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Fairytale fantasy
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Fairytale fantasy is distinguished from other subgenres of fantasy by the works heavy use of motifs, and often plots, from folklore. Giambattista Basile retold many fairy tales in the Pentamerone, a frame story. From there, the fairy tale was taken up by the French salon writers of 17th century Paris and other writers who took up the folktales of their time. The Grimm brothers, despite their intentions being to restore the tales they collected and these stories are not regarded as fantasies but as literary fairy tales, even retrospectively, but from this start, the fairy tale remained a literary form, and fairytale fantasies were an offshoot. Fairytale fantasies, like other fantasies, make use of writing conventions of prose, characterization. It can also include fairy tales with the plot fleshed out with characterization, setting, many fairytale fantasies are revisionist, often reversing the moral values of the characters involved. This may be done for the intrinsic aesthetic interest, or for a thematic exploration, the settings of fairytale fantasies, like the fairy tales they derive from, may owe less to world-building than to the logic of folk tales. Princes can go wandering in the woods and return with a bride without consideration for all the effects of royal marriages. A common, comic, motif is a world all the fairy tales take place. Other writers may develop the world as fully as in other subgenres, generating a work that is also, based on setting, also announces new releases in the genre
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Shelley Duvall
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Shelley Alexis Duvall is an American actress, producer, writer, singer and comedian. Duvall had a role in Annie Hall before starring in lead roles in Popeye. Later, Duvall appeared in Time Bandits, Frankenweenie, and The Portrait of a Lady and she is also an Emmy-nominated producer responsible for Faerie Tale Theatre and other child-friendly programming. Duvalls most recent performance was in Manna from Heaven, Shelley Alexis Duvall was born on July 7,1949, in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Bobbie Ruth Crawford and Robert Richardson Bobby Duvall, a lawyer. Duvall has three brothers, Scott, Shane and Stewart, after leaving school, Duvall sold cosmetics at Foleys and attended South Texas Junior College, where she majored in Nutrition and Diet Therapy. She met Robert Altman when he was shooting Brewster McCloud on location and he offered Duvall a part in the film. She said, I got tired of arguing, and thought maybe I am an actress, I simply got on a plane and did it. Duvall had never left Texas before Altman offered her a film role and she flew to Hollywood and landed the role of a free-spirited love interest to Bud Corts reclusive Brewster in Brewster McCloud. Altman chose Duvall for roles as an unsatisfied mail-order bride in McCabe & Mrs, the same year, Duvall left Altman to star as Bernice, a wealthy girl from Wisconsin in PBS’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story Bernice Bobs Her Hair. She also hosted an evening of Saturday Night Live and appeared in 5 sketches, Programming Change, Video Vixens, Night of the Moonies, in 1977, Duvall starred as Mildred Millie Lammoreaux in Altmans 3 Women. Duvalls performance garnered the award for Best Actress at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival and she appeared in a minor role in Woody Allens Annie Hall. Duvalls next role was Wendy Torrance in The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick, jack Nicholson states in the documentary Stanley Kubrick, A Life in Pictures that Kubrick was great to work with but that he was a different director with Duvall. Because of Kubricks methodical nature, principal took a year to complete. Kubrick and Duvall argued frequently, although Duvall later said she learned more working with Kubrick on The Shining than she did on all her earlier films. In order to give The Shining the psychological horror it needed, the film’s script was changed so often that Nicholson stopped reading each draft. Kubrick intentionally isolated Duvall and argued with her often, Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the stress of filming. Her role of Pansy in Terry Gilliams Time Bandits followed, in 1982, Duvall narrated, hosted and was executive producer of the childrens television program Faerie Tale Theatre
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Gaylord Company
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The hospitality group was founded by Edward Gaylord. Prior to its ownership, it was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company. The OPUBCO company was once the publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Until 2012, the company was known as Gaylord Entertainment Company, the company has operated as a real estate investment trust since October 1,2012. Gaylord Entertainment came into existence after Edward Gaylord was persuaded by his wife, Thelma, the Gaylords took the Opryland businesses, merged them with Gaylord Broadcasting and created Opryland USA, Inc. Opryland USA, Inc. became the Gaylord Entertainment Company when the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in the early 1990s. The company flourished as the leader in the country lifestyle business under the leadership of E. W. Bud Wendell until he retired in 1997, the Opryland Lodging Group was formed with the opening of the 600 room Opryland Hotel in November 1977. C. In 1997, in partnership with the Nashville Predators hockey team, the company purchased the rights to Nashvilles new downtown arena. The agreement − originally signed for 20 years at a cost of $80 million − was canceled in 2005, Gaylord also divested its ownership share of the franchise. New management in the early 2000s believed that Gaylord Entertainments future lie solely in the management of the hospitality arm of the company. With the exception of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Wildhorse Saloon, the hotels division was rebranded as Gaylord Hotels in 2000, with the company positioning it as a premium brand. The three previously-announced additional hotels were built, three other hotels were planned for the areas of San Diego, Phoenix and Denver but were never built. Two other hotel properties were announced as acquisitions, however those were abandoned as well, as a result of the sale, the company lost the rights to use the Gaylord name, resulting in the change to Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. In the 1990s, Gaylord Entertainment was Tennessees second largest private employer, as of 2015, the company changed its name from Gaylord Entertainment to Ryman Hospitality Properties when the deal was finalized in October. According to Chairman and CEO Colin Reed, Ryman will continue to operate and manage the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, the conversion cost more than 300 corporate employees their jobs with the company. The purchase came just as the poison pill put forth by the board of directors expired, robert Rowling, the Texas billionaire who owns TRT Holdings, bought 14 percent of Gaylord stock in early 2008.6 million shares. Rowling had previously opposed the Marriott purchase saying, The company can go on a diet without having surgery, the agreement was terminated in 2005, but the Gaylord Entertainment Center name remained on the building until March 16,2007. The facility is now known as Bridgestone Arena, Gaylord Entertainment also produced the long-running comedy/variety series Hee Haw and distributed the program over their television stations and in syndication
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Lionsgate Films
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Lionsgate Films is an American film production/distribution studio and a division of Lions Gate Entertainment. It is the largest and most successful film studio in North America. Cinépix was founded in 1962 by John Dunning and Andre Link and was based in Montreal, Cinépix was a leading Canadian independent motion picture company, releasing both English- and French-language films and making ten to 12 modestly budgeted titles annually. Initially a distribution company, Cinépixs first production was the 1969 erotic drama Valérie, the company was also responsible for launching the careers of, among others, David Cronenberg and Ivan Reitman. The company also distributed films like grunge rock documentary Hype, Vincent Gallos Buffalo 66. From 1989 to 1994, Cinépix was partners with Famous Players in C/FP Distribution, by 1997, Cinépix had a New York-based U. S. distribution arm and 56 percent of Ciné-Groupe, an animated film production company. Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation was formed in the summer of 1997 by Frank Giustra, LGE purchased Cinépix and kept its leadership. Cinépix Film Properties was renamed Lions Gate Films on January 12,1998, LGE also purchased the Vancouver-based North Shore Studios, which became Lions Gate Studios. In June 1998, LGE purchased International Movie Group, whose film library included Jean-Claude Van Dammes Kickboxer and its first major box office success was American Psycho in 2000, which began a trend of producing and distributing films too controversial for the major American studios, including Lolita. In 2000, Giustra left the firm and it was taken over by Jon Feltheimer and they decided to focus on the profits of videos and DVDs and began buying struggling firms that controlled large libraries. The two most notable acquisitions were Trimark Holdings in 2000 and Artisan Entertainment in 2003, the Trimark purchase also included CinemaNow, a broadband streaming website, where Lionsgate could feature its own movies. Lions Gate occasionally co-produces films with major studios, for example, Lions Gate teamed with Miramax Films for the 2004 sequel Dirty Dancing, Havana Nights and with Paramount Pictures for 2002s Narc and 2004s The Prince & Me. Lions Gate was also a silent partner in 20th Century Foxs 2004 sci-fi film The Day After Tomorrow, and also in 2004, for the first time ever, Lions Gate joined forces with independent rival United Artists in producing Hotel Rwanda. On August 1,2005, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired the library of Modern Entertainment. On October 17,2005, Lions Gate Entertainment acquired Redbus Film Distribution for $35 million, following this, Zygi Kamasa, who co-founded Redbus with Simon Franks, became CEO of Lionsgate UK and Europe. Lionsgate cut back its production by four in February 2009. The Lionsgate film The Hunger Games grossed $68.3 million when it premiered at the U. S. box office on March 23,2012 and it was the best opening day ever for a non-sequel and the fifth highest of all time. Of that total, $19.7 million was earned via Thursday midnight screenings, in its first weekend, The Hunger Games grossed $152.5 million, making it Lionsgates highest grossing film after just three days
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Showtime (TV network)
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The Showtime brand is used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to the group of eight multiplex channels in the United States. As of July 2015, Showtimes programming is available to approximately 28.693 million television households in the United States, the channel and its corresponding networks are headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York Citys Broadway district. The following week on July 8, Showtime launched on Viacom Cablevisions system in Dublin, California, the first program and television special to be broadcast on Showtime was Celebration, a concert special featuring performances by Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd and ABBA. By the end of its first year on the air, Showtime had a total of 55,000 subscribers nationwide. On March 7,1978, Showtime became a nationally distributed service after it was uplinked to satellite, turning it into a competitor with HBO, in 1979, Viacom sold a 50% ownership interest in Showtime to the TelePrompTer Corporation. On July 4,1981, Showtime adopted a 24-hour programming schedule,1982 saw the premiere of Showtimes first made-for-cable movie Falcons Gold and its first original series and childrens program Faerie Tale Theatre. The three companies announced their agreement in principle to acquire interests in TMC on November 11,1982. Subsequently, in late December of that year, the U. S. Department of Justice launched a preliminary inquiry into the proposed partnership. On January 7,1983, Viacom International added itself as a partner, under the revised proposal, the four studios would each own a 22. 58% stake in the two networks, with American Express owning a 9. 68% minority interest. In addition, the consortium would appoint a management team separate from those employed by the two channels – which would continue to operate as separate services – to operate the joint venture, on August 10,1985, after Time Inc. and cable provider Tele-Communications Inc. The subsidiary was renamed Showtime Networks, Inc. in 1988, also in 1988, the company formed Showtime Event Television as a pay-per-view distributor of special event programming. In 1990, Showtime ventured into acquiring and premiering independent films exclusively for the channel as part of the 30-Minute Movie short film anthology series. One of its first premieres,12,01 PM, was nominated for an Academy Award, in the years that followed, Showtime expanded its acquisitions into the realm of feature-length fare, including the Adrian Lyne-directed 1997 remake of Lolita. In 2000, Showtime launched Showtime Interactive 24.7, a service that provided DVD-style interaction of its entertainment offerings. On June 14,2005, Viacom decided to separate itself into two companies, both of which would be controlled by Viacom parent National Amusements, amid stagnation of the stock price. A new company assumed the Viacom name kept Paramount Pictures, the MTV Networks and BET Networks cable divisions. Showtime broadcasts its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules and this planned extension to the multiplex did not come to fruition – although a third multiplex service, Showtime 3, would make its debut in 1996. Three additional themed channels made their debut in March 2001, Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next, Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next and Showtime Women do not have distribution by most pay television providers as extensive as the other Showtime multiplex channels
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
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Shirley Temples Storybook is an American childrens anthology series hosted and narrated by actress Shirley Temple. The first season of sixteen black-and-white and colored episodes aired on NBC between January 12,1958 and December 21,1958 as Shirley Temples Storybook, thirteen episodes of the first season re-ran on ABC beginning on January 12,1959. The second season of twenty-five color episodes aired on NBC as The Shirley Temple Show between September 18,1960 and July 16,1961 in much the same format that it had under its original title. Temples three children made their debuts in the last episode of the first season, Mother Goose. When a stagehand said shit during a Mother Goose rehearsal, Temple had him fired, three of the first season episodes were done live, and each of the three took ten days of preparation. Temple read each script and made suggestions for improvement if necessary, c^ Episode was telecast in color. A fourth book, Shirley Temples Favorite Tales Of Long Ago includes The Magic Fishbone, The Nightingale, The Valiant Little Tailor, the full series anthology has not been released, however selected episodes of the second season were released on Region 1 DVD in 2006. At least four volumes from the first season were released on VHS from Season 1, including Ali Baba, Shirley Temples Storybook at the Internet Movie Database Shirley Temples Storybook at TV. com Shirley Temples Storybook at CVTA
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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Happily Ever After, Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series that premiered March 12,1995 on HBO. Narrated by Robert Guillaume, the series aired 39 episodes from 1995 to 2000, reruns are currently airing on HBO Family. Most episodes of Happily Ever After, Fairy Tales for Every Child were released on VHS, there was one DVD where four episodes were released on DVD. In the United Kingdom, there are four DVDs with three episodes on each. com
