Thursday, December 11, 2014

Tim Allen

I love Tim Allen is he a great actor and such a comedic figure. I have watched several movies that he is in. He has starred in so many movies that were great hits! Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, USA, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real-estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was 11 years-old. His mother, a community-service worker, remarried her high-school sweetheart, an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. Tim has a total of eight siblings. His ancestry includes English, German, Irish, and Scottish.When Tim was young, his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan. In high school, his favorite subject was shopb and after high school, he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested on drug charges and spent two years in jail. After his release, he had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend, started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men are Tim Allen: Men are Pigs (1990). In 1991, he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called Papa bricole (1991). While continuing to film his television series throughout most of the 1990s, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies including Super Noël (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Galaxy Quest (1999). In August 1996, he developed and unveiled his own signature line of power tools, manufactured by Ryobi. On top of all that, he has his own racing team, Tim Allen/Saleen RRRRacing. In May 1999, he ended his series Papa bricole (1991) after eight seasons and in 2001, he filmed such movies as Big Trouble (2002) and Super papa (2001). 

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Actress And Comedian Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy was born in Plainfield, Illinois, to Sandra and Michael McCarthy, a farmer. Her recent ancestors were from County Cork, Ireland. McCarthy began her performing career as a stand-up comedian in New York where she appeared at the famous clubs, Stand Up New York and The Improv. She worked on her acting skills at The Actors Studio and appeared in many stage productions in the city before moving to Los Angeles in the late-1990s. She made a number of TV and movie appearances before making her big breakthrough as Sookie in Gilmore Girls (2000). A steady stream of comedy performances followed, leading to her starring role in the sitcom Mike and Molly (2010). McCarthy married her long-time boyfriend, Ben Falcone, who she met at the Groundling Theatre, on October 8, 2005. They had their first daughter, Vivian, on May 5, 2007. McCarthy's pregnancy was written into the last season of Gilmore Girls. Their second daughter, Georgette, was born on March 22, 2010. McCarthy returned to work four months after giving birth to Georgette to begin filming the first season of Mike & MollyI absolutely love Melissa McCarthy, she is extremely funny and can always make me laugh! She is one of the funniest actress i have ever seen. I have watched pretty much all of the movie she has starred in also. She has a great sense of humor and fits every comedic female part in every movie she stars in! Anyways, here's my blog for this week! I hope everyone has enjoyed reading my blog. Leave comments letting me know what you think and if there are any specific comedy movies you would like me to discuss and go into depth detail about it.

 Melissa McCarthy has been in several movies such as;
- Tammy (2014)
- The Heat (2013)
- Bridesmaids (2011)
- Identity Thief (2013)
- St.Vincent (2014)
- This Is 40 (2012)

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