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Twenty Bucks
''Twenty Bucks'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Keva Rosenfeld and starring Linda Hunt, Brendan Fraser, Gladys Knight, Elisabeth Shue, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, David Schwimmer, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Spalding Gray. The film follows the travels of a $20 bill from its delivery via armored car in an unnamed American city through various transactions and incidents from person to person. For his performance, Christopher Lloyd won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in 1994. Plot An armored truck brings money to load an ATM. A woman withdraws $20 but the bill slips away. A homeless woman, Angeline, grabs the bill and reads the serial number, proclaiming that it is her destiny to win the lottery with those numbers. As she holds the bill, a boy grabs the bill from her and uses it at a bakery. The baker sells an expensive pair of figurines for a wedding cake to Jack Holiday and gives him the bill as change. At the rehears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Murphy (producer)
Karen Murphy is an American film producer. She frequently collaborates with writer/director Christopher Guest Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born 5 February 1948), known professionally as Christopher Guest, is a British-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy .... Films ''She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.'' Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Karen Living people American film producers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Twenty-dollar Bill
The United States twenty-dollar bill (US$20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse. Jackson's portrait on the twenty-dollar bill has been noted as ironic, given his well-known opposition to the Second Bank of the United States and his broader resistance to central banking. As of December 2018, the average life of a $20 bill in circulation is 7.8 years before it is replaced due to wear. Twenty-dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in violet straps. History Large-sized notes * The back is printed green. * The back is different, with several small variations extant. * The reverse has a $20 gold coin and various abstract elements. The back is orange. * * The back design is green. * * The back design is black. * The back is orange and features an eagle. * The front is similar, but the back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concetta Tomei
Concetta Tomei (born December 30, 1945) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Major Lila Garreau on the ABC drama series ''China Beach'' (1988–1991) and as Lynda Hansen on the NBC medical drama series '' Providence'' (1999–2002). Early life and education Tomei was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She earned a degree in education from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and worked four years as a teacher before deciding to pursue her love of theatre at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University). She earned a BFA and moved to Houston, Texas, where she worked for the Alley Theatre for two years before moving to New York City. In the Milwaukee area, she studied at Sunset Playhouse with Alan Furlan. Career Tomei appeared in the original cast of several pioneering Off-Broadway productions, including Caryl Churchill's '' Cloud Nine'' and Larry Kramer's ''The Normal Heart''. She appeared opposite Kevin Kline in the New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Murphy
Rosemary Murphy (January 13, 1925 – July 5, 2014) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She was nominated for three Tony Awards for her stage work, as well as two Emmy Awards for television work, winning once, for her performance in '' Eleanor and Franklin'' (1976). Biography and career Murphy was born in Munich, Germany in 1925, the elder daughter of American parents Mildred (née Taylor) and Robert Daniel Murphy, a diplomat. The family left Germany in 1939 due to the onset of World War II. Education Murphy, whose résumé came to include French and German films, attended Manhattanville College and trained as an actress at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio with Sanford Meisner before beginning her career on stage. Stage She made her stage debut in Germany, in a 1949 production of ''Peer Gynt''. She made her Broadway debut in 1950 in ''The Tower Beyond Tragedy''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Sorbo
Sandra Lynn "Sam" Sorbo (née Jenkins; born October 18, 1964) is an American actress. She played Serena in the television series '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and hosts the weekday, syndicated radio program, ''The Sam Sorbo Show''. Career Under her maiden name, Jenkins, Sorbo played Serena on the TV series '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. Serena is a recurring love interest for Hercules. Sorbo starred as Dr. Caroline Eggert in the third season of '' Chicago Hope'' and alongside Steve Buscemi in '' Twenty Bucks'' and '' Ed and His Dead Mother''. She had guest appearances as Mariah on ''seaQuest DSV'' and she acted alongside her husband as Dr. Sara Riley, Dylan Hunt's former fiancee, in two episodes of '' Andromeda''. Under her married name, Sorbo hosts a weekday radio show, ''The Sam Sorbo Show'', syndicated nationwide bMojo 5-0 Radio She also co-hosts ''Flashpoint Live'', a weekly radio news magazine. Personal life Sorbo studied Biomedical Engineering at Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Morfogen
George Morfogen (March 30, 1933 – March 8, 2019) was an American stage, film and TV actor. He is known for playing Bob Rebadow in the HBO show '' Oz'', and for his role as Stanley Bernstein in the original '' V'' miniseries. He was of Greek descent. Biography He appeared at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre in Heinrich von Kleist's play, '' The Prince of Homburg''. The play was videotaped for the PBS series, ''Great Performances'', and later released as a DVD. A chapter in Davi Napoleon's book, '' Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater'' describes the rehearsal process and the production. Morfogen was lifelong friends with director Peter Bogdanovich, and was best man for Bogdanovich at his 1962 wedding to Polly Platt. Morfogen acted in five films directed by Bogdanovich: '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), '' Daisy Miller'' (1974), ''They All Laughed'' (1981; also producer), '' Illegally Yours'' (1988; also co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutilated Currency
Mutilated currency is a term used by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the Bank of Canada to describe currency which is damaged to the point where it is difficult to determine the value of the currency, or where it is not clear that at least half of the note is present. Common causes of damage are fire, water damage, chemicals, explosives, damage caused by animals (including consumption of the currency) or damage from extended burying of the currency. Replacement of mutilated currency is a free public service provided by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In general, mutilated U.S. paper currency can be submitted for evaluation. If it is determined that at least half of a bill is present, the BEP will redeem its face value. When there is less than 50% of a bill present, then if it can be identified as authentic U.S. currency, and that evidence demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Treasury Department that the missing portions have been destroyed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bookmark
A bookmark is a thin marking tool, commonly made of card, leather, or fabric, used to keep track of a reader's progress in a book and allow the reader to easily return to where the previous reading session ended. Alternate materials for bookmarks are paper, metals like silver and brass, silk, wood, cord (sewing), and plastic. Some books may have one or more bookmarks made of woven ribbon sewn into the binding. Furthermore, other bookmarks incorporate a page-flap that enables them to be clipped on a page. History According to new results of the research done on the history of bookmarks, there are indications that bookmarks have accompanied codices since their first emergence in the 1st century AD. The earliest existing bookmark dates from the 6th century AD and it is made of ornamented leather lined with vellum on the back and was attached with a leather strap to the cover of a Coptic codex (Codex A, MS 813 Chester Beatty Library, Dublin). It was found near Sakkara, Egypt, un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is retrosternal Angina, chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. The pain may occasionally feel like heartburn. This is the dangerous type of acute coronary syndrome. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, nausea, presyncope, feeling faint, a diaphoresis, cold sweat, Fatigue, feeling tired, and decreased level of consciousness. About 30% of people have atypical symptoms. Women more often present without chest pain and instead have neck pain, arm pain or feel tired. Among those over 75 years old, about 5% have had an MI with little or no history of symptoms. An MI may cause heart failure, an Cardiac arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phone Sex
Phone sex is a conversation between two or more people by means of the telephone which is sexually explicit and is intended to provoke sexual arousal in one or more participants. As a practice between individuals temporarily separated, it is as old as dial telephones, on which no operator could eavesdrop. In the later 20th century businesses emerged offering, for a fee, sexual conversations with a phone sex worker. Phone sex takes imagination on both individuals' part, as each party imagines virtual sex. The sexually explicit conversation takes place between two or more persons via telephone, especially when at least one of the participants either masturbates or engages in sexual fantasy. Phone sex conversation may take many forms, including: guided fantasy, sexual sounds, narrated and enacted suggestions, sexual anecdotes and confessions, candid expression of sexual fantasies, feelings, or love, or discussion of personal and sensitive sexual topics. Once means of transmitti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarter Dollar (United States Coin)
The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a coin in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington, while its reverse design has undergone frequent changes since 1998. Since its initial production in 1796, the quarter dollar has held a significant place in American numismatics, with consistent production since 1831. It has a diameter of 0.955 inch (24.26 mm) and a thickness of 0.069 inch (1.75 mm). Its current version is composed of two layers of cupronickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) clad on a core of pure copper. With the cupronickel layers comprising 1/3 of total weight, the coin's overall composition is therefore 8.33% nickel, 91.67% copper. Its weight is 0.1823 troy oz. or 0.2000 avoirdupois oz. (5.670 grams). Designs before 1932 The choice of a quarter-dollar as a denomination, as opposed to the or the 20-cent piece that is more common elsewhere, originated with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Party
A bachelor party (in the United States), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia and Canada), is a party held for or arranged by a man who is shortly to enter marriage. The party is usually planned by the groom's friends or family. The first references to Western stag nights in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' date to the 19th century. Traditionally, stag nights involved a black tie banquet hosted by the father of the groom that included a toast in honour of the groom and bride. Since the 1980s, some bachelor parties in the United States have involved vacationing to a foreign destination, or have featured female company such as strippers or topless waitresses. History The stag dates back as early as the 5th century B.C. The ancient Spartans celebrated the groom's last night as a single man in which they held a dinner and made toasts on his behalf. In 1896, Herbert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
