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Steven Brill (director)
Steven Brill (born May 27, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote ''Little Nicky'' and directed ''Mr. Deeds'', ''Without a Paddle'', ''Heavyweights'', and ''Drillbit Taylor''. He has had cameo roles in all three The Mighty Ducks (film series), ''Mighty Ducks'' movies, and appeared in ''The Wedding Singer'', ''Mr. Deeds'', and ''Knocked Up'', although his role in the latter has been miscredited to Judd Apatow. He also appeared as the Barfly in ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape''. As a director, Brill was one of the central players (alongside Harvey Weinstein) in the 2007/2008 ''Fanboys (2009 film)#Development, Fanboys'' reshoot/editing controversy. Education Steven Brill attended high school (1976–1980) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Brill graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston University's Film School. There he studied with poet Derek Walcott and collaborated with Marc Maron on sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utica, New York
Utica () is the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most populous city in New York, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 census. It is located on the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, approximately west-northwest of Albany, east of Syracuse and northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome metropolitan area comprising all of Oneida and Herkimer counties. Formerly a river settlement inhabited by the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, Utica attracted European-American settlers from New England during and after the American Revolution. In the 19th century, immigrants strengthened its position as a layover city between Albany and Syracuse on the Erie and Chenango Canals and the New York Central Railroad. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city's infrastructure contributed to its success as a manufacturing center and defined its role as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Maron
Marc David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' and appeared more than forty times on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', more than any other stand-up comedian. He hosted ''Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater'' from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart. He was also a regular guest on ''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' on VH1. He was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America (radio network), Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting ''The Marc Maron Show'' and co-hosting ''Morning Sedition'' and ''Breakroom Live''. In September 2009, following the cancellation of ''Breakroom Live'', Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast ''WTF with Marc Maron'', interviewing comedians, authors, musicians, and celebri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubie Halloween
''Hubie Halloween'' is a 2020 American horror comedy mystery film directed by Steve Brill, co-written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler, and features an ensemble cast consisting of Sandler in the title role, Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Rob Schneider, June Squibb, Kenan Thompson, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Buscemi, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, and Ben Stiller, with the latter reprising his role from ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996). The film follows a Halloween-loving delicatessen worker who must save the town of Salem, Massachusetts from a kidnapper as various hijinks occur. Released on October 7, 2020, by Netflix, the film received mixed reviews from critics, although some critics considered it better than Sandler's other recent comedies. It pays tribute to actor Cameron Boyce, who was set to co-star, but died in 2019 due to epilepsy causing Karan Brar to appear in the intended role instead. Plot In Salem, Massachusetts, Hubie Dubois, a friendly, but dimwitted and cowardly delicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100% Fresh
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. Primarily a comedic leading actor in films, his accolades include an Independent Spirit Award, alongside nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2023, Sandler was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1995. He returned to ''Saturday Night Live'' as a host in 2019 earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He has starred in Hollywood comedy films that cumulatively grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Sandler had an estimated net worth of $420 million in 2020, and signed a new four-movie deal with Netflix worth over $250 million. Sandler's comedic roles include ''Billy Madison'' (1995), ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996), ''The Waterboy'' (1998), ''The Wedding Singer'' (1998), '' Big Daddy'' (1999), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Wexler
''Sandy Wexler'' is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Steve Brill and written by Dan Bulla, Paul Sado and Adam Sandler. The film stars Sandler, Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn, and Lamorne Morris, and follows a talent manager in 1990s Hollywood. It also featured Richard Lewis in his final film acting role before his death in 2024. The film was released on Netflix on April 14, 2017. Plot In 1994, Sandy Wexler is a talent manager working in Los Angeles. He has a reputation for having an extremely eccentric personality and for often telling huge lies to sound more important than he really is, resulting in his clients never finding success except for his first, a man named Alfred. His current clientele include Ted Rafferty, a ventriloquist, Kevin Conners, a comedian, Amy Baskin, an actress, Gary Rogers, a daredevil, and Bobby Barnes, a wrestler. Sandy lives in the cabana of Firuz, a Jewish-Iranian, who needs him to live there for leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Do Over
''The Do-Over'' is a 2016 American buddy action comedy film directed by Steve Brill, and written by Kevin Barnett and Chris Pappas. The movie follows Charlie ( David Spade) and Max (Adam Sandler) after Max fakes their deaths in order to start their lives anew. Things go awry when they discover that the dead men whose identities they have adopted were entangled in criminal activities. Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn and Luis Guzmán also star. The film is the second in a four-film deal between Sandler and Netflix. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on May 27, 2016. Plot Charlie lives in Florida with his materialistic wife, Nikki and her two unpleasant twin sons from her ex husband, Ted-O. He is a bank manager in a supermarket and Nikki is cheating on him with Ted-O. Charlie reunites with his old high school buddy (an FBI agent) Max at a high school reunion. They spend a weekend on a yacht Max rented, and Charlie feels young again. Max blows up the yacht to fake their de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walk Of Shame (film)
''Walk of Shame'' is a 2014 American comedy film written and directed by Steven Brill and starring Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs, and Sarah Wright Olsen. The film was released in select theaters and through video on demand in the United States on May 2, 2014, by Focus World. ''Walk of Shame'' garnered negative reviews from critics who commended Banks' performance but criticized Brill's filmmaking for creating an unspectacular comedic romp filled with broad caricatures and misogynistic views on women. The film grossed $8.1 million worldwide against a production budget of $15 million. Plot Meghan Miles, a newscaster for local Los Angeles TV affiliate KZLA6, is rejected for an anchor position with a network news program in favor of someone with an Asian last name. Having made prior plans with her friends Rose and Denise to go to a club, Meghan ends up highly intoxicated and is invited to join a group of men in a booth. When one of them invites her to leave wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movie 43
''Movie 43'' is a 2013 American anthology comedy film conceived by producer Charles B. Wessler. Featuring fourteen different storylines, each by a different director, including Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Will Graham, and Jonathan van Tulleken, the film stars an ensemble cast led by Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Kieran Culkin, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Jeremy Allen White and Kate Winslet. Julianne Moore, Tony Shalhoub, Odenkirk, Anton Yelchin and Shane Jacobson appear in storylines not included in the film's theatrical release. The project took almost a decade to get into pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Award For Worst Screenplay
The Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst film screenplay of the past year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, including each screenplay's author(s). 1980s *1980 '' Can't Stop the Music'', written by Bronté Woodard and Allan Carr ** '' A Change of Seasons'', written by Erich Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal ** '' Cruising'', written by William Friedkin ** '' The Formula'', written by Steve Shagan ** '' It's My Turn'', written by Eleanor Bergstein ** '' Middle Age Crazy'', written by Carl Kleinschmidt ** '' Raise the Titanic'', written by Adam Kennedy and Eric Hughes ** '' Touched by Love'', written by Hesper Anderson ** ''Windows'', written by Barry Siegel ** '' Xanadu'', written by Richard C. Danus and Marc C. Rubel *1981 '' Mommie Dearest'', screenplay by Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner and Robert Getchell, based on the memoir by Christina Crawford ** '' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Award For Worst Director
The Razzie Award for Worst Director is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst director of the previous year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, along with the film(s) for which they were nominated. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Age superlatives Multiple wins 2 wins * Michael Bay * John Derek * M. Night Shyamalan Multiple nominations 6 nominations * Michael Bay * Renny Harlin 5 nominations * Brian De Palma 4 nominations *Dennis Dugan * M. Night Shyamalan 3 nominations * John G. Avildsen *Uwe Boll * John Derek * James Foley * John Landis * Hal Needham * Tyler Perry 2 nominations * Steven Brill * Michael Cimino * Bob Clark *Bill Condon *Kevin Costner *Jan de Bont *Blake Edwards * Roland Emmerich * Jason Friedberg * Ron Howard *Roland Joffé * George Lucas *Prince * Aaron Seltzer *Sylvester Stallone *Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born ) is an American filmmaker. Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ready To Rumble
''Ready to Rumble'' is a 2000 American buddy comedy wrestling film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Steven Brill, which is based on Turner Broadcasting System's now defunct professional wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The film stars David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Diamond Dallas Page, Joe Pantoliano and Martin Landau. The film draws its title from ring announcer Michael Buffer's catchphrase, "Let's get ready to rumble!", and features many wrestlers from WCW. Plot Sewage workers Gordie Boggs and Sean Dawkins watch their favorite wrestler, undefeated and undisputed WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy King get cheated out of the title by Diamond Dallas Page (DDP), promoter Titus Sinclair, and DDP's wrestling stable at a '' Monday Nitro'' event. After the match, the duo expresses their rage while driving in their septic truck, resulting in a car crash which they survive. Gordie starts believing that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
