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Ziwe
''Ziwe'' is an American satirical late-night talk show hosted and executive produced by comedian Ziwe Fumudoh based in New York City. The show premiered on May 9, 2021, on Showtime. In June 2021, Showtime renewed the series for a second season. Episodes Series overview Season 1 (2021) Season 2 (2022) Production In October 2020, it was announced Ziwe Fumudoh would star and executive produce a late-night talk show and variety series for Showtime, produced by A24. The series was filmed over the course of 15 days in February 2021. Nicholas Britell composed the series theme song. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 73% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.00/10. On Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziwe Fumudoh
Ziwerekoru "Ziwe" Fumudoh is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary on politics, race relations, and young adulthood. She created the YouTube comedy show ''Baited with Ziwe'' and its later Instagram Live iteration, she was a writer on '' Desus & Mero'' from 2018 to 2020, and in 2018 she co-hosted Crooked Media's ''Hysteria'' podcast. Fumudoh stars in and executive produces the Showtime variety series ''Ziwe'', which premiered in May 2021. Early life and education Fumudoh grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the second of three children to parents who emigrated from Nigeria to the United States. In 2010, Fumudoh graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 2014, she graduated from Northwestern University with a double major in radio, television, and film and African American studies, with a minor in creative writing: poetry. Career Fumudoh was a summer intern at Comedy Central during her junior year of college, working on shows includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Benanti
Laura Ilene Benanti (née Vidnovic; born July 13, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Over the course of her Broadway career, she has received five Tony Award nominations. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of '' Gypsy'', winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Benanti then appeared in the Broadway musical ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of '' The Sound of Music Live!'' and, in 2015, began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series ''Supergirl''. Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy '' The Detour'' from 2017 until the show's cancellation in 2019. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. Early life Benanti was born in New York City to Linda Wonneberger, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen Yang
Bowen Yang ( zh, link=no, 楊伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer based in New York City. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, '' Las Culturistas,'' with Matt Rogers. Since September 2018, he has been on the writing staff of ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). In September 2019, Yang was promoted to on-air cast member for ''SNL'''s 45th season as a featured player, becoming its first Chinese-American, first Australian-American, third openly gay male, and fourth-ever cast member of Asian descent. He made history becoming the first ''SNL'' featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2021. He was promoted to the main cast before the 47th season. Yang has appeared in the television series ''Girls5Eva'', ''Ziwe'', and ''The Other Two'', and is a cast member on ''Awkwafina is Nora from Queens''. He is also known for his appearances in the LGBTQ romantic comedies ''Fire Island'' and '' Bros'', both r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patti Harrison
Patti Harrison (born October 31, 1990) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her roles in comedy series such as '' Shrill'' (2019–2021) and ''I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'' (2019–present), as well as the comedy film ''Together Together'' (2021), with the latter earning her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Early life Harrison was born in Orient, Ohio, on October 31, 1990, the youngest of seven children of a Vietnamese mother and an American father. Her father, a native of Detroit, was in the U.S. Army and met her mother during the Vietnam War when she was working as a janitor in his barracks. He died of a heart attack when Harrison was six years old. Her first involvement in comedy came from her participation in an improv team during her time at Ohio University, from which she did not graduate. Career Harrison moved to New York City to pursue a comedy career in 2015, but later moved to Los Angeles. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Lebowitz
Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and occasional actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association with many prominent figures of the 1970s and 1980s New York art scene, including Andy Warhol, Martin Scorsese, Jerome Robbins, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz and the New York Dolls. ''The New York Times'' has called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker. Lebowitz gained fame for her books ''Metropolitan Life'' (1978) and '' Social Studies'' (1981), which were combined into '' The Fran Lebowitz Reader'' in 1994. She has been the subject of two projects directed by Martin Scorsese, the HBO documentary film '' Public Speaking'' (2010), and the Netflix docu-series '' Pretend It's a City'' (2021). Early life and education Lebowitz was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey. She had one sister, Ellen. Her parents were Ruth and Harold L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Torres
Julio Torres (born February 11, 1987) is a Salvadoran writer, comedian, and actor. He is best known as a writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' and as the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO series '' Los Espookys''. He previously wrote for ''The Chris Gethard Show'' on truTV. Early life and education Julio Torres was born in 1987 in San Salvador, El Salvador. His father is a civil engineer, and his mother is an architect and fashion designer; she, along with his designer sister, has collaborated with him on his comedy projects. Torres moved to New York to attend The New School, where he graduated with a degree in literary studies in 2011. His aim had always been to pursue a career in comedy writing. Career Torres worked as a writer on ''The Chris Gethard Show'' before being hired to write for ''Saturday Night Live''. He worked at SNL from 2016 to 2019, writing sketches including "Papyrus" and "Wells for Boys." He was nominated for four Emmys as a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Brosnahan
Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan (born July 12, 1990) is an American actress. She stars as aspiring stand-up comedian Miriam "Midge" Maisel in the Amazon Prime Video period comedy series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2017–present), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2018 and two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2018 and 2019. She also had a recurring role in the Netflix political thriller series ''House of Cards'' (2013–2015) as Rachel Posner, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and played a lead role in the WGN drama series ''Manhattan'' (2014–2015). She made her film debut in the horror film '' The Unborn'' (2009), and has appeared in films including '' Beautiful Creatures'' (2013), ''Louder Than Bombs'' (2015), '' The Finest Hours'' (2016) and ''Patriots Day'' (2016). Early life Brosnahan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Carol and E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski (; ; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress, comedienne, and singer. She is best known for her starring role as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series ''30 Rock'' (2006–2013, 2020), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Other notable television roles have included Elaine Vassal in the Fox legal comedy-drama series '' Ally McBeal'' (1997–2002) and Jacqueline White in the Netflix comedy series ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' (2015–2020). For the latter, she received another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination. Krakowski made her feature film debut as Cousin Vicki Johnson in the road comedy ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' (1983), which was followed by roles in ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' (2000), ''Ice Age'' (2002), ''Alfie'' (2004), '' Open Season'' (2006), ''Pixels'' (2015), and ''The Willoughbys'' (2020). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristin Milioti
Cristin Milioti (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for playing Tracy McConnell in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' from 2013 to 2014, and for her work in theater productions such as ''That Face'', ''Stunning'', and the Tony Award-winning musical ''Once'', for which she won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award. She has also played Teresa Petrillo Belfort in the 2013 film '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', Sarah Wilder in the 2020 film ''Palm Springs'', Betsy Solverson in the second season of '' Fargo'' (2015), Hazel Green in the HBO Max comedy series '' Made for Love'' (2021–2022), and Emma in the Peacock black comedy mystery series '' The Resort'' (2022-). Early life Milioti was born on August 16, 1985, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She is of Italian descent, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian". In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in Long Lake, New York. She graduated in 2003 from Cherry Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Escola
Cole Escola (born November 25, 1986) is an American comedian, actor, and singer. They are best known for their cabaret work and their appearances on the television series '' Jeffery & Cole Casserole'' (2009–2010), ''Difficult People'' (2015–2017), ''At Home with Amy Sedaris'' (2017–2020), and '' Search Party'' (2016–2022). Early life Escola was born and raised in Clatskanie, Oregon. They are of Finnish and Norwegian descent. When they were six, their father chased the entire family out of their mobile home with a gun.Sharkey, M. (June 11, 2015)"Comedy School with Cole Escola,"'' Out''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.Vincentelli, Elisabeth (July 6, 2017)"He’s Got a Good Wig on His Shoulders: Meet Cole Escola,"''The New York Times''. Retrieved September 18, 2017.Goodman, Elyssa (July 18, 2017)"Is America Ready for Cole Escola?"''Vice''. Retrieved September 18, 2017. Escola, their mother, and their brother subsequently lived in government housing. Their sister was not living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film composer. He has scored both of Barry Jenkins's studio films, ''Moonlight'' (2016) and ''If Beale Street Could Talk'' (2018), both of which received nominations for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards. He has also worked with Adam McKay, scoring his three most recent films, ''The Big Short'' (2015), ''Vice'' (2018), and '' Don't Look Up'' (2021), the latter receiving a nomination for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media award for Best Original Score. The HBO original series ''Succession'' (2018–present) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored all three seasons, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music and the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series. His score for the second season of ''Succession'' was nominated in 2020 for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showtime (network)
Showtime is an American premium television 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 theatrically released motion pictures and original television series, along with boxing and mixed martial arts matches, occasional stand-up comedy specials, and made-for-TV movies. Headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York City's Broadway district, Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and two proprietary streaming platforms, the TV Everywhere offering Showtime Anytime (which is included as part of a subscription to the linear Showtime television service) and a namesake over-the-top service sold directly to streaming-only consumers. In addition, the Showtime brand has been licensed for use by a number of channels and platforms worldwide, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
