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Queens (American TV Series)
''Queens'' is an American Musical drama film, musical drama television series that premiered on October 19, 2021, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It starred Eve (rapper), Eve, Naturi Naughton, Nadine Velazquez and Brandy Norwood. It received generally positive reviews from critics. In May 2022, the series was canceled after one season. Plot Brianna, Naomi, Jill and Valeria once performed as the "Nasty Bitches" in the 1990s. Together, the four of them not only turned the world of hip-hop upside down but also achieved legendary status through their music. The four women are now in their forties, unworldly and largely estranged from one another. By reuniting the four, there is now a chance to return to old fame and prestige. But will the former megastars, also known as Professor Sex, Butter Pecan, Jill Da Thrill, and Xplicit Lyrics, manage to achieve this ambitious goal? Cast and characters Main * Eve (rapper), Eve as Brianna "Professor Sex" Robinson *Brandy Norwood as Naomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Drama Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the musical theater, stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegesis, diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the Sound film, advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RonReaco Lee
RonReaco Lee (born August 27, 1977) is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Tyreke Scott on the ABC/The WB sitcom '' Sister, Sister'', and as Jamal Woodson on the BET romantic comedy '' Let's Stay Together''. From 2014 to 2017, he starred as Reggie Vaughn in the LeBron James-executive produced Starz series '' Survivor's Remorse''. Career Television Lee was born in Decatur, Illinois, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age 9. He began his acting career in 1983 as the host of the short-lived television show '' Kid's Beat''. His early work consisted of relatively minor roles in films and television, but after being cast as a mute drummer in the 1989 film '' Glory'', his career blossomed. By the early 1990s, Lee began receiving many guest-starring roles in television shows such '' In the Heat of the Night''. In 1997, he guest-starred in '' 413 Hope St.'' and ''Home Improvement''. From 1997 to 1999, RonReaco played the part of the mechanic Tyreke "Ty" Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal (TV Series)
''Scandal'' is an American political thriller television series starring Kerry Washington. Created by Shonda Rhimes, it aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from April 5, 2012, to April 19, 2018, for 124 episodes over seven seasons. Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope is partially based on former George H. W. Bush administration press aide Judy Smith, who was a co-executive producer. The show takes place in Washington, D.C., and focuses on Olivia Pope's crisis management firm, Olivia Pope & Associates (OPA), and its staff, as well as staff at the White House and surrounding political scene. In addition to Kerry Washington, the show features Tony Goldwyn as Fitzgerald Grant III, President of the United States—later a former president—and Olivia's main love interest; Darby Stanchfield as Abby Whelan, an assistant at OPA (later renamed Quinn Perkins & Associates or QPA), and also the former White House press secretary and chief of staff; Katie Lowes as Quinn Perkins, former a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruba Nadda
Ruba Nadda (born 6 December 1972) is a Canadian film director. She made several award-winning short films, including ''Lost Woman Story'', ''Interstate Love Story'', ''So Far Gone'' and ''Damascus Nights'' before writing and directing features ''I Always Come to You'', ''Unsettled'' and ''Sabah''. Her movie '' Cairo Time'' won the Best Canadian Feature Film award at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was Best Reviewed Romance on Rotten Tomatoes for 2010. She is known for shooting feature films in very short time spans. Early life and education Nadda was born to a Syrian father and a Palestinian mother. Nadda studied literature at York University in Toronto, Ontario. She went on to study Film Production at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and completed a six-week course there. Directing career Nadda made her feature film debut with ''Sabah'' starring actress Arsinée Khanjian in the title role. Her next film '' Cairo Time'', starring Patricia Clarkson and Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menhaj Huda
Menhaj Huda (born 20 March 1967) is a Bangladesh-born British film and television director and producer best known for the film '' Kidulthood''. Career Huda's first directing job was the 1993 television series ''Hypnosis''. He directed ''Jump Boy'' in 1999, which won an award for 'Best Feature Film' at the Mediawave awards. Other directing credits include '' Queer as Folk 2'', '' Is Harry on the Boat?'', ''Murphy's Law'', '' Murder in Mind'', ''The Bill'', '' Blue Murder'' and '' HolbyBlue''. Huda produced as well as directed '' Kidulthood'' and '' West 10 LDN'', both written by Noel Clarke. Huda won the 'Douglas Hickox Award' at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards. His horror film '' Comedown'' which stars Martin Compston, Adam Deacon, Geoff Bell, Red Madrell and Duane Henry, was filmed in 2010 in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Raimist
Rachel Raimist is an American episodic television director. Early life and education Raimist was born and raised in Middletown, New York in Orange County. She attended Middletown High School where at the urging of teacher Fred Isseks, she made the documentary ''Garbage, Gangsters and Greed''. The feature documentary ''Middletown'' follows Isseks and his students, including Raimist, and is directed by Emmy and Sundance-winning filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. ''Middletown'' premieres at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Raimist attended the UCLA School of Film and Television where she earned a bachelor's degree in film and television production and a MFA in directing. Raimist returned to graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 2002. She earned a Master of Arts in women's studies and a Ph.D. in feminist studies with a minor in American studies in 2010. In 2009, the Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benny Boom
Benny Douglas (born July 22, 1971), professionally known as Benny Boom, is an American director who has worked in music, television, and film. His most commercially successful film was the 2017 Tupac Shakur biopic '' All Eyez on Me''. Career Douglas was born in Philadelphia, PA. and raised between Mount Airy and West Philadelphia He studied film at Temple University before moving to New York City, where he briefly collaborated with the hip hop duo Channel Live and adopted his nickname from that of boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini. After working as a production assistant on the set of the 1995 Spike Lee film '' Clockers'', Douglas was hired in an assistant role for music video directors Hype Williams, Director X, and Paul Hunter. Starting in the 2000s, Douglas directed videos for artists such as Nas, Nelly, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, Sean Combs, Keyshia Cole, Akon, Ciara and 50 Cent. For his efforts, he was awarded B.E.T.’s ''Video Director of the Year'' in 2009 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystle Roberson
Crystle Roberson is an African-American filmmaker, writer, and television producer. She was honored by Women in Film &Television with the ''Woman to Watch Award'' in 2008. She was a director for television series including Greenleaf (TV series), ''Greenleaf'' on the Oprah Winfrey Network, plus All American (TV series), All American The CW, (CW), ''Diary of a Future President'' (Disney+), ''American Soul'' (BET), and more. Career / film / television Today, Roberson is a member of the Directors Guild of America. Her first award from HBO, Chase Bank, Chase, and Kodak for her short film ''Next Door’s Next'' (2009), led her to write and direct indie projects including ''Private Garden'' with Idris Elba, and ''The Black Cage'' with Mykelti Williamson. She directed more shorts such as ''The End Again'' featuring Columbus Short and ''Black Girls Guide to Fertility'' with Raney Branch. In 2021, she was Producing Director on American Broadcasting Company, ABC's premiere season of Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiri Appleby
Shiri Appleby is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her leading roles as Liz Parker in the WB/ UPN science fiction drama series '' Roswell'' (1999–2002) and Rachel Goldberg in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series '' Unreal'' (2015–2018). Her major film credits include '' A Time for Dancing'' (2000), '' Swimfan'' (2002), '' Havoc'' (2005), '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007), and '' The Devil's Candy'' (2015). Appleby also starred as intern Daria Wade in the final season of the NBC medical drama series '' ER'' (2008–2009). She later starred as Cate Cassidy in The CW drama series ''Life Unexpected'' (2010–2011) and as Lucy Lambert in the web comedy series ''Dating Rules from My Future Self'' (2012). Appleby also had recurring roles on the NBC drama series '' Chicago Fire'' (2012–2013) and the HBO comedy-drama series '' Girls'' (2013–2014). Early life and education Appleby's Israeli-born mother is of Moroccan Jewish descent, and her Los Angeles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showbuzz Daily
Mitch Metcalf (born ) is an American television analyst and former scheduling executive for NBC. He studied politics and economics at Princeton University. He worked for Frank N. Magid Associates and Research Communications before joining ABC in 1990. The network promoted him to director of West Coast research in January 1995, and later senior vice president of research. NBC hired Metcalf in September 1999 as senior vice president of program research on the West Coast. He became program planning and scheduling chief in November 2000. Career Metcalf was promoted to executive vice president of programming planning and scheduling in 2005. He left the company in March 2011 after Robert Greenblatt became NBC chairman. Later that year, together with Mitch Salem, he cofounded the website ''Showbuzz Daily'', dedicated to box office and television ratings analysis. The website briefly went defunct on June 7, 2021 due to "technical issues" and losing access to Nielsen ratings after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Story
Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director. He is best known for '' Barbershop'' (2002), ''Fantastic Four'' (2005), and the ''Ride Along'' franchise. He has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie in 2006 and 2013. He is the founder of The Story Company, a production company co-founded with his future wife Vicky in 1996. He is the first African-American film director to have grossed over US$1 billion at the box office. Early life Story was born in Los Angeles on March 13, 1970. From a young age, he made home movies with an 8mm movie camera when his brother became bored using it. Story attended LA's Westchester High School, with jazz pianist Eric Reed and actresses Regina King and Nia Long. He was senior class president at Westchester High. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1991. While in high school, Story briefly attempted a career in music. He was part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Futon Critic
''The Futon Critic'' is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States. The site publishes reviews of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing Nielsen ratings data reports, and press releases provided by television networks and streaming television platforms. ''The Futon Critic'' was founded by Brian Ford Sullivan in 1997. History Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered ''The Futon Critic'' on January 14, 1997. From its founding, the site has published reviews on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry. The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing press releases, network schedules and Nielsen ratings data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as '' The Huffington Post'' and TV by the Numbers. Its publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
