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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, that premiered on August 20, 2015, on 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 will also be 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 ; Key : Episodes Season 1 (2015) Season 2 (2016) Season 3 (2019) Season 4 (2022) Production Backgrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While mockumentaries are usually comedic, 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. Also, docudrama is different from docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as '' cinéma vérité'' pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season 1 (2015)
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Season One may refer to: Albums * ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004 * ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012 * ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012 See also * * * Season 2 (other) * Season 4 (other) 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) * ''2econd Season ''2econd Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Robinson (comedian)
Tim Robinson (born May 23, 1981) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Robinson first became known as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2012 to 2014, 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 on May 23, 1981, the son of a mother who worked for Chrysler and a father who worked in construction. His parents divorced, after which he said he "kind of grew up with two dads", one of whom was Jewish and celebrated Hanukkah with him. He was raised in the nearby towns of Clarkston and Waterford, graduating from Clarkston High School in 2000. He saw a live Second City comedy performance in Chicago as a teenager, and soon began taking weekend improv classes at its Detroit branch. While pursuing a comedy career, he supported himself wit ... [...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. O'Brien is best known for his tenure as a writer and featured player on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2009 to 2015. 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, and also appeared a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Slattery
John M. Slattery Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director widely known for his role as Roger Sterling Jr. in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–15), for which he was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Slattery's other acting credits include a starring role as 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 won two Critics' Choice Television Awards for ''Mad Men'' and was part of the ''Mad Men'' ensemble cast that won two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2013, Slattery directed his first feature film, ''God's Pocket'' (2014), which he co-wrote with Alex Metcalf. The film, based on a 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanook Of The North
''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film which combines elements of documentary and docudrama, 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 the United Sta ... [...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. 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 A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Richardson
Sy Richardson 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 on the TV series ''Pushing Daisies ''Pushing Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Nenninger
Eric John Nenninger (born November 19, 1978) is an American actor, best known for playing Scott Braddock in the 2003 horror film, '' Jeepers Creepers II'', he had a recurring role as Cadet Eric Hanson on '' Malcolm in the Middle'' and Scott in '' One Day at a Time''. Early life and education Nenninger was born in St. Louis, Missouri where he attended Ladue Horton Watkins High School. 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 ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Oglesby
Thomas Randell Oglesby (born 1949) is an American actor, best known for his recurring role as Degra on '' Star Trek: Enterprise''. He is also known for his other ''Star Trek'' roles, including captain Trena'L in the '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode " Unexpected", the Miradorn twins, Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel, in the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode "Vortex", Silaran Prin in " The Darkness and the Light" and as the telepathic alien Kir in "Counterpoint", a season 5 episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager''. Career He played Professor Seidel in the ''Angel'' episode "Supersymmetry". On '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Season 2 Episode 5, " Loud as a Whisper", aired 01-09-1989, he played one of three Interpreters known as Riva's Chorus. Oglesby appeared in ''Independence Day'' (1996) as Mike Dodge. His most memorable moment is asking Randy Quaid if the aliens, who he claimed abducted him, did any "sexual things". In 2000, he made a guest appearance as Reverend Mackee in the seventh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Benedict
Robert Patrick Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American stage, film and television actor and writer. His 25 year career includes more than 70 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series '' Supernatural'', '' Threshold'', '' Felicity'' and the comedy film '' Waiting...''. He is also the lead singer/songwriter of the Los Angeles based band Louden Swain. Early life Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies. Career Acting In the critically acclaimed WB series ''Felicity'' he appeared as Felicity Porter's dorm mate, Richard Coad. In CBS's ''Threshold'' Benedict played physicist Lucas Pegg, member of a secret government team investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species. In seasons 4, 5, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of '' Supernatural'' he plays a writer, Chuck Shurley, previously thought to be a prophet of the lord but later re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Gardens
''Grey Gardens'' is a 1975 American documentary film by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, upper-class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a derelict mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival but was not entered into the main competition. Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer also directed, and Susan Froemke was the associate producer. The film's editors are credited as Hovde (who also edited '' Gimme Shelter'' and '' Salesman''), Meyer and Froemke. In 2010, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and in the 2014 ''Sight and Sound'' poll film critics voted ''Grey Gardens'' the tenth-best documentary film of all time. Cast * Edith "Big Edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
