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Weeds (season 8)
The eighth and final season of '' Weeds'' premiered on July 1, 2012, on the television cable network Showtime, and featured 13 episodes, bringing the series total to 102. It marks the return of the show's theme song, "Little Boxes". Creator Jenji Kohan revealed that cover versions of the song would be used during the opening credits (as during past seasons) and confirmed that Ben Folds and the Mountain Goats would be featured artists. Kohan also confirmed that the song would be covered in a duet by Steve Martin and series regular Kevin Nealon, who each sang and played the banjo. Series co-star Hunter Parrish also provided a cover version for the season's tenth episode. The final two episodes of the season aired back to back as a one-hour series finale, which was the series' first and only one-hour show in its eight-year run. Plot Season eight picks up where season seven ended — the family is eating dinner when a concealed sniper targets Nancy through a rifle scope and fires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showtime (TV Network)
Showtime is an American pay television, premium television television network, network owned by Paramount Media Networks, and is the flagship property of the namesake parent company, Showtime Networks, a part of Paramount Media Networks. Showtime's programming primarily includes Art release#Film, theatrically released Feature film, motion pictures and Original series, original television program, television series, along with boxing and mixed martial arts matches, occasional stand-up comedy television special, specials, and Television film, made-for-TV movies. Headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York City's Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway district, Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear Multiplex (television)#Pay television multiplexes, multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and two proprietary streaming media, streaming platforms, the TV Everywhere offering Showtime Anytime (which is included as part of a subscription to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on Starz series ''American Gods'' (2017–2020), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2017), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He stars as Master Chief in the Paramount+ live-action series ''Halo'' (2022–present) which is based on the franchise of the same name. His film roles include minor roles in '' Bubble Boy'' (2001), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), ''Nights in Rodanthe'' (2008), ''Allegiance'' (2012), and ''Preservation'' (2014). He co-starred in the 2016 war film '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' directed by Michael Bay. In 2018, he starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Sabara
Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' film series and for a variety of television and film appearances, including ''The Polar Express'', ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', ''Father of the Pride'', ''Keeping Up with the Steins'', ''Halloween'', '' Green Inferno'', ''World's Greatest Dad'', ''Grimm'', ''America's Most Talented Kid'' (as a judge), and '' Weeds''. Early life He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. He has a fraternal twin sister, Eve, who is also a voice actor. He is of Russian-Jewish descent from his mother and Polish descent from his father, and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet. Career Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of '' Murphy Brown'', ''Life's Work'', ''Friends'' and ''Will and Grace'' before being cast as Juni Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' series of family films, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meital Dohan
Meital Dohan ( he, מיטל דוהן) is an Israeli actress and musician. As an actress, she began her career on Israeli television, appearing on '' Dancing with the Stars'', '' Esti HaMekho'eret'' (Ugly Betty), and in '' Romeo and Juliet''. Her work on US-television began when she appeared as Yael Hoffman on the Showtime series '' Weeds''. She went on to have roles in The Sopranos and as Aurora in the Sony Pictures web-comedy ''Woke Up Dead''. Dohan has starred in the film ''Foreclosure'' and in the thriller ''Monogamy,'' which won the Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her roles in TV and film have led to two including two Israeli Oscar nominations and an Israeli Tony Award. Dohan became involved in music from 2012 onwards, when she started to work with hip-hop producer, Che Pope. She and Pope recorded her debut album, ''I'm in Hate With Love''. Dohan then received international recognition for her first single "Yummy" and its viral video, which trended at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Foster
Kat Foster is an American actress known for her role as Steph Woodcock on '''Til Death''. Early life and education Foster was born in Oakland, California and graduated from The College Preparatory School. A classically-trained dramatic actress, Foster studied acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career She later performed in many off-Broadway and regional productions, including "The Democracy Project" with Naked Angels and was awarded Best Actress for her performance in "Final Countdown" at the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival. An active member of the New York City theater community, she participated in extensive readings and workshops at the Manhattan Theater Club, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Public Theater, among others. Past TV appearances include roles on '' Weeds'', '' Family Guy'', ''The Book of Daniel'', '' Law & Order'', '''Til Death'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Royal Pains'', and '' Law & Order: Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatso-Fasano
Fatso-Fasano is an American film, television actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for playing Marvin on the television series '' Weeds'' from 2006 to 2012. Filmography #'' Weeds'' (2006–2012) (TV series) as Marvin (12 episodes), see List of Weeds episodes ##It's Time, Part 2 ##It's Time, Part 1 ##Yes I Can ##The Dark Time ##He Taught Me How to Drive By ##Grasshopper ##Bill Sussman ##The Brick Dance ##A Pool and His Money ##Doing the Backstroke ##Pittsburgh ##Yeah, Just Like Tomatoes #''Soul Men'' (2008) as Pay-Pay #''Welcome to the Captain'' (2008) (TV series) as Bouncer #1 (1 episode) ##The Wrecking Crew #Rockin' Meera (2006) as Shorty #''The Black Dahlia'' (2006) as Dealer #''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006) as Tommy #Price to Pay (2006) as Boger #''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2005) (TV series) as the Pretzel Vendor (1 episode) ##Dog Eat Dog #''Everybody Hates Chris'' (2005) (TV series) as D.J. (1 episode) ##Everybody Hates Halloween #''NYPD Blue'' (2004) (TV serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maulik Pancholy
Maulik Navin Pancholy (, born January 18, 1974) is an American actor and author who is best known for his roles as Jonathan on ''30 Rock'', Baljeet Tjinder in ''Phineas and Ferb'', Neal in the first season of ''Whitney'', and as a character named Sanjay Patel in both '' Weeds'' and ''Sanjay and Craig''. His debut novel, ''The Best at It'' (from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins), is about a gay, Indian American boy coming into his own. In 2022, he released ''Nikhil Out Loud'', which tells the story of eighth grade theater kids rising up against homophobia in their community. Early life Pancholy was born in Dayton, Ohio. He moved around while growing up, living in Ohio, Indiana, and Texas before his family settled in Tampa, Florida, where he attended junior high and high school at Berkeley Preparatory School. His family comes from Gujarat, and his grandparents lived in Ahmedabad. He is a 1991 graduate of the Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, and went on to major in Theatre at Northw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Victor
Renée Victor (born June 15, 1953) is an American actress best known for her role as Lupita on '' Weeds'', for providing the voice of female argonians in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'', and she also appeared in the 2014 film, '' Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones''. Her previous work includes a recurring role in 2004 on '' ER'', and a guest role on a 2010 episode of ''Childrens Hospital''. In 2020-2021, she appeared in the TNT show ''Snowpiercer'' while working with actors such as Daveed Diggs. She is also a choreographer and actress. In 2017, Victor voiced Miguel's stern Abuelita Elena in the Disney-Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ... animated film '' Coco''. External links * 1953 births Living people America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoshannah Stern
Shoshannah Stern (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and writer. Life and career She was born in Walnut Creek, California, into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation Deaf family, the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Marilyn Stern (née Udkovich), and the sister of writer and artist Louise Stern and former Gallaudet Men's Basketball Coach and current political scientist Brendan Stern. Both of her grandmothers are Holocaust survivors. Her hometown is Fremont, California, where she attended the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Stern's first language is American Sign Language. She is also able to read lips and speak English without an interpreter. She attended Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts college for the Deaf in the world. She married her husband, Ricky Mitchell, on June 3, 2012, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their daughter was born in February 2015. She currently resides with him in Hollywood, California. Stern got her first regular series role as Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateus Ward
Mateus Cole Ward (born January 18, 1999) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Sanders in the CBS television series ''Hostages'', and as Dustin Maker in the TNT television series '' Murder in the First''. He is also known for his role as the older Stevie Botwin in the series finale of the Showtime comedy-drama series '' Weeds'', and for his recurring role as Marcus Davenport on the Disney XD fantasy series ''Lab Rats''. Personal life Ward was born in Burbank, California, the son of an Italian immigrant mother and American father of English, Norwegian, Danish, and Scots-Irish descent. In 2004, his family moved to Lahaina, Hawaii on the island of Maui, where he lived for 5 years, and then returned to Los Angeles in 2009. Career Mateus' television debut came in 2010, where he won the role of Lyle DeLilly on ''Criminal Minds''. Ward caught the eye of director Larry Charles, and he was cast as a series regular, the son of Ana Ortiz, in the 20th Century Fox sitco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel And Amanda Pace
Rachel and Amanda Pace (identical twins, born October 6, 2000) are American twin actresses. They are mostly known for playing the role of Hope Logan in the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and as Nancy Botwin‘s nieces List of Weeds characters#Shayla and Taylor Grey, Shayla and Taylor Grey in the TV series ''Weeds (TV series), Weeds''. They are the daughters of Mike, a computer technician, and Jennifer Pace, a personal banking officer.Kroll, Dan J. (October 6, 2010).. ''Soap Central''. Retrieved on October 31, 2012.Basheda, Lori. (October 29, 2010).. ''The Orange County Register''. Retrieved on October 31, 2012. They have an older brother, Matthew. The girls started making commercials and, when they were 2 years old, were cast in ''The Young and the Restless'' as Abby Carlton. A couple of months later, they got their first big role playing Hope Logan in ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', a role they kept from 2004 to 2009. Rachel filmography Amanda filmography Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American actress, director, writer, and producer. She is known for playing Nicky Nichols on the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress, and for her portrayal of Nadia Vulvokov on the Netflix series ''Russian Doll'' (2019–present), which she also co-created, executive produces, writes, and directs. For the latter, Lyonne has received nominations for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Lyonne made her feature film debut in 1986 with a small, uncredited appearance in ''Heartburn''. She played more prominent parts in '' Dennis the Menace'' (1993); ''Everyone Says I Love You'' (1996); ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998); ''Detroit Rock City'', '' Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby'', and '' But I'm a Cheerleader'' (all 1999); ''Scary Movie 2'', ''The Grey Zone'', and ''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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