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Tessa Albertson
Tessa Albertson is an American actress. She plays Caitlin Miller on the television series '' Younger''. Early life Albertson was born in New York City. After high school graduation, she took time off for her acting career before attending Princeton University. Career In 2008, Albertson got the role of Alice in the movie ''Phoebe in Wonderland'' opposite Elle Fanning and Bailee Madison. In 2012, she played the role of Isabella in the Henry Alex Rubin's drama movie, '' Disconnect'' opposite Jason Bateman and Hope Davis. In 2014, she starred in the pilot ''Bambi Cottages'' beside Molly Shannon and Paul F. Tompkins. She played the role of Veronica Burke. The same year, she was announced in the casting of the new series '' Younger'' by Darren Star, the creator of ''Sex and the City,'' a sitcom broadcast on TV Land. She plays the role of Caitlin Miller, Liza's daughter. In 2015, she acted in two movies, including '' 3 Generations'' opposite Elle Fanning and Naomi Watts. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. It is one of the highest-ranked universities in the world. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, and then to the current site nine years later. It officially became a university in 1896 and was subsequently renamed Princeton University. It is a member of the Ivy League. The university is governed by the Trustees of Princeton University and has an endowment of $37.7 billion, the largest endowment per student in the United States. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering to approximately 8,500 students on its main campus. It offers postgraduate degrees through the Princeton Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Hannah Weisz (; born 7 March 1970 ) is an English actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a BAFTA Award. Weisz began acting in British stage and television in the early 1990s, and made her film debut in '' Death Machine'' (1994). She won a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for her role in the 1994 revival of Noël Coward's play '' Design for Living'' and she went on to appear in the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' drama '' Suddenly, Last Summer''. Her film breakthrough came with her starring role as Evelyn Carnahan in the Hollywood action films '' The Mummy'' (1999) and '' The Mummy Returns'' (2001). Weisz went on to star in several films of the 2000s, including '' Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), '' About a Boy'' (2002), '' Constantine'' (2005), '' The Fountain'' (2006) and '' The Lovely Bones'' (2009). For her performance as an activist in the 2005 thriller '' The Constant G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Victims Unit
A Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a specialized division within some police departments. The detectives in this division typically investigate crimes involving sexual assault or victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling such as the very young, the very elderly, or the disabled. United States New York City The New York City Police Department's Special Victims Division investigates sex crimes. It is housed in separate Borough Patrols (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn). The Special Victims Division only investigates the following types of cases: * Any child under 11 years of age who is the victim of abuse by a parent or person legally responsible for the care of the child. * Any child under 13 years of age who is the victim of any sex crime or attempted sex crime. * Any victim of rape (all degrees) or attempted rape (all degrees). * Any victim of a criminal sexual act (all degrees) or attempted criminal sexual act (all degrees). * Victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Gervasi
Alexander Simon "Sacha" Gervasi''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (; born 1966) is a British director, screenwriter and former journalist. Early life Gervasi was born in London. His mother, Milli Kosoy, was Canadian. His father, Prof. Sean Gervasi, was an American economist who had worked as an economic advisor to President John F. Kennedy in the White House, was an expert in Yugoslav affairs and had taught at the University of Oxford, the London School of Economics and at the University of Paris in Vincennes-Saint-Denis. His uncle, Tom Gervasi, was an expert on intelligence matters and author of the ''Myth of Soviet Military Supremacy'' and the Arsenal of Democracy series. His paternal grandfather was foreign correspondent and author Frank Gervasi and his paternal step-grandmother was singer Georgia Gibbs. Gervasi was educated at Westminster School, and then read modern history at King's College London. As a teena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blame (2017 Film)
''Blame'' is a 2017 American teen psychological drama film written, co-produced, edited, and directed by Quinn Shephard, who also stars alongside Nadia Alexander, Tate Donovan, and Chris Messina. The film is Shephard's feature film directorial debut. It screened at several film festivals, including at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it was nominated for several awards and won the award for Best Actress in a US Narrative Feature (for Alexander's performance). Plot Timid student Abigail returns to school after spending months in a psych ward. She is taunted for her odd mannerisms, often adopting the traits of characters from the books she reads, prompting her peers to nickname her "Sybil". Tough-and-promiscuous cheerleader Melissa and her friend Sophie take advantage of Abigail's meekness and mock her for being mentally ill. Sophie's friend Ellie is the only one that shows kindness to Abigail. Substitute drama teacher, Jeremy Woods, decides to make the class learn ''The Crucible'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Gandhi
Vikram Gandhi is an Indian American documentary filmmaker, producer, actor, and journalist. His works included '' Kumaré'' (2011), ''Barry'' (2016), '' Trigger Warning with Killer Mike'' (2019), '' 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez'' (2020)''.'' Biography Gandhi was born in New York and grew up in a Hindu household in New Jersey. His parents are Punjabi immigrants from Burma and his father works at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 2000. After college, Gandhi worked as a freelance video journalist and reported on political, economic and human rights issues in Asia for ''The Economist'', ''Time'', ABC and CNN. He also worked as a cinematographer and producer of documentary films and commercials, and his clients included American Express, Energizer, Yahoo and Katy Perry. As a documentary filmmaker, Gandhi covered the emergence of the yoga industry in the US and, inspired by his own skepticism about religious movements, he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry (2016 Film)
''Barry'' is a 2016 American drama film directed by Vikram Gandhi about Barack Obama's life at Columbia University in 1981. It stars Devon Terrell, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Mitchell, Ashley Judd, Jenna Elfman, Ellar Coltrane, Avi Nash, and Linus Roache. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on Netflix on December 16, 2016. Plot In 1981, a 20-year-old Barack Obama, commonly known as Barry, arrives in New York City to attend Columbia University as a transfer student from Occidental College. Unable to contact his expected roommate, Will, Barry spends the night in the streets. The next day, Barry succeeds in contacting Saleem, a man he met at a party a few months back, who welcomes him in his apartment. Later, Barry meets his roommate Will and they both begin to live in their off-campus apartment on 109th street. As they are walking to class, Barry meets his neighbors when one of them asks for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Marston
Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film ''Maria Full of Grace''. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for ''Life'', then for ABC News during the Gulf War.Hundley, Jessica (July 15, 2004)DVD RE-RUN INTERVIEW: Fly-on-the-Wall Fiction: Joshua Marston on "Maria Full of Grace." ''indieWIRE'' He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political Science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Gallagher, Steve (Summer 2002)25 new faces of independent film 2002.''Filmmaker Magazine'' Marston also directed an episode of '' Six Feet Under'', and Episode 7 of '' The Newsroom'' in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film ''New York, I Love You''. His 2011 film '' The Forgiveness of Blood'' premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaby Dellal
Gaby Dellal (born 1961) is a British actress, film director and writer. She was born in London. Career In 2015, Dellal directed '' 3 Generations'', a movie about a transgender teen boy played by Elle Fanning whose decision to start hormone therapy causes conflict with his mother, played by Naomi Watts and grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon. Dellal came under controversy for an interview she gave before the film's release during which she referred to the character Ray, played by Fanning, using female pronouns and referring to the character as "a girl who is presenting in a very ineffectual way as a boy." Dellal later stated that she used female pronouns because she was referring to the actress Fanning, not the character, when she made the remark. The film was distributed by The Weinstein Company in May 2017. Personal life Dellal was previously married to producer Eric Fellner, with whom she has three sons. Selected filmography Director * '' On a Clear Day'' (2005) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Barnz
Daniel Barnz (born 1970) is an American screenwriter and director. Life and career Barnz was born Daniel Bernstein in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania,Champagne, Christine"10 Directors to Watch: Daniel Barnz" '' Variety'', 16 January 2008 a suburb of Philadelphia. His parents, Richard J. Bernstein and Carol L. Bernstein, are both professors. He is openly gay and later changed his surname to an amalgamation of Bernstein and Schwartz, the surname of his partner of almost two decades, Ben Schwartz. The couple has two children. Barnz describes himself as "a Jewish liberal Democrat". Barnz graduated from Yale University and the University of Southern California Film School."Bio: Daniel Barnz" , '''' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansel Elgort
Ansel Elgort (born March 14, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career with a supporting role in the horror film ''Carrie'' (2013) and gained wider recognition for starring as a teenage cancer patient in the romantic drama film ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014) and for his supporting role in ''The Divergent Series'' (2014–2016). In 2017, he played the title character in Edgar Wright's action thriller '' Baby Driver'', for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his lead role in '' The Goldfinch'' (2019) and his performance in the lead role of Tony in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of ''West Side Story''. Early life Elgort was born in New York City. His parents are Arthur Elgort, a fashion photographer who has worked extensively for ''Vogue'' magazine and Grethe Barrett Holby, an opera director. Elgort's father named him after prominent nature photographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz (; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards. She began acting as a child, with early roles in the supernatural horror film '' The Amityville Horror'' (2005), the drama series '' Desperate Housewives'' (2006–07), the supernatural horror film '' The Eye'' (2008), the drama film '' The Poker House'' (2008), the drama series '' Dirty Sexy Money'' (2007–08), the romantic comedy film '' 500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and the children's comedy film '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' (2010). Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her critically acclaimed performances as Hit-Girl in the superhero film '' Kick-Ass'' and as a child vampire in the horror film '' Let Me In''. Moretz starred in Martin Scorsese's historical adventure film '' Hugo'' (2011), Tim Burton's horror comedy film '' Dark Shadows'' (2012), the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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