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Gas (2004 Film)
''Gas'' is a 2004 comedy/drama film, directed by Henry Chan. The film stars Flex Alexander ('' One on One'', ''Love... & Other 4 Letter Words'') and Khalil Kain ('' Girlfriends'', '' Love Jones''). Plot Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together. Cast *Flex Alexander — Damien *Khalil Kain — Mookie * Art Evans — Will *Brent Jennings — Mr. Garrison *Clyde Kusatsu — Mr. Sang *Gina Ravera — Reverend Sheila *J.B. Smoove — Ignatius *Jennifer Pae — Jee *Jessica L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Chan
Henry F. Chan () is an American film and television director. He has directed over 200 episodes of television for all major U.S. networks. In 2013, he directed his first Chinese language film, ''100 Days'' (真愛100天) in Taiwan. Career At the beginning of his career, Chan won a Primetime Emmy Award for editing ''The Cosby Show'' in 1986, he was also nominated again the following year. He made his directorial debut, directing ''A Different World''. Chan has since directed episodes of The Ms. Pat Show, Bigger, The Comedy Get Down, Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life'', ''Fresh Off the Boat'', ''Zoe Ever After'', '' A to Z'', '' Growing Up Fisher'', '' The Neighbors'', ''Whitney'', '' Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23'', ''10 Things I Hate About You'', '' Let's Stay Together'', '' Kitchen Confidential'', ''Living Single'', '' Moesha'', ''The Parkers'', '' Girlfriends'', ''The King of Queens'', '' Scrubs'', ''Lizzie McGuire'' and a few other series. Henry's Chinese c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings (born January 1, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and is a 1969 graduate of Little Rock Central High School. He played Oakland Athletics coach Ron Washington (later manager of Texas Rangers) in the 2011 film ''Moneyball ''Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its focus is the team's analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric appro ...'', played supporting character Ernie, traveling plumbing salesman in the short-lived, but acclaimed AMC television series ‘’Lodge 49’’ and currently stars in the TV series '' All American''. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1951 births Living people African-American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock Central High School alu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Los Angeles
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Directorial Debut Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Comedy-drama Films
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Comedy-drama Films
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Comedy-drama Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyson Beckford
Tyson Beckford (born December 19, 1970) is an American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program '' Make Me a Supermodel''. Beckford has been described as one of the most successful black male supermodels of all time, achieving fame and huge contracts similar to the female models that had huge success in the 1990s. Early life Beckford was born in The Bronx, New York City, on December 19, 1970, to a Jamaican mother, Hillary Dixon Hall, and a Panamanian father of Jamaican and Chinese-Jamaican descent, Lloyd Beckford. Soon after he was born, his mother took the family back to Jamaica, where they lived for seven years before moving to Rochester, New York, where he attended and graduated from Pittsford Mendon High School. During his school years, Tyson was often teased about his looks. Career In 1992, "Erik Lauren Counsel" of the hip hop magazine ''The Source'' approached Beckford "in Washington Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Batayeh
Michael Anthony Batayeh (December 27, 1970 – June 1, 2023) was an American comedian and actor. He was best known for his role as Dennis Markowski, the manager of the industrial laundromat that was a coverup for a meth lab in '' Breaking Bad''. Career Batayeh attended Wayne State University before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Batayeh appeared in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' and ''The Bernie Mac Show''. His most prominent role came as Dennis Markowski in the hit series '' Breaking Bad''. Personal life Batayeh was born to Jordanian American parents. His father was a factory worker for Ford Motor Company. During his time in acting, Batayeh divided his time between California, and Michigan. Death On June 1, 2023, Batayeh was found dead in his home by Pittsfield Township police in Ypsilanti, Michigan at age 52. Batayeh's sister, Ida Vergalla, claimed that Batayeh died of a heart attack. However, a report by the Washtenaw County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Perine
Kelly Perine (born March 23, 1969) is an American television actor, writer, director, producer, and comedian. Perine attended Lake Forest Academy near Chicago, Illinois, where he studied stage acting. He spent his undergraduate years at Pomona College in Claremont, California majoring in film studies, where he graduated in 1991. After graduating, he studied at the University of California, Irvine where he received his master's degree in Drama seven years later. Career Perine is a veteran of over 25 years in Hollywood. Much of his work have been sitcoms or otherwise comedic in nature. Perine had regular roles in '' Between Brothers'' as weatherman Dustin "Dusty" Q. Canyon, Kelly Peterson on the fifth and final season of ''The Parent 'Hood'', and used car salesman Duane Odell Knox in '' One on One'' from seasons 1 to 4, not returning for season 5. He starred in the MyNetworkTV comedy '' Under One Roof'' (2008−09), where he played Winston Hill opposite Flavor Flav. His film work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Kusatsu
Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is an American actor and trade union leader of Japanese descent. Since 2013, he has served as the National Vice President of SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local. Life and career Clyde Kusatsu was born in Hawaii and attended Iolani School where he began acting and in Honolulu summer stock. After graduating with a theatre degree from Northwestern University, he got his first TV role on ''Kung Fu'' where was in four episodes. On ''M*A*S*H'' he played three roles in four episodes. Kusatsu also played Rev. Chong on several episodes of ''All in the Family''. During this period Kusatsu was also a member of East West Players, the oldest Asian-American theatre company in Los Angeles. Kusatsu has been a regular on several television series, beginning with ''Bring 'Em Back Alive'' on CBS (1982–83) and the Hawaii-set medical drama ''Island Son'' on CBS(1989–90), playing the Richard Chamberlain character's best friend, Dr. Kenji Fushida. His many televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
