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Shawn Foster
Shawn M. Foster is an American music video, film, and television director. Biography Career Shawn Foster is a 2018 Grammy award winner as the Producer of the Lisa Loeb children's video record release of Feel What U Feel. Early in his career, his short film, ''White Pony'', was a major contribution to the worldwide success of the Deftones record of the same name. Since then, he directed videos and projects for a wide range of artists and genres including the Gram Parsons Tribute Documentary, featuring Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, Keith Richards, John Doe and Dwight Yoakam, among others. Also directing '' Live at the 40 Watt'' for the Drive-By Truckers, featuring Jason Isbell. He has also directed videos for The Warlocks, Gaunt, Drive-By Truckers, Chevelle, Stabbing Westward, Tim Easton, Sugarcult, The Sun, Enemy, Taproot, Johnathan Rice, Caleb Kane He also helmed the directing teams ELEANOR, (with Michael Barnett) and CITIZENS OF TOMORROW (with Craig Bernard). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video Director
A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act. On November 8, 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist, song, and record company credits, because music videos had increasingly become an auteur's medium. "The case for the director as music video author is strong. It is the music video director who has principal control of everything that is added to the pre-existing recorded sound text."Robert J. Thompson and Gary Burns, eds. (1990). ''Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process'', p.177. . Directors, including Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and F. Gary Gray, have gone on to direct feature films, continuing a trend that had begun earlier with directors such as Lasse Hallström and David Fincher. The most expensive video of all time was directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaunt (band)
Gaunt was a pop punk band formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 1991.Howell, Stephen " Gaunt Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2014 The band released five albums before splitting in 1998. History The original lineup formed from the ashes of the short-lived and punkadelic Black Juju, and consisted of guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jerry Wick, bassist Eric Barth (who had also been in Two Hour Trip with the Spurgeon brothers, who would soon form Greenhorn), and drummer Jeff Regensburger (later of The Patsys). Jim Weber (also of the then newly formed New Bomb Turks) soon joined on second guitar only to leave just as quickly, and following his departure guitarist/songwriter Jovan Karcic (Waybald) joined. Barth and Regensburger would also later leave (in 1995) and be replaced by a series of successors including Bret Lewis and Brett Falcon ( Space Cookie, Servotron) on bass, and Nick Youngblood (Beano, The Rackets) and Sam Brown ( Feversmile, V-3, New Bomb Turks, The Sun, You're So Bossy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette, depicting a knight rendered in the Art Deco style, was originally sculpted by Los Angeles artist George Stanley from a design sketch by art director Cedric Gibbons. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Academy Awards cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane (erotica Author)
Zane (born 1966/1967) is the pseudonym of Kristina Laferne Roberts, author of erotic fiction novels. She is best known for her novel ''Addicted''. Biography Kristina Laferne Roberts grew up in Washington DC and Silver Spring Maryland with her brother Deotis, and her two sisters Charmaine Roberts and Carlita Roberts. Her father J. Deotis Roberts, was an influential theologian and author, and her mother Elizabeth Caldwell Roberts was an elementary school teacher. Roberts attended Spelman College in Atlanta for one year, then moved Howard University to major in chemical engineering. In 1997, Zane began writing erotic stories to pass the time after her children went to bed. She was living in North Carolina and working as a sales representative. The stories developed a following on the Internet and she self-published ''The Sex Chronicles'' before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster. Her work was the basis for the Cinemax program '' Zane's Sex Chronicles''. A subsequent project, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zane's Sex Chronicles
''Zane's Sex Chronicles'' is an American television series based on the urban erotica novels written by Zane. The series follows the friendships and relationship of five female friends who enjoy the steamy stories of erotic writer Zane. The series aired on Cinemax from October 11, 2008 to May 28, 2010. Premise The series follows heroine Patience James and her girlfriends, Eboni, Maricruz, Lyric, and Ana Marie as they take on their lives in the big city, look for love and empower themselves—both in and out of the bedroom. Cast and characters Main characters * Patrice Fisher as Patience James, a V.P. of Marketing for Flava Cosmetics. She also lives an anonymous double life as writer Zane, a secret she keeps from her friends. Confident and strong-willed, Patience begins a relationship with Hunter. * Maya Gilbert as Dr. Lyric Stansfield-Cruz, an obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Kane
Bradley Caleb Kane (born September 29, 1973) is an American actor, singer, producer and screenwriter. Career Kane began to act with a small role in the movie ''Six Weeks''. At the age of eight, he obtained the role of one of the four chorus boys in the Broadway musical ''Evita''. He was in that production for four months before changing to the pre-Broadway workshop of Stephen Sondheim's ''Sunday in the Park with George'', in which he acted alongside such stars as Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin. When he was eleven, Kane participated in the "Very Special Arts" festival, a series of benefit concerts for disabled children's charities, which gave him an opportunity to sing for then First Lady Nancy Reagan in the White House and at the Kennedy Center. Kane has appeared in many commercials and programs such as ''Law & Order'', ''One Life to Live'', ''Guiding Light'', ''Search for Tomorrow'', and ''Plaza Sésamo''. He has also been a host on the Nickelodeon series ''Rated K Updat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnathan Rice
Johnathan Rice (born May 27, 1983) is a Scottish-American singer-songwriter. He used to frequently collaborate with Jenny Lewis. His first album, ''Trouble is Real'', was released on Reprise Records on April 26, 2005. His follow-up, ''Further North'', was released by Reprise on September 11, 2007. He has also worked as a producer on Jenny Lewis' ''Acid Tongue'' (2008) and ''Voyager'' (2014), and as a songwriter on the self-titled record by Nashville band The Apache Relay. He has served as a session and live musician with Elvis Costello on 2008's '' Momofuku''). In 2010, he released a collaborative album "I'm Having Fun Now" with Jenny Lewis, as Jenny and Johnny. In 2013–14, Rice and Lewis scored and wrote seven original songs for the 2014 film ''Song One'', starring Anne Hathaway. Early life Rice was born in Alexandria, Virginia on May 27, 1983. He spent his childhood between there and his parents' native Glasgow, Scotland. He attended two high schools, Washington, D.C.'s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taproot (band)
Taproot is an American alternative metal band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, formed in 1997. They are best known for their hit single "Poem", which peaked at #5 on the Mainstream Rock chart in 2002, as well as a number of other singles from 2000 on. History Formation and independent releases (1997–1999) Taproot was formed in 1997 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by vocalist Stephen Richards, guitarist Mike DeWolf, bassist Phil Lipscomb, and drummer Jarrod Montague. The band earned a following with their live performances. In 1998, Taproot sent their demo to Limp Bizkit frontman, Fred Durst, after seeing a request for demos on their first album. Impressed with the material, Durst offered to get Taproot a recording contract through Interscope Records. However, after extended negotiations, Taproot decided to look elsewhere and finally landed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Durst heavily cursed the band on vocalist Stephen Richards' answering machine. Durst also allegedly put some blame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy (American Band)
Enemy was an American band fronted by guitarist and vocalist Troy Van Leeuwen (also of Queens of the Stone Age), with bassist Eddie Nappi ( Handsome, Mark Lanegan Band), and drummer Kelli Scott (Failure). Former Quicksand drummer Alan Cage was a founding member before being replaced by Scott. Van Leeuwen has described Enemy as his "big, dumb rock trio". History The concept for Enemy originated following the demise of Troy Van Leeuwen's previous band, Failure. In the interim, Van Leeuwen had joined A Perfect Circle, and Enemy managed to record a five-song demo during his downtime from touring: Taking the unusual step of offering to be signed by a record label by advertising for $250,000 on eBay eBay Inc. ( ) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995 and became a ..., Enemy were ultimately signed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun (American Band)
The Sun is a band with styles described as garage, indie, progressive and psychedelic. History The Sun released their first full-length album '' Blame It on the Youth'' June 7, 2005 on DVD. Every song has a music video. The disc also has WAV files on it for listening without viewing the videos. While it claims to be the first DVD album, it is not a new idea. There were a few albums in the 1980s that had a video cassette release in the same vein. The band gained Internet exposure through their music video for the song "Romantic Death", which featured footage (from Beautiful Agony) of people's faces during orgasm. Band members * Chris Burney (vocals, guitar) * Sam Brown (drums) * Bryan Arendt (guitar) * Brad Forsblom (bass, backing vocals) * Brad Caulkins (keyboard, guitar, backing vocals) External links *"Romantic Death" music videoon iFilm iFilm is a discontinued U.S.-based video-sharing website on which users could upload, share and view videos. It was founded by filmma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarcult
Sugarcult is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim Pagnotta (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Airin Older (bass guitar, backing vocals), Marko DeSantis (lead guitar), and Kenny Livingston (drums, percussion). History Formation (1998-99) Tim Pagnotta met ex-drummer Ben Davis during a cigarette break at school. Davis (who then played bass) and Pagnotta started to play together on a regular basis. Pagnotta met Airin Older in a music class where Pagnotta was copying Older's work. They became good friends and Pagnotta invited Older to join his band. Davis moved to the position of drummer and Older filled in for Davis on bass. Marko DeSantis was added into the band after meeting Pagnotta backstage at a Superdrag concert. Early releases (1999–2003) Sugarcult released their first collection of demo recordings, ''Eleven'', in 1999. Their second collection, ''Wrap Me Up in Plastic'', was released in 2000. In 2001, the band re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
