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Actor Austin Pendleton was born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio to Frances and Thorn Pendleton. He graduated from Yale University. He later became an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, and acted in several of the theater's productions. His first film appearance was in Petulia (1968), a minor and uncredited role. Since, he has made over 100 appearances in television and film.

Catherine Bach is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Anita Lawson.

Chris Zylka was born on May 9, 1985 in Ohio, U.S. as Christopher Michael Settlemire, but later took his mother's maiden name, "Zylka". He attended Howland High School and graduated in 2003. His hobbies have included guitar, painting, association football, basketball, baseball and reading. He studied Art at The University of Toledo in Ohio for two years, but dropped out and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting.

Zylka began his career with a guest appearance on 90210 in 2008. He was soon cast in a recurring role in Everybody Hates Chris before also having guest appearances on the shows Hannah Montana, Cougar Town and Zeke and Luther. Zylka would then land another recurring role as Joey Donner, for 16 episodes, in 10 Things I Hate About You (2009). Zylka began to move into films around this time, starring as Brigg in the Made-for-TV horror My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009) and My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010). Zylka also appeared in Kaboom (2010).

Zylka is known for his role as Jake Armstrong in the CW series The Secret Circle (2011), and for his roles in the movies Shark Night (2011), Piranha 3DD (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), and Tom Garvey in the HBO series The Leftovers (2014).

Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters front-man, will always be remembered as the drummer for Nirvana. But, drumming for a great band such as Nirvana is not Dave's only claim in the world of music. Dave's musical career began at age 15 as the guitarist and later as the drummer for a punk band called "Freak Baby". A year later, he was behind the drums for "Mission Impossible" and later that summer drumming for "Dain Bramage". Another year down the road, an opportunity to drum with one of his favorite punk bands, "Scream", was just too great to pass up. This leads us to 1990 when "Scream" seemed to be coming to an end and "Nirvana" was in need of a drummer. While recording and touring with "Nirvana", Dave continued to write lyrics and music that he would record during breaks with "Nirvana". After the tragic end of "Nirvana", Dave eventually turned to his music to create Foo Fighters. While playing guitar and singing with Foo Fighters is his main job, you can also find Dave channeling his musical genius throughout the world of rock. Dave has drummed for Queens of the Stone Age and Killing Joke. He has also recorded and guest performed with his buddies Tenacious D. All the while recording for his own hardcore project, "Probot".

Lemasters was born Braeden Matthew Lemasters in Warren, Ohio on January 27, to Dave and Michelle Lemasters. He and his family then moved to Santa Clarita where they now reside. He has one brother Austin.

Lemasters started acting at the age of 9, where he first starred in Six Feet Under as Frankie. He was a series regular on "Men of a Certain Age" where he was Ray Romano's son on TNT. He later was a series regular on the ABC series " Betrayal" He also has guest starred on several series including NCIS, House, Grey's Anatomy, ER, Criminal Minds,The Closer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Saving Grace, Cold Case, Saving Grace and Wedding Band. He can also be seen in the films The Stepfather,Easy A and R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls. Look for Lemasters in 2017 in the upcoming series T@gged Also coming soon is are a Blumhouse Production called "Totem" and "Flock of Four" In 2009, he started a band called the Feaver(later renamed The Narwhals) with Dylan Minnette, which includes Zack Mendenhall on bass and Cole Preston on drums Lemasters is the singer and guitarist. In April of 2017 they officially became Wallows and released their first single "Pleaser"

Jeff Schaffer was raised in Warren, Ohio. He attended Western Reserve Academy and later Harvard University. After college, he wrote for television and later the big screen. He worked on Seinfeld (1989) first as a writer and later as a producer. Learning greatly from Larry David, Schaffer eventually worked with him later on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).

Schaffer and his wife Jackie produce The League (2009), which he also writes and directs.

Rex Lee was born on 7 January 1969 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Entourage (2004), Entourage (2015) and Keeping Company (2021).

Troy Bishop was born on 21 September 1972 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Scream (1996), Terms of Endearment (1983) and Apartment 206 (2003). He has been married to Brandy L. Bickford since 30 August 2003.

Nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar for the Pixar blockbuster "Inside Out", LeFauve won an Annie Award for that screenplay. LeFauve began her film career as a producer and President of Egg Pictures, Jodie Foster's film company. During that time, LeFauve produced films which were nominated for an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and she was awarded a Peabody for the Showtime film, "The Baby Dance." LeFauve also produced "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" which won the 2003 IFP Spirit Award for Best First Feature. LeFauve has been a consultant to Screen New South Wales and Screen Australia and has been a mentor at many writing labs, including The Sundance Labs, Cinestory Script Sessions, and the Meryl Streep Lab. LeFauve taught at AFI and served as co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and Television, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years. Raised in Warren, Ohio, LeFauve graduated from the Syracuse University Newhouse School.

Paul Savage was born on 2 September 1925 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Gunsmoke (1955), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He died on 17 September 2014 in La Quinta, California, USA.

Helen Amelia Gilbert was one of those finds for whom everyone had high hopes, and who quickly made a splash in Hollywood, though not due to her acting, which was average at best. She appeared more in gossip columns than on the silver screen, and as her acting career waned, her notoriety grew because of her affairs, marriages, separations, and divorces. And then suddenly she vanished from the spotlight only to have her name appear just one last time in an obituary column.

Helen is born into a musical family, her father, Vaughn Gilbert, owning a music store where she played a variety of instruments as a child. She's inspired by Pablo Casals and dives into studying the cello, winning a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

After graduating, Helen becomes a concert artist, playing at a variety of locations, but it's while performing at the Hollywood Bowl where she is discovered by Herbert Stothart and is given a seat in his MGM orchestra.

In November of 1936, she marries the assistant musical director at Columbia, Mischa Bakaleinikoff, in Tijuana, Mexico. He's 46; she's 21.

Two years later while her orchestra is recording for the upcoming musical Sweethearts (1938), director Fred M. Wilcox spots her and her acting career begins.

Her first role is as Miss Rose Meredith, Andy Hardy's high school "crush" and drama teacher in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939).

Not long after that she separates from her husband in October of 1939, declaring that she will soon file suit for divorce. When asked, she claims, "It was an amicable separation," and is next spotted around the town with Lew Ayres. She responds to gossip columnists that they are just "good pals who happen to be working on the same picture," The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939).

In November she wins an uncontested divorce from Bakeleinkoff on charges that he was rude to her and her friends. She's next spotted with Howard Hughes at the annual Motion Picture Guild Christmas charity party. Now Hughes was quite famous for his attraction to Hollywood beauties, and Helen Gilbert is most definitely a beauty, but it's her fling with Hughes that starts to quash her rise to stardom.

Over the next two years she's seen everywhere by columnists, accompanied by a host of gentlemen friends: Victor M. Orsatti, William Marshall, Billy Blackewell, Richard Denning, Tom Harmon, and finally Seymour J. Chotiner, whom she marries in March of 42.

All this time she's been receiving star treatment from MGM. She's touted as "the new personality" in the trailer for the upcoming Dr. Kildare film in which she plays a patient with psychosomatic blindness. She's also landed the lead in Florian (1940). But as film historian David J. Hogan writes, "In the eyes of MGM Chief Louis B. Mayer, a contract actress who associated with Hughes was foolish and probably not deserving of star treatment."

Hogan also believes that it was because of Hughes that Gilbert lost the role of Glinda the good witch in the The Wizard of Oz (1939) to Billie Burke.

In 1942 she plays the role of the femme fatale in The Falcon Takes Over (1942) and separates from Chotiner after five short months of marriage.

This time it's Chotiner who gets the uncontested divorce, complaining that "during five months of marriage, I had only one meal at home," but she and Chotiner soon reconcile before the divorce decree becomes final.

Less than two years later, they part again. Helen files for divorce, and this time while Chotiner tells columnists that "careers and marriages do not mix," she's charging him with extreme cruelty without provocation. It's during this roller coaster of a marriage that Helen is cast in the not very coveted role of "girl on a trolley" in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).

She might not have had much to offer movie goers at that time, but the tabloids are quickly lit up again when, after a whirlwind romance with Victor Makzoume, the owner of Victor's Café on Sunset Strip and ex-husband of Claire Alexander, they marry. He is 12 years her senior.

She lands a lead role in the 1946 film God's Country (1946), shot in Cinecolor, but the reviews are mixed and the next time we hear about her is again in the newspapers when she and her husband, Makzoume report that their Hollywood home had been burglarized of jewelry, clothing, and a number of bottles of expensive perfumes. The take is estimated at $15,000.00.

After finishing up Death Valley (1946), lauded as "A Dramatic Screen Triumph in Gorgeous Color, Set Against the Background of Nature's Most Treacherous and Mysterious Land," moviegoers are not at all impressed, so Helen decides to take time off to escort her husband to Lebanon to visit his family. Unfortunately, Makzoume has a heart attack at the Grand Hotel in Rome, and Helen is at his bedside as he passes away at age 45.

Helen had been preparing to make her movie comeback while in Europe with one film being shot in Paris and another in Rome, but in June of 1948, Dorothy Manners reports in her column that, "She is so shaken and grief stricken she called off both contracts to bring his body back to this country."

The courts grant Helen an allowance of $650 (nearly $6,000 in today's money) pending distribution of Makzoume's estate, of which she'll eventually get half, with the rest going to his mother and sister.

By September of that year, gossip columnists report her back "as pretty as ever" at the Band Box, a jazz and comedy club in Hollywood, accompanied by Jimmy Valentine, a famous one-legged dancer.

But it's the following February when newspapers are deliciously abuzz with the story of her secret marriage to Johnny Stompanato, a bodyguard and money man for Mickey Cohen, head of the Cohen crime family. This time Helen is 33 and Stompanato is 23.

In July of that same year, she testifies at her divorce hearing that, "Johnny had no means. I did what I could to support him."

Johnny would eventually be killed by Lana Turner's daughter, who stabbed him to death in 1958. In court it came out that he'd been violent with Turner and his death was ruled justifiable homicide, because Cheryl had been defending her mother from a vicious beating.

Just two months after divorcing Stompanato, Helen marries James E. Durant, the Flamingo Hotel casino manager. The ceremony is short and sweet, and performed by a Justice of the Peace, but the gossip columns get it wrong when they report this being her sixth marriage. Somehow in the count, they'd tossed in Bill Marshal, with whom she'd had a fling, but never married.

Historians aren't quite sure why the Las Vegas marriage had to have a "do-over" but in February of 1950, they are again married, this time in Coolidge, Arizona. It would be just four short months' later when Helen files for divorce, charging him with cruelty.

Not one to rest on her reputation, while awaiting her divorce she promises herself to Charles, A. Hubbard, heir to a fortune in the Bahamas. He gives her a $17, 000.00 ($180,000.00 in today's money) diamond ring on Christmas Day, 1949 with the understanding that they will soon be wed.

However, in January, her love for Hubbard has cooled, and she refuses to return the ring, opting instead to reconcile with Durant. They will stay married for almost two years, and their divorce will make history as the courts cannot decide if they are married or not.

She claims that he tried to throw her out of a window of an 11th floor apartment, and he claims they were already divorced back in Phoenix.

So two months later she marries her seventh and final husband, H. O. Bryant, someone who apparently has no background, no history, but just a future with the lovely Helen Gilbert who is now 35.

Now that she's happily married and the distribution of Makzoume's estate puts her late husband's restaurant in her control, she finally drops her divorce suit against Durant, no longer claiming their Arizona divorce to be invalid.

Her sister, Mari Finley would soon move in with her and producer Alex Gordon starts seeing both of them on a professional basis. He's thinking of casting Helen in the title role of The She-Creature (1956), but the part eventually goes to Marla English.

Helen has been out of films for six years and yearns to make a comeback. She lands a key role in the film Thief of Damascus (1952), which turns out to be a pot boiler made on a tight budget by recycling all the scenery from big budget epics of the forties such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943) and Arabian Nights (1942). The color is spectacular and the scenery is offset by a beautiful female cast in flowing gowns, all spouting quotable lines written tongue in cheek. But the satire falls flat and it bombs at the box office. Her next three appearances are in TV series, but it's Girls in Prison (1956) where she expects finally to make her comeback.

She lands a rather racy role as Joan Taylor's lesbian cellmate, but is overshadowed by the tough-talking, plump-cheeked, peroxide blonde Adele Jergens whose performance steals the show. Helen's sister lands a bit part in the film, but other than another bit part in The She-Creature, her film career goes nowhere.

Helen would do two more episodes in TV series and then, because she is happily married, the gossip columns go silent. She quietly walks away from Hollywood never to be heard from again until her death.

Her husband, H. O. Bryant will die of a heart attack in 1987, and she follows him 8 years later having also succumbed to cardiac arrest.

Her body is cremated; her ashes scattered at sea.

Roger Eugene Ailes was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Donna Marie and Robert Eugene Ailes, a factory foreman at a local factory. Later in life, Roger Ailes was inducted into the Warren High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

Roger Ailes graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a BA in 1962. Soon afterwards, Ailes began his television career as a property assistant on The Mike Douglas Show (1961). Working in Cleveland and Philadelphia, Roger Ailes quickly rose to producer in 1965 and executive producer between 1967 and 1968. "The Mike Douglas Show" was also the show that allowed Roger Ailes to be nominated for an Emmy in 1968.

It was during Roger Ailes' work on "The Mike Douglas" show that he engaged in a lively discussion about Television and the role it plays in Politics with then-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon. Nixon, having recognized Roger Ailes talent and foresight, brought him on as media adviser to Nixon's presidential campaign from 1967-1968.

In 1968, Roger Ailes founded Ailes Communication in New York, a media production and consulting firm which consulted for a number of different politicians and businesses. He produced two Broadway plays: "Mother Earth" in 1972 and "Hot-L Baltimore", which premiered in 1973 and ran for three years.

Roger Ailes' exposure and success in his political consulting during the Nixon campaign, allowed him to once again consult for a presidential campaign. This time, for the 1984 campaign of Ronald Reagan. It is widely believed that Ailes' coaching of Reagan was the deciding factor which allowed Reagan to win the second presidential debate with Walter Mondale.

Again in 1987 and 1988, while acting as producer for several television specials, Roger Ailes successfully coached and consulted George Bush to victory in both the Republican primaries and, afterwards, the presidential election beating opponent Michael Dukakis. Roger Ailes announced his withdrawal from political consulting in 1992.

After his successful political consulting efforts, Roger Ailes helped produce a television special called "Television and the Presidency", which was later expanded to be a multi-part series. In 1988, Roger Ailes wrote a book called "You Are the Message: Secrets of the Master Communicators", in which he divulged some of the strategies and philosophies for successful performances in public.

In 1993, Roger Ailes was named president of CNBC. During Ailes' presidency at CNBC, he planned and executed the inception of another CNBC channel, "America's Talking", which debuted in 1994. It was on this channel that Roger Ailes hosted a nightly talk show called "Straight Forward".

Once the decision by Microsoft and NBC to create an online and cable news outlet became clear, and it was decided that "America's Talking" would be abandoned, Roger Ailes left - the newly named - MSNBC. Shortly after his departure from NBC/MSNBC, he was hired by Rupert Murdoch to create the now-famous "Fox News Channel" for Murdoch's News Corporation. Fox News quickly became the most-watched cable news network in the United States, in part due to notable names such as Geraldo Rivera, as well as the memorable tagline - which to this day is still used - "Fair and Balanced". Fox News is also credited with big name stars, such as Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren.

To this day, he remains chair and CEO of Fox News Channel and also chairs Fox Television Stations, Twentieth Television, MyNetwork TV and Fox Business Network.

Elizabeth George was born on 26 February 1949 in Warren, Ohio, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001), Lynley (2025) and Alchemy and Other Imperfections (2011).

Heidi Berry was born on 6 October 1964 in Warren, Ohio, USA. She is known for Fireflies in the Garden (2008) and Passion in the Desert (1997).

Earl Derr Biggers was born on 24 August 1884 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for The House Without a Key (1926), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935). He was married to Eleanor Ladd. He died on 5 April 1933 in Pasadena, California, USA.

"Dr." Desiré Dubounet, or, perhaps, "Professor" Dubounet, was born June 19th 1951, in Warren Ohio, USA. William Nelson, has become the most prolific writer and defender of Natural Medicine. Her early life has been documented in a Full length movie "Intellect is the final frontier, Story of Desi's Youth". America was afraid of the Soviet threat. Her complete life can be found in the "Angel Book bio". While working for the AC Electronics division of General Motors in 1970, Desiré s mathematical genius assisted the Apollo 13 astronauts reentry gyro programming. Soon after, Desiré decided to be a pastor like his good friend and teacher Rev. Sinner. At the seminary Desiré was told that one-day God would call him to service. When God spoke to Desiré God said "I don't want you here. I want you to rewrite molecular Biology ". Not wishing to disobey, Desiré embarked on the path to learn all about molecular biology. Ten years later in 1982, Desiré finished her magnum opus, PROMORPHEUS, which was sent to the Library of Congress. Thirty five years later this PROMORPHEUS was "still the most technical and mathematical treatise on the quantic life process existing". "For this effort Dr. Dubounet has been nominated for the Noble Prize in medicine every year since. For her work on Economics she has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics. see the story in this movie "Print Money for the Poor, to Trickle up to the Rich". Desiré taught mathematics, meditation, and mystic philosophy at Youngstown State University for over eight years. He became a Medical Doctor and a Licensed Clinical Counselor in Ohio to diagnose and treat the ailments of mankind. Dr. Dubounet is an accomplished medical doctor, quantum physicist, mathematician, computer expert, naturopath, acupuncturist, and homeopath. He unites these arts in a dynamic way that all can understand. Desiré born both sexes, legally changed her name and gender rating from William Nelson to Desiré Dubounet, female first in 2002 in England. Then she changed her name in America with her American federal voter's registration, her Ohio medical records and her Mexican travel Visa. The list of her name change validation is vast, but the American Embassy does not honor the changes as they are legally required to do so. A possible conspiracy to deprive Desi of her rights might be in the wind. There are small minds everywhere judging people, fighting against change, hurting people for greed and exercising bigotry. Desiré Dubounet, the famous TV and Movie Star of Hungary has performed all over the world with a Hungarian band called the HUNZ and a movie production company. Desiré has worked as a photo-model and she ran a very popular night club for years in Budapest. The Blood fever virus of Dracula, the Greatest Sin Trillogy, Natural Medicine Trilogy(Water, Wine, Homeopathy, Sworn on the Altar, Healer), the War Crimes Trial of Harry Truman, Dracu, The Story of ****., Naked Prey, Return to the Garden, Story of**** , Cat, Equal Economic Education, Illuminati, Illuminati 2 Desi vs the Aliens, REVELATIONS the Movie, What are you Afraid of 1, What are you Afraid of 2, Quantum Limits, Chess, Lizard Movie, Phoenix and many other movies make Desire' one of the most prolific controversial movie producers ever. Desiré's Courage to Think with the Big Head Not the Little (Dick) Head helped the world to see the dangers that face us. There used to be Protest Songs and Protest Movies, Desi still makes them to help the world.

Peter Raymundo was born on 26 December 1972 in Warren, Ohio, USA. Peter is a writer, known for Lilo & Stitch (2002), The Lion King (1994) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). Peter has been married to Williams, Dorothy since 19 February 2000. They have one child.

George Anthony was born on 5 September 1951 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He has been married to Cindy Anthony since 20 March 1981. They have two children. He was previously married to Terry R Rosenberger.

Casey Anthony was born on 19 March 1986 in Warren, Ohio, USA.

Frank Schuller was born on 17 June 1935 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for Caddyshack (1980), Ghost Warrior (1984) and The Jackie Gleason Show (1966).

Andy Gates is an American Film and Television actor. He has trained at Emerson College, American Conservatory Theatre and The Actors Workshop in Boston. He has also trained with Cliff Osmond, Michelle Danner, Ron Max, Rick Pagano and Susie Landau to name a few.

His first film role was in the film The Cleaning Lady (2005) and his professional stage debut was back in 1990 at ACT's annual favorite 'A Christmas Carol'. This performance had to be in the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco due to the severe damage of the Geary Theatre by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Ironically Andy appeared in a National Geographic Special in 2005 as a tourist from Oklahoma trapped on the Bay Bridge during the same devastating quake.

He specializes in portraying the everyman, and his "boy next door" looks and charm obscure the fact that his true love in cinema and his reason for becoming an actor in the first place is the Horror genre. Andy lives in Los Angeles with his wife, daughter and probably a dog depending on when you are reading this.

Linda DeScenna was born in 1949 in Warren, Ohio, USA. She is a set decorator and production designer, known for Blade Runner (1982), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Rain Man (1988). She has been married to Mark Robinson since 10 June 2017.

Nate Thomas has directed and/or produced numerous film projects including award-winning PBS documentaries, television commercials, public service announcements, music videos, etc. He spent in-flight and ground travel time with 1988 presidential candidate Jesse Jackson directing and producing for the campaign Under The Rainbow, a promotional film narrated by Casey Kasem. In addition, he produced several of Jackson's television commercials.

In Hawaii, Nate line-produced a 70mm IMAX film presentation for Japan's Expo '89. He also produced and directed a series of award-winning anti-alcohol public service announcements geared toward Black women for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. These spots were telecast on television throughout California. He directed and produced Family Dinner, a gripping 30 second cyber predator public service announcement for television sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice. For his efforts Thomas received a commendation from FBI Director Robert Mueller. In 2013 the FBI released a series of 30 second television public service ads on the dangers of intellectual property theft and cyber bullying produced and directed by Thomas. These garnered him an Emmy Award in 2014.

Thomas also produced the nationally televised PBS film The Last of the One Night Stands. This documentary, on the big band era, won numerous awards including a CINE Golden Eagle, a Focus Award,honors at the San Francisco International Film Festival and an award from the Black American Cinema Society. It was given special screenings at the 15th annual Wellington Film Festival in New Zealand and the Smithsonian Institution where it is contained in the film archives.

Nate, a Warren, Ohio native, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Using a graduate fellowship from Warner Brothers, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema Production from the prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is also listed in Who's Who Among African Americans and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists as well as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Mr. Thomas is a tenured Professor of Cinema and Television Arts and head of the film production program at California State University, Northridge.

Mr. Thomas won a Sony Innovator Award in recognition of his film work and completed the independent feature film entitled East of Hope Street. Mr. Thomas directed the urban drama which was co-written and co-produced with long time friend and associate Tim Russ, star of the Star Trek: Voyager television series. The film is a real-life story of a teenage Latina who comes of age while struggling to survive the abuses of home, the inner city, and an overburdened child protection system in a Los Angeles most of us never see. East of Hope Street won Best Feature Film at the 1998 New Orleans Urban Film Festival, Best Urban Drama at the 1998 New York International Independent Film Festival, 1st Place, Cross Cultural at the 1998 Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Festival and a Jury Award at the 1999 Hollywood Black Film Festival. It was also honored at the 8th Annual First Americans in the Arts Awards Show and was nominated for the prestigious Imagen Award (Spanish Image Awards). East of Hope Street is distributed by The Cinema Guild and opened nationally in selected theaters Fall of 1999. It is available on home video through Maverick Entertainment. Thomas also directed the independent feature film Stompin' starring Sinbad and Vanessa Bell Calloway. The film has been released on DVD by Warner Home Video.

Thomas has been featured in a variety of newspaper articles including the L.A. Times and The L.A. Daily News. He has also been featured on E! Entertainment Television, Starz Movie News, and numerous other television entities nationally. In Los Angeles he has been featured on KNBC Channel 4 News and KCOP Channel 13 News.

Eric Murphy was born on 11 December 1975 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown (2015), Ancient Aliens (2009) and Food Paradise (2007).

Jerry Douglas was born on 28 May 1956 in Warren, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Fire Down Below (1997), Get Low (2009) and The Grave (1996). He has been married to Jill French since 8 October 1987. They have four children.