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Miss Dial
''Miss Dial'' is an American romantic comedy film released February 16, 2013. The plot centers on a customer service representative who is a remote worker. One day, she decides to abandon her job duties, and instead spends her time calling random people, looking for new connections. Cast * Robinne Lee as Erica * Sam Jaeger as Kyle * Jon Huertas as Alex * Sara Rue as Sam * Amanda Crew as Amanda * Beth Grant as Mrs. Wojiechowski * Gabrielle Union as Long Story Caller * Samm Levine as Prank Caller * Dendrie Taylor as TV Caller * Dulé Hill as Popcorn Caller * Hill Harper Frank Eugene "Hill" Harper (born May 17, 1966) is an American actor and political candidate, who is known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in '' CSI: NY'', Agent Spelman Boyle in '' Limitless'', and Dr. Marcus Andrews in '' The Good Doctor'' ... as Political Nutcase References External links * * 2013 films 2013 romantic comedy films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Steinberg
David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid-1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' more than 130 times (second only to Bob Hope in number of appearances) and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including ''Seinfeld'', ''Friends'', '' Mad About You'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''The Golden Girls'', and '' Designing Women''. Steinberg also hosted the interview program '' Inside Comedy'' on the Showtime network. Early life Steinberg was born on August 9, 1942, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Rabbi Yasha Steinberg (1896–1966), a strict, Romanian-born rabbi, and Ruth Steinberg (–1989). He has three older siblings: two brothers, Hymie Steinberg (1925–1944) and Fishy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Crew
Amanda Crew (born June 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Following her film debut in '' Final Destination 3'' (2006), Crew had lead roles in films such as ''Sex Drive'' (2008), '' Charlie St. Cloud'', ''Repeaters'' (both 2010), '' Charlie Zone'' (2011), '' Ferocious'' (2013), ''Chokeslam'' (2016), ''Tone-Deaf'' (2019), and '' Some Other Woman'' (2023), as well as supporting roles in ''The Haunting in Connecticut'' (2009), '' The Age of Adaline'' (2015), '' Freaks'' (2018), and '' There's Something Wrong with the Children'' (2023). She is best known for her lead roles as Tanis McTaggart on the first and second seasons of the YTV teen sports drama series '' 15/Love'' (2005–06), Carrie Miller on the CTV teen drama series '' Whistler'' (2006–08) and Monica Hall on the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–19). Early life Amanda Crew was born in Langley, British Columbia. Her mother, Debbie Crew, is a legal secretary and her father, Ian Crew, is a telecom worker. She began ... [...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] |
Hill Harper
Frank Eugene "Hill" Harper (born May 17, 1966) is an American actor and political candidate, who is known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in '' CSI: NY'', Agent Spelman Boyle in '' Limitless'', and Dr. Marcus Andrews in '' The Good Doctor''. Harper was a candidate in the Democratic Primary in the 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan to fill the seat of retiring incumbent, Senator Debbie Stabenow. Early life and education Harper was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of two medical doctors. His parents, Harry D. Harper, a psychiatrist, and Marilyn Harper (née Hill), who was one of the first black practicing anesthesiologists in the United States and co-authored a book called ''Wearing Purple''."Hill Harper: Biography, Latest News & Videos" '' |
Dulé Hill
Karim Dulé Hill (; born May 3, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as personal presidential aide and Deputy Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff Charlie Young on the NBC drama television series ''The West Wing'', for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and pharmaceutical salesman–private detective Burton "Gus" Guster on the USA Network television comedy-drama ''Psych''. He also had minor roles in the movies '' Holes'', ''The Guardian'', and '' She's All That'' and a recurring role on '' Ballers''. He joined the cast of '' Suits'' for the last 2 seasons, and played patriarch Bill Williams in the 2021 remake of ''The Wonder Years''. Hill also serves as a member of the SAG-AFTRA Board of Directors. Early life Hill was born in Orange, New Jersey, to Jamaican parents and was raised in Sayreville, New Jersey. He studied ballet at a young age, and appeared in the musical ''The Tap Dance Kid'' as Savion Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samm Levine
Samuel Franklin Levine (born March 12, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Neal Schweiber on NBC's ''Freaks and Geeks'' and PFC Hirschberg in the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Levine was also the sidekick and fill-in host on the internet talk show '' Kevin Pollak's Chat Show''. Levine was a regular competitor on Collider's ''Movie Trivia Schmoedown''. Early life Levine was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, the son of Lynne, a mortgage broker, and Harris Levine, a dentist. He was raised in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Levine is Jewish. Career Levine began performing stand-up comedy at bar mitzvahs at age 12. After seeing him perform, Lisa Kudrow advised him that he should start auditioning in Manhattan. When Levine began his acting career, he added the extra "M" to his name as there was already a Sam Levine registered with the Screen Actors Guild. Levine was cast as a character in the sixth and final season of ABC's '' Lost'' in a small role that was wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That'' and '' 10 Things I Hate About You''. She rose to greater prominence the following year, after she landed her breakthrough role in the teen film '' Bring It On''. Union is known for her performances in the romantic comedy films '' The Brothers'' (2001), '' Deliver Us from Eva'' (2003), '' Daddy's Little Girls'' (2007), '' Think Like a Man'' (2012) and '' Think Like a Man Too'' (2014). She also had starring roles in the CBS medical drama series '' City of Angels'' (2000) and in the films ''Bad Boys II'' (2003), '' Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003), '' Neo Ned'' (2005), ''Cadillac Records'' (2008), '' Top Five'' (2014), '' Breaking In'' (2018), and '' The Perfect Find'' (2023). She has also co-starred in the films ''The Birth of a Nation'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Grant
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American character actor, character actress. Between 2012 and 2017, she was a series regular on the television comedy ''The Mindy Project'' in the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is also known for her role as Gracie Leigh in the CBS apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic drama ''Jericho (2006 TV series), Jericho'' and as Marianne Marie Beetle in ''Wonderfalls''. She has also appeared on ''Pushing Daisies'' and ''Mockingbird Lane''. In film, she is best known for her roles as Mother at Farm House in ''Rain Man'' (1988), Miss Kettlewell in ''Child's Play 2'' (1990), Helen in ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'' (1994), Loretta in ''To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'' (1995), Cora Mae Cobb in ''A Time to Kill (1996 film), A Time To Kill'' (1996), Kitty Farmer in ''Donnie Darko'' (2001), Pageant Official Jenkins in ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), Carla Jean's Mother in ''No Country for Old Men'' (2007), and Pepp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Rue
Sara Rue (born Sara Schlackman; January 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on '' Popular'', as Claude Casey on ''Less than Perfect'', and as the Attorney General in '' Idiocracy''. In 2011, she hosted The CW reality series '' Shedding for the Wedding.'' She had a recurring role in the comedy '' Rules of Engagement'', as Brenda, the softball teammate and good friend of Jeff Bingham. She had a regular role as Kim on the short-lived ABC sitcom ''Malibu Country'', and appeared in the main cast of the TV Land comedy series '' Impastor''. She is also known for her role as Olivia Caliban in the second season of the Netflix series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''. Early life The elder of two daughters, Rue was born and raised in New York City, where her parents were active in Broadway theatre. She is Jewish. Career Rue began her acting career at the age of nine, appearing in the 1988 film '' Rocket Gibraltar'' as Kevin Spacey's da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinema
The cinema of the United States, primarily associated with major film studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has significantly influenced the global film industry since the early 20th century. Classical Hollywood cinema, a filmmaking style developed in the 1910s, continues to shape many American films today. While French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière are often credited with modern cinema's origins, American filmmaking quickly rose to global dominance. As of 2017, more than 600 English-language films were released annually in the U.S., making it the fourth-largest producer of films, trailing only India, Japan, and China. Although the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce English-language films, they are not directly part of the Hollywood system. Due to this global reach, Hollywood is frequently regarded as a transnational cinema with some films released in multiple language versions, such as Spanish and French. Contemporary Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Huertas
Jonathan William Scott Hofstedt (born October 23, 1969) is an American actor. Known professionally as Jon Huertas, he is best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's ''Generation Kill'', Joe Negroni in the film '' Why Do Fools Fall in Love'', homicide detective Javier Esposito in ''Castle'' and Miguel Rivas in ''This Is Us''. Early life Huertas was born in New York City to a Puerto Rican father and an American mother. He was raised by his grandparents. By ten years of age, he began taking part in school plays, which was his first inspiration to pursue acting. Huertas graduated John Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia, in 1987 at the age of 17. After spending a year attending college, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1987 and served for eight years as an aircraft nuclear/conventional weapons specialist. He participated in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Jaeger
Samuel Heath Jaeger (born January 29, 1977) is an American actor and screenwriter. Life and career Jaeger was born on January 29, 1977, in Perrysburg, Ohio, the son of LeAnne (née Graening) and Charles Jaeger. He is the youngest of four children. He graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1995 and in 1999, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Otterbein College. Following his graduation, Jaeger worked in a casting office in New York. He married actress Amber Marie Mellott whom he met at Otterbein College, on August 25, 2007. He has four children, August, born in 2010, Redford, born ca. 2014, Calvin, born June 26, 2016, and stepdaughter, Aubrey. Jaeger started his acting career while still in college, with a small guest role in New York-based TV series ''Law & Order'' (1990). He also acted on several theater stages in New York before moving to Los Angeles and Hollywood to act in full-length movies. His career gained speed when he managed to get roles in well-known featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
