the prize winner of defiance , ohio is a 2005 american biographical film written and directed by jane anderson .

it is based on the book by terry ryan and stars julianne moore , woody harrelson and laura dern .

the film received a limited release on october 14 , 2005 .

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the prize winner of defiance , ohio is the true story of a housewife and mother who manifested christian love and the fruit of the spirit while supporting a family of 10 children and placating her angry , abusive husband . the prize winner of defiance , ohio is very uplifting . its biggest drawback is some foul language .
a deep memoir exploring the life and times of a dysfunctional american family , the prize winner of defiance , ohio is as funny as it is harshly honest .
this prize winner is a winner for its smart portrayal of a resourceful woman who loved her family , loved words , and loved life .
terry ryan , 60 , whose best - selling memoir
the prize winner of defiance , ohio
described how her mother raised 10 children by writing winning advertising jingles , died of cancer may 16 at her home in san francisco .
[ us ] the prize winner of defiance , ohio ( 2005 ) - the true story of a 1950 ' s housewife , with 10 kids and a toxic marriage , who earns money by entering sweepstakes . starring julianne moore and woody harrelson .
that said , the prize winner of defiance , ohio is very close to a four star movie . the audience laughs , cries and empathizes with julianne moore’s character . in fact , it’s the type of movie that makes viewers want to be a better person .
[ us ] the prize winner of defiance , ohio ( 2005 ) - the true story of a 1950 ' s housewife , with 10 kids and a toxic marriage , who earns money by entering sweepstakes . starring julianne moore and woody harrelson . : netflixbestof
terry ryan , 60 , author of the bestselling 2001 memoir
the prize winner of defiance , ohio : how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less ,
died of brain cancer wednesday at her home in san francisco , said pat holt , her partner of 24 years .
rarely do you have a movie in which both lead actors give oscar - worthy performances , but defiance , ohio is one .
the town of defiance sits in the northwest corner of ohio . i know this because i looked it up . after watching the prize winner of defiance , ohio —a screen adaptation of terry ryan ' s poignant memoir about her witty and resourceful mother—i was dubious that a town ' s name could be so perfectly suited to one of its residents . perhaps the name was a bit of artistic license . but indeed , the town exists and it has to its credit the legacy of mrs . evelyn ryan .
prize winner goes through odd motions to set evelyn ' s taxing context and her admirable survival , its most extraordinary moment turns surreal .
noteworthy for julianne moore ' s performance , prize winner is nonetheless a largely indistinct and tentative film that fails to convey the true power of its bittersweet tale .
when terry ryan and her nine brothers and sisters were growing up in defiance , ohio , in the 1950s , they never knew what might show up on their doorstep .
of course , we ' ve all adapted to such changes with typical consumer wariness . but when the crew of cbs sunday morning traveled to the small town of defiance , ohio - no mean thing - it takes one or two plane trips and hours of driving one one dinky ( and gorgeous ) two - lane farm road after another - to do a feature on my partner terry ' s book ,
the prize winner of defiance , ohio ,
i had to wonder : is it possible to condense a 351 - page book into a television feature and retain the author ' s vision and theme ?
the prize winner of defiance , ohio is the true story of a housewife and mother who manifested christian love and the fruit of the spirit while supporting a family of 10 children and placating her angry , abusive husband . at first blush , the movie seems to be an anti - husband , feminist story , but the truth of the matter is , that it is a very christian story of a long - suffering , faithful wife who prays for and with her children and who finds joy in the midst of adversity .
the prize winner of defiance , ohio is about dysfunctional family trying to make ends meet . the father is abusive and has a drink problem that laeve the family with out money . the mother enters contests to money to make end meet . will the family be able to staying one place or will the have to move ? pros good acting and plot . can be funny at times . cons could be slow at times . i
now 33 , she was inspired by a workshop at the university of western ontario and
followed her dream as a dancer ,
enrolling at the randolph academy for the performing arts in toronto . a part - time stint with stephanie garin , casting director for such toronto productions as mamma mia and rent , led to a modest choreography assignment where her prodigious talent soon became apparent . in addition to many live - theatre productions , she has choreographed two dozen movie and tv features , from 1999 ' s superstar to the coming the prize winner of defiance , ohio .
in the end by my count , cbs sunday morning departs defiance with at least 10 full hours of tape in the can , all of it to be condensed into 9 minutes on the show .
the prize winner of defiance , ohio is the true story of a housewife who manifested christian love and the fruit of the spirit while supporting 10 children and placating her angry husband . evelyn ryan has 10 children . her wannabe crooning husband has his singing career cut short by an accident . not only is he angry about his misfortune , and so becomes an alcoholic , but he also is barely able to make ends meet for his family . evelyn , however , has a gift for advertising jingles . during a brief period of time in the 50s , tv advertisers held contests for people to come up with jingles . evelyn wins more contests than anyone else while suffering the abuse of her husband .
a graduate of bowling green state university in ohio who moved to san francisco in the early ' 70s , ryan was a longtime technical writer , book editor and poet .
in 1956 , evelyn ( julianne moore ) delivered the last of her ten children and was perhaps the most clever and cheerful mother in all of ohio , not to mention defiance . both of these traits were tested and refined daily in the course of her marriage to a frustrated singer turned machinist turned drunk , kelly ryan ( woody harrelson ) . despite the needs of his family , kelly was more likely to spend his money at the liquor store than bring home the bacon .
thus does the faculty of defiance college look beyond the family ' s poverty and the funny jingles - even beyond the great heart of evelyn ryan - to one woman ' s enormous body of work and find in it the kind of literary merit that adds something to a community , that contributes to posterity .
the prize winner of defiance , ohio ,
said to tell a true story , subtitles itself :
how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less .
and she does ; in an era when companies gave valuable prizes for jingles and slogans , evelyn ryan is the best
contester
in america . she wins cash prizes , a deep freezer , trips , cars , and lots and lots of the sponsor ' s products . when her entry is chosen over 250 , 000 others in a big dr . pepper contest , she proudly tells a daughter :
and it wasn ' t even my best one !
this occurs when the faculty of defiance college - a tough lutheran college with a distinguished graduate program - votes unanimously to award evelyn l . ryan a posthumous doctorate of humane letters at its may 2001 commencement ceremony .
and it is mary lou teel ' s chance to take her cbs sunday morning camera and march right into that defiance college stadium and somehow get the soul of these academic proceedings on tape .
terry ryan was born july 14 , 1946 , in defiance , a middle child who was dubbed
tuff
for her ability to make her way in the crowded household .
i really liked all of the actors ' characterizations , but the screenwriting felt really stilted with all of the exposition monologues at the beginning .
the movie is based on a memoir by terry (
tuff
) ryan , one of two children who became authors . the other kids all turned out well , too . the film ends with one of those moments that blindsides you with an unexpected surge of emotion . but for the most part
prize winner ,
written and directed by jane anderson , avoids obvious sentiment and predictable emotion and shows this woman somehow holding it together year after year , entering goofy contests that for her family mean life and death .
the only problem was the shopping cart itself . it looked no bigger than the inside of a large suitcase . even the bottom rack seemed paltry , barely big enough for a ten - pound sack of potatoes . while we stood over the meat cases at the back of the store , the butcher , bob wallen , came out to say hello . everyone in defiance , including bob , had already heard about mom ' s upcoming shopping spree .
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at the bank , while signing the papers for the new home that evelyn had made possible , the audience is forcefully reminded of the gender politics of the era . rather than put her name on the mortgage , . . .
evelyn frequently traded or sold her prizes for cash to pay for doctors ' bills , the children ' s school clothes and the mortgage payment . and more than once , a prize seemed to show up miraculously just when one was needed .
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so on the day of commencement ceremonies at defiance college stadium , as a berobed and doctorial terry tuff ryan marches with the faculty onto the stage to the music of
pomp and circumstance ,
mary lou has her people crawling through the audience to film family reaction ; placing microphones on the collars of terry ' s siblings for intimate running commentary ; shooting the president ' s introduction and terry ryan ' s acceptance speech from the press box , the bleachers , the 50 - yard - line seats and even ( a chin shot ) on their knees under the podium .
yet all of this is only the prelude , it turns out , to an unexpected announcement that deepens the emotional content of every inch of videotape already shot .
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seven minutes to go !
called rog from the front of the store .
the family was facing eviction in 1953 when evelyn won a western auto contest grand prize that included a washer and dryer , a bicycle and $ 5 , 000 , which she used as a down payment on a new house .
* and several hours of
b - roll
- background shots of defiance ' s old fort grounds , local kids playing baseball , the town ' s gorgeous carnegie library , enough tree - lined streets to send you to norman rockwell school for life and the two historic rivers , the great and muddy maumee and auglaize , that merge in
slow collision ,
as terry calls it , right in the middle of town .
talk about indefatigable . a critic in the background may go around listening for the substance of the book ; but you can ' t beat these guys for spending an inordinate amount of time capturing the look and feel of the book . so the taping goes like this :
for every four entries evelyn ryan submitted , she won a prize , which was not a bad percentage , because she usually submitted multiple entries in each contest . she wrote in pencil , in longhand , in a notebook kept at the end of her always - occupied ironing board .
before the ending credits roll , updates are given of all the children and of ms . schaefer along with their real life photos .
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anderson can ' t do much with the inherent limitations of the hagiopic , which demands a repetitive litany of sacrifice and sanctity , with each hill and every valley designed to further enhance the landscape of inspiration .
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ms . ryan , a technical writer and poet who also penned the punch lines to a long - running cartoon in the san francisco chronicle , wrote her book in grief after her mother ' s death in 1998 . evelyn ryan , an ohio housewife with an irrepressibly cheerful outlook and a husband who drank most of his paycheck , entered the contests in the 1950s to keep her family housed and fed .
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hurry , mom !
barb screamed , as mom and the cart rocketed out of the produce section on the way to the checkout stand . giving up trying to weigh the bags of chips down with cans of finnish sardines as she ran , she grabbed a large candy cane from a christmas display on her way by and stabbed it through the heart of the bags into a box of frozen bonbons below .
the power in the film comes from the disconnect between the anger and emotional violence in the marriage , and the way evelyn keeps her dignity , protects her children , fights to put food on the table and deals with a husband she always calls
father .
she is
mother ,
of course . she has never been outside of ohio , never had a spare dollar in the bank , never been able to express her creativity , except through the contests . julianne moore plays this woman as a victim whose defenses are dignity and optimism . it ' s a performance of a performance , actually : evelyn ryan plays a role that conceals the despair in her heart .
mary lou believes that the way television can uncover the hidden riches of evelyn ' s story is to attack it from every possible angle . on her first visit to defiance , she hires a local crew ( camera and sound operators ) to capture background elements ; on the second , she brings the show ' s co - host martha teichner from new york , cbs cameraman arny cantu and soundman steve azzato from chicago .
fourth ,
she said ,
only one of everything . i can get different sizes of the same brand , or same sizes of different brands , but only one of each brand and size .
terry ' s mother evelyn entered hundreds of contests during the advertising heyday of the 1950s and 60s . the contests usually required a short poem praising a product , and sometimes the prizes were quite substantial . ryan won thousands of dollars and hundreds of prizes during her long
career
as a jingle writer .
evelyn , played by julianne moore , is like the small - town cousin of cathy , the connecticut housewife she played in
far from heaven
( 2003 ) . cathy was trapped in a sterile marriage , and a world where men made all the decisions and women were locked in supporting roles . judging by the body count around her dinner table in ohio , evelyn ryan ' s marriage is not sterile , but it is a trap .
at the one - minute mark , mike yelled from the front of the store .
candy in aisle five !
and a barrage of toblerone chocolates , jars of roasted pumpkin seeds , and several six - , eight - , and twelve - packs of mounds and almond joy candy bars landed atop the piles of meat , frozen food , and canned goods already in the cart .
down the aisle they all flew , hazel and pauline following mom in a trot toward the meat department , where bob pointed out the prepackaged sheets of beef ribs and bacon — even extra - long rolls of salami — to use in supporting the sides . pauline and hazel held the slabs of meat up in the cart and mom filled in the center , hauling huge beef and pork roasts , platter - sized steaks , and six - packs of filet mignon out of the case and tossing them into the cart .
but even as prize winner goes through these odd motions to set evelyn ' s taxing context and her admirable survival , its most extraordinary moment turns surreal . arguing with kelly for the unmpteenth time about his inability to pay for the milk that ' s delivered weekly , she enters the house carrying a dozen or so milk bottles . their disagreement escalates , they engage physically , briefly , and as she pulls away , she falls , crashing onto the floor , with milk and glass flying everywhere , in slow motion . kelly is horrified , the kids ( who are always everywhere in the frame ) are frightened , and mother , her wrists bloodied by her effort to break her fall into shards of milk bottle glass , struggles to get to her feet amid the slippery red and white liquid that swirls around her .
the author describes her mother evelyn ' s struggles with poverty in the 1950s as she tried to build a happy home for her ten children , with the help of wit , poetry , and prose during the contest era of the 1950s and 1960s .
evelyn ryan is a housewife in a small 1950s ohio town . her life would be described as
awful
by an outside observer : she lives with an alchoholic husband who is frequently out of work and spends much of his earnings on booze , and she has 10 children who keep her constantly busy with their various adventures . although evelyn showed much promise academically , her marriage to kelly ryan ended her dreams of writing for a newspaper .
married to an abusive alcoholic who spent a third of his modest machine - shop paycheck on whiskey and beer , evelyn ryan did the best thing she knew to help support her large family : she entered thousands of promotional contests , tapping her wit and way with words to write prize - winning jingles , limericks and slogans for such products as beech - nut gum , purina dog chow and dial soap .
this is anderson ' s feature film debut as a director , after work on television . as a writer , she was responsible for
the positively true adventures of the alleged texas cheerleader - murdering mom
( 1993 ) , starring holly hunter in one of the lost treasures among recent made - for - tv films . she is fascinated by mothers driven to extremes by the problem of having all of the responsibility and none of the power .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
some cursing , out of frustration and anger ( including the f - word ) .
there is a running battle with the milkman over the weekly bill . they are hours from being homeless when a contest prize allows them to put a down payment on a house . homework goes on around the dining room table while kelly , in the kitchen , swings between bitterness and tears ; he feels shame because his wife supports the family with her contests , and it comes out either weepy or angry . of course if he would stop drinking and go to aa , he could hold up his end of the marriage , but that does not occur to him as a possibility .
this book is a nonfiction account of how a woman of uncommon pluck and optimism provided for her family of 10 children and alcoholic husband by winning the kind of contests common in the mid 20th century that required writing skill and wit . it reminded me of
cheaper by the dozen
in style and good humor . it is uplifting , funny and heartwarming .
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the shopping spree was scheduled to take place before the store opened for business . mom had the option of doing it after business hours , but by that time of night dad would have been too drunk to drive her to the store and too argumentative to be out in public . as our old chevy pulled into the nearly empty lot on the appointed morning , we could see the store manager , harvey ward , the seabrook executive , who i will call miles streeter , and a few clerks waiting just inside the glass door for mom ' s arrival . she stepped out of the front passenger seat and into the store , and everybody applauded . mr . streeter watched the stream of kids pouring out of the car like clowns out of a volkswagen .
mom read a review of this book and one day went to the bookstore with several reviews and told the clerk she wanted all of them . she hadn ' t read it yet . i thoroughly enjoyed it , and kept quoting it the whole time i was there on vacation . the author was number six of ten children born into an irish catholic family . the father drank a large proportion of his already insufficient paycheck . the mother , evelyn ryan , entered contests constantly to try to keep the family afloat . she also kept meticulous notebooks ( mostly by the ironing board ) of her entries and of her poetry , which she could also sell to the newspapers and magazine for usually $ 1 each . she did manage to keep them off of the street with a couple of major
in the nick of time
wins . there was always a constant flow of small wins of cash and prizes ( she kept a closet full for later use . ) the book is full of the hilarious happenings of the ryan family and peppered with mom ' s limericks and dad ' s tirades . i probably should have been underlining favorite parts but it wasn ' t my book .
many of these prizes were not what mom had been aiming for . the wall clocks , for example , were seventh prizes in a contest whose first prize was a station wagon . she was always trying to replace the dilapidated family chevy with something a bit more dependable . just to start the car most mornings required a ten - person push so dad could pop the clutch and rumble off to work in a cloud of blue smoke . even so , the two wall clocks didn ' t go to waste . mom gave one to our aunt lucy and hung the other in the dining room , where it covered a baseball - sized dent of missing plaster that no one would ever own up to .
in the final seconds , as pauline and hazel jammed the bottom rack with fresh pineapples and coconuts , mom tried and failed to balance two family - sized bags of potato chips on the pyramid of cans that was now taller than the meat walls .
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what a great story . the book is the true story of a mother of ten who helps support her family by entering contests . whenever she heard of a company that was holding a contest to come up with a jingle for their product evelyn would enter it . a lot of the products i haven ' t heard of , i was born a decade or two after these products were in their heyday . the majority of the contests paid between $ 1 - $ 25 if they used your slogan . i did the math and a dollar then was equal to seven of today ' s dollars .
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this wonderful true - life story is a portrait of american self - reliance and ingenuity . evelyn ryan ( the author ' s mother ) grew up in the depression in a very small town in nw ohio . she raised 10 children practically single - handedly ( her husband was a drunk ) by entering product contests which won her many prizes over the years . these prizes kept the family afloat financially . ms . ryan has written a lovely homage to her mother in a no - nonsense , unsentimental style that perfectly portrays evelyn ryan
holt , the chronicle ' s former book editor and critic , said ryan had tried writing a number of versions of her memoir
but couldn ' t get the voice right or the story right because she hadn ' t seen the primary source material .
the deepfreeze home freezer , also a first prize , was gigantic — four feet high , five feet wide , and three feet deep — so big it would have been more appropriate in a restaurant or an army mess hall . it looked very empty with just a single gallon of ice cream sitting in the bottom of it . most of us couldn ' t even reach the container without falling in . but my mother was ingenious . if we needed clothes , she made them . if we needed a freezer , she won one . if we needed food to fill the new freezer , she was going to win that too .
in all , mom netted $ 411 . 44 worth of food ( the equivalent of $ 3 , 000 today ) , a fortune in our eyes .
the true story of how a mother raised ten kids on twenty - five words or less .
at the front of the store , bub lifted betsy up onto his shoulders .
six minutes , mommy !
she shouted .
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this is a very interesting , off - beat dramedy with 2 academy award worthy performances . julianne moore gives one of her best performances ( she has a lot of good ones to choose from ) as a mother who wins a ton of contests in the 1950 ' s to help support her family of ten kids . she really lights the screen with her positive outlook and radiant smile . woody harrelson plays her alcoholic husband who has a hard time coping with life . he plays the character perfectly , as you hate the way he treats her , but you feel sorry for him . this movie reminded me of another little gem of a flick called
waitress .
they ' re very different , but the tone and the way the story is told is pretty similar . geared more towards women , but there ' s enough here for guys to like as well . emily stayed awake the whole time and really enjoyed it . if she stays awake through an entire movie in the evening , then it ' s a winner ! : - p
the movie has an interesting construction , which sometimes works well and sometimes distances the audience . that construction is that evelyn speaks directly to the audience to help them understand the context of story . this technique may succeed for many people , but sometimes it distances the viewer from the story .
it ' s a huge honor for a woman who never attended college and became one of the great autodidacts of her age . evelyn ryan came to know more , read more and teach her children more than many professors of her era , and despite contesting requirements , her writing showed flashes of brilliance reminiscent of dorothy parker or ogden nash .
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she continues :
this doctorate of humane letters is especially appropriate for mom , since her love and humor and positive attitude — the essence of ' humaneness ' — are reflected in all her writings and were given to her community with a sense of scholarship and of good will .
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was prohibited from taking more than one of any individual item however in the filmed spree the evelyn character grabs two , three or even more of many items like lollipops , candy , pineapples , etc .
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but the deeper , subtler message of the book - how evelyn stood up to the church , an alcoholic husband and the limitations society placed on women in the ' 50s ; how she faced a ton of laundry and grinding poverty every minute of every day with indefatigable energy , even joy , and no resentment ; how she represents a slice of american history that ' s long been neglected - the partnership of business and consumers in the post - world war ii period that started the whole jingle - laden culture ; and how she taught her kids that the key to winning in life is to believe that anything is possible - all this is not so easily translated into images on the tiny screen .
evelyn ' s very visible split here is striking , and the idea of it sustained by various means throughout prize winner . her life follows a strikingly stereotypical trajectory : her family , 10 kids and machinist husband kelly ( woody harrelson in a bad wig and tummy pillow ) , regard her as their rock . kelly has particular
issues ,
in the form of a mangled throat ( a singer when they met - - here shown in sweet - young - love flashback - - he ' s injured in car accident ) . now he ' s a miserable drunk and avoid sports fan who frightens his children and spends food and mortgage money on liquor . to avoid looking at him , they watch tv , eat meals on their laps , do homework , and generally gather round their brilliant mom . she serves all well , her bright plasticky smile reassuring all her dependents that life will continue as advertised .
the two didn ' t notice each other until april , 2003 , during a production of the music man at the grand , when they bumped into each other in the theatre ' s elevator . sparks flew , but the pair tried to keep their mutual attraction quiet . savvy members of the cast soon noticed their ardent glances , however , as ms . wright cozied up to the lighting table .
i really enjoyed this nonfictional account of a 1950s stay - at - home mom of ten children who kept the family clothed and fed by winning slogan contests . her husband kelly had a job at a machinery but drank away a big chunk of his paycheck ( a pint of whiskey and a six pack of beer every night ) , so evelyn ryan relied on her clever wit to compensate . the film based on the book is pretty true to the story . what i like about the book , though ( which i read after seeing the movie ) , is reading all the rhym
her last big win came in 1965 , after her husband had taken a second mortgage on the house without telling her . weeks before they would have lost the home due to a $ 4 , 000 debt , she won top prize in a dr pepper contest , collecting $ 3 , 440 . 64 , a ford mustang , a trip to switzerland and two watches . the contest era ended just as her 10 children grew up and left home .
ryan ' s book was adapted for the 2005 movie of the same name , starring julianne moore and woody harrelson as evelyn and kelly ryan .
mom read a review of this book and one day went to the bookstore with several reviews and told the clerk she wanted all of them . she hadn ' t read it yet . i thoroughly enjoyed it , and kept quoting it the whole time i was there on vacation . the author was number six of ten children born into an irish catholic family . the father drank a large proportion of his already insufficient paycheck . the mother , evelyn ryan , entered contests constantly to try to keep the family afloat . she also kept meticulou
granted , this is a
high concept
book , as they say in television , meaning it ' s a no - brainer in terms of commercial appeal : terry ' s mother won hundreds of contests in the ' 50s and ' 60s to keep her family of 12 from being evicted or running out of food , and all the fun
visuals
tv editors love have been kept intact - the entry blanks , the photos , the winning submissions .
we decided that the first step would be mapping out the store , aisle by aisle , so mom could memorize every inch of the place . the big chief supermarket was huge , about half a football field long . dad had to join in this time — he was the only one in the family who could drive — taking several of us along to scout it out .
[ offers ] an almost subversively idealistic subtext to a now - familiar ritual exposé of the american dream .
those were among the hundreds of prizes , including new cars , a trip to europe and cash , won by their mother , evelyn , over a period of 24 years .
after evelyn ryan ' s death , her daughter discovered drawers and trunks stuffed full of notebooks , 67 completed entry forms and dozens of award letters . terry ryan unpacked and sorted the material for the next four months .
every single major contest she won came in just the nick of time ,
ms . ryan said .
what do you want ?
hazel asked , already running toward aisle eight on the heels of pauline .
terry knows that the trick with her speech is not just to accept the award but to convince this august body that her mother was more not just a jingle writer - though like evelyn she can ' t help reveling in the playfulness of such entries as
the boat and the basket went over the dam ; but dad is our hero - he rescued the spam .
in 1983 , she met pat holt , then editor of the san francisco chronicle ' s book review , when ms . ryan and sylvia mollick pitched her the idea of running a one - panel cartoon ,
t . o . sylvester ,
in the publication .
in 2004 - - two weeks after completion of filming the movie , in which the real ryan children appeared at the end - - ryan was diagnosed with lung cancer that had metastasized to her brain .
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like many of the best comedies and tragedies , this weimar - era silent film understands how each mode is often a hair ' s breadth from the other .
besides ,
said lea anne , who was home from nursing school for the weekend ,
none of the meat packages will weigh exactly the same , so you can at least start there .
i ' ll have to grab a token amount of seabrook ' s frozen food first ,
mom added , ever aware of pleasing the contest sponsors .
but after that i ' m heading for the meat department .
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while ryan and her siblings were cleaning out their mother ' s house , ryan uncovered a stash of material that would provide her book with rich detail : her mother had kept copies of all the contest entry forms and letters of congratulations that she had received over the years , as well as the 24 notebooks she had filled with every jingle she wrote .
exotic things !
mom said .
expensive things ! the good stuff ! but only one of each !
when the day of the shopping spree finally arrived , we were ready . mom knew exactly what she wanted and where it was in the store . even so , she was slightly nervous . in the car on the way there , she said ,
i wish i had twenty minutes instead of ten . i wish all of you could help me . i wish i had won a station wagon instead of a shopping spree .
then she laughed and said ,
who am i kidding ? this is going to be fun .
what a great book ! i read this right after reading eat , pray , love and you couldn ' t find two more opposite stories . this story is about a woman who raises 10 children with her husbands meager income and her prize winnings from jingle contests . she enters this contests as much to give out let to her creative energy and wit as for the money . she shows her children how to give it your all and never give up and that the process is the enjoyment and outcome is a lucky byproduct . what a great book ! !
we sat around the kitchen table , which was piled high with the rest of the canned delicacies , in silence . when dad finally went to bed , bruce turned to mom .
what was that all about ?
veteran cbs producer mary lou teel knows all this , of course , having worked for many years with one of the great on - the - road tv correspondents , charles kuralt . he was that seemingly jovial guy who got people to tell their life stories and knew how to cull those rare transformative moments from miles of tape .
evelyn ' s genius comes through in the many creative entries she writes , and consequently in the constant stream of prizes which arrive at the ryan home , often just when needed ( she constantly seems to win a new appliance just when the old one has stopped working ) .
one can sympathize with photographers who find they have to lie to get their images out of the country . what worries me is how those images were created in the first place ( the kids don ' t create the news
event
until enough media witness it ) .
and then an act of kindness occurred , altering the outcome of the day for the ryan family . mr . streeter looked at us and looked again at the rule sheet . he placed his thumb over the line specifying that the shopper couldn ' t have help . he turned to two of the store clerks , pauline and hazel , who had come in early to watch mom ' s ten minutes of fame . both in their sixties , the two women were rooting for her as much as any of us kids were . they also had a better understanding of the store ' s layout than mom did , mr . streeter knew , and they wore industrial - strength shoes that had run up and down these aisles many times before .
i ' m going to turn my back ,
he told them .
any help you give mrs . ryan in filling the cart won ' t be seen by me .
everyone ' s eyes lit up .
the subject who is truly loyal to the chief magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures .
understanding our history , and how that might frame our fourth of july prayers .
weeks before the scheduled shopping spree , mom gathered the family around the dining room table to help plan her assault . dad had fled the scene , increasingly sullen since
moneybags ,
his sarcastic nickname for dick , had won the western auto contest .
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below i ' ve included a touching anecdote on atonement . i find this book to be compelling because it gives a deeper look into the life of an intelligent , hardworking , midwestern mom with 10 kids , living a life of poverty in the middle of nowhere , with an alcoholic husband who consistently ferried away any savings . in this true story ,
mom
makes ends meet by winning contests where you mail in limericks , 25 words or less type poems , and the last line of whatever jingle the company has created . she
a cheer erupted from the assembled spectators as mom rounded the magazine racks and nearly catapulted her teetering mountain of goods into the checkout aisle .
time ' s up !
yelled harvey , bringing his stopwatch down with a mighty click .
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at this , the microphones in the audience record a bit of sniffling from some of the ryan brothers and sisters , and i can ' t help it either . like them , i look at terry tuff and see evelyn , walking off the stage ,
her elbows back , her head up ,
as terry ' s brother barry says ,
probably composing a poem about it before she hits the second stair .
later we would learn to hide the imported food from him , but that night dad inexplicably threw a dozen cans through the open back door into the yard .
it ' s difficult to guess what anyone had in mind for this image , but the effect is startling : the ultimate mother , at once ideal and wretched , awash in symbols of her function in life . a neighbor takes her to the hospital and she returns hours later with her wrists wrapped as dazzling white emblems of her abjection . undone ( again ) , his head hanging , kelly greets her return with a cup of tea , then takes her upstairs to help her out of her girdle , soaked in milk for the entire afternoon .
on branding as a self - inflated myth by jeff bezos . branding has been around for a long time and has been successful amongst independent retailers in hardware , car parts , etc . yes , it was part of the urltoken myth that bezos spun off with such ease , perhaps to his surprise . the myth was , for a few years , a subject of religious veneration throughout the country . where was the business press to warn us of its illusory charms ?
kelly can ' t comprehend the devastation that impels this request , as the movie posits him as just too dumb to get her . but you ' re left with another sense of evelyn altogether , one that runs parallel to the shrine to her functions as durable housewife and loving mom . she is , as tuff recognizes , disappointed , but she is also a perfect product of her time , turning her anger into bundt cakes even as the movie turns her distress into a peculiar sort of antic melodrama . evelyn ' s nuances ( at least indicated by moore ' s performance ) are lost in a shuffle of visual activity , which simultaneously underscores and distracts from the stress of maintaining surfaces .
washington ' s album son of pain is a lost treasure of r & b ; an album rich in bluesy southern drawls , honeyed harmonies and street - smart rhythms .
okay read . i love that time period where the marriages were cemented in , dad knocked back a few after work and june cleaver was in the kitchen making dinner every night for 530 . i guess i love the sickly sweet tv of that time . anyway , this book was a story of a woman who had 10 kids and the husbands pay wasn ' t cutting it to support them and since the kids were varying ages from toddler to 20 something the mom stayed home . and to help out financially she starts entering contests . what i liked was how i learned how rampant contesting was . all sorts of products had entries to win dollars to trips and cars . she entered and one hundreds of them . and the dad was a drunk . but i hated how that part was glossed over . one of the daughters wrote the book and she kept it very superficial with the details of life hence the 3 stars . i think a memoir , if you ' re going to go that route you need to tell the details ( which is why writing non - fiction is brave ) . it was a quick la - di - da read .


jon avery abrahams ( born october 29 , 1977 ) is an american film and television actor .

he had his film debut in larry clark 's kids ( 1995 ) .

jon abrahams

jon abrahams was born on october 29 , 1977 in new york city , new york , usa as jon avery abrahams . he is an actor and director , known for
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abrahams was born in new york . he attended saint ann ' s school in brooklyn . [ 1 ]
new york ( cnn ) - - jon abrahams co - starred in
scary movie
and had a really scary love scene in it ( we won ' t go into details ) . the film recently became miramax ' s biggest - ever financial hit , raising a lot of money while simultaneously elevating abrahams ' s status as a rising talent .
abrahams ' great - uncles were actor mack gray - long time confidant of entertainers george raft , dean martin and frank sinatra - and stuntman and fight coordinator joe gray . his father , martin abrahams , is an artist .
a deluxe , remastered edition of jon hopkins’ first album , opalescent ( 2001 ) , is released on vinyl via just music on 26 august .
jon abrahams is an actor who played two different characters in law & order and law & order : special victims unit . he played roscoe in the law & order season eight episode
damaged
, and robert logan in the special victims unit season five episode
mother
.
love is not luck . . . it ' s strategy . jon abrahams ( hitchcock ) , mickey sumner ( frances ha , cbgb ) , and julia jones ( the twilight saga : eclipse ) star in this vibrant romantic comedy about the lengths new yorkers go to find love .
new york film academy was proud to welcome actor , producer , and now , director jon abrahams to their los angeles campus . students from both the high school and teen summer program were in attendance . the comedy classic , meet the parents , was screened after which tova laiter , producer of the scarlet letter and varsity blue , and christopher cass , associate chair for acting for film studies , conducted an interview with abrahams .
we are your friends trailer 2 . max joseph ’s we are your friends ( 2015 ) movie trailer 2 stars jon bernthal , vanessa lengies , diana prince , alicia coppola , and jon abrahams . we are your friends ’ plot synopsis : “ we are your friends stars zac efron as cole , an aspiring 23 - year - old dj who spends his days [ . . . ] continue reading : we are your friends ( 2015 ) movie trailer 2 : zac efron finds inspiration
the jpixx crew led by jon abrahams , co - owner and creative director of jpixx , produced a psychedelic story about a troubled introvert who loses his meds and his dog in the same day . jpixx is recognized for their creative executions , which earned them many awards such as the 48hfp international award “ in captivity . ”
we have been working with jon for over a year now and have been very impressed with him and his entire team . jon and the other photographers are skilled , creative , dependable and a delight to work with . the photos and video we receive from jpixx truly capture the essence of all the events at macarthur center and help us tell the story to our corporate office .
• two for one - urban artist james maxwell ( john abrahams ) has his world upturned when the tragic events of 9 / 11 take the lives of his two best friends ( scott caan and lydia hearst ) . james accepts guardianship of the couple’s young daughters who have nowhere else to go . years later , the grind of living in nyc proves to be too much . james takes the girls to buffalo , where this ‘non - traditional’ family has to adjust to a radically different lifestyle . directed by jon abrahams . northern california premiere
“ we are your friends ” stars zac efron and emily ratajkowski steamed up the red carpet at the premiere of the warner bros . drama at tcl chinese theatre on thursday in hollywood . the film , which tells the story of a young dj trying to get ahead , also stars wes bentley , shiloh fernandez , jonny weston , alex shaffer , jon abrahams and jon bernthal . efron appears as cole ( efron ) , who hopes to set the world of electronic music on fire and becomes the protege of older dj , james ( bentley ) . but his relationships start unraveling when cole falls for his mentor’s much younger girlfriend ,
abrahams made his film debut in larry clark ' s kids . his other feature credits include scary movie , meet the parents , my boss ' s daughter , and house of wax .
cnn met with abrahams at his favorite tribeca hangout in new york to talk to him about his career . and what about that allergy that almost kept him from accepting a role in a big new film ?
when we last heard about condemned , we learned dylan penn was going to star . caliber media informs us johnny messner , ronen rubinstein , shawn christensen , jon abrahams , jordan gelber , lydia hearst , honor titus , genevieve hudson - price , anthony chisholm , kevin kirkwood , kea ho , and michael drayer also join the cast . eli morgan gesner will direct the horror film ; cameras begin rolling in april . the post dylan penn is no longer alone in condemned appeared first on shock till you drop .
condemned gets rlj entertainment release nov 13 in theaters and digital hd : november 13 , 2015 directed by : eli morgan gesner written by : eli morgan gesner cast : dylan penn , ronen rubinstein , lydia hearst , jon abrahams , honor titus , genevieve hudson - price synopsis : fed up with her parents’ bickering , poor - little - rich - girl maya ( dylan penn ) moves in with her boyfriend who is squatting in an old , condemned building on manhattan’s . . . hnn | urltoken - official news site
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condemned death is the only escape available on vod , dvd and blu - ray january 5 , 2016 rlj entertainment , ( nasdaq : rlje ) brings you condemned . directed by eli morgan gesner , the film stars dylan penn in her film debut , ronen rubinstein ( detachment , some kind of hate ) , lydia hearst ( cabin fever : patient zero ) , jon abrahams ( scary movie ) , honor titus and genevieve hudson - price ( freedomland ) . condemned will . . . hnn | urltoken - official news site
producer richard guay announced the cast of the upcoming crime drama clover . jon abrahams ( meet the parents ) , who will also direct , will star alongside mark webber ( green room ) , nicole elizabeth berger ( all at once ) , erika christensen ( parenthood ) , julia jones ( wind river ) , jessica szohr ( gossip girl ) , and jake weber . ron perlman ( sons of anarchy ) and academy award nominee chazz palminteri ( bullets over broadway ) will also star . the film , a production of virtuoso films…
johnny messner , ronen rubinstein , shawn christensen , jon abrahams and jordan gelber have joined caliber media’s original horror film . eli morgan gesner is set to commence shooting in april in new york . genevieve hudson - price , anthony chisholm , kevin kirkwood , kea ho and michael drayer have also joined previously announced cast members dylan penn , lydia hearst and honor titus . gesner also wrote the story about a fight to the death in a mysterious manhattan building . caliber media partners dallas sonnier and jack heller arranged financing and will produce alongside jason sokoloff .
abrahams revealed he’s recently taken a turn at directing . after being named the guardian of both his cousin’s children and his best friend’s children , abrahams began thinking , “what if , god forbid , something should happen to both my cousin and best friend on the same day and i’m suddenly the guardian to three kids ? ” abrahams , having grown up in tribeca , still had some unresolved issues about 9 / 11 that he wanted to explore . his writing partner thought perhaps the two ideas could be combined to tell a story . they were able to secure an investor for their human - interest piece , a rare feat . they’ve just begun the festival application process and are hoping to sell the film later in the year .
on television , abrahams has appeared on boston public , law & order : special victims unit , [ [ second generation wayans ] ] , and criminal minds . he was also
dj jonny
on the ellen degeneres show for season four .
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abrahams began his career when he was still in high school . he was discovered in washington square park when filmmakers , harmony korine and larry clark , were casting their film kids . abrahams wasn’t their first choice . he was selected to play steven after the first actor cast was arrested . upon release , parents and school systems alike were outraged by the films’ perceived message , but kids would later become a cult classic and the standard by which all gritty coming - of - age stories would be judged .
his small part in kids led to a call from an agent and a role in the film dead man walking , starring hollywood heavyweights sean penn and susan sarandon . abrahams found the experience of working on the film to be thrilling and decided to pursue acting as a profession .
caroline abrahams , charity director at age uk , added : “it’s good news that maintaining a positive outlook can help us live longer , but it’s sad that this report shows nearly a quarter of older people feel they have no enjoyment in their day - to - day life .
jon abrahams , who co - starred in “ scary movie ” and “ meet the parents , ” will join zac efron and emily ratajkowski in working title ' s edm - fueled coming - of - age drama “ we are your friends , ” thewrap has learned . “catfish” co - host max joseph is directing from a script he co - wrote with meaghan oppenheimer , based on a story by richard silverman . set in the complimentary worlds of electronic music and hollywood nightlife , the story follows a 23 - year - old aspiring dj named cole ( efron ) , who dreams of producing a song that will launch him to stardom . cole is eventually taken under the wing of james , an older dj , but complications ensue when .
next , he co - stars in
meet the parents
with robert deniro and ben stiller , and
texas rangers
with james van der beek - - not bad for someone who ' s 22 and debuted just fives years ago in
kids .
now , abrahams has more than a dozen films to his credit .
when asked about his preparation abrahams described going to acting class like going to the gym . this work ethic was cultivated when he was still in high school . at his performing arts school , he would spend time after classes doing improvisational work with a teacher . the result , he was able to , “…better flex his ( acting ) muscle . ”
later another student inquired about how to get back up after one has performed poorly . abrahams responded , “i once had someone refer to making a movie as boxing match . if you lost the second round you can come back tomorrow shoot and do another scene . that’s round three . you could win round three . you could win round four . ”
title : condemned rlj entertainment director : eli morgan gesner writer : eli morgan gesner cast : dylan penn , ronen rubinstein , lydia hearst , jon abrahams , honor titus , genevieve hudson - price running time : 1hr 23 min rating : unrated ( gore , violence , language , some sexuality ) in theaters and digital hd on friday , november 13th maya ( dylan penn – as in the daughter of sean penn and robin wright ) is tired of living in luxury with her parents , so she decides to leave and move in with her boyfriend dante ( ronen rubenstein , some kind of hate ) . she’s a little apprehensive when she finds he’s squatting in a condemned apartment building on manhattan’s lower east side . his musician friend loki [ read more ] the post condemned movie review appeared first on shockya . com .
jon photographed our wedding almost ten years ago at the naval hospital officers club in portsmouth . his work that day is something that we treasure , see , and embrace every day . it is a reminder of those who shared our incredible day with us , some of whom are not with us anymore , making their joy and captured liveliness all that more special . i know his work since then has served the same for all those he has joined with in photo and film .
screen daily is reporting that more cast members have joined the new film from director eli morgan gesner , condemned . according to the site , johnny messner ( pictured ) , ronen rubinstein , shawn christensen , jon abrahams , and jordan gelber have all been cast . they join the previously announced dylan penn , lydia hearst , and honor titus . genevieve hudson - price , anthony chisholm , kevin kirkwood , kea ho , and michael drayer also star . in the film dylan penn will play the lead role of “maya , the youngest member of a group of kids who live in a condemned , filthy squat in manhattan’s lower east side . after an infection originating from their own waste hits the building’s residents , the people inside lose their mind and go on murderous rampages . ” look for more on this one as it comes . visit the evilshop @ amazon ! got news ? click here to submit it ! subscribe to the dread central youtube channel ! condemn others in the comments section below !
from there abrahams went on to star in films such as house of wax , scary movie , meet the parents , mourning glory , and hitchcock . he’s also had a long established career in television . some of his roles include jerry on masters of the house , zach fischer on boston public , and guest appearances on boston legal , law & order , law & order : svu , the astronaut wives club , and the mentalist .
lee , linda .
a night out at the : paramount hotel ; the pajama game
, the new york times , may 27 , 2001 . accessed november 3 , 2007 .
a product of st . ann ' s school in brooklyn , mr . abrahams , 23 , had invited a batch of friends from high school to join him . he lives in north park slope , exactly 41 minutes from here , he said .
taken 3 jonny weston (
chasing mavericks ,
project almanac
) has joined the cast of olivier megaton ' s
taken 3
at 20th century fox . weston will play the boyfriend of maggie grace ' s character . grace , liam neeson , and famke janssen are set to reprise their roles while forest whitaker has also joined the cast . luc besson will produce the film which begins production next week . [ source : variety ] bremen town musicians neve campbell (
scream
) has scored a voice role in lawrence guterman ' s cg animated feature
bremen town musicians
. this reimagining of the russian folk tale and brothers grimm story about an incompetent wizard ' s search across space and time for the greatest musical troupe in creation . campbell will portray princess lielle , who is betrothed to the narcissistic duke henri ( jeffrey wright ) , trapped in a gilded cage and dreaming of freedom from a life she never wanted . [ source : heat vision ] condemned johnny messner , ronen rubinstein , shawn christensen , jon abrahams
small films followed , but it was a role in the summer 2000 blockbuster scary movie that gave abrahams some much needed exposure and a building buzz in the industry . in meet the parents , he played the son of movie - icon robert deniro ' s character .
i grew up in the neighborhood he lives in , so he ' s always been kind of the neighborhood hero . so i was always aware of his presence as an actor and a personality .
recently , cbs released the new , official synopsis / spoilers for their upcoming
criminal minds
episode 4 of season 10 . the episode is entitled ,
the itch ,
and it turns out that the bau will go after a weird skin condition unsub , and more . in the new , 4th episode press release :
a series of mysterious deaths in atlanta , are going to leave the bau searching for an unsub with an obsessive skin condition . press release number 2 : when a body is discovered in atlanta , covered in scratches , the bau will find that this death and subsequent murders could be linked to an unsub with an obsessive skin disorder . alicia coppola ( “ jericho ” ) guest stars as support group leader lisa randall .
guest stars will feature : jon abrahams ( leo jenkins ) , brian maillard ( doug adams ) , jeff lorch ( albert stillman ) , john prosky ( jim carlson ) , ronobir lahiri ( dr . william suri ) , cullen douglas ( dr . tony wilson ) , alicia coppola ( lisa randall ) , brit morgan ( jane posner ) , francois chau ( dr .
last night , cbs released the new promo / spoiler clip ( below ) for their upcoming
the mentalist
episode 18 of season 6 , and it appears to be kinda comical as well as intriguing as patrick hits up a men ' s social club to track down a killer , jokes around a bit , and more . the episode is titled ,
forest green .
in the new , 18th episode , a woman will be found killed near a remote men’s social club , and jane is going to have to come up with a way to insinuate himself into the insular group to locate the killer . guest stars are going to include : james patrick stuart ( gregory dyer ) , jon abrahams ( peter kilgallen ) , mark harelik ( kenyon russell ) , camryn grimes ( deanne price ) , natalie padilla ( madison price ) , sonny marinelli ( marvin gryska ) , elizabeth chomko ( pam parsons ) , ellen wroe ( officer green ) , dante swain ( second security guard ) , bradley wentzel ( forager # 1 ) , and tallulah danielle c . david ( waitress ) . the episode was written by jeffrey hatcher ,
this new york , n . y . native never intended to have a career in front of the cameras .
i wasn ' t looking to be a professional actor . i just sort of fell into all of that ,
he has said . abrahams got his start in the film kids when he was only 16 years old . he had been working in a club where they were filming and was hoping to work as the director ' s assistant . instead he was offered the chance to read for a part and won a small role .
abrahams was born in new york city , new york , on october 29 , 1977 . he attended saint ann ' s school in the borough of brooklyn for his primary education . as an actor , he has starred in many films and tv shows . his most notable roles during his career are bobby in scary movie , dalton chapman in the horror movie house of wax , and denny byrnes in meet the parents . in his personal life , he is allergic to horses and is related to actors mack gray and joe gray , who are his great - uncles .
ever since i got a job in imogen heap’s touring band when i was 17 , there have been moments in my career that i can’t quite believe really happened . my first ever show in america was opening for coldplay at madison square garden . nobody in that audience could have known who i was . it was almost like it was an accident , like i was in someone else’s dream . this is another of those moments . david lynch is my ultimate hero , so to be asked to remix for him was a dream come true . this is different from anything else i’ve done . the parts that he sent me were so him : an organ sound reminiscent of eraserhead and so on . i kept thinking of the pink room scene from twin peaks : fire walk with me , where they go into this grimy club . so i made the really sleazy , most guitary thing i’ve ever done . i got [ long - term friend and collaborator / guitarist ] leo abrahams to make these rattly , noisy sounds . it’s a strange song in the first place , and i like to think i made it stranger .
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2 dudes and a dream is a movie starring brian drolet , nick nicotera , and tanja reichert . fate brings 2 dudes to los angeles who become friends while following their dreams . along the way they encounter tons of wacky characters and hollywood at its weirdest !
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
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a hard partying fraternity decides to pledge a baby that they find on their doorstep the morning after their most decadent party of the semester .
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when fluffy , bubble gum movie star megan valentine suddenly finds herself broke and humiliated in the public eye , she wanders from the wreckage of a car accident and witlessly enlists in the u . s . army hoping in vain that it will change her life .
a tale based on the life of the inventor of the original
iron man
.
a young drug dealer sells his soul to the devil in order to become the # 1 seller on the block .
an ordinary guy escapes his turbulent home life when he is invited to an exclusive hollywood party by his movie star friend , only to discover that there ' s more to the glamorous world than meets the eye .
fate brings 2 dudes to los angeles who become friends while following their dreams . along the way they encounter tons of wacky characters and hollywood at its weirdest !
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( 2000 ) ] it ' s enjoyable to make fun of those movies because i think they ' re just silly to begin with . they ' re just so serious that everything becomes a joke .
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he’s a fierce student having not only studied with the groundlings but also with famed acting coach margie haber .
next , it was time for the students to ask questions . makayla , a student in the high school summer program asked , “what tips do you have for high school and college students wanting to get a start in the industry ? ”
“my tip is do anything and everything that comes your way . i’ve always had a kind of blue - collar approach to acting . i like to work . i like to punch in and out . ” he continues , “and no job is too small , for me . i love movies . i grew up watching movies all the time . i always will remember the guy who had one line in the movie , if they were really great . so , you know , don’t have an ego about it . also , don’t hold it all so precious . do something . be bad at it . you’re going to do something else . you’re going to grow . no one is expecting you to be a high school actor be the most wonderful actor ever…”
“work really hard , but to come into it and be a perfectionist in the first gig , is silly . look at it as you’re going to be working for your whole life . do anything and everything . student films , commercials , whatever . work extra so you know how a set works . and then , stick around . i think clint eastwood said , ‘don’t go to lunch . stay around the crew during lunch . figure out what they’re doing . know what lens they’re using . knowing these things is great . just learn . just be there to learn . the best schooling you can get is working . ’”
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his most notable role is probably bobby in scary movie or dalton chapman in the horror movie house of wax . he is also known as
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since then , he ' s appeared in films such as my boss ' s daughter ( 2003 ) with ashton kutcher and house of wax ( 2005 ) with paris hilton .
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bobby prinze is essentially a typical high school boy who likes partying and drinking although he does have an overwhelming obsession with sex with his girlfriend , cindy campbell . he blames the lack of sex in their relationship on his compulsion to murder his classmates in a conspiracy with ray wilkins . bobby tries to be the dominant personality in both relationships , getting rejected by cindy and by ray . he tends to live in a trailer on the school grounds with his family , and due to his pauper lifestyle , he tends to wash his clothes in the school fountain .
bobby prinze is a student at b . a . corpse high school which he attends with cindy , who he considers his girlfriend , although their relationship is almost entirely platonic . their friends and confidantes include brenda meeks , buffy gilmore , greg philippe , shorty meeks and ray wilkins . at one time , he had a sexual tryst with buffy in an incident that has yet to be revealed . during days when cindy ' s dad was out of town , bobby often went to her house to try to have sex with her . despite their relationship working out , bobby often became upset that their sex life wasn ' t good enough for him .
in halloween 1999 , bobby , cindy and their friends accidentally knocked down a fisherman in the road with their car . although he survived , he was afterward knocked out cold by a beer bottle casually tossed over their heads . they covered the possible crime up by dropping his body into the local lake which subsequently killed him .
the following year , after the death of drew decker , cindy and her friends get notes reminding them of the man they killed . when bobby ' s girlfriend , cindy , is attacked by the killer , bobby was presumed to be the killer . in a party , bobby and cindy have sex when he was attacked by the killer . cindy helped bobby , but he shot shorty meeks and revealed himself as a copycat killer along with ray wilkins . he explained that they are both gay . finally , they were killed by the real killer , doofy gilmore .
it is later revealed that ray survived the stabbing and attended college with cindy and brenda . it is presumed bobby remained deceased due to his absence . cindy ' s ordeal with bobby however caused her some trust issues when it came to finding another relationship .
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in today’s film news roundup , naomi watts , octavia spencer , and tim roth are starring in the drama “luce , ” mob thriller “clover” announces its cast , and afm sees gains in attendance and screenings . castings naomi watts , octavia spencer , tim roth , and kelvin harrison jr . are starring in the drama “luce , ” which has begun shooting in new york with julius onah directing . “luce” is the initial project from dream factory group as a production company with financing from china and the u . s . with ceo rob feng and co - chairmen amber wang and andrew yang . “luce” is written by onah and jc lee from lee’s play . john baker , onah , and andrew yang are producing . rob feng , amber wang , and are executive producers . harrison portrays an african teenager and former child soldier living in a suburb with watts and roth playing his parents . spencer plays a teacher who becomes aware of his views on political violence . the news was
this year’s narrative and documentary feature competitions include 20 projects vying for grand prizes of $ 10 , 000 and bottles of wine , awarded to one narrative film and one doc . while all would love to walk away with the top prize , directors are already winners as they’re invited to participate in the festival’s artists - in - residence program . when people are submitting their films to us , it’s also kind of like applying to college — the film is their essay , ” says marc lhormer , nvff co - founder , executive and artistic director . those selected enjoy a six - night stay and decadent lunch and dinner receptions at luxury resort meadowood napa valley during a residency that includes master classes with the likes of director stephen gyllenhaal ( who also has the drama “ so b . it ” screening at the festival ) , producer lynette howell taylor , and wme ’s graham taylor . “the idea was , ‘how cool would it be for us to bring
condemned moves with beats and tone that is accelerated to the max . it’s a film that hits the ground running , and thrusts its characters into an infested fight for their lives . it’s also a very uneven and character development - lite approach . we see our protagonists go through hell in a single location , but we never get to really know who those said characters really are . when maya ( dylan penn ) is in the middle of a massive argument between her verbally abusive parents , her boyfriend , dante ( some kind of hate star ronen rubinstein ) has the answer : come stay with him . when maya arrives at dante’s place , she discovers that it’s a condemned building , and each room is inhabited with people who are off their rocker , to say the least . there’s a man who makes his bondage slave drink urine ; a crack - addicted prostitute ; and a landlord who insists
lionsgate has revealed two new clips from the last witch hunter ahead of its release on october 23rd . also in this morning ' s round - up : details on the new york city horror film festival and the colorado horror convention , as well as information on how to watch the walking dead online and release details for eli morgan gesner ' s condemned . the last witch hunter :
the modern world holds many secrets , but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us ; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the black death upon the world . armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries , including kaulder , a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all - powerful queen witch , decimating her followers in the process . in the moments right before her death , the queen curses kaulder with her own immortality , forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife .
producers of “the kids , ” an upcoming documentary about the actors who inspired larry clark ’s “ kids , ” are launching a crowdfunding campaign on kickstarter . the campaign is starting in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of “ kids . ” caroline rothstein began working on the documentary two years ago by writing a retrospective about what happened to the children from “ kids . ” “we’ve spent the last two years in pre - production gathering never - before - seen archival footage and photographs , home videos , casting footage and more — an incredible trove of footage that captures the kids from ‘ kids , ' ” she said . the funds will be used to digitize archival footage , film the next round of interviews and edit a rough cut . “ kids ” star hamilton harris will direct and produce along with rothstein , peter bici and jessica forsyth . “ kids ” was written by harmony korine and directed by larry clark . it marked the feature film debuts of chloë sevigny , leo fitzpatrick ,
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he was born to a malayali narsani father and parsi mother , and he was named farhan irani by his maternal side but uses john abraham , which is reverse of his dad’s name , abraham john .
he was a big gadget freak and invented an idea of a cell phone game and named it velocity , which was later programmed by a company named small devices .
since his childhood , he was an enthusiast athlete and participated in 100m and 200m races . he has also represented his school at the district level in 100m race event .
john has worked as a media planner and promotion manager in organisations named time & space media entertainment promotions ltd and enterprises nexus .
he dreamt of becoming an architect like his dad and brother , but destiny took him to the film industry .
he won the runner - up title in gladrags manhunt super model contest , and later , he also won the manhunt international contest .
he has done an acting course to learn the basics of acting skills from kishore namit kapoor acting laboratory .
john is a big bike lover , and he bought his first bike - yamaha re 350 at the age of 18 for 17500 .
he was about to make debut in rahul rawail’s direction - is pyaar ko kya naam doon , which was shelved after it’s 75 per cent of the shoot .
he got inspired to stay fit after watching sylvester stallone’s rocky iv and he was 22 at that time .
he was featured in a punjabi album titled surma , a jazzy b ‘s album in which he played the role of a criminal investigator .
in 2003 , his voice was dubbed by some other actor in his debut film - jism . it was john’s and bipasha’s first movie together , and they were then in an 8 - year long relationship .
his father was a cancer patient and struggled to survive through it , and he wants to emulate his father in his strengths .
he rose to prominence after his performance in the film dhoom in 2004 . moreover , his hairstyle became a trendsetter among youth .
in his real life , he hates going to late night parties and clubs .
he fell in love with priya ( his wife ) at a gym in bandra , when he was also dating bipasha basu . soon , he came close to priya and his relationship with bipasha ended .
john is a very good friend of cricketer mahendra singh dhoni and was also seen wearing a jersey named dhoni with number 7 in the movie - desi boyz .
in a scene in the movie force , he lifted a bike weighing 115 kg himself without any safety measures or harness .
in an interview chat show - m bole toh , john disclosed that once he was surrounded by a lot of girls , who forcedly put their hands under his t - shirt , to which even john’s guards were not able to respond . later , when the girls left , his chest was bleeding . when he asked one of the girls the reason behind that weird act , she said that she wanted his skin in his nails and he was shocked at this .
john’s debut production - vicky donor was honoured with a national award for the best popular film providing popular entertainment .
his 2013 film - madras cafe was a big blockbuster hit and is one of the favourite films of him .
john suffers from a deviated nasal septum , which means partially closed nose due to which he has to breathe through his mouth also .
he owns a fitness entity named ja fitness , a clothing brand named ja , and a production house named ja entertainment .
despite owning such a big name and luxuries , his father still travels by bus and mother by auto .
abhishek bachchan , uday chopra , and hrithik roshan are his best friends and they all were also in the same school .
john replaced akshay kumar in the sequel of welcome - welcome back in 2015 , and his tapori look was inspired by aamir khan from the film rangeela .
john is a pescetarian as he doesn’t eat meat , but eats fish and egg white .
apart from acting and modelling , he is actively involved with ngo’s like habitat for humanity and peta ( people for the ethical treatment of animals ) .
in 2016 , for his film dishoom , besides quitting smoking , he had to smoke a lot for his role , which caused numerous troubles for him . however , he later went for a detox too .
he is an ardent football lover and is also the owner of the football team - northeast united football club , which competes in indian super league ( isl ) .
he is the indian brand ambassador for reebok and yamaha . moreover , he is planning out to launch his bike racing team .
hi john you are a good human being i respect you for that . you can be the action hero as this place is vacant here ; you got everything just need to focus on your acting
john abraham family pics with wife , priya runchal , sister - in - law , anca florescu abraham and brother , alan abraham .
john abraham doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve as far as his parents are concerned , but it is clear to all that he enjoys a deep connect with his family . john abraham comes from multi - religious family . his father , abraham john is a keralite who belongs to the syrian christian faith . he is an architect and along with his elder son , owns the aj ( abraham john architect ) firm . it was his father , who gave john his biblical name and abraham as his surname according to the nasrani or saint thomas christian naming system . john’s father is very much a presence in john’s life . in an interview show , he had commented on john’s romantic relationship with then girlfriend , bipasha basu saying that he liked her and that john should settle down with any girl he liked . when john married priya runchal , it was again he who came out with a statement saying that he was very happy to welcome the new addition to the family . he has revealed that priya would always drop in at their place whenever she was in town and has gone on to call her an intelligent girl who is a good match for john .
john abraham’s mother is firoze irani who is a zoroastrian parsi and a homemaker . john even has the parsi name of farhan , which was given to him by her side of the family . since his paternal relatives were mostly abroad , it was his mother’s side of the family who probably influenced him more . though he has grown up eating parsi food and loves it , he finds his mother’s cooking of the keralite ‘avial’ dish to be the best he has ever tasted ! john finds his mother’s cooking worth dying for and finds any chance he gets to go over to his parents’ house to eat his mother’s cooking ! he has commented in an interview that he has not been the greatest of sons to his mother and they often tend to fight and argue , but he goes on to call her the best mother one can have . john appreciates his mother for her charitable work with old age homes , children as well as animals and credits his mother for making him aware as well as care for the less privileged . john abraham has spoken about his mother’s love for films , especially the older black and white films and her being a big shammi kapoor fan and lover of old film songs . his mother is uncomfortable in front of the media and likes to keep a low profile as far as the media is concerned . in a rare interview , she had commented that she would like a homely , understanding and caring girl for her son , during the period john was in a relationship with bipasha .
john abraham’s elder brother is alan abraham who is an architect and photographer and is part of his father’s aj architecture firm . he has received laurels for the work he has done on his brother’s apartment and his warm personality has permeated into his work . he is also currently doing up actor hrithik roshan’s apartment . john revealed in an interview that when alan was studying in france , he was approached for a french film , which he went on to turn down . john’s father and brother recently won an award for designing john’s office and john went on to proclaim his pride in his brother on twitter .
alan abraham is married to romanian anca florescu who is an interior designer working alongside her husband and father - in - law in the same firm . she too , played a major part in designing john’s beautiful home . john is close to his sister - in - law from all accounts and recently gave her an audi q3 as her birthday present .
john abraham recently got himself hitched to investment banker priya runchal . there were some reports in the media that the couple had first met at a common gym , but another source revealed that they had actually met through a mutual friend in 2011 , post his break up with actress bipasha basu . john has been firm in denying reports that priya came into his life when he was still in a relationship with bipasha . unlike his high profile romantic relationship with bipasha , john made sure that this time his relationship with priya was as low profile as possible . so , though the couple were seen in public together , john gave no comments regarding her . even the news of his marriage , which was subtly given through his social network page , came as a surprise for the media and public . their marriage was small and intimate with only relatives and close friends attending . priya is not very familiar with the bollywood scene and has to date , preferred to give no interviews . at present , priya and john are a long distance couple as priya remains in us , doing her higher studies .