Tim Curry

Timothy James “Tim” Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Curry first became known to audiences with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, then later for his roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie, Lord of Darkness in the film Legend (1985), Wadsworth in the movie Clue, and as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horror film Stephen King’s It. He played Nigel, the father in the Nickelodeon children’s TV show The Wild Thornberrys. He has performed the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Trivia:

Provided the voice of “Sir” who welcomed visitors to the Alien Encounter attraction in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World. The Alien Encounter ride was replaced after a few years.

Tim Curry in Legend as Darkness

Has read several times for “The Great Writers Series” in Los Angeles

Performed in Roger Waters’ historic production of “The Wall: Live in Berlin” in July, 1990

Appears as both subject and author in the photography book “Double Exposure, Take Four” by Roddy McDowall.

Was Tim Burton’s second choice for the role of the Joker on Batman (1989). He did go on to playing a crazed “clown” in Stephen King’s It (1990) (TV).

Tim Curry as Pennywise in Stephen King's It

A close friend of Carly Simon and sang backing vocals on her 1979 album “Spy”.

Turned down the role of Mitzi in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Studied Drama & English at Cambridge and at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors.

Tim Curry Rocky Horror

Has earned three Tony Award nominations, the first in 1981 as Best Actor (Play) for portraying the title character Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in “Amadeus” – the second in 1993 as Best Actor (Musical) for “My Favorite Year” – and the third in 2005 for Best Actor (Musical) for his role of King Arthur in “Spamalot”.

Personally paid for his cousin, Keighley Twocker frontman Michael Loftus to have cosmetic surgery

Already an accomplished singer, he performed a cover of the theme song to Disney’s “Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier”.

In a Fresh Air interview in 2005, he reported meeting Princess Diana. It turned out she was such a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), she told him, “Thank you for completing my education.”.

Not only was he Tim Burton’s second choice for the role of The Joker, he was the producers’ first choice for the role in the animated television series, until Mark Hamill was cast. Tom Hulce succeeded him in the role of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus.

Don’t Look Now (1973) is one of his favorite films.

He was presented with an honorary citizenship of New Orleans and key to the City of New Orleans by Angela Baham, Administrative Assistant to the Chief Administrator Officer Reynard J. Rochon to Mayor Ernest Morial on October 8, 1979 following a concert in New Orleans.

Was working on an album project with Lou Adler in 1976. However only four songs were completed. The best is a cover of The Supremes’ “Baby Love.” Also recorded three albums for A&M Records. “Ready My Lips” (1978), “Fearless” (1979), and “Simplicity” (1981). Though only one charting song, “I Do the Rock,” both it at “Paradise Garage” [from "Fearless"] have become cult hits, having two music videos made for MTV which were often played before showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). His best album is often praised “Fearless,” and his best songs are “Birds of a Feather,” “Alan,” “Sloe Gin,” “I Do the Rock,” “S.O.S.,” “Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire,” “Paradise Garage,” “No Love on the Street,” “Something Short of Paradise,” “Working on My Tan,” “Simplicity,” “On a Roll,” “Take Me I’m Yours,” “Out of Pawn,” and “I Put a Spell on You.”.

Was on the 1980 Clash album “Sandinista!” On track 18, “The Sound of the Sinners”, he spoke as a priest mid-song.

Has voiced two royal cats, voicing Prince in “Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties” and The Cat King in “The Cat Returns”.

Has a dog named Frank.

Olivia Burnette

Olivia Burnette (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress.

Olivia Burnette began her acting career at the tender age of 6. The most notable of her first acting jobs was in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) opposite comic superstar Steve Martin.

After several television appearances, Olivia was cast as the lead in the down-home series “The Torkelsons” (1991), playing Dorothy Jane.

Olivia continued her television career with a few television movies, before being cast in The Quick and the Dead (1995), which allowed her to work with such actors as Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe.

Olivia continued her work on the big screen in Eye for an Eye (1996) with director John Schlesinger, and got the opportunity to play Sally Field’s daughter as well as be brutalized in a controversial scene by Kiefer Sutherland.

Determined to obtain a college degree, Olivia left Los Angeles to attend the prestigious NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated with not one but two majors: Film and English. After school, she was inspired to buy the rights to a novel and adapted it into a screenplay, which is currently being shopped.

Most recently, Olivia has been seen in the hit television show “CSI: NY” (2004) along with Oscar nominated Gary Sinise and Emmy nominated Melina Kanakaredes, and in the naval drama “Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service” (2003) with Mark Harmon.

Her most recent feature film entitled Flourish (2006), which also stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer from the hit Fox drama “House M.D.” (2004), premiered at the world renowned Cinequest Film Festival 2006, as well being screened at the Cannes Film Market in 2006.

She currently resides in Southern California with her husband, singer/songwriter/producer Julian Sakata, and her five year old stepson, Rain.

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Jon Hamm

Jonathan Daniel “Jon” Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American actor whose work has been primarily in television roles. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor. He appeared in multiple television series roles, including Providence, The Division, What About Brian, and Related. In 2000 he made his feature film debut in Clint Eastwood’s space adventure Space Cowboys. The following year, Hamm appeared in the independent comedy Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) in a supporting role.

Hamm gained worldwide recognition for playing advertising executive Don Draper in AMC’s drama series Mad Men, which premiered in July 2007. His performance earned him a Golden Globe Award in the category for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2008. Aside from appearing in Mad Men, he was featured in the 2008 science fiction remake The Day the Earth Stood Still and had his first leading role in the independent thriller Stolen (2010).

Trivia:

Became interested in acting in the first grade, when he was handpicked to play Winnie the Pooh. Received a scholarship to study acting at the University of Missouri.

Worked as a day care teacher during college, and before moving to Hollywood, was a high school teacher.

Is an avid golfer, as well as a big football fan.

Role models are Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliot and Greg Kinnear.

His mother died when he was 10; his father followed 10 years later.

Long-term partner is Jennifer Westfeldt, the actress and co-writer of Kissing Jessica Stein (2001). They live in Los Angeles.

Went to high school (John Burroughs School in St. Louis) with Sarah Clarke.

Taught drama at John Burroughs High School in St. Louis, Missouri.

Very close friends with Paul Rudd.

Silent Scream is a 1980 horror film written by Jim and Ken Wheat, and Wallace E. Bennett, produced by Jim and Ken Wheat, directed by Denny Harris and starring Rebecca Balding, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Steele and Yvonne De Carlo. The film’s tagline is “Terror so sudden there is no time to scream”. Released by American Cinema, the film runs for 87 minutes and grossed $15,800,000 in the US. It marks scream queen Barbara Steele’s only 1980s film appearance, and was among the early cycle of slasher films to appear after the genre was popularised by Halloween and Friday the 13th. Some exteriors of the film were shot at the Smith Estate in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA.

Trivia:

Cameron Mitchell and Avery Schreiber only worked for two days.

Samantha Mumba

Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (Born January 18, 1983)is an Irish singer and actress,living in Los Angeles.

Her first album was released in 2000. Her most notable role was Mara in the 2002 film The Time Machine. She has also appeared in a number of Irish independent films.

In 1998, Mumba was cast as the lead in The Hot Mikado, a jazzy production based on Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera. Fast forward to 2002, after her second album Woman was cancelled, Mumba’s music career was put on hold and she began auditioning for films. In 2002, Steven Spielberg picked her to play Mara in The Time Machine. Mara is a girl who is part of a human civilization which has regressed to a hunter/gatherer lifestyle in the year AD 802,701. She co-starred with Guy Pearce and her real-life brother, Omero, and the movie earned $56,684,819 in the US. Mumba’s second venture into films was in 2003, where she appeared in the film Spin the Bottle.

In 2005, Mumba took on the lead role of Jessica in the Irish film Boy Eats Girl. The film was a box office failure in Ireland, making a little over €1 million despite its €5 million budget.

In 2006, Mumba starred in the thriller Nailed, playing the character Sapphire. Mumba also co-starred in Johnny Was, a British/Irish gangster movie. 2007 saw Mumba filming her part in the movie 3 Crosses.

Trivia:

Part of the Louis Walsh stable (he’s also responsible for Westlife and Boyzone).

One of Ireland’s most successful singers, with hits like “Gotta Tell You”, “Body II Body”, and “Always Come Back to Your Love”.

Sister of Omero Mumba.

Is half Irish and half Zambian.

Voted 85th Sexiest Girl in the World in FHM’s Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]

Her father immigrated to Ireland from Zambia due to that country’s upheaval after independence from Great Britain.

She is a UNICEF representative.

Target Earth is a 1954 science fiction film. It was directed by Sherman A. Rose and stars Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey, and Whit Bissell. The film focuses on a deserted Chicago cityscape and a small group of people who have been overlooked during a mass evacuation due to an invasion of robot like beings from the planet Venus. The movie was based on the 1953 short story “Deadly City” by Paul W. Fairman.

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Trivia:

Kathleen Crowley

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