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Joan Severance
Joan Marie Severance (born December 23, 1958) is an American actress and former fashion model. Early life Severance was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Martha and John C. Severance. Her father was an IBM systems manager who had to move frequently around the world. "By the time I was 11," said Severance, "we'd lived in 12 different places." Her family and she also lived in Libya, but in 1967 had to flee the country because of the Six-Day War. They left the Middle East and returned to the United States, settling in Houston.The Most Twisted Sister in Prime Time, Wiseguy's Joan Severance Gives a Brand New Meaning to Hedonism on '' |
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie channel, movie-oriented pay television, pay-TV television network, network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown Atlanta, Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. The channel's programming consists mainly of Golden age (metaphor), classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co. film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. (covering films released before 1950), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films from RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films. Unlike its sister networks TBS (American TV channel), TBS, TNT (American TV network), TNT, and TruTV, TCM does not carry any sports cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British-American entertainment reporter and writer from London. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in Britain and then in the United States, he became best known for hosting the television series '' Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'' from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. Early life Leach was born in London, the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips) and Douglas Thomas Leach, a sales executive. He attended Harrow County School for Boys, 10 miles (16 km) from London, where he edited a school magazine, ''The Gayton Times'', at age 14. At age 15 he became a general news reporter for the '' Harrow Observer'', and earned £6 a week after graduation. Career Leach moved on to the ''Daily Mail'' as Britain's youngest "Page One" reporter at age 18. In 1963, he emigrated to the United States, though he maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftershock
In seismology, an aftershock is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake, in the same area of the main shock, caused as the displaced crust adjusts to the effects of the main shock. Large earthquakes can have hundreds to thousands of instrumentally detectable aftershocks, which steadily decrease in magnitude and frequency according to a consistent pattern. In some earthquakes the main rupture happens in two or more steps, resulting in multiple main shocks. These are known as doublet earthquakes, and in general can be distinguished from aftershocks in having similar magnitudes and nearly identical seismic waveforms. Distribution of aftershocks Most aftershocks are located over the full area of fault rupture and either occur along the fault plane itself or along other faults within the volume affected by the strain associated with the main shock. Typically, aftershocks are found up to a distance equal to the rupture length away from the fault plane. The pattern o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Scorpion (film)
''Black Scorpion'' is a 1995 American superhero comedy television film directed by Jonathan Winfrey, written by Craig J. Nevius, and starring Joan Severance as the eponymous costumed crime fighter. Roger Corman was the executive producer, and it was originally released on the Showtime cable network as part of the '' Roger Corman Presents'' series. The film concerns the comic book-style adventures of Darcy Walker, a police detective whose secret identity is the Black Scorpion, a superhero vigilante for justice. Like Batman, she fights evildoers with a combination of martial arts, great agility and strength, and many technological devices, including a high-powered, specially equipped car. Also like the ''Batman'' TV series of the 1960s, ''Black Scorpion'' is a work of camp, using deliberately exaggerated and unrealistic characters and events to comic effect. ''Black Scorpion'' was followed by a 1997 sequel, ''Black Scorpion II''. In 2001, the Sci-Fi Channel aired a ''Black Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he was known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of the more than 500 features directed or produced by Corman were low-budget films that later attracted a cult following, such as ''A Bucket of Blood'' (1959), ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' (1960), ''The Intruder (1962 film), The Intruder'' (1962), ''X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes'' (1963), and the Counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture films ''The Wild Angels'' (1966) and ''The Trip (1967 film), The Trip'' (1967). ''House of Usher (film), House of Usher'' (1960) became the first of eight films directed by Corman that were adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and which collectively came to be known as the "American International Pictures#The Corman-Poe cycle, Poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Holds Barred (1989 Film)
''No Holds Barred'' is a 1989 American action film produced by Michael Rachmil, directed by Thomas J. Wright, written by Dennis Hackin and starring professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (who is billed as executive producer alongside Vince McMahon). It is owned by WWE under a "Shane Distribution Company" copyright and was released by New Line Cinema on June 2, 1989. Released seven years after his appearance in ''Rocky III'', it was Hogan's first starring role. Plot Rip Thomas is the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion, and his appearances on network television have been a thorn in the side of Mr. Tom Brell, the head of the struggling World Television Network. Rip is a huge ratings draw while WTN is the lowest rated television network. The day after Rip's most recent title match against Jake Bullet, Brell attempts to entice Rip into joining his network, but he refuses. Angry at being stood up by a man he considers a "jock ass", Brell tries to exact revenge by hiring his goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulk Hogan
Terry Gene Bollea (; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Known for his flamboyance and massive physique, and his trademark blond horseshoe moustache and Kerchief, bandanas, Hogan is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide, the most popular wrestler of the 1980s and one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977, but gained worldwide recognition after signing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in December 1983. There, his persona as a Face (professional wrestling), heroic all-American helped usher in the 1980s professional wrestling boom, where he headlined eight of the first nine editions (WrestleMania I, 1, WrestleMania II, 2, WrestleMania III, 3, WrestleMania V, 5, WrestleMania VI, 6, WrestleMania VII, 7, WrestleMania VIII, 8, and Wres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film)
''See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' is a 1989 American crime comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller. The film stars Gene Wilder as a deaf man and Richard Pryor as a blind man who work together to thwart a trio of murderous thieves. This is the third film (in a series of four) featuring Wilder and Pryor, who had appeared previously in the 1976 film '' Silver Streak'' and the 1980 film '' Stir Crazy''. The film was released in the United States on May 12, 1989. Released to a mixed to negative critical reception, ''See No Evil...'' was the comic duo's last financially successful film as a screen couple. Their next film together, 1991's '' Another You'', was a box office failure as well as a critical one, and it proved to be the last collaboration of Wilder and Pryor. Plot David "Dave" Lyons, a deaf man, and Wallace "Wally" Karew, a blind man, meet when Wally applies for a job in Dave's NYC concession shop. After a brief period of confusion and antagonism, Wally and Dave become close f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman; June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his portrayal of Willy Wonka in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971). He collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films ''The Producers (1967 film), The Producers'' (1967), ''Blazing Saddles'' (1974) and ''Young Frankenstein'' (1974), and with Richard Pryor in the films ''Silver Streak (film), Silver Streak'' (1976), ''Stir Crazy (film), Stir Crazy'' (1980), ''See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film), See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' (1989) and ''Another You'' (1991). He began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series ''The Play of the Week'' in 1961. His first film role was that of a hostage in the 1967 motion picture ''Bonnie and Clyde (film), Bonnie and Clyde''. His first major film role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film ''The Producers'', for which he was nominated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential stand-up comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. He won the Writers Guild of America Award in 1974. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians. In 2017, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked him first on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.The 50 Best Stand-up Comics of All Time . Rollingstone.com. Retrieved February 15, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payback (1995 Film)
''Payback'' is a 1995 crime film directed by Anthony Hickox and written by Sam Bernard. It stars C. Thomas Howell and Joan Severance. Plot Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he goes to get his revenge, he gets sidetracked by the now blind guard and his beautiful wife, Rose. Rose hates her life, and when someone shows her some attention, she jumps at it eventually. The tension builds as Oscar becomes more and more attracted to Rose. Cast * C. Thomas Howell as Oscar Bonsetter * Joan Severance as Rose Gullerman * Marshall Bell as Tom "Gully" Gullerman * Richard Burgi as Al Keegan * R. G. Armstrong as Mac * David Anthony Higgins David Anthony Higgins (born December 9, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Craig Feldspar on ''Malcolm in the Middle'', Joe on '' Ellen'', and Reginald B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal Passion
''Criminal Passion'' (also known as ''Angel of Desire'') is a 1994 American mystery erotic thriller film directed by Donna Deitch, starring Joan Severance, Anthony Denison, and John Allen Nelson. The plot follows a police detective who begins an affair with a murder suspect. It was released direct-to-video on September 21, 1994. Plot summary Melanie Hudson is a police detective who asks to investigate the mysterious murder of a famous ballerina, who was slashed to death with a razor. She insists on working the case with Detective Nathan Leonard, her former boyfriend. The prime suspect is Connor Ashcroft, a womanizing architect and son of a U.S. senator. Melanie finds herself drawn to Connor's charms despite the ethical conflict of becoming involved with a suspect. Two other detectives, Mike Verutti and Jordan Monroe, are also working the case and discover Connor's disgruntled ex-girlfriend Tracy Perry, a sculptor with a violent history. Verutti is shot to death at Tracy's studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
