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In the 1st season of Heroes, what kind of sunglasses is the character Nathan Petrelli (played by Adrian Pasdar) wearing? (He is the congressional candidate.) And where can I buy them
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 2 answers
Can you help me become familiar with what and who is up-and-coming in martial arts movies? Am interested in recent movies that are less reliant on wires and CG, and in younger actors who didn't just learn martial arts to make a movie, but are truly gifted in the area. I don't mind subtitles! [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 10 answers
Spoiler inside for "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay". Who was that one actor? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 12 answers
While flying from Montreal to Chicago, I saw a guy on my plane that I'm sure is an actor. I know in retrospect I should have just asked him who he was, but I didn't, so now I need some help. [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - 30 answers
Do you know your French actors? Well then tell me, who is this man? [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 18 answers ![]()
Can anyone recommend a voice-over actor or vocal coach in the DC/Northern VA area? I'm interested in locating someone for a brief interview/lesson that would be part of a podcast. Someone who would do it for the possibility of some free publicity and the certainty of a free lunch would be optimal, but not essential.
posted on Jul 16, 2007 - 2 answers
Do you know artists who moved to NYC illegally and now live there legally? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2007 - 15 answers
Real music-making onscreen: Fiction movies in which actors, portraying musician characters, actually play the instruments and/or sing?
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posted on Mar 13, 2007 - 63 answers
Who plays the Cingular guy in the Alltel food court commercial, and why have I seen him in so many commercials recently?
posted on Dec 15, 2006 - 4 answers ![]()
Are there any famous Iranian males who are well known among non-Iranians in the west (especially the USA)? Any kind of celebrity will do: actors, musicians, artists, authors, or other kinds of TV personalities like newscasters. [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2006 - 43 answers ![]()
Language/Dialect-filter: In search of "authentic" Southern (American) accents... [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2006 - 48 answers
I am the MC for my good friends wedding tonight. I have the schedule and only a few announcements, but aside from that I will have a wireless mic and freedom.
Ideas? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2006 - 7 answers
Anyone know who plays the main character in Keane's "Atlantic" video?
posted on Aug 2, 2006 - 2 answers
Who's this Z-grade Canadian actor? [more inside]
posted on Jul 4, 2006 - 10 answers ![]()
How to produce and direct an collaborative, actor-created work? [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2006 - 6 answers
When did actresses start calling themselves actors? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2006 - 37 answers
I really need to know this for work. Who is the actor in a certain television ad I have been seeing? Lots of vague details and foggy memories inside. [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2006 - 17 answers ![]()
Kendall Hailey wrote a delightful book and was a talented stage actor in Pasadena a few years later. It surprises me immensely that she seems to have done no writing or acting since then (or at least none that I can find out about). Anybody know what she's been up to?
posted on Apr 28, 2005 - 1 answers
Looking for the name of an actor who was typecast in many westers as a "crazy old coot". [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2005 - 25 answers ![]()
Help me, independent Film Lovers (especially you Brits)! I can't remember the title, the actors, or the plot....
posted on Nov 4, 2004 - 7 answers
Need help with a RIDICULOUSLY TRIVIAL but frustrating OBSESSION concerning the movie Dr. Zhivago and Richard Burton, the actor. (m.i.)
posted on Apr 14, 2004 - 16 answers
In Mystic River, there's a character who only appears in one scene- talking to Sean Penn about how life was when his wife died while Penn opens a case of beers. The actor is older, and has always seemed to play salty sea captains or the sort. I tried searching IMDB but can't figure out his name.
posted on Feb 4, 2004 - 5 answers