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Texas Rising
''Texas Rising'' is a 2015 History Channel five-part television miniseries based on the Texas Revolution against Mexico and how the Texas Rangers were created. It was directed by Roland Joffé and premiered on May 25, 2015. The series stars Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Olivier Martinez and Cynthia Addai-Robinson. Premise Opening Introduction: (narrator): Unlike most films or television series that focus on the Texas Revolution, ''Texas Rising'' does not center on the Battle of the Alamo and starts after its fall. The series focuses on General Sam Houston and the Texan Army as Santa Anna marches eastward to face finish off the Texans. Battles shown include the Goliad Massacre and the Battle of San Jacinto. There is also special focus on a company of Texas Rangers under Deaf Smith and Henry Karnes who serve as scouts for Sam Houston. Production Filming began around June 2014 in Durango, Mexico. The series is from A+E Studios and ITV Studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of fiction typically Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. The frontier is depicted in Western media as a sparsely populated hostile region patrolled by cowboys, Outlaw (stock character), outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock Gunfighter, gunslinger characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, manifest destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. Native Americans in the United States, Native American populations were often portrayed as averse foes or Savage ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Jones (screen Actress)
Sarah Jones is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the Apple TV+ science fiction series For All Mankind (TV series), ''For All Mankind'' and the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Alcatraz (TV series), Alcatraz.'' Early life and education Jones was born in Winter Springs, Florida, and graduated from Winter Springs High School in 2001. She "grew up dancing" with the expectation that it would become her career, but she turned to acting as "the next best thing" after her dancing ended because of injuries. She had gotten her first break working as a dancer for the MTV Movie Awards. Career She began in acting with a role on ''Medical Investigation'', before going on to appear in other television credited roles that same year, including episodes of ''Cold Case'' and ''Judging Amy'', before she appeared in the 2007 Hallmark Channel movie, ''Murder 101: College Can Be Murder''."It's Evening in America". ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair''. May 2012. Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Studios
ITV Studios Limited is a British multinational television media company owned by British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, the US, Belgium, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Spain, and Scandinavia. About ITV Studios not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'Channel 3' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc. The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada, and co-owned with BBC Studioworks), and location hire company ProVisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A+E Networks
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Reinhart
Arthur Reinhart (born 24 March 1965) is a Polish cinematographer, film editor and producer, recipient of two "Golden Frogs" from Camerimage festival, two Polish Film Awards for the best cinematography and three Polish Film Festival "Golden Lion" award for best cinematography, a member of Polish Society of Cinematographers. Biography He first studied directing at Łódź Film School but after a year he changed a course to learn cinematography. He graduated in 1992. In the beginning of his activity, he worked mostly on documentary and short films. He co-worked with Jacek Petrycki on cinematography for Marcel Łoziński film ''89mm from Europe'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In 1994, he first worked with director Dorota Kędzierzawska, directing photography in the picture ''Wrony'' for which he received his first "Golden Frogue" at Camerimage festival. Selected filmography *1993: '' 89 mm od Europy'' *1994: ''Wrony'' (Plus Camermima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Debney
John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores. His work encompasses a variety of mediums and genres, including comedy, horror, science fiction, thriller, fantasy and action-adventure. He is a long-time collaborator of The Walt Disney Company, having written music for their films, television series, and theme parks. He has also collaborated with film directors such as Brian Robbins, Jon Favreau, Garry Marshall, Tom Shadyac, Peter Hyams, John A. Davis, Brad Anderson, Howard Deutch, Mark Dindal, Robert Rodriguez, and Paul Tibbitt. Debney has been the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's '' The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). Early life and education The son of Disney Studios producer Louis Debney (''Zorro'', ''The Mickey Mouse Club''), John was born and raised in Glendale, California, nearby Disney headquarters. He began guitar le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Broughton
Bruce Harold Broughton (born March 8, 1945) is an American orchestral composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He has composed several highly acclaimed soundtracks over his extensive career and has contributed many pieces to music archives, including the 1994 version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare with short versions for 20th Century Fox Television and Foxstar Productions and conducting the Cinergi Pictures logo composed by Jerry Goldsmith. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Broughton is currently a lecturer in composition at UCLA. Career Broughton has composed the score for many notable films including Disney films such as '' The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990), '' All I Want for Christmas'' (1991), '' Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' (1993) and its sequel, '' Lost in San Francisco'' (1996), as well as popular westerns such as '' Silverado'' (1985) and ''Tombstone'' (1993). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Liotta
Raymond Allen Liotta (; December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor. He first gained attention for his role in the film '' Something Wild'' (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He was best known for his portrayals of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the film '' Field of Dreams'' (1989) and Henry Hill in the film '' Goodfellas'' (1990). Liotta appeared in numerous other films, including ''Unlawful Entry'' (1992), '' Cop Land'' (1997), ''Hannibal'' (2001), '' John Q.,'' '' Narc'' (both 2002), '' Identity'' (2003), ''Killing Them Softly'', ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' (both 2012), and '' Marriage Story'' (2019). Liotta won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role in the television series '' ER'' in 2005. He starred as Frank Sinatra in the television film '' The Rat Pack'' (1998) and Lorca in the miniseries '' Texas Rising'' (2015), both of which earned him Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and starred in the series '' Shades of Blue'' (2016–2018) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser ( ; born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. List of awards and nominations received by Brendan Fraser, His accolades include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy ''Encino Man'' and the drama ''School Ties''. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies ''With Honors (film), With Honors'' (1994) and George of the Jungle (film), ''George of the Jungle'' (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy (franchise)#Stephen Sommers series (1999-2018), ''The Mummy'' trilogy (1999–2008). He took on dramatic roles in ''Gods and Monsters (film), Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''The Quiet American (2002 film), The Quiet American'' (2002), and ''Crash (2004 film), Crash'' (2004), and further fantasy roles in ''Bedazzled (2000 film), Bedazzled'' (2000) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 theatrical film), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style. Some of his most famous songs include "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times (song), For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which became hits for other artists. Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas; the family relocated to San Mateo, California during his childhood and he was briefly drafted into military service in the early 1960s. After one single for Epic Records, Kristofferson was signed by Monument Records in 1969. Throughout his career, he recorded a total of 10 albums for Monument, two albums for Mercury Records, one album each for Justice Records and Atlantic Records, and two albums each for New West Records and KK Records. In Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Morrow
Robert Alan Morrow (born September 21, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Dr. Joel Fleischman on '' Northern Exposure'', a role that garnered him three Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later for his role as FBI agent Don Eppes on ''Numbers''. Early life Morrow was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Diane Francis (née Markowitz), a dental hygienist, and Murray Morrow, an industrial lighting manufacturer. He is Jewish, and had a Reform Bar Mitzvah. Morrow grew up in Hartsdale, New York. His parents divorced when he was nine years old. He attended Cardigan Mountain School and Edgemont High School and dropped out at the beginning of his senior year to begin his acting career. Career Morrow's film career began when he appeared as an extra at age 18 on ''Saturday Night Live''. He co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in '' Private Resort'' (1985). He later appeared in the Dentyne gum commercials w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Donovan
Trevor Donovan (born Trevor Donovan Neubauer; October 11, 1982 ) is an American actor and model. Life and career Donovan was born in Bishop, California, and raised in Mammoth Lakes, California, Mammoth Lakes. He had short stints in 2007 on the NBC daytime soap ''Days of Our Lives'' as Jeremy Horton. He had a minor role in the 2009 sci-fi film ''Surrogates,'' that of the Surrogate form of Tom Greer (Bruce Willis). In June 2009, Donovan landed a recurring role on ''90210 (TV series), 90210'' as Teddy Montgomery, first appearing on September 8, 2009. On May 20, 2010, The CW announced that he was upgraded to series regular. It was later reported that his character would come out as gay in the third season, which premiered on September 13, 2010. In July 2011, it was reported that Donovan had been signed for a role in Oliver Stone's film ''Savages (2012 film), Savages,'' released in July 2012. He had originally screen-tested for a character who was edited out, but after seeing Donovan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
