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Thunderstruck (2012 Film)
''Thunderstruck'' is a 2012 American sports comedy film directed by John Whitesell and starring professional NBA player Kevin Durant and Taylor Gray as well as Brandon T. Jackson, Doc Shaw and Jim Belushi. The plot follows a boy who magically gets Durant's basketball skills and the duo must figure out how to return them. It was released on August 24, 2012. Plot Brian is a 16-year-old living in Oklahoma. Though he has tried out for the school basketball team, the Eagles, he has never made it, relegated to being water boy for the team. While practicing at home, Brian's sister makes a video of him injuring himself. She shows the video around school, and it is eventually seen by Connor, the star player of the basketball team. Brian takes a liking to Isabelle, a new girl at school, but is embarrassed when Connor shows the video of him to the whole school. In order to cheer him up, Brian's dad takes him to a Thunder game against the Detroit Pistons at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whitesell
John Patrick Whitesell is an American television and film director. He has directed numerous films such as '' Calendar Girl'', ''Big Momma's House 2'' and ''Holidate''. He started his career as a film director in 1993. Early life and education Whitesell is the son of Patricia and John Patrick "Jack" Whitesell. He has five brothers Sean Whitesell, Christopher Whitesell, Thomas, Patrick Whitesell, and James Whitesell.Deadline: "Sean Whitesell Dies: Television Writer-Producer And Brother Of WME’s Patrick Whitesell Was 52" by Ross A. Lincoln December 31, 2015 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesapeake Energy Arena
Paycom Center (originally known as the Ford Center from 2002 to 2010, Oklahoma City Arena from 2010 to 2011, and Chesapeake Energy Arena from 2011 to 2021) is an arena located in Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. It opened in 2002 and since 2008 has served as the home venue for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Oklahoma City Thunder. Previously, the arena was home to the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League (CHL) from 2002 until the team folded in July 2009, and the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz of AF2 from 2004 to 2009 when the team moved to the Prairie Surf Studios. In addition to its use as a sports venue, Paycom Arena hosts concerts, family and social events, conventions, ice shows, and civic events. The arena is owned by the city and operated by the SMG property management company and has 18,203 seats in the basketball configuration, 15,152 for hockey, and can seat up to 16,591 for concerts. From 2005 to 2007, the arena also served as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Kerr
Stephen Douglas Kerr (born September 27, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a nine-time NBA champion, having won five titles as a player (three with the Chicago Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs) as well as four with the Warriors as a head coach. Kerr is the only NBA player to win four straight NBA titles after 1969. Kerr has the highest career three-point field goal percentage (45.4%) in NBA history for any player with at least 250 three-pointers made. He also held the NBA record for the highest three-point percentage in a season at 52.4% until the record was broken by Kyle Korver in 2010. He is known as one of the most prolific shooters of all time, and one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. Kerr played college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats. He was a two-time first-team all-conference player in the Pac-10 (now known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Albert
Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American retired sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks". Albert worked for Turner Sports as the lead announcer for NBA games on TNT until his retirement at the end of the 2020–21 season. In addition to working extensively in both professional and college basketball, he has experience calling a variety of other sports, such as American football, ice hockey, horse racing, boxing, and tennis. Albert has called the play-by-play of eight Super Bowls, nine NBA Finals, and seven Stanley Cup Finals. He has also called the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for TNT with Jim Courier and Mary Carillo and has worked as a co-host and reporter for two World Series (1986 and 1988). Albert hails from a family of broadcasters. His brothers, Al and Steve Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wilson (American Actor)
George Wilson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Balch Wilson (born 1927), American composer, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan * George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer * George Christopher (actor) (George Wilson, born 1970), British actor Law and politics * George Wilson (Chief Colonial Secretary of Uganda), 1862–1943, colonial administrator in Uganda * George Wilson (reformer) (1808–1870), English political activist, known as chairman of the Anti-Cornlaw League * George A. Wilson (1884–1953), United States Senator and Governor of Iowa * George Grafton Wilson (1863–1951), distinguished professor of international law * George H. Wilson (1905–1985), member of the United States House of Representatives * George M. Wilson (1913–?), politician in Newfoundland, Canada * George W. Wilson (politician) (1840–1909), member of the United States House of Representatives * George W. Wilson (IRS commissioner) (1843–1900), Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Hayes
Hana Lani Hayes (born March 29, 1999) is an American actress. She is best known for providing the voice and motion capture of Sarah Miller in the action-adventure video game ''The Last of Us'' (2013) and portraying Lizzie Sanderson in the legal comedy series '' The Grinder'' (2015–2016). Career Hayes has played guest roles in series such as '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Criminal Minds'', and ''Grey's Anatomy''. In 2013, she provided the voice and motion capture of Sarah in the critically acclaimed action-adventure video game ''The Last of Us ''The Last of Us'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States. ' ...''. In 2015, she began playing Lizzie Sanderson in the legal comedy series '' The Grinder''. In 2018, she played the younger Elise Rainer in the horror film '' Insidious: The Last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ragsdale
William Ragsdale (born January 19, 1961) is an American actor known for playing teenaged vampire slayer Charley Brewster in the horror vampire film ''Fright Night'' (1985) and Herman Brooks in the television series ''Herman's Head'' (1991–94). Early life and education Ragsdale was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, and attended Hendrix College, where he appeared in plays alongside Natalie Canerday. Career He garnered attention as the young hero of ''Fright Night'' and ''Fright Night Part 2'' and onstage in Neil Simon's plays ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' and '' Biloxi Blues'', two of the three parts of Simon's trilogy, which ends with ''Broadway Bound''. Ragsdale featured in the romance comedy movie '' Mannequin Two: On the Move'' (1991). Ragsdale has had a sporadic career with regard to prime-time television. He featured for three years on ''Herman's Head''. He had a brief recurring role in the television series ''Judging Amy''. He played a television producer for ''Grosse Pointe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Daniels
Spencer Eli Daniels (born December 23, 1992) is an American film and television actor born in Los Angeles, California. He began acting professionally at the age of ten. He has appeared in over 30 films and TV series, including ''Star Trek'' (2009 reboot), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and'' the recurring role of Tyler Lomand on the series ''Crash,'' which terminated in 2009''.'' In 2014, his film '' The Midnight Game'' was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Personal life Daniels is Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The .... Filmography Film Television References External linksspencerdaniels.tv Spencer Daniels official website * 1992 births Male actors from Los Angeles American male child actors American male film actors American mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Belushi
Robert James Belushi (born October 23, 1980) is an American actor. In films, he is best known for his work on ''Sorority Row'', ''One Small Hitch'', and ''Valentine's Day''. On television, he is best known as Allen ("The Buddy") on the third season of Spike TV's ''The Joe Schmo Show'' and Linus the Bartender on the ninth and final season of CBS's '' How I Met Your Mother''. From 2020 to 2021, Belushi hosted the game show ''Get a Clue'' on Game Show Network. Early life Robert James Belushi was born on October 23, 1980, and is the son of Jim Belushi and Sandra Davenport, and the nephew of John Belushi. His half-siblings are Jamison Belushi and Jared Belushi. He is a 2004 graduate of Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis .... Filmography Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. A versatile player, Parker mainly plays the forward and center positions. In high school, Parker won the 2003 and 2004 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year awards, becoming just the second junior and the only woman to receive the award twice. As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships ( 2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions, and was a two-time consensus national player of the year. As a redshirt freshman, she became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game. After being selected in the WNBA Draft, Parker signed long-term endorsement deals with Adidas an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristin Mays
Tristin Mays (born June 10, 1990) is an American actress. Mays portrayed Riley Davis in the reboot of the ''MacGyver'' series on CBS who works as a covert operative for the Phoenix Foundation. Early life and education Mays' parents, Viveca and Michael Mays, worked as an artist and in the military, respectively. She grew up in New York City until 2003 when her family moved to Moreno Valley, California, where she graduated from Vista del Lago High School. Her older brother Jeryn is also an actor.Laurie Lucas"Former Moreno Valley resident stars in the rebooted ‘MacGyver’ TV show" ''The Press-Enterprise'', January 5, 2017. Career While best known for her role as Riley Davis on the 2016 TV series ''MacGyver'', Mays has played in television series including as Shaina in the Nickelodeon series ''Gullah Gullah Island'' and as Robin Dixon, the daughter of Marcus Dixon, Carl Lumbly's character in ''Alias''. Her other television credits include ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
