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Todd Williams (actor)
Todd Williams III (born September 11, 1977) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Isaac Joiner on the crime drama television series ''The Chicago Code''. Early life Born in Queens, New York, Williams began the pursuit of his acting career while attending Talent Unlimited High School in Manhattan. Concerned about having a backup plan, he chose to explore another one of his artistic passions after graduating, and applied himself to the course study of Music Business at New York University. Not satisfied, Williams subsequently left NYU to focus on his acting career goals full-time. Career After booking several national commercial and voice-over spots, he made his film debut opposite Kerry Washington in the critically acclaimed feature ''Lift''. Several television appearances followed on shows such as '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. In 2004, while recurring on ''Third Watch'', Williams booked a role alongside Michael Madsen in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County, New York, Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistics, linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the List of United States cities by population, fourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Queens is the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilt (American TV Series)
''Tilt'' is an American drama television series set against the backdrop of the (fictional) World Championship of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, and with the tagline "You're playing poker. They're playing you." The series first aired on January 13, 2005, and is the second original drama series from ESPN, following ''Playmakers''. It was created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who co-wrote the poker-themed feature film ''Rounders (film), Rounders''. The series title refers to being "Tilt (poker), on tilt", which is poker jargon for letting frustration or other emotional stress interfere with one's poker-playing judgment. While that term is applicable to any form of poker, only one form of the game—no-limit Texas hold'em—is featured in the series. This was presumably meant to capitalize on the growing popularity of no-limit hold'em in the mid-2000s (decade), which was due in part to ESPN's own coverage of the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's No Place Like Home (Lost)
"There's No Place Like Home, Parts 1, 2 & 3" is the season finale of the American Broadcasting Company's fourth season of the serial drama television series '' Lost'', consisting of the 12th through 14th episodes. They are also the 84th through 86th episodes of the show overall. The three constituent episodes were split into two broadcasts; "Part 1" first aired on May 15, 2008, and "Part 2", serving as the two-hour season finale of the fourth season, first aired on May 29, 2008, on ABC in the United States and on CTV in Canada. The episodes were written by executive producers/show runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof; "Part 1" was directed by co-executive producer Stephen Williams, while executive producer Jack Bender directed "Part 2". The episode's title is a reference to ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. The narrative takes place in late December 2004, 100 days after the crash of Oceanic Flight 815. The survivors of the crash team up with the Others, natives of the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Cases
''Head Cases'' is an American legal comedy drama television series that aired during the 2005–06 season. It was broadcast by Fox and aired from September 14 to 21, 2005. Only two episodes were aired before it was canceled due to extremely low ratings. Premise The program starred Chris O'Donnell as Jason Payne, who was a superstar attorney at a prestigious law firm until his career put a strain on his marriage. Eventually, Payne had a nervous breakdown and was sent to a "wellness center" where he recovered. Upon leaving the center, Payne's therapist "buddied him up" with another patient and lawyer, Russell Shultz (played by Adam Goldberg), who suffered from explosive disorder. As Payne's world continued to crumble around him, he found that his only friend seems to be Shultz. Ultimately, Payne and Shultz decided to open a law firm of their own. O'Donnell, who is best known for more of his film work, was quoted in a ''TV Guide'' article about his reasons for trying a televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If Not Now, When? (film)
''If Not Now, When?'' is an American drama film written by Tamara Bass and directed by Bass with Meagan Good (in their feature directorial debut). The film stars Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Tamara Bass and Meagan Good as four friends who forced back together when one of them suffers a crisis. Valarie Pettiford, Edwin Hodge, Lexi Underwood, Niles Fitch, Todd Williams, and McKinley Freeman round out the cast. The film premiered at the 2019 American Black Film Festival. It later was released on January 8, 2021, by Vertical Entertainment. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics. Cast Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 53% of 17 critics' reviews are positive. Film critic Lisa Kennedy from ''Variety'' wrote in her review: "The drama “If Not Now, When?” owes more to ''Waiting to Exhale'' than to the women-centric films of Tyler Perry. That's a good thing, as well as intentional on the part of its first-time feature directors, ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Skies (film)
''Silver Skies'' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Rosemary Rodriguez and starring George Hamilton, Jack McGee, Barbara Bain, Jack Betts, Valerie Perrine, Alex Rocco and Mariette Hartley. Cast * George Hamilton *Valerie Perrine *Barbara Bain *Mariette Hartley * Jack McGee *Alex Rocco *Jack Betts *Howard Hesseman Release The film premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival The Woodstock Film Festival is an American film festival launched in 2000 by filmmakers Meira Blaustein and Laurent Rejto in the Hudson Valley region of New York. The festival takes place each fall in the towns of Woodstock, Rosendale and Saug ... on October 3, 2015. References External links * * {{rotten-tomatoes, silver_skies American comedy-drama films 2015 comedy-drama films 2015 films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy-drama films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Andreas (film)
''San Andreas'' is a 2015 American disaster thriller film directed by Brad Peyton and written by Carlton Cuse, with Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore receiving story credit. The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the lead role, with Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi and Paul Giamatti. Its plot centers on a massive earthquake caused by the San Andreas Fault that devastates the West Coast of the United States. Principal photography of the film started on April 22, 2014, in Queensland, Australia, and wrapped up on July 28 in San Francisco. The film premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on May 26, 2015, and was released in the United States on May 29. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visual effects and Johnson and Gugino's performances but criticized the plot and characters. The film grossed $474 million worldwide on a $110 million budget. Plot A Caltech seismologist, Dr. Lawrence Hayes, and his colleague Dr. Kim Park are at H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC (commonly known as Fox; stylized in all caps) is an Television in the United States, American commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast television broadcaster, television network serving as the flagship property of Fox Corporation and operated through Fox Entertainment. Fox is based at Fox Corporation's corporate headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it hosts additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and at the Fox Media Center in Tempe, Arizona. The channel was launched by News Corporation on October 9, 1986 as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks, which are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the NBC, National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network; it was also the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Plain Sight
''In Plain Sight'' is an American drama television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1, 2008. The series revolves around Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program, more commonly known as WITSEC. Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses, her professional relationship with her work partner, US Marshal Marshall Mann, and her problematic personal life. The show was filmed on location in Albuquerque. ''In Plain Sight'' concluded on May 4, 2012, after five seasons. Development and production ''In Plain Sight'' was originally scheduled to premiere on Thursday, April 24, 2008, but USA Network held the series back when the WGA strike delayed production of the summer series '' Burn Notice''. It instead made its debut on Sunday, June 1, 2008. It was renewed on July 21, 2008, for a second season with a 16-episode run, which be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (or simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It was launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels. It was relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980, and in the years since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWF/ WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming. USA increased its sports coverage significantly in 2022, after the shutdown of NBCSN, and now serves as the main cable component of NBC Sports. , USA Network is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network was launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vampire Diaries
''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith (author), L. J. Smith. The series premiered on the CW on September 10, 2009, and concluded on March 10, 2017, having aired 171 episodes over eight seasons. The Pilot (The Vampire Diaries), pilot episode attracted the largest audience for the CW of any series premiere since the network launched in 2006; the The Vampire Diaries (season 1), first season averaged 3.60 million viewers. It became the most-watched series on the network before being surpassed by ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow''. The show has received numerous award nominations, winning four People's Choice Awards and thirty Teen Choice Awards. In April 2015, lead actress Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, confirmed that she would be l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is known for his leading roles in television shows such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on the comedy series ''Black-ish'' (2014–2022), Marlin Boulet on the drama series ''K-Ville (TV series), K-Ville'' (2007), and NYPD Detective Kevin Bernard on the NBC crime drama ''Law & Order'' (2008–2010, 2022). He has also had major roles in feature films such as ''Me, Myself & Irene'' (2000), ''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003), ' ''Hustle & Flow'' (2005), ''The Departed'' (2006), ''Transformers (film), Transformers'' (2007), and ''Scream 4'' (2011). Anderson is currently the host of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox game show ''We Are Family (TV series), We Are Family''. He has appeared as a regular judge on Food Network's ''Iron Chef America'' and had roles on other television programs such as ''All About the Andersons'', ''The Bernie Mac Show'', ''Guys with Kids'', and ''The Shield''. From 2016 to 2022, Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
