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Almost Family
''Almost Family'' is an American drama television series based on the Australian television series ''Sisters'', developed by Annie Weisman which aired from October 2, 2019, to February 22, 2020, on Fox. In March 2020, Fox canceled the series after one season. Premise When it is revealed that fertility doctor Leon Bechley (Timothy Hutton) had used his own sperm to conceive at least 100 children throughout his career, Julia Bechley (Brittany Snow) unites with two of her half siblings—including childhood friend Edie Palmer ( Megalyn Echikunwoke), and retired Olympic athlete Roxy Doyle (Emily Osment)—as they deal with issues that have been affecting their lives. Cast * Brittany Snow as Julia Bechley, a communications director for her father's fertility clinic * Megalyn Echikunwoke as Edie Palmer, Julia's childhood friend and one of Julia's half siblings who is a criminal defense attorney * Emily Osment as Roxy Doyle, a retired gymnast and one of Julia's half siblings * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
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. The 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, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone 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, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperm
Sperm (: sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive Cell (biology), cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, which are known as spermatozoa, while some red algae and fungi produce non-motile sperm cells, known as spermatia. Flowering plants contain non-motile sperm inside pollen, while some more basal plants like ferns and some gymnosperms have motile sperm. Sperm cells form during the process known as spermatogenesis, which in amniotes (reptiles and mammals) takes place in the seminiferous tubules of the testicles. This process involves the production of several successive sperm cell precursors, starting with spermatogonia, which Cellular differentiation, differentiate into spermatocytes. The spermatocytes then undergo meiosis, reducing their Ploidy, chromosome number by half, which produces spermatids. The sper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sollett
Peter Sollett (born January 1, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films '' Raising Victor Vargas'' (2002) and '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008). Early life and education Sollett was born on January 1, 1976 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. He is Jewish. His father is a newspaper photographer, which he says inspired him to pick up a camera. Career Sollett's first film was '' Five Feet High and Rising'', a 26-minute short film about the growth and coming-of-age of teenager Victor Vargas. He and Eva Vives wrote ''Five Feet High and Rising'' as their thesis film in 1998 at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and he served as the film's director, cinematographer and editor. After he had the opportunity to work with professionals in the film industry at the Cannes Residence Programme, the short film went on to screen on the festival circuit and won a number of awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdi Nazemian
Abdi Nazemian (born 1976) is an Iranian-American author, screenwriter, and producer. His debut novel, ''The Walk-In Closet'', won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards. He has subsequently received a second Lambda Literary Award for his young adult novel ''Only This Beautiful Moment'', as well as a Stonewall Book Award for ''Only This Beautiful Moment'' and a Stonewall Honor for ''Like a Love Story,'' both from the American Library Association. Career Nazemian is a Choate Rosemary Hall alumnus. It was at Choate that he first wanted to become a writer. Nazemian continued his education at Columbia University and then at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Master of Business Administration. Since, Nazemian has also worked as a screenwriter, including the television shows '' Ordinary Joe'', ''Almost Family'' and '' The Village'', and the films '' The Artist's Wife'', '' Menendez: Blood Brothers'', '' Beautif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricia Brock (director)
Tricia Brock is American television director and writer. Career Brock began her career working in television commercials.Unclogging the Bottleneck: Writer-Director Tricia Brock on ‘Killer Diller’ by Dan Lybarger - Efilmcritic.com She was then recruited to write two episodes of the television series ''''. She continued to write for other television series, namely '''', '' |
Jonathan Brown (cinematographer)
Jonathan Brown is an American cinematographer and television director. Career Throughout his career, Brown would frequently serve as cinematographer on films directed by Shawn Levy, working with him on ''Big Fat Liar'', ''Just Married'', ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', ''The Pink Panther'' and '' The Internship''. In June 2008, Brown was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Beginning in 2014, he served as a frequent cinematographer on episodes of the CBS drama series '' Madam Secretary''. He would soon switch to directing episodes with Learan Kahanov taking over Brown's cinematography duties. Personal life Brown is the son of Garrett Brown, a cinematographer who invented Steadicam. Filmography As cinematographer Film Television As Director Television References External linksJonathan Brownat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Zisk
Randall "Randy" Zisk is an American television director, producer, and writer. Biography He graduated from the University of Southern California and is a native of Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas. His family is Jewish. His brother, Craig Zisk, also works in television. As both a director and producer, he has worked most substantially on the television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' and ''Monk''. He also wrote the 2006 film ''Maybe It's in the Water'', and two episodes of '' Midnight Caller''. Zisk was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ..., in 2005. Television credits Numbers in directing and writing credits refer to number of episodes. 1980s 1990s 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV By The Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. It was a part of Nexstar Media Group's Zap2it television news/listings site. History An Internet and statistical analyst, Robert Seidman had previously worked for IBM and Charles Schwab, and published an online newsletter about the Internet and AOL before founding TV by the Numbers; Bill Gorman had been an AOL executive until 1998, and had read Seidman's column. Friends since the early 1990s when they met near Washington, D.C., both were fond of television, as Gorman loved numbers and Seidman enjoyed statistics relating to it; the subject of television ratings data entered into one of their conversations. Gorman was dismayed at being unable to find other blogs devoted solely to television data, and after a Google search confirmed this, he and Seidman thought of the idea for a website devoted solely to the subject. In Gorman's words, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Futon Critic
''The Futon Critic'' is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States. The site publishes reviews of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing Nielsen ratings data reports, and press releases provided by television networks and streaming television platforms. ''The Futon Critic'' was founded by Brian Ford Sullivan in 1997. History Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered ''The Futon Critic'' on January 14, 1997. From its founding, the site has published reviews on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry. The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing press releases, network schedules and Nielsen ratings data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as '' The Huffington Post'' and TV by the Numbers. Its publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Entertainment
Fox Entertainment is an American entertainment company owned by Fox Corporation known for television production and distribution. The company was formed in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, with offices in Midtown Manhattan and Los Angeles, California. The company is the successor to the Fox Entertainment Group, which shut down and merged with the Walt Disney Studios in 2019. Fox Entertainment’s programming is created for the Fox Broadcasting Company, MyNetworkTV, and Tubi; Fox First Run serves as the syndication arm of the former, as well as a television distribution company for Fox Television Stations. It serves as the production arm for Fox. History Fox Entertainment emerged in 2019 subsequent to the acquisition of Fox's former television studio, 20th Century Fox Television, along with other assets acquired by Disney. On August 6, 2019, Fox Entertainment expanded its portfolio by acquiring the animation studio Bento Box Entertai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assistant District Attorney
In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties. The exact scope of the office varies by state. Generally, the prosecutor is said to represent the people of the jurisdiction in the state's courts, typically in criminal matters, against defendants. District attorneys are elected in almost all states, and the role is generally partisan. This is unlike similar roles in other common law jurisdictions, where chief prosecutors are appointed based on merit and expected to be politically independent. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual suspected of breaking the state's criminal law, initiating and directing further criminal investigations, guiding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
