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J. J. Perry
Jordan Andrew "J. J." Perry is an American action director, martial artist, actor, and stuntman. Career Perry began practicing martial arts training in 1975, at the age of eight. Because his mother was not able to afford her son's lessons, he cleaned a martial arts school, and received lessons in trade. He began performing stunt work in the late 1980s after leaving the military. Perry was a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo by 1993. He began his acting career when he did stunt work for the character of Johnny Cage in the first ''Mortal Kombat'' film. He then played Scorpion, Cyrax, and Noob Saibot in ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation'' (Chris Casamassa was supposed to reprise as Scorpion but was working on the film '' Batman & Robin'', though he would return in ''Conquest''), and appeared in the ''MK: Conquest'' TV series, this time as Scorpion's main rival Sub-Zero, in addition to doing stuntwork for the main character of Kung Lao. In addition to the ''Mortal Kombat'' series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Stunt Awards
The Taurus World Stunt Awards is a yearly award ceremony held midyear that honors stunt performers in movies. It is held each year in Los Angeles. The first awards were given out in 2001. The deciding committee has been around since the year 2000. The awards were created by Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of Red Bull. The awards statue was sculpted by Austrian artist , and is a figure in the form of a winged bull. Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award * 2001: Hal Needham * 2002: Buddy Van Horn * 2003: Terry Leonard * 2004: Ronnie Rondell Jr. * 2005: Vic Armstrong * 2007: Jeannie Epper * 2010: Jophery Brown * 2011: Loren Janes * 2012: Glenn R. Wilder * 2013: David R. Ellis * 2014: Buddy Joe Hooker * 2015: Gary Combs * 2016: Andy Armstrong * 2017: Gene LeBell * 2018: Charlie Picerni * 2019: Billy Burton 2001 Films in alphabetical order * '' The Cell'' (2000) ** Best high work * ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000) ** Best aerial work ** Best speciality stunt * ''Gladiator'' (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tamahori
Warren Lee Tamahori (; born 17 June 1950) is a New Zealand film director. His feature directorial debut, ''Once Were Warriors'' (1994), was a widespread critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made. Subsequently, he has directed a variety of works both in his native country and in Hollywood, including the survival drama ''The Edge'' (1997), the Alex Cross thriller ''Along Came a Spider'' (2001), the James Bond film '' Die Another Day'' (2002), the political biopic '' The Devil's Double'' (2011), and the period drama ''Mahana'' (2016). Tamahori won the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director for ''Once Were Warriors'', with a second nomination for ''Mahana''. Early life Tamahori was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He is of Māori ancestry on his father's side and British on his mother's. He grew up in Tawa, a northern suburb of Wellington. Educated at Tawa School and Tawa College, he began his career as a commercia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of The Union
The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condition of the nation. The speech generally includes reports on the nation's budget, economy, news, agenda, progress, achievements and the president's priorities and legislative proposals. The address fulfills the requirement in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution for the president to periodically "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient". During most of the country's first century, the president primarily submitted only a written report to Congress. After 1913, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, began the regular practice of delivering the address to Congress in person as a way to rally support for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
