The university's academic choices include new and emerging fields in public policy, homeland security, globalization, documentary studies, biotechnology, and informatics. Through the UAlbany and SUNY-wide exchange programs, students have more than 600 study-abroad programs to choose from, as well as government and business internship opportunities in New York's capital and surrounding region. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The research enterprise totaled expenditur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me A Hero
''Show Me a Hero'' is a 2015 American miniseries based on the 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by former ''New York Times'' writer Lisa Belkin about Yonkers mayor Nick Wasicsko. Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers, New York, and how the tension of the situation affected the city as a whole. The miniseries was written by David Simon and journalist William F. Zorzi, with whom Simon worked at ''The Baltimore Sun'' and on the HBO series ''The Wire''. It was directed by Paul Haggis. Six episodes were ordered by HBO; the miniseries premiered on August 16, 2015. Plot The story is set between 1987 and 1994 in Yonkers, New York, a city north of New York City in Westchester County, and focuses on efforts to desegregate public housing. Federal judge Leonard B. Sand ruled against Yonkers and issued a desegregation order, mandating that public housing for 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcone (TV Series)
''Falcone'' is an American crime drama television series that ran for one season on CBS from April 4 until April 12, 2000. The story follows Joseph D. Pistone ( Jason Gedrick), an FBI agent who goes undercover to bring down the American Mafia. The events depicted were based on a true story, which was also portrayed in the film ''Donnie Brasco'', which was originally based on the autobiographical book '' Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia'' by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley. Cast * Jason Gedrick as Joseph D. Pistone/"Joe Falcone" * Sonny Marinelli as Jimmy Suits *P. R. Paul as Pasche * Allan Steele as Sally Soaps *Eric Roberts as Raymond "The Madman" Ricci * Leo Rossi as Noah Dietrich *Titus Welliver as Santino 'Sonny' Napoli * Amy Carlson as Maggie Pistone *Lillo Brancato Jr. as Alberto 'Lucky' Fema Production The series had been expected to air on CBS in fall 1999, but it was initially left off the 1999–2000 television schedule. The pilot episode had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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