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Sanji (director)
Sanji Senaka is an American music video director. He has directed videos for Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, The Pharcyde, and Tori Amos, among others. His music video for " Everything Is Everything" by Lauryn Hill was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction and the Grammy Award for Best Music Video. His videos have been nominated four other times for MTV Awards, including Breakthrough Video for Maxwell's "This Woman's Work". Sanji's video for " No More Drama" by Mary J. Blige won the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video in 2002. Initially directing music videos for Propaganda Films, he signed to FM Rocks in 1998. Sanji had initially been attached to make his directorial debut in ''Blood & Chocolate'', but later left the film. He was also in talks to direct a remake of the Korean horror film ''Into the Mirror'', but he wound up not directing, and it was later released as ''Mirrors'' in 2008. Jennifer Lopez recommended Sanji to direct her hip-hop opera/musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Max
Willie Max was a R&B trio composed of sisters Rose, Sky and Lyric Smith. The girl group was based in Detroit, Michigan and began its career under the name Smith Reflections. The group began to establish themselves by working as an opening act for groups like Tony! Toni! Tone! Their work paid off as Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq (; born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! In addition to his solo and group ... took the girls under his wing and reshaped their image. Saadiq renamed the group Willie Max, after their father and mother's first names. In 1998, signed to Saddiq's Pookie Records label, the girls released their debut album, Bona Fide. The album was made predominantly by the girls and Lathun Grady, and scored one reasonable hit with "Can't Get Enough" in 1998, which reached #49 on the Hot 100 and #20 on the R&B charts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Gill
Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966) is an American singer and actor. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/ pop group New Edition and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG, with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat. Gill has released eight solo albums, three albums with New Edition, two albums with LSG, and one collaborative album with Stacy Lattisaw. Gill has sold over 15 million copies worldwide as a solo artist. Early life Gill was born on May 22, 1966, in Washington, D.C., the son of Johnny Gill Sr., a Baptist minister, and his wife, Annie Mae Gill, who had four boys. He started singing at the age of five, performing in church in a family gospel group called Little Johnny and "Wings of Faith", which included his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill, a solo recording artist and member of the group II D Extreme. Gill attended Kimball Elementary, Sousa Junior High, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. His career dictated that he complete his high-school education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American soul/ R&B band from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins) on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley on drums, keyboards, and background vocals. Additional original founders are Choreographer/Bassist Elijah "EB" Baker, Songwriter/Producer/Keyboardist Antron "Ice Cream" Haile, and Producer/Jazz Guitarist John "Jubu" Smith. Originally, the band went by "Tony, Toni, Toné" as a joke, until they realized it "had a nice ring to it". After their debut album '' Who?'' in 1988 followed by '' The Revival'' in 1990, the group achieved their greatest commercial success with the double platinum certified ''Sons of Soul'' in 1993. Tony! Toni! Toné! disbanded after the release of their fourth album ''House of Music'' (1996), which critics cite as their best w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Had No Loot
"If I Had No Loot" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! It was released on June 1, 1993, as the lead single from their 1993 album, ''Sons of Soul''. The song was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné! and co-written by group member Raphael Wiggins, who said that it is about fair-weather friends. It has a new jack swing beat, pronounced guitar licks, and vocal samples from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "Remix for P Is Free" and Ice Cube's 1991 song "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit". The song became a hit for the group, peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 500,000 copies in the United States. "If I Had No Loot" was named the tenth best single of 1993 by ''The Village Voice''s annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Background "If I Had No Loot" was recorded for the group's third album ''Sons of Soul'', which was recorded and released in 1993. The song was produced by Tony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passin' Me By
"Passin' Me By" is a song by American hip-hop group The Pharcyde, released in March 1993 through Delicious Vinyl Records. The song was the second single released from the group's 1992 debut album ''Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde''. The song, produced by J-Swift, samples " Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones, "125th Street Congress" by Weather Report, and "Are You Experienced?" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. "Passin' Me By" was later sampled by Joe for his number 1 single "Stutter". A popular line from the song, "''My dear my dear my dear you do not know me but I know you very well now let me tell you''," was repeated in the same manner in "Stutter" (the remix featuring Mystikal) with the only difference between the lines being that the words "''about the feelings I have for you''" were changed to "''that I caught you''" in "Stutter." The group's four emcees, Bootie Brown, Slimkid3, Imani, and Fatlip recount schoolboy crushes which all eventually led to heartbreak, with the cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Short Form Comedy Or Drama Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. The category was initiated in 2016 alongside Outstanding Short Form Variety Series and Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series. The awards replaced the now-retired category for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. In 2021, this award will be merged Short Form Variety Series to form the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series. These awards were not presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards show, but at the Creative Arts Emmy Award show. Winners and nominations 2010s 2020s Programs with multiple awards Totals include wins for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series. ;3 awards * ''Childrens Hospital'' ;2 awards * ''Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis'' Programs with multiple nominations Totals include nominations for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Treks
''Star Trek: Short Treks'' is an American anthology television series created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for the streaming service CBS All Access. Originating as a companion series to '' Star Trek: Discovery'', it consists of several shorts that use settings and characters from ''Discovery'' and other ''Star Trek'' series. The shorts are around 10 to 20 minutes long. After signing a deal to expand the ''Star Trek'' franchise on television, Kurtzman announced ''Short Treks'' as the first such project in July 2018. The first four episodes aired from October 2018 to January 2019, between the first and second seasons of ''Discovery''. The shorts were mostly produced by cast and crew members from ''Discovery'', including composer Jeff Russo who provided an updated main title theme and original underscore for the series. Filming took place in Toronto, Canada, on the set of ''Discovery''. In January 2019, two new animated shorts were revealed, with four additional live action epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Pearce
Craig Pearce is an Australian screenwriter and actor. Pearce's acting credits include a regular role in soap opera ''The Restless Years'' in 1981, guest roles in '' Bellamy'', '' E Street'' and '' G.P.'', and film roles in ''I Can't Get Started'' (1985), ''Nightmaster'' (1988), ''To Make a Killing'' (1988), ''Mad Bomber in Love'' (1992) and '' The Seventh Floor'' (1994). Pearce co-wrote the play '' Strictly Ballroom'' and the screenplay of the 1992 movie adaptation with Baz Luhrmann. Pearce created Will which aired on TNT. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film ''Romeo + Juliet,'' the 2001 film ''Moulin Rouge!'', the 2013 film ''The Great Gatsby'', and the 2022 film ''Elvis''; all with Luhrmann. He created and wrote all six episodes of the 2022 series ''Pistol'', based on Steve Jones's autobiography. He received the Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. Personal life Pearce was educated at Narrabeen Sports High School with Baz Luhrmann and is a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962), known professionally as Baz Luhrmann, is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor. With projects spanning film, television, opera, theatre, music and recording industries, he is regarded by some as a contemporary example of an auteur for his style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, design, and musical components of all his work. He is the most commercially successful Australian director, with four of his films in the top ten highest worldwide grossing Australian films The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ... of all time. On the screen he is best known for his "Red Curtain Trilogy", consisting of his romantic comedy film ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) and the romantic tragedies ''Romeo + Juliet, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirrors (2008 Film)
''Mirrors'' is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. The film was first titled ''Into the Mirror'', but the name was later changed to ''Mirrors''. Filming began on May 1, 2007, and it was released in American theaters on August 15, 2008. The film was originally scripted as a straightforward remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film ''Into the Mirror'' which is rated 15 by KMRB. However, once Aja was brought on board and read the script, he was dissatisfied with the particulars of the original film's story. He decided to retain the original film's basic idea involving mirrors, and to incorporate a few of its scenes, but otherwise crafted a new story and script for his version of the movie. A sequel titled ''Mirrors 2'' was released in 2010. Plot A security guard runs through a subway station until he enters a room he cannot escape and starts begging his reflection in a mirror for his life. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
