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Bachelorette (film)
''Bachelorette'' is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Leslye Headland, adapted from her play of the same name. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, and Isla Fisher as three troubled women who reunite for the wedding of a friend (played by Rebel Wilson) who was ridiculed in high school. The play upon which the film is based was originally written as one of Headland's cycle of "Seven Deadly Sins" plays. The film wrapped production in New York, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2012. It received a limited release in the United States on September 7, 2012. Plot Regan Crawford is having lunch with her longtime friend, Becky Archer, who reveals that she will marry her boyfriend, Dale. Although secretly jealous of the fact that her friend is now engaged, Regan notifies their two other friends Gena Myers and Katie Lawrence. Six months later, the women are preparing for Becky's bachelorette party that evening; Gena flies from Los Angeles to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslye Headland
Leslye Headland (born November 26, 1980) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and playwright. She directed the comedic films ''Bachelorette'' (2012), and ''Sleeping with Other People'' (2015). She co-created the Netflix series ''Russian Doll'' (2019–2022) which earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. She served as the creator and showrunner on the Disney+ ''Star Wars'' series '' The Acolyte'' (2024). As a playwright, she has written a string of plays based on the Seven Deadly Sins which include ''Assistance'' and ''Cult of Love'', the later of which marked her debut as a playwright on Broadway in 2024. Early life and education Leslye Headland was raised in suburban Maryland. She graduated in 1999 from Staples High School. In 2002, she received her BFA degree in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she attended Playwrights Horizons Theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for theatre, theatrical performance rather than mere Reading (process), reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging from London's West End theatre, West End and New York City's Broadway theatre, Broadway – the highest echelons of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world – to Regional theater in the United States, regional theatre, community theatre, and academic productions at universities and schools. A stage play is specifically crafted for performance on stage, distinct from works meant for broadcast or cinematic adaptation. They are presented on a stage before a live audience. Some dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, have shown little preference for whether their plays are performed or read. The term "play" encompasses the written texts of playwrights and their complete theatrical renditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Troll
In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life. The methods and motivations of trolls can range from benign to sadistic. These messages can be inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic, and may have the intent of provoking others into displaying emotional responses, or manipulating others' perceptions, thus acting as a bully or a provocateur. The behavior is typically for the troll's amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival's online activities or purposefully causing confusion or harm to other people. Trolling behaviors involve tactical aggression to incite emotional responses, which can adversely affect the target's well-being. In this context, the noun and the verb forms of "troll" are frequently associated with Internet discourse. Recently, med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli (born September 25, 1967) is an American film critic. His reviews are mainly published on his blog ''ReelViews.'' Approved as a critic by the aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, he has published two collections of reviews of movies on DVD and video. He is also a fantasy novelist, publishing a trilogy from 2015 through 2016 known as ''The Last Whisper of the Gods.'' Personal life Berardinelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and spent his early childhood in Morristown, New Jersey. When he was nine, his family moved to the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he attended Cherry Hill High School East. Later he moved to Piscataway. He attended the University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1990, obtaining both a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering. After graduating he worked for Bellcore Company, now Telcordia Technologies. He worked during the next 15 years "in a variety of fields, including fiber optics, video testing, and software systems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics. Metacritic won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. It is regarded as the foremost online rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arden Myrin
Arden Myrin () is an American actress and comedian. Myrin was a cast member on the Netflix series ''Insatiable (TV series), Insatiable'', playing the role of Regina Sinclair. She was a cast member of ''Mad TV'' for the last four seasons along with Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, and Bobby Lee. Early life and education Myrin was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a quiet seaside village. Her father was an accountant and her mother was a real estate agent. She has an older brother, Alarik. As a child, she staged her neighborhood plays and enjoyed seeing ''Annie (musical), Annie'' on Broadway theatre, Broadway. Myrin attended Friends Academy (Massachusetts), Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts for her middle school years. She graduated from Middlesex School, in Concord, Massachusetts, for high school. She attended Colorado College. She is of Swedish and Norwegian heritage. Career Shortly after graduation, Myrin briefly moved to Chicago, where she becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Rae Peck
Ella Rae Peck is an American actress. She portrayed the roles of Charlotte "Lola" Rhodes in The CW series ''Gossip Girl'' and Mia Bowers in the NBC series ''Deception''. Life and career Peck was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and went to school in New York City. After a short film titled ''Lilly in the Woods'' in 2006, Peck appeared in the independent film ''Freezer Burn'' in 2007. The same year, she portrayed Honor Caldwell in the pilot ''Dear Harvard'' which is depicting Honor's life challenges during a sudden change in family social class status while attending a private all-girls school. For this role, she won the Best Actress Award at the New York Television Festival. She then landed guest roles in several TV series such as ''Without a Trace'', ''Law & Order'', ''The Good Wife'' and ''Blue Bloods'' between 2008 and 2010. She was also in the films ''God Don't Make the Laws'' and ''Young Adult'' in 2011. In January 2012, she started appearing in the recurring role of Lola R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Dowd
Ann Dowd (born January 30, 1956) is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including '' Green Card'' (1990), ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992), ''Philadelphia'' (1993), '' Garden State'' (2004), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' Marley & Me'' (2008), ''Compliance'' (2012), ''Side Effects'' (2013), '' St. Vincent'' (2014), '' Captain Fantastic'' (2016), '' Hereditary'' (2018), and ''Mass'' (2021). For ''Compliance'', she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress. For ''Mass'', she earned nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Critics' Choice Award. Dowd was a series regular on the HBO series '' The Leftovers'' (2014–2017), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. She plays Aunt Lydia Clements on the Hulu series ''The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2025), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Early life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayes MacArthur
Hayes MacArthur (born April 16, 1977) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He starred in the TBS comedy series ''Angie Tribeca''. Early life MacArthur is the son of Bruce and Shelley MacArthur. His stepfather is businessman William F. Farley. His younger brother is fellow actor and writer Scott MacArthur. MacArthur attended Deerfield Academy and received a B.A. in Government from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was quarterback on the football team. He has studied at the Groundlings Theater Company and Atlantic Theater Company. Acting career MacArthur took first place at the 2003 Rebels of Comedy Competition. He has appeared on such TV shows as ''Mad TV'', Comedy Central's ''Premium Blend'', ''Pushing Daisies'', and ''Medium''. In 2005, MacArthur co-wrote, produced and starred in a 16-minute short film, ''The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend'', with Jason Winer. The short was produced as a pilot for TV in 2006. He also appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Rannells
Andrew Scott Rannells (born August 23, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Elder Kevin Price in the 2011 Broadway musical ''The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon'', for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He received his second Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Tony nomination in 2017 for his performance as Whizzer in the 2016 Broadway revival of ''Falsettos''. Other Broadway credits include ''Hairspray (musical), Hairspray'' (2005), ''Jersey Boys'' (2009), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical), ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' (2014), ''Hamilton (musical), Hamilton'' (2015), ''The Boys in the Band (play), The Boys in the Band'' (2018), and ''Gutenberg! The Musical!'' (2023). For his performance in the Off West End production of ''Tammy Faye (musical), Tammy Faye'', he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alprazolam
Alprazolam, sold under the brand name Xanax among others, is a fast-acting, potent tranquilizer of moderate duration within the triazolobenzodiazepine group of chemicals called benzodiazepines. Alprazolam is most commonly prescribed in the management of anxiety disorders, especially panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Other uses include the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea, together with other treatments. GAD improvement occurs generally within a week. Alprazolam is generally taken orally. Common side effects include sleepiness, depression, suppressed emotions, mild to severe decreases in motor skills, hiccups, dulling or declining of cognition, decreased alertness, dry mouth (mildly), decreased heart rate, suppression of central nervous system activity, impairment of judgment (usually in higher than therapeutic doses), marginal to severe decreases in memory formation, decreased ability to process new information, as well as partial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
