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List Of Muslims In Entertainment And The Media
This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media outside Muslim-majority countries Comedy * Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor * Humza Arshad – English comedian * Dave Chappelle – standup comedian * Said Durrah – standup comedian * Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor * Mohammed "Mo" Amer – standup comedian, actor * Hasan Minhaj – standup comedian * Preacher Moss – standup comedian, comedy writer * Dean Obeidallah – standup comedian * Aamer Rahman – Australian standup comedian * Azhar Usman – standup comedian *Ramy Youssef – standup comedian, actor * Maysoon Zayid – standup comedian, actress * Jamel Debbouze – French Moroccan comedian , actor Film and television *Fady Elsayed - actor *Mammotty – molly wood actor * Cinta Laura – Indonesian Hollywood actress * Tania Gunadi - Indonesian Hollywood actress * Khwaja Ahmad Abbas – director, novelist, screenwriter, journalist, Palme d'Or winner * Nabil Abou-Harb – fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Muslim-majority Countries
Adherents of Islam constitute the world's second largest religious group. According to an estimation in 2022, Islam has 1.97 billion adherents, making up about 25% of the world population. A projection by the PEW suggests that Muslims numbered approximately 1.90 billion followers in 2020. Studies in the 21st century suggest that, in terms of percentage and worldwide spread, Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world, mostly because Muslims have more children than other major religious groups."The Future of Global Muslim Population: Projections from 2010 to 2013" Accessed July 2013. Most are either of two [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamel Debbouze
Jamel Debbouze (; ar, جمال دبوز, Jamāl Dabūz; born 18 June 1975) is a French-Moroccan actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable French humourists such as Florence Foresti, Fred Testot and Gad Elmaleh. He has starred in a number of box-office successes, including '' Amélie'', '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'', '' Hollywoo'' and ''HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami''. He is the founder of the Canal+ television show '' Jamel Comedy Club''. Life Debbouze was born in Paris, France. His family, from Taza, moved back to Morocco the following year. They returned in 1979 and settled in Trappes in 1983, in the Paris region, where Debbouze spent the rest of his childhood. He is the eldest of six siblings: Jamel, Mohamed, Hayat, Karim, Rachid and Nawel Debbouze. On 17 January 1990, at the train station in Trappes, he was str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahershala Ali
Mahershala Ali (; born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, February 16, 1974) is an American actor. He has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019, and in 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked him among the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century. After pursuing an MFA degree from New York University, Ali began his career as a regular on television series, such as ''Crossing Jordan'' (2001–2002) and ''Threat Matrix'' (2003–2004), before his breakthrough role as Richard Tyler in the science fiction series ''The 4400'' (2004–2007). His first major film role was in the David Fincher-directed fantasy '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008). He gained wider attention for supporting roles in the final two films of ''The Hunger Games'' film series, and in '' House of Cards'', for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Of
''The Night Of'' is a 2016 American eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of ''Criminal Justice'', a 2008 British series. The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (based on the original ''Criminal Justice'' plot by Peter Moffat), and directed by Zaillian and James Marsh. Broadcast on HBO, ''The Night Of'' premiered on July 10, 2016 to critical acclaim. The first episode premiered on June 24, 2016, via HBO's on-demand services. ''The Night Of'' received 13 Emmy nominations, winning five, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for Riz Ahmed. Cast Starring * John Turturro as John Stone, a lawyer who represents Nasir Khan * Riz Ahmed as Nasir "Naz" Khan, a Pakistani-American college student accused of murdering a woman on the Upper West Side of New York City * Michael K. Williams as Freddy Knight, an influential prisoner at Rikers Island * Bill Camp as Dennis Box, a detective working on Nasir's case * Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport .... It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited, Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riz Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed (; ; born ) is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he has won an Emmy Award and has received nominations for a Golden Globe and three British Independent Film Awards, and as a rapper he has won an Academy Award for the short film ''The Long Goodbye'', based on his album of the same name. He was initially known for his work in independent films such as ''The Road to Guantanamo '' (2006), '' Shifty'' (2008), '' Four Lions'' (2010), '' Trishna'' (2011), '' Ill Manors'' (2012), and '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' (2013), before his breakout role in '' Nightcrawler'' (2014). In 2016, he appeared in the action film '' Jason Bourne'', and played Bodhi Rook in the '' Star Wars'' '' anthology'' film '' Rogue One''. He also starred as a young man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries '' The Night Of'', earning critical acclaim. At the 2017 Emmy Awards, he received two nominations, for his performance in ''The Night Of'' and his guest role in '' Girls''; he won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabil Abou-Harb
Nabil Zouheir Abou-Harb ( ar, نبيل أبو حرب; born September 13, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, and director. He is also co-founder of "Five on Fifty Films" and has directed and produced a number of commercials. Early life and education Abou-Harb was born in Marietta, Georgia, United States, to Zouheir Abou-Harb and Sally Cardinali Abou-Harb in 1984. Nabil was raised as a Muslim in Loganville, Georgia. He graduated from Loganville High School in 2003. As a senior at Loganville High School, Abou-Harb wrote and directed the film ''Starwars: Rise of the Black Sun''. After earning his CCNA, he co-founded a web design company with Nicholas Bowman, called Decaphase Productions, Inc. Although there was interest to see the film, Abou-Harb and Bowman abandoned the project as they went to college. Bowman attended Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned his bachelor's degree, whereas Abou-Harb was awarded a portfolio scholarship from the Savannah Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palme D'Or
The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. In 1964, The Palme d'Or was replaced again by the Grand Prix, before being reintroduced in 1975. The Palme d'Or is widely considered one of the film industry's most prestigious awards. History In 1954, the festival decided to present an award annually, titled the Grand Prix of the International Film Festival, with a new design each year from a contemporary artist. The festival's board of directors invited several jewellers to submit designs for a palm, in tribute to the coat of arms of the city of Cannes, evoking the famous legend of Saint Honorat and the palm trees lining the famous Promenade de la Croisette. The original design by Parisian jeweller Lucienne Lazon, inspired by a sketch by director Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or ( Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of three Palme d'Or nominations) and the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. As a director and screenwriter, he is considered one of the pioneers of Indian parallel or neo-realistic cinema. As a director, he made Hindustani films. '' Dharti Ke Lal'' (1946), about the Bengal famine of 1943, was one of Indian cinema's first social-realist films, and opened up the overseas market for Indian films in the Soviet Union. '' Pardesi'' (1957) was nominated for the Palme d'Or. '' Shehar Aur Sapna'' (1963) won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, while ''Saat Hindustani'' (1969) and '' Do Boond Pani'' (1972) both won the National Film Awards for Best Feature F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Gunadi
Tania Gunadi (born 29 July 1983) is an Indonesian-American actress and producer. She moved to Los Angeles when she was a teenager. Biography Gunadi was born in Bandung, Indonesia. She won a green card lottery when she was a teenager and moved to Los Angeles. When she first came to the US, she attended a free program for adult ESL students to learn English. She then went to university in Los Angeles. Her first job was working at Pizza Hut as a telephone operator. Gunadi then decided to pursue an acting career after she landed a part in a Disneyland commercial. Filmography Film Television Video games Commercials References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunadi, Tania 1983 births Living people Actresses from Los Angeles Actresses from West Java American film actresses American television actresses American voice actresses American web series actresses Indonesian emigrants to the United States Indonesian people of Chinese descent People from Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinta Laura
Cinta Laura Kiehl (; ; born August 17, 1993) is a German actress, singer, and model based in Indonesia. She was appointed ambassador of anti-violence against women and children by the Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection in 2019. Early life and education Laura grew up in several countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany and Indonesia. Upon her move to Indonesia at 12 years old, Laura became an Indonesian national swimmer, winning 10 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 7 bronze medals from various swimming competitions. Laura studied at Columbia University in New York. She was a teaching assistant (TA) for Professor Herbert S. Terrace in Columbia's psychology department. While at Columbia, she joined the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. Laura graduated cum laude from the university in May 2014. After graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career in Hollywood, signing her contract under Netflix and Grindstone E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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