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Daredevil
Daredevil may refer to: * A stunt performer Arts and media Comics * Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro * Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superhero ** ''Daredevil'' (Marvel Comics series), the comic series about the Marvel character *** '' Daredevil: The Man Without Fear'', a graphic novel by Frank Miller ** ''Daredevil'' (film), a 2003 film starring Ben Affleck as the Marvel character *** '' Daredevil: The Album'', the soundtrack album to the film *** ''Daredevil'' (video game), based on the film ** ''Daredevil'' (TV series), a 2015 Netflix series starring Charlie Cox as the Marvel character *** "Daredevil" (''Daredevil'' episode) ** Daredevil: Born Again, a Disney+ series with Charlie Cox reprising the titular role *** Daredevil (Marvel Cinematic Universe), based on the Marvel Comics character, as portrayed by Charlie Cox * ''The Daredevils'', a Marvel UK comic Film * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stunt Performer
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a daredevil, who performs for a live audience. When they take the place of another actor, they are known as stunt doubles. Overview A stunt performer is an actor skilled in both choreographing and safely presenting actions on-screen that appear to be dangerous, risky, or even deadly. Stunts frequently performed include car crashes, falls from great height, drags (for example, behind a horse), and the consequences of explosions. There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work. There is maximum risk when the stunts are performed in front of a live audience. In filmed performances, visible safety mechanisms can be removed by editing. In live performances the audience can see more clearly if the performer is genuinely doing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (role-playing Game)
''Daredevils'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1982 that is meant to emulate pulp magazine fiction of the 1930s. Description ''Daredevils'' — subtitled "Roleplaying Action and Adventure in the Two-Fisted Thirties" — is a role-playing game set in a historically accurate Earth of the 1930s that is meant to recall the adventures of pulp magazine characters such as Doc Savage, Sam Spade, Allan Quatermain, and The Shadow, as well as detective novels and film noir detective films of the 1930s and 1940s. The player takes the persona of a detective cum pulp fiction hero. Adventures for ''Daredevils'' published in following years involve other themes that were popular in 1930s pulp magazines such as lost worlds, exotic locales, and supernatural horror. The game uses the Basic Chance of Success (BCS) system first developed for FGU's ''Bushido'' and ''Aftermath!''. Components The boxed set contains: * 64-page rulebook that describes the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevil (Fu Manchu Album)
''Daredevil'' is the second studio release from Fu Manchu, a Southern Californian stoner rock band, released on the Bong Load Custom Records label in 1995. A remastered version of the album was released in 2015. Track listing Personnel * Scott Hill – guitar, vocals, producer * Ruben Romano – drums, producer * Eddie Glass Edward Glass (born December 19, 1970) is an American rock musician best known as the frontman of the stoner rock band Nebula. Glass was formerly the drummer for the punk rock band Olivelawn, as well as a guitarist of Fu Manchu. Nebula has been ... – guitar, producer * Brad Davis – bass, producer Additional personnel * Tom Rothrock – producer * Rob Schnapf – producer Credits Engineered and mixed by Rob and Tom. Assisted by Dennis Brower Mastered by Stephan Marcussen Cover photography by Gary Gladstone 1972 Fu Manchu photographed by Lisa Johnson All songs by Fu Manchu © 1995 Van-O-Rama Music/ASCAP Project coordination by Surfer Brad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (band)
Daredevils was an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California, that was composed of Brett Gurewitz, Gore Verbinski, Dean Opseth, and Josh Freese. It was formed in 1994 by guitarist Gurewitz after his departure from Bad Religion. Daredevils released only one single "Hate You", with the B-side "Rules, Hearts", and disbanded. The editor for AllMusic rated it at 3 out 5, unfavorably comparing it to the Daredevil's work as the band Bad Religion, but still considered it to be "solid, mature punk tunes". The characterized Gurewitz's lyrics as "uncharacteristically smug", but not "without his usual penetrating insights". Members * Brett Gurewitz – guitar, vocals (see also Bad Religion) * Gore Verbinski – guitar (see also Little Kings) * Dean Opseth – bass (see also Medicine) * Josh Freese – drums (see also A Perfect Circle, Guns N' Roses, The Offspring, The Vandals, Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Buyea
Rob Buyea (born September 12, 1976) is an American children's fiction author best known for his ''Mr. Terupt'' series of novels. In 2011, Buyea won an E.B. White Read Aloud Award for ''Because of Mr. Terupt''. He is now a full time author, residing with his wife, three children, and two dogs in North Andover, Massachusetts. Education Buyea earned a B.S. from the in biology from the College of Arts and Sciences (1999) and a M.A. in education from the School of Education (2000), both at Syracuse University. He was a wrestler on the Syracuse Orange The Syracuse Orange are the college athletics in the United States, athletic teams that represent Syracuse University. The school is a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Until 2013, Syracuse was a member of the Big East ... team. Bibliography *'' Because of Mr. Terupt'', 2010 *''Mr. Terupt Falls Again'', 2012 *''Saving Mr. Terupt'', 2015 *''The Perfect Score'', 2017 *''Voices Rising From The Classroom'', 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul White (missionary)
Paul Hamilton Hume White (26 February 1910 – 21 December 1992) was an Australian missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author. Early life and missionary work White was born in Bowral, New South Wales. After studying medicine at the University of Sydney, he married Mary Bellingham and together they travelled to Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania) as Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries in 1938, where White established a hospital at Mvumi Mission which soon replaced Kilimatinde as the main medical centre of the CMS mission in Tanganyika. White succeeded Dr Cyril Wallace as the medical secretary of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika in 1939. In 1941 after only two years in missionary work White had to return to Australia due to his wife's illness. On the way home, he developed a boil in, to use his own words, 'a place which caused me to take a pillow, cut a hole in it, and sit very carefully (!)' Unable to take part in the shipboard entertainment he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thompson Daviess
Maria Thompson Daviess (November 28, 1872 – September 3, 1924) was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a " Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories, among them, “Miss Selina Sue and the Soap-Box Babies," "Sue Saunders of Saunders Ridge" and "Some Juniors.". Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Kentucky, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison. Biography Maria (sometimes "Marie") Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, November 28, 1872. Her parents were John Burton Thompson Daviess (a relative of the Harrodsburg-born writer Zoe Anderson Norris) and Leonora Hamilton Daviess. The father, John B. T. Daviess, died when she was eight, and the family subsequently relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Her paternal grandmother, also named Maria Thompson Daviess, was a columnist and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Vestal
Shawn Vestal is an American author based in the state of Washington. He is best known for his collection of short stories, ''Godforsaken Idaho'', which earned him the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2014. He currently lives in Spokane where he served as a columnist for ''The Spokesman-Review''. He retired from the newspaper in March 2024. He and his wife Amy Cabe have a son, Cole Vestal. Bibliography * ''Godforsaken Idaho'' (2013) Little A/New Harvest * ''Daredevils'' (2016) Penguin Press Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initiall ... References 1966 births Writers from Spokane, Washington Former Latter Day Saints Living people {{US-fiction-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (The Hardy Boys)
''Daredevils'' is the 159th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 2000, and republished by Aladdin Paperbacks Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several children's-book imprints owned by Simon & Schuster. It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's department (1961). Atheneum merged with or was ... in 2002, and by Thorndike Press in 2003. Plot summary The Hardy Boys meet popular stunt man and former family friend Terrence McCauley. His father, Brian McCauley is a friend of Fenton Hardy. Terrence became a stuntman against his father's better wishes, and now somebody's after him. After two attacks on Terrence's life, Joe Hardy enters Daredevil fest — a competition to decide the best young stuntman — as a bodyguard to protect Terrence from the stalker. More accidents happen, with Joe rescuing Terrence each time. Then, just when they th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Hinton
Nigel Hinton (born 1941 in London) is an English novelist, primarily of fiction for teenagers. Career Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years at the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent. He then worked as a professional actor and did some teaching part-time before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has published at least twenty three novels from ''Collision Course'' (1976) to ''The Norris Girls'' (2017), including the '' Buddy'' trilogy for teenagers and the ''Beaver Towers'' stories for younger children. His novel ''The Finders'' won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and ''Collision Course'' won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. His novel ''Out of the Darkness'' won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel ''Time Bomb'', set in 1949 in the area in which he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. In 2014 his short novel ''Partners In Crime'' won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award. He has ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Cox (writer)
Greg Cox (born 1959) is an American writer of science fiction, including works that are media tie-ins. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He has written numerous ''Star Trek'' novels, including ''The Eugenics Wars'' (Volume One and Two), '' The Q Continuum'', ''Assignment: Eternity'', and ''The Black Shore''. His short fiction can be found in such anthologies as ''Star Trek: Tales of the Dominion War'', ''Star Trek: The Amazing Stories'' and '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' logs. His first " Khan" novel, ''The Eugenics Wars: Volume One'', was voted best sci-fi book of the year by the readers of '' Dreamwatch'' magazine. Cox can be found in a bonus feature on the "Director's Edition" DVD of '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''. Bibliography ''Star Trek'' novels *'' Star Trek: The Original Series'' **''Assignment: Eternity'' (1997), **''The Rings of Time'' (2012) **''The Weight of Worlds'' (2013) **''No Time Like the Past'' (2014) **''Foul Deeds Will Rise'' (2014) **''Child of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASCAR Racers
''NASCAR Racers'' is an animated television series by Saban Entertainment which features two rival NASCAR racing teams, Team Fastex and Team Rexcor, competing against each other in the futuristic NASCAR Unlimited Division. The series ran from 1999 to 2001 on Fox Kids. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment. The racing scenes around complicated futuristic tracks were 3D computer animation, while the characters were drawn in traditional 2D cel animation. Premise While real life NASCAR tracks are mainly ovals, ''NASCAR Racers'' is anything but. The racers compete on a wide variety of courses, including road course, off-road, mountain, and Motorsphere. The Motorsphere track starts with a typical race track leading into a sphere, then tracks are wrapped around the inner surface of the sphere. The NASCAR Unlimited Division features cutting edge, over-the-top technologies (from the show's point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
