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Sylvie's Love
''Sylvie's Love'' is a 2020 American romantic drama film, written, directed and produced by Eugene Ashe. The film stars Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Regé-Jean Page, Aja Naomi King, and Eva Longoria. ''Sylvie's Love'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, and was released on December 23, 2020, by Amazon Studios. Plot In New York City, 1962, Sylvie is waiting outside The Town Hall (New York City), Town Hall, while Robert is in a recording studio playing the saxophone. Moments later, Sylvie recognizes Robert on the sidewalk outside a theater. Five years earlier, Sylvie's father hires Robert to work at his record store in Harlem. Robert is the saxophonist for The Dickie Brewster Quartet, an up-and-coming jazz band from Detroit. Sylvie and Robert bond over their shared love for music; Robert eventually invites Sylvie and her cousin Mona to a gig. Mona has a fling with Robert's bandmate Chico while Sylvie, despite her engage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nnamdi Asomugha
Nnamdi Asomugha ( ; born July 6, 1981) is an American actor, producer and former football cornerback. He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley, and was drafted in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers. For some years, he was considered one of the best shutdown corners in the NFL. In his 11-year career, he was voted All-Pro four times, including two times to the first-team. Asomugha was selected as a member of Fox Sports's NFL All-Decade Team 2000-2009 and USA Today's NFL All-Decade Team 2000s, and is considered one of the greatest Oakland Raiders of all time. Asomugha received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Carl King in the film '' Crown Heights'' (2017). He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and he was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. ''Variety'' named him one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Year's Eve
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, on 31 December. The last day of the year is commonly referred to as “New Year’s Eve”. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service. The celebrations generally go on past midnight into New Year's Day, 1 January. The Line Islands (part of Kiribati) and Tonga, in the Pacific Ocean, are the first places to welcome the New Year, while American Samoa, Baker Island and Howland Island (part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands) are among the last. By region Africa Algeria In Algeria, New Year's Eve (french: Réveillon; '' ar, Ra’s al-‘Ām'') is usually celebrated with family and friends. In the largest cities, such as Algiers, Constantine, Annaba, Oran, Sétif, and Béjaïa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larenz Tate
Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as O-Dog in ''Menace II Society'' and as Councilman Rashad Tate in ''Power''. Tate's other films and television series include the films ''Dead Presidents'', '' Love Jones'', ''A Man Apart'', ''Crash'', ''Waist Deep'', '' Ray'' and the television series '' Rush'' and '' Game of Silence''. Early life Larenz Tate was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Peggy and Larry Tate. He is the youngest of three siblings; his two brothers, Larron and Lahmard, are also actors. The family moved to California during the early 1980s. Convinced by their parents to enter a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center, the trio did not take the lessons seriously until classmate Malcolm-Jamal Warner's ascent to fame after being cast on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show''. Subsequently, realizing that they could parlay their efforts into a tangible form of success, the siblings began to receive smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Funches
Ronald Kyle Funches (born March 12, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born in California, Funches spent his early life in Chicago before relocating to Salem, Oregon, as a teenager. He began his comedy career in Portland, Oregon, at age 23. After moving to Los Angeles in 2012, he began appearing as a guest on several comedy series, including ''@midnight'', ''Mulaney'', and ''Kroll Show''. From 2014 to 2016, Funches starred as a regular on the NBC series ''Undateable'', and in 2015, began performing as a voice actor on such series as ''BoJack Horseman'', ''The Adventures of Puss in Boots'', and ''Adventure Time''. He subsequently performed the voice role of Cooper in the animated film ''Trolls'' (2016). He also had guest-starring roles on a number of television series, including ''Transparent'' (2016), ''Black-ish'' (2017), and reprised the role of Cooper in the ''Trolls'' spin-off series '' Trolls: The Beat Goes On!'' (2018). Beginning in 2019, he began voicing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Wendi McLendon-Covey (née McLendon; born October 10, 1969) is an American actress and comedian. She is known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. Since 2013, McLendon-Covey has played the role of Beverly Goldberg, a family matriarch, on the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs,'' for which she was nominated for two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. A native of Long Beach, California, McLendon-Covey worked numerous jobs after graduating high school before earning a degree from California State University, Long Beach, in 2000. After graduating, she became a member of The Groundlings, an improvisational comedy group in Los Angeles, and remained a member until 2009. McLendon-Covey began her acting career while still a member of the Groundlings, starring as Deputy Clementine Johnson in the improvisational series ''Reno 911!'' (2003-2008, 2020–present). She also had the lead role in the Lifetime short-lived comedy ''Lovesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone Bell
Michael Anthony Bell II (born August 10, 1983), known professionally as Tone Bell, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Bell was born in Decatur, Georgia. He taught first grade before working on the production of HBO's '' Warm Springs'' and doing other various promo work. Bell took a job in San Francisco as a brand manager with Swivel Media for a year, before moving back to Atlanta. There he started doing promotion work for a beer company that eventually transferred him to Dallas where he started doing open-mics at various comedy clubs. Career Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Bell won the NBC Stand Up For Diversity Talent Search in 2012 and was awarded a development deal from the network. He was cast as "RJ" the bartender in the NBC sitcom ''Whitney'' and later as "Tedward" in NBC's ''Bad Judge.'' Bell also appeared in other TV shows, including VH1's '' Single Ladies'', E!'s ''Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings'', Comedy Central's ''Key and Peele' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Gimpel
Erica Fawn Gimpel (born June 25, 1964) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her roles on television shows '' Fame'' as Coco Hernandez and on '' Profiler'' as Angel Brown. She is also known for her recurring roles on the television shows '' ER'' as Adele Newman and on ''Veronica Mars'' as Alicia Fennel. From 2018-2020, Gimpel had a recurring role as Trisha on the series ''God Friended Me''. Gimpel was a judge on RTÉ One's '' Fame: The Musical'', an Irish TV talent show seeking a boy and a girl to play Nick and Serena respectively in the Irish touring production of '' Fame''. In January 2010, Gimpel released her first CD, ''Spread your Wings and Fly''. Personal life Gimpel was born in Manhattan, New York in 1964. She graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts, a few months after she started filming her role as a student at the same school for the television show '' Fame''. She had toured the United States and Europe with her mother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alano Miller
Alano Herberto Miller (born 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Cato on the short-lived WGN America drama series ''Underground''. Early life Miller was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, U.S. Miller is of Cuban, Bahamian, and Jamaican descent. Miller attended Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida where he worked as a lifeguard and played basketball and football. In his adolescent years, Miller struggled with weight and body image. Education Miller earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Theater Arts and Film. In 2008, Miller earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Penn State University. Career In 2012, Miller's film career began in All Wifed Out. Miller is known for his role in the 2016 film Loving. In December 2016, Miller was nominated for the 48th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Personal life Miller currently resides in Pasadena, California. On June 26, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Lyte
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed ''Lyte as a Rock''. She released a total of eight solo studio albums (2015's ''Legend'' being her latest) and an EP with Almost September. With songs like " Cha Cha Cha", " Paper Thin", " 10% Dis", " Ruffneck" (with which she became the first female solo rapper to achieve a gold certification) and "Poor Georgie", MC Lyte became a pioneering figure in hip hop and has been cited as an influence to many female rap figures. She has also had collaborations with mainstream artists such as Sinéad O'Connor, Janet Jackson, Brandy, Xscape, Mary J. Blige, Moby, Beyoncé and will.i.am. In addition to her career as a rapper, she has worked in parallel as voiceover talent fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemima Kirke
Jemima Jo M Kirke (born 26 April 1985) is a British-American artist, actress and director. She gained international acclaim through her role as Jessa Johansson on the HBO series ''Girls''. She made her film debut in the 2005 indie short '' Smile for the Camera'' and her feature-length debut in ''Tiny Furniture'', as a favour for her childhood friend Lena Dunham. In 2017, she starred in Zayn's music video for the single " Dusk Till Dawn" featuring Sia. Early life Born in Westminster, London to British parents, Kirke was raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Simon Kirke, the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free. Her mother is Lorraine Kirke (née Dellal), the owner of Geminola, a vintage boutique in New York City that supplied a number of outfits for the television series ''Sex and the City''. Her character Jessa wore a wedding dress from Geminola in the season finale of the first season of ''Girls''; also, earlier in her career, she was featured along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick (born December 31, 1962) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Cedric Daniels in ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Phillip Broyles in ''Fringe'' (2008–2013), and Chief Irvin Irving in '' Bosch'' (2014–2020). In film, he is best known for starring as Charon in the ''John Wick'' franchise (2014–present), David Gentry in '' Angel Has Fallen'' (2019), and Guillermin in '' Godzilla vs. Kong'' (2021). He is also known for portraying Detective Johnny Basil on '' Oz'' (1997–2003), Matthew Abaddon in ''Lost'' (2004–2010), and Albert Wesker in the Netflix series ''Resident Evil'' (2022). He has provided the voice and likeness for video game characters Martin Hatch in ''Quantum Break'', Sylens in ''Horizon Zero Dawn'' and ''Horizon Forbidden West'', and Commander Zavala in the ''Destiny'' franchise. Early life Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Dorothy Gee and Solomon Reddick. He attended Friends School of Baltimore. As a teena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Weeks
Edward Charles Egerton Weeks (born 25 October 1980) is an English actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for starring as Dr. Jeremy Reed in the Fox/ Hulu comedy series ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2017). He also starred as Colin in the Fox comedy series ''LA to Vegas'' (2018). Early life and career Weeks was born and raised in England. His mother is a native of El Salvador. Weeks was educated at Queen's College, Taunton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Footlights. Upon graduating, he wrote for various TV shows, including ''Man Stroke Woman'', '' Clone'' and ''Hotel Trubble'' (all BBC). As an actor, he appeared in ''My Family'' (BBC), '' The IT Crowd'' (Channel 4), ''Not Going Out'' (BBC) and '' Phoo Action'' (BBC) in which he played Prince William. He was Olivia Lee's sidekick and co-prankster on her Comedy Central hidden camera show ''Dirty Sexy Funny''. U.S. In 2011, Weeks moved to Los Angeles, and sold an original pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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