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Amy Ferguson
Amy Ferguson is an American actress and model. Ferguson is also a singer-songwriter who goes by the stage name of "Grandma Dirt." Life and career Ferguson was born in Cincinnati and raised in southern Ohio. She attended Dr. John Hole Elementary School in Washington Township and graduated in 2000 from Alter High School in Kettering, Ohio. She opted to move to New York City rather than attend college, and signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. She worked as a model in Italy, France, Japan, and South Africa, and appeared in television commercials for AT&T and Intel. Ferguson began focusing on acting and broke into film in 2004 with independent feature '' Garden State''. She played Dana, a young woman who kisses star and director Zach Braff's character in a party scene. The part led to other film and television opportunities, including an audition for the film ''Must Love Dogs'' starring Diane Lane. Ferguson appeared in the 2007 films ''Weapons'', with Nick Cannon, and '' An Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio River, Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. It is the List of cities in Ohio, third-most populous city in Ohio and List of united states cities by population, 66th-most populous in the U.S., with a population of 309,317 at the 2020 census. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Ohio's most populous metro area and the Metropolitan statistical area, nation's 30th-largest, with over 2.3 million residents. Throughout much of the 19th century, Cincinnati was among the Largest cities in the United States by population by decade, top 10 U.S. cities by population. The city developed as a port, river town for cargo shipping by steamboats, located at the crossroads of the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Page
Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist. He is known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his outspoken work as an activist for LGBTQ rights and against discrimination. His List of awards and nominations received by Elliot Page, accolades include nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAS, two Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmys, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG Award. Page first came to recognition for his starring role in the television franchise ''Pit Pony (TV series), Pit Pony'' (1997–2000) and his recurring roles in the series ''Trailer Park Boys'' (2002) and ''ReGenesis'' (2004). His Breakthrough role, breakthrough came with leading roles in the films Hard Candy (film), ''Hard Candy'' (2005) and ''X-Men: The Last Stand'' (2006). He received critical acclaim for portray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douchebag (film)
''Douchebag'' is a 2010 film directed by Drake Doremus. The film is a black comedy set in Los Angeles, focusing on Alex Barradas, his older brother Sam Nussbaum (Andrew Dickler) and Sam's fiancée Steph (Marguerite Moreau). Plot Sam Nussbaum is a seemingly environmentally-conscientious vegetarian living an established life in Los Angeles with his fiancée, Steph. When Steph asks Sam why he has been estranged from his younger brother, Tom, for two years, he tells her that Tom resented him taking their dog, Angela, to college. Steph introduces herself to Tom - an aspiring artist financially dependent upon his parents - who she brings home, to surprise Sam. The brothers agree in secret to keep their animosity at bay until the wedding the following week, for Steph's sake. While perusing Tom's fifth grade yearbook, Sam and Steph learn about Tom's sweetheart, Mary Barger. Sam and Steph suggest that Tom bring Mary to the wedding as a date, although there are three women in California shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newport Daily News
''The Newport Daily News'' is a six-day daily newspaper serving Newport County, Rhode Island. It publishes in the mornings on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and in the morning on Saturdays. The ''Daily News'' was the state's largest family-owned newspaper until it was purchased by Gatehouse Media in 2017. History Until its sale to Gatehouse Media, the ''Daily News'' had been locally owned since it was founded in 1846. It was named "Newspaper of the Year" by the New England Newspaper Association in 1991, 2001 and 2004.NewportDailyNews.com: About Us accessed March 7, 2007. In 1970, the newspaper moved from Thames Street in downtown Newport to an office on Malbone Road in the northern part of the city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Gregorini
Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna (born August7, 1968) is an Italian-American screenwriter and film director. Early life Born in Rome, Gregorini is the daughter of former "Bond girl" Barbara Bach and businessman Augusto Gregorini Savignano di Romagna from Savignano sul Rubicone. Her mother (born Barbara Goldbach) is of Jewish and Irish descent. Gregorini is the stepdaughter of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, with whom she is close. After boarding at TASIS, she attended Brown University, graduating in 1990. Career Gregorini contributed two songs to the soundtrack of the film '' See Jane Run'' (2001), in which she also had a small acting role. She worked as a musician with her first CD, ''Sequel'' (2003), where she sings, and plays the guitar and bass. Gregorini sold scripts to both HBO and Paramount Pictures before co-helming, with Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg, her directorial debut ''Tanner Hall'', a coming of age story set in an all-girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Von Fürstenberg
Princess Tatiana Desirée von Fürstenberg (''Tatiana Desirée Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg''; born February 16, 1971) is an American art curator, singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and filmmaker. Early life and family Von Fürstenberg was born on February 16, 1971, in New York City to fashion designers Prince Egon von Fürstenberg and Diane von Fürstenberg (née Halfin). On her mother's side she is of Jewish Moldovan, and Jewish Greek descent. On her father's side she is of German and Italian descent, and a member of the House of Fürstenberg. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Tassilo zu Fürstenberg and Clara Agnelli, the elder sister of Fiat's chairman, Gianni Agnelli. She is the younger sister of Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg. Her parents divorced in 1972, although the family remained close, and she had a great relationship with both her maternal and paternal grandmothers, Holocaust survivor Liliane Nahmias and Agnelli When she was six her mother re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean are to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city and the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston, comprising the Boston–Worcester–Providence Combined Statistical Area, houses more than half of New England's population; this area includes Worcester, Massachusetts, the second-largest city in New England; Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city in New Hampshire; and Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island. In 1620, the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony, the second successful settlement in Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries. Their functioning, codes of conduct, and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic term, weekly boarders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming-of-age Film
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature, theatre, film, and video game that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from childhood to adulthood, or "coming of age". Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically teenagers. The ''Bildungsroman'' is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s) in question. Literature ''Bildungsroman'' In literary criticism, coming-of-age novels and ''Bildungsroman'' are sometimes interchangeable, but the former is usually a wider genre. The ''Bildungsroman'' (from the German words ''Bildung'', "education", alternatively "forming" and ''Roman'', "novel") is further characterized by a number of formal, topical, and thematic features. It focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brie Larson
Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress. She played supporting roles in comedies as a teenager, and has since expanded to leading roles in independent films and Blockbuster (entertainment), blockbusters. List of awards and nominations received by Brie Larson, Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named her one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. At age six, Larson was the youngest student admitted to a training program at the American Conservatory Theater, and she began her acting career in 1998 with a comedy sketch on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. She appeared as a regular in the 2001 sitcom ''Raising Dad'' and briefly dabbled with a music career, releasing the album ''Finally Out of P.E.'' in 2005. She subsequently had supporting roles in the comedy films ''Hoot (film), Hoot'' (2006) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia King
Georgia King is a Scottish actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Snodgrass in the HBO series Vice Principals. Early life Born in Edinburgh, King is the daughter of Australian actor Jonathan Hyde and Scottish opera singer Isobel Buchanan. Career Although King grew up dreaming of being a director, she got her break into acting when she was 18 and still working at a cheese shop, making her professional debut as Rosamond Oliver in ''Jane Eyre''. It was her very first audition "and I booked it," she said. "I was like, 'Oh my Lord, this is amazing!'" However, she was nearly unable to play the role. A source stated that "a week before the day she began filming, King felt stomach pains, then had her appendix rupture. Her agent told the producers that she was unlikely to recover from the operation to remove it for at least ten days." Another actress was cast, but King recovered in time and was able to get the required medical clearance to film. She is best known as Goldi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooney Mara
Rooney Mara Phoenix ( ; born Patricia Rooney Mara; April 17, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born into the Rooney and Mara families, Mara began her career acting in television and independent films, such as the coming-of-age drama '' Tanner Hall'' (2009). She first gained recognition for her supporting role in David Fincher's drama film ''The Social Network'' (2010). Mara had a career breakthrough when she starred as Lisbeth Salander in Fincher's thriller ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Mara's career progressed with leading roles in the thriller ''Side Effects'' (2013), the science fiction romance ''Her'' (2013), and the romantic drama '' Carol'' (2015). For the last of these, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the Academy Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
