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The Female Brain (film)
''The Female Brain'' is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Whitney Cummings and written by Neal Brennan and Cummings. It is based on the 2006 book '' The Female Brain'' by Louann Brizendine. The film stars Cummings, Sofía Vergara, Toby Kebbell, James Marsden, Deon Cole, Lucy Punch, Beanie Feldstein and Cecily Strong. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 17, 2017. It was released on February 9, 2018, by IFC Films. Plot Stoic and uptight, university neurologist Julia Brizendine (Whitney Cummings) compares the female and male brain. She thinks she can outsmart her emotions, much to her assistant Abby’s (Beanie Feldstein) exasperation. She is divorced and living with her parents and Abby self-medicates. Realtor Lisa Hampton (Sofia Vergara) and her husband of 12 years, Steven (Deon Cole) have a son Tyler. Fearing their relationship has grown dull, Lisa tries to spice things up by going on a date and getting high. Nothing works so they consider sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Cummings
Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, director, producer, investor and podcaster. A native of Washington, DC, Cummings pursued a comedy career in Los Angeles after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, where she had studied with the intention of becoming a journalist. After beginning standup in 2004, she secured regular appearances as a roundtable guest on ''Chelsea Lately''. She subsequently created, produced, and starred in NBC's ''Whitney'', a sitcom in which she portrayed a semifictionalized version of herself. The series ran for two seasons before being cancelled in 2013. Simultaneously, Cummings created the CBS sitcom ''2 Broke Girls'', which also began in 2011, and concluded in 2017. Cummings released her first hour-long standup special, ''Money Shot'', in 2010 on Comedy Central. She followed this with a second standup special for the network, entitled ''I Love You'' (2014). Her third special, ''I'm Your Girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlo Thomas
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist. She is best known for starring on the sitcom ''That Girl'' (1966–1971) and her children's franchise '' Free to Be... You and Me''. She has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Peabody Award for her work in television, has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. She has also received a Grammy Award for her children's album '' Marlo Thomas and Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long''. In 2014, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Thomas serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by her father Danny Thomas in 1962. She created the Thanks & Giving campaign in 2004 to support the hospital. Early life Thomas was born in Detroit and raised in Beverly Hills, California, the eldest child of Rose Marie Cassaniti and comedian Danny Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Review Aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as films, books, video games, software, hardware, and cars). This system stores the reviews and uses them for purposes such as supporting a website where users can view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creating databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of the work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Schulz
Andrew Cameron Schulz (born October 30, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and podcaster. In addition to his stand-up, he is known for his work on MTV2's ''Guy Code'' (and its two spinoffs),MTV2's Guy Code " ''MTV.com''. 2015. Retrieved 2020 December 17. the ''Flagrant'' podcast with Akaash Singh, and ''The Brilliant Idiots'' podcast. Schulz's first Netflix special, ''Schulz Saves America'', premiered on December 17, 2020. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebeka Montoya
Rebeka Montoya is an American actress. Montoya is known for her recurring role as Delores Padilla in the ABC daytime soap opera, ''General Hospital'', from 2011 to 2012. In 2014 she joined the cast of ABC comedy-drama series, ''Mistresses'', as Antonia Ruiz. In 2004 Montoya had a role in the Telemundo telenovela ''Prisionera'', and later guest-starred in ''Las Vegas'', ''Castle'', ''Southland'', and ''Psych ''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observ ...''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montoya, Rebeka Living people American television actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xosha Roquemore
Xosha Kai Roquemore ( ; born December 11, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jo Ann in '' Precious'' and Tamra in ''The Mindy Project''. Early life and education Roquemore was born in 1984 in Los Angeles, and is named after the Xhosa people of South Africa. She started acting when she joined The Amazing Grace Conservatory, in ninth grade. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City and graduated from the Tisch program at New York University. Career Roquemore starred in her first major film as Jo Ann in '' Precious''. In 2013, she was cast in a recurring role on '' Kirstie'', based on her work in the series pilot. Her role, however, was recast after she was added as a series regular to ''The Mindy Project ''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its run of six seasons on Hulu in November 2017. The series was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Parker
Angel Parker is an American actress. Since 2000 she has appeared in numerous films, TV series and has done voice acting on video games. Her most notable credits include ''Criminal Minds'' (2008), '' ER'' (2008-2009), Marvel’s ''Runaways'' (2017-2019), and '' The Rookie'' (2019-2022). Biography and career Angel Parker was accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at age 16, and since 2000 she has been acting. Some of her most notable roles include Tasha Davenport on Disney XD's ''Lab Rats,'' Shawn Chapman in the Emmy Award-winning FX series '' American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson'', Catherine Wilder, Marvel's action series, '' Runaways''. In year 2000, she starred in Joss Whedon's ''Angel''. Additional credits include '' The Good Doctor'', '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', '' 9-1-1: Lone Star'', ''The Rookie'', ''REL'', ''The Strain'', '' Trial & Error'', ''Castle'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''ER'', Kevin Costner's ABC pilot ''National Parks'', NBC's pilot '' La Brea'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alysia Reiner
Alysia Reiner is an American actress. She is best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series '' Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast. Reiner starred in and produced the financial drama '' Equity'', which was bought at Sundance by Sony Pictures Classics and released nationwide. It is now being developed into a TV series by Tri-Star and ABC. Reiner has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and won an Obie Award for her performance in ''An Oak Tree''. In ''Sideways'', the critically acclaimed comedy–drama film, Reiner played Christine Ergarian, where she won her first ensemble cast SAG award. She played District Attorney Wendy Parks in the ABC crime-legal drama TV series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' and Sunny in the FX comedy '' Better Things''. In 2014, she also appeared in Season 4 of ''Masters of Sex'' on Showtime, as Lilian Izikoff on ''Rosewood' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Hendrie
Philip Stephen Hendrie (born September 1, 1952) is an American radio personality and actor. He is widely known for his voiceover talent throughout the radio and film industry. He came to prominence in the 1990s hosting ''The Phil Hendrie Show'', a radio talk show where he portrayed both himself as a calm, rational host while simultaneously portraying any of several outrageous and offensive characters who would engage in debates with Hendrie and callers to the show. Hendrie has also acted professionally on a number of occasions, notably in a recurring role on the drama ''The Unit'', as well as the voice of multiple characters on the animated comedies ''F is for Family'', ''Rick and Morty'', ''Futurama'', ''King of the Hill'' and'' The Midnight Gospel.'' Early life Hendrie was born and raised in Arcadia, California. In 1958 when Hendrie was five years old, his family took a road trip to visit relatives in Toronto, Ontario. They listened to the radio the whole way. He knew then he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Korson
Adam Korson is a Canadian actor, best known for his lead role as Harry in the Canadian television sitcom ''Seed''. Early life and education Originally from Thornhill, Ontario, Korson attended York University for a year before transferring to Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. Career Korson garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for best lead actor in a comedy series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards. '''', January 13, 2015. In addition to ''Seed'', Korson has had supporting or g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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