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Dude (film)
''Dude'' is a 2018 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Olivia Milch and written by Milch and Kendall McKinnon. The film stars Lucy Hale, Kathryn Prescott, Alexandra Shipp, Awkwafina, Austin Butler and Michaela Watkins. It was released on April 20, 2018, by Netflix. Plot Lily, Chloe, Amelia, and Rebecca are at junior prom. Chloe's brother Thomas takes Lily onto the field and she tells him she cannot imagine leaving. They almost kiss when Rebecca and the others tell them the limo arrived. Lily takes Rebecca and Amelia home, taking Chloe to meet Thomas in the mountains. The three separate and Thomas is killed in a car crash on the way home. At the funeral, Chloe hugs her mom, crying as Lily remains silent. One year later the girls arrive at school stoned. Lily talks with Noah about prom, then she and Chloe walk down the halls recalling how many times they've done so. Lily then arranges parties at various houses. When the girls get back to the car they see their " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Rae
Heather Rae is an American film and television producer and director. She has worked on documentary and narrative film projects, and is best known for ''Frozen River'', ''Trudell'', and '' Tallulah''. Personal life Rae was raised in Idaho. In 1999, Rae married Russell Friedenberg, the American director and screenwriter. They have three children; her daughter is actress Johnny Sequoyah. Career From 1996 to 2001, Rae directed the Native program at the Sundance Institute. In 2000, she co-produced ''Backroads'' directed by Shirley Cheechoo, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival that year. Rae has worked as a producer for more than 20 years, being recognized as one of ''Variety'''s Ten Producers to Watch in 2008, and receiving the Piaget Producers Award and the Cinereach Producers Award. In 2005, ''Trudell'' was released, the culmination of more than a decade of Rae’s work as a filmmaker and activist. It has played in more than 100 film festivals worldwide. ''Trudell'' rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Smith (actress)
Brooke Smith is an American actress, known for her roles as Dr. Erica Hahn on the ABC medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', as Sheriff Jane Greene on the A&E horror series '' Bates Motel'', and as Catherine Martin in the 1991 film '' The Silence of the Lambs,'' along with roles in several movies and guest starring and recurring appearances in many television shows including '' Big Sky'' and ''Them''. Early life Smith was born in New York City. Her father, Eugene "Gene" Smith, worked as a publisher, and her mother, Lois Smith (publicist) (née Wollenweber), had worked with Robert Redford and other actors and directors. Career Smith has appeared in numerous films, including ''The Moderns'' (1988), '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), ''The Night We Never Met'' (1993), '' Mr. Wonderful'' (1993), ''Vanya on 42nd Street'' (1994), ''Last Summer in the Hamptons'' (1995), ''Trees Lounge'' (1996), ''Kansas City'' (1996), ''The Broken Giant'' (1997), ''Random Hearts'' (1999), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black List (survey)
The Black List is an annual survey methodology, survey of the "most-liked" motion picture screenplays not yet produced. It has been published every year since 2005 on the second Friday of December by Franklin Leonard, a development executive who subsequently worked at Universal Studios, Universal Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment. The website states that these are not necessarily "the best" screenplays, but rather "the most liked", since it is based on a survey of film studio, studio and production company executives. Of the more than 1,000 screenplays ''The Black List'' has included since 2005, 440 have been produced as theatrical films, including ''Argo (2012 film), Argo'', ''American Hustle'', ''Juno (film), Juno'', ''The King's Speech'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', ''Spotlight (film), Spotlight'', ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'', ''The Descendants'', and ''Hell or High Water (film), Hell or High Water''. The produced films have together grossed over $3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stony Blyden
Thorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden, (born March 9, 1996) better known by his stage name Stony Blyden, is an Icelandic actor, rapper, singer, drummer and record producer. Life Blyden was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age."Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube" (Icelandic), Monitor, '''', June 3, 2013. Career For his musical artist name, he chose Stony, which is a rough translation of the second part of his Icelandic name, Thorsteinn, "Thor stone." Using a camera he borrowed from his father he sta ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Povitsky
Esther Povitsky (born March 2, 1988), formerly known by the stage name "Little Esther", is an American actress and comedian. She is the co-creator and star of the comedy series ''Alone Together'' (2018), and starred as Izzy in the Hulu series ''Dollface''. Her debut comedy special, ''Hot for My Name'', premiered on Comedy Central on July 17, 2020. Early life and education Esther Povitsky was born in Chicago, Illinois to Mary and Morrie Povitsky. Her father is of Russian-Jewish descent and her mother is a Christian of Finnish descent who worked as an administrative assistant at the Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook. She has one older half-sister from her mother's first marriage. Povitsky was raised in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, where she graduated from Niles North High School in 2006. Following high school, Povitsky attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign for three years before dropping out to pursue a career in stand-up comedy and acting. "I was reall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemis Pebdani
Artemis Pebdani (born August 2, 1977) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Susan Ross on ''Scandal'', Artemis on ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' and Gramma Alice on ''Big City Greens''. Early life Pebdani was born and raised in Texas. Her parents were Iranians who left Iran in the mid-1970s, five years before the Islamic Revolution.Shore Thing heebmagazine.com, access date 1. July 2016 She received her BFA in from and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Spielberg
Sasha Rebecca Spielberg (born May 14, 1990), also known by her stage name Buzzy Lee, is an American actress and musician. Life and career Spielberg was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the daughter of film director Steven Spielberg and actress Kate Capshaw. Her father is from an Orthodox Jewish family, and her mother is a Jewish convert. She is their first child together, although each have children from previous relationships. She has three sisters: Mikaela Spielberg, Destry Spielberg, and half-sister Jessica Capshaw, as well as three brothers: Sawyer Spielberg, Theo Spielberg, and half-brother Max Spielberg. She graduated from Brown University. Spielberg has acted in several of her father's movies, including ''The Terminal'', ''Munich'', ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', and '' The Post''. She performed in the band Wardell (previously known as Brother/Sister) with her brother Theo. Their Brother/Sister EP ''The Accidental Zoo'' was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer (; born May 27, 1973) is an American actor and comedian, who gained national exposure for his portrayal of characters on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' and as Kenneth Parcell in ''30 Rock''. For his role in ''30 Rock'' he was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. He has also had many voice acting roles. During his time at The Walt Disney Company, he has voiced the character Fix-It Felix in the 2012 film ''Wreck-It Ralph'' and later its 2018 sequel, as well as the title character Wander in ''Wander Over Yonder''. McBrayer has recurring roles in ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Puppy Dog Pals'', '' The Middle'' and in the Netflix series '' Big Mouth''. He appeared in ''The Big Bang Theory'' on the Season 10 premiere episode as Penny’s older brother, Randall. For his episode role in ''Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell'', he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Abrams
Austin Noah Abrams (born September 2, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2015–2016), as Ethan Daley in ''Euphoria'' (since 2019) and as Dash in ''Dash & Lily'' (2020). He has also appeared in films such as ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), ''Paper Towns'' (2015), ''Brad's Status'' (2017), ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' (2019) and '' Chemical Hearts'' (2020). Early life Abrams was raised in Sarasota, Florida, and is the son of Lori and Bradley Abrams, who are doctors. He is Jewish. Abrams began taking acting lessons when he was five years old, and started appearing in theater productions at the age of nine. His first film role was in ''Ticking Clock''. Career Austin is known for playing Ron Anderson in the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'' during its fifth and sixth seasons. In 2017, he co-starred in Kyle Wilamowski's film ''All Summers End'', playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colton Dunn
Colton Dunn (born June 30, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Garrett McNeil on the NBC workplace comedy '' Superstore'' (2015–2021) and for his work on Comedy Central sketch comedy series ''Key & Peele'' (2013–2015), where he served as writer, producer, and occasionally performer throughout its five-season run. Dunn also played Herman in ''Lazer Team'' (2015) and its sequel ''Lazer Team 2'' (2017). Life and career Born in 1977 in Normal, Illinois, Dunn moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, with his mother, when he was a toddler. While attending St. Paul Central High School, he was involved in theater and joined an improv comedy group. Dunn moved to New York in 1998, and while there, worked for ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2004. Prior to working on ''Key & Peele'', Dunn was a writer and performer on ''madTV'', from 2005 to 2009. He has also appeared in '' Parks and Recreation'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gomez
Ian Braque Gomez (born December 27, 1964) is an American actor known for his comedic TV work, which include series-regular roles as Javier on '' Felicity'' and Andy on ''Cougar Town''. Early life He was born in New York City, New York, to an artist father and a dancer mother. Career On ''The Drew Carey Show'' from 1995 to 2004, Gomez played Larry Almada, a co-worker of Drew Carey's character (also named Drew Carey) at Winfred-Louder. He also worked with Carey in 1999 on the show ''Whose Line is it Anyway?'' From 1998 to 2002, he played Javier Clemente Quintata on the WB show '' Felicity''. In 2002, Gomez starred in Alanis Morissette's "Hands Clean" music video. In the same year, he appeared with Jeff Garlin, Ted Danson, Michael York, and Hugh Mellon in two episodes of the HBO series ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', where he played the "bald chef", hired by Larry to cook in the restaurant he owned. Gomez appeared in ABC's ''Jake in Progress'' (2005–2006), which starred John Stamos. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Dunn
Nora Dunn (born April 29, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch variety TV series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1990, Dr. Reynolds in ''The Nanny'' (1998-1999), and Muriel in ''Home Economics'' (2021-). Early life Dunn was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Margaret (née East), a nurse, and John Dunn, a musician and poet. Her brother is actor Kevin Dunn, and sister is Cathy Zimmerman. She was raised in a Catholic family, and has Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Career ''Saturday Night Live'' Dunn joined ''SNL'' in 1985 with the return of Lorne Michaels as executive producer. The 1985–1986 season proved to be a ratings disaster, and she was one of only five cast members who was not fired at its end (the others were newcomers Jon Lovitz, A. Whitney Brown, Dennis Miller and longtime featured player Al Franken). Dunn's characters included half of "The Sweeney Sisters" lounge act alongside Jan Hooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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