Easy (TV Series)
''Easy'' is an American comedy-drama television anthology series written, directed, edited and produced by Joe Swanberg. It consists of 25 half-hour episodes. The series is set in Chicago. The first season was released on Netflix on September 22, 2016. In April 2017, Swanberg revealed the series had been renewed for a second season, which was released on December 1, 2017. In August 2018, the series was renewed for a third and final season that premiered on May 10, 2019. Background ''Easy'' follows several individuals living in Chicago who are trying to navigate issues such as love, relationships, and general knowledge. A review described the series as a microscopic portrayal of the different varieties of modern love. It has an episodic anthology format, with standalone episodes that do not require previous ones to watch. The series does include recurring narratives such as the story of the married couple Kyle (Michael Chernus) and Andi (Elizabeth Reaser), which was first intro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy Drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jake Johnson
Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger (born May 28, 1978) is an American actor. He has starred as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom '' New Girl'' (2011–2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He has also voiced a version of Spider-Man in the animated film '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018) and its 2023 sequel. Johnson has also starred in ''Let's Be Cops'' (2014), and appeared in '' Paper Heart'' (2009), ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012), ''21 Jump Street'' (2012), '' Jurassic World'' (2015), '' The Mummy'' (2017), and '' Tag'' (2018). From 2022 to 2023, he starred in the comedy series '' Minx''. In 2023, he made his directorial debut with '' Self Reliance''. Early life Johnson was born on May 28, 1978, in Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, to Ken Weinberger, who owned a car dealership, and Eve Johnson, an artist who made stained glass windows. He was named after his maternal uncle, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Judy Greer
Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress who has appeared in Judy Greer filmography, a wide variety of films. She rose to prominence for her supporting roles in the films ''Jawbreaker (film), Jawbreaker'' (1999), ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''13 Going on 30'' (2004), ''Elizabethtown (film), Elizabethtown'' (2005), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), and ''Love & Other Drugs'' (2010). Greer expanded into multiple genres with roles in films, such as ''The Wedding Planner'' (2001), ''Adaptation (film), Adaptation'' (2002), ''The Village (2004 film), The Village'' (2004), ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), ''Carrie (2013 film), Carrie'' (2013), ''Men, Women & Children (film), Men, Women & Children'' (2014), ''Grandma (2015 film), Grandma'' (2015), ''Lemon (2017 film), Lemon'' (2017), ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette (film), Where'd You Go, Bernadette'' (2019), ''Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michaela Watkins
Michaela Watkins (born December 14, 1971) is an American actress and comedian. After several years performing with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Watkins achieved widespread attention for her brief stint as a featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' during its Saturday Night Live (season 34), 34th season between 2008 and 2009. Since leaving ''SNL'', she has starred on the Hulu series ''Casual (TV series), Casual'' and on the short-lived sitcoms ''The Unicorn (TV series), The Unicorn'' and ''Trophy Wife (TV series), Trophy Wife''. Watkins has also had recurring roles on other television series, such as ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'', ''Catastrophe (2015 TV series), ''Catastrophe'''', ''Enlightened (TV series), Enlightened'' and ''Search Party (TV series), Search Party'' and appeared in films such as ''The Back-up Plan'' (2010), ''Wanderlust (2012 film), Wanderlust'' (2012), ''Enough Said'' (2013), ''Sword of Trust'' (2019), and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joe Lo Truglio
Joe Lo Truglio (; born December 2, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. Best known for his role as Charles Boyle on the Fox/ NBC sitcom ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', he also was a cast member on the television series '' The State'' and '' Reno 911!''. His notable film roles include '' Wet Hot American Summer'', '' I Love You, Man'', '' Superbad'', '' Paul'', '' Role Models'', and '' Wanderlust''. Early life Lo Truglio was born in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, New York, on December 2, 1970. He is of Italian and Irish descent. He grew up in Margate, Florida, and graduated from Coconut Creek High School. He met many of his future '' The State'' cast members at New York University, where he took part in the school's sketch comedy group. Career Lo Truglio wrote and acted in various skits for '' The State'', and animated segments for the show. After ''The State'' ended in 1995, he made a number of guest appearances throughout the late 1990s on shows such as '' Viva Variety' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kate Berlant
Kate Elizabeth Méndez Berlant (born July 16, 1987) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She is known for her surrealist and absurdist style. Early life Kate Elizabeth Méndez Berlant was born in Los Angeles on July 16, 1987, the daughter of performer Helen (née Méndez) and artist Tony Berlant. She is of Spanish descent on her mother's side, while her father has Israeli-Jewish and Russian-Jewish ancestry. She received a Bachelor of Arts and then a Master of Arts in performance studies from New York University. Career Berlant first appeared on television in a 2002 episode of ''Lizzie McGuire''. She has since had roles in various comedy series, as well as films including '' Sorry to Bother You'' (2018), ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019), and ''Don't Worry Darling'' (2022). She has performed stand-up on ''The Tonight Show'' and '' The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail'', and starred in two episodes of the Netflix sketch comedy series '' The Characters'' in 2016. Sh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lawrence Michael Levine
Lawrence Michael Levine (born 1976) is an American actor, writer, and filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the films '' Gabi on the Roof in July'', ''Wild Canaries'', and '' Black Bear''. Career In 2005, Levine wrote, produced, and directed his debut film ''Territory'', based on his stage play of the same name. Critic Aaron West of ''eFilmCritic'' wrote of the film, "The off-Broadway version is undoubtedly the more appropriate medium for this story, and if given a choice, I would rather see it there. Still, I cannot help but applaud Levine for trying something a little different. His characters are extraordinarily ordinary, and his tightly wound screenplay reveals their (and our) brightest and darkest sides at various times." In 2009, he wrote and directed the short films ''The Empress'' and ''Fat Friend''. His next film, 2010's romantic drama/comedy '' Gabi on the Roof in July'', received a positive critical response and was praised by Eric Kohn of '' Indiewire'', w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aubrey Plaza
Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began performing Improvisational theatre, improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Plaza made her feature film debut in ''Mystery Team'' (2009) and gained wide recognition for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC political satire sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015). In film, Plaza had a supporting role in ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010) and a leading role in ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012). From 2017 to 2019, Plaza portrayed the Shadow King and List of Legion characters#Lenny Busker, Lenny Busker in the critically praised FX (TV channel), FX superhero series ''Legion (TV series), Legion'', and produced and starred in the 2017 black comedy films ''The Little Hours'' and ''Ingrid Goes West''. She also starred in the romantic comedy ''Happiest Season'' and thriller ''Black Bear ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elizabeth Reaser
Elizabeth Ann Reaser (born July 2, 1975) is an American film, television, and stage actress. Her work includes the films '' Stay'', '' The Family Stone'', '' Sweet Land'', '' Against the Current'', '' The Twilight Saga'', ''Young Adult'', and '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'', and the TV series '' Saved'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', '' The Ex-List'', '' The Good Wife'', ''True Detective, The Handmaid's Tale'', and '' The Haunting of Hill House''. Early life and education Reaser was born in the affluent Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. Her parents are Karen Davidson (née Weidman) and John Reaser.The Jewish News: "Bill’s Dreams Live On" October 11, 2012 She is the middle of three sisters. In 1995, her mother married billionaire businessman [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emily Ratajkowski
Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski ( , ; born June 7, 1991) is an American model and actress. Born in London to American parents and raised in Encinitas, California, she signed to Ford Models at a young age. Her modeling debut was on the cover of the March 2012 issue of the erotic magazine ''treats!,'' which led to her appearance in several music videos, including Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", which catapulted her to global fame. Ratajkowski's feature film debut was a supporting role as the mistress of Ben Affleck's character in the film ''Gone Girl (film), Gone Girl'' (2014). She appeared in the 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, ''Sports Illustrated'' swimsuit issues, and made her professional catwalk modeling debut for Marc Jacobs at New York Fashion Week in 2015. She has also walked on the runways of Paris Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week. For her international ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue'' covers and high fashion campaigns, Models.com ranks her as one of the new gene ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mauricio Ochmann
Mauricio Ochmann (born November 16, 1977) is an American and Mexican actor best known for his roles in telenovelas, such as ''Amarte Asi'', where he starred as Ignacio "Nacho" Reyes. He also appeared in Kevin Costner's film ''Message in a Bottle (film), Message in a Bottle'', the TV series ''That's Life (television 2000), That's life'' and ''Latino Green''. He appeared as Fabián Duque in Telemundo's ''Dame Chocolate''. He starred as Victorino Mora in Telemundo's hit ''Victorinos'' and was the leading role in the Telemundo novela ''El Clon''. He is also the star of "El Chema" a spin off of his character "Chema Venegas" from the hit television series "El Señor de los Cielos". Early life Mauricio Ochmann was born on November 16, 1977, in Washington, D.C., Ochmann never knew his biological parents and during his first years of life grew up with his adoptive mother, María, and her first husband, Guillermo, who finally divorced. After the separation, Mauricio and his mother moved ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kate Micucci
Kate Micucci ( ; born March 31, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, and musician who is half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates with Riki Lindhome. Some of her roles include Stephanie Gooch in '' Scrubs'', Ally in '' 'Til Death'', Shelley in '' Raising Hope'', Lucy in ''The Big Bang Theory'', Sadie Miller in '' Steven Universe'', Sara Murphy in '' Milo Murphy's Law'', Kelly in '' Hamster and Gretel'', Daisy in '' Nature Cat'', Clayface in '' The Lego Batman Movie'', Velma Dinkley in '' Scooby-Doo'' since 2015, Webby Vanderquack in '' DuckTales'', Stacey in '' Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities'', and Dr. Fox in '' Unikitty!'' Early life and education Micucci was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to a family of Italian descent. She grew up in Nazareth, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania and was raised as a Catholic. She learned to play classical piano from her mother. Micucci graduated from Nazareth Area High School in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |