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Marci X
''Marci X'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin, written by Paul Rudnick, and starring Lisa Kudrow as Jewish-American Princess Marci Feld, who has to take control of a hip-hop record label, as well as the controversial rapper Dr. S, played by Damon Wayans. The film was released on August 22, 2003, by Paramount Pictures. ''Marci X'' received negative reviews and was a box office flop, grossing $1.7 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. Plot Marci Feld, a spoiled Jewish-American princess, is forced to take control of her father Ben's hardcore rap label Felony Assault when he suffers a stress-induced heart attack due to the controversy surrounding the label's release of "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by Dr. S. To rescue her father's plummeting stock, Marci attempts to tone down the rapper's bad-boy image. Over time, the unlikely pair falls in love just as conservative senator Mary Ellen Spinkle vows to banish Dr. S and his offensive lyrics from the airw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Benjamin
Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; ''Catch-22'' (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; ''Westworld'' (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and ''The Sunshine Boys'' (1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy ''My Favorite Year''. His other films as director include ''City Heat'' (1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, ''The Money Pit'' (1986) with Tom Hanks, and '' Made in America'' (1993) with Whoopi Goldberg. Biography Early life Benjamin was born in New York City, the son of Samuel Roger Benjamin (1910–1997), a garment industry worker. Benjamin's uncle was vaudeville comedian Joe Browning. His family was Jewish. He attended the High School of Performing Arts and graduated from Northwestern Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veanne Cox
Veanne Cox (born January 19, 1963) is an Emmy and Tony-nominated American stage and screen actress and former ballet dancer. Early life Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She is a 1981 graduate of Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. She studied ballet at the Washington School of Ballet, acting at the Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and voice at Catholic University of America. Career Her Broadway debut was in the Marvin Hamlisch musical ''Smile'' in 1986 as Sandra-Kay Macaffee. She appeared in the Roundabout Theatre revival of Stephen Sondheim's ''Company'' in 1995 as "Amy", for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared in The Public Theater (2003) and the Broadway productions of ''Caroline, or Change'' (2004) as Rose Stopnick Gellman. Cox appeared in the made-for-television movie ''Cinderella'' (1997) as one of the stepsisters, and appeared in ''Erin Brockovich'' as Theresa Dallavale. She has appeared in episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Neil
Alexandra Neil (born April 7, 1955) is an American stage, film and television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li .... She is also an activist – co-founder oDowntown Women for Changein NYC. Life and career Neil was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended middle school and high school at University-Liggett School in Grosse Pointe, MI. She graduated Cum Laude from Williams College in 1977 with a BA in English/Theatre. She also attended the National Theatre Institute in 1975. She has worked in television, film, and theatre. She is also a playwright, director and acting teacher. She lives in New York City. Neil made her Broadway debut in ''Match'', (opposite Frank Langella) and played Candida in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard’s ''Rock’n’Roll' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Tyler Eisen
Zachary Tyler Eisen (born September 23, 1993) is an American former voice actor. He voiced Aang in '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', Lucas Nickle in ''The Ant Bully'', Andrew in Nick Jr's ''Little Bill'' and Pablo in the American animated television series ''The Backyardigans''. His film roles include ''Entropy Entropy is a scientific concept, as well as a measurable physical property, that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. The term and the concept are used in diverse fields, from classical thermodyna ...'' (1999) and '' Marci X'' (2003). While living in Connecticut, he did most of his ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' recordings via satellite from there and New York. He currently works in the entertainment industry behind the camera. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisen, Zach Tyler 1993 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male child act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Murphy (news Personality)
Mary Murphy is an American television personality, print journalist and author. She was an on-air correspondent for '' The Insider'' and a news producer at ''Entertainment Tonight''. Murphy is also a senior lecturer at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She has been a contributor to the ''Los Angeles Times Magazine'', '' USA Weekend Magazine'', the ''New York Post'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Murphy has been on the staff of the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''New York'', ''Esquire'', and ''TV Guide'' Magazines. Career Murphy is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and began her career as a journalist at the '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch''. From there she moved to the ''Los Angeles Times'', where she worked for eight years. She was hired away from the ''Los Angeles Times'' to become a correspondent for New York/New West Magazine. In the 1980s she became the West Coast Roving Editor for ''Esquire'' magazine. She also wrote extensively for ''TV Guide'' magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Watkins (news Anchor)
James Raymond Watkins (born October 21, 1956) is an American anchor and journalist. Career Watkins was previously employed by WPIX-TV from October 26, 1998, to October 9, 2011, where he was the weeknight anchor for PIX11 News at Ten for 11 years. During Watkins' career as a New York City news anchor he also worked for WNBC-TV (weekends) and alongside WPIX's Kaity Tong for 14 years. While working at WPIX, Watkins received three Emmy awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award for Broadcast Excellence. Watkins was Tribune Broadcasting's lead anchor during the 9/11 live television coverage consecutively for 5 days. In 2014, his recollections of the tragedy, starting with the day before the World Trade Center attack, were featured in the NatGeo documentary "9/10: The Final Hours." Watkins' TV news career also included time at WPHL Philadelphia (anchor), the syndicated FOX Los Angeles "Entertainment Daily Journal" (correspondent), WBZ Boston's "Evening Magazine" (co-host), and WTVF-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaity Tong
Kaity Tong (; born July 23, 1947) is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist. She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981. Early life Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee")Tong, Kaity"What's in a name?" ''WPIX Blog'', March 4, 2009. Tong was born in Qingdao, China and arrived in the United States with her family at age four. Her parents anglicized their names to George and Anita Tong. She became a United States citizen in 1985. Growing up in Washington, D.C., she was inspired to become a journalist by her great-uncle, Hollington Tong, an ambassador to the US from China as well as an acclaimed author.Diamond, Edwin"New-Girl Network: Anchors get Younger and Blonder" ''New York Magazine'', June 10, 1991, p. 20. Her mother worked for the Voice of America as a broadcaster and producer in Washington, D.C. Kaity attended Bryn Mawr College on an academic scholarship. She graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. She was accepted to the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Shakir
Mustafa Shakir (born August 21, 1976) is an American actor known for his portrayal as Bushmaster in ''Marvel's Luke Cage'', Big Mike in ''The Deuce'' and Jet Black in ''Cowboy Bebop'' (2021). Biography and career Shakir was born in North Carolina and grew up in Harlem. He attended The New School and graduated in 2001. Before acting, Shakir was a barber. Shakir earned one of the lead roles in the short lived ''Quarry'' and made a guest appearance on '' Timeless''. He had previously auditioned for the roles of Black Lightning in the eponymous television show and M'Baku in ''Black Panther'', but failed to acquire either role. He was cast as John McIver/Bushmaster, in the second season of ''Luke Cage''. In 2021 he starred in the Netflix live-action adaptation of '' Cowboy Bebop'' as Jet Black which was cancelled after one season. Shakir is a strict vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Bobbie
Walter Bobbie (born November 18, 1945) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and occasional actor and dancer. Bobbie has directed both musicals and plays on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and was the Artistic Director of the New York City Center Encores! concert series. He directed the long-running revival of the musical ''Chicago''. Early life Bobbie was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Scranton and did graduate work at The Catholic University of America. His family was Polish Roman Catholic, and his father was a coal miner. Bobbie explains what inspired him to work in theater: "My first Broadway show was ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'' maybe in 1964. I came in to New York from college in Pennsylvania for the World's Fair...I remember sitting there — I practically had to be held down in my seat — and I had never seen anything like it. That day it was clear to me that I wanted to come back to New York, and theater wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Altman
Bruce Altman (born July 3, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Early life Altman was born in The Bronx, New York. He is of Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ... background. Filmography Film Television References External links * * American male film actors American male television actors Entertainers from the Bronx Male actors from New York City Jewish American male actors People from the Bronx 1955 births Living people Yale School of Drama alumni American people of Jewish descent {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerry Becker
Gerry Becker (April 11, 1951 – April 13, 2019) ''lovehardbikeride.org''. Retrieved 20 September 2021. was an American theatre, film, and television actor. Early life Born in to a family of priests, Becker studied for the priesthood with Jesuits for three years before dropping out. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Missouri and a master's degree in theatre from S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Morrison
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show '' Glee'' (2009–2015). He has starred in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including appearing as Link Larkin in the original Broadway cast of '' Hairspray'' (2002), Fabrizio Nacarelli in the original Broadway cast of the musical '' The Light in the Piazza'' (2005, for which he received a Tony Award nomination), and the starring role of J.M. Barrie in the original Broadway cast of '' Finding Neverland'' (2015-2016). He starred as the Grinch in NBC's 2020 production '' Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live!''. He has also been a judge on two reality dance competition shows on TV: '' The Greatest Dancer'' on BBC One, and ''So You Think You Can Dance'' on Fox. Morrison signed with Adam Levine's 222 Records in 2012, and has released three solo albums: '' Matthew Morrison'' (2011), '' Where It All Began' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
