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Ted Rooney
Ted Rooney is an American actor and educator, known for his role as Morey Dell on ''Gilmore Girls'', neonatologist Dr. Tabash on '' ER'', and John McGarrigle on the HBO series ''Boardwalk Empire''. Early life and education Rooney was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He is the seventh of nine children. He graduated from Grant High School, where his father, Ed Rooney, was a teacher and basketball coach. Rooney completed his undergraduate degree in theater at Lewis & Clark College and received his MFA in acting at Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe .... Career After college, Rooney played semi-pro basketball in Germany. He lived for six years in New York City pursuing theater, and he lived ten years in Los Angeles continuing with theater pursuits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1867 and is situated on the historic M. Lloyd Frank Estate in South Portland's Collins View neighborhood. It is composed of three distinct but adjacent campuses: the College of Arts & Sciences, the Graduate School of Education & Counseling, and the Law School. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III Northwest Conference. History Like many modern American universities, the institution that would eventually become Lewis & Clark was initially intended to provide secondary as well as higher education for a specific religious community, in this case Presbyterian pioneers in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The Presbyterian church incorporated "Albany Academy" in 1858.Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956. Within a decade of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Work (film)
''Blood Work'' is a 2002 American mystery thriller film starring, produced, and directed by Clint Eastwood. It co-stars Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesús, and Anjelica Huston. The story is an adaptation of the 1998 novel of the same name by Michael Connelly. Eastwood won the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the Venice Film Festival for his work on the film. Plot FBI Special Agent Terrell "Terry" McCaleb, a veteran criminal profiler, leads a joint FBI-LAPD task force to capture the "Code Killer", a serial murderer who leaves taunting messages for McCaleb. While addressing reporters at the latest crime scene, McCaleb sees what he believes to be the killer in the crowd and pursues him only to suffer a near-fatal heart attack. Two years later, the now retired McCaleb lives out of his fishing boat, ''Following Sea'', on the Long Beach bay, having received a heart transplant. He is approached by waitress Graciella Rivers; her sister, Gloria, was murdered during a robbery and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somebody I Used To Know
''Somebody I Used to Know'' is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Dave Franco and co-written with his wife Alison Brie. The film stars Brie, Jay Ellis, and Kiersey Clemons. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on February 10, 2023. Plot Ally is the showrunner of ''Dessert Island'', a successful but waning reality TV series. After filming the season's final episode, she is informed that the show will be cancelled. With no social life outside of work, she decides to take a break and visit her mother in Leavenworth, Washington. At a bar in her hometown, she runs into an ex-boyfriend, Sean. They spend the night drinking together, and kiss in the car when Sean takes her home. He refuses her invitation for sex, and she leaves awkwardly. Later that day, she visits Sean's house intending to apologize for the incident, but learns that he is getting married that weekend and his family is throwing a party. She tries to leave, but Sean's mother Jojo insists she attend the wed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showing Up (film)
''Showing Up'' is a 2022 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Kelly Reichardt, in her fourth collaboration with actress Michelle Williams. The film follows a sculptor managing the competing attentions of her art, job, family, and friendships. ''Showing Up'' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 27, 2022, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. The film was released theatrically in the United States by A24 on April 7, 2023. It received largely positive reviews, with particular praise for Williams' performance and Reichardt's direction. It was also named one of the top 10 independent films of 2023 by the National Board of Review. In 2024, the film received the Robert Altman Award at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards. Plot Lizzy is a sculptor and arts administrator assistant for her mother at her alma mater, the Oregon College of Art and Craft. She is also working on a showing of her work, clay sculptures of women in joyful or anguished movement. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Champion
''The Last Champion'' is a 2020 American sports drama film directed by Glenn Withrow and starring Cole Hauser. Cast *Cole Hauser as John Wright *Sean H. Scully as Michael Miller *Hallie Todd as Melinda Miller *Randall Batinkoff as Bobby Baker *Peter Onorati as Frank Stevens * Annika Marks as Elizabeth Barnes *Bob McCracken as Pastor Barnes * Taylor Dearden as Joanna Miller *Casey Moss as Scott Baker Production Hauser's casting was announced in December 2016. The film was shot in Idaho and Washington. Filming occurred in Garfield, Washington. Filming also occurred in the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas Allen is a city in Collin County, Texas, Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 104,627 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, and was estimated to be 111 .... Release The film was released on digital platforms on December 8, 2020. Reception Michael Foust of Crosswalk.com gave t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Water Man (film)
''The Water Man'' is a 2020 American drama film directed by David Oyelowo, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Emma Needell. The film stars Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, Alfred Molina and Maria Bello. Oprah Winfrey serves as an executive producer via her revived Harpo Films banner. ''The Water Man'' had its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2020, and was released in the United States on May 7, 2021, by RLJE Films. Plot Gunner Boone is 11 and has recently moved to Pine Mills, Oregon, a small, rural town. He spends his time working on a graphic novel about a detective investigating his own death, riding his bike, and visiting a nearby bookstore to borrow detective stories and books on cancer, as his mom Mary has leukemia. As they just moved to town, he has no friends yet. Gunner's escapism comes from deep within. Gunner’s father Amos is a Marine, rarely at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Cow
''First Cow'' is a 2019 American drama film directed by Kelly Reichardt, from a screenplay by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond based on Raymond's 2004 novel ''The Half-Life''. It stars John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shepherd (actor), Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer, Stephen Malkmus, Alia Shawkat, and Lily Gladstone. It also features René Auberjonois in one of his final film roles. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2019, and was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. It was theatrically released by A24 in the United States on March 6, 2020, and released on Video on demand, VOD platforms on July 10, 2020, to acclaim from critics. It won Best Film at the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, and was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review. Plot In the present, a woman walking her dog on the riverside disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Broken
''Pretty Broken'' is an American dramedy film that follows Lindsey Lou (Jillian Clare), as she tries to learn the steps after the death of her father. The film also stars Preston Bailey as Monty Lou (Lindsey's younger brother), Stacy Edwards as Caroline Lou (their mother), and Tyler Christopher as Jerry Carlyle. Resonance Productions and Leonian Pictures are producing. Eichenberger is directing from Jill Remensnyder's script about an unemployed college dropout on the verge of divorce who finds herself at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father. The film was shot in its entirety in Portland, Oregon over the course of a year. It was previously titled ''Free For All''. ''Pretty Broken'' started gaining attention when ''General Hospital'' star Tyler Christopher came on board as the male lead opposite Jillian Clare. The film premiered at the 2018 Newport Beach Film Festival. Cast * Jillian Clare as Lindsey Lou * Tyler Christopher as Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild (2014 Film)
''Wild'' is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2012 memoir '' Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail'' by Cheryl Strayed. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, and W. Earl Brown, the film follows Strayed as she embarks on a solo hiking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 after numerous personal problems had left her life in shambles. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 5, 2014. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $52.5 million against its $15 million budget. Witherspoon and Dern received nominations at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Plot In June 1995, despite a lack of hiking experience, Cheryl Strayed leaves Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunting Of Sunshine Girl
''The Haunting of Sunshine Girl'' is an ongoing supernatural horror web series that is currently broadcast on YouTube. The series was created by Paige McKenzie, Nick Hagen, and Mercedes Rose, and is produced by Coat Tale Productions. The series first launched in 2010 and its premiere episode was uploaded on December 10, 2010. ''The Haunting of Sunshine Girl'' quickly rose in popularity and between December 2010 to October 2011 the show received more than 4.3 million total hits. The average length of the episodes is about two minutes but can run less depending on the episode and content. The cast of ''The Haunting of Sunshine Girl'' is entirely composed of unknown actors. McKenzie, the series's lead actress, did not initially identify herself by her real name, choosing instead to use the pseudonyms Sunshine Girl and Frances Jones until she revealed her real name in June 2013. She stars in the series along with her mother Mercedes Rose, Maxwell Arnold, Seth Renne, and Adrienne Voge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Santa Pups
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kill Hole
''The Kill Hole'' is a 2012 American action thriller war film written and directed by Mischa S. Webley and starring Chadwick Boseman, Tory Kittles, Dennis Adkins, Victoria Blake, Ted Rooney with Peter Greene and Billy Zane. It is Webley's directorial debut. Cast * Chadwick Boseman as Lt. Samuel Drake * Tory Kittles as Sgt. Devon Carter * Dennis Adkins as Hull * Victoria Blake as Carol * Ted Rooney as James * Peter Greene as Peter Krebbs * Billy Zane as Marshall Reception The film has a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Dennis Harvey of ''Variety'' gave the film a negative review, calling it "a middling drama that tries to combine elements of ''Rambo'' with serious treatment of soldiers’ post-traumatic stress disorder and vague political commentary.” Omer M. Mozaffar of ''RogerEbert.com'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Its director and producer Zach Hagen is congenial and it is a very good movie. It keeps leading you in one direction, in order to sneak up on you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
