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Fred was born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina. He moved to Jacksonville in his late teens and served time in the US Navy. Fred later married at age 20 and had a daughter name Adriana Durst. The marriage was turbulent - after one altercation, Durst spent a month behind bars.

James Worthy is an American former professional basketball player who is a commentator, television host, and analyst. Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, "Big Game James" was a seven-time NBA All-Star, three-time NBA champion, and the 1988 NBA Finals MVP with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

A standout for the North Carolina Tar Heels, the small forward shared College Player of the Year honors en route to leading his team to the 1982 NCAA championship. Named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, he was No. 1 pick of the 1982 NBA draft by the Lakers.

Sleepy Floyd was born on 6 March 1960 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Freaky Tales (2024), The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005) and Fins & Skins Classic Adventures (2000).

Cranston Johnson was born the youngest of three children in Gastonia, NC. After graduating from Ashbrook Senior High School, he received a football scholarship from Western Carolina University. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management while finishing his collegiate football career with All Southern Conference honors. His athletic ability and football experience led to him being hired for his first job in the film industry in 2010; a featured extra in The 5th Quarter: starring Andie MacDowell, Aidan Quinn, and Ryan Merriman.

During this time, Cranston took an interest in acting and decided to pursue it as a career. He enrolled in a local acting workshop and eventually gained representation. It was not until he began method acting training in 2011 with Burgess Jenkins and the Actor's Group that he saw his skills on camera start to blossom. With his versatility and new found skill set, he was cast for numerous independent film and television projects. His first SAG booking came when cast as Shawn Griffin in the Jerry Rees directed film Susie's Hope during the summer of 2012. His performance was both powerful and chilling as he portrayed a man standing trial for animal cruelty. In December of the same year Cranston was cast in the Tyler Perry directed film The Single Moms Club starring; Nia Long, Tyler Perry, Wendy McLendon-Covey and Amy Smart.

Cranston is building an impressive resume with episodic television credits that include a recurring role on the critically acclaimed comedy Atlanta starring Donald Glover. He also made appearances on Secrets and Lies, Constantine, Game of Silence, Survivor's Remorse and Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell all in a two year span. Other film credits include: For The Love of Ruth, A Way Back Home and Term Life starring Vince Vaughn, Bill Paxton and Hailee Steinfeld. Cranston's passion for the craft and his commitment to excellence were celebrated when he was awarded Best Actor in a Short Film at the Rahway International Film Festival in 2015 for his work on the gripping A Letter To My Son. The short film was selected to over 20 film festivals highlighted by the Riverrun International Film Festival; which is one of the premier film festivals in the Southeast. His breakthrough role came in the fall of 2016 when cast as series regular Detective Marvin Hanson for the second season of SundanceTV's darkly comic swamp noir Hap and Leonard starring James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams.

He continues to study method acting in Winston Salem, NC and has credited the class and instructor as an invaluable resource to his growth as an actor and human being. With his ability to be funny, angry, loving, menacing, vulnerable, ruthless or caring he has proved that not only can he play a wide range of characters, but that he truly is a student of his craft and dedicated to becoming a future leading man in the film industry.

Darren Walker Conrad, an Award Winning Filmmaker, was born on 10 February to Darryl Walker Conrad and Sarah Gail Phillips, in the small southern town of Gastonia, North Carolina. Darren's Father was an All American Football Player who's shot in the NFL was stopped short by knee injuries. Darren's Great Uncle was All American Football Player and Former Oklahoma State University Athletic Director, Wade Walker. As Darren began to walk and talk, his artistic and musical mother began to notice the child had a natural knack for signing, playing the piano and drums, and acting out stories. Darren's childhood consisted of church plays, school plays, children's theater, church choir, school chorus, and band. Playing piano and bass by ear, his natural God Given Instrument was drums. Darren also excelled in athletics; playing football and baseball through college. His first step on a professional film set was in 1977. As Darren continued through his teenage years, he was able to work on many other professional films; including "All the Right Moves" and "Dirty Dancing". He Majored in Theater and then walked away from football after college. The death of his father in 1989 lead Darren down a different path in life. Instead of going forward with the arts, he joined North Carolina State Law Enforcement, and is still active today in the profession. Darren has received hundreds of commendations and awards in his career. He received the highest law enforcement certification awarded in 2002; the North Carolina Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate. In 2010, he graduated from the North Carolina State University Police and Public Administration Masters Program. Throughout his busy adult life, Darren never forgot his artistic roots. Around 2006, Darren jumped back in the saddle and began really learning and studying film acting. After a few years of private coaching and instruction to make the total transition from stage to film, Darren signed with his first agent. After booking several independent projects, Darren landed his first Principal Role in a National SAG-AFTRA Commercial. Darren's dream was to become a Member of the Screen Actors Guild; and in December of 2010, that dream became a reality. Darren's next true love, passion, and talent was that of writing. Between 2011 and 2018, Darren has written 7, SAG-AFTRA Independent Films; including one, "Award Winning Feature Film", "Partners". He has produced a total of 24 films. Darren's work as a writer has attracted some very experienced actors. Between 2010 to present, Darren has booked 6 National Commercials as "Principal"; and has been booked for "SAG Extra" in several others. He has worked as either Principal, Lead, Supporting, or Highly Featured in film, television, and commercials with such known talent as Tom Cruise, Tommy Lee Jones, Matthew Modine, Bob Gunton, Marco St. John, Thom Gossom Jr., Maureen Dowdell, Francine Locke, Bonnie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Tommy Lee Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rutledge Wood, Dale Earnhardt, and many outstanding local and regional talent. Darren is a very powerful and emotional actor that has learned to stay, "within the box". He can roar like a lion or purr as soft as a kitten. In commercial work, his size and build; combined with a perfect smile; gives off a certain comedic element Casting Directors, Directors, and Producers are looking for. Darren's writing style hits on the emphasis of both character and emotion.

Thomas Sowell was born on 30 July 1930 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Thomas SowellTV (2021), The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman (2007) and Free to Choose (1980).

Lionel Shriver was born on 18 May 1957 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. She is a writer, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Book Quiz (2007) and The Brendan O'Neill Show (2018). She has been married to Jeff Williams since 2003.

Jessica Lunsford was born on 6 October 1995 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. She died on 27 February 2005 in Homosassa, Florida, USA.

Rufus is a former professional football player, who played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football league. He also played seven years for the Hamilton Tigercats of the Canadian Football League where he broke a record that had stood for 28 years. Rufus set a new all time CFL total yardage record of 2,896 for the 1984 Season. He was honored as the 1980's Hamilton Tigercat player of the decade and the plaque that bears that honor in his name now resides in Hamilton Ontario out side the Tigercats stadium. Rufus was also voted as one the 75 greatest Tigercats player of all times. Upon retirement from the professional football in 1986, he began to pursue another passion of his, acting. After taking a year of acting lessons he decided to take his acting more seriously In 2008 Rufus was inducted into Virginia State University Sports Hall of Fame, the university in which he attended. On May 19th 2014 in his home town of Gastonia North Carolina, he was inducted into The Gastonia County Sports Hall of Fame.

Barney Slater was born on 21 January 1923 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer, known for The Tin Star (1957), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Lost in Space (1965). He died on 29 November 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kelly Ray was born and raised in Gastonia, a small city outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. She got the acting bug in third grade and with much begging and pleading, was able to attend school in New York City. For two years she studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and graduated in 1999 from the studio program. She moved back home shortly after graduation to star in many community theater productions. Finally realizing that she had the talent, Ms. Ray made her way back to New York and has been a working actress ever since. She has starred in a number of horror flicks and loves to do voice work. You can hear her talents in a number of different anime cartoons including Alien Nine, Hammerboy, The Mask of Zeguy, and Naru Taru.

Pat Kingsley was born on 7 May 1932 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. She is known for The Thin Red Line (1998), Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) and Looking for Richard (1996). She was previously married to Walter Kingsley.

Born and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, Evan Karagias attended Hunter Huss High School. He became active in the school theater program and won a full collegiate wrestling scholarship to North Carolina State University (Raleigh). At NCSU Evan pursued studies in political science and theater arts. On completion of studies, and after having taken the Wolfpack Wrestling Team to the NCAA Finals, Evan moved to New York City to pursue an acting and modeling career. In 1995, he met his wife, Jennifer, on the set of All My Children (1970). He also became the spokesmodel for the 1996 Calvin Klein and US Olympic Committee advertising campaigns. At the same time, Evan was recruited to join the World Championship Wrestling association, and entered training at the WCW's "Power Plant" facility in Atlanta, Georgia, where he soon reached stunt instructor status. In 1997 he began his appearances on WCW's weekly wrestling shows as "The Outrageous Karagias." He also began touring on the road on behalf of the Heartland Wrestling Association based out of Cincinatti, Ohio. In November of 1999 Evan Karagias won the WCW Cruiserweight Title, and in December of that same year, he recorded his first CD. With Shane Helms (aka "The Hurricane") and Shannon Moore, the first pro-wrestling "boy band" was born: "Three Count." The trio debuted with a hit single, "Can't Get You Out of My Heart" which was also released as a music video. When WCW folded in early 2001 and was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (which changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002), Evan's contract was among the 24 immediately purchased by the WWE as well. He was then sent to the WWF's "farm territory", the Heartland Wrestling Association. He was released in December of that year without being called up to the WWF. He then appeared briefly with Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW). In March of 2002 he showed up in the American Wrestling Association and challenged then champion Eric Priest, "The Underwear Model", and won the AWA World Championship all in one night. Despite his physical prowess, he remains an actor's actor first, and decided to not sign with the WWE because he understands the value of a good script.

Michelle Brown Houston was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Heading West, Giggles and Spider-Man Two Spiders. She has been married to Thad Houston since 2 January 2009. They have two children.

Richard is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. In 2005, he founded New Daydream Films (NDF) as a vehicle to produce cost-efficient, high-quality projects. Since NDF's inception, the company has produced 7 feature films and numerous television series. NDF has seen success in the market with the projects, most notably with "Waiting for Butterflies", which Richard wrote, produced, and directed. The film is currently being screened across the country and has been welcomed with exceptional reviews. In 2012, Richard brought NDF into a joint venture with Charlotte based independent film studio, THE iNDEE, to develop and produce lower budget writer/director driven features. This partnership has led to multiple completed features and an exciting list of projects in development.

Richard has also done work with Halogen TV as senior producer. In just two short years at the network, he produced 30+ hours of internationally broadcast television, including 35 episodes of the award-winning documentary series, "Tainted Love", which currently airs on Participant Media's Pivot TV. Richard is on the producing team for INSP Original Movies. The company is slated to produce several feature films a year, all of which will debut in the network's 80+ million households. Additionally, Richard has been hired to ghost write on a list of feature films that have combined to earn more than $100M at the box office.

Chris Adams is a native of South Carolina, and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. At an early age, Chris had a passion for pretending to be other characters and act out scenes in his childhood, he practiced his craft silently. Chris realized as he was finishing college that he decided to come up with a career plan in the TV/Film industry and reached out to many industry people located in Atlanta, G. A. and Los Angeles for guidance. Chris, then, up and moved from Winthrop University to Atlanta, G.A. and has immediately started acting classes and booking roles. He is mainly known for his role in Sustained as Mr. Kent. Chris is excited about his potential in the film business and what the future holds. In his spare time, Chris likes to practice martial arts, play Texas Limit Hold'em poker, work out, and do volunteer work whenever the opportunity arises.

Jeff Ervin was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Jeff is VFX Editor known for Stay Alive (2006), Starter for Ten (2006), Erax (2021) and Motherland:Fort Salem (2022). He is also an Assistant Editor known for Starship Troopers (1997), National Security (2003), Four Rooms (1995), NCIS New Orleans (2021), Big Sky (2022) and many other projects.

Monica Smith was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

Robert J. Gurney Jr. was born on 11 December 1924 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Terror from the Year 5000 (1958), Edge of Fury (1958) and The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964). He died on 26 January 2011 in Long Beach, California, USA.

DJ Summitt is a multidisciplinary creative professional whose skill set and roles range from art director, motion designer, animator, creative director, to director. His primary focus is in the music industry having worked on concert tours for Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Lopez, Pentatonix, and Steve Aoki - among others. He has worked in the motion design and visual effects industries for two decades and gained initial recognition for his work at CBS on Big Brother and CSI: NY.

Wes Helms was born on 12 May 1976 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.

Mel Stewart was born on 16 November 1968 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Baywatch (1989), Pentathlon (1994) and Nailed (2001). He has been married to Tiffany Van Ostrand since 31 December 1998. They have one child.

Overview

Michael Edward Eaborn (1997-) an American Author with over 3 years experience in Multimedia Publishing , Website Development , and Entrepreneurship. He is the Artist behind the songs "Demagogue" & "Lies" featured in the Album America 2017. He rose to fame with his bestselling book Silent Hood was published in 2017 and has since helped hundreds of people to use Creative Writing to protest against the injustices in the world.

Early Life

Michael Eaborn was born on August 28, 1997 in Gastonia, North Carolina. He was born to abusive parents and was removed by Child Protective Services. He was placed into the Foster Care System. He was abused by his foster parents. At age five, he was adopted by white parents. His adoptive family consisted of 6 sisters and 5 brothers, one being his biological brother. He attended Kindergarten through half of the fourth grade at Holt Elementary School in Durham, North Carolina. He moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where he would go on to complete elementary, middle, and high school in North Carolina. Michael Eaborn graduated with a high school diploma from Millbrook High School in 2015.

Music Career

Michael is no stranger to music, having spent 3 years as a creative writer and a karaoke enthusiast where he sung a variety of songs. Michael has more than 3 years of writing experience in creative writing. Michael helps the creative community to be creative. After a successful career in writing short stories, Michael now is focusing on becoming a lyricist in hopes to achieve the same success.

Steve Fortner was born on 7 July 1969 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Surface (2005), Blood Done Sign My Name (2010) and Southern Gothic (2007).

Hassan Whiteside was born on 13 June 1989 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.