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Jasmine Burke
Jasmine Burke is an American actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Christie Johnson in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2016–2022). Life and career Burke was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and studied theatre and business at Kennesaw State University. She began her acting career appearing in small parts in films ''Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007), '' The Secret Life of Bees'' (2008), and '' Mississippi Damned'' (2009). On television, she has appeared in '' Making The Band 3'',''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Drop Dead Diva'', and ''Army Wives'', and well as VH1 film '' Drumline: A New Beat''. She played the leading role in the 2015 independent drama film ''Skinned'' directed by LisaRaye McCoy. In 2016, Burke was cast alongside Vanessa Bell Calloway, Gloria Reuben and Clifton Powell in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, '' Saints & Sinners''. The series was the first original drama produced by the African-American-oriented television network Bounc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star (TV Series)
''Star'' is an American music drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It revolves around three talented young singers who navigate the music business on their road to success and stars Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady and Ryan Destiny. The series, which is set in Atlanta, consists of original music, along with musical fantasy sequences, as dreams of the future. Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt, Amiyah Scott and Quincy Brown co-star. The series premiered on December 14, 2016. With the premiere of the series, Amiyah Scott became the third openly transgender person to play a trans major character in a scripted television drama series in America, after Laverne Cox on '' Orange Is the New Black'' and Jamie Clayton on '' Sense8''. ''Star'' is a joint production between Lee Daniels Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. On February 22, 2017, Fox renewed the series for a second season, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshman Year
Freshman year is the first year of high school or college. Freshman Year may also refer to: * ''Freshman Year'' (Hop Along album), a 2006 album by Hop Along * ''Freshman Year'' (album), a 2019 album by The Reklaws The Reklaws are a Canadian country music duo from North Dumfries, Ontario, formed in 2012. The duo consists of siblings Stuart and Jenna Walker. They have released three albums, ''Freshman Year'', ''Sophomore Slump'', and '' Good Ol' Days''. Th ... * ''Freshman Year'' (film), a 1938 film * ''Shithouse'' (film), a 2020 film released under the title ''Freshman Year'' in certain territories * Freshman Year (reality show), a political reality show starring Jason Chaffetz and Jared Polis that CNN aired on the internet in 2009 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Back Down
''Never Back Down'' is a 2008 American drama film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet. It tells the story of a frustrated and conflicted teenager who arrives at a new high school and discovers an underground fight club there. The film was theatrically released on March 14, 2008. It received generally negative reviews from critics, though it successfully grossed $41.6 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million. It was followed by a titular film series, which included three sequels. Plot Jake Tyler has recently moved from Iowa to Orlando, Florida with his mother Margot and younger brother Charlie. The move furthers Charlie's budding tennis career. Jake's father died in a drunk-driving car crash, which classmates have taunted him about. An internet video of Jake fighting with an opponent football player in Iowa who mocks him is shared at his new school, giving him a reputation. Initially, Jake has trouble fitting in. While walking, he see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terror Lake Drive
''Terror Lake Drive'' is an American horror-thriller anthology television series created by Jerry LaMothe and Kajuana S. Marie. The first season of six episodes premiered on Urban Movie Channel on November 25, 2020. The first season follows a single mother from Baltimore who during the COVID-19 pandemic relocates to Atlanta, starred Shannon Kane, Donielle T. Hansley Jr., Lamman Rucker and Malik Yoba. On August 17, 2021, the series was renewed for the second season by Allblk. It starred Pascale Armand, Yolonda Ross, Charles Malik Whitfield, Denise Boutte, Kendrick Cross, Cynthia Bailey and Reginae Carter. On June 15, 2023, the series was renewed for the third season. The season titled ''Terror Lake Drive: Summer Purge'' starred Deborah Joy Winans, Josh Ventura, Kennedy Chanel and Jaylon Gordon and premiered on November 16, 2023. Cast and characters Season 1 * Shannon Kane as Samantha * Donielle T. Hansley Jr. as AJ * Malik Yoba as Corey * Jen Harper as Mama * Brely Evans as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Gooding
Omar Miles Gooding (born October 19, 1976), also known by his stage name Big O,Omar Gooding Pursues Rap March 15, 2010. Accessed April 17, 2012 is an American actor and comedian. Early life and education Omar Gooding was born in , on October 19, 1976, to Shirley (née Sullivan) and Cuba Gooding Sr., the former lead singer for The Main Ingredient. His older brother is |
Kaye Singleton
Kaye Singleton is an American actress and writer. She is known for her roles in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2016–22), and BET prime time soap opera, ''The Oval'' (2021–present). In 2021, Singleton created and produced the Allblk anthology series, ''Covenant''. Life and career Kaye Singleton was born and raised in Florida and graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing in 2004. Singleton later moved to Los Angeles and attended Stella Adler Studio of Acting and later moved to Atlanta to pursue full-time acting career. She began acting appearing in guest-starring roles on television series such as '' For Better or Worse'', ''Being Mary Jane'', '' The Quad'', ''Star'' and ''Claws''. She made her film debut appearing in the independent romantic comedy ''Breaking Up Is Hard to Do'' (2010), and later appeared in ''The Preacher's Son'' (2017) and '' Dumplin'' (2018). From 2016 to 2022, Singleton had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Joy Winans
Deborah Joy Imani Winans (born September 6, 1983) is an American actress and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She starred as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, '' Greenleaf''. Life and career Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin and Deborah Kerr Winans. She graduated with a BFA degree from Wayne State University. She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theatre School for additional training, and received an MFA degree in acting from the California Institute of the Arts. In 2014, she began her acting career appearing in ''Fragile World'', a small film. Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film '' Whitney'', directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage debut in the musical ''Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story''. In 2015, Winans was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, '' Greenleaf''. She plays Charity Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer Anthony Dent in 2002. At the age of 14, Hilson secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who disbanded without any releases. She attended Oxford College of Emory University while contributing to material for popular artists, including Britney Spears, Usher (musician), Usher, Ciara, The Pussycat Dolls, and Mary J. Blige; she joined the songwriting-production group the Clutch in 2004. Later that same year, she guest performed on the single "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" by Xzibit, which marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Two years later, she signed with producers Polow da Don and Timbaland through their respective labels Zone 4 (record label), Zone 4 and Mosley Music Group—both imprints of Interscope Records— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Waste Your Pretty
''Don't Waste Your Pretty'' is an American Romantic comedy, romantic Comedy drama, comedy-drama film written by Katrina O'Gilvie and directed by Tamara Bass. The film stars Keri Hilson, Deborah Joy Winans, Redaric Williams, Jasmine Burke, Kaye Singleton and Rainey Branch. The film is based on the book with the same name by Demetria L. Lucas. It follows follow a group of close friends then one of them, single career woman Mykah Jones, read a book ''Don't Waste Your Pretty'' and subsequently begin to change how their view to relationships. Cast *Keri Hilson as Mykah Jones * Deborah Joy Winans as Jeanné * Redaric Williams as Michael * Jasmine Burke as Aisha * Kaye Singleton as Amma * Rainey Branch as Lisa * L. Warren Young as Charlie * Rico Ball as Jason * Norma Alvarez as Marta Ortiz Production The film was filmed in August 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and was produced by Swirl Films. The trailer was released in January 2021. The film premiered on TV One (America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Raspberry Awards
The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic failures. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical annual ceremony is predated by its progenitor, the Academy Awards, by five decades. The term ''raspberry'' is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". The statuette is a golf ball-sized raspberry atop a Super 8mm film reel atop a 35-millimeter film core with brown wood shelf paper glued and wrapped around it—sitting atop a jar lid spray-painted gold. The Golden Raspberry Foundation has claimed that the award "encourages well-known filmmakers and top-notch performers to own their bad." The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the perceived worst films of the 1980 film season. Sylvester Stallone has the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen (film)
''Karen'' is a 2021 American black horror crime thriller film written and directed by Coke Daniels. The film stars Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Jasmine Burke, Roger Dorman, Brandon Sklenar, and Gregory Alan Williams. The title is a reference to the " Karen" stereotype in American popular culture. ''Karen'' was released in the United States on September 3, 2021, by Quiver Distribution. It was critically panned upon release and received five nominations at the 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Manning. Plot Malik and Imani Jeffries, a young black couple, move into a new house in the fictional affluent suburban Atlanta community of Harvey Hill, named after Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill. Harvey Hill Homeowners Association president Karen Drexler, their next-door neighbor and a widowed stay-at-home mother of two, quickly introduces herself to Malik; she refuses to shake his hand, callously comments about not "having any cash" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
