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Jack Mack And The Heart Attack
Jack Mack and the Heart Attack is an American soul and R&B band that was formed in 1980 in Los Angeles, California. Their debut album, ''Cardiac Party'', was produced by Glenn Frey of The Eagles on Irving Azoff's Full Moon Records/Warner Bros. label. They are known for performing in and writing songs for many major motion pictures and television shows as well as being the house band for Fox TV's ''The Late Show''. They were the band that was performing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia when a pipe bomb exploded near the sound tower. This event is depicted in the film ''Richard Jewell'', directed by Clint Eastwood, which was released on December 13, 2019, as well as the Netflix TV series ''Manhunt'' Season 2, released in 2020. Career Formation Jack Mack and the Heart Attack are a Los Angeles, California soul and R&B band that was formed in 1980 by guitarist Andrew Kastner, drummer Jack Mack (aka Claude Pepper), and drummer Rick Shlosser. Jack Mack started as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice, Los Angeles
Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by Los Angeles. Venice is known for its canals, a beach, and Ocean Front Walk, a pedestrian promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, and vendors. History 19th century In 1839, a region called La Ballona that included the southern parts of Venice, was granted by the Mexican government to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes, giving them title to Rancho La Ballona. Later this became part of Port Ballona. Founding Venice, originally called "Venice of America", was founded by wealthy developer Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town, west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought of ocean-front property south of Santa Monica in 1891. They built a resort town o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Shlosser
Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer. Discography 1970s * Andy Pratt – ''Records Are Like Life'' (1969) * Lamb – ''Bring Out the Sun'' (1971) * Cris Williamson – ''Cris Williamson'' (1971) * Ronnie Hawkins – ''The Hawk – Collection'' (1971) * Van Morrison – ''Tupelo Honey'' (1971) * Link Wray – '' Be What You Want To'' (1972) * Eric Andersen – ''Blue River'' (1972) * Pamela Polland – ''Pamela Polland'' (1972) * Van Morrison – ''Saint Dominic's Preview'' (1972) * Andy Pratt – '' Andy Pratt'' (1973) * Thomas Jefferson Kaye – ''Thomas Jefferson Kaye'' (1973) * Van Morrison – '' Hard Nose the Highway'' (1973) * Link Wray – ''The Link Wray Rumble'' (1974) * Art Garfunkel – '' Breakaway'' (1975) * The Manhattan Transfer – ''Coming Out'' (1976) * Leo Sayer – '' Endless Flight'' (1976) * Rod Stewart – '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Jewell (film)
''Richard Jewell'' is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Billy Ray. It is based on the 1997 '' Vanity Fair'' article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner and the 2019 book ''The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle'' by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen. The film depicts the July 27, 1996, Centennial Olympic Park bombing and its aftermath, as security guard Richard Jewell finds a bomb during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and alerts authorities to evacuate, only to later be wrongly accused of having placed the device himself. Paul Walter Hauser stars as Jewell, supported by Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, and Olivia Wilde. After its world premiere on November 20, 2019, at AFI Fest, the film was theatrically released in the United States on December 13 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It grossed $44 million agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Olympic Park Bombing
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack. It was the first of four bombings committed by Eric Rudolph in a domestic terrorist campaign against the U.S. government which he accused of championing "the ideals of global socialism" and "abortion on demand". Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the bomb before detonation, notified Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers, and began clearing spectators out of the park along with other security guards. After the bombing, Jewell was initially investigated as a suspect by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and news media aggressively focused on him as the presumed culprit when he was actually innocent. In October 1996, the FBI declared Jewell was no longer a person of interest. Following three mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics. It also marked the 100th anniversary of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics since the same time practice commenced in 1924, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Azoff
Irving Azoff (; born December 12, 1947) is an American businessman, who is chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has worked as an agent, personal manager, concert promoter, movie producer, independent record label owner, merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of a record label. Since September 2013 he has been chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, a venture with the Madison Square Garden Company, prior to which he was chairman and CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment and was executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and CEO of Front Line Management. He is on the boards of Starz Inc. and IMG. In 2012, he topped '' Billboards Power 100. Labels founded by Azoff include Full Moon Records and Giant Records. Early life Azoff was born into a Jewish family, and raised in Danville, Illinois, He began working with bands while still a student at Danville High School and then in college a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagles (band)
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200million records worldwide, including 100million sold in the US alone. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and were ranked number 75 on ''Rolling Stone''s 2010 list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Founding members Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) had all been recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her self-titled third solo studio album (1972), before venturing out on their own as the Eagles on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label. Their debut studio album, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Frey
Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material. Frey played guitar and keyboards as well as singing lead vocals on songs such as " Take It Easy", " Peaceful Easy Feeling", " Tequila Sunrise", " Already Gone", " James Dean", " Lyin' Eyes", " New Kid in Town", and " Heartache Tonight". While Eagles were on hiatus from 1980 to 1994, Frey embarked on a successful solo career. He released his debut album, '' No Fun Aloud'', in 1982 and went on to record Top 40 hits " The One You Love", " Smuggler's Blues", " Sexy Girl", " The Heat Is On", " You Belong to the City", " True Love", " Soul Searchin'" and " Livin' Right". As a member of Eagles, Frey won six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards. Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Andreadis
Teddy 'Zig Zag' Andreadis (born circa 1962) is an American keyboardist, harmonica player and vocalist, who has worked with many popular musicians, including Carole King, Guns N' Roses, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Bruce Willis, and the Boxing Gandhis. In 1999 he was voted "Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year" by the L.A. Music Awards. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Lisa Goich, an author (14 Days/Savio Republic, The Breakup Diary/Virtual Bookworm). Recordings Andreadis performed vocals, organ, piano, synthesizer and harmonica on three albums with Carole King, and has appeared on her 1994 live album '' In Concert''. He has also played keyboards on the Boneshakers' latest release. He has also contributed to the work of former Guns N' Roses members, including ''It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'' by Slash's Snakepit, and the 2001 album ''Rock & Roll Music'', by the band Col. Parker, which features former Guns N' Roses member Gilby Clarke. In 2007, Andreadis a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cece Worrall-Ruben
''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' (sometimes shortened to ''Whose Line?'' or ''WLIIA'') is an American improvisational comedy television series. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name. It originally aired on ABC and ABC Family from August 5, 1998 to December 15, 2007, hosted by Drew Carey. A revival of the show, hosted by Aisha Tyler, began airing on The CW on July 16, 2013. Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles have been permanent performers on the show since Season 1 (though illness caused Stiles to miss two episodes of Season 10), while Wayne Brady, after appearing in several episodes of Season 1, has been a permanent performer since Season 2 (with the exception of a few episodes in Season 8). The remaining of the four seats are occupied by a guest panelist. Prior to the American series, Mochrie, Stiles, and Brady had all appeared on the British series, as did Greg Proops, Chip Esten, and Brad Sherwood, who are among the most frequent fourth performers on the Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
