American Hustle (2007 Film)
''Katt Williams: American Hustle'', also known as ''American Hustle: The Movie'', is a 2007 comedy film directed by Brit McAdams, and written by Brit McAdams and Katt Williams. The film was R-rated for its sexual content, drug use, and profanity. Synopsis Katt Williams decides that he wants to make it big in Hollywood, and meets with a pair of producers who attempt to woo him with pitches for films featuring stereotypical plot devices used by other notable African-American comedians, such as using a "fat suit" and portraying multiple characters, or starring in parodies of other popular movies. Dissatisfied with the offer, Williams decides to hit the road with a group of friends, which included comedians Red Grant, Melanie Comarcho, and Luenell. The first half of the movie features stand-up by Williams' companions as they drive from one major city to another. The journey ends in Chicago, where Williams takes over the rest of the movie with his open, underground-style stand- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Green (agent)
Michael Green is an American talent manager, entrepreneur and movie producer.Pomerantz, DorothyDog-and-Pony Show ''Forbes''. December 10, 2001. Career Green began his career as a personal appearance agent in the early 1990s at Irvin Arthur Associates representing stand up comedians. He then moved to talent management at Gallin-Morey Associates, where he eventually became a Senior Manager.Partners: Michael Green ''The Collective''. In 1997, he co-founded The Firm, Inc., The Firm, a music and talent management agency, with Jeff Kwatinetz. The company grew rapidly, eventually managing Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Pamela Anderson and others. The Firm’s clients were responsible for more than $1.5 billion in business and the business was valued at more than $250 million. Expanding beyond th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hollywood Shuffle
''Hollywood Shuffle'' is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies. Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, the film is semi-autobiographical, reflecting Townsend's experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not "black enough" for certain roles. Plot Bobby Taylor is a young black man aspiring to become an actor. His younger brother Stevie watches him prepare to audition for a part in ''Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge'', a movie about street gangs which is so full of stereotypes that the light-skinned black actors who audition are cast as Latino gang members and have to speak with cartoonish Spanish accents. Bobby's grandmother overhears the " jive talk" of Bobby's lines and expresses disapproval. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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DVD Verdict
DVD Verdict was a judicial-themed website for DVD reviews. The site was founded in 1999. The editor-in-chief was Michael Stailey, who owned the website between 2004 and 2016, and the site employed a large editorial staff of critics, whose reviews were quoted by sources such as ''CBS Marketwatch'', and were praised by such writers as Anthony Augustine of ''Uptown Uptown may refer to: Neighborhoods or regions in several cities United States * Uptown, entertainment district east of Downtown and Midtown Albuquerque, New Mexico * Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina * Uptown, area surrounding the University of Ci ...''. DVD Verdict also had four sister sites, titled ''Cinema Verdict'', a theatrical movie review site, ''TV Verdict'', a television review site, ''Pixel Verdict'', a video game review site, and ''DVD Verdict Presents''. The last reviews were published in 2017. , the site is offline. See also * DVD Talk References Further reading * External linksDVD VerdictDVD Verdict ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Angeles Sentinel
The ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' is a weekly African-American owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it one of the oldest, largest and most influential African-American newspapers in the Western United States. The ''Sentinel'' was also noted for their coverage of the changing African-American daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era. The ''Sentinel'' was founded in 1933 by Leon H. Washington Jr. for Black readers. Since that time, the newspaper has been considered a staple of Black life in Los Angeles. The paper mainly focuses on and thus enjoys most of its circulation in the predominantly African-American neighborhoods of South Los Angeles, Inglewood and Compton. The office is on Crenshaw Boulevard with commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood which is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles". On March 17, 2004, the ''Sentinel'' was purchased and came under ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Melanie Comarcho
Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark". at Perseus project Borne in its Latin form by two saints, and her granddaughter ,Behind the Name< ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shannon Kane
Shannon Elizabeth Kane (born September 14, 1985) is an American actress best known for portraying her roles as Traci Madsen on the Nick at Nite series '' Hollywood Heights'' (2012) and Natalia Fowler on the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' (2008–2011) and her role as Sabine Laurent / Céleste Dubois in '' The Originals'' Early life Shannon Elizabeth Kane was born on September 14, 1985 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Shannon attended Portage Central High School in Portage, Michigan and Western Michigan University. Career Her first on-screen appearance was a guest role as Leslie Anderson in an episode of the police procedural drama series ''CSI: Miami.'' Kane had small guest roles on the television shows '' Entourage'' (2007) and ''The Young and the Restless'' (2007). In 2008, she joined the cast of ABC's daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' as Natalia Fowler. Kane appeared in two 2009 films; '' Brooklyn's Finest'' and '' Blood and Bone.'' She also had roles in films ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Damaine Radcliff
Damaine Anthony Radcliff (born June 7, 1979), is an American film actor who was born in The Bronx, New York City. Founder of Raining Giants, he is most known for his starring roles in the movies ''Glory Road'', '' Step Up'' and as Executive Producer of '' Rambo: Last Blood'' and the feature film '' Tesla'' starring Ethan Hawke. His sketch parodies on his YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ... Channel has garnered millions of views. Most recently, Damaine expanded his role as an Award-Winning TV Director for his work writing, producing, directing and starring in the independent pilot ''Up North'', which the project won Best Actor, Best Pilot, Best Director, and the overall Audience Award voted on by all festival attendees at SeriesFest Season 3.https://www.serie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alphonso McAuley
Alphonso McAuley (born April 21, 1979) is an American actor and social media personality. McAuley played Cassius Sparks on Fox's comedy television series '' Breaking In'' and played Hutch in ABC's '' The Middle''. Early life and education McAuley was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and Afro-Ethnic studies from California State University, Fullerton. Career McAuley played Bucky in the ''Fat Albert'' movie. He also played Orsten Artis in the 2006 film ''Glory Road'', based on the true story of the Texas Western Miners, and Walt in the film ''Pride''. He went on to co-star with Tatyana Ali in the sitcom ''Love That Girl!''. He also voiced the rooster Drake in ''The Lion of Judah''. He is featured in the music video for "Miracle" by Matisyahu. He also featured in the YouTube comedy series ''Merman King Mah-Doo'', a story about an exiled merman Mermen, the male counterparts of the mythical fema ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mikey Day
Michael William Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host of the Netflix show '' Is It Cake?'' He joined ''Saturday Night Live'' as a writer in its 39th season, became a featured player in its 42nd, and was promoted to a repertory player beginning in its 44th season. He previously was an on-air correspondent for ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' and ''The Jay Leno Show''. Early life and education Day was born March 20, 1980, in Orange, California. He attended Panorama Elementary School and later graduated from El Modena High School, the same high school as actor Milo Ventimiglia, in the city of Orange. There, he was involved in the drama program and the student government. He wrote comedic sketches for monthly assemblies and made the theme for his homecoming, " Batman". He also experienced extreme bullying, seeking refuge in theater. Day graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in theater. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chris Alexander (actor) (1920–2012), American actor, singer, dancer, designer, and photographer
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Chris or Christopher Alexander may refer to: * Christopher James Alexander (1887–1917), English ornithologist * Christopher Alexander (1936–2022), British-American architect and design theorist *Chris Alexander (politician) (born 1968), Canadian politician * Chris Alexander (editor), Canadian editor of ''Fangoria'' magazine and horror film director See also *Cris Alexander Cris Alexander (born Allen Smith, January 14, 1920 – March 7, 2012) was an American actor, singer, dancer, designer, and photographer. Early life and education Cris Alexander was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1920. He began using the name C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |