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Mark Grilliot
Mark Adam Grilliot is an American musician. He is known for his songwriting and music production on the Universal Pictures movie '' R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls'', and the Disney film Radio Rebel. Early life and education Grilliot was born in Dayton, Ohio. While growing up, Grilliot was an honor student and learned the fundamentals of choral singing and arranging, trumpet, bass, guitar, piano, and jazz studies; he received his high school diploma in Celina, Ohio. Grilliot graduated ''summa cum laude'' with a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and focused on Music Production and Business. Career Grilliot began his professional musical career in Nashville, Tennessee, appearing as bass player with the BMG band "Lightheaded." He began studio work as engineer for D'andre "Po-Po" Smith of Pop, Lock, & Drop It notoriety. Grilliot has appeared on stage with the Columbia Records band Revolution One as their bass player. Grilliot relocated to Los Angeles i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metropolitan area had 814,049 residents and is the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, north of Cincinnati and west-southwest of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Dayton was founded in 1796 along the Great Miami River and named after Jonathan Dayton, a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who owned a significant amount of land in the area. It grew in the 19th century as a canal town and was home to many patents and inventors, most notably the Wright brothers, who developed the first successful motor-operated airplane. It later developed an industrialized economy and was home to the Dayton Project, a branch of the larger Manhattan Project, to develop polonium triggers used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Butcher (actor)
Paul Matthew Hawke Butcher (born February 14, 1994) is an American former actor. He is known for portraying Dustin Brooks in ''Zoey 101'' (2005–2008). Career Butcher portrayed Dustin Brooks, the younger brother of lead character Zoey Brooks, for four seasons of the Nickelodeon comedy series ''Zoey 101''. He has had guest and other minor roles for a number of movies and TV shows, one of the most notable roles being a guest star in the season 5 premiere of ''Criminal Minds''. He also played the role of young Walter in the 2007 film ''The Number 23''. He made his acting debut at age 7 on a 2001 episode of ''The Bernie Mac Show''. At the age of 5, Butcher appeared in the music video for "Prayin' for Daylight" by Rascal Flatts. He also was an extra in four sketches on ''Chappelle's Show ''Chappelle's Show'' is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show and starring in the majority of its sket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks. The channel began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel was renamed Nickelodeon and launched to a new nationwide audience, with '' Pinwheel'' as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained a rebranding in programming and image that year, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon began expanding as a franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American Music competition, singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle (company), Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. It was on hiatus until March 11, 2018, when a revival of the series began airing on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It started as an addition to the ''Idol (franchise), Idol'' format that was based on ''Pop Idol'' from British television, in which the programme's Pop Idol series 1, first series, which was won by Will Young, ended over four months before the show began, as it later became one of the most successful shows in the history of Television in the United States, American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hernandez (singer)
David Anthony Hernandez (born May 31, 1983) is an American singer and the twelfth place finalist of FOX's seventh season of the television series ''American Idol''. He moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his music career after his time on ''American Idol''. Early life Hernandez was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but grew up mostly in Glendale. He was raised by his single mom, Spring Hernandez. His father is a truck driver and he has a younger sister named Alexandra, 8 years his junior. He began singing at age six. His grandfather took him to his first audition for a local theater company, Valley Youth Theater. David was chosen for one of the lead roles, and decided on a career singing and performing. Hernandez used to train at Voices, a vocal coaching studio. His teacher claimed that Hernandez trained "whenever he could afford it" as he wasn't always financially stable. He was a young gymnast and won medals in the Grand Canyon Olympics. Hernandez had some acting experiences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine McNamara
Katherine Grace McNamara (born November 22, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Clary Fray on the 2016–2019 supernatural drama series '' Shadowhunters'', receiving a Teen Choice Award and a People's Choice Award for her work. In 2022, she starred in the western action series '' Walker: Independence'' as Abby Walker, which earned her a Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actress in an Action Series nomination. She also portrayed Mia Smoak in the superhero series ''Arrow'' and starred as Julie Lawry in the post-apocalyptic miniseries ''The Stand''. Her film roles include Lily Bowman in the 2011 romantic comedy ''New Year's Eve'', Rosa in the 2015 drama ''A Sort of Homecoming'', Sonya in the dystopian science fiction film series ''Maze Runner'', and Amy in the 2021 thriller ''Trust''. Early life and education McNamara was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Ursula and Evan McNamara, who served in the U.S. military. She was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debby Ryan
Deborah Ann Ryan (born May 13, 1993) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She started acting professionally onstage at the age of seven, and was later discovered during Disney Channel's nationwide search for new talent. She had starring roles in the series ''The Suite Life on Deck'' (2008–2011), the film ''16 Wishes'' (2010), the series '' Jessie'' (2011–2015), and the film '' Radio Rebel'' (2012). She also appeared in the drama film '' What If...'' (2010), the series '' Insatiable'' (2018–2019), the comedy films '' The Opening Act'' (2020) and ''Shortcomings'' (2023), the thriller film '' Night Teeth'' (2021), and the Jeff Baena films '' Horse Girl'' (2020) and '' Spin Me Round'' (2022). Ryan gained prominence in music by contributing vocals to the soundtracks of her Disney projects. She formed the indie rock band The Never Ending in 2013, with whom she released the EP ''One'' (2014). Early life Deborah Ann Ryan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on May 13, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Ended Right
"We Ended Right" is the debut solo single by American singer-songwriter Debby Ryan, featuring rapper Chad Hively and Chase Ryan. It premiered on July 1, 2011 and was released as a digital download on July 3, 2011 as the first single of Debby Ryan's career on her own independent label, the Ryan River Studio and not being included on any album. "We Ended Right" was written and produced by Debby Ryan, Chad Hively, Chase Ryan and Mark Grilliot. Background and release In an interview with AOL's ''JSYK'', Ryan commented: "It is the perfect song for 4th of July weekend, and we hope everyone loves it!". On July 6, 2011 the singer revealed in her official Twitter that she took the photo and designed the artwork for the single cover. Ryan said that the concept of the single cover, the line train, it's about moving on and that life never stops at just one Train station. "We Ended Right" was released exclusively for radio premiere on July 1, 2011 on AOL Radio and had good reception. The song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only Happy When It Rains
"Only Happy When It Rains" is an alternative rock song written and produced by American alternative rock band Garbage for their self-titled debut studio album (1995). It was recorded at the band's own studio, Smart Studios, in Madison, Wisconsin, and is known for its tongue-in-cheek lyrics parodying the typically angst-filled themes of mid-'90s alternative rock. Replacing "Queer" at the last-minute as the lead-in single for the debut album, "Only Happy When It Rains" was the band's breakthrough track in the United Kingdom, receiving positive reviews from the music press and strong support from BBC Radio One. In the United States, the single built upon the success of "Queer" at alternative radio and in early 1996 charted strongly on the Hot 100. The accompanying music video, directed by Samuel Bayer, made MTV's next-big-thing Buzz Bin category, helping "Only Happy When It Rains" to cross over to Top 40 radio formats, and propelling the album ''Garbage'' from being a Heats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
