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Bill Steinkellner
Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner are an American husband and wife screenwriting duo, known for their work on ''Cheers'', ''Teacher's Pet'', its film adaptation of the same name, and '' Bob.'' They wrote the book of the musical ''Sister Act'', for which they received a Tony Award nomination. Personal lives Bill and Cheri have been married since 1982 and together, they have three children: Emma (author/illustrator of the graphic novel ''The Okay Witch'', and illustrator of the graphic novel ''Quince''), Kit (writer of ''Quince''), and Teddy. Filmography Unrealized projects * ''Toy Story 3'' Theater Awards and nominations References External links Bill Steinkellneron Internet Movie Database Cheri Steinkellneron Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production c ... [...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] |
CBS Storybreak
''CBS Storybreak'' is a Saturday morning anthology television series that originally aired on the CBS network from 1985 to 1989. Hosted by Bob Keeshan (and in its 1993 return by Malcolm-Jamal Warner), the episodes are half-hour animation, animated adaptations of children's books published at the time of airing, including ''Chocolate Fever''. Other episodes included ''The Pit Dragon Trilogy, Dragon's Blood'' and ''Ratha's Creature''. The show grew out of a feature on Keeshan's ''Captain Kangaroo'' series. CBS' first in-house cartoon series since their original Terrytoons, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in the 1985–1986 season. It continued in repeats until 1991 and returned to air in reruns (with Jamal-Warner replacing Keeshan as host) from the 1993–94 to 1997–98 seasons. Select episodes were released on home video in 1992 under the title ''Video Storybreak''. Unique for an American television series, the series featured open captions captioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheers (Spanish TV Series)
''Cheers'' is the Spanish version of the popular 1980s American sitcom of same name created by Glen and Les Charles and James Burrows. It was produced by Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins and broadcast by Telecinco. It was first aired on 11 September 2011, and follows the same theme as its American counterpart. Production On April 25, 2011, Telecinco unveiled the names of the main actors for the new sitcom, Antonio Resines and Alexandra Jiménez. Resines would be Frasier Crane and Jiménez would be Rebecca Howe. Three days later, both producing companies, Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins Productions, started filming the pilot episode. On July 28, 2011, Mediaset Spain presented on a press conference the remake of ''Cheers'' with the future main cast members of the series, among them Alberto San Juan. The first season was to have 26 episodes, around 30 minutes of length each. It was released on September 11, 2011, with a double episode. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorm Life
''Dorm Life'' is a mockumentary web series created by former students of UCLA. It follows the fictional lives of the inhabitants of the college dorm floor 5 South. It is produced by Attention Span Media, a Los Angeles based social media studio and is a 2008 Webby Honoree for Best Writing and Comedy: Individual Short or Episode. Dorm Life is also Hulu's most watched web show. After a successful first season, Dorm Life returned for a second season with sponsor ''Carl's Jr.''. Overview The fictional show is made in the form of a documentary that purports to record the lives of actual college freshmen. It takes place almost entirely within their dorm floor, 5 South. Each character has a webcam for the purpose of individual reflection or addresses to the audience. There are also separate webcam clips aside from those of the main episodes, as well as profiles maintained by each character on the website's "community lounge," with interactions between them and with fans on the websit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion King 1½
''The Lion King 1½'' (known internationally as ''The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata'') is a 2004 American animated direct-to-video musical comedy film directed by Bradley Raymond, produced by Disneytoon Studios and released on February 10, 2004. The third installment in the ''Lion King'' trilogy, the film is both a prequel and sidequel to ''The Lion King'' (1994), focusing on the supporting characters Timon and Pumbaa. A majority of the voice cast from the first film returns to reprise their roles, including Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as the voices of Timon and Pumbaa, respectively. The film's structure is inspired by Tom Stoppard's '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'', a tragicomedy that tells the story of ''Hamlet'' from the point of view of two minor characters. ''The Lion King 1½'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot The meerkat Timon lives in colony on the outskirts of the Pride Lands with his Ma and Uncle Max but is an outcast to the meerk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Baseman
Gary Baseman (born September 27, 1960) is an American artist, cartoonist, and animator who investigates history, heritage, and the human condition (especially love, longing, and loss). Through iconography and visual narratives that celebrate “the beauty of the bittersweetness of life,” his work brings together the worlds of popular culture and fine art. Baseman’s career includes illustration for clients including ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''The Wall Street Journal'' and the bestselling board game Cranium; as well as animation for the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning series '' Teacher’s Pet'' and its subsequent feature-length film of the same name for ABC/Disney. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences on graphic and multidisciplinary arts and visual communications. Recent projects include a collaboration with COACH; a documentary ''Mythical Creatures'' about his family heritage; a traveling retrospective that featured hundreds of his painti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emeril (TV Series)
Emeril John Lagasse III ( ; born October 15, 1959) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed "New New Orleans" style. He is of Portuguese descent on his mother's side, while being of French heritage through his father. He has appeared on a wide variety of cooking TV shows, including the long running Food Network shows '' Emeril Live'' and '' Essence of Emeril'', and is associated with several catchphrases, including "Kick it up a notch!" and "Bam!" In 2005, Lagasse's portfolio of media, products, and restaurants was estimated to generate US$150 million annually in revenue. Early life Emeril John Lagasse III was born on October 15, 1959, in Fall River, Massachusetts. His father, Emeril John Lagassé Jr., was from Quebec, and his mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Shoot Me!
''Just Shoot Me!'' is an American sitcom television series originally aired on NBC from March 4, 1997, to November 26, 2003, with a total of 145 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons, including 3 episodes aired on syndication. The show, created by Steven Levitan, one of the show's executive producers, is set in the office of a fictional fashion magazine called ''Blush'', comparable to the real-life magazine ''Vogue (magazine), Vogue''. The show's story revolves around several staff members at the magazine, including Jack Gallo, the owner and publisher; his daughter Maya, a writer for the magazine; secretary Finch; former model and now-fashion correspondent Nina; and photographer Elliot. Series history Early on, the series was a very competitive hit, consistently winning its time slot. The first season of six episodes was all aired by NBC in a single month in March 1997. It was renewed for a 13-episode second season and fitted at 9:30 p.m. after ''Frasier'', and then was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope And Gloria
''Hope & Gloria'' is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television. The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks. Cast *Cynthia Stevenson as Hope Davidson *Jessica Lundy as Gloria Utz *Enrico Colantoni as Louis Utz, Gloria's husband *Robert Garrova as Sonny Utz, Gloria & Louis's son *Alan Thicke as Dennis Dupree *Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2) Episodes Series overview Season 1 (1995) Season 2 (1995–96) Notable guest stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Upper Hand (TV Series)
''The Upper Hand'' is a British television sitcom with dramatic elements broadcast by ITV from 1 May 1990 to 14 October 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom ''Who's the Boss?'' As in the former series, affluent single woman Caroline Wheatley ( Diana Weston), raising her son with the help of her mother Laura West (Honor Blackman), hires a housekeeper, and a man called Charlie Burrows ( Joe McGann) applies for the job. Premise Down on his luck, former footballer Charlie Burrows moves from a deprived area of London to leafy Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire to make a better life for his teenage daughter Joanna, by taking a job as housekeeper for well-off advertising executive Caroline Wheatley. Although Caroline is unsure about employing him, her man-eating ageing mother Laura West talks her into it. Soon the two become friends, Caroline's son Tom comes to see Charlie as a father figure, and Joanna enjoys having a female influence in her life following the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Earth Day Special
''The Earth Day Special'' is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two-hour special featured an ensemble cast addressing concerns about pollution, deforestation, and other environmental ills. Several cutaways are made to famous fictional characters watching events unfold and discussing what can be done to save the planet. This special was one of Jim Henson's final performances as Kermit the Frog prior to his death later that year, as well as one of Jeff Bergman's first as Bugs Bunny following the death of Mel Blanc the year prior. Plot The episodic narrative, consisting of several individual skits threaded together, focused on an ailing Mother Earth, who falls from the sky and faints, and is rushed to the hospital where she is attended to by Doogie Howser and two other doctors. This special is watched by a married couple named Vic and Paula, and features a host of contemporary celebrities and char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
41st Primetime Emmy Awards
The 41st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 17, 1989. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The ceremony saw the guest acting categories double, as they were now based on gender as well as genre. Two networks, Lifetime and USA Network, received their first major nominations this year. After being nominated and losing for the previous four years, ''Cheers'' regained the title of Outstanding Comedy Series. ''L.A. Law'' also won Outstanding Drama Series after losing the previous year. For the second straight year, ''L.A. Law'' received 15 major nominations, making it the first show ever to receive more than 14 major nominations multiple times. With nine main cast acting nominations, ''L.A. Law'' tied the record set by ''Hill Street Blues'' in 1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
