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Anthology series
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An anthology series is a radio or television series that presents a different story and a different set of characters in each episode or season/series. Some anthology series, such as Studio One, began on radio, many popular old-time radio programs were anthology series. On some series, such as Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the constant was the host. One of the earliest such programs was The Collier Hour, broadcast on the NBC Blue Network from 1927 to 1932, as radios first major dramatic anthology, it adapted stories and serials from Colliers Weekly in a calculated move to increase subscriptions and compete with The Saturday Evening Post. Weird The Haunting Hour The Sealed Book Mystery in the Air The Weird Circle Quiet, the stars would own the studio and the program, as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had done successfully with Desilu studio. Powell had intended for the program to feature himself, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, when Russell and McCrea backed out, David Niven came on board as the third star. The fourth star was initially a guest star, CBS liked the idea, and Four Star Playhouse made its debut in fall of 1952. It ran on alternate weeks only during the first season, alternating with Amos n Andy and it was successful enough to be renewed and became a weekly program from the second season until the end of its run in 1956. Ida Lupino was brought on board as the de facto fourth star, though unlike Powell, Boyer, American television networks would sometimes run summer anthology series which consisted of unsold television pilots. Beginning in 1971, the long-run Masterpiece Theatre drama anthology series brought British productions to American television. k. a. Billy Roses Playbill Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre The Bold Ones Broadway Television Theatre Buick-Electra Playhouse Cameo Theatre Camera Three The Campbell Playhouse, Campbell Soundstage and Campbell Summer Soundstage Cavalcade of America CBS Playhouse CBS Summer Playhouse CBS Television Workshop CBS Workshop, a. k. a. CBS Repertoire Workshop Celanese Theatre Celebrity Playhouse Center Stage Cheer Television Theatre The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre a. k. a, Chevrolet on Broadway Chevron Hall of Stars Chevron Theatre Climax. Gruen Guild Theatre The Gulf Playhouse Hallmark Hall of Fame Hollywood Opening Night Hollywood Premiere Theatre, Hollywood Theatre Time International Playhouse John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You The Joseph Cotten Show, a. k. a. k. a. Max Liebman Presents Medallion Theatre, a. k. a, grimms Fairy Tale Classics Happily Ever After, Fairy Tales for Every Child The Harveytoons Show KaBlam. Late Night, Black and White Legends of Bikini Bottom Liquid Television The Looney Tunes Show Mickey Mouse Works Mickeys Mouse Tracks O Canada Off the Air Oh Yeah. Cartoons The Pink Panther Show The Popeye Show The Porky Pig Show Princes et princesses Random. M. k. a. Terribles House of Horrible The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre El Chapulín Colorado Ripping Yarns George Burns Comedy Week Good Heavens Human Remains Inside No. k. a. k. a. k. a. k. a, orson Welles Great Mysteries Out of the Fog Panic. Way of Life Family Theater Insight Lamp Unto My Feet Look Up, the Fisher Family Alcoa Presents, One Step Beyond Amazing Stories American Horror Story Are You Afraid of the Dark. L. k. a
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Undressed
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Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26,1999 to September 5,2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé, the series follows the relationships of young people, often high schoolers, college students, and twenty somethings in the Los Angeles area. The series was controversial for its frank discussions about sex, including depictions of promiscuous behavior between teens, as well as gay and lesbian relationships, each season had several recurring characters with each episode focused on two or three specific characters with plotlines presented as interweaved vignettes. Each season had stories end while others were still running and the stories would run for various lengths of time, Undressed ran for six seasons, from July 26,1999 to September 5,2002. As indicated below, the series is notable for featuring early performances by a number of actors who went on to notability in television. Season 1 ran from July to September 1999, and had 30 episodes, August Richards Season 3 lasted from July to August 2000, and had 30 episodes. Notable cast members included, Brandon Beemer Johnny Lewis Sarah Jane Morris Alisan Porter Beth Riesgraf Michelle Ongkingco Season 5 ran from July to September 2001, and had 40 episodes. Notable cast members included, Katie Aselton Scott Clifton Mike Erwin Autumn Reeser Adrienne Wilkinson Chez Starbuck Jennifer Tisdale Season 6 ran from June to September 2002 and it was produced in Canada, utilizing mainly Canadian actors. Jennifer M. Johnson was a writer for the series, Undressed was filmed in Los Angeles for the first five seasons, and in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the sixth and final season. In January 2010, episodes briefly ran on Logo, official website Undressed at the Internet Movie Database Undressed at TV. com
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Single-camera setup
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The single-camera setup, or single-camera mode of production, also known as Portable Single Camera, is a method of filmmaking and video production. In this setup, each of the shots and camera angles is taken using the same camera. Choices can then be made during the editing process for when in the scene to use each shot. This also then allows parts of the scene to be removed if it is felt that the scene is too long, in practice, sometimes two cameras shooting from the same angle are used, one to capture a medium shot, the other a close-up during the same take. Unlike film producers, who almost always opt for single-camera shooting, single-camera is mostly reserved for prime-time dramas, made-for-TV movies, music videos and commercial advertisements. Soap operas, talk shows, game shows, most reality television series, Multiple-camera shooting is the only way that an ensemble of actors presenting a single performance before a live audience can be recorded from multiple perspectives. Also for standard, dialogue-driven domestic situation comedies, the multi-camera technique, situation comedies may potentially be shot in either multiple- or single-camera modes. Several comedy series of the era also use of feature film techniques. These effects were created using editing and optical printing techniques, in the case of Get Smart, the single-camera technique also allowed the series to present fast-paced and tightly-edited fight and action sequences reminiscent of the spy dramas that it parodied. Single-camera comedies were also prevalent into the early 1970s, with its large cast, varied locations, and seriocomic tone, the TV series M*A*S*H was shot using single-camera style. Happy Days began in 1974 as a series, before switching to the multi-camera setup in its second season. Unlike single-camera sitcoms of the past, nearly all contemporary comedies shot in this manner are produced without a laugh track, list of single-camera sitcoms Multiple-camera setup Tapeless camcorder
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MTV
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MTV is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks and headquartered in New York City. Launched on August 1,1981, the originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys. In its early years, MTVs main target demographic was young adults and it has received criticism towards this change of focus, both by certain segments of its audience and musicians. MTVs influence on its audience, including issues involving censorship and social activism, has also been a subject of debate for several years, in recent years, MTV had struggled with the secular decline of music-related cable media. In April 2016, MTV announced it would start to return to its original music roots with the reintroduction of the classic MTV series MTV Unplugged. It was also reported that the series MTV Cribs would be making a return on Snapchat, MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the US and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have gone independent. As of July 2015, approximately 92,188,000 US households have received MTV, several earlier concepts for music video-based television programming had been around since the early 1960s. The Beatles had used music videos to promote their records starting in the mid-1960s, CBS rejected the idea, but Williams premiered his own musical composition Classical Gas on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where he was head writer. The series featured clips from various popular artists, but was canceled by its distributor in 1971. The channel, which featured video disc jockeys, signed a deal with US Cable in 1978 to expand its audience from retail to cable television, the service was no longer active by the time MTV launched in 1981. The QUBE system offered many specialized channels, One of these specialized channels was Sight on Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music-oriented television programs. With the interactive QUBE service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs, the original programming format of MTV was created by media executive Robert W. Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer of MTV Networks. Pittman had test-driven the music format by producing and hosting a 15-minute show, Album Tracks, the inspiration for PopClips came from a similar program on New Zealands TVNZ network named Radio with Pictures, which premiered in 1976. The concept itself had been in the works since 1966, when record companies began supplying the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation with promotional music clips to play on the air at no charge. Few artists made the trip to New Zealand to appear live. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of hour in various forms. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star and this was followed by the video for Pat Benatars You Better Run. Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR, MTVs lower third graphics that appeared near the beginning and end of music videos would eventually use the recognizable Kabel typeface for about 25 years
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College
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College is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university. In ancient Rome a collegium was a club or society, a group of living together under a common set of rules. Aside from the educational context - nowadays the most common use of college - there are various other meanings also derived from the original Latin term. In the United States, college can be a synonym for university, in Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the sixth form college as the English name for a lycée. In some national education systems, secondary schools may be called colleges or have college as part of their title, in Australia the term college is applied to any private or independent primary and, especially, secondary school as distinct from a state school. Melbourne Grammar School, Cranbrook School, Sydney and The Kings School, there has also been a recent trend to rename or create government secondary schools as colleges. In the state of Victoria, some high schools are referred to as secondary colleges. Interestingly, the pre-eminent government secondary school for boys in Melbourne is still named Melbourne High School, in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, college is used in the name of all state high schools built since the late 1990s, and also some older ones. In New South Wales, some schools, especially multi-campus schools resulting from mergers, are known as secondary colleges. In Queensland some newer schools which accept primary and high school students are styled state college, in Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, college refers to the final two years of high school, and the institutions which provide this. In this context, college is an independent of the other years of high school. Here, the expression is a version of matriculation college. This is because these schools have traditionally focused on academic, rather than vocational, subjects. Some private secondary schools choose to use the college in their names nevertheless. Some secondary schools elsewhere in the country, particularly ones within the school system. In New Zealand the word normally refers to a secondary school for ages 13 to 17
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Dante Basco
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Dante R. Basco is an American actor, voice actor, and dancer. He is known for his work in video games, movies. Dante Basco is a Filipino American born in Pittsburg, California and raised in Cerritos and Paramount and he has four siblings, including actor Dion Basco. His cousin, Nick, edits his videos on YouTube and has his own popular YouTube channel, in Dantes early years, he was part of the Streat Freaks breakdancing crew. When he got into acting, he started taking on roles in television. Bascos breakout performance was when he appeared as the charismatic red-stripe-haired leader Rufio of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielbergs 1991 film Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. Basco chose to characterize the role some of the more aggressive alpha male traits of teenage boys so as to maximize the tension with Williams Pan character. Many of Rufios lines were improvised by Basco who was happy to go head on with Robin Williams, daring, and bold, Bascos performance proved to be memorable and a big hit among fans. A punk band is named after this character. He attended Orange County High School of the Arts in the Music and Theatre Conservatory and he had guest roles on television shows The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Hangin with Mr. Cooper, and had a recurring role on Moesha. After portraying characters of various Asian ethnicity except his own, he portrayed a Filipino American alongside his three brothers and sister in the independent film The Debut and he and his brothers starred in the sitcom Naked Brown Men. He played a gay teenager in the 1999 film But Im A Cheerleader and he starred as breakdancer Ramos in the 2006 film Take the Lead alongside Antonio Banderas. In many films, he dances as he did in a Verizon Wireless commercial. He produced and co-starred in a video parody of the song Rehab called Wiihab. He has done voice acting for many animated materials, including Zuko in Avatar, The Last Airbender and Jake Long in American Dragon, Jake Long. He voiced Matt Martin/Kewl Breeze in the animated series Zevo-3, several voices in the video game Saints Row and Shingo in the video games Skate, Skate 2. He also voiced Seeing Farther in the video game Call of Juarez, Bound in Blood, the youth voice for the MMORPG game Aion, Tower of Eternity
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Marc Blucas
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Marcus Paul Marc Blucas is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Matthew Donnelly in Necessary Roughness and recently, abolitionist John Hawkes in Underground. Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania and his mother, Mary Catherine, is an educator, and his father, Walter Joseph Blucas, is a school superintendent. After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, Blucas became the player on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the court as Tim Duncan. He was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, after Blucas failed to make it into the NBA, he moved to England, where he played professional basketball for a year with British Basketball Leagues Manchester Giants. He later decided to become a lawyer, but changed his mind, blucass first television role was in the television movie Inflammable, made in 1995. From there, he found roles in television and film. He starred as the Basketball Hero in Gary Rosss Pleasantville, however, Blucas landed his first major role in 1999 as Agent Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedons time, whedon asked him to audition again, and he received the part two weeks later. He played Buffys love interest until 2000, after Blucas departure from the series, he went on to act in such films as Summer Catch, We Were Soldiers, alongside Mel Gibson and Chris Klein, and First Daughter, with Katie Holmes. His character in Summer Catch was based on real life Cape League baseball player Michael Macone, in 2007, Blucas began to land leading roles in films such as Thr3e and The Killing Floor. In February 2010, Blucas joined the cast of the ABC television drama pilot True Blue, Blucas was part of the regular cast of the USA Network show Necessary Roughness for the first two seasons, playing Matthew Donnelly. The series premiered on June 29,2011, on July 25,2009, Blucas married journalist Ryan Haddon, daughter of Dayle Haddon and is stepfather to her children from her first marriage to actor Christian Slater. Marc Blucas at the Internet Movie Database Marc Blucas at AllMovie
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Sam Doumit
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Samia Sam Doumit is an American actress. Doumit is of Irish, French, Lebanese, German, Doumit was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She was a Deans list and honor student at Emerson College in Boston before attending the California Institute of the Arts. Doumits father was born in Lebanon, but left the country in 1967 for religious and she is a first-generation Lebanese American, her father emigrated to the U. S. from Beirut, Lebanon in 1967 after receiving a scholarship to the California State University at Sacramento. He became a citizen in the early 1980s and her mother is American, born in Sacramento, California. Doumits great-uncle is Nobel Peace Prize recipient Dr. Albert Schweitzer and she appeared in the film The Hot Chick with Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler as well as in independent films like The Utopian Society with Austin Nichols, directed by John P. Aguirre. Doumit will star with Meg Ryan,50 Cent, and John Lithgow in the 2011 feature film Lives of the Saints and she is featured in the Zed video clip Starlight, included on The Hot Chick DVD. In 2010 she guest starred on ABCs Castle, Showtimes new series Shameless with William H. Macy, Doumit starred opposite Blair Underwood and Heather Locklear in the series finale of LAX. She starred with Jason Bateman in The Jake Effect and she played Maggie, a recurring character on Disneys Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The TV Show. The show was shot in Alberta, Canada, Doumit appeared with her friend Jeremy Sisto and also Virginia Madsen on the two season finale episodes of Dawsons Creek. She previously appeared with Jeremy Sisto and friends Ethan Embry, Erik Michael Cole, in the CSI episode Suckers she showed her pierced tongue which is also seen in the Starlight video. Doumit notably stretched her range as an actress in 2009 starring on Southland as a drug addled prostitute, Doumit began acting on stage at age 5. She has performed in over 30 professional plays including Bonnie in Hurlyburly, Laura in The Glass Menagerie and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. In 2006, she played Kate in Shakespeares play The Taming of the Shrew in at the Lillian Theatre in Los Angeles and her husbands direction and her portrayal of Kate was well received and both were featured in an interview and article for Estylo Magazine celebrating the performance. Doumit is currently in the long running hit Jewtopia at The Greenway Court Theatre in Los Angeles, according to IMDB Doumit is the face of the SuicideGirls logo. Doumit married Erik Contreras on September 3,2005 and she currently hosts Suicide Girls Radio every Sunday night on Indie 103.1. Nera Longtime Listener 12th Time Caller, naomi Rose East L. A. Krista Guzman Rosary Stars. Just Hustle Movie Longtime Listener 12th Time Caller Sam Doumit Official Website Sam Doumit at the Internet Movie Database The Utopian Society Official Site
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Reagan Gomez-Preston
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Reagan Gomez-Preston is an American television and film actress and voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent Hood, Gomez-Preston has appeared in numerous shows, films, and music videos. Reagan Gomez-Preston was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Puerto Rican mother, Cheryl Gomez, and she has a younger brother named Kyle. Gomez-Prestons father, Bennett Preston, is a medical examiner/pathologist in Philadelphia, when Gomez-Preston was young her mother worked for the Detroit Police Department. Cheryl Gomez was one of the first women assigned to street patrol.2 million, after this Cheryl Gomez moved the family to Philadelphia. There Gomez-Preston was enrolled in acting, dancing, and singing lessons at Philadelphias Freedom Theatre, in 1994, she moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles with her mother and Kyle, so that Gomez-Preston could pursue an acting career. Gomez-Preston began her career in The Parent Hood, as Zaria Peterson. She guest starred on UPNs One on One as Flexs younger sister/Briannas aunt and she also played Francine opposite Holly Robinson Peete in the short-lived UPN sitcom, Love Inc. She is also a former cast member of The Amanda Show and she has been featured in King magazine twice, first in the September 2003-October 2003 issue, and again in the December 2006-January 2007 issue. She was one of five girls in her second appearance. She also appeared in music videos Sorry 2004 by Ruben Studdard, No Better Love by Young Gunz, Gomez-Preston is a writer of feature films, with her own business and production company. She voiced Roberta Tubbs, Cleveland Browns stepdaughter on the animated series The Cleveland Show from 2009 until the cancellation in 2013. Gomez-Preston began dating model DeWayne Turrentine in 1995, Turrentine was a member in the group Quo. The couple married on November 10,1999 and they have two children, a daughter, Scarlett Annette Turrentine and a son Tyger Attila Turrentine. Reagan Gomez-Preston at the Internet Movie Database
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Max Greenfield
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Max Greenfield is an American actor. He appeared in recurring roles in Veronica Mars and Ugly Betty and he co-stars as Winston Schmidt in the Fox sitcom New Girl, for which he received Emmy, Critics Choice Television, and Golden Globe awards nominations. Greenfield began pursuing his career in 1998 after he graduated from high school. Greenfield had more success in supporting roles on Veronica Mars and Greek, in 2007 he landed a recurring role on Ugly Betty. He continued his career with a slew of guest-starring roles on primetime series such as The CWs remake of Melrose Place, the short-lived No Ordinary Family. He created, produced, and starred in the comedy series The Gentlemens League for the Audience Network in 2010, as for film, Greenfield had his feature film debut in the film Cross Bronx. Greenfield had a role in When Do We Eat. as an Internet tycoon who, after losing his fortune. In 2011, Greenfield began playing the role of Winston Schmidt in the sitcom New Girl, in 2015, Greenfield starred in a series of McDonalds commercials promoting their Sirloin Third Pound Burgers. Greenfield was born and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York and he is Jewish and had a Saturday Night Live-themed Bar Mitzvah. As of 2011, he lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Tess Sanchez, the couple have two children, daughter Lily and son Ozzie. Max Greenfield has worked with Young Storytellers Foundation on numerous occasions, stating that his own kids have inspired him to help children find self-confidence, fist Fight Max Greenfield at the Internet Movie Database Max Greenfield on Twitter
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Christina Hendricks
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Christina Rene Hendricks is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Holloway in the AMC drama television series Mad Men, a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine named Hendricks the sexiest woman in the world. In 2010, she was voted Best Looking American Woman by Esquire magazine, Hendricks film credits include Drive, Gods Pocket and Lost River. She currently appears as Celine/Chair in the Comedy Central sitcom Another Period, Hendricks was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her mother, Jackie Sue, was a psychologist and her father, Robert Hendricks, worked for the United States Forest Service and was from Birmingham, England. Through her father, she has dual US & UK nationality and her family moved several times because of her fathers profession, and Hendricks spent her early life in Portland, Oregon, and Twin Falls, Idaho. When Hendricks was a teenager, the relocated to Fairfax, Virginia. According to Hendricks, she was bullied in school and described herself as an outcast. After entering a competition to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine, she signed with an agency at age 18. Hendricks began acting in musical theater productions in Twin Falls. She was a model from the ages of 18 to 27 and she made her television début in the MTV anthology series Undressed. Her first starring role was in Beggars and Choosers, since then, she has starred in the series The Big Time and The Court, opposite Sally Field and Craig Bierko, as well as the legal drama Kevin Hill, which was filmed in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. She has also had recurring roles in ER and Firefly and guest-starred in episodes of Angel, Miss Match, Tru Calling, Presidio Med, Without a Trace, Hendricks starred opposite Kip Pardue in South of Pico. La Cucina, an indie film, premiered on Showtime in December 2009. She appeared in four episodes of the NBC series Life in the role of Olivia, detective Charlie Crews soon-to-be stepmother. She also starred in music videos for The Ghost Inside by Broken Bells and her performance has received critical praise, resulting in six Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She appeared in the action-thriller Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, in 2014, she played the lead character in Goslings directorial debut Lost River, and in 2015, co-starred with Charlize Theron and Chloë Grace Moretz in the novel adaptation Dark Places. In 2015, she was cast as one of the leads in Refns thriller film The Neon Demon and we need more of these role models
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Erica Hubbard
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Erica Hubbard is an American film and television actress and model. She is also the voice of Abbey for the TV series The Replacements, born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Erica knew at the early age of nine that she wanted to be an actress, after she performed in her first stage play. Never giving up on her dream, Erica attended Columbia College in Chicago where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Theater, the show aired on WPWR, a UPN affiliate in Chicago. By the time the season had started airing, she had already won a Regional Emmy for hosting the show. She began acting at age nine in commercials for McDonalds, Reebok, Sears, Kellogs, MCI and her best-known modeling appearances have been in various magazines as the Noxzema girl for its 2006 campaign. She also voice acted in the game The Walking Dead as a thug that attacked Clementine, Erica Hubbard at the Internet Movie Database Erica Hubbard Interview
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Jon Huertas
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Jon Huertas is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for his role as Sergeant Antonio Poke Espera in HBOs Generation Kill, Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Huertass acting career started in 1993 when he played an uncredited part in the The Webbers. In 1998, Huertas portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, in 1999, he appeared in two films, the horror movie Cold Hearts and the action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in films, but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera in HBOs miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. From 1998 to 1999, Huertas played the role of Antonio in the television series Moesha, from 1999 to 2000, he played Brad, a witch hunter, in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Beginning in 2009, Huertas has starred in the role of Detective Esposito in ABCs police procedural Castle, in 2012, Huertas and his Castle co-star Stana Katic received the award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards. In June 2011, Huertas made his music video single called Sex Is the Word. Huertas, born Jon William Hofstedt, enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1987 and he participated in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm. Huertas married his girlfriend, Nicole, in Tulum, Mexico on May 4,2014. Jon Huertas at the Internet Movie Database Jon Huertass channel on YouTube Jon Huertas at TV Guide
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Trevor Lissauer
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Trevor Lissauer is an American actor and musician, born in Dallas, Texas. He is best known for his role as Miles Goodman in the sitcom Sabrina, Lissauer began his acting career in 1992 by booking his very first audition which was for a Roger Corman film called The Skateboard Kid. He is best known for playing Miles Goodman on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 2000 to 2002 and he decided that the band he was playing with, made up of Keith Tenenbaum and Barry Whittaker, should have a name and titled them The Glass Plastiks. The band went through a few changes, Whittaker left and Dimitrios Farougias took over on bass and Chris Null became the lead guitarist. On July 16,2008 they released Time to Exist, music from the band has been featured in the TV show Nip/Tuck and the DVD release of Party of Five. In 2012 Lissauer resurfaced with a new project called Animal Cloud with Glass Plastiks drummer Keith Tenenbaum. Animal Cloud is influenced by such as MGMT, Empire Of The Sun, Radiohead, Sigur Ros. Trevor Lissauer at the Internet Movie Database
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Sarah Lancaster
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Sarah Lancaster is an American actress. Lancaster has appeared on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Dawsons Creek, That 70s Show, Scrubs and she also landed two recurring roles, on The WB series, Everwood, as Ephrams love interest Madison Kellner, and on David E. Kelleys FOX series, Boston Public. In 2005 she starred in the TV movie Living With the Enemy, most notably, she appeared as Ellie Bartowski Woodcomb on the NBC series Chuck from 2007 to 2012. Lancaster has also worked as a jealous girlfriend-turned-serial killer in the movie Lovers Lane, Lancaster is married to attorney Matthew Jacobs. She gave birth to their son Oliver Michael on June 29,2011, Sarah Lancaster Official Twitter Sarah Lancaster at AllMovie Sarah Lancaster at the Internet Movie Database Sarah Lancaster at TVGuide. com
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Peter Paige
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Peter Paige is an American actor, director and screenwriter. His debut as director and writer was on the film Say Uncle, Paige was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. He graduated from Boston University School of Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree summa cum laude, related, Greys Anatomy, The Closer and Without a Trace. His first audition in Los Angeles earned him a role on Suddenly Susan. Paige spent summer 2004 starring in his directorial debut, Say Uncle, alongside Kathy Najimy, Anthony Clark, Melanie Lynskey, Lisa Edelstein. Other film credits include Don McKellars Childstar with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dave Foley, Showtimes Our America, indie Pop and he has performed nearly every genre of play, from the Greeks to Shakespeare to contemporary American work. Plays on his resume include A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Rivals, Secret Agents, Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Pantophobia, his two-man show written and performed with Abraham Higginbotham. The series follows the lives of the Foster family, a lesbian couple who are married and raising biological. The series began airing on June 3,2013, on January 10,2017, the network announced a fifth season was picked up
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Pedro Pascal
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José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal, known professionally as Pedro Pascal, is a Chilean-born American actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Oberyn Martell in the season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Pascal was born in Santiago, Chile, pascals parents were Allende supporters, and they were involved in the opposition movement against the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile around the time of his birth. Because of this, soon after his birth, his family was granted political asylum and he was raised in Orange County, California, and San Antonio, Texas. He studied acting at the Orange County School of the Arts, Pascal has appeared in several television series, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Good Wife, Homeland, The Mentalist and Graceland. He appeared as kidnapper Reggie in the Law & Order, Criminal Intent episode Weeping Willow and he was cast in the pilot for the 2011 Wonder Woman television adaptation, but the show was never picked up. In June 2013, he was cast as Oberyn Martell in the season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Pascal stated that he was a fan of Game of Thrones before being cast as Oberyn. In 2015, Pascal was cast the role of U. S. DEA agent Javier Peña in the Netflix original show, Pascal was also in the movie Bloodsucking Bastards in 2015, playing the role of the vampire Max. He is a member of New York Citys LAByrinth Theater Company, in April 2015, Pascal co-starred with Heidi Klum in the music video for Sias Fire Meet Gasoline. Pascal is fluent natively in Spanish and he maintains a close friendship with Game of Thrones co-star Lena Headey. Pedro Pascal at the Internet Movie Database
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Nick Stabile
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Nick Stabile is an American television actor. Stabile was born on March 4,1971 in Wheat Ridge and he graduated from Pomona High School in 1988. After graduating from Colorado State University, he attended Denvers National Theater Conservatory, Stabile played Gabe Capshaw on the show, Saints and Sinners. He is well known for playing the role of Jesse in the slasher film Bride of Chucky and he also played Mark Wolper on the now-defunct NBC soap Sunset Beach from the shows premiere in January 1997 until January 1998 when his character was killed off. In 2000, Stabile took on the role of Dennis Wilson in The Beach Boys and he played the lead role in Santa, Jr. a film released in 2002. Stabile also portrayed the role of Nicholas Foxworth Fox Crane on another NBC soap, during this time, Justin Hartley was on paternity leave with wife Lindsay Hartley. He then played Dean Hartman on Days of Our Lives from June 2009 to September 2009, as of 2010, he has made appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, notably with Camille Grammer, ex-wife of Kelsey Grammer. On June 17,2016, Stabile began portraying Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital, Stabile is married to actress Tricia Small who is partners with Camille Grammer and Nina Segal in a jewelry collection known as Amorephosis. Official website Nick Stabile at the Internet Movie Database
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Bree Turner
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Bree Nicole Turner is an American actress. Turner was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up in Alamo and her father is former NFL linebacker Kevin Turner. In 1995, she graduated from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California and she then attended Kings College London and University of California, Los Angeles. Turner landed her first speaking role in Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo and that same year, she was cast on MTVs late night anthology series, Undressed. She also did TV commercial for Gap Khaki Country and Khaki-a-go-go, Turner was a background dancer in such hit films as The Big Lebowski, Shes All That and Mike Myers’ Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me. She has since appeared in films like The Wedding Planner, Joe Dirt, American Pie 2, Sorority Boys, Bring It On Again and Jekyll + Hyde. She played a role in Todd Hollands family film Firehouse Dog, alongside Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp. In 2000, Turner could be seen in two independent films, Scott Falconer and Scott Hatleys musical and romantic drama True Vinyl and writer-director Robert Boris wrestling drama Backyard Dogs. The next year, she shared the screen with Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy The Wedding Planner, meanwhile, Turner was also playing recurring roles on the UPN sitcom Moesha, the ABC sitcom Spin City and the CBS drama Cold Case. She also did a TV commercial for Hyundai, additionally, she acted on stage, playing Ivy in The Pages of My Diary Id Rather Not Read at Hudson Mainstage Theater in Los Angeles in January 2003. After being cast in Wallace Wolodarskys comedy film Sorority Boys, she landed the role as the head cheerleader in Bring It On Again. Back on the screen, she starred as Marjorie in the short-lived sitcom Good Girls Dont. The next year in October, she guest starred on UPN drama Sex and that same month, she also starred in the pilot episode of the Showtimes horror/thriller series Masters of Horror, entitled Incident On and Off a Mountain Road. On her appearance in the episode of the series, she said, I caught the first four. It was nice to be rewarded with being the first episode to kick off the whole series and we actually went to the executive producers house and we had a little screening. The second the opening came on with the music and the stark white. This is a class A project and I think it turned out that way, in 2006, she guest starred on the CBS/VH1 drama Love Monkey, appearing in the TV series pilot-turned-TV movie, Flirt and in a TV commercial for Budweiser. Back on the big screen, she was cast in The TV Set and in Nick Stillwells Jekyll + Hyde, adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Dr. Jekyll and she also had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Just My Luck
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Rose Freymuth-Frazier
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Rose Freymuth-Frazier is an American figurative painter. Rose Freymuth-Frazier was born 1977, in Nevada City, California, lives and paints in New York City. Her work has received attention from publications including Art Papers, ARTnews, The Chicago Tribune, Direct Art Magazine, Freymuth-Frazier studied with and was assistant to Steven Assael in New York City and Odd Nerdrum in Norway. She also attended the Art Students League of New York where she studied with Gregg Kreutz, in 2010 she participated in the John and Diane Marek Visiting Artists Lecture Series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago
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Jay Hernandez
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Javier Manuel Jay Hernandez, Jr. is an American actor. After making his debut in NBCs Hang Time, Hernandez made his film debut opposite Kirsten Dunst in the romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful. He followed that up with several major Hollywood films like Torque, Ladder 49 and Friday Night Lights, Hostel, World Trade Center, Lakeview Terrace Takers and Suicide Squad. Hernandez was born February 20,1978 in Montebello, California, the son of Isis, a secretary and accountant and he has a younger sister, Amelia, and two older brothers, Michael and Gabriel. He met his wife, actress Daniella Deutscher, when he was 14 years old and he attended Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, California, but transferred to Schurr High School in Montebello his senior year. While riding an elevator in a rise in Los Angeles. He enrolled Hernandez into acting school and sent his pictures to casting agents, from 1998 to 2000 he played Antonio Lopez on the NBC series Hang Time. Hernandez subsequently hit success with his role opposite Kirsten Dunst in Crazy/Beautiful and he has since appeared in several major Hollywood films, including playing the lead roles in Carlitos Way, Rise to Power, the 2005 horror film Hostel and World Trade Center. Hernandez appeared in the action/crime film Takers, which was released in August 2010, Hernandez appeared in the 2005 crime prequel Carlitos Way, Rise to Power, playing Carlito Brigante, the role originated by Al Pacino in the original 1993 film Carlitos Way. Hernandez portrayed Paxton in Eli Roths Hostel and its 2007 sequel, Hostel, in 2015, he appeared in Max as a sergeant in the United States military assigned with the titular rescue dog, which was traumatized by his previous handlers death. In 2016, he starred as metahuman ex-gangster El Diablo in the superhero film Suicide Squad, in 2006, Hernandez married his former Hang Time co-star Daniella Deutscher. Jay Hernandez at the Internet Movie Database Jay Hernandez at AllMovie
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Chad Michael Murray
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Chad Michael Murray is an American actor, spokesperson, writer and former fashion model. Popular among teenagers and young adults in the early 2000s, he has featured on the covers of numerous magazines, including Rolling Stone, People, Vanity Fair. Murray was born in Buffalo, New York and he is the son of Rex Murray, an air traffic controller, and was abandoned by his mother at a young age. His abandonment issues were the reasons he took the part of Lucas Scott. He has three brothers, one half-brother and one sister, Murray attended Clarence High School in Clarence, New York. He became a fan of literature, and was involved in playing football. In his late teens, he broke his nose and this led to reports during his career that he had received a nose job. Murray clarified in a 2004 interview, I got jumped in a Burger King when I was 18 and had my nose put on the side of my face. It was three guys – what the hell was I supposed to do, the doctors didnt even bother running X-rays. But it wasnt a nose job – I hate the fact that people say it was a nose job, in 1999, Murray moved to Hollywood where he supported himself modeling for such clients as Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger and Gucci. Then he was cast in the role of rich brat, Tristan DuGrey on Gilmore Girls and he appeared in several guest starring television roles, including an episode of Undressed and an episode of Diagnosis, Murder. Murray portrayed the role Charlie Todd on the television series Dawsons Creek in 2001. In 2003, he appeared in film, Aftermath, A Long Way Home. Murray then appeared in the Walt Disney Pictures feature film, Freaky Friday alongside Lindsay Lohan, the film was a major box office success, garnering a total of $110,222,438 in the United States alone. Critics were mostly positive in their reviews of the film, movies and an 88% Certified Fresh approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Murray also appeared in the television film The Lone Ranger where he portrayed the role of Luke Hartman, later in the year of 2003, Murray won the main role of Lucas Scott in the successful WB television series One Tree Hill. The series quickly became the channels biggest hit with over 4.50 million viewers on the first seasons finale, the series was The WBs most successful and top rated television program when it first aired in 2003 and continued receiving top ratings for The CW. After Murray gained mainstream fame and media exposure, he became a spokesperson for several high-profile deals
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Katee Sackhoff
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Kathryn Ann Katee Sackhoff is an American actress best known for playing Lieutenant Kara Starbuck Thrace on the Sci Fi Channels television program Battlestar Galactica. She was nominated for four Saturn Awards for her work on Battlestar Galactica and she voices several characters including B*tch Puddin on Adult Swims stop motion animation TV show Robot Chicken. Since 2012 she has been starring in the Netflix series Longmire as Deputy Sheriff Victoria Vic Moretti, Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother, Mary, worked as an ESL program coordinator and her brother, Erick, is co-owner of a vehicle modification shop near Portland. She graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1998 and she began swimming at an early age and by high school was planning to pursue a career in the sport until her right knee was injured. This led her to begin practicing yoga—which she continues today—and to pursue an interest in acting and her first acting role was in the Lifetime movie Fifteen and Pregnant in which she played a teenager with a baby. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst and motivated her to move to Hollywood, sackhoffs first recurring role was Annie in MTVs Undressed, next gaining a supporting role as Nell Bickford in The Education of Max Bickford. Sackhoff made her motion picture debut in My First Mister, and next appeared in film as Jenna Jen Danzig in Halloween, Resurrection. Sackhoffs most notable role is as Kara Starbuck Thrace in the miniseries and follow-up TV series Battlestar Galactica, the actresss persona led the writers to develop the character of Starbuck as a more volatile and complex character. We started freeing ourselves up to explore the weakness of the character, I think I looked to her character and said, OK, thats kind of what you need to embody. Toward the end of the filming of Battlestar Galactica, Sackhoff began feeling physically weak, soon after filming wrapped, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After surgery to remove her thyroid, she required no radiation treatments, in 2007, Sackhoff was cast as the evil cyborg Sarah Corvus in the short-lived NBC series Bionic Woman. David Eick, executive producer for the show, stated, Shes a very special find and those actors who can combine the qualities of strength and vulnerability—they usually call those people movie stars. Sackhoff plays the lead in the action/sci-fi movie The Last Sentinel. Sackhoff appears as the character in the Lifetime Original Movie How I Married My High School Crush. She has made guest appearances in Cold Case, ER, Law & Order, Sackhoff provided the voice of a female marine in the video game Halo 3 and is featured in the viral marketing campaign for Resistance 2. In 2011, she provided the voice for Black Cat 2099 in Spider-Man and she voiced Sarah Essen in the DC Comics animated film, Batman, Year One. She appears in four episodes of the season of the series Nip/Tuck playing a new doctor
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Darryl Stephens
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Darryl Joseph Stephens is an American actor. He is best known for playing Noah Nicholson on the television dramedy Noahs Arc, Stephens was born in Pasadena, California. He grew up in the Altadena and Pasadena areas of Los Angeles and he attended the University of California, Berkeley where he studied sociology and ethnic studies along with drama and dance before earning a bachelors degree in American Culture Studies. He performed for four years in San Francisco with the theater troupe Sassymouth before returning to Los Angeles to pursue a film. He also worked with the Berkeley Black Theater Workshop, back in L. A. Stephens appeared on the sexy late-night serial MTVs Undressed, the short-lived series Thats Life, and VH1s Red Eye. During the same period, he was appearing in various commercials for products such as Dockers and performing in small theater venues. He also played a future funked Greta in a Hollywood revival of the well-known play Bent, Stephens had supporting roles in the films Seamless, Not Quite Right, and Circuit. However, his breakout came in 2004, when independent filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk cast him as the lead character for the new series Noahs Arc. The original intention was for the show to be released direct-to-DVD after it had received rave reviews at film festivals. However, in the fall of 2005, LOGO picked up Noahs Arc, in August 2006 the second season of Noahs Arc was televised. By the end of 2006, Stephens had completed roles in the comedy Another Gay Movie and the drama Boy Culture, in October 2008, a feature film version was release. Noahs Arc, Jumping the Broom picks up where the second season left off. In 2010, he guest starred in an episode of Private Practice and his next film, scheduled for release in 2011, is Bolden. A bio film about jazz great Buddy Bolden starring Anthony Mackie as Bolden, Stephens role is of cornet player Frank Lewis. Stephens released a novel in 2011, entitled Shortcomings, which weaves together short stories he had written previously. He is also a singer songwriter, although Stephens is reluctant to discuss his personal life, he is openly gay and his roles address issues of classism and sexuality. Ovation Awards 2011, Nominated for Featured Actor in a Play for the role of Victoria in the Bootleg Theatre production of The Interlopers Darryl Stephens at the Internet Movie Database
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Jerry Trainor
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Gerald William Jerry Trainor is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles in the Nickelodeon shows Drake & Josh, Trainor was born and raised in San Diego, California, the son of Bill Trainor and Madelyn Trainor. Trainor studied improv at the Groundlings school in Los Angeles, Trainor also studied theatre at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His first television role was in the MTV series Undressed as Eric, some of his other television credits include Law & Order, Angel, and Malcolm in the Middle. His first recurring TV role was as Brian the A. V. guy on Crossing Jordan and he has had a number of small roles in films such as the science fiction drama Donnie Darko and the cheerleader comedy Bring It On Again. He appeared on the web series Hungry Girl and he is known for his work on the Nickelodeon television network. He had a role on Drake & Josh as Crazy Steve. He starred in iCarly as Spencer Shay, the older brother and he completed the 2008 music-themed comedy Wreckless Epic, in which he stars. Trainor starred in the animated series T. U. F. F, Puppy as the voice of the title character Dudley Puppy. He also starred alongside iCarly co-star Jennette McCurdy in the Nickelodeon television movie Best Player and he played Quincy Johnson, a video game enthusiast whose main competition in a video gaming contest is McCurdys character. In 2013, Trainor starred in the short-lived show Wendell & Vinnie as Vinnie, Trainor was involved in a World of Warcraft video series titled Project Lore, playing the Draenei Shaman, Goggins. He was replaced by Jeff Cannata after leaving the series in February,2009, in 2015, Trainor played Commander Michael Sullivan for both seasons of the Halo in-universe podcast, Hunt the Truth. Trainor plays bass for the group, the group released their first EP, Hanover Hideaway, on June 22nd,2016. Jerry Trainor at the Internet Movie Database Jerry Trainor on Twitter Jerry Trainor at Nick. com Nice Enough People
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Cerina Vincent
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She has written three books with Jodi Lipper, and writes a regular column for The Huffington Post. Vincent was born on February 7,1979 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Vincent loved to perform from an early age, encouraged by her mother, who was a dance instructor. She performed in a Christmas production at Diskin Elementary School, learning the lines for all the characters and she also appeared in productions at the Rainbow Company Youth Theater, which was sponsored by the Cultural Affairs division of Las Vegas. In 1996, at the age of sixteen, Vincent won the Miss Nevada Teen USA title, though she made it to the top 15, she failed to place at the pageant, which was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Vincent graduated from Durango High School in 1997, and moved to Los Angeles, between classes she went on auditions and eventually landed several commercials and a role on USA High for the USA Network. In 1999, she appeared in her first film role as a bratty teenager in the thriller Fear Runs Silent, vincents first major role as an actress was as the Yellow Galaxy Ranger Maya in the 1999 television series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. Vincent later recalled, It was a way to learn a lot and get a taste for this business on a small show like that. It was cool to be a model for kids. In 2001, Vincent appeared in the feature film spoof Not Another Teen Movie as the exchange student Areola. The character was a spoof of Shannon Elizabeths character, Nadia, Vincent found the role challenging, never having appeared nude in a film, or even auditioned for a nude role. During the course of filming, however, she became comfortable with the character. In a 2011 interview, Vincent commented on her experience performing nude for the first time, Its weird, its hard because your body is your body and its personal. Its easier to shoot that scene because everyone was professional and my character was ridiculous—I did many different accents in the movie, so, shooting the scenes was the easy part—with it being out there forever and ever and ever. It screws with your head a bit and you question your decisions. The film included scenes and two sex scenes with two different characters. Fearing that she would be typecast into nude roles, Vincent was cautious about over-exposing herself in the film, in 2005 she appeared in her first starring role in the film It Waits as forest ranger Danielle Danny St. Claire. In 2006, she appeared in The Surfer King as Tiffany, Seven Mummies as Lacy, and the Sci-Fi Channel original movie Sasquatch Mountain as Erin Price, alongside Lance Henriksen. In 2007, she appeared in the television films Manchild and Wifey, as well as Return to House on Haunted Hill as Michelle, and Everybody Wants to Be Italian as Marisa Costa
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Lauren Woodland
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Lauren Woodland is an American actress and attorney. Before entering the field of law, she appeared in more than 50 commercials, guest starred in more than 20 television programs and she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her role as Brittany Hodges in the CBS daytime soap The Young and the Restless. She is an attorney with the Los Angeles-based law firm Browne George Ross LLP. Woodland attended the Highly Gifted Magnet at North Hollywood High School from 1992 to 1995. She spent her summers in high school attending programs at the Boston Ballet, in 2011, she obtained a law degree from the UCLA School of Law where she served as managing editor of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review. Woodland has been acting since childhood, in 1989, she appeared in the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation as the child newcomer Emily Francisco. She reprised her role in the 5 Alien Nation TV movies and she also appeared on an episode of Cold Case entitled Stand Up and Holler which premiered April 1,2007. After earning the Juris Doctorate degree from UCLA School of Law in 2011, Lauren Woodland was born on October 28,1977 in Carson City, Nevada. She received her first acting role when she was just 6 years old and her family already had a distinguished history in California, her great-grandaunt was Julia Morgan, architect of Hearst Castle. She is active in her support of the arts and in helping aspiring young actors, Lauren Woodland at the Internet Movie Database Lauren Woodland Profile on Soapcentral. com
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J. August Richards
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Jaime Augusto Richards III commonly known as J. August Richards is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of vampire hunter Charles Gunn on the WB television series Angel and he grew up in Bladensburg, Maryland. Richards attended the Visual and Performing Arts program at Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland and he attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship. Richardss acting career began when he was spotted by a casting director and this resulted in him getting a guest star role on The Cosby Show as Vanessas boyfriend Roy in the season 5 episode Out of Brooklyn. Other guest appearances would later on shows such as The Practice, Chicago Hope, Any Day Now. Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien abductee, Richards has appeared in feature films Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Good Burger. He starred in the television movies Critical Assembly and Mutiny, Richards has also guest-starred on The West Wing and The 4400. Richards gained a starring role beginning in the first season of Angel as Charles Gunn and he remained a member of the cast throughout all five seasons. In 2006, Richards joined the cast of NBCs Law & Order spin-off Conviction as Billy Desmond and he has also been featured in CBSs CSI, Miami as the Floridian attorney Bob Villa, and portrayed attorney Marcus McGrath in the TNT series Raising the Bar until its cancellation. Richards portrayed a young Richard Webber in two Greys Anatomy episodes, The Time Warp in season six, and Only Mama Knows in season eleven and he also appeared in an episode of The Mentalist. Richards had played the part of Damon in Just Say Yes, Richards also guest-starred in an episode of Syfys Warehouse 13. On 5 April 2013, TVLine confirmed that Richards had been given a role in ABCs Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. The character was revealed to be a character named Mike Peterson. Also in 2013, Richards created his own web series called The Hypnotist. J. August Richards at the Internet Movie Database J. August Richardss channel on YouTube
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Kristina Anapau
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Kristina Anapau is an American actress and writer. She is known for her roles as Maurella on the HBO series True Blood, Kristina Elizabeth Anapau Roper was born in Hawaii. She graduated from school at age 15 and began her studies at University of Hawaii that same year. Before gaining success as an actress, Anapau had intended to become a classical ballerina and she is a classically trained pianist and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Skidmore College in New York. In 2002, convinced acting was her calling card, Anapau reappeared in front of the lens. She also starred as Cassidy Merteuil in the Sony Pictures/Newmarket Films release, also during this time, Anapau guest starred and recurred on many noteworthy television productions, including House, M. D. CSI, NY, Monk, Without A Trace, and Knight Rider. Anapau also starred opposite comedian Dane Cook in the Sony Television produced pilot, in 2009, Anapau was cast in Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, and Vincent Cassel. The film went on to gross over $300 million worldwide and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, Darren is a genius whose focus and discipline on set is contagious, Anapau said in an interview, reflecting on her work in the 2010 film. To say that working on Black Swan was inspiring would be an understatement, Anapau then completed several independent films including The Speak, in which she stars opposite Tom Sizemore, and the paranormal thriller 5 Souls, which she also co-produced. She appeared on the AMC series The Glades and then went on to land the role of faerie, Maurella, in Alan Balls HBO hit series, True Blood, recurring from season 4 through the present. In 2012, Anapau appeared on the NBC show Grimm, where she played Megan Marston, Anapau stars as Theresa in Tedi Sarafians paranormal feature Altergeist, and as Lisa Westbrook in the sci-fi action film BlackJacks, both set for a 2013 release. There is a lot of freedom to cross back and forth within the industry now, Anapau made her debut as the faerie Maurella on episode of 11 of True Bloods fourth season, and reprised the role in the fifth. The actress told The Huffington Post in an interview that It was such a privilege to join the cast of True Blood. I was a huge Alan Ball fan prior to joining the show-- Im so fortunate to work with an group of people, immensely talented actors. Anapau has graced the cover of the Holiday 2012 issues of both Modern Luxury and Status LA magazine and she has also been a cover model for Stuff magazine. She was also one of Stuff magazines 103 Sexiest Women in the World, tierney Eastway They Shoot Divas, Dont They. Galina True Blood Maurella The Speak, Theresa She won the Copper Wing Award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Festival for Best Ensemble for Self Medicated. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble for Black Swan, Kristina won the Actress No Ka Oi award at the 2011 Big Island Film Festival
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Adam Brody
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Adam Jared Brody is an American actor, writer, musician and producer. Brody was born in San Diego, to Valerie and Mark Brody and he has younger twin brothers, Sean and Matt. His parents, both Jewish, are originally from Detroit, Michigan, and Brody had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, Brody attended Wangenheim Middle School and Scripps Ranch High School, receiving poor grades, and grew up in suburban San Diego, where he spent his time surfing. He has said that he pretty much lived at the beach, Brody attended community college for one year, dropped out at the age of nineteen, and moved to Hollywood in order to become an actor. He subsequently hired a coach and signed with a talent manager. After a year of training and auditioning, Brody landed the role of Barry Williams in the television film Growing Up Brady and he also appeared in the Canadian comedy series The Sausage Factory. In 2001, he played a role in American Pie 2. Brodys first major role in a series came in 2002. In 2003, he appeared in the feature film Grind, the same year, Brody was cast in his breakout role as Seth Cohen on the teen drama series The O. C. Brody is reported to have improvised some of the characters comedic dialogue. Brody was the first male on the cover of Elle Girl and his next film role was in the romantic comedy In the Land of Women, starring Meg Ryan and Kristen Stewart. Brody played a writer who returns to his mothers Michigan hometown in order to care of his sick grandmother. The O. C. ended its run in 2007 after four seasons. Brody had said that he was not unhappy with the cancellation. After the end of The O. C. s run, the same year, Brody appeared in supporting roles in the films Smiley Face and The Ten. In 2009, he co-starred with Josh Lucas in Boaz Yakins drama Death in Love, in 2010, he appeared in Kevin Smiths film Cop Out, which co-starred Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, and then in The Romantics alongside Katie Holmes and Josh Duhamel. In July 2010, it was announced that Brody landed the role of Detective Hoss in Scream 4, in 2011, Brody voiced Woodie in the MTV animated series Good Vibes. The same year, Brody appeared in The Oranges alongside Leighton Meester and he then co-starred with Meester again in Life Partners. In 2015, he appeared in Sleeping with Other People, and began starring as Billy Jones in Direct TVs sitcom Billy, aside from acting, Brody is credited as a musician and writer, stating that he writes screenplays and songs during spare time
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Jason David Frank
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Jason David Frank is an American actor and professional mixed martial artist notable for his portrayal of Tommy Oliver, the original Green Ranger, in multiple seasons of Power Rangers. Frank originally auditioned for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the pilot for the role of Jason and he later tried out again in 1993 when he was 19, and was cast in the role of Tommy, the Green Ranger. His character later became the White Ranger, Frank was supposed to be the lead character Adam Steele in VR Troopers and shot a pilot episode before being called back to Power Rangers. According to both Frank and Brad Hawkins, Hawkins character was to replace Tommy originally as the White Ranger on Power Rangers, however, due to Tommys popularity with Ranger fans, Frank was brought back, with Tommy becoming the White Ranger. Hawkins would take over on VR Troopers, the character Adam Steele was renamed Ryan Steele. After three seasons Mighty Morphin Power Rangers became Power Rangers Zeo, the transition is part of the annual Ranger suit change to match the annual change of the Super Sentai series. Franks character became the Red Zeo Ranger, the following year in Power Rangers Turbo, he became the first Red Turbo Ranger. During mid-season Frank and fellow cast members Johnny Yong Bosch, Nakia Burrise, after he left the series in 1997, Frank came back to Power Rangers as Zeo Ranger V Red in 2002 for the special 10th anniversary episode, entitled Forever Red, in Power Rangers Wild Force. He then reprised his role in 2004 in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, during his time as the Black Dino Ranger he was always shown in long-sleeved shirts to cover his tattoos on his arms. This was also the case during Forever Red of Wild Force, being the Black Dino Ranger was a favor to Douglas Sloan. He has joked that Saban and Disney are both the same, theyre cheap but that he was impressed with the crew for Dino Thunder. Frank reprised his role as Tommy Oliver in the finale of Power Rangers Super Megaforce. Frank has expressed interest in developing a Green Ranger solo series or feature film after an encounter with Stan Lee at a book convention. On November 13,2013, Bat in the Sun released an episode of Super Power Beatdown, on May 5,2015, Frank appeared on Bat in the Suns Super Power Beatdown series as the Green Ranger and defeated Street Fighters Ryu. After success with the, Super Power Beatdown series, Bat in the Sun began developing a web reality series of Jason David Frank titled My Morphing Life, as of 2015, the show began airing season 2. Frank also appears near the end of 2017s Sabans Power Rangers as a cameo, however, on June 28,2003, he was inducted into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame. Frank appeared at the Arnold Classic on February 29,2008, in Columbus, Frank also has an interest in mixed martial arts. He was scheduled to fight against Ron The Badger McMasters on June 23,2007, at the Williamson County Pavilion in Marion, on August 21,2009, Frank officially announced his signing with SuckerPunch Entertainment, a sports marketing and management company specializing in MMA
