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Stephanie Allynne
Stephanie Allynne is an American actress, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles in '' In a World...'' (2013), ''Dream Corp, LLC'' (2016), '' One Mississippi'' (2016–17), and '' The L Word: Generation Q'' (2019–present). Biography Allynne moved from southern California to Buffalo, New York, for some of her youth. She headed to Los Angeles at the age of 18 and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade. She performs regularly with ASSSSCAT, Wild Horses, and Last Day of School: The Text Message show. Allynne started making numerous appearances on television including ''The League'', ''The Mindy Project'', '' Happy Endings'', '' 2 Broke Girls'', ''Kroll Show'', and ''Key & Peele''. Allynne wrote and co-starred in '' One Mississippi'' with her wife Tig Notaro. The show was a loose autobiography about their lives. Allynne is developing an hour drama for HBO and is co-writing and producing the feature ''First Ladies'' for Netflix, starring Jennifer Aniston and Notaro. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tig Notaro
Mathilde O'Callaghan "Tig" Notaro (born March 24, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actress. She is known for her deadpan comedy. Her acclaimed album ''Live'' was nominated in 2014 for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The special '' Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted'' was nominated in 2016 at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. In 2017, the album ''Boyish Girl Interrupted'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Early life Notaro was born in Jackson, Mississippi, the daughter of Mathilde "Susie" O'Callaghan and Pat Notaro. Her mother was born in New Orleans. Notaro was raised in Pass Christian, Mississippi, until kindergarten. Her family later moved to Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, Texas, Houston. She has a brother, Renaud Notaro, who is a year her elder and works as a radio talk show host. "Tig" is a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Go Boom
''Gregory Go Boom'' is a 2013 comedy drama short film, written and directed by Janicza Bravo. The film premiered at Jash during ''YouTube Comedy Week'' on May 23, 2013. The film later screened at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. It won the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Short at the festival. Plot Gregory, a paraplegic man, tries dating for the first time and discovers that life is very different than he had imagined. Cast *Michael Cera as Gregory *Brett Gelman as Tom *Sarah Burns as Rose *Anna Rose Hopkins as Summer / Cheyenne *Stephanie Allynne as Willie *Mireya Lucio as Crystal *Nick Ortega as Carlos *Holly Kaplan as Waitress Reception ''Gregory Go Boom'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. Liana Maeby of ''HitFix HitFix, or HitFix.com, was an entertainment news website that launched in December 2008 specializing in breaking entertainment news, insider information, and reviews and critiques of film, music, and television. In mid-2010 HitFix crosse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Show
The Midnight Show was a Los Angeles-based sketch comedy group which performed monthly at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Founded in 2008, the show owed its notoriety not only to production of several viral and mature-themed internet videos on Funny or Die and YouTube (including "Twilight ... with Cheeseburgers," "Drive Recklessly," "Car Ad with Andy Richter," "Immortal Dog" and "Slider," starring Dax Shepard), but also to the fact that the show has functioned as a feeder of talent to the cast and writing staff of ''Saturday Night Live''. The show contained both live and pre-filmed sketch material, guided by a celebrity host. Past hosts have included Drew Carey, Andy Richter, Dax Shepard, Fred Willard, Jerry O'Connell, Trevor Moore, Jerry Minor, Jordan Peele, Michaela Watkins, Matt Walsh, Paul F. Tompkins, Steve Agee, James Van Der Beek and John Ennis. In 2010, The Midnight Show was selected as a finalist in the New York Friars' Club Improv and Sketch Comedy Competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Bening
Annette Carol Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress. She has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over four decades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, and four Academy Awards. Bening began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theater. She received nominations for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in ''Coastal Disturbances'' and for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for '' All My Sons''. She is a four-time Academy Award nominee for her performances in the films '' The Grifters'' (1990), '' American Beauty'' (1999), ''Being Julia'' (2004), and '' The Kids Are All Right'' (2010). In 2006, she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her achievements in the film industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website and film/television production company owned by Henry R. Muñoz III that was founded by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Mark Kvamme, and Chris Henchy in 2007. The website contained exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers, producers and directors, and occasionally from a number of famous contributors including Judd Apatow, James Franco and Norm Macdonald. The associated production company continues to make TV shows including truTV's ''Billy on the Street'', Comedy Central's ''@midnight'' and Zach Galifianakis' web series '' Between Two Ferns''. Many videos on the site featured well-known actors (examples include Nina Dobrev, Steve Carell, Charlie Sheen, Ryan Gosling, Patrick Stewart, Daniel Radcliffe, Sophia Bush, Mila Kunis, AnnaSophia Robb, Hilary Duff, Adam West, James Van Der Beek, Jim Carrey, Ariel Winter and Selena Gomez). Michael Kvamme, an aspiring young comedian who is also the son of Mark Kvamme, the venture capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am I OK?
''Am I OK?'' is a 2022 American comedy-drama film directed by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne and written by Lauren Pomerantz. It stars Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Kiersey Clemons, Molly Gordon, June Diane Raphael, Tig Notaro, and Sean Hayes. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2022, and is set to premiere on HBO Max on a yet-to-be-determined date. Premise Lucy, a 32-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, realizes that all her dates with men are unsuccessful because she is a lesbian. With the help of her lifelong best friend Jane, she attempts to navigate coming out and dating women in her 30s. Cast * Dakota Johnson as Lucy * Sonoya Mizuno as Jane * Jermaine Fowler as Danny * Kiersey Clemons as Brittany * Whitmer Thomas as Ben * Molly Gordon as Kat * Tig Notaro as Sheila * Sean Hayes as Stu * Odessa A'zion as Sky Production In October 2019, it was announced Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne would direct the film f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant Family
''Instant Family'' is a 2018 American family comedy-drama film starring Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as parents who adopt three siblings, played by Isabela Moner, Gustavo Quiroz, and Julianna Gamiz. Also starring Margo Martindale, Julie Hagerty, Tig Notaro, and Octavia Spencer, the film is directed by Sean Anders, who wrote the screenplay with John Morris, based in part on Anders' own experiences. ''Instant Family'' was released in the United States on November 16, 2018. It grossed over $120 million worldwide, and was called an "earnest, heartwarming comedy" by critics, who also praised the performances. Plot Husband and wife Pete and Ellie Wagner, derided by relatives who think they will never have children, consider adoption. They enroll in foster care, led by social workers Karen and Sharon. At a fair to meet foster children, Ellie voices her reluctance to foster/adopt a teen, when they are confronted by 15-year-old Lizzie, who impresses them. Karen and Sharon reveal that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Front Runner (film)
''The Front Runner'' is a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, based on the 2014 book ''All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid'' by Matt Bai, who co-wrote the screenplay with Reitman and Jay Carson. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J. K. Simmons, and Alfred Molina. It chronicles the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, the front-runner candidate to be the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports suggested he was having an extramarital affair. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 6, 2018, by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews; while Jackman was praised for his performance, critics said the rest of the cast felt wasted and the film did not "dive deep enough into its central issues to make a compelling argument." The film was a box-office bomb, earning just $3.2 million against i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uprising
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation. Rebellion can be individual or collective, peaceful (civil disobedience, civil resistance, and nonviolent resistance) or violent (terrorism, sabotage and guerrilla warfare). In political terms, rebellion and revolt are often distinguished by their different aims. While rebellion generally seeks to evade and/or gain concessions from an oppressive power, a revolt seeks to overthrow and destroy that power, as well as its accompanying laws. The goal of rebellion is resistance while a revolt seeks a revolution. As power shifts relative to the external adversary, or power shifts within a mixed coalition, or positions harden or soften on eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Please Stand By
''Please Stand By'' is a 2017 American Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Ben Lewin and based on the 2008 Michael Golamco#Short plays, short play of the same name by Michael Golamco, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander and Patton Oswalt, and was distributed by Magnolia Pictures. After playing at various film festivals, the film was simultaneously released theatrically and on-demand on January 26, 2018. Plot Wendy—a brilliant autistic young woman who has a fixation on ''Star Trek''—lives a routine life in a San Francisco, California, San Francisco group home where she is monitored by the house manager, Scottie. She spends her time writing a 450-page ''Star Trek'' script to enter in Paramount Pictures' screenwriting contest in hopes of winning the $100,000 prize. Wendy is visited by her sister Audrey, who shows Wendy pictures of her infant daughter, Ruby, and reveals that she is selling their childho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Nighter (film)
''All Nighter'' is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Gavin Wiesen and written by Seth W. Owen. The film stars J. K. Simmons, Emile Hirsch, and Kristen Schaal. Principal photography began on July 6, 2015 on locations in Los Angeles, California. The film was released in a limited release on March 17, 2017, before being released through video on demand on March 24, 2017, by Good Deed Entertainment. Premise When a globe-trotting, workaholic father (Simmons) trying to visit his daughter on a last minute layover in Los Angeles discovers that she's disappeared, he forces her awkward, nervous ex-boyfriend (Hirsch), still nursing a broken heart, to help him find her over the course of one increasingly crazy night. Cast * J. K. Simmons as Mr. Gallo * Emile Hirsch as Martin * Jon Daly as Jimothy * Taran Killam as Gary * Xosha Roquemore as Megan * Kristen Schaal as Roberta * Analeigh Tipton as Ginnie * Jon Bass as Trevor * Shannon Woodward as Lois Production On April 30, 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Made A Maze
''Dave Made a Maze'' is a 2017 American fantasy adventure comedy horror film directed by Bill Watterson, and starring Nick Thune, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Kirsten Vangsness, Stephanie Allynne, James Urbaniak and John Hennigan. The film centers on the titular Dave who builds a cardboard fort that somehow supernaturally houses an entire labyrinth full of deadly traps and creatures. It premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 21, 2017, where it won an Audience Award for Best Narrative. It was released on August 18, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures. Plot While his girlfriend Annie is away for the weekend, 30-year-old Dave works fervently on his next big art project. Dave has a habit of not being able to finish anything, is apparently jobless and gets his income from his parents, whom he believes are tired of him. He finally has a breakthrough and begins to build something from the center and work his way out. When Annie comes home, she is surprised to find Dave's project: a small ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
