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Grimcutty
''Grimcutty'' is a 2022 monster horror film written and directed by John Ross. The film stars Sara Wolfkind, Shannyn Sossamon, Usman Ally, and Callan Farris. It was produced by 20th Digital Studio and Capture. ''Grimcutty'' was released on Hulu in United States, on Star+ in Latin America, and on Disney+ internationally. The film generally received negative reviews from critics. Premise A young teen works with her little brother to stop an internet meme that has come to life. The story was inspired by Momo Challenge hoax, an internet moral panic that reached its peak in 2019. Cast * Sara Wolfkind as Asha Chaudhry, Amir and Leah's daughter and Kamran's older sister. She is also the second victim of the Grimcutty. * Shannyn Sossamon as Leah Chaudhry, Amir's wife and the mother of Asha and Kamran. * Usman Ally as Amir Chaudhry, Leah's husband and the father of Asha and Kamran. * Alona Tal as Melinda Jaynes, Brandon Jaynes' mother and the one who started the Grimcutty post. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Wolfkind
Sara Wolfkind is an American actress known for ''Grimcutty'' (2022) and for her portrayal of Anne Frank in ''Love All You Have Left'' (2017). Career While living in University City, San Diego in 2013, Wolfkind portrayed the White Rabbit in North Coast Repertory Theatre's production of Disney's ''Alice in Wonderland'' in Solana Beach, California and was nominated for ''Outstanding Supporting Actress (Junior Division)'' by the National Youth Arts Awards. Later that year, she was an assistant director on NCR's production of ''The Diary of Anne Frank''. In 2017, Wolfkind was cast as Anne Frank in ''Love All You Have Left'' through Facebook auditions. ''Grimcutty'' In 2022, Wolfkind starred in the Hulu original horror film ''Grimcutty''. In an interview with ''UPI'', Wolfkind talked about the relation to her character because her own parents didn't understand how the internet works. While critics on the whole were not kind to the film, some individual reviews highlighted Wolfki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momo Challenge Hoax
The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax and an internet urban legend that was rumoured to spread through social media and other outlets. It was reported that children and adolescents were being harassed by a user named Momo to perform a series of dangerous tasks including violent attacks, self-harm, harming others, and suicide. Despite claims that the phenomenon had reached worldwide proportions in July 2018, the number of actual complaints was relatively small and many law enforcement agencies have not been able to confirm that anyone was harmed as a direct result of it. Moreover, the Momo Challenge sparked global panic and prompted urgent warnings from authorities and child safety advocates. Reports of children encountering Momo's disturbing messages circulated widely, causing heightened fears among parents and caregivers. Chronology Internet scare Discussions among YouTube commentators about a new internet phenomenon promoting self-harm similar to the Blue Whale Challenge surfaced in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usman Ally
Usman Ally (born August 27, 1982) is a Pakistani-American film, stage and television actor. Marking his acting debut in 2008, Ally won an Obie Award in 2015 for his role in ''The Invisible Hand''. He has appeared in several stage productions including '' The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity'', ''The Jungle Book'' and a production of '' Around the World in 80 Days''. He is known for his on-screen roles such as Fernald the Hook-Handed Man in Netflix's adaptation of ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', which premiered in 2017 and Andy Malik in '' Suits''. Background Ally was born in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to Pakistani parents. He grew up in Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, and Pakistan. According to Ally, his family regularly moved because his father was involved in international trade. At age 18, Ally moved to the United States and attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, majoring in theater and cultural anthropology. While there, he was introduced to a group calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Digital Studio
20th Digital Studio (also known as 20th Digital, formerly known as Fox Digital Studio and Zero Day Fox) was an American web series and web films production company of 20th Century Studios. Founded in 2008 as a digital media, it was a subsidiary of 20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment (under Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios), which is itself a division of The Walt Disney Company. Their focus evolved to funding and producing short-form genre content by new filmmakers from the digital and film festival worlds. 20th Digital Studios produced web series such as Vin Diesel's ''The Ropes'', ''Wolfpack of Reseda'', ''Let's Big Happy'', ''Suit Up'', ''Bad Samaritans (TV series), Bad Samaritans'', and ''Suit Up 2'', as well as films like ''Shotgun Wedding''. ''Suit Up'', starring Marc Evan Jackson, is the first of the studio's shows to be picked up for a second season. It was produced in partnership with DIRECTV, DirecTV. 20th Digital Studio is one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelli Boone
Shelli Boone is an American actress most known for portraying Evan Reed in '' Saints & Sinners''. Her other work includes the films ''Holla'', ''Crossover'', '' Tied Up'', '' Out the Gate'' and ''Murder in Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story'', and the sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''. She also appeared in an episode of ''Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...''. Boone is the Artistic Director of the Willie Agee Playhouse in Inglewood, California. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people American television actresses American film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Dexter
Terry Dexter is an American actress and contemporary R&B singer. Early life Dexter was born in Detroit, Michigan. She has a twin sister, and she describes her ethnicity simply as multiracial. Music career From the age of 9 to 14, Dexter was a lead singer in the four piece band Tristar who played live all over the Detroit area and neighboring cities. She began singing background for other artists at age 11, most notably for Simply Red. At age 13 she signed to Elektra Records, but an album on the label never materialized. Dexter signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1998 in her late teens, and she released her eponymous debut album and two singles from the album,"Better Than Me" and "Strayed Away" in 1999 (although her debut single, "You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)" featured on the "Rush Hour" film soundtrack was released via Warner Bros. subsidiary Reprise Records). She then moved to A&M Records and was featured on the single "Magic" alongside 'The Black Eyes Peas' as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannyn Sossamon
Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon (born October 3, 1978) is an American actress. She has appeared in the films ''A Knight's Tale (film), A Knight's Tale'' (2001), ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002), ''The Rules of Attraction (film), The Rules of Attraction'' (2002), ''The Order (2003 film), The Order'' (2003), ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005), ''The Holiday'' (2006), ''Wristcutters: A Love Story'' (2006), ''Road to Nowhere (film), Road to Nowhere'' (2009), ''The End of Love'' (2012), and ''Sinister 2'' (2015). As a musician, she provided vocals and drums to Warpaint (band), Warpaint from 2004 to 2008. She abruptly left the group after recording their first EP. Sossamon's sole recording with the band is the 2009 EP ''Exquisite Corpse (EP), Exquisite Corpse''. In 2009, Sossamon began directing and producing shorts and music videos through her small production company, the Maudegone Theater. Early life Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon was born in Hawaii, and was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alona Tal
Alona Tal (, ; born ) is an Israeli actress and singer. She is known for her roles in ''Veronica Mars'' as cheerleader List of Veronica Mars characters#Meg Manning, Meg Manning, in ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'' as budding monster hunter Jo Harvelle, as List of Burn Notice characters#Sonya Lebedenko, Sonya Lebedenko in the final season of ''Burn Notice (TV series), Burn Notice'', in ''SEAL Team (TV series), SEAL Team'' as grad student List of SEAL Team characters#Stella Baxter, Stella Baxter and as Kayla Craig in the Amazon Studios miniseries ''Cross (American TV series), Cross''. Early life Alona Tal was born and raised in Herzliya, Israel. Her father Ami Tal is a computer professional of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (History of the Jews in Turkey, Turkish-Jewish) descent, whose original surname was originally "Mizrahi"; whereas her mother Ayala (née Sabat) is a lawyer and is of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent. Both her parents were Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ross Bowie
John Ross Bowie (born May 30, 1971) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Barry Kripke on ''The Big Bang Theory'' and Jimmy DiMeo on '' Speechless,'' in addition to over 100 film and TV credits. He appeared in ''What the Bleep Do We Know!?'' opposite Marlee Matlin and made guest appearances on shows such as ''Reno 911!'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''Glee'', and '' Good Luck Charlie''. In March 2011, he appeared in a series of commercials for the Ford Motor Company. Bowie is a regular sketch comedy performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in New York and Los Angeles. At UCBT he was a member of the sketch troupe "The Naked Babies" with comedians Rob Corddry, Seth Morris, and Brian Huskey. He had a recurring role in Corddry's Adult Swim series ''Childrens Hospital''. A former member of New York pop punk band, Egghead., he worked with ''Big Bang Theory'' co-star Kevin Sussman to create two television comedies, ''The Ever After Part'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Meme
An Internet meme, or meme (, Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''MEEM''), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behavior, or style) that spreads across the Internet, primarily through Social media, social media platforms. Internet memes manifest in a variety of formats, including images, videos, GIFs, and other Viral phenomenon, viral content. Newer internet memes are often defined as brain rot. Key characteristics of memes include their tendency to be Parody, parodied, their use of intertextuality, their viral dissemination, and their continual evolution. The term ''meme'' was originally introduced by Richard Dawkins in 1972 to describe the concept of cultural transmission. The term ''Internet meme'' was coined by Mike Godwin in 1993 in reference to the way memes proliferated through early online communities, including message boards, Usenet groups, and email. The emergence of social media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram further diversified memes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star (Disney+)
Star (stylized as ST★R) is an international content hub within the Disney+ streaming service that launched on February 23, 2021. The hub is available in a subset of countries where Disney+ is operated, except the United States, where Hulu and ESPN on Disney+ is operated (select plans only). Star features a large library of television and film content from the libraries of Disney subsidiaries, including FX Networks, Hulu, Freeform, ABC Signature, MTM Enterprises, Touchstone Television, 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, Searchlight Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures. It also features licensed non-Disney branded content through Disney Platform Distribution. History Background The "Star" brand originated as a Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster, which operated under that name as an acronym of "Satellite Television Asian Region", it was founded by Hutchison Whampoa in 1990, and had been acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloody Disgusting
Bloody Disgusting is an American independent multi-media company, which began as a horror genre-focused news website specializing in information services that covered various horror media. The company expanded into other media including podcast networking, entertainment, and streaming media. History Bloody Disgusting was founded in 2001 by Brad Miska (under the pseudonym "Mr. Disgusting") and Tom Owen. In 2025 Brad Miska left the company, and it is currently run by Tom Owen along with Managing Directors John Squires and Meagan Navarro. By 2007, the site had 1.5 million unique visitors and 20 million page views each month. In September 2007 a minority stake was purchased by The Collective, a Beverly Hills–based management company. In 2011 Bloody Disgusting began distributing and producing films that have gone on to win awards and spawned the successful ''V/H/S'' franchise. In 2011, Bloody Disgusting partnered with The Collective and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. to cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
