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New York Comic Con
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The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006, ReedPOP is involved with other events, including Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo and PAX Dev/PAX East/PAX Prime. ReedPop and New York Comic Con were founded by Greg Topalian, the first con was held in 2006 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Due to Reed Exhibitions lack of experience with comic conventions, attendance was far more than anticipated, despite crowding on Friday afternoon, tickets continued to be sold due to low pre-reg numbers, and the non-counting of professionals and exhibitors. The main exhibition hall hit capacity Saturday morning and was locked by the marshals until people left. Major guests, including Kevin Smith and Frank Miller, could not enter the main hall, the line to enter the convention wrapped around the building with waits of two hours to enter, and many were turned away. Ticket sales for Sunday were suspended, Reed announced that additional space would be acquired for the 2007 show. The second con was held in 2007, with the convention organizer booking double the floor space than the previous years space, the show on Friday was again only open to industry and press until 4 p. m. when it opened to the public. Due to better planning, advance sales were controlled. Lines started forming at midnight Saturday to enter the convention, and by Saturday morning, crowding was a problem in the Artists Alley, which was off the main convention floor, causing it to be moved to the main floor for 2008. The American Anime Awards, hosted by New York Comic Con, was held on February 24 at the New Yorker Hotel, the third con held in 2008 moved to April, continued to grow, and occupied most of the main level in the Javits Center. Stan Lee was awarded the inaugural New York Comics Legend Award at the Times Square Virgin Megastore before the Comic Con, kids Day programming was added to the convention on Sunday with the help of Kidss Comic Con. The fourth con held in 2009 returned to February and featured a charity art auction to support The Hero Initiative, the New York Anime Festival, previously a separate event created by Reed, was also merged into Comic Con. The main floor of the center was split by a large construction area due to repairs to the Javits Center. Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge – New York took place in Comic Con 2011 and it featured eSport tournaments for games such as StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Counter-Strike. In 2011, the convention was expanded to four days, the first day of the convention was initially limited to press, professionals, and fans that purchased a four-day pass. This changed in 2013, when single day Thursday passes were put on sale for the first time. With this addition, attendance at New York Comic Con grew to over 130,000, in 2016, it was announced that everyone attending NYCC2016 would be required to complete a Fan Verification profile
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South Bend, Indiana
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South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents, its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 318,586 and it is the fourth-largest city in Indiana, serving as the economic and cultural hub of Northern Indiana. The highly ranked University of Notre Dame is located just to the north in unincorporated Notre Dame, the area was originally settled in the early 19th century by fur traders and was established as a city in 1865. The St. Joseph River shaped South Bends economy through the mid-20th century, River access assisted heavy industrial development such as that of the Studebaker Corporation, the Oliver Chilled Plow Company, and other large corporations. The population of South Bend declined after 1960, when it had a population of 132,445. This was chiefly due to migration to areas as well as the demise of Studebaker and other heavy industry. Today, the largest industries in South Bend are health care, education, small business, remaining large corporations include Crowe Horwath, Honeywell, and AM General. Recently, the city population has started to grow for the first time in fifty years. The old Studebaker plant and surrounding area, now called Ignition Park, is being redeveloped as a center to attract new industry. The St. Joseph Valley was long occupied by Native Americans, one of the earliest known groups to occupy what would later become northern Indiana was the Miami tribe. Later, the Potawatomi moved into the region, utilizing the rich food, the Potawatomi occupied this region of Indiana until most of them were forcibly removed in the 1840s. The South Bend area was so popular because its portage was the shortest overland route from the St. Joseph River to the Kankakee River and this route was used for centuries, first by the Native Americans, then by French explorers, missionaries and traders. The first permanent white settlers of South Bend were fur traders who established trading posts in the area, in 1820, Pierre Frieschutz Navarre arrived, representing the American Fur Company of John Jacob Astor. He settled near what is now downtown South Bend, alexis Coquillard, another agent of the AFC, established a trading post known as the Big St. Joseph Station. In 1827, Lathrop Minor Taylor established a post for Samuel Hanna and Company, in whose records the name St. Josephs, by 1829, the town was growing, with Coquillard and Taylor emerging as leaders. They applied for a post office, Taylor was appointed postmaster, and the post office was designated as Southold, Allen County, Indiana. The following year, the name was changed to South Bend, probably to ease confusion, in 1831, South Bend was laid out as the county seat and as one of the four original townships of St. Joseph County with 128 residents. Soon after, design began on what would become the town of South Bend, the town was formally established in 1835 and rapidly grew
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Days of Our Lives
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Days of Our Lives is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the scripted television programs in the world. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world and it rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p. m. until the networks closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was an editor for Days of Our Lives. In February 2016, the received a one-year renewal through 2017. Due to the success, it was expanded from 30 minutes to 60 minutes on April 21,1975. The series focuses on its core families, the Hortons and the Bradys, several other families have been added to the cast, and many of them still appear on the show. Frances Reid, the matriarch of the series Horton family remained with the show from its inception to her death on February 3,2010. Suzanne Rogers celebrated 40 years on Days of Our Lives this year, Susan Seaforth Hayes is the only cast member to appear on Days of Our Lives in all five decades it has been on air. Days of Our Lives aired its 10, 000th episode on February 21,2005, the soap was given the title of most daring drama in the seventies due to covering topics other soaps would not dare to do. The shows executive producer is Ken Corday, and co-executive producers are Greg Meng, Days of Our Lives is the most widely distributed soap opera in the United States. The show has had high-profile fans such as actress Julia Roberts, the Cordays and Bell combined the hospital soap idea with the tradition of centering a series on a family, by making the show about a family of doctors, including one who worked in a mental hospital. Former executive producer Al Rabin took pride in the characters passion, critics originally praised the show for its non-reliance on nostalgia and its portrayal of real American contemporary families. The January 12,1976 cover of Time magazine featured Days of Our Lives Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes, Days of Our lives actors have also won awards, Macdonald Carey won Best Actor in 1974 and 1975. Susan Flannery and Eileen Davidson won Best Actress in 1975 and 2014, suzanne Rogers, Leann Hunley, and Tamara Braun won Best Supporting Actress for, respectively,1979,1986, and 2009 and Billy Warlock won Best Younger Actor for 1988. In January 2007 it was suggested by NBC that the show is unlikely to continue past 2009, in November 2008, in an eleventh-hour decision, it was announced the show had been renewed through September 2010. The 18-month renewal was down from its previous renewal, which was for five years, the show made somewhat of a comeback in 2009, with ratings increasing as the year progressed. The series received a renewal in January 2014 that is set to last until September 2016
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Generations (U.S. TV series)
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Generations is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from March 27,1989, to January 25,1991. The show was groundbreaking in that it was the first soap opera to feature from its inception an African-American family, marla Adams Anthony Addabbo Jonelle Allen Jack Betts Taurean Blacque/James Reynolds Sharon Brown/Debbi Morgan Patricia Crowley/Dorothy Lyman George Deloy Rick Fitts Vivica A. Directors included Casey Childs, Michael Eilbaum, and Maria Wagner, the series was written by Sally Sussman Morina and Michelle Val Jean. 1988–89 season,2.7 million viewers 1989–90 season,2.6 million viewers 1990–91 season,2. com
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Patti LaBelle
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Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle, is an American singer, author, actress, and entrepreneur. LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and front woman of the group, Patti LaBelle. After the group split in 1976, LaBelle began a solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album. Less than two years later, in 1986, LaBelle scored with the album, Winner in You. LaBelle eventually won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album, Burnin, followed by a second Grammy win for the live album and her 1990s albums, Burnin, Gems and Flame, continued her popularity with young R&B audiences throughout the decade. LaBelles success has extended as an actress with a role in the film, A Soldiers Story. In 1992, LaBelle starred in her own TV sitcom, Out All Night, a decade later, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the competition, Dancing with the Stars. In a career that has spanned fifty years, she has more than 50 million records worldwide. LaBelle has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame, in 2005, the World Music Awards recognized her years in the music business by awarding her the Legend Award. Possessing the voice of a soprano, LaBelle was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers, LaBelle is commonly identified as the Godmother of Soul. LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24,1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and her father was a railroad worker and her mother was a domestic. Despite enjoying her childhood, LaBelle would later write in her memoirs, Dont Block the Blessings, when Patti was seven, she was sexually molested by a family friend. At twelve, her parents came to an end though Patti remained close to her father. When she was fifteen, she won a talent competition at her high school and this success led to Patti forming her first singing group, the Ordettes, in 1960, with schoolmates Jean Brown, Yvonne Hogen and Johnnie Dawson. The group, with Patti as front woman, became an attraction until two of its members left to marry. In 1962, the Ordettes included three new members, Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx, the two girls having sung for another defunct vocal group. That year, they auditioned for record label owner Harold Robinson
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NBC
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The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is part of the Big Three television networks, founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. Following the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright served as executive officer of NBC, remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007. In 2003, French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electrics remaining stake in 2013. Following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBC Universal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke, during a period of early broadcast business consolidation, radio manufacturer Radio Corporation of America acquired New York City radio station WEAF from American Telephone & Telegraph. Westinghouse, a shareholder in RCA, had an outlet in Newark, New Jersey pioneer station WJZ. This station was transferred from Westinghouse to RCA in 1923, WEAF acted as a laboratory for AT&Ts manufacturing and supply outlet Western Electric, whose products included transmitters and antennas. The Bell System, AT&Ts telephone utility, was developing technologies to transmit voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, the 1922 creation of WEAF offered a research-and-development center for those activities. WEAF maintained a schedule of radio programs, including some of the first commercially sponsored programs. In an early example of chain or networking broadcasting, the station linked with Outlet Company-owned WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, AT&T refused outside companies access to its high-quality phone lines. The early effort fared poorly, since the telegraph lines were susceptible to atmospheric. In 1925, AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were incompatible with the companys primary goal of providing a telephone service. AT&T offered to sell the station to RCA in a deal that included the right to lease AT&Ts phone lines for network transmission, the divisions ownership was split among RCA, its founding corporate parent General Electric and Westinghouse. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15,1926, WEAF and WJZ, the flagships of the two earlier networks, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On April 5,1927, NBC expanded to the West Coast with the launch of the NBC Orange Network and this was followed by the debut of the NBC Gold Network, also known as the Pacific Gold Network, on October 18,1931. The Orange Network carried Red Network programming, and the Gold Network carried programming from the Blue Network, initially, the Orange Network recreated Eastern Red Network programming for West Coast stations at KPO in San Francisco. The Orange Network name was removed from use in 1936, at the same time, the Gold Network became part of the Blue Network. In the 1930s, NBC also developed a network for shortwave radio stations, in 1927, NBC moved its operations to 711 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the upper floors of a building designed by architect Floyd Brown
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Roland Emmerich
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Roland Emmerich is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films. He began his work in the industry by directing the film The Noahs Ark Principle as part of his university thesis. He is a collector of art and a campaigner for the LGBT community. He is also a campaigner for awareness of global warming and human rights, Emmerich was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, and grew up in the nearby town of Sindelfingen. As a youth, he traveled extensively throughout Europe and North America on vacations financed by his father, Hans, in 1977, he began attending University of Television and Film Munich with the intention of studying to become a production designer. After watching Star Wars, he decided to enroll in the schools film director program. In 1985, he founded Centropolis Film Productions in partnership with his sister, producer Ute Emmerich, and directed his film debut. He subsequently directed the 1987 comedy Hollywood-Monster and the 1990 science-fiction film Moon 44 and this subsequently resulted in Moon 44 being released direct-to-video in the U. S. in early 1991. Joey and Hollywood-Monster eventually also saw video releases in the U. S. once Emmerich achieved more prominence in America. Producer Mario Kassar invited Emmerich to come to the United States to direct an action film entitled Isobar. Dean Devlin, who appeared in Moon 44, soon joined Emmerich as his writing and producing partner, Emmerich subsequently refused the offer to direct after producers rejected Devlins re-write of the script, and the Isobar project was eventually scrapped. Instead, Emmerich was hired to replace director Andrew Davis for the action movie Universal Soldier, the film was released in 1992, and has since been followed by two direct-to-video sequels, a theatrical sequel, and another sequel released in 2010. Emmerich next helmed the 1994 science-fiction film Stargate, at the time, it set a record for the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film released in the month of October. It became more successful than most film industry insiders had anticipated. Emmerich and Devlin then created the television series The Visitor, which aired on the Fox Network during 1997–1998 before being cancelled after one season and his next film, Godzilla, opened in 1998. An extensive advertising and marketing campaign generated significant hype during the leading up to the films release. The film was a box office success but was met with reviews from critics. It has only a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, taking a short break from science-fiction, Emmerich next directed the American Revolutionary War epic The Patriot
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Independence Day (1996 film)
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Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a attack by an extraterrestrial race of unknown origin. Along with the rest of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4 – Independence Day in the United States. While promoting Stargate in Europe, Emmerich came up with the idea for the film when fielding a question about his own belief in the existence of alien life. He and Dean Devlin decided to incorporate a large-scale attack having noticed that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in space only to remain hidden when reaching Earth. Shooting began in July 1995 in New York City, and the film was completed on June 20,1996. The film grossed over $817.4 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1996, and briefly, as of June 2016, it ranks 55th on the list of highest-grossing films, and was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and sci-fi resurgence of the mid-1990s. The film has an rating of 61% on Rotten Tomatoes. It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, a sequel, Independence Day, Resurgence, was released on June 24,2016. David Levinson, an MIT-trained satellite technician, decodes a signal embedded in the satellite transmissions that he determines is a timer counting down to a coordinated attack. Whitmore, the Levinsons, and a few others narrowly escape aboard Air Force One as the capital is destroyed, on July 3, international leaders begin ordering individual counterattacks. Their aviation forces attack destroyer ships positioned above the ruins of the cities, each destroyer launches a swarm of attack fighters, which wipe out the human fighter squadrons. He subdues the injured pilot and flags down a convoy of refugees. They transport the alien to nearby Area 51 where Whitmores group has landed. Area 51 houses the refurbished alien fighter and three alien corpses recovered from the crash, when eccentric scientist Brackish Okun examines the alien captured by Hiller, it regains consciousness and attacks. It telepathically invades Okuns mind and uses his vocal cords to communicate with Whitmore before launching an attack against him. Whitmore sees visions of the plans, their entire civilization travels from planet to planet, exterminating all indigenous life. On July 4, Levinson demonstrates that the key to defeating the aliens lies in deactivating their force fields and he proposes using the refurbished alien fighter to implement the plan, which Hiller volunteers to pilot
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F. Gary Gray
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Felix Gary Gray is an American film director, film producer, music video director and actor. Gray directed Friday, Set It Off, The Negotiator, The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton, Gray was born in New York. He began his career in 1989 when he appeared uncredited in the comedy film Major League. Three years later, he directed the video for Ice Cubes It Was a Good Day. The video is a adaptation of the lyrics. He would go on to subsequent videos for Ice Cube, as well as artists such as Cypress Hill, Outkast, Dr. Dre. At age 24, Gray directed his first film, the urban comedy Friday with rapper-producer Ice Cube, next, he directed the film Set It Off, with Jada Pinkett and Queen Latifah. Gray also directed The Italian Job, an action-thriller starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Gray garnered the Best Director award at the 2004 Black American Film Festival for his work on the film, which surpassed the $100 million mark in the domestic box office. His next film was A Man Apart, a violent action thriller starring Vin Diesel and he would later direct Be Cool, an adaptation of Elmore Leonards novel of the same name. The John Travolta vehicle was a flop, but made $95.2 million worldwide. His next film was the thriller Law Abiding Citizen, starring Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, scripted by Kurt Wimmer, it grossed over $100 million worldwide. Gray is also responsible for directing music videos. He has worked with TLC, Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, Babyface and he also received the Pioneer Director award from the Pan-African Film and Arts Festival in 2010. He also directed the acclaimed drama Straight Outta Compton, which is a biographical film about the rap group. Gray was selected as the director for the installment of The Fast. Dre and Ice Cube Saturday Nite Live by Masta Ace Incorporated Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by OutKast Black Hand Side by Queen Latifah Keep Their Heads Ringin by Dr. Dre Pretty Girl by Jon B
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Set It Off (film)
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Set It Off is a 1996 American crime action film directed by F. Gary Gray, and written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. The film stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A and it follows four close friends in Los Angeles, California, who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves, the film became a critical and box office success, grossing over $41 million against a budget of $9 million. Francesca Frankie Sutton is a Los Angeles bank teller who witnesses a robbery, although she had no prior knowledge of the robbery, the bank fires Frankie after the police uncover a connection between her and one of the three robbers. Frankie goes to work at Luthers Janitorial Services with her three best friends, Lida Stoney Newsome, Cleopatra Cleo Sims, and Tisean T. T. Williams, Luther treats them with disrespect and pays them paltry wages. Cleo states they should rob a bank themselves, Frankie agrees, but Stoney and T. T. are reluctant. The four women embark on a series of robberies, which are investigated by LAPD detective Strode. He suspects that Cleo, Frankie and Stoney are involved, but his superior refuses to allow him to bring them in for questioning because he doesnt feel the evidence is sufficient. The four women stash the money in an air vent at one of their work sites, however, Cleo, Frankie, and T. T. show up for work one day and realize that their boss, Luther has discovered the money and fled. While Stoney attends an event with her lover Keith, the three women track Luther to a motel where he is sleeping with a prostitute. When Luther pulls a gun on Cleo, T. T. kills him, the next day Detective Strode takes Cleo to the police station to participate in a lineup. A glare from Cleo intimidates the prostitute into silence, Frankie and Cleo persuade T. T. and Stoney that they need to rob another bank and leave town the next day. The women rob the bank where Keith, Stoneys lover, works, Strode and his partner try to prevent the robbery, but a bank security guard shoots T. T. The women flee but T. T. dies in Stoneys arms en route to the hospital, the three remaining women decide to split up and meet up later. The police find Cleo who proceeds leads them on a speed chase. After her car is shot up by police, Cleo leaps from her car in one battle for her dignity, firing her gun. Frankie is found a time later. Strode tries to get her to surrender, but when she runs away, she is shot in the back, Stoney tearfully watches this from a passing bus
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Soul Food (film)
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Soul Food is a 1997 American comedy-drama film produced by Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, Tracey Edmonds and Robert Teitel and released by Fox 2000 Pictures. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film stars Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach, Mekhi Phifer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Irma P. Hall, Gina Ravera, in 2000, Showtime premiered a one-hour television series based upon the film. Youngest daughter Ryla —nicknamed Bird—has just opened a barbershop/beauty parlor and is married to Lem, without her guidance, the family begins to fall apart. Teri takes in her troubled cousin Faith, who bonds with Miles over a love of the arts. Meanwhile, Lem cannot find a job due to his record, so Bird makes an uneasy deal with her former boyfriend, Simuel St. James. Realizing her mistake, Teri calls in a few favors to have Lem released, however, Ahmad manages to get everyone together for another Sunday dinner by promising them the whereabouts of the money. The dinner is uneasy as everyone starts to confront their issues and soon enough, Maxine chastises her son for lying, but Ahmad says tearfully that it was the only way to get everyone back together again, citing it was Joes dying wish. As Maxine is comforting her son, the kitchen accidentally catches on fire due to Ahmad leaving a towel too close to the burner and they all together to try. Things start to go well for the family, Vanessa Williams as Teri Vivica A. Regina King, Kenya Moore and Jada Pinkett-Smith were all considered for the role of Bird, Fox auditioned for the role of Teri, but landed the role of Maxine instead. Malik Yoba makes a cameo as their studio engineer. Soul Food was shot primarily on location in the Chicago area, a later Tillman-produced film, Barbershop, would also take place in and be shot on location in Chicago. A soundtrack containing R&B and hip-hop was released on August 19,1997 by LaFace Records and it peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 and was eventually certified 2x Multi-Platinum for over 2 million copies sold. Soul Food received generally positive reviews from critics and it holds an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 41 reviews. The film earned $43,700,855 during its theatrical run. The film opened at #3 in its opening weekend at $11,197,897 behind The Peacemakers opening weekend, Phifer and Hall both appeared in HBOs 1999 adaptation of A Lesson Before Dying, the 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Hammond, Beach and Sams all appeared in the 1995 film Waiting to Exhale, soul Food spawned a follow-up cable television show on the Showtime network. Soul Food, The Series aired from 2000-2004 on Showtime and currently airs in reruns on TV One
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 American romantic drama film, directed by Gregory Nava and released by Warner Bros. The film is a film of the brief but intense life of R&B/Rock and roll singer Frankie Lymon, lead singer of the pioneering rock. Moreover, the highlights the three women in his life, each of whom claim to have married Lymon and lay claim to his estate. Written by Tina Andrews, Why Do Fools Fall in Love stars Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, and Larenz Tate, Little Richard also appears in the film as himself. Lymon was 13 years old when the teenage group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers erupted from radios and jukeboxes with their 1956 hit Why Do Fools Fall in Love. after Mr. Rock and Roll, Lymon started a solo singing career, but it all fell apart. Lymons career was over by the time he was 18 years old, ending credits shows the real Frankie Lymon singing his song Goody Goody. Little Richard also makes a appearance, while Miguel A. Nunez. The film ends with Emira winning Frankies estate, although Elizabeth was named the legal surviving spouse of Frankie Lymon, the screenplay of the film, written by actress-turned-screenwriter Tina Andrews, took fifteen years to be produced. Director Gregory Nava used most of the staff from his prior film Selena. Filming locations include, Jacksonville, Florida, Los Angeles, California, the film was first presented at the Urbanworld Film Festival, New York on August 8,1998. The film opened in wide release on August 28,1998, why Do Fools Fall in Love ran for 8 weeks domestically and eventually grossed $12,506,676 in the United States. At its widest release the film was shown in 1,377 screens, the taglines used by the producers of the film to market the film include, The story of three very different women. With one husband in common Three different women married Frankie Lymon, by the end of the film, were not even left with anyone to root for, we realize with a little astonishment, waiting for the court verdict, that we dont care who wins. Yet, film critic Peter Stack liked the film and believes director Nava smartly juggles a lot of elements in the picture. He wrote, Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a fresh, enlightening example of how to take a tragic American show-business story and make it funny, warm, brims with joyful spirit and raucous comedy. Deftly juggles a surprising number of elements, but they all work, wins ALMA Award, Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film, Gregory Nava,1999. American Black Film Festival, Black Film Award, Best Actor, nominations ALMA Awards, Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film in a Crossover Role, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film, Alexis Cruz,1999, American Black Film Festival, Black Film Award, Best Screenplay, Tina Andrews, Best Soundtrack,1999
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Kingdom Come (2001 film)
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Kingdom Come is a 2001 comedy-drama film, written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones, and directed by Doug McHenry. This film stars LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton and Whoopi Goldberg. Kingdom Come is a story of a family called the Slocumbs, living out in the country, who must come together after the death of a family member and it is based on the Off-Broadway play Dearly Departed. First, theres Woodrow Bud Slocumb, the man in question, whose wife, the film begin with the a radio morning announcement by Rev. Beverly H. Hooker. She had also heard about Juniors and Charisses business going bad and she thinks that both her nephew and her own son could learn from Buster Kincaids child, Tiny. She had him over the weekend, and he did some chores around the house, as a reward, she gave him three dollars for his birthday the following week instead of the actual two dollars. Moreover, she says that she has decided to come over to visit church, she believes that one of them needs to get things right with the Lord. After Raynelle finishes reading, Bud, who both agrees and disagrees with some things said in the letter, collapses and dies, with the former noticing, later, Royce is awaken by a loud ring of his phone. The one calling is his mother, who starts singing too pitchy, after he answers again, he calls her off for waking him up, in which she replies that she says that hes taking the Lords name in vain. Royce talks harshly to his mother, but she talks back and she tells him that its 7,00 in the morning and why he isnt up looking for a job, but he replies that its not that at all. She assumes that he has a hangover and begins accusing him of laying with a harlot. He tells her to stop that and asks what does she want and she though that he want to know that his uncle Bud has passed this morning. He seems to be compassionate, saying that he is sorry to hear that and she replies that his aunt is not doing well, as his uncle dropped dead at a breakfast table in the middle of her letter. He then pretends to be sympathetic about the cause of his uncles death and she says that they are going to their house and giving them comfort and some Christian counsel. LL Cool J as Ray Bud Slocumb Jada Pinkett Smith as Charisse Slocumb Vivica A
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Two Can Play That Game
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Two Can Play That Game is a 2001 romantic comedy film written and directed by Mark Brown. Shante Smith is a woman who gives advice on how to keep a man in check and her ideals are challenged when her man, an attorney, named Keith Fenton, threatens to stray. Smith is a woman who feels that when it comes to men and their tricks. On the other end, Shante’s boyfriend Keith is being led by his friend Tony, when Shantés boyfriend, Keith, is caught red-handed stepping out with a co-worker, Shanté institutes her Ten Day Plan to get her man in line. The battle soon begins, though at the conclusion of the movie, Shante, box office raking in $7,720,942 USD in its first opening weekend, behind The Musketeer. The film was released in the United Kingdom on September 13,2002, the film got a mixed reception at Rotten Tomatoes, with a rating of 43%, including 27 fresh and 36 rotten. A direct-to-DVD film, titled Three Can Play That Game, was released in February 2008, the sequel was rated, although there still was a little inappropriate content. Three Can Play That Game starred Vivica A, fox as Shante Smith, a famous couples counsellor. This time around, Foxs character plays a role, as opposed to her starring role in the original. Morris Chestnut or his character doesnt make an appearance, but he was mentioned, Two Can Play That Game at AllMovie Two Can Play That Game at the Internet Movie Database
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Boat Trip (film)
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The film was released in the United States on March 21,2003. Jerry and Nick are two best buddies whose love lives have hit rock bottom, after Nick runs into a friend who is getting married to a beautiful, younger girl he met on a singles cruise, he decides to take a similar cruise with Jerry. Things do not go as planned though, after a travel agent books them on a cruise for gay men. During their trip, they come to learn that gay men are less objectionable than they first assumed, however, Jerry falls in love with the cruises dance instructor Gabriella and in order to win her over, he pretends to be gay so he can get closer to her. Meanwhile, Nick blossoms a romance with a model named Inga. After an accidental affair with her mean, sex-obsessed coach Sonya, Nick must fend her off, in the end, Jerry wins Gabriella while Nick loses out on Inga but sees a potential relationship with her sister instead. However, he is unwittingly reunited with Sonya, much to his disgust. Cuba Gooding Jr. as Jerry Robinson Horatio Sanz as Nick Ragoni Roselyn Sánchez as Gabriella Vivica A, in total, it had a worldwide gross of $15,020,293. It was released on DVD in the US on September 30,2003 and this film was universally critically panned by the critics on its initial release and performed poorly in theaters. Rotten Tomatoes, an aggregator, reports that 7% of 88 surveyed critics gave it a positive review. The sites consensus reads, Boat Trip is a lame, juvenile farce thats heavy on stereotypes and desperate antics but short on brains, metacritic rated it 18/100 based on 28 reviews. Chris Rock made jokes about Gooding during the 2005 Oscars telecast for starring in movie after receiving an Academy Award. Many viewed the film as homophobic although a reviewer for The Advocate wrote that the film was too terrible to protest. On the show Ebert and Roeper, Roger Ebert said the film was so bad in so many different ways, not only does it offend gays and his co-host Richard Roeper said, If the ship hit an iceberg, I would have been rooting for the iceberg. Overall, it was nominated for two Razzie Awards for Gooding as Worst Actor and for Mort Nathan as Worst Director, Boat Trip at the Internet Movie Database Boat Trip at AllMovie
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Kill Bill
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Kill Bill is an American two-part martial arts film series, and the fourth film overall that was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The original four-hour cut, retitled Kill Bill, The Whole Bloody Affair, was screened at cinemas in 2011. Tarantino has discussed the possibility of a third Kill Bill film, Kill Bill, Volume 1 was released in theaters on October 10,2003. In the United States and Canada, Volume 1 was released in 3,102 theaters, Volume 1 was the widest theatrical release of Tarantinos career to date, and it was also his highest-grossing opening weekend to date. Outside the United States and Canada, Kill Bill, Volume 1 was released in 20 countries, by November 2,2003, it had made $31 million in the 20 countries. Kill Bill, Volume 1 grossed a total of $70 million in the United States and Canada, the film follows a character initially identified as The Bride, a former assassin seeking revenge on her ex-colleagues who massacred members of her wedding party and tried to kill her. Kill Bill, Volume 2 was released in theaters on April 16,2004, Volume 2s opening weekend gross was higher than Volume 1s, and the equivalent success confirmed the studios financial decision to split the film into two theatrical releases. Volume 2 attracted more female theatergoers than Volume 1, with 40% of the audience being female, outside of the United States and Canada, Volume 2 was released in 20 countries over the weekend of April 23,2004. It grossed an estimated $17.7 million and ranked first at the box office. Volume 2 grossed a total of $66.2 million in the United States and Canada, the film follows The Bride pursuing Bills brother Budd and confronting Elle Driver, a fellow student of Pai Mei. She eventually catches up with Bill himself, screenings of the complete film began on March 27,2011 at the New Beverly Cinema. This was verified to be the print that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003. The print shown at the New Beverly even retained the French subtitles necessary for screening an English-language film at the Cannes festival, Tarantino told Entertainment Weekly in April 2004, that he was planning a sequel, Oh yeah, initially I was thinking this would be my Dollars Trilogy. I was going to do a new one every ten years, but I need at least fifteen years before I do this again. Ive already got the whole mythology, Sofie Fatale will get all of Bills money, shell raise Nikki, wholl take on The Bride. Nikki deserves her revenge every bit as much as The Bride deserved hers, according to Bloody-Disgusting. com, details emerged around 2007 about two possible sequels, Kill Bill, Volumes 3 and 4. The article adds that the installment of the popular kung fu action films concerns a cycle of reprisals. At the 2006 Comic Con, Tarantino said that after the completion of Grindhouse, one will be an origin story about Bill and his mentors, and the other will be an origin starring The Bride
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Ella Enchanted (film)
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Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Tommy OHaver and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith loosely based on Gail Carson Levines 1997 novel of the same name. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the plays with the usual fairy tale genre. The film is a co-production between companies in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, within the kingdom of Emir, in the town of Frell, a baby girl named Ella is born to Sir Peter and his wife Lady Eleanor. She is given the gift of obedience by a misguided and obnoxious fairy called Lucinda and this turns out to be more of a curse, as it forces Ella to do anything she is told to do, even if the command is against her wishes. Ellas mother, on her deathbed, warns her not to tell anyone about the curse she is under for fear that someone might use it to exploit Ella. After her mothers death, only Mandy, the household fairy, several years later, Ellas father remarries to a wealthy socialite, Dame Olga, who dislikes Ella. Her spoiled daughters Hattie and Olive notice Ellas obedience and start to humiliate her, Ella stumbles upon Prince Charmont, the handsome heir who will soon take the throne, as hes being pursued by his fan club of besotted young women. He invites Ella to the Coronation Ball, but Olga intercepts the invitation, Hattie and Olive, fan club members themselves, are overcome with jealousy. They force Ella to insult and cut ties with her best friend Areida, Ella cannot bear her situation a moment longer, and resolves to find Lucinda, as she is the only one who can reverse the spell. Mandy helps by lending Ella her boyfriend Benny, whom she transformed into a talking magical book that can show people in their current surroundings. During her journey, Ella encounters an elf named Slannen, who wants to be a lawyer instead of an entertainer as the laws now require and they are both captured by a group of ogres, who want to eat them. Prince Charmont rescues them and accompanies them to a wedding in the land of giants, en route, Ella opens Chars eyes to the cruelty of the laws oppressing elves and giants established by the acting ruler, Chars uncle Sir Edgar. Char invites Ella to visit the palaces Hall of Records and find Lucinda faster, but Edgars talking snake, Heston, is spying on them. At the palace, Heston tells Edgar about Ellas obedience, which Hattie confirms when Edgar offers her Chars hand in marriage, knowing that Char intends to marry Ella, Edgar orders her to kill him when he proposes, and keep the plan a secret. Edgar also reveals that he murdered Chars father, to save Char, Ella writes him a letter, saying she is leaving permanently and cannot explain why, which breaks his heart. She then asks Slannen to tie her to a tree and get the giants to help, Lucinda then appears before Ella, who asks her to undo the gift of obedience. Lucinda is offended that Ella doesnt like her gift and simply tells Ella to remove it herself. She unties Ella, gives her a dress, and tells her to attend the ball
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Fox Broadcasting Company
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The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. It is the third largest major network in the world based on total revenues, assets. Launched on October 9,1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks, Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U. S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U. S, the network is named after sister company 20th Century Fox, and indirectly for producer William Fox, who founded one of the movie studios predecessors, Fox Film. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters, 20th Century Fox had been involved in television production as early as the 1950s, producing several syndicated programs. Following the demise of the DuMont Television Network in August of that year after it became mired in financial problems. 20th Century Fox would also produce original content for the NTA network, KTTV in Los Angeles, KRIV in Houston, WFLD-TV in Chicago, and KRLD-TV in Dallas. In October 1985, 20th Century Fox announced its intentions to form a television network that would compete with ABC, CBS. The plans were to use the combination of the Fox studios, organizational plans for the network were held off until the Metromedia acquisitions cleared regulatory hurdles. Then, in December 1985, Rupert Murdoch agreed to pay $325 million to acquire the remaining equity in TCF Holdings from his original partner, Marvin Davis. These first six stations, then broadcasting to a reach of 22% of the nations households. Except for KDAF, all of the original owned-and-operated stations are part of the Fox network today. Like the core O&O group, Foxs affiliate body consisted of independent stations. The Fox Broadcasting Company launched at 11,00 p. m. Eastern and its inaugural program was a late-night talk show, The Late Show, which was hosted by comedian Joan Rivers. By early 1987, Rivers quit The Late Show after disagreements with the network over the creative direction. The network expanded its programming into prime time on April 5,1987, with Children and the sketch comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show. Fox added one new show per week over the several weeks, with the drama 21 Jump Street. On July 11, the network rolled out its Saturday night schedule with the premiere of the drama series Werewolf
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CBS
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CBS is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation. The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major facilities and operations in New York City. CBS is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network, in reference to the iconic logo. It has also called the Tiffany Network, alluding to the perceived high quality of CBS programming during the tenure of William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBSs first demonstrations of color television, the network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc. a collection of 16 radio stations that was purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System. Under Paleys guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States, in 1974, CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971, CBS Corporation is controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements, which also controls the current Viacom. The television network has more than 240 owned-and-operated and affiliated stations throughout the United States. The origins of CBS date back to January 27,1927, Columbia Phonographic went on the air on September 18,1927, with a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and fifteen affiliates. Operational costs were steep, particularly the payments to AT&T for use of its land lines, in early 1928 Judson sold the network to brothers Isaac and Leon Levy, owners of the networks Philadelphia affiliate WCAU, and their partner Jerome Louchenheim. With the record out of the picture, Paley quickly streamlined the corporate name to Columbia Broadcasting System. He believed in the power of advertising since his familys La Palina cigars had doubled their sales after young William convinced his elders to advertise on radio. By September 1928, Paley bought out the Louchenheim share of CBS, during Louchenheims brief regime, Columbia paid $410,000 to A. H. Grebes Atlantic Broadcasting Company for a small Brooklyn station, WABC, which would become the networks flagship station. WABC was quickly upgraded, and the relocated to 860 kHz. The physical plant was relocated also – to Steinway Hall on West 57th Street in Manhattan, by the turn of 1929, the network could boast to sponsors of having 47 affiliates. Paley moved right away to put his network on a financial footing. In the fall of 1928, he entered talks with Adolph Zukor of Paramount Pictures. The deal came to fruition in September 1929, Paramount acquired 49% of CBS in return for a block of its stock worth $3.8 million at the time
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Lifetime (TV network)
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The channel features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. As of July 2015, approximately 95,020,000 American households receive Lifetime, Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services. The cable service operated four hours per day on weekdays, the service was focused on alternative womens programming. Cable Health Network was launched as a channel in June 1982 with a range of health-related programming. In November 1983, Cable Health Network adopted a new name, Lifetime Medical Television, Lifetime was established on February 1,1984 as the result of a merger of Hearst/ABCs Daytime and Viacoms Lifetime Medical Television. A board for the new network was formed with representation from Hearst, ABC and Viacom. It was not a success, reportedly losing $36 million in its first two years of operation, and did not become profitable until 1986. The channel suffered from low viewership, with a poll finding that some TV viewers erroneously believed it carried religious content. In 1985, Lifetime started branding itself as Talk Television with a lineup of talk shows and call-in programs hosted by people like Regis Philbin. In the process, the dropped the apple from their logo. In 1988, Lifetime hired Patricia Fili as its head of programming, in the first three years of her tenure, she changed 60 percent of Lifetimes programming, by her own estimate. A. The network also showed movies from the portfolios of its owners, Hearst, ABC, under Filis direction, Lifetime has gone a long way toward shedding its low-rent image. Lifetime began airing a limited amount of sports coverage, including the WNBA. Lifetime also adopted a new tagline, meanwhile, the channels original programming was aimed not just at women aged 24–44, but these womens spouses, who research showed watched the network in the evenings with their wives. This was done by making the characters in Lifetimes original programming – such as the film series Spencer for Hire – more appealing to men by making them more masculine. These roles were more stereotypical than previous Lifetime movies, which featured women protagonists on their own. This helped Lifetime take advantage of a bias in the Nielsen ranking system that favored upscale couples who shared a television set. By January 1995, Lifetime was the sixth most-highly rated cable network by Nielsen, according to Lifetime executives, the network stood to lose up to one million subscribers due to TCIs move
