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DC Pierson
DC Pierson is an American comedian, author, and actor. He is best known for his involvement in the sketch and improvisational comedy group Derrick Comedy. Early life and education Pierson was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended New York University, joining a sketch comedy group, Hammerkatz NYU, in the fall of 2003. He worked as both assistant director and director during his three-year tenure with the group. Pierson graduated from NYU's Dramatic Writing Department in 2007 with a degree in writing for television. He also made three brief appearances on NBC's ''Community'', on which his Derrick Comedy co-star Donald Glover plays a main character, as a ''Greendale Gazette'' member. Career Derrick Comedy Pierson, along with other Hammerkatz alumni Donald Glover, Dominic Dierkes and Dan Eckman, formed the group Derrick Comedy after meeting at NYU. Pierson is both one of the principal actors and writers for Derrick Comedy. Derrick Comedy has performed as an improvisational comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over 1.6 million residents at the 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, fifth-most populous city in the United States and the List of capitals in the United States, most populous state capital in the country. Phoenix is the most populous city of the Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, which in turn is part of the Salt River Valley and Arizona Sun Corridor. The metro area is the Metropolitan statistical area, 10th-largest by population in the United States with approximately 4.95 million people , making it the most populous in the Southwestern United States. Phoenix, the seat of Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, is the largest city by population and area in Arizona, with an area of , and is also the List of United States cities by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the following decades, a series of acquisitions made it into one of the largest publishers in the United States. In 2013, it was merged with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House, which is owned by the Germany-based media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Penguin Random House uses its brand for Random House Publishing Group and Random House Children's Books, as well as several imprints. Company history 20th century Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random", which suggested the name Random ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Balls Out (2014 Film)
''Balls Out'' is a 2014 American sports comedy film directed by Andrew Disney, based on a script by Bradley Jackson. The film stars Jake Lacy, Beck Bennett, Jay Pharoah, Nikki Reed, Kate McKinnon, DC Pierson, Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, Nick Rutherford and Gabriel Luna, and focuses on a group of college seniors that decide to form an intramural football team before graduating. The film, originally titled ''Intramural'', stars cast members of comedy groups Saturday Night Live, Derrick Comedy, BriTANicK, and Good Neighbor. The film was picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Orion Pictures and was given a limited release on film and video on demand on June 19, 2015. Synopsis Caleb (Jake Lacy) is a fifth-year senior preparing to graduate. Not quite ready to settle into the life, expectations, and realities outside of his college, he decides that he wants to reassemble The Panthers, an intramural football team that had to shut down after one of the team members ended up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The To Do List
''The To Do List'' is a 2013 American comedy film written and directed by Maggie Carey in her feature film directorial debut, starring an ensemble cast of Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Scott Porter, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Andy Samberg, Donald Glover, Connie Britton, and Clark Gregg. The film centers on a recent high school graduate (Plaza) who feels she needs to have more sexual experiences before she starts college. The film was released in the United States on July 26, 2013, by CBS Films. Plot Brandy Klark, from Boise, Idaho, is an overachieving but socially awkward teenager who graduates as the valedictorian of her high school in 1993. After the ceremony, Brandy's two best friends, Wendy and Fiona, take Brandy to a party, where she gets drunk for the first time. Brandy makes out with a muscular college boy she has a crush on named Rusty Waters. Since the room is dark, he mistakes Brandy for someone else and when he real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Awful Nice
''Awful Nice'' is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Todd Sklar and written by Sklar and Alex Rennie. The film stars Rennie, James Pumphrey, Christopher Meloni, Brett Gelman, Keeley Hazell and Josh Fadem. The film was released on March 7, 2014, by Screen Media Films. Cast * Christopher Meloni as Jon Charbineau *Alex Rennie as Dave Brouillette * James Pumphrey as Jim Brouillette *Brett Gelman as Ivan * Laura Ramsey as Lauren * Keeley Hazell as Petra *Henry Zebrowski as Jasper * Zahn McClarnon as Romulus *Saginaw Grant as Jonas * Charlie Sanders as Sheriff Wegman * Josh Fadem as Deputy Bruce *Jon Gabrus as Klaus * D.C. Pierson as Sven * Dominic Dierkes as Yven *Kerry Barker as Svetlana *Hari Leigh as Michelle *Nick Renkoski as Nick Becker *John Turk as Rick Ohlson * Yakov Smirnoff as Himself Release The film premiered at South by Southwest South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Grassroots (film)
''Grassroots'' is a 2012 American Biographical film, biographical political dark comedy film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, based on the book ''Marion Zioncheck, Zioncheck for President'' by Phil Campbell (writer), Phil Campbell. Shot in Seattle, the film revolves around a grassroots campaign for Seattle City Council and explores what happens when a dedicated activist tries to realize a vision by seeking political office. The film premiered on June 10, 2012, at the Seattle International Film Festival, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 22. ''Grassroots'' received generally mixed reviews from critics, although Biggs' performance received praise. Plot The film tells the story of Phil Campbell (writer), Phil Campbell (Jason Biggs), a journalist who has just lost his job and gets roped into leading Grant Cogswell , Grant Cogswell's political campaign. Grant, played by Joel David Moore, is Phil's enthusiastic and eccentric friend whose passion for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Furry Vengeance
''Furry Vengeance'' is a 2010 American family comedy film directed by Roger Kumble from a script by Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert, and starring Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields, Ken Jeong and Alice Drummond in her final feature film role. Dee Bradley Baker performed the animal vocal effects. The film tells the story of a real estate developer charged with changing a forest into a residential community, which evokes the wrath of local forest animals. The film was produced by Robert Simonds and Keith Goldberg, co-produced by Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Robert Simonds Productions and distributed by Summit Entertainment. Edward Shearmur wrote the music. ''Furry Vengeance'' was Fraser's final film as part of the William Morris Endeavor agency, as he switched to the Creative Arts Agency in 2010. It was theatrically released on April 30, 2010. The film was a box office disappointment, earning $36.2 million on a $35 million budget, and was panned by critics and audi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cherry (2010 Film)
''Cherry'' is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Jeffrey Fine and starring Kyle Gallner and Laura Allen. It was released on SXSW 2010. Plot College for artistic Aaron Milton, science professor made "a walk on water challenge", majoring in engineering because his Mom insists. He falls in love with Linda, a classmate, a much older woman with a teenage daughter and a police boyfriend who not very interested in. While Beth's mom Linda is more interested in a friendship with Aaron than a relationship, Beth, her 14 year old daughter, develops feelings for Aaron and confesses her unrequited love. Student Darcy, the girl who lives down the dorm hall, also has some attraction to Aaron. Challenge competition in college's indoor pool, an array of goofy devices to accomplish engineering water walking. Aaron concluding notice how to engineer his love! Cast * Kyle Gallner - Aaron * Laura Allen - Linda * Britt Robertson - Beth * Matt Walsh - Prof. Van Auken * Esai Morales - Wes * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Endgame
Endgame, Endgames, End Game, End Games, or similar variations may refer to: Film * ''The End of the Game'' (1919 film) * ''The End of the Game'' (1975 film), short documentary U.S. film * ''Endgame'' (1983 film), an Italian post-apocalyptic film * ''End Game'', a 1987 Indian short animated film about nuclear holocaust, winner of the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film * ''Endgame'' (1999 film), a short film about chess * ''End Game'' (2006 film), a political thriller * ''Endgame'' (2007 film), an Alex Jones film, subtitled "Blueprint for Global Enslavement" * ''Endgame'' (2009 film), a British film about the end of apartheid in South Africa * ''Endgame'' (2015 film), an American film starring Rico Rodriguez * ''End Game'' (2018 film), an Oscar-nominated documentary short film about terminally ill patients in San Francisco * ''Endgame'' (2021 film), a Chinese-Hong Kong action black comedy film * '' Avengers: Endgame'', the fourth film in the ''Avengers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' is an American television miniseries created by Malcolm Spellman for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It is the second television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is set six months after Sam Wilson was handed the mantle of Captain America in the film '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). Wilson teams up with Bucky Barnes to stop anti-patriots who believe the world was better during the Blip. Spellman served as head writer for the series, which was directed by Kari Skogland. Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie reprise their respective roles as Barnes and Wilson from the film series, with Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman, Danny Ramirez, Georges St-Pierre, Adepero Oduye, Don Cheadle, Daniel Brühl, Emily VanCamp, Florence Kasumba, and Julia Louis-Dreyfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Xbox Series X And Series S
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are the fourth generation of consoles in the Xbox series, succeeding the previous generation's Xbox One. Released on November 10, 2020, the higher-end Xbox Series X and lower-end Xbox Series S are part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, which also includes Sony's PlayStation 5, released the same month. Like the Xbox One, the consoles use an AMD 64-bit x86-64 CPU and GPU. Both models have solid-state drives to reduce loading times, support for hardware-accelerated ray-tracing and spatial audio, the ability to convert games to high-dynamic-range rendering using machine learning (Auto HDR), support for HDMI 2.1 variable refresh rate and low-latency modes, and updated controllers. Xbox Series X was designed to nominally render games in 2160p ( 4K resolution) at 60 frames per second (FPS). The lower-end, digital-only Xbox Series S, which has reduced specifications and does not include an optical drive, was designed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Apple Inc
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. It was renamed Apple Inc. in 2007 as the company had expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue, with billion in the 2024 fiscal year. The company was founded to produce and market Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Its second computer, the Apple II, became a best seller as one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple introduced the Lisa in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984, as some of the first computers to use a graphical user interface and a mouse. By 1985, internal company problems led to Jobs leavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |