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Kazaam
''Kazaam'' () is a 1996 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser, written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer based on a story by Glaser, and starring Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a 14-year-old boy three wishes. The film was released on July 17, 1996, grossing $18.9 million on its $20 million budget. It was panned by critics, who criticized the screenplay and O'Neal's performance. Plot In the story, a wrecking ball demolishes an abandoned building, causing a magic lamp inside to fall onto a boombox. The genie inside, named Kazaam, decides to reside in the boombox. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy named Max Conner goes to school and faces various challenges. He deals with bullies who retaliate against him for a failed robbery attempt. Max seeks refuge in the abandoned building and accidentally releases Kazaam from the boombox. Kazaam becomes Max's genie and demonstrates his power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), commonly known as Shaq ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. He is a and Center (basketball), center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time List of NBA champions, NBA champion. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time. After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers men's basketball, LSU Tigers, O'Neal was selected by the Orlando Magic with the List of first overall NBA draft picks, first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning NBA Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 NBA season, 1992–93 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won Three-peat, three consecutive c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Capra
Francis Cordero Capra (born April 27, 1983) is an American actor. He has played the roles of Max Connor in ''Kazaam'', and Eli "Weevil" Navarro in the TV series ''Veronica Mars''. Personal life Capra attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School. Career Capra began his acting career in 1993 with ''A Bronx Tale'' in which he played the 9-year-old version of the lead character. He played the character of Eli "Weevil" Navarro on the television series ''Veronica Mars'' and had a small guest role on '' The O.C.'' He appeared on ''The Closer'', '' Lincoln Heights'', ''Criminal Minds'', '' Friday Night Lights'' and in the film '' Crank''. Capra starred in ''Kazaam'', ''A Simple Wish'' and '' Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home''. He portrayed Jesse Murphy on the television show '' Heroes''. Capra has a production company called Take Off Productions with actor De'Aundre Bonds. Awards and nominations * 1994 – Nominated for a Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Walker
Allene Damian "Ally" Walker (born August 25, 1961) is an American actress. She made her television debut in the NBC daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' (1988) before landing the leading roles on the short-lived dramas '' True Blue'' (1989–1990), and '' Moon Over Miami'' (1993). During the 1990s, Walker had roles in films such as '' Universal Soldier'' (1992), '' Singles'' (1992), '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1994), '' While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), ''Kazaam'' (1996), and '' Happy, Texas'' (1999). From 1996 to 1999, she played the leading role of Doctor Samantha Waters in the NBC crime drama series '' Profiler'', for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination. She returned to television with a role in the HBO drama series '' Tell Me You Love Me'' (2007), and later played villainous Agent June Stahl in the FX crime drama, ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2010). Walker also had the leading role in the short-lived Lifetime police drama series '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interscope Communications
Interscope Communications, Inc. (also known as Interscope Pictures) was a motion picture production company founded in 1979 by Ted Field. It soon became a division of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. In 1999, after Seagram merged PolyGram into Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications was sold to USA Networks and merged into the recently formed USA Films. In 2000, the company was morphed into Radar Pictures. History Interscope Communications (the studio shared its name for a former racing team, "Interscope Racing") was founded in 1979 by media mogul Ted Field, who aimed to create films with mass appeal. Field then hired Peter Samuelson, who was partner with Field for four years as head of film production. Field acted as a producer or executive producer on a number of films in Interscope's filmography. The company's first film, '' Revenge of the Nerds'', was released in 1984 and was a box office success. That same year, Robert W. Cort, a former executive of 20th Century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Michael Glaser
Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser; March 25, 1943) is an American actor, director, and writer whose career has spanned five decades. He made his acting debut in the television series ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' and went on to have many acting roles, appearing in ''The Waltons'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', and ''Kojak''. Glaser rose to prominence for his portrayal as Detective Dave Starsky in the 1970s television series, ''Starsky & Hutch'' and went on to write and direct five episodes for the show. Following the show's success, he ventured into directing for other series including ''Miami Vice'', ''Judging Amy'', and ''Las Vegas''. Glaser also had some success in movies. He made his acting film debut in the musical film ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and acted in the box office hit '' Something's Gotta Give''. He also directed the cult classic film '' The Cutting Edge'' and the moderately successful box office film '' The Running Man''. In the early 2000s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian-American actor. Biography Manesh's debut film was ''True Lies'', directed by James Cameron. He has appeared in more than 100 feature films, in television projects, and in more than 40 commercials. Manesh has appeared in recurring roles on the television shows ''Will & Grace'', '' Scrubs'', '' Andy Barker, P.I.'', ''Hot in Cleveland'', ''Boston Legal'', and, most notably, ''How I Met Your Mother'', where he played taxi driver Ranjit. Though Ranjit was depicted as Bangladeshi in the series, Manesh delivered several lines in his native Persian. He has also guest starred on many shows, including ''Burn Notice'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Joey'', '' Persons Unknown'', ''The X-Files'', '' Scrubs'', '' ER'', '' JAG'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life'' and ''Prison Break''. Manesh has acted in several movies, including ''True Lies'', '' Stealing Harvard'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Kazaam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Costelloe (actor)
John A. Costelloe (November 8, 1961 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor best known for his role as Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski, the lover of Vito Spatafore, in the HBO television series ''The Sopranos''. Costelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 16, 2008, at the age of 47. His body was found two days later at his home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv .... Shortly before his death, Costelloe had been playing a hustler in the hit ensemble play ''Gang of Seven''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costelloe, John 1961 births 2008 deaths American male film actors American male television actors American male stage actors People from Sunset Park, Brooklyn S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Spinderella
Deidra Muriel Roper (born August 3, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spinderella or simply Spinderella, is an American DJ, rapper and producer. She is best known as a member of the hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa. Roper occasionally appeared in ''The Salt-n-Pepa Show'', a reality TV series focusing on reforming the group, which aired on the VH1 network in 2008. Early life Deidra Muriel Roper was born August 3, 1970, and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, as one of five children. Her early influence in music began as a child, fascinated by her father's record collection growing up. Roper began her career as a DJ at age 14. During her sophomore year in high school, she began dating a local DJ who she learned DJ techniques from. Shortly thereafter, she began marketing herself as a DJ in the area around Brooklyn. At age 16, Roper was approached in school by a classmate who asked her would she be interested in joining an all-female rap group. The classmate knew Hurby "LuvBug" Azor, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Barr
Steven Barr is an American actor who voiced Urdnot Wrex in the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy. Following the death of Jim Varney, Barr provided additional dialogue for his character Cookie in ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' and fully replaced him in the film's sequel, ''Atlantis: Milo's Return''. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * Living people American male voice actors American male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efren Ramirez
Efrain Antonio Ramírez (born October 2, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Pedro Sánchez in the 2004 indie film ''Napoleon Dynamite''. He later reprised his role in the 2012 animated series of the same name. Early life Ramírez was born on October 2, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, to Salvadoran parents. He has four brothers, one of whom is his identical twin Carlos. Career Ramirez has starred in a number of films, including ''Napoleon Dynamite'' as Pedro Sánchez, '' Employee of the Month'', '' Crank'' and '' Crank: High Voltage'', ''Searching for Mickey Fish'', '' All You've Got'', and ''Walkout'' and made cameos in ''Nacho Libre'' and '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith''. In 2009, Efren starred in the comedy '' American Summer'' as well as appearing as a contestant on MTV's '' Celebrity Rap Superstar''. On July 14, 2008 Sierra Mist released a series of commercials aimed at multicultural consumers in which Efren stars. Soon after the success of ''Napoleon Dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (formerly known as Filmworks, Casablanca Record & Filmworks, PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures or simply PFE) was a film production company founded in 1975 as an American film studio, which became a European competitor to Hollywood within two decades, but was eventually sold to Seagram in 1998 and was folded into Universal Pictures a year later. Among its most successful and well known films were '' The Deep'' (1977), '' Midnight Express'' (1978), ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), '' Flashdance'' (1983), ''Batman'' (1989), ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting '' (1996), ''Dead Man Walking (film), Dead Man Walking'' (1995), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''Fargo (1996 film), Fargo'' (1996), ''The Usual Suspects'' (1995), ''The Game (1997 film), The Game'' (1997), ''Candyman (1992 film), Candyman'' (1992) and ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'' (1999). Overview In 1975, Peter Guber formed its o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The Film genre, genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, Wonder (emotion), wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Subgenres Several sub-categories of fantasy films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in fantasy literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are high fantasy and sword and sorcery. Both categories typically employ quasi-medieval settings, wizards, magical creatures and other elements commonly associated with fantasy stories. High fantasy films tend to feature a more richly developed fantasy world, and may also be more character-oriented or thematically complex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
