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Lillian Kaushtupper
Lillian Dolomite Kaushtupper is a fictional character on the Netflix original series ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,'' portrayed by Carol Kane. She is Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) and Titus Andromedon's ( Titus Burgess) odd landlady and upstairs neighbor. She first met Titus at Pawn Werlt when he was going to sell his Barbies and leave New York; she offered him an apartment and several months of free rent. Kane has described her character as having "a passionate, checkered past, and hopefully a passionate, checkered future.” On playing Lillian, Kane states that due to the quality of the writing of series creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, "that basically if I can just remember what I’m supposed to say, it will come out OK." The scene where Lillian and Jacqueline White (Jane Krakowski) switch clothes was Kane's favorite of season 3. According to Tina Nigro, the series' costume designer, Lillian's outfits requires the least amount of effort out of the four main characters, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' is an American sitcom created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, starring Ellie Kemper in the title role. It premiered on March 6, 2015, on Netflix and ran for four seasons, ending on January 25, 2019. An interactive special premiered on May 12, 2020. The series follows 29-year-old Kimmy Schmidt (Kemper) as she adjusts to life after being rescued from a doomsday cult in the fictional town of Durnsville, Indiana, where she and three other women were held captive by Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne ( Jon Hamm) for 15 years. Determined to be seen as something other than a victim and armed only with a positive attitude, she decides to restart her life by moving to New York City, where she quickly befriends her street-wise landlady Lillian Kaushtupper ( Carol Kane), finds a roommate in struggling actor Titus Andromedon ( Tituss Burgess), and gains a job as a nanny for melancholic and out-of-touch socialite Jacqueline Voorhees ( Jane Krakowski). Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline White (character)
Jackie Lynn "Jacqueline" White (formerly Voorhees) is a fictional character on the Netflix original sitcom ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt''. Portrayed by Jane Krakowski, she is a wealthy and insecure socialite. Krakowski was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2015 and won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2016 for her performance. Character life Born Jackie Lynn White to Fern (Sheri Foster) and Virgil White (Gil Birmingham) of the Lakota people, White grew up hating her Native American heritage and wishing she were white. She left home and purchased contact lenses to make her eyes blue, dyed her hair blonde, and changed her name to Jacqueline. She became a flight attendant, and met then-married billionaire businessman Julian Voorhees (Mark Harelik). The two began an affair, and upon Jacqueline becoming pregnant, Julian divorced his then wife Helene (Christine Ebersole), leaving him with custody of their daughter Xanthippe ( Dylan Gelula). Jacqueline had her son Buckley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a neighborhood changes through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment. There is no agreed-upon definition of gentrification. In public discourse, it has been used to describe a wide array of phenomena, sometimes in a pejorative connotation. Gentrification is a common and controversial topic in urban politics and urban planning, planning. Gentrification often increases the Value (economics), economic value of a neighborhood, but can be controversial due to changing Demography, demographic composition and potential displacement of incumbent residents. Gentrification is more likely when there is an undersupply of housing and rising home values in a metropolitan area. The gentrification process is typically the result of increasing attraction to an area by people with higher incomes spilling over from neighboring cities, towns, or neighborhoods. Further steps are increased Socially responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Armisen
Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series '' Portlandia''. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series '' Documentary Now!'' and the Showtime comedy series '' Moonbase 8''. Armisen was the bandleader and frequent drummer for the '' Late Night with Seth Meyers'' house band, the 8G Band from 2014 to 2024. He is known as a cast member on the late-night sketch comedy and variety series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2002 to 2013. He also voiced Speedy Gonzales on '' The Looney Tunes Show''. Armisen has acted in comedy films, including '' EuroTrip'', '' Melvin Goes to Dinner'', '' The Ex'', and '' The Dictator''. He is also notable for his guest-star appearances in television shows such as ''30 Rock'', '' Parks and Recreation'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', '' New Girl'', ''Broad City'', '' Unbreakable Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson (; born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since Saturday Night Live season 29, 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history. He was also the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975. Outside of ''SNL'', Thompson starred on NBC's sitcom ''Kenan (TV series), Kenan'' from 2021 to 2022. Thompson began his acting career in the early 1990s, and was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series ''All That'' (1994–2005), where he often collaborated with co-star Kel Mitchell. Beginning in 1996, they starred in their own sitcom ''Kenan & Kel'' (1996–2000). Thompson also had roles in ''The Mighty Ducks (film series), The Mighty Ducks'' franchise, ''Good Burger'' and its sequel ''Good Burger 2'', and as the title character in the 2004 film ''Fat Albert (film), Fat Albert''. He has been nominated six times for a P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pizza Rat
Pizza Rat is an internet meme based around a viral video of a brown rat carrying a slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City Subway station in Manhattan. The video was first uploaded to Instagram on September 21, 2015, and a copy was uploaded to YouTube later. , the YouTube video had more than 12.35 million views. Impact Within hours of the video's posting, #PizzaRat was trending on Twitter, and by September 23, the clip had been viewed over five million times. Articles were quickly written by Gawker, BuzzFeed, DNAinfo, and Gothamist. Pizza Rat costumes, as well as "sexy" Pizza Rat costumes, were created and worn for Halloween that year. ''Popular Science'' identified the rat as a common brown rat, and noted the rarity of humans to be able to get as close to them as Matt Little, the individual who originally posted the video to YouTube, did while filming the video. They attributed this to either the rat being too hungry to run, or more used to humans than other rats. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Hill, Manhattan
Murray Hill is a neighborhood on the East Side (Manhattan), east side of Manhattan in New York City. Murray Hill is generally bordered to the east by the East River or Kips Bay, Manhattan, Kips Bay and to the west by Midtown Manhattan, though the exact boundaries are disputed. Murray Hill is situated on a steep glacial hill that peaked between Lexington Avenue and Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway. It was named after Robert Murray (merchant), Robert Murray, the head of the Murray family, a mercantile family that settled in the area in the 18th century. The Murray farm was formed before 1762 and existed until at least the early 19th century. Through the 19th century, Murray Hill was relatively isolated from the rest of New York City, which at the time was centered in Lower Manhattan. Murray Hill became an upscale neighborhood during the 20th century. Today, it contains several cultural institutions such as the Morgan Library & Museum, as well as missions and consulates to the nearby h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue (Manhattan), Second Avenue on the East Side (Manhattan), East Side of Manhattan. The first phase of this new line, with three new stations on Manhattan's Upper East Side, opened on January 1, 2017. The full Second Avenue Line (if funded) will be built in three more phases to eventually connect Harlem–125th Street (Second Avenue Subway), Harlem–125th Street in East Harlem to Hanover Square (Manhattan), Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. The proposed full line would be and 16 stations long, serve a projected 560,000 daily riders, and cost more than $17 billion. The line was originally proposed in 1920 as part of a Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway#1929–1939 plans, massive expansion of what would become the Independent Subway System (IND). In anticip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the Borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It is about long, with an area of , and had a population of 11,722 as of the 2020 United States census. It consists of two largely residential communities: Northtown and Southtown. Roosevelt Island is owned by the city but was leased to the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) for 99 years in 1969. The island was called by the Lenape and (Hog Island) by the New Netherlander, Dutch during the colonial era and later Blackwells Island. During much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the island was used by hospitals and prisons, with very limited access. It was renamed Welfare Island in 1921. Following several proposals to redevelop Welfare Island in the 1960s, the UDC leased the island, renamed it after former U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Sherman
Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collection ''Untitled Film Stills'', a series of 70 black-and-white photographs of herself evoking typical female roles in performance art, performance media (especially arthouse films and popular B-movies). Early life and education Sherman was born in 1954, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the youngest of the five children of Dorothy and Charles Sherman. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the township of Huntington, New York, Huntington, Long Island. Her father worked as an engineer for Grumman, Grumman Aircraft. Her mother taught reading to children with learning difficulties.Simon Hattenstone (January 15, 2011)Sherman: Me, myself and I''The Guardian''. Sherman has described her mother as good to a fault, and her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquarius (astrology)
Aquarius (; , Latin for "water-bearer") is the eleventh astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation Aquarius. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun is in the Aquarius sign between about January 20 and February 18. Aquarius is one of the three air signs, alongside Gemini and Libra. The ruling planets of Aquarius are Saturn (in traditional astrology alongside Capricorn), and Uranus (in modern astrology). It is a fixed air sign. The opposite sign of Aquarius is Leo. Myth The water carrier represented by the constellation Aquarius was originally Enki (or Ea) to the ancient Sumerians and Babylonia. In Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ..., this figure was interpreted as Ganymede, a beautiful Phrygian youth. Ganymede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
