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Sordid Lives
''Sordid Lives'' is a 2000 American black comedy film written and directed by Del Shores, in his directorial debut. It is based on his 1996 play, which is inspired by Shore's own coming out experience, and about a Texas family coming together in the aftermath of the matriarch's death. Produced independently, filming took place in Los Angeles on a $500,000 budget in late 1999. It was shot digitally that was later transferred to 35mm film. It premiered at the Palm Beach International Film Festival on February 4, 2000. It was given a limited eight-theater release in the United States on May 11, 2001, that ran until April 2003 and grossed $1.1 million. Reviews from critics were negative, but was described as later gaining cult status. It was followed by a television series, '' Sordid Lives: The Series'' (2008), and a film, ''A Very Sordid Wedding'' (2017). Premise A family from a small Texas town must come to grips with the accidental death of the elderly family matriarch during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Shores
Del Shores (born Delferd Lynn Shores; December 3, 1957) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, playwright and actor known for his work in theater, television, and film. He debuted with his first play, ''Cheatin'' (1984) which became successful, and later rose to prominence for his play ''Sordid Lives'' (1996) and Sordid Lives, the 2000 film adaptation. His works often explore themes of LGBTQ+ identity, Southern culture, and dysfunctional family dynamics, blending humor with drama. Shores has also written and directed other plays, including ''Southern Baptist Sissies'' (2000), ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife'' (2003), and ''Yellow'' (2010), many of which he adapted into films. In television, he has worked as a writer and producer on shows like ''Queer as Folk (American TV series), Queer As Folk'' and ''Dharma & Greg''. Early life and influence Delferd Lynn Shores was born in Winters, Texas on December 3, 1957, to Vernie Loraine Shores (; 1936� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35 Mm Movie Film
35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on film, 35 mm is the most commonly used gauge. The name of the gauge is not a direct measurement, and refers to the nominal width of the 35 mm format photographic film, which consists of strips wide. The standard negative pulldown, image exposure length on 35 mm for movies ("single-frame" format) is four film perforations, perforations per Film frame, frame along both edges, which results in 16 frames per foot of film. A variety of largely proprietary gauges were devised for the numerous camera and projection systems being developed independently in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, along with various film feeding systems. This resulted in cameras, projectors, and other equipment having to be calibrated to each gauge. The 35 mm width, originally specified as inches, was introduced around 1890 by William Kennedy Dickson and Thomas Edison, using 120 film st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (; born June 4, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He rose to fame as John Carter in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' (1994–2009), receiving five Emmy Award nominations, three Golden Globe Award nominations and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since 2025, he has starred as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch in the HBO Max medical drama ''The Pitt''. Wyle is also known for his work on TNT, portraying Steve Jobs in the television film '' Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999), Flynn Carsen in ''The Librarian'' franchise and Tom Mason in the sci-fi series '' Falling Skies'' (2011–2015). He was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for his performance in the CBS miniseries '' The Red Line'' (2019). He had supporting roles in films such as ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''Donnie Darko'' (2001) and '' Enough'' (2002). Wyle served as artistic producer of the Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles for over 20 years. Early life Wyle was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed new episodes on Peacock since September 12, 2022. The soap is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. A co-production of Corday Productions and Sony Pictures Television, the series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. During ''Days of Our Lives'' early years, Irna Phillips (creator of former NBC stablemate '' Another World'' as well as its former CBS rivals, '' As the World Turns'' and ''Guiding Light'') served as a story editor for the program and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell, who would depart the series in 1975 to focus full-time on ''The Young and the Restless'', which he created for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrika Darbo
Patrika Darbo (born April 6, 1948) is an American actress. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1988 romantic comedy film ''It Takes Two (1988 film), It Takes Two'' and later appeared in ''The 'Burbs'' (1989), ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' (1990), ''Spaced Invaders'' (1990), ''Leaving Normal (film), Leaving Normal'' (1992), ''In the Line of Fire'' (1993) and ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (film), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' (1997). Darbo played Roseanne Barr in the 1994 biographical television film ''Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes''. Darbo is known for her roles as Nancy Wesley and The Bold and the Beautiful characters (2017)#Shirley Spectra, Shirley Spectra in the television soap operas ''Days of Our Lives'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', respectively. In 2016, Darbo won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her role in the online comedy series ''Acting Dead'', becoming the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Rose
Margot Rose is an American television and film actress, composer and lyricist. Background She attended Interlochen Arts Academy, the Yale School of Drama and the North Carolina School of the Arts. Margot began her career in 1975 working in theater (Godspell) and television commercials and was a member of the original company of ''I'm Getting My Act Together & Taking it on the Road'' at the New York Shakespeare Festival, then later at the Circle in the Square Downtown. Career Rose has guest starred on over sixty television series including: ''Hill Street Blues'', '' E/R'', ''Night Court'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''L.A. Law'', ''The West Wing'', ''Judging Amy'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Law and Order: Los Angeles'', ''Murphy's Law'', ''The Mentalist'' and ''Numb3rs'', among many others. She had a leading role in the 1992 '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode " The Inner Light", one of the most widely acclaimed episodes of that series. Rose has had a numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstage
Backstage may refer to: * Backstage (theatre), the areas of a theatre that are not part of the house or stage Film and television * ''Back Stage'' (1917 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy * ''Back Stage'' (1919 film), a silent film starring Buster Keaton * ''Back Stage'' (1923 film), a silent ''Our Gang'' short * ''Backstage'' (1927 film), a silent comedy feature starring William Collier Jr. and Barbara Bedford * ''Limelight'' (1936 film), a British musical also known as ''Backstage'' * ''Backstage'' (1939 film), an Italian comedy film * ''Backstage'' (1988 film), an Australian film * ''Backstage'' (2000 film), a rap concert documentary * ''Backstage'' (2005 film), a French film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot * ''Backstage'' (2021 film), an Indonesian film * ''Backstage'' (South African TV series), a 2000–2007 South African youth-targeted soap opera television series * ''Backstage'' (Canadian TV series), a 2016–2017 Canadian television drama series about a performing art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abilene Reporter-News
''Abilene Reporter-News'' is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas, United States. The newspaper started publishing as the weekly ''Abilene Reporter'', helmed by Charles Edwin Gilbert, on June 17, 1881, just three months after Abilene was founded. It is hence the oldest continuous business in the city. It became a daily newspaper in 1885. History The newspaper, owned in the early 1920s by Bernard Hanks, became one of the two original flagships of the Harte-Hanks Harte Hanks is a global marketing services company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Harte Hanks services include analytics, strategy, marketing technology, creative services, digital marketing, customer care, direct mail, logistics, and ful ... newspaper chain in 1924. In 1937, the company merged its morning paper, ''The Morning News,'' with the afternoon ''Daily Reporter'' to form the ''Abilene Reporter-News''. The newspaper published morning and evening editions into the 1950s. The E. W. Scripps Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was an American theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony hosted by ''Drama-Logue'' founder Bill Bordy. The awards did not require any voting or agreement among critics; each critic could select as many award winners as they wished. As a result, many awards were issued each year. In some years, the number of winners was larger than the seating capacity of the venue where the ceremony was conducted. The award categories included Production, Direction, Musical Direction, Choreography, Writing, Performance, Ensemble Performance, Scenic Design, Sound Design, Lighting Design, Costume Design Costume design is the process of selecting or creating clothing for a performers. A costume may be designed from scratch or may be designed by combining existin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria LeRoy
Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy (November 7, 1925 – May 26, 2018) was an American character actress. She had a diverse career on stage, in film, and on television. Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on stage and cast her in ''The Night They Raided Minsky's'' in 1968. She was perhaps best known for playing the voluptuous Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner in the 1970s sitcom ''All in the Family''. Biography LeRoy was born in 1925 to vaudeville performers Loletta and Russell LeRoy in Bucyrus, Ohio. When she was a young girl the family moved to New York, where they owned a dance school, which both Gloria and her brother Kenneth studied. Kenneth went on to star on Broadway as a dancer and singer and was the first Bernardo in ''West Side Story''. Gloria performed on Broadway in ''Artists and Models'' with Jackie Gleason in 1943 at age 17 as a Specialty Dancer. Her early career started in night clubs as a dancer and singer for Barbara Walters' father, impresario Lou Walters, at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Dickey
Diana Dale Dickey is an American character actress who has worked in theater, film, and television. She began her career on stage, performing in the 1989 Broadway version of ''The Merchant of Venice'', before appearing in popular revivals of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', ''Sweeney Todd'' and more off-Broadway and in regional theaters. She's the recipient of two Ovation Awards for her stage work in Los Angeles. Known as a "consummate character actor," Dickey made her screen debut in 1995. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her breakthrough performance as Merab in the 2010 independent drama film ''Winter's Bone''. Over her career, she has appeared in more than 60 movies, most notably ''Changeling'' (2008), '' Super 8'' (2011), ''Iron Man 3'' (2013), '' Regression'' (2015), '' Hell or High Water'' (2016), ''Leave No Trace'' (2018) and ''Bloodline'' (2018). Her television credits including recurring roles on ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005–09), ''Breakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edward Phipps
William Edward Phipps (February 4, 1922 – June 1, 2018) was an American actor and producer, sometimes credited simply as William Phipps, known for his roles in films and on television. Early years Hometown Phipps grew up in St. Francisville, Illinois. His parents divorced when he was six years old. By the time he was in high school, he was using his stepfather's last name of Couch. He developed a love of acting at a young age and performed in several plays in grade school and high school. One of the plays in which he performed, during his junior year of high school in 1937, was ''Before Morning'', a 1933 play made into a film that same year. College After graduating from high school in 1939, he attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where he majored in accounting, was elected freshman class president and served as head cheerleader. After two years of college, he moved to Hollywood, to pursue a career in acting and resumed his original last name of Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
