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Big Fat Liar
''Big Fat Liar'' is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, and written by Dan Schneider from a story by Schneider and Brian Robbins. It stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes, with a supporting cast featuring Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors and Russell Hornsby. The plot, alluding to Aesop's Fable ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf'', follows a 14-year-old boy (Muniz) whose creative writing assignment "Big Fat Liar" is stolen by an arrogant Hollywood producer (Giamatti) who plans to use it to make the fictional film of the same name. It was released in the United States on February 8, 2002, to commercial success but mixed to unfavorable critical reviews. It was followed by a 2017 standalone direct-to-DVD critically panned sequel. Plot Jason Shepherd is a 14-year-old compulsive liar living in the town of Greenbury, Michigan, who tries to lie his way out of failing to write a creative writing assignment. He gets caught by his English teacher, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Levy
Shawn Adam Levy (; born July 23, 1968) is a Canadian and American filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned numerous genres, and his films as a director have grossed a collective $3.5 billion worldwide. Following early work as a television director, Levy gained recognition in the 2000s for directing comedy films like '' Big Fat Liar'' (2002), '' Just Married'' (2003), '' Cheaper by the Dozen'' (2003) and ''The Pink Panther'' (2006). He then found further success as the director of the first three films in the '' Night at the Museum'' film franchise (2006–14). In the early 2010s, he directed films including '' Date Night'' (2010), ''Real Steel'' (2011), and '' The Internship'' (2013), developed several comedy television pilots, and executive produced the ABC/ Fox sitcom '' Last Man Standing''. Levy was a producer on the 2016 sci-fi film '' Arrival'', which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Since 2016, Levy ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Hornsby
Russell Hornsby (born May 15, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Edward "Eddie" Sutton on ABC Family's '' Lincoln Heights'', as Luke on the HBO drama ''In Treatment'', as Detective Hank Griffin on the NBC series ''Grimm'', and as Lyons in the movie '' Fences''. He also played Carl Gatewood in the Showtime TV series '' The Affair'', and as Charles Flenory in '' BMF.'' Early life and education Hornsby was born in San Francisco, California. He was a football player and track star at St. Mary’s College High School in Berkeley, California. He auditioned for a spring musical and got the role of the Scarecrow in ''The Wiz''. After that, he became very interested in theatre and acting and was highly involved with the rest of the school theatrical productions. After graduating, he studied theater at Boston University, from which he graduated with a degree in performance. After graduation, Hornsby continued his studies at the British American Drama Academy in Ox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taran Killam
Taran Hourie Killam (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor and comedian. He first garnered attention for his brief stint on the Fox comedy series ''MADtv'' during its seventh season between 2001 and 2002, followed by his wider success as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 2016. He has also appeared in other television series such as ''Wild 'n Out'', ''The Amanda Show'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''New Girl'', and in the main cast of ''Single Parents''. Killam is also known for his portrayal of a teen pop star in the 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Stuck in the Suburbs''. He voiced the title character on the PBS children's cartoon series ''Nature Cat''. Killam is also known for his roles in Broadway theatre. He played the role of King George III in ''Hamilton'' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre from January 17, 2017 to April 13, 2017. He returned to Broadway in ''Spamalot'' at the St. James Theatre, where he played the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Corry
Rebecca Corry is an American actress, writer, comedian and activist who began her career studying at The Second City training center in Chicago. Biography Corry was born in Kent, Washington, and moved to Chicago, Illinois, at age 19. In 2006, she was a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's ''Last Comic Standing''. Her half-hour ''Comedy Central Presents'' special premiered in 2009. Corry founded the Stand Up for Pits Foundation to work against abuse and discrimination towards pit bulls. In 2014, she organized the One Million Pibble March On Washington, which had an estimated 4,500 attendees, in an effort to end breed-specific legislation and dog fighting. In 2017, Corry was one of several female comedians who alleged sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. Career and Stand Up For Pits Foundation, Inc. After graduating, she went on to study writing and acting and performed in plays. After ten years in Chicago she moved to Los Angeles and shortly after arriving she was cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cho
John Cho (born Cho Yo-Han; June 16, 1972) is an American actor known for his roles as Harold Lee in the '' Harold & Kumar'' films, and Hikaru Sulu in the ''Star Trek'' rebooted film series as well as '' Better Luck Tomorrow'', '' Columbus'', and '' Searching'' which made him the first Asian American actor in history to headline a mainstream thriller film in Hollywood. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in ''Searching''. He also made history in American television in the 21st century as the first Asian American actor cast as a romantic lead in a romantic comedy series when he starred as Henry Higgs in the 2014 sitcom '' Selfie''. In addition to his role in ''Selfie'', Cho has had lead roles in series such as ''FlashForward'', '' Off Centre'', and '' The Afterparty'', and recurring roles in '' Sleepy Hollow'' and '' Difficult People''. In his early career, Cho attained recognition for his guest starring role in the fantasy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Hill
Amy Marie Hill (born May 9, 1953) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Hill's first major role was as Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim on '' All-American Girl''. Hill has been a mainstay on American television in her work, many of her roles being major recurring roles, the most notable being: Mrs. DePaulo on ''That's So Raven'', Mama Tohru on ''Jackie Chan Adventures'', Mrs. Hasagawa in '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (reprising the same character she played in ''Lilo & Stitch''), Ah-Mah Jasmine Lee in ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'', Judy Harvey in '' Enlightened'', Mah Mah Ling in ''American Dad!'', Beverly Tarantino in ''Mom'' and Ms. Mannering in ''Preacher''. Hill was a series regular on the Amazon Prime Video show '' Just Add Magic'' as Mama P along with recurring in ''Unreal'' as Dr. Wagerstein on the basic cable network Lifetime and The CW romantic comedy musical ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' as Lourdes Chan. She also plays Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the cultural curator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean O'Bryan
Sean Michael O'Bryan (born September 10, 1963) is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School. Career He co-starred with William Ragsdale on the series '' Brother's Keeper''. Early television work includes guest roles on such television series as '' Married... with Children'', ''MacGyver'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Cold Case'', '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Chicago Hope'', '' Roswell'' (season 3 episode 9), ''Roseanne'' (season 8 episode 19), '' Six Feet Under'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''The King of Queens'' and ''Dexter''. More recent television credits include '' CSI'', ''Bones'', ''Melissa & Joey'', ''Hot In Cleveland'', ''The Mentalist'', '' Leverage''. He appears in the recurring role of Ron Donahue on '' The Middle''. His film credits include ''Chaplin'', '' Crimson Tide'', ''Phenomenon'', '' Exit to Eden'', '' Out to Sea'', ''Big Fat Liar'', ''Detective'', ''De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Tucci
Christine Tucci () is an American actress. Life and career Tucci, an Italian American. She is the daughter of Joan (née Tropiano), a retired secretary and writer, and Stanley Tucci, Sr., a retired high school art teacher, both of whom have roots in the town of Marzi in Calabria. Tucci had a semi-regular role on the television series '' MDs'' (2002) and played Amanda Cory on the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1993 to 1995. She was a regular cast member on '' C-16: FBI'', in the role of Special Agent Annie Rooney, from 1997 to 1998. She played Sergeant Welles in the movie '' K-911'', released direct-to-video in 1999; in 2000, she made an appearance as Dr. Kiera Behrle on '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. She appeared in the 2003 TV movie '' Straight from the Heart'' as Carla Dimaggio. Personal life Tucci married Vincent Angell in 1999. They have one son, who is autistic. Tucci and Angell played parents of an autistic boy on an episode of ''Without a Trace ''Without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bryan French
Michael Bryan French is an American stage, film and television actor known for his roles on ''Orange is the New Black, Prison Break, Madoff, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', and ''As the World Turns''. Early life French was born in Lackawanna, New York and raised in Elmira, New York. Career In 1990, he played the role of Sam on ''As the World Turns''. Throughout the 1990s he guest starred on ''L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Matlock, Roseanne, The X-Files, Step by Step, Cybill, ER, The Drew Carrey Show, Sliders, Diagnosis Murder'', and '' The Pretender''. He played a doctor in the 1998 film ''I Know What You Did Last Summer''. In the 2000s he appeared on ''Judging Amy, The West Wing, Crossing Jordan, Cold Case, Boston Legal, Days of Our Lives, 24, Bones'' and the 2002 film ''Big Fat Liar''. In 2008, he appeared in six episodes of the Fox drama ''Prison Break'' as Gregory White, the boss of T-Bag, while Bagwell was working at the GATE corporation under the name Cole Pfeiffer i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in ''Arliss (TV series), Arliss'' (1996–2002), Cristina Yang in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–14), and Eve Polastri in ''Killing Eve'' (2018–22). She has received one Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award from 14 nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named Oh one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films ''Double Happiness (film), Double Happiness'' (1994) and ''The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include ''Judging Amy'' and ''American Crime (TV series), American Crime'', as well as voice roles on ''American Dad!'', ''American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''The Proud Family'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Chop Socky Chooks'', ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Studio
A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company that makes films. Today, studios are mostly financing and distribution entities. In addition, they may have their own studio facility or facilities; however, most firms in the entertainment industry have never had their own studios, but have rented space from other companies instead. Day-to-day filming operations are generally handled by a production company subsidiary. Another type of company is an independently owned studio facility, which does not produce motion pictures by itself; such facilities only sell studio space. Beginnings In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States: he constructed the Black Maria, a tarpaper-covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange, New Jersey, and he asked circus, vaudeville, and dramatic actors to perform for the camera. He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters, penny arcades, wax museums, and fair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
