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Second Sight (film)
''Second Sight'' is a 1989 American science fiction black comedy film from Warner Bros. starring John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, and Bess Armstrong. In the film, a paranormal detective (Larroquette), a psychic (Pinchot), and a nun (Armstrong) search the streets of Boston, Massachusetts for a missing person who has allegedly been kidnapped. Although scripted by Patricia Resnick (who previously co-wrote ''9 to 5'') and Oscar-winner Tom Schulman (who won for ''Dead Poets Society''), the film was a critical and commercial failure; it garnered mostly-negative reviews, and earned only $5.3 million at the United States box office. Production ''Second Sight'' was being produced around the time of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, which led to problems with both the script and the cast. Filming was completed in Boston, Massachusetts. Bronson Pinchot spent about three months meeting with psychics to research for the part, largely with one who was retained by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Zwick
Joel Zwick (born January 11, 1942) is an American film director, television director, and theater director.Mann, Iris (June 1, 2016)"'Hillary and Monica': An Unlikely Meeting" ''Jewish Journal''. He worked on the television series '' Perfect Strangers'', ''Full House'', and ''Family Matters'', and directed the films ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'', ''Second Sight'', and ''Fat Albert''. Biography Zwick was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish family. His father was a cantor from an Orthodox background, and Zwick had his bar mitzvah at an Orthodox synagogue. He graduated from James Madison High School in 1958. Zwick then went to Brooklyn College ('62), where he taught in the School of Film. Zwick has directed 21 television pilots, all of which have continued on to successful runs as weekly series. He is married to Dr. Candice Zwick, a psychologist. They have three daughters, Hillary, Jodi and Lara, and one son, Jamie. Despite a popular misconception, he is not related to fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Writers Guild Of America Strike
The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike was a strike action taken by members of both the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) against major United States television and film studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The strike, which ran from March 7 to August 7, 1988, affected production on movies and TV shows. At 153 days, it remains the longest strike in the history of the WGA, surpassing the 1960 strike by one week and the 2007–08 strike by seven weeks. Summary Formal negotiations between the writers guilds and producers began in January 1988. The main disagreements"Writers Strike Chronology," from ''Los Angeles Times'', 8/4/1988 included: * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regis Philbin
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest working man in show business", he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on U.S. television (surpassing previous record holder Hugh Downs). After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, Philbin served in the U.S. Navy and got his television start serving as a page for ''The Tonight Show'' in the 1950s. He got his first network television exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop's sidekick on '' The Joey Bishop Show''. He is most widely known as the co-host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show '' Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee'', starting in 1988, which became ''Live! with Regis and Kelly'' in 2001, and continued as ''Live! with Kelly'' after Philbin's departure in 2011. He is also well-known as the original ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathryn Lee Gifford (née Epstein; born August 16, 1953) is an American television presenter, singer, songwriter, actress and author. From 1985 to 2000, she and Regis Philbin hosted the talk show '' Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee''. Gifford is also known for her 11-year run with Hoda Kotb, on the fourth hour of NBC's ''Today'' show (2008–2019)''.'' She has received 11 Daytime Emmy nominations and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2010 as part of the ''Today'' team. Gifford's first television role was as Tom Kennedy's singer/sidekick on the syndicated version of '' Name That Tune'' in the 1977–1978 season. She also occasionally appeared on the first three hours of ''Today'' and was a contributing NBC News correspondent. Kathie Lee married Paul Johnson, a composer, arranger, producer and publisher of Christian music, in 1976. After their divorce in 1982, she married sportscaster and former NFL player Frank Gifford in 1986. He died in 2015. Kathie Lee has released studio music a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WABC-TV
WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. WABC-TV is best known in broadcasting circles for its version of the ''Eyewitness News'' format and for its morning show, syndicated nationally by corporate cousin Walt Disney Television. History As WJZ-TV (1948–1953) The station signed on August 10, 1948, as WJZ-TV, the first of three television stations signed on by ABC during that same year, with WENR-TV in Chicago and WXYZ-TV in Detroit being the other two. Channel 7's call letters came from its then-sister radio station, WJZ. In its early years, WJZ-TV was programmed much like an independent station, as the ABC television network was still, for the most part, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live With Regis And Kathie Lee
''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' (or simply ''Live'') is an American syndicated morning talk show hosted by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. Executive produced by Michael Gelman, the ''Live with...'' show formula has aired under various hosts since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in New York City and 1988 nationwide. , it is produced by WABC. With roots in ''A.M. Los Angeles'' and ''A.M. New York'', ''Live'' began as ''The Morning Show'', hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey; the show rose to national prominence as ''Live with Regis and Kathie Lee'' when Philbin was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford. That incarnation of the program ran for 12 years and continued as ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' for another decade before Ripa, after hosting with guest co-hosts for nearly a year, was paired with former NFL star Michael Strahan. The franchise has had longstanding success and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Hosts. On January 19, 2016, the show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldo (TV Series)
''Geraldo'' is an American daytime television tabloid talk show hosted by Geraldo Rivera that aired in syndication from September 7, 1987, to June 12, 1998. The last two seasons aired under the title ''The Geraldo Rivera Show''. The series was a production of Investigative News Group and distributed by Tribune Entertainment. For its first three seasons, Paramount Domestic Television served as co-distributor. For its final two seasons, King World Productions assisted Tribune as co-distributor. Controversy On November 3, 1988, an episode involving white supremacy, Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, black activists, and Jewish activists was aired. A confrontation between John Metzger (the son of Tom Metzger) and Roy Innis (in which Metzger goaded Innis by referring to him as "Uncle Tom") led to Innis walking over showing signs of aggression and forcefully grabbing Metzger by the neck after Metzger stood up, and subsequently, a full-scale brawl broke out. Audience members, several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Riviera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host. He hosted the tabloid talk show '' Geraldo'' from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the live 1986 TV special '' The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults''. Rivera hosted the news magazine program '' Geraldo at Large'', hosts the occasional broadcast of ''Geraldo Rivera Reports'' (in lieu of hosting ''At Large''), and appears regularly on Fox News programs such as '' The Five''. Early life Rivera was born at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née Friedman; October 16, 1924 – June 3, 2018) and Cruz "Allen" Rivera (October 1, 1915 – November 1987), a restaurant worker and cab driver respectively. He has Puerto Rican ancestry through his father. His mother was Jewish, while his father was Catholic. Rivera was raised "mostly Jewish" and had a bar mitzvah ceremony. He grew up in Brooklyn and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KABC-TV
KABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Grand Central Business Centre of Glendale, and its transmitter is located on Mount Wilson. History Channel 7 first signed on the air under the call sign KECA-TV on September 16, 1949. It was the last television station licensed to Los Angeles operating on the VHF band to debut and the last of ABC's five original owned-and-operated stations to make its debut, after San Francisco's KGO-TV, which signed on four months earlier. It was also the last of the Los Angeles "classic seven" TV stations which were originally on the VHF dial, prior to the 2009 digital conversions. (No other stations debuted in Los Angeles until 1962, when the first two UHF Los Angeles stations launched (KIIX ow KWHY-TVand KMEX-TV">KWHY-TV">ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawny Little
Tawny Little (née Godin; born September 15, 1956), Miss America 1976 and Miss New York 1975, is an American television personality. Early life and education Godin was born in Portland, Maine. She was raised in Yonkers, New York and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She became involved with the Miss New York pageant to raise tuition for Skidmore College but dropped out after she became Miss America. She later studied at the University of Southern California.Miss America 1976 Career Little was a reporter and anchor with three Los Angeles television stations beginning in 1977 with . At KABC-TV, she served as a reporter, ''Eyewitness News'' anchor and co-host with a number ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
