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Full Frontal (film)
''Full Frontal'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film by Steven Soderbergh about a day in the life of a handful of characters in Hollywood. It stars Catherine Keener, Blair Underwood, David Duchovny, Julia Roberts, Mary McCormack, Nicky Katt, Brad Pitt, and David Hyde Pierce. The film was shot on digital video using the Canon XL-1s in under a month. The film blurs the line between what is real and what is fiction in its depiction of a film within a film (and possibly within another). Cast Production The film was announced in 2001 and Catherine Keener was the first actor attached to the project, named ''How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire''. It was billed by Miramax as "an unofficial sequel of sorts" to ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''. In October, Julia Roberts, David Hyde Pierce, and David Duchovny were announced as leads in the project, and after the September 11 attacks, the film title was changed to ''The Art of Negotiating a Turn''. After a phone call with Harvey Weinstein due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh ( ; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern Independent film, independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system. Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough, the indie drama ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989), lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film garnered worldwide commercial success, as well as Sex, Lies, and Videotape#Accolades, numerous accolades. His next five films, including the critically lauded King of the Hill (1993 film), ''King of the Hill'' (1993), found limited commercial success. He pivoted into more mainstream fare with the crime comedy ''Out of Sight'' (1998), the biopic ''Erin Brockovich (film), Erin Brockovich'' (2000) and the crime drama ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Garlin
Jeffrey Garlin (born June 5, 1962) is an American stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing List of Curb Your Enthusiasm characters#Jeff Greene, Jeff Greene on the HBO sitcom ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', and Murray Goldberg, patriarch of the eponymous family in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs''. He also played Marvin on ''Mad About You'' and Mort Meyers on ''Arrested Development'' for Fox (international), Fox and Netflix. Garlin has also appeared as Captain B. McCrea in ''WALL-E'', Buttercup in ''Toy Story 3'', ''Toy Story 4'', and ''Toy Story 5'', Perry Babcock in ''ParaNorman'', and Mr. Britt in ''Safety Not Guaranteed'', among other films. Early life Garlin was born on June 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gene and Carole (née Crafton) Garlin. He grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, where his father owned a plumbing supply business called Bilko and his mother was active in community t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex, Lies, And Videotape
''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (often written in all lowercase as ''sex, lies, and videotape'') is a 1989 American Independent film, independent Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The plot tells the story of a troubled man who videotapes women discussing their sexuality and fantasies, and its impact on the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife's younger sister. ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, making Soderbergh the youngest solo director to win the award; he was 26 at the time. The film was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s. In 2006, ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' was added to the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot Ann Bishop Mullany lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, unhappily but comfortably married to John, a succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Fischler
Patrick Fischler (born December 29, 1969) is an American character actor known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series '' Mad Men'', Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series '' Lost'', and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama '' Southland''. He also played the recurring roles of Stu on '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'', Jake Steiner on ''Grey's Anatomy'', Ken on '' Veep'', Gabriel on '' Californication'', A. Elliott Stemple on '' Suits'', Dr. Davis Bannercheck on ''Silicon Valley'', Wade Shelton on '' Shameless'', Isaac Heller on '' Once Upon a Time'', Duncan Todd on ''Twin Peaks'', Dan Rifkin on '' Defending Jacob'', and Lon O'Neil on '' Barry''. He has more than sixty film and television credits, including the films '' Mulholland Drive'' (2001), '' Ghost World'' (2001), '' Old School'' (2003), '' The Black Dahlia'' (2006), '' Dinner for Schmucks'' (2010), '' Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), and '' American Fiction'' (2023). In 2011, Fischler portrayed real-life gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Jones
January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Betty Draper in ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), for which she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also portrayed Melissa Chartres in '' The Last Man on Earth'' (2015–2018) and has starred in films such as '' American Wedding'' (2003), ''We Are Marshall'' (2006), '' The Boat That Rocked'' (2009), ''Unknown'' (2011), '' Seeking Justice'' (2011), and '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011). Early life January Kristen Jones was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on January 5, 1978, the daughter of store manager Karen Cox and exercise physiologist Marvin Jones. She was named after January Wayne, a character in the 1973 Jacqueline Susann novel '' Once Is Not Enough''. The names of her two sisters also start with the letter J, Jina and Jacey. In 1979, her family moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in ''Arliss (TV series), Arliss'' (1996–2002), Cristina Yang in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–14), and Eve Polastri in ''Killing Eve'' (2018–22). She has received one Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award from 14 nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named Oh one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films ''Double Happiness (film), Double Happiness'' (1994) and ''The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include ''Judging Amy'' and ''American Crime (TV series), American Crime'', as well as voice roles on ''American Dad!'', ''American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''The Proud Family'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Chop Socky Chooks'', ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dina Spybey
Dina Spybey, also known as Dina Waters and Dina Spybey-Waters, is an American actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films, including '' John Q.'', ''subUrbia'' and ''The Haunted Mansion''. She is perhaps best known for her role as Tracy Montrose Blair on the first season of '' Six Feet Under''. She played "young Elise Eliot" in ''The First Wives Club'' and a ghost named Emma in Disney's film ''The Haunted Mansion''. Career Spybey's early career focused on theater. In 1993, she appeared in the off-Broadway play ''Five Women Wearing the Same Dress''. After three more off-Broadway productions, from 1994 to 1996, she made her Broadway theatre debut in a 1999 production of ''The Iceman Cometh'', at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Her first television role, in a 1992 episode of the after school special series '' Lifestories: Families in Crisis'', predated her first off-Broadway role. This performance, as Becky Bell in "Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story", earned Spybey the Dayti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie McClintock
Edward Theodore McClintock (born May 27, 1967) is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Secret Service agent Pete Lattimer on the Syfy series '' Warehouse 13''. Early life McClintock was born in Canton, Ohio, and raised by his father Theodore "Ted" McClintock (died 2022). After his parents' divorce, he moved with his father to North Canton. After leaving St. Michael's Catholic School in the eighth grade, he attended North Canton Hoover High School. McClintock graduated with a degree in communications from Wright State University in Dayton and studied design in college. In 2007, he designed the artwork for Puscifer's album '' "V" Is for Vagina'' and currently sells some of his artwork on his personal website. Working as a wrestler and later a production assistant, he subsequently took up acting and began appearing in roles in 1997. Career To date, McClintock has appeared in ten pilots, starred in five network series, worked on several television films, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, writer, and director. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of ''The Office'' from 2005 to 2013, and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. Wilson began acting at the University of Washington. Following his 1986 graduation, he worked in theatre in New York City. He made his film debut in '' Galaxy Quest'' (1999), followed by supporting parts in '' Almost Famous'' (2000), Steven Soderbergh's '' Full Frontal'' (2002), and '' House of 1000 Corpses'' (2003). He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series '' Six Feet Under'' from 2003 to 2005. Wilson's other film credits include lead roles in the comedies '' The Rocker'' (2008) and ''Super'' (2010), and supporting roles in the horror films '' Cooties'' (2014) and '' The Boy'' (2015). In 2009, he was heard i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Weintraub
Jerome Charles Weintraub (September 26, 1937 – July 6, 2015) was an American film producer, talent manager and actor whose television films won him three Emmys. He began his career as a talent agent, having managed known singer John Denver in 1970, developing Denver's success through concerts, television specials, and film roles, including ''Oh, God! (film), Oh, God!'' (1977). Weintraub has been credited with making "show business history" by being the first to organize and manage large arena concert tours for singers. Among the other performers whose tours he managed were Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Four Seasons (band), The Four Seasons, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Three Dog Night and The Carpenters. Following his years as a concert promoter, he began producing films. Among them were director Robert Altman's ''Nashville (film), Nashville'' (1975), Barry Levinson's ''Diner (1982 film), Diner'' (1982), the first five films from The Karate Kid (franchise), ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
