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Bad Habits (Pushing Daisies)
''Pushing Daisies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC. It premiered in the United States on ABC on October 3, 2007; in Canada on October 2, 2007 on CTV; and aired in the UK on ITV. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2007) Due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, this season consisted of only nine episodes. The episodes aired a day earlier in Canada on CTV before their air dates in the United States. Season 2 (2008–09) ''Pushing Daisies'' was renewed for a second season in February 2008 by ABC for the 2008–09 television season. On November 20, 2008, after six episodes were broadcast, ABC canceled the show. A total of thirteen episodes were produced for the season, with four of them broadcast in November and December. The final three episodes premiered world wide on German free-to-air television network ProSieben and were later broadcast in the U.S. on Saturdays starting May 30 and ending on June 13, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushing Daisies
''Pushing Daisies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations. Together with his formerly deceased childhood crush Chuck (Anna Friel), co-worker Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), and private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride), Ned uses his abilities to solve murder cases. The cast also includes Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate, with Jim Dale acting as narrator. Touted as a "forensic fairy tale", the series is known for its unusual visual style, eccentric production design, quirky characters, fast-paced dialogue and grotesque situations. The series often uses wordplay, metaphor and double entendre, while Jim Dale's narration is very similar to that of a fairytale. The series received critical acclaim, with praises going towards th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dash Mihok
Dashiell Raymond Mihok (; born May 24, 1974) is an American actor and director best known for playing Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in the Showtime drama ''Ray Donovan''. Early life Mihok was born in New York City, the son of theater actors Andrea Mihok (née Cloak) and Raymond Thorne (né Mihok).Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine He has two older sisters: Gwen Mihok, an actress, and Cecily Trenka, a science teacher. He is of Czech and British descent. Mihok grew up in Greenwich Village and lived in the artist community Westbeth on Bank Street. Mihok went to PS 3, a public elementary school in Manhattan, currently named the John Melser Charrette School. He attended the Center School (MS 243) for middle school. While attending Bronx High School of Science, where he played baseball as a middle infielder, Mihok joined CityKids Repertory, and appeared in the short-lived TV show, '' CityKids,'' which featured local New York child actors and Jim Henson's The Muppets. Mihok also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Dannelly
Brian Dannelly is a German born American film director and screenwriter best known for his work on the 2004 film ''Saved!'' Early life Dannelly was born in Würzburg, Germany before moving with his family to Baltimore, Maryland aged eleven. He was raised Catholic; he attended a Catholic elementary school, Arlington Baptist High School in Baltimore, and a Jewish summer camp. He was expelled from first grade for hitting a nun, and later expelled from high school—which he describes as "one of the strictest schools in the nation"—for excessive demerits. He started questioning his sexuality in high school, claiming, "I remember I'd pray every night that I wasn't gay, and please God, please God, anything I could do—just don't make this happen." He came out at the age of seventeen and was thrown out of his house by his parents, who eventually came to accept his sexuality. Dannelly graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a degree in visual arts in 1997. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Joy
Lisa Joy (born May 23, 1977) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and attorney. She is best known as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the HBO science-fiction drama series ''Westworld'' (2016–2022). For her work on the series, she received multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Joy's other work includes the ABC comedy series ''Pushing Daisies'' (2007–2009) and the USA Network crime drama series ''Burn Notice'' (2009–2011). In 2021, she made her feature film directorial debut with ''Reminiscence''. Early life Lisa Joy was raised in New Jersey. Her parents are both immigrants, her father is English and her mother is Taiwanese. Joy graduated from Stanford University and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Los Angeles before attending Harvard Law School.Heather Wood Rudulph, Get That Life: How I Became the Co-Creator of Westworld, Cosmopolitan, https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a8664279/lisa-joy-westworld-co-creator-get-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Esparza
Raúl Eduardo Esparza (born October 24, 1970) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. Considered one of Broadway's leading men since the 2000s, he is best known for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Bobby in the 2006 Broadway revival of ''Company'' and for his television role as New York Assistant District Attorney (ADA) Rafael Barba in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', where he had a recurring role in Season 14 and was promoted to a series regular in Seasons 15 to 19. He made his Broadway debut in 2000 as Riff Raff in the revival of ''The Rocky Horror Show.'' Subsequently, he starred as Jonathan in the original Off-Broadway production of '' Tick, Tick... Boom!'' and Caractacus Potts in the original Broadway production of ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' in 2005. He received Tony nominations for his roles as Philip Salon in the Boy George musical ''Taboo'' in 2004; Bobby in the musical comedy ''Company'' in 2006; Lenny in Harold Pinter's play ''The Homecoming'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike White (scriptwriter)
Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, actor, producer, and director for television and film, and reality television show contestant. He has won numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for the 2000 film '' Chuck & Buck'', which he wrote and starred in. He has written the screenplays for films such as '' School of Rock'' (2003) and has directed several films that he has written, such as '' Brad's Status'' (2017). He was the co-creator, executive producer, writer, director and actor on the HBO series '' Enlightened''. White is also known for his appearances on reality television, competing on two seasons of ''The Amazing Race'' and later becoming a contestant and runner-up on '' Survivor: David vs. Goliath''. He created, wrote, and directed the 2021 HBO satire comedy anthology series ''The White Lotus''. Early life White was born in Pasadena, California. He is the son of Lyla Lee (née Loehr), a fundraising executive, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Shannon
Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''Other People''. She has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films, such as ''Happiness'' (1998), ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998), ''Never Been Kissed'' (1999), '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' (2000), ''Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), reprising her character in the miniseries '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'' (2015), and its follow-up '' Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later'' (2017), '' Osmosis Jones'' (2001), '' My Boss's Daughter'' (2003), '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' (2006), and ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' (2015). Her voice can also be heard in the animated films ''Igor'' (2008) and the ''Hotel Transylvania'' film series (2012–2022). In television, Shannon is kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (; born Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and children's entertainer. He is known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as an Improvisational theatre, improvisational comedian and stage (theatre), stage actor. In 1982, Reubens began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show was called ''The Pee-wee Herman Show'', and ran for five sold-out months; HBO also produced a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film, ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985), directed by Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, ''Big Top Pee-wee'' (1988), was less successful. Between 1986 and 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Trilling
Lawrence Trilling is a television director who has worked on many popular shows, including ''Alias'', '' Felicity'', ''Invasion'', ''Monk'', ''Pushing Daisies'', '' Scrubs'', '' Roswell'', ''Goliath'', and '' Parenthood''. In 2017, Trilling was announced as showrunner for ''Goliath.'' Education Trilling graduated from Columbia University in 1988. Directing credits *''Condor'' **1.01 ''What Loneliness'' *'' Felicity'' ** 1.15 ''The Fugue'' ** 2.01 ''Sophomoric'' ** 2.06 ''The Love Bug'' ** 2.09 ''Portraits'' ** 2.20 ''Ben Was Here'' ** 3.04 ''Greeks and Geeks'' ** 3.10 ''Let's Get It On'' ** 3.12 ''Girlfight'' ** 3.16 ''It's Raining Men'' ** 4.03 ''Your Money or Your Wife'' ** 4.09 ''Lonelyhearts'' ** 4.11 ''A Perfect Match'' ** 4.19 ''The Power of the Ex'' ** 4.22 ''Back to the Future'' *''Alias'' ** 2.12 ''The Getaway'' ** 2.20 ''Countdown'' ** 3.04 ''A Missing Link'' ** 3.06 ''The Nemesis'' ** 3.11 ''Full Disclosure'' ** 3.14 ''Blowback'' ** 3.16 ''Taken'' ** 3.21 ''Legac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Nimerfro
Scott Nimerfro (July 12, 1961 – April 17, 2016) was an American writer and producer, best known for the television series ''Pushing Daisies'', ''Hannibal'' and for serving as an associate producer on Bryan Singer's 2000 film ''X-Men''. Television work Episodes of ''Pushing Daisies'' * "Smell of Success" (1.07) * "The Norwegians" (2.10) Episodes of ''Ringer'' * "What We Have Is Worth the Pain" (1.17) * "It's Called Improvising, Bitch!" (1.21) Episodes of ''Hannibal'' * "Coquilles" (1.06) (with Bryan Fuller) * "Rôti" (1.11) (with Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller) * "Savoureux" (1.13) (with Steve Lightfoot and Bryan Fuller) * "Takiawase" (2.04) (with Bryan Fuller) * "Su-zakana" (2.08) Episodes of ''Once Upon A Time'' * "Breaking Glass" (4.05) (with Kalinda Vazquez) * "Shattered Sight" (4.10) (with Tze Chun) * "Heart of Gold" (4.18) (with Tze Chun) Awards and nominations In 2008, Nimerfro was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for his work on ''Pushing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Adams (actress)
Christine Adams (born 14 August 1974) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Jessica in ''Batman Begins'' (2005), Lena Boudreaux in '' The Whole Truth'' (2010–2011), and as Lynn Pierce in ''Black Lightning'' (2018–2021). Early life Adams was born in Brentwood, Essex and grew up in Northampton. She studied at Middlesex University. Career Adams began her acting career starring in the mini-series ''NY-LON'' in 2004. She later guest-starred on many television series such as ''My Family'', ''Doctor Who'', ''Pushing Daisies'', ''Heroes'' and ''Nip/Tuck'' and ''Real Husbands of Hollywood'' with Kevin Hart. Her film credits include '' Submerged'', ''Batman Begins'', ''Eye of the Dolphin'', ''Green Flash'', ''Beneath the Blue'', and '' Tron: Legacy''. Adams starred on the short-lived ABC series '' The Whole Truth'' as Lena Boudreaux in 2010, and FOX's '' Terra Nova'' as Mira, the leader of the "Sixers", a rebel group that arrived with the Sixth Pilgrimage but who soon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
