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It Takes Two (1995 Film)
''It Takes Two'' is a 1995 American romantic comedy film starring Kirstie Alley, Steve Guttenberg, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The title is taken from the song of the same name by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston, which is played in the closing credits. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. through their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. The film focuses on two lookalike girls who meet by chance in a summer camp. One is an orphan while the other a wealthy heiress. They decide to act as matchmakers for their respective parent figures. Plot Nine-year-old orphan Amanda Lemmon is being sought after by the Butkises, a reclusive and secretive family known to "collect" kids via adoption. However, she wants her likeable and warm-hearted social worker, Diane Barrows, to adopt her instead. Unfortunately for Amanda, authorities will not let Diane adopt Amanda due to the former's low salary, unmarried status, and social worker position even though Diane wants to adopt Amand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Tennant
Andrew Wellman Tennant (born June 15, 1955) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, actor, and dancer. Early life Tennant was born June 15, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago. As a boy, he spent his summers on Old Mission Peninsula in northern Michigan and at Camp Minocqua in northern Wisconsin. He graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School in 1973. He studied theater under John Houseman at University of Southern California. Career Dancing/acting and directorial debut In 1978, he was cast as an extra of a dancing role in the musical adaptation film ''Grease (film), Grease'' starring actor John Travolta and singer/actress Olivia Newton-John. That same year, he was cast as an extra in a dancing role in the musical comedy film adaptation of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries. Their functioning, codes of conduct, and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic term, weekly boarders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Dane
Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in ''Bride of Chucky''. Life and career Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane was raised in Ottawa, and was from a Lebanese family. He attended Ottawa Tech and LaSalle Academy. He began acting at the stage as an old policeman in the play ''Our Town'' at Ottawa's Fisher Park Community Centre under Lynne Gorman's direction in 1958.Ronald Grantham"Ottawa Star in RCMP Show Finds Acting 'A Rat Race'" ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 25, 1960. His screen career began when he met film maker F. R. Crawley in the same year. Crawley gave him a job as an extra and stand-in for John Perkins as Constable Frank Scott in the TV series ''R.C.M.P. (TV series), R.C.M.P.''. In addition to acting, he cowrote and directed the film drama ''Heavenly Bodies (film), Heavenly Bodies'' (1984). His producing credits include ''The Rowdyman'', writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul O'Sullivan (actor)
Paul O'Sullivan (April 4, 1964 – May 18, 2012) was a Canadian comedy actor."'Fearless' Canadian actor Paul O'Sullivan dies in car crash" '''', May 20, 2012. Originally associated with 's troupe, he acted both on stage and in television shows such as '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Tiefenbach
Dov Yosef Tiefenbach (born December 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and musician. Life and career Tiefenbach was born on December 8, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of Jewish background. He began his acting career at the age of 12, starting in commercials, before playing the role of Josh Avery in the television series ''RoboCop'' (1994). He landed his first starring role as Murray Murray in the short film ''Love Child'' (1995) alongside actress Neve Campbell. After those pivotal first projects, Dov was cast as the lead role Nick Burns in the 1996 Broadway production '' A Thousand Clowns'' alongside actor Judd Hirsch. After returning to Toronto, his name began circulating as he worked his way further into the film industry, starring in the lead roles of both ''Little Men'' and '' Cheaters''. In 2003 he won a Leo Award for Best Supporting Male Performance in '' Flower & Garnet'' (2002). His most recent roles include the reclusive writer Lucky Carroway in the television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrecking Yard
A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard ( Irish, British and New Zealand English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies. Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breaker's yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as wreckers. Types of wreck yards The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses, small airplanes and boats or trains exist too. Scrapyard A scrapyard is a recycling center that buys and sells scrap metal. Scrapyards are effectively a scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elley-Ray Hennessy
Elley-Ray Hennessy, also formerly known as Ellen-Ray Hennessy, is a Canadian actress, best known for her starring role as prison warden Morgan Dungworth in the web series '' Pink Is In''. Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she studied theatre at the University of Windsor. She first became known as a stage actress in experimental and avant-garde theatre productions in the 1980s, including the role of Casca in an all-female production of ''Julius Caesar'' for Toronto Workshop Productions. Throughout her career, she has also had regular voice roles in animated films and television series, which she has credited with keeping her bills paid so that she can pursue more offbeat theatrical roles. Awards She has been a four-time Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for her stage work, receiving nods in 1995 for ''Strange Little Monsters'', in 1998 for ''The Destruction of Eve'', in 2000 for ''The Emotionalists'', and in 2008 for ''Age of Arousal''. She received a Gemini Award nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Grunwald
Ernie Grunwald (born 1970) is a Canadian actor who has made guest appearances in a number of notable television series. Career Grunwald has had recurring roles on '' One on One'', ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' (as Mr. Forgess), and '' Two of a Kind'' opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. He has also guest starred on ''Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...'', ''My Name Is Earl'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Reno 911!'', ''A.N.T. Farm'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Bones (TV series), Bones'', ''The Mentalist, Weeds (TV series), Weeds,'' and many other series. He guest starred as a restaurant manager in ''Monk (TV series), Monk'' ("Mr. Monk's 100th Case") and as a courier that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Digger
A gold digger is a person, typically a woman, who engages in a type of transactional sexual relationship for money rather than love. If it turns into marriage, it is a type of marriage of convenience. Etymology and usage The term "gold digger" is a slang term that has its roots among chorus girls and sex workers in the early 20th century. In print, the term can be found in Rex Beach's 1911 book, ''The Ne'er-Do-Well'', and in the 1915 memoir ''My Battles with Vice'' by Virginia Brooks. The ''Oxford Dictionary'' and ''Random House's Dictionary of Historical Slang'' state the term is distinct for women because they were much more likely to need to marry a wealthy man in order to achieve or maintain a level of socioeconomic status. The term rose in usage after the popularity of Avery Hopwood's play '' The Gold Diggers'' in 1919. Hopwood first heard the term in a conversation with Ziegfeld performer Kay Laurell. As an indication on how new the slang term was, Broadway pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialite
A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditional employment. Word history The word ''socialite'' is first attested in 1909 in a Tennessee newspaper. It was popularized by Time (magazine), ''Time'' magazine in the 1920s.David E. Sumner, ''The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900'', 2010, , p. 62 United Kingdom Historically, socialites in the United Kingdom were almost exclusively from the families of the British nobility, aristocracy and landed gentry. Many socialites also had strong familial or personal relationships to the British royal family. Between the 17th and early 19th centuries, society events in London and at English country house, country houses were the focus of socialite activity. Notable examples of British socialites include Beau Brummell, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. Her acting career began at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen in the television sitcom ''Full House'' (1987–1995). They also starred in numerous films together. In 1993, the production company Dualstar Entertainment Group was founded, which produced a long string of television films and direct-to-video releases featuring the girls; they starred in '' Passport to Paris'' (1999), '' Our Lips Are Sealed'' (2000), '' Winning London'' (2001), '' Holiday in the Sun'' (2001) and in the television series, '' So Little Time'' (2001–2002), for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming. They starred in '' Getting There'' (2002), '' When in Rome'' (2002), '' The Challenge'' (2003) and made cameos in '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003). The last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Olsen
Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American businesswoman, fashion designer and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in the television sitcom ''Full House'' (1987–1995). They also starred in numerous films together. In 1993, the production company Dualstar Entertainment Group was founded, which produced a long string of TV movies and direct-to-video releases featuring the girls; they starred in '' Passport to Paris'' (1999), '' Our Lips Are Sealed'' (2000), '' Winning London'' (2001), '' Holiday in the Sun'' (2001) and in the television series '' So Little Time'' (2001–2002). They starred in '' Getting There'' (2002), '' When in Rome'' (2002), and '' The Challenge'' (2003); and made cameos in '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003). The last film she starred in with her twin sister was '' New York Minute'' (2004). She continued with her acting career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
