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Ilfenesh Hadera
Ilfenesh Hadera (born December 1, 1985) is an American actress. Early life Hadera was born on December 1, 1985 in Harlem to Kim Nichols and Asfaha Hadera. She identifies as half Ethiopian and half white. Her father is a Tigrayan refugee and founder of the African Services Committee, a Harlem-based organization that works with African refugees. She volunteered with the organization prior to beginning her acting career. Hadera attended The Harlem School of the Arts, followed by the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. She went on to receive an MFA in text and performance studies from RADA/King's College London. Career In 2010, Hadera made her acting debut in the film ''1/20''. A frequent collaborator with Spike Lee, she has appeared in '' Da Brick'', ''The Blacklist'', '' Oldboy'', ''Show Me a Hero'', ''Chi-Raq'', '' Chicago Fire'', ''The Punisher'', and ''She's Gotta Have It''. Hadera co-starred as Stephanie Holden in the 2017 film ''Baywatch'', and in 2018 starred as Kay Daniels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billions (TV Series)
''Billions'' is an American drama television series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The series premiered on Showtime on January 17, 2016, and has produced six complete seasons to date. The series is often set in large financial centers, most notably New York and Connecticut. The series tells the story of hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance. Axelrod's aggressive tactics to secure high returns frequently cross over into the illegal—acts that United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) attempts to prosecute. A large ensemble secondary cast supports the series' story arcs. Some plotlines mirror real-life prosecutions of financial crime by federal authorities. The series was inspired by the investigations undertaken by Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan from 2009 to 2017, on whom Rhoades is based. Bharar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punisher (TV Series)
''Marvel's The Punisher'' is an American television series created by Steve Lightfoot for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics character Punisher. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), acknowledging the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series. It is a spin-off from the first Marvel Netflix series, ''Daredevil'' (2015–2018). ''The Punisher'' was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios and Bohemian Risk Productions, with Lightfoot serving as showrunner. Jon Bernthal reprises his role from ''Daredevil'' as Frank Castle / Punisher, a vigilante who uses lethal methods to fight crime. Ben Barnes, Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore, and Deborah Ann Woll also star. They are joined by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Webber, Paul Schulze, Michael Nathanson, and Jaime Ray Newman in the first season, with Josh Stewart, Floriana Lima, and Giorgia Whigham joining for the second. A television series centere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conviction (2016 TV Series)
''Conviction'' is an American legal drama television series on ABC. It premiered on Monday, October 3, 2016. The series, starring Hayley Atwell, was picked up from pilot on May 12, 2016. A full trailer was released on May 17, 2016. On November 8, 2016, ABC announced there would be no back-order for more than the thirteen contracted episodes; however, the remaining episodes of the season aired until its conclusion on January 29, 2017. ABC canceled the series after one season on May 11, 2017. Premise Former First Daughter Hayes Morrison is blackmailed into heading the Conviction Integrity Unit, a department of the New York County District Attorney's Office comprising lawyers, detectives, and forensic experts who re-examine cases where there is suspicion of wrongful conviction. The team has only five days to prove each case. Cast Main * Hayley Atwell as Hayes Morrison, the rebellious former First Daughter of the United States, party-girl, and skilled defense attorney, who graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Difficult People
''Difficult People'' is an American dark comedy streaming television series created by Julie Klausner. Klausner stars alongside Billy Eichner as two struggling and jaded comedians living in New York City; the duo seemingly hate everyone but each other. The series premiered August 5, 2015 on Hulu, and was renewed for two additional seasons. In Australia ''Difficult People'' premiered 3 August 2020 on SBS Viceland and the SBS On Demand streaming service. Cast and characters Main * Julie Klausner as Julie Kessler, an aspiring comedian. * Billy Eichner as Billy Epstein, Julie's best friend and fellow aspiring comedian. * James Urbaniak as Arthur Tack, Julie's boyfriend. * Andrea Martin as Marilyn Kessler, Julie's mother. * Cole Escola as Matthew Ellis Ross (season 2–3, recurring season 1), Billy's co-worker, whom he despises. * Shakina Nayfack as Lola (season 3, recurring season 2), a co-worker at the cafe where Billy works Recurring * Derrick Baskin and Gabourey Sidibe as Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Fire (season 4)
The fourth season of '' Chicago Fire'', an American drama television series with executive producer Dick Wolf, and producers Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Matt Olmstead, was ordered on February 5, 2015, by NBC, and premiered on October 13, 2015, and concluded on May 17, 2016. The season contained 23 episodes. Overview The show follows the lives of the firefighters and paramedics working at the Chicago Fire Department at the firehouse of Engine 51, Truck 81, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25. Cast and characters Main cast * Jesse Spencer as Lieutenant Matthew Casey, Truck 81 * Taylor Kinney as Firefighter/Lieutenant Kelly Severide, Squad 3 * Monica Raymund as Firefighter Gabriela Dawson, Truck 81 * Kara Killmer as Paramedic/Paramedic In Charge Sylvie Brett, Ambulance 61 * David Eigenberg as Firefighter Christopher Herrmann, Truck 81 * Yuri Sardarov as Firefighter Brian "Otis" Zvonecek, Truck 81 * Joe Minoso as Firefighter Joe Cruz, Squad 3 * Christian Stolte as Firefighter R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Holden
This is a list of the characters in the TV series ''Baywatch'' and ''Baywatch: Hawaii''. Cast timeline ;Cast notes ''Baywatch'' (1989–1990; 1991–1999) ; Mitchell "Mitch" Buchannon (David Hasselhoff, ''Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier'', seasons 1–9) :The head lifeguard, promoted to lieutenant in the pilot movie, and later to captain in season 8. He shares a son, Hobie, with his ex-wife, Gayle, who lives in Ohio. In later seasons, he is romantically involved with Stephanie, and briefly marries Neely. Hasselhoff also reprises his role as Mitch in the spin-off ''Baywatch Nights'', season 1 of ''Baywatch: Hawaii'' (where he is presumably killed in a boat explosion) and the reunion movie '' Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding'' (where it is revealed he survived and was in a coma). The role was originally offered to Tom Selleck who declined. Hasselhoff was hesitant in accepting the part (describing the show as "''Knight Rider'' in a bathing suit") but was eventually cast over actors Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grio
TheGrio, styled as thegrio, is an American television network and website with news, opinion, entertainment and video content geared toward Black Americans. The website originally launched in June 2009 as a division of NBC News, it became a division of MSNBC in 2013. It was founded by the team who created the documentary film '' Meeting David Wilson''. In 2014, it was sold to its founders. In June 2016, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios acquired the site. The TV channel was founded as Light TV in 2016 by reality television producer Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, as an inspirational network as part of his chairmanship of MGM Television, which operated the network. It was sold to Entertainment Studios in late 2020, and relaunched as TheGrio TV in January 2021, with a Black-specific programming focus. After Entertainment Studios purchased the assets of the bankrupt Black News Channel in late July 2022, that network was merged into TheGrio TV on August 1, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epix
Epix (pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as P) is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Epix Entertainment LLC subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), a subsidiary of Amazon's MGM Holdings, Inc. The channel's programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original television series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials. Launched in the United States in October 2009, Epix is led by Michael Wright. Since he joined the network in November 2017, Epix has announced many new series including ''Godfather of Harlem'' starring Forest Whitaker, '' Pennyworth'', the origin story of Batman's butler Alfred, ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' starring Ben Kingsley and Jimmi Simpson, '' Deep State,'' unscripted series ''Unprotected Sets'' executive produced by Wanda Sykes and the return of '' The Contender''. Epix and, depending on the carriage of any of the latter services, its three multiplex channels are sold by most traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfather Of Harlem
''Godfather of Harlem'' is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix. The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith. Chris Brancato acts as showrunner. On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 18, 2021. On January 13, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on the renamed MGM+ on January 15, 2023. A docu-series based on the series titled ''By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem'' premiered on November 8, 2020. Premise ''Godfather of Harlem'' tells the "true story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled a shambles. With the streets controlled by the Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumpy Johnson
Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson (October 31, 1905 – July 7, 1968) was an American crime boss in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Early life Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson. When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man. Afraid of a possible lynch mob, his parents mortgaged their tiny home to raise money to send Willie up north to live with relatives.Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson Johnson's nickname "Bumpy" is derived from a bump on the back of his head. As Johnson grew older, his parents worried about his short temper and insolence towards whites, and in 1919 he was sent to live with his older sister Mabel in Harlem. Johnson dropped out of high school and began working unruly jobs. Gangster William Hewett started to notice him. Johnson then began working for him, beginning his life of crime. Career J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Lewis
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He also portrayed U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series ''Homeland'', which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. His performance as Henry VIII of England in ''Wolf Hall'' earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination. He portrayed Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series '' Billions'' in the first five seasons and appeared in '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019) as actor Steve McQueen. Early life Lewis was born on 11 February 1971 in St John's Wood, London, the eldest son of Charlotte Mary ('' née'' Bowater) and John Watcyn Lewis, a City insurance broker with Lloyd's. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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