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William Nathan Boyd (born 28 August 1968) is a Scottish actor and musician. He played Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy ''The Lord of the Rings'' (2001–2003), Barret Bonden in '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003) and Glen and Glenda (later G.G. Valentine) in the '' Child's Play'' film ''Seed of Chucky'' (2004) and second season of the television series '' Chucky'' (2022). Early life Boyd was born in Glasgow, to William and Mary Boyd, who both died a year apart when Boyd was in his early teens. He worked as a bookbinder for six years before pursuing an acting career. After graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he went on to perform with St Andrews Repertory and the Traverse Theatre. Career Acting Boyd started his career appearing in ''Taggart'' (1996), ''The Soldier's Leap'' (1998), and '' Urban Ghost Story'' (1998). He also appeared in the 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland production of ''Caledonia D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Walking Song
"A Walking Song" is a poem in ''The Lord of the Rings''. It appears in the third chapter, entitled "Three is Company". It is given its title in the work's index to songs and poems. There is a companion poem near the end of the novel. The poem has been set to music by the Danish group The Tolkien Ensemble. While the poem itself does not appear in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, parts of it are featured throughout, including in the song "The Edge of Night" sung by Billy Boyd in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' which has lyrics from the last verse. Context The hobbit Frodo Baggins is travelling to Bucklebury in the Shire, accompanied by his gardener and friend Sam Gamgee and his kinsman Pippin Took. Frodo is ostensibly moving to a newly purchased house, having sold his hobbit-hole to his relatives, the Sackville-Bagginses. However, he and Sam have secretly planned to journey beyond, to Bree where he will meet again with Gandalf, so that they ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival (DBIFF) was an international travelling film festival held in various cities throughout the world from 2007 to 2015. The festival debuted in Phoenix, Arizona and was later held in San Diego, Houston and Zürich. DBIFF was recognized as an important festival and nominated at the 2014 annual list of MovieMaker's "Top 25 Film Festivals of the World" in the Social Cause category. Selected films from this festival has received theatrical distribution, television broadcast and four Academy Award nominations. Background The Festival is a non-profit organization focused on showcasing films and filmmakers who produce positive films. It has shown both independent and commercial films in the past few years. The filmmakers submit from around the world and there are no restrictions on what is accepted as long as it meets the theme of the festival. DBIFF is one of the few festivals in the world that also accepts Television, Music Videos and Websidoes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' evolved into a "trilogy" of six (or five, according to the author) books which sold more than 15 million copies in his life. It was made into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Adams wrote ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' (1987) and '' The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'' (1988), and co-wrote '' The Meaning of Liff'' (1983), '' The Deeper Meaning of Liff'' (1990) and '' Last Chance to See'' (1990). He wrote two stories for the television series ''Doctor Who'', including the unaired serial '' Shada'', co-wrote '' City of Death'' (1979), and served as script editor for its 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine On Leith (musical)
''Sunshine on Leith'' is a stage musical featuring the songs of The Proclaimers and written by Stephen Greenhorn for the Dundee Rep Ensemble and first performed in 2007. The show won the TMA Award for Best Musical that year and has toured several times since. A film adaptation was completed in 2013, and screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1990 in the Quarry Hill area of the city as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, successor to the original Leeds Playhouse, and was rebranded in June 2018 ... staged a new production in 2018, directed by James Brining. References 2007 musicals Jukebox musicals British musicals The Proclaimers Musicals set in Scotland {{2000s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundee Repertory Theatre
Dundee Repertory Theatre, better known simply as the Dundee Rep, is a theatre and arts company in Dundee, Scotland. It operates as both a producing house with some shows co-produced by other theatres and a receiving house – hosting work from visiting companies throughout Scotland and the United Kingdom including drama, musicals, contemporary & classical dance, children's theatre, comedy, jazz and opera. It is home to Scotland's principal contemporary dance company, Scottish Dance Theatre. 'The Rep' building is located in Tay Square at the centre of the city’s ''"cultural quarter"'' in the West End. History Foundation Dundee has had a number of purpose-built theatres. Apart from early wooden theatres, the Theatre Royal in Castle Street opened in 1810 and became firmly established from the 1840s until 1885 when the new Her Majesty's Theatre and Opera House opened on the Seagate. Others included the Alhambra – renamed the Whitehall in the 1970s – the Palace, renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Game
''Still Game'' is a Scotland, Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis (Still Game character), Jack Jarvis, Esq and Victor McDade, two Glasgow, Glaswegian pensioners. The characters first appeared in the pair's previous TV sketch show ''Chewin' the Fat'', which aired in Scotland from January 1999 until December 2005. Following its debut on 6 September 2002, List of Still Game episodes, 62 episodes of ''Still Game'' were aired, including Christmas and Hogmanay specials in addition to almost 50 live shows. The first three series were broadcast only on BBC One Scotland, though five episodes selected from the first two series were later broadcast throughout the UK on BBC Two in January and February 2004. From the fourth series onwards, ''Still Game'' was broadcast across the UK on BBC Two. After series six had aired in 2007, the production of ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American-Canadian actress and professional poker player. Known for her distinctive breathy voice and comedic timing, she is the recipient of a Saturn Award, and a GLAAD Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two MTV Movie Awards. Following a succession of small parts in film and on television throughout the mid-late 1980s, Tilly made her feature film breakthrough with a supporting role as Olive Neal in '' Bullets Over Broadway'' (1994), for which she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently earned acclaim for her portrayal of Violet, a lesbian femme fatale, in '' Bound'' (1996). Tilly rose to widespread recognition when she played Tiffany Valentine in '' Bride of Chucky'' (1998), reprising the character in several more installments of the ''Child's Play'' film series, as well as the Syfy/ USA show '' Chucky'' (2021–2024). Her association with the franchise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Valentine
Tiffany Valentine (also known as "The Bride of Chucky") is a fictional murderous doll and the secondary antagonist in the ''Child's Play'' horror film series. She is portrayed by Jennifer Tilly in both live-action and voice over in ''Bride of Chucky'', '' Seed of Chucky'', '' Curse of Chucky'', '' Cult of Chucky'', and the '' Chucky'' TV series. As a human, Tiffany has platinum blonde hair, a gothic fashion style, and a chest tattoo of a bleeding heart with 'Chucky' written above it. After becoming a doll, Tiffany gives herself a makeover so as to better resemble her human self. Her physical appearance as a human and as a doll change throughout the franchise. Tiffany, like her love interest, Chucky, wishes to transfer her soul into the female human protagonist in both ''Bride Of Chucky'' and ''Seed Of Chucky. S''ucceeding in the latter, she switches bodies with a fictionalized version of Jennifer Tilly. Personality Despite being a serial killer, Tiffany is creative, inventive, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Dourif
Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for voicing Chucky in the ''Child's Play'' franchise (1988–present), portraying Gríma Wormtongue in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series, and his Academy Award-nominated role as Billy Bibbit in '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975). Brad Dourif's other film roles include '' Wise Blood'' (1979), ''Ragtime'' (1981), ''Dune'' (1984), '' Blue Velvet'' (1986), '' Mississippi Burning'' (1988), '' The Exorcist III'' (1990), '' Critters 4'' (1992), '' Alien Resurrection'' (1997), and the 2007 remake of ''Halloween'' and its sequel. He also appeared in many television series, notably '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006, 2019), for which he received Primetime Emmy Award and Satellite Award nominations for his portrayal of Amos "Doc" Cochran. Early life Bradford Claude Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 18, 1950, to Joan Mavis Felton (née Bradford), an actress, and Jean Henri Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chucky (Child's Play)
Chucky, originally known as Charles Lee Ray, is the main antagonist of the '' Child's Play'' horror franchise. Chucky is initially portrayed as a vicious serial killer who bleeds out from a gunshot wound and becomes Chucky through a soul transfer into a "Good Guy" doll. While originally wishing to return to a human body, Chucky's motivations change after '' Seed of Chucky''. Chucky was created by writer Don Mancini and has been voiced by Brad Dourif in all major movie and TV adaptions entries, except the 2019 remake of the same name, where he was voiced by Mark Hamill who had previously voiced Charles Lee on an episode of '' Robot Chicken.'' Appearances Film ''Child's Play'' trilogy (1988–1991) Chucky first appeared in the 1988 film '' Child's Play''. In the film, a serial killer named Charles Lee Ray, also known as Chucky ( Brad Dourif) uses a voodoo ritual inside a toy store to transfer his soul into a Good Guy doll to escape from Detective Mike Norris ( Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
