Anthony Anderson
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Biography: Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian and game show host. He is best known for his leading roles in drama series such as Marlin Boulet on K-Ville, and as NYPD Detective Kevin Bernard on the NBC crime drama Law & Order and comedy sitcom television series Guys with Kids as well as leading roles in comedy series such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on Black-ish. He had major roles in feature films such as Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Kangaroo Jack (2003), Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004), The Departed (2006), Transformers (2007), and Scream 4 (2011). Anderson is also a regular judge on Food Network's Iron Chef America and also has more roles on other television programs such as All About the Andersons, The Bernie Mac Show, and The Shield. Since June 2016, he has served as host of the ABC version of the game show To Tell the Truth. In addition, he has served as a guest panelist for various game shows. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Anthony Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthday: August 15, 1970
Age: 54 years old
Gender: Male
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The Departed
Overview: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-04
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Romeo Must Die
Overview: Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-22
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Me, Myself & Irene
Overview: Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-22
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Transformers
Overview: Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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Barbershop
Overview: A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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Cradle 2 the Grave
Overview: Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-28
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Kangaroo Jack
Overview: Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Hustle & Flow
Overview: With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-22
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Scary Movie 4
Overview: Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-12
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Scary Movie 3
Overview: In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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You People
Overview: A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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Exit Wounds
Overview: Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives secretly operating a drug ring, Boyd joins forces with an unlikely ally -- gangster Latrell Walker -- to bring down the rotten cops.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-16
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Hoodwinked!
Overview: Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip through the pages. In the re-telling of this classic fable, the story begins at the end of the tale and winds its way back. Chief Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's cottage, involving a karate-kicking Red Riding Hood, a sarcastic wolf and an oafish Woodsman.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-16
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Steppin: The Movie
Overview: Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the campus fraternities and sororities fight to recruit the best talent that will help them win the big-money prize.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Overview: A historical journey spanning half a century and beyond at Walt Disney World, featuring spectacular visuals, musical performances, and interviews.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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The Last Stand
Overview: The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting success as performers in Los Angeles until life becomes too much to handle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Life
Overview: Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-16
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Two Can Play That Game
Overview: Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival, Conny. Scorned, she plans to get her man back by any means necessary.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Urban Legends: Final Cut
Overview: The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Liberty Heights
Overview: This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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My Baby's Daddy
Overview: A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-09
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Malibu's Most Wanted
Overview: A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-10
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King's Ransom
Overview: Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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The Back-Up Plan
Overview: When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-23
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Scream 4
Overview: Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott has put herself back together thanks to her writing. However, her return to Woodsboro sparks the return of the Ghostface Killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-13
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See Spot Run
Overview: A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.
Genres: Family Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-02
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Overview: With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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The Big Year
Overview: Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-13
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I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Overview: I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU is a documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in Hollywood, Bernie Mac's sharp tongue and heart of gold resonated with millions of fans throughout his career.This film revisits much of his work through exclusive recordings of early stand-up, featured scenes from his film and TV appearances, and interviews with his co-stars, including Samuel L. Jackson, Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock, and many more. Testimonials from friends and family offer colorful anecdotes about Bernie Mac, from his practical jokes to his strong appreciation for manicures, and paint a vivid picture of who he was as an actor-comedian, husband, father, and friend.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Overview: An exclusive look at final table read and original audition tapes; interviews with cast, crew and guest stars of the show's eight seasons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-19
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The Power of Few
Overview: Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. Five unusual characters are unknowingly connected to an extraordinary smuggling operation, as religious conspiracy collides with urban crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-15
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The Making of Exit Wounds
Overview: Behind the scenes of Andrzej Bartkowiak's 'Exit Wounds'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-14
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Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
Overview: The nation’s library, musical artists and American leaders honored pop music icon Lionel Richie in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, as he was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an all-star tribute concert. The lineup will include performances by previous Gershwin Prize honoree Gloria Estefan, Boyz II Men, Luke Bryan, Andra Day, Chris Stapleton, Miguel, Yolanda Adams, and a special performance by honoree Lionel Richie. Actor and comedian Anthony Anderson hosted the event.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-17
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Laffapalooza Live From Las Vegas
Overview: Originally aired on TBS and taped in front of a live audience in Las Vegas, Laffapalooza boasts an all-star comedic line-up including host Tracy Morgan, best known for his current role on 30 Rock. Tracy keeps the audiences in stitches with his hilarious jokes and outlandish personality. DVD includes a bonus concert hosted by Anthony Anderson.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-26
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Kingdom Come
Overview: When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-11
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Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Overview: The one-night-only celebration honoring the life and legacy of the famed producer features intimate conversations, special performances and surprise reunions that pay homage to the man behind some of television’s greatest stories in celebration of his 100th birthday.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-22
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Overview: A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-16
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G20
Overview: After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Genres: Action Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-10
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Barbershop: The Next Cut
Overview: To survive harsh economic times, Calvin and Angie have merged the barbershop and beauty salon into one business. The days of male bonding are gone as Eddie and the crew must now contend with sassy female co-workers and spirited clientele. As the battle of the sexes rages on, a different kind of conflict has taken over Chicago. Crime and gangs are on the rise, leaving Calvin worried about the fate of his son. Together, the friends come up with a bold plan to take back their beloved neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Hot Bot
Overview: Hot Bot is the hilarious journey of two sexually repressed and unpopular teenage geeks who accidentally discover a life-like super-model sex bot.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-01
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Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1
Overview: Comedian Katt Williams (aka Money Mike) showcases his laugh out loud comedic talents in his first ever HBO stand-up comedy DVD taped in front of a live audience. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Williams worked his way up the comedy club ladder before landing key television and film roles that displayed his flashy, sassy, streetwise style.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-16
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Small Town Crime
Overview: Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Overview: Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-02
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Goats
Overview: Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father has meant 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called 'Goat Man'. When Ellis decides to leave the alternative ways of his desert homestead for a stuffy East Coast prep school, major changes are in store.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-10
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The Star
Overview: A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-15
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Ferdinand
Overview: Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-09
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Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
Overview: Live telethon to support relief efforts for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma featuring appearances, performances, taped tributes and messages from some of the nation’s biggest stars. Broadcast on many stations including ABC, Bravo, CBS, CMT, E!, Fox, HBO, MTV, MTV2, NBC, and Oxygen.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-12
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Alien Avengers
Overview: Charlie and Rhonda are a sweet and comfortable married couple on vacation with their lovely daughter Daphne. They find a rundown boarding house and its haggard owner, Joseph, an ex-con whose mother has just died and left him the house. He doesn't know why this cheerful couple would want to vacation in the worst part of Los Angeles, but he doesn't know they're vacationing from outer space, and their idea of fun is murdering lowlife out on the streets
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-03
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Dear Mama: A Love Letter To Moms
Overview: Celebrities send love letters to their moms in a heartwarming and touching night of tributes.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-07
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Big Momma's House
Overview: When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-31
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Trippin'
Overview: Greg is near the end of his senior year in high school, wanting to go to the prom, eyeing Cinny (the school's beauty with brains) from afar, and regularly trippin', daydreaming about being a big success as a poet, a student, a lover. His mom wants him to apply to colleges, but Greg hasn't a clue. One of his teachers, Mr. Shapic, tries to inspire him, too. He finally figures out he can get close to Cinny if he asks her for help with college applications. But friendship isn't enough, he wants romance and a prom date. So, he tells a few lies and, for awhile, it seems to be working. Then, things fall apart and Greg has to figure out how to put the trippin aside and get real.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-12
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Arthur and the Invisibles
Overview: Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-13
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Beats
Overview: An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-19
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Overview: Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom
Overview: VH1's annual Mother's Day celebration salutes moms everywhere. Anthony Anderson and La La Anthony hosted the event, which included performances by Ashanti, Monica, Luke James, H.E.R., Shai and SWV. T.I. paid tribute to the women in his life, including his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris, and on behalf of the #SeeHer movement, Ciara honored moms who've made strides in advertising and media.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-06
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The Breaks
Overview: Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day ever. Determined to prove to his fed-up mother and would-be girlfriend that he's not a screw-up, he sets out to do one thing right (get some milk) and even that proves to be a challenge! Hilarious encounters with racist red-neck cops, local gangsters and 'flamboyant' pawn shop owners ensue, and along the way Derek shows that he can actually do things for others and maybe even get his own life together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Overview: Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-18
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Grudge Match
Overview: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime
Overview: A collection of live readings and sketch comedy inspired by Mo Willems' series of Pigeon books.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-31
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3 Strikes
Overview: Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hooks has 2 strikes, and wants to change his life for the better. When a friend picks him up, they are pulled over, and his friend shoots at police officers, and Hooks escapes. Now Hooks, a wanted man, must clear his name of having nothing to do with the shooting.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-01
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The Gospel Live Concert
Overview: Live from Atlanta, Georgia! This inspirational event will bring you to your feet! THE GOSPEL LIVE features unforgettable performances and backstage interviews by gospel superstars Mary Mary, Kelly Price, KiKi Sheard, Micah Stampley, Martha Munizzi, GRAMMY Award nominated Deitrick Haddon, two time GRAMMY Award winner Hezekiah Walker and more! Hosted by funny man Anthony Anderson (BARBERSHOP, HUSTLE & FLOW) and featuring the red carpet arrivals and interviews with the stars of the feature film THE GOSPEL.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-26
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The Real Full Monty
Overview: A group of male celebrities strip down to raise awareness for prostate, testicular, and colorectal cancer testing and research in this daring two-hour special.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-08
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