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This Is Us
''This Is Us'' is an American drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that aired on NBC from September 20, 2016, to May 24, 2022. The series follows the lives and families of two parents and their three children in several different timeframes. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan (actor), Chris Sullivan, Ron Cephas Jones, Jon Huertas, Alexandra Breckenridge, Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer, Hannah Zeile, Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Parker Bates, Eris Baker, Faithe Herman, Lonnie Chavis, Melanie Liburd, Lyric Ross, Asante Blackk, Griffin Dunne, Caitlin Thompson and Chris Geere. ''This Is Us'' was filmed in Los Angeles. In September 2016, NBC picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes. In January 2017, NBC renewed the series for two additional seasons of 18 episodes each, and then in May 2019, it was renewed for three more seasons. In May 2021, it was ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor. The term "dramedy" began to be used in the television industry in the 1980s. Modern television comedy dramas tend to have more humour integrated into the story than the comic relief common in drama series, but usually contain a lower joke rate than sitcom, sitcoms. History In Theatre of ancient Greece, Greek theatre, plays were considered comedies or tragedies (i.e. drama): the former being light stories with a happy ending, and the latter serious stories with a sad ending. This concept even influenced Theatre of ancient Rome, Roman theatre and theatre of the Hellenistic period. Theatre of that era is thought to have long-lasting infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faithe Herman
Faithe Herman (born December 27, 2007) is an American actress, best known for her work in ''This Is Us'' (2016), '' Shazam!'' (2019) and ''Shazam! Fury of the Gods'' (2023). Personal life Herman was born in 2007 and lives in San Diego, California. Her father, Karvarees, worked in the United States Navy. Her mother's name is Donna. She is the youngest child of five siblings including three sisters Aaysia, Esence, and Ceymone. Herman took ballet classes at age seven for two years. She attends public school. Career Herman started acting at age five, alongside her sisters. They first did background work with Kids Management, after which her mother signed them up with an agent. Her breakout role was as Annie Pearson in the 2016 television show ''This Is Us''. Before securing the role of Annie, she initially memorized the lines for both the roles of Annie and her sister Tess, not knowing for which role she was auditioning. Following the success of ''This Is Us'', Herman starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Ave
Rhode Island Avenue station (also known as Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood) is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. The station is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast, on an elevated platform crossing Rhode Island Avenue NE (U.S. Route 1) History The station was built on land formerly part of the African-American Columbian Harmony Cemetery. When the station was constructed in 1976, workers discovered that not all the bodies had been moved. At least five coffins were unearthed, and numerous bones. A plaque was affixed to a column near one of the station's entrances to commemorate the former cemetery. When a parking lot at the site was renovated in 1979, more bones and bits of cloth and coffins were unearthed. Service began on March 27, 1976, as one of the first stations in the system, opening as the eastern terminus of the Red Line. It was replaced as the eastern terminus by Silver Spring on February 6, 1978. From the time the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-camera Setup
In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get a new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Ficarra
Glenn Ficarra (born May 27, 1969) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has frequently collaborated with John Requa. Early life Ficarra is the son of Marianne and Robert F. Ficarra, grandchild of Theresa (née Filippone) and Frank Ficarra, and brother of Chris Ficarra. Ficarra attended St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey), St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. Ficarra met John Requa at Pratt Institute, where both were studying film. Career After college Requa and Ficarra went to work in animation for the TV channel Nickelodeon (TV channel), Nickelodeon. As writers they wrote the comedy films ''Cats & Dogs'' (directed by Lawrence Guterman), ''Bad Santa'' (directed by Terry Zwigoff), and ''Bad News Bears'' (directed by Richard Linklater). In 2009 they made their directorial debut with their self-penned ''I Love You Phillip Morris'', based on the life of con man Steven Jay Russell. For their writing on this film, Ficarra and Requa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Requa
John Requa (born January 1, 1967) is an American screenwriter (with Glenn Ficarra) of '' Cats & Dogs'', '' Bad Santa'' and the 2005 remake '' Bad News Bears''. Requa and Ficarra directed Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in their screenplay '' I Love You Phillip Morris''. For their writing on this film, Requa and Ficarra received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Early life Requa grew up in Burien, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, graduating from Burien's Highline High School in 1985. Requa graduated from the film program at the Pratt Institute in the early 90s. While there he met and began his long association with writing partner Glenn Ficarra. Career Requa and Ficarra wrote numerous episodes of '' The Angry Beavers'', an animated series on Nickelodeon from 1997 until 2001. Their first episode was season two's ''Kandid Kreatures'' which they followed with ''Dag for Night'', ''Un-Barry-ble'', ''Zooing Time'', ''Sans-a-Pelt'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Olin
Kenneth Edward Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, television director, and producer. As an actor, Olin is known for his role as Michael Steadman in the ABC drama series ''Thirtysomething'' (1987–1991), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination in 1990. Olin later began working behind the scenes, as a director and producer. His credits as a producer include ''Alias (TV series), Alias'' (2001–2006), ''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'' (2006–2011), and ''This Is Us'' (2016–2022). Olin is married to actress Patricia Wettig. Career Acting Olin made several guest appearances on episodic primetime TV in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His first series regular role was on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama ''Bay City Blues'' in 1983. He later joined the cast of NBC police drama ''Hill Street Blues'' playing Detective Harry Garibaldi from 1984 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 co-starred on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldspot
Goldspot is a New York–based band. Founded by singer/songwriter/producer and television and film composer Siddhartha Khosla. The group's debut album was ''Tally of the Yes Men,'' the second album '' And The Elephant is Dancing''. The band released its third full-length, ''Aerogramme'', in 2013. History The Los Angeles–based band Goldspot is named after the fizzy drink Gold Spot. According to an interview with Siddhartha Khosla (the band's core member), the drink was very popular back in India at the time. After a live performance on DJ Nic Harcourt's KCRW show, the band soon began playing shows across Los Angeles in venues like The Troubadour and Hotel Cafe. Harcourt championed the band, hailing them as his "favorite band of 2005", and began playing tracks from ''Tally of the Yes Men'' in heavy rotation ("Rewind", "Time Bomb", and "Friday"). The band was founded by singer/songwriter Siddhartha Khosla and writer/producer/drummer Ramy Antoun. From 2005 to 2007, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Geere
Christopher William Geere (born 18 March 1981) is an English actor. He is known for playing the lead role of Jimmy Shive-Overly in the FX and FXX dark comedy series ''You're the Worst'' (2014), Roger Clifford in the 2019 film '' Detective Pikachu'', and Kanduu / Slappy the Dummy in the Disney+/Hulu series '' Goosebumps'' (2023). Career Geere graduated from Guildford School of Acting and began his career on stage opposite Dame Judi Dench in Royal Shakespeare Company's ''All's Well That Ends Well''. Geere played Music and Drama teacher Matt Wilding in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road''. In January 2009, just as the fourth series of ''Waterloo Road'' began airing, Geere said that he would not be returning for the fifth series. He later returned to the show for the seventh series. Geere was cast as King Edvard (replacing Luke Mably) in the romantic comedy film '' The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon'' (2008) and '' The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asante Blackk
Asante Duah Ma'at (born October 20, 2001), known professionally as Asante Blackk, is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the miniseries ''When They See Us'' (2019), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Early life and career Blackk began acting as an elementary school student at Judith P. Hoyer Montessori School. His first role was Mowgli in a performance of ''The Jungle Book''. One of his first professional roles was in "How I Learned to Be a Kid" at the Howard Theatre in Washington, after which he got an agent. Blackk originally auditioned for the role of Korey Wise, one of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five, in the dramatized miniseries ''When They See Us'' but was instead cast as the 14-year-old Kevin Richardson in the series. The role earned him an Primetime Emmy Award nomination, making him one of the youngest nominees in its history. Blackk appeared as a series regular on ''This Is Us'' from 2019 until the show ended in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin Dunne
Thomas Griffin Dunne (; born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) and Paul Hackett in '' After Hours'' (1985), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Early life Thomas Griffin Dunne was born on June 8, 1955, in New York City. He is the oldest child of Ellen Beatriz (née Griffin) and Dominick Dunne. His father was born and raised in an Irish Catholic family, while his maternal grandfather was Irish-American and his maternal grandmother was from Sonora, Mexico. He is the older brother of Alexander and Dominique Dunne. His mother founded the victims' rights organization ''Justice for Homicide Victims'' after Dominique's murder in 1982. His father was a journalist, producer, writer, and actor. He is also a nephew of writers John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. Raised in Los Angeles, Dunne attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
