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Sam Asghari
Hesam "Sam" Asghari ( fa, حسام اصغری; born March 3, 1994) is an Iranian-American model, actor, and fitness trainer. He has appeared on the television shows ''Black Monday'', ''Hacks'', '' The Family Business'', and in several music videos. Since 2020, Asghari has been the owner of the eponymous Asghari Fitness, a website that offers personalized training programs. He is married to American singer Britney Spears. Early life and education Hesam Asghari was born on March 3, 1994, in Tehran, Iran, to Mike and Fatima Asghari. The youngest of four children, he has sisters Maddy, Ellie, and Faye. He started gymnastics at four years old, moving to the United States nine years later at age 13 when he knew no English. Asghari shortened his given name Hesam to Sam as it was considered easier to pronounce. In high school, he took theater classes, acting in the plays ''Hamlet'' and '' Macbeth'', and played football. After high school, he attended Moorpark College in Moorpark, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's Health
''Men's Health'' (''MH''), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries. It is also the best-selling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands. Started as a men's health magazine by Rodale, Inc. in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, the magazine currently covers various men's lifestyle topics such as fitness, nutrition, fashion and sexuality. The magazine's website, MensHealth.com, averages over 118 million page views a month. History Started by Mark Bricklin in the US in 1986 as a health magazine, ''Men's Health'' evolved into a lifestyle magazine, covering fitness, nutrition, relationships, travel, technology, fashion and finance. Bricklin, Rodale, Inc. editors Larry Stains and Stefan Bechtel produced three newsstand test issues. The results led Rodale to start ''Men's Health'' as a quarterly magazine in 1988 and begin to sell subscriptions. Bricklin, who was editor-in-chief of '' Prevention'' magazine, appointed Michael J. Lafavore ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWAT
In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to handle riot control or violent confrontations with criminals, the number and usage of SWAT teams increased in the 1980s and 1990s during the War on Drugs and later in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. In the United States by 2005, SWAT teams were deployed 50,000 times every year, almost 80% of the time to serve search warrants, most often for narcotics. By 2015 that number had increased to nearly 80,000 times a year. SWAT teams are increasingly equipped with military-type hardware and trained to deploy against threats of terrorism, for crowd control, hostage taking, and in situations beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement, sometimes deemed "high-risk". SWAT units are often equipped with automatic and specialized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cullen Bressack
James Cullen Bressack (born c. 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of Emmy Award-winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell.Couch, Aaron (2015)Tom Green Starring in First Horror Film: How a 22-Year-Old Director Landed the Comedian, ''The Hollywood Reporter'', April 14, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015 Career Bressack's first feature film, ''My Pure Joy'', was released in 2011. His 2012 film '' Hate Crime'', the story of a Jewish family being terrorized in their home by neo-Nazis, was banned in the UK in 2015 by the BBFC due to the "unremitting manner in which tfocuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective." His 2013 film '' To Jennifer'' was filmed entirely using an iPhone. His 2014 horror film ''Pernicious'' was described as "''The Ring'' meets ''Hostel''". In 2015 he started the Grit Film Works production company with Zack Ward, the two co-writing the films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Brady Dillon (born August 19, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO comedy series '' Entourage'', Bunny in the war film ''Platoon'', and John Densmore in the musical biopic ''The Doors''. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his performance on '' Entourage''. Early life Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York and was raised in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the son of Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter, sales manager, and golf coach at Fordham University. He has a sister and four brothers, one of whom is actor Matt Dillon. His paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist Alex Raymond, the creator of ''Flash Gordon'' and Jim Raymond, a cartoonist. He is of Irish American descent. He graduated from Mamaroneck High School. Career Dillon began acting in both television and films in the 1980s. In 1983, Dillon played Arnold Norberry in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series '' Mad Max'' and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action-comedy film series '' Lethal Weapon''. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in a production of '' Romeo and Juliet''. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama '' Gallipoli'' (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute,The Australian Film InstitutPast Winners as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And Just Like That
''And Just Like That...'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Michael Patrick King for HBO Max. It is a revival and a sequel of the HBO television series '' Sex and the City'' created by Darren Star, which is based on Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name. Development for the series began in December 2020, following the cancellation of a third film adaptation. It was given a straight-to-series order in January 2021 by HBO Max. Casting announcements were made throughout 2021 and filming started in July 2021 in New York City. ''And Just Like That...'' premiered on HBO Max on December 9, 2021, with mixed reviews. The season finale was released on February 3, 2022. Originally billed as a miniseries, the series was renewed for a second season in March 2022. Overview Set 11 years after the events of the 2010 film ''Sex and the City 2'', from their friendship in their 30s to a more complicated reality of life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Bradshaw
Caroline Marie "Carrie" Bradshaw is a fictional character from the HBO franchise ''Sex and the City'', portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Candace Bushnell created Carrie as a semi-autobiographical character for her column "Sex and the City" in ''The New York Observer'', which was later compiled into the book ''Sex and the City'' and adapted into the television series. Parker reprised the role in the films ''Sex and the City'' and ''Sex and the City 2'', and the HBO Max series '' And Just Like That...'' Bushnell also authored the young adult novels ''The Carrie Diaries'' and '' Summer and the City'' featuring the character. ''The Carrie Diaries'' was adapted into a CW prequel series of the same name, with Carrie portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb. In the ''SATC'' television series, Carrie is a columnist and fashionista based in New York City; her weekly column, "Sex and the City," provides the narration for each episode. When the series premiered, the character was praised by criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Aniello
Lucia Aniello (born 1983) is an Italian-born American director, writer, and producer best known for her work on ''Hacks (TV series), Hacks'', for which she won multiple Emmy Awards, and ''Broad City.'' She has directed and written episodes of both shows, as well as the miniseries ''Time Traveling Bong'' and the 2017 film ''Rough Night''. Early life Aniello was born in Italy and grew up in Hadley, Massachusetts, where her parents owned Italian restaurants, before moving to New York City.Futterweit, Alexa.Interview: Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs Talk Paulilu Comedy and the Hilarity of Clinton. Complex Magazine. Complex, 11 Aug. 2012. Web. 11 November 2016 In 2004, she graduated from Columbia University, where she was a film and media studies major and studied with film critic Andrew Sarris. She was in Sigma Delta Tau sorority. She also played varsity tennis for Columbia Lions, Columbia. Career Aniello is an alumna of the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improvisational and sketc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Smart
Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play '' Piaf''. Smart was later cast in a leading role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom ''Designing Women'', in which she starred from 1986 to 1991. Smart was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of '' The Man Who Came to Dinner'', and she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardner on the NBC sitcom '' Frasier'' (2000–01). She won a third Emmy Award for her supporting role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom '' Samantha Who?'' (2007–09). She also portrayed Martha Logan on the action drama series '' 24'' (2006–07). Smart is also known for her recurring voice role in ''Kim Possible'' (2002–2007). In the past decade Smart has seen a resurgence acting in television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, '' The Chronic''. Broadus has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. His accolades include an American Music Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and 17 nominations at the Grammy Awards. Broadus' debut solo album, '' Doggystyle,'' produced by Dr. Dre, was released by Death Row Records in November 1993, and debuted at number one on the popular albums chart, the ''Billboard'' 200, and on '' Billboard''s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Selling 800,000 copies in its first week, ''Doggystyle'' was certified quadruple-platinum in 1994 and featured the singles " What's My Name?" and " Gin and Juice". In 1994, Death Row Records released a soundtrack, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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