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Dominic Sena
Dominic Sena (born April 26, 1949) is an American film director and music video director. As a film director, he is best known for directing the films ''Kalifornia'' (1993), ''Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film), Gone in 60 Seconds'' (2000), and ''Swordfish (film), Swordfish'' (2001). As a music video director, he directed music videos for Richard Marx, Bryan Adams, Peter Cetera, Janet Jackson, and Sting (musician), Sting. Life and career Sena was born in Niles, Ohio of Italian-American heritage. His family hails from the town of Bagnoli Irpino, Avellino, Italy. As one of the founders of Propaganda Films, Sena worked primarily in music videos early in his career. He directed several of Janet Jackson's image re-defining music videos from her ''Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, Rhythm Nation 1814'' album. The ''Rhythm Nation 1814 (film), Rhythm Nation 1814'' short film directed by Sena won the Grammy Award for Best Music Film, Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video. Other artists th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niles, Ohio
Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,443 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located at the confluence of the Mahoning River and Mosquito Creek Lake, Mosquito Creek, Niles is a suburb in the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Niles is best known as the birthplace of William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States. Located in the nation's former Rust Belt, industrial belt, the city's economy focused initially on iron manufacturing but later diversified to include steel and glass production. After the decline of heavy industry in the region in the 1970s, Niles became a retail hub for the northern Mahoning Valley with development centered around the Eastwood Mall complex and along the U.S. Route 422 corridor. The Mahoning Valley Scrappers baseball team plays at Eastwood Field in Niles. History Niles was founded in 1806 by James Heaton, who owned one of the first iron-ore processing plants in Ohio. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassist, John McVie, who have remained with the band throughout its many line-up changes. Fleetwood Mac have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling bands. Primarily a British blues band in their early years, Fleetwood Mac achieved a UK number one single in 1968 with the instrumental "Albatross (instrumental), Albatross" and had other UK top ten hits with "Man of the World (song), Man of the World", "Oh Well (song), Oh Well" (both 1969), and "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (1970). Green left the band in May 1970 and McVie's wife, Christine McVie, joined as an official member on vocals and keyboards two months later, having previously contribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say It, Say It
"Say It, Say It" is the debut single by American singer–songwriter (and future voice actress) E. G. Daily. It was released in 1985 as the lead single from her debut album '' Wild Child''. The single went to number one on the U.S. Dance Club Play chart for one week. On other US charts, "Say It, Say It" went to number 71 on the soul chart and number 70 on the Hot 100. Track listings 7" single (1986) #"Say It, Say It" – 4:34 #"Don't Let Them Take the Child Away" – 3:35 12" single (1986) #"Say It, Say It" (Extended version) – 6:52 #"Say It, Say It" – 4:34 #"Say It, Say It" (Dub version) – 4:40 UK 12" single (1986) #"Say It, Say It" (Extended version) – 6:52 #"Say It, Say It" (Dub version) – 4:40 #"Don't Let Them Take the Child Away" – 3:35 ''A&M Extended Memories'' 12" single (1989) #"Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" (performed by Bell and James) – 7:03 #"Say It, Say It" (Extended version) – 6:52 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Music video The mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice White
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. Described as a "visionary" by ''Vibe'' and a "mastermind" by ''Variety'', White was nominated for a total of 22 Grammys, of which he won seven. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire, and was also inducted individually into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. White also worked with musical acts such as Deniece Williams, Cher, The Emotions, Barbra Streisand, Ramsey Lewis, and Neil Diamond. Biography Early career Maurice White was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 1941. He grew up in South Memphis, where he lived with his grandmother in the Foote Homes Projects and was a childhood friend of Booker T. Jones and David Porter. Along with Jones, White fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video Director
A music video director is the head, overseer or facilitator of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act. On November 8, 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist, song, and record company credits, because music videos had increasingly become an auteur's medium. "The case for the director as music video author is strong. It is the music video director who has principal control of everything that is added to the pre-existing recorded sound text."Robert J. Thompson and Gary Burns, eds. (1990). ''Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process'', p.177. . Directors, including Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and F. Gary Gray, have gone on to direct feature films, continuing a trend that had begun earlier with directors such as Lasse Hallström and David Fincher. The most expensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Graves
Thirteen or 13 may refer to: * 13 (number) * Any of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, or 2013 Music Albums * ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013 * ''13'' (Blur album), 1999 * ''13'' (Borgeous album), 2016 * ''13'' (Brian Setzer album), 2006 * ''13'' (Die Ärzte album), 1998 * ''13'' (The Doors album), 1970 * ''13'' (Havoc album), 2013 * ''13'' (HLAH album), 1993 * ''13'' (Indochine album), 2017 * ''13'' (Marta Savić album), 2011 * ''13'' (Norman Westberg album), 2015 * ''13'' (Ozark Mountain Daredevils album), 1997 * ''13'' (Six Feet Under album), 2005 * ''13'' (Suicidal Tendencies album), 2013 * ''13'' (Solace album), 2003 * ''13'' (Second Coming album), 2003 * 13 (Timati album), 2013 * ''13'' (Ces Cru EP), 2012 * ''13'' (Denzel Curry EP), 2017 * ''Thirteen'' (CJ & The Satellites album), 2007 * ''Thirteen'' (Emmylou Harris album), 1986 * ''Thirteen'' (Harem Scarem album), 2014 * ''Thirteen'' (James Reyne album), 2012 * ''Thirteen'' (Megadeth album), 2011 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season Of The Witch (2011 Film)
''Season of the Witch'' is a 2011 American supernatural action-adventure film directed by Dominic Sena, written by Bragi Schut, and starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman. Cage and Perlman star as Teutonic Knights who return from the Crusades to find their homeland devastated by the Black Death. Two church elders accuse a young woman (Claire Foy) of being a witch responsible for the plague. They command the two knights to transport her to a distant monastery so the monks can lift her curse. The film reunited Sena and Cage, who had previously worked together on '' Gone in 60 Seconds''. Development on the film began in 2000 when Schut's spec script was purchased by MGM. The project moved from MGM to Columbia Pictures to Relativity Media, where the film was finally produced by Charles Roven and Alex Gartner. Filming took place primarily in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. ''Season of the Witch'' was released on January 7, 2011, in the United States, Canada, and several other territories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteout (2009 Film)
''Whiteout'' (French: ''Whiteout: Enfer blanc'') is a 2009 crime thriller film based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. Directed by Dominic Sena and starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short and Tom Skerritt, the film was distributed by Warner Bros. and released on September 11, 2009. It was produced under the banner of Dark Castle Entertainment by Joel Silver, Susan Downey and David Gambino. The film is set in Antarctica, where Deputy U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is planning to leave in a few days. After finding a dead body, Stetko is attacked by a masked killer who is trying to get ahold of the cargo in an old Soviet plane that crash-landed in the ice during the Cold War. Plot In 1957, a Russian cargo plane is flying above Antarctica. In the hold, three Russians sit with a padlocked box. The co-pilot leaves his seat, goes in the back, then begins to shoot the other men, who return fire. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor. With a career spanning seven decades, he is regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. He has received an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, four Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award. Duvall began his career on TV with minor roles in the 1960s on ''The Defenders (1961 TV series), The Defenders'', ''Playhouse 90'' and ''Armstrong Circle Theatre''. He made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the play ''Wait Until Dark'' in 1966. He returned to the stage in David Mamet's play ''American Buffalo (play), American Buffalo'' in 1977, earning a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play nomination. He made his feature film acting debut portraying Boo Radley in ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962). Other early roles include ''Captain Newman, M.D.'' (1963), ''Bullitt' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie ( ; born Angelina Jolie Voight, , June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Angelina Jolie, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times. Jolie made her screen debut child actor, as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in ''Lookin' to Get Out'' (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production ''Cyborg 2'' (1993), followed by her first leading role in ''Hackers (film), Hackers'' (1995). After starring in the television films ''George Wallace (film), George Wallace'' (1997) and ''Gia'' (1998), Jolie won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 drama ''Girl, Interrupted (film), Girl, Interrupted''. Her portrayal of the Lara Croft, titular heroine in ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001) established her as a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Nicolas Cage, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two BAFTA Awards. Known for his versatility as an actor, Cage's work across diverse film genres has gained him a significant cult following. Born into the Coppola family, Cage began his career in films such as ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982) and ''Valley Girl (1983 film), Valley Girl'' (1983), as well as various films by his uncle Francis Ford Coppola such as ''Rumble Fish'' (1983), ''The Cotton Club (film), The Cotton Club'' (1984), and ''Peggy Sue Got Married'' (1986). He received critical success for his roles in ''Moonstruck'' and ''Raising Arizona'' (both 1987), before earning an Academy Award for Best Actor for the dramatic film ''Leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Duchovny
David William Duchovny ( ; born ) is an American actor, writer, and musician. He received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in The X-Files franchise, earning Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Hank Moody on the television series '' Californication'' (2007–2014) and executive-produced and starred in the historically based cop drama '' Aquarius'' (2015–2016). His film work includes minor roles in the coming-of-age black comedy '' Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead'' (1991), and the family comedy ''Beethoven'' (1992). Also in 1992, he played Roland Totheroh in the biographical comedy-drama ''Chaplin'' with Robert Downey Jr. In the 2000s, he starred in '' Return to Me'' with Minnie Driver (2000), ''Evolution'' with Orlando Jones (2001), '' Connie and Carla'' with Nia Vardalos (2004), '' House of D'' with Robin Williams (2004), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
