query: what films have taylor lautner starred in?

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Taylor Lautner Taylor Lautner (; born February 11, 1992) is an American actor, voice actor, and model. He is known for playing Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga" film series based on the novels of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. Lautner began his acting career playing bit roles in comedy series such as "The Bernie Mac Show" (2003) and "My Wife and Kids" (2004), before having voice roles in television series like "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" (2005) and "Danny Phantom" (2005). In 2005, he appeared in the film "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" and starred in "The Adventures of Sharkboy

title: Taylor Lautner

text: and Lavagirl in 3-D". He also starred in the 2011 action film "Abduction". Since 2013, Lautner has starred in the BBC sitcom "Cuckoo" as the son of the titular main character. In 2016, he joined the main cast of FOX black comedy series "Scream Queens" as Dr. Cassidy Cascade, joining in the second series. The late 2000s saw Lautner become a teen idol and sex symbol, after extensively changing his physique to keep the role of Jacob Black in further "Twilight" installments, and generating media attention for his looks. In 2010, he was ranked second on "Glamour"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "The 50 Sexiest

title: Taylor Lautner

text: especially via the "Team Edward vs. Team Jacob" campaign that promoted the film. Lautner's fanbase also began to expand to older audiences. Lautner won Best Fantasy Actor at the 2010 Scream Awards, and he is nominated for Favorite Movie Actor for his role in "Eclipse" at the 37th People's Choice Awards. In November 2010 "The Hollywood Reporter" named Lautner as one of the young male actors who are "pushing – or being pushed" into taking over Hollywood as the new "A-List". Lautner was initially supposed to be in two films, "Northern Lights" and a movie based on Max Steel, but

title: Taylor Lautner

text: pulled out of both films due to scheduling conflicts and better offers. Other planned projects were the lead in a movie about Stretch Armstrong and a hostage thriller, "Cancun". Lautner filmed a "Bourne Identity"-esque spy film with Lily Collins, entitled "Abduction". It was released in September 2011 to universally negative reviews from critics and Lautner's performance was heavily criticised. He appeared in the remaining parts of the "Twilight" series, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" films, which were released over a two-year period from 2011–2012. In 2010, Lautner was considered to be the highest-paid teen actor in Hollywood. In February 2014,

title: Taylor Lautner

text: spent three months on location in Austin, Texas, to film the movie, which was received with negative reviews from critics, and was a minor international success. However, Lautner was nominated at the 2006 Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film by a Leading Actor. For the film, Lautner choreographed all of his fight scenes after director Robert Rodríguez learned of his extensive martial arts training. Months later, he played Eliot Murtaugh in "Cheaper by the Dozen 2", which was panned by critics, being named one of the "Worst Films of the 2000s" by Rotten Tomatoes. After returning

title: Taylor Lautner

text: after moving to Los Angeles, Lautner appeared in small television roles, small film roles, and ads and commercials. In 2001, Lautner first appeared in the made-for-television film, "Shadow Fury". He then got a voice-over job in a commercial for "Rugrats Go Wild". He then appeared in small television roles on "The Bernie Mac Show", "My Wife and Kids", and "Summerland". Lautner then earned voice-over roles in animated series such as "Danny Phantom", "Duck Dodgers", and "What's New, Scooby-Doo?". The same year, he earned his first breakout role, starring in the film, "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D". Lautner

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Moon" is the third highest opening weekend in domestic history with $142,839,137. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" also has the sixth highest worldwide opening weekend with $274.9 million total. Critical reception was less favorable, with the movie getting a 4.6/10 average from Rotten Tomatoes, and a 44 on Metacritic. Lautner won Favorite Breakout Movie Actor at the 35th People's Choice Awards. Although it began after the release of the first film, upon release of "New Moon", Lautner and his co-stars Stewart and Pattinson transitioned to teen idol status, with Lautner particularly admired by teens for his new physical characteristics, becoming

title: Taylor Lautner

text: from Canada filming the latter movie, Lautner said he realized his newfound fame, from "Sharkboy and Lavagirl". In 2006 he appeared in the show "Love Inc." and the TV special "He's a Bully, Charlie Brown". Two years later, Lautner appeared in a lead role in the short-lived NBC drama, "My Own Worst Enemy", portraying Christian Slater's son, Jack Spivey. "Rolling Stone" coined his early roles as either "the popular kid, jock, or bully." In 2007, filmmakers began a search for actors to portray Jacob Black, a Native American friend of lead character Bella Swan in "Twilight", the first film in

title: Taylor Lautner

text: that and not his actual acting skill. In an interview, the actor revealed that he was originally supposed to have a baring scene in the movie "Valentine's Day". He stated, "The script said we were walking into school and Willy takes off his shirt. I said, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa. Time out. He's gonna take off his shirt in the middle of school? No, no, no. The reason I took off my shirt for "New Moon" is because it's written in the book that way. And there's reasons behind it." Lautner later said he would not bare his chest for any

title: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

text: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (also known simply as Sharkboy and Lavagirl) is a 2005 American adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and originally released in the United States on June 10, 2005 by Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures and Dimension Films. The film uses the anaglyph 3-D technology, similar to the one used in "" (2003). The film stars Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis and George Lopez. Many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguez's children. The special effects

title: Taylor Lautner

text: with the lawn." He owns a BMW 5 series, with dark-tinted windows intended to provide anonymity. The boost given to his career by the success of the "Twilight" films made him too busy to attend school, so he took the California High School Proficiency Exam to graduate from high school in 2008. He has stated on "Late Show with David Letterman" that if he does not have work, he would like to go back to school. In 2010, he stated that "I finished high school and enrolled in my local community college". Taylor Lautner Taylor Lautner (; born February 11,

title: Taylor Lautner

text: a sex symbol. The trio appeared on many covers and televised appearances together. In between the second and third films in the "Twilight" series, Lautner was a part of the ensemble cast in the movie "Valentine's Day" as Willy Harrington, acting alongside his rumored girlfriend at the time, American country pop singer Taylor Swift. The duo was nominated at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss. Although it received generally negative reviews, the film grossed $213 million and had the second biggest opening in the United States for a romantic comedy film. Lautner presented at the 2009 MTV Video

title: Taylor Lautner

text: impress the boys with his rugged agility." According to Mickey Rapkin of "GQ", the use of Lautner's physique in films has been compared to Megan Fox in her work. After his massive physical change following "Twilight", Lautner became a tabloid teen idol with his co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Lautner, determined to stay in the series, worked out every day and gained over of muscle in order to bulk up for the role of Jacob Black in the remaining films in "The Twilight Saga". Michelle Lanz of MSN Wonderwall said that Lautner's change may have saved his career. Several

title: Taylor Lautner

text: was named number one on Access Hollywood's "Top 5 Hollywood Abs" list. Before the actor turned 18, his sexualized image was often critiqued, and subject to controversy. In December 2009, Lautner appeared on the cover of "Rolling Stone" in a wet T-shirt. Jennifer Cady of E! Online said to wait a few months when Lautner would "be of age, which will make this whole operation you got going on completely legal." In his interview with the magazine, after declining to talk about whether he was dating Taylor Swift, the magazine pressed Lautner on rumors of him being gay, which he

title: Taylor Lautner

text: role that did not call for it. In June 2010, Lautner covered "GQ" magazine. The actor was lampooned in conservative writer Laura Ingraham's satirical "The Obama Diaries", commenting to have Lautner as a mascot for the White House Easter Egg Roll, to fit their health-conscious theme, and have Lautner don a furry bunny head and appear shirtless. In 2010, Lautner was ranked number two on "Glamour"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "50 Sexiest Men of 2010 " list. "Men's Health" ranked him at third on their list of "Top 10 Summer Bodies." Additionally in 2010, he was ranked fourth on "People"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> "Most Amazing Bodies" list.

title: Taylor Lautner

text: it was confirmed that Lautner would be joining the BBC Three comedy series "Cuckoo", replacing Andy Samberg. Lautner has continued in this role, co-starring in the BBC comedy for three series. On June 23, 2016, it was announced that Lautner had been cast in the Ryan Murphy comedy horror series "Scream Queens". Publications such as "GQ", "Rolling Stone", and "People" have referred to Lautner as a sex symbol, with the latter publication calling the actor a future epitome of pop culture. He has been called the new young adult star that can "both woo the girls with his intensity and

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Men of 2010" list, and fourth on "People"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Most Amazing Bodies" list. Also in the same year, Lautner was named the highest-paid teenage actor in Hollywood. Lautner was born on February 11, 1992, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Deborah and Daniel Lautner. His mother works for a software development company, while his father was a Midwest Airlines pilot. He has one younger sister named Makena. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Lautner has Austrian, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, and Swiss ancestry, and has stated that he has "distant" Native American ancestry (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) through his mother.

title: Taylor Lautner

text: brushed off. Brent Hartinger, a columnist for AfterElton, blasted the magazine, calling the questioning "unimaginably irresponsible," commenting that Lautner was just "a 17-year old kid" and that while the rumors were baseless and speculation from certain blogs and fans, it was disappointing that a "legitimate media outlet" would print gossip. Hartinger said the magazine reached a "new low" and did not have common decency, noting that the line between child and adult "is there for a good reason". Lautner has stated that he does not want to be just known for his looks, as some have attributed his popularity to

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Lautner has an intricate workout plan, which was covered by "Men's Health", and has a specific diet after developing his body for "". In addition, he still practices and trains in martial arts regularly. He has stated that he is drug- and alcohol-free. Lautner resides with his parents and younger sister in Valencia, California, which he says he prefers because of the paparazzi. Lautner has said that he has never thought of moving out on his own, stating, "The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Music Awards and the 82nd Academy Awards. Lautner hosted "Saturday Night Live" on December 12, 2009, making him one of the youngest celebrity hosts in the show's history. Lautner returned for the third "Twilight" film, "", in 2010. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film surpassed its predecessor to become the highest-grossing film of the franchise and the highest-grossing romantic fantasy, werewolf and vampire movie of all time at the American and Canadian box office. It ranks as the 36th highest-grossing film of all-time in the U.S. and Canada. The popularity of Lautner and his cast members continued to summit,

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Ranger in "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue", suggested to Lautner that he take up acting. For a few years, the Lautners flew from Michigan to Los Angeles for auditions when his talent agency called, and returned to Grand Rapids for school sometimes the same day. Lautner balanced karate and acting with being on the football and baseball teams at his school, and taking up jazz and hip-hop dance. After that became tiring, Lautner and his family decided to move to California for a month, to try it out, before moving to Santa Clarita, California, permanently in 2002. In his first months

title: John Lautner

text: recognized the life and influence of the architect on what would have been his 100th birthday, by declaring July 16 John Lautner Day. A reception was held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with an exhibition and a panel discussion on Lautner’s legacy. John Lautner John Edward Lautner (16 July 1911 – 24 October 1994) was an American architect. Following an apprenticeship in the mid 1930s with Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner opened his own practice in 1938, where he would work for the remainder of his career. Lautner practiced primarily in California, and the majority of his

title: Taylor Lautner

text: He grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, a town near Grand Rapids. He has stated that he was bullied in school because he was an actor. He commented, "I just had to tell myself 'I can't let this get to me. This is what I love to do. And I'm going to continue doing it.'" He took his first karate class at the age of six. A year later, he attended the national karate tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, where he met Michael Chaturantabut, the founder of Xtreme Martial Arts. Chaturantabut invited Lautner to a camp he held at University of California,

title: Taylor Lautner

text: 2009, Weitz and Summit Entertainment announced that Lautner would continue to play the role of Jacob in the sequel. In an interview, fellow cast member Kristen Stewart talked about Lautner's transformation saying, "He's an entirely different person physically." Stewart later said, "He gets a lot of attention because he's buff, but I think as soon as the movie comes out, people are going to realize that's not why he got the job." Co-star Robert Pattinson said after seeing Lautner's body, "I saw him and thought 'Jesus, I'm going to get fired." In an interview with "The Wrap", Weitz said Lautner

title: Taylor Lautner

text: Los Angeles. Lautner trained with Chaturantabut for several years, earning his black belt by the age of eight, and winning several junior world championships. He appeared in an ISKA karate event televised on ESPN in 2003 that was later lampooned on the sports-comedy show "Cheap Seats" that first aired in 2006. In junior high, Lautner—who was involved in karate, baseball and hip-hop dance—won the award for "Best Smile" and played in the school's Turkey Bowl American Football game. He went to public school in Valencia, California at Valencia High School until his sophomore year. Chaturantabut, who once portrayed the Blue

title: John Lautner

text: Cohen was produced by Aluminum Films. It featured interviews with Lautner filmed for the production. In 2009 the Googie Company released the documentary feature film "Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner", directed by Murray Grigor. It features extensive contemporary and archival images of many of Lautner's key buildings (most of which are not open to the public), excerpts from Lautner's 1986 oral history recordings, interviews with Lautner's family, colleagues and clients, Lautner archivist Frank Escher and longtime Lautner fan Frank Gehry, as well as a moving on-site reunion of the three surviving principals who built the Chemosphere — Lautner's

title: Taylor Lautner

text: deserved a lot of credit for the movie's box office, stating, "If you look at the movie, it should have been the weakest in the franchise, because Robert Pattinson doesn't play as big a role." Weitz said Lautner had to "pick up that slack, and if his character hadn't been emotionally, not just physically, appealing, the movie wouldn't have been as big a hit." The commercial performance of the film outpaced the first film, setting several box office records including the biggest midnight opening in the United States and Canada and the biggest single-day opening. The opening weekend of "New

title: Taylor Lautner

text: have an actor that would accurately portray "the new, larger Jacob Black." Black's role in the novel also increases significantly, with him falling in love with Bella and becoming a werewolf, putting the actor in a starring role. Representatives for Weitz had stated that they were make a full effort to recast the "high-profile gig," and MTV News confirmed that Weitz was looking at Michael Copon to take on the role; however, Summit Entertainment said a decision had not been made. In an attempt to keep the role, Lautner weight-trained extensively and gained approximately 30 pounds of muscle. In January

title: Taylor Lautner

text: The "Twilight" Saga film series. In January 2008, an open casting call was held in Portland, Oregon. Lautner had not heard of the "Twilight" series before, but was urged by his agent to audition. At his audition, he read lines with Kristen Stewart, who had already been cast as Bella, and they acted out scenes from "" and "". The film was a commercial success, earning $69 million its opening weekend, and has grossed $392 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews from critics, having a "Rotten" rating with a weighted average of 5.5/10. In describing the critical consensus, it stated:

title: Taylor Lautner

text: "Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, "Twilight" will please its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated." On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, it has an average score of 56 from the 37 reviews. At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Lautner was nominated for Male Breakthrough Performance, which was won by co-star Robert Pattinson. Initially, director Chris Weitz wanted to recast the role of Jacob Black for "Twilight"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> sequel, "", due to the major physical changes that occur in Black between the two novels, and

title: John Lautner

text: a unique design solution — but also in his use of materials, as Jean-Louis Cohen notes in his essay "John Lautner's Luxuriant Tectonics": It is ironic that, although famous Lautner works like the Carling and Harpel houses, the Chemosphere and the Sheats Goldstein Residence have become inextricably linked with Los Angeles in the public imagination, Lautner repeatedly expressed his dislike of California. In his oral history interviews he was highly critical of the standard of architecture in Los Angeles, and idealised the rural Michigan environment of his youth, as he recalled in 1986: In 1939, Lautner had just finished working

title: John Lautner

text: have also influenced film production and set design: Many Lautner building were at one point owned by celebrities. Between 2001 and 2007, his Segel Residence on Malibu's Carbon Beach was owned by actors David Arquette and Courteney Cox; it sold for US$33.5 million. Actor Vincent Gallo owned three Lautner homes, including the Wolff House in West Hollywood and the Garcia House. In 2014, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Chris Martin purchased Lautner’s 3,650-square-foot Garwood Residence in Point Dume for $14 million. One of the few Lautner buildings regularly open to the general public is the Desert Hot Springs Motel, which

title: John Lautner

text: Guest House. Another significant landmark this year was the article "Three Western Homes" in the March edition of "House & Garden", which included floor plans of the Bell Residence and four (uncredited) photos of the house by Julius Shulman. These photos marked the start of a lifelong association between architect and photographer; over the next fifty years Shulman logged some 75 assignments on various Lautner projects (for Lautner and other clients) and his photos of Lautner's architecture have appeared in at least 275 articles. Lautner left the Honnold practice in 1947, primarily because he had begun a relationship with Honnold's

title: John Lautner

text: John Lautner John Edward Lautner (16 July 1911 – 24 October 1994) was an American architect. Following an apprenticeship in the mid 1930s with Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner opened his own practice in 1938, where he would work for the remainder of his career. Lautner practiced primarily in California, and the majority of his works were residential. Lautner is perhaps best remembered for his contribution to the development of the Googie style, as well as for several Atomic Age houses he designed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which include the Leonard Malin House, Paul Sheats House, and Russ

title: John Lautner

text: and the "Los Angeles Times". Lautner and Gilman married in 1948 and MaryBud returned to Marquette with their four children, daughters Karol Lautner (b. 1938), Mary Beecher Lautner (b. California, 1944), Judith Munroe Lautner (b. California, 1946) and son Michael John Lautner (b. Astor Farm, Indio, California, 1942 - d. California, 2005). Lautner's output that year included the Tower Motors Lincoln-Mercury Showroom in Glendale and the Sheats "L'Horizon" Apartments, but most of the other designs dating from that year were domestic commissions that were never built. There were more important commissions in 1949–1950 including the Dahlstrom Residence, Googie's Coffee House

title: John Lautner

text: of mobility. In recent years, Lautner's work has undergone a significant critical reappraisal with the 1999 publication of Alan Hess and Alan Weintraub's "The Architecture of John Lautner" (Rizzoli), and a 2008 exhibit at the Hammer Museum curated by architect Frank Escher and architectural historian Nicholas Olsberg. In 2009, Lautner was the subject of a documentary feature film direct by Murray Grigor, "Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner". John Lautner designed over 200 architectural projects during his career, but many designs for larger buildings were never realised. In the architectural press his extant body of work has been dominated

title: Georges Lautner

text: achève bien les cons !", is a thriller comic written by Georges Lautner and drawn by Phil Castaza, published by Soleil Productions in January the 28th 2004. This comics has been recently adapted for the screen by SystemD Productions. Georges Lautner Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Attracted from its beginnings to comedy, Lautner is best known for having put in image the most famous replicas of Michel Audiard, french screenwriter and film director, (their most famous collaboration remaining Tontons flingueurs). His incursions into other genres (including Le Professionnel

title: John Lautner

text: which snakes around its edge; the terrace is itself topped by a huge, sweeping semi-circular angled awning made of cast, reinforced concrete. Lautner designed the 11,200-square-foot Rancho del Valle rehabilitation center in 1979. In 2014, Santa Rosa-based Oakmont Senior Living offered to acquire the Winnetka Avenue site and to replace the Lautner building with a two-story, 84,978-square-foot facility better suited for eldercare. The Los Angeles Conservancy seeks to save the building. Several of Lautner's houses are now designated as Los Angeles Cultural-Historical Monuments. His dramatic and photogenic spaces have been frequently used as film, TV and photography locations, and they

title: John Lautner

text: Teachers College — where he studied philosophy, ethics, physics, literature, drafting, art and architectural history, read the work of Immanuel Kant and Henri Bergson, played woodwinds and piano, and developed an interest in jazz. He furthered his studies in Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. In 1933, Lautner graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts. In April 1933, after reading the autobiography of Frank Lloyd Wright, Vida Lautner approached the architect, who had recently launched his apprenticeship program at Taliesin. Lautner was quickly admitted to the Fellowship, but he had recently become engaged to a neighbor, Mary Faustina ("MaryBud") Roberts

title: Georges Lautner

text: Georges Lautner Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Attracted from its beginnings to comedy, Lautner is best known for having put in image the most famous replicas of Michel Audiard, french screenwriter and film director, (their most famous collaboration remaining Tontons flingueurs). His incursions into other genres (including Le Professionnel in 1981 or La Maison assassinée in 1988) were also popular with the public. He remains a great figure in the French comedy of the post-war period. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint-Cyr. "On

title: John Lautner

text: the year 2000, renting out the rooms as apartments. It was then sold to Steve Lowe, who briefly ran it as the Lautner Motel. After Lowe died in 2005 the property went through the courts as was finally put back on the market in late 2006, when designers Ryan Trowbridge and Tracy Beckmann purchased it in 2007 for less than $400,000. The couple spent the next three-and-a-half years renovating and restoring the property. Their efforts won the approval of the Lautner Foundation, who sanctioned its renaming as the Hotel Lautner, in honor of its designer. The hotel re-opened for business

title: John Lautner

text: by his apprenticeship under Frank Lloyd Wright. Speaking of his time at Taliesin, he recalled: Throughout his life Lautner was a passionate admirer of his mentor (to whom he typically referred as "Mr. Wright") and he remained a dedicated practitioner of Organic Architecture. His oral history interviews reveal that he had little regard for the International Style and its leading architects: Nevertheless, even during the time he worked under Wright, Lautner sought to established his own individual and distinctive style: Although his earlier works not surprisingly displayed some of the influence of his mentor, Lautner gradually developed his own style

title: Kristen Stewart

text: reprised this role in "". At the 2010 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Stewart and "Twilight" co-star Taylor Lautner presented a tribute in honor of the horror movie genre. In 2009, Stewart starred in "The Yellow Handkerchief", which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and was released into theaters in 2010 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. She also starred alongside James Gandolfini in "Welcome to the Rileys", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010. In 2010, Stewart portrayed rock star Joan Jett in "The Runaways", a biographical film of the titular band of the same name from writer-director Floria

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: had the range, nerve, and instinct that only Bette Davis had had before – and like Davis, Taylor was monster and empress, sweetheart and scold, idiot and wise woman". Three films in which she starred – "National Velvet", "Giant", and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" – have been preserved in the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute has named her the seventh greatest female screen legend of classical Hollywood cinema. Taylor has also been discussed by journalists and scholars interested in the role of women in Western society. Camille Paglia writes that Taylor was a "pre-feminist woman" who

title: John Lautner

text: and the UPA Studios in Burbank. During 1950, he was part of a group exhibition of sixteen California architects at Scripps College in Claremont, California, and in 1951 his work was included in Harris and Bonenberg's influential guidebook "A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in Southern California" (Watling, 1951). Lautner obtained his architectural license in 1952 and in February, "House and Home" published the genre-defining Douglas Haskell article "Googie Architecture", which included two Shulman photographs of the Los Angeles restaurant accompanied by an article on the Foster and Carling houses and L'Horizon apartments. From the late 1940s until his death, Lautner

title: John Lautner

text: editor Douglas Haskell after he spotted the Lautner-designed Googie's Coffee Shop while driving through Hollywood with renowned architectural photographer Julius Shulman. Haskell used the term in a February 1952 "House and Home" magazine article on the new design style and it stuck, although it soon came to be used as a derogatory term in "serious" architectural circles. Lautner first defined an architectural solution to the scale, function, and public space of car-oriented suburban architecture in his remodel of Henry's in Glendale in 1947. Googie's Coffee Shop, designed in 1949, stood at the corner of Sunset Strip and Crescent Heights, next

title: John Lautner

text: worked primarily on designing domestic residences. His early work was on a relatively modest scale but in later years, as his reputation grew and his client base became more affluent, his design projects became increasingly grand, culminating in the palatial Arango residence in Acapulco, Mexico. This project, along with his appointment as Olympic Architect for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, were among the highlights of his later career. After many years of chronic illness, Elizabeth Lautner died in 1978; in 1982 Lautner married her caretaker, Francesca. Lautner's last years were also marred by declining health and loss

title: John Lautner

text: assistant Guy Zebert, original owner Leonard Malin, and builder John de la Vaux (who was 95 years old at the time of filming). Lautner's legacy is now curated and perpetuated by the non-profit John Lautner Foundation. In 2007 the Foundation donated its archive of drawings, models, photographs, and other materials that belonged to John Lautner to the Getty Research Institute Special Collections. In 2008 Lautner's life and work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Reviewing the exhibition, author and critic Hunter Drohojowska-Philp lauded Lautner's work: In 2011, city of Los Angeles

title: John Lautner

text: series of Los Angeles domestic projects, the Sturges, Green, Lowe, Bell and Mauer houses. His first significant solo project was his own Los Angeles home, the Lautner House (1939), which helped to establish his name — it was the subject of Lautner's first article on his own work, published in the June–July edition of "California Arts & Architecture", and it was featured in "Home Beautiful" where it was lauded by Henry-Russell Hitchcock as "the best house in the United States by an architect under thirty". During this period, Lautner worked with Wright on the designs of the Sturges House in

title: John Lautner

text: Garcia House. Lautner was born in Marquette, Michigan, in 1911 and was of mixed Austrian and Irish descent. His father, John Edward Lautner, who migrated from Germany ca. 1870, was self-educated, but gained a place at the University of Michigan as an adult and then studied philosophy in Göttingen, Leipzig, Geneva and Paris. In 1901, he was appointed as head of French and German at the recently founded Marquette Northern State Normal School (now Northern Michigan University), where he later became a teacher. His mother, Vida Cathleen ( Gallagher), was an interior designer and painter. The Lautners were keenly interested

title: John Lautner

text: on the Bell and Mauer houses, "Architectural Forum", and "The Californian". During 1941, Lautner was again brought in to oversee two more Wright projects that had run into trouble: the redesign of the Ennis House and an ill-fated project for a lavish Malibu residence ("Eaglefeather") for filmmaker Arch Oboler. This was beset by many problems (including the tragic drowning of Oboler's son in a water-filled excavation). A Lautner-designed retreat for Oboler's wife was eventually built. During 1942, he designed a caretaker's cottage for the Astor Farm (since demolished) and in 1943, he joined the Structon Company, where he worked on

title: John Lautner

text: Brentwood Heights, California and on the unbuilt Jester House. Lautner supervised the building of the Sturges House for Wright, but during construction he ran into serious design, cost and construction problems which climaxed with the threat of legal action by the owners, forcing Wright to bring in students from Taliesin to complete repairs. In the meantime, the Bell and Green projects had both stalled due to rising costs. The Greens canceled, but Wright gave the Bell commission to Lautner. He was also engaged to supervise the Mauer house when the Mauers dismissed Wright for failing to deliver the working drawings

title: John Lautner

text: window wall is made of five hanging glass panels. The infinity-edge swimming pool was one of the first of its kind. The project had a long and difficult gestation — while it was still being built, original owner Kenneth Reiner (with whom Lautner collaborated closely) was bankrupted by the fraudulent dealings of his business partners and he was forced to sell the house. Lautner also faced opposition from the Los Angeles building certification authorities, who were dismayed by the radical design of the post-stressed concrete ramp, which cantilivers out from the base of the house without any columns supporting it

title: John Lautner

text: himself. One of Lautner's most significant early works, this house embodies many of his central design concerns and includes key features that he would continue to explore and develop throughout his career. It was also important as the project that united him with builder John de la Vaux. Fortuitously, the pair met through their wives, who knew each other socially — at the time, Lautner was having trouble finding contractors to work on his houses, and de la Vaux, a boat builder, was keen to move into housing construction. At his wife's suggestion de la Vaux approached Lautner and offered

title: John Lautner

text: for the Leonard J. Malin Residence, also known as the "Chemosphere" (1960), which has become one of his best-known and most influential creations. Located at 776 Torreyson Drive, Los Angeles, the house was designed for young aerospace engineer Leonard Malin in 1960 and built by John de la Vaux. The steep hillside site had been given to Malin by his father-in-law, but was considered impossible to build on until Lautner devised his design: Lautner ingeniously solved the problem of the 45-degree slope by siting the entire house off the ground atop a 50-foot (15 m) concrete pillar that rests on

title: Jonathan Taylor Thomas

text: live-action films. Among the ones he starred in are those from Disney: "Man of the House", "Tom and Huck", and "I'll Be Home for Christmas". Other live-action films starring Thomas are an adaptation of "The Adventures of Pinocchio" (in which he played the titular character), "Wild America", "Speedway Junky", and "Walking Across Egypt". Thomas has been a vegetarian for much of his life. Jonathan Taylor Thomas Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on "Home Improvement" and voicing young Simba in Disney's

title: Buck Taylor

text: 1963-1964 ABC series "The Greatest Show on Earth". He portrayed Mickey Vecchione in the 1963 episode "My Son the Social Worker" on "Going My Way". He appeared in 1960's series "Combat!" episode "The First Day". Taylor co-starred in the 1963 Walt Disney production, "Johnny Shiloh", the first of more than fifty films. He was then cast in an uncredited role in "Ensign Pulver" (1964) and in "The Wild Angels" (1966), as a motorcycle gang member. He guest starred on "Have Gun - Will Travel", "The Rebel", and three times on "Stoney Burke". He was cast on "The Fugitive", and "The

title: Robert Taylor (actor)

text: as these fellow-travelers and Communists do". Taylor also labeled screenwriter Lester Cole "reputedly a Communist", while adding, "I would not know personally". After the hearings, Taylor's films were banned in Communist Hungary and in Czechoslovakia and Communists called for a boycott of his films in France. In 1952, Taylor starred in the film "Above and Beyond", a biopic of Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets. The two men met and found that they had much in common. Both had considered studying medicine, and were avid skeet-shooters and fliers. Taylor learned to fly in the mid-1930s, and served as a United States

title: Jack Taylor (actor)

text: Franco, Amando de Ossorio, Javier Aguirre, Juan Piquer Simon, Leon Klimovsky, Carlos Aured and Jose Ramon Larraz. He co-starred in films with many famous Mexican and European horror stars, such as Paul Naschy, Christopher Lee, Wolf Ruvinski, German Robles, Howard Vernon, Ray Milland, Soledad Miranda, Janine Reynaud, Lina Romay, Paul Muller, Klaus Kinski, Adrian Hoven, Helga Line, Herbert Lom and Maria Rohm. Taylor starred in a number of cult classic horror films made in Mexico when he was in his early twenties, films featuring the Mexican characters of Nostradamus the vampire and the superhero Neutron. Reportedly he moved to Europe

title: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (film)

text: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (film) What Have I Done to Deserve This? () is a 1984 Spanish black comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Starring Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave and Verónica Forqué, the films follows the misadventures of an overworked housewife and her dysfunctional family. "What Have I Done", Almodovar's fourth film, became the first of his works to be released theatrically in the U.S. premiering to sold-out crowds as part of New Directors/New Films

title: What Have You Done to Solange?

text: remake of "What Have You Done to Solange?". The film will be produced by Refn's Space Rocket Nation banner along with producer Fulvio Lucisano. What Have You Done to Solange? What Have You Done to Solange? () is a 1972 "giallo" film directed by Massimo Dallamano, and starring Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger, Cristina Galbó, and Camille Keaton. The plot follows a series of violent murders occurring at a Catholic girls' school in England where a young student has gone missing. The film is a co-production between Italian production companies Italian International Films S.r.l., Clodio Cinematografica and West German

title: John Lautner

text: by his domestic commissions; although he designed numerous commercial buildings including Googie's, Coffee Dan's and Henry's restaurants, the Beachwood Market, Desert Hot Springs Motel, and the Lincoln Mercury Showroom in Glendale, sadly, several of these buildings have since been demolished. With a handful of exceptions (e.g. the Arango Residence in Acapulco, the Turner House in Aspen, Colorado, the Harpel House #2 in Anchorage, Alaska, the Ernest Lautner house in Pensacola, Florida) nearly all of Lautner's extant buildings are in California, mostly in and around Los Angeles. His distinctive application of the principles of Organic Architecture was, of course, profoundly influenced

title: John Lautner

text: the ramp to test it. The project then sat unfinished for some time. When it became available through bankruptcy in 1974, Philip and Jacklyn Burchill bought the home. They worked with Lautner to complete the home and moved in 1976. Garcia House Designed for Russ & Gina Garcia, construction began in 1960 and was completed 1962. Russ Garcia was a critically acclaimed music composer of music for the Walt Disney Co and worked with such talent as Julie London. Originally slated to have an entirely concrete roof, the City of Los Angeles was too unfamiliar with Lautner's far out designs

title: Robert Taylor (actor)

text: (tied with Alan Ladd). In 1963, NBC filmed, but never aired, four episodes of what was to have been "The Robert Taylor Show", a series based on case files from the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The project was suddenly dropped for lack of coordination with HEW. In 1964, Taylor co-starred with his former wife Barbara Stanwyck in William Castle's psychological horror film "The Night Walker". In 1965, after filming "Johnny Tiger" in Florida, Taylor took over the role of narrator in the television series "Death Valley Days", when Ronald Reagan left to pursue a career in

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: MGM's most bankable stars, Taylor wished to end her career in the early 1950s. She resented the studio's control and disliked many of the films to which she was assigned. She began receiving roles she enjoyed more in the mid-1950s, beginning with the epic drama "Giant" (1956), and starred in several critically and commercially successful films in the following years. These included two film adaptations of plays by Tennessee Williams: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), and "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959); Taylor won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the latter. Although she disliked her role as a

title: Lili Taylor

text: Lili Taylor Lili Anne Taylor (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress notable for her appearances in such award-winning indie films as "Mystic Pizza" (1988), "Say Anything..." (1989), "Dogfight" (1991), "Short Cuts" (1993) and "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996), as well as several big-budget films such as "Ransom" (1996), "The Haunting" (1999), "The Conjuring" (2013), "Public Enemies" (2009) and "" (2015). In television, she has starred in "Six Feet Under", "Hemlock Grove", "Almost Human" and both seasons of the anthology series "American Crime"; for the latter, she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited

title: Christine Taylor

text: guest starred in "Hannah Montana Forever". In 2010, she also starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie "Farewell Mr. Kringle". In 2013, Taylor reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revived "Arrested Development". Taylor guest starred on "Elementary" in 2017, playing villainess Gail Lundquist. Taylor married actor Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They met while making the TV show "Heat Vision and Jack". Stiller and Taylor appeared together in "Zoolander", "", "Tropic Thunder", "Zoolander 2", and the TV series "Arrested Development" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm". They live in Westchester County, New York and have a

title: Leigh Taylor-Young

text: in a major prime time soap since "Peyton Place". Despite being best known for her film and television work, she has stated a preference for live theater where her career began. A favorite of Samuel Beckett, she starred opposite Donald Davis in Beckett's one act play, "Catastrophe" (included in a trilogy of one-act plays billed as "The Beckett Plays") at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1984. "Catastrophe" with Taylor-Young also toured Los Angeles, New York City and London. Taylor-Young's recent film credits have included minor roles in "Honeymoon Academy" (1990), "Bliss" (1997), and "Slackers" (2002), as well as direct-to-video films

title: Robert Taylor (actor)

text: 1941. That year he portrayed Billy Bonney (better known as Billy the Kid) in "Billy the Kid". The next year, he played the title role in the film noir "Johnny Eager" opposite Lana Turner. After playing a tough sergeant in "Bataan" in 1943, Taylor contributed to the war effort by becoming a flying instructor in the U.S. Naval Air Corps. During this time, he also starred in instructional films and narrated the 1944 documentary "The Fighting Lady". After the war he appeared in a series of edgy roles, including "Undercurrent" and "High Wall". In 1949, he co-starred opposite Elizabeth Taylor

title: What Have They Done to the Rain

text: Seekers, Marianne Faithfull,Joan Baez (1962), and Melanie. The song was also recorded by the composer and issued by Columbia on the 1967 album Malvina Reynolds Sings the Truth (reissued on CD by Omni in 2008). It was also covered by actress Lili Taylor in Nancy Savoca's film "Dogfight". Tout est étrange sous la pluie What Have They Done to the Rain "What Have They Done to the Rain" is a song by Malvina Reynolds. Composed in 1962 and first entitled "Rain Song", it was written as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere, which was producing

title: Starred Up

text: as the male lead. On a budget of £2 million, shooting was based in former prisons HM Prison Crumlin Road in Belfast and HM Prison Maze in Lisburn, which was a 24-day shoot including 18 days of stunts. Principal photography started on 11 February at Crumlin Road with the post-production scheduled to begin during May. Financing for "Starred Up" was provided by Film4 alongside Creative Scotland, Quickfire Films, Northern Ireland Screen and Lip Sync Productions. "Starred Up" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, before screening at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2013, where it opened the

title: Jack Taylor (actor)

text: the Blonde Goddess" and "Sexy Sisters" in 1977. Taylor co-starred in a few Paul Naschy films filmed in Spain such as "The Mummy's Revenge" and "Dr. Jekyll and the Wolf Man". He worked for director Amando De Ossorio three times, in "The Ghost Galleon", "Night of the Sorcerers" and "The Sea Serpent". He also appeared in Leon Klimovsky's "The Vampires' Night Orgy" and the Italian giallo "Red Rings of Fear". Taylor also had a small role in John Milius' "Conan the Barbarian", which was filmed in Spain. Juan Piquer Simon directed him in two films, a Jules Verne adventure film

title: Robert Taylor (actor)

text: 1955 co-starring Eleanor Parker. In 1958, he shared the lead with Richard Widmark in the edgy John Sturges western "The Law and Jake Wade". Also in 1958, he left MGM and formed his own production company, Robert Taylor Productions, and the following year, he starred in the ABC hit television series "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1959–1962). Following the end of the series in 1962, Taylor continued to appear in films and television including "A House Is Not a Home" and two episodes of "Hondo". Robert Taylor received the 1953 World Film Favorite – Male, award at the Golden Globes

title: Robert Taylor (actor)

text: a flight instructor and appeared in instructional films. From 1959 to 1962, he starred in the ABC series "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor". In 1966, he took over hosting duties from his friend Ronald Reagan on the series "Death Valley Days". Taylor was married to actress Barbara Stanwyck from 1939 to 1951. He married actress Ursula Thiess in 1954, and they had two children. A chain smoker, Taylor was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 1968. He died of the disease on June 8, 1969, at the age of 57. Born Spangler Arlington Brugh in Filley, Nebraska, Taylor was the

title: Rod Taylor

text: Rola Show Australian Radio Actor of the Year Award, which included a ticket to London via Los Angeles, but Taylor did not continue on to London. Taylor soon landed roles in television shows such as "Studio 57" and the films "Hell on Frisco Bay" (1955) and "Giant" (1956). In 1955, he guest-starred in the third episode ("The Argonauts") of the first hour-long Western television series, "Cheyenne", an ABC program starring Clint Walker. Taylor and Edward Andrews played gold seekers Clancy and Duncan, respectively, who are best friends until they strike it rich, only to see Native Americans release their gold

title: Taylor Handley

text: her. In 2006, Handley appeared in three films: "The Standard", "" and "Zerophilia". Handley's next film, "September Dawn", was released to theaters on August 24, 2007. In 2007, Handley starred as Johnny Miller in the short-lived CW television program, "Hidden Palms". On April 9, 2009, he guest starred in the pilot of "Southland", playing the character Wade. He returned as Wade in the second episode of the second season. Handley also co-starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the series "Vegas", playing the character Dixon Lamb. In 2013 he also appeared in the commercial "Greatness Awaits" for the PS4 console. Taylor Handley

title: What Have You Done to Solange?

text: influenced by American films such as "Dirty Harry" and "The French Connection". Dallamano's next film in the "Schoolgirls in Peril" trilogy was "What Have They Done to Your Daughters?", a film with similar themes to "What Have You Done to Solange?". The final part of the series was "Red Rings of Fear". It was released on August 19, 1978. Dallamano is credited as a screenwriter on the film, and was intended to direct the film, but he died before the film began production. Director Nicolas Winding Refn announced in 2016 that he was seeking a director and screenwriter for a

title: What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

text: Shipka, author of a book on European exploitation films found the film "doesn't hold as much of a grip as" "What Have You Done to Solange?" as it focused too much on police protocol, but was still "an intense gritty film that deserves to be seen." What Have They Done to Your Daughters? What Have They Done to Your Daughters? () is a 1974 Italian "giallo" and "poliziotteschi" film directed by Massimo Dallamano. The film is about police officers investigating a case of a 14-year-old Silvia Polvesi who has been found hanged after receiving an anonymous phone call. After interrogating

title: What Have You Done to Solange?

text: What Have You Done to Solange? What Have You Done to Solange? () is a 1972 "giallo" film directed by Massimo Dallamano, and starring Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger, Cristina Galbó, and Camille Keaton. The plot follows a series of violent murders occurring at a Catholic girls' school in England where a young student has gone missing. The film is a co-production between Italian production companies Italian International Films S.r.l., Clodio Cinematografica and West German company Rialto Film. While in a boat making out with a college professor, a young woman sees a man with a knife stabbing another

title: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

text: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (born Sydney, 19 September 1973) is an Australian actor. He finished his education at Newington College in 1991 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in drama and sociology, from the University of Newcastle. He is known for his long-running role as Kurt Peterson in "Heartbreak High". Since then he has appeared in "Something in the Air", "McLeod's Daughters", "Stingers" and "Blue Heelers". In 2006, he guest-starred in the "Doctor Who" audio adventure "The Reaping". Taylor appeared in the feature films "Tom White" and "Em4Jay" and "Bad Bush". His theatre

text: mind when her son Miguel returns unexpectedly and says he wants to take care of her. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (film) What Have I Done to Deserve This? () is a 1984 Spanish black comedy written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The title is sometimes given with an exclamation mark at the end rather than a question mark. Starring Carmen Maura, Ángel de Andrés López, Chus Lampreave and Verónica Forqué, the films follows the misadventures of an overworked housewife and her dysfunctional family. "What Have I Done", Almodovar's fourth film, became the first of his works to

title: Laurette Taylor

text: play by her husband. Few of Taylor's performances survive on celluloid. In 1924, Taylor starred in a film version of "Happiness", directed by King Vidor, which told of the adventures of a young shopgirl, "Jenny Wray", who learns that riches do not necessarily lead to happiness. The cast included Hedda Hopper and Pat O'Malley. The same year, Taylor starred in another screen version of Manners' dramatic play, "One Night In Rome", in which she played the dual roles of Duchess Mareno/Madame Enigme. Taylor seems to have enjoyed making "One Night in Rome" as she kept a personal print of the

title: Taylor Holmes

text: Taylor Holmes Taylor Holmes (May 16, 1878 – September 30, 1959) was an actor who appeared in over 100 Broadway plays in his five-decade career. However, he is probably best remembered for his film roles, which he began in silent movies in 1917. In one of his earliest films, he starred in "A Pair of Sixes" (1918), produced by George K. Spoor. Holmes was born on May 16, 1878, in Newark, New Jersey. Holmes began his stage career in vaudeville and made his first professional appearance at Keith's Theatre in Boston in 1899. In 1900, Holmes appeared George Bernard Shaw's

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: Lives", Taylor dissolved her theater company. Her only other project that year was television film "Between Friends". From the mid-1980s, Taylor acted mostly in television productions. She made cameos in the soap operas "Hotel" and "All My Children" in 1984, and played a brothel keeper in the historical mini-series "North and South" in 1985. She also starred in several television films, playing gossip columnist Louella Parsons in "Malice in Wonderland" (1985), a "fading movie star" in the drama "There Must Be a Pony" (1986), and a character based on Poker Alice in the eponymous Western (1987). She re-united with director

title: Taylor Holmes

text: has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His interment was is in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. Silent Sound Taylor Holmes Taylor Holmes (May 16, 1878 – September 30, 1959) was an actor who appeared in over 100 Broadway plays in his five-decade career. However, he is probably best remembered for his film roles, which he began in silent movies in 1917. In one of his earliest films, he starred in "A Pair of Sixes" (1918), produced by George K. Spoor. Holmes was born on May 16, 1878, in Newark, New Jersey. Holmes began his stage career in

title: Taylor Kitsch

text: Channel miniseries "Waco". Kitsch purchased 3.64 acres of land on Lake Austin, Texas in 2012 and began building a house there in 2015. Taylor Kitsch Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his work in films and television shows, such as "" (2009), "Battleship" (2012), "John Carter" (2012), "Savages" (2012), "Lone Survivor" (2013), and Waco (2018). Kitsch is also known for his work in television: he portrayed Tim Riggins in the NBC series "Friday Night Lights" (2006–2011), starred in the second season of the HBO series "True Detective" as Paul

title: Taylor Kitsch

text: Taylor Kitsch Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his work in films and television shows, such as "" (2009), "Battleship" (2012), "John Carter" (2012), "Savages" (2012), "Lone Survivor" (2013), and Waco (2018). Kitsch is also known for his work in television: he portrayed Tim Riggins in the NBC series "Friday Night Lights" (2006–2011), starred in the second season of the HBO series "True Detective" as Paul Woodrugh, appeared in the television film "The Normal Heart" (2014) as Bruce Niles, and portrayed David Koresh in the miniseries "Waco" (2018). Kitsch

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: a drama in which she played a British woman struggling to adapt to life on her husband's tea plantation in Ceylon. She had been loaned to Paramount Pictures for the film after its original star, Vivien Leigh, fell ill. In the fall, Taylor starred in two more film releases. "Beau Brummell" was a Regency era period film, another project in which she was cast against her will. Taylor disliked historical films in general, as their elaborate costumes and make-up required her to wake up earlier than usual to prepare, and later stated that she gave one of the worst performances

title: Maui Taylor

text: eventually went to her co-star Ara Mina. Later in 2003, she starred Viva's films "Masamang Ugat" and "Bugbog Sarado" as well as a music video collection called "Sex Goddess". Taylor is a former member of the Viva Hot Babes, a group of actresses and models which was created in 2003, by Viva Entertainment founder Vicente Del Rosario, Jr. The original group included fellow sex kittens Katya Santos, Andrea del Rosario, Kristine Jaca, Sheree, Gwen Garci, Jen Rosendahl, Myles Hernandez, and Hazel Cabrera. In 2012, Taylor returned to acting in the South Korean film "The Taste of Money" as the tragic

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. Taylor and Burton's last film together was the Harlech Television film "Divorce His, Divorce Hers" (1973), fittingly named as they divorced the following year. Her other films released in 1973 were the British thriller "Night Watch" (1973) and the American drama "Ash Wednesday" (1973). For the latter, in which she starred as a woman who undergoes multiple plastic surgeries in an attempt to save her marriage, she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her only film released in 1974, the Italian Muriel Spark adaptation "The Driver's Seat" (1974), was a failure. Taylor took

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: call girl in "BUtterfield 8" (1960), her last film for MGM, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. Taylor was then paid a record-breaking $1 million to play the title role in the historical epic "Cleopatra" (1963), the most expensive film made up to that point. During the filming, Taylor and co-star Richard Burton began an extramarital affair, which caused a scandal. Despite public disapproval, she and Burton continued their relationship and were married in 1964. Dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the media, they starred in 11 films together, including "The V.I.P.s" (1963), "The Sandpiper" (1965),

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: to make up for the period spent on maternity leave. By the mid-1950s, the American film industry was beginning to face serious competition from television, which resulted in studios producing fewer films, and focusing instead on their quality. The change benefited Taylor, who finally found interesting roles after several years of career disappointments. After lobbying director George Stevens, she won the female lead role in "Giant" (1956), an epic drama about a ranching dynasty, which co-starred Rock Hudson and James Dean. Its filming in Marfa, Texas, was a difficult experience for Taylor, as she clashed with Stevens, who wanted to

title: Taylor Schilling

text: Taylor Schilling Taylor Schilling (born July 27, 1984) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series "Orange Is the New Black" (2013–present), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She made her film debut in the 2007 drama "Dark Matter". Schilling also starred in the short-lived NBC medical drama "Mercy" (2009–10). Her other films include

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: and Maria Burton (born August 1, 1961), a German orphan whose adoption process Taylor had begun while married to Fisher. Dubbed "Liz and Dick" by the media, Taylor and Burton starred together in 11 films, and led a jet-set lifestyle, spending millions on "furs, diamonds, paintings, designer clothes, travel, food, liquor, a yacht, and a jet". Sociologist Karen Sternheimer states that they "became a cottage industry of speculation about their alleged life of excess. From reports of massive spending [...] affairs, and even an open marriage, the couple came to represent a new era of 'gotcha' celebrity coverage, where the

title: Robert Taylor (Australian actor)

text: Robert Taylor (Australian actor) Robert Taylor (born 12 November 1963) is an Australian actor who has appeared in many films and television series in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. On television, he is known for playing the lead role of Walt Longmire in the A&E/Netflix television series "Longmire". On film, he is known for playing "Agent Jones" in "The Matrix" (1999); he also starred in "Vertical Limit" (2000). Taylor was born on 12 November 1963, in Melbourne, Australia. His parents separated when he was nine, and he moved to a mining town in Western Australia to live

title: Chad Taylor (writer)

text: label in a 2009 interview: I’ve basically deconstructed crime novels: I’ve taken aspects of crime novels, rewritten them, taken them apart. People used to ask me, “What do you write?”... I just don’t know. But you have come up with a word for what you do. ‘Noir’ kind of fits it. In 1998, his novel "Heaven" was made into a feature film by Miramax. The film was produced by Sue Rogers, directed by Scott Reynolds and starred Martin Donovan. Taylor has also written for film including the original screenplay for the short film "Funny Little Guy" (1994), directed by Chris

title: Cole Taylor

text: Cole Taylor Cole Taylor was a pornographic actor who primarily worked in gay adult film in the 1980s. He debuted in 1984, delivered a notable performance in a bisexual film, and starred in what may be gay adult film's first safe sex film in 1985. He died in 1989. He made his debut in the Nova Studios production "Heroes" (1984). His acting debut was inauspicious. One reviewer for "Manshots" magazine noted, "...Taylor was certainly cute, but he lacked the look or sound of mature authority needed to play the role of a teacher convincingly. That was however, the role assigned

title: Elizabeth Taylor

text: studio cut out the scenes which provided the "core of the characterization". Taylor intended on following "Cleopatra" by headlining an all-star cast in Fox's black comedy "What a Way to Go!" (1964), but negotiations fell through, and Shirley MacLaine was cast, instead. In the meantime, film producers were eager to profit from the scandal surrounding Taylor and Burton, and they next starred together in Anthony Asquith's "The V.I.P.s" (1963), which mirrored the headlines about them. Taylor played a famous model attempting to leave her husband for a lover, and Burton her estranged millionaire husband. Released soon after "Cleopatra", it became

title: Buck Taylor

text: and for Glenn Strange (1899–1973), the character actor who played the bartender, Sam, and remained on the program until cancer claimed his life. Strange never knew of the honor, for Cooper Taylor was not born until 1975. Taylor was actively involved in the preparation of the script for the 1987 "" reunion film, by which time Milburn Stone, the cranky Doc Adams character, had died. Ken Curtis, who had portrayed the deputy Festus Haggen, felt shortchanged by the offer of far less pay than Amanda Blake and passed on the project. In 1991, Taylor co-starred with Curtis in what turned

title: Rachael Taylor

text: Rachael Taylor Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first leading role was in the Australian series "headLand" (2005–2006). She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including "Man-Thing" (2005), "See No Evil" (2006), "Transformers" (2007), "Bottle Shock" (2008), "Cedar Boys" (2009), "Splinterheads" (2009), "Shutter" (2008), "Red Dog" (2011) and "Any Questions for Ben?" (2012). She has also starred as Dr. Lucy Fields on "Grey's Anatomy" (2011), as one of the Angels on the short-lived reboot "Charlie's Angels" (2011), as the main character on the ABC show "666 Park Avenue" (2012–2013),