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The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club
The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club is a Los Angeles and Beirut based brand which brings U.S. comedians to cities where they do not have comedy clubs yet. It was launched by co-founders Ron Senkowski and Samira Kawas in April 2018. History The first stand-up comedy event was held in Beirut at the St. Georges Yacht Club. After a year of shows in Beirut, the company expanded to Saudi Arabia by bringing six U.S.-based comedians to perform during the first ever Jeddah Season in June 2019. After this, the company has produced Maz Jobrani's Middle Eastern Peaceful Warrior tour and events in Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Doha, Riyadh, and Jeddah. At the 2019 inaugural edition of Riyadh Season, the team brought Eddie Griffin to perform for two nights in the Boulevard zone. Events (2018–present) References External links Official website Hollywood Pop Up EntertainmentOfficial website Symply EntertainmentThe Hollywood Comedy Pop Up Clubon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Senkowski
Ron Senkowski is a writer and producer based in Los Angeles. He is the chief executive officer and president of Symply Entertainment, a production company he founded with Lebanese producer and actress Samira Kawas. Together they also founded The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club in 2018. Education Senkowski possesses an MBA from the University of Tennessee and an MFA from the University of Michigan. Career His directorial debut Let's Kill All the Lawyers, ''Let's Kill All the Lawyers'' (1992) was the first feature film edited using Avid Technology, Avid. For a long time Senkowski was Michael Mann's head of development. Furthermore he wrote features for most of the major studios, as well as for Adam Sandler, Quentin Tarantino and Barry Levinson. He directed and produced several TV shows and features. In 2013 he produced Decoding Annie Parker starring Helen Hunt and Aaron Paul. In 2014 together with actress and producer Salma Hayek Senkowski adapted the worldwide bestseller The Prophe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey (comedian)
Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr. (born July 21, 1969), professionally known as Godfrey, is an American comedian and actor who has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films, such as '' Soul Plane'', '' Original Gangstas'', '' Zoolander'', and '' Johnson Family Vacation''. He was also a spokesperson for 7 Up during the popular '7up yours' advertising campaign and a cast member on the first season of '' The It Factor'', a reality television show. Currently, he is a regular performer at the comedy club Comedy Cellar in New York City. He is also known for doing the voices of Mr. Stubborn and Mr. Tall (Season 2) in '' The Mr. Men Show'' and hosting the FOX game show '' Bullseye''. Godfrey also hosted his own radio show on SiriusXM until he parted ways with the show on July 1, 2019. He now owns and hosts a podcast called ‘In Godfrey We Trust’ on the Gas Digital Network. He is also known for collaborating with other social media stars such as King Bach, Destorm Power, etc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Amini
Max Amini ()(born in 1981 in Tucson, Arizona) is an Iranian-American comedian, actor, producer, and director. Max is known primarily as a world touring stand-up comedian, and has appeared on shows such as NBC's '' Heroes'', Netflix's '' Real Rob'' with Rob Schneider, and Comedy Central's ''Mind of Mencia.'' On an episode of ''Spike's Car Radio Podcast'', Jerry Seinfeld named Max Amini one of the top comedians to watch. Max established his production company, Abstraction Media in 2010, and has sold projects to networks such as Voice Of America, Discovery, and more. Other projects include directing a Netflix original stand-up special, ''Enissa Amani: Erhenwort'', and the feature film, ''James The Second'', set to release in 2022. Early life and education Max Amini was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Iranian parents who immigrated after the 1979 revolution. He went to a high school in Washington, D.C. and then moved to California and graduated from the school of Theater, Film and Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maz Jobrani
Maziyar Jobrani ( fa, مازیار جبرانی; born February 26, 1972) is an American comedian and actor who was part of the "Axis of Evil" comedy group. The group appeared on a comedy special on Comedy Central. Jobrani has also appeared in numerous films, television shows, including ''Better Off Ted'', on radio, and in comedy clubs. His filmography includes roles in '' The Interpreter'', '' Friday After Next'', ''Dragonfly'', and '' Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero''. He appeared as a regular character on the 2017 CBS sitcom '' Superior Donuts''. He had been an advisory board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). Early life and education Jobrani was born in Tehran, Iran. He and his parents moved to California when he was six years old.Maz Jobrani Comedy Central Special He was raised in Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay area. He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, and was inducted into the Redwood distinguished alumni class of 2017. Jobrani studied politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Ahmed
Ahmed Ahmed ( ar, أحمد أحمد), (; born June 27, 1970) is an Egyptian-American actor and comedian. Early life Ahmed Ahmed was born in Helwan, Egypt. His family moved to the United States when he was one month old and he grew up in Riverside, California. Career Ahmed Ahmed moved to Hollywood when he was 19 years old to pursue a career as an actor and stand-up comedian, and he has been working there ever since. He has appeared in several films and television shows such as '' Executive Decision'', '' Swingers'', '' Tracey Takes On...'', '' Roseanne'', '' JAG'', '' Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' on Comedy Central, and MTV's '' Punk'd'' with Ashton Kutcher. He would later joke about his part in '' Executive Decision'' in his standup routine for the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour. He has also appeared on CNN, '' The View'', and National Public Radio, and was featured on the front page of ''The Wall Street Journal'' in December 2001, as well as in ''Newsweek''. He was featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Griffin
Edward Rubin Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for portraying Eddie Sherman in the sitcom '' Malcolm & Eddie'', the title character in the 2002 comedy film ''Undercover Brother'', and Tiberius Jefferson "T.J." Hicks in '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999) and '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' (2005). He also portrayed Orpheus in ''Scary Movie 3'' (2003) and voiced Richard Pryor on ''Black Dynamite'' (2012–2015). Griffin was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. Early life Griffin was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was raised by his single mother, Doris Thomas, a phone company operator. His family were Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1984, at 16 years old, he moved to Compton, California to live with his cousins. He later became a father and enlisted in the U.S. Navy but was discharged within months for using marijuana. After six months in jail on an assault conviction following a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his roles in 1990s comedy films. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 17, before becoming an MTV VJ in 1989. This led to a starring role in the comedy film '' Encino Man'' in 1992, which was a modest hit. He followed this with leading man vehicles, including ''Son in Law'' (1993) and '' Bio-Dome'' (1996). Shore provided the voice of Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski in ''A Goofy Movie'' and its direct-to-video sequel, ''An Extremely Goofy Movie''. Early life Shore was born Paul Montgomery Shore, the son of Sammy Shore (1927–2019), a comedian who co-founded The Comedy Store with Rudy De Luca, and Mitzi Shore (née Saidel; 1930–2018), who owned and operated the Comedy Store from 1974 until her death after receiving it in her divorce settlement. Shore was raised Jewish, and grew up in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Edwards
Dean Edwards (born July 30, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and musician. His work as a voice actor includes Scottie Pippen and Spike Lee in ''Celebrity Deathmatch'', a robot in '' Robotomy'', and Donkey in '' Scared Shrekless'' after Eddie Murphy was unable to reprise the role (Edwards had impersonated Murphy on stage). He also appeared in ''Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Halftime Special'' as Savion Glover and Don Cheadle, in ''Tony N' Tina's Wedding'' as Father Mark, and ''The Sopranos''. Edwards has a YouTube channel, "deanedwardscomedy". He was also the host of the critically acclaimed TV show "Vidiots" on TVone. Career Stand-up comedy Edwards developed a reputation for working clean and taught classes in stand-up comedy technique. Voiceover work Edwards is also a voice artist, having done voice work for ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' and '' Robotomy''. He also did voice work for the audiobook version of Max Brooks' '' World War Z: An Ora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samira Kawas
Samira Kawas is a producer and actress based in Beirut. She is the vice president of Symply Entertainment, a production company co-founded by her and American writer, director and producer Ron Senkowski. In 2018 they founded The Hollywood Pop Up Comedy Club. Education Samira Kawas is an Antonine University alumna. Career Throughout her career Samira Kawas has directed and produced for MBC, Dubai TV, MTV Lebanon, the Travel Channel, and Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ... among other studios. In front of the camera, Kawas starred as Rowieda in the International Digital Emmy Award-winning web comedy series Shankaboot (2011). Kawas' and Senkowski's production company Symply Entertainment operates internationally from offices in Los Angeles, Dubai and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Quigley
Kate Quigley is an American comedian, actress and model. She hosted Playboy TV’s ''Undercover'' and the 2016 AVN Awards. She has appeared as a headlining comedian at the Improv, Laugh Factory, Ice House Comedy Club, Comedy Store, and Haha Comedy Club in Hollywood. Life Quigley grew up in Canton, Ohio Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and .... After graduating high school, she left home to study theater at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. On September 4, 2021, Quigley was hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering from an overdose of cocaine laced with fentanyl. Three of her companions, comedian Fuquan Johnson, Natalie Williamson, and Enrico Colangeli, also overdosed and died. Credits * ''Guber'' (2016) * ''My Super-Overactive Imaginatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessimae Peluso
Jessimae Peluso (born September 16, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian and television personality. She is best known for being a cast member in the first two seasons of MTV's ''Girl Code''. Biography Jessimae Peluso was born in Syracuse, New York. She is of Italian descent. She went to Henninger High School, and graduated with the Class of 2000. In 2001, she first started doing stand-up comedy at the ImprovBoston in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She eventually relocated to Brooklyn, so she could perform at notable venues, such as Broadway Comedy Club. In 2013, Peluso made her television debut when she became one of the cast members in MTV's ''Girl Code''. She appeared in the first two seasons of the show, but left the show before the premiere of the third season. Although she departed from ''Girl Code'', Peluso continued to spread her humor using social media, such as Twitter and Instagram. Using her social media, she created a running gag about her having a "crush" on John S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
