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Selina Kyle (Batman Returns)
Selina Kyle, commonly known as Catwoman, is a fictional character who appears in Tim Burton's ''Batman'' film series and is based on the DC Comics character of the same name. She is portrayed by American actress Michelle Pfeiffer. This is often considered to be one of Pfeiffer's finest performances, even though she regarded it as one of her most uncomfortable, due to the sheer discomfort and inhibitions she suffered through while wearing the costume. She appeared in the 1992 film '' Batman Returns'' as one of the secondary antagonists, alongside her former boss Max Shreck and main villain The Penguin. When ''Batman Returns'' was released in June 1992, the performance caused a sensation, receiving critical acclaim and numerous accolades, and is consistently referred to as the greatest portrayal of Catwoman of all time by critics and fans. Character arc This version of Selina Kyle is depicted as a long-suffering secretary of corrupt tycoon Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ''Ed Wood'' (1994), '' Sleepy Hollow'' (1999), ''Corpse Bride'' (2005), '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (2007) and ''Dark Shadows'' (2012), as well as the television series ''Wednesday ''(2022). Burton also directed the superhero films ''Batman'' (1989) and ''Batman Returns'' (1992), the sci-fi film ''Planet of the Apes'' (2001), the fantasy-drama ''Big Fish'' (2003), the musical adventure film ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), and the fantasy films ''Alice in Wonderland'' (2010) and ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016). Burton has often worked with actors Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Lisa Marie (former girlfriend), Helena Bonham Carter (his former domestic partner) and composer Danny Elfm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Keaton
Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his various comedic and dramatic film roles, including Jack Butler in '' Mr. Mom'' (1983), Betelgeuse in '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), the DC Comics superhero Batman / Bruce Wayne in ''Batman'' (1989) and '' Batman Returns'' (1992), and the Marvel Comics supervillain Vulture / Adrian Toomes in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017). His breakout role was as fast-talking schemer Bill "Blaze" Blazejowski in the 1982 film '' Night Shift''. He later appeared in a variety of films ranging from dramas and romantic comedies to thriller and action films, such as '' Clean and Sober'' (1988), ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (1993), ''The Paper'' (1994), '' Multiplicity'' (1996), '' Jackie Brown'' (1997), '' Herbie: Fully Loaded'' (2005), '' The Other Guys'' (2010), ''RoboCop'' (2014), ''Need for Speed'' (2015), '' Spotlight'' (2015), '' The Founder'' (2016), '' Dumbo'' (2019), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (1989 Film)
''Batman'' is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics Batman, character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Directed by Tim Burton, it is the first installment of Warner Bros.' Batman (1989 film series), initial ''Batman'' film series. The film was produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in Batman (1989 film series character), the title character's war on crime and depicts his conflict with his archenemy Joker (Jack Napier), The Joker. After Burton was hired as director in 1986, Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay. ''Batman'' was not greenlight, greenlit until after the success of Burton's ''Beetlejuice'' (1988). The tone and themes of the film were partly influenced by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's ''Batman: The Killing Joke, The Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis On Infinite Earths
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is a 1985 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics. The series, written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by George Pérez, was first serialized as a 12-issue limited series from April 1985 to March 1986. As the main piece of a crossover event, some plot elements were featured in tie-in issues of other publications. Since its initial publication, the series has been reprinted in various formats and editions. The idea for the series stemmed from Wolfman's desire to abandon the DC Multiverse depicted in the company's comics—which he thought was unfriendly to readers—and create a single, unified DC Universe (DCU). The foundation of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' developed through a character (the Monitor) introduced in Wolfman's ''The New Teen Titans'' in July 1982 before the series itself started. At the start of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', the Anti-Monitor (the Monitor's evil counterpart) is unleashed on the DC Multiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's AdSense program, which seeks to generate more revenue for both parties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Scott
Ashley McCall Scott (born July 13, 1977) is an American actress and model, best known for providing the voice and motion capture for Maria Miller in the video games '' The Last of Us'' (2013) and ''The Last of Us Part II'' (2020). She has also appeared in films such as '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001), ''Walking Tall'' (2004), '' Into the Blue'' (2005), '' The Kingdom'' (2007), '' 12 Rounds'' (2009), and ''Secret Obsession'' (2019), as well as a number of television movies on the Lifetime network since 2010. Her television roles include '' Jericho'', ''Birds of Prey'', '' Dark Angel''. Early life Scott was born in Metairie, Louisiana, on July 13, 1977, growing up in Charleston, South Carolina. She began her modeling career as a young girl and was a 1993 Elite Model Look finalist. As a teenager, she became a model for Elite Miami. She modeled internationally in fashion shows in Miami, Paris, and London, and has modeled for photos on the cover of numerous publications. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntress (Helena Wayne)
The Huntress, also known as Helena Wayne, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is the daughter of the Batman and Catwoman (Selina Kyle) of an alternate universe established in the early 1960s and referred to as "Earth-Two", where the Golden Age stories took place. A modern-day predecessor (and retroactive namesake) of Helena Wayne as Huntress with no blood-relation to Batman or Catwoman, Helena Bertinelli, was additionally co-created by the character's co-creator Joe Staton in 1989, originally intended as a reinvention of the character following the events of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', before being retconned as different characters. Actress Ashley Scott portrayed Helena Kyle / The Huntress in the 2002 television series ''Birds of Prey'' and reprised her role in the annual Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths". Publication history The Huntress was created as a response to ''All Star Comics'' inker Bob Layton's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of Prey (TV Series)
Bird of prey refers to several species of carnivorous birds. Bird of Prey may also refer to: Aviation * Boeing Bird of Prey, a black project Boeing aircraft * Bird of Prey, a specific Boeing EC-135E aircraft Music Albums * ''Bird of Prey'' (album), an album by Zozobra Songs * " Sunset (Bird of Prey)", a 2000 song by Fatboy Slim * "Bird of Prey" (Jim Morrison song), a song on the 1995 remastered edition of ''An American Prayer'' * "Bird of Prey" (Uriah Heep song) * "Bird of Prey", a song by Natalie Prass from '' Natalie Prass'' *"Birds of Prey" , a song by Christina Aguilera from her 2010 album '' Bionic'' Television * ''Bird of Prey'' (TV serial), a 1982 BBC drama series starring Richard Griffiths * "Bird of Prey" (''The Batman''), an episode of ''The Batman'' Other uses * ''Bird of Prey'', part of the '' Batgirl: Year One'' comic series by DC Comics * Bird of Prey (Star Trek), a fictional type of spacecraft in the Star Trek universe See also * Birds of Prey (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series ''Arliss (TV series), Arliss'' (1996–2002) and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton's ''Batman (1989 film), Batman'' (1989) and Larry in ''Bull Durham'' (1988). Early life Wuhl was born in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, Union, New Jersey to a Jewish family. His father worked as a produce distributor. After attending Union High School (New Jersey), Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Wuhl was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater in April 2012. Career Wuhl's first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy ''The Hollywood Knights'' along with other fledgling actors Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Fran Drescher, followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis On Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is the sixth Arrowverse Crossover (fiction), crossover event, featuring episodes of the television series ''Supergirl (TV series), Supergirl'', ''Batwoman (TV series), Batwoman'', ''The Flash (2014 TV series), The Flash'', ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', and ''Legends of Tomorrow'' on The CW. The ''Supergirl'', ''Batwoman'', and ''The Flash'' episodes aired in December 2019 while the ''Arrow'' and ''Legends of Tomorrow'' episodes aired in January 2020. The events of the ''Black Lightning (TV series), Black Lightning'' episode "The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis" (which aired between ''Batwoman'' and ''The Flash'') and a two-issue comic book with characters and concepts unused in the live-action episodes also tied into the event. "Crisis on Infinite Earths", inspired by the Crisis on Infinite Earths, comic of the same name, continues plotlines established in the previous crossover, "Elseworlds (Arrowverse), Elseworlds". The preceding episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrowverse
The Arrowverse is an American superhero media franchise and a shared universe that is centered on various interconnected television series based on DC Comics superhero characters, primarily airing on The CW as well as web series on CW Seed. The series were developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns, Ali Adler, Phil Klemmer, Salim Akil, Caroline Dries and Todd Helbing. Set in a shared fictional multiverse much like the DC Universe and DC Multiverse in comic books, it was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast and characters that span six live-action television series and two animated series. The franchise began with ''Arrow'', based on the character Green Arrow, which debuted in October 2012. It was followed by ''The Flash'' in 2014, and the animated web-series '' Vixen'' in 2015. The franchise was further expanded in 2016, when in January of that year a new series titled '' Legends of Tomorrow'' debuted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Conroy
Frances Hardman Conroy is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series '' Six Feet Under'' (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version of Moira O'Hara in season one of the television anthology series '' American Horror Story'', which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, and as well a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt, and Belle Noir on seven further seasons of the show: '' Asylum'', ''Coven'', '' Freak Show'', '' Roanoke'', ''Cult'', ''Apocalypse'', and ''Double Feature'', respectively. Conroy is the fourth actor who has appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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