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Divine Intervention (2007 Film)
''Divine Intervention'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Van Elder, starring Wesley Jonathan, Jazsmin Lewis and James Avery. Cast * Wesley Jonathan as Reverend Robert Gibbs * Jazsmin Lewis as Divine Matthews * James Avery as Reverend Clarence Matthews * Laz Alonso as Deacon Wells * Roz Ryan as Mother Candice * Carl Gilliard as Deacon Grier * Cynda Williams as Sister Grier * Luenell as Sister Jones * Reynaldo Rey as Deacon Jones * Shang Forbes as Deacon Thomas * Van Elder as usher Release The film received a limited theatrical release on 30 November 2007. Reception Frank Lovece of ''Film Journal International'' wrote a negative review of the film, while praising the performances of Avery, Ryan and Luenelle. Sam Adams of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that Elders "lingers on subsidiary diversions when he should be advancing the plot", and "even his establishing shots overstay their welcome". Tim Grierson of ''LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesley Jonathan
Wesley Jonathan Waples is an American actor best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning comedy-drama series '' City Guys'' (1997-2001), Gary Thorpe in the sitcom '' What I Like About You'' (2002-2006), Sweetness in the film ''Roll Bounce'' (2005), Noah Cruise in the film ''Crossover'' (2006) and Burrell "Stamps" Ballentine on TV Land's '' The Soul Man'' (2012-2016). Career Jonathan started his early career acting in the early 1990s and has had two main roles in two series; '' City Guys'' as Jamal Grant, and '' What I Like About You'' opposite Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth as Holly's best friend, Gary Thorpe. Jonathan landed his first job in a music video for Melissa Manchester. He then started working on'' 21 Jump Street''. Jonathan has starred, co-starred, or made guest appearances in several movies and television shows including: '' Sister, Sister'', ''Moesha'', '' Boy Meets World'', '' Smart Guy'', ''Thea'', '' Baywatch'', '' A Different W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazsmin Lewis
Jazsmin Lewis (born March 22) is an American actress, film producer and musician. Lewis is best known for her starring role as the title character in the 2005 film ''Traci Townsend'' and as Jennifer Palmer, Calvin's wife in the '' Barbershop'' film series. Biography Lewis began her professional career in music during her high school years, which included singing and playing guitar for musical acts George Clinton and The Ohio Players. After her music career, Lewis relocated to Los Angeles where she received roles on television shows such as, ''Saved by the Bell'', '' The Wayans Brothers'', ''Eve'' and ''Living Single''. Lewis is also known for being the Coors Light spokes-model during 2001 and 2002. Lewis portrayed the title character in ''Traci Townsend ''Traci Townsend'' is a 2006 comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Avery
James La Rue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Philip Banks in ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', Shredder in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Judge Michael Conover on '' L.A. Law'', Steve Yeager in '' The Brady Bunch Movie'', Haroud Hazi Bin in ''Aladdin'', and Dr. Crippen on ''The Closer'' (2005–2007). Early life Avery was born on November 27, 1945, in Pughsville, Virginia, to mother Florence J. Avery. His father denied paternity and was not listed on his birth certificate. Florence would eventually move James to Atlantic City, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1969, and eventually moved to San Diego, California, where he began to write poetry and TV scripts for PBS. He won an Emmy for production during his tenure there, and then received a scholarship to UC San Diego, where he attended Thurgood Marshall College (then Third College), earning a Bachelor of Arts deg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laz Alonso
Laz or LAZ may refer to: People * Laz people of the Black Sea area **Laz language First name *Laz Alonso (born 1975), American actor *Laz Barrera (1924–1991), Cuban-born American racehorse trainer * Laz-D (born 1982), American rapper *Laz Díaz (born 1963), American baseball umpire Surname * Don Laz (1929–1997), American pole vaulter * Wolfgang Laz (1514–1565), Austrian humanist * Jesse Laz (born 1983), American musician with the band Locksley Places ;Czech Republic * Láz (Příbram District) * Láz (Třebíč District) ;France * Laz, Finistère ;Germany: * Lohsa (Sorbian: ) ;Iran * Laz, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province ;Montenegro * Laz, Montenegro ;Poland * Łaz, Masovian Voivodeship * Łaz, Żary County * Łaz, Zielona Góra County ;Romania * Laz (river), Arad County * Laz, a village in Săsciori Commune, Alba County * Laz, a village in Vințu de Jos Commune, Alba County * Laz, a village in Dezna Commune, Arad County * Laz-Firtănuș and Laz-Șoimuș, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roz Ryan
Roz Ryan (born Rosalyn Bowen; July 7, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and comedian who has worked for productions in film, television, and Broadway theatre for over 40 years. Ryan's first role on Broadway was in '' Ain't Misbehavin''', a Fats Waller-influenced musical revue that debuted in 1978. She is well known for her part in the television show, ''Amen'', for her character Amelia Hetebrink, for being the voice of Thalia, the Muse of Comedy in the 1997 Disney animated film, ''Hercules,'' and for guest starring on the Disney Channel sitcom, ''K.C. Undercover'' as Grandma Gayle. Life and career Ryan was born Rosalyn Bowen in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Gertrude and Thomas Bowen, who worked for the Board of Education. She is a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School. For 13 years, Ryan worked as a nightclub singer in Detroit before a friend suggested she audition for '' Ain't Misbehavin'', a Broadway musical revue featuring the music of Fats Waller. Her audition w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gilliard
Carl Rousseau Gilliard (born April 18, 1958) is an American actor, director, and producer. Career Gilliard started his career working as a radio newscaster at WGPR in Detroit. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985, where he appeared in over 2 dozen plays. He has also appeared in films such as '' Inception'', '' The Lost Shepherd'', and '' Retiring Tatiana''. Gilliard currently resides in Palmdale, California Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. The city lies in the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains separate Palmdale from the Los Angeles Basin to the south. On Aug .... Filmography Film Television External linksCarl Gillard at IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilliard, Carl Rousseau 1958 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynda Williams
Cindy Ann "Cynda" Williams (born May 17, 1966) is an American actress. Early life and education Williams was born Cindy Ann Williams in Chicago, Illinois to Charles, a police officer and Beverly, a medical lab technician. She was raised in the Pullman neighborhood on the city's south side. She spent parts of her early childhood in Indiana, where she sang in her grandfather's church. Williams attended Bennett Elementary School before she moved with her mother to Muncie, Indiana, as a teenager. While in Indiana, Williams attended Northside High School; graduating in 1984. After high school, Williams attended Ball State University, studying theater and was crowned Ms. Ball State in 1987. She graduated in 1989. Career In 1989, Williams changed her first name to "Cynda" to avoid conflicts with ''Laverne & Shirley'' actress Cindy Williams, who was also listed by the same name with the Screen Actors Guild. Williams has acted in films on both television and in the cinema. Her fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luenell
Luenell Campbell (born March 12, 1959), known mononymously as Luenell, is an American comedian and actress. Career In the early-1990s, Luenell appeared regularly on ''Soul Beat TV'' on the Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ... cable station KSBT, along with prominent Bay Area African-American journalist Chauncey Bailey, an interviewer and talk show host on the program. On June 18, 2001, Luenell married her husband, whom she refers to as Mr. Rarely. They have a daughter, Da'Nelle. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{Authority control 1959 births Living people People from Howard County, Arkansas Actresses from Arkansas African-American actresses African-American female comedians Actresses from Oakland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynaldo Rey
Reynaldo Rey (born Harry Reynolds; January 27, 1940 – May 28, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, and television personality. Career Rey moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he taught for seven years and became a member of the Karamu House Theatre, world-renowned for its development of top-notch actors, directors and producers. There, he launched his career in comedy, going on the road with the O'Jays. He then moved to New York City, where he was invited to join the Harlem Theater Group. While a member of the group, he appeared in his first movie. From there he performed in Europe, Asia and Africa for two years. Rey has appeared in 52 movies, including ''Friday (1995 film), Friday'', ''House Party 3'', ''White Men Can't Jump'', ''A Rage in Harlem'', and ''Harlem Nights'', where he appeared with the likes of Redd Foxx (his mentor, for whom he often opened shows), Della Reese, Richard Pryor, Arsenio Hall, and Eddie Murphy. He also has 32 television shows to his credit, including BET' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Sentinel
The ''Los Angeles Sentinel'' is a weekly African-American owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. The paper boasts of reaching 125,000 readers , making it one of the oldest, largest and most influential African-American newspapers in the Western United States. The ''Sentinel'' was also noted for their coverage of the changing African-American daily life experience in the post-1992 Los Angeles Riots era. The ''Sentinel'' was founded in 1933 by Leon H. Washington Jr. for Black readers. Since that time, the newspaper has been considered a staple of Black life in Los Angeles. The paper mainly focuses on and thus enjoys most of its circulation in the predominantly African-American neighborhoods of South Los Angeles, Inglewood and Compton. The office is on Crenshaw Boulevard with commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood which is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles". On March 17, 2004, the ''Sentinel'' was purchased and came under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece () is an American journalist and author, and a comic book writer primarily for Marvel Comics, where he and artist Mike Okamoto created the miniseries ''Atomic Age''. His longest affiliation has been with the New York metropolitan area newspaper ''Newsday'', where he has worked as a feature writer and film critic. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Italian immigrants, Frank Lovece moved to the U.S. as a toddler and was raised in Keyser and Morgantown, West Virginia. There his family ran Italian restaurants. He attended St. Francis High School and West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he was the arts/entertainment editor of the college newspaper, the '' Daily Athenaeum''. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Career Early work Together with the editors of Consumer Guide, Lovece wrote ''TV Trivia: Thirty Years of Television'', published in 1984. This was followed by ''Hailing 'Taxi': The Official Book of the Show'' (1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Journal International
''Film Journal International'' was a motion-picture industry trade magazine published by the American company Prometheus Global Media. It was a sister publication of '' Adweek'', '' Billboard'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', and other periodicals. History and profile Launched in 1934 and published monthly, ''Film Journal International'' covered exhibition, production, and distribution, reporting both U.S. and international news, with features on industry trends, movie theater design and technology, screen advertising, and other topics. It was the official magazine of the industry conventions ShoWest, ShowEast, Cinema Expo International, and CineAsia. In 2008, it was based at 770 Broadway, New York City, New York. Its last editor and publisher was Robert Sunshine, and the executive editor was Kevin Lally. Its film critics included Lewis Beale, Frank Lovece, Maitland McDonagh, Rebecca Pahle, David Noh, and Doris Toumarkine. Rex Roberts was the associate editor and graphic d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
