"Bedazzled (2000 film) Bedazzled is a 2000 black comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley. It is a remake of the 1967 film of the same name, written by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, which was itself a comic retelling of the Faust legend. The Devil runs a computer simulation to analyze souls to determine individual weaknesses to exploit. The program settles on Elliot Richards, a geeky, over-zealous man working a dead-end job in a San Francisco computer company. He has no friends and his co-workers avoid him. He has a crush on colleague"
"""Bedazzled"" (2000). In 2015, Hurley began starring in the E! original series ""The Royals"". In the 1990s, Hurley became known as the girlfriend of Hugh Grant. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of international media attention due to the success of his film ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los Angeles premiere in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media attention. Elizabeth Hurley was born on 10 June 1965 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, as the younger daughter of Angela Mary (née Titt) and Roy Leonard Hurley."
"Aberdeen (2000 film) Aberdeen is a 2000 Norwegian-British drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling. Lawyer Kaisa Heller, just promoted, has no apparent emotional attachments, preferring nameless encounters with men. She is surprised to receive a call from Helen, her dying mother, with a final request to bring Kaisa's estranged father Tomas to see her at the hospital. The film is a bit of a road movie with encounters along the way, some confrontational, such as boozing louts who harass her father or angry stewardesses issuing ultimatums, while some are romantic, such"
"for the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing and also for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It won the award for Best Cinematography at Sundance. The film had only a limited opening. Committed (film) Committed is a 2000 film directed and written by Lisa Krueger. The ever-optimistic Joline (Heather Graham) faces a challenge when her husband, flaky news photographer Carl (Luke Wilson), leaves her to find himself in Texas. Joline tracks Carl down and observes him, acquainting herself with his schedule and new friends, including his new girlfriend, Carmen (Patricia Velásquez), and his quirky"
"Keira Knightley Keira Christina Knightley (born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. She has worked in the British and American film industries, and has starred in Broadway and West End theatre productions. She has won an Empire Award and multiple nominations for British Academy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards. Knightley began acting as a child on television and made her feature film debut in 1995; she played such supporting roles as Sabé in """" (1999) and Frankie Smith in the psychological horror film ""The Hole"" (2001). She made her breakthrough with the 2002 film ""Bend It Like Beckham"", and"
"as truck driver Clive whom Kaisa attempts to use, but instead finds herself attached to. What started as an unavoidable chore, perhaps the last she will have never been able to dodge, becomes a new starting point in her life. Aberdeen (2000 film) Aberdeen is a 2000 Norwegian-British drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling. Lawyer Kaisa Heller, just promoted, has no apparent emotional attachments, preferring nameless encounters with men. She is surprised to receive a call from Helen, her dying mother, with a final request to bring Kaisa's estranged father Tomas"
"switches places with a modern-day young woman. Lily James starred as the zombie-slaying Elizabeth Bennet in the film version of ""Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"", a popular novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. One of the most notable portrayals of the character has been that of Keira Knightley in ""Pride & Prejudice"", directed by Joe Wright. Knightley received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance. The character has most recently been used in ""The Lizzie Bennet Diaries"", a project which is partly headed by YouTube vlogger Hank Green, and depicts Elizabeth (played by Ashley Clements) as a modern-day woman in America"
"story to re-set from the early 20th century to present day. Filmed on locations in Vancouver and Victoria, Canada, the 2000 version was made for Fox Family network (now Freeform), as a remake of three previous films, still based on Ethel Lina White's novel, and using the same title as the previous films of 1946, 1962, and 1975. The film centers around Helen Capel (Nicollette Sheridan), a pathologically mute woman who is being stalked by a vicious killer. Mute since the death of her parents when she was a child, Helen accepts a nursing position on a secluded island in"
"subsequently shelved and has yet to see the light of day, though fans hope it will leak. Promotional copies of the album were never made available. In 2000, she returned to acting, playing the role of Lucy Westerman in the horror film ""Dracula 2000"" with Gerard Butler playing the part of Dracula. She also starred as herself in the spoof film ""Da Hip Hop Witch"" with Eminem in 2000. She had a cameo in the film ""Rock Star"" in 2001. In addition, in 2001 she appeared in the romantic comedy film ""Get Over It"", with Kirsten Dunst and Sisqó. She"
"also more headstrong and flirty"". Her 1998 films have remained the only theatrically released films in which she has had a leading role. She has continued to act in film and on television, but quickly fell under the Hollywood radar. Most of her roles in the early 2000s were in independent films and television; she played the role of Dr. Sterling in the film adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's autobiography about depression, ""Prozac Nation"", with Christina Ricci and Jessica Lange. Premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival, the film received a DVD release in 2005. She appeared as a hospital"
"achieved international fame in 2003 after playing Elizabeth Swann in the $4.5 billion-grossing ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" film series. Her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 romantic drama film ""Pride & Prejudice"" earned her critical acclaim and a Best Actress nomination at the Academy Awards. She later became known for her roles as the heroines of other such period dramas as ""Atonement"" (2007), ""A Dangerous Method"" (2011) and ""Anna Karenina"" (2012). Knightley's performances in independent films including the dramas ""The Duchess"" (2009) and ""Never Let Me Go"" (2010) were well received; both the roles earned her nominations at the"
"Bamboozled Bamboozled is a 2000 satirical comedy-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee about a modern televised minstrel show featuring black actors donning blackface makeup and the resulting violent fallout from the show's success. It features an ensemble cast including Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport and Mos Def. The film was given a limited release by New Line Cinema during the fall of 2000, and was released on DVD the following year. Critical reception was mixed, and the film was a box office bomb. Pierre Delacroix (real name Peerless Dothan) is an uptight,"
"Deeply Deeply is a 2000 film directed by Sheri Elwood, starring Julia Brendler, Lynn Redgrave and Kirsten Dunst. Claire McKay (Julia Brendler)—having suffered the death of her boyfriend—is brought by her mother to Ironbound Island in the hopes that time away from the city will allow her to recover emotionally. On the island where her mother was born, Claire meets an eccentric writer, Celia (Lynn Redgrave), who in flashbacks, relates her own story as a grief-stricken teenager in 1949. Celia—Silly (Kirsten Dunst) in the flashbacks—is the next chosen victim of a Viking curse which was placed on the island centuries"
"Blacklist"". She played Anastasia Steele's mother in the 2015 ""Fifty Shades of Grey"" film, and also appeared in """". Ehle married writer Michael Ryan on November 29, 2001, and they have two children. Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries ""Pride and Prejudice"". For her work on Broadway, she won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for ""The Real Thing"", and the 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress"
"on BBC Four in February 2009, for which she won a Scottish BAFTA. Other television appearances include ""Reckless"" (1997); ""Big Women"" (1998); ""Undercover Heart"" (1998); ""Love in the 21st Century"" (1999); ""Tube Tales"" (1999); ""Rough Treatment"" (2000); ""Sirens"" (2002); ""Outside the Rules"" (2002) and ""Quite Ugly One Morning"" (2004). She appeared as Lady Huntly in the four-hour BBC epic ""Gunpowder, Treason & Plot"" in 2004, and played a shopaholic in ""Shiny, Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart"", again for the BBC, in 2006. Also in 2006, she reprised the role of Anna Forbes for the 10th anniversary reunion episode"
"reminiscent of a young Audrey Hepburn. Knightley earned Best Actress nominations at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards for her performance, becoming the third-youngest nominee for the latter. BAFTA's failure to provide her with a nomination drew criticism from the film's producer Tim Bevan. Knightley was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among other artists in 2006. Later that year, she reprised her role as Elizabeth Swann in the second and third productions of the ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" series. The two sequels were conceived in 2004, with the writers Ted Elliott and Terry"
"Gemma Atkinson Gemma Louise Atkinson (born 16 November 1984) is an English actress and former glamour model. She is best known for playing Lisa Hunter on ""Hollyoaks"" (2001–2005) and on three spin-off series, """" (2004), """" (2005) and """" (2006); and for playing Tamzin Bayle on ""Casualty"" (2011–12, 2014) and Carly Hope on ""Emmerdale"" (2015–17). Atkinson was born in Bury, Greater Manchester. She took her GCSEs at Castlebrook High School, Bury. Atkinson rose to fame playing Lisa Hunter on the Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"". Atkinson and Marcus Patric (who played the character Ben Davies) subsequently appeared in a spin-off"
"a Golden Globe. She received a second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in the 2000 film ""Billy Elliot"", which also won her a BAFTA. Her other film credits include ""Personal Services"", ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (both 1987), ""Buster"" (1988), ""Stepping Out"" (1991), ""Sister My Sister"" (1994), ""Girls' Night"", ""Titanic Town"" (both 1998), ""Calendar Girls"" (2003), ""Wah-Wah"" (2005), ""Driving Lessons"" (2006), ""Becoming Jane"" (2007), ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008) and its sequel (2018), ""Brave"" (2012), ""Paddington"" (2014) and its sequel (2017), ""Effie Gray"" (2014), ""Brooklyn"" (2015), ""Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"" (2017), and ""Mary Poppins"
"Between Two Women (2000 film) Between Two Women (2000) is a 1950s set feature film by British writer-director Steven Woodcock. It tells the story of Ellen, a factory worker’s wife trapped in an unhappy marriage amidst the grime and industrial noise of north England. Working class Ellen (Barbara Marten) makes friends with her young son’s middle-class schoolteacher, Miss Thompson (Andrina Carroll), and their growing lesbian relationship is tastefully explored as Ellen’s marriage to the clumsy factory worker, Hardy (Andrew Dunn), gradually falls apart. In the end Ellen finds the strength to follow her true path and her marriage is pretty"
"Committed (film) Committed is a 2000 film directed and written by Lisa Krueger. The ever-optimistic Joline (Heather Graham) faces a challenge when her husband, flaky news photographer Carl (Luke Wilson), leaves her to find himself in Texas. Joline tracks Carl down and observes him, acquainting herself with his schedule and new friends, including his new girlfriend, Carmen (Patricia Velásquez), and his quirky neighbor Niko (Goran Visnjic). Eventually Carl spots Joline, and Joline seeks new ways of returning Carl to her life, up to and including mystic remedies provided by Carmen's grandfather. Eventually Joline is committed, hence the title, and her"
"Marcia Gay Harden Marcia Gay Harden (born August 14, 1959) is an American actress. Her film breakthrough was in the 1990 Coen brothers-directed ""Miller's Crossing"". She followed this with roles in films including ""Used People"" (1992), ""The First Wives Club"" (1996), and ""Flubber"" (1997). For her performance as artist Lee Krasner in the 2000 film ""Pollock"", she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She earned another Academy Award nomination for her performance as Celeste Boyle in ""Mystic River"" (2003). Other notable film roles include ""American Gun"" (2005), and 2007's ""The Mist"" and ""Into the Wild"". Harden made her"
"for her AIDS-stricken long-time friend and poet, Richard (Harris) in 2001; Laura Brown (Moore), a pregnant 1950s California housewife with a young boy and an unhappy marriage; and Virginia Woolf (Kidman) herself in 1920s England, who is struggling with depression and mental illness while trying to write her novel. The film was released in Los Angeles and New York City on Christmas Day 2002, and was given a limited release in the United States and Canada two days later on December 27, 2002. It did not receive a wide release in North America until January 2003, and was then released"
"Where the Heart Is (2000 film) Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams in his film directing debut. The film stars Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles performed by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the best-selling 1995 novel of the same name by Billie Letts. The film follows five years in the life of Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old, who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in a"
"Leading Role nomination for her performance in the film. In 1997, she had the leading role in ""Kiss or Kill"", and starred opposite Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh in ""Thank God He Met Lizzie"". In 1999, O'Connor starred as Fanny Price in the British romantic comedy-drama ""Mansfield Park"". The film also received favourable reviews from critics. The following year, O'Connor earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Emma Bovary in the film ""Madame Bovary"". In 2000, O'Connor began her career in Hollywood with a role in the comedy film ""Bedazzled"", a remake of the 1967 film of"
"film released in 2000, ""Erin Brockovich"", which starred Julia Roberts as Brockovich. The film was critically successful, with Roberts winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards respectively. Brockovich herself stated that the film was about 98% accurate to the real life events, and also made a brief cameo. Hinkley groundwater contamination From 1952 to 1966, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) dumped approximately 370 million gallons of chromium-tainted wastewater into unlined wastewater spreading ponds around the town of Hinkley, California, located in the Mojave Desert (about"
"Autumn 2012. She lives in Childwall Liverpool, with husband Sean and their daughters Eve and Olivia. In March 2016, she appeared on ""Big Star's Little Star"" with her daughter Eve. Samantha Giles Samantha Elizabeth Giles (born 2 July 1971 in Maidstone) is an English actress, probably best known for playing Bernice Blackstock in ""Emmerdale"" (1998–2002 and 2004 and returned to the role in 2012, a role which earned her a TV Quick Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a National Television Awards for Most Popular Actress (both in 2000), and Sally Boothe in ""Where the Heart Is"" (2003–2005)."
"making $2.3 million USD in its opening weekend. The film suffered a 59% decline in box office earnings the following week, descending to #17. Gossip (2000 American film) Gossip is a 2000 American teen psychological thriller film directed by Davis Guggenheim and featuring an ensemble cast including James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, and Kate Hudson. The film takes place on a college campus in the Northeastern United States. Derrick Webb (James Marsden), Cathy Jones (Lena Headey), and Travis (Norman Reedus) are students as well as roommates. They all take a Communications class with Professor Goodwin (Eric Bogosian), in which"
"aprovation. Cord (film) Cord (also released as Hide and Seek) is a 2000 thriller film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Greenwood, and Vincent Gallo. After struggling with infertility, Anne (Daryl Hannah) finally succeeds in getting pregnant through invitro fertilization with her husband Jack (Bruce Greenwood). However, one night, Anne awakens to discover a masked intruder in her room. Terrified, Anne tries to escape, but the intruder chloroforms her into unconsciousness, rendering her helpless as he kidnaps her and takes her to an isolated house. In the morning, Anne finds herself held captive by"
"Samantha Giles Samantha Elizabeth Giles (born 2 July 1971 in Maidstone) is an English actress, probably best known for playing Bernice Blackstock in ""Emmerdale"" (1998–2002 and 2004 and returned to the role in 2012, a role which earned her a TV Quick Award for Best Actress and a nomination for a National Television Awards for Most Popular Actress (both in 2000), and Sally Boothe in ""Where the Heart Is"" (2003–2005). Giles stated that she left Emmerdale as it was too much of a commute to her home. Giles's other TV credits are ""Doctors"", ""Dangerfield"", ""Coronation Street"" and ""Midnight Man"". Her"
"the scenery as gold-digging Claudette..."" ""USA Today"" described ""Cinderella"" as ""a true pleasure that's filmed with visual style and verbal wit."" Cinderella has been released on UK DVD by Simply Media. Cinderella (2000 film) Cinderella is a TV film released on January 1, 2000 in the UK, directed by Beeban Kidron. The cast is led by Kathleen Turner, who plays the Wicked Stepmother Claudette. The film follows the original idea of the fairytale classic but is based in a modern world full of fashion and technology. Cinderella (named Zezolla) and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically"
"Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. The resulting film was ""Bedazzled"", an updated version of the Faust legend in 1967. It was written by Cook with music by Moore, and also starred Eleanor Bron and Raquel Welch. Moore plays a lonely young man whose unrequited love of his co-worker (Bron) drives him to attempt suicide. Just then the devil (Cook) appears and offers him seven wishes in exchange for his soul. The film's fun-loving association with the Swinging London of the 1960s divided critics, but Roger Ebert called its satire ""barbed and contemporary ... dry and understated"", and overall, a ""magnificently"
"Lucinda Dryzek Lucinda Dryzek (born 4 August 1991) is an English actress, known for playing Katy Riley in the BBC sitcom ""Life of Riley"" and Jasmine Burrows in BBC medical drama ""Holby City"". She started acting at the age of eight and has since appeared in several film, television and theatre productions. Dryzek played the character Katy in the BBC family sitcom ""Life of Riley"", from 2009 in all three series. She is also known for her role as Young Elizabeth Swann in 2003 film """". Her credits include three British television series, appearances in ""The Sound of Music"", ""Joseph"
"Heather Burns Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island in the 2000 film ""Miss Congeniality"". Her other film appearances include ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), ""Two Weeks Notice"" (2002) and ""Bewitched"" (2005). Burns was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is married to actor Ajay Naidu. She graduated from Evanston Township High School. She is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Burns has appeared in a number of films with Sandra Bullock, including ""Miss Congeniality"" (2000), ""Two Weeks Notice"" (2002) and """" (2005). More recently she"