Michael Graham (director)
Michael Patrick Graham (born February 18, 1982, in Los Angeles, California) is an American artist, writer and director. From 1990 until 1995, Michael sang as the main soloist in the Paulist Boy's Choir, a world-renowned choir at St. Paul the Apostle School in Los Angeles. This introduced him to the film industry at an early age after singing on soundtracks for John Tesh's ''Romantic Christmas'', ''Batman'', ''Edward Scissorhand'' and was chosen as the voice of Simba in ''The Lion King'', but had to drop out of the project after coming down with strep throat a week before production. This early exposure to film led him to Lynch Productions at the age of 15, where he worked on Nickelodeon kid shows as production assistant and eventually writer's assistant. Michael graduated with honors from USC School of Film and Production in 2000. Since graduation, Michael has directed commercials, including Macy's swimwear; music videos for Tsar Tsar (; also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Tesh
John Frank Tesh Jr. (born July 9, 1952) is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the '' NBA on NBC'' basketball theme " Roundball Rock", and hosts the ''Intelligence for Your Life'' radio show. In addition, since 2014, he has hosted ''Intelligence for Your Life TV'' with his wife, Connie Sellecca. Tesh has won six Emmys and has four gold albums, two Grammy nominations, and an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records. His live concerts have raised more than $7 million for PBS. He has co-hosted the television program ''Entertainment Tonight''. He has previously worked as a sports commentator and host for the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the US Open, the Tour de France, Ironman Triathlon, and as a news anchor and reporter. In 2018, Tesh was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Early life Tesh was born in Garden City, New York, on Long Island, the son of Mildred (Bunny), a nurse ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Batman (film)
''Batman'', in films, may refer to: * ''Batman'' (1966 film): directed by Leslie H. Martinson; starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith * ''Batman'' (1989 film): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance * ''Batman Returns'' (1992): directed by Tim Burton; starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken * ''Batman Forever'' (1995): directed by Joel Schumacher; starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell * ''Batman & Robin'' (1997): directed by Joel Schumacher; starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone * ''Batman Begins'' (2005): directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman * ''The Dark Knight'' (2008): directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simba
Simba is a fictional character in Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney's ''The Lion King (franchise), The Lion King ''franchise. First appearing as a cub in ''The Lion King'' (1994), the character flees his homeland when his father, Mufasa, is Regicide, murdered by his treacherous uncle, Scar (The Lion King), Scar, who Gaslighting, manipulates Simba into believing he is responsible. Several years later, Simba returns home as an adult to reconcile his childhood trauma, confront Scar, and reclaim his birthright as King of the Pride Lands. He subsequently appears in the sequels ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' and ''The Lion King 1½''. Created by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts (writer), Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, Simba underwent several changes as the film's story was revised, including making him a more sympathetic character and establishing his Blood relative, familial relation to Scar. Although conceived as an original character, Simba was inspir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Lion King
''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical coming-of-age drama film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and written by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution under Walt Disney Pictures, the film features an ensemble voice cast consisting of Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Rowan Atkinson, and Robert Guillaume. The film follows a young lion, Simba, who flees his kingdom when his father, King Mufasa, is murdered by his uncle, Scar. After growing up in exile, Simba returns home to confront his uncle and reclaim his throne. ''The Lion King'' was conceived during conversations among various Disney executives, to whom several writers submitted early treatments. Original director George Scr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nickelodeon (TV Channel)
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television television channel, 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 block programming, 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 (TV series), 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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University Of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California, and has an enrollment of more than 49,000 students. The university is composed of one Liberal arts education, liberal arts school, the University of Southern California academics, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and 22 Undergraduate education, undergraduate, Graduate school, graduate, and professional schools, enrolling roughly 21,000 undergraduate and 28,500 Postgraduate education, post-graduate students from all fifty U.S. states and more than 115 countries. It is a member of the Association of American Universities, which it joined in 1969. USC sponsors a variety of intercollegiate sports and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference. Members of USC's sports ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tsar (band)
Tsar is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States, with Jeff Whalen on lead vocals and guitar, Daniel Kern on vocals and guitar, Jeff Solomon on bass, and Steve Coulter on drums. They have released two major-label studio albums, two EPs, and a self-released demos collection. Citing their primary influences as Guns N' Roses and the Monkees, Tsar's music is a hybrid of glam rock, power pop, garage rock, punk rock, arena rock, and bubblegum music. Career Tsar formed in 1998. After a monthlong residency at Silver Lake's Spaceland club, they released their self-titled debut on Hollywood Records (2000), produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls) and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge ( U2, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna). The album garnered critical acclaim but was commercially disappointing. AllMusic describes the album and its fate thus: "''Tsar'' is a bit of a glam pop/hard rock hidden treasure that still sounds fresh and thrilling years later. Loaded with h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jonathan Wilson (musician)
Jonathan Spencer Wilson (born December 30, 1974) is a three-time Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a regular studio collaborator of singer-songwriter Father John Misty, having worked on each of his studio albums to date, and is a touring and recording guitarist for Roger Waters, having joined his backing band in 2017. In addition to his work with Misty and Waters, Wilson has produced albums for Angel Olsen, Dawes, Margo Price, Conor Oberst and Billy Strings, among others. Wilson has released six solo studio albums under his own name: ''Frankie Ray'' (2007), '' Gentle Spirit'' (2011), '' Fanfare'' (2013), '' Rare Birds'' (2018), '' Dixie Blur'' (2020) and '' Eat the Worm'' (2023). Early life Wilson was born on December 30, 1974, in Forest City, North Carolina and raised in nearby Spindale, North Carolina. Wilson lived his formative years from age 6 to 16 in the small town of Thomasville, NC , Population ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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TeePee Records
Tee Pee Records is an American independent rock music record label founded by Tony Presedo in 1993 in New York City. It is prominent for releasing music by Sleep, Witch, Graveyard, Earthless, High on Fire and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. It has housed many stoner rock bands. Roster Current artists *Ancestors * Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound *Burning Love *Carousel *Coliseum *Earthless *Graveyard * Hopewell *Imaad Wasif * Jason Simon of Dead Meadow *Joy *Karma to Burn * Naam *Nebula *Night Horse * Quest for Fire *Ruby the Hatchet *The Skull *Spindrift *Sweat *The Warlocks *Whirr *Witch Past artists * All Night * Annihilation Time * Bad Wizard *Black NASA *Boulder *The Brian Jonestown Massacre * Buzzkill * Chrome Locust * Cloudland Canyon *Core *Mark D * Drunk Horse * Eldopa * Entrance * The Everyones * Gonga * Hermano *High on Fire * The High Strung * Immortal Lee County Killers * The J.J. Paradise Players Club * Kadavar * Kalas * Kreisor * Leechmilk * Logical Nonsense * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Living People
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American Male Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |