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Simon (American TV Series)
''Simon'' is an American sitcom television series created by Danny Jacobson, that aired on The WB from September 10, 1995 to March 24, 1996. Premise A former Wall Street stockbroker moves to Harlem to live with his simple brother Simon. Cast * Harland Williams as Simon Himple *Jason Bateman as Carl Himple * Andrea Bendewald as Libby Keeler * Patrick Breen as Mitch Lowen *Paxton Whitehead as Duke Stone *Clifton Powell as John Doe Production ''Simon'' began airing on September 10, 1995, and has a 30-minute run time. Its premiere marked The WB's addition of a second evening in the week for airing shows. The WB initially commissioned 13 episodes for the series from the production companies In Front Productions and TriStar Television. Ellen Gittelsohn directed the series, which was executive produced by Donald Todd, Danny Jacobson, and Marjorie Weitzman and produced by Walter Barnett. Stewart Levin composed the music, Robert Strohmaier was the art director, Vince Humphrey was the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TriStar Television
TriStar Television, Inc. (first spelled Tri-Star, and abbreviated as TT) was an American television production studio that was a division of Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. TriStar Television was launched in March 1986 by TriStar Pictures, and remained a joint-venture between Columbia Pictures, CBS, and HBO until it was acquired by Sony, the parent of both Columbia and TriStar. After a purchase by Sony Pictures Entertainment, both companies Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television merged and formed Columbia TriStar Television on February 21, 1994. The television studio was relaunched twice, most recently as a specialty label for Sony Pictures Television. The entity was originally a sister company of Columbia Pictures Television, which was shut down in 2001. History From formation to merger with Columbia/Embassy Television (1986–1988) The studio was formed when Tri-Star Pictures joined forces with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton Powell
Clifton Powell (born March 16, 1956) is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in '' Ray'' (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. Career Powell has appeared in more than one hundred films, beginning in the 1980s. His credits include ''Menace II Society'' (1993), ''Dead Presidents'' (1995), '' Why Do Fools Fall in Love'' (1998), ''Rush Hour'' (1998), '' Next Friday'' (2000), and its 2002 sequel, '' Friday After Next'', ''Woman Thou Art Loosed'' (2004), and '' Ray'' (2004). He played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1999 television film '' Selma, Lord, Selma''. Powell also has had many supporting roles in smaller direct-to-video films in 2000s and 2010s. On television, Powell had the recurring roles on '' Roc'', '' South Central'', and ''Army Wives'', and well as guest-starred on '' In the Heat of the Night'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''NYPD Blue'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Inves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57th Streets. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. Carnegie Hall has 3,671 seats, divided among three auditoriums. The largest one is the Stern Auditorium, a five-story auditorium with 2,804 seats. Also part of the complex are the 599-seat Zankel Hall on Seventh Avenue, as well as the 268-seat Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall on 57th Street. Besides the auditoriums, Carnegie Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Schiller
Rob Schiller (born March 3, 1959) is an American television director and producer. Since 1984, Schiller has amassed a number of directorial credits namely '' A Different World'', '' Ned and Stacey, Living Single'', '' Ellen'', '' Malcolm & Eddie'', ''The King of Queens ''The King of Queens'' is an American television sitcom that ran on CBS from September 21, 1998, to May 14, 2007, with a total of 207 half-hour episodes spanning nine seasons. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, who al ...'', '' Two and a Half Men'', '' 'Til Death'', '' Anger Management'', '' $#*! My Dad Says'' and other television series. In 1990 and 1991, Schiller won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for directing soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. In 2010, Schiller directed the stage play '' Greater Tuna'' at Boulder's Dinner Theatre in Boulder, Colorado. In 2011, Schiller's first feature film, ''And They're Off'' was released. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christian Science Monitor
''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in Electronic publishing, electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper by Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the new religious movement Christian Science, Church of Christ, Scientist. Since its founding, the newspaper has been based in Boston. Over its existence, seven ''Monitor'' journalists have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, including Edmund Stevens (1950), John Hughes (editor), John Hughes (1968), Howard James (1968), Robert Cahn (1969), Richard Strout (1978), David S. Rohde (1996), and Clay Bennett (cartoonist), Clay Bennett (2002)."Pulitzer Prizes" at ''The Christian Science Monitor'' official website H ...
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The Tampa Tribune
''The Tampa Tribune'' was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida. Along with the competing ''Tampa Bay Times'', the ''Tampa Tribune'' was one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area. The newspaper also published a ''St. Petersburg Tribune'' edition, sold and distributed in Pinellas County. It published a Sunday magazine, ''Florida Accent'', during the 1960s and 1970s. ''The Tampa Tribune'' also operated '' Highlands Today'', a daily newspaper in Sebring. The ''Tribune'' stopped publishing the '' Hernando Today'', which was located in Brooksville, on December 1, 2014, citing "a tough newspaper advertising climate." On May 3, 2016, the ''Tampa Bay Times'' announced that it had acquired the ''Tribune'', and was combining the ''Times'' and ''Tribune''s operations, ending publication of the ''Tribune''. History Daily publication of the ''Tribune'' started in 1895 when Wallace Stovall upgraded printing from once a week. In 1927, newspaper mogul John St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrest Gump
''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the Forrest Gump (novel), 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th century in the United States, 20th-century United States. Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The Forrest Gump (soundtrack), soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film. Various interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. ''Forrest Gump'' was released in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Star Tribune
''The Minnesota Star Tribune'', formerly the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'', is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the seventh-largest in the United States by circulation, and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state, and the Upper Midwest. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, the two papers consolidated, with the ''Tribune'' published in the morning and the ''Star'' in the evening. They merged in 1982, creating the ''Minneapolis Star and Tribune'', renamed the ''Star Tribune'' in 1987. After a tumultuous period in which the newspaper was sold and resold and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, it was purchased by local billionaire and former Minnesota State Senator Glen Taylor in 2014. In 2024, the paper was renamed ''The Minnesota Star Tribune''. The ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumb And Dumber
''Dumb and Dumber'' is a 1994 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, who cowrote the screenplay with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. It is the first installment in the ''Dumb and Dumber'' franchise. Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it tells the story of Lloyd Christmas (Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Daniels), two dumb but well-meaning friends from Providence, Rhode Island, who set out on a cross-country road trip to Aspen, Colorado, to return a briefcase full of money to its owner, thinking it was abandoned as a mistake, though it was actually left as a ransom. Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, and Teri Garr play supporting roles. The film was released on December 16, 1994, to mixed reviews from critics. It grossed $247 million at the box office and has since developed a cult following. The success of ''Dumb and Dumber'' launched the career of the Farrelly brothers, established the range of the heretofore dramatically acclaimed Dani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. A successful pilot may be used as the series premiere, the first aired episode of a new show, but sometimes a series' pilot may be aired as a later episode or never aired at all. Some series are commissioned straight-to-series without a pilot (although an increasing number of such series have their first episodes titled "Pilot"). On some occasions, pilots that were not ordered to series may also be broadcast as a standalone television film or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Dobson
Peter Dobson (born July 19, 1964) is an American actor. His film roles include appearances in ''Sing'' (1989), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1989), '' The Marrying Man'' (1991), '' The Frighteners'' (1996), and ''Drowning Mona'' (2000), in addition to a cameo as Elvis Presley in ''Forrest Gump'' (1994). On television, he starred as the title character in the CBS comedy '' Johnny Bago'' (1993) and the lead of the USA Network comedy-drama '' Cover Me'' (2000–2001). Dobson was born at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, New Jersey, to an activist mother and a contractor father. He grew up in Middletown Township and attended Middletown High School South. He later lived in Loch Arbour. Since 2015, he has been in talks to make his directorial debut with the film ''Exit 102: Asbury Park''. Partial filmography *'' Modern Girls'' (1986) - Alan (Margo's Ex who kisses like a lizard.) (uncredited) *'' Plain Clothes'' (1987) - Kyle Kerns *''Defense Play'' (1987) - Ringo *''Sing'' (1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
