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Documentary Now!
''Documentary Now!'' is an American mockumentary television series created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas (director), Rhys Thomas, and premiered on August 20, 2015, on IFC (U.S. TV channel), IFC. Armisen and Hader star in many episodes, and Thomas and Alex Buono co-direct most episodes. Hosted by Helen Mirren, the series spoofs celebrated documentary films by parodying the style of each documentary with a similar, but fictitious, subject. The third season premiered on February 20, 2019. On April 8, 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on October 19, 2022 and was also released on AMC+. Premise ''Documentary Now!'' presents itself as a long-running news magazine for documentaries, initially celebrating its 50th season. Mirren appears at the beginning of each episode to introduce the "classic" documentary that the audience is about to see. Cast Episodes Season 1 (2015) Season 2 (2016) Season 3 (2019) Season 4 (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a portmanteau of ''mock'' and ''documentary'') is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a Documentary film, documentary. Mockumentaries are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues in a satirical way by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. The term originated in the 1960s but was popularized in the mid-1990s when ''This Is Spinal Tap'' director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. While mockumentaries are comedy, comedic, pseudo-documentary, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Nor should either of those be confused with docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season 4 (2022)
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Season 4 may refer to: * "Season 4" (''30 Rock'' episode), an episode of ''30 Rock'' See also * * Season One (other) * Season 2 (other) Season 2 may refer to: * ''Season 2'' (Infinite album), 2014 * ''2econd Season'', an album by Unk, 2008 * "Season 2", a song by Phoenix from ''Alpha Zulu ''Alpha Zulu'' is the seventh studio album by French indie pop band Phoenix, released on 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Porter (actress)
Linda Porter (January 31, 1933 – September 25, 2019) was an American actress. She appeared in numerous feature films, television programs, advertisements and music videos—most prominently in the series '' Superstore,'' ''Twin Peaks'' and the film ''Dude, Where's My Car?''. She died of cancer on September 25, 2019. Selected filmography *''Beauty and the Beast'' (1988, TV series) as Elizabeth *''Who Gets the Friends?'' (1988, TV movie) as Manya *'' Baby M'' (1988, TV Mini-series) as Dr. Einwohner *''Twins'' (1988) as Painter *''Murder, She Wrote'' (1992, TV series) as Clerk *''Frasier'' (1994, TV series) as Mary *''Roseanne'' (1995, TV series short) as Bev's Friend *''Mad About You'' (1995, TV series) as Mark's Grateful Patient *''The Truth About Cats & Dogs'' (1996) as Newscast Auditioner *'' Hang Time'' (1996, TV series) as Martha *''Wings'' (1996, TV series) as Little Old Lady *''Becoming Rebecca'' (1996) as Ella *'' The Naked Truth'' (1997, TV series) as Edwina *'' ER'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Pelly
Wilma Pelly (March 5, 1937 – December 28, 2020) was an indigenous Canadian film and television actress, best known for her roles as Elsie Tsa'Che in the CBC Television drama '' North of 60''Bob Remington, "Subtle humor helps North of 60; Charm of native north helps CBC ease Street Legal disease". ''Edmonton Journal'', December 3, 1992. and as Kookum in '' Mixed Blessings''. Early life Born Wilma Episkenew, she was a member of the Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation. She met her husband James Edward Pelly in the 1950s, and moved with him to Calgary, Alberta. Career Pelly worked in factories until launching her acting career. While recovering from a workplace injury in the late 1980s, she answered a casting call for film extras. Her breakthrough role in ''North of 60'', beginning in 1992 and extending throughout the series and into several followup television films, made her an iconic figure in Canadian indigenous communities; her character Elsie, although not always t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic stage and film actor who starred in and co-wrote 2011's '' Either Way'', Ragnar Bragason's '' Metalhead'' and Baltasar Kormákur's '' The Deep''. Career Gunnarsson stars in the film Rams which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. He also stars in the American film '' Autumn Lights''. He has also starred in television: he played Valdi in the Icelandic crime mini-series Stella Blómkvist, and appeared in the second episode of the first season of the American IFC satirical series ''Documentary Now!'' Selected filmography * '' Let Me Fall'' (2018) * ''Stella Blómkvist'' (2018) * ''Cruelty'' (2016) * '' Heartstone'' (2016) * '' Autumn Lights'' (2016) * ''Rams'' (2015) * ''Blóðberg'' (2015) * ''Life in a Fishbowl'' (2014) * ''Grave & Bones'' (2014) * '' Metalhead'' (2013) * '' Prince Avalanche'' (2013) (writer) * '' The Deep'' (2013) * '' Either Way'' (2011) * ''Heimsendir'' (2011 TV Mini-series) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Robinson (comedian)
Tim Robinson (born May 23, 1981) is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He first became known as a writer and performer on ''Saturday Night Live'' (2012–2016) before gaining wider recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the comedy series ''Detroiters'' (2017–2018) and ''I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'' (2019–present). Early life Robinson was born in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, on May 23, 1981, the son of a mother who worked for Chrysler and a father who worked in construction. He is of Italian, English and Polish descent. He grew up in the nearby cities of Clarkston, Michigan, Clarkston and Waterford Township, Michigan, Waterford Township. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he has said that he "kind of grew up with two dads" because his stepfather was Jewish and celebrated Hanukkah with him. He graduated from Clarkston High School (Michigan), Clarkston High School in 2000. He saw a live The Second City, Second City comedy perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike O'Brien (actor)
Michael Patrick O'Brien (born June 22, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his tenure as a writer on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2009 to 2015, and as a featured player for one season. He is also the creator of the 2018 NBC comedy series ''A.P. Bio''. Career O'Brien was born in Blissfield, Michigan to Connie and James O’Brien. He attended the University of Michigan, where he majored in film-video and was the founder and editor of a monthly comedy newspaper named ''The Anti-Daily''. O'Brien moved to Chicago and began taking improv and sketch classes. At iO Chicago he performed with a group called The Reckoning (2001–present). He trained at the Second City in Chicago, eventually joining the company's mainstage, where he performed for one year as a part of "America: All Better". ''Saturday Night Live'' O'Brien worked as a staff writer on ''Saturday Night Live'' for seven seasons, joining the show in 2009, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Slattery
John M. Slattery Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–15), for which he was nominated 4 times for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. For his role he won two Critics' Choice Television Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He is also known for his film roles including for his portrayal of Ben Bradlee, Jr., in the Best Picture-winning film '' Spotlight'' (2015), and the role of Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Iron Man 2'' (2010), '' Ant-Man'' (2015), '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016), and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). He has also acted in '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), '' Reservation Road'' (2007), '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007), '' The Adjustment Bureau'' (2011), '' Churchill'' (2017), and '' Confess, Fletch'' (2022). Slattery made his directorial film debut with '' God's Pocket'' (2014). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanook Of The North
''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film that combines elements of documentary and docudrama/docufiction, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography, the film follows the struggles of the Inuk man named Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. It is written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty, who also served as cinematographer, editor, and producer. Some have criticized Flaherty for staging several sequences, but the film has been described by Roger Ebert as "stand ngalone" among Flaherty's films "in its stark regard for the courage and ingenuity of its heroes." It was the first feature-length documentary to achieve commercial success, proving the financial viability of the genre and inspiring many films to come. In 1989, ''Nanook of the North'' was among the first group of 25 films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showbuzz Daily
Mitch Metcalf (born ) is an American television analyst and former scheduling executive for NBC. He studied politics and economics at Princeton University. He worked for Frank N. Magid Associates and Research Communications before joining ABC in 1990. The network promoted him to director of West Coast research in January 1995, and later senior vice president of research. NBC hired Metcalf in September 1999 as senior vice president of program research on the West Coast. He became program planning and scheduling chief in November 2000. Career Metcalf was promoted to executive vice president of programming planning and scheduling in 2005. He left the company in March 2011 after Robert Greenblatt became NBC chairman. Later that year, together with Mitch Salem, he cofounded the website ''Showbuzz Daily'', dedicated to box office and television ratings analysis. The website briefly went defunct on June 7, 2021 due to "technical issues" and losing access to Nielsen ratings after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Richardson
Sy Richardson (born 1941) is an American film and television actor. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film ''Posse''. Early life and education He was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Chicago. He attended Farragut Career Academy. He served two years in the United States Navy. He received an associate of arts in black history and music from Kennedy–King College in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science in journalism, specializing in advertising, from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1975. Career Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy ''Cinderella''. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in '' Repo Man'', '' Sid and Nancy'', '' Straight to Hell'', '' Walker'', '' The Winner'' and '' Searchers 2.0''. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film '' Tripwire''. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner A coroner is a government or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Nenninger
Eric Nenninger is an American actor, best known for playing Scott Braddock in the 2003 horror film '' Jeepers Creepers 2.'' He had recurring roles as Cadet Eric Hanson on ''Malcolm in the Middle'' and Scott in '' One Day at a Time''. Early life and education Nenninger attended Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1997, Nenninger moved to Los Angeles to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 2000, he started to train at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. Career Nenninger has starred in two films, '' Jeepers Creepers 2'' and ''The Pool at Maddy Breaker's'', and appeared in several TV series, including ''The X-Files'', ''NCIS'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Generation Kill'', and ''Malcolm in the Middle ''Malcolm in the Middle'' is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seasons consisting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
