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This Is Us
''This Is Us'' is an American primetime Soap Opera television series created by Dan Fogelman. The show aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents, and their three children, in several different time frames. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Ron Cephas Jones, Jon Huertas, Alexandra Breckenridge, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman, Lonnie Chavis, Melanie Liburd, Lyric Ross, Asante Blackk, Griffin Dunne, Caitlin Thompson and Chris Geere. ''This Is Us'' was filmed in Los Angeles. In September 2016, NBC picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes. In January 2017, NBC renewed the series for two additional seasons of 18 episodes each, and then in May 2019, it was renewed for three more seasons. In May 2021, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fictional stories are forms of Drama, dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonnie Chavis
Lonnie Chavis, Jr. (born November 23, 2007) is an American actor and activist. He is known for playing young Randall Pearson on NBC's drama, ''This Is Us''. Chavis has been nominated for several awards and shared the win for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with his ''This Is Us'' cast mates. In 2017, he starred in Showtime's short lived sitcom ''White Famous''. In 2020, Chavis starred in his first feature film, ''The Water Man''. Early life Chavis was born on November 23, 2007 in Downey, California. Chavis is the son of Najah and Lonnie Chavis. He has three younger brothers. In 2016, the 8-year-old Chavis was nearly kidnapped from outside his home in Long Beach, California while taking out the trash. Chavis was able to fight off his would-be captors and alert a neighbor who then escorted him back home to his mom, who had already called the police. As of 2017, Chavis was homeschooled. Career In 2016, Chavis joined the cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Television
20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century-Fox Television, and TCF Television Productions, Inc.) is an American television production company that is a division of Disney Television Studios, part of The Walt Disney Company. The original incarnation of 20th Television was the syndication and distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television until it was folded into Disney–ABC Domestic Television in 2020. 20th Television was part of The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets in 2019. The company's current name was adopted in 2020 when Disney dropped "Fox" from the names of acquired 21st Century Fox assets. Divisions 20th Television has divisions from pre-Disney and post-Disney. *20th Century Fox Television Distribution (2011-2020) - a television distribution arm of 20th Century Fox Television for all Fox-produced and/or acquired programming. The company operates from 2011 to 2020. * FNM/FWP (1990-1994) - the TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Ave
Rhode Island Avenue (also known as Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood) is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line. The station is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast, on an elevated platform crossing Rhode Island Avenue NE ( U.S. Route 1) History The station was built on land formerly part of the African-American Columbian Harmony Cemetery. When the Rhode Island Avenue – Brentwood Metro station was constructed in 1976, workers discovered that not all the bodies had been moved. At least five coffins were unearthed, and numerous bones. A plaque was affixed to a column near one of the station's entrances to commemorate the former cemetery. When a parking lot at the site was renovated in 1979, more bones and bits of cloth and coffins were unearthed. Service began on March 27, 1976 as one of the first stations in the system, opening as the eastern terminus of the Red Line. It was replaced as the eastern terminus by Silver Spring on February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-camera Setup
The single-camera setup, or single-camera mode of production, also known as portable single camera, is a method of filmmaking and video production. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, each of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get each shot or new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the scene through from this angle. Choices can then be made during the post-production editing process for when in the scene to use each shot, and when to cut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ficarra
Glenn Ficarra (born May 27, 1969) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborated with John Requa. Life and career Ficarra met John Requa at Pratt Institute, where both were studying film. After college they went to work in animation for the TV channel Nickelodeon (TV channel), Nickelodeon. As writers they wrote the comedy films ''Cats & Dogs'' (directed by Lawrence Guterman), ''Bad Santa'' (directed by Terry Zwigoff), and ''Bad News Bears'' (directed by Richard Linklater). In 2009 they made their directorial debut with their self-penned ''I Love You Phillip Morris'', based on the life of con man Steven Jay Russell. For their writing on this film, Ficarra and Requa received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Their subsequent release was the comedy ''Crazy, Stupid, Love'' starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore, again directed with Requa, released in July 2011. With Requa and Charlie Gogola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Requa
John Requa (born January 1, 1967) is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of ''Cats & Dogs'', ''Bad Santa'' and the 2005 remake ''Bad News Bears''. The DVD commentary for ''Bad News Bears'' revealed that Requa was to have had a bit role in the film, but it was not shot. Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay ''I Love You Phillip Morris''. For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Early life Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, graduating from Burien's Highline High School in 1985. His talents as a writer were evident when he wrote and performed in a skit for his senior year Homecoming assembly titled "Fernbusters." It was a morphing of ''Ghostbusters'' and the Christmas Trees sketch from ''Saturday Night Live''. In it, Requa played the killer fern. For another assembly later that year he wrote a skit about an almight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Olin
Kenneth Edward Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, television director, and producer. He is known for his role as Michael Steadman in the ABC drama series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination in 1990. Olin later began working as television director and producer. His producer credits include ''Alias'' (2001–2006), '' Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2011), and ''This Is Us'' (2016-2022). Olin is married to actress Patricia Wettig. Career Acting Olin began appearing on television as of late 1970's. His first series regular role was on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama ''Bay City Blues'' in 1983. He later joined the cast of NBC police drama ''Hill Street Blues'' playing Detective Harry Garibaldi from 1984 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 co-starred on the CBS prime time soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' as Father Christopher Rossini. Olin also guest-starred on ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldspot
Goldspot is a New York-based band. Founded by singer/songwriter/producer and television and film composer Siddhartha Khosla, the group has since received critical acclaim for its debut album ''Tally of the Yes Men'' (''Tally''), and second album ''And The Elephant is Dancing''. The band released its third full-length, ''Aerogramme'', on August 20, 2013. History The Los Angeles-based band Goldspot is named after the fizzy drink Gold Spot. According to an interview with Siddhartha Khosla (the band's core member), the drink was very popular back in India at the time. After a live performance on DJ Nic Harcourt's KCRW show, the band soon began playing shows across Los Angeles in venues like The Troubadour and Hotel Cafe. Harcourt championed the band, hailing them as his "favorite band of 2005", and began playing tracks from ''Tally of the Yes Men'' in heavy rotation ("Rewind", "Time Bomb", and "Friday"). The band was founded by singer/songwriter Siddhartha Khosla and Writer/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Geere
Christopher William Geere (born 18 March 1981) is an English actor. He is known for playing the lead role of Jimmy Shive-Overly in the FX and FXX dark comedy series ''You're the Worst'' and Roger Clifford in the 2019 film '' Detective Pikachu''. Career Geere graduated from Guildford School of Acting and began his career on stage opposite Dame Judi Dench in Royal Shakespeare Company’s ''All’s Well That Ends Well''. Geere portrayed the character of Music and Drama teacher Matt Wilding in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. In January 2009, just as the fourth series of ''Waterloo Road'' began airing, Geere said that he would not be returning for the fifth series. Geere broke out to American audiences as Jimmy Shive-Overly, one half of the toxic and self-destructive couple at the heart of Stephen Falk’s critically acclaimed comedy ''You're the Worst'' for FX and FXX which received 4 Critic’s Choice nominations including Best Comedy. ''You're the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asante Blackk
Asante Duah Ma'at (born October 20, 2001) known professionally as Asante Blackk, is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the miniseries ''When They See Us'' (2019), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He has been a series regular of the television series ''This Is Us'' since 2019, for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award. Early life and career Blackk began acting as an elementary school student at Judith P. Hoyer Montessori School. His first role was Mowgli in a performance of ''The Jungle Book''. One of his first professional roles was in "How I Learned to Be a Kid" at the Howard Theatre in Washington, after which he got an agent. Blackk originally auditioned for the role of Korey Wise, one of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five, in the dramatized miniseries ''When They See Us'' but was instead cast as the 14-year-old Kevin Richardson in the series. The role earned him an Primetime Emmy Award nomination, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
