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Gabriel Casseus
Gabriel Casseus (born April 28, 1972) is an American actor from Roosevelt, New York. Biography Casseus was born in New York City and is of Haitian descent. At the age of 23 Casseus was nominated for the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in the film ''New Jersey Drive''. He has appeared in the films ''Get on the Bus'', '' Fallen'', and '' Black Dog''. He had roles as pool-playing Freddie in the 50 Cent movie '' Before I Self Destruct'' (2009), as Elliot's cellmate in '' Bedazzled'', and as Army Ranger Kurth in '' Black Hawk Down''. Casseus has appeared on television shows including ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' CSI: Miami'', '' CSI: NY'', ''The Practice'', ''Law & Order'' and '' 24''. He is a co-writer of the 2010 film ''Takers ''Takers'' is a 2010 American heist film, heist action thriller film directed by John Luessenhop from a story and screenplay written by Luessenhop, Gabriel Casseus, Peter Allen, and Avery Duff. It features Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Undercover
''New York Undercover'' is an American police drama that aired on the Fox television network from September 8, 1994, to February 11, 1999. The series starred Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases. The cast also included Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn as their superior, Lt. Virginia Cooper, and Lauren Vélez, who joined the cast in the second season as Nina Moreno, fellow detective and love interest to Torres. ''New York Undercover'' was co-created and produced by Dick Wolf, and its storyline takes place in the same fictional universe as Wolf's NBC series ''Law & Order'', its spin-offs, the ''Chicago'' and ''FBI'' series, and '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. ''New York Undercover'' (whose working title during development was ''Uptown Undercover'', named after the record label, Uptown Records, whose fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-Force (film)
''G-Force'' is a 2009 American spy adventure-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman in his directorial debut and written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley with a story by Yeatman, who worked in the area of visual effects alongside co-founding Dream Quest Images. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy, and Will Arnett and it features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Tracy Morgan, Penélope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, and Steve Buscemi. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the film's visual effects. The story follows Darwin (a guinea pig) and his team of specially trained rodents who, after failing a mission, must break out of a pet shop and stop an evil billionaire from taking over the world. ''G-Force'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2009. It grossed $292.8 million worldwide against a production budget of $150 million. It received mostly negative reviews from critics. Plot A special government pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dough Boys (film)
''Dough Boys'' is a 2009 drama film written and produced by Preston A. Whitmore II and directed by Nicholas Harvell. Plot Corey, Smooth, Black and Long Cuz form a group of young men calling themselves the "Dough Boys". Cast * Amanda Aardsma as Palova * Wood Harris as Julian * Arlen Escarpeta as Corey * Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz) as Deuce * Reagan Gomez-Preston as Beauty * Cory Hardrict as Smooth * Maurice McRae as Black * Lorenzo Eduardo as Long Cuz * Page Kennedy as Aub * Ricky Harris as Faze Disco * Richard Brooks as Detective Nichols * Cooper Harris as Detective Rice * Gabriel Casseus as Simuel * Kel Mitchell as Reggie * Leonard A. Anderson as Officer White * Mirtha Michelle as Selecia * Tina Huang as Zena Production The film was produced and written by Preston A. Whitmore II. It is the first feature film from director Nicholas Harvell and the inaugural feature from Whitmore’s “Give Back” program. Bonnie Berry LaMon serves as executive producer. Release BET ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritual (2002 Film)
''Ritual'' is a 2002 American horror film directed by Avi Nesher. A remake of the 1943 film ''I Walked With a Zombie'', it stars Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey, and Craig Sheffer. It was released in select countries in 2002, the Philippines in 2003, and released direct-to-DVD in the US in 2006. Subsequent home video releases added a newly filmed intro featuring the Crypt Keeper from '' Tales from the Crypt'', though it was not produced as a ''Tales from the Crypt'' film. The film is set in Jamaica. In the film, a Jamaican girl has been excluded from her family' inheritance, and seeks revenge against her brother. She attempts to turn the brother's nurse into a zombie by use of voodoo, but the plan backfires when the nurse resists. Plot Crypt Keeper intro The Crypt Keeper is in Jamaica wearing his hair in "deadlocks". He states that one of his favorite things about Jamaica are the "eye-popping honeys", as it shows different bikini-clad women that are nearby. He then talks about how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 Minutes
''15 Minutes'' is a 2001 satirical buddy cop action thriller film directed and written by John Herzfeld and starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. Its story revolves around a homicide detective (De Niro) and a fire marshal (Burns) who join forces to apprehend a pair of Eastern European murderers ( Karel Roden and Oleg Taktarov) videotaping their crimes in order to become rich and famous. The title is a reference to the Andy Warhol quotation, " In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Plot Ex-convicts Emil Slovak and Oleg Razgul arrive in the United States to claim their part of a bank heist in eastern Europe. Oleg steals a video camera from an electronics store. At the rundown apartment of their old partner, they are denied their share of the spoils, so Emil fatally stabs the partner and his wife as Oleg tapes it with the camera. Czech immigrant Daphne Handlova witnesses the murders from the bathroom, then escapes before Emil and Oleg can kill her as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockdown (2000 Film)
''Lockdown'' is a 2003 drama film, directed by John Luessenhop and starring Richard T. Jones, Clifton Powell, David Fralick, and Master P. The film was produced by Master P's No Limit Films, a division of his No Limit Records label. Plot In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Avery Montgomery (Jones) is taking time off from college to spend time with his girlfriend Krista Wells ( Melissa De Sousa) and help raise their young son. Avery is an avid swimmer and develops to a championship level, and as a result of a particularly impressive win which catches the eye of a scout, he gets the opportunity for a possible scholarship at a college. Cashmere (Casseus), a crack dealer, happens to be one of Avery's best friends, despite the fact that their personalities and lifestyles are quite different, Avery being the one who stays out of trouble. With their barber friend Andre "Dre" Wells ( De'aundre Bonds) who is also Krista's brother, the trio have been friends since childhood. Earlier in the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stairway To Heaven
"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 on the band's untitled fourth studio album (commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV''), by Atlantic Records. Composed by the band's guitarist Jimmy Page with lyrics written by lead singer Robert Plant, it is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The song has three sections, each one progressively increasing in tempo and volume. The song begins in a slow tempo with acoustic instruments (guitar and recorders) before introducing electric instruments. The final section is an uptempo hard rock arrangement, highlighted by Page's guitar solo and Plant's vocals, which ends with the plaintive a cappella line: "And she's buying a stairway to heaven". "Stairway to Heaven" was voted number three in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the "100 Greatest Rock Songs", in 2004 ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked "Stairway to Heaven" number 31 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Vampires
''Modern Vampires'' (also known as ''Revenant'') is a 1998 American black comedy-horror film written by Matthew Bright, directed by Richard Elfman and starring Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Kim Cattrall, Natasha Lyonne, Udo Kier and Rod Steiger. It was released direct to video on October 19, 1999. Plot Vampire Dallas continuously bites people without permission from The Count. He is especially infuriated after Dallas turns Nico, a young serial killer. Twenty years after his exile, he returns to Los Angeles to visit his vampire friends: Ulrike, Vincent, Richard and Richard's wife Panthia. To celebrate Dallas's return, they decide to spend the night clubbing in one of The Count's vampire bars. The Count, however, is also there and threatens Dallas to leave town. Dr. Van Helsing is after the band of vampires. Being too old to handle the extermination alone, he puts an ad in the newspaper for help. He gets Crips member Time Bomb, who does not believe in vampires but is wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Soldiers (1997 Film)
''Buffalo Soldiers'' is a 1997 American Western television film directed by Charles Haid and starring an ensemble cast including Lamont Bentley, Tom Bower, Timothy Busfield, Gabriel Casseus, Danny Glover, Bob Gunton, Keith Jefferson, Robert Knott, Carl Lumbly, Clifton Powell, Matt Ross, Glynn Turman, Michael Warren, and Mykelti Williamson. Set in 1880, the film tells the true story of the black cavalry corps known as the Buffalo Soldiers, who protected the Western territories after the end of the American Civil War. ''Buffalo Soldiers'' premiered on TNT Troponin T (shortened TnT or TropT) is a part of the troponin complex, which are proteins integral to the contraction of skeletal and heart muscles. They are expressed in skeletal and cardiac myocytes. Troponin T binds to tropomyosin and helps ... on December 7, 1997. The film received three nominations at the 50th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightjohn (film)
''Nightjohn'' is a 1996 American television drama film directed by Charles Burnett and written by Bill Cain, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Gary Paulsen. It aired on Disney Channel as one of its Premiere Films, on June 1, 1996. The film is about a young slave girl named Sarny, played by Allison Jones, who lives a hopeless life on a Southern plantation. Her job is to take care of the white family's son as well as spitting tobacco on the roses to keep bugs away. Her life is changed when she is taught how to read by a fellow slave. The slave, John, says that learning to read is freedom because slavery is bounded by laws and deeds which the slaves cannot read. Her excitement towards reading gets her and her fellow slaves in trouble with their master, Mr. Wallace, who prohibits any slave from being able to read. When trouble ensues, Sarny uses her ability to read against Mr. Wallace and saves the lives of the rest of the slaves. She ends up being sold, but not before s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Star (1996 Film)
''Lone Star'' is a 1996 American Western (genre)#Contemporary Western, neo-Western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles. Set in a small town in South Texas, the film deals with a sheriff's (played by Chris Cooper) investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors (Kris Kristofferson) decades earlier. The cast also stars Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Clifton James, Ron Canada, Frances McDormand and Matthew McConaughey. The film premiered at the 1996 South by Southwest, South by Southwest Festival and received widespread critical acclaim, with critics regarding it as a high point of 1990s independent cinema as well as one of Sayles's best films. Sayles's screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Award. The film was also nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards, with Elizabeth Peña winning Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Best Supporting Female. ''Lone St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
