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Beverly Hills, 90210 Franchise
The ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise comprises the Continuity (fiction), ongoing timeline and shared characters that link the American television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990); Melrose Place, ''Melrose Place'' (1992); ''Models Inc.'' (1994); ''90210 (TV series), 90210'' (2008); Melrose Place (2009 TV series), ''Melrose Place'' (2009); and the 2019 revival ''BH90210'', which takes place outside of the franchise continuity. The continuity, which progresses in Real time (media), real time, was introduced in 1990 with the debut of Darren Star's teen drama ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', which was produced by Aaron Spelling and initially aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX television network in the United States. After this series became a worldwide success in 1991, Star expanded the franchise with 1992's ''Melrose Place'', a drama about young adults in Los Angeles. The third series, ''Models Inc.'', aired from June 1994 to March 1995. The fourth entry, simply titled ''9021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Star
Darren Star (born July 25, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of film and television. He is best known for creating the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000), ''Melrose Place'' (1992–1999), ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), '' Younger'' (2015–2021), and ''Emily in Paris'' (2020–present). Early life Darren Star was born to a Jewish family in Potomac, Maryland. His mother was a freelance writer and his father was an orthodontist. He attended Winston Churchill High School and UCLA where he studied English and Creative Writing. Career He created the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' based on his own high school experiences and ''Melrose Place'', and he was the creator and a writer for the HBO series ''Sex and the City''. He also worked on ''Central Park West'' (1995), ''Grosse Pointe'' (2000), ''The $treet'' (2000), ''Miss Match'' (2003), '' Kitchen Confidential'' (2005), '' Runaway'' (2006) and '' Cashmere Mafia'' (2008). He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabe Sachs
Gabe Sachs is an American television producer, who has been a writer/producer with partner Jeff Judah for a number of primetime television shows and movies including ''Freaks & Geeks'', ''Just Shoot Me'', ''Undeclared'', '' Life As We Know It'', '' 90210'', ''What About Brian'', and '' The Night Shift''. Sachs & Judah were also writers on the hit movies ''Diary Of A Wimpy Kid'' and '' Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules''. Life and career Sachs went to New York, got some friends together, and borrowed better equipment. The result was ''Street Match'', a pilot entirely made on spec, which ABC picked up as a summer series. Soon after, Sachs shot his next show ''Pranks'' where he met his current writing/producing partner Jeff Judah. They wrote the pilot ''Damian Cromwell's Postcards From America'' under a deal at HBO and soon after Sachs & Judah was formed. Sachs and Judah have been writing, producing and show-running for the past 18 years. On July 17, 2001, both Sachs and Judah t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising soliciting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynasty (1981 TV Series)
''Dynasty'' is an American prime time television soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio drama ... that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 12, 1981, to May 11, 1989. The series, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, revolves around the Carrington family, Carringtons, a wealthy family residing in Denver, Colorado. ''Dynasty'' stars John Forsythe as oil magnate Blake Carrington, Linda Evans as his new wife Krystle Carrington, Krystle, and later Joan Collins as his former wife Alexis Colby, Alexis. ''Dynasty'' was conceived by ABC to compete with CBS's prime time series ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas''. Ratings for the show's first season were unimpressive, but a revamp for the second season that included the arrival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Boat
''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pacific Princess'', and revolved around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of his crew, with passengers played by guest actors for each episode, having romantic and humorous adventures. The ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatlán. The series was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included ''Fantasy Island'' until 1984. The original 1976 made-for-TV movie on which the show was based (also titled ''The Love Boat'' was itself based on the nonfiction book ''The Love Boats'' by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director for a passenger cruise-ship line. Saunders was also partly inspired by the German cruise ship MV ''Aurora''. The TV mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aaron Spelling. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three women working at a private detective agency in Los Angeles, California, and originally starred Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett (billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors), and Jaclyn Smith in the leading roles and John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone. There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd joined; after Jackson departed, Shelley Hack joined, who was subsequently replaced by Tanya Roberts. Despite mixed reviews from critics and a reputation for merely being "jiggle television" (specifically emphasizing the sex appeal of the female l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon Communications. It provides a web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including My Yahoo!, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports and its advertising platform, Yahoo! Native. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, usage declined in the late 2000s as some services discontinued and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. History Founding In January 1994, Yang and Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University, when they created a website named "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". The site was a human-edited web directory, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Show
Grant Alan Show (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor best known for his role on ''Melrose Place'' as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. Since 2017, Show has portrayed tycoon Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot ''Dynasty''. Early life Show was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Ed and Kathleen Show (née McMillion), and has a sister, Kelly, with whom he was raised in the Milpitas, California, area. He is a graduate of UCLA, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Career He broke into show business during college. His first major role was on the daytime soap opera ''Ryan's Hope'', in which he played Rick Hyde from 1984–1987. During his last year on the show, he received a Daytime Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Young Actor in a Daytime Drama Series". Also during his time on the soap, Show dated fellow ''Ryan's Hope'' actor Yasmine Bleeth. Hyped as the series' leading heart-throb, he even had a pin-up poster issued during the series' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Ziering
Ian Andrew Ziering (; born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for his role as Steve Sanders on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', which he played from 1990 to 2000. He is also the voice of Vinnie on ''Biker Mice from Mars''. From 2013 to 2018, he starred as Fin Shepard in the ''Sharknado'' film series. In 2019, he played the DC Comics character Blue Devil on the series ''Swamp Thing''. Early life Ziering was born in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest of three boys for Muriel (1925–1998) and Paul M. Ziering (1921–2008), an educator, orchestra leader, and saxophonist. He grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and has two older brothers, Jeff and Barry. Ziering is Jewish (his family is from Russia and Austria). He graduated from West Orange High School in 1982, and from William Paterson University in 1988. Career In 1990, Ziering began his portrayal of the character Steve Sanders on the hit series ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. Sanders was a high school stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green (born Brian Green; July 15, 1973) is an American actor, rapper, television personality and podcaster, best known for his portrayal of David Silver on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–2000). Green was also a series regular on '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'', '' Freddie'', ''Wedding Band'', and ''Anger Management''. Early life Green was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Joyce and George Green. He has some Scottish ancestry. His middle name, "Austin", was added to differentiate himself from another actor when he joined the Screen Actor's Guild as a child. Green grew up in North Hollywood and attended North Hollywood High School, after attending the Hamilton High School Academy of Music. Career Prior to his role on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', Green had a recurring role for three seasons (1986–1989) on the CBS primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'', playing the role of Brian Cunningham, the son of Abby Cunningham Ewing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Spelling
Victoria Davey Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress and author. Her first major role was Donna Martin on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', beginning in 1990. She has appeared in made for television films, including ''A Friend to Die For'' (1994), '' A Carol Christmas'' (2003), ''The Mistle-Tones'' (2012), both versions of '' Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?'' (1996 and 2016) and '' The Last Sharknado: It's About Time'' (2018). She has also starred in several independent films including ''The House of Yes'' (1997), ''Trick'' (1999), ''Scary Movie 2'' (2001), ''Cthulhu'' (2007), '' Kiss the Bride'' (2007) and ''Izzie's Way Home'' (2016). She reprised her role of Donna Martin in ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' spin-off, ''BH90210'', in 2019. Spelling's autobiography, '' Stori Telling'', debuted on top of the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list and was named the best celebrity autobiography of 2009. Early life Spelling was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennie Garth
Jennifer Eve Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise and Val Tyler on the sitcom '' What I Like About You'' (2002–06). In 2012, she starred in her own reality show, ''Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country'' on CMT. Her memoir titled ''Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde'' was published by New American Library on April 1, 2014. Early life Garth was born in Urbana, Illinois, to John and Carolyn Garth. The youngest of seven children (though their only child together), Garth spent much of her youth on a 25-acre horse ranch between Sadorus and Arcola, Illinois. For a time the family stayed in Tuscola, Illinois; but eventually they settled in Glendale, Arizona, when Garth was around 13 years old. She studied dance and modeled, and was soon discovered at a local talent competition by Randy James, Hollywood scout and manager. She attended Greenway High School as a freshman and tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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