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List Of Blossom Characters
The following is a list of characters for the American sitcom ''Blossom'' which aired for five seasons on NBC. It debuted as a pilot preview on July 5, 1990, and premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 3, 1991. The series finale episode was broadcast on May 22, 1995. Don Reo created the series, which starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager living with her father and two elder brothers. It was produced by Reo's Impact Zone Productions and Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television. Main characters Blossom Ruby Russo Blossom (Mayim Bialik) is the titular character and youngest child and only daughter of Nick and Maddy Russo. She is also the best friend of Six LeMeure and on-again off-again girlfriend of Vinnie Bonitardi. Blossom learns many hard lessons from the lives of herself, her family and Six, including about abuse, alcohol, drugs, divorce, and many more. Blossom is especially close to her family (including maternal grandfather, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna Von Oÿ
Jenna von Oÿ (born Jennifer Jean von Oy; May 2, 1977) is an American actress. She played the role of Six LeMeure in the 1990–1995 sitcom ''Blossom'' and Stevie Van Lowe in the 1999–2004 sitcom ''The Parkers''. Early life and career Born in Danbury, Connecticut, to Gloria and Frank von Oy, Jenna attended Newtown High School and began her acting career as a child in regional stage productions and commercials. Von Oÿ made her television acting debut in 1986 in an episode of ''ABC Weekend Special'', which was followed by guest roles on ''Tales from the Darkside'' and '' Kate & Allie''. From 1990 to 1991, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom '' Lenny''. From 1990 to 1995, von Oÿ appeared in the role of the fast-talking Six Lemeure in the series ''Blossom''. After the series ended, she attended film school at the University of Southern California and was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority for two years before dropping out to return to acting. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blossom Dearie
Margrethe Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924 – February 7, 2009) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She had a recognizably light and girlish voice. Profile at AllMusic/ref> Dearie performed regular engagements in London and New York City over many years and collaborated with many musicians, including Johnny Mercer, Miles Davis, Jack Segal, Johnny Mandel, Duncan Lamont, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, and Jay Berliner. Early life Margrethe Blossom Dearie was born on April 28, 1924, in East Durham, New York, to a father of Scots Irish descent and a mother of Norwegian descent. She reportedly received the name Blossom because of "a neighbor who delivered peach blossoms to her house the day she was born", although she once recalled it was her brothers who brought the flowers to the house. Career Beginnings After high school, Dearie moved to Manhattan to pursue a music career. Dropping her first name, she began to sing in groups such as the Blue Flames (with the Woody Herman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo! Entertainment
Yahoo!, once one of the most popular web sites in the United States, is as of September 2021 a content sub-division of the namesake company Yahoo Inc., owned by Apollo Global Management (90%) and Verizon Communications (10%). It has offered a wide range of online sites and services since its inception in 1994, a majority of which are now defunct. Current Yahoo! services Yahoo offers a multi-lingual interface available in over 20 languages. Yahoo! Japan is a separate entity, controlled by SoftBank. Yahoo!Xtra, launched in 2007 in New Zealand is owned by Yahoo!7, a joint venture between Yahoo! and the Seven Network. * Yahoo! home page * My Yahoo! – Enables users to combine their favorite Yahoo features, content feeds, and information onto a single page. * oneSearch * Rivals.com * Yahoo! Auctions – discontinued in 2007 except for Taiwan and Japan. * Yahoo! Developer Network * Yahoo! Entertainment (also branded Y! Entertainment) * Yahoo! Finance * Yahoo! Life – formerly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarissa Explains It All
''Clarissa Explains It All'' is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling ( Melissa Joan Hart) is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to explain the things that are happening in her life, dealing with typical adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra, and an annoying younger brother. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired from March 23, 1991,Television section, ''New York Times'', March 17, 1991, and March 23, 1991. to October 1, 1994, with repeats airing until August 19, 2001.''TV Week'' guide, September 29 – October 5, 1994, '' Bryan-College Station Eagle''. From August 1992 onwards, the series headlined the popular SNICK (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) lineup. Reruns of the show have appeared intermittently on TeenNick's channel block The '90s Are All That, eventually NickRewind, from 2011 to 2020. A pilot for a spin-off series was filmed titled "Clariss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress. She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms ''Clarissa Explains It All'' (1991–1994), ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series), Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1996–2003), and ''Melissa & Joey'' (2010–2015). She appeared as Liz in ''No Good Nick'' (2019). She has also appeared in the films ''Drive Me Crazy'' (1999), ''Nine Dead'' (2009), and ''God's Not Dead 2'' (2016). On October 17, 2021, she became the first celebrity to win the $1 million top prize for her charity, Youth Villages, on ''Wheel of Fortune (American game show), Celebrity Wheel of Fortune'' and the fourth overall million-dollar winner on ''Wheel of Fortune''. Early life Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, the first child of Paula Hart (née Voje), a producer and talent manager, and William Hart, a carpenter, shellfish purveyor, oyster hatchery worker, and entrepreneur. Her maternal grandfather, Stanley John Voje, was a Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accountant
An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certified Accountant or Certified Public Accountant, or Registered Public Accountant. Such professionals are granted certain responsibilities by statute, such as the ability to certify an organization's financial statements, and may be held liable for professional misconduct. Non-qualified accountants may be employed by a qualified accountant, or may work independently without statutory privileges and obligations. Cahan & Sun (2015) used archival study to find out that accountants' personal characteristics may exert a very significant impact during the audit process and further influence audit fees and audit quality. Practitioners have been portrayed in popular culture by the stereotype of the humorless, introspective bean-counter. It has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Masur
Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is best known for playing David Kane on '' One Day at a Time'' (1975–1976), Nick Lobo on '' Rhoda'' (1974–1977), Clark in '' The Thing'' (1982), adult Stanley Uris in the miniseries '' It'' (1990), and Edward L. L. Moore on '' Younger'' (2016–2018). Life and career Masur was born in New York City to Jewish parents: a high school counselor mother, Claire Masur, and a pharmacist father, Jesse Masur. He has a sister, Judith Masur. He attended P.S. 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, New York. He is married to Eileen Henry. Masur studied at the Yale School of Drama toward an MFA in acting and appeared on stage before acting in movies and television shows during the 1970s. He appeared on an episode of ''All in the Family'' as well as in an epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Thomas (producer)
Charles Anthony Thomas ('' né'' Jacobs; born December 7, 1948) is an American television and film producer. He was a producer for the feature film '' Dead Poets Society'' for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989, and ''Insomnia'', among other films. He is the producer of many successful television series from the 1970s into the 1990s such as ''The Golden Girls'' for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice and won three consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Thomas was the producer of ''Blossom'' and many other TV series. He is the co-founder of Witt/Thomas Productions. Early life and family Born Charles Anthony Jacobs in Hollywood, California, Thomas is the son of actor and philanthropist Danny Thomas and his wife, Rose Marie (Cassaniti) Thomas. His father was of Lebanese descent and his mother was of Italian descent. He is the younger brother of actresses Terre Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' is an American television sitcom created by Andy and Susan Borowitz that aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager born and raised in West Philadelphia who is sent to live with his wealthy uncle and aunt in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, where his lifestyle often clashes with that of his upper-class relatives. ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' was a hit for NBC, running for 148 episodes over six seasons. Smith and James Avery were the only actors who appeared in each episode. The series was Smith's star vehicle into television and film. A reunion special/retrospective reuniting the surviving cast debuted on HBO Max in November 2020. A more dramatic reimagining of the series, titled '' Bel-Air'' and based on the fan film of the same name, received a two-season order for Peacock, and was released on February 13, 2022. Summary The theme song and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Junger
Gil Junger (born November 7, 1954) is an American film and television director. He is best known for directing '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999), his directorial film debut. He is a 1972 graduate of the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York. Filmography Film * '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999) * '' Black Knight'' (2001) * '' If Only'' (2004) * '' 10 Things I Hate About Life'' (2014) (''Cancelled'') * '' Think Like a Dog'' (2020) TV movies * ''Being Dunbar'' (1999) * ''Earthquake'' (2004) * ''Happy Campers'' (2008) * '' My Fake Fiancé'' (2009) * '' Beauty & the Briefcase'' (2010) * '' Christmas Cupid'' (2010) * '' Teen Spirit'' (2011) * ''Rip City'' (2012) * ''Christmas Bounty'' (2013) * '' Santa's Little Helper'' (2015) Direct-to-video * '' Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control'' (2008) Television *'' The John Larroquette Show'' (1995) *''The Jeff Foxworthy Show'' (1995) *''The Office'' (1995) *'' Minor Adjustments'' (1995) *'' In the House'' (1995) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
