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Pyrates
''Pyrates'' is a 1991 comedy film, starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick about a couple who experience pyrokinesis after having sex. Directed and written by Noah Stern, the film was released on VHS on December 18, 1991. Plot When Ari (Kevin Bacon) and Sam (Kyra Sedgwick) first meet they realise that there is chemistry between them. When they have sex with each other, they experience pyrokinesis. However, as their love affair does not run smoothly, their friends Liam ( Bruce Martyn Payne) and Pia (Kristin Dattilo) intervene to try to help. At one point when Sam is angry with Ari, Liam helps Ari to serenade her with a rendition the Soft Cell song ''Tainted Love''. Cast *Kevin Bacon as Ari *Kyra Sedgwick as Sam * Bruce Martyn Payne as Liam *Kristin Dattilo as Pia *Buckley Harris as Dr. Weiss * Deborah Falconer as Rivkah *David Pressman as Carlton * Raymond O'Connor as Fireman * Byrne Piven as Rabbi Lichtenstein *Ernie Lee Banks as Wee Willie *Mickey Jones as Wisconsin Del * Petra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rackham
John Rackham (hanged 18 November 1720), perhaps known as Calico Jack, was a pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and Jamaica during the early 18th century. Rackham was active in 1720, towards the end of the "Golden Age of Piracy". He is most remembered for having two female pirate crew members: Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Rackham's life prior to piracy is unknown. He first appears in records around August 1720 after stealing merchant John Ham's sloop from Nassau harbor. After a short run, Rackham was captured by Jonathan Barnet, a former English privateer. Rackham was put on trial by Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor of Jamaica, and hanged on the 18th of November that year in Port Royal, Jamaica. Early life Little is known of Rackham's upbringing or early life. The surname Rackham is English in origin, and many Rackham's are recorded in the Norfolk and Suffolk region of England. During his short fight with Jonathan Barnet, Rackham said he was "Of Cuba" which could mean born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Bacon made his feature film debut in ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978) and performed in ''Diner (1982 film), Diner'' (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'' (1984). Since then, he has starred in critically acclaimed films such as ''JFK (film), JFK'' (1991), ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'' (1995), ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'' (2003), and ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon'' (2008). Other credits include ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980), Tremors (1990 film), ''Tremors'' (1990), ''The River Wild'' (1994), ''Balto (film), Balto'' (1995), ''The Woodsman (2004 film), The Woodsman'' (2004), ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), ''X-Men: First Class' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Falconer
Deborah Falconer is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Her first album was ''Untangle''. She released her second album, ''Brave Like Me'', on July 22, 2003. Her third album, ''Lift Your Gaze'', was released on October 18, 2014. Personal life Falconer married Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965), also known as RDJ, is an American actor. One of the highest-grossing actors of all time, his films as a leading actor have grossed over $14 billion worldwide. In 2008, Downey was named by ''Time ... on May 29, 1992, after dating for 42 days. The couple divorced on April 26, 2004. They have one son together, Indio. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people American film actresses American women singers 20th-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Adams (actor)
Tom Adams (born Anthony Frederick Charles Adams; 9 March 1938 – 11 December 2014) was an English actor with roles in adventure, horror and mystery films, and several TV shows. He was known for his appearance in '' The Great Escape'' (1963) and as Daniel Fogarty in several series of ''The Onedin Line''. Early life Adams was born in Poplar, London and his father was a commercial chauffeur. After school, he did his national service in the British Army, serving in the Coldstream Guards, then joined the Unity Theatre, London. He adopted the stage name of Tom Adams and taught English and drama at the Cardinal Griffin secondary modern school, Poplar, in the 1960s between acting jobs with repertory companies.Tom Adams obituary at Daily Express Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford David
Clifford David (June 30, 1928 – November 30, 2017) was an American actor, singer, and coach. His career began in the 1950s, with early live television appearances leading to roles in Broadway musicals. He also played character roles in television series, feature films, and theatre. Early life David was born in Toledo, Ohio, the youngest son of Farris and Lily (née Abdow). His uncle was Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan Samuel David of Toledo. Career A protégé of Lee Strasberg, David made his Broadway debut as Scipio in Albert Camus' ''Caligula'' directed by Sidney Lumet. He also played Pasquale in '' The Aspern Papers'', directed by Margaret Webster, Antipholus in the 1963 Off-Broadway revival ''The Boys from Syracuse'', Laertes in Joseph Papp's ''Hamlet'', and Lord Byron in the Lincoln Center production of Tennessee Williams' '' Camino Real'' with Al Pacino. A member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, Clifford's filmography includes ''Invitation to a Gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick ( ; born August 19, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama ''The Closer'' (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film '' Miss Rose White'', which won an Emmy Award. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the 1995 film '' Something to Talk About''. Sedgwick's other film credits include Oliver Stone's '' Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989) and Cameron Crowe's '' Singles'' (1992). She also had a recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. Early life Sedgwick was born in New York City on August 19, 1965, the daughter of Patricia (née Rosenwald), a speech teacher and educational/family therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her mother was Jewish and her father was Episcopalian and of English heritage. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Jones
Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 – February 7, 2018) was an American musician and actor. He played drums with acts such as Trini Lopez and Bob Dylan, with whom he played on his 1966 world tour. He became a founding member of The First Edition with singer Kenny Rogers, and played on all of their albums. Overall, Jones played on 17 gold records from his musical career of over two decades. After the break-up of The First Edition in 1976, Jones concentrated on his career as a character actor, where he made many appearances in film and television. Early life and career Mickey Jones was born on June 10, 1941, in Houston, Texas, to Fred Edward Jones, a U.S. Navy officer, and Frances Marie (née Vieregge) Jones, a homemaker. His sister, Cheryl Marie, died in 2006. Jones attended Sunset High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. It was during this time that he obtained and learned to play his first set of drums. After sitting in with several local bands, Jones and four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byrne Piven
Bernard Piven (September 24, 1929 – February 18, 2002) was an American actor, director and the co-founder of the Playwrights Theatre Club, a forerunner of comedy enterprise The Second City. Life and career Piven was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania the son of Katie (née Balaban) and Samuel Piven, who were Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants. He came to Chicago in 1954 and met Joyce Hiller at the University of Chicago. They were married a short time later. In the 1950s, the Pivens were two of the founding members of the Playwrights Theatre Club, along with Paul Sills and David Shepard. Playwrights featured such budding stars as Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Ed Asner and Barbara Harris. In the mid-1950s, the Pivens moved to New York, where they studied with Uta Hagen. Piven played the leads in several New York Shakespeare Festival productions. He was also part of the Obie Award-winning cast of ''A House Remembered''. They returned to Chicago in 1967 to rejoin Sills, Sheldon Patinkin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond O'Connor (actor)
Raymond John O'Connor (September 13, 1952 - October 9, 2023) was an American character actor. Life and career Raymond John O’Connor was born September 13, 1952, in the Parkchester neighborhood of the borough of South Bronx in New York City. Born to a typical Irish Catholic family, his early life included attending Catholic schools and minor brushes with law enforcement. This path led Ray to attend Belmont Abbey College, a Benedictine monastery in North Carolina. Ray had no intentions of entering the monastery although it was a remarkable intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience. During and after college he dabbled with many jobs including working as a hard rock miner, drilling and blasting 795 feet beneath New York. Ray flirted with theater in undergraduate school and began pursuing it more seriously in graduate school in the mid-1970’s eventually jumping into the deep end of the New York Theatre scene and finding his sea legs with the First Amendment Comedy group and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Verkaik
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1989, the 35th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Fawna MacLaren (born December 18, 1965, in Santa Monica, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for January 1989. She was selected as Playboy's 35th Anniversary Playmate after a nationwide search. She was paid $35,000 for her centerfold. Several years later, she appeared in one of ''Playboys ''Wet & Wild'' home videos. February Simone Fleurice Eden (born Simone Howe on June 14, 1970, in Arcadia, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as ''Playboy's'' Playmate of the Month for its February 1989 issue. She is the first Playmate whose mother (Carol Eden) had also been a Playmate of the Month: as a result, the two appeared together on an episode of the 2006 revival of the TV series '' I've Got A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Kamiński
Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director. He established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer of all of his films since 1993, winning one Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on his holocaust drama '' Schindler's List'', and another one for the World War II epic ''Saving Private Ryan''. Aside from a total of seven Academy Award nominations, he has also received five nominations from the BAFTA Awards, and six from the American Society of Cinematographers. In addition to his collaborations with Spielberg, he has also worked with Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, Julian Schnabel and John Krasinski. Kamiński has also worked in the field of directing, first with the horror film ''Lost Souls'' (2000), and the NBC series ''The Event'' (2011) and WE TV series ''The Divide'' (2014). In 2019, the American Society of Cinematographers included ''Schindler's List'' and ''Saving Private Ry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act III Communications
Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by the estate of producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was founded in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications and Tandem Productions to The Coca-Cola Company. In a 1988 interview in ''The Wall Street Journal'', Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are always more than three acts and that he expects there to be an Act IV and V. Act III served as Lear's business vehicle, unconnected to his other activities as a political activist and philanthropist. Act III notable investments and ventures Among the many activities of Act III Communications is a minority interest in Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP); ownership interest in Concord Music Group (later merged with VRP to create Village Roadshow Entertainment Group); Act III Broadcasting; Act III Theatres; Act III Publishing; and Act III Television, a joint venture formed with Columbia Pictures Television in Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
