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Chanté Adams
Chanté Adams (born December 16, 1994) is an American actress. She starred in the 2017 biopic ''Roxanne Roxanne'', for which she received the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance. Life and career Adams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She began acting as a student at Cass Technical High School. She received her bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, after which she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. One month after moving to New York, Adams was invited to audition for the lead role in a biopic about rapper Roxanne Shanté. She was cast in the role and filming began eight days later. For her performance in ''Roxanne Roxanne'', Adams received the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at 2017 Sundance. Adams has appeared in the films ''Monsters and Men'' (2018), '' Bad Hair'' (2020), and '' The Photograph'' (2020). In 2021, Adams starred opposite Michael B. Jordan in the romantic drama '' A Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Sundance Film Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016. Awards The following awards were presented: * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – ''I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore'' by Macon Blair * Audience Award: Dramatic – ''Crown Heights (film), Crown Heights'' by Matt Ruskin * Directing Award: Dramatic – Eliza Hittman for ''Beach Rats'' * Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer for ''Ingrid Goes West'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance – Chanté Adams for ''Roxanne Roxanne'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director – Maggie Betts for ''Novitiate (film), Novitiate'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Daniel Landin for ''The Yellow Birds (film), The Yellow Birds'' * Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – ''Dina (film), Dina'' by Dan Sickles (director), Dan Sickles and Antonio Santi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Arcy Carden
D'Arcy Beth Carden (born Darcy Beth Erokan, January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her starring roles as Janet in the NBC sitcom ''The Good Place'' (2016–2020) and Greta Gill in the Prime series ''A League Of Their Own'' (2022-present). She earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in ''The Good Place''. She has held recurring roles as Gemma in ''Broad City'' (2014–2019) and as Natalie Greer in the HBO dark comedy series ''Barry'' (2018–present). Carden began her career performing improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She went on to make appearances in several television series, including ''Inside Amy Schumer'' (2015), ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' (2016), and ''Veep'' (2017). She also appeared in numerous films, such as '' Other People'' (2016), ''Let It Snow'' (2019), and '' Bombshell'' (2019). Early life Darcy Beth Erokan was born and rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1994 Births
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Outer Critics Circle Award
The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town newspapers, digital and national publications, and other media beyond Broadway. The awards were first presented during the 1949–50 theater season, celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2020. David Gordon, Senior Features Reporter at TheaterMania.com, currently serves as president. History The Outer Critics Circle was founded as the Outer Circle during the Broadway season of 1949–50 by an assortment of theater critics led by John Gassner, a reviewer, essayist, dramaturg, and professor of theater. These critics were writing for academic publications, special interest journals, monthlies, quarterlies, and weekly publications outside the New York metro area, and were looking for a forum where they could discuss the theater in general, particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeleton Crew (play)
''Skeleton Crew'' is a Play (theatre), play written by Dominique Morisseau about an auto factory on the brink of closure in 2008 Detroit, Michigan. It is the third part of Morisseau's Dominique Morisseau#The Detroit Project, Detroit Project, inspired by African-American playwrights, which also includes ''Paradise Blue'' and ''Detroit '67''. Productions ''Skeleton Crew'' ran Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2016 and subsequently at the Detroit Public Theatre in 2017. The Atlantic production was also directed by Santiago-Hudson. It ran on Broadway theatre, Broadway as a limited-run engagement at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre from December 2021 through February 2022 under the direction of Ruben Santiago-Hudson and starred Phylicia Rashad as Faye. It was one of a series of Broadway shows in the 2021–2022 season written by Black playwrights, and parallels were identified between the play's story and the Omicron surge under which its run fell. Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Man In Full (TV Series)
''A Man in Full'' is an upcoming American drama limited series starring Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane, and created by David E. Kelley and directed by Regina King based on Tom Wolfe's novel of the same name for Netflix. The series consists of six episodes, and will premiere on Netflix. Premise Business and political interests collide when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker defends his empire from those wanting to capitalize on his sudden bankruptcy and fall from grace. Cast and characters * Jeff Daniels as Charlie Croker * Diane Lane as Martha Croker * William Jackson Harper as Wes Jordan * Aml Ameen as Roger White * Tom Pelphrey as Raymond Peepgrass * Sarah Jones as Serena Croker * Jon Michael Hill as Conrad Hensley * Chanté Adams as Jill Hensley * Lucy Liu as Joyce Newman * Bill Camp as Harry Zale * Evan Roe as Wally Croker Episodes Regina King will direct the first three episodes. David E. Kelley wrote the pilot screenplay, titled "Saddlebags". Production De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Canedy
Dana Canedy (born June 8, 1965) is an American journalist, author, and publishing executive who worked at the ''New York Times'' for over 20 years, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. She was appointed senior vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster's flagship eponymous imprint in July 2020. She is the first African-American to head a "major publishing imprint". From 2017 to 2020, she served as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. Early life and career Canedy was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Radcliff, Kentucky, near Fort Knox, in a military family. She graduated from the University of Kentucky and worked at ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Plain Dealer'' before joining ''The New York Times'' in 1996. She was named a senior editor at ''The New York Times'' in 2006. In August 2017, Canedy became administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, the first woman and first person of color to hold the position. She is co-author of the series "How Race Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voyagers (film)
''Voyagers'' is a 2021 science fiction film written, co-produced and directed by Neil Burger. It stars Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Chanté Adams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Viveik Kalra, Archie Renaux, Archie Madekwe, and Quintessa Swindell, and follows a group of teenage astronauts sent on a multi-generational mission in the year 2063 to colonize a habitable exoplanet amidst runaway climate change and declining habitability on Earth, who descend into paranoia and social conflict after discovering that their personalities and emotions were being artificially suppressed. It has been described as "''Lord of the Flies'' in space". The film was theatrically released on April 9, 2021, by Lionsgate and was a box office bomb, grossing US$4.2 million against a $29 million production budget. Plot In 2063, astrophysicists on a climate-change-ravaged Earth find a habitable planet. A scouting mission is sent, although the roughly 86-year flight means that the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Girls Get High
''Good Girls Get High'' is a 2018 film directed by Laura Terruso and written by Terruso and Jennifer Nashorn Blankenship. It stars Abby Quinn, Stefanie Scott, Lauren Lapkus, Matt Besser, Isabelle Fuhrman, Danny Pudi, Chanté Adams, and Booboo Stewart. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 22, 2018, and became available on DirecTV on October 10, 2019, receiving a limited theatrical release beginning November 8. Plot Two overachieving high school seniors decide to get high in order to prove themselves to their classmates and find themselves barreling through a night that spirals beyond their intentions. Cast * Abby Quinn as Sam *Stefanie Scott as Danielle *Lauren Lapkus as Patty *Matt Besser as Larry *Isabelle Fuhrman as Morgan *Danny Pudi as Mr. D *Chanté Adams as Ashanti *Booboo Stewart as Jeremy * Miles McKenna as Pizza Ken Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of based on critics. On Metacritic, the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
