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Peep World
''Peep World'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry W. Blaustein and written by Peter Himmelstein. It stars Judy Greer, Michael C. Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Mara, Ron Rifkin, Ben Schwartz, Sarah Silverman, Lesley Ann Warren and Rainn Wilson. The story revolves around the Meyerwitz family causing trouble for each other after the youngest member reveals each member's secrets in his novel. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival on September 15, 2010, and was theatrically released by IFC Films on March 25, 2011. ''Peep World'' garnered a negative reception from critics over its script and the cast portraying broad caricatures. Plot At a dinner celebrating the 70th birthday of their father Henry Meyerwitz, tensions among the four Meyerwitz siblings explode thanks to the success of the youngest son, Nathan, whose new novel ''Peep World'' is a thinly veiled portrait of the family. The best-selling expose reveals the oldest, "respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barry W
Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950), former dancer at National Basketball Association games Places Canada * Barry Lake, Quebec * Barry Islands, Nunavut United Kingdom * Barry, Angus, Scotland, a village ** Barry Mill, a watermill ** Barry Links railway station * Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, a town ** Barry Island, a seaside resort ** Barry Railway Company ** Barry railway station United States * Barry, Illinois, a city * Barry, Minnesota, a city * Barry, Texas, a city * Barry County, Michigan * Barry County, Missouri * Barry Township (other), in several states * Fort Barry, Marin County, California, a former US Army installation Elsewhere * Barry Island (Debenham Islands), Antarctica * Barry, New South Wales, Australia, a village * Barry, Hautes-Pyré ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lester Speight
Lester Speight (born August 28, 1963), also known as Rasta, is a former American football player who has had subsequent careers as a Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and then actor. He achieved significant recognition for his portrayal of ''Terry Tate: Office Linebacker'' in a series of Reebok commercials that debuted during Super Bowl XXXVII, and received further recognition for his portrayal of Augustus Cole in the ''Gears of War'' series of video games. Early life, family and education Lester Speight was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Gussie Watson and Walter Speight. He graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville, Maryland in 1981, where he is in its Hall of Fame for three sports: football, track, and basketball. He attended Morgan State University from 1981 to 1985 and was a Division 1 All-American Linebacker. Professional football and professional wrestling After graduating college in 1985, he attempted to play in the NFL but did not. He tried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guillermo Díaz (actor)
Guillermo Díaz (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for films ''Half Baked'' (1998), ''200 Cigarettes'' (1999) and '' Stonewall'' (1995). He is best known for his role as Diego "Huck" Muñoz in the drama series ''Scandal''. Díaz has made guest appearances on ''Chappelle's Show'', ''Law & Order'', ''Weeds'', '' ER'', ''Broad City'', and '' Girls''. Early life and career Díaz was born in New Jersey to Cuban parents, and grew up in Washington Heights, Manhattan. In 1994, he landed his first speaking role as Spike in Boaz Yakin's '' Fresh''. From there he began working on '' Party Girl'' as Leo, Parker Posey's roommate. His next role was a drag queen (La Miranda) in Nigel Finch's '' Stonewall''. In 1996, Díaz worked in Jim McKay's '' Girls Town'' as Dylan, after which he appeared in '' I'm Not Rappaport''. Díaz played Paco de la Vega al Camino Cordoba Jose Cuervo Sanchez Rodriguez Jr., a high school gang member in ''High School High''. He later appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Geoffrey Arend
Geoffrey Rashid Arend, Jr. (born February 28, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ethan Gross on the ABC drama series ''Body of Proof'', Matt Mahoney on the CBS political drama series '' Madam Secretary'', and a young stoner in '' Super Troopers''. Biography Arend is the son of Geoffrey D. Arend Sr. and Sabiha Khan Arend, the founders of the trade publication ''Air Cargo News''. His father is an American of German and English descent; his mother is Pakistani. Arend grew up in Hollis, Queens and graduated from New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1996. Career In 1998, Arend joined the cast of ''Daria'' as the voice artist for obnoxious flirt Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III. He would voice Upchuck until the end of the series in 2002, as well as in the video game '' Daria's Inferno''. After the show finished, Arend landed small roles in films such as '' Super Troopers'', where he played a stoner who ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama '' A Time to Kill''. Following a decade of brief roles in film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film '' The Help'', which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ensuing years, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic '' Fruitvale Station'' (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom '' Mom'' (20132015), and starred in the Fox drama series ''Red Band Society'' (20142015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic ''Hidden Figures'' (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy ''The Shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deborah Pratt
Deborah M. Pratt is an American director, writer, television producer and actress. Early life Pratt was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, to an African American family. She's the daughter of Geraldine Marian (''née'' Bryant), a teacher, and Col. Bertram Roberson Pratt, a vice president of Pullman Heritage Bank. Colonel Pratt commanded the segregated 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion in Europe during the Second World War and later served in the Illinois National Guard. Pratt has four sisters. Pratt earned a degree in Psychology from Webster University and studied Theatre at The Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Career Pratt started performing on stage in Chicago theatre. Deborah's talent was discovered through a nationwide search that brought her to Los Angeles under contract to NBC, singing and dancing, on The Dean Martin Show with '' The Golddiggers''. She sang and danced with Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and toured with Debbie Reynolds. Pratt acted in various television series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
David Packer (actor)
David Packer is an American actor. Early life He was born in Passaic, New Jersey. Career His first starring role was as the human collaborator Daniel Bernstein in the 1983 NBC miniseries '' V''. He reprised the role in the 1984 sequel '' V: The Final Battle''. During the first month of filming for ''V'', the 20-year-old Packer was present in the house when co-star Dominique Dunne was killed outside by her ex-boyfriend; he faced public criticism for not having done more to prevent Dunne's death. Showrunner Kenneth Johnson described in a 2023 interview that his other co-stars were "totally accepting of the fact that he had been a part of a tragedy, and that it was weighing on him", also describing how upset Packer was at Dunne's funeral. In the same interview lead actress Faye Grant is quoted as saying "I do want to point out that he was a child. He was a very young person when that happened. And he was frightened. And that’s really all I can say about that." Packer subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress and musician. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in ''Dune'' (1984) and ''Twin Peaks'' (1990). Witt was a regular on Cybill Shepherd's sitcom ''Cybill'' (1995–1998) for four seasons, playing the title character's daughter, Zoe Woodbine. She had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in '' Fun'' (1994), appeared as a music student in '' Mr. Holland's Opus'' (1995) and as a terrorized college student in the horror film ''Urban Legend'' (1998). She appeared in ''Vanilla Sky'' (2001), '' Two Weeks Notice'' (2002), '' Last Holiday'' (2006), '' 88 Minutes'' (2007), '' I Care A Lot'' (2020) and '' Longlegs'' (2024). Witt has made television appearances in shows such as '' The Walking Dead'', ''The Sopranos'', '' Friday Night Lights'', '' Twin Peaks: The Return'', '' CSI: Miami'', ''Supernatural'', '' Justified'' and ''Orange Is the New Black''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Troian Bellisario
Troian Avery Bellisario (born October 28, 1985) is an American actress and filmmaker. The daughter of producer Donald P. Bellisario and actress Deborah Pratt, she first appeared in her father's film ''Last Rites'' (1988), at age three. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Bellisario gained international attention for her portrayal of Spencer Hastings in the Freeform drama series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (20102017), for which she received various accolades. In film, Bellisario has received recognition for her performances in '' C.O.G.'' (2013), '' Feed'' (2017)which she also wrote and produced'' Clara'' (2018), and '' Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019). On television, Bellisario appeared in the television drama film ''Sister Cities'' (2016), the web series ''Lauren'' (20122013), and the police procedural series '' On Call'' (2025). Since 2016, she has been married to actor Patrick J. Adams, with whom she has two daughters. The couple appear together in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American character actor and writer. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in ''Groundhog Day'' and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in '' Memento'', as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry in '' Deadwood'', Bob Bishop in '' Heroes'', Sandy Ryerson in ''Glee'', Stu Beggs in ''Californication'' and '' White Famous'', "Action" Jack Barker in ''Silicon Valley'', Dr. Leslie Berkowitz in '' One Day at a Time'', Principal Earl Ball in '' The Goldbergs'', and Dr. Schulman in ''The Mindy Project''. Tobolowsky has a monthly audio podcast, ''The Tobolowsky Files'', of autobiographical stories of his acting and personal life. He has also authored three books: ''The Dangerous Animals Club'', ''Cautionary Tales'', and '' My Adventures with God''. Early life and education Tobolowsky was born on May 30, 1951, in Dallas, Texas. He grew up creating imaginative games with his brother, and his story ''The Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lewis Black
Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series ''Lewis Black's Root of All Evil'' and makes regular appearances on ''The Daily Show'' delivering his "The Daily Show recurring elements#Back in Black with Lewis Black, Back in Black" commentary segment, which he has been doing since ''The Daily Show'' was hosted by Craig Kilborn. He was voted 51st of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central in 2004 and was voted 5th in Comedy Central's Stand Up Showdown in 2008 and 11th in 2010. In 2015, he appeared as the voice of Anger in the Pixar film Inside Out (2015 film), ''Inside Out'', a role he reprises in the Inside Out 2, 2024 sequel. Lewis Black is also a spokesman for the Aruba Tourism Authority, appearing in television ads that first aired in late 2009 and 2010. He has served as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
