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Emily V. Gordon
Emily V. Gordon (born May 3, 1979) is an American writer, producer and podcast host. She co-wrote the 2017 romantic comedy film ''The Big Sick'', based on her relationship with her husband and frequent collaborator, comic Kumail Nanjiani. Gordon and Nanjiani won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for ''The Big Sick''; they were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, among many other nominations. Gordon began her career as a family and couples therapist before becoming a writer and comedy producer. She co-created the live show ''The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail'' and its television counterpart for Comedy Central, and has written for television (''The Carmichael Show''), a book (''Super You''), and for several online and print publications. Early life Gordon was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received a BA in psychology from the East Carolina University and an MS/EdS in couples and family counseling from the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in North Carolina, the third-largest urban area in North Carolina, and the 90th most populous city in the United States. With a metropolitan population of 679,948 it is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly known as the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. In 2003, the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point metropolitan statistical area was redefined by the OMB and separated into the two major metropolitan areas of Winston-Salem and Greensboro-High Point. The population of the Winston-Salem metropolitan area in 2020 was 679,948. The metro area covers over 2,000 square miles and spans the five cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County (Manhattan). Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough,2010 Gazetteer for New York State . Retrieved September 18, 2016. with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (; born December 6, 1967) is an American comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his work in comedy and drama films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and directed the films ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), ''Knocked Up'' (2007), ''Funny People'' (2009), ''This Is 40'' (2012), '' Trainwreck'' (2015), ''The King of Staten Island'' (2020), and '' The Bubble'' (2022). Additionally through Apatow Productions, he produced and developed the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), ''Undeclared'' (2001–2002), ''Funny or Die Presents'' (2010–2011), ''Girls'' (2012–2017), ''Love'' (2016–2018), and '' Crashing'' (2017–2019). Apatow also produced the films ''The Cable Guy'' (1996), '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004), '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' (2006), '' Superbad'' (2007), ''Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' (2008), ''Get Him to the Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Showalter
Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's ''The State'', which aired from 1993 to 1995. He and David Wain created the ''Wet Hot American Summer'' franchise, with Showalter co-writing and starring in ''Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), and the Netflix series. Showalter wrote and directed '' The Baxter'' (2005), in which he starred with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux, and Elizabeth Banks. Both films featured many of his co-stars from ''The State'', and so do several of his other projects. Showalter is also a co-creator, co-producer, actor, and writer for the TV series '' Search Party''. He directed the 2017 critically acclaimed feature film '' The Big Sick''. Early life Showalter was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of Elaine Showalter (née Cottler), an author, feminist literary critic, and professor of English, and English Showalter, a Yale-educated prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Kazan
Zoe Swicord Kazan (; born September 9, 1983) is an American actress, playwright, and screenwriter. She made her acting debut in the film ''Swordswallowers and Thin Men'' (2003) and later appeared in films such as '' The Savages'' (2007), ''Revolutionary Road'' (2008), and '' It's Complicated'' (2009). She starred in ''Happythankyoumoreplease'' (2010), '' Meek's Cutoff'' (2010), ''Ruby Sparks'' (2012), and ''What If'' (2013). In 2014, she appeared in the HBO miniseries ''Olive Kitteridge'', for which she received an Emmy nomination. She portrayed Emily Gardner in the film ''The Big Sick'' (2017), and in 2018 appeared in the Coen Brothers film ''The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' in the episode "The Gal Who Got Rattled". She has appeared in several Broadway productions. She also wrote ''Ruby Sparks'' and co-wrote ''Wildlife'' (2018) with her partner Paul Dano (who directed ''Wildlife'' and co-starred with Kazan in ''Ruby Sparks''). In 2020, she co-starred in the HBO miniseries ''The Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mary Sue
Daniel Abrams (born May 20, 1966) is an American media entrepreneur, television host, legal commentator, and author. He is currently the host of the prime-time show ''Dan Abrams Live'' on NewsNation, ''On Patrol: Live'' on Reelz and ''The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets The Law'' on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel. He is also the Chief Legal Analyst of ABC News. Abrams was the host of ''Live PD'' on the A&E cable network and created and hosts ''Court Cam,'' a Law&Crime production on A&E. He was formerly an anchor of '' Nightline''. Abrams also worked as the chief legal correspondent and analyst for NBC News and general manager of MSNBC, and doubled as an anchor for the same network. He began his professional career in 1994 as a reporter for ''Court TV'', covering, among others, the O. J. Simpson murder trial. Early life Daniel Abrams was born in Manhattan; he is Jewish, the son of Efrat and well-known attorney Floyd Abrams, an expert on constitutional law. He is a 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Sperling
Andrea Sperling (born c. 1968/69) is an independent film producer based in Los Angeles. The films she has produced include '' Totally Fucked Up'', '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', '' D.E.B.S.'' and ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' and the Sundance Top Prize winning ''Like Crazy''. Early life and education Sperling attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she took classes under Gregg Araki. While enrolled, she interned during the summers at Avenue Pictures. She graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in Film History, Theory and Criticism. Career Upon graduation, Sperling's former professor, Gregg Araki, asked her to work with him on ''The Living End''. The duo would continue their partnership into Araki's next three movies — '' Totally Fucked Up'', ''The Doom Generation'', and '' Nowhere'' — which were collective dubbed the "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy". The trilogy has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression." Sperling has been credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Soloway
Joey Soloway (previously Jill Soloway; born September 26, 1965) is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway is known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series ''Transparent'', winning two Emmys for the show; directing and writing the film '' Afternoon Delight'', winning the Best Director award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; and producing '' Six Feet Under''. Soloway identifies as non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses they/them pronouns. In 2020, Soloway announced a name change to Joey. Early life Soloway was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, to writer and public relations consultant Elaine Soloway, and psychiatrist Harry J. Soloway, who grew up in London. Around 2011, Harry J. Soloway came out as transgender and announced a name change to Carrie. Soloway's elder sister Faith Soloway is a Boston-based musician and performer, with whom Joey sometimes collaborates. Both Joey and Fait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios is an American television and film producer and distributor that is a subsidiary of Amazon. It specializes in developing television series and distributing and producing films. It was started in late 2010. Content is distributed through theaters and Amazon Prime Video, Amazon's digital video streaming service, whose competitors include Netflix and Hulu, among others. Overview Scripts for television and films used to be submitted online to Amazon and read by staff; however, the website states they no longer accept submissions. Amazon aimed to review submitted scripts within 90 days (although the process may be longer). If a project was chosen for development, the writer was paid $10,000. If a developed script was selected for distribution as a full-budget movie, the creator was paid $200,000; if it was selected for distribution as a full-budget series, the creator was paid $55,000 as well as "up to 5 percent of Amazon's net receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nest (2016 Novel)
''The Nest'' is the bestselling debut novel by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, published on March 22, 2016. The book debuted on the ''New York Times'' best seller list at #3 in Hardcover Fiction for April 10, 2016, and rose to #2 the following week, when it also debuted at #3 on the combined print and e-book list.(10 April 2016)Hardcover Fiction ''The New York Times'' (behind ''Fool Me Once'' by Harlan Coben and ''Private Paris'' by James Patterson)(10 April 2016)Combined Print & E-Book Fiction ''The New York Times'' Plot and main characters Leo, Melody, Jack and Bea are four siblings of the Plumb family who live in and around New York. They are due to receive money from a trust fund, which they call the "Nest", when Melody, the youngest, turns 40. However, Leo's reckless actions at a wedding party means that funds need to be withdrawn from the Nest prematurely. This causes tension between the four siblings.Greenblatt, Leah (17 March 2016)The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney: EW review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerdist Industries
Nerdist Industries, LLC is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium content YouTube channel, a news division (Nerdist News), and a television version of the original podcast produced by and aired on BBC America. History Nerdist Industries was formed in February 2012 after Hardwick and Peter Levin (GeekChicDaily) merged their separate entertainment projects into Nerdist Industries, after which GeekChicDaily was rebranded Nerdist News. The newly formed company began to produce additional podcasts under the Nerdist Industries banner as well as producing content and webshows for its Nerdist YouTube channel. In July 2012, Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment. It was announced that Nerdist Industries would operate independently with Hardwick and Levin as its co-presidents. Peter Levin left Nerd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hardwick
Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosts ''Talking Dead'', an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series '' The Walking Dead'' and '' Fear the Walking Dead'', as well as ''Talking with Chris Hardwick'', a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and ''The Wall'', a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. Hardwick created Nerdist Industries, operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast ''The Nerdist Podcast'', which later left the network and was renamed to ''ID10T with Chris Hardwick''. His podcast has broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019. Hardwick originated the role of Stacee Jaxx in ''Rock of Ages'' during its premiere run in Los Angeles (2005–2006). In 2011, he began hosting the BBC America Britcom block ''Ministry of Laughs''. From 2013 to 2017, he hosted '' @midnight with Chris Hardwick'', a nigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
