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Erika Eleniak
Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, ''Playboy'' Playmate, and model known for her role in ''Baywatch'' as Shauni McClain. Her film debut was in '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982). She starred in the films '' The Blob'' (1988), ''Under Siege'' (1992), and ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993). Early life Erika Eleniak was born in Glendale, California. Her father, Dale Alan Eleniak, is of Ukrainian descent and her mother, Iris Maya (Neggo) Arnold is of Estonian and German descent. Eleniak's paternal great-grandfather, Wasyl Eleniak, was one of the first pioneer Ukrainian immigrants to settle in Canada. Career Eleniak's first feature-film role was at age 12, in the 1982 film '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' as the girl kissed by Elliott Taylor ( Henry Thomas) in the classroom scene. Her 10-year-old costar, Henry Thomas, told ''People'' magazine that he disliked filming the scene: “When I had to kiss the girl, I had to do it two times! I d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by '' Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group , a January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McNamara
William West McNamara (born March 31, 1965) is an American film and television actor. Personal life Born in Dallas, Texas, McNamara is the son of a Ford Motor Company employee and an interior designer. He attended Salisbury School, Columbia University, and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Career McNamara appeared in the feature films ''Texasville'', ''Stella (1990 film), Stella'', ''Copycat (1995 film), Copycat'', ''Surviving the Game'', and ''Stealing Home''. On television, he portrayed Montgomery Clift in ''Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story'' and Ricky Nelson in ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King'', had a regular role on the Showtime (TV network), Showtime series ''Beggars and Choosers (TV series), Beggars and Choosers'', was featured in the television movies ''Doing Time on Maple Drive'' and ''Wildflower'' (CableACE Award nomination), and appeared in ''NYPD Blue'' and ''Law & Order: SVU'', among other television series. Activism Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasers
''Chasers'' is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Dennis Hopper. It is about a pair of United States Navy shore patrollers (SPs) (Tom Berenger and William McNamara) who must escort a beautiful prisoner ( Erika Eleniak), and the troubles they encounter. This was the last feature-length film that Hopper directed. ''Chasers'' received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office flop, grossing just $1.6 million against a production budget of $15 million. Plot Eddie Devane is a young sailor who has carried out a number of inventory-related scams along with his partner-in-crime Howard and made a lot of money during his service. A day before his discharge, Eddie is assigned to escort a prisoner from the Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune along with the authoritarian, no-nonsense Chief Petty Officer Rock Reilly. Eddie is of course not pleased with this development. When Howard sees a grumpy-looking Eddie being escorted from his superior's office by a couple of other seaman, he th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy evolved from Ancient Greek comedy, Middle Ages, medieval romance, and 18th-century Restoration comedy, later developing into sub-genres like Screwball comedy, screwball comedies, career woman comedies, and 1950s Sex comedy, sex comedies in Hollywood. Over time, the genre has expanded beyond traditional structures, incorporating unconventional themes, challenging gender roles, and addressing adult topics while maintaining its core focus on romance and humor. A common convention in romantic comedies is the "Meet cute, meet-cute", a humorous or unexpected encounter that creates initial tension and sets up the romantic storyline. History Comedies, rooted in the fertility rites and satyr plays of Ancient Greek comedy, ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''Giant'' (1956). He then played supporting roles in films like '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Sons of Katie Elder'' (1965), ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), '' Hang 'Em High'' (1968) and '' True Grit'' (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with '' Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with List of aircraft carriers in service, eleven in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of 18 July 2023. The U.S. Navy is one of six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of eight uniformed services of the United States. The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Neal (actor)
Patrick Wisdom O'Neal (September 26, 1927 – September 9, 1994) was an American actor and restaurateur. Early life O'Neal was born in Ocala, Florida, to Martha and Coke Wisdom O'Neal. He attended the Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, and Ocala High School. Upon graduation, he enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville where he majored in drama. During college, O'Neal joined the Florida Players, a theatre troupe. He was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was the editor of the university yearbook. After earning a bachelor's degree, O'Neal enlisted in the United States Air Force and served during the Korean War. During the war, he directed short training films. After 15 months' service, he moved to New York and studied at the Actors Studio and Neighborhood Playhouse. Career O'Neal was seen mostly as a guest star on television throughout four decades, beginning in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he received critical praise for his l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full House
''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend Joey Gladstone to help raise his three daughters, List of Full House and Fuller House characters#D.J. Tanner, D.J., Stephanie Tanner, Stephanie and Michelle Tanner, Michelle, in his San Francisco home. It originally aired from September 22, 1987, to May 23, 1995, with a total of eight seasons consisting of List of Full House episodes, 192 episodes. While never a critical success, the series was consistently in the Nielsen ratings, Nielsen Top 30 (from season two onward) and continues to have an audience in Broadcast syndication, syndicated reruns, and is also aired internationally. One of the producers, Dennis Rinsler, called the show "''The Brady Bunch'' of the 1990s". For actor Dave Coulier, the show represented a "G-rated dysfunctional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Full House Season 4
The fourth season of the family sitcom ''Full House'' originally aired on ABC from September 21, 1990 to May 3, 1991. The entire season was directed by Joel Zwick. Plot Starting in season four, Danny realizes that he must start disciplining Michelle. Jesse proposes to Becky and they soon become married. Joey's career takes a turn for the better when he is offered a job in Las Vegas to open for Wayne Newton. In the season finale, Becky finds out that she is pregnant as Jesse tells her, he wants to go on tour with his band. D. J. begins eighth grade, Stephanie goes to third grade, and Michelle enters her final year of preschool. Main cast * John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis * Bob Saget as Danny Tanner * Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone * Candace Cameron as D. J. Tanner * Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle Tanner * Lori Loughlin Lori Anne Loughlin (; born July 28, 1964) is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played List of Ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos ( ; born August 19, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his contract role as Blackie Parrish on the ABC television soap opera ''General Hospital'', for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 10th Daytime Emmy Awards in 1983. He is known for his work in television, especially in his starring role as Jesse Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom ''Full House''. Since the show's finale in 1995, Stamos has appeared in numerous TV films and series. From 2005 to 2009, Stamos had a starring role on the NBC medical drama '' ER'' as Dr. Tony Gates. After former Broadway stints in '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' and ''Cabaret'', Stamos began playing the role of Albert Peterson in the Broadway revival of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', which he starred in from October 2009 to January 2010. He then played Senator Joseph Cantwell in a Broadway revival of Gore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Baio
Scott Vincent Baio (; born September 22, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for playing Chachi Arcola on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1977–1984) and its spin-off '' Joanie Loves Chachi'' (1982–1983), the title character on the sitcom '' Charles in Charge'' (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series '' Diagnosis: Murder'' (1993–1995), and the title role of the musical film '' Bugsy Malone'' (1976), his onscreen debut. Baio has guest-starred on various television programs, appeared in several independent films, and starred on the Nickelodeon sitcom '' See Dad Run'' (2012–2014). Early life Baio was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 1960, the son of Italian immigrants Rose, a homemaker, and Mario Baio, who worked as his manager. He and his siblings were raised in Bensonhurst. He went to Xaverian High School. Career In 1976, Baio played the title character '' Bugsy Malone'' in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
