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Hide And Seek (Here And Now)
''Here and Now'' is an American drama television series created by Alan Ball. The series consists of 10 episodes and premiered on HBO on February 11, 2018. Starring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins, the series focuses on a contemporary multiracial family in the Portland area. The show's plot involves many issues including race, identity, and mental illness. On April 25, 2018, HBO cancelled the series after one season. Cast and characters Main * Holly Hunter as Audrey Bayer, a therapist * Tim Robbins as Greg Boatwright, Audrey's husband and philosophy professor * Jerrika Hinton as Ashley Collins, adopted by the Bayer-Boatwrights from Liberia, now creator and owner of a retail fashion website * Raymond Lee as Duc Bayer-Boatwright, adopted from Vietnam when he was five, now a successful life coach and womanizer * Daniel Zovatto as Ramon Bayer-Boatwright, adopted from an orphanage in Colombia at 18 months, now a college senior studying video game design * Sosie Bacon as Kristen Bayer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...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] |
Lisa Cholodenko
Lisa Cholodenko is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films ''High Art'' (1998), ''Laurel Canyon (film), Laurel Canyon'' (2002), and ''The Kids Are All Right (film), The Kids Are All Right'' (2010). She has also directed television, including the miniseries ''Olive Kitteridge (miniseries), Olive Kitteridge'' (2014) and ''Unbelievable (miniseries), Unbelievable'' (2019). She has been nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe and has won an Emmy Awards, Emmy and a Directors Guild of America Award, DGA Award. Early life and education Cholodenko is from the San Fernando Valley, and grew up in a liberal Jewish family. Her paternal grandfather emigrated from USSR. Cholodenko received a Bachelor of Arts, BA in anthropology and ethnic studies from San Francisco State University, where she was a teaching assistant for Angela Davis. In the early 1990s, she was an apprentice editor on John Singleton's ''Boyz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Oliver
Nancy Oliver (born February 8, 1955) is an American playwright and screenwriter who is best known for creating the 2022 miniseries Angelyne and her work on the successful TV series '' Six Feet Under.'' Oliver was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2008 for her debut screenplay, '' Lars and the Real Girl''. Early life and career Oliver was born in Syracuse, New York and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts. She began writing at an early age and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. During this time she was involved with the university's theater department as a performer. While attending Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida for theatre, Oliver met director and screenwriter Alan Ball in 1976. Together, they founded the General Nonsense Theater Company, a satirical ensemble for which the two wrote, staged and starred in subversive comical sketches. She was also a member of Alarm Dog Rep. A playwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Podeswa
Jeremy Podeswa (born 1962) is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for directing the films '' The Five Senses'' (1999) and '' Fugitive Pieces'' (2007). He has also worked as director on the television shows '' Six Feet Under'', '' Nip/Tuck'', ''The Tudors'', '' Queer as Folk'', and the HBO World War II miniseries '' The Pacific''. He has also written several films. In 2014, he directed episodes five and six of the fifth season of the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the latter episode. He returned the next season, directing the season premiere and the second episode. He also directed the season premiere as well as the season finale of the seventh season. In 2021, he directed episodes of the TV series adaptation of '' The Mosquito Coast'' and the miniseries '' Station Eleven''. Biography Jeremy Podeswa was born in 1962 in Toronto, Ontario. He is Jewish, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planned Parenthood
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is an American nonprofit organizationPlanned Parenthood Annual Report 2012–2013 , p. 18. that provides reproductive and sexual healthcare and sexual education in the United States and globally. It is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). PPFA has its roots in |
Uta Briesewitz
Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer and television director. She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson. Biography Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She cultivated a preference for French ''Nouvelle Vague'' and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television. In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's ''Day for Night'', ''The Story of Adele H'' and ''The Man Who Loved Women,'' were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child. Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career. She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia () is a mental disorder characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, Auditory hallucination#Schizophrenia, hearing voices), delusions, thought disorder, disorganized thinking and behavior, and Reduced affect display, flat or inappropriate affect. Symptoms Prodrome, develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and rarely resolve. There is no objective diagnostic test; diagnosis is based on observed behavior, a psychiatric history that includes the person's reported experiences, and reports of others familiar with the person. For a diagnosis of schizophrenia, the described symptoms need to have been present for at least six months (according to the DSM-5) or one month (according to the ICD-11). Many people with schizophrenia have other mental disorders, especially mood disorder, mood, anxiety disorder, anxiety, and substance use disorders, substance use disorders, as well as obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). About 0.3% to 0.7% of peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niousha Noor
Niousha Noor () is an American actress of Iranian descent. Career Noor has appeared in numerous TV shows and films, including playing Donya on HBO's '' Here and Now''. In 2020, Noor starred opposite Shahab Hosseini in IFC's psychological thriller '' The Night'', which made history as the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license for a theatrical release in Iran since the 1979 revolution. Her performance as Neda garnered her widespread critical acclaim. In September 2021, Noor was announced as a principal cast member of the Netflix series ''Kaleidoscope'', as an FBI agent investigating a heist by a team led by Giancarlo Esposito's character. Shortly after production of ''Kaleidoscope'', Noor was cast as one of the lead characters in Maryam Keshavarz's ''The Persian Version'', which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Levine
Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series ''Monk'' (2002–2009). Levine's other notable roles are in the films '' Nowhere to Run'' (1993), ''Heat'' (1995), ''Bullet'' (1996), '' The Fast and the Furious'' (2001), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' American Gangster'' (2007), '' Shutter Island'' (2010), '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), and '' The Report'' (2019). Early life Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine's father was of Russian-Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Ettinger
Cynthia Ettinger is an American character actress, known for her roles on HBO television series ''Carnivàle'' and ''Deadwood''. Career Ettinger made her screen debut appearing in the 1989 comedy film, '' Martians Go Home''. She later appeared in films '' Brain Dead'' (1990), '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), '' Down, Out & Dangerous'' (1995), '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' Frailty'' (2001) and ''Thirteen'' (2003). On television, she appeared in " The Parking Garage" episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' and later had guest-starring appearances on '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' and ''Touched by an Angel'' and the televised play ''Fail Safe'' (2000) by Stephen Frears. In 2001, Ettinger was originally cast as Martha Kent in the superhero series ''Smallville'', but during filming everyone realized that she was not right for the role, including Ettinger. She turned to theater jobs, and when the opportunity for HBO series ''Carnivàle'' came up, she chose that pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bigley
Kevin Warren Bigley (born October 5, 1986) is an American television and film actor, best known for playing rookie paramedic Brian Czyk on the USA Network series ''Sirens''. Biography Bigley was born in Yuba City, California, and studied acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University, in Chicago, Illinois. He began learning comedy as a defense mechanism to stave off bullying. Bigley began his acting career in San Francisco, California. He appeared in a seven-month run of "Killer Joe" at Profiles Theatre in Chicago. He also performed in "A Separate Peace" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater. After working with actor Vince Vaughn on a TV pilot, Bigley moved to Los Angeles in 2010 and worked jobs including catering for a Jerry Springer game show, ''Baggage'', on the GSN. He landed a part in Vaughn's 2011 movie ''The Dilemma'' and went on to appear onscreen in film and television, including on the series ''Bones'', '' CSI: Miami'' and '' Chicago Code'' before winning the role of ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
