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Kingdom Come (2001 Film)
''Kingdom Come'' is a 2001 American comedy-drama film, written by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones, and directed by Doug McHenry. This film stars LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg, Loretta Devine, and Darius McCrary. Plot ''Kingdom Come'' is a story of a family called the Slocumbs, living out in the country, who must come together after the death of a family member, whom no one seems to remember with much fondness. It is based on the Off-Broadway play ''Dearly Departed''. First, there's Woodrow "Bud" Slocumb, the man in question, whose wife, Raynelle (Whoopi Goldberg), is pretty nonchalant about his death from a stroke. Then, there's Ray Bud (LL Cool J), a recovering alcoholic who has a problem with seeing his father dead because of their rocky relationship; his wife, Lucille (Vivica A. Fox), is a loving, devoted housewife who goes out of her way to make sure that everyone has everything they need, but can't have t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug McHenry
Doug McHenry is an American film director and producer. Doug McHenry was born in 1952 and grew up in Richmond, California. He graduated from Stanford University in 1973 with a degree in economics, and from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. He worked for film producer Peter Guber at Casablanca Records as a business affairs executive then production executive, involved in films ''Thank God It's Friday (film), Thank God It's Friday'' (1978), ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980) and ''Foxes (film), Foxes'' (1980) before starting his own production company, Elephant Walk Entertainment, with partner George Jackson (producer), George Jackson. Jackson and McHenry produced a number of films together including Krush Groove, ''New Jack City'', ''Jason's Lyric'', ''A Thin Line Between Love and Hate'' and the series of ''House Party (film), House Party'' films. He directed ''Jason's Lyric'' starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Allen Payne, and Forest Whitaker. On August 14, 2018, Doug McH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedric The Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He hosted BET's ''ComicView'' during the 1993–1994 season and ''Def Comedy Jam'' in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB Television Network, The WB sitcom ''The Steve Harvey Show'', as one of ''The Original Kings of Comedy'', and for starring as Eddie Walker in ''Barbershop (film), Barbershop''. He hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' in 2013–14 and starred in the TV Land original series ''The Soul Man'', which aired from 2012 to 2016. He has also done voice work for ''Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age'', the Madagascar (franchise), ''Madagascar'' film series, ''Charlotte's Web (2006 film), Charlotte's Web'', Planes (franchise), ''Planes'' and ''Planes: Fire & Rescue''. He currently stars on the CBS sitcom ''The Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannie Crosby
Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel music, gospel songs, with more than 100 million copies printed. She is also known for her teaching and her rescue mission work. By the end of the 19th century, she was a household name. Crosby was known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers" and as the "Mother of modern congregational singing in America", with most American hymnals containing her work. Her gospel songs were "paradigmatic of all revival music", and Ira Sankey attributed the success of the Moody and Sankey evangelical campaigns largely to Crosby's hymns. Some of Crosby's best-known songs include "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour", "Blessed Assurance", "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home", "Praise Him, Praise Him", "Rescue the Perishing", and "To God Be the Glory". So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidden Beach Recordings
Hidden Beach is an American independent record label known for R&B, soul, inspirational and contemporary jazz genres. Hidden Beach was formed in 1998 by Steven McKeever and holds a distribution deal with Universal Music Group. History Steven McKeever, a former entertainment lawyer and Motown producer, founded Hidden Beach Recordings (HBR) in 1998. With a staff of two, McKeever solicited Charles Whitfield to join him to handle production and artist relations. A graduate of North Carolina Central University, Whitfield had been hired as a paid intern with no record label experience. Whitfield introduced McKeever to professional basketball star Michael Jordan, who became one of the lead investors in Hidden Beach. Previously, Hidden Beach had four label imprints, focusing on different genres of music. Still Waters, a Hidden Beach Experience is the label imprint dedicated to inspirational music releases which includes gospel music, motivational music and inspirational speeches. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GospoCentric Records
GospoCentric Records was an Inglewood, California based Gospel music record label, started as an independent label by Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade in 1993. The label rose to prominence in the 1990s, largely on the runaway success of gospel artist Kirk Franklin. The label has grown to become one of the most prominent major gospel labels. GospoCentric later spawned the imprint B-Rite Music, which was used to launch artists like Trin-i-tee 5:7 and God's Property who found considerable mainstream success. GospoCentric was purchased by Zomba Music Group in the mid 2000s, which also owned the major gospel label Verity Records. GospoCentric has since been defunct, and the purchase now led to the record label RCA Inspiration which is owned by Sony Music Entertainment. List of artists * Byron Cage * Kurt Carr * Dorinda Clark Cole * Kirk Franklin * Jon Gibson * God's Property * R. J. Helton * Tramaine Hawkins * Dave Hollister * Bobby Jones * Donald Lawrence * Jackie Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Scott (singer)
Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, model, poet and actress. Her 2000 debut album, '' Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1'', went platinum and the follow-ups '' Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2'' (2004) and '' The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3'' (2007) both achieved gold status. Scott made her film debut in 2007 in '' Hounddog'' and Tyler Perry's ''Why Did I Get Married?''. In 2008, she starred in the BBC/HBO series ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'', based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. After a four-year hiatus from music, Scott released her fourth album, ''The Light of the Sun'', in 2011. In 2014, she starred in the film '' Get on Up'' as the second wife of James Brown. In 2015, she released her fifth album, ''Woman.'' Beginning in 2018, Scott appeared in The CW DC Comics superhero series ''Black Lightning'' as Lady Eve. Early life Scott was born on April 4, 1972, in Philadelphia. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) among many others. He has won numerous awards, including 16 Grammy Awards. ''Variety'' dubbed Franklin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel", and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. Early life A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Franklin was raised by his aunt, Gertrude, having been abandoned as a baby by his mother. Gertrude recycled aluminum cans to raise money for Kirk to take piano lessons from the age of four. Kirk excelled and was able to read and write music while also playing by ear. At the age of seven, Franklin received his first contract which his aunt turned down. He did join the church choir and became music director of the Mt. Rose Baptist Church adult choir at 11 years of age. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracklist
On an optical disc, a track ( CD) or title (DVD) is a subdivision of its content. Specifically, it is a consecutive set of ''sectors'' (called "timecode frames" on audio tracks) on the disc containing a block of data. One ''session'' may contain one or more tracks of the same or different types. There are several kinds of tracks, and there is also a sub-track index for finding points within a track. Blu-ray discs can also be written in a sequential, session based mode modelled on CD and DVD. A Blu-ray "track" refer to the entire physical storage of a Blu-ray layer; the equivalent to tracks in CD sessions is called a "logical track". Audio tracks Audio tracks are defined in the Red Book specification for CD Digital Audio (which was the first CD specification). One song or movement usually comprises one audio track, containing audio in the form of raw PCM samples in 16 bit/44.1 kHz resolution in 2 channels, and a subcode multiplexed with the audio data. In this mode, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP Image Award
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 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis E
Ellis is a surname of Welsh people, Welsh and English people, English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French people, French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. Surname A *Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stargate Atlantis'' *Adam Ellis (born 1996), British speedway rider *Adrienne Ellis (born 1944), American-Canadian actress *Albert Ellis (other), multiple people *Alexander Ellis (other), multiple people *Allan Ellis (other) *Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician *Andrew Ellis (other), multiple people *Anita Ellis (other), multiple people *Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician *Arthur Ellis (other), multiple people *Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician *Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress B *Ben Ellis (other), multiple people *Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer *Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Hoffman
Dominic Hoffman is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his recurring roles on ''The Shield'' as Louis Sperling, ''A Different World'' as Whitley's boyfriend, Julian Day, and ''Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr. Jeff Russell. He is also an accomplished theater actor and playwright, earning Ovation awards in 2000 for his one-man show "Uncle Jacques' Symphony," a play that celebrates humanity as a musical metaphor. Its participants are a group of singular characters, all performed by Hoffman, with minimal alteration, played to maximum effect. Men and women, young and old, of different cultures and beliefs vividly come together on stage for ninety minutes. Their personal rhythms, unique harmonies, and the familiar melody of their stories combine to form a symphony of life. Ovation awards for best actor in a play, writing, and best world premiere. Hoffman is also a distinguished audiobook narrator, winning the 2017 Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics for his rendition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masasa Moyo
Masasa Moyo is a Canadian television, film and voice actress. Filmography Film * '' Kingdom Come'' (2001) - Delightful Slocumb * ''Nosferatu L.A. '02'' (2002) - Laytesha (voice) * ''Paris'' (2003) - Golden Gate Bartender * ''Woman Thou Art Loosed'' (2004) - Inmate #4 * ''Johnson Family Vacation'' (2004) - Theta #1 * '' Team America: World Police'' (2004) - Sarah (voice) * '' Full Clip'' (2004) - Girlfriend #1 * ''Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk'' (2006) - Gospel Singer, Chorus (voice) * ''Angels & Demons'' (2009) - South African Reporter #1 * ''Noah'' (2012) - Narial (voice) * ''Holla II'' (2013) - Clare * ''Sharp'' (2013) - Kajri Kaamil * '' Planes: Fire and Rescue'' (2014) - Additional Voices * '' Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'' (2017) - Karen Beecher/Bumblebee, Traci (voice) Television * '' webRIOT'' (1999) - Announcer (voice) * ''Call Me Claus'' (2001) - Receptionist * ''Men, Women & Dogs'' (2001) - Cindy Winters * ''Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
