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Rya Kihlstedt
Rya Kihlstedt (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She starred in the 1997 comedy film '' Home Alone 3'' as Alice Ribbons. Kihlstedt would go on to appear in the films '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' Women in Trouble'' (2009) and '' The Atticus Institute'' (2015). On television, she had a recurring roles as Dr. Michelle Ross in the Showtime crime drama ''Dexter'' and as Marilyn Rhodes in the ABC musical drama ''Nashville''. In 2015, Kihlstedt starred in the NBC miniseries '' Heroes Reborn'', in 2022 in ''Superman & Lois'' as Ally Allston, as well as the Fourth Sister in ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'', a role she later voiced in '' Tales of the Empire'' in 2024. Early life Kihlstedt is a graduate of Skidmore College. Career Kihlstedt made her film debut starring opposite Rutger Hauer in the 1993 action thriller film '' Arctic Blue''. In 1995, she appeared in the ABC miniseries '' Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III'' and in 1995 played Lizzie Elmsworth in the BBC adaptation of Edith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy media, Comic-Con has grown to include a large range of popular culture, pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres. According to ''Forbes'', Comic-Con is the "largest convention of its kind in the world". Since 2010, Comic-Con has filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with over 130,000 attendees. Comic-Con is home to the Eisner Awards, which recognizes creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the comic industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards. San Diego Comic Convention, Trade name, doing business as Comic-Con International, is the corporate name of the public-benefit nonprofit corporation behind Comic-Con. The corporation also organizes WonderCon, an annual convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasite (comics)
Parasite is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each iteration of the character has the ability to temporarily absorb the life force, attributes, memories, and superpowers of anyone through physical touch. The most well-known and recurring incarnation is Rudy Jones, who has become one of Superman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his List of Superman enemies, rogues gallery. The Rudy Jones incarnation of the Parasite has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms of media, most notably in the DC Animated Universe's ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and ''Justice League (TV series), Justice League'' as well as the live-action TV series ''Smallville'' and ''Supergirl (TV series), Supergirl'', portrayed by Brendan Fletcher and William Mapother respectively. Additionally, Raymond Jensen and Alexandra Allston, Ally Allston, appear in ''Supergirl'' and ''Superman & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave New World
''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian society which is challenged by the story's protagonist. Huxley followed this book with a reassessment in essay form, '' Brave New World Revisited'' (1958), and with his final novel, ''Island'' (1962), the utopian counterpart. This novel is often compared as an inversion counterpart to George Orwell's '' Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (1949). In 1998 and 1999, the Modern Library ranked ''Brave New World'' at number 5 on its list of the 100 Best Novels in English of the 20th century. In 2003, Robert McCrum, writing for ''The Observer'', included ''Brave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in English literature. Early in his career, he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine ''Oxford Poetry'', before going on to publish travel writing, satire, and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times, and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. Huxley was a pacifist. He grew interested in philosophical mysticism, as well as universalism, addressin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave New World (1998 Film)
''Brave New World'' is a Utopian and dystopian fiction#Dystopian fiction, dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World government, World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopia, dystopian society which is challenged by the story's protagonist. Huxley followed this book with a reassessment in essay form, ''#Brave New World Revisited, Brave New World Revisited'' (1958), and with his final novel, ''Island (Huxley novel), Island'' (1962), the utopian counterpart. This novel is often compared as an inversion counterpart to George Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (1949). In 1998 and 1999, the Modern Library ranked ''Brave New World'' at number 5 on its list of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gallagher
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. Since 1980, he has played roles in numerous Hollywood films. He is best known for starring as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series '' The O.C.'' from 2003 to 2007, and recurring roles in television such as Deputy Chief William Dodds on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, '' Stacey Koons on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Californication'', Nick on the Netflix series '' Grace & Frankie'', and Director of Clandestine Services (DCS) Arthur Campbell on ''Covert Affairs''. He also is known for his roles in the films '' Bob Roberts'' (1992), '' The Player'' (1992), '' Short Cuts'' (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995),'' American Beauty'' (1999), '' Mr. Deeds'' (2002), and '' Palm Springs'' (2020). In musical theatre, his best-known role is that of Sky Masterson in the 1992 Broadway revival of '' Guys and Dolls''. Early life Gallagher was born in New York City. His mother, Mary Ann (née O'Shea), was a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaded (film)
''Jaded'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Caryn Krooth, co-written with Wendy Olinger. It stars Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt, Christopher McDonald, and Anna Thomson Anna Thomson (born September 18, 1953) is an American actress known for roles in Clint Eastwood's ''Unforgiven'' and several films directed by the Israeli filmmaker Amos Kollek. Over the course of her career she was also credited as Anna Levine an .... Plot Megan is found naked and lying unconscious on a beach. It is presumed that Megan was raped and a local detective begins investigating. As the investigation continues, it is discovered that Megan was raped by two women. This presents the local authorities with the legal dilemma of whether women can be convicted of rape. Cast References External links * * 1998 films American courtroom films American independent films American LGBTQ-related films Lesbian-related films Films about rape Films set in New York City Films shot in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Gugino
Carla Gugino ( ; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. After early roles in the films '' Troop Beverly Hills'' (1989), '' This Boy's Life'' (1993), '' Son in Law'' (1993), and '' Snake Eyes'' (1998), Gugino received wider recognition for her starring roles in the ''Spy Kids'' trilogy (2001–2003), ''Sin City'' (2005), '' Night at the Museum'' (2006), '' American Gangster'' (2007), '' Righteous Kill'' (2008), '' Race to Witch Mountain'' (2009), Sally Jupiter in ''Watchmen'' (2009), ''Sucker Punch'' (2011), '' Mr. Popper's Penguins'' (2011), '' San Andreas'' (2015), '' Gerald's Game'' (2017), '' Gunpowder Milkshake'' (2021), and '' Lisa Frankenstein'' (2024). Gugino also starred in the crime drama series '' Karen Sisco'' (2003), the science fiction series '' Threshold'' (2005–2006), the crime drama series '' Jett'' (2019), and the supernatural horror miniseries '' The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018), '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), and '' The Fall of the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buccaneers
''The Buccaneers'' is the last novel written by Edith Wharton. The story is set in the 1870s, around the time Wharton was a young girl. It was unfinished work, unfinished at the time of her death in 1937 and published in that form in 1938. Wharton's manuscript ends with Lizzy inviting Nan to a house party, to which Guy Thwaite has also been invited. The book was published in 1938 by Penguin Books in New York. After some time, Marion Mainwaring finished the novel, following Wharton's detailed outline, in 1993. Plot The story revolves around five wealthy and ambitious American girls, their legal guardian, guardians, and the titled, landed, but impoverished Englishmen who marry them as the girls participate in the Season (society)#The Season in London, London Season. As the novel progresses, the plot follows Nan and her marriage to the Duke of Tintagel. The novel begins with three socially ambitious families looking for the status needed for their daughters to live successful live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North & South, Book III
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek ''boreas'' "north wind, north" which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mean bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Blue
''Arctic Blue'' is a 1993 action thriller film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh, Rya Kihlstedt, and John Cuthbert. Premise Eric Desmond is an amateur marshal in the wilderness of Alaska who has to deal with a homicidal trapper Ben Corbett, his fellow trappers and a greedy politician. Cast * Rutger Hauer as Ben Corbett * Dylan Walsh as Eric Desmond * Rya Kihlstedt as Anne Marie * John Cuthbert as Lemalle * John Bear Curtis as Mitchell * Bill Croft as Bob 'Viking' Corbett * Richard Bradford as Sam Wilder * Kevin Cooney as Leo Meyerling * Michael Lawrenchuk as Earl Kenai * Steven E. Miller as Arthur Neff * Gunargie O'Sullivan as Dixie VHS and DVD releases The film was released on VHS in the U.S. in 1995 from Columbia TriStar. It was released on DVD in the U.S. in 2001. See also * ''3:10 to Yuma'' (1957 film), the first film adaptation directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford (as Wade), Van Heflin (as Evans), and Felicia Farr Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series '' Floris'' and surged with his leading role in '' Turkish Delight'' (1973), which in 1999 was named the Best Dutch Film of the Century. After gaining international recognition with '' Soldier of Orange'' (1977) and '' Spetters'' (1980), he moved into American films such as '' Nighthawks'' (1981) and '' Blade Runner'' (1982), starring in the latter as self-aware replicant Roy Batty. His performance in ''Blade Runner'' led to roles in '' The Osterman Weekend'' (1983), '' Ladyhawke'' (1985), '' The Hitcher'' (1986), '' The Legend of the Holy Drinker'' (1988), and '' Blind Fury'' (1989), among other films. From the 1990s on, Hauer moved into low-budget films, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
