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Louise Griffiths
Louise Griffiths (born 31 July 1978) is an English singer, songwriter, model and actress. Early life Griffiths was born in Hertfordshire, England. She is the daughter of a London taxicab driver. She plays the saxophone, and was a contestant in the BBC television series ''Fame Academy'' in 2003. Career Music Griffiths was a member of an unsuccessful all-female band Orchid, who originally recorded the song " Sound of the Underground" in 2001. However their version was never released, and the song became a hit only when it was subsequently re-recorded and released by Louis Walsh's pop group Girls Aloud. In 2003, Griffiths was one of the first of four students chosen by the public to appear on the second series of the BBC TV show ''Fame Academy'' when it was revealed in the press that she was the girlfriend of Formula One driver Jenson Button. Despite complaints that she was with a celebrity boyfriend and that her former recording and songwriting experience gave her an unfair adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south and Buckinghamshire to the west. The largest settlement is Watford, and the county town is Hertford. The county has an area of and had a population of 1,198,800 at the 2021 census. After Watford (131,325), the largest settlements are Hemel Hempstead (95,985), Stevenage (94,470) and the city of St Albans (75,540). For local government purposes Hertfordshire is a non-metropolitan county with ten districts beneath Hertfordshire County Council. Elevations are higher in the north and west, reaching more than in the Chilterns near Tring. The county centres on the headwaters and upper valleys of the rivers Lea and the Colne; both flow south and each is accompanied by a canal. Hertfordshire's undeveloped land is mainly agricultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elize Du Toit
Elize du Toit ( ; born 21 February 1980) is a South African-born English former actress best known for playing the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2007. Early life Elize du Toit was born in Grahamstown, South Africa, the second of four children, to an artist mother and an orthodontist father. She spent most of her childhood in Pretoria. She moved to Berkshire, United Kingdom, in December 1994, where she attended Wellington College, completed her A-levels; attaining straight As in English, French, history and history of art. She was a member of Reading's Progress Theatre. She studied history at the University of Edinburgh and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Career Elize du Toit won the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 Soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' after an open audition; beating 40,000 hopefuls. She left the show in 2004 after four years filming in Liverpool. In November 2011, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Goss
Luke Damon Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including '' Blade II'' (2002) as Jared Nomak, '' One Night with the King'' (2006) as King Xerxes, '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008) as Prince Nuada, '' Tekken'' (2009) as Steve Fox, '' Interview with a Hitman'' (2012) as Viktor, and '' Traffik'' (2018) as Red. Career Goss, along with twin brother Matt Goss, started his career with the 1980s boy band Bros. In total he has charted with thirteen hit singles in the UK. When Bros broke up in the early 1990s, Goss worked with the Band of Thieves where he released two singles "Sweeter Than The Midnight Rain" and "Give Me One More Chance", he then released "L.I.F.E." under the band's name change Thieves Like Us due to a change in lineup. His autobiography "''I Owe You Nothing''" was a top 10 best seller and went on to have three subsequent printings. He also began to appear in stage musicals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekken (2010 Film)
''Tekken'' is a 2009 American Science fiction action film, science fiction martial arts film directed by Dwight Little from a screenplay by Alan B. McElroy, loosely based on the video game series Tekken (series), of the same name published by Namco Bandai Games. The film stars Jon Foo, Kelly Overton (actress), Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale, Cung Le, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Candice Hillebrand, and Luke Goss. The plot follows Jin Kazama in his attempts to enter the Iron Fist Tournament in order to avenge the loss of his mother, Jun Kazama, by confronting the forces of the city that are also holding the competition. The film was originally announced by publisher Namco Bandai in 2002, but did not start development until 2007. Experienced in sports movies, Little decided to make ''Tekken'' focused on realism, resulting in the removal of supernatural elements from the video game series as well as comic relief characters. This also led to the inclusion of martial art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren The Ape
''Warren the Ape'' is an MTV reality television parody which ran from June 14 to August 30, 2010, and aired at 10:30 p.m. The series is a spin-off of the IFC and Fox TV show ''Greg the Bunny'', and follows the titular character's life as he tries to get his life back together following the cancellation of ''Greg the Bunny''. Warren has paid more attention to drugs, booze, and women than his career, which has degenerated into a series of seedy exploitation films, obscure industrials, low-rent theater productions, and a regrettable string of skin flicks. With the help of his addiction specialist, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Warren tries (and often fails) to clean up his act, patch up his relationships, and claw his way back into the Hollywood limelight. The series was created by Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy, and Dan Milano, and is produced in association with MTV, Freestyle Entertainment, and Picture Shack Entertainment. On November 19, 2010, the official ''Greg the Bunny''/''War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Alert 3
''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2008 in the United States and Europe for Microsoft Windows. An Xbox 360 version was released on November 11. In addition, ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Ultimate Edition'', the PlayStation 3 version which contains additional material was released on March 23, 2009, along with the OS X version by TransGaming. The game is a continuation of the ''Red Alert'' games within the ''Command & Conquer'' series. '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising'', a stand-alone expansion pack, was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. It was offered via digital distribution. Like the previous entries in the ''Red Alert'' series, the game is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fight the Soviet Union. In ''Red Alert 3'' the Soviet leadership, facing defeat, goes back in time to kill Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Valance
Holly Rachel Candy (; born 11 May 1983), known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian and British actress, singer, model, and a right-wing political activist. Valance became well known for her role as Felicity Scully on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' (1999–2002) and later played Nika Volek in ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006). Her film roles include '' DOA: Dead or Alive'' (2006), '' National Lampoon's Pledge This!'' (2006), '' Taken'' (2008), and '' Kambakkht Ishq'' (2009). Her first album, '' Footprints'' (2002), provided three top three singles: "Kiss Kiss", " Down Boy" and " Naughty Girl". The title song of her second and final album, '' State of Mind'' (2003), was also a UK top ten single. She has become involved in UK and US politics as a prominent supporter and fundraiser for Nigel Farage and Donald Trump. Early life Holly Valance was born on 11 May 1983, as Holly Rachel Vukadinović, in Fitzroy, Victoria, to a father from Montenegro, Rajko Vuka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943) is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's ''if....'' (1968), a role he later reprised in ''O Lucky Man!'' (1973) and ''Britannia Hospital'' (1982). His performance in ''if....'' prompted Stanley Kubrick to cast him as Alex (A Clockwork Orange), Alex in ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), the role for which McDowell became best known. McDowell's other notable film credits include ''The Raging Moon'' (1971), ''Voyage of the Damned'' (1976), ''Time After Time (1979 film), Time After Time'' (1979), ''Caligula (film), Caligula'' (1979), ''Cat People (1982 film), Cat People'' (1982), ''Blue Thunder'' (1983), ''The Caller (1987 film), The Caller'' (1987), ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994), ''Tank Girl (film), Tank Girl'' (1995), ''Mr. Magoo (film), Mr. Magoo'' (1997), ''I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003 film), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' (2003), ''The Company (fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wylde
Chris Wylde (born Chris Noll, August 22, 1976) is an American actor from New Jersey. Wylde is best known for his roles in the films ''The DUFF'', ''Space Cowboys'', the 2009 horror film '' The Revenant'', the 2017 horror comedy '' The Babysitter'' and its 2020 sequel '' The Babysitter: Killer Queen''. He had his own show on Comedy Central and has guest starred on numerous shows on the Disney Channel. Wylde created, writes, produces and stars in the web series ''Dadholes''. He has recurring roles on ''Amphibia'' as Angwin, ''Young Sheldon'' as Glenn the owner of the comic book store and ''The Cuphead Show!'' as Ribby. Early life Wylde was born in Hackettstown and grew up in Belvidere, Verona, and Allendale, New Jersey, where he attended Northern Highlands Regional High School. Both of Wylde's parents were Methodist ministers. He was a treble in the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and attended the Saint Thomas Choir School in New York City, New York during his early years. Wy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Anders
David Anders Holt (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as David Anders, is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Julian Sark on '' Alias'', as Adam Monroe on '' Heroes'', as John Gilbert in the TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'', as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Whale on ABC's ''Once Upon a Time'', and as Blaine "DeBeers" McDonough on '' iZombie''. Although Anders is American, a few of his roles have required him to use a British Home counties accent. Early life Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, to Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. He has three older siblings: a biological brother (Arik), a brother (Jason), and a sister (Maili). He is of English and Norwegian descent. Anders began acting in school plays at a young age but spent most of high school playing sports such as basketball and tennis. When he was a senior in high school, at 15, he played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. When he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revenant (2009 Film)
''The Revenant'' is a 2009 dark comedy/horror film written and directed by Kerry Prior and starring David Anders and Chris Wylde. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California. Plot The film focuses on Second Lieutenant Bart Gregory (David Anders) who has been killed under mysterious circumstances in Iraq War, Iraq. After his friends and girlfriend Janet (Louise Griffiths) attend his funeral, Bart awakens in his grave. Enlisting the help of his best friend, Joey Leubner (Chris Wylde), Bart begins to understand and learn how to deal with his new undead state; mainly, the fact that Bart needs blood to hold back decomposition and that he returns to a state of in-animation during daylight hours. Joey does research online to find out what Bart is and seems to be stuck between a Zombie and Vampire, finally stating that Bart is a Revenant. While buying beer from a small store in Koreatown, Bart and Joey become vigilantes when Bart both kills and feeds off of a gangster who is holding u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London FrightFest Film Festival
FrightFest, also known as Arrow Video FrightFest is an annual film festival held in London and Glasgow. The festival holds three major events each year: a festival running five days over the UK late August Bank Holiday weekend, a Halloween event held in London in late October, and a festival in Glasgow held around February as part of the Glasgow Film Festival. The first event was held in London in 2000 and the first Glasgow festival was held in 2006. As its name indicates FrightFest primary focus is on the horror film genre, however, the event regularly features documentaries, science fiction and thriller films. History FrightFest was founded by film producer Paul McEvoy, film distributor Ian Rattray, and journalist and film critic Alan Jones, and television PR specialist Greg Day. Paul McEvoy has stated that his initial idea for FrightFest "came from my love and admiration for the seminal 'Shock Around The Clock' events of the 1980s organised by Stefan Jaworszyn and Alan Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
