The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (marketed as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2) is a 1986 American horror comedy movie directed by Tobe Hooper. It is a sequel to "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson, Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan and Hooper.
It stars Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow. It is the only movie where Leatherface dies.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III is a 1990 American horror movie directed by Jeff Burr. The movie is the sequel to the 1974 movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and the 1986 movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2".
The movie stars Kate Hodge, William Butler, Ken Foree, Tom Hudson, Viggo Mortensen, Joe Unger, and R.A. Mihailoff.
The movie was distributed by New Line Cinema, who bought the rights to the series from The Cannon Group. It was released on January 12, 1990. It was refused classification in the UK upon its initial release. It has since been released on home video in both unrated and rated versions, and a cut version was accepted with an 18 certificated in the UK.
The movie was both a critical and commercial failure, grossing less than $6 million in the US box office. It made $5.7 million in the box office.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (originally The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is a 1994 American horror movie written and directed by Kim Henkel. It stars Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Jacks as Leatherface.
The plot follows four teenagers who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family in backwoods Texas on the night of their prom.
It is the fourth installment in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series, and also features uncredited cameo appearances from Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, and John Dugan, all stars of the original movie.
The movie was a commercial failure making only $185,898.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 movie)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher movie directed by Marcus Nispel. It was written by Scott Kosar. It stars Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, R. Lee Ermey, Mike Vogel, and Eric Balfour.
Its plot follows a group of young adults traveling through rural Texas who encounter Leatherface and his murderous family.
It is a remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 movie of the same name, and the fifth installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise. John Larroquette reprised his voice narration for the opening intertitles.
The movie was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, and grossed $107 million at the U.S. box office. It is considered one of the most commercially successful horror movie remakes of the 21st century.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a 2006 American horror movie and a prequel to the 2003 movie "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". The sixth installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise. It was directed by Jonathan Liebesman and co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper (co-creators of the original 1974 movie).
The movie was released in North America on October 6, 2006. It stars Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley, Matt Bomer and R. Lee Ermey.
The movie grossed $51.8 million on a budget of $16 million.
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Texas Chainsaw (promoted as Texas Chainsaw 3D) is a 2013 American horror movie directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms and a story by Stephen Susco, Marcus and Sullivan.
It is the seventh installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise and was presented in 3D. The movie is a sequel to the 1974 movie "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre".
It stars Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trey Songz, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Bill Moseley, with Gunnar Hansen and Marilyn Burns.
It was released January 4, 2013. It was a commercial success, making $47.2 million from a $20 million budget. It was also the last movie both Burns and Hansen starred in before they both died in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
A prequel that takes place before the original 1974 movie, titled "Leatherface", was released in 2017.
Leatherface (2017 movie)
Leatherface is a 2017 American horror movie directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood. It stars Stephen Dorff, Vanessa Grasse, Sam Strike, and Lili Taylor.
It is the eighth movie in the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" ("TCM") series, and works as a prequel to 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre". It explains the origin of the series' lead character.
The Fappening
On August 31, 2014, a collection of almost 500 private pictures of many celebrities, mostly women, and with many having their nudes, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and later shared by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit.
The images were initially believed to have been obtained via a breach of Apple's cloud services suite iCloud. However, access was later revealed to have been gained via targeted phishing attacks.
The event, which media outlets and Internet users referred to under names such as "The Fappening".) and "Celebgate", was met with a varied reaction from the media and fellow celebrities.
Many criticized the Apple Inc. company for not have a secure privacy server.
On September 20, 2014, a second batch of similar private photos of additional celebrities was leaked by hackers. On September 26, a third batch was also leaked, which was dubbed as "The Fappening 3".
Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Nanjiani (born February 21, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, podcast host and writer.
He is also known as the voice of Prismo on the Emmy Award-winning animated series "Adventure Time". He starred on the TNT series "Franklin & Bash" and the Adult Swim series "Newsreaders".
In 2017, Nanjiani starred in the semi-autobiographical romantic comedy movie "The Big Sick" set in Chicago, which he wrote with his wife Emily V. Gordon. They were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards.
Emily V. Gordon
Emily V. Gordon (born May 3, 1979) is an American writer, producer and podcast host.
She co-wrote the 2017 romantic comedy film "The Big Sick", based on her relationship with her husband, comedian Kumail Nanjiani. They were nominated the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
She co-created the live show "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail" and has worked with Comedy Central many times.
She met Nanjiani at a comedy show in Chicago where he was performing. They began dating but Gordon fell seriously ill and was put into a medically induced coma before being diagnosed with Still's disease. Gordon recovered and three months later "—" twelve months after meeting "—" they married.
Harun al-Rashid
Harun al-Rashid (also: Haroon al-Rasheed), was a caliph in what is now Iran, reigned from 786 to 809. He has become an icon of the Islamic golden age. He appears in many stories as a wise ruler, who often disguised himself as a peasant in order to walk amongst the people in Baghdad to find out how they lived and how he could improve their situation. His legacy has been cemented through his representation in the Arabian Nights.
Jin Yong
Louis Cha Jing-yong () (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese novelist and essayist. He co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper "Ming Pao" in 1959 and was its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer. He was born in Haining, Zhejiang. He retired from the newspaper business in 1993.
Yong died after a long illness at a hospital in Happy Valley, Hong Kong on 30 October 2018 at the age of 94.
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Happy Valley () is an upper-income residential area in Hong Kong. It is located on Hong Kong Island. It is part of Wan Chai District.