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The supernatural ( Medieval ___MASK9___ : " superntrlis ": " supra " " above " + " naturalis " " natural ", first used : 1520  1530 AD ) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature , including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts , gods , or other supernatural beings , or to things beyond nature . Michael Brown ( born August 3 , 1973 ) , professionally known as Michael Ealy , is an American actor . He is known for his roles in Barbershop ( 2002 ) , 2 Fast 2 Furious ( 2003 ) , For Colored Girls ( 2010 ) , About Last Night ( 2014 ) , and The Perfect Guy ( 2015 ) . Ealy starred as Dorian the android in the Fox TV science fiction police drama series Almost Human . Technology (" science of craft ", from ___MASK92___ , " techne ", " art , skill , cunning of hand "; and , "- logia ") is the collection of techniques , skills , methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives , such as scientific investigation . Technology can be the knowledge of techniques , processes , and the like , or it can be embedded in machines which can be operated without detailed knowledge of their workings . Science fiction ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi or scifi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology , space travel , time travel , faster than light travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations , and has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , and unlike the related genre of fantasy , historically science fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in science - based fact or theory at the time the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard science fiction . 2 Fast 2 Furious ( alternatively known as Fast & Furious 2 ) is a 2003 American action film directed by John Singleton . It is the sequel to the 2001 film " The Fast and the Furious " and the second installment of " The Fast and the Furious " franchise . Brian O ' Conner ( Paul Walker ) teams up with his ex - con friend Roman Pearce ( Tyrese Gibson ) and works with undercover U . S . Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes ( Eva Mendes ) to bring down Miami - based drug lord Carter Verone ( Cole Hauser ). An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , radio , and television . The analogous ___MASK92___ term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance . Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome ( black - and - ___MASK58___ ), or in color , and in two or three dimensions and sound . It can refer to a television set , a television program (" TV show "), or the medium of television transmission . Television is a mass medium , for entertainment , education , news , and advertising . Genre ( or ; from French " genre " , " kind " or " sort ", from ___MASK9___ " genus " ( stem " gener -"), ___MASK92___  , " gés ") Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , song , music , and dance . Elements of art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word " theatre " as derived from the Ancient ___MASK92___  ( théatron , " a place for viewing "), itself from  ( theáomai , " to see ", " to watch ", " to observe "). John Daniel Singleton ( born January 6 , 1968 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , and producer best known for directing " Boyz n the Hood ". For the film , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director , becoming the first ___MASK86___ and youngest person to have ever been nominated for the award . Singleton is a native of South Los Angeles and many of his early films , such as " Poetic Justice " ( 1993 ), " Higher Learning " ( 1995 ), and " Baby Boy " ( 2001 ), consider the implications of inner - city violence . Some of his other films include dramas such as " Rosewood " ( 1997 ) in addition to action films such as " Shaft " ( 2000 ), " 2 Fast 2 Furious " ( 2003 ), and " Four Brothers " ( 2005 ).