Noobz
''Noobz'' is a 2012 American comedy film, directed by (and also starring) Blake Freeman. Plot Four friends face down a mace-spraying mother, a 1980s arcade champ, and Casper Van Dien in their quest to take the top prize at the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship in Los Angeles, and prove that all of those hours playing Xbox were spent wisely. When Cody (Blake Freeman) lost his job, he turned to video games for pleasure. Meanwhile, things go from bad to worse when Cody's wife grows weary of being married to a gamer, and walks out on him. But when Cody's pal Andy (Jason Mewes) rallies their old gang the Reign Clan to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, it appears to be the perfect opportunity to put their gaming skills to use, and win a big cash prize in the process. With the old pals Oliver (Matt Shively) and "Hollywood" (Moises Arias) in tow, Cody and Andy set their sights on Los Angeles. Unfortunately for the Reign Clan, the forces of the universe seem to be working ag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India Oxenberg
India Riven Oxenberg (born June 7, 1991) is an American actress and documentary film producer. A granddaughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, she is a relative of the House of Karađorđević, the former royal family of Serbia and, later, Yugoslavia. Oxenberg began her career as a child actress, with small roles in film and television projects that her mother, Catherine Oxenberg, and then-stepfather, Casper Van Dien, were involved in. As a teenager, she was a cast member of the reality television series ''I Married a Princess''. From 2011 to 2018, Oxenberg was involved in NXIVM, an American multi-level marketing company that was later exposed as a cult. While in NXIVM she was introduced to a secret group "DOS" and was groomed to be a sexual partner of NXIVM's founder, Keith Raniere. In 2020, she published the book ''Still Learning: A Memoir''. She also produced and stars in the documentary series '' Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult'', which details her time in the cult. Ea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matt Shively
Matthew James Shively Jr. (born September 15, 1990) PopTower.com. No date. Accessed August 7, 2009. is an American actor best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the television series ''''. Beginning in June 2011, he began appearing on two more Nickelodeon shows: '' Winx Club'' as Sky and '''' as Kirby. He co-starred in the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lin Shaye
Linda Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American film, television, and theater actress. In a career spanning over forty years, she has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Elise Rainier in the ''Insidious'' film series (2010–2018), and as Magda in ''There's Something About Mary''. Shaye is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films, including '' Alone in the Dark'' (1982), ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984), '' Critters'' (1986) and its sequel '' Critters 2: The Main Course'' (1988), '' Amityville: A New Generation'' (1993), ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' (1994), ''Dead End'' (2003), '' 2001 Maniacs'' (2005) and its sequel '' 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams'' (2010), ''Ouija'' (2014) and its prequel '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'' (2016), ''Tales of Halloween'' (2015), ''Abattoir'' (2016), ''The Final Wish'' (2018), '' Room for Rent'' (2019), ''The Grudge'' (2020), and the ''Insidious '' univ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Skylan Brooks
Skylan Brooks (born February 12, 1999) is an American actor, best known for playing Mister in ''The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete''. Early life Brooks was born in Torrance, California. Career In 2013, Brooks played the titular role of Mister in the drama film ''The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete'' along with Ethan Dizon, Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Hudson, and the film was directed by George Tillman, Jr. The film was released on October 11, 2013 by Lionsgate Entertainment. Brooks was highly praised by media and film critics. Brooks played the role of Ra-Ra in the Netflix musical series ''The Get Down''. In 2018, He also played Charles "Chubs" Meriwether in The Darkest Minds ''The Darkest Minds'' is a 2018 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and written by Chad Hodge. Based on Alexandra Bracken's 2012 young adult novel of the same name, it was produced by Shawn Levy and Dan Levin .... Filmography Film Television ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chenese Lewis
Chenese Tharis Lewis, born November 14, 1979, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an American actress, host, plus-size model, and a positive body image and self-esteem advocate. Dubbed “One Of The Original Plus-Size Influencers” by Forbes, she made history by being the first crowned Miss Plus America in 2003 and created the first podcast for the plus size industry, The Chenese Lewis Show, in 2008. Lewis, also an actress, appeared on the first season of the hit BET series, ''Hell Date''. Biography She is the only child of Willie D. Lewis and Tharis Lewis. Chenese attended McKinley Senior High School and Louisiana State University. Career Lewis's career began in pageantry in 2002 when she stumbled upon a plus size beauty pageant on the Internet and entered as Miss Louisiana Plus America. Without any prior pageant experience or formal training she walked away with the national title of Miss Plus America, becoming the first woman to hold the title in 2003. She made history and set ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Bellamy
William Bellamy (born April 7, 1965) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons' ''Def Comedy Jam'', where he is credited for creating or coining the phrase "booty call", described as a late night call to a potential paramour with the intention of meeting strictly for sex. Early life and family Bellamy was born in Newark, New Jersey. Bellamy is a cousin of basketball player Shaquille O'Neal. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School in nearby South Orange, New Jersey (now located in West Orange). He majored in economics at Rutgers University. Career For many years, Bellamy was a staple on MTV, a VJ and the host of several MTV programs including ''MTV Jamz'' and ''MTV Beach House''. He went on to star in a number of movies, including ''Fled'', '' Love Jones'', '' The Brothers'', ''How to Be a Player'', ''Getting Played'' and ''Any Given Sunday''. He also appeared on two episodes of the TV show ''Kenan and Kel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moisés Arias
Moisés Arias (born April 18, 1994), is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Rico in the Disney Channel series '' Hannah Montana'', Biaggio in the 2013 Sundance film ''The Kings of Summer'', Cokestraw in the 2019 SXSW comedy-drama '' The Wall of Mexico'', and Bigfoot in the Colombian war drama ''Monos''. He has also appeared in ''Pitch Perfect 3'', ''Five Feet Apart'', '' Ender's Game'', '' The Stanford Prison Experiment'', '' Jockey'', ''The Perfect Game'' and ''The King of Staten Island''. Early life Moisés Arias was born April 18, 1994, in New York City, the son of Mónica and César Arias. His parents are Colombian, and he was raised bilingual. His brother is '' Kickin' It'' actor Mateo Arias. Before starting his acting career, Moises graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Tampa, Florida. Career Moisés has made guest appearances on shows such as ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'' and ''Wizards of Waverly Place''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carly Craig
Carly Craig (born June 12, 1980) is an American actress. Background Born and raised in San Diego, California, Craig comes from a large Italian-Irish family that includes two professional baseball players: her father, Rocky Craig, a scout for the Seattle Mariners; and younger brother, Casey Craig. Her mother, Marz Moore (nee Olson), is a flight attendant for American Airlines. She has one sister and two brothers, and is the step-sister of entertainer Mandy Moore and her brothers (Carly's mother remarried Mandy's father). Career Craig studied at The Stella Adler Academy and The Second City, where she later graduated. She met famed manager Bernie Brillstein while waiting tables and decided to put on a comedy show with her classmates. Brillstein came to that show, and soon after, signed her as a client. Director David Wain cast Craig in '' Role Models'' as the love interest for Seann William Scott. Other projects would include Mike Leigh's critically lauded live show ''Ecstasy'', Ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason Mewes
Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, film producer, and podcaster. He is best known for playing Jay, the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob, in longtime friend Kevin Smith's films. Early life Mewes was born on June 12, 1974 in Highlands, New Jersey, and grew up in a working-class neighborhood. He never knew his father, and his mother was an ex-con and a drug addict. Relates Mewes: "She used to check into hotels and take TVs and sell them...I guess it really ain't funny, but it's weird because it was so fucked up...She used to steal mail. I used to drive around with her and she'd pull up and make me reach into mailboxes. It really wasn't pleasant." Although this exposure to drugs at first served to make him averse to them, he eventually began using them after graduating from Henry Hudson Regional High School. His best friend was future filmmaker Kevin Smith, who described Mewes this way: "asons the kind of dude you know for five minutes a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American singer and actress. Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the television crime show ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and had a recurring role on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's short-lived series, ''The Goodwin Games'', which lasted three months. She starred in the Disney Channel comedy series ''Girl Meets World'' (2014–2017); in 2016, she appeared in a television movie, ''Adventures in Babysitting (2016 film), Adventures in Babysitting'', for the network. Carpenter has starred in several feature films, including Horns (film), ''Horns'' (2013), The Hate U Give (film), ''The Hate U Give'' (2018), ''The Short History of the Long Road'' (2019), ''Clouds (2020 film), Clouds'' (2020), and ''Emergency (2022 film), Emergency'' (2022). She also starred in three Netflix films, ''Tall Girl'' (2019), Tall Girl 2, its sequel (2022), and ''Work It (film), Work It'' (2020). In 2014, her debut music single "C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jon Gries
Jonathan Gries ( '; born June 17, 1957) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for the role of Uncle Rico in '' Napoleon Dynamite '' for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and also as recurring characters Roger Linus on ''Lost'' and Rusty the Bum on ''Seinfeld''. He is also known for his roles in ''Martin'', '' The Pretender'', ''The Monster Squad'', '' Running Scared'', ''Real Genius'', ''Dream Corp LLC'', and ''The White Lotus''. Life and career Gries is the son of writer, director, and producer Tom Gries. His first film role came at the age of 11, when he played the Boy Horace in the Charlton Heston film ''Will Penny'', which was written and directed by his father. Some of his signature roles have come in cult classics. He played Lazlo Hollyfeld in ''Real Genius'' (1985), Azzolini in ''Rainbow Drive'', Shawn McDermott in the TV series ''Martin'' (1992-1994), Ronnie Wingate in ''Get Shorty'' (1995), Harvey i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Casper Van Dien
Casper Robert Van Dien Jr. (born December 18, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead role as Johnny Rico in the 1997 science-fiction action film ''Starship Troopers''. He has also appeared in a large number of television and film roles, often in daytime and primetime soap operas, and a large number of TV movies and direct-to-video films, including '' Starship Troopers 3: Marauder'', a 2008 sequel to the original film. Early life Van Dien was born and raised in the Pensacola suburb of Milton, Florida, the son of Diane (''née'' Morrow), a nursery school teacher, and Casper Robert Van Dien Sr., a U.S. Navy Commander and fighter pilot. There is a long military tradition in Van Dien's family. Aside from his father, his grandfather was a Marine during World War II. Van Dien is descended from an old Dutch family long settled in the New York area; his other heritage includes Swedish, French, and English. The street on which Van Dien grew up in Ridgewood, New Jers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |