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Pearlman
Pearlman ( he, פרלמן) is a surname. It is typically an Anglicized version of the Ashkenazi Jewish surname Perelman. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan R. Pearlman, American engineer and entrepreneur, founder of ARP Instruments, Inc. * Adam Pearlman (born 2005), Canadian soccer player *Adam Pearlman, the birth name of Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American member of Al Qaeda. *Edith Pearlman (1936-2022), American writer * Ed Pearlman, an American cofounder of the National Off-Road Racing Association. * Jeff Pearlman, American writer, best known for his work on sports. *Jordan Walker-Pearlman, American film director, screenwriter and producer. *Lindsey Pearlman (1978-2022), American actress *Lou Pearlman, American record producer and fraudster. *Martin Pearlman (1945-2022), American music director. *Michael Pearlman, American actor and writer. *Richard Pearlman, American theater and opera director. *Sandy Pearlman, American music producer, songwriter, and record company executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Pearlman
Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 – August 19, 2016) was an American record producer. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC. In 2006, he was accused of running one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in United States history, leaving more than $300 million in debts. After being apprehended, he pled guilty to conspiracy, money laundering, and making false statements during a bankruptcy proceeding. In 2008, Pearlman was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He died in federal custody in 2016. Early life Lou Pearlman was born and raised in New York City, New York, the only child of Jewish parents Hy Pearlman, who ran a dry cleaning business, and Reenie Pearlman, a school lunchroom aide. He was a first cousin of the musician Art Garfunkel. Pearlman's home at Mitchell Gardens Apartments was located across from Flushing Airport, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Pearlman
Samuel Clarke "Sandy" Pearlman (August 5, 1943 – July 26, 2016) was an American music producer, artist manager, music journalist and critic, professor, poet, songwriter, and record company executive. He was best known for founding, writing for, producing, or co-producing many LPs by Blue Öyster Cult, as well as producing notable albums by The Clash, The Dictators, Pavlov's Dog, and Dream Syndicate; he was also the founding Vice President of eMusic.com. He was the Schulich Distinguished Professor Chair at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, and from August 2014 held a Marshall McLuhan Centenary Fellowship at the Coach House Institute (CHI) of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information as part of the CHI's McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. Early life and education Pearlman was born in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, the son of pharmacy operator Hyman Pearlman. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Stony Brook University i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Pearlman
Jeff Pearlman (born 1972) is an American sports writer. He has written nine books that have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list: four about football, three on baseball and two about basketball. He was the author of the infamous 1999 John Rocker interview in '' Sports Illustrated''. Books Pearlman is the author of ''The Bad Guys Won,'' a biography of the 1986 New York Mets subtitled, "A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best." In 2004, the book spent eight weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Pearlman followed that up with his 2006 publication of ''Love Me, Hate Me,'' an unauthorized biography of Barry Bonds for which the author said he interviewed 524 subjects. Pearlman said that because ''Love Me, Hate Me'' was released three weeks after '' Game of Shadows'', it quickly faded. His thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Pearlman
Lindsey Erin Pearlman (October 5, 1978 – February 18, 2022) was an American actress and voice actress known for her roles on ''General Hospital'' and '' Chicago Justice''. She was also active in radio commercials. Personal life Pearlman was born on October 5, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois and started her acting career at a young age. She was married to Vance Smith, a TV producer. She was a staunch animal rights activist who helped to abolish the use of wild animals in Ringling Brothers Circus. Pearlman devoted a great deal of time and effort to rescuing, fostering, and finding permanent homes for animals. Career Pearlman trained at The Second City Conservatory. She recurred in '' Chicago Justice'', in the role of Joy Fletcher, for five episodes. She also had guest roles in '' Sneaky Pete'', '' American Housewife'', '' The Purge'', ''General Hospital,'' and countless television commercials. In 2021, she recurred as Martha on '' The Ms. Pat Show'', and as Karen in ''Haus of Viciou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Pearlman
Edith Ann Pearlman (''née'' Grossman; June 26, 1936 – January 1, 2023) was an American short story writer.Edith Pearlman Author Spotlight, Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories Early life and career Pearlman was born in , where she grew up in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood, the daughter of Edna (Rosen) and Herman Paul Grossman, an ophthalmologist. Her father was born in Ukraine, and her maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland. She graduated from . She has worked in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Pearlman
Martin Pearlman (born May 21, 1945 in Chicago) is an American conductor, harpsichordist, composer, and early music specialist. He founded the first permanent Baroque orchestra in North America with Boston Baroque (originally called Banchetto Musicale) in 1973–74. Many of its original players went on to play in or direct other ensembles in what became a growing field in the American music scene. He later founded the chorus of that ensemble and has been the music director of Boston Baroque from its inception up to the present day. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Pearlman received training in composition, violin, piano, and theory. He received a B. A. in 1967 from Cornell University, where he resided at the Telluride House, studied composition with Karel Husa and Robert Palmer and began studying harpsichord with Donald Paterson. After Cornell, Mr. Pearlman studied harpsichord with renowned harpsichordist and early music pioneer Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam on a Fulbright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pearlman (soccer)
Adam Pearlman (born 5 April 2005) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro. Born in South Africa, he has been called up to Canada at youth international level. Early life Born in South Africa, Pearlman began playing soccer at age four with Highlands Park. In 2012, he moved to Thornhill, Ontario, Canada with his family, when he was seven, and joined Glen Shields SC, and later Future Soccer Academy. In October 2016, he joined the Toronto FC Academy, playing across the U12 to U19 levels and also participated in the 2018 U13 CONCACAF Champions League. Club career He played with Toronto FC III in the League1 Ontario Summer Championship in 2021. On 8 April 2022, he signed a professional contract with Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro. He made his debut on 10 April against New York City FC II. On 15 April 2022, he signed a short-term four-day loan with the first team, Toronto FC, ahead of their Major League Soccer match against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Jordan Walker-Pearlman (born June 24, 1967) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and executive. Early life Walker-Pearlman was born in New York City, and is the nephew of actor Gene Wilder with whom he lived part of the time since childhood. Career Jordan is best known for the 2000 film '' The Visit'', for which he was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards (One for Directing and one for Writing the Screenplay) and the movie four. His 2005 film, '' Constellation'', starring Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldana, and Billy Dee Williams, premiered at the Pan African Film Festival, Roxbury Film Festival, Black Filmmmaker Magazine Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival. It also had a special premiere at the Kwa Mashu Film Festival in South Africa with both director and actress Gabrielle Union present for ten days to open the movie theater at the Arts Centre in the Kwa Mashu Township. Both films won the Audience Award at the Urbanworld Film Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pearlman
Richard Pearlman (1938 – 8 April 2006) was an American theatre and opera director and educator known for his encyclopedic knowledge on every aspect of opera from stage direction to makeup. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Pearlman received a degree in English from Columbia University in New York, and began his career in opera as a resident stage director at the Metropolitan Opera from 1964 to 1967 where he worked with Gian Carlo Menotti, Franco Zeffirelli, Luchino Visconti and Tyrone Guthrie. While serving as assistant director for an absent Zeffirelli, Pearlman directed his first opera, Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1962. These experiences led to his first credited direction, the first American staging of Berlioz's ''Béatrice et Bénédict'' for the Washington National Opera in the 1964-65 season. After a period as a staff director at the Metropolitan Opera, he became General Director of Washington Opera fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pearlman
''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott Baio, who had previously starred in '' Happy Days'', in the title role. Willie Aames, who had previously been a cast member on '' Eight Is Enough'', also starred as Charles’ best friend Buddy Lembeck. ''Charles in Charge'' joined the CBS Wednesday night lineup at 8:00 pm, placing it against ABC’s hit action series '' The Fall Guy'' and the new Michael Landon-led '' Highway to Heaven'' on NBC. At the time, with the exception of their Monday-night comedies ('' Kate & Allie'' and '' Newhart''), CBS's sitcom lineup was not performing well in the ratings and ''Charles in Charge'' did not do much to change that. Still, the network allowed the show to remain in production to complete the 22 episodes it had ordered for the season. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Pearlman
Ed Pearlman is a co-founder (together with Don Francisco) of the National Off-Road Racing Association (1966), the first exclusively off-road racing organization, and its first president. The inaugurating event of NORRA was "Mexican 1000 Rally", which has become the Baja 1000. In 1978, he established the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. Pearlman is an ex-Marine and prior to founding of NORRA he was a florist in San Fernando Valley and a four-wheel-drive Four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, refers to a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case ... buff on weekends.Motor Trend, Vol. 21p. 86/ref> References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Off-road racing drivers {{US-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perelman
Perelman ( he, פרלמן) is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Perelman (b. 1947), American poet * Chaim Perelman (1912-1984), Polish-born Belgian philosopher of law * Eliezer Ben-Yehuda () (1858-1922), Russian=Jewish lexicographer of the Hebrew language and newspaper editor * Grigori Perelman (b. 1966), Russian mathematician who proved the Poincaré conjecture * Mikhail Perelman (1923-2002), Soviet gymnast, winner of Olympic gold medal * Raymond G. Perelman (1917–2019), American businessman and philanthropist * Richard B. Perelman, author of ''Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars'' * Ronald Perelman (b.1943), American banker, businessman, and investor * S. J. Perelman (1904–1979), American humorist, author, and screenwriter * Sean Kanan (b. 1966 as Sean Perelman), American actor * Vadim Perelman (b. 1963), Ukrainian-born Canadian-American film director * Yakov Perelman (1882–1942), Soviet science-writer and author of popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
