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Star-Crossed (TV Series)
''Star-Crossed'' is an American science fiction romantic teen drama television series created by Meredith Averill. The series premiered on The CW on February 17, 2014, and concluded on May 12, 2014, with a total of 13 episodes. On May 8, 2014, The CW cancelled ''Star-Crossed'' after one season due to low ratings. Synopsis Set in the near-future in 2024, the series follows a romance between a human girl named Emery and an alien boy named Roman when he and six others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school. It is filmed and takes place in Louisiana in the fictional town of Edendale. Cast and characters Main * Aimee Teegarden as Emery Whitehill: : Emery is a 16-year-old human girl who lives in Edendale, Louisiana and the female protagonist of Star Crossed. She was 6 years old when the Atrians arrived, and on that day, she helped a young Atrian boy (later found out to have been Roman) survive. Emery spent 4 years in the hospital due to an immune deficiency and jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction On Television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. Visual production process and methods The need to portray imaginary settings or characters with properties and abilities beyond the reach of current reality obliges producers to make extensive use of specialized techniques of television production. Through most of the 20th century, many of these techniques were expensive and involved a small number of dedicated craft practitioners, while the reusability of props, models, effects, or animation techniques made it easier to keep using them. The combination of high initial cost and lower maintenance cost pushed producers into building these techniques into the basic concept of a series, influencing all the artistic choices. By the late 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Walters
Susan Walters is an American actress, best known for her roles as Lorna Forbes on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC daytime soap opera ''Loving (TV series), Loving'' from 1983 to late 1986 and as Diane Jenkins on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' from 2001 to 2004, again briefly in 2010, and once more starting in March 2022. She had recurring roles as Principal Rimkus on The CW's ''One Tree Hill (TV series), One Tree Hill'', as Carol Lockwood on The CW's ''The Vampire Diaries'' and as Natalie Martin on the MTV series ''Teen Wolf (2011 TV series), Teen Wolf''. Life and career Walters began her television career playing Lorna Forbes Perelli on the soap opera ''Loving (TV series), Loving'' from the pilot in June 1983 to late 1986. Her first role after ''Loving'' was in the 1987 film ''Russkies''. Aaron Spelling hired Walters for several of his productions: in ''Hotel (U.S. TV series), Hotel'' during its last season (as Ryan Thomas) 1987–1988; in the 1988 tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Huguley
Jay Huguley (born July 26, 1966) is an American film, TV and theatre actor, best known for playing Vice Admiral Mark Dixon on Lioness opposite Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman, Whit Peyton on '' Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2007), Will Bransom on '' Treme'' (2012–2013), Jimmy Ledoux on ''True Detective'' (2014) and David on '' The Walking Dead'' (2015). Early life and education Huguley was born in Englewood, New Jersey and raised in nearby Tenafly, New Jersey, the youngest of three boys, to father Arthur W. Huguley, III, a commodities trader and president of Westway Trading Corporation, and mother Katherine McCrae Yarborough Huguley, a housewife. As a child, Huguley spent his teenage years attending the Peddie School, a boarding school in Hightstown, New Jersey, from where he later graduated. He spent a year abroad at the University of London studying political science and graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a double major in political science and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahmoh Penikett
Tahmoh Penikett (; ; born May 20, 1975) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Karl "Helo" Agathon on SyFy's 2004 television series '' Battlestar Galactica''. He has appeared in TV series ''Supernatural'', '' Dollhouse'', the Showcase time travel show '' Continuum'', and as the antagonist Darius in the 2006 racing video game '' Need for Speed: Carbon''. Early life Penikett was born in Whitehorse, Yukon. He is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who moved to Victoria, British Columbia from England at age 12, and Lulla Sierra Johns, of the White River First Nation in the Yukon. He has three siblings, twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie, sister in Fairbanks Alaska. He graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School and studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver. Career In 2002, he made a brief appearance as one of the first Human-Form Replicators in the season 6 episode of '' Stargate SG-1'', " Unnatural Selection". From 2004 to 2005, Penikett portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Luken
Jesse Christopher Luken (born 1983) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for playing Jimmy Tolan in the FX (TV channel), FX drama series ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' and Eric in the The CW, CW science fiction romance series ''Star-Crossed (TV series), Star-Crossed''. Career Luken began his career in 2008 with the short film ''Starlet''. He has also had guest appearances in television series such as ''Privileged (TV series), Privileged'', ''Three Rivers (TV series), Three Rivers'', ''Greek (TV series), Greek'', and ''Law & Order: LA'', as well as a recurring role in the comedy web series ''Spymates''. In 2012, he got his break when he was cast in a recurring role in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Glee (TV series), Glee''. Later that year, Luken was cast in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC drama ''Last Resort (U.S. TV series), Last Resort''. His first major film role was in the award-winning film ''42 (film), 42'' portraying baseball playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Madison Burge
Dora Madison Burge, sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress. She is known for starring as Becky Sproles on the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' from 2009 to 2011. She starred as Jessica "Chilli" Chilton on the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire'' from 2015 to 2016. Personal life Burge was born in Hutto, Texas, as the youngest of six children. She attended Round Rock Christian Academy and was accepted to the University of North Texas, but deferred to pursue an acting career. Career After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' in the fourth season until the show ended with the fifth season in 2011. According to a local interview, Burge said prior to being cast, she did not watch the show, but that did not limit her abilities when auditioning for the part as she was "so right on" for the role. In 2011, Burge appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25th in population, with roughly 4.6 million residents. Reflecting its French heritage, Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). Baton Rouge is the state's capital, and New Orleans, a French Louisiana region, is its most populous city with a population of about 363,000 people. Louisiana has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the south; a large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
