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Father Figures
''Father Figures'' (known as ''Who's Your Daddy?'' in the United Kingdom) is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Lawrence Sher (in his directorial debut), written by Justin Malen, and starring Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J. K. Simmons, Katt Williams, Terry Bradshaw, Ving Rhames, June Squibb, Christopher Walken, and Glenn Close with supporting roles by Harry Shearer, Jack McGee, Ryan Cartwright, Ryan Gaul, Ali Wong, Retta, Jessica Gomes, and Katie Aselton. The film follows two adult brothers who set out to find their biological father by encountering the men that their mother used to date. Principal photography began on October 5, 2015, in Atlanta, and the film was released in the United States on December 22, 2017, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was poorly received by critics, who called it devoid of "energy or purpose" and grossed $25 million against its $25 million budget. Plot In Westerville, Ohio, Kyle and Peter Reynolds are fraternal twins who were raised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Sher
Lawrence Sher, (born February 4, 1970) is an American cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ... and film director, best known for comedy films such as ''Garden State (film), Garden State'', ''The Dictator (2012 film), The Dictator,'' and The Hangover (film series), ''The Hangover'' series, frequently collaborating with directors Todd Phillips and Zach Braff. He made his directorial debut with ''Father Figures,'' which began a wide theatrical release on December 22, 2017, by Warner Bros. Pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for the 2019 film ''Joker (2019 film), Joker'', directed by Phillips. Life and career Sher was born to a American Jews, Jewish family and raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Montecito Picture Company
The Montecito Picture Company, LLC is an American film production company founded in 1998 by film director Ivan Reitman and studio executive Tom Pollock. It is located on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California, United States, in a building labeled as "Ghost Corps," where the vehicle from Ghostbusters is parked outside. Montecito is a city in California in Santa Barbara County. History The company's predecessor was an entertainment production studio Northern Lights Entertainment, owned by Reitman. It originally started off with a deal at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. Ultimately, the deal collapsed after Universal Pictures (which Pollock previously ran from 1986-1996) took control of PolyGram's assets and Montecito signed a first look deal with DreamWorks Pictures instead. On March 9, 2000, it extended its pact with writer/director Todd Phillips, after the success of the hit movie '' Road Trip''. After several years at DreamWorks, on February 18, 2009, the compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Gomes
Jessica Gomes (born 25 September 1985) is an Australian model who appeared in the ''Swimsuit Issue'' of the American publication ''Sports Illustrated'' every year from 2008 to 2015. She works extensively in Australia and Asia. Gomes was the featured spokesperson for Australian company David Jones Limited from 2013 to Dec 2019. She has also been a spokesperson for South Korean conglomerates LG Electronics and Hyundai. Gomes served as the face of the Estee Lauder/Sean John fragrance "Unforgivable". Early life She is the daughter of a Portuguese father, Joe Gomes (who spent time in Paris), and a Singaporean mother of Chinese descent, Jenny (who was born in Hong Kong but grew up in Singapore), who both moved to Australia in the 1970s. She was born in Sydney and raised in Perth in a semi-rural environment as the youngest child in her family, with two older sisters and an older brother. Career Gomes's mother sent her to modelling classes at Linda-Ann Model Academy in the Perth s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retta
Marietta Sangai SirleafJung, E. Alex Vulture.com, May 23, 2018. rchived https://web.archive.org/web/20180523214634/https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/retta-has-a-story-to-tell.htmlon 05-23-2018Retta . (born April 12, 1970), known professionally as Retta, is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her roles as Donna Meagle on 's '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Wong
Alexandra Dawn Wong (born April 19, 1982) is an American comedian and actress. She is best known for her Netflix stand-up specials ''Baby Cobra'' (2016), ''Hard Knock Wife'' (2018), ''Don Wong'' (2022), and ''Single Lady'' (2024). The last of these won her a Golden Globe Award. She won another Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Awards for her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series ''Beef'' (2023), becoming the first Asian woman to win a lead acting Emmy. She was named one of ''Time''s 100 most influential people in 2020 and 2023. Wong was a cast member on the ABC show ''American Housewife'' (2016–2021) and served as a writer for two episodes of the sitcom ''Fresh Off the Boat'' in 2015. She has voiced characters on the animated series '' Tuca & Bertie'' (2019–2022) and '' Big Mouth'' (2019–2023). She has also written and starred in the romantic comedy film '' Always Be My Maybe'' (2019). Early life Alexandra Dawn Wong was born in the neighborhood of Pacific He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Gaul
Ryan Gaul is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared on shows such as Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''House of Lies'', ''Super Fun Night'', ''Hart of Dixie'', ''Hot in Cleveland'', ''2 Broke Girls'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', ''Superstore (TV series), Superstore'', ''Bajillion Dollar Propertie$'', and ''The Last O.G.'' Life and career Gaul was born in Maine. He attended the Lincoln Academy of Newcastle, ME, and then the Stonehill College, and worked at W.B. Mason before becoming an actor. He is a member of The Groundlings,Shanahan, Mark, and Meredith Goldstein,Actor Ryan Gaul: From W.B. Mason to ‘House of Lies’, The Boston Globe, October 3, 2013. an improv and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles. A 2011 ''L.A. Times'' review noted his performance along with Charlotte Newhouse and Laurel Coppock as "a cappella singers who enthusiastically perform Toto's 'Africa' even though they are missing six members of their group ('Throat Culture') and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Cartwright
Ryan Cartwright (born 14 March 1981) is an English actor. Early life Cartwright was born in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. His older brother is Che Cartwright, who is also an actor. Career He began acting with the Central Junior Television Workshop. His first major role came at the age of 15 in the British ITV comedy-drama '' The Grimleys''. He has also appeared in such other British television programmes as '' Seriously Weird'', '' Hardware'', ''Donovan'', '' Microsoap'', '' Look Around You'' and '' All About Me''. Since moving to the US, Cartwright had a recurring role on the television series '' Bones'' as the laboratory intern Vincent Nigel-Murray, until the death of his character in the season 6 episode ''The Hole in the Heart''. He also completed filming a Hallmark Channel television film, '' Dear Prudence'' alongside Jane Seymour, in which he used an American accent. He had a recurring role (as upper class Briton John Hooker) on season 3 of '' Mad Men'', fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McGee (actor)
Jack McGee (born February 2, 1949) is an American television and film character actor. He has appeared in over 100 films and television series. Known for his gravelly raspy voice, McGee tends to play gruff, blue-collar type characters. He is best known as Chief Jerry Reilly on the television series '' Rescue Me''. He was a regular cast member on the FX series for three seasons. In 2010, he co-starred as Hickey on the Spike TV comedy series '' Players''. Life and career McGee was born in the South Bronx, New York, the youngest of eight children. He attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, where he was class president and also played on the Football team, and appeared as a member of the background harmony in The Young Rascals. In 1977, he became a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department in order to pursue his acting career. As a firefighter, he served with FDNY Engine Company 38 and Ladder Company 51 in the Bronx. In the TV Series ''Rescue Me'', he portrayed FD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Directorial Debuts
This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release. Many filmmakers have directed works which were not commercially released, for example early works by Orson Welles such as his filming of his stage production of ''Twelfth Night (1933 film), Twelfth Night'' in 1933 or his experimental short film ''The Hearts of Age'' in 1934. Often, these early works were not intended for commercial release by intent, such as film school projects or inability to find distribution. Subsequently, many directors learned their trade in the medium of television as it became popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Notable directors who did their first directorial work in this medium include Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Alfonso Cuarón. As commercial television advertising became more cinematic in the 1960s and 1970s, many directors early work was in this medium, including directors such as Alan Parker and Ridle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts. The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts goin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMC Theatres
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest movie theater chain in the world. Founded in 1920, AMC has the largest share of the U.S. theater market, ahead of Regal Cinemas and Cinemark Theatres. After acquiring Odeon Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, and Carmike Cinemas in 2016, it became the largest movie theater chain in the world. It has 2,807 screens in 353 European theaters and 7,755 screens in 593 American theaters. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: AMC); from 2012 to 2018, the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group owned a majority stake in the company. Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners made a $600 million investment in AMC in September 2018, but the voting power of AMC shares was structured so that Wanda Group st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
