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Diane Lane
Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Lane made her film debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film '' A Little Romance''. She had already been professionally acting on stage since the age of six. Later, she acted in the movies '' Streets of Fire'' (1984) and '' The Cotton Club'' (1984). Lane returned to acting to appear in '' The Big Town'', '' Lady Beware'' (both 1987) and the Western miniseries '' Lonesome Dove'' (1989), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Lane earned further recognition for her role in '' A Walk on the Moon'' (1999), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. This was followed by several film roles of varying degrees of success, such as '' My Dog Skip'', '' The Perfect Storm'' (both 2000), '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywoodland
''Hollywoodland'' is a 2006 American mystery drama film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves ( Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s film '' Superman and the Mole Men'' and the television series '' Adventures of Superman''. Adrien Brody stars as a fictional character, Louis Simo, a private detective investigating Toni Mannix ( Diane Lane); who was involved in a long romantic relationship with Reeves and was the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix ( Bob Hoskins). Reeves had ended the affair and had become engaged to a younger woman, aspiring actress Leonore Lemmon ( Robin Tunney). Development for ''Hollywoodland'' began in 2001 when Focus Features purchased Bernbaum's script, titled ''Truth, Justice, and the American Way''. Michael and Mark Polish were set to direct with Benicio del Toro in the lead role, but Focus Features placed the film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fierce People (film)
''Fierce People'' is a 2005 independent drama thriller film adapted by Dirk Wittenborn from his 2002 novel of the same name. Directed by Griffin Dunne, it starred Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Anton Yelchin, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Evans. The film explores many facets of family and societal dysfunction, including drug abuse, mental illness, and rape. Plot Trapped in his drug-addicted mother's apartment, 16-year-old Finn Earl wants nothing more than to escape New York City. He wants to spend the summer in South America studying the Ishkanani Indians (known as the " Fierce People") with his anthropologist father whom he has never met. Finn's plans change after he is arrested when he buys drugs for his mother, Lower East Side Liz, who works as a massage therapist. Determined to get their lives back on track, Liz moves the two of them into a guesthouse for the summer on the country estate of her ex-client, the aging billionaire, Ogden C. Osbourne. In Osbourne's world of privi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights In Rodanthe
''Nights in Rodanthe'' is a 2008 American romantic drama film. It is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane in their third screen collaboration after '' The Cotton Club'' (1984) and '' Unfaithful'' (2002). It was filmed in the small seaside village of Rodanthe, the northernmost village of the inhabited areas of Hatteras Island as well as North Topsail Beach, North Carolina. Plot Adrienne Willis is in the process of getting a divorce from her husband Jack after he left her for another woman. Their separation has caused a rift between her and their rebellious teenage daughter, Amanda. One morning, when picking up Amanda and their son Danny for a weekend visit, Jack tells Adrienne he still loves her and wants to move back home. She tells him she needs time and space to think. Adrienne drives to Rodanthe, North Carolina to look after a friend's bed-and-breakfast for a few days. It is a house right on the beac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Must Love Dogs
''Must Love Dogs'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film based on Claire Cook's 2002 novel of the same name. Starring Diane Lane and John Cusack, it is the second and final film to be written, produced, and directed by Gary David Goldberg and was produced on a budget of $30 million. The film focuses on a woman's struggle with divorce and meeting new people afterward. Production started on October 12, 2004, with a release date of July 29, 2005. Critical opinion was mostly negative but indicated that the actors were not to blame. The film was also the final project ever to be produced by independent company Ubu Productions. ''Must Love Dogs'' took the fifth spot on its opening weekend and has grossed more than $58.4 million worldwide. The film was released on VHS and DVD on December 20, 2005, and then released on Warner Archive Blu-ray disc on November 26, 2024. Plot Sarah Nolan, a 40-year-old divorced preschool teacher, is urged by her family to date. Showing her photos of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Award For Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy Or Musical
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Under The Tuscan Sun (film)
''Under the Tuscan Sun'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama written, produced, and directed by Audrey Wells and starring Diane Lane. Based on Frances Mayes' 1996 memoir of the same name, the film is about a recently divorced writer who buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will lead to a change in her life. Lane received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her performance. Plot Frances Mayes is a San Francisco writer whose seemingly perfect life takes an unexpected turn when she learns that her husband has been cheating on her. The husband, who had been working on his writing and had no income, ironically, was allowed to petition for alimony. As a one-time settlement, however, the agreement was for Frances to quitclaim her 1/2 ownership of the home. The divorce—and the loss of her house to her ex-husband and his much-younger, pregnant new partner—leaves her depressed and unable to write. Her best fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Actress
The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. However, in recent years, it has shifted towards being presented by previous years' Best Actress winners instead. The Best Actress award has been presented 97 times, to 80 different actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in '' 7th Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), and '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' (1927), and the most recent winner is Mikey Madison for her role in '' Anora'' (2024). The record for most wins is four, held by Katharine Hepburn; Frances McDormand has won three times, and thirteen other actresses have won the award twice. Meryl Streep has received the most nominations i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfaithful (2002 Film)
''Unfaithful'' is a 2002 American erotic thriller film directed and produced by Adrian Lyne and written by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr., adapted from the Claude Chabrol film '' The Unfaithful Wife'' (1969). Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, and Erik Per Sullivan, the film follows Edward and Connie Sumner (Gere and Lane), a couple living in the suburbs of New York City whose marriage is jeopardized when the wife has an affair with a stranger (Martinez) she encounters by chance. ''Unfaithful'' was theatrically released in the United States on May 10, 2002, and was screened at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on July 8, 2002. The film was a box-office success, grossing $119.1 million against its $50 million production budget. Despite mixed reviews from critics, Lane received critical acclaim for her performance. She received Best Actress nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, the 60th Golden Globe Awards, and the 9th Screen Actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardball (film)
''Hardball'' is a 2001 American sports comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Brian Robbins and starring Keanu Reeves in the main role, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney. The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book ''Hardball: A Season in the Projects'' by Daniel Coyle. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. The film was released on September 14, 2001, topping the box office the weekend after the September 11 attacks. Plot Gambler and ticket scalper, Conor O'Neill, secretly bets $6,000 on his dead father's account and is now in debt with two bookies. After turning to a stockbroker friend to borrow the money to repay them, he reluctantly agrees to take his friend's place and coach a youth baseball team of troubled fifth grade kids from Chicago's ABLA housing projects in exchange for $500 each week, for ten weeks. Some of the players include: Andre Ray Peetes, the captain; Kofi Evans, the best player on the team; Jefferson Albert Tibbs, an overweight, asthma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass House (2001 Film)
''The Glass House'' is a 2001 American thriller film directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Wesley Strick. Starring Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgård, the film also features Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Trevor Morgan and Chris Noth in supporting roles. The plot follows two siblings who go to live with friends of their parents as the oldest of the siblings starts to get suspicious of the family friends' patriarch. Theatrically released in the United States on September 14, 2001, by Columbia Pictures, ''The Glass House'' grossed US$23.6 million worldwide and received negative reviews from critics. Plot After losing their parents in a car accident, 16-year-old Ruby Baker and her 11-year-old brother Rhett are placed under the guardianship of family friends and former neighbors, the couple Dr. Erin Glass and Terrence "Terry" Glass. Erin is a respected physician and Terry runs a high-end car dealership; they live in a large glass house in Malibu. The siblings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
