The Lake Bell Handbook - Everything you need to know about Lake Bell

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Lake Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, writer and director. She has starred in the television series Miss Match (2003); The Practice (2004) and its spinoff Boston Legal (2004-2006) as Sally Heep; Surface (2005-2006); How to Make It in America (2010-2011) and Childrens Hospital (2008-present) and in the films Over Her Dead Body, What Happens in Vegas and Pride and Glory (all 2008); It's Complicated (2009); Burning Palms (2010) and Little Murder, No Strings Attached and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (all 2011). She has also written and directed her own award-winning short film, Worst Enemy, which débuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

This book is your ultimate resource for Lake Bell. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Lake Bell, Speakeasy (2002 film), I Love Your Work, Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders, What Happens in Vegas, Pride and Glory (film), Over Her Dead Body, It's Complicated (film), Shrek Forever After, Burning Palms (film), Little Murder, A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, No Strings Attached (film), Miss Match, Boston Legal, Surface (TV series), Childrens Hospital, How to Make It in America.

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• Biography
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781743442098
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Contents

Articles Lake Bell Speakeasy (2002 film) I Love Your Work Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders What Happens in Vegas Pride and Glory (film) Over Her Dead Body It's Complicated (film) Shrek Forever After Burning Palms (film) Little Murder A Good Old Fashioned Orgy No Strings Attached (film) Miss Match Boston Legal Surface (TV series) Childrens Hospital How to Make It in America

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Bell at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere ofA Good Old Fashioned Orgy

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Lake Bell(born March 24, 1979) is an American actress.

March 24, 1979 New York City, New York, U.S.

Actress

2001–present

Early life Bell was born in New York City, the daughter of Robin Bell, owner of the design firm Robin Bell Design, Inc. in [1] New York, and Harvey Siegel. Her father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant, and Bell has stated that she was [2][3] raised in a "comically dysfunctional family". Bell attended The Chapin School in New York, and Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut. For part of her [4] teenage years she lived in Vero Beach, Florida and attended St. Edward's School. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York before transferring to Rose Bruford College in London where she acted in several theatrical productions includingThe SeagullandPentecost.

Career Bell's first significant role was as the lead female in NBC'sWar Stories, also starring Jeff Goldblum. She played Alicia Silverstone's wisecracking best friend, Victoria, in NBC's short-lived seriesMiss Match. In 2004, Bell made her debut as Sally Heep inThe Practiceand her character was carried over into the series offshootBoston Legal where she was made a regular cast member until she left the series in 2005. Bell then played the lead role in the science fiction seriesSurface, which aired between September 2005 and May 2006. She then returned toBoston Legalfor two episodes, reprising her role as Sally Heep, opposing counsel to Alan Shore (portrayed by James Spader). In 2008, she played the wife of Colin Farrell's character inPride and Glory. She and Farrell dated for a [2] [5] time. As of 2010, she stars in the new HBO television seriesHow to Make It in America. She also appears in the 2010 Cartoon Network Adult Swim showChildrens Hospital.

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[6][7] In September 2011, Bell modeled at Pirelli's Fashion Week in Milan, Italy.

Filmography

Films

2001:Slammedas Gina Micelli 2002:Speakeasyas Sara Marnikov 2003:ILove Your Workas Felicia 2003:War Storiesas Nora Stone 2004:Fresh out of Tearsas Leila 2004:Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murdersas Jillian Dunne 2008:What Happens in Vegasas Tipper 2008:Pride and Gloryas Megan Egan 2008:Over Her Dead Bodyas Ashley 2008:Still Watersas Charlie 2008:Prop 8: The Musicalas Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell 2009:It's Complicatedas Agness Adler

2010:Shrek Forever Afteras Patrol Witch / Wagon Witch #2 2010:Burning Palmsas Maryjane 2010:Little Murderas Corey Little 2011:AGood Old Fashioned Orgyas Alison Cohen 2011:No Strings Attachedas Lucy

Television and other work  2002:ERas Jody Holmes (2 episodes)  2003:Miss Matchas Victoria  2004:Boston Legalas Sally Heep (2004–2006)  2005:Surfaceas Laura Daughtery (2005–2006)  2008:Childrens Hospitalas Dr. Cat Black (2008-)  2009:Wainy Daysas Blaire (1 episode)  2009:Prototypeas Dana Mercer (voice)  2010:The Leagueas Brooke  2010:How to Make It in Americaas Rachel Chapman  2011:New Girlas Amanda

Bell in July 2011

References [1] "Star quality: Robin Bell designs a camera-ready apartment for her actress daughter in record time" (http:/ /www.accessmylibrary.com/ coms2/summary_0286-20453909_ITM).House Beautiful. February 1, 2004. . [2] You Can Ring My Bell: GQ Features on men.style.com (http:/ /www.gq.com/women/photos/200712/ lake-bell-colin-farrell-cameron-diaz-pride-and-glory) [3] Amy Hotz, "'Old Fashioned' actress Lake Bell ditches sea monsters for sex parties in return to Port City" (http:/ /www.starnewsonline.com/ article/20080629/ARTICLES/806290304?p=2&tc=pg),Star-News, June 29, 2008. "I wanted her to be far more Jewish and have the last name of Cohen or Rosenberg because I'm not Jewish and I wanted the opportunity to play Jewish, make the father's side of my family proud." [4] Askmen.com profile (http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_300/302_lake_bell.html) [5] HBO. "Lake Bell inHow to Make It in America" (http://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america/cast-and-crew/rachel-chapman/bio/ lake-bell.html). . Retrieved March 7, 2010. [6] Pretty Pretties at Pirelli's Milan Fashion Week Party (http:/ /www.papermag.com/2011/09/pirelli_milan_fashion_week.php)

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[7] Rendez-vous chez Pirelli (http:/ /www.puretrend.com/rubrique/stars_r21/ naomi-campbell-bianca-balti-lake-bell-rendez-vous-chez-pirelli_a57042/ 1)

External links  Lake Bell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128572/) at the Internet Movie Database  Lake Bell (http://www.allrovi.com/name/p354843) at AllRovi

Speakeasy (2002 film)

Speakeasyis a 2002 film about two men who become unlikely friends after a minor traffic accident. Written and directed by Brendan Murphy,Speakeasywas a runner-up to become the first movie produced forProject Greenlight, a documentary series about the making of an independent film. After Pete Jones'sStolen Summerwas chosen for Project Greenlightinstead, the show's founders, LivePlanet and Miramax, decided to produceSpeakeasyalso, as a normal film apart from the documentary series.

Cast  David Strathairn as Bruce Hickman  Nicky Katt as Frank Marnikov  Stacy Edwards as Sophie Hickman  Arthur Hiller as Mr. Prappas  Lake Bell as Sara Marnikov  Christopher McDonald as Dr. Addams

External links [1] Speakeasy at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326194/

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I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work Promotional Movie Poster

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Adam Goldberg

Chris Hanley David Hillary Josh Newman Adam Goldberg Michael Williams

Adrian Butchart Adam Goldberg

Giovanni Ribisi Franka Potente Christina Ricci Joshua Jackson Marisa Coughlan Jason Lee Lake Bell Vince Vaughn Rick Hoffman Shalom Harlow Jared Harris Elvis Costello

The Room

Mark Putnam

Zac Bell

THINKFilm

November 4, 2005

111 Minutes

United States

English

$1,600,000 (estimated)

I Love Your Workis an American psychological thriller film completed in 2003 and released theatrically in 2005. The film was directed by Adam Goldberg and written by Goldberg and Adrian Butchart. An indictment of celebrity [1] culture, it was not a commercial success. The cast includes Giovanni Ribisi, Christina Ricci, and Vince Vaughn. [2] The movie premiered on September 5, 2003 at the Toronto Film Festival. The DVD was distributed by THINKFilm on March 28, 2006.

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Plot summary Gray Evans, a movie star, is losing his grip on reality, unable to adjust to his own celebrity, and addicted to romantic fantasies about idealistic love and his once simple life. With his celebrity marriage to the beautiful actress Mia already strained by jealousy and frustration after only a year together, Gray is looking for escape. An avid photographer, his voyeuristic nature leads him to a local video store, where an encounter with the video clerk's wife Jane leads to a dangerous obsession over what he imagines to be an ideal love. Gray falls further over the edge, as his conceptions of love and reality are further blurred by the similarities between Jane and his ex-girlfriend Shana to the point where obsession becomes delusion. Gray's life is further complicated by the realities of his own celebrity, an obsessive fan and the need for him to create his public persona as a successful man with a successful marriage. Profession, obsession, and delusion twist together beyond repair when Gray pulls the video clerk, an ambitious screenwriter, into his world by offering to make a movie with him. Their relationship succeeds in bringing him closer to Jane but takes away any last hold on reality, as his fantasy leads to destruction. The layered narrative swings around on itself, taking us on a journey through love, madness and paranoia all the while holding on to a darkly comic view of its own absurd world of crazy Russian bodyguards, loyal assistants, playboy producers and true [3] celebrity.

Themes The cause for Gray’s madness in the film is his obsession with himself. Even Gray's profession revolved around narcissism. Being an actor, he was constantly watching himself in movies and magazines. For example, in the beginning of the film Gray was at his movie with Shana where he was watching himself in the movie while he was chased by himself. An example of Gray's narcissistic tendencies is when he was having a dream where Gray and Shauna were sitting on their couch watching themselves on television watching themselves watch television. Another example of Adam Goldberg's adaptation of narcissism is where Gray was glancing at the television and a talk show about narcissism just happened to be playing, and the host's guest seemed to be directing the full weight of her attention upon Gray. Gray, being so wrapped up in his own thoughts, completely disregarded what the woman had said. The selfish behavior and concern only for his career cause him to end up with the life he always dreamed of. However, he realizes the life he dreamed of does not make him happy and regrets all that he has done.

Symbolism The names, John, Jane, and Shauna all have the same meaning: God is gracious because Gray keeps confusing the three characters with each other and himself. The number 4 appears on door numbers, its release date, and the VHS credit beginning time (1:44:44). It is also present in the film as the video store's address and as the date on which John's letter is written to Gray (04/04/04). The idea of the Four Temperaments He exhibits behavior from each of the four temperaments throughout the film. His disappointment is characteristic of the melancholic, his anger and instability true of the choeric, during his day at the park he is trying to fit in as the sanguine temperament strives to, and the lazy phlegmatic who is calm and unemotional as Gray is towards Mia near the end of the film.

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