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Zachary Dylan Smith
Zachary Dylan Smith (born November 23, 1994) is a former American actor. Biography Smith's career began in community theatre when he was six years old. He played Bob Gilbreth in ''Cheaper By the Dozen'' and before moving into films continued with other stage performances including ToTo in ''The Wizard of Oz''. His break came when he was cast as the young Dale in TV production '' 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story'' (2004) and he later landed a recurring role on the TV series '' One Tree Hill'' as young Dan. He played Brendan Hume in the feature film ''Death Sentence'' (2007) which starred Kevin Bacon Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Bacon made his featu .... He plays young Chase in ''Rex'' (2008) and ten-year-old Leonidas in '' Meet the Spartans'' (2008). Filmography References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is List of municipalities in South Carolina, the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, South Carolina, Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County, South Carolina, Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina, Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 858,302 in 2023, and is the Metropolitan statistical area, 70th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. The name Columbia (name), "Columbia", a poetic synonym of "the United States of America", derives from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored the Caribbean on behalf of the Spanish Crown. The name of the city of Columbia is often abbre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the west and south across the Savannah River. Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast of the United States, East Coast. South Carolina is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 11th-smallest and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. In , its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of List of counties in South Carolina, 46 counties. The capital is Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia with a population of 136,632 in 2020; while its List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city is Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wizard Of Oz (adaptations)
''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a 1900 children's novel written by American author L. Frank Baum. Since its first publication in 1900, it has been adapted many times by L. Frank Baum and others: for film, television, theatre, books, comics, games, and other media. Baum was responsible for many early adaptations, including the 1902 musical ''The Wizard of Oz'', which was an enormous success on Broadway. The casting of comedians Fred Stone as the Scarecrow and David C. Montgomery as the Tin Woodman was especially praised. Baum featured the two characters in his second Oz book, ''The Marvelous Land of Oz'' (1904), with the hopes of turning that into a stage play as well, with Stone and Montgomery in the lead roles. When the two actors declined to participate, Baum rewrote the story as '' The Woggle-Bug'' in 1905, which was a critical and commercial failure. Following this, Baum was responsible for several more adaptations of the Oz series. His 1906 multimedia presentation, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dale Earnhardt Story
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Tree Hill (TV Series)
''One Tree Hill'' is an American teen drama television series created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on the WB. After the series' third season, the WB merged with UPN to form the CW, and from September 27, 2006, the series was broadcast by the CW in the United States until the end of its run on April 4, 2012. The show is set in the fictional town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, and initially follows the lives of two half-brothers, played by Chad Michael Murray and James Lafferty, who compete for positions on their school's basketball team and the drama that ensues from the brothers' respective romantic relationships. Most of the filming took place in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Many of the scenes were shot near the battleship USS ''North Carolina'' and on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. The first four seasons of the show focus on the main characters' lives through their high school years. Within these seasons, we see th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Sentence (2007 Film)
''Death Sentence'' is a 2007 American vigilante action thriller film directed by James Wan and written by Ian Jeffers. It stars Kevin Bacon as Nick Hume, a mild-mannered executive who becomes a vigilante after his son is murdered during a gang initiation, leading to a violent cycle of retribution. The cast also includes Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, and John Goodman. The film is loosely based on the 1975 novel ''Death Sentence'' by Brian Garfield, which serves as a sequel to his earlier work '' Death Wish''. Although the novel continues the narrative of ''Death Wish'', the film is unrelated to the '' Death Wish'' film series. ''Death Sentence'' was released theatrically by 20th Century Fox on August 31, 2007, and later on DVD on January 8, 2008. It grossed over $16 million worldwide. While it received negative reviews upon release, its critical reception has become more mixed over time, with some reassessing the film's direction and tone, contributing to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Bacon made his feature film debut in ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978) and performed in ''Diner (1982 film), Diner'' (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'' (1984). Since then, he has starred in critically acclaimed films such as ''JFK (film), JFK'' (1991), ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'' (1995), ''Mystic River (film), Mystic River'' (2003), and ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon'' (2008). Other credits include ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980), Tremors (1990 film), ''Tremors'' (1990), ''The River Wild'' (1994), ''Balto (film), Balto'' (1995), ''The Woodsman (2004 film), The Woodsman'' (2004), ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), ''X-Men: First Class' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Spartans
''Meet the Spartans'' is a 2008 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film is mainly a parody of the 2006 film ''300'', although it also references many other films, TV shows, people and pop cultural events of the time, in a manner similar to previous films that Friedberg and Seltzer had been involved in such as ''Scary Movie'', '' Date Movie'' and '' Epic Movie''. The film stars Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, and Kevin Sorbo. ''Meet the Spartans'' opened at 1 in the United States. It received negative reviews and appeared on several lists of the worst films ever made. It went on to gross $84 million on a budget of $30 million. Plot A Spartan elder inspects three babies. The first, an ugly, talking baby ogre (''Shrek the Third''), is abandoned to die for its deformity; while Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopt the second, who is Vietnamese. The third, Leonidas, is accepted as a Spartan for his already-present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Births
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Charter, Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day. Events January * January 1 ** The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. ** Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. * January 8 – ''Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
