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Rappin'
''Rappin is a 1985 film directed by Joel Silberg, written by Adam Friedman and Robert J. Litz, produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is a sequel to '' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'', and is also known as ''Breakdance 3''. Although it features Ice-T (who featured in ''Breakin''' and ''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo''), ''Rappin''' has a plot unconnected to the previous two films and features different lead characters and locations. Plot Rappin' John Hood (Van Peebles), an ex-convict, attempts to save his neighborhood from developers and hoodlums. Around the same time, one of the hoodlums' girlfriend, Dixie, persuades him to audition for a rap recording contract. Their interactions develop into a relationship. Cast * Mario Van Peebles as John Hood * Rutanya Alda as Cecilia * Eyde Byrde as Grandma * Rony Clanton as Cedric * Charles Grant as Duane * Melvin Plowden as "Fats" * Jessie Daniels, Antoine Lundy, Stevie D. Lundy, Charles Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing and starring in ''New Jack City'' in 1991 and '' USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage'' in 2016. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic ''Baadasssss!'', which he also co-wrote and directed. Early life and education Mario Van Peebles was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of writer, director, actor and musician Melvin Van Peebles and Maria Marx. He travelled often with his parents between Europe and the USA. He majored in economics at Columbia College, the undergraduate division of Columbia University. He was invited to speak as the Class Day Speaker as part of the annual commencement exercises in 2021. Career 1968 to 1971: First roles Van Peebles' first screen appearance was in 1968, in the soap opera ''One Life to Live''. In 1971, he appeared in the film ''Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song'', Melvin Van Peebles direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Daniels (R&B Singer)
The Force M.D.'s are an American R&B vocal group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Although the group has old school hip hop roots, it is perhaps best known for two tunes that are widely considered 1980s quiet storm classics, "Tender Love" and " Love Is a House". They are considered major forerunners of the new jack swing movement. History Origins The band was originally named The L.D.s, and then became the Force MCs, but ultimately preferred the name Force MDs, which stood for Musical Diversity. Though the group was not quite always as recognizable as other New York R&B acts when it first started, they were among the first R&B vocal groups to intermix doo-wop-affected singing with and sometimes over hip-hop beats. The group was composed of brothers Stevie D., Antoine "T.C.D." (February 3, 1963 – January 18, 1998), and Rodney "Khalil" Lundy, and their uncle Jessie Lee Daniels (July 4, 1963 – January 4, 2022). Later, friends Trisco Pearson (October 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Silberg
Joel Silberg ( he, יואל זילברג; March 30, 1927 – February 18, 2013) was a film, television and stage director and screenwriter in Israel and the United States. He made films in Israel including so-called Bourekas films. He then directed films in the U.S. during the 1980s, including ''Breakin' a''nd Lambada (1990 American film), ''Lambada''. Both have been described as exploitation films. In 2008 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Film Academy. Biography Silberg was born in Palestine (region), Palestine in 1927. He was the son of actor Ben Zion Silberg. He began his career directing at London's Old Vic theater. He co-wrote the Israeli musical film ''Kazablan (film), Kazablan'' (1974). ''Breakin was shot in Los Angeles and reflects a different style of break dancing and street dance culture than the Bronx, New York film ''Beat Street''. The film, directed by Sam Firstenberg, was a Cannon Films productions. Roger Ebert gave this film 1 1/2 stars, st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadeem Hardison
Kadeem Hardison (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dwayne Wayne on ''A Different World'', a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show''. He starred in the Disney Channel series ''K.C. Undercover'' as Craig Cooper, the title character's father and played Norman in OWN's ''Love Is_''. He also appeared in the first season of the Showtime comedy ''Black Monday'' and starred as Bowser in the Netflix series ''Teenage Bounty Hunters''. Early life Hardison was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Donald McFadden, an antique and fine art collector, and Bethann Hardison, a pioneering African-American runway model and advocate for diversity in the fashion industry. Career Hardison was a starring cast member on the sitcom ''A Different World'' as Dwayne Wayne, and a regular cast member of ''K.C. Undercover'' and the short-lived sitcoms '' Abby'' and ''Between Brothers''. His career was managed predominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Grant (actor)
Charles Grant, also credited as Charles Flohe or Charles Floye, is an American actor, who portrayed Connor McCabe on NBC's soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' from 1992 to 1993. His other soap roles include playing John 'Preacher' Emerson from 1982 to 1984 on ''The Edge of Night'', the first Evan Frame on '' Another World'' from 1988 to 1990. He also played Grant Chambers on ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' from 1996 to 1998. Grant began as model with agency Zoe, then appeared in TV commercials and studied acting under Warren Robertson. He was married to actress Kim Delaney on July 22, 1984. The couple later divorced. Filmography * 1982–1984 ''The Edge of Night'' as Preacher Emerson * 1984 ''Oxford Blues'' as Student Photographer * 1985 ''Rappin''' as Duane * 1986 ''The Delta Force'' as Tom Hale, US Navy Diver * 1986 ''P.O.W. the Escape'' as Sparks * 1988 ''Brothers in Arms'' as Dallas * 1992 ''Loving Lulu'' as Sam * 1992 '' In the Heat of the Night'' as David Ritt * 1994 ''Lady in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Wilde
Eugene Wilde (born Ronald Eugene Broomfield, December 6, 1961) is an American R&B singer who had two No. 1 hits on the US ''Billboard'' R&B charts in the 1980s. Career Broomfield was born in North Miami Beach, Florida and raised in Miami. He grew up as part of a family group, La Voyage, playing in local clubs. In the 1970s, the group became Tight Connection, and was later known as Simplicious. Broomfield also recorded an album with Curtom Records in 1979 as a member of Today, Tomorrow, Forever. On learning Broomfield's middle name was Eugene, his manager insisted that he go by that name professionally; the last name was inspired by Broomfield seeing an advertisement for a New York club named Wildflower's. In 1984, Eugene Wilde joined Philly World Records, and wrote and recorded his first hit, "Gotta Get You Home Tonight". It rose to No. 1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and also made No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart. After a couple of less successful follow-ups, he hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriq La Salle
Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is best known for his performance in the film ''Coming to America'' (1988) and especially as Dr. Peter Benton in the NBC medical drama '' ER'' (1994–2002; 2008–2009) which earned him three NAACP Image Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards. Early life La Salle, one of four children, was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, by his mother, Ada Haynes. He is an alumnus of Weaver High School and the Artists Collective, Inc. in Hartford. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division for two years as a member of Group 13 (1980–84), then attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate Acting Program in 1984. Career At the time of his graduation from NYU, La Salle was cast in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan ( he, מנחם גולן; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director. He was best known for co-owning The Cannon Group with his cousin Yoram Globus. Cannon specialized in producing low-to-mid-budget American films, primarily genre films, during the 1980s after Golan and Globus had achieved significant filmmaking success in their native Israel during the 1970s. Golan produced films featuring actors such as Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Charles Bronson, and for a period, was known as a producer of comic book-style films like ''Masters of the Universe'', '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'', ''Captain America'', and his aborted attempt to bring Spider-Man to the silver screen. Golan also wrote and "polished" numerous film scripts under the pen name Joseph Goldman. At the time of his death, Golan had produced over 200 films, directed 44, and won 8 "Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Abanes
Richard Abanes (; born October 13, 1961) is an American writer and actor. As an author/journalist, Abanes specializes in the area of socio-religious issues, cults, the occult, world religions, the entertainment industry, and pop culture. Since 1994 he has written/co-written twenty books (as of 2009) covering a broad range of topics. In 1997, for his work on intolerance in North America (see ''American Militias: Rebellion, Racism, and Religion'', InterVarsity Press, 1996), he received an award from The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. Also in 1997, Abanes won the Evangelical Press Association's Higher Goals In Journalism Award for his article on the various religions in America. This volume is currently being used as cited source material in teaching/training literature distributed by: the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point; the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security; the U.S. Dept. of Defense; and the Center for Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Goz
Harry Goz (February 16, 1932 – September 6, 2003) was an American musical theater actor and voice actor. Career Goz debuted in the 1956 Broadway production of ''Bajour'', co-starring Chita Rivera and Nancy Dussault. Goz played Tevye in the Broadway musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' from 1966 to 1968, both as understudy and lead actor. He appeared in musicals such as '' Two by Two'' and ''Chess'', for which he was nominated in 1988 for a Drama Desk Award in the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical category, and comedies such as ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue''. Goz had a number of TV and movie guest appearances throughout his career. He starred as The Big Apple in Fruit of the Loom underwear TV commercials during the 1970s and 80s. He portrayed Dr. Tom Walz in ''Bill'', a 1981 television film. The same year, Goz portrayed Pepsi-Cola chairman and Joan Crawford's last husband, Alfred Steele, in the film adaption of Christina Crawford's book ''Mommie Dearest''. In his lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutanya Alda
Rutanya Alda (born Rūta Skrastiņa; October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978), ''Rocky II'' (1979), and ''Mommie Dearest'' (1981). She also appeared in a lead role in the horror films '' Amityville II: The Possession'' and '' Girls Nite Out'' (both 1982). Life Rutanya Alda was born Rutanja Skrastiņa (Rūta Skrastiņa) in Riga, in German-occupied Latvia, the daughter of Vera ( ''née'' Ozoliņa), a businesswoman, and Jānis Skrastiņš, a poet. Alda, her grandmother, her mother and her brother spent seven years in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany after World War II. She then relocated with her family to the United States, briefly living in Chicago before settling in Flagstaff, Arizona. Career With a career spanning nearly 50 years in show business and over 100 roles, Alda might be best known for her performances in ''The Deer Hunter'' as Steven's w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasia Valenza
Tasia Valenza (born April 5, 1967) is an American actress. Personal life Tasia Valenza is the daughter of former actor and restaurant consultant Frank Valenza and Gloria Valenza. Her twin brother is a former television writer and now solar marketing consultant Tor Alexander Valenza. She also has an older brother, Greg. Valenza has been married to Harvey Stern since 1995 and has three children. Career In the early part of her career, Valenza played the role of Dottie Thornton on ''All My Children'' from 1982 to 1986, earning a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work. She also showed up in a guest star appearance in the fifth season of ''The A-Team'', and a recurring role as Lieutenant Winslow in '' Space: Above and Beyond''. She also portrayed Jodie Abramovitz in Aaron Spelling's drama series '' The Heights''. Valenza is best known to play female villains in video games such as '' Batman: Arkham Asylum'' and multiple ''Spider-Man'' games. Valenza appeared in the 1988 '' Star Tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
