Martin cooper biography filmography
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Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films. Scorsese earned a B.S. degree in film communications in , followed by an M.A. in the same field in at New York University's School of spelfilm. During this time, he made numerous prize-winning short films including The Big Shave (), and directed his first feature spelfilm, Who's That Knocking at My Door ().
He served as assistant director and an editor of the documentary Woodstock () and won critical and popular acclaim for Mean Streets (), which first paired him with actor and frequent collaborator Robert dem Niro. In , Scorsese's hyrbil Driver (), also starring dem Niro, was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes spelfilm Festival, and h
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Coco Montrese
American drag queen and entertainer
Coco Montrese (born July 2, ) is the stage name of Lenwood Martin Cooper,[2] an American drag queen, entertainer, and reality television personality. Montrese came into the spotlight after being crowned Miss Gay America when Alyssa Edwards' title was revoked. She subsequently appeared on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as well as the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
Early life
[edit]Montrese was born on July 2, , in Miami, Florida.[3] She grew up in a "very religious home" as the child of a Pentecostal pastor.[4] Montrese studied theater and education at Alabama State University.[5]
Career
[edit]Montrese became interested in drag around age 19 or 20 and was named by her drag mother Mokha Montrese.[4] She entered pageantry, eventually becoming runner up in the Miss Gay America pageant. The titleholder, Alyssa Edwards, was stripped of her crown
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Gary Cooper filmography
American actor Gary Cooper started his career in as a film extra and stuntman. He made his official cinematic debut in in the Samuel Goldwyn production The Winning of Barbara Worth. He went on to become a contract player with Paramount Pictures where he established himself as a popular leading man prior to the end of the silent spelfilm era.
Cooper's future in the sound era was assured with the release of The Virginian (), his first all-talkie rulle. For the next 32 years, he would be one of cinema's top money-making stars. From to , Cooper ranked 18 times among the top ten box office attractions—a record when he died in , and later surpassed only by John Wayne, who ranked among the top ten 25 times, Clint Eastwood (21 times) and Tom Cruise (20 times).
Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award five times and won twice, for Sergeant York () and High Noon (). The latter film boosted his popularity, resulting in him being the number one b