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Thanks For Sharing (film)
''Thanks for Sharing'' is a 2012 American comedy-drama film directed by Stuart Blumberg, who co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Winston. The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit, Carol Kane, and Alecia Moore, with a supporting cast including Michaela Watkins, Emily Meade, and Isiah Whitlock Jr. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival to mixed reviews, and was released in the United States a year later. Plot In New York City, Adam is recovering from his sexual addiction. He has been abstinent for five years. Neil is a doctor who was court ordered to attend sex addiction meetings after being convicted of rubbing against people in public. He grinds against a stranger on the subway and gets punched for it on the way to a sex addiction meeting. Mike is a married recovering sex addict and group leader. He sponsors Adam, who in turn, sponsors Neil. At work, Neil makes inappropriate jokes and gets i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Blumberg
Stuart Blumberg (born July 19, 1969) is an American screenwriter, actor, producer and director. Early life Blumberg grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio and graduated from University School. He is of Jewish descent. He graduated from Yale University in 1991 with a BA in History, where Edward Norton was a roommate. Career Blumberg was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2010 for co-writing '' The Kids Are All Right''. Blumberg made his directorial debut with the Hollywood film ''Thanks for Sharing'' starring Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Joely Richardson, and Alecia Moore. The film is about sex addiction and how a group of New Yorkers deal with recovery. Filmography As director * '' Thanks for Sharing'' (2012) * '' She Said, She Said'' (short, 2013) * ''The Testament'' (TBA) As writer * ''MADtv'' (TV series, 1996) * ''Keeping the Faith ''Keeping the Faith'' is a 2000 American romantic comedy film written by Stuart Blum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organization, non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, Trailer (promotion), trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray (including Blu-ray 3D, 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification, UK age-verification scheme, which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors, under the aegis of the Incorporated Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Koppelman
Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American television and film writer, producer and director. Koppelman is the co-writer of ''Ocean's Thirteen'' and ''Rounders (1998 film), Rounders'', a producer of films including ''The Illusionist (2006 film), The Illusionist'' and ''The Lucky Ones (film), The Lucky Ones'', the director of films including ''Solitary Man (film), Solitary Man'' and the documentary ''This Is What They Want'' for ESPN's ''30 for 30'' series, and the Television program creator, co-creator, showrunner, and Executive producer (television), executive producer of Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''Billions (TV series), Billions'' and ''Super Pumped (TV series), Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.'' Early life and education Koppelman was born on April 27, 1966, in Roslyn Harbor, New York (state), New York, the son of Brenda "Bunny" Koppelman and Charles Koppelman. Koppelman is American Jews, Jewish. His father was a producer and media executive. Koppelma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wain
David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director. He has co-written and directed six feature films, including '' Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), '' Role Models'' (2008), '' Wanderlust'' (2012), and '' They Came Together'' (2014). He has also served as a creator, producer, writer and director on a number of television series, including '' Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', '' Childrens Hospital'', '' Medical Police,'' and '' Mr Throwback''. He has had small roles in most of the films and TV series he has produced or directed. Wain had a starring voice role as The Warden on the 2008–2014 Adult Swim animated series '' Superjail!'', and has provided the voices for Courtney Wheeler and Grover Fischoeder on ''Bob's Burgers'' since 2012. He began his career as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The State. The group had their own TV show on MTV from 1993 to 1995, '' The State'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okieriete Onaodowan
Okieriete "Oak" Onaodowan ( ) is an American actor and singer known for his work in musical theatre and television. On stage, he is known for originating the dual roles of Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the 2015 Broadway musical ''Hamilton''. He starred in '' Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'' as Pierre Bezukhov on Broadway in 2017. On television, he is known for the role of Dean Miller in the ABC drama and ''Grey's Anatomy'' spin-off series, '' Station 19''. He also appeared in the main role of Ade in the Amazon Prime Video series '' Jack Ryan''. He returned to Broadway in 2023 as Nills Krogstead in ''A Doll's House''. Early life Onaodowan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Nigerian parents. He and his five sisters were raised in West Orange, New Jersey, He attended Gregory Elementary School and Roosevelt Middle School and West Orange High School, graduating in 2005. Onaodowan briefly played football for his high school, but he stopped after an injury dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poorna Jagannathan
Poorna Jagannathan ( ; born December 22, 1972) is an American producer and actress. She is known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries '' The Night Of'', as well as for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy series ''Never Have I Ever''. Poorna also co-conceived, produced, and acted in the play ''Nirbhaya'', which was considered "one of the most powerful and urgent pieces of human rights theatre ever made," and is regarded as a critical moment in India's history of women's empowerment. Poorna was named among the "Top 100 Most Impactful Asians" in America in 2021, 2022 and 2025 by Goldhouse. ''People'' magazine featured her in their 2024 “The Beautiful Issue” while '' Verve'' magazine named her among the top 50 most powerful women in India in 2014. Early life Poorna was born in Tunis, Tunisia, to Vasantha Jagannathan and G. Jagannathan, an Indian diplomat, on December 22, 1972. She grew up in Pakistan, Ireland, India, Brazil and Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection period, people often have mild or no symptoms. Early symptoms can include fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and jaundice, yellow tinged skin. The virus persists in the liver, becoming Chronic condition, chronic, in about 70% of those initially infected. Early on, chronic infection typically has no symptoms. Over many years however, it often leads to liver disease and occasionally cirrhosis. In some cases, those with cirrhosis will develop serious complications such as liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, or esophageal varices, dilated blood vessels in the esophagus and gastric varices, stomach. HCV is spread primarily by blood-to-blood contact associated with injection drug use, poorly sterilized medical equipment, needlestick injuries in healthcare, and blood transfusions, transfusions. In r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexual Addiction
Sexual addiction is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences. The concept is contentious; sexual addiction is not a clinical diagnosis in either the DSM or ICD medical classifications of diseases and medical disorders, the latter of which instead classifying such behaviors as a part of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD). There is considerable debate among psychiatrists, psychologists, sexologists, and other specialists whether compulsive sexual behavior constitutes an addiction – in this instance a behavioral addiction – and therefore its classification and possible diagnosis. Animal research has established that compulsive sexual behavior arises from the same transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms that mediate drug addiction in laboratory animals. Some argue that applying such concepts to normal behaviors such as sex can be problematic, and suggest t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...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] |
Isiah Whitlock Jr
Isaiah is the main figure in the biblical Book of Isaiah. Isaiah may also refer to: *Isaiah (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with this name *Isaiah, pen name of Chinese science fiction writer Baoshu *Isaiah, a figure in the Book of Mormon *Isaiah, California, a ghost town *VIA Nano, formerly codenamed VIA Isaiah, a 64 bit computer processor from VIA Technologies * ''Isaiah'' (album) *"Isiah", a song by Reks from ''Grey Hairs'' See also * Hurricane Isaias Hurricane Isaias () was a destructive tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning the strongest tropical cyclone-spawned tornado since Hurricane Rita in 2005. Th ..., a 2020 hurricane * Saint Isaiah (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
