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Paul Coyne
Paul J. Coyne (born July 1, 1964) is an American film and television editor and producer. Early life Coyne grew up in Milford, Massachusetts, and always thought he would someday become an artist. His earliest memory is of viewing a re-release of Jay North's '' Zebra in the Kitchen'', at the Milford Cinemas. As a hobby, Coyne first picked up his mother's Bell & Howell camera when he was 10, and combined with his skills in creative writing, began making Super-8 films. His childhood friend, Mark Cicciu, worked as a theater usher, allowing Coyne to repeatedly watch movies free of charge, furthering his interest in films. It was not until high school, when viewing John Ford's "Drums Along the Mohawk," that Coyne realized he wanted to become a filmmaker. Coyne graduated from Milford High School in 1982, and given his penchant for drawing, he was voted "Most Artistic" by his graduating class. He returned to Milford High as the keynote speaker for the graduating class of 2000. Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the Metropolitan statistical area, eleventh-largest in the United States. Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritans, Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Living Century
''The Living Century'' is an American biography television series that premiered on PBS on December 3, 2000. Each episode of the half-hour series documents the life of someone who is over 100 years old. The Living Century was produced and distributed by Reverie Productions. Episodes The first two episodes are hosted by Jack Lemmon. The remaining episodes are hosted by Walter Cronkite. Reception "Three Miracles" won a 2001 Cine Golden Eagle award for a short form documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ..., as well as a 2001 Platinum Remi Award for Best Television Documentary at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Living Century 2000 American television series debuts 2003 American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (U
Big Brother may refer to: * a brother senior in birth order Literature * Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' * ''Big Brother'' (magazine), a skateboarding culture magazine * ''Big Brother: A Novel'', by Lionel Shriver, 2013 Music * "Big Brother" (David Bowie song), 1973 * "Big Brother" (Kanye West song), 2007 * Big Brother and the Holding Company, an American band ** ''Big Brother & the Holding Company'' (album), 1967 * Big Brother Recordings, a British record label * "Big Brother", a 2004 song by Girls Aloud from '' What Will the Neighbours Say?'' * "Big Brother", a 2006 song by Morten Abel * "Big Brother", a 1999 song by Reset from '' No Limits'' * "Big Brother", a 1972 song by Stevie Wonder from '' Talking Book'' * "Big Brother", a 2004 song by Susumu Hirasawa, as Kaku P-Model from Vistoron Film * ''Big Brother'' (1923 film), a lost American silent drama * ''Big Brother'' (2007 film), an Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gas Food Lodging
''Gas Food Lodging'' is a 1992 American drama film written and directed by Allison Anders, based on the novel ''Don't Look and It Won't Hurt'' by Richard Peck. Starring Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, and Fairuza Balk, the film follows a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer park in a small desert town in New Mexico. ''Gas Food Lodging'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1992, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, and was screened at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 24, 1992, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. The film was theatrically released in the United States on July 10, 1992, to critical acclaim. At the 8th Independent Spirit Awards, Balk won for Best Female Lead, while the film earned nominations in four other categories, Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay for Anders, and Best Supporting Female for Adams. Plot Nora, a waitress with two teenage daughters, strugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Scared Straight
''Beyond Scared Straight'' is a television series that aired on A&E from January 13, 2011 to September 3, 2015 running for 9 seasons. The series follows troubled teenagers who spend a single day touring a jail or prison to learn from the inmates about the realities of being incarcerated. The series was inspired by the Academy Award-winning 1978 American documentary ''Scared Straight!''. The series was executive produced by the original film's director Arnold Shapiro and by fellow executive producer Paul Coyne. In June 2015, the network announced that the series would end after season 9, which concluded September 3, 2015. Summary Based on the 1978 American documentary ''Scared Straight!'', this series highlights juvenile crime prevention programs in prisons and jails throughout the United States. Each hour-long episode focuses on several at-risk teenagers. Throughout the series, these teens face intense confrontations from both law enforcement and inmates. Each episode starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinema Editors
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal letters "ACE". The organization's "Eddie Awards" are routinely covered in trade magazines such as ''The Hollywood Reporter'' and ''Variety (magazine), Variety''. The society is not an trade union, industry union, such as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, I.A.T.S.E. (specifically the Motion Picture Editors Guild or MPEG), to which an editor might also belong. The current president of ACE is Kevin Tent, who was elected in 2020. Membership Eligibility for active membership is based on the following: * Nomination or win of an ACE Eddie award and/or * Desire to be a member * Sponsorship by at least two active members * Minimum of 72 months' (6 years) editing experience on features and/or television * Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If You Really Knew Me
''If You Really Knew Me'' is an American reality television series which aired on MTV that focuses on youth subculture and different cliques A clique ( AusE, CanE, or ; ), in the social sciences, is a small group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than include others. Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardle ... in high schools. Every episodes features students from different cliques participating in "Challenge Day", a program designed to break down stereotypes and unite students in schools. Episodes International version A dutch version, loosely based on the American one, named ''Over de Streep'' aired in The Netherlands for three seasons. References External links * {{MTVNetwork Shows 2010 American television series debuts 2010 American television series endings 2010s American high school television series 2010s American reality television series MTV reality television series American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeland Security USA
''Homeland Security USA'', or ''Border Security: America's Frontline/Border Security USA'' for Australian viewers, is a 2009 reality television series. It portrayed members of the United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies tasked with the security of the US, performing their day-to-day duties. It was the American version of the Australian reality show ''Border Security: Australia's Front Line''. The show premiered on January 6, 2009, on ABC and was put on hiatus May 19, 2009. The show featured officers within Homeland Security, who fought various crimes such as drug trafficking. A few months after the premiere ABC aired episodes on weekend afternoons. Episodes References Episode guideat MSN TV External links * 2000s American reality television series 2009 American television series debuts 2009 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company reality television shows American television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaq's Big Challenge
''Shaq's Big Challenge'' is a reality television television show hosted by Shaquille O'Neal that debuted on ABC with its first episode on June 26, 2007, and concluded its first season on July 31, 2007. It featured Shaq's efforts to help six severely obese middle school aged children from Broward County, Florida lose weight and gain a healthy lifestyle. The events of the six episodes take place over a period of nine months. The challenge was originally scheduled to last five months, but near the end, Shaq and the kids decided to extend it another four months. All kids started out in either the obese or the morbidly obese category and were unable to produce adequate results in the President's Physical Fitness Test, and by the end they were all within the normal or overweight categories and passed the President's Physical Fitness Test in all areas. The show debuted to low ratings, though it can be attributed, and is attributed by ABC as well as critics, to the fact that the show shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Iowa
''Invasion Iowa'' is a television series that aired on Spike TV beginning on March 29, 2005, on ITV4 beginning on November 3, 2005, and The Comedy Channel in April 2007. Premise The series depicts events from September 2004, in which William Shatner played a hoax on the small town of Riverside, Iowa, by claiming to film a science fiction movie there. Unbeknownst to the residents of Riverside, the movie was in fact fake, a satire on the genre. In front of and behind the cameras, Shatner and his purported entourage performed a parody of Hollywood and celebrity culture. Producers designed the various plots and gags to elicit reactions from the townspeople. Shatner played the part of the eccentric star and improvisational actors were hired as members of his entourage. Production Producers chose Riverside because it is the self-proclaimed future birthplace of Shatner's most enduring character, Captain James T. Kirk. Residents of Riverside were encouraged to audition for parts in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. #Regional, Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
