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Something To Sing About (2000 Film)
''Something to Sing About'' is a 2000 American Christian drama film directed by Charlie Jordan, and starring Irma P. Hall, Darius McCrary, Kirk Franklin, Tamera Mowry, Rashaan Nall, and Helen Martin. It was produced by John Shepherd of World Wide Pictures. The storyline revolves around a young man, Tommy, an ex-convict who is trying to make a more fulfilling life for himself. It was the last film appearance for theater, film and television actress Helen Martin. Plot The film opens as Tommy, Darius McCrary Darius Creston McCrary (born May 1, 1976) is an American actor, rapper, singer and producer. McCrary is known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Winslow, the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom '' Family Mat ..., is reading a newspaper, trying to find a job. He eventually finds God and acceptance with help from people around who care. Films about evangelicalism 2000 drama films 2000 films 2000s English-language films {{2000s-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darius McCrary
Darius Creston McCrary (born May 1, 1976) is an American actor, rapper, singer and producer. McCrary is known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Winslow, the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom ''Family Matters'', which ran from 1989–1998. He also played Scam in the 1987 comedy film '' Big Shots'', which was his film debut. He provided the voice of Jazz in ''Transformers'' (2007). From December 2009 to October 2011, he portrayed photographer Malcolm Winters on the CBS daytime drama ''The Young and the Restless''. Early life and career McCrary began his career as a child actor and made his film debut in the 1987 comedy '' Big Shots''. He also appeared in guest spots in episodic television and had a role in the 1988 film ''Mississippi Burning'' before landing the role of Eddie Winslow in ''Family Matters'' the following year. After ''Family Matters'' ended its run in 1998, McCrary co-starred in the short-lived UPN series ''Freedom''. In 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irma P
Irma may refer to: People * Irma (name), a female given name * Irma (singer), full name Irma Pany, a Cameroonian female singer-songwriter Places * Irma, Alberta, Canada, a village * Irma, Lombardy, Italy, a ''comune'' * Irma, Wisconsin, USA, an unincorporated community * 177 Irma, a fairly large and dark main belt asteroid Brands and enterprises * Irma (supermarket), a Danish supermarket chain * IRMA board, an early interface card for PCs and Macs * Irma Hotel, a landmark built in Cody, Wyoming by "Buffalo Bill" Cody (it is still open for business as both a hotel and restaurant) * Irma Records, an Italian record label Other uses * Irma (dog), a Dickin Medal-winning dog * Operation Irma, a series of airlifts of civilians during the Siege of Sarajevo * SS ''Irma'' (1905), a Norwegian merchant ship sunk in controversial circumstances in 1944 * Tropical Storm Irma, various storms named Irma ** Hurricane Irma, the 9th named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season * Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamera Mowry
Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (née Mowry) () (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress, television personality, and former singer. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/ WB sitcom '' Sister, Sister'' (opposite her twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Twitches'' and its sequel, ''Twitches Too'', and played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama ''Strong Medicine''. She next starred in a reality television series following her and her twin sister's lives, titled '' Tia & Tamera'', which began airing on the Style Network in 2011 and ended in 2013 after three seasons. From 2013 to 2020, Mowry was one of the co-hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show ''The Real'' originally alongside Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love and Jeannie Mai. She was on the Hallmark Channel show ''Home & Family'' until its cancellation in August 2021. Early life Tamera Darvette Mowry was born in Gelnhausen in then-West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashaan Nall
Rashaan Harvey Nall (born February 25, 1980) is an American writer, director, screenwriter and actor of stage and screen. Early life Rashaan Nall was born in the Greater Los Angeles, California and raised in Altadena, California Nall attended South Pasadena High School wherein he played starting Tailback for the football team. Rashaan later attended John Muir High School in Altadena, California and was subsequently accepted into Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. After graduating, Rashaan attended California State University at Northridge while continuing to pursue his dream in entertainment. Career Acting Nall made his professional debut as a Voiceover artist on the Animated series Captain Planet as well as Television commercials such as McDonald's, Jenga and Toyota to name a few. Nall later landed a Regular role as Jared Moore on the Paramount television series Social Studies, a show centered on the students of a wayward upper crust boarding school. Rasha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Wide Pictures
World Wide Pictures (WWP) is a film distributor and production company established as a subsidiary of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in 1951. It is involved in the production and distribution of evangelistic films, the production of Graham crusade films, and publicity for Graham crusades. WWP was establisahed after Graham met Dick Ross, who had produced a documentary film of Graham's 1950 crusade in Portland, Oregon. That film's success led the BGEA to buy Ross's production company and hire him as the president of a new BGEA subsidiary incorporated as the Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Ministry (which was to be WWP's official name until 1980). WWP's first feature film was '' Mr. Texas'', produced during Graham's 1951 Fort Worth, Texas Crusade. It was also during the 1950s that WWP established production facilities in Burbank, California. Perhaps WWP's best-known production was the 1965 film ''The Restless Ones'', featuring Kim Darby. It was the first th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) among many others. He has won numerous awards, including 16 Grammy Awards. ''Variety'' dubbed Franklin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel", and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. Early life A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Franklin was raised by his aunt, Gertrude, having been abandoned as a baby by his mother. Gertrude recycled aluminum cans to raise money for Kirk to take piano lessons from the age of four. Kirk excelled and was able to read and write music while also playing by ear. At the age of seven, Franklin received his first contract which his aunt turned down. He did join the church choir and became music director of the Mt. Rose Baptist Church adult choir at 11 years of age. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Martin
Helen Dorothy Martin (July 23, 1909 – March 25, 2000) was an American actress of stage and television. Martin's career spanned over 60 years, appearing first on stage and later in film and television. Martin is best known for her roles as Wanda on the CBS sitcom ''Good Times'' (1974–1979) and as Pearl Shay on the NBC sitcom '' 227'' (1985–1990). Biography Early life and education Martin was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She was an only child born to a family of musicians. Martin's parents wanted their daughter to become a concert pianist. At the urging of her parents, Martin attended Fisk University for a two year span before dropping out to embark on an acting career. During the Great Depression, Martin supported herself as a domestic worker. Career After leaving college, Martin moved to Chicago, and New York City thereafter to study acting with the WPA Theater and the Rose McClendon Players. She was a founding member of the American Negro Theater in Harlem. Martin becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Evangelicalism
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Films
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, '' Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Overview 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series ''X-Men'', ''Final Destination'', ''Scary Movie'', and '' Meet the Parents''. Among the films based on TV shows are '' Mission: Impossible 2'', ''Traffic'', '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'', '' Charlie's Angels'' and '' Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad''. The most acclaimed films of the year are '' Gladiator''; ''Traffic''; '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''; '' American Psycho''; ''Almost Famous, Requiem for a Dream,'' and ''Erin Brockovich''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s English-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the compli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
