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Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Sydney Tamiia Poitier ( ) is an American television and film actress. Early life and family Born in Los Angeles on November 15, 1973, Poitier is the daughter of the late Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus. Her mother is of Lithuanian Jewish and Irish Catholic descent. She has an older sister, Anika. She also has four older half-sisters, Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, and Gina, from her father's first marriage. Poitier attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she earned a bachelor's degree in acting. She also studied at Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Poitier and her husband, musician Dorian Heartsong, have 1 child together, a daughter born in 2015. Career Poitier began her career of acting in the late 1990s. In 2001, she landed her first role on television in the NBC drama series ''First Years''. The series was canceled after three episodes. In 2003, she starred in the UPN sitcom '' Abby''. That series was also canceled during its first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindhouse (film)
''Grindhouse'' is a 2007 American film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, dark humor, non-linear storylines, cameos, ensembl .... Presented as a double feature, it combines Rodriguez's ''Planet Terror'', a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Tarantino's ''Death Proof'', an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. The former stars Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez (actor), Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Josh Brolin, and Marley Shelton; the latter stars Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Zoë Bell. ''Grindhouse'' pays homage to exploitation films of the 1970s, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Of Arcadia
''Joan of Arcadia'' is an American fantasy family drama television series telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi (Amber Tamblyn), who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays on CBS for two seasons, from September 26, 2003, to April 22, 2005. The show was praised by critics and won the Humanitas Prize and the People's Choice Award. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award in its first season for Outstanding Drama Series. The title alludes to Joan of Arc and the show takes place in the fictional city of Arcadia, Maryland. Premise Joan Girardi is a 16-year-old teenager living in the fictional town of Arcadia in Maryland. She is the middle child of her family which includes elder brother Kevin, a former jock who has been left a paraplegic after a car accident, and younger brother Luke, a brainy nerd. Joan's father Will is the town's police chief. In the pilot episode, God appears to Joan and reminds her that she promis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinical (film)
''Clinical'' is a 2017 American horror thriller film directed by Alistair Legrand and written by Luke Harvis and Alistair Legrand. The film stars Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm, India Eisley, Aaron Stanford, Nestor Serrano, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, and Wilmer Calderon. The film was released on Netflix on January 13, 2017. Plot Dr. Jane Mathis (Vinessa Shaw) is a psychiatrist and an expert at Attack therapy, confrontational therapy. Two years prior, she had a patient, Nora Green, who attacked her and Suicide attempt, attempted suicide in her office. As a result, Dr. Mathis developed PTSD and sleep paralysis, which led her to seek help from Dr. Terry Drummond. She has also begun to date a police officer named Miles Richardson. Against Dr. Terry's advice, she continues her practice as a psychiatrist, albeit not prescribing medication. She reluctantly agrees to see a new patient, Alex, whose face was disfigured from a car accident. One night, he is seen sleepwalking inside her house, promptin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkest Dawn
This is a list of books from the '' Fear Street'' book series created and written by R. L. Stine. The first book, '' The New Girl'' was published in 1989. Various spin-off series were written, including the ''Fear Street Sagas'' and ''Ghosts of Fear Street''. More than 80 million ''Fear Street'' books have been sold as of 2003.Gerasimo; Whiteley (2003), 295. The books appeared in many bestseller lists, including the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list for children, ''USA Today'' bestseller list and ''Publishers Weekly'' bestseller list,Collins; Latham (1993), 146. and the series was listed as the bestselling young-adult book series of all time. Original ''Fear Street'' series ''New Fear Street'' ''A Fear Street Novel'' Six new ''Fear Street'' books were published from September 2014. "Give Me a K-I-L-L" was the last contracted novel, but R.L. Stine confirmed via Twitter that more Fear Street books were planned. ''Return To Fear Street'' Harper Collins' HarperTEEN picked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Late (2015 Film)
''Too Late'' is a 2015 American independent drama film written and directed by Dennis Hauck. The film was shot in 35mm Techniscope in five twenty-two minute individual takes with no hidden cuts or other editing. In the film, a private investigator ( John Hawkes) scours the streets of Los Angeles to track down a missing woman from his past. He then finds himself tangled up in sleazy scandal involving strip clubs, petty drug dealers, and missing girls. The film premiered at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival, and had a limited theatrical release beginning in March 2016. Plot The film follows a nonlinear narrative: it consists of five segments which are presented out of chronological order. The five segments are described here in the order they appear in the film: A young girl, Dorothy Mahler, is hiking on a nature trail near to downtown Los Angeles when two dimwitted street dealers, Jesse and Mathew, turn up by chance. She borrows the phone of one and calls Mel Samson, a private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hood Of Horror
''Hood of Horror'' (a.k.a. ''Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror'') is a Horror film, horror film adaptation of a fictional comic book, which is an anthology of three short tales set in an urban milieu in a style reminiscent of ''Tales from the Crypt (comics), Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Tales from the Hood''. It was the "secret" ninth film screened in the 8 Films to Die For film festival on November 19, 2006. It opened worldwide in theaters on May 4, 2007. Plot Intro The story starts with Devon, a Gangbanger (voiced by Snoop Dogg), and how he became a Hound Of Hell (H.O.H). This all happened after he and his crew engaged in a shoot-out with Liore, (voiced by Hawthorne James) the leader of a rival gang in a car chase throughout the neighborhood until eventually, he caught up to Liore and put a bullet in his head. Devon later learns after going home that his younger sister has died having been hit by a stray bullet from Devon's gun during the chase. While wandering the streets devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Lives (2005 Film)
''Nine Lives'' is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery, illness, and death. Similar to García's previous work, ''Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her'', it is a series of overlapping vignettes, each one running about the same length and told in a single, unbroken take, featuring an ensemble cast. Plot The story centers on nine stories, each revolving around different women. Imprisoned Sandra has an emotional breakdown when the broken telephone in her cubicle prevents her from communicating with her daughter on visiting day. Diana and Damian, two former flames now married to others, unexpectedly have a poignant reunion in the aisle of the local supermarket. Holly returns home to confront her sexually abusive stepfather and dissolves int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Crime (1999 Film)
''True Crime'' is a 1999 American mystery thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on Andrew Klavan's 1995 novel of the same name. Eastwood also stars in the film as a journalist covering the execution of a death row inmate, only to discover that the convict may actually be innocent. The film was released on March 19, 1999 and became a box-office bomb, grossing just $16 million against its $55 million production budget. Plot Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the story. Everett investigates the background to the case and comes to suspect that Beechum has been wrongly convicted of murdering Amy Wilson. He gets permission from his editor's boss to investigate, and is told that the top editor would call the Governor, and that would do the job, if Everett gets hard proof. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter (TV Series)
''Carter'' is a Canadian television crime comedy drama series created by Garry Campbell, which premiered on May 15, 2018, on CTV Drama Channel (formerly Bravo). The series stars Jerry O'Connell as Harley Carter, the Canadian star of a hit American television detective series who returns to his hometown to rethink his life after having a public meltdown on the red carpet at an awards show, but finds that his old friends and neighbors can no longer separate him from his television persona and keep asking him to investigate real cases. The cast includes Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Carter's childhood friend and police officer Sam Shaw, Kristian Bruun as streetwise truck stop owner Dave Leigh, as well as Brenda Kamino. In Season 2, Lyriq Bent joined the cast as the interim police chief, Joyce Boyle, and Andy Berman took over as showrunner. Produced by Amaze Film and Entertainment, the series is shot in North Bay, Ontario, in 2017. The show was commissioned by Sony Pictures Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Practice (TV Series)
''Private Practice'' is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from September 26, 2007, to January 22, 2013. A spin-off of ''Grey's Anatomy,'' the series takes place at Seaside Health & Wellness Center (formerly Oceanside Wellness Group) and chronicles the life of Dr. Addison Montgomery, played by Kate Walsh, as she leaves Seattle Grace Hospital in order to join a private practice, located in Los Angeles. ''Private Practice'' also revolves around Addison's co-workers at Oceanside Wellness Center, and how they deal with patients and the practice while still finding time to live their everyday lives. The series was created by Shonda Rhimes, who also serves as executive producer, alongside Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Mark Tinker, Craig Turk, and Steve Blackman, who served as showrunners due to Rhimes's duties on ''Grey's Anatomy''. On May 11, 2012, ''Private Practice'' was renewed for a sixth season. The sixth season was the only one not to feature Tim Dal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |