Ross became the first Black woman in 30 years to get an Emmy nomination for best comedy actress for her role in "Black-ish." That same year, Rae's series "Insecure" debuted on HBO to much acclaim. They all give a nod to Uggams, who said having to break barriers has...
V.阅读理解Dian a Ross, American pop singer and actress.achieved international popularity, first as the leader sing-er of the Supremes and later as a solo(独唱的) artist. Di-an a Ross was born on March 26,1944, in Detroit, Michi-gan. She was the second of six children of Fred and ...
American Fiction stars Jeffrey Wright as a black writer who, despite his academic success, struggles to make it big in the publishing world – or rather, struggles to fit into the boxes created by the publishing world. Tired of being told he is “not black enough,” he pens the ultimate ...
Gene Ross 1 I'm Fine (I) (2016) Richard Renik Barber #1 1 Plasma (2014) Sabrina Rubin Erdely contributing editor Rolling Stone magazine 1 The Girl Who Conned the Ivy League Stephen Heymann self, Assistant U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts 1 American Greed (2007) Stephen Tran...
Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer–songwriter and actress who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle's most notable for two hit duets, both with Peabo Bryson: "Without You...
Producers: Barry Diller, David Geffen, Kate Horton, Fictionhouse Tony Nominations by Production A Strange Loop- 11 MJ- 10 Paradise Square- 10 Company- 9 The Lehman Trilogy- 8 SIX: The Musical- 8 for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf- 7 ...
During this period, Previn's music career threatened to be overshadowed by his personal life: he had become romantically involved with actress Mia Farrow while still married to singer Dory Previn, and the Previns' subsequent divorce, coupled with Dory Previn's hospitalization ...
(best known for directing the musicalsHairandJesus Christ Superstar) directed Shepard'sMelodrama Playalongside Leonard Melfi'sTimes Squareand Rochelle Owens'Futz, again at La MaMa. In 1969, La MaMa presentedThe Unseen Hand, Shepard’s new science fiction play; the play would later be cited as ...
Born Ann Clare Boothe, she had something of a difficult childhood; she was the daughter of a showgirl and her father left the family when she was 8. Her mother had great ambitions for her, and pushed her to be an actress, and appeared in the Broadway play The Dummy in 1914 as well...
Bardo was convicted of first-degree murderand "the special circumstance of lying in wait to kill the actress"after pleading not guiltyand was sentenced to life in prison. The case also led to the establishment of the United States'very first anti-stalking laws. Clark ...