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Bad Monkey (TV Series)
''Bad Monkey'' is an American black comedy Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series developed and executive produced by Bill Lawrence (TV producer), Bill Lawrence. A co-production between Warner Bros. Television, Two Soups Productions and Doozer Productions, it is based on the Bad Monkey (novel), 2013 novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen. The series is led by Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez, Alex Moffat, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, and Jodie Turner-Smith. ''Bad Monkey'' premiered on August 14, 2024, on Apple TV+. In December 2024, the series was renewed for a second season. Premise Andrew Yancy is a former police detective who has been reduced to conducting restaurant inspections in South Florida. A severed arm found by a tourist pulls Yancy into a world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in both Florida and The Bahamas. Cast Main * Vince Vaughn as Andrew Yancy, a one-time detective tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal The Monkey
Crystal (born May 6, 1994) is a female tufted capuchin and List of animals in film and television, animal actress, acquired and trained by Birds & Animals Unlimited, Hollywood's largest supplier of animals. Her acting career began as a baby monkey in Walt Disney Pictures, Disney's 1997 film ''George of the Jungle (film), George of the Jungle''. She has portrayed monkey Dexter in the ''Night at the Museum (film series), Night at the Museum'' franchise, a drug-dealing monkey in ''The Hangover Part II'', and pet monkey Bennie in Steven Spielberg's 2022 semi-autobiographical film ''The Fabelmans''. In 2012, she played Dr. Rizzo on the sitcom ''Animal Practice''. Acting career Universal Studios In 1996, Birds & Animals Unlimited, the largest furnisher of animals to Hollywood, sent one of its trainers to purchase a capuchin monkey in Florida. Birds & Animals prefers to begin training younger monkeys, optimally those close to one year old. Audacious two-and-half-year-old Crystal, whose ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is an American subscription over-the-top streaming service owned by Apple. The service launched on November 1, 2019, and it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced during the Apple Special Event of March 2019, where entertainers from Apple TV+ projects appeared onstage, including Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg. The service can be accessed through Apple's website and through the Apple TV app, which has gradually become available on many Apple devices and some major competing digital media players, including some smart TV models and video-game consoles. Apple TV+ has over 45 million paid memberships. Apple plans to expand the services' availability, and there are workarounds for subscribers whose device is not presently supported. Access is included as part of the Apple One subscription. Most of the content is available in Dolby Vision profile 5 and Dolby At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Braff
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed J.D. (Scrubs), John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (2001–2010), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 as well as for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007. He starred in ''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' (2000), ''The Last Kiss (2006 film), The Last Kiss'' (2006), ''The Ex (2006 film), The Ex'' (2006), and ''In Dubious Battle (film), In Dubious Battle'' (2016). He has done voice-work for ''Chicken Little (2005 film), Chicken Little'' (2005) and ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). In 2004, Braff made his directorial debut with ''Garden State (film), Garden State'' in which he also starred. Additionally, he wrote the screenplay and compiled the Garden State (soundtrack), soundtrack album. He shot the film in his home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Clendenin
Robert Treman Clendenin (born April 14, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Dr. Tom Gazelian in ABC comedy series ''Cougar Town'' and Dr. Paul Zeltzer in the comedy series '' Scrubs''. Education Clendenin graduated from Cornell University in 1986 and earned his Master of Fine Arts from Penn State University in 1990. He has subsequently built an acting career defined by roles as oddball characters in TV and film. Career He has played more than 110 roles in films, TV and web series. Television career He appeared on numerous shows including '' The Tick'', '' Popular'', '' Charmed'' (3x10), '' Will & Grace'', '' The New Adventures of Old Christine'', ''Ugly Betty'', '' Felicity'', ''Weeds'', ''Gilmore Girls'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' Desperate Housewives'', ''The League'', '' Space: Above and Beyond'', '' Roswell'', '' The Middle'', '' Mixed-ish''. He appeared as a Vidiian surgeon on '' Star Trek: Voyager'', Earl on ''That '70s Show'', Slow Roger on ''My Name Is E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26 between 1938 and 1942) is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in '' She Came to the Valley'' (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in ''Nashville'' (1975), Wes Hightower in '' Urban Cowboy'' (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), Emmett in '' Silverado'' (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in '' The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), Jack Crawford in '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), John Adcox in '' Backdraft'' (1991), Bill Burton in '' Absolute Power'' (1997), Roger in '' Training Day'' (2001), Ezra Kramer in '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), Chris Chenery in '' Secretariat'' (2010), Kevin Garvey Sr. in the HBO television series '' The Leftovers'' (2014–2017), and Stick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series '' Daredevil'' (2015–2016) and '' The Defenders'' (2017). Early life Glenn has Irish and Native American ancestry. During his childhood, he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Nicole Black
Ashley Nicole Black (born June 15, 1985) is an American comedian, actress, writer and producer. She was a writer and correspondent for '' Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' (2016–2019), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. Black is a writer for ''Ted Lasso,'' '' The Amber Ruffin Show'', and '' A Black Lady Sketch Show'', on which she also stars. Early life and education Black was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Walnut, California. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2007 with a degree in theatre arts. She then attended Northwestern University, where she earned a master's degree in performance studies. Black was four years into a PhD program at Northwestern University when she decided to drop out and pursue her dream of working in comedy. Career Black's comedy career began at the Second City, where she first attended an improv class. In 2016, she was hired as a corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gizel Jiménez
Gizel Jiménez is an American actress and singer. Early life Born in Miami, she was raised in New York until the age of 13 when she moved to Florida. She attended Coral Reef High School where she competed in classical vocal competitions. She was later accepted into the New World School of the Arts in Miami, graduating with a BFA in musical theatre. Career Stage Her first professional job was a Broadway tour, cast as Rosalia in ''West Side Story''. In 2013, she performed at the Walnut Street Theatre in '' In the Heights''. In 2015, she appeared in a production of the musical ''The Theory of Relativity'' at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut, her first show with the theatrical group Goodspeed Musicals. In 2018, she appeared in a production of ''Alice by Heart'' at Vassar College & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theatre. In 2018 she appeared as Kate Monster in New York in '' Avenue Q''. That year, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Buglioli
Lauren Buglioli is an American actress. Her first notable role was in the 2020 psychological horror film ''Transference'' followed the title role in the horror-comedy ''Courtney Gets Possessed'' (2022). Buglioli also had supporting roles in films '' Horror Noire'' (2021), '' Vendetta'' (2022), ''A Jazzman's Blues'' (2022) and ''Cinnamon'' (2023). In 2023, she played Kaitlin Fox in the Netfix crime miniseries, '' Florida Man''. Life and career Buglioli was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in London. She later returned to United States and lived in New York for ten years before moving to Atlanta for appearing in television series '' Tyler Perry's Young Dylan'', '' The Oval'', ''Dynasty'' and ''Queens''. She played minor roles in films '' Unstoppable'' (2004) and '' Bad Boys for Life'' (2020) and in 2020 played the lead in the thriller film, ''Transference''. The following year, Buglioli starred in three movies for LMN: ''Brutal Bridesmaids'', ''Best Friends Forever'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Lawrence
Charlotte Sarah Lawrence (born June 8, 2000) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and model. Raised in Los Angeles in a creatively rich household, she began singing and playing piano in early childhood, drawing inspiration from her father's work as a television writer and her mother's background in music supervision. Charlotte Lawrence is signed to IMG Models and has appeared in magazines such as ''Teen Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''. She featured on Kaskade's single "Cold as Stone" in March 2018, and released her debut EP ''Young'' in June 2018. Her second EP, '' Charlotte'', was announced in January 2021 and released on March 5, 2021. In April 2025, Lawrence revealed via Instagram that her debut studio album ''Somewhere'' would be released on June 27. Early life and education Lawrence was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of actress Christa Miller and television producer Bill Lawrence. Lawrence is the grand-niece of actress Susan Saint James. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ortiz
John Augustin Ortiz (born May 23, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his antagonist role as Arturo Braga in '' Fast & Furious'' (2009) and ''Fast & Furious 6'' (2013), and Clyde in '' Jack Goes Boating'' (2010), which earned him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also an artistic director/co-founder of the LAByrinth Theater Company. Ortiz's other film performances include Guajiro in '' Carlito's Way'' (1993), Sheriff Eddie Morales in '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007), Javier J. Rivera in '' American Gangster'' (2007), Ronnie in '' Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012), Victor Nieves in '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017), Dr. Powell in ''Bumblebee'' (2018) and Arthur in '' American Fiction'' (2023). Personal life Ortiz was born and raised in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York; he is of Puerto Rican ancestry. He graduated from John Dewey High School in Brooklyn, where he met his wife. Ortiz resided in that bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andros, Bahamas
Andros is an archipelago in The Bahamas, the largest of the Bahamian Islands. Politically considered a single island, Andros in total has an area greater than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined. The land area of Andros consists of hundreds of small islets and cays connected by mangrove estuaries and tidal swamplands, together with three major islands: North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and South Andros. The three main islands are separated by bights, estuaries that trifurcate the island from east to west. It is long by wide at the widest point. Etymology The indigenous Lucayan people called the island ''Habacoa'' (or ''Babucca'') meaning "large upper outer land". Originally named ''Espiritu Santu'' by the Spanish, Andros Island was given its present name sometime early during the period of British colonial rule. Several eighteenth-century British documents refer to it as Andrews Island. A 1782 map refers to the island as San Andreas. The modern name is believed to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
