Childish Gambino: Acting And Comedy: Donald Glover

Not only is he the most nominated living individual in the history of the Academy Awards (with 49 nominations), but he is also the third most-nominated person in Hollywood History, second only to Metro Goldwyn Mayer (62) Walt Disney (59). In his credentials he holds five Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, 22 Grammy Awards, and 4 Golden Globe Awards. Considering that obtaining a single nomination for any of the aforementioned awards is remarkable in itself, this astounding number is truly

Comedian, Actor, and Musician, Mario Ramil was born and raised in Hialeah, Florida on December 5, 1989. The youngest of two boys, Ramil quickly found comedy as a magical tool to ease tense situations and making new friends. Often labeled as "The funny guy" in school, he was an average student who excelled in amusing his teachers and classmates with comical anecdotes, impressions and physical antics . At around 19 he landed his first short film and started acting in numerous films and tv shows. One week before having his daughter at age 23, Ramil took the Miami Improv stage to finally conquer his fears and accomplish a life long dream of doing stand up comedy. He also began filming online sketches that would eventually start earning him some

As consumers in today’s entertainment business, we don’t really think and evaluate about how a person or item captures our attention. Critics use media literacy to effectively evaluate how a celebrity can take hold of a consumer's time and energy. PartyNextDoor is one of many celebrities who manage to take some of the music business’ audience for himself. In order for a consumer to understand how he has done this, they must use the five tools of media literacy which is description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, and engagement.

Cedric the Entertainer hits Nashville to perform stand up at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Live from the Ville can be streamed on Netflix as of September 16.

I was too late. The “officer” had already reached the car and began to haul Sarah out of the car. I immediately tried to get out of the car, but the car door was jammed. Struggling to get to the other side of the car, I reached out to see if I could save Sarah, but the kidnapper had already gotten out of my reach. He was dragging Sarah unwillingly to a van that had pulled up on the opposite side of the traffic. A few men ran out to help get Sarah and her attacker into the van. I saw one of the men inject Sarah with a liquid.

     Michael Jackson is arguably the most well know celebrity figure in the world today. Michael Joseph Jackson was born in August 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Jackson has spent almost his entire life as a public performer. He was a member of the Jackson Five at the age of four, soon becoming the group's lead vocalist and front man. Onstage, he modeled his dance moves and vocal styling on James Brown, and portrayed an absolute self-confidence on stage that belied his shy, private personality. Throughout his life the media has dissected his personality and projected his image on a worldwide screen. The progression of his image has been a fascinating phenomenon, and his current taboo

“I’ve heard people say I do ‘frat-boy music,'” he confesses. “At some point, me singing about frat party themes is just not going to be realistic. But if I look like a weird old dude up onstage, I’ll be the first one to come to that realization.”

Michael jackson is one of the best known singers and holds the tenth spot in the most well known singers ever. He has many important achievements and had an outstanding career.

Like his mother, he is cloaked in warmth and is beaming of pride. When he sings with Raynell, the two should be radiating the potential they have and brighten the

The songs presented his struggles (Scentless Apprentice) or chaotic marriage (All apologies and Heart Shaped Box for example).

Atlanta is an FX original series created and starring, actor, comedian, and musician, Donald Glover (stage name: Childish Gambino). The series follows the lives of Earnest Marks (Donald Glover) and his cousin Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles played by Brian Tyree Henry, as they navigate through daily life in Atlanta Georgia. After dropping out of Princeton University Earnest (Earn) finds himself back in Atlanta, homeless, working at the airport on commission selling cell phone services. With no money and no home, he goes to his cousin Alfred who has found success with his newly released single, and asks to manage him. Earn who had a failed attempt at being a rapper still sees the potential in the music industry to provide for himself and his daughter. Within the first minute of the pilot episode you are introduced to World Star Hip-Hop and some common media representations of African American men, in the form of hyper-masculinity and violence, appropriately titling this episode The Big Bang.

When studying the black diaspora within the United States, the story typically starts with the classic slave narratives including those of Frederick Douglass and Mary Price and ends with the affirmative action decisions of the late 1990s. History tells the story of an internal racial identity struggle through the institutions of slavery and oppression, resistance and rebellion, cultural reawakening and civil rights which evokes the question: what does it mean to be African American? Aaron McGruder’s animated series The Boondocks creates a context to consider the question of what it means to be an African American today and discusses the institutions that are now molding the African American identity. McGruder criticizes the idea of a

Marshall Mathers, widely known as Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor, who is recognized as one of the most controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century (“Eminem”). Marshall writes most of his lyrics through his personal life experiences while adding a comical “I don’t give a S***” vibe to them. He struggled through a rough and lonely childhood, had relationship issues, became a father at a young age, and worked hard with dedication and persistence to get where he is today.

In the scene, he is cutting up meat for hamburgers at his job. He completely becomes absorbed into the music, and uses it to express how he

As an adolescent Michael Jackson made appeared in a movie “The Whiz” and released his first solo album “Off The Wall”. His album swept the country topping the charts. He toured the country, show after show, promoting for his album. In addition to his album, at this age he wrote songs with legends like Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones. In Erik Erikson’s theory Jackson was in the Identity vs. Role Diffusion stage. Jackson was supposed to discovering himself and his interest. While touring the country and constantly performing how could Jackson identify interests? Erikson points out failure of this stage could result in being influenced by circumstances rather than from awareness. The failure of this stage appears later in Jackson’s life when he relies on others to help him make important life decisions.