I’m a leukemia survivor, and I recall during my darkest days in the hospital when my friends would come to see me, especially the male friends – they had certain mortality issues with their visit.
Born: October 2, 1970 in Stratford, New Jersey, USA
Married to: Mark Consuelos (1 May 1996 – present) (3 children)
Known for her love of shoes, particularly high heels, as seen on Live! with Kelly (1988).
[on the search for Regis Philbin’s replacement as her co-host] They certainly weren’t looking for me when they found me. When it clicks, America will know.
MARVIN’S ROOM
1996
dir. Jerry Zaks
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Meryl Streep
Born: October 2, 1954 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
[on joining The Sopranos (1999) cast] After doing Goodfellas (1990), I was offered every Mafia girl, wife, mistress, daughter available. And I said to them, ‘No, I don’t want to do that. I did it. Can’t do it better’. I called up my agent the day before I’m going to meet David [Chase], and I go, ‘I don’t want Carmela – I want Dr. Melfi’.
[on James Gandolfini] I’ll always smile remembering that big lug with the cheeky grin squeezed into that tiny chair, and I’ll always cherish the love and gentleness he showed me.
TALENT FOR THE GAME
1991
dir. Robert M. Young
Stars:
Edward James Olmos
Lorraine Bracco
Goodfellas
1990
dir. Scorsese
starring
Liotta
Robert DeNiro
Joe Pesci
Born: October 2, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA
I’m never going to apologize for having a lot of guy friends, and I always have. That happens, and I’m not going to live my life where I’m not going to go out and have a coffee or lunch with my guy friends.
10,000 BC
2008
dir. Emmerich
Starring
Steven Strait
Camilla Belle
Coming to use courtesy of Jonathan Brooks and Foolhardy films, Ghostboy reminds us that not all ghosts are here to haunt us. Charmingly designed with exquisite musical composition and engaging visual motifs, Ghostboy invites us to take a look at life for a few moments through the eyes of a child.
Whimsical, bright, and full of colorful imagery, this film takes us on the adventures of Alfie, a reluctant young boy moving into a new home with his unassuming grandmother and his perpetually upbeat mother.
Of course, he soon finds that his new home is already occupied by an evil hostage-taking spider, a creepy doll and most distressingly, a ghost-child. Not all ghosts are bad though, as Alfie soon discovers.
This short is one of those brilliant films that fires the imaginations and delights the senses of child and adult alike. With kid-friendly humor and just enough tension to keep the plot engaging from moment to moment, Ghostboy offers a pleasant mixture of fun and games that is enjoyable for the whole family.
The soundtrack and music design is beautifully constructed, the animation is delightful and visually lush and story is delightfully fun.
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Myrto and Kimonas, an elderly childless couple have just lost their pet dog Lucy of natural causes. The events that will unfold the day they take their beloved pet to the vet will make them reconsider their relations and give them the opportunity to realise that nothing can substitute their love which, they now put to the test for whatever they have left…
This story of a childless elderly couple who loses their family pet may seem like a simple concept, but the beauty in this piece is how much more in communicates than losing the family dog. From writer and director pair Stamatis and Alex Giannoulis, Lucy begins with our elderly couple discussing taking the pet into the vet.
The conversation seems tense, as though the couple have a history of not seeing eye-to-eye. Yet the husband rushes to his wife’s’ side when she breaks down over the animal. Of course, the pet has passed away, and it marks far more to the two of them than simply losing an animal.
Later, as the couple walks home, they pass a puppy in a local shop window, which bewitches the heart of the elderly woman. Good short films leave the audience with a sense that they are feeling something deeper, greater and larger than the sum of the films’ parts. In this case, the last scene in Lucy ties everything together, when we realize the couple’s’ pet of 18 years represented the children they could never conceive.
This animal was the focus in their lives and belonged to the world they built together. Lucy may take some viewers a little while to get into, but it is more than a story about losing a pet- it is a story about the capacity human beings have to love. A beautiful piece about the human heart and what keeps it beating.
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Grief is by far one the most complex and compelling emotions of the human experience. 101 Cupcakes, written and directed by Jane Eakin, dissects the emotion with an expertly spun tale combining the raw sorrow and comforting simplicity. Grieving daughter Amy, while cleaning out her late mother’s’ home, discovers evidence that her mother knew long before her death that she was ill and did not seek treatment. Amy spins quickly through several stages of grief (such as disbelief and anger) before stumbling across her mother’s cupcake recipe.
One of the wonderful things about this film is how efficiently it distills the themes of grief, loss, love and memory. Beyond the themes of the show, it is wonderfully edited and a special nod must be given to the Director of Photography. The memories, based flash backs, have a unique brightness and subtly that establishes the compassion and human connection Amy shares with her deceased mother.
This piece has a tear-worthy ending, and it comes from a place of honesty and compassion, not cliché. It has strong, human, layered characters and a wonderful sense of community. It is story that is simple, and yet rich. It is about the memories we keep, the lives we build, and the sweetness in even the most bitter moments of life.
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What is the meaning of the 2nd Amendment? How much “freedom” doe sit imply? Is there no limit to the “freedom” to own arms, even when those arms include missile launchers, automatic weapons, poison gas and atomic weapons? But more importantly, why must the Supreme Court decide such issues? Is there no common sense in the number, amount and type of arms Americans should be allowed to buy?
If I Die is about a young woman named Jaime that browses a garage sale and discovers something sinister. It�s about perception versus reality and deep betrayal.
Lew Temple
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Lorraine Bracco
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Sopranos
Sopranos
Sopranos
THE BASKETBALL DIARIES
Sopranos
Sopranos
Camilla Belle
10,000 BC
From Prada to Nada
The Patriot
Practical Magic
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2
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