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Kendrick Sampson
Kendrick Sampson (born March 8, 1988) is an American actor and activist, best known for his appearances on ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Gracepoint'', ''How to Get Away with Murder'', '' The Flash,'' and his role as Nathan on HBO's '' Insecure''. Early life Sampson was born and raised in Houston, Texas, the son of Daphne Smith Sampson and Hoyle Sampson Sr. He is biracial. As a child, Sampson was enrolled in music lessons. Sampson expressed an interest in acting at 10 after he saw a Gap commercial. After finding an agent, Sampson was referred to the Kim Terry Studio in Texas. He began performing in theater productions while attending Elkins High School. Sampson is a devout Christian. Career In 2008, Sampson appeared in two episodes of the ABC Family series ''Greek'' and followed that up with an episode of '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' in 2010. In July 2013, Sampson booked the recurring role of Jesse in the fifth season of The CW series, ''The Vampire Diaries''. In January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS Interactive
Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media Group, CBS Interactive, ViacomCBS Streaming), a division of Paramount Global, oversees the company’s streaming technology and offers direct-to-consumer services, free, premium and pay. These include Pluto TV, which has more than 250 live and original channels, and Paramount+, a subscription service that combines breaking news, live sports, and premium entertainment. History As CBS Interactive On May 30, 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140 million (US$280 million). On June 30, 2008, CNET, CNET Networks was acquired by CBS and the assets were merged into CBS Interactive, including Metacritic, GameSpot, TV.com, and Movietome. On March 15, 2012, it was announced that CBS Interactive acquired video game-based website Giant Bomb and comic book-based website Comic Vine from Whiskey Media, who sold off their other remaining websites to BermanBraun. This occasion marked the return of video game journalism, video game jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JusticeLA
JusticeLA is a coalition of organizations and individuals committed to stopping the expansion and growth of the Los Angeles County Jail system and replacing that system with an infrastructure of community-based care and treatment. L.A. County has the largest jail system in the world. The JusticeLA coalition includes dozens of national and local organizations including Color of Change, Critical Resistance Los Angeles, Youth Justice Coalition, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Black Lives Matter: Los Angeles, Center for Popular Democracy, Code Pink, Drug Policy Alliance, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution, Service Employees International Union, and United Way of Greater Los Angeles, among others. Patrisse Cullors, Diana Zuñiga, and other activists based in Los Angeles co-founded JusticeLA. Opposition to L.A. County jail expansion L.A. County jail expansion plan In 2015, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the governing body for Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Of Jacob Blake
On August 23, 2020, Jacob S. Blake, a 29-year-old black man, was shot and seriously injured by police officer Rusten Sheskey in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake in the back four times and the side three times after Blake opened the driver's door to his girlfriend's SUV and attempted to reach inside. Sheskey said that he believed he was about to be stabbed, since Blake was holding a knife. Earlier during the encounter, Blake had been tasered by two officers, but the tasers failed to disable him and he continued towards his vehicle. Blake had a warrant for his arrest from July, based on charges of third-degree felony sexual assaultThere are four degrees of sexual assault in Wisconsin, based upon the harm done to the victim and the amount of force used by the perpetrator. Third-degree sexual assaults are felonies. See and trespassing and disorderly conduct for domestic abuse in May. Both Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and the Kenosha Professional Police Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people. It started following the killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Pamela Turner and Rekia Boyd, among others. The movement and its related organizations typically advocate for various policy changes considered to be related to black liberation. While there are specific organizations that label themselves simply as "Black Lives Matter," such as the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the overall movement is a decentralized network of people and organizations with no formal hierarchy. The slogan "Black Lives Matter" itself remains untrademarked by any group. Despite being characterized by some as a violent movement, the overwhelming majority of its public demonstrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of George Floyd
On , George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was murdered in the U.S. city of Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down in a street. Two other police officers, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, assisted Chauvin in restraining Floyd. Lane had also pointed a gun at Floyd's head prior to Floyd being put in handcuffs. A fourth police officer, Tou Thao, prevented bystanders from intervening. Prior to being placed on the ground, Floyd had exhibited signs of anxiety, complaining about having claustrophobia, and being unable to breathe. After being restrained, he became more distressed, still complaining of breathing difficulties, of the knee on his neck, and of fear of imminent death. After several minutes, Floyd stopped speaking. For the last few minutes, he lay motionless and Officer Kuen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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BLD could refer to: Transportation * Baildon railway station, England; National Rail station code BLD * Beresfield railway station, Australia; station code BLD * Boulder City Airport, Nevada, United States; FAA location identifier BLD (closed c. 1988) * Boulder City Municipal Airport, Nevada, United States; IATA airport code BLD (opened 1990) Stocks * Ballard Power Systems, Toronto Stock Exchange symbol BLD * Boral, Australian Securities Exchange symbol BLD * TopBuild Corp., New York Stock Exchange symbol BLD Other uses * Bharatiya Lok Dal, a former Indian political party * Blacklite District, a solo singer * '' Blue Lambency Downward'', an album by experimental band Kayo Dot * BLD, a computer-building service by NZXT NZXT is an American computer hardware manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California. The company manufactures computer cases, components, and accessories for the PC gaming market. History NZXT was founded in 2004 by Johnny Hou producing products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issa Rae
Jo-Issa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), credited professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series ''Awkward Black Girl''. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by Black people. Rae has achieved wider recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO television series '' Insecure'' (2016–2021), for which she has been nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards''.'' Her 2015 memoir, titled '' The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl'', became a ''New York Times'' best-seller. In 2018 and 2022, Rae was included in the annual ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Rae has also starred in feature films, with roles in the drama ''The Hate U Give'' (2018), the fantasy comedy ''Little'' (2019), the romance '' The Photog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonda Rhimes
Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'', its spin-off ''Private Practice'', and the political thriller series ''Scandal''. Rhimes has also served as the executive producer of the ABC television series '' Off the Map'', ''How to Get Away with Murder'', ''The Catch'', and ''Grey's'' spin-off ''Station 19''. In 2007, 2013 and 2021, Rhimes was named by ''Time'' on the ''Time'' 100, their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2015, she published her first book, a memoir, ''Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person''. In 2017, Netflix said that it had entered into a multi-year development deal with Rhimes, by which all of her future productions will be Netflix Original series. Netflix had already purchased the streaming rights t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Get Away With Murder (season 2)
The second season of the ABC American television drama series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. The second season began airing on September 24, 2015, with 15 episodes like the previous season, and concluded on March 17, 2016. The smaller episode count than most network series stems from a deal with series star Viola Davis that the show would produce only 15 or 16 episodes per season. A promotional poster was released on August 18, and the trailer was released on September 10. In its second season, the series has continued to receive accolades; the show has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the Image Awards as well as the GLAAD Awards. Viola Davis has won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series and has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the Image Awards, Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biglari Holdings
Biglari Holdings Inc. is an American holding company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, founded by entrepreneur Sardar Biglari. Its major subsidiaries include Steak 'n Shake, ''Maxim'' magazine, First Guard Insurance, and Western Sizzlin'. Steak n Shake In August 2008, Biglari took over Steak n Shake, which had been “losing more than $100,000 a day in 2009 to making more than $100,000 a day in 2010, according to Biglari’s 2010 letter to shareholders.” By 2015, the company had attained 24 consecutive quarters of same-store sales increases under Biglari. However, for fiscal 2017 and 2018, the Steak n Shake division had returned to same-store sales contraction. The company is now selling “franchises” claiming they will split profits 50% / 50% with the investors who put in $10,000. ''Maxim'' On February 27, 2014, ''Maxim'' magazine was bought by Biglari who commented, "We plan to build the business on multiple dimensions, thereby energizing our readership and viewership." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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