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Weeds Season 8
The eighth and final season of ''Weeds'' premiered on July 1, 2012, on the television cable network Showtime, and featured 13 episodes, bringing the series total to 102. It marks the return of the show's theme song, "Little Boxes". Creator Jenji Kohan revealed that cover versions of the song would be used during the opening credits (as during past seasons) and confirmed that Ben Folds and the Mountain Goats would be featured artists. Kohan also confirmed that the song would be covered in a duet by Steve Martin and series regular Kevin Nealon, who each sang and played the banjo. Series co-star Hunter Parrish also provided a cover version for the season's tenth episode. The final two episodes of the season aired back to back as a one-hour series finale, which was the series' first and only one-hour show in its eight-year run. Plot Season eight picks up where season seven ended—the family is eating dinner when a concealed sniper targets Nancy through a rifle scope and fires a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showtime (TV Network)
Showtime (also known as Paramount+ with Showtime) is an American pay television, premium television broadcaster, television network and the flagship property of Showtime Networks, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Showtime's programming includes original programming, original television program, television series produced exclusively for the linear network and developed for the co-owned Paramount+ streaming media, streaming service, Art release#Film, theatrically released and independent film, independent Feature film, motion pictures, documentary film, documentaries, and occasional stand-up comedy television special, specials, Television film, made-for-TV movies, and softcore pornography, softcore adult programming. Headquartered at Paramount Plaza in the northern part of New York City's Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway district, Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear Multiplex (television)#Pay television multiplexes, multiplex channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber (born April 26, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his stage work and for portraying Nick Sobotka on ''The Wire'' (2003, 2008), William Lewis on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2013–2014), Mad Sweeney on the Starz series ''American Gods'' (2017–2021), and as George "Pornstache" Mendez on ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2017), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He starred as the Master Chief in the Paramount+ live-action series ''Halo'' (2022–2024) which is based on the franchise of the same name. His film roles include minor roles in '' Bubble Boy'' (2001), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), ''Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), '' Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), '' Nights in Rodanthe'' (2008), ''Allegiance'' (2012), and ''Preservation'' (2014). He co-starred in the 2016 war film '' 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi'' directed by Michael Bay. In 2018, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Sabara
Daryl Christopher Sabara (born June 14, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Juni Cortez in the ''Spy Kids'' film series, and for a variety of television and film appearances, first as a child actor and continuing into adult roles, including voice roles. Early life He graduated from West Torrance High School in 2010. His fraternal twin sister is an actor. The siblings are of mostly Russian-Jewish descent. Sabara began performing with the regional ballet company, South Bay Ballet. Career Sabara began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on episodes of '' Murphy Brown'', '' Life's Work'', ''Friends'' and '' Will and Grace'' before being cast as Juni Cortez in the '' Spy Kids'' series of family films, which became popular among pre-teen audiences. Sabara provided the voice of Hunter in '' Father of the Pride''. He has appeared in episodes of the television series ''Weeds'', ''House'', ''Dr. Vegas'', and was one of the judges on '' America's Most Talented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meital Dohan
Meital Dohan () is an Israeli actress and musician. As an actress, she began her career on Israeli television, appearing on ''Dancing with the Stars'', '' Esti HaMekho'eret'' (Ugly Betty), and in ''Romeo and Juliet''. Her work on US-television began when she appeared as Yael Hoffman on the Showtime series ''Weeds''. She went on to have roles in The Sopranos and as Aurora in the Sony Pictures web-comedy '' Woke Up Dead''. Dohan has starred in the film ''Foreclosure'' and in the thriller ''Monogamy,'' which won the Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her roles in TV and film have led to two including two Israeli Oscar nominations and an Israeli Tony Award. Dohan became involved in music from 2012 onwards, when she started to work with hip-hop producer, Che Pope. She and Pope recorded her debut album, ''I'm in Hate With Love''. Dohan then received international recognition for her first single "Yummy" and its viral video, which trended at No. 1 on ReverbNation. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Foster
Kat Foster is an American stage and screen actress known for her roles in the TV series '' 'Til Death'', '' The Unusuals'', '' Your Family or Mine'', '' The Goodwin Games'' and '' Jean-Claude Van Johnson'' among others. She has also starred in films including '' Rebirth'' (2016), '' Spoonful of Sugar'' (2022), and '' Fear the Night'' (2023), among others. Early life and education Foster was born in Oakland, California and graduated from The College Preparatory School. A classically trained dramatic actress, Foster studied acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Foster has performed in many off-Broadway and regional productions, including "The Democracy Project" with Naked Angels, King of Shadows, Small Craft Warnings, Sundown and Tempest among others. Her past TV appearances include roles on ''Weeds'', ''Family Guy'', ''The Book of Daniel'', '' Law & Order'', '' 'Til Death'', '' Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatso-Fasano
Fatso-Fasano is an American film, television actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for playing Marvin on the television series ''Weeds'' from 2006 to 2012. Filmography #''Weeds'' (2006–2012) (TV series) as Marvin (12 episodes), see List of Weeds episodes ##It's Time, Part 2 ##It's Time, Part 1 ##Yes I Can ##The Dark Time ##He Taught Me How to Drive By ##Grasshopper ##Bill Sussman ##The Brick Dance ##A Pool and His Money ##Doing the Backstroke ##Yeah. Like Tomatoes. ##Pittsburgh #''Soul Men'' (2008) as Bay-Bay #'' Welcome to the Captain'' (2008) (TV series) as Bouncer #1 (1 episode) ##The Wrecking Crew #Rockin' Meera (2006) as Shorty #'' The Black Dahlia'' (2006) as Dealer #''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006) as Tommy #Price to Pay (2006) as Boger #'' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2005) (TV series) as the Pretzel Vendor (1 episode) ##Dog Eat Dog #''Everybody Hates Chris'' (2005) (TV series) as D.J. (1 episode) ##Everybody Hates Halloween #''NYPD Blue'' (2004) (TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maulik Pancholy
Maulik Navin Pancholy (, born January 18, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jonathan on ''30 Rock'', Baljeet Tjinder in ''Phineas and Ferb'', Neal in the first season of '' Whitney'', and as characters named Sanjay Patel in both ''Weeds'' and '' Sanjay and Craig''. His debut novel, ''The Best at It'' (from Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins), is about a gay, Indian American boy coming into his own. In 2022, he released ''Nikhil Out Loud'', which tells the story of eighth grade theater kids rising up against homophobia in their community. It won the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Middle Grade Literature. Early life and education Pancholy was born in Dayton, Ohio to Gujarati parents Gita Jayantilal and Navin Chimanlal Pancholy. He moved around while growing up, living in Ohio, Indiana, and Texas before his family settled in Tampa, Florida, where he attended junior high and high school at Berkeley Preparatory School. His family comes from Gujarat, and his g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Victor
Renée Victor (July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress, dance instructor, and singer. She was best known for her role as Lupita on ''Weeds'' and providing the voice of female Argonians in Bethesda Softworks' 2011 video game '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''. Career Victor was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 25, 1938. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s, where she sang for prominent bandleaders who spearheaded the popularity of Latin music in the U.S., including Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado. She was also as a dance instructor, teaching salsa and tango. She met her husband through dance classes. She and her husband traveled globally to perform together under the banner "Ray & Renée" — nicknamed the Latin Sonny & Cher — from 1963 to 1973. She appeared in the 2014 film, '' Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones''. Her previous work includes a recurring role in 2004 on '' ER'', and a guest role on a 2010 episode of ''Childrens Hospital''. In 2020 and 2021, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoshannah Stern
Shoshannah Stern (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and writer. Life and career She was born in Walnut Creek, California, into an observant Jewish and fourth-generation deaf family, the daughter of Ron Stern and Hedy Marilyn Stern (née Udkovich), and the sister of writer and artist Louise Stern and former Gallaudet Men's Basketball Coach and current political scientist Brendan Stern. Both of her grandmothers are Holocaust survivors. Her hometown is Fremont, California, where she attended the California School for the Deaf, Fremont. Stern's first language is American Sign Language. She is also able to read lips and speak English without an interpreter. She attended Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts college for the deaf in the world. She married her husband, Ricky Mitchell, on June 3, 2012, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their daughter was born in February 2015. She currently resides with him in Hollywood, California. Stern got her first regular series role as Holly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateus Ward
Mateus Cole Ward (born January 18, 1999) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Sanders in the CBS television series ''Hostages'', and as Dustin Maker in the TNT television series '' Murder in the First''. He is also known for his role as the older Stevie Botwin in the series finale of the Showtime comedy-drama series ''Weeds'', and for his recurring role as Marcus Davenport on the Disney XD fantasy series '' Lab Rats''. Career Mateus' television debut came in 2010, where he won the role of Lyle DeLilly on ''Criminal Minds''. Ward caught the eye of director Larry Charles, and he was cast as a series regular, the son of Ana Ortiz, in the 20th Century Fox sitcom pilot ''Outnumbered'' with Cheech Marin. In 2011, Ward was asked to guest star on the sports comedy series ''Sports Show with Norm Macdonald'' on Comedy Central, for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and won an OMNI Youth Music and Actor Award, Outstanding Actor, in the 12- to 18-year-old ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel And Amanda Pace
Rachel and Amanda Pace (identical twins, born October 6, 2000) are American twin actresses. They are mostly known for playing the role of Hope Logan in the soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' and as Nancy Botwin‘s nieces Shayla and Taylor Grey in the TV series ''Weeds''. They are the daughters of Mike, a computer technician, and Jennifer Pace, a personal banking officer.Kroll, Dan J. (October 6, 2010).. ''Soap Central''. Retrieved on October 31, 2012.Basheda, Lori. (October 29, 2010).. ''The Orange County Register''. Retrieved on October 31, 2012. They have an older brother, Matthew. The girls started making commercials and, when they were 2 years old, were cast in ''The Young and the Restless'' as Abby Carlton. A couple of months later, they got their first big role playing Hope Logan in ''The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Bianca Lyonne Braunstein ( ; born April 4, 1979) is an American producer, director, comedian, writer, actress, and artificial intelligence film studio head. Lyonne started her career as a child actress before expanding her career taking on mature roles in film and television, for which she was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by '' Time Magazine'' in 2023. In 2025, she publicly revealed herself as the co-founder of the artificial intelligence film studio Asteria, founded with her boyfriend Bryn Mooser in 2022 with the intent to "make hotorealisticanimated films with zero human hands on deck".https://www.inc.com/sarah-sicard/natasha-lyonnes-company-uses-ai-to-make-films-ethically/91184468https://web.archive.org/web/20250604112118/https://www.vulture.com/article/generative-ai-hollywood-movies-tv.html Lyonne started her career as a child actress making her first uncredited app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
