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Richard O'Sullivan (filmmaker)
R.J. O'Sullivan (born Richard James O'Sullivan; June 10, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, cinematographer, film editor, novelist, and founder of Lost Colony Entertainment. Film career O'Sullivan began his career as a film producer in 2001, packaging a dark political comedy around a script he had written several years earlier, entitled ''How to Suck the Brain of a President's Daughter''. Independent financing was raised; actors Anthony Stewart Head, Lindsay Felton, and Tanya Roberts were attached to star in the film; and Roddy Bottum (from the band Faith No More) came aboard to provide the musical score. However, before production began, the September 11 attacks occurred, and investors, sensitive to the controversial nature of the screenplay, pulled out, causing the project to be shelved. In 2003, after scripting a straight-to-video release called ''AfterLife'', O’Sullivan began working as a writer for the NBC television network's Peabody and Emmy Award- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in South Carolina, 11th-most populous city in the state. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) groups Spartanburg and Union County, South Carolina, Union counties together as the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan statistical area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Spartanburg is the second-largest city in the greater Upstate South Carolina, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. It is part of a ten-county region of northwestern South Carolina known as "Upstate South Carolina, The Upstate", and is located northwest of Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, west of Charlotte, North Carolina, and about northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Spartanburg is the home of Wofford College, Converse Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, also known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon (headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt. The attacks killed 2,977 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in history. In response to the attacks, the United States waged the global war on terror over multiple decades to eliminate hostile groups deemed terrorist organizations, as well as the foreign governments purported to support them. Ringleader Mohamed Atta flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex at 8:46 a.m. Seventeen minutes later at 9:03 a.m., United Airlines Flig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communication Breakdown (film)
''Communication Breakdown'' is a 2004 independent motion picture directed by Richard O'Sullivan, who also wrote the script along with the film's star, Dan Lashley, and produced by John Edmonds Kozma (producer of Nick Cassavetes Nicholas David Rowland Cassavetes (born May 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, and writer. He has directed such films as '' She's So Lovely'' (1997), '' John Q.'' (2002), '' The Notebook'' (2004), ''Alpha Dog'' (2006), and '' My Sister's K ...' Kentucky Rhapsody"). The movie also stars Willie Repoley, Meredith Sause, Aleks West, Blair Peery, Brian Heffron, Jasmin St. Claire, Katie Lester, Satu Rautaharju, and Aubrey Goss. References 2004 films 2004 comedy films American comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambda Legal
The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, better known as Lambda Legal, is an American civil rights organization that focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) communities as well as people living with HIV/AIDS ( PWAs) through impact litigation, societal education, and public policy work. History Lambda's founder William J. Thom, Esq. submitted incorporation papers for approval to the New York Courts in 1971, but his application was denied on the grounds that its proposed activities would be "neither benevolent nor charitable in purpose" and "there was no demonstrated need for its existence". That decision was overturned in 1973 by the New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest court of New York State. (''In re Thom'', 301 N.E.2d 542 (N.Y. 1973).) The original incorporators, in addition to Bill Thom, were E. Carrington Boggan, and Michael J. Lavery. At their first meeting on November 10, 1973, they were elected to the newly constituted board of dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promax Award
The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy Awards (GEMA Awards; formerly known as the PromaxBDA Awards and the Promax Awards) are for entertainment marketing, promotion, and design by a company or individual that is broadcast, published, or released in their respective markets. The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy Awards (branded as "GEMA Awards") sponsors awards competitions at the global level which include Music, Sports, Video Games, Film, TV and Streaming, as well regional awards for TV and Streaming across North America, Latin America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Africa, Asia, India, and Australia and New Zealand. There is also a competition at the local level in the United States and Canada. The awards categories include network TV, TV stations, cable networks, cable systems, network radio, radio stations, syndication distributors, and interactive media. At one point, they also included the Brandon Tartikoff Award, although it has not been awarded in several years. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'', bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Snow
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American actress. She came to prominence for her role in the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'' (1998–2001), for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress and was nominated for two other Young Artist Awards and a Soap Opera Digest Awards, Soap Opera Digest Award. She then starred in the NBC drama series ''American Dreams'' (2002–2005), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award and three Teen Choice Awards. Snow has appeared in various films, including ''The Pacifier'' (2005), ''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006), ''Hairspray (2007 film), Hairspray'' (2007), Prom Night (2008 film), ''Prom Night'' (2008), Would You Rather (film), ''Would You Rather'' (2012), the Pitch Perfect (franchise), ''Pitch Perfect'' film series (2012–2017), Bushwick (film), ''Bushwick'' (2017), ''Someone Great (film), Someone Great'' (2019), and ''X (2022 film), X'' (2022). She appeared in the NBC legal comedy-drama series ''Harry's Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Meloni
Christopher Peter Meloni (; born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for portraying NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off ''Organized Crime'' (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He also played Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' (1998–2003), and starred in and executive produced the Syfy series '' Happy!'' (2017–2019). Meloni's film credits include ''12 Monkeys'' (1995), ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' (1998), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), ''Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), '' Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (2004), '' Green Lantern: First Flight'' (2009), '' 42'' (2013) and ''Man of Steel'' (2013). Early life and education Meloni was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest of three children of Cecile (née Chagnon; 1926–2016), a homemaker, and Charles Robert Meloni (1927–2012), an endocrinologist. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharif Atkins
Sharif Atkins (born January 29, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Michael Gallant on '' ER'' (2001–2006), FBI Agent Clinton Jones on ''White Collar'' (2009–2014), and Captain Norman 'Boom Boom' Gates on '' NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' (2021–2024). Early life Atkins was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his bachelor's degree in theatre/speech from Northwestern University in 1997. While at Northwestern in 1996, Atkins was initiated as a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity (Theta chapter). In 1998, he studied at the Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory (formerly PDAC), before getting his start in film and television. Career He gained fame for his role as Dr. Michael Gallant, a character that debuted in the eighth season (2001) of the NBC medical drama '' ER''. He left ''ER'' after the 2003–2004 season. In 2004, he went on to star in the short-lived police drama ''Hawaii'' as former Chicago Police Dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Visnjic
Goran may refer to: Ethnic groups *Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa *Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East *Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of southeastern Europe Other uses *Göran, a Swedish name *Goran (Slavic name), a Slavic name *Goran (Kurdish name), a Kurdish name *Goran language, a language of northern Africa *Goran, Azerbaijan, a village in Azerbaijan * ''Goran'' (film), a 2016 Croatian film See also * *Gorani (other) *Guran (other) Guran is a comic strip character. Guran () may also refer to: Places France * Guran, Haute-Garonne, a town in France Iran * Guran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province, Iran * Guran, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, ... {{disambig, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director, and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom '' Friends'', for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995. While still acting in ''Friends'', his first leading film role was in '' The Pallbearer'' (1996), followed by roles in '' Kissing a Fool;'' '' Six Days, Seven Nights;'' '' Apt Pupil'' (all 1998); and '' Picking Up the Pieces'' (2000). He was then cast in the miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) as Herbert Sobel. Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Immanuel College Prep, Bushey England and then Beverly Hills High School. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. He later moved back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Service Announcement
A public service announcement (PSA) is a message in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge to raise public awareness and change behavior. Oftentimes these messages feature unsettling imagery, ideas or behaviors that are designed to startle or even scare the viewer into understanding the consequences of undergoing a particular harmful action or inaction (such as pictures of drug users before and after their addiction or realistic skits of domestic violence situations) as well as the importance of avoiding such choices. In the UK, they are generally called a public information film (PIF); in Hong Kong, they are known as an announcement in the public interest (API). History The earliest public service announcements (in the form of moving pictures) were made before and during the Second World War years in both the UK and the US. In the UK, amateur actor Richard Massingham set up Public Relationship Films Ltd in 1938 as a specialist agency for producing short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
