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The Nines
''The Nines'' is a 2007 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by John August, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, and Elle Fanning. Three seemingly disconnected stories, revolving around the lives of a troubled actor, a television show runner, and finally a successful videogame designer are later shown to be intertwined in mysterious and unsettling ways. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and made $63,165 in the U.S. box office through October 11, 2007. Plot ''All three chapters of the film are centered around three men (played by Ryan Reynolds) trying to uncover the secret about strange happenings in their sometimes overlapping, lives.'' Part One: The Prisoner Troubled actor Gary, who is wearing a green bracelet, is under house arrest in another person's house as he burned down his. The house's owner is a TV writer working elsewhere. There, Gary has contact with his P.R. "handler" Margaret, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John August
John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films '' Go'' (1999), '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000), '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), '' Big Fish'' (2003), '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), '' Corpse Bride'' (2005), '' Frankenweenie'' (2012), the Disney live-action adaptation of '' Aladdin'' (2019), the novels '' Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire'' (2018), ''Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon'' (2019) and ''Arlo Finch in the Kingdom of Shadows'' (2020). He hosts the screenwriting podcast '' Scriptnotes'' with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog, and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps. August is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded the WGAw's Valentine Davies Award for his dignified contributions to the entertainment industry and the communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilot Episode
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. A successful pilot may be used as the series premiere, the first aired episode of a new show, but sometimes a series' pilot may be aired as a later episode or never aired at all. Some series are commissioned straight-to-series without a pilot (although an increasing number of such series have their first episodes titled "Pilot"). On some occasions, pilots that were not ordered to series may also be broadcast as a standalone television film or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Martini
Pink Martini is an American band founded in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale in Portland, Oregon. Group members call it a little orchestra that crosses several styles, such as Classical music, classical, Latin music, Latin, traditional pop, and jazz. The band's co-lead vocalists are China Forbes and Storm Large. History Thomas Lauderdale has worked in politics since his years in high school in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. He considered the music at most fundraisers loud and boring. So as a remedy he founded the band Pink Martini in 1994, crossing genres such as Classical music, classical, Latin music, Latin, traditional pop, jazz to appeal to a broad audience. During the following year, he called China Forbes, one of his colleagues from Harvard University, and invited her to join the band. Their first single, "Sympathique", was released in 1997 and was nominated as Song of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Awards in France. Forbes is monolingual but sings in 15 langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shys
The Shys were a five piece indie rock band from Southern California. Their line-up consisted of Kyle Krone, Chris Wulff, Riley Stephenson, and Ryan Hansen. Their debut CD, ''Astoria'', was released on Sire Records on July 11, 2006. Their most popular song is "Call in the Calvary". History Formation and EP Kyle Krone and Alex Kweskin knew each other for a long time. In high school, they met Chris Wulff, who played guitar. They played in different high school bands and semi-professional gigs. The trio then decided to form their own band. Originally, they were called "The Gun Shys". In 2004, they opened for The Killers in Las Vegas, and released a six-song EP on Intravenous Records. They became a four-piece band with the addition of Mike Walker. Later on, they were joined by Riley Stephenson and Tony Cupito. Astoria In 2006, The Shys performed at that year's South by Southwest Music Festival, where the Rolling Stone called them "Best Alternative to Jet". They also performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ferris Wheel (band)
The Ferris Wheel were a British rock and soul band, who have been described as "one of England's great lost musical treasures of the mid- to late '60s" and as "one of the most popular club acts" of the time. They released two albums, ''Can't Break the Habit'' (1967) and ''Ferris Wheel'' (1970), the latter featuring singer Linda Lewis. Career The group formed in late 1966. Original singer Diane Ferraz, born in Trinidad, had previously performed in a duo with singer Nicky Scott. They had been paired together and promoted by manager and record producer Simon Napier-Bell, who gained substantial publicity for the duo through his contacts in the London music business and because a pairing of white male and black female singers was unusual at the time. Ferraz and Scott released three singles on the Columbia label in 1966, and toured with a backing band, Simon's Triangle. The group included keyboard player Mike Liston, also known as Michael Snow, who had previously been a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High-definition Video
High-definition video (HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. While there is no standardized meaning for ''high-definition'', generally any video image with considerably more than 480 vertical scan lines (North America) or 576 vertical lines (Europe) is considered high-definition. 480 scan lines is generally the minimum even though the majority of systems greatly exceed that. Images of standard resolution captured at rates faster than normal (60 frames/second North America, 50 fps Europe), by a high-speed camera may be considered high-definition in some contexts. Some television series shot on high-definition video are made to look as if they have been shot on film, a technique which is often known as filmizing. History The first electronic scanning format, 405 lines, was the first ''high definition'' television system, since the mechanical systems it replaced had far fewer. From 1939, Europe and the US tried 605 and 441 lines until, i ... [...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] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama '' A Time to Kill''. Following a decade of brief roles in film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film '' The Help'', which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ensuing years, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic '' Fruitvale Station'' (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom '' Mom'' (20132015), and starred in the Fox drama series ''Red Band Society'' (20142015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic ''Hidden Figures'' (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy ''The Shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Denman
David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor. He made his film debut in '' The Replacements'' (2000) before his breakout role as Roy Anderson on the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2008; 2011–2012), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s and 2020s, Denman had main television roles as Mike Reilly on the Fox sitcom ''Traffic Light'' (2011), Mark Holter on the Cinemax horror series '' Outcast'' (2016–2017), and Frank Sheehan on the HBO Max miniseries '' Mare of Easttown'' (2021). He had starring roles in the films ''Puzzle'' (2018), '' Brightburn'' (2019), ''Greenland'' (2020), '' The Equalizer 3'' (2023), and '' Rebel Ridge'' (2024). Early life and education Denman was born in Newport Beach, California. He attended eight schools while growing up all over Southern California. His family moved to Sequim, Washington, when he was nine years old, living on a farm, which lasted two years before they returned to Orange County, California. He graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Addiction
Video game addiction (VGA), also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as a behavioural addiction involving problematic, compulsive use of video games that results in significant impairment to an individual's ability to function in various life domains over a prolonged period of time. This and associated concepts have been the subject of considerable research, debate, and discussion among experts in several disciplines and has generated controversy within the medical, scientific, and gaming communities. Such disorders can be diagnosed when an individual engages in gaming activities at the cost of fulfilling daily responsibilities or pursuing other interests without regard for the negative consequences. As defined by the ICD-11, the main criterion for this disorder is a lack of self control over gaming. The World Health Organization (WHO) included gaming disorder in the 11th revision of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
