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Raising Dion
''Raising Dion'' is an American superhero drama streaming television series that premiered on October 4, 2019 on Netflix. It is based on the 2015 comic book and short film of the same name by Dennis Liu. In January 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second and final season which premiered on February 1, 2022. Premise ''Raising Dion'' follows the story of a woman named Nicole who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark. The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son's gifts secret with the help of Mark's best friend Pat, and protect Dion from people out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities. Cast and characters Main * Alisha Wainwright as Nicole Warren, a widowed mother who is raising her son alone while trying to manage his supernatural abilities after the death of her husband * Ja'Siah Young as Dion Warren, Nicol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including kamishibai, tokusatsu, manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide array of different backgrounds and origins. Some superheroes (for example, Batman and Iron Man) derive their status from advanced technology they create and use, while others (such as Superman and Spider-Man) possess non-human or superhuman biology or study and practice magic to achieve their abilities (such as Zatanna and Doctor Strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero Fiction
Superhero fiction is a genre of speculative fiction examining the adventure fiction, adventures, personalities and ethics of costumed crime fighters known as superheroes, who often possess Superpower (ability), superhuman powers and battle similarly powered criminals known as supervillains. The genre primarily falls between hard fantasy and soft science fiction spectrum of scientific realism. It is most commonly associated with American comic books, though it has expanded into :Superhero fiction by medium, other media through adaptations and original works. Common plot elements Superheroes A superhero is most often the protagonist of superhero fiction. However, some titles, such as ''Marvels'' by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, use superheroes as secondary characters. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of stock character possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers" and dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neema Barnette
Neema Barnette is an American film director and producer, and the first African-American woman to direct a primetime sitcom. Barnette was the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony. Since then, she accumulated a number of awards, including a Peabody, an Emmy and NAACP Image Award. Early life Neema Barnette, born on December 14, 1949, is a native New Yorker. She attended the High School For The Performing Arts, and began her career as a stage actress. Barnette continued her education by attending The City College of New York earning a BA. She also received a MFA from NYU School Of The Arts. Career At age 21, Barnette directed the play, "The Blue Journey" by OyamO, at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. In 1982, Barnette co-produced the Emmy Awards, Emmy award-winning After-School Special, "To Be A Man" along with Cliff Frazier, who was also the writer and director. The both won Emmys for Outstanding Children's Programming. The movie starred, Robert Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Ventimilia
Jennifer Ventimilia (previously Jeffrey Ventimilia and also known as J.R. Ventimilia) is an American television writer. Ventimilia co-wrote ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpson Tide" (with Joshua Sternin) and the teleplay of the episode 'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.. Other credits include ''Murphy Brown'', ''That '70s Show'', and ''The Critic''. In 2002, Ventimilia and Sternin created a show for Fox called ''The Grubbs'', starring Randy Quaid. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air. Ventimilia co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''Surviving Christmas'' and the 2010 film ''Tooth Fairy'' and she also served as an executive producer and writer for '' Kitchen Confidential'', ''Robot and Monster'', and the 2012 Nickelodeon reboot of ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Sternin
Joshua Sternin is an American television writer, television producer, and screenwriter. He is the oldest son of Alan Sternin and Esther Sternin, and married to actress/performer Paige Scurti Sternin. Career Among Sternin's producer credits include 23 episodes of ''Murphy Brown'' in 1996 through 1997 and as writer for 10 of them, as well as producer for 64 episodes of ''That '70s Show'' in 1998 through 2001 and as a writer for 8 of them. In 2002, he and Jennifer Ventimilia created a show for Fox called ''The Grubbs'', starring Randy Quaid. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air. Sternin wrote ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpson Tide" (with Ventimilia as his co-writer) and the teleplay of the episode 'Round Springfield", based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss.. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''Surviving Christmas'' and the 2010 film ''Tooth Fairy''. He also worked on the 2010 film ''Yogi Bear''. He also served as an execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Anthony (actor)
Michael Anthony, (born Michael Gould, Jr.) also known by the stage name Mike Bless, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and former serviceman in the United States Armed Forces. He is known for appearing in TV series such as ''Raising Dion'', ''Chicago Med'', ''Big 50 – The Delronda Hood Story'', and ''Ready to Love''. Early life Anthony was born in Akron, Ohio and was raised in Akron and Buffalo, New York. He eventually joined the military, achieving a rank of E-4/SRA in the U.S. Air Force. He was security forces during Operation Enduring Freedom. Career In 2008, Anthony entered Slip-n-Slide Records' "The Next Big Superstar" competition. He won the competition and was signed to a record deal under the stage name Mike Bless. As Mike Bless, he released the singles "Do It Like This" in 2009 and "Gone" in 2011. He also released a mixtape titled ''Mr. Make It Happen'' in 2009. Anthony began acting after doing production work on a film soundtrack. After meeting him, the film's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome Flynn
Rome Trumain Flynn (born November 25, 1991) is an American actor, model and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Zende Forrester Dominguez on the CBS daytime drama ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. His other notable roles include his portrayal of law student Gabriel Maddox in the ABC drama ''How to Get Away with Murder''. Career Flynn managed to get himself on the radar of casting directors by building up his social media following. In the spring of 2014, Flynn was cast in the television movie '' Drumline: A New Beat'', the sequel to the 2002 film ''Drumline''. Flynn was on set filming when his daughter was born. In May 2015, Flynn joined the cast of ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' in the role of Zende. In November 2016, Flynn announced that he had been cast in the film adaptation of Gretchen McNeil's novel ''TEN'' opposite China Anne McClain. In 2017, Flynn guest starred in ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deirdre Lovejoy
Deirdre Lovejoy (born June 30, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Assistant State's Attorney Rhonda Pearlman on HBO’s ''The Wire''. She is also known for her roles as a serial killer List of Bones characters#The Gravedigger / Heather Taffet, Heather Taffet (aka "The Gravedigger") on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Bones (TV series), Bones'' and White House Counsel Cynthia Panabaker on NBC's series ''The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist''. Early life Lovejoy was born in Abilene, Texas. Her father was in the United States Air Force, Air Force and worked from Dyess Air Force Base. Lovejoy lived in Connecticut, then Pittsburgh, before moving with her mother to Elkhart, Indiana, while Lovejoy was still in the fourth grade. Her mother, Marcia Fulmer, met her second husband in Elkhart and worked as Arts and Entertainment editor at ''The Elkhart Truth''. While in the fifth grade, Lovejoy played her first acting role as one of Big Daddy's g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Gourrier
Dana Michelle Gourrier is an American actress, known for her roles as Cora in the film ''Django Unchained'' (2012), and as Minnie Mink in ''The Hateful Eight'' (2015), both directed by Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, Black comedy, dark humor, Nonlinear narrative, non-lin .... Filmography Films TV series Video games References External links * * 21st-century American actresses Living people American film actresses Actresses from New Orleans University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni California Institute of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cade Tropeano
Cade is a gender-neutral given name of English origin meaning "stout" or "sturdy". It is currently the 97th most popular baby name, and 340th in the United States. Cade Given name *Cade Cavalli (born 1998), American baseball player *Cade Courtley (born 1969), American television host *Cade Cowell (born 2003), American soccer player *Cade Cunningham (born 2001), American basketball player *Cade Cust (born 1998), Australian rugby league footballer * Cade Davis (born 1988), American basketball player *Cade Doughty (born 2001), American baseball player * Cade Fairchild (born 1989), American ice hockey player *Cade Foehner (born 1996), American singer *Cade Foster (born 1991), American football player * Cade Horton (born 2001), American baseball player *Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player * Cade Klubnik (born 2003), American football player *Cade Mays (born 1999), American football player *Cade McNamara (born 2000), American football player *Cade McNown (born 1977), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Menchaca
Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director. He was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie ''This Is Where We Live'', and was awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film ''Reparation''. He has appeared in several television shows including ''Ozark'' in 2018, and '' The Sinner'', ''Manifest,'' and '' The Outsider'' in 2019. Early life Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School. After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play. He attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio. Career Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenesis imperfecta (; OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may be mild to severe. Symptoms found in various types of OI include whites of the eye (sclerae) that are blue instead, short stature, loose joints, hearing loss, breathing problems and problems with the teeth (dentinogenesis imperfecta). Potentially life-threatening complications, all of which become more common in more severe OI, include: tearing ( dissection) of the major arteries, such as the aorta; pulmonary valve insufficiency secondary to distortion of the ribcage; and basilar invagination. The underlying mechanism is usually a problem with connective tissue due to a lack of, or poorly formed, type I collagen. In more than 90% of cases, OI occurs due to mutations in the ''COL1A1'' or ''COL1A2'' genes. These mutations may be inherited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
