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Block Party (2022 Film)
''Block Party'' is a 2022 American comedy film directed by Dawn Wilkinson, starring Antoinette Robertson, Margaret Avery, Golden Brooks, Birgundi Baker, Charlyne Yi, Gary Anthony Williams, Luenell, Bill Cobbs and John Amos. Cast * Antoinette Robertson as Keke McQueen * Margaret Avery as Janice Sommers * Golden Brooks as Tasha McQueen * Birgundi Baker as Eboni * Charlyne Yi as Alice * Gary Anthony Williams as Sean * Luenell as Debra * Bill Cobbs as Uncle Jim * John Amos as Dennis * Ben Miliken as Ben * Terayle Hill as Will Rencher * Richard Hartley as Daryl * Faizon Love as Gus * Felonious Munk as DJ Dee Nutz * Merle Dandridge as Crystal Maitland * Carmella Riley as Fire Marshall Joy * Brad William Henke as Buddy Frank Release The film was released in theatres on 8 June 2022 and on BET+ on 16 June. Reception Tim Cogshell of '' KPCC's FilmWeek'' called the film "so sweet" and praised Cobb's performance and his character, stating that he had "some of the funniest lines" in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoinette Robertson
Antoinette Robertson is an American actress, known for her roles in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, '' The Haves and the Have Nots'' (2014–18), and Netflix comedy-drama series ''Dear White People'' (2017–2021). Life and career Robertson began her acting career in William Esper Studio. Her first notable role was in the CW comedy-drama series ''Hart of Dixie'' (2013–14). In 2014, she was cast in a recurring role in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, '' The Haves and the Have Nots'' playing the role of Melissa Wilson. She was promoted to series regular in season five, her final season on show. In 2017, Robertson was cast as Colandrea 'Coco' Conners in the Netflix comedy-drama series, ''Dear White People''. The series ended in 2021. In 2021, she had a recurring role in the Canadian drama series, ''Diggstown ''Diggstown'' (known as ''Midnight Sting'' in the UK), is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Michael Ritchie and wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is a Cuban-born American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films '' The Meteor Man'', ''Don't Be a Menace'', ''Friday'', ''B*A*P*S'', ''Elf'', '' The Replacements'', ''Made'', and ''Couples Retreat'', as well as the voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson in the video game '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and his role as Wendell Wilcox on ''The Parent 'Hood''. Early life Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima in Santiago de Cuba on June 14, 1968. He has described himself as a military brat who was raised in Southeast San Diego, California and Newark, New Jersey because of his father's career in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Morse High School in Southeast San Diego. Career Love got his start as a stand-up comedian at age 15 and made his acting debut in an off-Broadway at the age of 19. His film debut, '' Bebe's Kids'', saw him provide the voice of comedian Robin Harris, who died befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheWrap
''TheWrap'' is an American online news website covering the business of entertainment and media via digital, print and live events. It was founded by journalist Sharon Waxman Sharon I. Waxman (born c.1963) is an American author, journalist, and blogger who has been a correspondent for '' The Washington Post'' and '' The New York Times'', and founded the Hollywood and media business news site ''TheWrap'' in early 2009. ... in 2009. Awards ''TheWrap'' has won awards for its journalism, including best website in 2018 for a news organization exclusive to the internet at the L.A. Press Club's SoCal Journalism Awards and best entertainment website in 2018 at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism (NAEJ) awards. In 2016, the L.A. Press Club's NAEJ gave the site its top prizes for feature photography and Sharon Waxman's WaxWord blog, as well as second place for Best Entertainment Website and Entertainment Publication. The site was named the best online news site in both 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining "June" and "nineteenth", it is celebrated on the anniversary of General Order No. 3, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas. Originating in Galveston, Juneteenth has since been observed annually in various parts of the United States, often broadly celebrating African-American culture. The day was first recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law after the efforts of Lula Briggs Galloway, Opal Lee, and others. Early celebrations date to 1866, at first involving church-centered community gatherings in Texas. They spread across the South and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 1930s, often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migration brought these celeb ... [...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/ |
KPCC (FM)
KPCC (89.3 FM) – branded 89.3 KPCC – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Pasadena, California, primarily serving Greater Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. KPCC also reaches much of Santa Barbara, Ventura County, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, and extends throughout Southern California with five low-power broadcast relay stations and three full-power repeaters. Owned by Pasadena City College and operated by the American Public Media Group via Southern California Public Radio, KPCC broadcasts a mix of public radio and news, and is an owned-and-operated station for American Public Media; in addition to serving as an affiliate for NPR and Public Radio Exchange; and is the radio home for Sandra Tsing Loh and Larry Mantle. Besides a standard analog transmission, KPCC broadcasts over two HD Radio channels,https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?latitude=34.052230834961&longitude=-118.24368286133 HD Radio Guide for Los Angeles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad William Henke
Brad William Henke (April 10, 1966 – November 29, 2022) was an American actor and National Football League and Arena Football League player. He was best known for his role as Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella on ''Orange Is the New Black'', for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016. Early life and education Henke was born in Columbus, Nebraska. He attended the University of Arizona and played football as a defensive lineman. Career Football career Henke was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1989 NFL Draft but got cut during training camp. He was picked up by the Denver Broncos, and he played in Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers. Repeated injuries, which required six ankle surgeries, led to his retirement from professional football in 1994. Acting Henke began acting in 1994, starting with commercials. He appeared in '' October Road'', '' Around June'', ''The Amateurs'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge (born May 31, 1975) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for performing in Broadway musicals such as ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', ''Spamalot'', ''Rent'', and ''Once on This Island'', as well as her video game roles as Alyx Vance in ''Half-Life 2'' and Marlene in ''The Last of Us'' and ''The Last of Us Part II''. She played the leading role of Grace Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, '' Greenleaf'' (2016-2020). She also has had the recurring roles on television series such as ''Sons of Anarchy'' and '' The Night Shift'' and starred as Kim Hammond in the first season of HBO Max comedy-drama series, ''The Flight Attendant'' in 2020. In 2022, Dandridge began starring as Natasha Seo-Yeon Ross in the ABC action series ''Station 19''. She will reprise her role as Marlene in the upcoming television adaptation of ''The Last of Us''. Early life Dandridge was born in Okinawa on May 31, 1975. Dandridge’s mother identifies as half Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felonious Munk
Arif Bilal Shahid (born August 4, 1972) better known by his stage name Felonious Munk is an Ethiopian-American comedian, writer, actor, playwright, and social commentator. He is best known as Hassan on the ABC show For Life. Career After leaving a job as a finance director for a car dealership, Munk pursued stand up comedy. Shortly after, he began a web series ''Stop It B''. The series eventually gained attention in the political world for Munk's socio-political commentary. Following several appearances on Fox Business News' Imus in the Morning in 2011, Munk was hired by WPIX in New York to provide commentary for their 5pm news broadcast, anchored by Jodi Applegate. He was also a regular in the comedy clubs in the city, headlining Gotham in 2012/13 and making appearances on podcasts like Robert Kelly's You Know What Dude! podcast among others. In 2012, former Tribune Company chief innovation officer Lee Abrams founded TouchVision a news media organization targeting millenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Avery
Margaret Avery (born April 15, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including '' Cool Breeze'' (1972), ''Which Way Is Up?'' (1977), ''Scott Joplin'' (1977), and ''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'' (1979). Avery is best known for her performance as Shug Avery in the 1985 period drama film ''The Color Purple'' for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She continued appearing in films including ''Blueberry Hill'' (1988), ''White Man's Burden'' (1995), ''Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins'' (2008), '' Meet the Browns'' (2008), and ''Proud Mary'' (2018). From 2013 to 2019, Avery starred as Helen Patterson, lead character's mother, in the BET drama series ''Being Mary Jane''. Early life Margaret Avery was born in Mangum, Oklahoma and raised in San Diego, California, where she attended Point Loma High School. She then attended San Francisco State University where, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
