The Renaissance was one of the great moments of the human spirit, comparable perhaps only to Athens in the times of Pericles. It was also the first time that Europe noticeably moved ahead of all other contemporary civilizations. As usual, the background was economic.
Nolan Lyons (1884) Marc Pickering (1897) Enoch Malachi Nucky Thompson, played by Steve Buscemi, is the protagonist of the series Boardwalk Empire. He is very loosely based on the real New Jersey politician Enoch L. Johnson (1883-1968), who was in control of Atlantic City for two decades, between 1911 and 1931.
When the creatures from R.L. Stineâs (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life â including the Vampire Poodle (pictured) â itâs up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Blackâs imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.t the anchor of all this chaos of course is none other than Jack Black, who plays a fictional version of series creator R.L. Stine. He facetiously tells us that like Johnny Deppâs preparation to play Hunter S. Thompson in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, he moved in with Stine to study him.