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Nick Sakai
Nick Sakai is an American actor and producer. He has been seen in ''High Maintenance'', '' The Affair'', ''Orange Is The New Black'', and other shows. He produced, directed and starred in his own short films, '' Ms Kiss'' and '' Three Minute Love Affair''. His 2010 film ''12'', a parody of '' 24,'' became a YouTube sensation and was premiered at the 2010 Comic-Con. He also associate produced (and acted in) ''The Professor'' starring Betsy Brandt and Rick Peters. The film won the Best Action/Adventure short at 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International. He studied with Suzanne Shepherd ''(Requiem for a Dream'', ''The Sopranos)'', Maggie Flanigan at William Esper Studio, James Price, Loyd Williamson and Larry Moss. On stage, he appeared in Off Broadway production of "The Shanghai Gesture", produced by Mirror Repertory Company, directed by Robert Kalfin, starring Tina Chen and Larry Pine plus many others in New York City. Filmography * ''Guiding Light'' (1997) as a Delivery work ...
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Osaka, Japan
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Osaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the Meiji Restoration, Osaka greatly expanded in size and underwent rapid industrialization. In 1889, Osaka was officially established as a municipality. The constr ...
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William Esper Studio
The William Esper Studio was founded in 1965 as a school for the performing arts in Manhattan, New York. The school is dedicated to the acting technique of Sanford Meisner. Its founder, William "Bill" Esper, is often referred to as the best-known of Meisner's first generation teachers, and his most "authentic protege". The William Esper Studio was listed as one of The 25 Best Drama Schools for a Master of Fine Arts numerous times. Background When Esper was a young man, he saw Eli Wallach and Maureen Stapleton in a touring production of ''The Rose Tattoo''. As Esper later recounted: " was so struck by the acting ... ter the play was over, I decided to go around the corner to get a cup of coffee so I could think about it some more. I walked into a little drugstore, and Eli was sitting there having a bite to eat..." Esper talked to the actor, and Wallach told him he had studied at Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. After graduating Case Western Reserve ...
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Shanghai (2010 Film)
''Shanghai'' is a 2010 American neo-noir political thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack and Gong Li. The film was released in China on June 17, 2010. The film had a limited release in the United States on October 2, 2015, to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Plot In December 1941, just before the entry of the United States into World War II, an American agent from the Naval Intelligence Office (Cusack) arrives in Shanghai to find his friend Conner (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was recently murdered. Determined to find out who killed Conner and why, he begins working at ''The Herald'' newspaper using the alias Paul Soames, a Nazi-sympathizer cover he used while stationed in Berlin. He meets Anthony Lan-Ting (Chow Yun-Fat), an influential crime lord, and Captain Tanaka (Ken Watanabe) at the German embassy in Shanghai, during an invitation-only event. He later befriends Anthony when he saves him during an attack on Japanese officers by the ...
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The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009 Film)
''The Taking of Pelham 123'' is a 2009 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott. It is the third film adaptation of the John Godey novel of the same name (following the 1974 theatrical film and 1998 television film). The film is about a train dispatcher (Denzel Washington), who is pressed into the role of negotiator after a criminal (John Travolta) hijacks a subway car of passengers. The film was released on June 12, 2009. It grossed $150 million against a production budget of about $100 million and received mixed reviews from critics. Plot A man calling himself Ryder and his accomplices – Bashkin, Emri, and former train operator Phil Ramos – hijack Pelham 123, a New York City Subway 6 train, at 77th Street. Uncoupling the front car of the train below 51st Street, they take the passengers hostage. Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee Walter Garber, working the Rail Control Center as a train dispatcher, receives a call from Ryder, demanding $10 mi ...
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College Road Trip
''College Road Trip'' is a 2008 American family comedy film directed by Roger Kumble and starring Martin Lawrence, Kym Whitley, Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song, Margo Harshman, and Donny Osmond. The film centers on college-bound teen Melanie Porter (Raven-Symoné), who goes on a road trip to different universities with her family, including her overprotective father. The film was released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on March 7, 2008. The film garnered negative reviews from critics. Plot Melanie Porter, a 17-year-old college-bound girl, is preparing to graduate from high school and wants to go to Georgetown University. However, her father James Porter, the chief of police in the quiet Chicago suburb where they live, is overprotective of his family, including Melanie, and is not ready for her to leave and study so far away from home. James has other plans for Melanie; he wants her to go to Northwestern University which is only 28 minutes away from home. James also disa ...
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Third Watch
''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 26, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced by John Wells Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show was set and taped in New York City, and with an ensemble cast of characters, the storylines centered on the lives of police officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), all working the same fictional precinct during the 3 pm to 11 pm shift – the 'third watch'. After the September 11 attacks hit New York in 2001, season three opened with the episode "In Their Own Words", which aired on October 15, 2001, and featured interviews with real-life NYPD and FDNY members who responded to the attacks. The following episode was titled "September T ...
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Criminal Intent
Criminal intent refers to intention (criminal law), the subjective purpose or goal that must be proven along with criminal acts. It may also refer to: * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', American television series * ''Criminal Intents/Morning Star'', a 2009 EP by Dope Stars Inc. * "Criminal Intent", a song by Robyn from the album '' Body Talk Pt. 2'' * ''Gang Related ''Gang Related'', alternatively known as Criminal Intent, is a 1997 American action crime thriller film written and directed by Jim Kouf starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer and James Earl Jones. The film ...
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The Accountant (2001 Film)
''The Accountant'' is a 2001 American short comedy film directed by Ray McKinnon. In 2002, it won an Oscar for McKinnon and his wife Lisa Blount for Best Short Subject at the 74th Academy Awards, which is odd due to Blount being an Executive Producer on the short and typically ordinary Producers receive the award. The film tells the story of an accountant whose mathematical skills just might save the O'Dell family farm. The accountant takes the O'Dell brothers on a journey that explores the plight of America’s family farms and hidden corporate conspiracies. The film was released on video and DVD on November 3, 2009. Cast * Ray McKinnon as The Accountant * Walton Goggins Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in a number of television series, including '' The Shield'' (2002–2008), '' Justified'' (2010–2015), '' Vice Principals'' (2016–2017), '' The Righteo ... as Tommy O'Dell (as Walt Goggins) * Eddie King as David ...
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As The World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soap opera ''Guiding Light''. With 13,763 hours of cumulative narrative, ''As the World Turns'' has the longest total running time of any television show. In terms of continuous run of production, ''As the World Turns'' at 54 years holds the fourth-longest run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by ''General Hospital'', ''Guiding Light'', and ''Days of Our Lives''. ''As the World Turns'' was produced for its first 43 years in Manhattan and in Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on April 2, 1956, at 1:30 p.m. EST, airing as a 30-minute serial. Prior to that date, all serials had been 15 minutes in length. ''As the World Turns'' and ''The Edge ...
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Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''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 soap opera, ahead of '' General Hospital'', and is the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program ''Grand Ole Opry'' (first broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program '' The Daily Service'' (1928), the CBS religious program '' Music and the Spoken Word'' (1929), and the Norwegian children's radio program '' Lørdagsbarnetimen'' (1924–2010) have been on the air longer. When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend J ...
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Larry Pine
Larry Pine (born March 3, 1945) is an American actor. A veteran of the Broadway stage, he began his career playing the role of Fop in the 1968 production of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. He has since starred in film and television, with recurring roles in television shows such as ''As the World Turns'', '' One Life to Live'', ''All My Children'', '' Hostages'', '' House of Cards'', and ''Succession''. He has also appeared in films such as '' Vanya on 42nd Street'' (1994) for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Tim Robbins's '' Dead Man Walking'' (1995), '' Before and After'' (1996), '' Maid in Manhattan'' (2002), Woody Allen's '' Melinda and Melinda'' (2004), and Wes Anderson's '' The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Moonrise Kingdom'' (2012), ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). Career Pine began his professional acting career Off-Broadway, then in 1968 appeared as Fop in ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' at the Vivian ...
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Tina Chen
Tina Chen (Traditional Chinese: 陳婷, Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Tíng) (born November 2, 1943) is a Chinese-American stage, film, and television actress who starred in the films ''Alice's Restaurant'', ''Three Days of the Condor'', and '' The Hawaiians''. Early life Tina Chen lived briefly in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan , Japan, and then came to the United States. While pursuing her acting career, Chen worked for over a decade as a researcher in the Serology & Genetics department at the New York Blood Center. She also co-founded Food Liberation, one of the first health food stores in New York City. Career Tina Chen has been nominated for Golden Globe, Emmy, and Drama Desk awards. Her films include the independent feature ''Almost Perfect'' and the short film ''The Potential Wives of Norman Mao''. She also starred in '' The Hawaiians'', for which she received a Golden Globe award nomination; ''Alice's Restaurant'', ''Three Days of the Condor'', and ''Face''. Tina has guest s ...
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