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Run The World (TV Series)
''Run the World'' is an American comedy television series created by Leigh Davenport, who is co-executive producer with Yvette Lee Bowser. Set in Harlem, it centers on a group of friends (portrayed by Amber Stevens West, Andrea Bordeaux, Bresha Webb, and Corbin Reid) navigating relationships and the professional world. ''Run the World'' is produced by Bowser's SisterLee Productions and Lionsgate Television. The eight-episode half-hour series premiered on Starz on May 16, 2021. It received positive reviews and holds a 100% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. In August 2021, the series was renewed for a second season. Plot "''Run the World'' is the story of a group of Black women – vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends – who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it's an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving – but thriving together." Cast Main * Amber Stevens West as Whitney Green, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polaroid Camera
Polaroid may refer to: * Polaroid Corporation, an American company known for its instant film and cameras * Polaroid camera, a brand of instant camera formerly produced by Polaroid Corporation * Polaroid film, instant film, and photographs * Polaroid B.V., a Dutch manufacturer of instant film and cameras, owner of Polaroid Corporation's brand and intellectual property * Polaroid (polarizer), a type of synthetic plastic sheet used to polarize light * Polaroid Eyewear, with glare-reducing polarized lenses made from Polaroid's polarizer Film and television * ''Polaroid Song'', a 2012 French short film directed by Alphonse Giorgi and Yann Tivrier * Polaroid (film), ''Polaroid'' (film), a 2019 American horror film directed by Lars Klevberg Music * Polaroid (album), ''Polaroid'' (album), an album by Phantom Planet * ''Gentlemen Take Polaroids'', an album by the new wave band Japan (band), Japan * ''Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection'', a compilation album by Shawn Colvin * Polaroid (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a American-Canadian actress and singer. She has worked extensively in animation, voicing long-running characters such as Susie Carmichael in ''Rugrats'' and Elmyra Duff in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and related media. In live action, she is known for playing Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom ''A Different World''. Early life Summer was born in Los Angeles on July 7, 1969, and grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her parents are Don Francks, a Canadian actor and musician, and Lili Clark from North Richmond, California, an African American adopted member of the Plains Cree First Nations. She and her family also traveled and lived around British Columbia during her childhood, and she started public school at the age of nine in Toronto. Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is an actor and a former MuchMusic VJ. Career Acting Summer's acting career began in 1983 when she was cast as Penny in the first season o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...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] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex And The City
''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City (newspaper column), newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United States on June 6, 1998, and concluded on February 22, 2004, with 94 episodes broadcast over six seasons. Throughout its development, the series received contributions from various producers, screenwriters, and directors, principally Michael Patrick King. ''Sex and the City'' has received both acclaim and criticism for its subjects and characters, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity as a network. The series has won several accolades, including seven of its 54 Emmy Award nominations, eight of its 24 Golden Globe Award nominations, and three of its 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The series placed fifth on ''Entertainment Weekly'' "New TV Classics" list, and has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Field
Patricia Field (born February 12, 1942) is an American costume designer, stylist and fashion designer. Early life Field was born in 1942 in New York City to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, who emigrated from Plomari, Lesbos, Greece. Field, is openly lesbian. She was raised in Manhattan and Queens. She claimed credit for inventing the modern legging for women's fashion in the 1970s. She was for many years romantically involved with costume designer Rebecca Weinberg (Field), with whom she partnered on ''Sex and the City''. Fashion career She was the owner of the eponymous boutique ''Patricia Field'', which first opened on 8th Street, moved to West Broadway, and its last location was at 306 Bowery in NoHo, New York City. In 2016, Field sold her iconic retail property at 306 Bowery, after being in business for 50 years, and she continues to work in television and film. Field has the ARTFashion Gallery which opened in 2018, where she focuses on selling art and hand pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenée LaMarque
Jenée LaMarque (born February 2, 1980, in West Covina, California) is an American writer and director, known for ''The Pretty One'' (2013), ''Spoonful'' (2012) and '' The Feels'' (2018). Career LaMarque acted in local theatre while growing up in Claremont, California. She got a degree in English with a creative writing emphasis in poetry from Stanford University. Screenwriting proved to be the combination of these two interests. She took UCLA extension classes in Screenwriting, before getting her MFA in Screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory. At AFI she wrote ''The Pretty One''. LaMarque wrote and directed the short ''Spoonful'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. The ''Pretty One'' script was on The Black List in 2011, which helped LaMarque enlist top talent like Zoe Kazan playing both twins, and Jake Johnson, who plays her love interest. LaMarque was a finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival's award "The Nora" in 2013. ''The Pretty One'' was nominated for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living Single
''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who shared personal and professional experiences while living in a Brooklyn brownstone. Episodes ''Living Single'' centered on six people consisting of four women and two men living the single life in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The series focused on two different households in one brownstone, one shared by a trio of independent women and another shared by two male friends who had known each other since childhood while living in Cleveland, Ohio. In the first apartment, Khadijah James (Queen Latifah), a hard-working editor and publisher of the fictional urban independent magazine ''Flavor'', lived with her sweet but naive cousin Synclaire James (Kim Coles), an aspiring actress who worked as Khadijah's receptionist and had an affinity for Troll dolls, and her childhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boomerang (American TV Series)
''Boomerang'' is an American comedy television series, serving as a sequel to the 1992 film of the same name. The series premiered on February 12, 2019, on BET. On April 2, 2019, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 11, 2020. In August 2021, co-producer Lena Waithe announced that the series would not return for a third season. Premise ''Boomerang'' revolves around "a successful executive who finds that his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new boss turns out to be a bigger deviant than he is. It is described as an updated version that explores contemporary workplace dynamics, including the changing role of gender, office politics, relationships and the conflicts between Generation X and millennials." Cast and characters Main *Tequan Richmond as Bryson, ambitious estranged son of Jacqueline Broyer (played by Robin Givens). *Tetona Jackson as Simone Graham, daughter of Marcus and Angela Graham (played by Eddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Tipping
Justin Tipping is an American television and film director, screenwriter, and executive producer best known for his work on ''Kicks'' (2016), '' Flatbush Misdemeanors'' (2021), and '' Joe vs. Carole'' (2022). Career In 2016, Tipping began his career by serving as the director of ''Kicks''. In November 2018, he signed on to direct and co-write a film based on the ''Harbinger'' comics. In 2019, he directed episodes of '' Black Monday'', ''The Chi'', and ''Dear White People''. In the same year, he was in discussions to direct the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film ...''. In 2020, he directed episodes of '' Dare Me'' and '' Twenties''. In 2021, he gained notability from directing episodes of '' J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millicent Shelton
Millicent B. Shelton is an American music video, television and film director. Shelton began her career as a wardrobe production assistant on the Spike Lee film ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989). She went on to direct music videos for artists such as Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, CeCe Peniston and Salt-n-Pepa. Her other directing credits include the motion picture ''Ride'' (1998) and episodes of ''Everybody Hates Chris'', ''The Bernie Mac Show'', '' Girlfriends'', '' The Walking Dead, Castle'', ''Californication'', ''My Name Is Earl'', '' 90210'', ''Men of a Certain Age'', ''Pan Am'', ''Leverage'', and ''30 Rock'', for which she became the first African-American woman to receive a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode "Apollo, Apollo". She is an alumna of Princeton University and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Music video credits Salt-N-Pepa - "Expression" (1990) Kwamé & A New Beginning - "Ownlee Ewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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