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Courtland Mead
Courtland Mead is an American former actor, noted for his performances as a child actor during the 1990s. Career Mead began acting at the age of 2, playing minor characters. His first noted achievement was when he played the part of young Johnny McGowan in the 1994 film ''Dragonworld''. Later that same year, he appeared as Uh-huh in the 1994 feature-film adaptation of ''The Little Rascals''. In 1997, Mead portrayed psychic child Danny Torrance in Stephen King's television adaptation of '' The Shining''. In 1997, he appeared on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut. The following year he co-starred with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro in Disney's ''Tom and Huck''. He also played Howard in '' Corrina, Corrina'' with Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Merchant in '' Hellraiser IV'', and Kirk Cameron's youngest brother in the short-lived WB sitcom ''Kirk''. Mead had spoken parts in '' The Haunting'', based on the Shirley Jackson novel '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Viejo, California
Mission Viejo ( ; language change, corruption of ; ) is a Commuter town, commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest Planned community, master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Highlands Ranch, Colorado in size. Its population as of 2020 was 93,653. Mission Viejo is suburban in nature and culture, and consists of residential properties, offices and businesses. The city is noted for its tree-lined neighborhoods, receiving recognition from the National Arbor Day Foundation. The city's name is a reference to Rancho Mission Viejo, a large Spanish land grant from which the community was founded. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area of Orange County cities not part of Los Angeles's urban area with Mission Viejo as the principal city: the Mission Viejo–Lake Forest, California, Lake Forest–Laguna Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Cameron
Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970) is an American actor, author, Evangelism, evangelist, television host, documentarian and producer. He first gained fame as a teen actor playing Mike Seaver on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Growing Pains'' (1985–1992), a role for which he was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Cameron made several other television and film appearances through the 1980s and 1990s, including the films ''Like Father Like Son (1987 film), Like Father Like Son'' (1987) and ''Listen to Me (film), Listen to Me'' (1989). In the 2000s, he portrayed Cameron "Buck" Williams in the ''Left Behind'' film series and Caleb Holt in the drama film ''Fireproof (film), Fireproof'' (2008). His 2014 film, ''Saving Christmas'', was panned by critics and made the IMDb Bottom 100 List within one month of its theatrical release, with some critics even labelling it List of films considered the worst, one of the worst movies ever made. He has produced films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Chancellor IV
Chance Chancellor is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'', an American soap opera on the CBS network. Introduced as the son of Nina Webster and Phillip Chancellor III, he was portrayed by various child actors from 1988 to 2001. From 2009 to 2011, actor John Driscoll portrayed the role. In 2019, actor Donny Boaz was cast in the role; he exited in February 2021. Conner Floyd debuted in the role that November. Casting The role of "Little Phillip" was first portrayed by infant twins Michael and Jonathan Hall in 1988 during all of the hospital scenes, followed by Andrew and Clark Rogers in 1988, Chuckie and Kenny Gravino from 1988 to 1989, and Scott and Shaun Markley from 1991 to 1993. Thomas Dekker briefly took over in 1993 before Courtland Mead assumed the role until 1995. He was first replaced by Alex D. Linz before Nicholas Pappone took over until 1999. The final child actor to portray the role was future ''Gossip Girl'' actor Penn Badgley, from May 12, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young And The Restless
''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in the fictional Genoa City (named after the real-life Genoa City, Wisconsin). First broadcast on March 26, 1973, ''The Young and the Restless'' was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4, 1980. On March 17, 2006, the series began airing previous episodes weeknights on Soapnet until its closure on December 31, 2013, after which the series moved to TVGN (now Pop (American TV channel), Pop). From July 1, 2013 until 2019, Pop aired previous episodes on weeknights. The series is also syndicated internationally. ''The Young and the Restless'' originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Brooks family and the working class Foster family. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, all the original characters except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd In Space
''Lloyd in Space'' is an American animated television series, created by '' Recess'' co-creators Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain. It premiered on February 3, 2001, on ABC on Saturday mornings.Lloyd In Space . ''www.bcdb.com'', May 13, 2012 The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop, with the characters designed by Eric Keyes. The series ran for four seasons, airing its final episode on February 27, 2004. Premise The series follows Lloyd Nebulon, a green-skinned alien of the Verdigrean race, living in the far future, shortly after the end of World War IX. Lloyd lives in the Intrepidville Space Station along with his[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Ned
''Nightmare Ned'' is a 1997 computer game for Microsoft Windows that was developed alongside, and served as the basis for, the animated series of the same name, which was completed before the game was released. The game was based on a concept by Sue and Terry Shakespeare. It was released on October 7, 1997. Developed by Creative Capers Entertainment and Window Painters Ltd. and published by Disney Interactive, ''Nightmare Ned'' was Disney Interactive's first video game release that was developed by a subcontracted developer. The game was critically acclaimed and received various accolades. Plot 10-year-old Ned Needlemeyer (Courtland Mead) arrives home after school and discovers that he has his home to himself, with his parents and baby sister away for the evening. After eating a large amount of junk food and playing video games, he hears a thunderstorm begin to brew. The power goes out, and he decides to go to bed; on his way to his bedroom, what appear to be five "shadow creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recess (TV Series)
''Recess'' is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere (credited on marketing materials and late-series title cards as "Paul & Joe") and produced by Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, with animation done by Grimsaem#Partial list of animated features, Grimsaem, Anivision, Plus One Animation, Sunwoo Entertainment#TV shows Sunwoo has worked on, Sunwoo Animation, and Toon City#TV series, Toon City. The series focuses on six Primary school, elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers. The title refers to the recess (break), recess period during the daily schedule, in the North American tradition of educational schooling, when students are not in lessons and are outside in the schoolyard. During recess, the children form their own society, complete with government and a Social class, class structure, set against the backdrop of a regular school. ''Recess'' premiered on Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe (film)
''Babe'' is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, and written by Noonan and George Miller. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel '' The Sheep-Pig'', which tells the story of a farm pig who wants to do the work of a sheepdog. The film is narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne and the main animal characters are played by both real animals and animatronic puppets. ''Babe'' was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia, in 1994 and released theatrically in the United States and Canada on 4 August 1995, going on to become a critical and commercial success with seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture. A sequel, '' Babe: Pig in the City'', was released in 1998, with the starring actors reprising their roles. However, it did not perform as well commercially or critically as the original. Plot After being used in a "guess the weight" contest at a county fair, orphaned pig Babe is brought home to the farm of the conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel The Little Mermaid
''Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid'', usually shorted to simply ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'', is a 1992 action-adventure video game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis, Game Gear, and Master System. It is based on the 1989 Disney film '' The Little Mermaid''. Critically, ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'' was poorly received for its low difficulty and completion time, and was negatively compared to '' Ecco the Dolphin''. A Master System version was released exclusively in Brazil by Tec Toy. Gameplay In ''Ariel the Little Mermaid'', the player controls either Ariel or King Triton in a similar way to '' Ecco the Dolphin'' (1992). In the game, their mission is to rid Ursula's spell on the Atlantica kingdom, which has turned the mermaid population into polyps. Depending on which character is chosen, Ariel will also have to save Triton from Ursula, or Triton vice versa. There are four stages, each requiring the player to collect polyps before f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, following Walt Disney's death in 1966, the company's profits, especially in the animation sector, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunting Of Hill House
''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( ''The Haunting'', directed by Robert Wise, and its remake), a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series. The book is dedicated to Leonard Brown, Jackson's English teacher at Syracuse University. Development Jackson had decided to write "a ghost story" after reading about a group of nineteenth century "psychic researchers" who studied a supposedly haunted house. What she discovered in their "dry reports", she writes, "was not the story of a haunted house, it was the story of several earnest, I believe misguided, certainly determined people, with their differing motivations and background." With this in mind, Jackson began to research her story. She later claimed to have found a magazine picture of a suitably haunted-looking house in California. According to Jackson, her mother, who lived i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories. Born in San Francisco, California, Jackson attended Syracuse University in New York, where she became involved with the university's literary magazine and met her future husband Stanley Edgar Hyman. After they graduated, the couple moved to New York City and began contributing to ''The New Yorker,'' with Jackson as a fiction writer and Hyman as a contributor to "Talk of the Town". The couple settled in North Bennington, Vermont, in 1945, after the birth of their first child, when Hyman joined the faculty of Bennington College. After publishing her debut novel, '' The Road Through the Wall'' (1948), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood in California, Jackson gained significant public attention for he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
