L.A. By Night
''L.A. by Night'' is an American actual play web series where the cast plays as vampires using the fifth edition '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' ruleset. It is set canonically in the ''World of Darkness'' series after the events of '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' and focuses on Kindred society in Los Angeles. It premiered in September 2018; the show's current storyline concluded with its fifth season in 2021. A sequel series, titled '' NY by Night'', started in July 2022. Cast Main * Jason Carl as the storyteller *Alexander Ward as Jasper *Cynthia Marie as Nelli G. * B. Dave Walters as Victor Temple * Erika Ishii as Annabelle * Xander Jeanneret as X * Josephine McAdam as Eva Guest Premise ''L.A. by Night'' is a sequel to '' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' and deals with the fallout from the game for Kindred society in Los Angeles, however, the events of the show center on a different group of characters. The show focuses on an Anarch coterie w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These manifested in stories of beings such as demons, witches, vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. Some early European horror-fiction were the Ancient Greeks and Ancie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Canon (fiction)
The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional universe, fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. Canonicity When there are multiple "official" works or original media, what material is canonical can be unclear. This is resolved either by explicitly excluding certain media from the status of canon (as in the case of ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars''); by assigning different levels of canonicity to different media; by considering different but licensed media treatments official and equally canonical to the series timeline within their own Continuity (fiction), continuities' universe, but not across them; or not resolved at all. There is also no consensus regarding who has the authority to decide what is or isn't canonical, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juliet Landau
Juliet Rose Landau (born March 30, 1965) is an American actress, director, producer, and ballerina best known for her role as Drusilla on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and its spinoff show ''Angel'', the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's ''Ed Wood''. Early life Landau was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, both of whom were actors. Her older sister is film producer Susan Landau Finch. She spent her early childhood in West Los Angeles. Landau is a former professional ballerina. Career Landau starred in some independent films including '' Where the Road Runs Out'', ''Fairfield'', '' Monster Mutt'', ''Citizens'', ''Dark Hearts'', ''The Yellow Wallpaper'', '' Hack!'', '' Toolbox Murders'', ''Repossessed'', ''Carlo's Wake'', ''Life Among the Cannibals'', '' Ravager'', '' Direct Hit'', and co-starred in Henry Jaglom's '' Going Shopping''. She also star ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bryan Dechart
Bryan Patrick Dechart (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role as Connor in the video game '' Detroit: Become Human''. He also played Eli Chandler on the television series '' Jane by Design'' and made appearances on '' Switched at Birth'' and ''True Blood''. Personal life Dechart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised outside Novi, Michigan. He went to Novi High School and graduated from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ... with a BFA in acting. He married actress Amelia Rose Blaire on June 30, 2018. They have one child, born in May 2024. Works Film Television Web Video games Music videos Awards References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amelia Rose Blaire
Amelia Rose Blaire Dechart is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Willa Burrell on the HBO series ''True Blood'' and Piper Shaw on the MTV series ''Scream (TV series), Scream''. Career Blaire studied acting at age 15 when she first started classes at The Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts in Los Angeles, California. After a summer studying William Shakespeare, Shakespeare with the British American Drama Academy in London, she began working with Academy Awards, Oscar-nominated actress Lindsay Crouse, who directed her towards the Atlantic Theater Company's two-year conservatory program in New York City. After graduating, she completed Atlantic's LA Program of master classes with David Mamet, Felicity Huffman, Clark Gregg and others. On August 23, 2013, it was announced that she had been promoted to a series regular on the HBO television series, ''True Blood''. On April 22, 2015, it was announced that Blaire joined in a recurring role as Piper Shaw in the first se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hector Navarro
Nerdist Industries, LLC (also simply known as Nerdist) is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium content YouTube channel, a news division (Nerdist News), and a television version of the original podcast produced by and aired on BBC America. History Nerdist Industries was formed in February 2012 after Hardwick and Peter Levin ( GeekChicDaily) merged their separate entertainment projects into Nerdist Industries, after which GeekChicDaily was rebranded Nerdist News. The newly formed company began to produce additional podcasts under the Nerdist Industries banner as well as producing content and webshows for its Nerdist YouTube channel. In July 2012, Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment. It was announced that Nerdist Industries would operate independently with Hardwick and Levin as its co-pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marisha Ray
Marisha Ray Huber is an American voice actress, host, producer, and creative director. She is best known for portraying herself and characters Keyleth, Beauregard, and Laudna on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' web series ''Critical Role''. Her video game voice roles include Margaret in ''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' and '' Persona Q'', Laura S. Arseid in '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel'' series, Miranda in ''Metal Gear: Survive'', and Effie in ''Fire Emblem Heroes''. Early life Marisha Ray Huber was born in Mount Washington, Kentucky, the daughter of a dog groomer mother and truck tire salesman father. She hails from an extended family of Louisville farmers, having helped her grandfather on his tobacco farm from the age of six. At the age of 12, she began acting at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. She decided not to pursue dancing as a career, instead focusing on acting. Reflecting on this decision in the book ''The World of Critical Role'', she said, "I knew it wasn't ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jessica Chobot
Jessica Chobot (born Jessica Lynn Horn; July 7, 1977) is an American on-camera host and writer. She has hosted the IGN shows ''IGN Strategize'' and ''Weekly Wood'', which also runs on Xbox Live; she previously worked as presenter of the ''IGN Daily Fix''. Since 2013, she was the primary host of ''Nerdist News'' and ''Nerdist News Talks Back'' for Nerdist Industries. In 2014, she launched her own podcast titled ''Bizarre States''. She left Nerdist on August 5, 2019. She starred in a reality TV series called ''Expedition Unknown#Expedition X, Expedition X''. Early life Jessica Lynn Horn was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Novi, Michigan. Her family moved from town to town frequently during her youth. Before entering high school, she lived in several places on the East Coast and the Midwest. Career Chobot gained exposure when Kotaku published a photo of her licking a Sony PSP online in 2005. The photo has been widely parodied since, even appearing on Sony-branded advert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jason C
Jason ( ; ) was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece is featured in Greek literature. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea, the granddaughter of the sungod Helios. Jason appeared in various literary works in the classical world of Greece and Rome, including the epic poem ''Argonautica'' and the tragedy ''Medea''. In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film '' Jason and the Argonauts'' and the 2000 TV miniseries of the same name. Persecution by Pelias Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union between their shared mother, Tyro ("high born Tyro"), the daughter of Salmoneus, and the sea god Poseidon. In a bitter feud, he overthrew Aeson (the rightful king), killing all the descendants of Aeson that he co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Satine Phoenix
Satine Phoenix is an American comic book illustrator, cosplayer, and model. She is the co-creator, with writer R.K. Syrus, of the graphic novel ''New Praetorians'' and the founder of CelebrityChariD20 (formerly CelebrityCharityDnD). Career Adult entertainment Phoenix was a stripper in San Francisco before entering the pornographic film industry in 2006. Phoenix was also very open about her interest in sadomasochism and bondage, and she came in fourth place for Best Comic Artist at the Bondage Awards in 2010.The Bondage Awards Hall of Fame . Retrieved November 22, 2011. In a 2006 report for the news website '','' journalist [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bex Taylor-Klaus
Rebecca Edison "Bex" Taylor-Klaus (born August 12, 1994) is an American actor. They rose to fame for their starring role as Bullet on the crime drama series '' The Killing'' (2013). They gained further prominence with roles as Sin on the superhero drama series '' Arrow'' (2013–15), Lex on the comedy series '' House of Lies'' (2014), as Audrey Jensen on the horror series '' Scream'' (2015–16), and the voice of Katie "Pidge" Holt on the Netflix animated series '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' (2016–18). They played the character Bishop in the drama series '' Deputy'', which aired from January to April 2020. Early life Taylor-Klaus was born in Atlanta, Georgia to a Jewish family. Taylor-Klaus began acting by performing Shakespeare in an after-school program while in the third grade, and it became a consistent part of their extracurricular and summer activities. They also performed in a high school improvisation troupe and played several roles before completing high school. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Taliesin Jaffe
Taliesin Jaffe ( ) is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He has worked on English-dubbing roles for anime and video games. He is a cast member on ''Critical Role'', a web series in which he plays ''Dungeons & Dragons'' with other voice actors. Jaffe has also frequently voiced the Flash in various video games. Personal life Jaffe was born in Los Angeles, the son of actress Nina Axelrod and film producer Robert Jaffe. His maternal grandfather was screenwriter George Axelrod, while his paternal grandfather was film producer Herb Jaffe. He has two brothers and a sister. Jaffe came out as bisexual in 2017. Career Life and voice acting Jaffe began his career as a child actor, appearing in films such as '' Mr. Mom'' and '' 2010: The Year We Make Contact'', and had membership of the Screen Actor's Guild at the age of seven months. On television, he had guest appearances on such series as '' The Facts of Life'' and ''Amazing Stories''. In 1985, Jaffe was a r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |