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Troy Winbush
Troy Winbush (born March 12, 1970) is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Denny on ''The Cosby Show.'' Early life Winbush was born in Manhattan, New York to Betty Winbush. He is also the younger brother of Alicia Winbush. Career He is best known for his recurring role as Denny on ''The Cosby Show'', appearing on the series from 1987 to 1991. He also made guest appearances in other notable television series including '' Tremors'', ''Law & Order'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Boston Public'', ''CSI: Miami'', '' JAG'', ''Monk'', ''Touched by an Angel'', ''The Parkers, ''and the short-lived NBC drama, ''Medical Investigation. Film Reference'' He co-starred in the feature films '' The Replacement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan, New York
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backwoods (film)
''Backwoods'' is a 2008 American horror television film directed by Marty Weiss and starring Ryan Merriman & Haylie Duff. It premiered on June 8, 2008 on Spike TV. Plot The film opens as a couple named Tom and Gwen are in a national park and are attacked and taken hostage. Later Gwen is raped and impregnated while Tom is killed. Mark Till is a young CEO, a self-made sporting goods tycoon who sees human survival as a skill to be honed and cherished in the boardroom and beyond. That's why each year he sponsors a week-long survival getaway to test the mettle of twelve lucky employees, to challenge them, body and mind. This year it's a paintball war in the remote woods / national park in northern California. Total outsiders to the wary locals, these urban Rambos think they're ready for anything. On the first day, the Alpha and Bravo camps are set up. In the night, one of Mark's team, Adam Benson hears a noise in the dark and goes to investigate, but sees nothing. The next day the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sniper 3
''Sniper 3'' is a 2004 American direct-to-video action film starring Tom Berenger, Byron Mann, Denis Arndt and John Doman. It was directed by P.J. Pesce, It is the sequel to the 2002 film ''Sniper 2'' and is the third installment in the ''Sniper'' film series. Plot Some time after the events of ''Sniper 2'', Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) is still adjusting to his return in the U.S. Marine Corps. His commanding officer, Captain Laraby (Troy Winbush) thinks he is too old and bull-headed to still be active duty. Beckett attends the wedding of Neil Finnegan (Ken Streutker), the son of his best friend, Paul Finnegan, who served with him in Vietnam and saved his life before he was killed just before the fall of Saigon. Beckett reads a letter written given to him by Paul decades earlier just in case he did not make it to his son's wedding day. Beckett then dances with Paul's widow, Sydney (Jeannetta Arnette), who later does an X-ray on Beckett's hand and informs him that when he lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mark Unleashed
''Six: The Mark Unleashed'' is a 2004 Christian action-drama film directed by Kevin Downes and starring Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Downes, David A. R. White, Eric Roberts, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It was released June 29, 2004, and debuted at #6 on the Christian Booksellers Association Best Sellers List. Plot The film is set in the end-times, or The Great Tribulation, after the rapture, when the earth has been taken over by the Antichrist (known as the "Leader"), and the mark of the beast - an implant in the right hands and/or foreheads - is being imposed on everyone worldwide. Those who take the mark become part of 'The Community', those who refuse are arrested, jailed and after three weeks are beheaded on the Guillotines. Two non-Christian renegades (Kevin Downes and David A. R. White) steal a car for a friend who has also refused the mark. When they arrive at his place they find that he reconsidered and took the mark and "feels so much happier". The two are then captured by polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The United States Of Leland
''The United States of Leland'' is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Matthew Ryan Hoge that follows a meek teenage boy, the eponymous Leland, who has inexplicably committed a shocking murder. In the wake of the killing, his teacher in prison tries to understand the senseless crime, while the families of the victim and the perpetrator struggle to cope with the aftermath. Plot The film begins with a flashback narrated by Leland P. Fitzgerald, describing how he could not remember the details of the day that he killed an intellectually disabled boy named Ryan Pollard. Leland is arrested. Ryan's parents, Harry and Karen, sisters Becky and Julie, and Julie's live-in boyfriend Allen grieve the loss of their loved one. Leland's divorced mother, Marybeth, is desperate to see her son, while his father, famous writer Albert Fitzgerald, discovers his son's fate in a newspaper and returns home to be there for the trial. While in juvenile hall, Leland is schooled by teacher Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Sex Addict
''Diary of a Sex Addict'' is a 2001 drama film directed by Joseph Brutsman and co-written by Anthony Peck, son of Gregory Peck. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August 2001. Plot A middle-aged chef in a luxurious restaurant reveals to his psychiatrist that while he is a family man who loves his wife and son, he is at the same time a sex addict who seeks pleasure at any time with any woman. Cast * Rosanna Arquette as Grace * Michael Des Barres as Sammy * Nastassja Kinski as Dr. Jane, The Therapist * Eva Jenickova as Tatiana * Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse as Sammy Jr. * Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Aaron * Alexandra Paul as Katherine, Grace's Sister * A. J. Benza as Detective Shore * Joey House as Tawney * Anna de Cardi as Heather * Maria del Mar as Vita * Heidi Jo Markel as Kelly May * Adrienne Janic as Julie * Troy Winbush as Ordell * T. C. Warner as Ms. Storm * Tangie Ambrose as "Suga" * Simona Williams as Leslie Anderson * Rachelle Carson-Begley as Sophie * Daniella Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Advice
''Good Advice'' is a 2001 comedy film starring Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, and Denise Richards. The film also features Jon Lovitz and Rosanna Arquette as a married couple in supporting roles. Plot Ryan Turner is a hotshot broker living an upscale life in NYC with his shallow girlfriend Cindy Styne. One morning, he is playing golf with Donald Simpson, the owner of one of the biggest newspaper publishers of New York. He tells Ryan of a huge merger between his company, Simpson Inc., and a large drug corporation. Ryan, ecstatic that this could be his big break, informs all his clients of the huge deal that is going to happen and they all place large amounts of money into the merger. However, the next day, Simpson reveals that there is not going to be a merger. Ryan loses most of his own, and much of his clients' money in light of the news. Storming over to Simpson's office, Simpson tells him he personally screwed him over as payback for sleeping with his wife. Ryan, now jobless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hip Hopera
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela (2001 Film)
''Gabriela'' is a 2001 American romance film, starring Seidy Lopez in the title role alongside Jaime Gomez as her admirer Mike. The film has been cited as an inspiration behind the Premiere Weekend Club, which supports Latino film-making. Plot Gabriela, engaged to be married to Patrick, feels more of a sense of duty than anticipation towards their planned wedding. On meeting her at the clinic where he works, Mike falls in love with Gabriela, and turns to his friend Douglas and his brother for advice. When he asks Gabriela to break off her engagement, she refuses and takes Patrick to Mexico to meet her family, leaving Mike trying to find a way to save his hopes of marrying her. Cast * Seidy Lopez - Gabriela * Jaime P. Gomez - Mike * Zach Galligan - Patrick * Troy Winbush - Douglas * Lupe Ontiveros - Grandma Josie * Stacy Haiduk - Ilona * Evelina Fernandez - Sofia * Frank Medrano - Manny * Sal Lopez - Policeman * Danny De La Paz - Policeman * Steve Valentine - Steven * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutiny (1999 Film)
''Mutiny'' is a 1999 television drama film based on the story of the Port Chicago disaster during World War II where 50 African-American sailors were accused of mutiny because they declined to continue loading munitions after an explosion caused by failures in training and management. Plot The film fairly closely follows the timeline of actual events as set out in the Port Chicago disaster article. Cast * James B. Sikking as Lieutenant Commander Tynan * Michael Jai White as Ben Cooper * Duane Martin as B. J. Teach * David Ramsey as Vernon Nettles * Matthew Glave as Lieutenant Kirby * David Barry Gray as Ensign Norris * Joe Morton as Thurgood Marshall Reception The Movie Scene gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, saying that the story behind the film needs to be told, but that "an 89 minute TV movie is not the way to do it justice". He found the atmosphere lacking and the minor characters distracting from the main plot line. Diane Selkirk for Apollo Movie Guide gave the film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bonfire Of The Vanities (film)
''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall and Morgan Freeman. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the best-selling 1987 novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $15 million against its $47 million budget. The controversies surrounding the film were detailed in the 1991 book ''The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood'', by Julie Salamon. Plot Sherman McCoy is a Wall Street bond trader who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin, a Southern belle gold digger. Sherman and Maria are driving back to Maria's apartment from JFK Airport when they take a wrong turn on the expressway and find themselves in the "war-zone" of the South Bronx. They are approached by two black youths after Sherman gets out of the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Bang Theory (season 6)
The sixth season of the American sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' aired on CBS from September 27, 2012 to May 16, 2013. The series crossed the 20 million viewer mark for the first time with this season's " The Bakersfield Expedition", which along with '' NCIS'', made CBS the first network to have two scripted series reach that large an audience in the same week since 2007. This success has been attributed to the sitcom's exposure in syndication, its late 2010 move to a new time-slot, and the influence of showrunner Steven Molaro (who took over from Bill Prady) on the characters' storylines.Schneider, Michael (January 28, 2013). "Bigger ''Bang'' Than Ever". ''TV Guide''. pp. 6 and 7. During the season, Kevin Sussman became a part of the main cast as Stuart Bloom. Mark Cendrowski was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series for the season premiere " The Date Night Variable". Jim Parsons won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
