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Praise This
''Praise This'' is a 2023 American musical comedy romance film directed by Tina Gordon and starring Chloe Bailey and Anjelika Washington. The film was released on April 7, 2023 by Peacock. It received mixed reviews from critics. Plot After Sam was taken to Atlanta, Georgia by her father due to getting in trouble with the law in Los Angeles, she is forced to join the Praise Team as punishment for getting caught lying as going to her Aunt and Uncle. She improves the church singing team and even helps them win the regionals. She starts enjoying the stay with her cousin(who is very bubbly) and starts having a crush on Ty. But she complicates things with him when she uses his song without his permission. Oil Factory makes it to the National Finals and win first position. Which surprises the host and even the lead singer of Champion Life. Cast * Chloe Bailey as Sam, a rebellious aspiring singer-songwriter who joins her cousin’s Praise Team when moving to Atlanta * Anjelika Washingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Gordon Chism
Tina Gordon Chism is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. She began her writing career writing the films '' ATL'', and ''Drumline''. She made her directorial debut in the 2013 film '' Peeples,'' which she also wrote''.'' In 2019, she co-wrote the scripts to the comedies ''What Men Want'' and ''Little'', while directing the latter. She will write and direct the upcoming film, ''Praise This''. She has also acted as a consulting producer on '' Good Girls''. Chism studied drama at Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts. She was inspired by ''The Cosby Show ''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom co-created by and starring Bill Cosby, which aired Thursday nights for eight seasons on NBC between September 20, 1984, until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on an upper middle-class Africa ...'' to tell stories of rich black families. In 2013, HBO greenlit a new series created by Chism called ''Crushed''. In 2016, the pilot for ''Crushed'' was picked up by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jekalyn Carr
Jekalyn Almonique Carr (born April 22, 1997) is a recording artist, as well as a speaker, entrepreneur, actress, and author. As a top selling recording artist, Carr has earned eight Billboard #1’s before the age of 21, including singles, “You’re Bigger” and “You Will Win” She was nominated for a Grammy for Best Gospel Album The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Gospel music genre. Honors in ... in 2021/22. Early life Jekalyn Almonique Carr was born on April 22, 1997 to Jennifer Denise Carr and Allen Lindsey Carr in Arkansas. Jekalyn has two siblings: Allen Lindsey Carr Jr. and Allundria Carr. At 5 years old, Carr began serving in her church's choir and was noted by her family to have a decent ear for music. Carr taught herself how to sing and became a main chorister in her neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards
The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards recognize music supervisors in 14 categories, representing movies, television, games and trailers. '' Compton'', '' Carol'' and '' Furious 7'' were among the winners of the 2016 ceremony, while '' La La Land'' of the 2017 ceremony. The seventh annual ceremony took place at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, originally built as the California Petroleum Corporation Building and later known as the Texaco Building, is a , 13-story highrise hotel and theater building located at 937 South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, .... Categories As of the 2017 ceremony. * Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million *Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $25 Million * Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $10 Million *Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $5 Million * Best Song Written and/or Recorded Created for a Film *Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama *Best M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot (advertising Magazine)
''Shoot'' (stylized ''SHOOT'') is a trade magazine for the advertising industry that was established in 1990 as ''BackStage/Shoot'', providing news and information about advertising agencies, executives, and creative advertising professionals. It also issues awards each year recognizing various elements of advertising, such as a "New Directors Showcase", and "Best Work You May Never See". History The magazine was established in December 1960 under the title ''Back Stage'', in a newspaper format covering theatre and commercial production. The owners were Ira Eaker and Allen Zwerdling. In the late 1980s, they sold the paper to British Phonographic Industry and the newspaper was split into two in the summer of 1990. On July 6, 1990, the portion known as ''Back Stage Shoot'' was spun off into a full, standalone publication, ''BackStage/Shoot''; while the original Backstage continued on independently as well. The concept was to have the original '' Backstage'' publication concentrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Hollywood Music In Media Awards
The 14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards recognized the best in music in film, TV, video games, commercials, and trailers of 2023. The ceremony was held on November 15, 2023, at The Avalon in Hollywood. The nominations were announced on November 2, 2023. Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy film ''Barbie'' led the nominations with five, followed by Disney's live-action adaptation remake of ''The Little Mermaid'' and musical fantasy film '' Wonka'' with four each. American composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman was honored with the Career Achievement Award. The category " Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film" was revived after being discontinued in 2019, while the categories "Music Design – Trailer" and "Song – Onscreen Performance (TV Show/Limited Series)" were introduced. Winners and nominees Career Achievement Award * Marc Shaiman Marc Shaiman (; born October 22, 1959) is an American composer and lyricist for films, television, and theatre, best known for his collaboratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Reel Awards Of 2023
The 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best 2022 in film, films of 2022, took place on February 6, 2023, and streamed on blackreelawards.com at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Zone, PST / 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST. During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Black Reel Awards in 24 categories. The film nominations were announced on December 15, 2022. ''Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'' and ''The Woman King'' led the film nominations with fourteen each, with the latter winning a total of six awards, the most wins by any film, including Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film, Outstanding Film. With her third win for Black Reel Award for Outstanding Costume Design, Outstanding Costume Design for ''Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'', Ruth E. Carter became the most decorated technical award winner in Black Reel Awards history. Actress Angela Bassett also made history, becoming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the assignment of scores to reviews that do not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information through its subsidiary Rotten Tomatoes. History On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called "Fancast.com," set to launch the summer of 2007. In June 2008, the domain Movies.com was acquired from Disney. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. Fandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film '' Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Review Aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as films, books, video games, software, hardware, and cars). This system stores the reviews and uses them for purposes such as supporting a website where users can view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creating databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of the work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendrick Cross
Kendrick Cross (born May 1, 1971) is an American actor. Early life Cross was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in South Carolina. Career He began acting on stage, before appearing on television, in episodes of ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Army Wives'', ''Drop Dead Diva'' and ''One Tree Hill''. Cross had a recurring roles on ''The Game'', '' The Haves and the Have Nots'' and '' Saints & Sinners''. He also guest starred on ''Born Again Virgin'', ''House of Cards'', ''Homeland'', ''Dynasty'' and ''Black Lightning''. In 2019, Cross starred in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, '' Ambitions''. The series was canceled after single season. In 2021, he had a recurring role on ''Queen Sugar'' and appeared on '' Genius: Aretha''. In 2022, Cross had a recurring role as Agent Wallace in the fourth season of Netflix series, ''Stranger Things'', and starred in the Allblk horror anthology series, ''Terror Lake Drive''. In film, Cross has appeared in ''For Colored Girls'' (2010), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
