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Battle Of The Bands (TV Movie)
"Battle of the Bands" is the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the first season of the television series '' The Naked Brothers Band'' which was first released direct-to-DVD on September 4, 2007 and later premiered on television on October 6, 2007 on Nickelodeon. The episode is in the format of a rockumentary-mockumentary musical episode. Plot The Naked Brothers Band and another band, the L.A. Surfers compete in a “Battle of the Bands” charity event benefiting Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free instruments and lessons to kids in low-income cities. Rosalina starts to fall for the L.A. Surfers lead singer, Bobby Love (Keli Price). Nat and Alex learned his false intentions while in the bathroom as Nat is trying to wash out the orange hair dye that he put on as part of his latte-drinking bad boy image that he attempts to pull off to impress Rosalina. Nat did this after seeing a picture of Bobby Love and worrying whether she prefers bad boys. Nat then says ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Brothers Band (TV Series)
''The Naked Brothers Band'' is an American musical comedy television series created by Polly Draper, which aired on Nickelodeon from February 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. It depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux world-renowned children's rock band in New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is an embellished satire of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is often acknowledged. The show stars Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, the lead singer-songwriter and drummer, respectively. Nat's fictional female interest (Allie DiMeco) and real-life friends Thomas Batuello, David Levi, and Cooper Pillot, as well as Qaasim Middleton—who has no prior acquaintance with the family—are featured as the other band members, with Draper's jazz musician husband Michael Wolff as his sons' widowed accordion-playing dad and her niece Jesse Draper portraying the group's babysitter. The series is a spin-off of Draper's film of the same name that was pick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Wolff
Alexander Draper Wolff (born November 1, 1997) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for starring alongside his older brother Nat in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series '' The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–09), which was created by the boys' mother Polly Draper. Wolff and his brother released two soundtrack albums for the series, '' The Naked Brothers Band'' and ''I Don't Want to Go to School'', which were co-produced by their father Michael Wolff. Subsequent to the conclusion of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his older brother formed a duo called Nat & Alex Wolff, and released the albums ''Black Sheep'' (2011) and ''Public Places'' (2016). The brothers also co-starred in their mother's comedy-drama film '' Stella's Last Weekend'' (2018). Wolff focused his career on film roles, portraying Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in '' Patriots Day'' (2016) and John "Derf" Backderf in ''My Friend Dahmer'' (2017). His other acting roles include ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media (CSM) is an organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children. , ''NYT'', May 5, 2003. Accessed Dec 15, 2011. It also funds research on the role of media in the lives of children and advocates publicly for child-friendly policies and laws regarding media. Founded by in 2003, Common Sense Media reviews (And allows users to do the same, divided into adult and child sections) s, movies, streaming/ |
Jesse Draper
Jessica Cook "Jesse" Draper (born January 5, 1986) is an American venture capitalist and TV personality. Early life Draper is the daughter of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Timothy C. Draper and Melissa Lee ( Parker) Draper. Her paternal grandfather is William Henry Draper III, former Chairman of the Export–Import Bank of the United States and her great-grandfather was banker, general, and diplomat William Henry Draper Jr. who served as the first U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Career Draper began her career as an actress. Her first notable role was on the Nickelodeon series '' The Naked Brothers Band'', which starred her cousins Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff and was created by her aunt Polly Draper. She created a technology talk web show called ''The Valley Girl Show'' which she hosted, wrote, and produced with Jonathan Polenz. She attended UCLA. In May 2014, Draper signed a distribution deal with Cox Media Group to broadcast her talk show, ''The Valley Girl Show'', in Northern Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaasim Middleton
Qaasim Asani Malik Seawright-Middleton is an American actor and musician best known for his role in the Nickelodeon TV series '' The Naked Brothers Band''. Qaasim also starred in the HBO documentary movie ''The Music in Me'', and finished eighth place in the fourteenth season of ''American Idol'' in 2015. Early life Qaasim Middleton was born in New York City, New York. He is the son of actor/musician Keith Middleton, who performed in the New York cast of ''STOMP'', and actress/singer-songwriter Toni Seawright, the first African American Miss Mississippi and a 4th runner-up in Miss America. He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Career Middleton is the guitar player for '' The Naked Brothers Band''. He is the newest member to the band and is the replacement for Cole Hawkins and Joshua Kaye as lead guitarist. In the show, it is revealed that he is greatly influenced by Jimi Hendrix. He was also featured in HBO's ''The Music in Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allie DiMeco
Alexandra Jean Theresa "Allie" DiMeco (born June 12, 1992) is an American actress, reality television personality, multi-instrumentalist, and model primarily known for playing the role of Nat Wolff's main love interest Rosalina in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series '' The Naked Brothers Band''. Career DiMeco started acting and modeling at the age of five. DiMeco played piano, bass guitar and cello in the Nickelodeon series '' The Naked Brothers Band''. She also starred in '' The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie''. Other acting credits include the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The King and I'' (National Tour) as Princess Ying Yawolak. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for 2008 for her work in ''The Naked Brothers Band'' ensemble cast. She attended Florida International University where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in communication, journalism, and related programs in 2014 and her Master of Arts A Master of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper Pillot
Cooper Pillot is an American actor best known for portraying himself in The Naked Brothers Band television series and The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie. Personal life Pillot attended Tulane University, where he studied economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillot, Cooper 21st-century American male actors American male television actors American male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Tulane University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Batuello
''The Naked Brothers Band'' is a 2005 American children's musical comedy film written and directed by Polly Draper, which stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to split before reuniting in the end. The film is emboldened by Nat's band, The Silver Boulders, which he created in preschool with his friends Joshua Kaye, Thomas Batuello, and David Levi, who all act as themselves. It also includes Allie DiMeco as Nat's fictional female interest, the siblings' real-life cousin Jesse Draper as the group's babysitter, Draper's husband Michael Wolff playing his sons' widowed accordion-playing dad, and real life friends Cooper Pillot and Cole Hawkins portraying the other members of the band. Draper shot the film in the style of a mockumentary—a parody in documentary format—that depicts the daily activities of the characters. Nat composed and perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Levi (musician)
David Julian Levi (born November 13, 1994) is an American actor and keyboard player. He is best known for the role as himself on '' The Naked Brothers Band''. Both in the show and in real life, David Levi has known Nat Wolff and his family since they were in preschool. Filmography *'' The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'' (2007) *''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series) ''The Naked Brothers Band'' is an American musical comedy television series created by Polly Draper, which aired on Nickelodeon from February 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. It depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux world-renowned ...'' (2007–2009) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands'' (2007) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Sidekicks'' (2008) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears'' (2008) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Mystery Girl'' (2008) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Operation Mojo'' (2008) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol'' (2009) *'' The Naked Brothers Band: The Premiere'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do-rag
A durag ( alternate spellings) is a close-fitting cloth tied around the top of the head to protect the hair; similarly a wave cap is a close-fitting cap for the same purpose. Durags may be worn to accelerate the development of long curly/kinky hair, waves or locks in the hair; to maintain natural oils in hair (similar to a bonnet); to stop hair breakage; or to keep hair, wave patterns and braids from shifting while sleeping. Durags are also worn as an identity-making fashion choice, popular in African-American culture. Spelling and etymology Numerous alternative spellings exist for ''durag'', including do-rag, dew-rag, and doo-rag, all of which may be spelled with a space instead of a hyphen, or with neither a hyphen nor a space; especially as durag. The simplest etymology for ''do-rag'' is that it is named as such because it is a ''rag'' worn to protect one's hair''do''. However, one writer in ''The New York Times'' claims that the correct spelling of the word is ''durag''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Wolff
Nathaniel Marvin Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor and musician. He gained recognition for composing the music for ''The Naked Brothers Band (TV series), The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007–2009), a Nickelodeon television series he starred in with his younger brother, Alex Wolff, Alex, that was created by their actress mother, Polly Draper. Wolff's jazz pianist father, Michael Wolff (musician), Michael Wolff, coproduced the series' soundtrack albums, ''The Naked Brothers Band (album), The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007) and ''I Don't Want to Go to School'' (2008), both of which ranked the 23rd spot on the Billboard 200, Top 200 ''Billboard'' Charts. Following the ending of the Nickelodeon series, Wolff and his brother formed the music duo Nat and Alex Wolff, Nat & Alex Wolff, and they released the album ''Black Sheep (Nat & Alex Wolff album), Black Sheep'' in 2011. He later became known for his lead role in the film ''Paper Towns (film), Paper Towns'' (2015), and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will McRobb And Chris Viscardi
Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi are a team of American show-creators, writers and producers of television and screenwriters. They are best known as the co-creators of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Nickelodeon television series ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete''. Critics have called this quirky and heartfelt ode to growing up "one of the best kids' shows ever". ''Los Angeles Times'' TV critic Robert Lloyd said of the show, "By rendering the ordinary events of childhood and adolescence — staying up late, hating shop class, discovering music, ruing the end of summer — as the epic stuff of legend, the series captured the actual depth and intensity of feeling that comes with being young. Poignant without being sentimental, oddball but never merely weird, the show was made to be 'funny, sad, strange and beautiful'." The series was also known for its music and special guest stars. Over its 39 episodes, ''Pete & Pete'' featured Michael Stipe, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
