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Galaxies Are Colliding
''Galaxies Are Colliding'' is a 1992 Canadian-American comedy film written and directed by John Ryman and starring Dwier Brown and Kelsey Grammer in his feature film debut. Cast *Dwier Brown as Adam *Susan Walters as Beth *Karen Medak as Margo * James K. Ward as Psycho *Kelsey Grammer as Peter *Rick Overton as Rex Release The film was released at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 1992. Reception Nisid Hajari of ''Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cult ...'' graded the film a C- and wrote, "In the end, Brown reinforces a lesson that he should have learned in Scriptwriting 101: Anomie, by definition, is dull." References External links * * {{Rotten Tomatoes, galaxies_are_colliding 1990s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwier Brown
Dwier Brown (born January 30, 1959) is an American actor. In the 1989 film '' Field of Dreams'' he played John Kinsella, the father of Kevin Costner's character (in reality, he is four years younger than Costner), and he played Henry Mitchell in '' Dennis the Menace Strikes Again'' in 1998. Brown has appeared in several horror films, such as ''House'' (1986) and ''The Guardian'' (1990), the latter directed by William Friedkin, who also directed ''The Exorcist''. He has also made appearances on several television series, including ''Firefly'', ''Criminal Minds'', and ''Ghost Whisperer''. In 2014, he wrote a memoir titled ''If You Build It...'' described as a book about "fathers, fate, and '' Field of Dreams.''" Early life Brown was born on January 30, 1959 in Wadsworth, Ohio. He graduated from Ashland University, in Ashland, Ohio. Selected filmography * '' The Member of the Wedding'' (1982, TV Movie) – Jarvis * '' The Thorn Birds'' (1983, TV Mini-Series) – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off '' Frasier'' (1993-2004), for which he received four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The role remains one of the longest running in television history. For his role as the corrupt Mayor in the political series '' Boss'' (2011-2012) he received a Golden Globe Award. In 2000 was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Grammer having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of ''Macbeth''. The following year he portrayed Cassio acting opposite Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in ''Othello''. In 1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical ''Sunday in the Park with George' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Barber (composer)
Stephen Barber is an American composer, arranger and musician, known for working with David Byrne, Keith Richards, John Legend, Natalie Merchant, T Bone Burnett, Rosanne Cash, The London Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Cross, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, Michael Stipe and Shawn Colvin. Early life Barber was born April 6, 1952, in Abilene, Texas, to Carolyn Grisham Barber, a pianist and music teacher, and Harwell Barber, a businessman and philanthropist. His cousin is the author John Grisham, and his godfather is flamenco guitarist Jim Jennings. Barber started playing the piano at the age of three, began playing guitar at eleven and started writing music at the age of twelve. At fifteen, Barber went to Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee, where he was the only student studying music theory. He attended summer school in 1971 at the University of Texas to study music composition, then attended Southwest Texas State University, where he studied music composition under composer Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure, took over as President of the Festival, while Thierry Frémaux became the General Delegate. The board of directors also appointed Gilles Jacob as Honorary President of the Festival. It is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Walters
Susan Walters, is an American actress and former model, best known for her roles as Lorna Forbes on the ABC daytime soap opera ''Loving'' from 1983 to late 1986 and as Diane Jenkins on the CBS soap opera '' The Young and the Restless'' from 2001 to 2004, again briefly in 2010, and once more starting in March 2022. Walters had recurring roles as Principal Rimkus on The CW's ''One Tree Hill'', as Carol Lockwood on The CW's '' The Vampire Diaries'' and as Natalie Martin on the MTV series '' Teen Wolf''. Life and career Susan Walters was born in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Chamblee High School. She became Miss Teen All American in 1981, representing Georgia. She began her television career playing Lorna Forbes Perelli on the soap opera ''Loving'' from the pilot on June 1983 to late 1986. Her first role after ''Loving'' was in the 1987 film '' Russkies''. Aaron Spelling hired Walters for several of his productions: in ''Hotel'' during its last season (as Ryan Thomas) 1987– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ward (voice Actor)
Jim Ward (born May 19, 1959) is an American retired voice actor, radio personality, and camera operator. Biography Radio career From 2004 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2017, Ward was the co-host of '' The Stephanie Miller Show'', a nationally syndicated liberal radio talk show that features a number of his impersonations of political figures and other celebrities and news makers. Voice over career Ward is known for his dozens of roles in animation and video games. During his long career, he has voiced Captain Copernicus Leslie Qwark in the '' Ratchet & Clank'' franchise, Mannimarco in The Elder Scrolls Online, Diamondhead in ''Ben 10'' and '' Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens'', Henry Peter Gyrich in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', newscaster Chet Ubetcha and Doug Dimmadome, Owner Of The Dimmsdale Dimmadome on ''The Fairly OddParents'', Angus on '' The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs'', and Professor Xavier in '' Wolverine and the X-Men''. In 2006, Ward played Eyemore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Overton
Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) is an American screenwriter, actor and comedian. His writing credits include '' Dennis Miller Live'', and his acting credits include '' Beverly Hills Cop'', ''Groundhog Day'' and '' Mrs. Doubtfire''. Life and career Overton was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, the son of Nancy Overton (née Swain), a singer, and Hall Overton, a teacher and music arranger. He grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School. Overton made his first onscreen appearance in the 1982 film ''Young Doctors in Love'', followed by a small role in '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' later that year. In 1987, he wrote an episode of '' The New Adventures of Beans Baxter'' while also appearing in various films and television shows including ''Willow'', ''Amazing Stories'' and ''Million Dollar Mystery''. In 1992, he landed a role in the FOX Network sketch comedy show ''The Edge''. The show ended in 1993. Later that year, Overton appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisid Hajari
Nisid Hajari is an Indian-American writer, editor and foreign affairs analyst. He is the author of ''Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition'', winner of the 2016 Colby Award. Personal life He was born in Bombay and raised in Seattle, Washington. He has lived in New York, Hong Kong, New Delhi, London and Singapore. Education Hajari graduated from Princeton in 1990 with a B.A. in English. He earned a master's degree in Comparative Literature at Columbia in 1996. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Career Hajari is Asia editor for Bloomberg View, the editorial board of Bloomberg News. He writes about Asian politics, history and economics. Earlier, he spent a decade as an editor at Newsweek International and ''Newsweek'' magazine in New York. He served as deputy to Fareed Zakaria from 2002 to 2006 and then as Foreign Editor and Managing Editor of the U.S. edition of the magazine from 2006 to 2011. During his tenure, the magazine won over 50 repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as '' Us Weekly'', '' People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and '' In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike '' Variety'' and '' The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising solic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
