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Platinum (TV Series)
''Platinum'' is an American drama series which aired on UPN from April 14 to May 13, 2003. Created by John Ridley and Sofia Coppola, the series is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company. Premise Brothers and record industry moguls Jackson and Grady Rhames are the archetype of rags-to-riches success after building their company, Sweetback Entertainment, from the ground up. Clawing their way up from the streets, the brothers have created a successful record company in the high-stakes hip-hop music business. Though they are deeply trusting of and dependent upon one another, the brothers approach business in starkly contrasting fashions. Set in New York City against the backdrop of the glamorous hip-hop lifestyle, the series portrays a cutthroat and sometimes dangerous business notorious for its flashy stars with money to burn and ruthless record executives who stop at nothing to make it big. Standing by the brothers' side is their childhood fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Greenblatt
Robert Greenblatt (born 1959/1960) is an American television executive, former Chairman of NBC Entertainment and former Chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment. He has since launched his production company, The Green Room Early life and education Greenblatt was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He was raised Catholic and attended Boylan Catholic High School. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre management from the University of Illinois and a Master of Arts in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin's Madison School of Business. He also earned a Master of Fine Arts from the USC School of Cinema-Television's Peter Stark Producing Program. Career Greenblatt began his television career at the Fox Broadcasting Company, where he ran prime-time programming and developed such shows as the original ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and ''Melrose Place'', ''The X-Files'', and ''Party of Five''. From 1997 to 2003, Greenblatt was a producer (along with David Janollari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the ''Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Culture
African-American culture refers to the contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. The culture is both distinct and enormously influential on American and global worldwide culture as a whole. African-American culture is a blend between the native African cultures of West Africa and Central Africa and the European culture that has influenced and modified its development in the American South. Understanding its identity within the culture of the United States, that is, in the anthropological sense, conscious of its origins as largely a blend of West and Central African cultures. Although slavery greatly restricted the ability for Africans to practice their original cultural traditions, many practices, values and beliefs survived, and over time they have modified and/or blended with European cultures and other cultures such as that of Native Americans. African-American identity wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three television networks ( ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest- rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
The ''Edwardsville Intelligencer'' is an American daily newspaper in Illinois based in Edwardsville. The paper is circulated in Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, and nearby rural areas. The newspaper was founded in 1862. In 1960, longtime owner and publisher Gilbert Giese sold it to the owner of the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram. In 1964, the newspaper was purchased by Decatur, Illinois-based Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers. It was acquired by the Hearst Corporation Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, televis ... in 1979. References External links * Official mobile website Newspapers published in Illinois Hearst Communications publications Edwardsville, Illinois Companies based in Madison County, Illinois Publications established in 1862 1862 establishments in Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Muzio
Gloria Muzio is an American theatre and television director. She has worked on a number of TV shows including ''Criminal Minds'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''The Black Donnellys'', ''The Closer'', '' ER'', ''Third Watch'', '' Law & Order'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''The Wire'' and '' Oz''. Filmography *'' Deception'' **"You're the Bad Guy" (2013) *''The Good Wife'' **"Crash" (2009) *'' Brothers & Sisters'' **"An American Family" (2007) **"The Other Walker" (2007) *''Criminal Minds'' **"Doubt" (2007) **"The Big Game" (2007) **"The Last Word" (2006) **"The Fisher King: Part 2" (2006) **"A Real Rain" (2006) *'' Saving Grace'' **"And You Wonder Why I Lie" (2007) *''The Black Donnellys'' **"Lies" (2007) *'' Ghost Whisperer'' **"Deja Boo" (2007) **"Weight of What Was" (2007) **"Deadbeat Dads" (2008) **"Save Our Souls" (2008) **"Thrilled To Death" (2009) **"Till Death Do Us Start" (2009) **"Dead Air" (2010) *''The Closer'' **"Mom Duty" (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Raboy
Marcus Raboy (born November 30, 1965) is an American film and music video director. Since the early 1990s, Raboy has amassed a large number music video credits directing music videos for Mary J. Blige, Dixie Chicks, Rihanna, Luther Vandross, Shakira, Santana, and Westlife among other notable artists. His feature film credits are ''Friday After Next'' (2002) and ''Janky Promoters'' (2009) both starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. Raboy grew up in New York City and attended New York University. He is managed by David Naylor & Associates and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Music videos 1991 * Naughty by Nature – " O.P.P." (co-directed with Rodd Houston) 1992 * A.D.O.R. - "Let It All Hang Out" * Mary J. Blige – " Real Love" * Mary J. Blige – " Reminisce" * EPMD featuring K-Solo & Redman – " Head Banger" * Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – " They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" * Ice Cube – "Wicked" * Da Lench Mob – "Guerillas in tha Mist" 1993 * Runâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Virgo
Clement Virgo (born June 1, 1966) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director who runs the production company, Conquering Lion Pictures, with producer Damon D'Oliveira. Virgo is best known for co-writing and directing an adaptation of the novel by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill, '' The Book of Negroes'' (2015), a six-part miniseries that aired on CBC Television in Canada and BET in the United States. Early life Virgo was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He immigrated to Canada at the age of 11 and grew up in Toronto. In the summer of 1991, he attended the Canadian Film Centre's inaugural Summer Lab initiative as a screenwriter, where he developed the screenplay for what would later become his feature film debut, ''Rude'' (1995)."Great Toronto movies that are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bray (director)
Kevin Bray is an American film, television, commercial and music video director. Bray attended the University of Michigan and the University of Paris (Sorbonne) before completing his studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Bray also goes by his initials, KGB. Career Beginning his career as a music video director, Bray has directed music videos for a number of artists, including Anita Baker, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Brandy, Christina Aguilera, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, Whitney Houston, Savage Garden, Celine Dion, among others. Film * '' All About the Benjamins'' (2002) * '' Walking Tall'' (2004) * ''Linewatch'' (Director and Executive Producer, 2008) * ''Friday After Next'' (2002; Second Unit Director) Television ; Director * '' The Morning Show'' (1 episode, 2019) * '' Succession'' (2 episodes, 2019-2021) * ''Black-ish'' (8 episodes, 2015–2022) * ''Pearson'' (3 episodes, 2019) * '' Mike Epps: Only One Mike'' (Netflix special) * '' Bless This Mess'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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