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Midori Francis
Midori Iwama (born April 16, 1994), known professionally as Midori Francis, is an American actress. She began her career in theatre, earning NYIT, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her role as Lily in the Netflix series '' Dash & Lily'' (2020). Early life and education Francis grew up in Rumson, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Joanne and Ken Iwama, the current chancellor of Indiana University Northwest. Named after her paternal grandmother, Francis is of Japanese descent on her father's side and Irish and Italian on her mother's. On growing up in a predominantly white town in the 90s and early 2000s, she commented "I was teased a lot for being Asian, I was bullied, made to feel like I was ugly or weird". She identifies as Hapa (a term for people of mixed European and Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry). Francis attended Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, graduating in 2009. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakewood, New Jersey
Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A rapidly growing community as of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 135,158 representing an increase of 41,415 (+45.5%) from the 92,843 counted in the 2010 census.DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Lakewood township, Ocean County, New Jersey , . Accessed January 3, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames. The original theatre was built in 1599, destroyed by the fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern Globe Theatre is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It is considered quite realistic, though modern safety requirements mean that it accommodates only 1,400 spectators compared to the original theatre's 3,000. The modern ''Shakespeare's Globe'' was founded by the actor and director Sam Wanamaker, and built about from the site of the original theatre in the historic open-air style. It opened to the public in 1997, with a production of ''Henry V''. The site also includes the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, an indoor theatre which opened in January 2014. This is a smaller, candle-lit space based on histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afterlife Of The Party
''Afterlife of the Party'' is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Carrie Freedle. The film stars Victoria Justice as Cassie and Midori Francis as Lisa, two friends who experience challenges in their relationship upon reaching adulthood. The film also stars Timothy Renouf, Adam Garcia, Gloria Garcia and Spencer Sutherland. ''Afterlife of the Party'' was released on September 2, 2021, by Netflix; by September 7, it was the most viewed film on the platform. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Justice's and Francis's performances and its humor. Plot Cassie and Lisa have been best friends since first grade. Now as adults, their interests and social lives have changed. Cassie is a fun-loving party animal, while Lisa lives a secluded life away from most social interaction. One day, Cassie convinces Lisa to go out to a party and before leaving they meet Max, who lives a very similar life to Lisa, moving in next doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Justice
Victoria Dawn Justice (born February 19, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She has received several accolades, including two Young Artist Awards and nominations for three Imagen Awards, an NAACP Image Award, and three Kids' Choice Awards. Justice made her acting debut with a guest appearance on the comedy drama series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2003), and rose to fame on Nickelodeon, playing Lola Martinez on the comedy drama series ''Zoey 101'' (2005–2008), Tori Vega on the teen sitcom ''Victorious'' (2010–2013), and Jordan Sands in the television comedy horror film '' The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' (2010). She subsequently appeared in the romantic comedy film '' The First Time'' (2012), the teen film ''Fun Size'' (2012), the comedy drama film ''Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List'' (2015), the teen comedy film '' The Outcasts'' (2017), the romance film ''Trust'' (2021), the comedy film ''Afterlife of the Party'' (2021), and the romantic comedy film ''A Perfect Pairing'' (2022), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 48th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honoring the best in U.S. daytime television Daytime is a block of television programming taking place during the late-morning and afternoon on weekdays. Daytime programming is typically scheduled to air between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., following the early morning d ... programming in 2020. The winners were revealed on June 25, 2021 while the nominations were announced alongside the main ceremony categories on May 25, 2021. The nominations for both the Daytime Children’s Programming & Animation Emmy Awards and the Daytime Lifestyle Programming Emmy Awards were announced on June 28, 2021. The winners were announced via the Emmys OTT platform on July 17, 2021 for the Children’s Programming & Animation awards and on July 18, 2021 for the Lifestyle Programming awards. Winners and nominees The nominees for the Daytime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Cohn
Rachel Cohn (born December 14, 1968) is an American young adult fiction writer. Her first book, '' Gingerbread'', was published in 2002. Since then she has gone on to write many other successful YA and younger children's books, and has collaborated on six books with the author David Levithan. Personal life Cohn was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, grew up near DC, and attended Barnard College in Manhattan at the age of 17. She graduated with a B.A. in political science, thinking she wanted to be a journalist. Instead of becoming a journalist, Cohn moved to San Francisco to work at a law firm and began writing. Cohn is now a full-time author living in Los Angeles with her two cats, named Bunk and Mcnulty. Career Cohn wrote three other novels before her debut was published, two were adult fiction that never sold. In a 2008 interview, she stated that she would be reworking them with the aim to publish them eventually, twelve years after writing them. The third of those novels w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Levithan
David Levithan (born September 7, 1972) is an American young adult fiction author and editor."David Levithan". October 30, 2008. Gale Database. ''Contemporary Authors Online''. UWM Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee. July 1, 2009. He has written numerous works featuring strong male gay characters, most notably ''Boy Meets Boy (novel), Boy Meets Boy'' and ''Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List''. Six of Levithan's books have won or been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, making him the most celebrated author in the category. Early life and career Levithan was born and raised in the Short Hills, New Jersey, Short Hills section of Millburn, New Jersey, to a family of Jewish background, graduating in 1990 from Millburn High School. At nineteen, Levithan received an internship at Scholastic Corporation where he began working on ''The Baby-sitters Club'' series. Levithan still works for Scholastic as an editorial director. Levithan is also the founding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Abrams
Austin Noah Abrams (born September 2, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2015–2016), as Ethan Daley in ''Euphoria'' (since 2019) and as Dash in ''Dash & Lily'' (2020). He has also appeared in films such as ''The Kings of Summer'' (2013), ''Paper Towns'' (2015), ''Brad's Status'' (2017), ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' (2019) and '' Chemical Hearts'' (2020). Early life Abrams was raised in Sarasota, Florida, and is the son of Lori and Bradley Abrams, who are doctors. He is Jewish. Abrams began taking acting lessons when he was five years old, and started appearing in theater productions at the age of nine. His first film role was in ''Ticking Clock''. Career Austin is known for playing Ron Anderson in the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'' during its fifth and sixth seasons. In 2017, he co-starred in Kyle Wilamowski's film ''All Summers End'', playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Boys (film)
''Good Boys'' is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Gene Stupnitsky, in his directorial debut, and written by Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. It stars Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, and Brady Noon as three sixth-graders who find themselves in a series of misadventures as they try to attend a party hosted by their popular classmates. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced the film through their Point Grey Pictures company. The film premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. on March 11, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 16, 2019 by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews and was a box-office success, grossing $111 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. Plot Best friends Max, Lucas, and Thor enter sixth grade facing their own personal dilemmas: Max has a crush on his classmate Brixlee, Lucas learns his parents are getting divorced, and bullying from his peers discourages Thor from pursuing his love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Mountain (film)
''South Mountain'' is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Hilary Brougher and starring Talia Balsam and Scott Cohen. Cast *Talia Balsam * Scott Cohen *Andrus Nichols *Michael Oberholtzer *Midori Francis *Macaulee Cassady *Violet Rea *Naian Gonzalez Norvind *Guthrie Mass *Isis Masoud Release The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2019. Reception The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "''South Mountain'' sifts through the wreckage of a broken marriage, finding quietly impactful resolutions through Talia Balsam's nuanced performance." Alex Saveliev of '' Film Threat'' gave the film a 9 out of 10. Eric Kohn of IndieWire graded the film a B+. Nick Schager of ''Variety'' gave the film a positive review and wrote that the film "demonstrates a realistically complex conception of stock ideas like 'vengeance,' 'moving on' and 'healing,' and Ethan Mass’s cinematography echoes the material’s dualities in its deli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean's 8
''Ocean's Eight'' (stylized onscreen as ''Ocean's 8'') is a 2018 American heist action thriller comedy film directed by Gary Ross and written by Ross and Olivia Milch. The film is both a continuation of and a spin-off from Steven Soderbergh's ''Ocean's'' trilogy and features an ensemble cast including Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter. The film follows a group of women led by Debbie Ocean, the sister of Danny Ocean, who plan a sophisticated heist at the annual Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. After the release of ''Ocean's Thirteen'' in 2007, Soderbergh stated he had no intentions of making a fourth film, citing his desire to have the series "go out on top". However, an all-female spin-off was announced in October 2015, and much of the cast signed on by August 2016. Filming took place from October 2016 to March 2017 around Manhattan. ''Ocean's 8'' premiered at A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolves (play)
''The Wolves'' is a 2016 one-act play by Sarah DeLappe. It premiered Off-Broadway at The Duke at 42nd Street in September 2016 and centers on the experiences of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning pre-game soccer warmups. The play received multiple awards and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Synopsis ''The Wolves'' is set in an indoor soccer facility. Each scene depicts the nine teenage girls who make up the Wolves, a high school soccer team, conversing while they warm up before their game each week. In most scenes, the team is going through a stretching routine led by #25, the team captain, or doing practice exercises. The girls sometimes continue their gossip from the previous week, bringing up new developments or related topics. The first scene opens with discussion of the sentencing of an elderly participant of the Cambodian genocide, and conversations stem from there. Overlapping dialogue illustrates an atmosphere where each group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
