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Tio Papi
''Tio Papi'' is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Fro Rojas and starring Joey Dedio, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Kelly McGillis and Frankie Faison. Cast * Joey Dedio * Elizabeth Rodriguez *Kelly McGillis * Frankie Faison *Gabriella Fanuele *David Castro *Fátima Ptacek *Sebastian Martinez * Nicolette Pierini *Dax Roy Release The film was released in theaters on September 6, 2013. Reception The film has a 29% rating on 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 .... Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five. References External links * * {{rotten-tomatoes, tio_papi_2013 2013 comedy-drama films 2013 films 2010s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Dedio
Joey Dedio (born September 11, 1963) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. Early life Dedio was born in New York City on September 11, 1963. Career While in his 20s, Dedio appeared in the NBC soap opera '' Another World'' and the television version of ''The Karate Kid'', as the voice of Daniel LaRusso. He provided the voice of lead character Wheeler in the environmentalist cartoon show ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers''. He voiced a drug dealer in an anti-drug special ''Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'', which was introduced by then-President George H. W. Bush and his wife, First Lady Barbara Bush. His other voice roles include ''Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw'', ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' and ''Denver, the Last Dinosaur''. He later appeared in '' Sunset Beach'' and guest starred on ''Law & Order'' and ''Chicago Hope.'' In theatres, he appeared in off Broadway productions like SoHo Reps ''Skin'' and workshopped for Joe Pintauro's Broadway bound '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Elizabeth Rodriguez is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Aleida Diaz in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019). She received a Tony Award nomination, and won an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Theatre World Award for her performance in Stephen Adly Guirgis' 2011 play ''The Motherfucker with the Hat''. In 2015, she starred in the first season of AMC's post-apocalyptic horror drama series '' Fear the Walking Dead''. She also played Gabriela Lopez in the 2017 film '' Logan''. Early life Rodriguez was born to Puerto Rican parents and raised in Manhattan, New York City. She went to Brandeis High School and Lehman College in the Bronx. Career 1990s While still studying, Rodriguez began appearing on-screen in small parts in films like ''Fresh'' (1994) and television shows such as ''New York Undercover'', ''New York News'', ''Law & Order'', ''NYPD Blue'' and '' Oz''. 2000s She has appeared in a number of stage productions, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly McGillis
Kelly Ann McGillis (born July 9, 1957) is an American stage actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in ''Witness'' (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in ''Top Gun'' (1986); ''Made in Heaven'' (1987); ''The House on Carroll Street'' (1988); and as Kathryn Murphy in ''The Accused'' (1988). In her later career, she has starred in horror films such as ''Stake Land'' (2010), '' The Innkeepers'' (2011), and '' We Are What We Are'' (2013). Early life McGillis was born on July 9, 1957, in the southern California suburb of Newport Beach, the eldest of three daughters born to Virginia Joan (née Snell), a homemaker, and Donald Manson McGillis, a physician. Her paternal ancestry is Scots-Irish, and her maternal ancestry is German; she also has Welsh ancestry. She attended Newport Harbor High School. McGillis was raised in Los Angeles, and attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts at Allan Hancock College in San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Faison
Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949) is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series ''The Wire'', as Barney Matthews in the ''Hannibal Lecter'' franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series ''Banshee''. Early life and education Faison was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Carmena (née Gantt) and Edgar Faison. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity. He went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1974. Career Faison started his acting career in 1974 in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ''King Lear'', with James Earl Jones in the title role. Faison later appeared opposite Jones in the Broadway premiere of ''Fences'', for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Faison's next role came in TV, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun-Sentinel
The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding Broward County and southern Palm Beach County. It circulates all throughout the three counties that comprise South Florida. It is the largest-circulation newspaper in the area. Paul Pham has held the position of general manager since November 2020, and Julie Anderson has held the position of editor-in-chief since February 2018. The newspaper was for many years branded as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', with a hyphen, until a redesign and rebranding on August 17, 2008. The new look also removed the space between "Sun" and "Sentinel" in the newspaper's flag, but its name retained the space. The ''Sun Sentinel'' is owned by parent company, '' Tribune Publishing''. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Sentinel
The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida, and the Central Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company. The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is owned by parent company, '' Tribune Publishing''. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media, in May 2021. The newspaper's website utilizes geo-blocking, thus making it unaccessible from European countries. History The ''Sentinel''s predecessors date to 1876, when the ''Orange County Reporter'' was first published. The ''Reporter'' became a daily newspaper in 1905, and merged with the ''Orlando Evening Star'' in 1906. Another Orlando paper, the ''South Florida Sentinel'', started publishing as a morning daily in 1913. Then known as the ''Morning Sentinel'', it bought the ''Reporter-Star'' in 1931, when Martin Andersen came to Orlando to manage both papers. Andersen eventually bought both papers outrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Castro
David Castro (born February 7, 1996) is an American actor, known for his role as Raphael Santiago on the Freeform fantasy series ''Shadowhunters''. Personal life Castro was born on Long Island, New York to a Puerto Rican father, Albee Castro, and Kathleen, an American mother of Italian descent. He has three older sisters and an older brother and currently lives in Long Island, New York. Career Castro made his acting debut in the 2004 film ''Palindromes''. He later appeared in the 2006 independent films, ''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'' and '' Little Fugitive'', alongside his sister Raquel. In 2007, he was featured in the independent film, '' Tracks of Color'' and the film ''Where God Left His Shoes''. He had a role in the 2008 film ''27 Dresses'', starring Katherine Heigl and the 2009 film '' The Ministers'', starring John Leguizamo. He recently starred in ''Forged'' with Manny Perez directed by William Wedig and played Raphael Santiago in ''Shadowhunters'' from 2016 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fátima Ptacek
Fátima Ptacek (; born August 20, 2000) is an American film and television actress and model, and a human rights activist working with UN Women's #HeForShe campaign for gender equality. She is best known as the lead actor in the 2012 Academy Award winning film ''Curfew'' and its 2014 full-length feature film version ''Before I Disappear''. She has lent her voice as the lead role of "Dora" in Nickelodeon's animated television series ''Dora the Explorer'' since 2012 and '' Dora and Friends: Into the City!'' since 2014. Personal life Ptacek was born and resides in New York City with her parents. Her mother is Ecuadorian. Her father has Colombian, Czech, Irish and Norwegian roots. She is a gymnast, competing at United States of America Gymnastics Level 7, and takes part in English equestrian riding; as of 2010, she noted that she was hoping to qualify for the Olympic Games. In 2010, she noted that she was aiming for a scholarship to Harvard or Yale, and was enrolled in an acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolette Pierini
Nicolette Pierini (; born December 30, 2003) is an American child actress and performer. She was first noticed for her role in ''The Magic of Belle Isle'' (2012), opposite Morgan Freeman, and is known for the 2014 film adaptation of the musical ''Annie'', where she played Mia Putnam. Early life Pierini was born in Long Island, New York, as the youngest of four children. She was inspired to become an actress after helping her sister Marisa to prepare for school plays. Together she and her brother Anthony would help by performing the other characters in play scripts, and by playing improvisational games with her. At the age of four, Pierini appeared in an episode of the IFC comedy ''Z Rock'' as Nicolette. She began taking improvisation, singing and dancing lessons from seven years of age. Career Pierini began working an actress in short independent films and commercials. In 2009 to 2011, she was the announcer of Nick’s Play Date, the 2009-2014 re-branding of the Nick Jr. bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BroadwayWorld
BroadwayWorld is a theatre news website based in New York City covering Broadway, Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ..., regional, and international theatre productions. The website publishes theatre news, interviews, reviews, and other coverage related to theater. It also includes an online message board for theater fans. History The site was founded in 2003 to cover theater news. As of September 2018, the website had a readership of 5.5 million monthly online visitors and an Alexa PageRank of 16,156 worldwide. The site also produces annual fan-voted awards and competitions related to various types of production. BroadwayWorld added a pay transparency rule to their job site in March 2021 due to the advocacy of On Our Team and Costume Professionals for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTVJ
WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (channel 51), a flagship station of Telemundo. Both stations share studios on Southwest 27th Street in Miramar, while WTVJ's transmitter is located in Andover, Florida. History Florida's first television station The station first signed on the air on March 21, 1949, at 12:00 p.m. WTVJ was the first television station to sign on in the state of Florida, and the 16th station in the United States. Originally broadcasting on VHF channel 4, the station was founded by Wometco Enterprises (founded by Mitchell Wolfson and Sidney Meyer), a national movie theater chain that was headquartered in Miami. The station's original studio facilities were located in the former Capitol Theater on North Miami Avenue in Downtown Miami, which was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
