The NBA had granted one of its four new expansion teams on April 22, 1987 ( the others being the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, and the Miami Heat ) to original owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner to begin play for the 1989 – 90 season.

In March 2006, the UFC announced that it had hired Marc Ratner, former Executive Director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, as Vice President of Regulatory Affairs.

In the Fall, 2010, Hoppus had a guest star role in the digital comedy short film Lil DPC from writer / director Michael Ratner which also features the Soprano's Steve Schirripa and rapper Fat Joe.

In the Fall, 2010, Schirripa had a guest star role in the digital comedy short film, " Lil DPC ," from writer / director Michael Ratner, which also features Rapper Fat Joe and Blink 182's Mark Hoppus.

Dr. Ratner, the Health Commissioner of Oak Park at the time the Salk vaccine was introduced, had kept these vials of vaccine in a refrigerator for over forty years., Upon testing this vaccine, Dr. Carbone discovered that it contained not only the SV40 strain already known to have been in the Salk vaccine ( containing two 72-bp enhancers ) but also the same slow-growing SV40 strain currently being found in some malignant tumors and lymphomas ( containing one 72-bp enhancers ).

Payne Ratner had three children, Jurie, Teno, and Darb, as well as several grandchildren.

Prior to Routh's casting as Superman in the film Superman Returns, Warner Bros. had spent over a decade developing a plan to relaunch the franchise, with possible stars including name actors Nicolas Cage, Josh Hartnett, Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker, James Marsden, Ashton Kutcher, Keanu Reeves, Will Smith and James Caviezel and planned directors including Tim Burton, Wolfgang Petersen, McG, Brett Ratner and Shekhar Kapur.

Flint's voice was provided by Bill Ratner, the actor who had voiced the character in the G. I.

His desire to bring an NBA team to Brooklyn had been known since his campaign for Borough President, and he was instrumental in persuading Bruce Ratner to purchase the team in 2004.

" Ratner accepted the proposal both he and Blood had the $ 1, 000 bequest put into their wills.

This skyscraper was the filming location for R & B group Dru Hill's music video for " How Deep Is Your Love ," directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed the movie Rush Hour, whose soundtrack features the song.

The Family Man is a 2000 American drama film directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni.

Category: Films directed by Brett Ratner

Another 1980s Troma classic, Mother's Day will also receive a remake and will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and produced by Brett Ratner.

Ratner was under consideration to direct X-Men ( 2000 ) and Superman Returns ( 2006 ), although both were eventually directed by Bryan Singer.

Ratner directed and served as an executive producer on the 2011 CBS comedy-drama television series CHAOS.

In the same year, Ratner also directed the ensemble comedy caper Tower Heist.

The film was directed by Amy Heckerling and chronicles a school year in the lives of freshmen Stacy Hamilton ( Jennifer Jason Leigh ) and Mark Ratner ( Brian Backer ), and their respective older friends Linda Barrett ( Phoebe Cates ) and Mike Damone ( Robert Romanus ), both of whom believe themselves wiser in the ways of romance than their younger counterparts.

The film was directed by Brett Ratner and shot in the Bahamas.

Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan were both offered to film cameos as American police officers ( a nod to the Rush Hour series which Brett Ratner also directed ) but turned them down.

Category: Films directed by Brett Ratner

The movie was written and directed by David Steiman, a former assistant to Brett Ratner.

Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, starring Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen.

" Brett Ratner, commenting about Conrad Palmisano, who directed second unit for Ratner on Rush Hour 3 and After the Sunset, said, " He has the understanding of what it takes to create a great action sequence and never deviate from the story or the tone of the film .”

Moving Malcolm is a 2003 movie directed, written, produced, and starring Benjamin Ratner as a man who is forced to piece his life back together after being dumped at the altar by his fiancé ( Elizabeth Berkley ).

He appeared as himself in a 1990 short film directed by Brett Ratner called Whatever Happened to Mason Reese ?, which can be seen on the DVD of the feature film Rush Hour.

" Beautiful Stranger " featured a retro music video that was directed by Brett Ratner and shot on May 1, 1999 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.

In the early 2000s, Hartnett was approached several times to play the role of Clark Kent / Superman in the upcoming film ( at the time helmed by Brett Ratner ), but always turned it down, not wanting to commit to a predicted ten-year role.

In March 2008, principal developer Bruce Ratner acknowledged that the slowing economy may delay construction of both the office and residential components of the project for several years.

Since then Leung has appeared in several independent and television films, as well as features, including four films with Brett Ratner and two with Spike Lee.

Brett Ratner ( born March 28, 1969 ) is an American film director, film producer, and music video director.

Leonard Ratner has commented: " The restless, unresolved dissonances of Nuages gris the isolated figures, the sense of alienation — these have a clear affinity with the somewhat later expressionism of the Viennese composers Mahler and Schoenberg .... gris is a musical bellwether that indicated what was happening and what would happen in European music: sound, with the assistance of symmetry, would take over, harmony would be absorbed into color and lose its cadential function.

Brett Ratner and Michael Phillips are producing and music video director Nzingha Stewart is scripting.

Ratner told Aventura Business Monthly in a May, 2011, cover story interview that he " really didn't know " his biological father, and that he considers Alvin Malnik, who opened the famous Forge restaurant in Miami Beach, to be his dad, " the one who raised " him.

Although he lived in Las Vegas, commissioner Marc Ratner, considered one of the most serious and respected figures in boxing, felt Rone was in risk of getting injured every time he boxed, so he denied the Ohio native a license in 2000.

" Most of the great graphic novels are gone, and ' Youngblood ' is one of the few comic books left with tentpole potential ," Ratner was quoted telling the trade.

Brett Ratner was one of the latest alumni to work in the Hollywood film industry.

" Len Wiseman was attached to direct but he dropped out of the project and rumors were that Brett Ratner would helm the film.

In February 2009, according to Variety, Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired the feature film rights to the comic book, reportedly for a mid-six figures, and has attached Brett Ratner to direct.

" The film will be fast-tracked, although no decision has been made on whether it will eventually land at Paramount, where Ratner has a first look deal.

Another version of this film was released internationally, and known as Brett Ratner presents Kites: The Remix.

* The song was used in the Brett Ratner film, The Family Man, the Ridley Scott film, Matchstick Men, and the David Lynch film, Wild at Heart ; all starred Nicolas Cage.