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Mind Games (TV Series)
''Mind Games'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Kyle Killen that aired on ABC. The show is about two brothers who run a problem solving firm called Edwards and Associates that employs solutions based on psychological manipulation. It premiered on February 25, 2014, and was canceled on March 27, 2014. Cast and characters *Steve Zahn as Clark Edwards, an ex-psychology professor who suffers from bipolar disorder. Clark is also an expert in human behavior from a psychological perspective. *Christian Slater as Ross Edwards, a con man with a criminal record, who is Clark's brother. *Megalyn Echikunwoke as Megan Shane, an actress. *Wynn Everett as Claire Edwards, ex-wife of Ross Edwards. *Gregory Marcel as Miles Hood, who had been a top graduate student in Clark's department. *Cedric Sanders as Latrell Griffin, whose specialty is business development. *Jaime Ray Newman as Samantha "Sam" Gordon, an ex-con. *Katherine Cunningham as Beth Scott, Clark's girlfriend. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Features
King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate also produces intellectual properties, develops new content and franchises, like ''The Cuphead Show!'', which it produced with Netflix, and licenses its classic characters and properties. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc., which combines the Hearst Corporation's cable-network partnerships, television programming and distribution activities, and syndication companies. King Features' affiliate syndicates are North America Syndicate and Cowles Syndicate. History William Randolph Hearst's newspapers began syndicating material in 1895 after receiving requests from other newspapers. The first official Hearst syndicate was called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jupiter Ascending
''Jupiter Ascending'' is a 2015 space opera film written, directed and co-produced by the Wachowskis. Starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis with Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth in supporting roles, the film is centered on Jupiter Jones (Kunis), an ordinary cleaning woman, and Caine Wise (Tatum), an interplanetary warrior who informs Jones that her destiny extends beyond Earth. Supporting cast member Douglas Booth has described the film's fictional universe as a cross between ''The Matrix'' and ''Star Wars'', while Kunis identified indulgence and consumerism as its underlying themes.Total Film, Summer 2014, issue 221 The film was produced by Grant Hill and the Wachowskis, making ''Jupiter Ascending'' Hill's seventh collaboration with the Wachowskis as producer or executive producer. Several more longstanding Wachowski collaborators since the creation of the ''Matrix'' films have contributed to the picture, including production designer Hugh Bateup, visual effects su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Extinction
''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The film is the fourth installment in the ''Transformers'' film series and the sequel to '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011). Like its predecessor, the film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and T.J. Miller. It does not feature the original human cast from the previous three films, and instead introduces a new human cast and many new Transformers, including the Dinobots. The film was the first feature film to be shot on smaller digital IMAX cameras, as well as various other film formats, such as IMAX 70mm film cameras, digital stereo 3D, and anamorphic and spherical 35mm film. The film was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D. Upon release, ''Age of Extinction'' was financially successful and gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirens (2014 TV Series)
''Sirens'' is an American comedy television series loosely based on the British Sirens (2011 TV series), series of the same name. The American version was adapted by actor Denis Leary and screenwriter Bob Fisher (screenwriter), Bob Fisher. The series aired for two seasons on the USA Network, USA cable television network from March 6, 2014, through April 14, 2015. On April 22, 2015, USA cancelled ''Sirens'' after two seasons. Overview The series follows the workday of three Emergency medical technician, Emergency Medical Technicians with a fictional Chicago private ambulance company, named Eminent, and the unusual situations—often crude or humorous—people in need of their assistance are in. Cast Main * Michael Mosley (actor), Michael Mosley as Johnny "Mousse" Farrell: a Chicago paramedic whose fear of commitment contributes to an on-again/off-again relationship with Theresa * Kevin Daniels as Henry Isaiah "Hank" St. Clare: Johnny's openly homosexuality, gay paramedic partner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Fire (TV Series)
''Chicago Fire'' is an American drama television series created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, with Dick Wolf as an executive producer. It is the first installment of Wolf Entertainment's ''Chicago'' franchise, which deals with different public services in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Fire follows the professional and personal lives of firefighters, rescue personnel, and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department at the fictional Firehouse 51. The series premiered on NBC on October 19, 2012. , the series had 222 episodes. On February 27, 2020, NBC renewed the series for its ninth, tenth, and eleventh season. The tenth season premiered on September 22, 2021. The eleventh season premiered on September 21, 2022. Plot The show explores the lives, both professional and personal, of the firefighters, rescue personnel, and paramedics of the Chicago Fire Department at the fictional Firehouse 51, home of the fictional Engine Company 51, Truck Company 81, Rescue Squad Company 3, Battal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago PD (TV Series)
''Chicago P.D.'' is an American police procedural action drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead and is the second installment of Wolf's Wolf Entertainment's ''Chicago'' franchise. The series premiered on NBC as a mid-season replacement on January 8, 2014. The show follows the uniformed patrol officers and the Intelligence Unit of the 21st District of the Chicago Police Department as they pursue the perpetrators of the city's major street offenses. On February 27, 2020, NBC renewed the series for an eighth, ninth and tenth season. The eighth season premiered on November 11, 2020. The ninth season premiered on September 22, 2021. The tenth season premiered on September 21, 2022. Plot A spin-off of '' Chicago Fire'', ''Chicago P.D.'' focuses on the fictional 21st District, which houses patrol officers and the department's elite Intelligence Unit, led by Detective Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe). The first three seasons and the first half of season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis (TV Series)
''Crisis'' is an American action thriller drama television series that was aired on NBC from March 16 to June 22, 2014 as part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule and the mid-season entry. The series was created by Rand Ravich for 20th Century Fox Television. The series stars Dermot Mulroney, Rachael Taylor, Lance Gross, James Lafferty, Max Martini, Michael Beach, Stevie Lynn Jones, Halston Sage, Max Schneider, Joshua Erenberg, and Gillian Anderson. ''Crisis'' premiered on March 16, 2014. On May 9, 2014, midway through its first season, NBC canceled ''Crisis''. The network broadcast the remaining episodes starting May 25, with the two-hour series finale airing on June 22. Premise During a school trip, students of Ballard High School, attended by the children of Washington, D.C.'s elite, including the President's son, are the victims of an ambush. A national crisis begins and Secret Service agent Marcus Finley finds himself at the center of it on his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betrayal (TV Series)
''Betrayal'' is an American drama television series that aired on ABC from September 29, 2013, to January 19, 2014. The series was developed by David Zabel and starred Hannah Ware. It is based on the Dutch drama series ''Overspel'', broadcast by VARA. The pilot episode was directed by Patty Jenkins. ''Betrayal'' joined ABC's Sunday line-up after ABC's dramas, ''Once Upon a Time'' and '' Revenge''. On May 9, 2014, ABC canceled ''Betrayal'' after one season. Premise The series stars Hannah Ware as photographer Sara Hanley who begins an affair with Jack McAllister (played by Stuart Townsend), a lawyer for a powerful family. Both married to other people, Jack and Sara find themselves drawn to one another. The premise also revolves a murder trial which involves both of them on separate sides, complicating matters further. Cast and characters Main * Hannah Ware as Sara Hanley * Henry Thomas as T.J. Karsten * Wendy Moniz as Elaine McAllister * Chris Johnson as Drew Stafford * Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
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TGG Group
TGG Group is the holding company for three units: TGG, its core consulting and advisory division; The Greatest Good, a consulting business serving non-profit organizations; and, TGG Ventures, an innovation and co-venturing arm. TGG is a consulting firm that heavily relies on behavioral economics and data analysis. Notable current and former employees * Vikram Pandit, chairman * Andrew M. Rosenfield, CEO * Steven Levitt, co-founder * Daniel Kahneman, co-founder * Gary Becker, co-founder * Amee Kamdar, co-founder and former managing partner * Lewis B. Kaden, senior advisor * Daron Acemoglu, academic affiliate * Max H. Bazerman, academic affiliate * Raj Chetty, academic affiliate * Atul Gawande, academic affiliate * Edward Glaeser, academic affiliate * David Laibson, academic affiliate * Nathan Myhrvold, academic affiliate * Emily Oster, academic affiliate * Steven Pinker, academic affiliate * Lisa Randall, academic affiliate * Jesse Shapiro, academic affiliate * Richard Thaler, acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion. History Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new mini-series of the same name. Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. In April 2016, Comic Book Resources was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal-based company based known for its acquisition and ownership of media properties including Screen Rant. The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site. The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 3.97 million subscribers as of December 21, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
