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Elvis Presley
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Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is referred to as the King of Rock and Roll. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis and his music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a popularizer of rockabilly. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, Presleys first RCA single, Heartbreak Hotel, was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. He was regarded as the figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances. In November 1956, Presley made his debut in Love Me Tender. In 1958, he was drafted into military service, in 1973, Presley featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Several years of drug abuse severely damaged his health. Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century and he won three Grammys, also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Presley was born on January 8,1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love and Vernon Elvis Presley, Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered stillborn 35 minutes before his own birth. Thus, as a child, Presley became close to both parents and formed an especially close bond with his mother. The family attended an Assembly of God, where he found his musical inspiration. Although he was in conflict with the Pentecostal church in his later years, rev. Rex Humbard officiated at his funeral, as Presley had been an admirer of Humbards ministry. Presleys ancestry was primarily a Western European mix, including Scots-Irish, Scottish, German, gladyss great-great-grandmother, Morning Dove White, was possibly a Cherokee Native American. Gladys was regarded by relatives and friends as the dominant member of the small family, Vernon moved from one odd job to the next, evincing little ambition. The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance, the Presleys survived the F5 tornado in the 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak. In 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of kiting a check written by the landowner, Orville S. Bean and he was jailed for eight months, and Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives
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Presley in a publicity photograph for the 1957 film
Jailhouse Rock
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Presley's birthplace in
Tupelo, Mississippi
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Presley in a
Sun Records promotional photograph, 1954
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The "iconic cover" of
Presley's 1956 debut album featuring a photo taken July 31, 1955, in Tampa, Florida
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Billboard magazine
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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An 1896 issue of Billboard
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Audi
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Audi is a German automobile manufacturer that designs, engineers, produces, markets and distributes luxury vehicles. Audi is a member of the Volkswagen Group and has its roots at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, audi-branded vehicles are produced in nine production facilities worldwide. The modern era of Audi essentially began in the 1960s when Auto Union was acquired by Volkswagen from Daimler-Benz. After relaunching the Audi brand with the 1965 introduction of the Audi F103 series, Volkswagen merged Auto Union with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969, the company name is based on the Latin translation of the surname of the founder, August Horch. Horch, meaning listen in German, becomes audi in Latin, the four rings of the Audi logo each represent one of four car companies that banded together to create Audis predecessor company, Auto Union. Audis slogan is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning Advancement through Technology, however, since 2007 Audi USA has used the slogan Truth in Engineering. Audi, along with BMW and Mercedes are among the luxury automobile brands in the world. Originally in 1885, automobile company Wanderer was established, later becoming a branch of Audi AG, another company, NSU, which also later merged into Audi, was founded during this time, and later supplied the chassis for Gottlieb Daimlers four-wheeler. On 14 November 1899, August Horch established the company A. Horch & Cie. in the Ehrenfeld district of Cologne, three years later in 1902 he moved with his company to Reichenbach im Vogtland. On May, 10th,1904 he founded the August Horch & Cie. Motorwagenwerke AG, after troubles with Horch chief financial officer, August Horch left Motorwagenwerke and founded in Zwickau on 16 July 1909, his second company, the August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH. His former partners sued him for trademark infringement, the German Reichsgericht in Leipzig, eventually determined that the Horch brand belonged to his former company. Since August Horch was prohibited from using Horch as a name in his new car business, he called a meeting with close business friends, Paul and Franz Fikentscher from Zwickau. At the apartment of Franz Fikentscher, they discussed how to come up with a new name for the company, during this meeting, Franzs son was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Horch. in German means Hark. or hear, which is Audi in the imperative form of audire – to listen – in Latin. The idea was accepted by everyone attending the meeting. On 25 April 1910 the Audi Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau was entered in the register of Zwickau registration court. The first Audi automobile, the Audi Type A 10/22 hp Sport-Phaeton, was produced in the same year, followed by the successor Type B 10/28PS in the same year. Audi started with a 2,612 cc inline-four engine model Type A, followed by a 3,564 cc model and these cars were successful even in sporting events
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Audi head office in
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Audi AG
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Audi Type E
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IFA F9
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State Farm
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State Farm is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The groups main business is State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, the corporate headquarters are in Bloomington, Illinois. State Farm is ranked 44th in the 2013 Fortune 500, which lists American companies by revenue, in 2014, the company sold its operations in Canada to the Desjardins Group, which is continuing to use the State Farm name. State Farm was founded in 1922 by retired farmer George J. Mecherle as a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. The firm specialized in insurance for farmers, and later expanded its services into other types of insurance, such as homeowners and life insurance. The State Farm jingle was written by American songwriter Barry Manilow in 1971, a cover was released by Weezer in 2011. In the 1960s State Farms first commercial jingle was originally created for The Jack Benny Program, as of December 2013 State Farm had 65,000 employees and 18,000 agents. In 2014, the company sold its operations in Canada to Desjardins Group, canadian policies were transferred to be underwritten by Desjardins Group on January 1,2015. The State Farm brand continues to be used for agents and marketing, the State Farm interlocked tri-oval logo was created in the mid-to-late 1940s and was updated in 1953. For nearly 60 years, this design was critical to its brand image, on December 23,2011, State Farm decided to transform its interlocked tri-oval logo to a contemporary logo to showcase the company’s core service offerings of auto, fire, and life. The new logo was introduced January 1,2012, marking the company’s 90th anniversary and it consists of a simple three-oval design adjacent to the State Farm wordmark. According to Pam El, Marketing Vice President at State Farm, State Farm Associates Funds Trust State Farm Mutual Fund Trust State Farm Investor Services Co. State Farm Finance Corporation of Canada SF Insurance Placement Corporation of Canada Insurance Placement Services, State Farm International Life Insurance Company Ltd. State Farm Guaranty Insurance Company State Farm Variable Product Trust Amberjack Ltd and this commercial structure is from State Farms Get to a Better State campaign that premiered in June 2011, with an increased spending budget. As a result, State Farm’s brand awareness and favorability has gone up considerably and this campaign focuses on making humor out of unfortunate problems that are commonly faced. These commercials then make light of the situation by demonstrating how easy it is to contact an agent, each of these commercials follows a similar structure. A group of one to three people find themselves in an unfortunate situation, someone in the group will then call on their State Farm agent by singing the jingle “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there”. A State Farm agent will appear and help the group out with their problem
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State Farm Insurance "Fire Building" in downtown Bloomington, Illinois.
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State Farm Insurance
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State Farm Insurance in Ontario.
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Eight Elvises
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Eight Elvises is a 1963 silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol of Elvis Presley. In 2008 it was sold by Annibale Berlingieri for $100 million to a private buyer, the current owner and location of the painting, which has not been seen publicly since the 1960s, are unknown. Eight Elvises is composed of eight identical, overlapping images of Elvis Presley in cowboy attire, the painting was originally a portion of a 37-foot long piece, containing sixteen copies of Elvis, that was showcased in a 1963 exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. The exhibition, Warhols second at the Ferus, contained several other pieces using the image of Elvis. The images of Elvis were taken from a publicity still from the movie Flaming Star, when the gallery was dismantled, the section with eight images of Elvis became a distinct piece, measuring 6 1⁄2 by 12 feet. While Warhol created 22 versions of the painting with two Elvises on it, known as Double Elvis, only one piece titled Eight Elvises was created. In 2008 Eight Elvises was sold by Annibale Berlingieri, who had owned it for 40 years, news of the sale, which was not announced publicly at the time, was broken by art writer Sarah Thornton and published in The Economist in late 2009. The deal was brokered by Philippe Ségalot, a New York-based art dealer, the current location of the painting is unknown. Another painting from 1963, Silver Car Crash, broke the record for a Warhol work set by Eight Elvises when it sold for $105 million at auction in November 2013. Triple Elvis List of most expensive paintings McCarthy, David, Andy Warhols Silver Elvises, Meaning through Context at the Ferus Gallery in 1963
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Eight Elvises
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Guy Peellaert
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He also designed film posters for films like Taxi Driver, Paris, Texas, and Short Cuts. The band Frankie Goes to Hollywood took their name from Peellaerts painting, titled Frank Sinatra, Peellaert was born into an aristocratic family, but left home at an early age. His style was influenced by art and Pop Art. He moved to Paris, where he worked variously in advertising, set design for the casino and his comic strip, Les Aventures de Jodelle, was published in 1966 in the controversial French magazine Hara-Kiri. The protagonist, Jodelle, was modelled after singer Sylvie Vartan, in 1973, he collaborated with British rock journalist Nik Cohn on the best-selling book Rock Dreams, which reportedly sold a million copies after it was published the following year. The book consisted of Peelaerts visual illustrations which celebrated and exaggerated the rebel heritage of pop music and, particularly, rock and roll, many of the original artworks were bought by actor Jack Nicholson. After the success of Rock Dreams, Peellaert became perhaps best known for his album covers. He designed covers for The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Étienne Daho, Lio and he painted in a very photorealistic style and often used pastel. The album cover of David Bowies Diamond Dogs met with controversy, the cover art features Bowie as a striking half-man, half-dog grotesque. It was controversial as the full painting clearly showed the hybrid’s genitalia, very few copies of this original cover made their way into circulation at the time of the albums release. The genitalia was quickly airbrushed out for the 1974 LP’s gatefold sleeve, Peellaert and Cohn collaborated again on 20th-Century Dreams in 1999, with illustrations of political and world historical figures. His work has exhibited internationally and magazines like Les Inrockuptibles, The Guardian. He died at the age of 74 of cancer
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Guy Peellaert's design for
David Bowie 's
Diamond Dogs album
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24 Hour Church of Elvis
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The 24 Hour Church of Elvis was an exhibit at a museum and gallery called Wheres The Art. in Portland, Oregon, USA, run by artist Stephanie Stevie G. Pierce. The original location, which operated from 1985–1986, had a single coin-operated fortune-telling machine accessible from the street, elaborate window displays, for prices ranging from 25 cents to a dollar. Every prize was accompanied by an original work of art by Ms. Pierce. Some machines were run by Commodore 64 computers, and included crude graphics and these machines were always accessible, hence the first part of the name. Other items by the artist were available inside the store when it was open, also inside, one would often find the street performer called Elvis who would play a few songs on a cardboard guitar, in his sequined jumpsuit and thick, dark-rimmed glasses. This performer is still a fixture at Portland Saturday Market. The third location was devoted primarily towards 1970s popular culture memorabilia, the museum offered legal weddings for $25 and cheap, not legal weddings for $5. The fake weddings could be same sex. Despite the name, the incarnation of the 24 Hour Church was not open 24 hours, as indicated by a sign on the door which read 24 Hour Church of Elvis. The fourth location closed in March 2013 due to lack of funds for rent, palahniuk, Chuck Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon. ISBN 1-4000-4783-8 Official Website of the 24 Hour Church of Elvis older 24 Hour Church of Elvis homepage at the Wayback Machine Article from The New Colonist
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408 NW Couch Street, Portland
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Velvet Elvis
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A Velvet Elvis is a painting of Elvis Presley on velvet. It typically represents a costumed torso of Elvis holding a microphone and this iconic velvet painting is considered an archetypical example of kitsch. Liflander also details the life of Edgar Leeteg, the father of American black velvet kitsch, whose raucous, Velvet was a popular medium for artists on the streets of Tijuana, reaching a height of popularity in the 1970s. There are a number of examples of musicians alluding to paintings of famous singer in their songs or stage names. Velvet Elvis, a contemporary heavy-psychedelic stoner rock band hailing from Rochester, Velvet Elvis, a 1980s rock group based in Lexington, Kentucky, originally consisting of Dan Trisko, John Clark, Sherri McGee and Doug Carman. Scott Stoess and Jeff Yurkowski later replaced Clark and Carman, Velvet Elvis released two self-produced albums in addition to one for Enigma Records that was produced by Mitch Easter. Alannah Myles song Black Velvet seems to allude to the paintings, in the PC game Fallout, a velvet Elvis portrait can be found in the crashed UFO encounter, on an alien skeleton. This refers to the rumors and jokes that Elvis is still alive, numerous velvet Elvis portraits can also be found in the sequel to Fallout, Fallout 2. A Velvet Elvis can also be found in the PC game Fountain of Dreams in the Desotos compound and it is the only type of painting that cannot be sold to Big Daddy for money. Hampshire College students had a tradition regarding a Velvis, which was to be stolen by successive students, in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Huxley points to a velvet Elvis painting as one of his many possessions. On an episode of the television series Pawn Stars Rick tells Chumlee hed have a velvet Elvis over his fireplace after he buys a fake etching without Ricks permission. On episode 2, season 4, of The Killing, Stephen Holder says So Im not gonna find a Velvet Elvis hanging anywhere around here, Velvet Elvis is the name of a yacht racing team,2010 UK National Champions in the J/109 class. Velvet Elvis Cycling is a group of cyclists from Michigan, active in CX, MTB. They are not so much of a team as a circus act that you have to audition for. Velvet Elvis, Repainting the Christian Faith is a written by Rob Bell of Mars Hill Bible Church. While in college as the singer of _ton bundle, he wrote a song called Velvet Elvis. Velvet Elvis is the name of a cheese sandwich available at Smith & Deli in Fitzroy, Melbourne
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A velvet Elvis painting
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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker
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A 13-digit ISBN, 978-3-16-148410-0, as represented by an
EAN-13 bar code
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Elvis Costello
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Declan Patrick MacManus, better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His critically acclaimed album, My Aim Is True, was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band and his second album, This Years Model, was released in 1978, and was ranked number 11 by Rolling Stone on its list of the best albums from 1967–1987. His third album, Armed Forces, was released in 1979 and his first three albums all appeared on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Costello and the Attractions toured and recorded together for the part of a decade. Much of Costellos work since has been as a solo artist, steeped in wordplay, the vocabulary of Costellos lyrics is broad. His music has drawn on many genres, one critic described him as a pop encyclopaedia. He has won awards in his career, including a Grammy Award. In 2003, Costello and the Attractions were inducted into the Rock, in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Costello has co-written several original songs for motion pictures, including God Give Me Strength from Grace of My Heart, for the latter, Costello was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Costello was born in 25 August 1954 at St Marys Hospital, London, the son of Lilian Alda and Ross MacManus, Costello lived in Twickenham, attending Archbishop Myers R. C. School, which is now St Marks Catholic Secondary School, in neighbouring Hounslow, with a musically inclined father, Costellos first broadcast recording was with his father in a television commercial for R. Whites Lemonade. His father wrote and sang the song, Costello provided backing vocals, the advertisement won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival. Costello moved with his Liverpool-born mother to Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1971, there, he formed his first band, a folk duo called Rusty, with Allan Mayes. After completing secondary school at St. Francis Xaviers College he moved back to London where he formed a band called Flip City. They were active from 1974 through to early 1976, around this time, Costello adopted the stage name D. P. His father had performed under the name Day Costello, and Elvis has said in interviews that he took this name as a tribute to his father and he worked for a short period as a computer operator at the Midland Bank computer centre in Bootle. He continued to write songs and began looking for a recording contract
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Costello at the 2012
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Chicago
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Costello performing at Glastonbury, 2005
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Costello's hand prints on the European Walk of Fame,
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Elvis Mitchell
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Elvis Mitchell is an American film critic, host of the public radio show The Treatment, and visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has served as a critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the LA Weekly, The Detroit Free Press. In the summer of 2011, he was appointed as curator of LACMAs new film series and he is also currently a Film Scholar and lecturer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Mitchell was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in the Metro Detroit area and he graduated in 1980 from Wayne State University, where he majored in English. He was a critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the LA Weekly, The Detroit Free Press. In the 1990s, Mitchell was part of a short-lived PBS show called Edge, on the series, he provided film commentary and general criticism. Mitchell produced The Black List in 2008, with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, a film about race, culture. The film includes Toni Morrison, Chris Rock and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar among others, a follow-up film, The Black List Part 2, was filmed in the same style with director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. The second film features Angela Davis, Tyler Perry and RZA, since 1996, Mitchell has been the host of Santa Monica, California, public radio station KCRWs pop culture and film interview program The Treatment, which is nationally distributed and podcast. He served for a number of years as a pop culture commentator for Weekend Edition on NPR, in 2008, Elvis Mitchell, Under the Influence began airing on Turner Classic Movies. On the program, Mitchell interviews actors and directors about their favorite classic films, on September 10,2010, film critic Roger Ebert announced that he would be returning to television on a movie review show that he was producing for public television. He also announced that Mitchell, along with film critic Christy Lemire of The Associated Press, on December 14,2010, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Mitchell would not be appearing on the new show. In January 2011 it was announced that Mitchell had joined the Movieline as chief film critic, penske Media Corp terminated him after more than three months as Movieline. coms chief film critic. Mitchell has been hired by the LACMA in partnership with Film Independent as curator of a new film series and it was announced on June 16,2011 that Mitchell would start his new job on the weekly film series this July. The series launched on October 13,2011 with the premiere of The Rum Diary. In 2007, Mitchell appeared in an episode of the HBO TV series Entourage, in 2014, Mitchell was mentioned as the bad boy of public radio during the FOX TV series Bobs Burgers episode Friends With Burger-Fits. A. | University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Mitchell in 2007.
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Elvis Blue
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Elvis Blue is a platinum selling South African musician and songwriter. Elvis Blue was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa and his passion for music was already evident in his childhood when he listened to his mother’s cassettes on his Walkman until the batteries gave up the ghost. After failing miserably as a waiter he started creating music when he was 16 years old and he bought a guitar and learned to play off the internet. Singing on the streets of Johannesburg for pocket money through high school was also a way to raise money for overseas adventures. In his school years he played in several bands and he matriculated from Linden High school and travelled overseas, busking on the streets of London and Scotland. On his return, he studied music at Allenby Campus. He focused on piano, guitar, singing and songwriting and he recorded his first CD in 2001. Since then Elvis has performed alongside, and collaborated with, many well known South African artists such as Just Ginger, Karen Zoid, Heinz Winkler, Tree 63, Coenie de Villiers and he has recorded and released 7 albums of which 2 reached Platinum status. Two of those albums were recorded using the name Mono, Mono was also signed to Gallo record company and the Album Mono in stereo was recorded and released in 2003. Elvis has also recorded two Afrikaans albums using his real name Jan Hoogendyk, Diep Riviere in 2006 and Ontskemer in 2009, Ontskemer was nominated for 2010 SAMA in the category Best Gospel Album and Diep Rivier received anATKV Lier award in 2007. In 2010, Elvis Blue took part in 6th season of the reality show and he won with 64% of the votes. Elvis made Idols history by sharing his winnings with runner up Lloyd Cele and his cover of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah, which he performed during the Finals was also included on his debut album. Elvis self-titled album Elvis Blue was released in November 2010 and it immediately shot up the charts and received gold status 28 days after its release. The album went platinum in 2011, universal Music South Africa stated that Elvis is the first South African Idols winner to have ever released a platinum-selling debut album. It also features the song Little Friend, a duet with Idols runner-up Lloyd Cele, the recording of the album kicked off immediately after Elvis Idols win with two sets of studios and producers and engineers working around the clock. All three producers, Brain OShea, Crighton Goodwill and Jake Odendaal, are SAMA Producer of the Year Award winners, the material for the album was a combination of songs written by other songwriters and Elvis original material. The album was released 30 days after Elvis Idols win, making him the first Idols winner world-wide to record and he travelled early 2012 to America to co-write with New York-based Jeff Franzel, the man behind the massive adult contemporary hit single “LIGHTHOUSE”, and LA hit-maker Pam Sheyne. The result was the stellar smash Number One hit single “LIFELINE”, the second single “THAT’S WHAT WE DO” followed “LIFELINE” right into the charts
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Elvis Blue in 2014
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Elvis Blue performing in 2014
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Elvis Blue at K-Day 2012
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Elvis Blue at Paul Cluver Amphitheatre 2013
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Dark Future
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Dark Future is a 1988 alternate history and post-apocalyptic science-fantasy miniature wargame by Games Workshop. It is set in the year of 1995, in a post-apocalyptic fantasy-inspired alternate reality where the United States—as well as the rest of the world—has fallen apart. Society has collapsed, and the laws of physics have broken down. Another game like it, bearing the name Dark Future, was developed for Games Workshop as a cyberpunk role-playing game. The game was seen as a replacement for GWs early board game Battlecars, in 2005 the Dark Future setting was brought back as a series of novels published by Games Workshops fiction imprint Black Flame. They updated the setting to 2021, and released new titles. However, while several pop-culture references were updated in the books, some retain their original wording. In the board game, the plays the part of a Sanctioned Op—a bounty hunter of the future—or a Renegade. In May 2015 it was announced that Dark Future would be rebooted as a game entitled Dark Future. Published in 1988 it was a standard Games Workshop boxed game containing rules, cardboard track sections and this is a volume of advanced rules for Dark Future. Inside this book players will find new rules for manoeuvers, shooting, hazards, also, new vehicles are presented, new scenarios, and new characters as well. The game is due in the Autumn of 2016, - A preview of the forthcoming Dark Future game. White Dwarf 102, Dark Future Release Preview White Dwarf 103, Illuminations - Review of Carl Critchlow, Thrud the Barbarian and Dark Future Artist. White Dwarf 103, Eavy Metal - Pictures of painted DarkFuture models White Dwarf 104, Redd Harvest - Dealing with the famed Sanction Op, White Dwarf 104, Thrud the Barbarian - I have seen the Future, and it is Dark. White Dwarf 105, Street Fighter - An article dealing with the ins, White Dwarf 106, A Day at the Races - New car types and equipment for racers. White Dwarf 107, White Line Fever, Advanced Manoeuvres - excerpt from White Line Fever dealing with speed, White Dwarf 107, Three Wheelers - Rules for Trikes and motorcycle combinations, also from White Line Fever. White Dwarf 107, Eavy Metal Citadel and diecast conversions, White Dwarf 108, White Line Fever, Advanced Shooting - excerpt from White Line Fever dealing with shooting, fire arcs and more. White Dwarf 108, Citadel Miniatures - Dark Future Street Warriors White Dwarf 110, Tournament Rules - Simplified rules for quick play, White Dwarf 112, St. Louis Blues - A look at the famed Sanctioned Op group
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Cover of Route 666, original printing.
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Cover of Comeback Tour, second 90s printing.
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Cover of Krokodil Tears, second 90s printing.
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Richie Rich (comics)
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Richard Richie $ Rich, Jr. is a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe. He debuted in Little Dot #1, cover-dated September 1953, and was created by Alfred Harvey, dubbed the poor little rich boy, Richie is the only child of fantastically wealthy parents and is the worlds richest kid. So rich, his name is a dollar sign, $. In 2011 Ape Entertainment began publishing a new licensed Richie Rich comic book series, taking the character in a different, action-oriented. Although created in 1953, Richie didnt have his own title until 1960, once he did, however, he quickly became Harveys most popular character, eventually starring in over fifty separate titles. The flagship, Richie Rich, ran 254 issues from 1960 to 1991, other long-running titles were Richie Rich Millions, Richie Rich Dollars and Cents, and Richie Rich Success Stories. Richie have been published only sporadically since 1994, writers for the Richie Rich comic books and syndicated comic strip included Sid Jacobson, Lennie Herman, Stan Kay, and Ralph Newman. Richie Richs most famous illustrator is Warren Kremer, other illustrators included Ernie Colón, Sid Couchey, Dom Sileo, Ben Brown, Steve Muffatti, and Joe Dennett. Despite any negative stereotypes associated with his wealth, Richie Rich is portrayed as kind. He lives in a mansion and owns at least two of everything money can buy. Richie appears to be seven to ten years old and wears a waistcoat, a white shirt with an Eton collar. He occasionally attends school in his hometown of Richville, other times hes classmates with Little Dot and Little Lotta in Bonnie Dell. The new Richie was joined by updated versions of his robot maid Irona, while few of Richies aunts and uncles are clarified to be paternal or maternal, Aunt Noovo is known to be his paternal aunt, Mr. Richs sister. Some in the family have nicknamed him tightwad Tite-wad, a name he accepts with good humor, uncle Worry – Richies uncle, former coach of a professional football team known for its long losing streak. Uncle Stormy – Another of Richies uncles, whom Richie initially mistakes for an impostor named Blackie Bludsoe in one issue, Dollar – Rich family dog, a Dollarmatian. Reginald Reggie Van Dough Jr. – Richies mean cousin, known for playing constant pranks on everyone, most notably Richie and his family, – Mrs. Richs brother and Reggies father, often angered with Reggies non-stop pranks, and often punishes him for them. Vanessa Van Dough – Reggies mother, not as quick to punish Reggie for his pranks, penny Van Dough – Reggies baby sister, she talks only in baby talk. The curl on her head is shaped like a dollar sign, regardless, she always wins his attentions in comparison to Mayda Munny
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The cover of Richie Rich No. 1 (Nov. 1960).
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Bubba Ho-Tep
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Bubba Ho-Tep is a 2002 American comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by Don Coscarelli. It stars Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley — now a resident in a nursing home. The film also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a man who claims to be John F. Kennedy, explaining that he was patched up after the assassination, dyed black. It is based on the novella by Joe R. Lansdale. Originally the film was roadshowed by the director across the country, only 32 prints were made and circulated around various film festivals, though these garnered critical success. By the time it was released on DVD, it had already achieved cult status due to reviews, lack of access. The film also features a cameo by Reggie Bannister from Coscarellis Phantasm series, an elderly man at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas is known to the staff as Sebastian Haff, but claims to be Elvis. He explains that during the 1970s, Elvis Presley grew tired of the demands of his fame and he claims it was Haff who eventually died in 1977, while he, the real Elvis, lived in quiet, happy anonymity and made a living pretending to be himself. After a propane explosion destroyed documentation which was the proof that he was actually Elvis. A hip injury during a performance causes him to get an infection, twenty years later and living at the retirement home as the film opens, he is contemplating his age, frailty, loss of dignity, impotence, and A growth on pecker. Initially skeptical of Jacks story, Elvis does spot a mysterious scar on the back of Jacks head and it could be from the head wound seen in the Zapruder film, but then it might not be. The mummy strangely takes on the garb of a cowboy and feeds on the souls of the residents of the home and it is dubbed Bubba Ho-Tep by Elvis, who is given a telepathic flashback of the mummys life and death when he looks into its eyes. The slow, plodding mummy is a real and credible threat, as instead of going against young adults who could potentially outrun or overpower it, Jack and Elvis lack mobility and need a motorized wheelchair and a walker to get around the grounds. Elvis and Jack create a plan to destroy the mummy. Destruction of the mummy would release the souls of their dead friends. Elvis and Jack battle the mummy in the middle of the night, with Jack in an electric wheelchair, Jack is knocked out of his wheelchair by the mummy and is about to have his soul sucked. Elvis hops in the wheelchair, zooms into the mummy to save Jack, Jack dies from a heart attack. Elvis becomes committed to getting rid of the mummy, and he throws the gasoline on him and then throws matches at him, Elvis lies on a hill near the river bank, dying from the blood loss from the gash and broken ribs
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Elvis Meets Nixon
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Elvis Meets Nixon is 1997 film directed by Allan Arkush and starring Rick Peters, Bob Gunton, and Alyson Court. It is an account of the true story of American singer Elvis Presley meeting President Richard Nixon on December 21,1970. The film had a VHS release, but has not yet released on DVD or Bluray. Elvis Presley, bored with his existence in Graceland, leaves his home on his own for the first time since he was 21. He winds up in California and is convinced by an Anti-war activist that he is responsible for the counterculture through his influence on The Beatles. This prompts Elvis to write a letter to President Nixon asking to be made a Federal Agent at Large for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Rick Peters as Elvis Presley Bob Gunton as Richard M. Angered by their confrontation, Presley left Graceland and made his way to the airport, after checking in at the Hotel Washington, Presley flew to Los Angeles to meet his friend, Jerry Schilling. Due to an allergic reaction Presley experienced from a medication for an eye infection, aggravated by chocolate that he ate on the plane, a rash had developed on his face and neck. After seeing a doctor and getting some sleep, Presley informed Schilling that he wanted to return to Washington D. C. and arranged for another friend, Sonny West, on the flight Presley met California senator George Murphy. Presley wrote a letter on the plane and hand delivered it to the White House at 6. 30am on December 21, a few hours later Presley visited the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs headquarters in Washington D. C. meeting with Deputy Director John Finlator. He was unsuccessful in persuading Finlator to give him a BNDD badge, Schilling received a call at the hotel from Egil Krogh, President Nixons deputy counsel, to arrange a meeting between Presley and Nixon. After picking up Schilling and West from the hotel, Presley made his way to the White House, all three met with Nixon and received gifts. Presley persuaded Nixon to give him a BNDD badge, and after a photograph was taken. On December 30, Presley returned to Washington D. C. with a few friends to visit the National Sheriffs Association head office, the next day they were given a tour of FBI headquarters, where Presley offered his services as an undercover agent. Despite never getting to meet FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Presley did receive a letter from him on January 4,1971, Elvis & Nixon Elvis Meets Nixon at the Internet Movie Database When Nixon Met Elvis
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Nixon and Presley actually meet on December 21, 1970 as shown by these photos. However the meeting was kept secret until Jan. 27, 1972, when the
Washington Post broke the story. Copies of this photo are requested from the National Archives more than any other image.
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Page one of Elvis Presley's letter to President Nixon
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Elvis Has Left the Building
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John Corbett plays an advertising executive and her love interest. Tom Hanks has an appearance as one of the dead Elvis impersonators. Angie Dickinson plays Basingers mother, a mechanic for the real Elvis. The film opens with Harmony driving down a long, winding road and she feels that her life is empty and artificial. She is a cosmetic saleswoman, setting up Pink Lady training seminars in the western portion of the United States. When she is asked if one of those Mary Kaye ladies, she replies, No, were pink. While she is popular and successful selling Pink Lady, there is nothing real or honest in her life, as Harmony travels around the country, trying to figure out what is missing from her life, Elvis impersonators keep dying in her wake. She is romantically pursued by Miles and these songs appear in the film, listed alphabetically
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Happy Feet
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Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller. It stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and it was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in North American theaters on November 17,2006 and it is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with Animal Logic. Though primarily a film, the film does incorporate motion capture of live action humans in certain scenes. The film was released in both conventional theatres and in IMAX 2D format. The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility, however, Warner Bros. the film’s production company, was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D. Happy Feet received generally positive reviews critics, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, a sequel, Happy Feet Two, was released into theaters November 18,2011 to mixed reviews. Every emperor penguin sings a song called a heartsong to attract a mate. If the male penguins heartsong matches the song, the two penguins mate. Norma Jean, a penguin, falls for Memphis, a male penguin. They lay an egg, which is left in Memphis care, while the males struggle through the harsh winter, Memphis briefly drops the egg. As a result, Mumble is unable to sing, but he can tap dance instead, nevertheless, he is enamored with Gloria, a female penguin who is regarded as the most talented of her age. One day, Mumble encounters a group of hostile skua, with a leader who is tagged with a yellow band, Mumble narrowly escapes the hungry birds by falling into a crevice. Now a young adult, Mumble is frequently ridiculed by the elders, after escaping from a leopard seal attack, Mumble befriends a group of Adelie penguins called the Amigos, who embrace Mumbles dance moves and assimilate him into their group. After seeing a hidden human excavator in an avalanche, they opt to ask Lovelace, Lovelace has the plastic rings of a six pack entangled around his neck, which he claims to have been bestowed upon him by mystic beings. For the emperor penguins, it is mating season and Gloria is the center of attention, ramón, one of the Amigos, attempts to help Mumble win her affection by singing a Spanish version of My Way, with Mumble lip syncing, but the plan fails. In desperation, Mumble begins tap dancing in synch with her song and she falls for him and the youthful penguins join in for singing and dancing to Boogie Wonderland
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Elijah Wood,
Robin Williams,
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Nicole Kidman at the film's European premiere in London, UK.
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Elvis impersonator
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An Elvis impersonator is someone who impersonates or copies the look and sound of musician Elvis Presley. There are even a number of stations that exclusively feature Elvis impersonator material. While some of the impersonators perform a range of Presley music, the raw 1950s Elvis. Contrary to popular belief, Elvis impersonators have existed since the mid-1950s, Nelson even performed alongside Presley when they first met, also in 1954. The friendship between Nelson and Presley is documented in the book Elvis in Texas, the second known impersonator was a 16-year-old boy named Jim Smith. In 1956, shortly after Elvis began to rise in popularity, Smith began jumping on stage, dave Ehlert from Waukegan, IL began performing as Elvis in 1967 a full 10 years before Elvis died. Some of his contemporaries included Rick Saucedo of Chicago and Johnny Hara, Ehlert performed throughout the Chicago Metro Area until Elvis died, then traveled the country with his act. He was on hand for the 1 year anniversary of Elvis death at the Prince William County Fair in Manassas, VA on August 16,1978. He has continuously performed his Elvis Tribute for almost 50 years including performances in Las Vegas and headlining an Elvis Tribute Show in Branson, only after Elvis untimely death on August 16,1977 that impersonating Elvis started to become popular in the mainstream. The large growth in Elvis impersonators seems tightly linked with his iconic status. American protest singer Phil Ochs appeared in concert in March 1970 at Carnegie Hall wearing a 1950s Elvis-style gold lamé suit and his performance may be considered the first significant Elvis impersonation. Jeremy Spencer of British blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac became known for his high-energy Elvis tribute performances during his tenure with the band. Spencer would perform as Elvis as the part of a mini-set in which he also did other impersonations of figures such as Buddy Holly. In the mid-1970s, Andy Kaufman made an Elvis impersonation part of his act and he is considered to be one of the first notable Elvis impersonators and Elvis himself said that Kaufman was his favorite impersonator. In his act, Kaufman would precede with several failed impersonations before unexpectedly launching into a skilled impersonation of Elvis Presley, as Kaufman gained fame, the impersonation was used less and less. According to a joke, Elvis himself entered an Elvis lookalike contest at a local restaurant shortly before his death. There are many different types of Elvis impersonator, most fall under the following categories, Look-alikes who concentrate more on visual elements of Elvis fashion and style using accessories such as wigs, costumes and jewelry. Sound-alikes who concentrate on changing their voice to sing or talk like Elvis, notable examples of this type include country artist Ronnie McDowell and rock n roll artist Ral Donner
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Example of the "fun/comedy"-level Elvis impersonator, seen here "walking in Memphis."
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Hounddog (film)
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Hounddog is a 2007 coming-of-age drama film written, directed, and produced by Deborah Kampmeier and starring Dakota Fanning, Isabelle Fuhrman, Robin Wright Penn, and Piper Laurie, among others. It is also Isabelle Fuhrmans debut film, Penn also serves as an executive producer. The film was produced by Raye Dowell, Jen Gatien, and it premiered in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and was given a limited release in 11 North American theaters on September 19,2008. The film was panned by critics, due in part to a scene in which Fannings character is raped. The film was also a box office failure, grossing only $131,961, Lewellen lives with her stern, religious grandmother, Grannie, who has taken it upon herself to raise the girl, as neither of Lewellens parents can provide her a stable home. Her father, Lou, loves her and tries to please her, although he battles with alcoholism, he tries his best to give Lewellen a stable home. We later learn that Ellen is in fact Lewellens aunt, her mothers sister, Lewellen is enchanted by her idol, Elvis Presley, who is making a homecoming tour in the South. Her town is one of the venue stops, Lewellen finds that singing Elvis music is a way to channel her trauma into something constructive and creative. Lewellen is challenged by many problems besides living in a broken home, Ellen leaves one day and breaks Lewellens heart, burdening her with the responsibility to be a mother despite not having one herself. Buddy tells Lewellen that Woodens Boy has an Elvis ticket and is willing to give it to her if she does her Elvis dance for him naked, when she finds out the deal, she questions doing such an act for a moment. She then agrees to do so, Woodens Boy then unzips his trousers, she asks for her ticket, the sexual assault causes life-threatening emotional trauma, that manifests as an illness. Her loved ones, Charles and Grannie, are distressed by her sudden decline in health, in fits of feverish illness, she hallucinates she is being attacked by venomous snakes, and she also vomits after church. He nurses her back to health, Ellen soon returns to the town to keep her promise to Lewellen. Lewellen bids farewell to her father and departs for a life with her new mother. Wallace as Boy The film garnered a great deal of attention, though the scene only showed Fannings face and her characters reaction to the trauma of the act, it became known as the Dakota Fanning rape movie at the Sundance Film Festival. Fanning expressed ire towards the attacks against her family, most of which she said were directed toward her mother, berger says that he has not seen the film but is acting in response to what he has read about it. Fanning was praised for her performance by Roger Ebert, who compared it to Jodie Fosters in Taxi Driver, in its opening weekend of September 19–21,2008, the film took in $13,744 in 11 theaters. It grossed $131,961 in its entire run, Hounddog at the Internet Movie Database Hounddog at AllMovie Hounddog at Box Office Mojo Hounddog at Rotten Tomatoes Hounddog at Metacritic
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Shane Black, and starring Robert Downey, Jr. Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernsen. The script is based on the Brett Halliday novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them. The film was produced by Joel Silver, with Susan Downey, shot in Los Angeles between February 24 and May 3,2004, the film debuted at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on May 14, and received a limited release in cinemas on October 21,2005. At a Los Angeles party, Harry Lockhart recounts recent events, fleeing a botched burglary, Harrys friend is shot, forcing Harry to evade police by ducking into an audition. Harry unintentionally impresses the producers with an outburst of remorse they mistake for method acting and he also encounters his childhood crush Harmony Lane but wakes up in bed with her hostile friend. He runs over to Harmonys place at 6 a. m. to apologize, Perry and Harry witness a vehicle being dumped in a lake and are spotted by the apparent killers. Perry shoots the lock in a rescue attempt but accidentally hits the female corpse inside as well. They cannot report the body because it appears Perry killed her, Harmony contacts Harry, explaining that her sister Jenna came to Los Angeles, stole Harmonys credit cards, and later killed herself. Believing Harry is a detective, Harmony asks him to investigate Jennas death as a murder, after she leaves, Harry discovers the lake corpse in his bathroom and a planted pistol. Harry and Perry dump the corpse, later identified as Veronica Dexter by police, Harry discovers it was Harmonys credit card that was used to hire Perry to come to the lake, tying Jenna to their case. He goes to see Harmony, who slams the door on his finger, cutting it off and they go to a party, but Harry is abducted, beaten, threatened, and ordered to cease the investigation by the killers from the lake and then let go. While taking Harry back to the hospital, Harmony sees the killers heading to Perrys stakeout. Realizing that Perry is heading into a trap, she leaves Harry in her car and rushes off to the stakeout, where she saves Perry, a pink-haired girl, affiliated with the killers, steals Harmonys car and unwittingly drives an unconscious Harry to her safe house. The remaining lake killer arrives and shoots her, Harry recovers the pistol and his finger has fallen off again, so he puts it on ice, but a dog jumps up and eats it. Harmony meets Harry at his hotel where she reveals she had told Jenna that Harlan Dexter was her real father. They quarrel in bed, when Harmony reveals she had slept with Harrys best friend. After Harmony disappears following a lead, Harry and Perry investigate a private clinic owned by Harlan Dexter. Perry realizes Veronica Dexter was incarcerated there by Harlan so an impostor could drop her court case, the pair capture a guard to question him but accidentally kill him and then are captured by Dexter
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Promotional poster
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Stitch! The Movie
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The Movie is a direct-to-video animated film in the Lilo & Stitch franchise, released on August 26,2003. Although it follows the events of the first film, it is considered more of a backdoor pilot for the spin-off series Lilo & Stitch. The story is an introduction to Dr. Jumba Jookibas 625 experiments that he created with the financing of Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel, the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Television Animation, with animation done by Rough Draft Korea and Starburst Animation. The film starts out with ex-Captain Gantu on his new spaceship, meanwhile on Earth, Stitch is still not fitting in and causes another disaster. Lilo Pelekai tries to him by saying hes one-of-a-kind, comparing him to Frankensteins monster. Naturally, that just makes him feel worse, suddenly, a crash is heard from below. Running downstairs, the pair encounters Gantu, breaking into their home, in the ensuing chaos, Stitch thrusts his belly out at Gantu, only to be blasted into a net. Gantu finds and takes a blue pod with the number 625 on it before abducting Jumba for interrogation, Lilo and Stitch manage to take Jumbas ship to chase Gantu into space and engage him in battle, before being defeated and falling back towards Earth. Back at the house, Lilo, Stitch and Pleakley find the container Jumba was hiding, Pleakley realizes that these are the other 625 experiments, in dehydrated form. He warns them not to anyone or put the experiments in water. Deliberately disobeying Pleakley, Stitch and Lilo retrieve the container and hydrate Experiment 221, meanwhile, Jumba is being held captive on the ship of Dr. Hämsterviel, who is surprisingly a small gerbil/poodle/rabbit-like alien. Unable to intimidate Jumba, Hämsterviel activates Experiment 625, who has all of Stitchs powers, fortunately for Jumba, while 625 has all of Stitchs powers, hes an incredibly lazy coward who prioritizes sandwiches above all else. Meanwhile, Pleakley is able to come into contact with Hämsterviels ship via telephone, Hämsterviel tells Pleakley that he wants a ransom of the other 624 experiments in return for Jumba. When Pleakley informs the family members what the ransom is, Nani proceeds to call Cobra Bubbles while Lilo. When Cobra arrives the next morning, he seems to know about what happened. Meanwhile, Lilo and Stitch finally catch a troublesome Experiment 221 at a hotel, the rendezvous time arrives and Pleakley and Cobra show up with the container, not knowing that it contains only 623 experiments. Pleakley hands the container over to Hämsterviel, who is shocked to find that one is missing, Lilo then shows up with Experiment 221 trapped in a glass vase. Announcing that she has named it Sparky, she says that Sparky is part of Stitchs, Hämsterviel tells her to give him the experiment or Jumba will be shot dead
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DVD cover
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Mystery Train (film)
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Mystery Train is a 1989 independent anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and set in Memphis, Tennessee. The film comprises a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists unfolding over the course of the same night and they are linked by a run-down flophouse overseen by a night clerk and his disheveled bellboy, a scene featuring Elvis Presleys Blue Moon, and a gunshot. Cinematographer Robby Müller and musician John Lurie were among the contributors who had been involved in earlier Jarmusch projects. Mystery Trains US$2.8 million budget was considerable compared to what the director had enjoyed before, Mystery Train was released theatrically by Orion Classics under a restricted rating in the United States, where it grossed over $1.5 million. The film was shown in the Edinburgh, London, Midnight Sun, Telluride, and Toronto film festivals. The film consists of three stories take place on the same night in downtown Memphis. The three stories are linked together by the Arcade Hotel, a run-down flophouse presided over by the clerk and bellboy. Every room in the hotel is adorned with a portrait of Elvis Presley, the first story, Far From Yokohama, features Mitsuko and Jun, a teenage couple from Yokohama making a pilgrimage to Memphis during a trip across America. Mitsuko is obsessed with Elvis to the point where she believes there is a mystical connection between Elvis, Madonna and the Statue of Liberty. The film follows the couple as they travel from the station, through downtown Memphis. The second story, A Ghost, is about an Italian widow, Luisa, Luisa is kept awake by Dee Dees constant talking, and when the young woman finally does go to sleep, she is visited by an apparition of Memphis most famous icon – Elvis Presley. The final story, Lost in Space, introduces Johnny and they stop at a liquor store, which Johnny robs using the gun and severely wounds the owner in the process. Fearing the consequences of the incident, Johnny, Will and Charlie retire to the hotel to hide out for the night, there, Johnny gets drunker. Charlie realizes that Will shares the name as the character Will Robinson from the television show Lost in Space. Charlie and Will proceed to tell him about the show, and Will comments that that is how he feels then with Charlie and Johnny, the next morning, Charlie discovers that Johnny isnt really his brother-in-law, which angers him because of what theyve been through. Johnny attempts to shoot himself, and while struggling to prevent him, leaving the hotel, the three rush to escape a police car that isnt even looking for them. The closing credits show the train, the airport and the views of the characters from the first two stories. Jarmusch wrote the script for the film under the working title One Night in Memphis, the idea for Far From Yokohama, the first segment, he took from a one-act play he had been writing before filming Down by Law
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French theatrical poster for Mystery Train
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Jarmusch chose a cool palette for the film, accentuated with an occasional jolt of red as shown here by the suit of the Night Clerk (
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Oblivion (2013 film)
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Oblivion is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic science fiction film based on Joseph Kosinskis unpublished Radical Publishing graphic novel of the same name. The film was co-written, produced and directed by Kosinski and it stars Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, and Olga Kurylenko. The film was released in the U. S. on April 19,2013, according to Kosinski, Oblivion pays homage to science fiction films of the 1970s. The acting, especially Cruises performance, the originality, the style and effects were praised. Reviewers criticized the films incorporation of elements from other sci-fi films, however, it was a commercial success, grossing more than $286 million worldwide against a $120 million budget. In 2077, following a war with extraterrestrials that devastated Earth, gigantic offshore fusion energy generators drain Earths oceans to power the colonies on Titan. Although his memory has been wiped, he has had recurring dreams and he also collects the occasional artifact he finds from humanitys past. Vika is concerned about Jacks curiosity, questioning whether they are still “an effective team, ”, after scavs destroy a generator, Jack discovers the scavs have been using the Empire State Buildings antenna to transmit coordinates to outer space. While taking a break at his lake house retreat, he spots a crash-landing module of a pre-war spacecraft called the Odyssey. Thinking the ship contains aliens, he investigates, only to humans in stasis chambers. One of the humans is the woman from his dreams, Jack protects her chamber from a drone that destroys the others, and later revives the woman, Julia Rusakova, who makes Vika instinctively jealous. Jack and Julia return to recover her flight recorder but are captured by the scavs, although Jack refuses, Beech releases them to seek the truth beyond the boundaries of the forbidden radiation zone. When they reach the Empire State Building, Julia reveals that she is his wife, Jack then remembers that he proposed to her there. Julia recalls she was on a mission to Titan when they were diverted to investigate an alien presence, when the two return to Jacks tower, Vika refuses them entry and reports her findings to Sally, saying they are no longer an effective team. Sally acknowledges this, but activates a drone that kills Vika before Julia shoots it down, Jack and Julia escape in his ship, but are shot down by other pursuing drones. The two eject into the zone, which turns out to not be radioactive. Jack discovers another ship with a technician trying to fix a downed drone, the clone also is shocked to see Julia. Jack fights and incapacitates his clone, but Julia is accidentally shot, after flying to Tech-52s tower, and discovering an inquisitive Vika clone, he returns to treat Julia at the lake house
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The Bubble Ship seen in the film (above) was inspired by the
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Pulp Fiction
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Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American black comedy neo-noir crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, from a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary. Directed in a stylized manner, Pulp Fiction connects the intersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals. The films title refers to the magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence. The screenplay of Pulp Fiction was written in 1992 and 1993 and its plot, as in many of Tarantinos other works, is presented out of chronological order. The film is also self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a card that gives two dictionary definitions of pulp. Its script was turned down by Columbia TriStar as too demented. Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein was instantly enthralled with it, however, Pulp Fiction won the Palme dOr at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, and was a major critical and commercial success upon its U. S. release. It revitalized the careers of John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and it was also nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. The nature of its development, marketing, and distribution –, since its release, Pulp Fiction has been widely regarded as Tarantinos masterpiece, with particular praise singled out for its screenwriting. The films self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive use of homage and it is often considered a cultural watershed, with a strong influence felt not only in later movies that adopted various elements of its style, but in several other media as well. A2008 Entertainment Weekly poll named it the best film since 1983, in 2013, Pulp Fiction was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. The stories intersect in various ways, the film begins with a diner hold-up staged by a couple, then picks up the stories of Vincent, Jules, and Butch. It finally returns to where it began, in the diner, sequences 1 and 7 partially overlap and are presented from different points of view, as do sequences 2 and 6. Other analysts describe the structure as a circular narrative, hitmen Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega arrive at the apartment of Brett to retrieve a briefcase for their boss, gangster Marsellus Wallace. After Vincent checks the contents of the briefcase, Jules shoots one of Bretts associates, then declaims a passage from the Bible before he, some time later, champion boxer Butch Coolidge accepts a large sum from Marsellus to take a dive in his upcoming match. Vincent and Jules deliver the briefcase, the next day, Vincent purchases heroin from his drug dealer Lance. He shoots up to pass the day, then drives to meet Marselluss wife Mia and they head to a 1950s-themed restaurant and participate in a twist contest, then return to the Wallace house with the trophy. While Vincent is in the bathroom, Mia finds his heroin, mistakes it for cocaine, snorts it, Vincent rushes her to Lances house, where they revive her with an adrenaline shot to her heart
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The "famous dance scene": Vincent Vega (
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Willis evoked one 1950s actor in particular for Tarantino: "
Aldo Ray in
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Nightfall [1956].... I said let's go for that whole look." His boxing robe, designed by
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John Travolta,
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3000 Miles to Graceland
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3000 Miles to Graceland is a 2001 American action adventure crime film directed, co-produced by Damien Lichtenstein. The script was written by Richard Recco and Damien Lichtenstein and it stars Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner with supporting roles Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Christian Slater, and Kevin Pollak. It is a story of theft and betrayal, revolving around a plot to rob the Riviera Casino during a convention of Elvis impersonators, prior to the films opening, Warner Bros. released a series of animated prequels voiced by stars Costner, Slater, Long, and Woodbine. The Road to Graceland prequels marked the first time a films cast members contributed their talents to the creation of original Internet content for a film website. Outside of Las Vegas, Michael Zane, a recent parolee, there, he finds a boy, Jesse Waingrow, stealing the air valve caps off his cars wheels and chases him, meeting his mother, Cybil, whom he later beds. Michael rigs the elevator while the others rob the cages and counting room, back at the motel, the group gets into an argument about who gets Franklins share and Murphy shoots and kills Hanson. Michael hides the money in the space, unaware that Jesse is observing him from the next room. The three thieves drive out to the middle of the desert to bury Hanson, while there, Murphy shoots Gus and Michael as well. It is later revealed that Michael was wearing a bulletproof vest and he starts running back to the motel hoping to get there before Murphy does. Escaping from the scene, Murphy gets knocked unconscious after accidentally running over a coyote, Michael gets back to the motel and, discovering that the money is missing, storms into Cybils place and finds the money. Michael decides to give her $100,000 in exchange for her silence, however Michael is manipulated into taking Cybil, Michael explains to Cybil that the money is marked, but that Murphy has found a money launderer in Idaho to help them. Murphy, who has returned to the motel and discovered that the money is missing, has decided to go to Idaho to wait for them. Cybil sneaks away from Michael and her son at a restaurant, stealing Michaels wallet, Cybil calls the money launderer, using the password that she has extracted from Michaels wallet. Murphy suddenly appears at the money launderer, Peterson, using the same password, Peterson explains that Cybil called first, so they wait for her. Finally, Cybil arrives, and finds only Murphy, whom she assumes is Peterson, soon afterwards, Michael and Jesse, who have been stealing money and cars to survive, arrive and find Peterson and his secretary dead in the bathroom. Realizing that Murphy killed the two and remembering that Murphy is driving Michaels car, Michael reports his car stolen, however, Michael is arrested as well when police discover that Michael is also driving a stolen car. The men are put in adjoining cells and the two have a confrontation. Michael makes bail, thanks to Jesse, who hired a lawyer, under the agreement that Michael make him his partner, Murphy calls a man named Jack and arranges to get out as well
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3000 Miles to Graceland film poster
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Tropico (film)
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Tropico is a short film based on the Biblical story of sin and redemption, starring Lana Del Rey as Eve and Shaun Ross as Adam. It features the songs Body Electric, Gods & Monsters, and Bel Air, an EP of the films name was also released that same month to the iTunes Store, it includes the film itself along with the three aforementioned songs. The movie starts out with the original Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, god, Jesus, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley are all present with Adam and Eve – as Body Electric begins to play. The whole movie is intercut with scenes of Del Rey playing Jesus mother Mary, at the end of the song, Eve – tempted by the snake – decides to eat an apple from Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. After she eats it, thunder strikes and she faints, Adam then decides to eat from the apple as well in order to join his lover. As a result of this, they are cast out of their Paradise, in this segment – Gods & Monsters begins to play. After the song ends, Del Rey recites Allen Ginsbergs Howl as a group of middle aged men are seen surprising their friend on his birthday by bringing him strippers. A couple of minutes after the strippers enter the room, Ross and his gang show up with guns in hand. God appears and begins to narrate John Mitchums poem Why I Love America, the Adam and Eve characters then get in their car and end up driving to a country-side wheat field. Clips show the pair being baptised as they begin to undress, Bel Air then plays in the sunset. The two characters then ascend back into heaven, having finally redeemed themselves, as flying saucers appear in the sky, critics noted that this contradicted other claims by Del Rey that she would release a third studio album, with a demo of the song Black Beauty leaking online. On November 22,2013, a trailer for Tropico was released, at the end of the trailer. On December 3,2013, it was announced that the film would premiere at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California,00,06 – The Holy Bible, Genesis 1, 2–4. Im Through With Love, Some Like It Hot,01,54 – NCIS, / John Wayne as. I Sing the Body Electric, Leaves of Grass, Tropico is a 2013 digitally-released EP by Lana Del Rey, named after the short film of the same name in which she stars. The EP includes three tracks from her previously released Paradise EP, which feature in the film, and the film itself, track listing Upon release, Tropico received mixed reviews from critics. Jason Lipshutz of Billboard called the film a work of overflowing, era-traversing passion, under the Gun took issue with the somewhat nonsensical narration throughout the film, but said as a whole the film was certainly something special. Similarly, Jimmy So of The Daily Beast also criticized the films narration and compared it to a campy arthouse movie and described Del Reys videos to this point as being starved of creativity
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Film poster
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Shaun Ross (right)
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Garden of Eden
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The Garden of Eden or often Paradise is the biblical garden of God, described most notably in the Book of Genesis chapters 2 and 3, and also in the Book of Ezekiel. The garden of God, not called Eden, is mentioned in Genesis 13, the Book of Zechariah and the Book of Psalms also refer to trees and water in relation to the temple without explicitly mentioning Eden. Traditionally, the derivation of the name Eden was from the Akkadian edinnu. Eden is now believed to be closely related to an Aramaic root word meaning fruitful. The Hebrew term is translated pleasure in Sarahs secret saying in Genesis 18,12, in the Hebrew Bible, Adam and Eve are depicted as walking around the Garden of Eden naked due to their innocence. Eden and its rivers may signify the real Jerusalem, the Temple of Solomon and it may also represent the divine garden on Zion, and the mountain of God, which was also Jerusalem. The imagery of the Garden, with its serpent and cherubs, has compared to the images of the Solomonic Temple with its copper serpent. The second part of the Genesis creation narrative, Genesis, opens with Adonai Elohim creating the first man, the man was free to eat from any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Last of all, the God made a woman from a rib of the man to be a companion the man, cherubim were placed east of the garden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep him away from the tree of life. Genesis lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden, Pishon, Gihon, the Tigris, and it also refers to the land of Cush - translated/interpreted as Ethiopia, but thought by some to equate to Cossaea, a Greek name for the land of the Kassites. These lands lie north of Elam, immediately to the east of ancient Babylon, in Antiquities of the Jews, the first-century Jewish historian Josephus identifies the Pishon as what the Greeks called Ganges and the Geon as the Nile. According to Terje Stordalen, the Eden in Ezekiel appears to be located in Lebanon. According to the Bible, the location of Eden is described in the Book of Genesis, chapter 2, verse 10-14, A river flowed from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided to make four streams. The first is named the Pishon, and this winds all through the land of Havilah where there is gold, the gold of this country is pure, bdellium and cornelian stone are found there. The second river is named the Gihon, and this winds all through the land of Cush, the third river is named the Tigris, and this flows to the east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates, the city of Dilmun in the Sumerian mythological story of Enki and Ninhursag is a paradisaical abode of the immortals, where sickness and death were unknown. In this painting, only the action takes place there identifies the setting as distinct from the Garden of the Hesperides. The Persian term paradise, meaning a garden or hunting-park
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The Garden of Eden as depicted in the first or left panel of
Bosch 's
The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych. The panel includes many imagined and exotic
African animals.
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Expulsion from Paradise, painting by
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
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The Expulsion illustrated in the English
Caedmon manuscript, c. 1000 CE
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Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre, Et des Pais Habitez par les Patriarches Dressee pour bien entendre l'Histoire Sainte, Par Messire Pierre Daniel Huet
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John Wayne
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Marion Mitchell Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit, Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades, born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He found work at film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walshs The Big Trail, Waynes career took off in 1939, with John Fords Stagecoach making him an instant star. He went on to star in 142 pictures, biographer Ronald Davis said, John Wayne personified for millions the nations frontier heritage. Eighty-three of his movies were Westerns, and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen and he is also remembered for his roles in The Quiet Man, Rio Bravo, and The Longest Day. In his final performance, he starred as an aging gunfighter battling cancer in The Shootist. He appeared with many important Hollywood stars of his era, Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison on May 26,1907 at 224 South Second Street in Winterset, Iowa. The local paper, Winterset Madisonian, reported on page 4 of the edition of May 30,1907 that Wayne weighed 13 pounds at birth and his middle name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to name their next son Robert. Waynes father, Clyde Leonard Morrison, was the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison, Waynes mother, the former Mary Molly Alberta Brown, was from Lancaster County, Nebraska. Waynes ancestry included English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish, Waynes family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1916 to Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him Little Duke because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier and he preferred Duke to Marion, and the nickname stuck. Wayne attended Wilson Middle School in Glendale, as a teen, he worked in an ice cream shop for a man who shod horses for Hollywood studios. He was also active as a member of the Order of DeMolay and he played football for the 1924 league champion Glendale High School team. Wayne applied to the U. S. Naval Academy, and he instead attended the University of Southern California, majoring in pre-law. He was a member of the Trojan Knights and Sigma Chi fraternities, Wayne also played on the USC football team under coach Howard Jones. A broken collarbone injury curtailed his career, Wayne later noted that he was too terrified of Jones reaction to reveal the actual cause of his injury
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Wayne in a 1965 publicity photo
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The house in
Winterset, Iowa, in which Wayne was born in 1907
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With
Marsha Hunt in
Born to the West (1937)
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With
Jean Rogers and
Ward Bond in
Conflict (1936)
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True Romance
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True Romance is a 1993 American crime film with elements of black comedy and romance, directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with a supporting cast featuring Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, empire ranked True Romance the 157th greatest film of all time in 2008. At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley and they later have sex at Clarences apartment in downtown Detroit. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a girl hired by Clarences boss as a birthday present. An apparition of Elvis appears to Clarence and convinces him to kill Alabamas pimp Drexl, Clarence goes to the brothel where Alabama worked, shoots and kills Drexl, and takes a bag he assumes contains Alabamas belongings. Back at the apartment, he and Alabama discover the bag contains an amount of cocaine. The couple visit Clarences estranged father, Clifford, a cop and now a security guard. Clifford tells Clarence that the police assume Drexls murder is a gang killing, after the couple leave for Los Angeles, Clifford is interrogated by Don Vincenzo Coccotti, consigliere to a mobster named Blue Lou Boyle, who wants the drugs. Clifford, realizing he will die anyway, mockingly defies Coccotti, a note on the refrigerator leads the mobsters to Clarences L. A. address. In L. A. Clarence and Alabama meet Clarences friend Dick, Dick introduces Clarence to a friend of his, actor Elliot Blitzer, who reluctantly agrees to broker the sale of the drugs to film producer Lee Donowitz. While Clarence is out buying lunch, Coccottis underboss, Virgil, finds Alabama in her motel room and she fights back and kills him with his shotgun. Elliot is pulled over for speeding and arrested for drug possession, to stay out of jail, he agrees to record the drug deal between Clarence and Donowitz for the police. Coccottis crew learn where the deal take place from Dicks roommate Floyd. Clarence, Alabama, Dick, and Elliot go to Donowitzs suite at the Ambassador Hotel with the drugs, in the elevator, a suspicious Clarence threatens Elliot at gunpoint, but is persuaded by Elliotts pleading. Clarence fabricates a story for Donowitz that the drugs were given to him by a corrupt cop, Clarence excuses himself to the bathroom, where a vision of Elvis reassures him that things are going well. Donowitz and his bodyguards are ambushed by the cops and mobsters, Dick abandons the drugs and flees. Almost everyone is killed in the gun battle, and Clarence is wounded as he exits the bathroom and he and Alabama escape with Donowitzs money as more police arrive. They flee to Mexico where Alabama gives birth to a son, True Romance was a breakthrough for Tarantino
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Theatrical release poster
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Wild at Heart (film)
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Wild at Heart is a 1990 American film written and directed by David Lynch, and based on Barry Giffords 1989 novel of the same name. Lynch was originally going to produce but after reading Giffords book decided, to also write and he did not like the ending of the novel and decided to change it in order to fit his vision of the main characters. Wild at Heart is a movie and includes several allusions to The Wizard of Oz as well as Elvis Presley. Early test screenings for the film did not go well, Lynch estimated that 80 people walked out of the first test screening and 100 in the next. At the time of its release, the film received mixed reviews and was a moderate success at the US box office, grossing USD$14 million. The film won the Palme dOr at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, diane Ladd was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes. It has since received some positive re-evaluation from critics, lovers Lula and Sailor are separated after he is jailed for killing a man who attacked him with a knife, the assailant, Bobby Ray Lemon, was hired by Lulas mother, Marietta Fortune. Upon Sailors release, Lula picks him up at the prison where she hands him his snakeskin jacket and they go to a hotel where she reserved a room, make love and go to see the speed metal band Powermad. At the club, Sailor gets into a fight with a man who flirts with Lula, later, back in the room, after making love again, Sailor and Lula finally decide to run away to California, breaking Sailors parole. Marietta arranges for private detective Johnnie Farragut – her on-off boyfriend – to find them, unbeknownst to Farragut, however, Marietta also hires gangster Marcello Santos to track them and kill Sailor. Santoss minions capture and kill Farragut, sending Marietta into a guilt-fueled psychosis, while Sailor agrees to join up with gangster Bobby Peru in a feed store robbery, Lula waits for him in the hotel room, trying to conceal that she is pregnant with Sailors child. While Sailor is out Peru enters the room and forces Lula to implore him to love with her. This traumatizes Lula, who had survived a rape as a child, the robbery goes spectacularly wrong when Peru unnecessarily shoots the two clerks. Peru then admits to Sailor hes been hired to kill him, chasing Sailor out of the store, Peru is about to kill him when the sheriffs deputy opens fire on him and Peru accidentally blows his own head off with his own shotgun. Sailor is arrested and sentenced to six years in prison, while Sailor is in jail, Lula has their child. Upon his release Lula decides to reunite with him, rejecting her mothers objections over the phone, she throws water over her mothers photograph and goes to pick up Sailor with their son. When they meet Sailor, he reveals he will be leaving them both, having decided while in prison that he isnt good enough for them, while he is walking a short distance away, Sailor encounters a gang who surround him. He insults them and they knock him out
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Theatrical release poster
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David Lynch accepting the
Palme d'Or at the
1990 Cannes Film Festival with
Isabella Rossellini,
Diane Ladd,
Anthony Quinn,
Laura Dern,
Nicolas Cage and
Willem Dafoe.
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David Lynch at the
1990 Cannes Film Festival.
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Wired (film)
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It starred Michael Chiklis in his film debut as Belushi. Wired was both a critical and a commercial failure, the film has never been released on DVD, and the videocassette originally released by International Video Entertainment is out of print. The film was marketed with the tagline For John Belushi, every night was Saturday Night, the films trailer opted for the tagline The laughs and times of John Belushi, paraphrasing the title of Woodwards book. The story follows John Belushi, shortly after his death from an overdose in March 1982. The film alternates between Belushi as a ghost and his journey with Velasquez to flashbacks as his career gains momentum, meanwhile, journalist Bob Woodward is researching Belushis life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor. Woodwards investigation leads him to Cathy Smith, who procured drugs for Belushi, Michael Chiklis as John Belushi Ray Sharkey as Angel Velasquez J. T. C. Quinn as Comedy coach Steve Vinovich as Studio executive Matthew Faison as Dr, although Woodward secured interviews with Belushis family, friends, and associates, he neither requested nor received approval from Judith Belushi before submitting his manuscript for publication. Those close to Belushi claimed that the book was exploitative and not representative of the man they knew, Woodward sought to sell the books film rights as early as 1984 - the year the book was published - but he found little interest in Hollywood for the project. Woodward later claimed, A large portion of Hollywood didnt want this movie made because theres too much truth in it, the rest of the films funding came from the New Zealand conglomerate Lion Nathan. Michael Chiklis claimed that it took the three years to cast the role of John Belushi. Then aged 25, Chiklis heard about auditions for the part when he was away from picking up his theatre arts degree at Boston University. In the first 24 hours, I was called back 57 times to see different people and it was the first movie I ever read for. I was called three times at first, then six to eight months would go by and Id be called again. Id just about given up hope, then Id get another call for more auditions, Chiklis finally won the role of Belushi after being chosen over 200 other actors, and he put on 30 pounds for the part. The blue-eyed actor also wore contact lenses to more closely resemble Belushi. The film adaptation of Wired did little to separate itself from the books dubious reputation, like the book, the film was boycotted by several of Belushis friends and family, including Judith Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and James Belushi. However, in ways, the film version of Wired diverged from its source material. The screenwriters did, however, manage to work allusions and in-jokes to Belushis film and TV routines into scenes, the characters of Wired are a mixture of real-life people and obvious facsimiles
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Theatrical film poster
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Biggest Elvis: A Novel
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Biggest Elvis, also known as Biggest Elvis, A Novel, is the first novel written by American author P. F. Kluge, an ex-U. S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Pacific region and writer-in-residence at Kenyon College, in general, Kluge’s Biggest Elvis is the story of a former college professor and of America itself. The part mystery and part love story novel is set in Olongapo City, a Philippine town closest to Subic Naval Base, the triad of reborn Elvises include the fictional persons of Ward Wiggins, Chester Lane, and Albert Lane. They were a representation of the roles of Americans in the world stage of the time, as vigorous pioneers and lean innovators turned extravagant. Wiggins was the eldest of the trio of impersonators and an unsuccessful English-language professor, Chester Lane, known in the narrative as Baby Elvis, was the imitator of the youthful Elvis Presley. While his brother, Albert, revived the Elvis epitomized in American cinema, for Wiggins, his showbiz entanglement was a saintly and spiritual calling. He believed that he was indeed the real Elvis, not just a mimic of America’s King of rock, P. F. Kluges official website Latest bookcover for Biggest Elvis, A Novel at amazon. com
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Book cover for P. F. Kluge's novel Biggest Elvis
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Elvissey
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Elvissey is a Jack Womack science fiction novel, one of his Dryco series, set in a dystopian 2033 CE. It won a Philip K. Dick Award in its year of publication, in this novel, DryCo is facing problems from a mass religious movement centered on the premise that Elvis Presley was a semi divine figure, who performed miracles for believers in his sect. The retrieval team are a couple, Iz and John. Iz is actually an African American, although cosmetic surgery has led to a masquerade as a Caucasian woman in the chosen alternate history. Therefore, this world is backward when it comes to African-American civil rights, however, this envisaged outcome did not transpire. Instead, Leon Trotsky takes advantage of the vacuum in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union, returns from exile in Mexico. Therefore, there is still a Nazi-Soviet Pact, but Operation Barbarossa does not occur because the USSR rearms to the extent as Nazi Germany. Moreover, Trotsky declares war on Nazi Germany before it can launch Barbarossa to its east and betray the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1941. In the Pacific theatre, the United States defeats Japan in 1946, but they do so through dropping fourteen atomic bombs on the Home Islands, which reduces the nation to an irradiated wasteland. In its 1954, the alternate Elvis turns out to be a predator who has already murdered Gladys Presley when John. He then tries to rape Iz, much to Johns anger and he comprehends this as prompting that he become an instrument of the demiurge, the evil and flawed creator of the material world in his gnostic world view. Due to this pressure, his psychosis escalates after he is transferred to Drycos homeworld. However, his masquerade collides with scepticism at a London ElCon religious gathering, Iz, John and Elvis use bootleg DryCo time travel technology to travel back to London in the alternate worlds forties and Elvis loses himself amidst the debris of St Pauls Cathedral. However, Elvis is relatively healthy and morally sane compared to the intense anti-human pathology of DryCos world. Although John and Iz are sacked from DryCo Central, DryCo Europe offers Iz a position within their local hierarchy, John commits suicide in the bath, and is persuaded by Iz that she intends to join him moments later, she does not. Dying, John becomes aware that she deceived him and intends to remain behind and he communicates non-verbally that he understands, although whether he believes in the end that the child is his own is unclear. Iz has survived, but at great personal cost. com Preview on Google Books
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First edition (US)
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a comedy science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. The broad narrative follows the misadventures of the last surviving man, Arthur Dent, certain narrative details were changed between the various adaptations. The various versions follow the basic plot but they are in many places mutually contradictory. The first radio series comes from a proposal called The Ends of the Earth, six self-contained episodes, all ending with Earths being destroyed in a different way. While writing the first episode, Adams realized that he needed someone on the planet who was an alien to provide context. Adams finally settled on making the alien a roving researcher for a remarkable book named The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. As the first radio episodes writing progressed, the Guide became the centre of his story, however, he later claimed that he had told this story so many times that he had forgotten the incident itself, and only remembered himself telling the story. His friends are quoted as saying that Adams mentioned the idea of hitch-hiking around the galaxy to them while on holiday in Greece in 1973. Adamss fictional Guide is a guidebook to the entire universe, originally published by Megadodo Publications. The narrative of the versions of the story are frequently punctuated with excerpts from the Guide. The voice of the Guide, also provides general narration, the first radio series of six episodes was broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4. Despite a low-key launch of the series, it received good reviews. A one-off episode was broadcast later in the year and this episode was released as part of the second radio series and, later, The Secondary Phase on cassettes and CDs. The Primary and Secondary Phases were aired, in an edited version. The first series was repeated twice in 1978 alone and many times in the next few years. This led to an LP re-recording, produced independently of the BBC for sale, a second radio series, which consisted of a further six episodes, and bringing the total number of episodes to 12, was broadcast in 1980. The radio series greatly benefited from the narration of noted comedy actor Peter Jones as The Book and he was cast after it was decided that a Peter Jonesy sort of voice was required. The series was notable for its use of sound, being the first comedy series to be produced in stereo
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First edition cover of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)
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The front cover of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, a collection of the five books in the series written before Adams' death, a leatherbound volume published in the United States by Portland House, a division of Random House, in 1997
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Adam Pope playing Zaphod in an amateur production of HHGTTG by Prudhoe's Really Youthful Theatre Company
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The front cover of the
DC Comics adaptation of the first book
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The Southern Vampire Mysteries
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The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The True Blood Novels and The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris. The first installment, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001, the book series has been retronymed the True Blood Series upon reprinting, to capitalize on the television adaptation. Exist but do not go public until later in the series, the setting is contemporary, and the stories occasionally reference popular culture. The series is narrated in first person perspective by Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress, the 12th book, Deadlocked, was released on May 1,2012. Harris was originally contracted to write 10 books, but she revealed at Comic Con 2009 that she has signed a contract for three additional books, on May 14,2012, Harris Facebook administrator announced that Dead Ever After would be the final book of the series. Worldwide, reaction to the vampires Great Revelation is mixed, the policy in Muslim countries is death and torture for vampires, while most African nations, Argentina, and Bosnia refuse to acknowledge vampires existence. Some nations, such as France, Germany, and Italy, acknowledge vampires and do not torture them, vampires are pale and cold, possess unfathomable strength and speed, and have keen senses of hearing, smell, and vision. This makes it easy for them to protect themselves and they also have the ability to remain completely still, expressionless, and silent. Vampires can control the minds of humans by staring into a humans eyes, vampires can induce complete or partial amnesia in a glamored human, and can compel them to do anything the vampire desires. A few vampires can even fly, others may have other powers, vampires fangs come out when they are hungry, see blood, are sexually aroused, or need to fight. All vampires are compelled to obey their individual maker and they can survive and recover from most forms of physical injury, but they will die if staked, exposed to sunlight, burnt by fire, completely drained of their blood, or decapitated. Silver is highly toxic to them and they cannot enter a home unless invited, and if an invitation is withdrawn, they are physically unable to remain on the premises. Since vampires can glamor humans to invite them to enter their homes, humans must avoid eye contact, fangbangers, the human cult followers fascinated by vampires, include volunteers willing to be bitten to provide fresh blood nourishment to vampires. If a vampire and a human blood, it will form a blood bond. Vampire blood without exchange is sought after by humans as a drug that can enhance strength, heal wounds, and increase attractiveness, among other desirable effects. Due to the shortage of willing vampire donors, human drainers attack vampires and drain their blood supply. The blood is sold as a drug, in vials on the underground market. It can be addictive, but may cause psychotic or murderous rampages by human users upon first use
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Cover of Dead Ever After
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All Shook Up (musical)
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All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music and with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on William Shakespeares 1602 play Twelfth Night, the musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals May 13-June 6,2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia, the musical had a tryout in Chicago from December 19,2004, through January 24,2005. After the tryout, changes were made to the finale and to add a specific instrumental and vocal voice for Chad. Broadway The musical premiered on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 2,2005, directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Ken Roberson, the original Broadway cast included Cheyenne Jackson, Jenn Gambatese, and Jonathan Hadary. It has been performed in the USA at regional theatres, colleges, Love Me Tender -2015 UK Tour In 2015, a UK tour of the show commenced at Manchester Opera House in June 2015 with the show being retitled Love Me Tender. The procession stars Mica Paris as Sylvia, Sian Reeves as ‘Mayor Matilda Hyde’, Shaun Williamson as ‘Jim’ and Ben Lewis as ‘Chad. This synopsis is based on the current licensed version Act One Somewhere in the midwest in the 1950s, Chad, sitting in Sylvias, the local honky tonk, the whole town sings the blues. Natalies widowed father Jim enters and joins in, until interrupted by the roar of a motorcycle. Chad is in need of a mechanic and hes introduced to Natalie, Chad inquires about excitement in the town, and soon discovers the Mamie Eisenhower Decency Act, outlawing Loud music, public necking, and tight pants. Chad then seeks to incite some rebelliousness in the citizens, while Natalie fixes Chads motorbike, Chad seeks to inspire her to take to the open road. After Chad exits, Natalie, in an attempt to more attractive to Chad. Chad asks Dennis to become his sidekick and Dennis accepts, soon, glamorous Sandra appears, and Chad is instantly in love with the museum owner. Chad tries to smooth-talk her, but she resists, later that day, at Sylvias Honky Tonk, Natalie enters in her greasy dress, and Lorraine has her change into one of her dresses—it is clean and cute and Natalie looks lovely. She rushes off in pursuit of Chad, when Sandra enters, and Jim also falls for her, even after having just agreed upon the benefits of being alone in life with Sylvia. Dean, the son of Mayor Matilda, enters to tell Lorraine that he thinks shes beautiful, Chad then convinces them that they would be a sweet little couple. But Sylvia interrupts, and Dean rushes out, later that evening, Dean tells her the terrible news, theyre about to be separated, his mother having just told him hes being sent back to military academy. Hopelessly in love, Dean and Lorraine decide to run off together, Chad, Dennis and Natalie later meet at her garage, but Chad is soon distracted by the appearance of Sandra, trying to sing to her, but it doesnt work
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Promotional poster for original Broadway production of All Shook Up
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Characters
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Grease (musical)
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Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey with additional songs written by John Farrar. The score attempts to recreate the sounds of rock and roll. In its original production in Chicago, Grease was a raunchy, raw, aggressive, subsequent productions sanitized it and tamed it down. Grease was first performed in 1971 in the original Kingston Mines nightclub in Chicago, from there, it has been successful on both stage and screen, but the content has been diluted and its teenage characters have become less Chicago habitués and more generic. At the time that it closed in 1980, Greases 3, 388-performance run was the longest yet in Broadway history and it remains Broadways 15th longest-running show. Aspects of the play would be incorporated into the productions 2016 live TV musical. The script was based on Jim Jacobs experience at William Taft High School, Warren Casey collaborated with Jim and together they wrote the music and lyrics. Producers Ken Waissman and Maxine Fox saw the show and made a deal to produce it Off-Broadway, the team headed to New York City to collaborate on the New York production of Grease. The new production, directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch, though Grease opened geographically off-Broadway, it did so under first class Broadway contracts. The show was deemed eligible for the 1972 Tony Awards, receiving seven Tony Award nominations. On June 7,1972, the moved to the Broadhurst Theatre in Broadway, and on November 21, it moved to the Royale Theatre there. For the five weeks of the run, the show moved to the larger Majestic Theatre. By the time it closed on April 13,1980, it had run 3,388 performances. Replacements later in the run included Jeff Conaway, Gail Edwards, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, Ilene Graff, Judy Kaye, Patrick Swayze, John Travolta, Jerry Zaks and Treat Williams. Richard Gere was an understudy for many roles in production, including Danny Zuko, Teen Angel. Later Paul Nicholas and Elaine Paige, who had been in the London production of Hair, kim Braden would also play Sandy. It was revived in London at the Astoria in 1979 with Su Pollard, the revival opened at the Dominion Theatre and transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in October 1996, where it ran until September 11,1999. Other performers who played Danny were Shane Richie, Luke Goss, Ian Kelsey, the original score includes four songs written for the film adaptation, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Sandy, Youre the One That I Want, and the title number
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Original Broadway Cast Recording
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Million Dollar Quartet (musical)
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Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott. It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of December 4,1956, among early Rock and roll stars Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, the musical opened on Broadway in 2010, after several tryouts and regional productions, and spawned a 2011 West End production. The musical had a run at Chicagos Goodman Theatre, opening on September 27,2008. Mutrux co-directed the Chicago production with Eric D. Schaeffer, Artistic Director of Virginias Signature Theatre, the show transferred to Chicagos Apollo Theater where it opened on October 31,2008. It celebrated its 2500th performance on September 20,2014, the show closed on January 17 and ranked as the third-longest running show, in terms of calendar span, in Chicago Theatre history. The cast featured David Lago as Elvis Presley, Gabe Bowling as Carl Perkins, Sean Sullivan as Johnny Cash, the original Broadway cast also included Corey Kaiser as Jay Perkins on bass and Larry Lelli as Fluke the drummer. Again directed by Eric Schaeffer, the design is by Derek McLane, costume design is by Jane Greenwood. The musical was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards, Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Levi Kreis, Kreis won the award for Best Featured Actor for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis. The original cast recording was released in 2010, the musical closed on June 12,2011 after having played 489 performances and 34 previews. The production opened Off-Broadway at the New World Stages in July 2011, Million Dollar Quartet, The Musical opened in the West End at the Noël Coward Theatre on February 28,2011, with previews from February 8. This production is directed by Schaeffer with orchestrations and arrangements by Chuck Mead. The show closed in London on January 14,2012, having previously been booking until October 27,2012, the musical transferred to New World Stages in July 2011. The cast for Million Dollar Quartet at New World Stages features Eric Stang, Eddie Clendening, Lance Guest, Robert Britton Lyons, Victoria Matlock, James Moye, Corey Kaiser, the production closed on June 24,2012. A United States national tour of the began in October 2011 at the Palace Theater at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. The national tour will hit Appleton Fox Cities, Portland, Miami, Houston, Indianapolis, Memphis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Tempe, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Jose, and many more. The Million Dollar Quartet original Canadian cast premieres at the Chemainus Theatre Festival on February 12,2016 and it runs through March 26th,2016. On December 4,1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley assemble at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, established performer Carl Perkins was to record songs with a new performer, Jerry Lee Lewis. Elvis Presley stops by the studio along with his girlfriend, a singer named Dyanne, Johnny Cash has stopped by to talk to recording impresario Sam Philips
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a full-length play written by American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Steve Martin in 1993. The play features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso and it is set on October 8,1904, and both men are on the verge of disclosing amazing ideas. At the Lapin Agile, they have a debate about the value of genius and talent. Each character in Lapin Agile has a specific role, there is much discussion of the major cultural influences of the twentieth century. Picasso represents art, Einstein represents science, and Schmendiman represents commercialism, Picasso and Einstein eventually realize that their abilities are equally valuable. Once the main characters have reached their moment of insight, The Visitor, although the Visitor is never named, his identity can be surmised as Elvis Presley. Freddy – The owner and bartender of the Lapin Agile and he is the boyfriend of Germaine, and seems to be a simple-minded man but occasionally says something truly stunning. Gaston – An abrupt and direct old Frenchman with prostate problems and she is Freddys girlfriend and a very thoughtful and beautiful woman. She has many ideas of what the 20th century will be like, Albert Einstein – A 25-year-old scientist with big aspirations. He is a genius, with a book on the way called The Special Theory of Relativity and he often finds himself having to explain his theories and thoughts in a simpler fashion to the rest of the group, as he is wise beyond his years. Suzanne – A beautiful 19-year-old girl who is infatuated with Picasso, suzanne and Picasso have already slept together, and she is left hurt and angry when he doesnt remember her. Sagot – Picassos art dealer, who is obsessed with finding and selling great pieces of art for profit Pablo Picasso – A talented, extremely egotistical and self-confident, he is a serial womanizer and master of manipulation. Charles Dabernow Schmendiman – A young inventor with huge dreams and little knowledge, although he is hardworking, he is overshadowed by the genius and talent of Einstein and Picasso. The Countess – An extremely intelligent and attractive woman, with whom Einstein is infatuated and she thinks like he does, being the one person to really understand him in the play. Picasso at the Lapin Agile was the first full-length play written by Steve Martin, the first reading of the play took place at Steve Martins home in Beverly Hills, California. Tom Hanks read the role of Picasso, and Chris Sarandon read Einstein, Martin then held a nine-day professional workshop of the play in Melbourne, Australia, at the Malthouse Theatre, which ended with two public staged readings of the play. Following this, the opened at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. The show then enjoyed a run at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles
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Picasso and Einstein in a 2011 production by OVO theatre company,
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Trouble (Elvis Presley song)
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Trouble is a blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, originally performed by Elvis Presley in 1958 and covered by a number of artists in later years, most notably by Amanda Lear. Elvis Presley performed the song in the 1958 motion picture King Creole, Trouble, featuring Scotty Moore on guitar, was one of only three songs written by Leiber and Stoller for the feature. Presleys performance in the film alludes to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley, if youre looking for trouble, he intones, then look right in my face. Music critic Maury Dean suggests that Trouble, with Presleys growling snarl, is one of the earliest proto-punk rock songs, ten years later, Presley opened his 1968 comeback special with this number. The piece then segued into Guitar Man against a Jailhouse Rock backdrop featuring male dancers in cells, Presley performed the song several times on tour in the early 1970s and unofficial recordings of these performances have circulated. In 1975, Presley recorded T-R-O-U-B-L-E for a single, but this is a different song. The song was included in the musical revue Smokey Joes Cafe, singer and model Amanda Lear recorded a French-language version of Trouble, retitled as La Bagarre, with new lyrics written by Vline Buggy. The cover was released as her single in France and Belgium in 1975 by Polydor Records, with Lethal Leading Lady on the side B. The single turned out a failure and in 1976, an English-language version with original lyrics was released in the UK by Creole Records and other parts of Europe. Lear performed the song in an episode of Musikladen aired 29 May 1976 in West Germany, clad in black leather outfit, the performance led Ariola Records to re-release La Bagarre and sign her to a six-album record contract. The single was promoted by an appearance in German TV show 3 nach 9. La Bagarre was included on Lears 1977 debut album I Am a Photograph, however, it was removed from the track listing of subsequent pressings in favour of Queen of Chinatown. Lear recorded the English-language version of the song for her 2014 album of Elvis Presley covers, Lethal Leading Lady –2,507 single A. Lethal Leading Lady –2,50 Jackie DeShannon covered Trouble in 1959, suzi Quatro recorded Trouble in 1974 for her second album, Quatro. According to author Phillip Auslander, with this track Quatro aligned herself with a tradition of male boastfulness that includes Elvis. Rock critic Robert Christgau however wrote that Quatros rendition was silly, a cover version by Gillan peaked at #14 in the UK Singles chart in October 1980. Glenn Danzig recorded several versions, most notably on Danzigs 1993 EP Thrall, Robbie Williams opened his 2002 DVD concert, The Robbie Williams Show, with this song. His performance was identical in concept and staging to the sequence of Elvis Presleys 1968 comeback special
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Elvis has left the building
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John Corbett plays an advertising executive and her love interest. Tom Hanks has an appearance as one of the dead Elvis impersonators. Angie Dickinson plays Basingers mother, a mechanic for the real Elvis. The film opens with Harmony driving down a long, winding road and she feels that her life is empty and artificial. She is a cosmetic saleswoman, setting up Pink Lady training seminars in the western portion of the United States. When she is asked if one of those Mary Kaye ladies, she replies, No, were pink. While she is popular and successful selling Pink Lady, there is nothing real or honest in her life, as Harmony travels around the country, trying to figure out what is missing from her life, Elvis impersonators keep dying in her wake. She is romantically pursued by Miles and these songs appear in the film, listed alphabetically
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Celebrity Deathmatch
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The series was created by Eric Fogel, with the pilots airing on MTV on January 1 and 251998. The initial series ran from May 14,1998 to October 20,2002, there was one special that did not contribute to the final episode total, entitled Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany, which aired on June 21,2001. Professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin gave voice to his form as the guest commentator. Early in 2003, a based on the series was announced by MTV to be in the making. For a brief period in 2001, episodes of Celebrity Deathmatch aired on broadcast network UPN, in 2005, MTV2 announced the revival of the show as part of their Sic Em Friday programming block. The shows fourth and fifth season was produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and it was canceled again in 2007. In April 2015, MTV2 announced a reboot of the show, on November 3,2016, Eric Fogel confirmed via Twitter that MTV had ceased production on the re-boot for unknown reasons. Johnny Gomez, One of the two joint commentators on the Celebrity Deathmatches, Johnny is the professional one, and a loyal friend of Nicks despite his constant blunders. He only lost his professionalism once to Lenny Stanton, the producers son, johnnys hair has noticeably changed from black to brown in the new season. Judging by a comment made by Tally during one episode, he may be wearing a hairpiece, Johnny harbors an intense hatred for her akin to Nick and Debbie, but tries to maintain being a professional. Johnny bears a resemblance to Johnny C. the host of the last few seasons of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Nick Diamond, Johnny Gomezs co-host, an alcoholic and divorced father of one. He harbors a hatred for interviewer Debbie Matenopoulos, and has also participated in. Nick is apparently so hopeless that when he mentions having an uneventful weekend, Nick bears a striking resemblance to Mean Gene Okerlund, longtime announcer for the WWF, only with a hairpiece. Mills Lane, The official referee of the Deathmatch ring, he always starts matches by saying Lets get it on, and shows that this is one ref you cannot knock down with one hit. Another catch phrase is there is a disputable move by either fighter, like using foreign objects. Implying that just about anything is legal in the ring, biting and guns are his only reservation as well as having a dirty fighting ring. After he suffered a stroke in 2002, the real Mills stopped providing the voice of his own character, Stone Cold Steve Austin, World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler and guest commentator on Celebrity Deathmatch
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A deathmatch between
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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CSI, Crime Scene Investigation is a procedural forensics crime drama television series that premiered on CBS October 6,2000. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, the series concluded on September 27,2015, after 15 seasons, with a feature-length finale titled Immortality. The team is led by Gil Grissom, a socially-awkward forensic entomologist. Grissoms second-in-command, Catherine Willows, is a mother with a cops instinct. Born and raised in Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement, following Grissoms departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to Supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston, Willows is replaced by D. B, Russell, and recruited to the FBI shortly thereafter. Russell is a man, a keen forensic botanist and a veteran of the Seattle Crime Lab. In the series season, Russell is reunited with his former partner Julie Finlay. During the 1990s, Anthony Zuiker caught producer Jerry Bruckheimers attention after writing his first movie script, Zuiker was convinced that there was a series in the concept, Bruckheimer agreed and arranged a meeting with the head of Touchstone Pictures. The studios head at the time liked the script and presented it to ABC, NBC and Fox executives. The head of development at CBS saw potential in the script, and the network had a pay-or-play contract with actor William Petersen. The networks executives liked the pilot so much that they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after The Fugitive. Initially it was thought that CSI would benefit from The Fugitive, which was expected to be a hit, formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that companys interest was later bought by the investment firm GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. CBS acquired AACs international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change, the series is currently in syndication, and reruns are broadcast in the U. S. on the Spike and TV Land cable networks. The show has aired in reruns on the USA Network since January 14,2011, the CSI catalog has been exclusive to the whole NBC Universal portfolio since September 2014. Occasionally, the cast would still shoot on location in Las Vegas, other California locations include Verdugo Hills High School, UCLAs Royce Hall, Pasadena City Hall, and California State University, Los Angeles. While shooting took place primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, CSIs theme song was, since season one, Who Are You, written by Pete Townshend with vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. In certain countries, to music licensing fees, a unique theme was used instead
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E Street
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E Street is an Australian television soap opera created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993. The moderately successful and sedately-paced Grundy serial Richmond Hill was cancelled by Ten to make way for E Street. Richmond Hill had also successfully sold to ITV in the UK. Later, with storylines, the ratings climbed, eventually eclipsing the figures that Richmond Hill had attracted. E Street ran for 404 one-hour episodes, there were further parallels, both soaps featured a police station, a local pub and a doctors surgery. Whereas A Country Practice featured a veterinary surgery, in E Street, a more obvious comparison with A Country Practice was with the addition of Penny Cook as E Streets anchor character, Dr Elly Fielding. Another popular member of the original cast was Tony Martin as trendy Reverend Bob Brown, other regulars from the beginning included publican Ernie Patchett and his teenage son, Chris. He was romancing feisty barmaid Lisa Bennett, played by Alyssa-Jane Cook who became one of the soaps most popular stars. Sarah McKillop arrived in Westside to re-open the Legal Centre at the beginning of the series, and newlyweds Paul and Rhonda Berry were also settling into life on Eden Street when it began. But what started out as a version of its immediate contemporaries, E Street did not perform well in Australia when it launched in January 1989. However, the violent demise of two original cast members - one was dead in a siege, the other raped and strangled to death - set the extreme. By the end of 1989, the programme had a new look, redesigned titles. Comedy and colour was now a part of E Street. During the 1990 season, E Streets viewing figures began to rapidly climb, sheridan became central to E Streets next big storyline, the arrival of the notorious serial killer Stephen Richardson, a. k. a. The 1991 season was dominated by long and convoluted plot which cleverly affected every cast member over an entire year. More high-profile contract-cast were killed off during this grisly but utterly compelling storyline, the audience lapped up Sheridans Technicolor nightmare sequences revealing the murder of a little girl called Becky Campbell by a man with his face painted half black and half silver. E Street had undoubtedly moved on from its well-meaning inception, indeed, during the rest of 1991 and most of 1992, E Street was the most popular serial in Australia. Tkautz had the biggest selling single of 1991 with her #1 dance hit Read My Lips and the follow-up, Sexy, made #3 the same year, all thanks to their inclusion on E Street
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Fireman Sam
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Fireman Sam is an animated comedy childrens television series about a fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy. Fireman Sam first appeared as Sam Tân, on S4C in 1987, the original series finished in 1994, and a new series that expanded the character cast commenced in 2003. The series was shown in Gaelic in Scotland. The series was sold to over 40 countries and has been used across the United Kingdom to promote fire safety, the original idea came about from two ex-firemen from Kent – Dave Gingell and David Jones. They approached Mike Young, creator of SuperTed in Barry, Wales, the idea was then brought to S4Cs Director of Animation, Chris Grace, who saw potential in the idea and commissioned the series. Grace had previously commissioned Superted, which had achieved success across the United Kingdom, the characters and storylines were created by Rob Lee, an illustrator from Cardiff, and the program was produced using stop-motion. It could take up to 4 days to produce 1 minute of this form of puppet animation, Fireman Sam has to this day been translated into over 25 different languages including Mandarin. In the original series, all the voices were performed by John Alderton. The later series used several actors voices, the series originally comprised 32 ten-minute episodes and a 20-minute Christmas special. The narration and character voices were done by John Alderton, Sam is the protagonist in the show, and interacts with both colleagues at the fire station and fellow villagers. He is seen as somewhat of a hero in the village, despite being so small, and with so little activity, the village sees its fair share of fires, which Sam and his team can easily handle. Sams colleagues are Elvis Cridlington, Station Officer Basil Steele and later Penny Morris, the villagers are bus driver/auxiliary firefighter Trevor Evans, Italian café owner Bella Lasagne, Norman Price, Normans mother Dilys Price, and the twins Sarah and James Jones. The objects include Bentley the Robot, M. O. P. the original series aired on BBC One, CBBC and CBeebies since 1987, most commonly airing on CBeebies on a daily basis with repeats showing until 2008. In 1988, the series was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Short Animated Film, the potential recipients were Ian Frampton and John Walker. In 2003, a new Fireman Sam series was produced by Siriol Productions, comprising twenty-six episodes and these episodes used more modern techniques of stop-motion animation including mouths that move with the dialogue. The updated Jupiter has six wheels, loosely based on a Bedford 6×4, the characters in this series were voiced by John Sparkes, Joanna Ruiz and Sarah Hadland. The series premiered on CBeebies in 2003 and repeats were shown until 2008, the shows production companies were Hit Entertainment and Siriol Productions, and its distributors were the BBC and S4C. The series was revamped in 2008 which saw the show convert to CGI, Pontypandy is now a seaside fishing village instead of a village set deep in the hills as in the early series, though most of the locations have retained their appearances
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Full House
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Full House is an American sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for ABC. The show chronicles the events of widowed father, Danny Tanner and it aired from September 22,1987, to May 23,1995, broadcasting eight seasons and 192 episodes. While never a favorite, the series was consistently in the top 30. It has also had tie-in merchandise marketed, such as a series of paperback books, a sequel series, Fuller House, premiered on Netflix on February 26,2016. After his wife is killed in a car accident, news anchorman Danny Tanner recruits his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis, Stephanie, and Michelle, in his San Francisco home. Over time, the three men as well as the bond and become closer to one another. Jesse and Becky eventually fall in love and get married in season four, in season five, Becky gives birth to twin sons, Nicky and Alex. John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis Bob Saget as Danny Tanner Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone Candace Cameron as D. J, Saget was not available to appear in the pilot due to his commitment as an on-air contributor to CBSs The Morning Program. The producers instead cast actor John Posey to play Danny, Posey only appeared in the unaired pilot. To comply with labor laws, twins Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen were cast to alternate in the role of Michelle during tapings. The girls were credited as Mary Kate Ashley Olsen in seasons two through seven because the producers did not want audiences to know that the Michelle character was played by twins. All six of the original cast members remained with the show through its entire eight-year run, Kimmy Gibbler, a recurring character in seasons one through four, was upgraded to a regular in season five. Rebecca Donaldson originally appeared for six episodes in two as Dannys co-host on Wake Up, San Francisco, producers decided to expand her role. Nicky and Alex Katsopolis, the sons of Jesse and Rebecca. As babies, the children were played by Daniel and Kevin Renteria, and in season six, the last character added was Steve Hale, who was D. J. s boyfriend in seasons six and seven. He returned in the half of the series finale after Kimmy set him up with D. J. to be her date for the senior prom. He was played by Scott Weinger, comet, the family dog, was played by a golden retriever named Buddy. Buddy later appeared in the original Air Bud before dying of cancer at the age of nine
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John Posey as Danny Tanner in the pilot (shown with Sweetin and Cameron as Stephanie and D.J.)
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Full House: The Complete Series DVD packaging
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Hannah Montana
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Hannah Montana, also known as Hannah Montana Forever in its fourth and final season, is an American musical comedy television series created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry OBrien. It focuses on Miley Stewart, who is a teenager living a life as an average schoolgirl by day. The story follows the life of Stewart, her brother. The soundtrack albums Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana 2, Meet Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana 3, in 2007, the success of the series led to the Best of Both Worlds Tour, which visited North America. The following year, it was adapted into the 3D film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus, Best of Both Worlds Concert and its accompanying soundtrack. In 2009, the first feature film of the series, titled Hannah Montana, The Movie was released to commercial success, all seasons of the show have been distributed on DVD. The series received favorable reviews from critics, and has been recognized as a guilty pleasure by several media outlets. The shows instant success is credited with the launch of Cyruss career and her establishment as a teen idol. However, as she continued to develop an increasingly provocative image as the series progressed, in its series premiere, Hannah Montana who is first introduced as Miley Stewart, lives a double life as an average schoolgirl by day and a famous recording artist Hannah Montana by night. Mileys best friend Lilly Truscott discovered her secret while attending a Hannah Montana concert, later in the first season, Miley herself revealed her secret to their close friend Oliver Oken with the intention of ending his romantic interest in Hannah Montana. Lilly and Oliver assumed the aliases Lola Luftnagle and Mike Standley III when appearing with Hannah in order to protect Mileys secret, meanwhile, Jackson is employed at Ricos Surf Shop, where his child-aged boss Rico Suave often assigns him to complete embarrassing tasks. Miley, Lilly, and Oliver begin high school in the second season, Rico, who begins high school after skipping several grades, nearly discovers Mileys secret on several occasions. Later in the season, Miley admits to Jake Ryan, whom she disliked and later dated in the first season. However, their rekindled relationship ends after he struggles to adopt a normal, non-celebrity lifestyle. Meanwhile, Jackson continues to find himself in conflict with Rico, while Miley is off shooting a movie, Lilly and Oliver begin dating in the third season. Though Miley initially feels uncomfortable with the dynamic of their friendship. Miley herself begins dating Jake again, but develops feelings for her band mate Jesse, Jackson moves into his own apartment while attending college, while Lilly moves in with the Stewart family after her mother finds work in Atlanta, Georgia. In the two-part season finale, Robby buys a ranch in Malibu to bring Mileys horse Blue Jeans from Tennessee, while Jackson leaves his apartment, Oliver also embarks on a tour with the band that lived above Jacksons former apartment
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Miley Cyrus (pictured) served as the series' central focus during its four-season run.
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Lilly Truscott (Emily Osment, left) and Oliver Oken (Mitchel Musso, right) portrayed Stewart's best friends throughout the series.
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Ozzy Osbourne
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John Michael Ozzy Osbourne is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the metal band Black Sabbath. He was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and went on to have a solo career, releasing 11 studio albums. Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions, recording the album 13 in 2013 and his longevity and success have earned him the informal title of Godfather of Heavy Metal. Osbournes total album sales from his years in Black Sabbath, combined with his work, is over 100 million. As a member of Black Sabbath, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. Osbourne appeared with son Jack in the 2016 worldwide travelogue docuseries Ozzy & Jacks World Detour, Osbourne was born in the Aston area of Birmingham, England. His mother, Lillian, was Catholic but non-religious, and she worked days at a factory and his father, John Thomas Jack Osbourne, worked night shifts as a toolmaker at the General Electric Company. Osbourne has three sisters named Jean, Iris, and Gillian, and two younger brothers named Paul and Tony. The family lived in a small two-bedroom home at 14 Lodge Road in Aston, Osbourne has had the nickname Ozzy since primary school. Osbourne dealt with dyslexia at school, drawn to the stage, he took part in school plays such as Gilbert and Sullivans The Mikado and HMS Pinafore. As a Birmingham native, he has a strong Brummie accent, upon hearing their first hit single at age 14, he became a great fan of The Beatles. He credits the bands 1963 song She Loves You for inspiring him to become a musician and he said in the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne that as soon as heard She Loves You on the radio, knew wanted to be a rock star for the rest of life. Osbourne left school at 15 and was employed as a construction site labourer, trainee plumber, apprentice toolmaker, car factory horn-tuner and he attempted to commit burglary, stealing a television, a handful of baby clothes, and some T-shirts. He spent six weeks in Winson Green Prison when he was unable to pay a fine after being found guilty of robbing a shop, to teach his son a lesson. In late 1967, Geezer Butler formed his first band, Rare Breed, the band played two shows, then broke up. Osbourne and Butler reunited in Polka Tulk Blues, along with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward and they renamed themselves Earth, but after being accidentally booked for a show instead of a different band with the same name, they decided to change their name again. They finally settled on the name Black Sabbath in August 1969, the band had noticed how people enjoyed being frightened, inspired, the band decided to play a heavy blues style of music laced with gloomy sounds and lyrics
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Osbourne in 2010
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Black Sabbath: Osbourne (right) with Tony Iommi in 1973
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The Blizzard of Ozz, the band Osbourne formed before the decision was made to go solo
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Osbourne performing in Cardiff, 1981
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The Killing (U.S. TV series)
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The Killing is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 3,2011, on AMC, based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. The American version was developed by Veena Sud and produced by Fox Television Studios, set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder. AMC announced the cancellation in July 2012, but picked it up for a third season after a renegotiation with Fox Television Studios. The Killing was again cancelled by AMC in September 2013, the complete fourth season was released on Netflix in all territories on August 1,2014. The season resumes the investigation into the murder and reveals secrets about the Larsen family as well as a conspiracy within the campaign race. The Larsen murder case gets closed with the discovery of those involved in it, a year after the Rosie Larsen case, Stephen Holder searches for a runaway girl and uncovers a string of murders connected to one of Sarah Lindens previous murder investigations. Linden, no longer a detective, must return to both a career and a case she had put behind her, the pilot was ordered by AMC in January 2010 and then was picked up for a full series order in August 2010. The series is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, with scenes in season two filmed in Coquitlam, British Columbia, at Riverview Hospital. Production began on the episode on December 2,2010. The pilot is written by creator and executive producer Veena Sud and is directed by Patty Jenkins. In contrast to the original Danish series, executive producer Veena Sud explained and we are using the Danish series as a blueprint, but we are kind of diverging and creating our own world, our world of suspects and, potentially, ultimately who killed Rosie Larsen. AMC announced on July 27,2012 that the series would not be renewed for a third season, however, Fox Television Studios announced that they were attempting to shop the show to other networks. In August 2012, it was revealed that Fox Television Studios was in talks with both DirecTV and Netflix in an attempt to revive the series. In November 2012, it was confirmed that Fox Television Studios was in negotiations with Netflix to continue the series for a third season. Variety reported on November 30,2012, that the show would be returning to AMC, planning for a May 2013 debut, with production set to begin months before that. Cast members Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman were confirmed to return, with Veena Sud as showrunner and returning writers including executive producers Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin. On December 12,2012, it was confirmed that cast members Billy Campbell, Michelle Forbes, on January 15,2013, AMC and Fox Television Studios announced that the series had been renewed for a 12-episode third season. Production started on February 25,2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, AMC ultimately canceled the series after the third season in September 2013
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The Last Precinct
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The Last Precinct is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from January 26 to May 30,1986 on Friday nights at 9, 00pm. The series stars Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of police academy rejects. The pilot for the Stephen J. Cannell series debuted after Super Bowl XX in 1986 and this was the only sitcom from Stephen J. Cannell Productions. Under the leadership of Capt. Rick Wright, these losers-in-blue attempt possible redemption, the Last Precinct Pilot at the Internet Movie Database The Last Precinct Series at the Internet Movie Database
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publicity shot of cast
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Nip/Tuck
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Nip/Tuck is an American television drama series created by Ryan Murphy, it aired on FX in the United States from July 18,2003 to March 3,2010. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a cutting-edge, controversial plastic surgery center—but, particularly its founders, Drs. Sean McNamara, each episode featured graphic, partial-depictions of the plastic surgeries of one or more patients. Much of the drama is derived from the tumultuous personal lives of its main characters. The show premiered on July 22,2003, and concluded on March 3,2010, while the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season it was relocated to Los Angeles and many of the characters have followed along. The show has earned 45 award nominations, winning one Golden Globe, Series creator Ryan Murphy has said that the medical cases on the show are 100 percent based on fact. The drama is set in a surgery center, McNamara/Troy. On the other hand, partner Christian Troy uses his charm to bring in female candidates and conducts vain business deals. Sean takes his job seriously, he is found having to fix some of Christians mistakes. In its debut season, Nip/Tuck was the new series on American basic cable. The fifth season premiered on October 30,2007, though production was affected by the 2007 Writers Strike, accordingly, the second half of the fifth season was not screened until January 6,2009 in the U. S. Another 19 episodes were picked up by FX, airing on October 14,2009, following a 3-week hiatus for the Christmas holidays, the show resumed in January 2010 and concluded on March 3,2010 with its 100th episode. Nip/Tuck filmed its 100th and final episode on June 12,2009, without creator Ryan Murphy, the show inspired the creation of the plastic surgery reality show Dr.90210. Golden Globe Awards, Won – Best Television Series – Drama, Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama. Golden Globe Awards, Nominated – Best Television Series – Drama Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama, Emmy Awards, Won – Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special. Nominated – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Design Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Theme Music Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series, viewer numbers of Nip/Tuck on FX. Nip/Tuck became an instant cable hit from its 2003 series premiere, for its third season, FX aired Nip/Tuck solely in the fall of 2005, instead of during the summer season like the two years prior. John Landgraf, president of FX, stated that such a move was a risk since it stacked up against the full barrage of fall network competition. Including Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, three episodes of Nip/Tuck rank as the three most-watched scripted programs ever on FX, the second season finale, entitled Joan Rivers, which aired on October 5,2004, drew 5.2 million viewers
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Nip/Tuck
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Red Dwarf
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In May 2015, it was announced that Series XI and XII would film back-to-back later in 2015 and would air exclusively on the Dave channel in 2016 and 2017. The first episode of Red Dwarf XI aired at 9 p. m. on Thursday 22 September 2016 on Dave and has been available via streaming service UKTV Play from Thursday 15 September 2016, the series was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Despite the pastiche of science fiction used as a backdrop, Red Dwarf is primarily a character-driven comedy, the main characters are Dave Lister, the last known human alive, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram of Listers dead bunkmate. The series attracted its highest ratings, of more than eight million viewers, the series was revived after a ten-year break, when digital channel Dave screened a three-episode production, titled Red Dwarf, Back to Earth, in April 2009 during the Easter weekend. This was followed by Series X, consisting of six episodes, the show has been critically acclaimed, and has a Metacritic score of 84/100. Series XI was voted Best Returning TV Sitcom and Comedy of the Year for 2016 by readers for the British Comedy Guide. The show was based on Dave Hollins, Space Cadet, a series of five sketches that aired in the BBC Radio 4 series Son of Cliché, produced by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor in 1984. The sketches recounted the adventures of Dave Hollins, a space traveller who is marooned in space far from earth. His only steady companion is the computer Hab, Grant and Naylor chose to use the Dave Hollins, Space Cadet sketches as a base for a television show after watching the 1974 film Dark Star. They changed some elements from the sketches, The 7 trillion year figure was first changed to 7 billion years and then to 3 million and the characters of Arnold Rimmer and the Cat were created. The name Dave Hollins was changed to Dave Lister when a player called Dave Hollins became well-known. One of the actors from Son of Cliché, Chris Barrie went on to portray Arnold Rimmer in the Red Dwarf TV series. Episodes of Dave Hollins can be found on the 2-disc Red Dwarf DVD sets starting with series 5 and ending with series 8. The main setting of the series is the eponymous mining spaceship Red Dwarf, which is 6 miles long,4 miles tall, following the accident, the ships computer Holly keeps Lister in stasis until the radiation levels return to normal – a process that takes three million years. Lister therefore emerges as the last human being in the universe – and his former bunkmate and immediate superior Arnold Judas Rimmer is resurrected by Holly as a hologram to keep Lister sane. During the second series, the encounter the service mechanoid Kryten. Initially, Kryten only appeared in one episode of two, but by the beginning of series three he had become a regular character. A complicated series of events leaves Kochanski stranded in the main universe
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The second Red Dwarf ship model as used for series 5.
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From left to right:
Kryten,
Lister,
Cat, and
Rimmer as they appeared in 2009's Back to Earth.
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The episode "
Polymorph " parodied the 1979
Alien film
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Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As dictator of the German Reich, he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and was central to the Holocaust, Hitler was born in Austria, then part of Austria-Hungary, and raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I and he joined the German Workers Party, the precursor of the NSDAP, in 1919 and became leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923 he attempted a coup in Munich to seize power, the failed coup resulted in Hitlers imprisonment, during which he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf. Hitler frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as being part of a Jewish conspiracy, by 1933, the Nazi Party was the largest elected party in the German Reichstag, which led to Hitlers appointment as Chancellor on 30 January 1933. Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain, Hitler sought Lebensraum for the German people in Eastern Europe. His aggressive foreign policy is considered to be the cause of the outbreak of World War II in Europe. He directed large-scale rearmament and on 1 September 1939 invaded Poland, resulting in British, in June 1941, Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union. By the end of 1941 German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe, failure to defeat the Soviets and the entry of the United States into the war forced Germany onto the defensive and it suffered a series of escalating defeats. In the final days of the war, during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, Hitler married his long-time lover, on 30 April 1945, less than two days later, the two killed themselves to avoid capture by the Red Army, and their corpses were burned. Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians, in addition,29 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European Theatre of World War II. The number of civilians killed during the Second World War was unprecedented in warfare, Hitlers father Alois Hitler Sr. was the illegitimate child of Maria Anna Schicklgruber. The baptismal register did not show the name of his father, in 1842, Johann Georg Hiedler married Aloiss mother Maria Anna. Alois was brought up in the family of Hiedlers brother, Johann Nepomuk Hiedler, in 1876, Alois was legitimated and the baptismal register changed by a priest to register Johann Georg Hiedler as Aloiss father. Alois then assumed the surname Hitler, also spelled Hiedler, Hüttler, the Hitler surname is probably based on one who lives in a hut. Nazi official Hans Frank suggested that Aloiss mother had been employed as a housekeeper by a Jewish family in Graz, and that the familys 19-year-old son Leopold Frankenberger had fathered Alois. No Frankenberger was registered in Graz during that period, and no record has been produced of Leopold Frankenbergers existence, Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary, close to the border with the German Empire. He was one of six born to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl
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Hitler in 1938
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Adolf Hitler as an infant (c. 1889–90).
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Hitler's mother,
Klara
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Hitler's father,
Alois
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Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11,1975, under the original title NBCs Saturday Night, the shows comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest and features performances by a musical guest, an episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, Live from New York, its Saturday Night. In 1980, Michaels left the series to other opportunities. He was replaced by Jean Doumanian, who was replaced by Ebersol after a season of bad reviews, Ebersol ran the show until 1985, when Michaels returned, Michaels has remained since then. Many of SNLs cast found national stardom while appearing on the show, others associated with the show, such as writers, have gone on to successful careers creating, writing, or starring in TV and film. The show format has developed and recreated in several countries. Successful sketches have seen life outside of the show as feature films, throughout four decades on air, Saturday Night Live has received a number of awards, including 50 Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and three Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2000, it was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and it was ranked tenth in TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time list, and in 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazines 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME. As of 2012, it has received 156 Emmy nominations, the most received by any TV show, the live aspect of the show has resulted in several controversies and acts of censorship, with mistakes and intentional acts of sabotage by performers as well as guests. From 1965 until September 1975, NBC ran The Best of Carson reruns of The Tonight Show, in 1974, Johnny Carson announced that he wanted the weekend shows pulled and saved so that they could be aired during weeknights, allowing him to take time off. In 1974, NBC president Herbert Schlosser approached his vice president of late night programming, Dick Ebersol, at the suggestion of Paramount Pictures executive Barry Diller, Schlosser and Ebersol then approached Lorne Michaels. Over the next three weeks, Ebersol and Michaels developed the idea for a variety show featuring high-concept comedy sketches, political satire. By 1975 Michaels had assembled a talented cast, including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael ODonoghue, Gilda Radner, and George Coe. The show was originally called NBCs Saturday Night, because Saturday Night Live was in use by Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell on the rival network ABC, NBC purchased the rights to the name in 1976 and officially adopted the new title on March 26,1977. In 1975 and 1976, they were the most desirable demographic for television advertisers, NBC executives agreed with Michaels and decided to keep the show on the air despite many angry letters and phone calls that the network received from viewers who were offended by certain sketches. Chevy Chase left the show in November of the season and was replaced a few months later by the then-unknown comic actor Bill Murray. Aykroyd and Belushi left the show in 1979 after the end of season four, in May 1980, Michaels—emotionally and physically exhausted—requested to put the show on hiatus for a year to give him time and energy to pursue other projects
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The original 1975 cast, from left to right:
Laraine Newman,
John Belushi,
Jane Curtin,
Gilda Radner,
Dan Aykroyd,
Garrett Morris, and
Chevy Chase
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Creator
Lorne Michaels.
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Comcast Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza, or "30 Rock") from where the show is broadcast.
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SNL 's main stage, during rehearsal, 2008
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Karen Lynn Gorney
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Karen Lynn Gorney is an American actress, known for her roles on television and film. Gorney was born in Beverly Hills, California and she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts from Brandeis University. Karen is the sister of author, professor, and physician Rod Gorney, Gorney made her film debut as a teenage resident of a mental health treatment center in David and Lisa. Her next work on the big screen came in 1970 with the film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, from 1970 to 1974, Gorney played the role of Tara Martin on the soap opera All My Children. After she left the show, Gorney had agreed to return when her replacement, actress/writer Stephanie Braxton and she returned for the 1976–77 season but was eventually fired as Tara and did not return to the show until almost 20 years later. In 1977, Gorney co-starred in her film, and biggest role to date, as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever. The next year, she appeared as a celebrity panelist on Hollywood Squares, More recently, she has guest-starred in a number of TV shows, including Law & Order, The Sopranos, and Six Degrees, as well as doing independent films and off-Broadway shows. During the show Gorney and Terrio dance to Tavares hit single More Than a Woman as she did with co-star John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever back in 1977. She appeared on VH1s When Disco Ruled the World and was interviewed for the video documentary Disco. She was featured in the role of the Judge in the 2008 independent feature film Dear J. Gorney is a resident of New York City. Recently she appeared in the stage production Monsterface at the Irish Rep Theater, in October 10, Gorney performed the role of Belaria in Frog and Peach Theatre Companys production of Cymbeline at the West End Theatre, in Manhattan, New York. Along with her work, Gorney is a singer and has released three albums, Used to Love You Madly, Hot Moonlight. and The Dance of the Deadlys. She has performed at jazz clubs and cafes. Karen Lynn Gorney at the Internet Movie Database Official site for Karen Lynn Gorney
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Gorney and
Richard Hatch in All My Children.
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Kevin Nealon
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Nealon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Kathleen M. and Emmett F. Nealon, an aircraft company executive. A few months after he was born, the moved to Bridgeport. He was raised Catholic, and graduated from St. Joseph High School in Trumbull, Connecticut, Nealon graduated with a bachelors degree in marketing from Sacred Heart University. Nealon debuted on network television doing a routine for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984. On the September 24,1985 nighttime syndicated episode of Sale of the Century, Nealon can be seen onstage congratulating his friend Tim Holleran on winning more than $150,000 in cash and prizes. In 1986, Saturday Night Live recruited his friend Dana Carvey, both joined the cast that year, and Nealon became a full-time performer in the 1987–1988 season, and remained for nine seasons. Nealons SNL characters include Mr. Subliminal, Franz along with Dana Carvey, Mr. No Depth Perception, the anchor of Weekend Update, in 1991, he starred in the Christmas movie, All I Want for Christmas. More recently Nealon has appeared in the movies Happy Gilmore, Anger Management, Little Nicky, Daddy Day Care, Good Boy. in fall 2005, he appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he played himself. Nealon had a television role on the 2002-06 CBS comedy Still Standing playing Ted Halverson. He has also appeared as a patient in an institution on the first season of Monk. Deja Vu is an episode of The Outer Limits television show and it first aired on 9 July 1999, during the fifth season. Nealon also had a supporting role as Doug Wilson on the show Weeds on Showtime. In 1994, Nealon hosted the 13 part series Amazing America on the Discovery Channel, in 2002, Nealon hosted The Conspiracy Zone on The New TNN for 26 episodes plus an unaired pilot. Nealon appeared as a counselor on the sitcom, 3rd Rock from the Sun. He had a cameo appearance in the 2008 film Get Smart. Nealon also hosted the Worlds Funniest Commercials on TBS, in a performance similar to Bob Saget, Nealon tells corny jokes in between each funny commercial. In 2008, a book authored by Nealon chronicling his experiences during his wifes pregnancy called Yes, Youre Pregnant, Nealon played Stuart Pearson in the adventure comedy Aliens in the Attic. Shooting took place in Auckland, New Zealand, Nealon married actress Susan Yeagley on September 3,2005 in Bellagio, Italy
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Nealon in
Las Vegas in 2006.
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Nealon with wife
Susan Yeagley in April 2011
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Andy Kaufman
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Andy Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor, writer, and performance artist and professional wrestler. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself as such and he disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood, once saying in a rare introspective interview, I am not a comic, I have never told a joke. The comedians promise is that he go out there and make you laugh with him. My only promise is that I will try to entertain you as best I can and his Foreign Man character was the basis of his role as Latka Gravas on the hit television show Taxi, on which he appeared from 1978 until 1983. He was also a frequent guest on comedy and late-night talk shows. In 1982, Kaufman brought his professional wrestling villain act to Lettermans show with an encounter with Jerry The King Lawler of the Continental Wrestling Association. Kaufman died of cancer at age 35 in 1984. However, because pranks and elaborate ruses were major elements of his career and his body of work maintains a cult following and he continues to be respected for his original material, unique performance style, and unflinching commitment to character. Kaufman was born on January 17,1949 in New York City and his mother was Janice, a homemaker and former fashion model, and his father was Stanley Kaufman, a jewelry salesman. Andy Kaufman, along with his brother and sister, grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Great Neck. He began performing at birthday parties at age 9, playing records. Kaufman spent much of his writing poetry and stories, including an unpublished novel, The Hollering Mangoo. Following a visit to his school from Nigerian musician Babatunde Olatunji, after high school graduation, Kaufman took a year off before enrolling at the now defunct two-year Grahm Junior College, in Boston. Where he studied production and starred in his own campus television show. He began performing at coffee houses and developing his act, as well as writing a one-man play, after graduating in 1971, he began performing stand-up comedy at various small clubs along the East Coast. It was as this character that Kaufman convinced the owner of the famed New York City comedy club The Improv, Budd Friedman, to allow him to perform onstage. He would proceed to tell a few jokes and conclude his act with a series of celebrity impersonations, with the comedy arising from the characters obvious ineptitude at impersonation. Like Presley, he would take off his jacket during the song and throw it into the audience
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Arguably his best known act, Andy Kaufman's "Foreign Man" persona was later adapted as the "Latka Gravas" character for the ABC sitcom, Taxi. Though Kaufman's performances on the show were widely praised, even garnering him two Golden Globe Award nominations, Kaufman greatly disliked sitcoms and was unhappy about being so closely identified with Latka, which led him to clash frequently with the show's cast and crew.
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John Belushi
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John Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor and musician. During his career he had a personal and artistic partnership with fellow SNL actor. He was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Belushis mother, Agnes Demetri, was the daughter of Albanian immigrants, and his father, Adam Anastos Belushi, was an Albanian immigrant from Qytezë. Belushi was raised in the Albanian Orthodox Church and attended Wheaton Community High School, in 1965 Belushi formed a music band, The Ravens, together with four fellow high school students. They recorded one single, Listen to Me Now/Jolly Green Giant, the record wasnt successful and the band broke up when Belushi moved to Chicago, where he enrolled at College of DuPage. Belushi started his own troupe in Chicago, The West Compass Trio, with Tino Insana. At Second City, he met and began working with Harold Ramis, in 1972 Belushi was offered a role, together with Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest, in National Lampoon Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, which played Off-Broadway in 1972. During a trip to Toronto to check the local Second City cast in 1974, Jacklin became an associate producer for the show, and she and Belushi were married on December 31,1976. In 1975 Chevy Chase and writer Michael ODonoghue recommended Belushi to Lorne Michaels as a member for a television show Michaels was about to produce called Saturday Night Live. Michaels was initially unsure as he wasnt sure if Belushis physical humour would fit with what he was envisioning, kirk on The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise and a contributor of furious opinion pieces on Weekend Update, during which he coined his catchphrase, But N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O. With Aykroyd, Belushi created Jake and Elwood, the Blues Brothers, originally intended to warm up the crowd before the show, the Blues Brothers were eventually featured as music guestsBelushi also reprised his imitation of Joe Cocker from Lemmings. Cocker himself joined Belushi in 1976 and they sang together Feeling Alright, like many of his SNL fellow cast members, Belushi begun experimenting heavily with drugs to deal with the constant pressure. His unpredictable temper caused him to be fired by Michaels a number of times, in Rolling Stones February,2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to that time, Belushi received the top ranking. Belushi was the live in Saturday Night Live, they wrote, nobody embodied the highs and lows of SNL like Belushi. In 1978, he made the films Old Boyfriends, Goin South, upon its initial release, Animal House received generally mixed reviews from critics, but Time and Roger Ebert proclaimed it one of the years best. Animal House was also responsible for defining and launching the gross-out genre of films. Following the success of The Blues Brothers on SNL, Belushi and Aykroyd, with the help of pianist-arranger Paul Shaffer and these included SNL saxophonist Blue Lou Marini and trombonist-saxophonist Tom Malone, who had previously played in Blood, Sweat & Tears. In 1978 The Blues Brothers released their album, Briefcase Full of Blues
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Belushi, age 24, at
Second City (1973)
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The Simpsons
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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a depiction of working-class life epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa. The show is set in the town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks, Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19,1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a prime time show and became an early hit for Fox. Since its debut on December 17,1989,615 episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast and its 28th season began on September 25,2016. It is the longest-running American sitcom and the longest-running American animated program, the Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27,2007, and grossed over $527 million. On May 4,2015, the series was renewed for seasons 27 and 28, on November 4,2016, the series was renewed for seasons 29 and 30, consisting of 22 episodes each. The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim throughout its first nine or ten seasons, Time named it the 20th centurys best television series, and Erik Adams of The A. V. Club named it televisions crowning achievement regardless of format, on January 14,2000, the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards,30 Annie Awards, Homers exclamatory catchphrase Doh. has been adopted into the English language, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms. Despite this, the show has also criticized for what many perceive as a decline in quality over the years. The Simpsons are a family who live in a fictional Middle American town of Springfield, Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge Simpson, a stereotypical American housewife, although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another. The family owns a dog, Santas Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball V, renamed Snowball II in I, both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. The show includes an array of supporting characters, co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople. The creators originally intended many of these characters as jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town
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James L. Brooks (pictured) asked
Matt Groening to create a series of animated shorts for
The Tracey Ullman Show
The Simpsons
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Matt Groening, creator
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Part of the writing staff of The Simpsons in 1992. Back row, left to right: Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein,
Al Jean (partial),
Conan O'Brien,
Bill Oakley,
Josh Weinstein,
Mike Reiss, Ken Tsumura,
George Meyer,
John Swartzwelder,
Jon Vitti (partial), CJ Gibson and
David M. Stern. Front row, left to right: Dee Capelli,
Lona Williams, and unknown.
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Viva Ned Flanders
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Viva Ned Flanders is the tenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 10,1999, in the episode, Ned Flanders, who is revealed to be 60 years old, feels that he has not lived his life to the fullest. He asks for help from his neighbor, Homer Simpson, who takes Ned to Las Vegas to show him the way to live. However, while there, the two become intoxicated and marry two cocktail waitresses, the episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Neil Affleck. The revelation of Neds age was heavily debated between the Simpsons staff, and the decision to make him 60 years old could have been inspired from a joke by Simpsons writer Ron Hauge. A scene in the features the song Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley. The episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1999, following the tenth seasons release on DVD, the episode received mostly positive reviews from critics. Amber and Ginger have appeared in episodes in the series, the first time being the season 13 episode Brawl in the Family. Mr. Burns Casino is about to get demolished, however, the family goes to the car wash to get rid of the dust, and when Homer is there, he sees that Ned Flanders gets a senior discount. Homer thinks Ned is lying and tries to him at church. Ned reluctantly agrees with this and asks Homer to teach him the secret to his lust for life and this leads Homer to head towards Mr. Burns Casino, but when Ned reminds Homer it is now defunct, Homer instead takes Ned on a gambling trip to Las Vegas. Homer is confident about going there, but Flanders is nervous, when they arrive, they see Captain Lance Murdock doing one of his stunts, and Homer chooses to volunteer, and survives. They wander into a casino called Neros Palace and begin to play roulette, Ned protests against games of chance because of Deuteronomy 7, but Homer ignores him and takes the reference as a lucky number. They win, but immediately lose all they won and they then go to the casinos bar, and Ned gives into temptation and gets drunk on wine spritzers. Homer and Ned wake up the morning in their hotel room married to two cocktail waitresses, Homers new wife is named Amber, and Neds new wife is Ginger. Homer finally realizes he got in over his head, while Homer fantasizes about bigamy, Ned snaps Homer back to reality by saying they were drunk and thus not of sound judgement to have such quickie, plastic weddings, also they are already married. Homer and Ned attempt to escape in a car, but are beaten up in the process and are exiled from Las Vegas, Amber & Ginger angrily tell the two never to marry them again. Homer and Ned head back to their wives in Springfield by hitchhiking
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David M. Stern wrote the episode.
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The Moody Blues guest-starred as themselves in the episode.
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Sledge Hammer!
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Sledge Hammer. is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, at the age of 16, Spencer wrote a screenplay based on this idea. The script and the character were both named Sledge Hammer. Stern, former producer of Get Smart, about developing such a show, Spencer quickly reworked his script for a half-hour television format. HBO executives did not like it, however, and suggested changes that Spencer found unacceptable, surprisingly, last-place ABC was willing to take a chance on the unorthodox script. Entered ABCs fall lineup in 1986, fortuitously, the pilot of Sledge Hammer. was completed just as Peter Gabriels song Sledgehammer became a huge hit. ABC took advantage of this coincidence by using the song in television, radio, Inspector Sledge Hammer of the San Francisco Police Department is a violent, sadistic, insensitive detective. His prized possession is a.44 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 629 revolver with a customized grip, Hammer sleeps and showers with his gun, and even talks to it, referring to it as her. He believes in shooting first and asking questions never, despite this, Hammer is never seen killing anybody on-screen during the whole 41 episodes of the show. He also mentions that his favorite charity is Toy Guns for Tots, Hammers father was Jack Hammer, a legendary carnival trick shooter whose repertoire of shooting tricks included catching a bullet in his teeth, which saved his sons life in one episode. His mothers name was Armin Hammer, in the episode Brother, Can You Spare A Crime. While Doreau and Trunk were researching Hammers family tree, his roots go back to Ivan the Terrible, coincidentally and he is also a distant relative to Genghis Khan, through an aunt named Joan Khan. And he is a descendant of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he refers to as a black sheep in his otherwise violent family. While purportedly a stickler for law and order, Hammer is rather lax when it comes to following police procedure. He enjoys roughing up suspected criminals, whom he refers to as brain-dead mutants, yogurt-sucking creeps. He is often suspended from duty, and his police file requires a wheelbarrow to transport, Hammer drives a beat-up, bullet-riddled, lime green Dodge St. Regis with an I ♥ VIOLENCE bumper sticker. He prefers to wear sports jackets, loud neckties. His favorite music consists of classical, Taps and Ballad of the Green Berets and he is divorced, and frequently makes jokes at the expense of his ex-wife, who makes an appearance in the final episode, played by Rasches real-life wife, Heather Lupton
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Trust me - I know what I'm doing!
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Image from introduction
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Sliders
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Sliders is an American science fiction and fantasy television series created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé. It was broadcast for five seasons between 1995 and 2000, the series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to slide between different parallel universes. Tormé, Weiss, Leslie Belzberg, John Landis, David Peckinpah, Bill Dial, for its first two seasons it was produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California, USA in the last three seasons, since its debut on March 22,1995, the first three seasons were broadcast by the Fox network. After being canceled by Fox, the moved to Sci Fi Channel for its final two seasons. The last new episode first aired on December 29,1999 in the United Kingdom, the travelers have no control over what world they end up in, but continually look for means to find Earth Prime. As a result, the sliders lose the ability to return home, within the second season, the four encounter a humanoid species called the Kromaggs, who also have sliding technology but use it to ransack other Earths for slaves and resources. The network appointed crew members more amenable to their views, most notably executive producer David Peckinpah, during this time, Rhys-Davies expressed no interest in continuing his role, and eventually he was dismissed from the series by Fox. Within the show, Professor Arturo discovers he has acquired a disease, he not only informs Quinn. In a transitional episode, The Exodus, the Sliders arrive on an Earth about to be destroyed by a pulsar before their next slide window. They encounter a military operation, led by Colonel Angus Rickman and Captain Maggie Beckett, working to help Maggie locate a safe parallel Earth, Quinn happens upon their original Earth, but Maggie is unable to breathe there and Quinn is forced to return. Now Quinn has the coordinates for his home Earth in his timer, Maggie offers to join Quinn, Wade, and Rembrandt to chase down Rickman using the Sliders original timer, and recover the one with their Earths coordinates. In subsequent episodes, the group does catch up with Rickman, killing him, after obtaining the coordinates, Quinn sends Rembrandt and Wade through a vortex leading back to Earth Prime, opting to stay behind with Maggie. Maggie eventually offers to take a risk on her returning to their Earth. Tracy Tormé, the executive producer of the show, quit after this season. One example is the episode The Exodus described by Tormé as one of the worst pieces of television ever produced, Fox would cancel their run of the show after the third season. Starting with the season, the show was picked up by the Sci Fi Channel. Within the fourth-season premiere episode, Quinn and Maggie, after searching numerous alternate Earths for months and they soon discover Rembrandt, who reveals that Wade was taken to a Kromagg breeding camp in a parallel Earth, removing her character from the series
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The original Sliders. From left to right: Wade Welles, Rembrandt Brown, Professor Arturo and Quinn Mallory
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Spitting Image
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Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network, the series was cancelled in 1996, after viewing figures declined. ITV had plans for a new series in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, Martin Lambie-Nairn proposed a satirical television show featuring caricature puppets created by Peter Fluck and Roger Law. The idea for the series was rejected by many in the industry, who thought it would only be suitable for children, but the series was finally accepted for development and first broadcast in 1984. English comedy writer and National Lampoon editor Tony Hendra, was brought in as a writer, Fluck, Hendra brought in John Lloyd, producer of Not The Nine OClock News. They were joined by Jon Blair, a documentary producer and they then hired Muppet puppeteer Louise Gold. Development was funded by Clive Sinclair, the puppets, based on public figures, were designed by Fluck and Law, assisted by caricaturists that included David Stoten, Pablo Bach, Steve Bendelack and Tim Watts. The episodes included musical parodies by Philip Pope and later Steve Brown, the first episode of Spitting Image, in 1984, aired with a laugh track, apparently at the insistence of Central Television. This episode was shown to an audience before transmission. In the early years of the show, Spitting Image was filmed in the zone at London Docklands. Impressionist Steve Nallon recalls that they were able to get away with no health and safety, there were no extractor fans, it was quite Dickensian. In later series, Spitting Image was recorded at Centrals studios in Nottingham with last minute additions being recorded at the Limehouse Studios at Canary Wharf, London. Before the first episode was broadcast, the parodies of the Royal Family were cut, as a courtesy to the Duke of Edinburgh, the scenes were however all reinstated in later episodes. The series had been scheduled to have 13 episodes but was cut back to 12, rob Grant and Doug Naylor were then brought in as head writers to save the show. By 1986, under their supervision, Spitting Image had become popular, however, Grant and Naylor subsequently left to create Red Dwarf for BBC2. Spitting Image had a dispute with the Independent Broadcasting Authority in 1985. When Margaret Thatcher resigned in November 1990, her successor was John Major, the producers dressed Major, skin and all, in shades of grey. They invented an affair between him and Virginia Bottomley, the show added animated sketches from 1989 and again from 1994
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Puppets of a Court Flunkey and
Osama Bin Laden
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Opening titles from 1988 to 1991
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Spitting Image album cover for "Da Do Run Ron" satirical parody of
Ronald Reagan
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The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)
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The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serlings acclaimed 1959-64 television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a season for syndication. It was Serlings decision to sell his share of the back to the network that eventually allowed for a Twilight Zone revival. As an in-house production, CBS stood to earn more money producing The Twilight Zone than it could by purchasing a new series produced by an outside company. Even so, the network was slow to consider a revival, shooting down offers from the production team of Rod Serling and Buck Houghton. Their hesitation stemmed from concerns familiar to the series, The Twilight Zone had never been the breakaway hit CBS wanted. We were looking at the success of the series in syndication. Many of them deal with elements of the show, perhaps the public is ready for it again. The Twilight Zone was a series I always liked as a kid, said Singer. casts featured stars including Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Season Hubley, Morgan Freeman, Martin Landau, Jonathan Frakes, and Fred Savage. New theme music was composed and performed by The Grateful Dead with Merl Saunders, in addition, The Grateful Dead would go on to provide incidental music for a number of episodes in the series. Filling in for Serling as narrator was Charles Aidman, himself the star of two classic Twilight Zone episodes, the Twilight Zone ran for two seasons on CBS. For most of the run the series was one hour in length. For part of season 2, the show presented half-hour episodes, an additional third season of half-hour programs was produced in 1988 to pad the series syndication package. Robin Ward replaced Aidman as the narrator of these Canadian-produced episodes, unlike Serling and Forest Whitaker, host of the 2002 revival, neither Aidman nor Ward appeared on screen. The Twilight Zone debuted the night of September 27,1985 to a warm reception. Episodes featured adaptations of stories by Harlan Ellison, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury, clarke, Robert McCammon, and Stephen King. A new batch of scripts was supplemented with remakes of classic Twilight Zone episodes like Dead Man’s Shoes, Shadow Play, though the production crew was convinced that they were making all of the right decisions, ratings began to slide as the novelty of the show wore off. You have not known humiliation until you have been beaten by Webster and Mr. Belvedere, wes Craven directed several episodes including Shatterday, A Little Peace and Quiet, Wordplay, and Chameleon
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The Twilight Zone
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Vinyl (TV series)
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Vinyl is an American period drama television series created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese, Rich Cohen and Terence Winter. The series stars Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, an executive in the 1970s. It premiered on HBO on February 14,2016, and concluded on April 17,2016, from a teleplay by Winter and George Mastras, and story by Cohen, Jagger, Scorsese and Winter, the pilot episode is directed by Scorsese. The first season consisted of ten episodes, Scorsese had hoped to direct further episodes of the series. Winter left his position as showrunner at the end of the first season due to creative differences, HBO announced the renewal of Vinyl for a second season on February 18,2016, soon after the pilot episode premiered. However, on June 22,2016, HBO reversed that decision, HBO head of programming Casey Bloys said of the decision, It didnt land. With limited resources, we didnt think the retooling was worth the time if it would only move the needle a little bit. Bobby Cannavale as Richie Finestra, a record executive trying to resurrect his label American Century, paul Ben-Victor as Maury Gold, a charming, avuncular record company owner. P. J. Byrne as Scott Leavitt, the head of legal for American Century, max Casella as Julian Julie Silver, the head of A&R of American Century. Ato Essandoh as Lester Grimes, a singer and Richies ex-colleague. James Jagger as Kip Stevens, lead singer of Nasty Bits, macKenzie as Skip Fontaine, head of sales for American Century. Jack Quaid as Clark Morelle, a young A&R executive at American Century, ray Romano as Zak Yankovich, head of promotions for American Century. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Ingrid, a Danish actress favored by Andy Warhol, juno Temple as Jamie Vine, an ambitious assistant at American Centurys A&R Department. Olivia Wilde as Devon Finestra, Richies wife and former actress/model who was part of Warhols Factory scene. Susan Heyward as Cece, personal secretary to Richie at American Century, Emily Tremaine as Heather, receptionist of American Century. Ephraim Sykes as Marvin Mackenzie Meehan as Penny Griffin Newman as Casper, the first soundtrack album for the series, titled Vinyl, Vol.1, was released on February 12,2016, two days before the shows premiere date. After the release of Volume 1, Atlantic and Warner Bros. began featuring EPs for episode 2 to episode 9, Vinyl received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The acting and directing were generally praised, while the writing and storyline, particularly in the half of the season
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Vinyl
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The X-Files
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The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter, which originally aired from September 10,1993 to May 19,2002 on Fox. The program spanned nine seasons, included 202 episodes, and a film of the same name. Later in 2008, a film was made and preceded a tenth season revival. The series revolves around FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files, early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a very few select people. The agents also discover an agenda of the government to keep the existence of life a secret. They develop a relationship which begins as a platonic friendship. In addition to the story arc, Monster-of-the-Week episodes form roughly two-thirds of all episodes. When creating the characters, Carter sought to reverse gender stereotypes by making Mulder a believer. The first seven seasons featured Duchovny and Anderson equally, in the last two seasons, Anderson took precedence while Duchovny appeared intermittently. New main characters were introduced, FBI agents John Doggett and Monica Reyes, Mulder and Scullys boss, Assistant Director Walter Skinner, also became a main character. The first five seasons of The X-Files were filmed and produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, the series later returned to Vancouver to film The X-Files, I Want to Believe as well as the tenth season of the series. The X-Files was a hit for the Fox network and received positive reviews. Initially considered a series, it turned into a pop culture touchstone that tapped into public mistrust of governments and large institutions and embraced conspiracy theories. Both the series itself and lead actors Duchovny and Anderson received multiple awards and nominations, the series also spawned a franchise which includes The Lone Gunmen spin-off, two theatrical films and accompanying merchandise. The revival premiered on January 24,2016, the X-Files follows the careers and personal lives of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Mulder is a profiler and strong believer in the supernatural. He is also adamant about the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life and this set of beliefs earns him the nickname Spooky Mulder and an assignment to a little-known department that deals with unsolved cases, known as the X-Files. His belief in the springs from the claimed abduction of his sister Samantha Mulder by extraterrestrials when Mulder was 12
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The X-Files
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Chris Carter created The X-Files and wrote the
series pilot, along with several other episodes.
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Duchovny portrayed
Fox Mulder as a main character for the first seven seasons of the series and as an intermittent lead in the last two.
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Anderson portrayed
Dana Scully for the entire nine seasons of the series; she also made The X-Files history in 2000 by becoming the first female writer and director of an episode.
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Fallout: New Vegas
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Fallout, New Vegas is an open world action role-playing video game and is the fourth major installment of the Fallout video game series. The game was developed by Obsidian Entertainment over 18 months and published by Bethesda Softworks, the game is set in a post-apocalyptic, open world environment that encompasses a region consisting of parts of Nevada, California, and Arizona. This war was caused by an international conflict between the United States and China over natural resources and the last remaining supplies of untapped petroleum. The main story of Fallout, New Vegas takes place in the year 2281 and it is not a direct sequel, but it does mark the return of some elements found in the Black Isle Studios-developed Fallout 2. Players take control of a known as the Courier. New Vegas has received positive reviews, with praising the games writing, quests. It received criticism for its glitches and bugs, New Vegas was a commercial success, shipping more than 5 million copies altogether, and is estimated to have sold around 12 million copies worldwide. It received a Golden Joystick Award for RPG of the Year in 2011, some of the improvements and new features included, Combat is improved upon, with the V. A. T. S. System being updated with several new V. A. T. S. -specific attacks, and a number of new kill animations being made for several of the games melee weapons. The Character Creation section of the game was refined to take less time than Fallout 3, with players able to skip the tutorials, the option to make any last minute changes to their character occurs when the player steps beyond the boundaries of the starting location of Goodsprings. More Perks were included to the game to provide options for improving the players characters upon levelling up. More weapons were added to the game, including, the 9mm Pistol, the Single Shotgun, Powder Charges, Dynamite, Trail Carbine, a new skill, Survival, is introduced into the game. This skill impacts how much food and drink restore to the players HP. They can do this by visiting casinos, buying chips with the three major currencies in the games, and playing blackjack, slots, or roulette within them. Players can also play a game called Caravan, which was specifically designed for the game and has its own rules. Although players could craft items in Fallout 3, these items were limited to a few unique weapons, with New Vegas, crafting was expanded to allow creation of food, drink, drugs and ammunition along with unique weapons. Some special items cant be made until their recipes/schematics are found, players can now harvest plants to use in recipes, similar to Bethesdas The Elder Scrolls series. In addition to crafting, players can also modify weapons with special firearm modifications, such modifications can improve the rate of fire or the size of the magazine, or add a mounted telescopic sight to allow for greater range
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Cover art
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Screenshot of first-person view mode real-time combat gameplay. Similar to Fallout 3, the player's perspective in New Vegas can also be seen from a third-person view.
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Promotion of the game at
E3 2010
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Promotion at
IgroMir 2010
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SNES
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In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom, or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics, although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent the different versions from being compatible with one another. It was released in Brazil on September 2,1992, by Playtronic, the SNES is Nintendos second home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System. The console introduced advanced graphics and sound compared with other systems at the time. The development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges helped to keep it competitive in the marketplace. The SNES remained popular well into the 32-bit era, and continues to be popular among fans, collectors, retro gamers, and emulation enthusiasts, some of whom still make homebrew ROM images. To compete with the popular Family Computer in Japan, NEC Home Electronics launched the PC Engine in 1987, the two platforms were later launched in North America in 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16 and the Genesis respectively. Both systems were built on 16-bit architectures and offered improved graphics, however, it took several years for Segas system to become successful. Nintendo executives were in no rush to design a new system, designed by Masayuki Uemura, the designer of the original Famicom, the Super Famicom was released in Japan on Wednesday, November 21,1990 for 25,000 yen. The systems release also gained the attention of the Yakuza, leading to a decision to ship the devices at night to avoid robbery, with the Super Famicom quickly outselling its chief rivals, Nintendo reasserted itself as the leader of the Japanese console market. Nintendos success was due to its retention of most of its key third-party developers from its earlier system, including Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, Square, Koei. Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a version of the Super Famicom. It began shipping in limited quantities on August 23,1991, the SNES was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in April 1992 for £150, with a German release following a few weeks later. Most of the PAL region versions of the use the Japanese Super Famicom design, except for labeling. The Playtronic Super NES in Brazil, although PAL, uses the North American design, both the NES and SNES were released in Brazil in 1993 by Playtronic, a joint venture between the toy company Estrela and consumer electronics company Gradiente. The SNES and Super Famicom launched with few games, but these games were received in the marketplace. In Japan, only two games were available, Super Mario World and F-Zero. In North America, Super Mario World launched as a bundle with the console, and other titles include F-Zero, Pilotwings, SimCity
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Top: North American SNES (circa 1991) Bottom: Japanese Super Famicom, which has the same casing later used in European and Australian consoles. Other variations are pictured under Casing below
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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A cartridge shape comparison Top: North American design Bottom: Japanese and PAL region design. The bottom cartridge also illustrates the optional pins used by enhancement chips such as the
Super FX 3D chip.
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Groucho Marx
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Julius Henry Marx, known professionally as Groucho Marx, was an American comedian, stage, film and television star. He was known as a master of quick wit and is considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. His rapid-fire, often impromptu delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers and imitators and he made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a solo career, most notably as the host of the radio. His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigar. Julius Marx was born on October 2,1890, in Manhattan, New York City. Marx stated that he was born in a room above a shop on East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York City, Between Lexington & 3rd. The Marx children grew up on East 93rd Street off Lexington Avenue in a neighborhood now known as Carnegie Hill on the Upper East Side of the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. The turn-of-the-century building that his brother Harpo called the first real home they ever knew was populated with European immigrants, just across the street were the oldest brownstones in the area, owned by people such as the well-connected Loew Brothers and William Orth. The Marx family lived at this location for about 14 years, Grouchos mother was Miene Minnie Schoenberg, whose family came from Dornum in northern Germany when she was 16 years old. His father was Simon Sam Marx, who changed his name from Marrix, minnies brother was Al Schoenberg, who shortened his name to Al Shean when he went into show business as half of Gallagher and Shean, a noted vaudeville act of the early 20th century. According to Groucho, when Shean visited he would throw the local waifs a few coins so that when he knocked at the door he would be surrounded by adoring fans, Marx and his brothers respected his opinions and asked him on several occasions to write some material for them. Minnie Marx did not have an entertainment industry career but had ambition for her sons to go on the stage like their uncle. While pushing her eldest son Leonard in piano lessons she found that Julius had a pleasant soprano voice, juliuss early career goal was to become a doctor, but the familys need for income forced him out of school at the age of twelve. By that time young Julius had become a reader, particularly fond of Horatio Alger. Marx would continue to overcome his lack of education by becoming very well-read. Marx reputedly claimed that he was hopelessly average as a vaudevillian, by 1909 Minnie Marx had assembled her sons into a forgettable-quality vaudeville singing group billed as The Four Nightingales. The brothers Julius, Milton and Arthur and another boy singer, Lou Levy, after exhausting their prospects in the East the family moved to La Grange, Illinois, to play the Midwest
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Groucho Marx, c. 1950
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An early photo of the Marx brothers with their parents in New York City, 1915; from left: Groucho, Gummo, Minnie (mother), Zeppo, Frenchie (father), Chico, and Harpo
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The Marx Brothers in 1931 (from top,
Chico,
Harpo, Groucho, and
Zeppo)
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Groucho and
Eve Arden in a scene from
At the Circus (1939)
71.
Martin Luther King
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Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, with the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech, on October 14,1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to Montgomery marches, in the final years of his life, King expanded his focus to include opposition towards poverty and the Vietnam War, alienating many of his liberal allies with a 1967 speech titled Beyond Vietnam. In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D. C. to be called the Poor Peoples Campaign, Kings death was followed by riots in many U. S. cities. Ray, who fled the country, was arrested two months later at London Heathrow Airport, King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in numerous cities and states beginning in 1971, hundreds of streets in the U. S. have been renamed in his honor, and a county in Washington State was also renamed for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, King was born on January 15,1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. It was during this time he chose to be called Martin Luther King in honor of the German reformer Martin Luther, King had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather, as well as African ancestry. King was a child, between an older sister, Willie Christine King, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King. King sang with his choir at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie Gone with the Wind. His mother was an accomplished organist and choir leader, and she took him to various churches to sing and he received attention for singing I Want to Be More and More Like Jesus. King later became a member of the choir in his church. King said that his father regularly whipped him until he was fifteen, King saw his fathers proud and fearless protests against segregation, such as King Sr. When King was a child, he befriended a boy whose father owned a business near his familys home. When the boys were six, they started school, King had to attend a school for African Americans, King lost his friend because the childs father no longer wanted the boys to play together. King suffered from depression throughout much of his life, in his adolescent years, he initially felt resentment against whites due to the racial humiliation that he, his family, and his neighbors often had to endure in the segregated South
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King in 1964
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King's high school alma mater was named after African-American scholar
Booker T. Washington.
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King at a Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.
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Lyndon Johnson and
Robert Kennedy with Civil Rights leaders, June 22, 1963
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Charles Chaplin
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Sir Charles Spencer Charlie Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film. Chaplin became an icon through his screen persona the Tramp and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, Chaplins childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. As his father was absent and his mother struggled financially, he was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine, when he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor. At 19 he was signed to the prestigious Fred Karno company, Chaplin was scouted for the film industry, and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a fan base. Chaplin directed his own films from a stage, and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual. By 1918, he was one of the best known figures in the world, in 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length was The Kid, followed by A Woman of Paris, The Gold Rush and he refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights and Modern Times without dialogue. Chaplin became increasingly political, and his film, The Great Dictator. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and he was accused of communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women caused scandal. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and he abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight, A King in New York, and A Countess from Hong Kong. Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in and he was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramps struggles against adversity, many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. In 1972, as part of an appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889 to Hannah Chaplin, there is no official record of his birth, although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street, Walworth, in South London
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Publicity portrait,
circa 1920
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Seven-year-old Chaplin (centre) at the
Central London District School for
paupers, 1897.
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A teenage Chaplin in the play
Sherlock Holmes, which he appeared in between 1903 and 1906
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Advertisement from Chaplin's American tour with the
Fred Karno comedy company, 1913
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Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Satch, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s and he was also skilled at scat singing. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to cross over and he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation in the Little Rock crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society which were restricted for black men of his era. Armstrong often stated that he was born on July 4,1900, although he died in 1971, it was not until the mid-1980s that his true birth date, August 4,1901, was discovered by the researcher Tad Jones through the examination of baptismal records. Armstrong was born into a family in New Orleans, Louisiana. He spent his youth in poverty, in a neighborhood known as the Battlefield. His father, William Armstrong, abandoned the family when Louis was an infant and his mother, Mary Mayann Albert, then left Louis and his younger sister, Beatrice Armstrong Collins, in the care of his grandmother, Josephine Armstrong, and at times his uncle Isaac. At five, he moved back to live with his mother, her relatives and he attended the Fisk School for Boys, where he most likely had early exposure to music. He hung out in dance halls close to home, where he observed everything from licentious dancing to the quadrille, after dropping out of the Fisk School at age eleven, Armstrong joined a quartet of boys who sang in the streets for money. He also started to get into trouble, Cornet player Bunk Johnson said he taught Armstrong to play by ear at Dago Tonys Tonk in New Orleans, although in his later years Armstrong gave the credit to Oliver. It has given me something to live for and he also worked for a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant family, the Karnofskys, who had a junk-hauling business and gave him odd jobs. They took him in and treated him like family, knowing he lived without a father and he later wrote a memoir of his relationship with the Karnofskys, Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, La. the Year of 1907. Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for the rest of his life and wrote about what he learned from them, how to live—real life, professor Peter Davis instilled discipline in and provided musical training to the otherwise self-taught Armstrong. Eventually, Davis made Armstrong the band leader, the home band played around New Orleans and the thirteen-year-old Louis began to draw attention by his cornet playing, starting him on a musical career. At fourteen he was released from the home, living again with his father and new stepmother, Gertrude, Armstrong got his first dance hall job at Henry Ponces, where Black Benny became his protector and guide. He hauled coal by day and played his cornet at night, later, he played in brass bands and riverboats of New Orleans, and began traveling with the well-regarded band of Fate Marable, which toured on a steamboat up and down the Mississippi River. He described his time with Marable as going to the University, in 1919, Joe Oliver decided to go north and resigned his position in Kid Orys band, Armstrong replaced him
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Armstrong photographed in 1953.
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Handcolored
etching Louis Armstrong (2002) by Adi Holzer
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Armstrong with his first trumpet instructor, Peter Davis, in 1965
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Label for
gramophone record, "
Heebie Jeebies " by
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
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Actor
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Anyone who meets the eligibility requirements may apply for aid, which could vary from medical assistance, paying rent, or finding employment. Heros benefits are not meant to be a permanent crutch for needy creators, any granted aid is kept confidential. The Hero Initiative has two boards of directors, the Executive Board and the Fund Disbursement Board, former board members include founders Pat McCallum, editor-in-chief of Wizard Magazine, and Mike Richardson, publisher and founder of Dark Horse Comics. They are George Pérez, Roy Thomas, Charlie Novinskie, Dennis ONeil, John Romita Sr. the charity is currently supported by Dark Horse Comics, Dynamic Forces, Image Comics, Marvel Entertainment, Top Cow Productions, and Wizard Entertainment. The Hero Initiative utilizes many methods of fundraising, foremost is their annual art auction, auctioning donated original comics art-work at fan conventions. Year-long, they sell donated art and special edition comics at conventions, artists, writers, and publishers are invited to donate work, and fans are invited to donate money directly to the fund. ACTOR also sells a green Excelsior, wrist-band similar in design to the Livestrong wristband. The Hero Initiative was formerly known as A Commitment to Our Roots, or ACTOR, while the original name of the organization reflected the charitys goal, the acronym that resulted, ACTOR, more often confused people unfamiliar with the organization. 2006, George Pérez, John Romita, Sr.2007, Joe Kubert 2008, Nick Cardy 2009, Neal Adams 2010, Walt Simonson 2011, Stan Lee 2012, John Romita, Jr. The award recognizes one person in each year who demonstrates particular generosity and integrity in support of the overall comic book community. It debuted at the 2010 Harvey Awards ceremony held at the Baltimore Comic-Con
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The Hero Initiative
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Jason Biggs
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He also starred in Loser and Saving Silverman. Biggs was born in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock Township and his mother, Angela, is a nurse, and his father, Gary Louis Biggs, is a shipping company manager. Biggs father is of English and Italian descent and Biggs mother is of Sicilian descent and his last name is derived from his English ancestry. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights and attended Hasbrouck Heights High School, Biggs attended Montclair State University for three weeks before dropping out. Biggs began acting at the age of five, in 1991, he made his television debut in the short lived FOX series Drexells Class. In 1988, he received his Screen Actors Guild card for appearing in a TV commercial for Pathmark and he later recalled in a 2015 interview in TV Guide, I remember I had to eat a doughnut in one of the shots. When Biggs was 12, he starred in a one-off HBO special, The Fotis Sevastakis Story and that same year, Biggs debuted on Broadway in Conversations with My Father with Judd Hirsch. He then starred in the soap opera, As the World Turns. Biggs attended New York University briefly from 1996–1997, but soon afterwards, and so he would be seen again in another short lived television series, 1997s Camp Stories. He then starred in American Pie, which went on to become a hit that has spawned three sequels and four spinoffs. After that, Biggs accepted starring roles in such as Loser in 2000. In 2001, Biggs starred in the comedy Saving Silverman and he appeared in the 2002 Broadway production of The Graduate as Benjamin Braddock alongside Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone. In 2003, Biggs appeared as Jerry Falk in the Woody Allen romantic comedy Anything Else, in the 2004–2005 season Biggs portrayed an Orthodox Jew in Daniel Goldfarbs comedy, Modern Orthodox, staged at Dodger Stages theater in New York City. In 2006, Biggs was seen in the MTV reality show Blowin Up with Jamie Kennedy, Biggs returned to the stage in the fall of 2008 in Howard Korders Boys Life at New York Citys Second Stage Theatre. Biggs has appeared in other films, including Texas Rangers. In 2010, Biggs made his debut by contributing Scratch-and-Sniff. A Literary Detour through New Jersey, alongside such as Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Perrotta, Robert Pinsky, Gerald Stern. In 2012, he contributed to the anthology, Oy, why Not More, Six-Word Memoirs on Jewish Life
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Biggs at
PaleyFest 2014, representing
Orange Is the New Black
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Biggs at the
Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006.
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Biggs in March 2012, at the
American Reunion premiere in
Sydney, Australia.
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Don Johnson
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Donnie Wayne Don Johnson is an American actor, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his role as James Sonny Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, Johnson was born December 15,1949, in Flat Creek, Missouri. His mother, Nell, was a beautician, and his father, at the time of his birth, they were 19 and 17, respectively. At age 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas, a 1967 graduate of South High School, he was involved in the high schools theatre program. As a senior, he played the role of Tony in West Side Story. His biography noted that he had appeared in Burnt Cork and Melody. He also attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, Johnson has spoken about his draft-exempt status and his dislike for war. Johnson studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and his first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of Fortune and Mens Eyes, in which he played Smitty, the lead role. This exposure led to the quickly forgotten film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart and he continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking out into stardom. His notable films from this period were Zachariah, The Harrad Experiment, Lollipop and Roses, in 1976, Johnson was roommates with actor Sal Mineo when Mineo was murdered outside their West Hollywood, California apartment. Miami Vice was noted for its use of music cinematography and imagery. In the show, his partner was Ricardo Tubbs, played by Philip Michael Thomas, between seasons, Johnson gained further renown through several TV miniseries, such as the 1985 TV remake of The Long, Hot Summer. Johnson later starred in the 1996–2001 drama Nash Bridges with Cheech Marin, Jeff Perry, Jaime P. Gomez, Johnson played the title role of Nash Bridges, an inspector for the San Francisco Police Department. In Nash Bridges Johnson was again paired with a convertible car. In January 2007, Johnson began a run in the West End of London production of Guys, Johnson also has a role in the Norwegian comedy Lange Flate Ballær 2, directed by Johnsons friend Harald Zwart. Johnson did the movie as a favour to Zwart, the movie was launched March 14,2008 in Norway, with Johnson making an appearance at the premiere. He next appeared in When in Rome with Danny DeVito, Anjelica Huston, Johnson and Jon Heder co-hosted WWEs Raw on January 18,2010. Johnson had a role in Robert Rodriguezs film Machete
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Johnson in 1986
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Don Johnson with
Demi Moore and
Ashton Kutcher at the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006
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Johnson and
Mary-Louise Parker at the
1998 Cannes Film Festival
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Harvey Keitel
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Harvey Keitel is an American actor and producer. Along with actors Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn, he is the current co-president of the Actors Studio, Keitel was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the son of Miriam and Harry Keitel, Jewish immigrants from Romania and Poland, respectively. His parents owned and ran a luncheonette and his also worked as a hat maker. Keitel grew up in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, with his sister, Renee and he attended Abraham Lincoln High School. At the age of sixteen, he decided to join the United States Marine Corps, after his return to the United States, he was a court reporter for several years and was able to support himself before beginning his acting career. Keitel studied under both Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg and at the HB Studio, eventually landing roles in some Off-Broadway productions. During this time, Keitel auditioned for filmmaker Martin Scorsese and gained a role as J. R. in Scorseses first feature film. Since then, Scorsese and Keitel have worked together on several projects, Keitel had the starring role in Scorseses Mean Streets, which also proved to be Robert De Niros breakthrough film. In 1978, Keitel starred in the directorial debuts of Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, cast as Captain Willard in Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now, Keitel was involved with the first week of principal photography in the Philippines. Coppola was not happy with Keitels take on Willard, stating that the found it difficult to play him a passive onlooker. After viewing the first weeks footage, Coppola replaced Keitel with a casting session favorite, Keitel drifted into obscurity through most of the 1980s. He continued to do work on stage and screen, but usually in the stereotypical role of a thug. Keitel played Judas in Martin Scorseses controversial The Last Temptation of Christ and co-starred with Jack Nicholson in the Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes, the following year, Keitel played another mobster in the Whoopi Goldberg-starring comedy Sister Act. Keitel starred in Quentin Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs in 1992, where his performance as Mr. White took his career to a different level, since then, Keitel has chosen his roles with care, seeking to change his image and show a broader acting range. One of those roles was the character in Bad Lieutenant, about a self-loathing. He co-starred in the movie The Piano in 1993, and played an efficient clean-up expert, Keitel starred as a police detective in Spike Lees Clockers. In 1999, Keitel was replaced by Sydney Pollack on the set of Stanley Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut, due to shooting conflicts, Keitel also re-teamed with Jane Campion for Holy Smoke. He also appeared in the Steinlager Pure commercials in New Zealand in 2007, unlike many American male actors, Keitel has appeared nude in several films, including full frontal nudity in Bad Lieutenant and The Piano
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Keitel at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
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Harvey Keitel in November 2009
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Keitel with singer
Harry Belafonte in New York, April 2011
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Keitel with wife
Daphna Kastner in 2010
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Robert Patrick
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Robert Hammond Patrick, Jr. is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayals of villainous characters. He is a Saturn Award winner with four nominations, Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked his interest in acting, and entered film in 1986. He currently stars in the CBS drama series Scorpion as Agent Cabe Gallo and he was described by actor/director Jason Bateman as one of the great heavies. Patrick, the oldest of five siblings, was born in Marietta, Georgia, Patrick is of English and Scots-Irish ancestry. His siblings are Richard Patrick, Cheri, Karen and Lewis and he spent his early life in Bay Village, a small suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, while he moved around the country. Patrick did not start to pursue a career until his mid-twenties. During his childhood years, Patrick did not like to act, in third grade he refused to wear a pair of green tights required for Peter Pan. He graduated from Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan, in 1977, Patrick was a track and field and football athlete at Bowling Green State University, although he dropped out before graduating when he found interest in Drama and acting. After leaving college, Patrick secured a position as a house painter and he swam for three hours in order to save the others still stranded on the accident site, nearly drowning in the attempt. After the accident, he moved from Ohio to Los Angeles, California and his main income during the first years was as a bartender, and he often lived in his car. Patrick was then picked up for small roles and cameos in low-budget films. Looking back, Patrick credited his early appearances in films to his tough-looking exterior, james Cameron, the films director, said he chose Patrick for the role because of his physical appearance, which he felt fit the role. During the filming of Terminator 2, Judgment Day, Patrick was broke, living in an apartment with his girlfriend, Barbara. He has credited the film with starting his career, after Terminator 2, Patrick landed roles in various feature films such as Last Action Hero, Fire in the Sky and Striptease. Because of his fondness for martial arts, Patrick starred in two martial arts films titled Double Dragon and Hong Kong 97, both released in 1994 and his performance in Fire in the Sky caught the attention of The X-Files creator, Chris Carter. After David Duchovny distanced himself from the show during the seventh season, patricks brother, Richard, had previously worked for the series by adding music for the soundtrack album The X-Files, The Album. Patrick was cast as Doggett in 2000, the X-Files was canceled two seasons later, after Duchovny left the show following season 7, which resulted in low ratings for the show. Patrick made several appearances on many magazines, with TV Guide going so far as to label him one of the Ten Sexiest Men of Sci-Fi
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Patrick at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con International
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Patrick in December 2007
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Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He has been the model for several Hugo Boss fragrances advertising campaigns. In 2013, Meyers appeared as the villain Valentine Morgenstern in The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones, based on Cassandra Clares novel and he also starred in the NBC drama series Dracula as the title character. Meyers appeared in the 2015 film Stonewall, directed by Roland Emmerich and he was born 27 July 1977 in Dublin, Ireland, to Geraldine and folk musician John OKeeffe. His three brothers are all professional musicians and he grew up in Cork and attended North Monastery Christian Brothers School. After being expelled from North Monastery at 14 for truancy, he spent much of his working and socialising in pool halls. Casting agents looking for Irish boys to appear in War of the Buttons spotted him at a Cork pool hall, the Victoria Sporting Club, although passed over for War of the Buttons, the casting agents encouraged him to pursue a career in acting. His first film came in A Man of No Importance. In 1996, he appeared in Michael Collins, as the title characters ambusher, in 1999, he appeared in Ride with the Devil as psychopathic guerrilla fighter Pitt Mackeson. The latter earned him an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe win and he starred in the CBC/Showtime co-production The Tudors as Henry VIII. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role and he played a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine, a dedicated girls football coach in Bend It Like Beckham, in Vanity Fair opposite Reese Witherspoon. He co-starred in 2004 in Oliver Stones epic Alexander, the following year he starred in Woody Allens drama Match Point, for which he received a Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, he appeared in Mission, Impossible III, subsequent projects include August Rush and The Children of Huang Shi, Shelter and From Paris with Love In 2011, he starred in Belle du Seigneur as Solal des Solal. The movie was released in Russia on 29 November 2012 and in France on 19 June 2013 after premiering at the Champs Elysees Film Festival, a self-taught singer and guitarist, he has appeared in a number of musical roles. His first such role was as Brian Slade in Velvet Goldmine and he sang briefly in the TV miniseries version of The Magnificent Ambersons, performed in studio scenes of the miniseries Elvis and played the flute in Gormenghast. In the 2007 music drama August Rush, he performed on-screen as singer-songwriter Louis Connelly and is credited for four songs on the soundtrack – Break, Moondance, Something Inside, and This Time. Of the four, This Time and Break were considered in the Best Original Song category of the 80th Academy Awards and this Time was not released as a single but peaked at number 84 in the Canadian Hot 100. Besides acting, Jonathan has also modelled for clothing companies
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Meyers in 2013
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Elvis (TV miniseries)
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Elvis is a 2005 biographical CBS mini-series written by Patrick Sheane Duncan and directed by James Steven Sadwith. It chronicles the rise of American music icon Elvis Presley from his school years to his international superstardom. Meyers won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as Elvis Presley, jill Jane Clements as Marion Keisker The mini-series is available on a region-free DVD and was made available August 14,2007. Quotes Official website with limited information Elvis at the Internet Movie Database
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Elvis (1979 movie)
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Elvis is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, originally aired on ABC. It marks the last role on television for Russell, and the first collaboration between him and Carpenter, Kurt Russells real-life wife and father, Season Hubley and Bing Russell, co-star as Presleys own wife and father. After its success on television in the United States, Elvis was released theatrically throughout Europe. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Made for Television, the story follows the life and career of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presleys career leading to his death in 1977 and it runs for about two hours including commercials. Bill Black Russell worked with and met Elvis in the film It Happened at the Worlds Fair, in the film, Elvis wants to meet the fairgrounds nurse and he pays a young boy, played by the twelve-year-old Russell, to kick him in the shins. Later in the film, he sees Elvis and the nurse together on a date, Russell also dubbed the voice of a young Elvis in Forrest Gump, and played an Elvis impersonator in the film 3000 Miles to Graceland. Country singer Ronnie McDowell provided the vocals for a number of songs Russell performed in the film, McDowell recorded 36 songs for the soundtrack, of which 25 were used. According to several reports, Priscilla Presley was paid $50,000 to check the script for accuracy before shooting commenced, Elvis originally aired on ABC opposite two blockbuster films, Gone with the Wind on CBS, and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest on NBC. Despite this, Elvis beat both in the Nielsen ratings, receiving a 27.3 rating compared to 24.3 and 22.5 respectively, Elvis was ranked the sixth most watched program of the week. After its success on television, the film was released theatrically throughout Europe, the film debuted on DVD in early 2010 and on Blu-ray in 2016 via Shout. Elvis is notable in Carpenters career for two reasons and it was made after Halloween had wrapped, so it offered him an avenue to try his hand at a film away from the horror genre. It was also the first time Carpenter had worked with Kurt Russell, who became a frequent collaborator of Carpenters. Russell subsequently starred in Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from L. A. Russell married co-star Season Hubley on March 17,1979, Bing Russell, who played Vernon Presley, is Kurt Russells real father. For several years Bing played Deputy Clem Poster in the TV series Bonanza, Elvis Elvis at the Internet Movie Database Elvis at AllMovie
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Film poster
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Great Balls of Fire! (film)
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Great Balls of Fire. is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Jim McBride and starring Dennis Quaid as rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a biography by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver, Jr. the screenplay is written by McBride, the film is produced by Adam Fields, with executive producers credited as Michael Grais, Mark Victor, and Art Levinson. The early career of Jerry Lee Lewis, from his rise to rock, until the scandal of the marriage depreciated his image, many had thought Lewis would supplant Elvis Presley as the King of Rock and Roll in the 1950s. Jerry Lee Lewis plays piano during rock and rolls early years from 1956 to 1958, Jerry Lee is a man with many different sides, a skilled performer with little discipline, and an alcoholic. W. Brown, and eventually marries her, much to the anger, a subplot deals with Jerry Lees relationship with another cousin, Jimmy Swaggart, who, during this period, was a struggling Pentecostal preacher. Jimmys career kept him in constant conflict with his cousins wild rock and roll career and brings out some uncomfortable exchanges between the two. The now-financially successful Jerry Lee buys a new car and gives it to his cousin, while Jerry Lee is touring in England 1958, a British reporter discovers he is married to his teenage cousin. Jerry Lee is then condemned as a child molester and a pervert by the public, as a result, his British tour is cancelled and he is deported from England. But it does not diminish Jerry Lees confidence that his career will continue, however, the scandal follows him back to the States. Jerry Lee begins drinking heavily when record sales and concert attendances are significantly down and he is furious when requested to print a public apology in Billboard and becomes increasingly abusive toward Myra. It was during one of these episodes that Myra informs Jerry Lee that she is pregnant. Jerry Lee and Myra attend a service conducted by Swaggart. When Jimmy offers one more chance to become saved and get right with God, Jerry Lee again refuses, declaring, If Im going to hell, the caption preceding the closing credits reads, Jerry Lee Lewis is playing his heart out somewhere in America tonight. The story was co-written by Myra Gail Lewis, the wife of Jerry Lee Lewis. Despite this, co-writer Silver was upset by the lack of accuracy in the film, director Jim McBride admitted that it was never his intention to tie his film to the facts, and stated This movie does not represent itself in any way to be a historical documentary. We use the book as a jumping-off point, Lewis has openly stated that he hates the film and the book it was based on. Lewis did, however, praise Quaids portrayal of him in the film, Quaid even learned to play Lewis-style piano for the role. This was the film of character actor Trey Wilson
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Theatrical release poster
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The Twilight Zone (1985 series)
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The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serlings acclaimed 1959-64 television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a season for syndication. It was Serlings decision to sell his share of the back to the network that eventually allowed for a Twilight Zone revival. As an in-house production, CBS stood to earn more money producing The Twilight Zone than it could by purchasing a new series produced by an outside company. Even so, the network was slow to consider a revival, shooting down offers from the production team of Rod Serling and Buck Houghton. Their hesitation stemmed from concerns familiar to the series, The Twilight Zone had never been the breakaway hit CBS wanted. We were looking at the success of the series in syndication. Many of them deal with elements of the show, perhaps the public is ready for it again. The Twilight Zone was a series I always liked as a kid, said Singer. casts featured stars including Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Season Hubley, Morgan Freeman, Martin Landau, Jonathan Frakes, and Fred Savage. New theme music was composed and performed by The Grateful Dead with Merl Saunders, in addition, The Grateful Dead would go on to provide incidental music for a number of episodes in the series. Filling in for Serling as narrator was Charles Aidman, himself the star of two classic Twilight Zone episodes, the Twilight Zone ran for two seasons on CBS. For most of the run the series was one hour in length. For part of season 2, the show presented half-hour episodes, an additional third season of half-hour programs was produced in 1988 to pad the series syndication package. Robin Ward replaced Aidman as the narrator of these Canadian-produced episodes, unlike Serling and Forest Whitaker, host of the 2002 revival, neither Aidman nor Ward appeared on screen. The Twilight Zone debuted the night of September 27,1985 to a warm reception. Episodes featured adaptations of stories by Harlan Ellison, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury, clarke, Robert McCammon, and Stephen King. A new batch of scripts was supplemented with remakes of classic Twilight Zone episodes like Dead Man’s Shoes, Shadow Play, though the production crew was convinced that they were making all of the right decisions, ratings began to slide as the novelty of the show wore off. You have not known humiliation until you have been beaten by Webster and Mr. Belvedere, wes Craven directed several episodes including Shatterday, A Little Peace and Quiet, Wordplay, and Chameleon
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The Twilight Zone
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Cultural impact of Elvis Presley
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Since the beginning of his career, Elvis Presley has had an extensive cultural impact. According to Rolling Stone, it was Elvis who made rock n roll the international language of pop, Rolling Stone encyclopedia of Rock and Roll describes Presley as an American music giant of the 20th century who single-handedly changed the course of music and culture in the mid-1950s. His recordings, dance moves, attitude and clothing came to be seen as embodiments of rock and his music was heavily influenced by African-American blues, Christian gospel, and Southern country. In a list of the greatest English language singers, as compiled by Q Magazine, Presley was ranked first, Presley sang both hard driving rockabilly, rock and roll dance songs and ballads, laying a commercial foundation upon which other rock musicians would build their careers. African-American performers like Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris and Fats Domino came to prominence after Presleys acceptance among mass audiences of White American adults. Singers like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, john Lennon later observed, Before Elvis, there was nothing. During the 1940s bobby soxers had idolized Frank Sinatra, but the buyers of his records were mostly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, Presley triggered a lot of demand for his records by near-teens and early teens aged ten and up. Meanwhile, American teenagers began buying newly available transistor radios. Teens were asserting more independence and Presley became a symbol of their parents consternation. Half a century later, historian Ian Brailsford commented, The phenomenal success of Elvis Presley in 1956 convinced many doubters of the financial opportunities existing in the youth market, Presley would nevertheless publicly cite his debt to African American music, pointing to artists such as B. B. King, Arthur Big Boy Crudup, Ivory Joe Hunter, the reporter who conducted Presleys first interview in New York City in 1956 noted that he named blues singers who obviously meant a lot to him. Was very surprised to hear him talk about the black performers down there and about how he tried to carry on their music. Later that year in Charlotte, North Carolina, Presley was quoted as saying, The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints, Little Richard said of Presley, He was an integrator. They wouldnt let black music through and he opened the door for black music. Up to the black artists had sold minuscule amounts of their recorded music relative to the national market potential. Black songwriters had mostly limited horizons and could only eke out a living, but after Presley purchased the music of African American Otis Blackwell and had his Gladys Music company hire talented black songwriter Claude Demetrius, the industry underwent a dramatic change. In the spring of 1957 Presley invited African American performer Ivory Joe Hunter to visit Graceland, of Presley, Hunter commented, He showed me every courtesy, and I think hes one of the greatest
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Elvis impersonators.
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Folk rock musician
Amy Ray wearing an Elvis shirt onstage
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Elvis Presley Avenue in
Shreveport, Louisiana
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Presley in a promotional photo for
Jailhouse Rock released by MGM on November 8, 1957.
Quotations related to Elvis Presley at Wikiquote
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