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Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. The son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, he made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'' (2012). Quaid was part of the main cast of the drama series ''Vinyl (TV series), Vinyl'' (2016) and had a supporting role in the film ''Logan Lucky'' (2017). His breakout role was as vigilante Hughie Campbell in the satirical superhero series ''The Boys (TV series), The Boys'' (2019–present). Quaid has voiced Brad Boimler in the series ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' (2020–2024), and Superman in ''My Adventures with Superman'' (2023–present). He played List of Scream (film series) characters#Richie Kirsch, Richie Kirsch in the slasher film ''Scream (2022 film), Scream'' (2022) and physicist Richard Feynman in ''Oppenheimer (film), Oppenheimer'' (2023), and has since taken on starring roles in the films ''Companion (film), Companion'' and ''Novocaine (2025 film), Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Adventures With Superman
''My Adventures with Superman'' is an American animated superhero anime-influenced series based on the DC Comics character Superman. The series is developed by Jake Wyatt, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and animated by Studio Mir in South Korea. The series premiered on Adult Swim on July 7, 2023, with each episode releasing on Max shortly after broadcast. The second season began broadcasting on May 26, 2024, shifting its premieres to the network's Toonami programming block, which originally encored the first season. A third season was announced in June 2024. A spin-off series titled ''My Adventures with Green Lantern'' is in development. Premise The story follows Clark Kent, as he builds his secret identity as Superman and explores his mysterious origins, and Lois Lane, whom Clark develops a crush on and vice-versa, who is on her way to becoming a star reporter. Teaming up with photographer and Clark's best friend Jimmy Olsen, the trio break the stories that matter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digital platforms to attract and divide work between participants to achieve a cumulative result. Crowdsourcing is not limited to online activity, however, and there are various historical examples of crowdsourcing. The word crowdsourcing is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing". In contrast to outsourcing, crowdsourcing usually involves less specific and more public groups of participants. Advantages of using crowdsourcing include lowered costs, improved speed, improved quality, increased flexibility, and/or increased scalability of the work, as well as promoting diversity. Crowdsourcing methods include competitions, virtual labor markets, open online collaboration and data donation. Some forms of crowdsourcing, such as in "idea competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catching Fire
''Catching Fire'' is a 2009 dystopian young adult fiction novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in ''The Hunger Games'' series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller ''The Hunger Games'', it continues the story of a now 17 year old Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games. The book was first published on September 1, 2009, by Scholastic, in hardcover, and was later released in ebook and audiobook format. ''Catching Fire'' received mostly positive reviews, with reviewers praising Collins' prose, the book's ending, and the development of Katniss's character. According to critics, major themes of the novel include survival, authoritarianism, rebellion and interdependence versus independence. The book has sold more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Hunger Games Characters
The following is a list of characters in The Hunger Games trilogy, ''The Hunger Games'' novels, a series of young adult fiction, young adult science fiction novels by Suzanne Collins whose original trilogy was later adapted into a The Hunger Games (film series), series of feature films. Overview Main characters Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen, also known as "the girl on fire," is the main protagonist of ''The Hunger Games''. She is 16 years old at the beginning of the first book and is quiet, independent, and fierce. She has long dark hair (usually tied up in a braid), olive skin, and gray eyes, which are given as a characteristic of residents of the coal mining region of District 12 known as "the Seam." She was named for Sagittaria, an aquatic plant with edible underwater tubers by her father, who jokingly said that “If you can find yourself, you'll never be hungry.” She lives with her mother and younger sister, Primrose (nicknamed "Prim"). Her father's death in a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York University Tisch School Of The Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and filmmakers. The school is divided into three Institutes: Performing Arts, Emerging Media, and Film & Television. Many undergraduate and graduate disciplines are available for students, including acting, dance, drama, performance studies, design for stage and film, musical theatre writing, photography, record producing, game design and development, and film and television studies. The school also offers an inter-disciplinary "collaborative arts" program, high school programs, continuing education in the arts for the general public, as well as the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, which teaches entrepreneurial strategies in the music recording industry. A dual MFA/MBA g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Letter Media
Red Letter Media, LLC is an American film and video production company operated by independent filmmakers Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman, and Rich Evans. It was formed by Stoklasa in 2004 while he was living in the Scottsdale section of Ashburn, Chicago, but has long been based in the Copernicus Park neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company and its members have produced a number of low-budget productions including ''Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant'', ''Feeding Frenzy'', ''The Recovered'', and '' Space Cop''. The company attracted significant attention in 2009 through Stoklasa's 70-minute ''Mr Plinkett Review'' video essay on the 1999 film '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.'' Red Letter Media have produced a number of other essays and web series, including movie and TV reviews (''Half in the Bag'', ''Best of the Worst'', and ''re:View''), satirical fandom parodies (''The Nerd Crew''), and video game-based web series (''Game Station 2.0'', ''Previously Recorded''). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Activision Blizzard, Universal Music Group, Starz Entertainment Corp., Starz Entertainment, Lionsgate Studios, Illumination (company), Illumination and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a private/independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a former member of the G30 Schools group. History The school was founded in 1971 as a secular institution affiliated with St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica. Although the founders, and many of the school's original students, came from the former St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Day School in Santa Monica, Crossroads School has always been a secular institution. Crossroads started with three rooms in a Baptist church offering grades seven and eight, and an initial enrollment of just over 30 students. The name Crossroads was suggested by Robert Frost's poem, " The Road Not Taken", in which Frost writes: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. As St. Augustine's grew to junior and senior high school, the founders started Crossroads with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novocaine (2025 Film)
''Novocaine'' (known as ''Mr. No Pain'' in some regions and ''Novocaine No Pain'' in Australia) is a 2025 American action comedy film directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen and written by Lars Jacobson. The film stars Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, and Jacob Batalon. Its plot follows Nathan Caine (Quaid), a bank employee with the inability to feel pain who goes out to rescue his co-worker (Midthunder) after she is taken hostage by a group of bank robbers. ''Novocaine'' was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on March 14, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $34.2 million worldwide. Plot Nathan Caine is a mild-mannered introvert with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) working as an assistant manager at a trust credit union in San Diego. His co-worker Sherry Margrave is romantically interested in him, but Nathan is hesitant due to his condition and inexperience with wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companion (film)
''Companion'' is a 2025 American science fiction thriller film starring Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid as a couple on a weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin, which unravels into chaos after a revelation that one of the guests is a companion robot. The film is written and directed by Drew Hancock and produced by Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Raphael Margules, and J. D. Lifshitz. Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend also appear in supporting roles. ''Companion'' was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 31, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $36.7million against a budget of $10million. Plot A young woman, Iris, recalls meeting her boyfriend Josh for the first time. Later, they travel to an isolated lakehouse to meet friends Kat, couple Eli and Patrick, and Sergey, Kat's boyfriend who owns the house. The next day, Sergey attempts to sexually assault Iris at the lake and Iris kills him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oppenheimer (film)
'' Oppenheimer'' is a 2023 Epic film, epic biographical film, biographical thriller film written for the screen, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physics, theoretical physicist who helped Manhattan Project, develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography ''American Prometheus'' by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his Oppenheimer security hearing, 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The Ensemble cast, ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh. ''Oppenheimer'' was announced in September 2021. It was Nolan's first film not distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
