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Lydia Nicole
Lydia Nicole (born Lydia Fernandez) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer based out of Los Angeles, California. Her career in the entertainment industry began in 1972 with the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation at New York City R&B station, WBLS-FM. In 1981, she made her debut as an actress guest starring on ''The Greatest American Hero''. Nicole is best known for her role as Rafaela in ''Stand and Deliver'', and her current project, web series ''Common Sense Mamita''. Early life and education Nicole grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York City. From 13 to 18 years old, she worked for radio station WBLS-FM, New York as assistant music director. That experience brought her to California to work for Casablanca Records, a premier disco record company. Nicole studied theater at Fordham University in New York City before moving to Hollywood. Once in California, she was part of the UCLA Writer's Program and studied with acting coaches Roy London and Stella Adler, as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fordham University
Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic Church, Catholic and Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in the northeastern United States and the third-oldest university in New York (state), New York State. Founded as St. John's College by John Hughes (archbishop), John Hughes, then a coadjutor bishop of New York, the college was placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become a Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Jesuit-affiliated independent school under a laity, lay board of trustees. The college's first president, John McCloskey, was later the first Catholic Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in the United States. While governed independently of the church since 1969, every List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jheryl Busby
Jheryl Busby (May 5, 1949 – November 4, 2008) was an American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records. Biography Busby grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where he went to John C. Fremont High School. He attended Long Beach State College, dropping out after two years. Busby began his business career at Mattel Toys, starting as an inventory clerk and ultimately being promoted to new-toy coordinator."Record Exec Jheryl Busby Has Passed Away" Urbannetwork.com, November 4, 2008. Accessed November 4, 2008. His first exposure to the recording industry was at , where he was named head of West Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Shuffle
''Hollywood Shuffle'' is a 1987 American satirical comedy film about the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed vignettes and fantasies. Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, the film is semi-autobiographical, reflecting Townsend's experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not "black enough" for certain roles. Plot Bobby Taylor is a young black man aspiring to become an actor. His younger brother Stevie watches him prepare to audition for a part in ''Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge'', a movie about street gangs which is so full of stereotypes that the light-skinned black actors who audition are cast as Latino gang members and have to speak with cartoonish Spanish accents. Bobby's grandmother overhears the "jive talk" of Bobby's lines and expresses disapproval. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wendkos
Abraham Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1925 – November 12, 2009) was an American television and film director. Early life and education Wendkos was born in Philadelphia to parents Simon Wendkos and Judith Wendkos. Wendkos served in World War II in the United States Navy and went to Columbia University on the G.I. Bill. Paul made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called ''Dark Interlude'' in 1953. Career Columbia Pictures Wendkos' first feature film was '' The Burglar''. His fluid camera technique caught the attention of the head of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn, who not only wished to distribute the film but put Wendkos under contract. Wendkos directed episodes of ''Playhouse 90'' then did ''The Case Against Brooklyn'' (1958) for producer Charles Schneer at Columbia. He directed a TV movie for Columbia about Jesse James, ''Bitter Heritage'' (1958) and episodes of '' Behind Closed Doors'' (1958). Wendkos directed another for Schneer, the war movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Town (TV Series)
''Hell Town'' is an American drama television series that aired on NBC from September 11 until December 25, 1985. The series features Robert Blake. Synopsis Blake stars as Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, a hard-living Catholic priest at a church in a crime-ridden neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles. Rivers was rather unusual for a priest, as he was a former criminal, played billiards, and didn't have the greatest of speaking skills. Despite all of this, Rivers was the perfect man to lead his church, as he grew up in the neighborhood, so he knew about the gangs and drug dealers who lived there and attacked his parishioners. Cast * Robert Blake as Father Noah "Hardstep" Rivers * Whitman Mayo as One Ball * Jeff Corey as Lawyer Sam * Natalie Core as Mother Maggie * Vonetta McGee as Sister Indigo * Isabel Grandin as Sister Angel Cakes * Tony Longo as Stump * Rhonda Dodson as Sister Daisy * Zitto Kazann as Crazy Horse Episodes Production notes The series' theme song was perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Fall Guy Episodes
The following is a list of ''The Fall Guy'' TV series episodes that aired on ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... from 1981 through 1986 starring Lee Majors. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1981–82) Season 2 (1982–83) Season 3 (1983–84) Season 4 (1984–85) Season 5 (1985–86) {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''The Fall Guy'' episodes References Fall Guy, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in theater and film. He was nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award. He is known for directing musical and comedies such as ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film), Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1969), ''The Owl and the Pussycat (film), The Owl and the Pussycat'' (1970), ''Play It Again, Sam (film), Play It Again, Sam'' (1972), '' The Sunshine Boys (1975 film), The Sunshine Boys'', ''Funny Lady'' (both 1975), ''The Goodbye Girl'' (1977), ''California Suite (film), California Suite'' (1978), and ''Pennies from Heaven (1981 film), Pennies From Heaven'' (1981). His later films include ''Footloose (1984 film), Footloose'' (1984), and ''Steel Magnolias'' (1989). For the drama ''The Turning Point (1977 film), The Turning Point'' (1977) he received two Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Dugan Returns
''Max Dugan Returns'' is a 1983 American comedy-drama film written by Neil Simon and directed by Herbert Ross. It stars Marsha Mason, Jason Robards in the titular role, Donald Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick (in his film debut). It is the last of five Simon-Ross collaborations, as well as the last of Simon's films starring Mason (his wife at the time). Plot Widowed high school English teacher Nora McPhee lives with her 15-year-old son, Michael, in a broken down house in Venice, Los Angeles. One night, her long-lost father, Max Dugan, appears at her door; she initially does not recognize him, as he went to prison when she was only 9 years old, and disappeared after serving 6 years. He explains that he is dying within the year, and wants to give her and Michael the $687,000 ($ million today) he managed to embezzle from a Las Vegas casino after they appropriated his property, worth that same amount. Nora meets police detective Brian Costello when her car is stolen and they soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in ''Miami Vice'' (1984–1989), ''American Me'' (1992) (which he also directed), William Adama in the re-imagined '' Battlestar Galactica'' (2004–2009), teacher Jaime Escalante in '' Stand and Deliver'' (1988) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), Detective Gaff in ''Blade Runner'' (1982) and its sequel '' Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and the English dub voice of Mito in the 2005 Disney dub of ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind''. In 2018 through 2022, he has played the father of two members of an outlaw motorcycle club in the FX series ''Mayans MC''. For his work in ''Miami Vice'', Olmos won the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. For his performa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Jefferson
George Jefferson is a fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms ''All in the Family'' (1973–1975, 1978) and its spin-off ''The Jeffersons'' (1975–1985), in which he serves as the program's protagonist. He has appeared in all 253 episodes of ''The Jeffersons''. Character overview George Jefferson was born in Harlem in 1929, an ambitious African-American entrepreneur who started and managed a successful chain of seven dry cleaning stores in New York City. The only background on the Jefferson family is that they were Alabama sharecroppers. In a very early episode, George's wife Louise makes mention of a conversation she had with George's father after she and George were married about the Jeffersons family roots. However, the show's writers later applied a retroactive change in the continuity of George's father, such that he had died when George was 10 years old. This left George to take care of his mother; therefore, George was unable to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jeffersons
''The Jeffersons'' is an American sitcom television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, to July 2, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of List of The Jeffersons episodes, 253 episodes. ''The Jeffersons'' is one of the longest-running sitcoms in history, the second-longest-running series with a primarily African Americans, African American cast by episode count and the first to prominently feature a married interracial marriage, interracial couple. Show The show focuses on George Jefferson, George and Louise Jefferson, a prosperous African-American couple who have been able to move from Queens, New York, Queens to Manhattan owing to the success of George's dry-cleaning chain, Jefferson Cleaners. The show was launched as the second (and longest running) television spin-off, spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie Bunker, Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. ''The Jeffersons'' eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder In Texas
''Murder in Texas'' is a 1981 television film starring Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Farrah Fawcett, and Andy Griffith. The film was directed by William Hale, and was based on a true story; that was written for the TV screen by John McGreevey. It first aired on television in two parts on Sunday and Monday May 3–4, 1981.Blau, EleanoTelevision Week ''The New York Times'' Plot Based on the true story of the death of Joan Robinson Hill, this film tells of a plastic surgeon who was suspected of causing the death of his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy member of Houston society. The circumstances of her death - which was never solved - are clouded by a suspiciously hasty embalming and a hurried burial. The doctor then marries his mistress. In spite of two autopsies showing that his daughter died of natural causes, Ash Robinson, convinced that his daughter was murdered, sets out single-handedly to find out the true cause of her death, determined to see that the doctor is punishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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