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Glenn Rubenstein
Glenn Rubenstein (born March 2, 1976) is a writer, director, and journalist based in Northern California. Journalism Rubenstein has been a columnist for the ''San Francisco Examiner'', ''Sports Illustrated'' for Kids, CNET's (now defunct) GameCenter, ''Wizard Magazine'', and many other national publications. He was one of the original Contributing Editors for ''Wired Magazine'', and one of the founding editors at the console section of GameSpot. He has also contributed dozens of reviews and previews to the TechTV/ G4 television show '' X-Play''. He began writing for his hometown paper, ''The Argus Courier'', in 1990 (at the age of 14). His writing has mainly focused on topics relating to video games and technology. From 1993 to 1995, he co-hosted the nationally syndicated ''On Computers'' radio show with Leo Laporte and Gina Smith. He also made frequent appearances on MSNBC's ''The Site'' (with Soledad O'Brien), G4's ''Icons'' show, and was a frequent guest on Live 105's ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern California
Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geocultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's List of counties in California, 58 counties. Northern California in its largest definition is determined by dividing the state into two regions, the other being Southern California. The main northern population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, California, San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, California, Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento, California, Sacramento), the Redding, California, area south of the Cascade Range, and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno, California, Fresno). Northern California also contains Sequoia sempervirens, redwood forests, along with most of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonelygirl15
''lonelygirl15'' is an American science fiction thriller web series created by Miles Beckett, Mesh Flinders, Greg Goodfried, and Amanda Goodfried. It was independently released on YouTube from June 16, 2006, to August 1, 2008, and was also briefly released on Revver and Myspace. The series revolves around the initially mundane life of homeschooled 16-year-old Bree Avery ( Jessica Lee Rose), who uses the username Lonelygirl15 online. She goes on the run with her friend Daniel ( Yousef Abu-Taleb) after her parents' mysterious religion is revealed to be The Order, a blood-harvesting operation that wants her "trait positive" blood. The series is presented through video blogs, or vlogs, originally recorded solely from Bree's bedroom. After discovering YouTube in 2005, Beckett, then a doctor, came up with the idea for a series of staged video blogs presented as though they were real, and set out to create ''Lonelygirl15'' with Flinders, a filmmaker. The two wrote a script and came u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEW Dynamite
''AEW Dynamite'', also known as ''Wednesday Night Dynamite'' or simply ''Dynamite'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American Professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It airs Live television, live every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, Eastern Time (ET), with some exceptions, and is simulcast on TBS (American TV channel), TBS and the streaming service Max (streaming service), Max. The show premiered on October 2, 2019, and is considered AEW's flagship program. It is one of the company's two weekly programs, along with its second main program, ''AEW Collision, Saturday Night Collision.'' ''Dynamite'' is the first professional wrestling program to air on TBS since the WCW Thunder#Final broadcast, final episode of ''WCW Thunder'' on March 21, 2001. The show was originally broadcast on TBS's sister channel, TNT (American TV network), TNT, from October 2, 2019, to December 29, 2021, before moving to TBS begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Smackdown
''WWE SmackDown'', also known as ''Friday Night SmackDown'' or simply ''SmackDown'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It airs Live television, live every Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on USA Network in the United States, and in most international markets on Netflix. ''SmackDown'' is the most viewed television show on Friday nights in the United States. Fox Deportes simulcasts the program with Spanish-language commentary. The show features characters from the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown WWE brand extension, brand, to which WWE wrestlers are assigned to work and perform. It is considered to be one of WWE's two flagship programs, along with ''WWE Raw, Monday Night Raw''. ''SmackDown!'' debuted in the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut on UPN on April 29, 1999, and was formerly broadcast on Thursday nights. The show moved to Friday nights on September 9, 2005, and began airing on The CW in September 2006, after the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWE Raw
''WWE Raw'', also known as ''Monday Night Raw'' or simply ''Raw'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE. It currently airs Live television, live every Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Netflix. The show features characters from the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand, to which WWE wrestlers are assigned to work and perform. It debuted on January 11, 1993, and is considered to be one of WWE's two flagship programs, along with ''WWE SmackDown, Friday Night SmackDown''. Since its first episode, ''Raw'' has been broadcast live from 210 different arenas, 173 cities and towns, and twelve different nations, mostly in the United States; ''Raw'' shows have also been broadcast and taped in Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq as part of WWE Tribute to the Troops results, ''Tribute to the Troops''. Debuting on the USA Network television channel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Morgan
Matthew Thomas Morgan (born September 10, 1976) is an American politician and retired professional wrestler. He is the former mayor and current deputy mayor of the city of Longwood, Florida and is a former gladiator on ''American Gladiators''. As a wrestler, he is known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he performed on the SmackDown brand, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. Early life Matthew Thomas Morgan was born in Fairfield, Connecticut on September 10, 1976. After a successful high school basketball career at Fairfield High School in Connecticut, Morgan played Division I college basketball for Monmouth University at center position. During Morgan's freshman year at the university, the Monmouth Hawks defeated Rider University to become the Northeast Conference champions. By winning the conference tournament, Monmouth received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. Of his trip to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Merritt
Thomas Andrew Merritt (born June 28, 1970) is an American technology journalist, writer, and broadcaster best known as the host of several podcasts. He is a former co-host of ''Tech News Today'' on the TWiT.tv Network, and was previously an executive editor for CNET and developer and co-host of the daily podcast '' Buzz Out Loud''. As of March 2023, Merritt hosts ''Daily Tech News Show'', ''Cordkillers'' and ''Sword and Laser'', among other programs. Early life Merritt was born in Greenville, Illinois, to Bill Merritt, a food scientist who worked on the Coffee-Mate project. Merritt received a BS in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and pursued graduate work in communications at the University of Texas at Austin. Career Merritt's career in radio began in 1986 as a DJ for WGEL, a country music station located in Greenville, Illinois. In 1993, he worked as an intern for National Public Radio's ''Morning Edition''. From 1999 to 2004, he worked f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Brushwood
Brian Allen Brushwood (born January 17, 1975) is an American Magician (illusion), magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber and comedian. Brushwood is known for the series ''Scam Nation'' (previously ''Scam School''), a show where he teaches the audience entertaining tricks at bars so they can "Confidence trick, scam" a free drink. The show also claims to be the only show dedicated to Social engineering (political science), social engineering at the bar and on the street. In addition to ''Scam Nation,'' Brushwood co-hosts the podcasts ''Weird Things'' with Andrew Mayne and Justin Robert Young, ''Cordkillers'' with Tom Merritt, and ''Great Night'' with Young. Brushwood was also a regular guest on the ''This Week in Tech'' podcast. Brushwood performs his ''Bizarre Magic'' stage show across the United States and is the author of six books. Brushwood also co-hosted a YouTube show along with Jason Murphy called ''The Modern Rogue''. Brushwood has appeared on national television n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Sloan (director)
Matt Sloan (born March 24, 1973) is an American voice actor, director, writer, and YouTuber from Madison, Wisconsin. He and his friend Aaron Yonda are notable as the co-creators of the web series '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', in which he voices the title character. Additionally, he appears in season one as the main antagonist, Clint. He later appeared in the first few episodes of the second series as Champion J. Pepper, Clint's father. Since ''Chad Vader'', he has gone on to voice Darth Vader in various ''Star Wars'' media as the sound double for James Earl Jones. He hosts a movie reviewing and discussion show on YouTube called ''Welcome to the Basement'' until April 2023 with his friend Craig Johnson as co-host, since then a rotating cast of friends and fellow improv performers. Furthermore, he leads regularly with Aaron Yonda in the web series ''Beer and Board Games''. ''Star Wars'' As a voice actor, Sloan played Darth Vader in ''Soulcalibur IV''. Sloan went on to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Yonda
Aaron Yonda (born January 19, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and YouTuber from Menomonie, Wisconsin. He portrays the title character in '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', a web serial he co-produced with his friend Matt Sloan, who provides the voice of Chad. Early life Yonda is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Career His short film, ''The Life and Death of a Pumpkin'', swept the Chicago Horror Film Festival awards, receiving "Best Short Film" and "Concept". His shorts have been screened worldwide including the Just for Laughs Festival and the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto. Yonda is also a member of the comedy troupe Monkey Business Institute in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 Uni .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Vader
''Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'' is an American fan web sitcom created by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, who wrote, directed, and appeared in the series, which parodies ''Star Wars''. The show's central character is Chad Vader, the day-shift manager at the fictional supermarket Empire Market, who clashes with his customers and employees. Production The original idea for the character of Chad Vader came from Yonda's friend, stand-up comedian Tim Harmston. Initially produced for Channel 101, the project was canceled after only two episodes were released. However, Yonda and Sloan decided to continue the story and the project achieved significant popularity following its airing on YouTube. It is largely filmed in Madison, Wisconsin at Willy Street Cooperative. The show has received several awards, including an Official ''Star Wars'' Fan Film Award. Following the end of Season 4, Aaron Yonda has confirmed no further seasons are planned, due to the expense of the production and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Brolsma
"Numa Numa" () is an Internet meme based on a video by American Video blog, vlogger Gary Brolsma made after the song "Dragostea din Tei", released by Moldova, Moldovan pop group O-Zone in 2003. Brolsma's video, entitled "Numa Numa Dance", was uploaded to the website Newgrounds on December 6, 2004, under the username ''Gman250'', showing Brolsma's lip sync, lip-syncing of the song with lively dance moves. The video's title is derived from the Romanian language, Romanian words "" occurring in the refrain of O-Zone's song, which was the first Numa Numa-themed video to gain widespread attention. ''Numa Numa Dance'' has since spawned many parody videos, including those created for the ''New Numa Contest'', sponsored by Brolsma, which promised US$45,000 in prize money for submissions. His original video was named 41st in the 2006 broadcast of 100 Greatest / 100 Worst, ''100 Greatest Funny Moments'' by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The video was featured on Channel 4's ''Virtually F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
