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Anthony DeSando
Anthony DeSando (born December 4, 1965), also known as Anthony Joseph De Santis, is an American actor. DeSando often portrays a joker or dapper villain in mob films such as ''New Jack City''. Early life DeSando was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Career DeSando has appeared in episodes of ''L.A. Law'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Without a Trace'', '' CSI: Miami'' and ''Sex and the City''. One of his more prominent roles is Brendan Filone in ''The Sopranos''. He played sports columnist Tony Amato in all 13 episodes of New York News, Mary Tyler Moore's final television series. DeSando also starred in '' Federal Hill'' along with ''A Day in Black and White'' and co-starred in the movies ''Cement'', '' Beer League'', ''Party Girl (1995 film)'', ''Kiss Me, Guido'', and '' The Whole Shebang''. He also did the voice of Reggie in the video game '' The Sopranos: Road to Respect''. He appeared as a character in Dito Montiel's films '' A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whole Shebang (film)
''The Whole Shebang'' is a 2001 American-Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by George Zaloom and starring Stanley Tucci, Bridget Fonda (in her final film role to date) and Giancarlo Giannini. Premise A man (Stanley Tucci), on a mission to save his family's fireworks business, becomes distracted after he falls in love. Cast * Stanley Tucci as Giovanni Bazinni * Bridget Fonda as Val Bazinni * Giancarlo Giannini as Pop Bazinni * Talia Shire as Countess Bazinni * Anna Maria Alberghetti as Lady Zito * Anthony DeSando as Joey Zito * Alexander Milani as Bobby Bazinni * Frederico Fuoco as Anthony Zito * John Cassini John Cassini (born in Toronto) is a Canadian actor. Career Cassini appeared in the 1995 Brad Pitt film '' Seven''. He starred in the 2005 film '' Cool Money''. Cassini starred as Ronnie Delmarco on the CBC series ''Intelligence'', which was ca ... as Pater Jerry * Jason Schombing as Ronaldo Bazinni * Frank Ferrucci as Arturo Bazinni * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciao America
''Ciao America'' is a 2002 American-Italian comedy-drama film directed by Frank Ciota. Cast * Eddie Malavarca as Lorenzo Primavera * Maurizio Nichetti as Giulio Fellini *Violante Placido as Paola Angelini * Nathaniel Marston as Skip Cromwell * Anthony DeSando as Frank Mantovani *Giancarlo Giannini as Zi' Felice *Paul Sorvino Paul Anthony Sorvino (, ; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor. He often portrayed authority figures on both the criminal and the law enforcement sides of the law. Sorvino was particularly known for his roles as Lucchese cri ... as Antonio Primavera * Vincenzo Amato as Bongo References External links * 2002 films English-language Italian films Italian comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films 2002 comedy-drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s Italian films English-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just The Ticket
''Just the Ticket'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Richard Wenk. It stars Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The film was originally titled ''A Piece of Cake''. Plot Gary Starke (Garcia), desperate to get his girlfriend Linda (MacDowell) back, goes to confession to seek guidance but doesn't get the help he seeks. He is a New York City ticket scalper who "works the street". Linda won't take his calls, so Gary shows up at her sales job. He earns a dinner date with her by selling a 60-inch TV to someone who was only window shopping. Gary plans to make one last big score: to win Linda back and straighten out his life. Believing his chance rests on an opportunity to scalp a large stack of tickets to see the Pope at Yankee Stadium. Gary comes up against 'Casino', a Florida scalper who undercuts him. Meanwhile, at Linda's culinary course a New York Times food critic asks her to cater an upscale dinner party after trying her dish. So, inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frogs For Snakes
''Frogs for Snakes'' is a 1998 film written and directed by Amos Poe. Plot Out of work actress Eva (Hershey), pays her way by working as a waitress at a diner in Manhattan's Lower East Side owned by Quint ( Hart). She makes extra cash by making collections for her ex-husband, loan shark Al ( Coltrane). The film also involves Eva's new boyfriend Zip ( Leguizamo), wanna-be actress Myrna ( Marie), Al's girlfriend Simone (Mazar), gangster Gascone ( Perlman), and Al's driver UB (Deblinger). Eva is ready to give up both the loan collecting and acting, dreaming of a suburban house with a picket-fence lifestyle with her son Augie (Kerkoulas). Al agrees to let her go, but needs her for just one more job, locating the missing $600,000 stolen from him by Flav ( Theroux). Al also plans to produce a stage production of David Mamet's '' American Buffalo'', and he offers a role to UB if he will murder Zip. Principal cast * Barbara Hershey as Eva Santana * Robbie Coltrane as Al Santana * Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Bits
''Two Bits'' is a 1995 American drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ... directed by James Foley and starring Al Pacino, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Jerry Barone. It is written by Joseph Stefano, who considered the film a personal project, with a semi-biographical story. The title refers to the American slang term for a quarter dollar: " two bits". Plot It is a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philadelphia, where 12-year-old Gennaro lives with his widowed mother and ailing grandfather. His grandfather sits outside holding on tight to his last quarter. He has promised the quarter to Gennaro so that the boy can buy a ticket to a plush new movie theater. However, grandpa is not ready to pass on the quarter, nor is he ready to die. He has some unfini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Isle (1991 Film)
''Grand Isle'' is a 1991 film directed by Mary Lambert. It is based on the early feminist novel ''The Awakening'' by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. It starred Kelly McGillis as Edna Pontellier, Jon DeVries as Léonce Pontellier and Adrian Pasdar Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (; April 30, 1965) is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in ''Profit'', '' Near Dark'', '' Carlito's Way'', '' Mysterious Ways'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Burn Notice'', '' Heroes'' a ... as Robert Lebrun. References External links * * 1991 films Films directed by Mary Lambert 1991 drama films Films scored by Elliot Goldenthal Films based on American novels 1990s English-language films American drama films Kate Chopin {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out For Justice
''Out for Justice'' is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by John Flynn, starring and co-produced by Steven Seagal. Seagal plays Gino Felino, a veteran New York City police detective who sets out to avenge his partner Bobby's murder by killing the trigger-happy, drug-addicted mafioso culprit (played by William Forsythe). The film also features Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa and Gina Gershon. The film was released theatrically by Warner Bros. on April 12, 1991. It received mixed-to-negative reviews, but was a commercial success. Plot Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, who has strong ties within his neighborhood. Gino and his partner Bobby Lupo wait to bust up a multimillion-dollar drug deal, but Gino sees a pimp violently assaulting one of his girls and intervenes. Shortly afterward, Richie Madano murders Bobby, shooting him multiple times in broad daylight in front of his wife, Laurie, and his two children. Richie is a crack addict who grew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Blue Bloods Characters
This is an overview of the regular, recurring, and other characters of the CBS TV crime drama series ''Blue Bloods''. Reagan family Family tree : Frank Reagan New York City Police Commissioner, Commissioner Francis Xavier Reagan, portrayed by former ''Magnum, P.I.'' star Tom Selleck, is the patriarch of the Reagan family. Frank is the younger son of Henry (Len Cariou) and Betty Reagan, born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York in the early 1950s. His older brother, Peter Christopher Reagan, died of leukemia at the age of 18 months, over a year before Frank was born. Frank married Mary Margaret Reagan (née Conor) in the early 1970s, and they had four children together: Joe, Danny, Erin and Jamie. Frank is also a loving grandfather to Erin's daughter, Nicky Reagan-Boyle (Sami Gayle), and Danny's two children, Jack (Tony Terraciano) and Sean Reagan (Andrew Terraciano). It's revealed in Season 10's "Blue Bloods season 10#ep218, Family Secrets" that Frank also has one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bloods (TV Series)
''Blue Bloods'' is an American police procedural drama (film and television), drama television series that aired on CBS from September 24, 2010, to December 13, 2024, across 14 seasons and 293 episodes. Its main characters were members of the fictional Reagan family, an American, Irish Catholics, Irish Catholic family in New York City with a history of work in law enforcement. ''Blue Bloods'' stars Tom Selleck as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan; other main cast members include Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes and Len Cariou for all 14 seasons, plus Amy Carlson (seasons 1–7), Sami Gayle (seasons 1–10), as well as Marisa Ramirez (regular since season 4) and Vanessa Ray (regular since season 5). The show was filmed on location in New York City. The series debuted on September 24, 2010, with episodes airing on Fridays following ''CSI: NY'' before being moved to Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/PT for a four-week tryout. After four weeks, it returned to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bloods (season 6)
The sixth season of ''Blue Bloods'', a police procedural drama series created by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, premiered on CBS September 25, 2015. Leonard Goldberg serves as executive producer. The season contained 22 episodes. On May 11, 2015, CBS renewed ''Blue Bloods'' for a sixth season. Cast Donnie Wahlberg (Danny Reagan), Bridget Moynahan (Erin Reagan), Will Estes (Jamie Reagan), and Len Cariou (Henry Reagan) are first credited. Amy Carlson (Linda Reagan) and Sami Gayle (Nicky Reagan-Boyle) are credited next, marking the second season they have been included in the opening credits. Tom Selleck (Frank Reagan) receives an "and" billing at the close of the main title sequence. Marisa Ramirez, as Danny's partner Detective Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray, as Jamie's partner Eddie Janko, continue to receive "also starring" billing for season 6. Appearing regularly and receiving "special guest star" billing are Gregory Jbara as Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Garrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
