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John Whitesell
John Patrick Whitesell is an American television and film director. He has directed numerous films such as '' Calendar Girl'', '' Big Momma's House 2'' and '' Holidate''. He started his career as a film director in 1993. Early life and education Whitesell is the son of Patricia and John Patrick "Jack" Whitesell. He has five brothers Sean Whitesell, Christopher Whitesell, Thomas, Patrick Whitesell, and James Whitesell.Deadline: "Sean Whitesell Dies: Television Writer-Producer And Brother Of WME’s Patrick Whitesell Was 52" by Ross A. Lincoln December 31, 2015 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes U.S. Route 20 in Iowa, 20 and U.S. Route 65 in Iowa, 65 and the Canadian National Railway, Canadian National and Union Pacific Railroads. The population was 5,106 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Iowa Falls was laid out and platted in 1856. Prior to being named Iowa Falls, the area had been known as Rocksylvania. However, due to the difficulty of pronunciation and spelling, it was then changed to Iowa Falls. It was named from the falls on the Iowa River. The Illinois Central Railroad was built through Iowa Falls in 1866. The Metropolitan Opera House (Iowa Falls, Iowa), Metropolitan Opera House was built in 1899, it presented plays, operas, and vaudeville in the town during the first half of the twentieth century, and is listed on the Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tattingers
''Tattingers'' (later ''Tattinger's'') is an American comedy-drama television series that aired by the NBC television network from October 26, 1988, to April 26, 1989, as part of its 1988 fall lineup. After failing in the Nielsen ratings as an hour-long program, the plot and characters were briefly revived in the spring of 1989 as the half-hour sitcom ''Nick & Hillary''. An unaired episode, "Screwball," aired on TV Land on April 4, 1999. Synopsis ''Tattingers'' is the story of a divorced couple, Nick and Hillary Tattinger ( Stephen Collins and Blythe Danner), along with their 2 daughters: Nina and Winnifred. They had remained co-owner partners in a posh Manhattan restaurant until Nick was shot by a drug dealer, which prompted them to sell the restaurant and move to Paris. Their successors, however, proved incapable of properly running the restaurant, so Nick reclaimed the restaurant from them to give it another go. Real-life Manhattan celebrities often appeared in cameo role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kehillat Israel
Kehillat Israel is a Reconstructionist synagogue located in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It is one of two Reconstructionist synagogues in greater Los Angeles (the other being the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue). Its senior rabbi is Amy Bernstein. Notable members of the congregation Notable current and former attendees include: * Lloyd Braun, former Chairman of the ABC Entertainment Group *Alden Ehrenreich, actor * Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment *Ellie Kanner, director *Bob Saget *Adam Sandler *John Whitesell John Patrick Whitesell is an American television and film director. He has directed numerous films such as '' Calendar Girl'', '' Big Momma's House 2'' and '' Holidate''. He started his career as a film director in 1993. Early life and education ..., director [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Menagerie
''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of ''The Gentleman Caller''. The play premiered in Chicago on 26 December 1944. After a shaky start, it was championed by Chicago critics Ashton Stevens and Claudia Cassidy, whose enthusiasm helped build audiences so the producers could move the play to Broadway where it won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1945. ''The Glass Menagerie'' was Williams' first successful play; he went on to become one of America's most highly regarded playwrights. Characters ; Amanda Wingfield:A faded Southern belle who grew up in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, abandoned by her husband, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In films, the executive producer generally contributes to the film's budget and their involvement depends on the project, with some simply securing funds and others being involved in the filmmaking process. Motion pictures In films, executive producers may finance the film, participate in the creative effort, or work on set. Their responsibilities vary from funding or attracting investors into the movie project to legal, scripting, marketing, advisory and supervising capacities. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only. The crediting of executive produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search For Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986. Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focused primarily on the character of Joanne "Jo" Gardner, portrayed by Mary Stuart for the entire run of the series. Broadcast history and production notes Created by Roy Winsor, ''Search for Tomorrow'' was originally written by Agnes Nixon (then known professionally as Agnes Eckhardt) for the series' first 13 weeks, before Irving Vendig assumed head writing duties. The program was one of several daytime soap operas produced from the 1950s through the 1980s by Procter & Gamble Productions, the broadcasting arm of the famed household products corporation. Procter & Gamble used the program, as well as the company's other serials, to advertise its products (such as its Joy dishwashing liquid and Spic and Span household cleaner). As '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas (TV Series)
''Texas'' is an American daytime soap opera that aired on NBC from August 4, 1980, until December 31, 1982, sponsored and produced by Procter and Gamble Productions at NBC Studios in Brooklyn, New York City. It is a spin-off of '' Another World'', co-created by head writers John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington, and executive producer of ''Another World'' at the time, Paul Rauch. Rauch held the title of executive producer for the parent series and its spin-off until 1981. Overview Initial development and debut The Corringtons' initial concept was for a show set in the antebellum South entitled ''Reunion'', but NBC wanted something more in line with the hugely successful CBS primetime soap ''Dallas'',Grunwald, D: "Who Shot Texas", pages 23-27. ''TV Guide'' (Canadian edition), March 5, 1983. which was dominating the ratings. Rauch then chose to have the show revolve around the popular ''Another World'' character Iris Cory Carrington, played by Beverlee McKinsey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBC Daytime
NBC Daytime was the daytime programming block of NBC. It historically featured many soap operas, game shows, and talk shows. Its main competitors were CBS Daytime (Paramount) and ABC Daytime (Disney). Game shows were removed from NBC Daytime's lineup in 1994 and soap operas were largely dropped between the 1980s and the 1990s. By the 2000s, NBC Daytime had been reduced to only two shows: ''Days of Our Lives'' and '' Passions''. ''Passions'' was moved to DirecTV's now-defunct 101 Network in 2007. With ''Days of Our Lives'' being the only remaining daytime program on the network's schedule, the NBC Daytime branding was phased out entirely. In 2022, the network ultimately announced that ''Days of Our Lives'' would move exclusively to streaming on NBCU's Peacock, and be replaced by an NBC News-produced news program. Former shows on NBC Daytime Soap operas NBC has aired more than 30 soap operas for nearly 75 years. As of 2022, NBC no longer programs its daytime line-up with traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another World (TV Series)
''Another World'' is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964, to June 25, 1999. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 East 14th Street in Brooklyn. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the series originally opened with announcer Bill Wolff (announcer), Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds," which Phillips said represented the difference between "the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for." ''Another World'' focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies. In 1964, ''Another World'' was the first soap opera to talk about abortion when such subjects were taboo. It was the first soap opera to do a crossover, with the character of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. With 72 years of radio and television runs, ''Guiding Light'' is the longest-running American soap opera, ahead of ''General Hospital''. When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend John Ruthledge and people whose lives revolved around him. The "Guiding Light" in the show's title originally referred to the lamp in Ruthledge's study that people used as a sign for them to find his help when needed. When the show transitioned to television in the 1950s, the Bauers, a German immigrant family first introduced in 1948, became the focus of the program. Other core families were introduced over the show's run, including the Norrises in the 1960s; the Marlers and the Spauldings in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Daytime
CBS Daytime is the division of the CBS television network that is responsible for the daytime television block programming on the network's late morning and early afternoon schedule. The block has historically encompassed soap operas and game shows. Schedule NOTE: All regular times listed are in Eastern Time Zone. Most CBS affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones, and in Alaska and Hawaii air this schedule one hour earlier (starting at 9:00 am); local schedules may differ over all time zones. *CBS provides two separate feeds of Let's Make a Deal, at 10:00 am or 3:00 pm Eastern time (9:00 am and 2:00 pm Central time); affiliates who follow the network's master schedule have the option to air the program in either timeslot. *CBS provides an alternate feed of The Young and the Restless at 11:00 am Central time (12:00 pm Eastern); this feed is used by some stations outside of the Eastern Time Zone to accommodate their Noon hour l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
