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Pat Dixon (comedian)
Pat Dixon (born 1970) is an American comedian, podcaster, and journalist who lives and works in New York City. He is best known as creator and host of '' The NYC Crime Report with Pat Dixon''. Career Dixon was a cast member on the reboot of VH1's ''Best Week Ever'', and had his own half-hour ''Comedy Central Presents'' special. He’s also been seen on ''The Late Late Show'', '' BBC America’s'' ''The World Stands Up'', ''Gotham Comedy Live'', '' TBS's Very Funny Show'', and '' TV Land’s Best Night In''. He has released three stand-up comedy albums titled ''White Devil'', ''Goodbye Forever, Fatty'', and ''King of Clubs''. In 2015, he appeared as an actor in the short film ''Muck'', which premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival and was also an official selection in the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Montclair Film Festival, the Berkshire International Film Festival and the Capital City Film Festival. Dixon is the creator of the ''Nearly Naked Lady Hour'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandy Stadtmiller
Mandy Stadtmiller (born October 24, 1975) is an author and columnist for ''New York'' magazine, former editor-at-large of xoJane, "Girl Talk" columnist for ''Penthouse'' and host of the comedy podcast "News Whore." She is also known for her dating column in the ''New York Post'', called "About Last Night." Her other ''Post''-published exploits include a visit to Nevada's first male prostitute and a controversial "Cheat Sheet". Her TV appearances include ''Inside Amy Schumer'', ''Nightline'', ''20/20'', ''The Insider'', ''Dr. Drew On Call'', '' Jane Velez-Mitchell'', ''Uncommon Sense with Charlamagne Tha God'', ''Good Day New York,'' ''Red Eye'', '' Katie'', ''The Artie Lange Show'', ''The Joy Behar Show'', '' Howard Stern TV'', ''Fuse TV'' and ''VH1''. She has also written for ''The Washington Post'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', ''Mashable'', '' Maxim'', ''Time Out'', ''The Village Voice'', ''The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel'', ''The Des Moines Register'', '' Playgirl'' and Match. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TBS (American TV Channel)
TBS (an abbreviation for Turner Broadcasting System) is an American pay television network owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It carries a variety of programming, with a focus on comedy, along with some sports events, including Major League Baseball, Stanley Cup playoffs, NCAA men's basketball tournament and professional wrestling show AEW Dynamite. As of September 2018, TBS was received by approximately 90.391 million households that subscribe to a pay television service throughout the United States. TBS was originally established on December 17, 1976, as the national feed of Turner's Atlanta, Georgia, independent television station, WTCG. The decision to begin offering WTCG via satellite transmission to cable and satellite subscribers throughout the United States expanded the small station into the first nationally distributed "superstation." With the assignment of WTBS as the broadcast station's call letters in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie McFarlane
Bonnie McFarlane (born March 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American comedian and writer. She is best known for appearing on the second season of the TV reality show ''Last Comic Standing'' and for co-hosting the podcast ''My Wife Hates Me'' with her husband Rich Vos. Early life McFarlane was born March 28, 1969 in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, the youngest of four daughters. She was raised on her parents' rural farm outside Cold Lake. Career McFarlane did her first open mic in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The manager of the club told her that she should enter a contest, "The Search for Canada's Funniest New Comic." McFarlane entered the contest and won. She then moved to New York where she landed a manager and an agent. She also spent time in Los Angeles doing stand-up and writing. McFarlane has appeared on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''Late Show with David Letterman'', and ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn''. She appeared as a panelist on '' Tough Crowd with C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobcat Goldthwait
Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait (born May 26, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter, known for his black comedy stand-up act, delivered through an energetic stage persona with an unusual raspy and high-pitched voice. He came to prominence with his stand-up specials ''An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait—Share the Warmth'' and ''Bob Goldthwait—Is He Like That All the Time?'' and his acting roles, including Zed in the ''Police Academy'' franchise and Eliot Loudermilk in '' Scrooged''. Since 2012, he has been a regular panelist on the radio-quiz show, '' Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''. Goldthwait has written and directed a number of films and television series, most notably the black comedies '' Shakes the Clown'' (1991), in which he also starred, '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' (2006), ''World's Greatest Dad'' (2009), ''God Bless America'' (2011), and the horror film '' Willow Creek'' (2013); episodes of ''Chappelle's Show'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Jimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Finnegan
Fletcher Christian Finnegan (born April 1, 1973), better known as Christian Finnegan, is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Early life Finnegan was born in Albany, New York. He grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, and attended The Walnut Hill School, a boarding/day high school focused on programs in the performing, visual, and creative arts and located in Natick, Massachusetts. Career Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's '' Best Week Ever'' and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central's '' Chappelle's Show''. He can currently be seen as co-host of "Black and White", a series airing on A&E which he created and executive produces. He also co-stars in the TBS series '' Are We There Yet?''. He also co-hosted Zest TV’s web travel show “CustomNATION” and his own music-centric podcast �Audio Spackle�� which debuted on Cave Comedy Radio in January 2013. Finnegan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Martling
John Coger "Jackie" Martling, Jr. (born February 14, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, radio personality, author, actor, and musician also known as Jackie the Joke Man. He is best known as a former writer and in-studio comedian for ''The Howard Stern Show'' from 1983 to 2001. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Martling began a career in stand-up comedy in 1979, developing a blue comedy act in local venues. He self-produced his first of three comedy albums, '' What Did You Expect?'' (1979), during this time. After becoming involved with Rick Dees's radio show as a regular joke feature, Martling sent his albums to New York City radio personality Howard Stern, who invited him as a weekly guest and writer in 1983. This led to his hiring as head writer from 1986 to 2001. He released further albums during his tenure, including '' Sgt. Pecker'' (1996), '' Joke Man'' (1996), ''Hot Dogs + Donuts'' (1998). Since his departure from ''The Howard Stern Show'', Martling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online Video Platform
An online video platform (OVP), provided by a video hosting service, enables users to upload, convert, store and play back video content on the Internet, often via a structured, large-scale system that may generate revenue. Users will generally upload video content via the hosting service's website, mobile or desktop application, or other interfaces (API). An example of an OVP is YouTube. The type of video content uploaded might be anything from shorts to full-length TV shows and movies. The video host stores the video on its server and offers users the ability to enable different types of embed codes or links that allow others to view the video content. The website, mainly used as the video hosting website, is usually called the video-sharing website. Purpose of video hosts (for users) * Save on bandwidth and hosting costs often eliminating costs entirely; * Creating a common place to share and view video content; * Making a user friendly experience, where uploading a video an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compound Media
Compound Media (formerly The Anthony Cumia Network) is a subscription-based on-demand streaming media platform that broadcasts live American audio and video podcasts. It launched on August 4, 2014 by its founder, radio personality and broadcaster Anthony Cumia, who began hosting ''The Anthony Cumia Show'' on the network after his firing from SiriusXM. Since its launch, the network has grown to host additional shows, including those hosted by Bill Schulz, Joanne Nosuchinsky, Kevin Brennan, Michael Malice, Pat Dixon, Don Jamieson, Chrissie Mayr, Gavin McInnes, and Geno Bisconte. In 2016, ''The Anthony Cumia Network'' relaunched as ''Compound Media''. History Background On July 3, 2014, radio personality Anthony Cumia was fired by the satellite radio provider SiriusXM after he posted a series of racially-charged and hate-filled tweets. The tweets were about a black woman who Cumia said had punched him after objecting to him taking pictures of her in Times Square in New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital City Film Festival
The Capital City Film Festival (CCFF) is an annual film festival held in Lansing, Michigan. The festival is held every April using a variety of venues across the city as screening locations. Past venues have included: the Fledge, Sears Frandor, Hot Water Works, The Avenue, the Lansing Center, the Lansing Public Media Center, The Loft, Mac's, Robin Theatre, Harem, The Exchange, Lansing Community College, the Michigan Historical Museum, Impression 5 Science Center, Riverwalk Theater and the Temple Building. Recognition Named one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World by MovieMaker ''MovieMaker'' is a magazine, website and podcast network focused on the art and business of filmmaking Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete st ... Magazine. Recipient of an Applause Award for Arts and Cultural Organization of the year from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. History The Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkshire International Film Festival
The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) was founded in 2005 by Kelley Vickery in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The four-day festival features independent films for filmmakers and film aficionados, with showings of features, documentaries, shorts, and animation—as well as panel discussions and special events focusing on filmmakers and talented artists from both sides of the camera. It is scheduled in mid-May as a kick-off to the Berkshires cultural season.Berkshire Record 8 May 2009 BIFF aims to provide filmmakers, producers, directors, writers and actors a place to present their work and to interact with each other and with the audience. The Festival aims to showcase challenging and relevant documentaries, and to provide a platform for Berkshire filmmakers. In 2010 the festival attracted 500 submissions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montclair Film Festival
Montclair Film is a nonprofit most well known for organizing the annual Montclair Film Festival (MFF) usually held in late April, early May in Montclair, New Jersey. The festival showcases new works from American and international filmmakers, and has year-round events. The festival features a program of films in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, World Cinema, Short, and Student Filmmaking categories. Notable advisory board members include J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Alter, Stephen Colbert, Abigail Disney, Olympia Dukakis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emma Freud, Laura Linney, Jon Stewart, Julie Taymor, and Patrick Wilson, among others. History The film festival was founded by WNET-TV Vice President and General Counsel Bob Feinberg, a Montclair resident, who hired festival programmer Thom Powers and director Raphaela Neihausen and developed a Board of Directors composed of many of Montclair's prominent residents, including film and media professionals, philanthropists and community leaders. Edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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