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Erica Sweany
Erica Sweany is an American actress, dancer, singer and multi-instrumentalist. She has performed on Broadway, in film and on television. Biography Born and raised in Colorado, she is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). Career In 2013 Erica participated in a spoof on The Sound of Music with David Letterman during his opening monologue during two separate episodes of Late Show with David Letterman, ''The Late Show''. In 2014 Sweany made her Broadway debut in the Original Broadway Cast, original Broadway cast of ''Honeymoon in Vegas (musical), Honeymoon in Vegas'' by Jason Robert Brown. Later that year she made her network television debut as Elise Paschen in ''The Blacklist'' starring James Spader. In 2015 she guest starred as Julia Becker on the TV series Eye Candy (TV series), ''Eye Candy'' starring Victoria Justice. In 2016 she portrayed Anna in ''It Had to Be You (2016 film), It Had to Be You'' starring Cristin Milioti. She also guest-starred on LMN (TV c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' debuted in 1997 and received eleven Tony Awards, Tony Award nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for her Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, direction and Tony Award for Best Costume Design, costume design. Her 2002 film ''Frida (2002 film), Frida'', about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song nomination for Taymor's composition "Burn It Blue". She also directed the 2007 Jukebox musical, jukebox musical film ''Across the Universe (film), Across the Universe'', based on the music of the Beatles. Early life Taymor was born in Newton, Massachusetts, Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Bernstein), a political science professor and Democratic activist, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a gynecol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. The festival was established in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival. The festival moved to nearby Park City, Utah, in 1981 and was renamed the US Film and Video Festival. It was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1991. From its inception through 2025, the festival took place every January in Utah. In March 2025, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marin Ireland
Marin Ireland (born August 30, 1979) is an American actress. Known for her work in theatre and independent films, ''The New York Times'' deemed Ireland "one of the great drama queens of the New York stage". She has received nominations for two Independent Spirit Awards and one Tony Awards, Tony Award. Following a series of guest roles in the Law & Order (franchise), ''Law & Order'' franchise (2003–2008), Ireland earned praise when she starred in Neil LaBute's ''Reasons to Be Pretty'' (2008), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. After parts in films such as ''The Understudy (2008 film), The Understudy'' and ''Rachel Getting Married'' (both 2008), Ireland's role in ''Glass Chin'' (2014) earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Her other film credits include ''The Family Fang (film), The Family Fang'' (2015), ''Hell or High Water (film), Hell or High Water'' (2016), ''Piercing (film), Pierci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginny Weasley
Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by J. K. Rowling. She is introduced in the first novel, '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', as the youngest child and only daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley. She becomes romantically involved with Harry Potter and eventually marries him. Ginny is portrayed by Bonnie Wright in all eight ''Harry Potter'' films. Creation and development In a 2005 interview, Rowling said Ginny is terrified of Harry when she first meets him, because she perceives him as a "rock god". Rowling hoped readers would gradually discover, over the course of the series, that Ginny is "pretty much the ideal girl for Harry". Rowling described Ginny as tough, gutsy, warm, compassionate and funny, and said these are qualities that Harry needs in his ideal woman. She said Harry requires a romantic partner who can "stand the demands of being with Harry Potter, because he's a scary boyfriend...He's a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Neumann
David Neumann is an American choreographer, dancer, and actor. He is known for his magnetic energy and his charismatic performances. He is a 2019 Tony nominated choreographer for Hadestown Early life Born in 1965 in Paris, Neumann grew up in South Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated from South Brunswick High School in 1983. He was infatuated with movement from a young age and had incredible energy as a child. He describes the particular problems this posed for his parents saying that they devised a “weird bungee cord kind of harness thing, so whenever I got a good burst of speed, I would always return to where I started. I was very, very active as a kid.” Neumann eventually used this energy into dance. He was part of his high school's dance company and experimented with popular dance forms in clubs and informal performance spaces. He eventually went on to perform with the late club legend Willi Ninja, well known for his appearance in the film Paris is Burning. Neumann went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making light comedies set in New York City and his works are inspired by filmmakers such as Woody Allen and Whit Stillman. His frequent collaborators include Wes Anderson, Adam Driver, and his wife, Greta Gerwig. Baumbach first gained attention for his early films ''Kicking and Screaming (1995 film), Kicking and Screaming'' (1995), and ''Mr. Jealousy'' (1997). His breakthrough film ''The Squid and the Whale'' (2005) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He first collaborated with Gerwig on ''Greenberg (film), Greenberg'' (2010) and their collaborations continued with ''Frances Ha'' (2013), ''Mistress America'' (2015), ''White Noise (2022 film), White Noise'' (2022), and ''Barbie (film), Barbie'' (2023). His other films include ''Margot at the Wedding'' (2007), ''While We're Young (film), While We're Young'' (2014), and ''The Meyerowitz Stories'' (2017). His fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Noise (2022 Film)
''White Noise'' is a 2022 absurdist fiction, absurdist comedy drama, comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, adapted from the White Noise (novel), 1985 novel by Don DeLillo. It is Baumbach's first directed feature not to be based on an original story of his own. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle. Set in the 1980s, the story follows the life of a niche academic and his family as they go through trials and tribulations, beginning with an environmental disaster near their home. ''White Noise'' had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022, and was released in Limited theatrical release, select theaters on November 25, 2022, before its streaming release on December 30, by Netflix. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Baumbach's direction, cinematography, cast performances (particularly Driver's), and Danny Elfman's score receiving praise, although the film's screenplay, var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Wanted
Most Wanted may refer to: Law enforcement A most wanted list used by a law enforcement agency to alert the public, such as: * EU Most Wanted *FBI Most Wanted Terrorists *FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives *ICE Most Wanted *List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords *List of most wanted fugitives in Italy * List of most wanted Nazi war criminals, Simon Wiesenthal Center *NIA Most Wanted, India's National Investigation Agency *Saudi list of most wanted suspected terrorists *U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis *''Most Wanted'', successor to UK NCA Operation Captura in Spain *Interpol notice, also known as a ''Red Notice'' Media Film * ''Most Wanted'' (1997 film), US * ''Most Wanted'' (2011 film), Indian Odia-language film * ''Most Wanted'' (2020 film), Canada * ''India's Most Wanted'' (film), 2019 Indian film Music * ''Most Wanted'' (Hilary Duff album) * ''Most Wanted'' (Kane & Abel album) * ''Most Wanted'' (MOK album) *'' Most Wanted: The Greatest Hits'', an album by the Wanted *''Most Want ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. After graduating from Yale College in 1991 with a degree in history, he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. He gained recognition and critical acclaim for his debut in ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear'' (1996), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy Award nomination in Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the same category. His role as a redeemed neo-Nazism, neo-Nazi in ''American History X'' (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor. He also starred in the film ''Fight Club'' (1999), which garnered a cult film, cult following. Norton established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003, and was director or producer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherless Brooklyn (film)
''Motherless Brooklyn'' is a 2019 American neo-noir crime film written, produced, and directed by Edward Norton, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Jonathan Lethem. Set in 1957 New York City, the film stars Norton as a private investigator with Tourette syndrome, who is determined to solve the murder of his mentor. ''Motherless Brooklyn'' also stars Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin, Ethan Suplee and Willem Dafoe. A passion project of Norton's ever since he had read Lethem's novel in 1999, the film took nearly twenty years to go into production. Although the book is set in contemporary times, Norton felt the plot and dialogue lent themselves more to a noir setting—moving it to the 1950s, with many added plot points inspired by ''The Power Broker''. Other members of the cast joined by February 2018, and principal photography began that same month. ''Motherless Brooklyn'' premiered at the 46th Telluride Film Festival on Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Dead Redemption 2
''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in a fictionalized representation of the United States in 1899 and follows the exploits of Arthur Morgan, an outlaw and member of the Van der Linde gang, who must deal with the decline of the Wild West while attempting to survive against government forces, rival gangs, and other adversaries. The game is presented through First-person (video games), first- and Third-person (video games), third-person perspectives, and the player may Nonlinear gameplay, freely roam its interactive open world. Gameplay elements include shootouts, robberies, hunting, horseback riding, interacting with non-player characters, and maintaining the character's honor rating through moral choices and deeds. A Bounty (reward), bounty system governs the response of law enforcement a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
