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Paley Center for Media
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The Paley Center for Media & Paleyfest Location, formerly the Museum of Television & Radio and the Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S. With an ever-growing collection of content broadcast on radio and television, the New York City branch is in the heart of Midtown Manhattan at 25 West 52nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The Los Angeles branch is located at 465 N Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills and this was adjacent to the Doubleday Book Store on Fifth Avenue. The Museum of Broadcastings name was changed to The Museum of Television & Radio with the September 12,1991 move into the William S. Paley Building. Designed by Philip Johnson and located at 25 West 52nd Street and it has two front entrances, the one on the left is for office staff, and the main entrance on the right for the general public. The Alexander Mackendrick film Sweet Smell of Success has a location scene with different angles revealing how the neighborhood looked in the years before the building was constructed. Reservations to use the Library are made at the front desk, in addition to the elevator, a staircase on the first floor leads down to the large basement-level theater. The fourth floor has numerous Macintosh computers, used by visitors to scan titles in the collection, when a selection is made, it can be watched on the computer. Computers are available both for individuals and for groups, on another floor, visitors can hear pre-programmed channels in the Ralph Guild Listening Room, named for Ralph C. Guild, Chairman of the Board for Interep, the largest independent national sales and marketing organization specializing in radio, in the rear of the Listening Room is the museums radio broadcasting studio. The Museum of Television & Radio in Los Angeles at 465 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, opened March 18,1996 in a new building designed by Richard Meier and named for Leonard H. Goldenson. When the Los Angeles building opened, it featured a collection duplicated from the tapes in the New York collection, rooms are named for the celebrity sponsors, the Danny Thomas Lobby, the Aaron Spelling Reception Area and the Garry Marshall Pool. Screenings are held in the 150-seat John H. Mitchell Theatre, the Ahmanson Radio Listening Room has headphones for use with five pre-programmed channels. The Paley Center for Media is committed to the idea that many television and radio programs are significant works, instead of collecting artifacts and memorabilia, the Paley Center comprises mostly screening rooms, including two full-sized theaters. Some television programs are from the 1940s with radio programs dating back to the 1920s, the museum does not sell the material or permit it to leave the premises. Viewing copies of programs are Hi-8mm video tape dubs. The originals are kept in a vault outside of New York City, the Paley Center has acquired many lost episodes of classic television shows and has produced documentary features about the history and impact of television and radio. In recent years, the Center has sponsored advance viewing of the episodes of each networks new programs
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Toronto
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Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture. Aboriginal peoples have inhabited the area now known as Toronto for thousands of years, the city itself is situated on the southern terminus of an ancient Aboriginal trail leading north to Lake Simcoe, used by the Wyandot, Iroquois, and the Mississauga. Permanent European settlement began in the 1790s, after the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787, the British established the town of York, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York, York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities at various times in its history to its current area of 630.2 km2. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canadas major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Toronto is known for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. The name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto and this refers to the northern end of what is now Lake Simcoe, where the Huron had planted tree saplings to corral fish. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, in the 1660s, the Iroquois established two villages within what is today Toronto, Ganatsekwyagon on the banks of the Rouge River and Teiaiagonon the banks of the Humber River. By 1701, the Mississauga had displaced the Iroquois, who abandoned the Toronto area at the end of the Beaver Wars, French traders founded Fort Rouillé on the current Exhibition grounds in 1750, but abandoned it in 1759. During the American Revolutionary War, the region saw an influx of British settlers as United Empire Loyalists fled for the British-controlled lands north of Lake Ontario, the new province of Upper Canada was in the process of creation and needed a capital. Dorchester intended the location to be named Toronto, in 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the Toronto Purchase lands, instead naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York, the York garrison was constructed at the entrance of the towns natural harbour, sheltered by a long sandbar peninsula. The towns settlement formed at the end of the harbour behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the towns capture, the surrender of the town was negotiated by John Strachan. US soldiers destroyed much of the garrison and set fire to the parliament buildings during their five-day occupation, the sacking of York was a primary motivation for the Burning of Washington by British troops later in the war
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Vaughan Road Academy
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Vaughan Road Academy is a Toronto District School Board International Baccalaureate high school. It is located in the Oakwood–Vaughan neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the school is situated at the Vaughan Road and Winona Drive intersection, close to Oakwood Avenue. It works in partnership with the J. R. Wilcox and Cedarvale Community Schools, in addition to the International Baccalaureate, it also has Cooperative Education and INTERACT programs. The school principal is Cynthia Zwicker-Reston, and the principal is Janet Allen. The IB coordinator is Paul Corner and the INTERACT coordinator is Michael Alex, Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute was the first high school built in York Township, the forerunner of the Borough of York. Construction of VRCI began in July 1926 and the cornerstone was laid by Lieutenant-Governor Henry Cockshutt in September 1926, george Evans, the first principal, served from 1926 to 1957. In April 1927, the moved into the school from temporary quarters in portables at Rawlinson Public School. In 1988 the school was renamed Vaughan Road Academy, and began offering advanced academic, arts and it began offering the International Baccalaureate program in 1998. The INTERACT program is for students in the school who are involved in the arts or athletics program outside of school. These students have flexible schedules to accommodate their auditions, rehearsals, performances, competitions, the program is mostly done in small group settings and whenever possible, the teachers can design assignments that incorporate the students interest as well. Notable alumni of the INTERACT program include Drake, Ellen Page, Alison Pill, Mark Rendall, Tyler Nella, Matthew Ortved, co-operative education, or Co-op is a structured method of combining academic education with practical work experience. It is a four credit semester program and at Vaughan Road, it is offered in, World of Work, the program is open to all students who are 16 years old and have completed sixteen credits. Empowered Student Partnership or ESP was launched in October 2002, since then 110 greater Toronto area high schools have joined, including Vaughan Road Academy. It challenges schools citywide to make a difference in their community, in 2012, the Vaughan Road Vipers basketball team won the OFSAA AA Provincial Championships. In 2004, the Vipers came second in the OFSAA AA Provincial Championships, Vaughan Road Academy has a school newspaper known as the Vaughan Vox, sometimes simply called the Vox. Typically released twice a year, it is eight pages long. Vaughan Road Academy has a large and active Queer-Straight Alliance, founded in 2006 as a Gay-Straight Alliance by a small group of grade 12 students, it was reactivated in 2010. The organization works to combat homophobia in the school and to create an environment for Queer students
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Canadians
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Canadians are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural, for most Canadians, several of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian. Elements of Aboriginal, French, British and more recent immigrant customs, languages and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic and economic neighbour, the United States. Canadian independence from the United Kingdom grew gradually over the course of years since the formation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. World War I and World War II in particular gave rise to a desire among Canadians to have their country recognized as a sovereign state with a distinct citizenship. Canadas nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom, legislation since the mid 20th century represents Canadians commitment to multilateralism and socioeconomic development. As of 2010, Canadians make up 0. 5% of the total population, having relied upon immigration for population growth. Approximately 41% of current Canadians are first- or second-generation immigrants, and 20 percent of Canadian residents in the 2000s were not born in the country. Statistics Canada projects that, by 2031, nearly one-half of Canadians above the age of 15 will be foreign-born or have one foreign-born parent. Aboriginal peoples, according to the 2011 Canadian Census, numbered at 1,400,685 or 4. 3% of the countrys 33,476,688 population. The French originally settled New France, in present-day Quebec and Ontario, approximately 100 Irish-born families would settle the Saint Lawrence Valley by 1700, assimilating into the Canadien population and culture. This arrival of newcomers led to the creation of the Métis, after the War of 1812, British, Scottish and Irish immigration was encouraged throughout Ruperts Land, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Between 1815 and 1850, some 800,000 immigrants came to the colonies of British North America and these new arrivals included some Gaelic-speaking Highland Scots displaced by the Highland Clearances to Nova Scotia. Descendants of Francophone and Anglophone northern Europeans who arrived in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are often referred to as old stock Canadians. Beginning in the late 1850s, the immigration of Chinese into the Colony of Vancouver Island, the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 eventually placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants, in hopes of discouraging Chinese immigration after completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The population of Canada has consistently risen, doubling approximately every 40 years, from the mid- to late 19th century, Canada had a policy of assisting immigrants from Europe, including an estimated 100,000 unwanted Home Children from Britain. Block settlement communities were established throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some were planned and others were spontaneously created by the settlers themselves. Canada was now receiving a number of European immigrants, predominantly Italians, Germans, Scandinavians, Dutch, Poles
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Child actor
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Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, in the United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the governing labor union, if any, and state and federal laws. Some projects film in remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect the child, longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited in California, for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British Columbia. US federal law specifically exempted minors working the Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws, any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state law. Due to the presence of the entertainment industry in California. Being a minor, an actor must secure an entertainment work permit before accepting any paid performing work. The child does his/her schoolwork under the supervision of a teacher while on the set. Many child actors never got to see the money they earned because they were not in charge of this money, jackie Coogan earned millions of dollars from working as a child actor only to see most of it squandered by his parents. In 1939, California weighed in on this controversy and enacted the Coogan Law which requires a portion of the earnings of a child to be preserved in a savings account called a blocked trust. Some people also criticize the parents of actors for allowing their children to work. The child actor may experience unique and negative pressures when working under tight production schedules, large projects which depend for their success on the ability of the child to deliver an effective performance add to the pressure. Many actors careers are short-lived and this is true of child actors. Peter Ostrum, for example, is now a successful large-animal veterinarian after a starring role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, shirley Temple became a public figure and diplomat. Jenny Lewis, formerly of Troop Beverly Hills, is a indie rock musician. In Poland, child actor identical twin brothers Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński became very successful politicians, at one time Lech being President, there are child actors who have achieved successful thespian careers into adulthood. V. In many cases, the failure to retain stardom and success and exposure at a young age has caused many child actors to lead adult lives plagued by troubles, bankruptcy. Examples include the cast members of the American sitcom Diffrent Strokes, which starred child actors Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, Plato went on to pose for Playboy magazine and was featured in several softcore pornography films. She was arrested twice for armed robbery and forging prescriptions, and died in May 1999 from an overdose of prescription medication, Coleman famously sued his parents for misuse of his trust fund and, although awarded over $1,000,000, filed for bankruptcy in 1999
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The Book of Daniel (TV series)
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The Book of Daniel was an American drama series that was broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a drama about Christians and the Christian faith. The show had been proposed for NBCs 2005 fall line-up, but was rescheduled as a 2006 mid-season replacement, the program premiered on January 6,2006 in the US and was scheduled to air in thirteen episodes on Friday nights. NBC called the show edgy, challenging, and courageous in its promotional material, on January 24,2006, a spokeswoman for NBC announced the show had been dropped. Daniels Jesus appears only to him and openly questions modern interpretations of church teachings, reminding Daniel of his own strengths, when Daniels brother-in-law Charlie absconds with church funds and abandons his family, his sister-in-law enters a lesbian relationship with Charlies bisexual secretary. Bishop Beatrice Congreve is involved with Daniels married father a retired bishop who, betrayal UNAIRED The New York Times reported NBC had difficulty selling advertising during the program, even after offering significant rate discounts, because of controversial content. Most of the affiliates refusing to air the program were located in the Bible Belt, after KARK-TV refused to air the series, KWBF, then an affiliate of The WB, picked up the series. The company stated that it was excited to offer an outlet for viewers in the central Arkansas area who wanted to watch the show, however, the station soon received a number of threats which required it to hire extra security. Both KARK-TV and KARZ have been owned by Nexstar since 2009, several stations in Michigan, including WDIV in Detroit, WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, WILX in Lansing and Barrington Broadcasting stations WPBN and WTOM in Traverse City and Sault Ste. NBCs Salt Lake City affiliate, KSL-TV, did carry The Book of Daniel, on January 24,2006, NBC announced the show had been dropped from the schedule. The last airing of the show was on January 20,2006, the January 20 episode was the fourth in the series, drawing 5.8 million viewers. NBC gave no explanation for the cancellation. On September 26,2006, a collection of The Book of Daniel was released on DVD exclusively on Amazon. com. The set includes two discs featuring all eight episodes, in the hard plastic case. The Book of Daniel at the Internet Movie Database
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The Lieutenant of Inishmore
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The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a black comedy by playwright Martin McDonagh, first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London in 2001. So instead of slicing off Jamess right nipple, as planned, but when he arrives at the family home, he discovers that Wee Thomas isnt sick, but has had his brains squeezed out like toothpaste. Padraic, a man considered too mad for the IRA and sorely trying the patience of his INLA comrades, is intent on revenge, just as hes about to put a bullet through Dads head, theres an unexpected knock at the door. The plot is set in 1993 on the island of Inishmore, County Galway, Davey, a pudgy, long-haired teenager, has brought his middle-aged neighbor Donny the corpse of Donnys cat, Wee Thomas, which he has found lying in the road. The cat has been mangled, its brains fall out as they examine it. Donny accuses Davey of running it over with his mothers bicycle, Donny reveals, to Daveys horror, that Wee Thomas did not belong to him but to his son, Padraic. The cat had been his friend for fifteen years. Davey pleads with Donny to not involve him, as Padraic, Donny agrees to keep it secret, but only if Davey admits he killed the cat. Davey half-heartedly confesses to, although due to Donnys insistence. Donny then plans to call Padraic, who is working in Northern Ireland blowing up chip shops, Davey does not understand the purpose of the call, so Donny explains that he is letting his son down easy, planning to tell him later that the cat died. Davey agrees and leaves as Donny begins to phone Padraic, a warehouse in Northern Ireland, where Padraic has James, a drug dealer, hung upside down from the ceiling. Padraic has removed two of James toenails, James insults Padraic after being lectured on the evils of distributing marijuana to good Catholic children. Abruptly, Padraic decides to cut off one of James nipples, just before he starts cutting, Padraic gets the call from Donny saying that Wee Thomas is doing poorly and off his food. Padraic breaks down into tears and screams that he will be on the first boat back to Inishmore and he then shoots his mobile phone to pieces. James suggests that Wee Thomas may have ringworm and suggests ringworm tablets in some cheese, when he realizes that James loves his cat, Padraic releases him after extracting a promise not to sell more marijuana, and gives him money for the bus to the hospital. Davey is tinkering with his bicycle when his younger sister Mairead shoots him in the cheek with her air rifle for hurting Wee Thomas, Davey attempts to explain his innocence and accuses Mairead of being mad for shooting the eyes out of ten cows in an earlier incident. Mairead, who is 16, explains it was her version of terrorism against the meat industry and she continues to accuse Davey of the death of Wee Thomas. In the discussion, it clear that she is in love with Padraic
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures. The screenplay was written by Gail Parent and is based on the novel of the name by Dyan Sheldon. It was released in late February 2004 to negative feedback from critics, nonetheless, it was a modest commercial success, reaching number two in the United States box office behind Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymores 50 First Dates. It was released July 20,2004 on VHS and DVD, Mary Elizabeth Lola Cep is a 15-year-old girl who grew up in New York City and wants desperately to be a famous Broadway actress. Much to her annoyance, she moves with her family to the suburbs of Dellwood, New Jersey, at school, Lola makes friends with an unpopular girl, Ella Gerard, who shares her love for the rock band Sidarthur. Lola idolizes the bands lead singer Stu Wolff and she also meets Sam, a cute boy who takes a liking to her, and makes enemies with Carla Santini, the most popular girl in school. When Lola auditions for the play, a modernized musical version of Pygmalion called Eliza Rocks, she is chosen over Carla to play Eliza. Lola also beats Carla on a video game at an arcade, where Carla reveals that she has tickets to the farewell concert of Sidarthur. Afraid of being one-upped by Carla, Lola falsely claims that Ella and she have tickets, too. She loses her chance to buy tickets and new clothes when her mother takes away her allowance, and the concert is sold out by the time she persuades Ella to pay for the tickets. Lola explains that they can buy tickets from a scalper, though, on the night of the concert, Lola and Ella take a train to New York City, but Lola loses the money for the tickets, and her plan to sneak into the concert does not work. Lola and Ella finally give up and walk through the city to Stus after-show party, when they get there, Stu stumbles drunkenly out of the building and passes out in an alley. The two girls take him to a diner to sober him up, but he gets in trouble, and they end up at a police station, at this point, Lolas dishonesty becomes a problem. When she met Ella, she tried to impress her by telling her a story about her father dying years earlier. Ella highly values honesty, so she becomes infuriated when she discovers that Lolas story was a lie, Lola talks with Stu about his work, but is disappointed to discover that he is a drunk. Back at school, Carla humiliates Lola by denying that she saw Lola or Ella at the party, none of the other students believes Lolas story about being arrested with Stu and leaving her necklace at his house. Afterward, Lola goes home, depressed, and refuses to perform in the play, as she is about to go on stage, her mother wishes her good luck and finally calls her by her nickname, Lola. The modernist interpretation of Pygmalion ensues, after a great performance that brings a standing ovation, the cast goes to an after-party at Carlas house, where Stu arrives to see Lola
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Milk (film)
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Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film was released to acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milks former storefront, Milk begins on Harvey Milks 40th birthday, when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco. The films release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage, Proposition 8, Milk is seen recording his will throughout the film, nine days before the assassinations. The film then back to New York City in 1970. Dissatisfied with his life and in need of a change, Milk and they open Castro Camera in the heart of Eureka Valley, a working-class neighborhood in the process of evolving into a predominantly gay neighborhood known as The Castro. Early on, Smith serves as Milks campaign manager, but he grows frustrated with Milks devotion to politics, Milk later meets Jack Lira, a sweet-natured but unbalanced young man. As with Smith, Lira cannot tolerate Milks devotion to political activism, Milk clashes with the local gay establishment which he feels to be too cautious and risk-averse. His victory makes him the first openly gay man to be voted into major office in California. Milk subsequently meets fellow Supervisor Dan White, a Vietnam veteran, White, who is politically and socially conservative, has a difficult relationship with Milk, and develops a growing resentment for Milk when he opposes projects that White proposes. Milk and White forge a working relationship. When Milk fails to support White because of the effect it will have on troubled youth, White feels betrayed. Milk also launches an effort to defeat Proposition 6, an initiative on the California state ballot in November 1978, sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange County, Proposition 6 seeks to ban gays and lesbians from working in Californias public schools. On November 7,1978, after working tirelessly against Proposition 6, Milk, a desperate White favors a supervisor pay raise, but does not get much support, and shortly after supporting the proposition, resigns from the Board. He later changes his mind and asks to be reinstated, Mayor Moscone denies his request, after being lobbied by Milk. On the morning of November 27,1978, White enters City Hall through a basement window to conceal a gun from metal detectors and he requests another meeting with Moscone, who rebuffs his request for appointment to his former seat. Enraged, White shoots Moscone in his office and then goes to meet Milk, the film suggests that Milk believed that White might be a closeted gay man
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 action comedy fantasy film co-written, produced and directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee OMalley. It stars Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, a musician who must battle his girlfriend Ramonas seven evil exes. It was initially planned as a film after the first volume of the comic was released, Wright became attached to the project, and filming began in March 2009 in Toronto. The film premiered after a discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con International on July 22,2010. It received a release in North America on August 13,2010. It failed to regain its budget during its theatrical release. In Toronto, 22-year-old Scott Pilgrim is a bass guitarist in Sex Bob-Omb, to the disapproval of his friends, he is dating Knives Chau, a high-school student. Scott meets an American Amazon. ca delivery girl, Ramona Flowers, having first seen her in a dream, when Sex Bob-Omb plays in a battle of the bands sponsored by record executive G-Man Graves, Scott is attacked by Ramonas ex-boyfriend Matthew Patel. Scott defeats Patel and learns that, in order to date Ramona, Scott breaks up with Knives, who blames Ramona and swears to win him back. Scott defeats Ramonas second evil ex, Hollywood actor and skateboarder Lucas Lee and he defeats her third ex, vegan Todd Ingram, who is dating Scotts ex-girlfriend, Envy Adams, by tricking him into drinking dairy. He defeats Ramonas fourth ex, Roxy Richter, by prodding the spot behind her knee, Scott becomes upset with Ramonas dating history, and Ramona breaks up with him. At the next battle of the bands, Sex Bob-Omb defeats Ramonas fifth and sixth evil exes, twins Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, Ramona gets back with her seventh evil ex, Gideon, also known as G-Man Graves, the sponsor of the event. Sex Bob-Omb accepts Gideons record deal, except for Scott, who leaves the band in protest, Gideon invites Scott to his venue, the Chaos Theater, where Sex Bob-Omb is playing. Resolving to win Ramona back, Scott challenges Gideon to a fight for her affections, earning the Power of Love, Knives fights Ramona over Scott, and Scott is forced to reveal that he dated them concurrently. After Gideon kills Scott, Ramona visits him in limbo and reveals that Gideon has implanted her with a control device. Scott uses his 1-up to restore his life and he makes peace with his friends and challenges Gideon again, this time for himself. He gains the Power of Self-Respect and disarms Gideon with the sword it grants him and he apologizes to Ramona and Knives for cheating on them, and Scott and Knives join forces to defeat Gideon. Free from Gideons control, Ramona prepares to leave, Knives accepts that her relationship with Scott is over
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Midnight in Paris
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Midnight in Paris is a 2011 American-French romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The movie explores themes of nostalgia and modernism, produced by the Spanish group Mediapro and Allens Gravier Productions, the film stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard and Michael Sheen. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United States on May 20,2011, the film opened to critical acclaim and has commonly been cited as one of Allens best films in recent years. In 2010, Gil Pender, a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter, Gil is struggling to finish his first novel, centered on a man who works in a nostalgia shop. Inez dismisses his ambition as a daydream, and encourages him to stick with lucrative screenwriting. Gil is considering moving to Paris, Inez is intent on living in Malibu. By chance, they are joined by Inezs friend Paul, who is described as both pedantic and a pseudo-intellectual, and his wife Carol, Paul speaks with great authority but questionable accuracy on the history and artworks of Paris. Paul contradicts a tour guide at the Musée Rodin, and insists that his knowledge of Rodins relationships is more accurate than that of the guide, Inez admires him, Gil finds him insufferable. Gil gets drunk one night when Inez has gone off dancing with Paul and his wife, at midnight, a 1920s Peugeot Type 176 car draws up beside him, and the passengers, dressed in 1920s clothing, urge him to join them. They go to a party for Jean Cocteau, where he encounters Cole Porter, as well as Zelda, Gil realizes that he has been transported back to the 1920s, an era he idolizes. Scott and Zelda, along with Cole and his wife, Linda Lee Porter, go to bar, Chez Bricktop. At a third bar, Gil meets Juan Belmonte and Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway offers to show Gils novel to Gertrude Stein, and Gil goes to fetch his manuscript from his hotel. However, as soon as he leaves, he finds he has returned to 2010, Gil attempts to bring Inez to the past with him the following night, but she becomes impatient and peevishly returns to the hotel. Just after she leaves, the clock strikes midnight and the car arrives. He takes Gil to meet Stein, who agrees to read his novel and introduces him to Pablo Picasso, Adriana and Gil are instantly attracted to each other. Stein reads aloud the novels first line, Adriana says that she is hooked by these few lines and has always had a longing for the past, Gil spends each of the next few nights in the past. His late-night wanderings annoy Inez, and arouse the suspicion of her father, Gil spends more and more time with Adriana, who leaves Picasso for a brief dalliance with Hemingway. Gil realizes he is falling in love with her, leaving him in conflict
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In Treatment (U.S. TV series)
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The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on January 28,2008, as a five-night-a-week series. The programs format, script and opening theme are based on, after winning critical acclaim and numerous honors, including Emmy, Golden Globe and Writers Guild awards, In Treatment returned for a second season, premiering on April 5,2009. The second season built on the success of the first, winning a 2009 Peabody Award, the third and final season premiered on October 26,2010, for a seven-week run, with four episodes per week. Each episode of In Treatment focuses on one patient, including Paul, the first season included 43 episodes, each airing a different night of the week, Monday through Friday. The first season covered nine weeks for most of the characters, except in the final week, the series was renewed for a second season on June 20,2008, with Byrne, Wiest and Glynn Turman returning. Michelle Forbes, who played Pauls wife in the first season, production on Season 2 began in New York City in the fall and wrapped up in early 2009. According to The New York Times, production relocated to New York from Los Angeles at the insistence of Byrne, the move and the addition of Sunday night to the schedule were considered votes of confidence in the series by HBO executives. HBO Canada, a channel that includes The Movie Network in Eastern Canada and Movie Central in Western Canada. During the first several weeks of Season 1, episodes were available on HBOs website in streaming video, the free service was discontinued, however, when Apples iTunes and Amazon Unbox began offering the first 15 shows for download. Gabriel Byrne portrays Paul Weston, a charming, relentless psychologist, Paul is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Columbia University, where he earned a masters degree and The New School, where he received his PhD. In summer 1988, he moved to Maryland, where he worked at the Washington–Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute, set in Baltimore, Paul has a private entry office in his home. During this season, the episodes aired on their days of the week. Supporting, Peter Horton as Zack Jake Richardson as Ian Mae Whitman as Rosie Max Burkholder as Max Julia Campbell as Olivia Glynn Turman as Alex Prince, Laura and Pauls relationship grows more complex and difficult to control. After Laura professes her love for him, Paul reflects on his own feelings for her and eventually, in sessions with Gina, midway through the season, Laura decides to end her therapy with Paul after he rejects her advances countless times. She returns, needing to talk to someone, after she learns her father is dying and they run into each other at Alexs funeral, and later, Gina gives Paul the go-ahead to go after Laura, but a panic attack prevents him from going through with it. Alex, who at one point meets Laura and has an affair with her. In the end, Sophie benefits greatly from her therapy with Paul, at the end of the season, Sophie leaves Baltimore to pursue further gymnastic training in Denver. In Season Two, April reveals to Paul that Sophie eventually went to college, April learned this information about Sophie from Sophies feedback about Paul on Pauls web page on the Pratt site/listerv
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The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)
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The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Folletts novel of the same name. It debuted in the U. S. on Starz and in Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central on July 23,2010 and its UK premiere was on Channel 4 in October 2010 at 9pm. In 1120, the White Ship catches fire in the English Channel, killing the only son of King Henry I. Henry, who is close to death, requires his court to pledge loyalty to his daughter Mauds unborn son, however, Henrys nephew Stephen of Blois, who enjoys close ties with the Church, makes a deal with the Archbishop of Canterbury to be crowned instead. Meanwhile, Lord Percy of Hamleigh and his wife Regan attempt to arrange a marriage for their son William, Percy approaches his rival, Lord Bartholomew of Shiring, to ask for his daughter, Aliena, but is rejected. Suddenly, Agnes goes into labor, having kept her pregnancy a secret, without food to feed the baby, Tom leaves him to die, and the baby is retrieved by Johnny Eightpence, who decides to become a monk to support him. Maud, with the support of Henrys illegitimate son Robert of Gloucester, however, the plan is discovered by Percy, who organizes a raid on Shiring to arrest Bartholomew, who is tried for treason and burned at the stake. Stripped of her nobility, Aliena becomes a merchant to pay for her brother Richards expenses as a knight. Richard goes on to fight for Stephen against Mauds repeated attempts to attack England, Tom, who is now engaged to Ellen, goes to Kingsbridge Priory to find work, but they are disinterested in repairing their badly damaged cathedral. In response, Jack secretly burns the cathedral, so that Tom can be hired to build a new one, prior Philip needs to continually negotiate with the corrupt Bishop Waleran and others to secure the funds needed for the cathedrals construction. Stephens son is killed by Mauds son during battle, and Stephen dies shortly afterward, Regan murders Percy to increase her power, and is murdered in turn by William. Aliena, who loves Jack, marries Alfred because of his salary, but repeatedly sleeps with Jack. Waleran, seeking to kill Jack because of his influence, and because he is Ellens son, asks Alfred to stab himself with a dagger, such as to frame Jack for assault. However, Waleran had poisoned the dagger, leading to Alfreds death, and Jacks framing for murder, the latter flees inside a cathedral, and climbs the scaffold, but falls over and dies. A number of changes were made for the series. For example, Waleran is older and Remigius is younger in the series than the novel, similarly the actors playing Alfred, Jack, Richard, and Aliena are initially older than those portrayed in the novel. Also, the characters of Henry of Blois, Andrew Sacrist, Milius the kitchener, the incestuous fixation of Regan to her son William in episode 2 is not introduced in the novel. Further, the character who attacks Martha and steals their pig is merged to become the monk Johnny Eightpence
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The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)
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The series chronicles the behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News channel. Other cast members include Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr. Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn, Sorkin, who created the Emmy Award–winning political drama The West Wing, had reportedly been developing a cable-news-centered TV drama since 2009. After months of negotiations, premium cable network HBO ordered a pilot in January 2011, Sorkin did his research for the series by observing several real-world cable news programs first-hand. He served as producer, along with Scott Rudin and Alan Poul. Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, the anchor and managing editor of News Night, a moderate Republican news anchor whose broadcast persona is characterized as unwilling to offend anyone. Known for being difficult to work with, his world is turned upside down when his ex-girlfriend MacKenzie re-enters his life with a plan to revamp his news broadcast, MacKenzie had an affair with her ex-boyfriend Brian Brenner during her relationship with Will. John Gallagher Jr. as James Jim Harper, Senior Producer who follows MacKenzie to News Night, at his new job, he develops feelings for Maggie. Alison Pill as Margaret Maggie Jordan, an eager, young associate producer of News Night, formerly Wills somewhat inept personal assistant, she is appointed an assistant producer by MacKenzie. She has complicated personal relationships with Don and Jim, plain-speaking and straightforward, but also quite insecure, Don begins to doubt his feelings for Maggie Jordan. Ultimately, he breaks up with her, encouraging her to go after Jim and he subsequently goes on to date Sloan. Dev Patel as Neal Sampat, writer of Wills blog and electronic media expert who covered the London Underground bombings with a camera phone, Neal works with the team to develop the use of electronic media as part of the new format. Olivia Munn as Sloan Sabbith, an economist with two Ph. D. s, she presents a news segment on Wills show. Sloan is good at her job, but also socially inept and prone to creating uncomfortable situations for herself. Sam Waterston as Charlie Skinner, Atlantis Cable News president and retired US Marine, charlies role is to joust with Atlantis World Media owner Leona Lansing and her son, AWM president Reese Lansing while defending the new News Night format. Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing, CEO of Atlantis World Media, adina Porter as Kendra James, a booker for News Night. Chris Chalk as Gary Cooper, a producer for News Night. Chris Messina as Reese Lansing, president of AWM, and Leonas son, Terry Crews as Lonny Church, Wills bodyguard assigned to him after Will receives death threats. Kelen Coleman as Lisa Lambert, Maggies roommate who dates Jim, david Harbour as Elliot Hirsch, the anchor of Right Now, Dons new program on the network
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Estonia
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Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia, across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands and islets in the Baltic Sea, covering 45,339 km2 of land and water, and is influenced by a humid continental climate. The territory of Estonia has been inhabited since at least 6500 BC, in 1988, during the Singing Revolution, the Estonian Supreme Soviet issued the Estonian Sovereignty Declaration in defiance of Soviet rule, and independence was restored on 20 August 1991. Estonia is a parliamentary republic divided into fifteen counties. Its capital and largest city is Tallinn, with a population of 1.3 million, it is one of the least-populous member states of the European Union, Eurozone, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, OECD and Schengen Area. Estonia is a country with an advanced, high-income economy that is among the fastest growing in the EU. Its Human Development Index ranks very highly, and it performs favourably in measurements of economic freedom, civil liberties, the 2015 PISA test places Estonian high school students 3rd in the world, behind Singapore and Japan. Citizens of Estonia are provided with health care, free education. Since independence the country has developed its IT sector, becoming one of the worlds most digitally advanced societies. In 2005 Estonia became the first nation to hold elections over the Internet, in the Estonian language, the oldest known endonym of the Estonians was maarahvas, meaning country people or people of the land. The land inhabited by Estonians was called Maavald meaning Country Parish or Land Parish, one hypothesis regarding the modern name of Estonia is that it originated from the Aesti, a people described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his Germania. The historic Aesti were allegedly Baltic people, whereas the modern Estonians are Finno-Ugric, the geographical areas between Aesti and Estonia do not match, with Aesti being further down south. Ancient Scandinavian sagas refer to a land called Eistland, as the country is called in Icelandic. Early Latin and other ancient versions of the name are Estia and Hestia, esthonia was a common alternative English spelling prior to 1921. Human settlement in Estonia became possible 13,000 to 11,000 years ago, the oldest known settlement in Estonia is the Pulli settlement, which was on the banks of the river Pärnu, near the town of Sindi, in south-western Estonia. According to radiocarbon dating it was settled around 11,000 years ago, the earliest human inhabitation during the Mesolithic period is connected to Kunda culture, which is named after the town of Kunda in northern Estonia. At that time the country was covered with forests, and people lived in communities near bodies of water
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Toronto Children's Chorus
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The Toronto Childrens Chorus is a childrens choir based in Toronto. It was founded in 1978 by Jean Ashworth Bartle, the group has over 300 members aged 6 to 17. In 1982, the choir won first prize at the International Eisteddfod in Wales, other awards followed, including first place in the prestigious Let the Peoples Sing Competition in 1993 and numerous 1st places in the CBC choral competition. The Chorus was also honoured to serve as Artist-in-Residence for international childrens choir festivals in Tuscany, Italy and Sydney, in August 2007, Elise Bradley, a New Zealand conductor and teacher previously based in Auckland, became the new Artistic Director of the organization. The TCC consists of five groups, Preparatory Choir, Training Choir I, II and III. Children as young as 5 or 6 can audition for the youngest choir, in the Main Choir, there are also several subgroups, including the Cantare and Chorale ensembles. Within Cantare are Apprentices, Senior Apprentices, and main Cantare members, within the Chorale choir are Chorealis, Chamber, and the Choral Scholars. There is also a choir which consists of most members of the Chorale and Chamber choirs
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
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This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,1993 to January 1,1997, and was broadcast in over 70 countries. Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, reruns of the show have been aired on TNT. The show was canceled when its producer, Prime Time Entertainment Network, ceased operations, like his grandfather and namesake from the original TV series, Kwai Chang Caine is a Shaolin priest who walked out of the past. The series begins when Caine comes to fictional Sloanville and ends up in a Chinatown section, where Peters precinct is, david Carradine - Kwai Chang Caine, Matthew Caine Chris Potter - Det. Peter Caine Kim Chan - Lo Si / Ping Hai Robert Lansing - Capt. Paul Blaisdell Kate Trotter - Capt, karen Simms Scott Wentworth - Det. Kermit Griffin Nathaniel Moreau - Young Peter Caine Robert Bednarski - Younger Peter Caine Belinda Metz - Det, kira Blakemore Richard Anderson - Narrator Rob Moses - Master Khan Sandey Grinn - Thomas Jefferson T. J. Kincaid Kung Fu, The Legend Continues lasted four seasons with a total of 88 episodes, the pilot episode, Initiation, was presented as a two-parter. It established the characters and introduced many of the concepts that are seen throughout the series. As with the rest of the series, much of the storytelling was done through flashbacks, season 2 was released on August 18,2015. com Kung Fu, The Legend Continues Online FAQ
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The New Ghostwriter Mysteries
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Ghostwriter is an American childrens mystery television series created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Childrens Television Workshop and BBC Television. It began airing on PBS on October 4,1992, Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the series was designed to teach reading and writing skills to elementary and middle school children. Ghostwriter was critically acclaimed and honored for presenting a realistic, racially diverse world in its two-hour mystery stories, by the end of its third season, Ghostwriter ranked in the top five of all childrens shows on American television. The program was canceled after the season due to a lack of funding. There were many Ghostwriter books released, both novelizations of the TV episodes and new stories and they were released by Bantam Books. During the mid-1990s Ghostwriter was released on VHS by two different companies, GPN and Republic Pictures, GPN is the company authorized by PBS to release all its shows on video. They have the series except for the last two cases. These videos are in the format, with each case divided into four or five episodes. Republic Pictures released only three cases, Ghost Story, Who Burned Mr. Brinkers Store. and Into the Comics, in Republic Pictures version, the four or five episodes for each case were edited together into a feature-length movie. The Republic Pictures version is out of print, but can still be found in some libraries. The GPN version was available to the public for purchase through their website until 2007. Starting mid-2007, GPN is selling only to schools and libraries due to a change in licensing terms, however, the GPN version is still available in some libraries. In February 2010, it was announced that Season 1 of Ghostwriter would be released on DVD by Shout, the five-disc set, running 870 minutes long, was released on June 8,2010. Supplements are a game and a casebook. The entire series except for the last two arcs were also released by GPN. The original series was rerun from 1995 to 1999 on PBS, the UPN Kids block on UPN also ran re-runs for a short time in 1997. Then, in 1999, it was syndicated on ABC for a short time, later that year it moved to the cable/satellite network Noggin, and subsequently on The N when The N became a part-time channel/programming block on Noggin
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Psi Factor
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In 1996, Peter Aykroyd co-created the show with Christopher Chacon. The series was hosted by Dan Aykroyd who presents dramatic stories inspired by the investigations of the Office of Scientific Investigation. The first season introduces members of the O. S. I. R, the first season uses elements that are later dropped in subsequent seasons, most notably featuring two unlinked cases per episode. The first season features more of a documentary-style look including hand-held cameras, in the first season finale, Perestroika, case manager Conner Doyle is killed in an explosion in an attempt to save the team and to kill a deadly parasite. Starting with the season, actors Paul Miller and Maurice Dean Wint are removed from the opening credits and Matt Frewer joins the cast as the new case manager. Michael Moriarty joins the cast in the role of Michael Kelly. The series now focuses on one case per episode and is structured more like a drama series. The second season features more character development as well as story arcs, Michael Kelly causes problems for Elsinger, as he often involves himself in various O. S. I. R. Cases and tries to expose the truth, in the second season finale, The Egress, Curtis Rollins returns after being absent since near the end of the first season. Dr. Anton Hendricks is lured into the arch at the sight of his wife and daughter. The team is in conflict at the end of the season, as Praeger learns Lindsay has betrayed him by leaking information, Praeger offers his resignation, and Elsinger offers Peter Axon the case manager position. Peter Axon and Curtis Rollins continue investigating the Arch and try to get Anton back, as Peter convinces Lindsay to come back to the team, Praegar also returns to the team. Anton eventually comes back from the Arch and is in the hospital in critical condition and its revealed that Antons wife, believed to be dead, comes back from the Arch as well. The return of Nicole Hendricks solves a 12-year-old case in which Antons wife and they then begin a secret case in which they discover the identity of The Chairman and exorcise the demon. The end of the season marks the final appearances of many original characters, including Curtis Rollins, Frank Elsinger, Ray Donahue. Joanne Vannicola joins the main cast as Mia Stone, with Elsinger apparently gone, Anton Hendricks has taken over the role of Director of Operations and very rarely takes part in the investigations over the course of the season. Hendricks enforces rotating case manager, leading Peter, Lindsay and Mia to take on the manager position for different cases. In the fifth episode of the season,883, Matt Praeger is infected with a virus which will lead to his death, the team soon discovers a secret project where a doctor is planning on colonizing a new world
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Skipped Parts
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Skipped Parts, is a movie based on Tim Sandlins book of the same name. Skipped Parts is the first in a series of novels based on the lives of Maury and Sam, the film is about a group of characters living in a small Wyoming town. After making the rounds in 2000, it had a limited release by Trimark Pictures. The title comes from how certain books mention sex and romance and it was filmed in Regina, Fort QuAppelle and Regina Beach, Saskatchewan The film starts in 1963, with liberal-minded Lydia, and her 14-year-old son Sam. Lydias father is running for governor of North Carolina, and he not want Lydia and Sam in his way. Arriving in Wyoming, Lydia only wants to have a good time, Sam soon finds out that he is one of only two students in Gro Vont High School who can read. The other one is Maurey, a girl at the age as Sam who wants to learn about sex. Consequent to their discoveries, Maurey becomes pregnant. Maurey decides to have an abortion in a distant hospital, and by accident, runs into her mother, Maurey moves to Lydias and Sams house, since her father banishes her from his house. Meanwhile, Hank Elkrunner, a Blackfoot, falls for the feckless Lydia, in the end, Maurey decides not to have an abortion and keeps the baby, a little girl named Shannon. After being threatened to be cut off unless she breaks up with Hank, and lets Sam go to Military School, Lydia decides to stay with Hank. In addition, Hank sells his trailer and moves in with Sam and Lydia, along with Maurey, the film ends with Sam finishing the flashback for the story, with Shannon nearby. Throughout the movie, Sam has many dream fantasies which star Drew Barrymore as the subject of his fantasies
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Drew Barrymore
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Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, author, director, model and producer. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American stage and film actors, Barrymore began acting on television, and soon transitioned to film with roles in E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Irreconcilable Differences. Following a turbulent childhood that was marked by drug and alcohol abuse with two stints in rehab, she wrote her autobiography, Little Girl Lost and she appeared in a string of hit films, including Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Scream and Ever After. She has also co-starred with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer,50 First Dates, Other acting credits include Music and Lyrics, Hes Just Not That Into You, Going the Distance and Miss You Already. Barrymore won the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens, Barrymore currently stars with Timothy Olyphant in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet. She was named an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme, since then, she has donated over $1 million to the program. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, to actor John and Jaid, an aspiring actress. Barrymores mother was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany and her parents divorced in 1984, when she was nine years old. She is one of four children with a half-brother, John and her godfather is Steven Spielberg while her godmother is Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasbergs widow. Meanwhile, Barrymore is the god-daughter of director Steven Spielberg, Barrymore recounted in her 1989 autobiography, Little Girl Lost, early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when Barrymore was six months old. They never had anything resembling a significant relationship and seldom spoke to each other, Barrymore grew up on Poinsetta Place in West Hollywood until the age of 7, when she moved to Sherman Oaks. In her 2015 memoir Wildflower, she says she talks like a girl because she grew up in Sherman Oaks. She moved back to West Hollywood upon becoming emancipated at 14, Barrymore attended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School. In the wake of her stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood. Her nightlife and constant partying became a subject with the media. She was in rehab at the age of fourteen, where she spent eighteen months in an institution for the mentally ill, a suicide attempt, also at age fourteen, put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she needed to be some people that were committed to sobriety. Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, after a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment at the age of fifteen
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Mischa Barton
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Mischa Anne Barton is a British-American film, television, and stage actress, and occasional fashion model. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushners Slavs. She made her debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children. She then voiced a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam and her first major film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs, an acclaimed drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She continued acting, appearing in major box office such as the romantic comedy, Notting Hill and M. Night Shyamalans psychological thriller. She also starred in the acclaimed indie crime drama Pups. Barton later appeared in the independent drama, Lost and Delirious and guest-starred as Evan Rachel Woods girlfriend on ABCs Once and she is known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The O. C. for which she received two Teen Choice Awards. The role catapulted Barton into mainstream fame, and Entertainment Weekly named her the It Girl of 2003, Barton has since appeared in the comedy remake St Trinians, the Richard Attenborough-directed drama Closing the Ring and Assassination of a High School President. She returned to television, starring in the short-lived Ashton Kutcher-produced CW series, The Beautiful Life, in 2012, she returned to the stage, performing in the Irish production of Steel Magnolias. Barton was born in Hammersmith, London, to an Irish mother, Nuala, a photographer, and an English father, Paul Marsden Barton, Bartons grandfather on her mothers side was an Irish language professor at the University of Belfast. She has two sisters, younger Hania Barton and elder Zoe, a barrister in London, Barton has stated that she briefly attended St. Pauls Girls School in Hammersmith, but her fathers work took the family to New York City when Barton was five years old. In 2006, ten days after her birthday, she became a naturalised citizen of the United States. She has retained her British citizenship and she has stated, I like people to discern that Im an English-Irish girl who grew up in New York City and who moved around a lot with her dads job. Barton began acting at the age of eight, co-starring in the Off-Broadway premiere of the 1994 play, vincent Canby of The New York Times praised Bartons so fine and chillingly authoritative performance. New York magazine also praised her as a little girl. She appeared in several other Off-Broadway productions, taking a role in James Lapines Twelve Dreams alongside Marisa Tomei at Lincoln Center. Canby again praised Barton, noting that she has a sweet gravity as the doomed Emma, in 1996 Barton had a supporting role in Catherine Butterfields Where the Truth Lies which opened at New Yorks Irish Repertory Theatre. The New York Times also remarked that the child actresses Brittany Boyd and Mischa Barton are already smart enough not to overplay the naivete
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Farrah Fawcett
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Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and artist. In 1996, she was ranked No.26 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time, Fawcett began her career in 1968 in commercials and guest roles on television. During the 1970s, she appeared in television series, including recurring roles on Harry O. Her breakthrough role came in 1976, when she was cast as Jill Munroe in the ABC series Charlies Angels, alongside Kate Jackson, the show propelled all three to stardom, but especially Fawcett. After appearing in only the first season, Fawcett decided to leave the show led to legal disputes. Eventually she signed a contract requiring her to make six guest appearances in the shows third, for her role in Charlies Angels she received her first Golden Globe nomination. In 1983, Fawcett received positive reviews for her performance in the Off-Broadway play Extremities and she was subsequently cast in the 1986 film version and received a Golden Globe nomination. She received two Emmy Award nominations for her roles in TV movies, as a wife in the 1984 film The Burning Bed. Her 1980s work in TV movies also earned her four additional Golden Globe nominations, in 1997, she gained some negative press for a rambling appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, but also garnered strong reviews for her role in the film The Apostle with Robert Duvall. She continued in numerous TV series, including recurring roles in the sitcom Spin City, for the latter, she received her third Emmy nomination. Her film roles include, Love Is a Funny Thing, Myra Breckinridge, Logans Run, Sunburn, Saturn 3, The Cannonball Run, Extremities, The Apostle, and Dr. T & the Women. Fawcett was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, the 2009 NBC documentary Farrahs Story chronicled her battle with the disease. She posthumously earned her fourth Emmy nomination for her work as a producer on the documentary, Fawcett was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the younger of two daughters. Her mother, Pauline Alice Fawcett, was a homemaker, and her father and her elder sister was Diane Fawcett Walls, a graphic artist. She was of Irish, French, English and Choctaw Native American ancestry, Fawcett once said the name Farrah was made up by her mother because it went well with their last name. Another theory is that her father, an oilman, reportedly named her Farah after the Arabic word for joy, a Roman Catholic, Fawcetts early education was at the parish school of the church her family attended, St. Patricks Roman Catholic Church in Corpus Christi. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, where she was voted most beautiful by her classmates her freshman, sophomore, junior, for three years, she attended the University of Texas at Austin, studying art. She lived at Madison House on 22nd street, west of campus, during her freshman year, she was named one of the ten most beautiful coeds on campus, the first time a freshman had been chosen
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American Broadcasting Company
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The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank. Since 2007, when ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC originally launched on October 12,1943, as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, in the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop, in 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABCs assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company. The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States, most Canadians have access to at least one U. S. ABC News provides news and features content for radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In the 1930s, radio in the United States was dominated by three companies, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. The last was owned by electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation of America, in 1938, the FCC began a series of investigations into the practices of radio networks and published its report on the broadcasting of network radio programs in 1940. The report recommended that RCA give up control of either NBC Red or NBC Blue, at that time, the NBC Red Network was the principal radio network in the United States and, according to the FCC, RCA was using NBC Blue to eliminate any hint of competition. Once Mutuals appeals against the FCC were rejected, RCA decided to sell NBC Blue in 1941, the newly separated NBC Red and NBC Blue divided their respective corporate assets. Investment firm Dillon, Read & Co. offered $7.5 million to purchase the network, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, drugstore chain Rexall and New York City radio station WMCA, purchased the network for $8 million. Due to FCC ownership rules, the transaction, which was to include the purchase of three RCA stations by Noble, would require him to resell his station with the FCCs approval, the Commission authorized the transaction on October 12,1943. Soon afterward, the Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the American Broadcasting Company name from George B. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, both stations were then managed by Don Searle, the vice-president of the Blue Networks West Coast division. The ABC Radio Network created its audience slowly, the network also became known for such suspenseful dramas as Sherlock Holmes, Gang Busters and Counterspy, as well as several mid-afternoon youth-oriented programs. S. From Nazi Germany after its conquest, to pre-record its programming, while its radio network was undergoing reconstruction, ABC found it difficult to avoid falling behind on the new medium of television. To ensure a space, in 1947, ABC submitted five applications for television station licenses, the ABC television network made its debut on April 19,1948, with WFIL-TV in Philadelphia becoming its first primary affiliate
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
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The miniseries was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and originally broadcast in two parts on ABC on February 25 and 26,2001. The production is notable for its meticulous recreations of Garlands films and concerts, Garlands original recordings are used to dub Davis singing. Davis performance was acclaimed, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Christmas 1924, Two-year-old Frances Gumm performs in public for the first time and her mother, Ethel, watches from the audience while her father, Frank, watches from backstage. Ethel is unhappy with her marriage because of her husbands homosexuality, to help herself cope, she moves the family to Hollywood with the hope that her daughters will break into the movie business. 1935, Frank Gumm takes Frances, now using her name of Judy Garland. MGM chief Louis B. Mayer is not impressed with her rendition of Zing, went the Strings of My Heart, but when she sings a different song an impressed Mayer says, Little girl. Thirteen-year-old Judy signs an MGM contract but, because of her age, tragedy strikes one night when she is told her father has been rushed to the hospital. She is also told that doctors have put a radio beside his bed, while her sisters, Suzy and Jimmie, are in tears over their ill father, Ethel shows no emotion at all. 1938-1939, Judys movie career is now blooming, Now sixteen, she finds herself in competition with MGMs new glamorous star, Lana Turner, who is everything she is not, tall, thin, and blond. Judy also becomes jealous as Lana steals everybodys, including Mickey Rooneys, MGM purchases the rights to L. Frank Baums classic childrens book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Rumors spread that Shirley Temple might be playing Dorothy, but when 20th Century Fox refuses to lend her out to them and she is prescribed some pills to help her sleep and to give her energy to work, and she is also forced to lose weight. She is then seen filming the Yellow Brick Road dance with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, on the first take, they all close in and shut her out, prompting director Victor Fleming to yell You three dirty hams. Let that little girl in there, the film turns out to be a huge success and she is catapulted to international stardom. Early 1940s, Judy begins a romance with bandleader Artie Shaw and this causes much concern, especially for Ethel, who has now remarried. Judy continues to see him and is shocked when he elopes with Lana Turner, leaving her heartbroken and reluctant to return to the studio since she feels she has to compete with all the goddesses. While filming the I Got Rhythm sequence for Girl Crazy, she is continually being reprimanded by her director, eventually, she collapses on the set and is granted three weeks rest, despite the doctors instruction that she needs six. Aged just nineteen, she marries composer David Rose, but the marriage lasts only nine months,1944, Judy meets Vincente Minnelli, who is the director of her next film, Meet Me in St. Louis
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Lorna Luft
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Lorna Luft is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sidney Luft, Lorna Luft was born in Santa Monica, California. She attended University High School in Los Angeles during her year and was a member of the school choir. She made her show business debut at age 11 singing Santa Claus Is Coming to Town on the 1963 Christmas episode of her mothers CBS television series, siblings Liza Minnelli and Joey Luft also appeared in this episode. She soon joined the act on a summer concert tour. In this month-long engagement, Judy Garland shared the bill with Lorna, the show was recorded live and released on ABC Records as Judy Garland, At Home At The Palace. Luft is married to her husband, musician Colin R. Freeman. Luft made her Broadway debut in 1971 at the Shubert Theatre as a replacement cast member in the musical Promises, Promises, the show is best known for the hit song Ill Never Fall in Love Again. Luft starred in the 1981 national tour of Theyre Playing Our Song, in 1983, she played Peppermint Patty in the Off Broadway production of Snoopy. The Musical and later that year she co-starred in Extremities with Farrah Fawcett, from 1992 through 1994, she played Adelaide in the American and world tour productions of Guys and Dolls. In 1996, she appeared in an Irish production of Follies in Dublin with Mary Millar, Alex Sharpe, Christine Scarry, Aidan Conway, Enda Markey, Dave Willetts, in 2002, she starred as Mama Rose in a University of Richmond school production of Gypsy. In November 2006 through January 2007, she performed in the UK premiere of Irving Berlins White Christmas, The Musical and she appeared in two episodes of the 2007 Logo animated series Rick & Steve, The Happiest Gay Couple In All The World. In October 2007, she released her debut CD Lorna Luft, produced by Barry Manilow and her husband Colin R. Freeman, the album celebrates the music of her mother. In 2005 she toured Ireland with her show, Songs My Mother Taught Me. Luft appeared in The Wizard Of Oz, the show of the movie that made her mother famous, at The Lowry Centre in Manchester. She portrayed the role of the Wicked Witch of the West, in April 2009, Luft completed a successful UK tour of the critically acclaimed Hugh Whitemore play Pack of Lies, in which she played the role of Helen Kroger. She starred alongside Jenny Seagrove, Simon Shepherd and Daniel Hill, in May 2009, she appeared in W magazine as a special guest performer for the acclaimed avant-garde Theo Adams Companys latest project, Performance, photographed by David Sims. In July 2009, she appeared at the Mermaid Theatre, London to record for the radio series Friday Night is Music Night, Lorna Luft and Friends – A Tribute to Judy Garland also featured John Barrowman, Frances Ruffelle and Linzi Hateley
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Katie Holmes
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Kate Noelle Katie Holmes is an American actress, model, and filmmaker who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawsons Creek from 1998 to 2003. She appeared in 1998s Disturbing Behavior, a thriller, which won her an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, in 2000 Holmes featured in Wonder Boys which got positive attention from many leading critics. Holmes had a role in 2003s Pieces of April, a gritty comedy about a dysfunctional family on Thanksgiving. In the 2005 film Batman Begins, the most successful film of her career to date, she played Rachel Dawes, Gotham Citys assistant district attorney and Bruce Waynes childhood sweetheart. She also appeared in art films such as The Ice Storm, horror films such as Dont Be Afraid of the Dark. She has also played on Broadway in a production of Arthur Millers All My Sons and had numerous guest roles on programs such as How I Met Your Mother. In 2011, she starred as Jacqueline Kennedy in the The Kennedys miniseries and her marriage to actor Tom Cruise from 2006 to 2012 led to a great deal of media attention, with the pair being called a supercouple and given the nickname TomKat. Holmes was born in Toledo, Ohio and she is the youngest of five children born to Kathleen, a homemaker and philanthropist, and Martin Joseph Holmes, Sr. an attorney. She has three sisters and one brother, Holmes was baptized a Roman Catholic and attended Christ the King Church in Toledo. She graduated from the all-female Notre Dame Academy in Toledo, where she was a 4.0 student. At St. Johns Jesuit and St. Francis de Sales, nearby high schools, Holmes appeared in school musicals, playing a waitress in Hello, Dolly. She scored 1310 out of 1600 on her SAT and was accepted to Columbia University, at age 14, she began classes at a modeling school in Toledo which led her to the International Modeling and Talent Association Competition held in New York City in 1996. Eventually, Holmes was signed to an agent after performing a monologue from To Kill a Mockingbird, in January 1997, Holmes went to Los Angeles for pilot season, when producers cast and shoot new programs in the hopes of securing a spot on a network schedule. The Toledo Blade reported she was offered the lead in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I was doing my school play, Damn Yankees. I even got to wear the feather boa, I thought, There is no way Im not playing Lola to go audition for some network. I couldnt let my school down and we had already sold a lot of tickets. So I told Kevin and The WB, Im sorry, I just cant meet with you this week. The producers permitted her to audition on videotape, Holmes read for the part of Joey Potter, the tomboy best friend of the title character Dawson, on a videotape shot in her basement, her mother reading Dawsons lines
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Pieces of April
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Pieces of April is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, the name is taken from a 1972 hit song by Three Dog Night, which reached No.19 on the Billboard Hot 100. April Burns, the eldest daughter in a dysfunctional family. Although estranged from her family, she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner, probably the last for her mother Joy, who has breast cancer. With the help of neighbors, she manages to assemble dinner, while learning to appreciate the importance of family. Derek Luke as Bobby, Aprils sweet boyfriend, who is much in love with her. Oliver Platt as Jim Burns, Aprils father, who has real hope that April and the rest of the family can have a nice Thanksgiving dinner together. Patricia Clarkson as Joy Burns, Aprils mom, who is sick with breast cancer. Alison Pill as Beth Burns, Aprils younger sister, who feels the family should not even try to have dinner with April, john Gallagher, Jr. as Timmy Burns, Aprils younger brother, who loves to take pictures of everything going on in his family. Alice Drummond as Grandma Dottie, Aprils grandmother and Joys mom, sean Hayes as Wayne, Aprils very strange upstairs neighbor who agrees to let her use his oven after her own oven stops working. Isiah Whitlock, Jr. However, the oven in the apartment did not work so they had to go door to door in the building, trying to find an oven in which to cook their turkey, shot in just 16 days on a budget of $100,000. Costs were kept low by the film company InDigEnt cutting a deal with the unions. This meant that Peter Hedges was paid $10 to direct the film, all the actors worked for $248 a day. The film-review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 84% based on reviews from 146 critics, elvis Mitchell of The New York Times, called the film an intelligent and touching farce and added, Mr. Hedges dances from one vignette to another with a mouthwatering finesse. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine, described it as a playful comedy laced with heartbreak, adding, nails every laugh without missing the dramatic nuances. She makes April and her movie well worth knowing, carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film both heartfelt and tough-minded. Avoids sentimentality at every turn and truly earns both its laughs and its tears, owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly, rated the film C, calling it a glib comedy and adding, Hedges shoves his characters into sitcom slots and seals them there. The film earned a total of approximately $3.2 million worldwide
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Lindsay Lohan
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Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress and singer. Lohan began her career as a fashion model when she was three, and was later featured on the soap opera Another World for a year when she was 10. At age 11, Lohan made her motion picture debut in Disneys commercially and critically successful 1998 remake of The Parent Trap and her next major motion picture, Disneys 2003 remake of Freaky Friday, was also a critical and commercial success. However, Lohans next starring role in the romantic comedy Just My Luck, following Just My Luck, Lohan focused on smaller, more mature roles in independent movies, receiving positive comments on her work, including A Prairie Home Companion, Bobby and Chapter 27. After recording several songs for her movie soundtracks, Lohan signed with Casablanca Records, though the album received mostly lukewarm reviews, it was certified platinum and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Lohans second album, titled A Little More Personal, was released in December 2005 and that album received mixed reviews, and it was certified gold. In 2007, two driving under the influence led to Lohan being put on probation, and together with three visits to rehabilitation facilities caused the loss of several movie deals. In 2008 and 2009, Lohan worked as a fashion model and she resumed her acting career with TV work in 2008, and starred in the TV film Labor Pains. She appeared in Robert Rodriguezs feature film Machete, between 2010 and 2013, Lohan went into rehabilitation three times, and spent much of her time entangled in legal problems stemming from misdemeanors and probation violations. In 2012 and 2013, she did television work, including starring as Elizabeth Taylor in the biographical TV film Liz & Dick. In 2013, she starred in Paul Schraders independent film The Canyons, in 2014, the docu-series Lindsay aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and Lohan made her stage debut in the London West End production of Speed-the-Plow. Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2,1986, in The Bronx, New York City and she is the eldest child of Dina and Michael Lohan. Her father, a former Wall Street trader, has been in trouble with the law on several occasions, while her mother is a former singer and dancer. Lohan has three siblings, all of whom have been models or actors, Michael, Jr. who appeared with Lohan in The Parent Trap, Aliana, known as Ali. Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage, and she was reared as a Catholic and her maternal antecedents were well known Irish Catholic stalwarts and her great-grandfather, John L. Sullivan, was a co-founder of the Pro-life Party in Long Island. Lohan attended Cold Spring Harbor High School and Sanford H. Calhoun High School, where she did well in science and mathematics, until grade 11, Lohan is a natural red head. Lohans parents have a turbulent history and they married in 1985, separated when she was three, and later reunited. They separated again in 2005 and finalized their divorce in 2007, Lohan began her career as a child model with Ford Models at the age of three
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Blackbird (play)
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Blackbird is a play written in 2005 by Scottish playwright David Harrower. It was inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, at his workplace, 55-year-old Ray is shocked to be visited by a young woman, 27-year-old Una. Fifteen years earlier, he had abused her. This relationship, which lasted three months and included intercourse, began and ended when Una was 12 and Ray was 40. Ultimately, they ran off together, and, while Ray was taking time to himself after realizing what he had just done. She got worried and left to him, which led to both of them frantically searching for one another and raising suspicions within the small coastal town where they were staying. Eventually, a couple out walking their dog took Una in, Ray was then arrested and imprisoned. Upon his release, he managed to establish a successful new life under another name. A film adaptation of the play titled Una premiered in September 2016 at the Telluride Film Festival, the film stars Rooney Mara as Una and Ben Mendelsohn as Ray. Blackbird was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, with a 2005 premiere at the festival, in February 2006, it opened at the West End Albery Theatre with Roger Allam and Jodhi May. In September 2006, it was received in Stockholm at Dramaten, in a co-production with Helsingborg City Theatre, directed by Eva Dahlman, with Göran Stangertz. In the spring of 2007, the play had simultaneous American premieres by the Manhattan Theatre Club, the New York production was directed by Joe Mantello, and featured Jeff Daniels and Alison Pill in the lead roles. In April 2008, the play was revived by David Grindley at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, in March 2008, the play opened in Mumbai, India, starring Indian film and theatre veterans Akash Khurana and Shernaz Patel. This Akvarious production was later presented in Bangalore and in New Delhi. Shernaz Patel went on to win the award for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Una, a 2016 Broadway revival was mounted at the Belasco Theatre on 5 February 2016, and opened officially on 10 March, starring Michelle Williams and Jeff Daniels. It was directed by Joe Mantello, Blackbird had its South Korean run on October 13 to November 13,2016 at the DCF Daemyung Culture Factory Theater in Seouls Jongno District. Cho Jae-hyun portrayed Ray while Chae Soo-bin and Ok Ja-yeon were alternates in the role of Una, actors Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams discuss the revival of David Harrowers acclaimed 2005 play, Blackbird, Charlie Rose
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NBC
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The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is part of the Big Three television networks, founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. Following the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright served as executive officer of NBC, remaining in that position until his retirement in 2007. In 2003, French media company Vivendi merged its entertainment assets with GE, Comcast purchased a controlling interest in the company in 2011, and acquired General Electrics remaining stake in 2013. Following the Comcast merger, Zucker left NBC Universal and was replaced as CEO by Comcast executive Steve Burke, during a period of early broadcast business consolidation, radio manufacturer Radio Corporation of America acquired New York City radio station WEAF from American Telephone & Telegraph. Westinghouse, a shareholder in RCA, had an outlet in Newark, New Jersey pioneer station WJZ. This station was transferred from Westinghouse to RCA in 1923, WEAF acted as a laboratory for AT&Ts manufacturing and supply outlet Western Electric, whose products included transmitters and antennas. The Bell System, AT&Ts telephone utility, was developing technologies to transmit voice- and music-grade audio over short and long distances, the 1922 creation of WEAF offered a research-and-development center for those activities. WEAF maintained a schedule of radio programs, including some of the first commercially sponsored programs. In an early example of chain or networking broadcasting, the station linked with Outlet Company-owned WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, AT&T refused outside companies access to its high-quality phone lines. The early effort fared poorly, since the telegraph lines were susceptible to atmospheric. In 1925, AT&T decided that WEAF and its network were incompatible with the companys primary goal of providing a telephone service. AT&T offered to sell the station to RCA in a deal that included the right to lease AT&Ts phone lines for network transmission, the divisions ownership was split among RCA, its founding corporate parent General Electric and Westinghouse. NBC officially started broadcasting on November 15,1926, WEAF and WJZ, the flagships of the two earlier networks, were operated side-by-side for about a year as part of the new NBC. On April 5,1927, NBC expanded to the West Coast with the launch of the NBC Orange Network and this was followed by the debut of the NBC Gold Network, also known as the Pacific Gold Network, on October 18,1931. The Orange Network carried Red Network programming, and the Gold Network carried programming from the Blue Network, initially, the Orange Network recreated Eastern Red Network programming for West Coast stations at KPO in San Francisco. The Orange Network name was removed from use in 1936, at the same time, the Gold Network became part of the Blue Network. In the 1930s, NBC also developed a network for shortwave radio stations, in 1927, NBC moved its operations to 711 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, occupying the upper floors of a building designed by architect Floyd Brown
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The Book of Daniel (television)
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The Book of Daniel was an American drama series that was broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a drama about Christians and the Christian faith. The show had been proposed for NBCs 2005 fall line-up, but was rescheduled as a 2006 mid-season replacement, the program premiered on January 6,2006 in the US and was scheduled to air in thirteen episodes on Friday nights. NBC called the show edgy, challenging, and courageous in its promotional material, on January 24,2006, a spokeswoman for NBC announced the show had been dropped. Daniels Jesus appears only to him and openly questions modern interpretations of church teachings, reminding Daniel of his own strengths, when Daniels brother-in-law Charlie absconds with church funds and abandons his family, his sister-in-law enters a lesbian relationship with Charlies bisexual secretary. Bishop Beatrice Congreve is involved with Daniels married father a retired bishop who, betrayal UNAIRED The New York Times reported NBC had difficulty selling advertising during the program, even after offering significant rate discounts, because of controversial content. Most of the affiliates refusing to air the program were located in the Bible Belt, after KARK-TV refused to air the series, KWBF, then an affiliate of The WB, picked up the series. The company stated that it was excited to offer an outlet for viewers in the central Arkansas area who wanted to watch the show, however, the station soon received a number of threats which required it to hire extra security. Both KARK-TV and KARZ have been owned by Nexstar since 2009, several stations in Michigan, including WDIV in Detroit, WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, WILX in Lansing and Barrington Broadcasting stations WPBN and WTOM in Traverse City and Sault Ste. NBCs Salt Lake City affiliate, KSL-TV, did carry The Book of Daniel, on January 24,2006, NBC announced the show had been dropped from the schedule. The last airing of the show was on January 20,2006, the January 20 episode was the fourth in the series, drawing 5.8 million viewers. NBC gave no explanation for the cancellation. On September 26,2006, a collection of The Book of Daniel was released on DVD exclusively on Amazon. com. The set includes two discs featuring all eight episodes, in the hard plastic case. The Book of Daniel at the Internet Movie Database
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Martin McDonagh
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Martin McDonagh is a playwright, screenwriter and film director, born and brought up in London to Irish parents. He has been described as one of the most important living playwrights in Ireland, McDonagh was born in Camberwell, London to Irish parents. His mother and his father moved back to Galway, leaving McDonagh. Separated into two trilogies, McDonaghs first six plays are located in and around County Galway, where he spent his holidays as a child. The first is set in Leenane, a village on the west coast of Ireland. McDonaghs first non-Irish play The Pillowman is set in a totalitarian state and premiered at the Royal National Theatre in 2003. A Behanding in Spokane is McDonaghs first play that is set in the United States, lead actor Christopher Walken was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as a killer looking for the hand he lost in his youth. McDonagh also penned two prize-winning radio plays, one of which is The Tale of the Wolf and the Woodcutter, in February 2010, an announcement revealed that McDonagh was working on a new stage musical with composer Tom Waits and director Robert Wilson. The play was received on its opening night in Galway in 1996 and was then produced Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in 1998. The play transferred to Broadway in April 1998 and received a Tony Award for Best Play nomination, a Skull in Connemara A Connemara man is employed to exhume skeletons in an overcrowded graveyard and he encounters the wife whom he was once accused of killing. The play premiered in 1997 at Town Hall Theatre, Galway, the play was presented at the Royal Court Theatre, and made its US premiere at the A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, Washington in July to August 2000. The play ran Off-Broadway in January to May 2001 at the Gramercy Theatre, the Lonesome West Two brothers bicker in the aftermath of the supposedly accidental fatal shooting of their father. The play ran on Broadway in 1999 and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play in 1999, the Cripple of Inishmaan A dark comedy in which a crippled teenager schemes to attain a role in Man of Aran. The play opened in 1997 at the Royal National Theatre in London and it opened in April 1998 Off-Broadway at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, with Ruaidhri Conroy in the title role on both occasions. Also in 1998, Frederick Koehler played the role in the Geffen Playhouse production in Los Angeles. In December 2008, The Cripple of Inishmaan was produced Off-Broadway by the Atlantic Theater Company, in conjunction with The Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland. The Lieutenant of Inishmore A dark comedy in which the leader of an INLA splinter group discovers that his best friend. The play was produced Off-Broadway in February 2006 by the Atlantic Theater Company and it transferred to Broadway in May 2006 and received a 2006 Tony Award nomination for Best Play
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Dan in Real Life
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Dan in Real Life is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, and stars Steve Carell, Alison Pill, Juliette Binoche, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney and Dane Cook. Dan Burns is an advice columnist, a widower. The family takes a trip to the rambling, Rhode Island home of his parents for a family gathering. Also in attendance are Dans sister and brother with their families, the morning after their arrival, Dan meets Marie in a bookshop. They share a muffin and a chat, although Marie gently warns Dan that she has a boyfriend. Dan returns to his parents house and announces that he has met someone, brother Mitch introduces his new girlfriend Annie. Lo and behold, Dans Marie is Mitchs Annie, Dan is disheartened and resists his fathers relationship advice about finding someone of his own. Dan reluctantly agrees to a dinner with their once unattractive childhood friend. Marie jealously watches Dan and Ruthie, the next morning, Dan endures her punishment for his late night with Ruthie by eating the burnt pancakes which she serves him. Marie and Dan meet to talk at a bowling alley, the meeting evolves into a date and finally a passionate kiss, but unfortunately Dans entire family arrives to bowl. Mitch punches Dan in the face, and Marie hurries out, the plot resolves with Dan and his daughters going to New York City, where they finally find Marie at her gym. As he makes eye contact with her, Dan, in voice-over, tells the readers of his column that instead of merely planning ahead in life. As of February 2,2011, it has grossed $68,377,859 and it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 11,2008. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 64% approval rating with a rating of 6. 2/10 based on 169 reviews. The sites consensus reads, The fine performances elevate Dan in Real Life beyond its sentimental plot, review aggregator Metacritic, which provides a score out of 100 based on a weighted average, gave the film a score of 65/100 from 34 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. The opening scene was in New Jersey and then Rhode Island in the cities of Newport, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Jamestown, Westerly, the opening scene was filmed at Seven Stars Bakery in Providence. However, the facade of the building and the interior are altered, the first time Dan is pulled over by the Jamestown, Rhode Island police, he is on Ocean Ave Newport, Rhode Island. The second time Dan is pulled over by Mackerel Cove in Jamestown, in scenes filmed in Jamestown, two bridges are clearly visible, the Jamestown Bridge and its replacement, the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge
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San Diego Comic-Con
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San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International, San Diego and it is a four-day event held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo and it is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees, the convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970, he organized a convention on March 21,1970. Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971. Following the initial gathering, Dorfs first three-day San Diego comics convention, other locations in the conventions early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991. I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was, the convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members,16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is an organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995, in September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a channel was created to host Comic-Con related content. According to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the convention has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an area, as well as the Artists Alley where comics artists can sign autographs. Despite the name, artists alleys can include writers and even models, academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium
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Anne Kronenberg
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Anne Kronenberg is an American political administrator and LGBT rights activist. As an openly lesbian political activist, Kronenberg was noted for her role in the gay rights movement. Kronenberg appeared in the 1984 documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk, Kronenberg was one of the grand marshals of the 2009 New York City LGBT Pride parade, joining the films writer Dustin Lance Black and AIDS activist Cleve Jones who also worked with Milk. Kronenberg was on a plane flying to Seattle when Milk was assassinated on November 27,1978, at the airport, her family told her Milk had been shot, and she immediately got on the next plane back to San Francisco. She said later that they did not know at the time that the murderer was Dan White and it was a scary, very sad, horrible day, she said. Kronenberg participated in the candlelight vigil honoring Milk and was the speaker at his memorial service at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. Kronenberg began chairing the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Single Room Occupancy Task Force at its inception in 1998 and she worked with the administration and planning of the San Francisco Department of Public Health for nearly 15 years, being elevated to the position of deputy director. Kronenberg has also worked at the local, state, and federal levels for such politicians as Senator Ted Kennedy, Kronenberg was Deputy Director for Administration and Planning of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. She is now Executive Director of the SF Department of Emergency Management, in her current role, she manages department-wide planning initiatives for San Francisco disaster preparedness. While Kronenberg identified as a lesbian in the 1970s, she has fallen in love with a man she met in Washington, D. C. in the 1980s. She currently lives in California with her husband, stepson, daughter, Kronenberg was one of the official grand marshals of the 2009 NYC LGBT Pride March, produced by Heritage of Pride joining Dustin Lance Black and Cleve Jones on June 28,2009. Kronenberg was portrayed in Milk by Canadian actress Alison Pill, Pill played the role of Kronenberg as she was during the campaign, leather-wearing, bike-riding, and helping to ease some of the social and political barriers between gay men and lesbians. Kronenbergs response to the film was very positive, at the premiere of Milk, she said in an interview. Milk highlights the struggles of the lesbian and gay movement and the inner workings of the man who changed the entire nature of the movement. Harvey is loving this — I have felt his presence through the production of Milk. I could almost see him walking down the red carpet at the premiere, bowing, throwing kisses, harveys life was theatre and Tuesdays premiere was the ultimate stage. Kronenberg served as an adviser for the film and made an appearance as a stenographer. LGBT culture in San Francisco Interview with Queerty
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Academy Awards
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The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS, the awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26,2017, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, the ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th, the first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16,1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel, the cost of guest tickets for that nights ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the industry of the time. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes, winners were announced to media three months earlier, however, that was changed for the second ceremony in 1930. Since then, for the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11,00 pm on the night of the awards. The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, so the Academy agreed to give him the prize earlier, this made him the first Academy Award winner in history. With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, for the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. At the 29th ceremony, held on March 27,1957, until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award. The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies always end with the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy also awards Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, see also § Awards of Merit categories The best known award is the Academy Award of Merit, more popularly known as the Oscar statuette. The five spokes represent the branches of the Academy, Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers. The model for the statuette is said to be Mexican actor Emilio El Indio Fernández, sculptor George Stanley sculpted Cedric Gibbons design. The statuettes presented at the ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze
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Erin Hill
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Erin Hill is a New York City harpist, singer, and actress. Her musical performances have ranged from pop, psychedelic, and science fiction to kids music, opera, hills 2009 album with her Celtic group hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart. She has performed with Enya, Kanye West, a-ha, Sinead OConnor, Hill is known for her pop arrangements on solo harp, playing and singing everything from Bowie, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Neil Young to Prince, The Police, Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga. As an actress, she has appeared on Broadway, film, USA Today premiered her sci-fi music video Lookout, Science in 2012. Hills Lookout, Science and Giant Mushrooms music videos were featured in the Dragon Con Independent Film Festival 2012, Hill won a 2013 Independent Music Award for her song Stun, from the Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp album Girl Inventor. She did Original Music and Sound Design for the 2013 Drama Desk Award-nominated That Play and she was featured in an HBO Game of Thrones 2013 promo, playing the Game of Thrones theme on her harp. Hill is also the voice and harp behind Tafne, a character in the Android video game The Legacy of Barubash. Newsday has called her the dangerously enjoyable Erin Hill, World of Nickhoo by The Dream Jam Band Dream Jam Productions. Erin Hill, vocals, harp Let It Snow by Jewel Somerset Group, Erin Hill, harp Girl Inventor by Erin Hill & her Psychedelic Harp Gridley Records. Erin Hill, songwriter, vocals, harp, keyboards, bass, leave it in the Soup by The Dream Jam Band. Erin Hill, songwriter, vocals, bass, harp, keyboards, arranger on Shoes, Erin Hill, songwriter, vocals, harp, bass. Vapor by Taylor Barton with Wicked Felina Green Mirror, Erin Hill, co-writer, vocals, harp, guitar, keyboards, hammered dulcimer. The Fantasticks Ghostlight Records/ Razor and Tie, Martha Wainwright by Martha Wainwright Zoe Records. Pyjama Party by Frederic Buchet Gridley Records, Erin Hill, producer, co-writer, vocals, harp, accordion, hammered dulcimer, analog synths. Frost as Desired by Erin Hill Gridley Records, Erin Hill, songwriter, vocals, guitars, harp, synths. I See a Great City by Clan Chi Crisnjoco, Erin Hill, vocalist Pretty Flowers by The Buddy Scott Trio Gridley Records. Motion picture soundtrack, directed by Tim Robbins, the new Broadway cast recording, directed by Sam Mendes. Erin Hill, vocals, harp, flute, saxophone, night of the Hunter Varese Sarabande
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The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to common science fiction, the original series, shot entirely in black and white, ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1964. The success of the led to a feature film, a radio series, a comic book, a magazine. The first revival ran on CBS and in syndication in the 1980s, TV Guide ranked the original TV series #5 in their 2013 list of the 60 greatest dramas of all time. As a boy, Rod Serling was a fan of pulp fiction stories, as an adult, he sought topics with themes such as racism, government, war, society, and human nature in general. Serling decided to combine these two interests as a way to broach these subjects on television at a time such issues were not commonly addressed. Throughout the 1950s, Serling established himself as one of the most popular names in television and he was as famous for writing televised drama as he was for criticizing the mediums limitations. His most vocal complaints concerned censorship, which was practiced by sponsors. I was not permitted to have my senators discuss any current or pressing problem, he said of his 1957 production The Arena, to talk of tariff was to align oneself with the Republicans, to talk of labor was to suggest control by the Democrats. To say a single thing germane to the current political scene was absolutely prohibited, CBS purchased a teleplay in 1958 that writer Rod Serling hoped to produce as the pilot of a weekly anthology series. The Time Element marked Serlings first entry in the field of science fiction, several years after the end of World War II, a man named Peter Jenson visits a psychoanalyst, Dr. Gillespie. Jenson tells him about a dream in which he tries to warn people about the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor before it happens. Jenson believes the events of the dream are real, and each night he travels back to 1941, Dr. Gillespie insists that time travel is impossible given the nature of temporal paradoxes. While on the couch, Jenson falls asleep again and dreams that the Japanese planes shoot. In Dr. Gillespies office, the couch Jenson was lying on is now empty, Dr. Gillespie goes to a bar where he finds Jensons picture on the wall. The bartender tells him that Jenson had tended there, but he was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack, the Time Element was purchased immediately, but shelved indefinitely. The Time Element debuted on November 24,1958, to an overwhelmingly delighted audience of television viewers, the humor and sincerity of Mr. Serlings dialogue made The Time Element consistently entertaining, offered Jack Gould of The New York Times. Over 6000 letters of praise flooded Granets offices, convinced that a series based on such stories could succeed, CBS again began talks with Serling about the possibilities of producing The Twilight Zone
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Kim Pine
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This article is a list of fictional characters in the comic book series Scott Pilgrim and the film adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World by Bryan Lee OMalley, for the film versions of the characters, OMalley sent crib sheets that explained backstory, character motivations, as well as events in the book to Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright. OMalley created a chart for the characters, printed in Volume 1 but said it’s not really canon, and I never did one again. With the exception of five of the characters, OMalley said that the heights were always kinda vague, I didn’t pay enough attention to it. OMalley said that during the development of the book, the colors in the book barely crossed my mind. There were no “canon” hair colors in my mind, Scott William Pilgrim is the 23-year-old protagonist. He is the player for the band Sex Bob-Omb with his friends Stephen Stills and Kim Pine. Though initially unemployed, he gets a job as a dish washer. The characters name was inspired by the song Scott Pilgrim from Plumtrees 1998 album Predicts the Future and he believes that smoking is evil, drinks only on occasions, and doesnt hit girls. Scott seems to suffer from problems, which his friends chalk up to his stupidity. The series also references a dark side of Scotts personality which he avoids as much as possible and he is initially devastated by his break-up with Envy Adams and begins dating Knives Chau, before meeting Ramona. Ramona and Scott begin dating, but Scott is plagued by Ramonas elusive past and her 7 evil exes led by the mysterious Gideon, Scott is a surprisingly skilled fighter in unarmed combat and sword fighting. His hair is messed up after Ramona laughed at Scott when he had straight hair. He often dreams of stupid games until Ramona tells him to get a job, Scott Pilgrim was ranked as the 85th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. Empire magazine ranked Scott Pilgrim as the 40th greatest comic character stating that Scott is one of the most authentic twenty-somethings ever committed to comic book paper. OMalley said that Scott is a taller than Ramona. Film adaptation Scott is played by Michael Cera in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, shortly before filming began, Cera received a list of secrets about the character. Cera said, The one that stays in my head is that Scott
