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[7] In January 2017, Ratner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture industry, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.[8][9]. It's my favorite weather. [28] While a student at NYU, he released his first short film Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?. Additional film credits include Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It (2009), starring Elliot Page; Greg Mottola's Adventureland (2009), with Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg; David Koepp's Ghost Town (2008), with Ricky Gervais; and Jake Kasdan's Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), another Apatow-produced film, in which she starred opposite John C. Reilly. The film was a box office hit and won several awards, plus earned two Oscar nominations (Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay), and two Golden Globes nominations (Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Actress).Wiig also appeared in such notable films as Greg Mottola's Paul (2011), opposite Simon Pegg and Nick Frost; Andrew Jarecki's All Good Things (2010), opposite Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst and Frank Langella; DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon (2010), with Gerard Butler and Jay Baruchel; the Universal Pictures' animated feature film Despicable Me (2010), starring Steve Carell and Jason Segel; and Jennifer Westfeldt's Friends with Kids (2011), opposite Jon Hamm, Megan Fox, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph and Westfeldt. [16], Ratner's biological father became homeless in Miami Beach, a situation which inspired the younger Ratner to become a board member of the nationwide nonprofit organization Chrysalis, which helps the homeless find work. I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don't want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they're doing. The firm will produce independent films and co-produce big-budget films with a major studio. Publicity Listings Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am. [26] In 2010, he cited Martin Scorsese's 1980 film Raging Bull as his inspiration to enter the world of film. The company reissued a Playboy interview with Marlon Brando and Robert Evans as well as an account of NFL player Jim Brown,[84] and released a book of Scott Caan's photographs. (Johnston), an artist, and Jon J. Wiig, a lake marina manager. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million. [99] He donated $1 million to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in 2013. [17][18][16], Ratner's mother was sixteen when he was born. [112], On November 1, 2017, the same day as the allegations of six women, Warner Bros. announced it had severed ties with Ratner. I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around. Ratner led RatPac's partnership with Dune Entertainment in September 2013 for a co-producing deal with Warner Bros. that included 75 films. [2012]. The company makes 25 films annually. [85], In 2011, Ratner established Rat TV with 20th Century Fox Television. (Big Man On Campus), one of the first white rap groups. I enjoy being characters rather than myself. [104] Eddie Murphy, who was scheduled to host the ceremony, also resigned in deference to a new production team. [118], Brendan Fraser stated in a 2018 interview with GQ that Ratner seemed to mislead him into posing for pictures with the intent of selling them as part of Ratner's planned book, "Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures." [71], Ratner made $40 million after the release of Gravity, which was RatPac's first investment. I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'. [89] The drink is a mixture of 26-year-old rye, 15-year-old Tennessee whiskey, and six-year bourbon. One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [13][14][15][16] His mother was born in Cuba, and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1960s with her parents, Fanita and Mario Presman (their families had originally moved to Cuba from Eastern Europe). [5] Ratner is the co-founder of RatPac Entertainment, a film production company. My friends back home are very supportive. [53], In 2011, Ratner produced the TV documentary, American Masters: Woody Allen – A Documentary. I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York. She is of Norwegian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969)[1] is an American director and producer. Download free books in PDF format. [2][3][4], Ratner got his start directing with music videos in the 1990s,[5] and directed his first motion picture, Money Talks, in 1997. I just want to try and be in projects that are exciting to me. [87], Ratner worked with international beverage brand Diageo to produce The Hilhaven Lodge, a blended whiskey named for his Beverly Hills estate. The $5,000 scholarship was awarded to "The Cook, The Knife and The Rabbit's Finger," which was directed by Agustina Bonventura and Nicolas Casanas. [54] That same year, he produced Horrible Bosses, a comedy about employees plotting to kill their bosses. Showing all 85 items. [25] Shortly before Ratner's high school graduation, his mother and biological father married with the intention of legitimating his status. [79], Ratner was seen on MTV series Punk'd when Hugh Jackman, who portrays Wolverine in the X-Men films, was the subject of a practical joke that made it appear Ratner's $3.6 million home in Beverly Hills was destroyed by a BBQ grill explosion. If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I'd make a terrible surgeon. [63] The same year, Ratner was executive producer of The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. 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[22] Malnik was a friend of Lee Ratner and not romantically involved with Marsha Presman. [66] Packer's stake in the company was later bought out by Len Blavatnik's First Access Entertainment. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. [41][42] In 2002, he directed the prequel to Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, about Hannibal Lecter. [80], In April 2007, Fox announced that he, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall and Jon Avnet would be the judges for the network's filmmaking-competition/reality TV series, On the Lot. Alumna of the Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. [107], In October 2017, during the Me Too movement, a former talent agency employee accused Ratner of rape. 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Cuts Final Ties With Brett Ratner, Won't Renew $450-Million Co-Financing Deal", "RatPac Dune's Warner Bros Film Library Sale: Who Wants Piece Of 'Wonder Woman,' 'American Sniper' & 'Gravity'? Fraser states that he was never asked and never gave permission for said photos to be used in the published book.[119]. [5] When he was a sophomore at New York University Tisch Schools of the Arts, he was manager and executive producer for B.M.O.C. Anonymous, Other Works While growing up in Miami Beach, Ratner was an extra on the set of Scarface and was able to watch Miami Vice film around town. A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but if you're asked to be in a wedding, you're gonna have to fork over some cash. It's fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never. When Wiig was 9 years old, her parents divorced and she lived with her mother and older brother Erik.After graduating from Brighton High School in Rochester, Wiig attended the University of Arizona as an art student. I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure. I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art. I love the rain. [117], Ratner was one of the people featured in the text leak between himself, Charlotte Kirk, Kevin Tsujihara, and James Packer. [91] Ratner participated in the eighth annual Cannes Film Finance Forum. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.'. [90], Ratner delivered a keynote address as part of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017 where he referred to television as the future of production. Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, to Laurie J. And I don't really see myself like that. The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about. Nicknamed "The Brown Cow" by friends for her love of chocolate. In the ensuing years her work attracted the attention of a multitude of readers, who saw in her singular verse an attempt to catalogue despair, violent emotion, and obsession with death. [34][35], Ratner had his motion picture debut when he directed Money Talks in 1997. [29] The rap group Public Enemy attended the film's premier and asked Ratner to make the group's music videos. Read online books for free new release and bestseller Chrysalis, Ghetto Film School,[95] Best Buddies[96] and the Los Angeles Police Foundation. Maybe people don't. [92], In March 2017, Ratner spoke out against film critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes at the Sun Valley Film Festival, calling it a destructive force in the film industry. [10][11] He grew up in a "middle-class Jewish family". [12], His father was a son of d-CON mail order rat poison company founder and real estate developer Lee Ratner. The film was produced by Ratner in collaboration with Edward Norton and William Migliore. With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. Once waited tables in the executive dining room of Universal Studios. [108] On November 1, 2017, six women, including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual assault and harassment, as well as following an actress into a bathroom without invitation and masturbating as another entered his trailer to deliver food. Official Sites. [65], In December 2012, Ratner and Australian media mogul James Packer formed a joint venture, RatPac Entertainment. We have not — and will not — forget. I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. [52], Ratner was an executive producer of the television series Prison Break, which aired from 2005 to 2009. Was studying for a degree in art at the University of Arizona before turning to acting. [36], In 1998, he directed Rush Hour, the action-comedy starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, which was released in September 1998 and went on to become the studio's highest-grossing film and the highest grossing comedy at the time. [97] He served on the dean's council of NYU Tisch School of the Arts[98] and also serves on the board of directors of Tel Aviv University's School of Film and Television. [60][61][62], In 2015, Ratner produced Black Mass, a biopic about gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, played by Johnny Depp. present) ( 2 children). In April 2009, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 Funniest Women in Hollywood. You don't get to go away for a couple years and then resurface and act like nothing happened. Why can't there be a lot of great women who are doing great things? I think it's an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit. I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport. [23], Ratner attended Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy[24] elementary school and attended Alexander Muss High School in Israel[16] and graduated in 1986 from Miami Beach Senior High School. Her father ran a lake marina in western New York. As a Groundlings alumna, she joins the ranks of such SNL cast mates as Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell, Phil Hartman, and Jon Lovitz.Wiig made her big-screen debut to universal high praise as Katherine Heigl's passive-aggressive boss in Judd Apatow's smash-hit comedy Knocked Up (2007). [6] Overall, the films Ratner has directed have earned over $2 billion at the global box office. She is of Norwegian and Irish ancestry on her father's side, and of English and Scottish ancestry on her mother's side. Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Awww! [81], He also appeared as himself in an episode of the television series Entourage, which was shot at his Beverly Hills home,[82], In 2009, Ratner created The Shooter Series which compiled his work, including interviews with Ratner, and a short film about Mickey Rourke's transition into boxing. She has also guest-starred on the Emmy-winning NBC series 30 Rock (2006), the HBO series Bored to Death (2009), with Jason Schwartzman, and Flight of the Conchords (2007).Wiig joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 2005, and was known for playing such memorable characters as the excitable Target clerk, Lawrence Welk singer Doonese, the hilarious one-upper Penelope, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Suze Orman, among others. [78] Vine Alternative Investments made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised their rights to match the bid for the library and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. [64], He was an executive producer on the 2016 film War Dogs, directed by Todd Phillips and starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do. [109][110] The same month, actor Elliot Page accused Ratner of sexual harassment and then outing the 18-year-old Page as gay in 2006, in front of many onlookers including Anna Paquin, who later confirmed the story. By the time she took her life at the age of 30, Plath already had a following in the literary community. Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard. [111] A former fashion model came forward regarding an incident involving Russell Simmons and Ratner back in 1991, when Simmons coerced her to perform oral sex while Ratner was present. In December 2008, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of 15 Great Performances for her various impersonations on, Was sent to the hospital after being injured during the filming of. I don't rehearse a lot. [16], He is a 1990 graduate of New York University. When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying. I've never been. #wewontforgetbrett"[51] In February 2021, it was confirmed that Millennium Media had dropped Ratner's project and would not be moving forward with it. [67] By 2017, the company co-financed over 50 films which had 51 Oscar nominations and earned a total of over $10 billion in box office. Sylvia Plath was one of the most dynamic and admired poets of the 20th century. [75], Om April 18, 2017, Access Entertainment, a subsidiary of Access Industries, acquired James Packer's ownership stake in RatPac. People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a natural thing for artists. I'm a vegetarian; I eat a lot of tofu and soy. [37][38] Ratner uses music on the set to inspire the production, and when filming Rush Hour, a Michael Jackson song he played for inspiration ended up in the movie after Chris Tucker began dancing in the middle of a scene. I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make. Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (17) | Personal Quotes (60) Overview (3) Born: August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, USA: Birth Name: Kristen Carroll Wiig: Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Mini Bio (1) Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, to Laurie J. Wiig earned four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show. |  For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes. [5] Ratner did the debut videos for Prime Minister Pete Nice before working with Redman, LL Cool J, Heavy D and Wu-Tang Clan. I love those kinds of movies. [30] He has also directed music videos for artists such as Mariah Carey[31] Madonna, Miley Cyrus,[32] Jay-Z[5] and was scheduled to direct a video for Michael Jackson before its production was cancelled. Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think. [33] He directed Carey's "We Belong Together," "I Still Believe," "Obsessed" and "Heartbreaker" among others. [88] The bottle is modeled after the estate and features a wood cork, and the bottle is shaped to resemble bay windows. I feel like women are asked their age more than men. [58], In 2014, he produced Horrible Bosses 2, the sequel to his 2011 film. She is the first actress to perform as Wonder Woman's foe, Cheetah. [57], Ratner produced a remake of Snow White, Mirror Mirror (2012), based on the screenplay The Brothers Grimm: Snow White by Melisa Wallack. In November 2017, seven actresses, including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual assault and harassment, causing Warner Bros. to sever all ties with him. It's not like I have boxes of scripts arriving at my door. The family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, before settling in Rochester, New York.

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