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Damon Wayans, Jr.
Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. (born November 18, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Happy Endings (TV series), Happy Endings'', for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012, and as Coach in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sitcom ''New Girl.'' In 2014, he starred in the comedy film ''Let's Be Cops'', and provided the voice of Wasabi in ''Big Hero 6 (film), Big Hero 6''. He is the eldest son of actor and comedian Damon Wayans, and nephew of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kim Wayans, and Marlon Wayans.Damon Wayans Biography (1960— ) Filmreference.com. Retrieved on December 30, 2011. Early life Wayans was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington, Vermont
Huntington is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,938 at the 2020 census. History The town was originally called "New Huntington", but the name was changed to "Huntington" in October 1795. It was named for landholders Josiah, Charles and Marmaduke Hunt. Geography Huntington is in southeastern Chittenden County, bordered to the southwest by Addison County and to the east by Washington County. The town is located on the west side of the Green Mountains and is centered on the valley of the Huntington River, a north-flowing tributary of the Winooski River. The summit of Camel's Hump is in Huntington's northeast corner, on the town boundary with Duxbury. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Huntington has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.26%, is water. The village of Huntington is in the northwest part of the town, Huntington Center is centrally located, and Hanksville is in the south. All three villages l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Def Comedy Jam
''Def Comedy Jam'' is an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from March 7, 1992 to May 2, 1997. Simmons was inspired to make Def Comedy Jam by The Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem, New York and Jerry Lewis' movie ''The Nutty Professor''. The show returned on HBO's fall lineup in 2006. ''Def Comedy Jam'' helped to launch the careers of several African-American stand-up comedians. Comedian Rich Vos was the first Caucasian to perform on the show. Spin-offs The show produced a spinoff called ''Loco Slam''. Home media releases The show is currently available in DVD boxsets in the US and the UK. References External linksHBO - Def Comedy Jam on Netflix
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Amber Stevens West
Amber Dawn Stevens West is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series ''Greek (TV series), Greek'' (2007–2011)'','' Maxine in the NBC sitcom ''The Carmichael Show'' (2015–2017), and Claire Davis in the CBS comedy ''Happy Together (2018 TV series), Happy Together'' (2018–2019). She has also appeared in films ''The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film), The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012), ''22 Jump Street'' (2014) and ''Jessabelle'' (2014). She played the lead role of Maya in the 2018 comedy film ''Love Jacked''. Early life Stevens West was born Amber Dawn Stevens in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, California, the daughter of former model Beverly Cunningham and radio announcer Shadoe Stevens; She has a younger sister named Chyna and an older paternal half-brother named Brad. Stevens is of mixed ethnicity, being born to a Caucasian father and African-American mother who is also part Comanche. Stevens West is a graduate of Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Together (American TV Series)
''Happy Together'' is an American television sitcom created by Tim McAuliffe and Austen Earl, that aired on CBS from October 1, 2018 to January 14, 2019. The series follows a young couple whose lives are suddenly thrown into chaos when a pop star moves into their home. It stars Damon Wayans Jr., Amber Stevens West, Felix Mallard, Stephnie Weir, Victor Williams and Chris Parnell. On May 10, 2019, CBS cancelled the series after one season. Premise ''Happy Together'' follows "Jake and Claire, a thirty something couple who are tired of their mundane life and start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star, who is drawn to their super-normal suburban life, moves in." Cast and characters Main * Damon Wayans Jr. as Jake Davis, an accountant in the entertainment industry who has Cooper James as a client. * Amber Stevens West as Claire Davis, a restaurant and bar designer and Jake's wife. * Stephnie Weir as Bonnie, a retired doctor and Claire's mother. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamorne Morris
Lamorne Morris (born August 14, 1983) is an American actor, comedian and television personality. He is known for roles such as Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom ''New Girl'' (2011-2018), Darrin Morris in the National Geographic docudrama ''Valley of the Boom'' (2019), about the 90s tech boom, and cartoonist Keef Knight in the Hulu comedy ''Woke'' (2020-2022). He has also had supporting roles in the films '' Barbershop: The Next Cut'' (2016), '' Game Night'' (2018)'','' '' Jumanji: The Next Level'' (2019), and ''Yesterday'' (2019). Early life Morris grew up in the South Side of Chicago. As a teenager he moved to the western suburb of Glen Ellyn, where he attended Glenbard South High School. His mother worked for the United States Postal Service. He also has a brother, Devon. Before he discovered acting, Morris was a class clown who would frequently be sent to detention. Morris graduated from the College of DuPage in 2003 where he studied theatre and received the Chris Farley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. A successful pilot may be used as the series premiere, the first aired episode of a new show, but sometimes a series' pilot may be aired as a later episode or never aired at all. Some series are commissioned straight-to-series without a pilot. On some occasions, pilots that were not ordered to series may also be broadcast as a standalone television film or special. A "backdoor pilot" is an episode of an existing series that heavily features supporting characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel (; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She made her film debut in '' Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film ''Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as ''The Good Girl'' (2002), ''The New Guy'' (2002), ''Elf'' (2003), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Failure to Launch'' (2006), '' Yes Man'' (2008), ''500 Days of Summer'' (2009) and ''Our Idiot Brother'' (2011). She has also ventured into dramatic film territory with '' Manic'' (2001), '' All the Real Girls'' (2003), ''Winter Passing'' (2005), '' Bridge to Terabithia'' (2007), ''The Happening'' (2008) and ''The Driftless Area'' (2015). From 2011 to 2018, she starred as Jessica Day on the Fox sitcom ''New Girl'', for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. For a few years starting in 2001, Deschanel performed in the jazz cabaret act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Critics' Choice Television Award
The Critics' Choice Television Awards are accolades that are presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA). They were established in 2011, and the first ceremony was held on June 20, 2011, and streamed live on VH1.com. The fourth ceremony was televised live, for the first time in award history, on June 19, 2014, on The CW. In October 2014, the A&E Network was granted exclusive rights to broadcast the television and film awards in 2015 and 2016. History The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) was founded in 2011 as an offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Awards are produced by executive producer Bob Bain. According to the acting president of the BTJA, Joey Berlin, the Critics' Choice Television Awards were launched "to enhance access for broadcast journalists covering the television industry. Just as the Critics' Choice Movie Awards has been established as an important part of the annual movie awards season, we are confident th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to other awards, like the Oscars and the Grammys, the over 40 categories of the Image Awards are voted on by the award organization's members (in this case, NAACP members). Honorary awards (similar to the Academy Honorary Award) have also been included, such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award. History The award ceremony was first organized and presented on August 13, 1967, by activists Maggie Hathaway, Sammy Davis Jr. and Willis Edwards, all three of whom were leaders of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood NAACP branch. While it was first taped for television by NBC (which broadcast the awards from 1987 to 1994 in January, on weeks when ''Saturday Night Live'' wasn't airing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Wilson
Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson (born October 24, 1980) is an American actress, comedienne, and screenwriter. She starred as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'' for which she was twice nominated to the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and has since starred in comedies such as Showtime's ''Black Monday'', Apple TV's '' The Shrink Next Door'', Hulu's ''The Hotwives'' and '' Marry Me'' on NBC. Other notable work includes supporting roles in films such as '' Gone Girl'', ''Julie & Julia'', and ''The Meddler'', recurring in the HBO series ''Mrs. Fletcher'', the Amazon comedy '' One Mississippi'', and the Netflix series ''Atypical'', and her 2013 Sundance film ''Ass Backwards'', which she co-wrote and starred in with her creative partner June Diane Raphael. Wilson co-hosts (alongside Danielle Schneider) the Earwolf podcast ''Bitch Sesh''. Wilson made her first major television appearances with a two-season stint as a cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Pally
Adam Saul Pally (born March 18, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Max Blum in the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings'' and as Dr. Peter Prentice in ''The Mindy Project''. He also starred in the FOX comedy '' Making History'' and was the executive producer of ''The President Show''. Early life and education Pally was born in New York City, to Dr. Steven Pally, an internist who owns his own medical office, and Caryn Pally, who managed the practice in Florham Park, New Jersey. He was raised Jewish. He grew up in New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey, and has two sisters, Erica and Risa. In 2004, Pally graduated from The New School University in New York City. He has performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) in New York since 2002 and continues to perform in shows such as "Death by Roo Roo" and "ASSSSCAT 3000" at the theater's Los Angeles division. He is a member of the sketch comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Knighton
Zachary Andrew Knighton (born October 25, 1978) is an American actor, most widely known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series '' Happy Endings''. Prior to that, he co-starred as Dr. Bryce Varley on ABC's science fiction series '' FlashForward''. He also starred in the FOX sitcom ''Weird Loners'' and stars as Orville "Rick" Wright in the CBS and NBC drama series ''Magnum P.I.'' Life and career Knighton was born in Alexandria, Virginia and, in 1996, graduated from Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia and the Governor's School for the Arts. Later, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2007, he starred in the horror film remake '' The Hitcher'', with Sophia Bush, playing the role originally performed by C. Thomas Howell. Previously, Knighton played Laz Lackerson on the short-lived television program, ''Life on a Stick''. He starred as Gary on the series ''Related''. In 2009, he was cast as Bryce Varley in the science fiction series '' FlashFo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
