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The Exes (season 1)
The first season of the TV Land original sitcom ''The Exes'' premiered on November 30, 2011 and ended February 1, 2012. A total of ten episodes were produced. The series stars Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, Kristen Johnston, David Alan Basche and Kelly Stables. Season overview The season begins with Holly moving her new client Stuart in with two of her divorced tenants Haskell and Phil. Over the course of the season Phil tries to set up Holly's assistant Eden, with a horse jockey to get him as a client, but he goes for Holly instead; Holly attempts to set up Stuart on his first date since his divorce, but it turns out his date is an escort; Haskell begins dating a woman over the internet and when she arrives for a visit Haskell gets Phil to pretend to be him; Phil goes to Stuart to get his tooth fixed and ends up sleeping with Stuart's long-time dental assistant. Holly's mother visits her, and instead of telling her the truth about breaking up with her fiance, she moves back into th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Land
TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. Originally a spinoff of Nick at Nite consisting exclusively of classic television shows, the channel now airs a combination of recent and classic television series (ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s), original scripted series and limited theatrically released movies. The network is headquartered at One Astor Plaza in New York City. TV Land is available to about 90 million households in the United States as of January 2016. History Launch and debut The network launched at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on April 29, 1996, as Nick at Nite's TV Land. Following a seven-minute short film introducing the network, the first program aired was a syndicated edit of ''The Best of The Ed Sullivan Show'' featuring the Beatles' American debut along with routines by Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor and Señor Wences. The show led off a launch-day lineup that rebroadcast numerous series premieres, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Marino
Kenneth Joseph Marino (born December 19, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He was a cast member on MTV's ''The State'' and has starred in shows such as ''Party Down'', '' Marry Me'', ''Burning Love'', and ''Childrens Hospital''. He played the Lehman brothers on the Showtime series ''Black Monday''. Early life Marino was born on Long Island, New York, to an Italian-American family. He attended West Islip High School in West Islip, New York. He then studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in New York City. On Marino's first day at NYU, he met David Wain and Craig Wedren and quickly befriended both of them; Marino was popular in part because he had milk crates full of bottles of alcoholic beverages (which he had stolen the previous summer at a job at a yacht club), and he carried the crates around with him when he visited people's dorm rooms. The next year, Wain and Marino were among the co-founders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gewirtz
Howard Gewirtz is an American television producer and writer, whose credits include ''Taxi'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', '' Just Shoot Me'', ''Wings'', '' Oliver Beene'', ''Everybody Hates Chris'' and ''The Simpsons''. Film Reference ''The Simpsons'' episodes *"Homer Defined
"Homer Defined" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 17, 1991. In the episode, Homer accidentally saves the Sp ... "
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Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact Prostitution#Medical situation, also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and prostitution law, its legal status varies from Prostitution by country, country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Madio
James Madio (born November 22, 1975) is an American actor, known for his roles in ''USA High'', ''Hook'' and as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte in '' Band of Brothers''. Early life A native of The Bronx, Madio was raised in Morris Park and Pelham Bay. Career Madio was born as one of seven children in his family. At the age of 15, he had his first audition in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film ''Hook''. He landed the role of "Don't Ask", one of the Lost Boys. Among the cast of ''Hook'' was Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, who had been cast as the villainous Captain Hook. Hoffman took notice of Madio and had him cast as his character's son in the 1992 comedy ''Hero''. He later appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1995 film '' The Basketball Diaries'' as a teenage drug addict. In 1997 Madio landed a regular role on the teen sitcom ''USA High'' where he played funny-man Bobby Lazzerini during the show's first season. He has played lead roles in television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Paxson
Melanie Moore Paxson (née Moore; born September 26, 1972Melanie Paxson Buddy TV) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jaclyn in '' Cupid'', Sara Brennan in '' Happy Family'' and as Julie in ''''. Paxson also appeared in a number of Gladware television commercials in the early 2000s. Life and career Paxson was born ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Marshall
Paula Marshall (born June 12, 1964) is an American actress. Career In 1990, Marshall had a guest role as Iris West, the love interest of Flash (Barry Allen) in the pilot episode on the short-lived ''Flash''. In 1991, she guest-starred on ''Superboy'' with a young Clark Kent before he called himself Superman, playing the villainous Christina Riley, a woman who is, in secret, a werewolf. Both series are part of DC Comics media. In 1992, Marshall had a three-episode guest role on ''The Wonder Years'' and later guest-starred on shows such as ''Seinfeld'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Grapevine'' and '' Diagnosis: Murder''. Later in 1992, she appeared in the movie '' Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'' as Terri. In 1994, she got her first sitcom role on '' Wild Oats''. In 1995, Marshall starred in the science fiction cult classic ''W.E.I.R.D. World'', directed by William Maloneas, as Dr. Abby O'Reardon, an evil scientist who rejuvenates her boss (and later becomes his mother) and is bent on turning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Poirier
Kim Jacinthe Poirier (born February 6, 1980) is a Canadian actress, singer, film producer, and television host. Biography Personal life Born in Drummondville, Quebec, the daughter of actress/model Carol Laquerre who was Miss Toronto in 1976, she has one sister. She enjoys watching movies, writing, meditating, jogging, playing guitar, and singing. She does volunteer work for the homeless. Poirier is fluent in both French and English. Professionally trained in yoga, she has studied numerology, healing, and nutrition. Career As a child growing up in Toronto, Ontario, Poirier worked in modeling and TV commercials, moving into TV and film acting in adulthood. She did catalogue modelling and commercials for Aquafresh, Ontario Tourism, Ontario Place (theme park), Ontario Place, Bell Canada, Turtles Chocolates, Old El Paso, Toronto Eaton Centre, Pizza Pizza and Ford Motor Company, Ford. She was up for a lead female role in the TV show ''Breaker High'' when she was only 15 but when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Webster
Victor Webster (born February 7, 1973) is a Canadian actor. He is known for being the second actor to play Nicholas Alamain on the NBC daytime soap ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1999 to 2000, and for his roles as the mutant Brennan Mulwray in '' Mutant X'', Coop the cupid on ''Charmed'' and detective Carlos Fonnegra in ''Continuum.'' He is also known for his portrayal of Mathayus of Akkad / The Scorpion King in '' The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption'' (2012) and '' The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power'' (2015). Early life Victor Webster was born in Calgary, Alberta, the son of Roswitha, a hair stylist, and John ("Jack") Webster, a police officer. As a teenager, his behaviour often got him into trouble. To find a more productive outlet, he started studying martial arts and eventually became a teacher of this, earning an undefeated record as an amateur kickboxer and heavyweight black belt. Meanwhile, his early interest in acting was demonstrated in his involvement with numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kali Rocha
Kali Michele Rocha (born December 5, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Karen Rooney, the mother of four Rooney children and school's vice principal, in the Disney Channel sitcom ''Liv and Maddie''. She has also co-written four episodes of the show. Early life Rocha was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Rhode Island, graduating from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 1993. Career Rocha's career began on stage in the August 1993 revival of the Jane Bowles play ''In the Summer House'' at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Since then she has been in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions including ''Noises Off'' and Nicky Silver's comed''The Altruists''where she created the role of Cybil. Her on-screen debut was in the 1996 cinematic adaptation of Arthur Miller's ''The Crucible'', as Mercy Lewis. She stood out when she played the Atlantic American flight attendant who argued with Ben Stiller's character at the airport in the 2000 comedy '' Meet the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar'e Stoudemire
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire ( ; he, אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; born November 16, 1982) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 with the Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007. Stoudemire played high school basketball for three different schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida, and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro player. He won several prep honors, including being selected as Florida's Mr. Basketball. Stoudemire suffered from chronic knee problems during his career and underwent microfracture surgery on both knees. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janina Gavankar
Janina Zione Gavankar (; born November 29, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She is trained as a pianist, vocalist, orchestral percussionist and majored in theatre at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her roles include Shiva on ''The League'', Leigh Turner on ''The Gates'', Luna Garza on HBO's ''True Blood'', McKenna Hall on The CW's '' Arrow'' and Diana Thomas on FOX's '' Sleepy Hollow''. In marketing, she also played "Ms. Dewey", a personified search engine and virtual assistant for Microsoft. Early life Gavankar was born in Joliet, Illinois to Ganesh "Peter" Gavankar, an engineer from Mumbai, who first travelled to the US to pursue a master's degree, and Shan Demohra "Mohra" Gavankar, of half-Indian and half-Dutch descent, from Pune, who also emigrated there from India. Career Gavankar has acted in theatre, film, television, and online. Her most notable roles include Iden Versio, a canon Star Wars character and the protagonist of '' Star Wars: Battlefront II'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
