Eddie Steeples Timeline

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April 28, 2006 Projected release date for "Akeelah and the Bee."
September 20, 2005 "My Name Is Earl" premieres to high ratings and rave reviews, the Detroit Free Press calling it "a gen-u-wine, fresh-squeezed screwball pearl that sparkles with a joyously wacky spirit..."
July 25, 2005 Steeples parties at the NBC Summer 2005 TCA celebration.
July 24, 2005 Steeples promotes "Earl" at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
June 11, 2005 Steeples attends Vegas magazine's second anniversary party at Whiskey Beach, Green Valley Ranch Station Casino.
Late May, 2005 Trailers for "Akeelah and the Bee" begin showing in theaters.
May 16, 2005 Steeples appears at NBC's "upfront" presentation at Radio City Music Hall.
May 16, 2005 NBC adds "My Name Is Earl" to its fall schedule.
May 12, 2005 Steeples presents at the Music Video Production Association Awards in New York City (pictured here with Kyler).
March 2005 "My Name Is Earl" shoots in Beaumont, California.
February-March 2005 "Akeelah and the Bee" shoots in Hollywood, Venice, and USC.
January 13, 2005 Steeples appears on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
January 12, 2005 Steeples appears on Inside Edition.
January 10, 2005 "Lost" premieres on television, soon followed by "Found."
January 7, 2005 Steeples is interviewed by phone on Inside Edition.
late December 2004 Steeples is listed as missing by CNN and the New York Times. His family later confirms that he is safe.
December 26, 2004 Steeples vacations in Thailand as tsunami hits.
late 2004 Steeples appears in short film "Message to the Future."
December 2004 Steeples is executive producer of Maurice Dwyer's "In Time."
November 29, 2004 Steeples is named one of People magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive."
November 21, 2004 "Santa's Helper" premieres on television.
November 20, 2004 Steeples appears at UM-MSU hockey game as the Rubberband Man.
October-November, 2004 "The Lost" shoots in Malibu.
September 12, 2004 "Rubberband Man" is defeated by OfficeMax's "Outfit" for Emmy.
August 30, 2004 Steeples is profiled in People magazine: "I tried to be like Kevin Bacon in Footloose," says Steeples. Later, "I put on a shirt and tie and the character just came out."
August 27, 2004 No Surrender performs at Rooftop Films' Summer Series 2004.
August 9, 2004 Rubberband Man appears at OfficeMax Express's grand opening near Chicago's Daley Center.
August 5, 2004 Steeples appears on The Today Show.
August 2004 No Surrender distributes "Reagan's Ghost" EP to RNC protesters.
July 26, 2004 "The Party's Over" premieres on television.
July 21, 2004 "Rubberband Man" is nominated for an Emmy.
April 13, 2004 "Rubberband Man" is parodied on The Tonight Show.
January 16, 2004 "Torque" premieres.
2004 "Lost in the Bush" premieres.
December 2003 "Rubberband Man" premieres on television.
2003 Steeples appears in comic monologue "Message to the Military."
2003 No Surrender releases "White Power Black Magic"
2002 "People Are Dead" premieres.
2001 "Whoa" premieres.
2000 No Surrender releases debut EP, "Earthquake Ocean"
1999 "Amadou" premieres.
1999 "Caravan Summer" premieres.
1998 No Surrender releases cassette single, "Pump This."
1997? Steeples appears on The Chris Rock Show.
1996 Steeples joins No Surrender and Mo-Freek.
1996 Steeples works with Kevin Ford on Benito Cereno, directed by Rich Crooks at La MaMa.
mid-1990s Steeples moves to New York City.
early to mid-1990s Steeples studies theater in Santa Cruz and at the St. Louis Black Repertory Company.
1992 Steeples graduates from Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas.
November 25, 1973 Eddie Steeples is born in Texas.