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Learning To Drive (film)
''Learning to Drive'' is a 2014 American comedy drama film. Directed by Isabel Coixet and written by Sarah Kernochan based on a ''New Yorker'' article by Katha Pollitt, the film stars Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a successful book critic taking driving lessons with instructor Darwan (Ben Kingsley) after the breakup of her marriage to Ted ( Jake Weber) forces her to become more self-sufficient. This is the second collaboration between Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, and Isabel Coixet. The film was named first-runner up for the People's Choice Award at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on August 21, 2015. Plot summary Wendy is a known book critic, who has just broken up with her husband, Ted, during an argument in a bar. Her husband leaves the scene and calls a taxi that is driven by Darwan, who is an Indian Sikh. When Wendy suddenly jumps in the car, Darwan experiences their anger and heated exchange. The husband has enough of the accusations an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Salinger
Matthew Douglas Salinger ( ; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor known for his appearances in the films ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and ''Captain America''. Early life Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, to author J. D. Salinger, known for Catcher in the Rye, and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas. His maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas. He has one sister, Margaret Salinger.Finkle, David (February 15, 2001)"Produced by Matt Salinger". Theater Mania. Retrieved February 3, 2018. His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent. Salinger attended North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, for junior high school. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama. Filmography Film Television Video Theatre Career Salinger made his film debut in 1984 in ''Revenge of the Nerds'' and played Captain Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet Castillo (; born 9 April 1960) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “ Catalan auteur.” Early life Isabel Coixet was born in Sant Adrià del Besòs next to Barcelona on 9 April 1960. She started filming when she was given an 8 mm camera on the occasion of her First Communion. After obtaining a BA degree in history at Barcelona Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrap
''TheWrap'' is an American online news organization that covers the business of entertainment and media. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman in 2009 and is based in Los Angeles. The site features original reporting, analysis, and editorial coverage of the entertainment industry, with particular focus on Hollywood film, television, and streaming media. History ''TheWrap'' was launched in January 2009 by Sharon Waxman, a former Hollywood correspondent for ''The New York Times'' and ''The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...''. The site was created to offer in-depth business coverage of the entertainment industry, including breaking news, analysis, and opinion. In November 2015, TheWrap expanded its editorial and digital operations with a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American Box office, ticketing company that sells Ticket (admission), movie tickets via its website and its mobile app. It also owns Fandango at Home (formerly owned by Walmart and originally known as Vudu), a streaming digital video store and streaming service, as well as Rotten Tomatoes, which provides television and streaming media information. It is a joint venture between NBCUniversal (a division of Comcast) and Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly WarnerMedia). History In 2000, James Michael Cline, with Art Levitt, founded Fandango. In 2003, Fandango secured $15 million in funding from venture capitalists Technology Crossover Ventures. Fandango was privately held. Then-owners included exhibition chains (Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark Theatres, General Cinema Theatres, Edwards Theatres and Century Theatres) and venture capital firms (''Accretive Technology Partners'' and ''General Atlantic Partners''). On April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Nash
Avi Nash is an American actor. He played Siddiq in the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2017–2020) and Lukas Kyle in the Apple TV+ series ''Silo'' (2023-) Early life Nash's father is Indo-Guyanese and his mother is from Mumbai. Nash started acting in senior year of high school due to a dare to audition for the school play; prior to this, he identified primarily as a visual artist. Nash began attending Stanford University when he was 17 years old, performing with the Stanford Shakespeare Company. He was classmates with Young the Giant's Sameer Gadhia, who encouraged Nash to seriously pursue acting, dropping out himself to pursue a professional music career. So, after freshman year, Nash left Stanford to attend acting school under Anupam Kher at Actor Prepares in Mumbai for six months. However, he returned to complete his degree, citing conflicting feelings between his various interests. He returned to Stanford University and majored in Mathematical and Computat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Lavender
Daniela Lavender, Lady Kingsley ( Barbosa de Carneiro; 14 December 1974) is a Brazilian actress, appearing on Brazilian television and on English-language television, film and stage, including touring with the British Shakespeare Company. Early life Lavender was born in Bahia, Brazil, daughter of a policeman father and English teacher mother. At the age of eight, Lavender began training in ballet, jazz and contemporary dance. Lavender studied Flamenco dancing under Roberto Amaral and received a journalism degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She studied drama at Dirceu de Mattos school in Rio de Janeiro, studied English for a year and traveled to London. She auditioned for the London International School of Performing Arts, playing Queen Anne from Shakespeare's ''Richard III'', and passed the audition in spite of the language barrier. Acting career Lavender appeared in the low budget independent film '' Emotional Backgammon'' (2003) and was awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Bee
Samantha Anne Bee (born October 25, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actress, and television host. Bee rose to fame as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', where she became the longest-serving regular correspondent. In 2015, she departed the show after 12 years to start her own show, '' Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''. The show was canceled in 2022 as a "business-based decision" by TBS. In 2017, ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual ''Time'' 100 list. Early life Bee was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Debra and Ronald Bee. She has said of her family: "Dating from well before the turn of the 20th century, if there has ever been a successful, happy marriage in my family lineage, I've yet to hear about it." Bee's parents split up soon after her birth, and she was initially raised by her grandmother, who worked as a secretary at the Catholic school Bee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hodgman
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy '' The Areas of My Expertise'', '' More Information Than You Require'', and '' That Is All'', he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's " Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his work as a contributor on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. His writings have been published in '' One Story'' (to which he contributed the debut story " Villanova"), ''The Paris Review'', '' McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', ''Wired'' and ''The New York Times Magazine''. He has also contributed to ''This American Life'', CBC Radio One, and ''Wiretap''. His first book and accompanying audio narration, '' The Areas of My Expertise'', a satirical tongue-in-cheek almanac that contains almost no factual information, was published in 2005. His second book, '' Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarita Choudhury
Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born August 18, 1966) is a British actress. She made her screen debut starring in the romantic drama film ''Mississippi Masala'' (1991). She later appeared in American and international film productions, including ''A Perfect Murder'' (1998), ''Restless (1998 film), Restless'' (1998), ''She Hate Me'' (2004), ''The War Within (film), The War Within'' (2005), ''Lady in the Water'' (2006), ''Midnight's Children (film), Midnight's Children'' (2012), ''The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' (2014) and ''The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2'' (2015), ''A Hologram for the King (film), A Hologram for the King'' (2016), and ''The Green Knight (film), The Green Knight'' (2021). Choudhury played the leading roles in a number of films, most notably the experimental film ''Fresh Kill'' (1994), the historical erotic romance ''Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996), the drama ''For Real (film), For Real'' (2009), and the supernatural horror film ''Evil Eye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Gummer
Grace Jane Ronson ( Gummer, May 9, 1986) is an American actress. She received a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of '' Arcadia''. Her television work includes recurring roles in '' The Newsroom'' and '' American Horror Story: Freak Show'', and regular roles in ''Extant'' and '' Mr. Robot''. She is the daughter of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer. Early life Gummer was born in New York City to actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer. She grew up in Los Angeles and Connecticut with her older siblings, musician Henry Wolfe Gummer and actress Mamie Gummer, and younger sister, model Louisa Jacobson. Grace attended Poly Prep for high school. Gummer attended Vassar College, her mother's ''alma mater'', and received a degree in art history and Italian in 2008. At Vassar, she was involved in its collaborative theater group Woodshed Theater Ensemble and spent a year studying abroad in Bologna, Italy. During this period, Gummer worked as a docent at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arranged Marriage
Arranged marriage is a type of Marriage, marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. In some cultures, a professional matchmaking, matchmaker may be used to find a spouse for a young person. Arranged marriages have historically been prominent in many cultures. The practice remains common in many regions, notably the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean, and West Asia. In many other parts of the world, the practice has declined substantially during the 19th and 20th centuries. Forced marriages, practised in some families, are condemned by the United Nations. The specific sub-category of forced child marriage is especially condemned. History Arranged marriages were the norm throughout the world until the 18th century. Typically, marriages were arranged by parents, grandparents or other close relatives and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
