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Michael Ralph
Michael Ralph (born c. 1963 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor. He is known for his recurring roles as Spencer Boyer on the sitcom ''A Different World (TV series), A Different World'', Tyrell Livingston on ''Cleghorne!'' and as Kelly on ''The Bernie Mac Show''. Career Some of his other television credits include ''Martin (TV series), Martin'', ''Moesha'', ''The Parkers'', ''All of Us'', ''The Suite Life on Deck'', ''Numb3rs'', ''The Sinbad Show'' and ''Renegade (TV series), Renegade''. He also appeared in the films ''Marked for Death'' (1990), ''Malcolm X (1992 film), Malcolm X'' (1992) and Nickelodeon television film ''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' (2006). Ralph has also provided his voice in numerous video games. He also provided additional voices for ''Happy Feet Two'' and ''Frozen II''. He is the younger brother of actress Sheryl Lee Ralph. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, southwest of Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut. According to the 2020 US Census, in 2020 Waterbury had a population of 114,403. As of the 2010 census, Waterbury had a population of 110,366, making it the 10th largest city in the New York Metropolitan Area, 9th largest city in New England and the 5th largest city in Connecticut. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Waterbury had large industrial interests and was the leading center in the United States for the manufacture of brassware (including castings and finishings), as reflected in the nickname the "Brass City" and the city's motto ''Quid Aere Perennius?'' ("What Is More Lasting Than Brass?"). It was also noted for the manufacture of watches and clocks ( Timex). The city is alongside Interstate 84 (Yankee Expressway) and Route 8 and has a Metro-North railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frozen II
''Frozen 2'' (stylized as ''Frozen II'') is a 2019 American computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 58th animated film produced by the studio, it is the sequel to '' Frozen'' (2013). The film was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, produced by Peter Del Vecho, and written by Lee, Buck, Marc Smith, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Robert Lopez. It stars the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, and Jonathan Groff. Set three years after the first film, ''Frozen II'' follows sisters Anna and Elsa, Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and the snowman Olaf as they travel to an enchanted forest to unravel the origin of Elsa's magical power. The film was green-lit in March 2015 after a company debate about whether it would be perceived as inferior to the original. It used more-complex, enhanced animation technology than ''Frozen'', and was an interdepartmental collaborati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call (2013 Film)
''The Call'' is a 2013 American psychological crime thriller film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Richard D'Ovidio. The film stars Abigail Breslin as Casey Welson, a teenage girl kidnapped by a mysterious serial killer and Halle Berry as Jordan Turner, a 9-1-1 operator, still suffering emotionally from a prior failed botched 9-1-1 call, who receives Casey's call. Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, Michael Imperioli, and David Otunga also star. The story was originally envisioned as a television series, but D'Ovidio later rewrote it as a film. Filming began in July 2012 and spanned a period of 25 days, with all scenes being shot in California, mainly Burbank and Santa Clarita. A screening of ''The Call'' was held at the Women's International Film Festival hosted at the Regal South Beach theater on February 26, 2013. TriStar Pictures released it to theatres on March 15, 2013. Considered to be high-concept by many reviewers, the film proved a commercial success, grossing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue (2009 Film)
''Blue'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film co-written and directed by Anthony D'Souza, and produced by Dhilin Mehta under Shree Astavinayak Cine Vision Limited. The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, and Zayed Khan in lead roles, whilst Katrina Kaif stars in a cameo appearance. Kylie Minogue appears in a musical number in the film. ''Blue'' was released during the Diwali festival on 16 October 2009 and received mixed to a positive response from critics. During the time of release, it was the most expensive Hindi-language film until then, produced with a budget of more than $25 million. Loosely based on the Hollywood film '' Into the Blue'' (2005) and its sequel '' Into the Blue 2: The Reef'' (2009), ''Blue'' failed to recover its high budget from the box office. Plot An opening scene shows a famous ship, ''Lady in Blue'', sinking in a storm, and the ship's lone survivor, the captain emerging alone on the seashore. Somewhere in the Bahamas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Rounds (film)
''12 Rounds'' is a 2009 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and produced by WWE Studios. The cast is led by John Cena, alongside Aidan Gillen, Steve Harris, Gonzalo Menendez, Brian J. White, Ashley Scott, and Taylor Cole. The film was released to theaters in the United States on March 27, 2009. Plot A sting operation to capture arms dealer Miles Jackson goes awry when the FBI's inside man double crosses them. Miles rendezvouses with his girlfriend Erica Kessen, who has a getaway car. Officers Danny Fisher and Hank Carver are dispatched to help the FBI. They look at Jackson's record and see a surveillance video of him dancing with Kessen. An encounter with them at a traffic light leads to her death and Miles being taken away. Miles swears vengeance on Fisher. One year later Fisher, now promoted to Detective due to his actions with Jackson, gets a phone call from Jackson, who has escaped from prison. Fisher runs outside the house looking for Jackson, and Fisher's car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dense (film)
''Dense'' is a 2004 American television short film directed and written by Vanessa Estelle Williams, Vanessa Williams and Shari Poindexter, and aired on the TV channel Showtime (TV network), Showtime.The Black World Today , accessed 01-04-2009 Plot A man gives his girlfriend an ultimatum: to drop her career to start a family or he will leave her. She begins to question the relationship realizing maybe she was dense.Cast * Lanei Chapman as Yvette * Michael Ralph as Julius * Yolonda Ross as Stacey * Vondie Curtis-Hall as Rossaccessed 01-04-2009 Festiv ...
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The Rules Of Attraction (film)
''The Rules of Attraction'' is a 2002 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Roger Avary and based on Bret Easton Ellis' 1987 novel of the same name. It was distributed by Lionsgate Films. Its story follows three Camden College students who become entangled in a love triangle with a drug dealer, a virgin, and a bisexual classmate. It stars James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Kate Bosworth, Kip Pardue, and Joel Michaely. The film was produced by Kingsgate Films, Roger Avary, and Filmproduktion and was released on October 11, 2002. It grossed $2.5 million in its opening weekend and $11.8 million worldwide, against a budget of $4 million. It received mixed reviews from critics. Plot Set in the fictional Camden College in New Hampshire, the film opens at the "End of the World" party, where students Lauren Hynde, Paul Denton, and Sean Bateman give apathetic interior monologues on their lives and briefly exchange glances with one another. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blow (film)
''Blow'' is a 2001 American biographical crime film, directed by Ted Demme, about an American cocaine kingpin and his international network. David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes adapted Bruce Porter's 1993 book ''Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All'' for the screenplay. It is based on the real-life stories of U.S. drug trafficker George Jung (played by Johnny Depp) and his connections including narcotics kings Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder Rivas (portrayed in the film as Diego Delgado), and the Medellín Cartel. Plot George Jung and his parents Fred and Ermine live in Weymouth, Massachusetts. When George is 10 years old, Fred files for bankruptcy, but tries to make George realize that money is not important. As an adult, George moves to Los Angeles with his friend "Tuna"; they meet Barbara, a flight attendant, who introduces them to Derek Foreal, a marijuana dealer. With Derek's help, George and Tuna make a lot of mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Temptation
The Right Temptation is a 2000 American mystery erotic thriller film directed by Lyndon Chubbuck and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca De Mornay and Dana Delany. The film is the second collaboration between Kiefer Sutherland and Rebecca De Mornay, the first being ''The Three Musketeers'' (1993). Plot A former police officer, Derian McCall (Rebecca De Mornay), hands in her badge then she and a colleague, opens a detective agency. One day Anthea (Dana Delany) walks in, the wife of a wealthy investor, Michael Ferrow-Smith (Kiefer Sutherland). Anthea asks Derian to flirt with Michael to see if he is unfaithful, but soon Derian is having an affair with him, not realizing that Anthea has planned a complicated murder. Cast * Kiefer Sutherland as Michael Farrow-Smith * Rebecca De Mornay as Derian McCall * Dana Delany as Anthea Farrow-Smith * Adam Baldwin as Captain Wagner * Joanna Cassidy as Maryanne * Michael Ralph as Falco * Robert Jayne as Travis * Neil Flynn as Max Product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To El Dorado
''The Road to El Dorado'' is a 2000 American animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. It was the third animated feature produced by DreamWorks. The film was directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul (in their feature directorial debuts), with additional sequences directed by Will Finn and David Silverman, while the film's screenplay was written by the writing team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. The film stars the voices of Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, and Edward James Olmos. The soundtrack features an instrumental score composed by Hans Zimmer and John Powell, and songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice. John is also credited periodically narrating the story in song throughout the film. The film follows two con artists who, after winning the map to El Dorado in Spain, wash ashore in the New World, where they use the map to lead them to the city of El Dorado, where its inhabitants mista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woo (film)
''Woo'' is a 1998 romantic-comedy film directed by Daisy V.S. Mayer and starring Jada Pinkett Smith in the title role. Tommy Davidson also co-stars. Plot Darlene "Woo" Barnes (Smith), an extroverted woman living in New York City, is notoriously talented at turning men into mush. When Woo's psychic friend Celestrial (Girlina) predicts that the man of her dreams is about to enter her life, Woo doesn't believe it is true. Celestrial is convinced that Woo is destined to meet a tall, debonair Virgo. Woo's cousin Claudette ( Paula Jai Parker) and Claudette's boyfriend Lenny (Dave Chappelle) plan to spend the night together but find themselves entertaining Woo instead. Lenny begs his best friend Tim Jackson (Davidson) to take Woo out, but the shy, strait-laced law clerk Tim contrasts the sassy and brassy Woo. The same night, Lenny and Claudette's night goes wrong when his obsession with chicken drives her to be forced to dress up as a sexy but awkward "chicken ho" (he makes her cluck and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop Squad
''Drop Squad'' (sometimes spelled as ''DROP Squad'' or ''D.R.O.P. Squad'') is a 1994 American drama film directed by David C. Johnson and executive produced by Spike Lee via his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The plot depicts a team of African Americans who kidnap fellow black people who they feel have betrayed their community and seek to " deprogram" them so that they will change their ways. The acronym DROP stands for "Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride". The film has been described as " rt thriller, part social satire". The film was based in part on ''The Session'', a 45-minute film Johnson produced in 1988 on a $20,000 budget, and ultimately derived from a short story by David C. Taylor titled "The Deprogrammer". Johnson described the differences between the two films as follows: "The short film was basically satire, an absurdist piece .... ''D.R.O.P. Squad'', on the other hand, is realism. The characters have more at stake." Plot The film portrays an adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
