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Hannah Taylor-Gordon
Hannah Taylor-Gordon (born 6 March 1987) is a retired English actress. She made her film debut in the 1993 film '' The House of the Spirits''. She is best known for her role as Anne Frank in the TV miniseries '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' for which she received both an Emmy and a Golden Globe nomination. In 2012 she played Lady Macbeth in a film version of '' The Tragedy of Macbeth''. Career Taylor-Gordon has been acting since she was four. Her first acting role was on the British television series ''Casualty''. Her first film role was in the 1993 film '' The House of the Spirits'', where she played young Blanca Trueba. She played small roles in the film ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' and '' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein''. Taylor-Gordon is probably best known for playing Anne Frank in the 2001 ABC television film '' Anne Frank: The Whole Story'', which earned her nominations for both a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. The miniseries co-starred Ben Kingsley, Brenda Blethyn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda Blethyn ( Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her character work and versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmys. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in 2003. Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling at the Guildford School of Acting in her late 20s. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre, gaining attention for her performances in plays such as '' Benefactors'' (1984), for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play. She made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Marsha Norman play '' 'Night Mother'' (2004). She made her feature film debut with a small part in Nicolas Roeg's '' The Witches'' (1990). She starred in the Mike Leigh film '' Secrets & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art History
Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes related to art. Art history is a broad discipline encompassing many branches. Some focus on specific time periods, while others concentrate on particular geographic regions, such as the Art of Europe, art of Art of Europe, Europe. Thematic categorizations include feminist art history, iconography, the analysis of symbols, and Design history, design history. Studying the history of art emerged as a means of documenting and critiquing artistic works, with influential historians and methods originating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Film Festival
The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, episodic television and panel conversations. The LA Film Festival was a qualifying festival in all categories for the Independent Spirit Awards, and also a qualifying festival for the short films categories of the Academy Awards. History Since 2001, it had been run by the non-profit Film Independent, which since 1985 has also produced the annual Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica. The festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The LAIFF ran for six years until it was absorbed into Film Independent in 2018. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single location: the historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. In 1996, the LAIFF expanded to include the Directors Guild of America Building in Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Bisset
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( ; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in ''The Detective (1968 film), The Detective'', ''Bullitt'', and ''The Sweet Ride'', for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in ''Airport (1970 film), Airport'' (1970), ''The Mephisto Waltz'' (1971), ''Day for Night (film), Day for Night'' (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, ''Le Magnifique'' (1973), ''Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film), Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974), ''St. Ives (1976 film), St. Ives'' (1976), ''The Deep (1977 film), The Deep'' (1977), ''The Greek Tycoon'' (1978) and ''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'' (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Nighy
Mary Nighy ( ; born 17 July 1984) is an English actress and filmmaker. Early life Nighy was born in London. She is the daughter of actors Bill Nighy and Diana Quick. She was educated at the City of London School for Girls and Westminster School. Nighy graduated with first-class honours in English from University College London in 2006. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) is a youth theatre and charity in London, created with the aim of developing young people's artistic skills via theatrical productions and other creative endeavours. Founded in 1956 as the world .... Work Nighy is a director of Foster Films. She has directed short subject, short films including ''Lulu'' and ''Player''; the latter was written by Sam Hodges and premiered at the 2008 Miami Short Film Festival. She directed Hodges' play ''Lyre'' at the HighTide Festival in spring 2007. She was named one of the UK Film Council's 'Breakthrough Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Tena
Natalia Gastiain Tena (born 1 November 1984) is a British actress and musician. She is best known for playing Nymphadora Tonks in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2007–2011), and the wildling Osha in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013; 2016). Tena is the lead singer and accordionist of Molotov Jukebox. The band released their debut album ''Carnival Flower'' (2014), in Spring 2014, featuring their single "Neon Lights". Their second studio album, ''Tropical Gypsy'' (2016), was released on 15 April 2016 and was preceded by its lead single, "Pineapple Girl". It was promoted on the band's Tropical Gypsy Tour in April and May 2016. Early life Natalia Gastiain Tena was born in London, the daughter of Spanish parents, María Tena, a secretary, and Jesús Andrew Gastiain, a carpenter. Her family is of Extremaduran and Basque origin, and she was raised in the United Kingdom. Tena is fluent in English and Spanish. She attended Bedales School in Hampshire. Tena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fine Art Of Love
''The Fine Art of Love'' is a 2005 erotic drama film directed by John Irvin. The film, starring Jacqueline Bisset, Hannah Taylor-Gordon and Mary Nighy, is based on '' Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls'' by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. It received its premiere at the 2005 Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the .... Plot Thuringia, Germany, in the early 20th century. A group of young girls are brought up in a college amid dark forests and gloomy dull lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls know nothing about life beyond the college's high walls. They play near a beautiful waterfall and are ordered not to make contact with the servants, who are c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro ( ; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his varied roles in independent films, and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers and Spike Lee. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. He achieved his career breakthrough with '' Five Corners'' (1987). He acted in Spike Lee's '' Do the Right Thing'' (1989), '' Mo' Better Blues'' (1990), ''Jungle Fever'' (1991), and '' Clockers'' (1995). He also starred in the Coens' '' Miller's Crossing'' (1990), ''Barton Fink'' (1991), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998), and '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000). He also starred in '' Fearless'' (1993), '' Quiz Show'' (1994), and '' Gloria Bell'' (2018); and portrayed Seymour Simmons in the ''Transformers'' film series (2007–2017) and Carmine Falcone in '' The Batman'' (2022). For his guest role in the USA Network comedy series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Passage (film)
Secret passages, also commonly referred to as hidden passages or secret tunnels, are hidden routes used for stealthy travel, escape, or movement of people and goods. They are sometimes inside buildings leading to secret rooms. Others allow people to enter or exit buildings without being seen. Hidden passages and secret rooms have been built in castles and houses owned by heads of state, the wealthy, criminals, and abolitionists associated with the American Underground Railroad. They have helped besieged rulers escape attackers, including Pope Alexander VI in 1494, Pope Clement VII in 1527 and Marie Antoinette in 1789. Passages and tunnels have been used by criminals, armies (notably the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War) and political organizations to smuggle goods and people or conceal their activities. Appearance and construction Entrances to some secret passages appear as architectural features, such as a fireplaces or built-in sliding bookcases. Some entrances are more elaborat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holocaust
The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out primarily through mass shootings and poison gas in extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz concentration camp#Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka extermination camp, Treblinka, Belzec extermination camp, Belzec, Sobibor extermination camp, Sobibor, and Chełmno extermination camp, Chełmno in Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), occupied Poland. Separate Nazi persecutions killed a similar or larger number of non-Jewish civilians and prisoners of war (POWs); the term ''Holocaust'' is sometimes used to include the murder and persecution of Victims of Nazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
