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Robert Rodriguez
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Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the Mexico Trilogy, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico and he directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television adaptation series. Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City and the 2014 sequel, Sin City, Rodriguez also directed the Spy Kids films, The Faculty, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, Planet Terror, and Machete. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, in December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey. Rodríguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican-American parents Rebecca, a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez and he began his interest in film at age eleven, when his father bought one of the first VCRs, which came with a camera. While attending St. Anthony High School Seminary in San Antonio, in high school, he met Carlos Gallardo, they both shot films on video throughout high school and college. Rodriguez went to the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, not having grades high enough to be accepted into the schools film program, he created a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans. Many of the characters were based on his siblings – in particular, one of his sisters, the comic ran for three years in the student newspaper The Daily Texan, while Rodríguez continued to make short films. Rodríguez shot action and horror films on video and edited on two VCRs. In late 1990, his entry in a film contest earned him a spot in the universitys film program. There he made the award-winning 16 mm short Bedhead, the film chronicles the amusing misadventures of a young girl whose older brother sports an incredibly tangled mess of hair which she detests. Even at this stage, Rodríguezs trademark style began to emerge, quick cuts, intense zooms. Bedhead was recognized for excellence in the Black Maria Film Festival and it was selected by Film/Video Curator Sally Berger, for the Black Maria 20th-anniversary retrospective at MoMA in 2006. The short film Bedhead attracted enough attention to him to seriously attempt a career as a filmmaker. Rodriquez won the Audience Award for this film at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993 and its promotion still advertised it as the movie made for $7,000. Rodríguez described his experiences making the film in his book Rebel Without a Crew, Desperado, was a sequel to El Mariachi that starred Antonio Banderas and introduced Salma Hayek to American audiences. Rodriguez has also worked with Kevin Williamson, on the horror film The Faculty, in 2001, Rodríguez enjoyed his first Hollywood hit with Spy Kids, which went on to become a movie franchise
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Rodriguez at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con, July 2014
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Rodríguez at the premiere of
Grindhouse, Austin, Texas, 2007
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Quentin Tarantino
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Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American director, writer, and actor. His career began in the late 1980s, when he wrote and directed My Best Friends Birthday and its popularity was boosted by his second film, Pulp Fiction, a black comedy crime film that was a major success both among critics and audiences. Judged the greatest film from 1983–2008 by Entertainment Weekly, many critics, for his next effort, Tarantino paid homage to the blaxploitation films of the 1970s with Jackie Brown, an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch. Tarantino directed Death Proof as part of a feature with friend Robert Rodriguez. His long-postponed Inglourious Basterds, which tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germanys political leadership, was released in 2009 to positive reviews, after that came 2012s critically acclaimed Django Unchained, a Western film set in the antebellum era of the Deep South. It became the film of his career so far, making over $425 million at the box office. Tarantinos films have garnered critical and commercial success. He has received industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and the Palme dOr, and has been nominated for an Emmy and a Grammy. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time in 2005, Filmmaker and historian Peter Bogdanovich has called him the single most influential director of his generation. In December 2015, Tarantino received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry, Tarantino was born on March 27,1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the son of Connie McHugh and Tony Tarantino. His father is of Italian descent, and his mother has English and Irish ancestry, Quentin was named after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds character in the CBS series Gunsmoke. Quentins mother met his father during a trip to Los Angeles and she married him soon after, to gain independence from her parents, but the marriage did not last. Connie Tarantino left Los Angeles, and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived, in 1966, Tarantinos mother, after finishing her nursing studies, moved back to Los Angeles with her then three-year-old son. They lived in the South Bay, in the part of the city. Tarantinos mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after coming to Los Angeles, and the moved to Torrance. Zastoupil encouraged his love of movies, and accompanied him to film screenings. Tarantinos mother allowed him to see movies with adult content, such as Carnal Knowledge, after his mother divorced Zastoupil in 1973, and received a misdiagnosis of Hodgkins lymphoma, Tarantino was sent to live with his grandparents in Tennessee. He remained there for six months to a year, before returning to California
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Quentin Tarantino at the 2015
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Tarantino has had a number of collaborations with director
Robert Rodriguez.
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Tarantino in 2009
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Tarantino in Paris in January 2013, at the French premiere of
Django Unchained.
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Robert Kurtzman
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Robert Kurtzman is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and special make-up effects creator. Kurtzman began his career in 1984 when he moved from his hometown of Crestline, Ohio, to Hollywood, California, to pursue his interest in prosthetic makeup, in 1988, along with Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger, he formed K. N. B. EFX Group, a special effects studio which has gone on to work on over 400 film. K. N. B. has won awards, including an Emmy Award in 2001 for their work on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herberts Dune. They were awarded an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch, after establishing himself in the special effects arena, Kurtzman turned to directing and producing. His first project was From Dusk till Dawn, for which he wrote the story, served as co-producer. The Demolitionist marked Kurtzman’s directorial debut and he went on to direct Wishmaster, in which he had an uncredited cameo as piano wire guy. Kurtzman and his wife, Anne, relocated their family to Crestline, Ohio, founded in 2003, Precinct 13 is described as a Film/Television and Radio Commercial/Visual Effects production facility. The Rage was their first in-house, fully financed, independent feature film, Kurtzman and P13 have, also, recently co-produced the supernatural film The Dead Matter, featuring Andrew Divoff, Tom Savini, and Jim ORear. Kurtzman directed also the action-thriller film Deadly Impact, which was written by Alexander Vesha, according to his IMDB listing, Kurtzman has been nominated for and received several awards, Catalonian International Film Festival -2002 Winner for Best Make-Up for Cabin Fever. Shared with Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films -1999 Saturn Award winner for Best Make-Up for Vampires. Shared with Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero, Catalonian International Film Festival -1997 nominee for Best Film for Wishmaster. CableACE Awards -1995 nominee for Make-Up for State of Emergency, shared with Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero, Ashlee Petersen, and Heidi Seeholzer. CableACE Awards -1994 nominee for Make-Up for Body Bags, shared with Rick Baker, Greg LaCava, Gregory Nicotero, and Howard Berger. N. B. N. B. N. B. Giggles - Special makeup effects supervisor Army of Darkness - Special makeup effects supervisor, EFX Group The Nutt House - Special makeup effects Jason Goes to Hell, The Final Friday - Effects supervisor, K. N. B. EFX Group, special effects artist, K. N. B. N. B. N. B. EFX Group Precinct 13 website Robert Kurtzman on MySpace Robert Kurtzman Interview at The Phantasm Archives
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Kurtzman in 2015
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George Clooney
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George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana and the other for co-producing Argo, in 1999, he took the lead role in Three Kings, a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War. In 2001, Clooneys fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, the heist comedy remake Oceans Eleven, in 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo. He is the person who has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. In 2009, Clooney was included in Times annual Time 100 as one of the Most Influential People in the World and he is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31,2008. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce, was a beauty queen and city councilwoman and his father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman and game show host who hosted AMC for five years in the late 1990s. Clooney has Irish, German, and English ancestry and his maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln. Clooney has a sister named Adelia. His aunt was the cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic, but said in 2006 that he does not know if he believes in Heaven, or even God. He has said, Yes, we were Catholic, big time, whole family and he began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He attended St. Michaels School in Columbus, Ohio, then Western Row Elementary School in Mason, Ohio, from 1968 to 1974, and St. Susanna School in Mason, the Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade. In middle school, Clooney developed Bells palsy, a condition that partially paralyzes the face, the malady went away within a year. In an interview with Larry King, he stated that yes and it takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed. After his parents moved to Augusta, Kentucky, Clooney attended Augusta High School and he has stated that he earned all As and a B in school, and was an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player. He tried out to professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977
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Clooney at a ceremony for
John Wells in January 2012
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George Clooney cast his hands and shoes in the
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 2007.
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George Clooney at the premiere of
The Men Who Stare at Goats in the
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
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Clooney in
Abéché, Chad, in January 2008 with the UN
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Harvey Keitel
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Harvey Keitel is an American actor and producer. Along with actors Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn, he is the current co-president of the Actors Studio, Keitel was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, the son of Miriam and Harry Keitel, Jewish immigrants from Romania and Poland, respectively. His parents owned and ran a luncheonette and his also worked as a hat maker. Keitel grew up in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, with his sister, Renee and he attended Abraham Lincoln High School. At the age of sixteen, he decided to join the United States Marine Corps, after his return to the United States, he was a court reporter for several years and was able to support himself before beginning his acting career. Keitel studied under both Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg and at the HB Studio, eventually landing roles in some Off-Broadway productions. During this time, Keitel auditioned for filmmaker Martin Scorsese and gained a role as J. R. in Scorseses first feature film. Since then, Scorsese and Keitel have worked together on several projects, Keitel had the starring role in Scorseses Mean Streets, which also proved to be Robert De Niros breakthrough film. In 1978, Keitel starred in the directorial debuts of Paul Schrader, Ridley Scott, cast as Captain Willard in Francis Ford Coppolas Apocalypse Now, Keitel was involved with the first week of principal photography in the Philippines. Coppola was not happy with Keitels take on Willard, stating that the found it difficult to play him a passive onlooker. After viewing the first weeks footage, Coppola replaced Keitel with a casting session favorite, Keitel drifted into obscurity through most of the 1980s. He continued to do work on stage and screen, but usually in the stereotypical role of a thug. Keitel played Judas in Martin Scorseses controversial The Last Temptation of Christ and co-starred with Jack Nicholson in the Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes, the following year, Keitel played another mobster in the Whoopi Goldberg-starring comedy Sister Act. Keitel starred in Quentin Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs in 1992, where his performance as Mr. White took his career to a different level, since then, Keitel has chosen his roles with care, seeking to change his image and show a broader acting range. One of those roles was the character in Bad Lieutenant, about a self-loathing. He co-starred in the movie The Piano in 1993, and played an efficient clean-up expert, Keitel starred as a police detective in Spike Lees Clockers. In 1999, Keitel was replaced by Sydney Pollack on the set of Stanley Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut, due to shooting conflicts, Keitel also re-teamed with Jane Campion for Holy Smoke. He also appeared in the Steinlager Pure commercials in New Zealand in 2007, unlike many American male actors, Keitel has appeared nude in several films, including full frontal nudity in Bad Lieutenant and The Piano
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Keitel at the
2015 Cannes Film Festival
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Harvey Keitel in November 2009
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Keitel with singer
Harry Belafonte in New York, April 2011
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Keitel with wife
Daphna Kastner in 2010
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Juliette Lewis
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Juliette L. Lewis is an American actress and singer. She gained fame for her role in Martin Scorseses 1991 remake of the thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. This followed with roles in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, Strange Days, The Evening Star, Kalifornia, From Dusk till Dawn. Her work in television has resulted in two Emmy nominations, Lewis launched a career as a singer and musician, leading the American rock band, Juliette and the Licks, until 2009 when she launched a solo career. Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California, to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and his wife, Glenis Batley. She has eight siblings – brothers Lightfield, Peter, Miles, and Matthew, and sisters Brandy, Hannah, Dierdre Lewis, Lewis appeared in The Wonder Years as Waynes girlfriend in Episodes 24,34 and 36. She also played Audrey Griswold in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, over the next few years, she appeared in Woody Allens Husbands and Wives, Peter Medaks Romeo Is Bleeding, and opposite Brad Pitt in Kalifornia. In 1993, she acted alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp in the drama film Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and she played Mallory Knox in Oliver Stones Natural Born Killers. She played a singer in the film Strange Days, doing her own singing on covers of two songs written by PJ Harvey. She received an Emmy nomination for her performance in Hysterical Blindness in 2003 and she also appeared in the HIM music video for Buried Alive By Love in 2003. She appeared in the 2004 film Starsky & Hutch, playing the role of Kitty, Lewis appeared in Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV, providing the voice of Juliette, the host of fictional radio station Radio Broker. She appeared in a GAP commercial in which she was dancing with Daft Punk to the tune of the song Digital Love and she also appeared in the Jan Kounen film Renegade with Vincent Cassel. In 2012 she starred in the short-lived series The Firm, on NBC as Tammy and she reprised her role as Audrey Griswold in 2012 in a series of Old Navy holiday commercials featuring the Griswold family. In 2015, she had a role in the television series Wayward Pines. Lewis launched a career as a singer and musician, leading American rock band Juliette. Lewis features on the track Bad Brother by the band The Infidels, from The Crow, Salvation Soundtrack album, Lewis has also appeared on three tracks by Electronic Music group The Prodigys 2004 CD Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. In 2006, Blender magazine included her in their hottest women of rock music list, in 2009, Lewis performed at the Przystanek Woodstock in Poland. In 2010, she played at the Rock for People festival in the Czech Republic, in December 2010, Lewis hosted the game television show Never Mind the Buzzcocks and repeated in January 2012
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Juliette Lewis at the 2010
Tribeca Film Festival
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Lewis on Terra Incognita tour with the New Romantiques at Parkpop festival 2010, the Hague, the Netherlands
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Lewis performing with the
Licks at the Eurockéennes 2007
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Cheech Marin
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He has also voiced characters in several Disney productions, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, Its Tough to Be a Bug. Cars, Cars 2 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, marins trademark is his characters strong Mexican accents. Marin was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Oscar Marin, a policeman in the LAPD, and his wife Elsa, Marin was born with a cleft lip, which was repaired. He speaks some Spanish and uses it in his movies, marins nickname Cheech is short for chicharron, a fried pork skin that is a popular snack and an ingredient in Mexican cuisine. Looks like a little chicharrón, you know, Marin graduated from Bishop Alemany High School, and then studied at San Fernando Valley State College, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. Marin auditioned to sing for Frank Zappa in 1967, but he moved to Vancouver, Marin met his future comedic partner, Tommy Chong, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a part of the successful comedy duo Cheech & Chong, Marin participated in a number of comedy albums. Tommy Chong directed four of their films, while co-writing and starring in all seven with Marin, after Cheech & Chong disbanded in 1985, Marin starred in a number of films as a solo actor, most notably Born in East L. A. The Shrimp on the Barbie, Tin Cup, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico and he made a cameo appearance as a dockworker in Ghostbusters II. In recent years he has active in playing supporting roles in films. After appearing in a role in Judging Amy, playing an independently wealthy landscape designer, Marin starred in the CBS sitcom Rob. He provided his voice for several Disney animated films, most notably Tito the Chihuahua in Oliver & Company, Banzai the hyena in The Lion King and he reprised the Banzai role in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. In July 2007, the book Cheech the School Bus Driver was released, written by Marin, illustrated by Orlando L. Ramirez, in 2005, Marin lent his voice to the animated childrens series Dora the Explorer. He appeared in the episode A Crown for King Bobo, as the Puerto Rican folk hero Juan Bobo, in late 2006, Marin participated in Simon Cowells Celebrity Duets, having sung with Peter Frampton, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Aaron Neville, and Al Jarreau. He was the fourth to be eliminated, in that same year, he voiced as Gaspar Gomez in Scarface, The World Is Yours. Marin had a role in the hit television series Lost, playing David Reyes. He was a co-host for WWE Raw on March 1,2010 with his comedy partner Tommy Chong, Marin also sings on the hidden track Earache My Eye on Korns album Follow the Leader. In 2009, he appeared in the Hallmark Channel movie Expecting a Miracle, on March 18,2010, Marin beat journalist Anderson Cooper and actress Aisha Tyler on Celebrity Jeopardy. s Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational
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Marin at the
2012 ALMA Awards.
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Fred Williamson
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Frederick Robert Williamson Sr. nicknamed The Hammer, is an American actor and former professional American football defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League during the 1960s. He has black belts in Kenpō, Shotokan karate and taekwondo, since 1997 Williamson has had a home in Palm Springs, California. After playing college football for Northwestern in the late 1950s, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thus, The Hammer quickly stuck and became his nickname, Williamson played one year for the Steelers in the National Football League in 1960. Next, he moved to the new American Football League, Williamson played four seasons for the AFLs Oakland Raiders, making the AFL All-Star team in 1961,1962, and 1963. He also played three seasons for the AFLs Kansas City Chiefs, before Super Bowl I, Williamson gathered national headlines by boasting that he would knock the Green Bay Packers starting receivers, Carroll Dale and Boyd Dowler, out of the game. He stated Two hammers to Dowler, one to Dale should be enough and his prediction turned out to be an ironic one because they broke the hammer as Williamson himself was knocked out of the game in the fourth quarter on the way to a 35–10 defeat. Williamsons head met the knee of the Packers running back Donny Anderson, Williamson later suffered a broken arm from his own teammate when Chiefs linebacker Sherrill Headrick fell on him. Williamson finished his pro football career in 1967 with a history of many hard tackles, passes knocked away. Williamson returned his interceptions for 479 yards and two touchdowns, after signing with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League during the 1968 season, but not having played in a league game, Williamson retired. Williamson became a much in the mold of star running back Jim Brown. He acted alongside Brown in films such as 1974s Three the Hard Way, 1975s Take a Hard Ride, 1982s One Down, Two to Go, 1996s Original Gangstas and he also guest starred with Brown in various television roles. In October 1973, Williamson posed nude for Playgirl magazine, preempting Browns appearance in 1974, williamsons early television roles included a role in the 1969 Star Trek episode The Cloud Minders, in which he played Anka. He also played Diahann Carrolls love interest in the sitcom Julia, williamsons early film work included roles in M*A*S*H and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. In 1973 he played the role of an African-American mafioso in the film Black Caesar and its subsequent sequel and he also starred in the 1975 western film Boss Nigger, in which he played the title role. After this he appeared as an actor in films, most of which are considered to be of the blaxploitation genre. In 1974 he starred alongside Peter Boyle and Eli Wallach in the movie Crazy Joe, Williamson was used on a few pre-season broadcasts, but was quickly declared unsuitable by ABC. He was relieved of his duties at the beginning of the regular season and he was replaced by the fellow former player Alex Karras
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Williamson in 2010
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Williamson at the
Festival de Cine de Sitges in October 2008
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Salma Hayek
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Salma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault, known professionally as Salma Hayek, is a Mexican-American film actress, producer, and former model. She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa, in 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in movies such as Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Dogma, and Wild Wild West. This movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success and she also guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013. Hayeks recent films include Grown Ups, Puss in Boots, Grown Ups 2, Hayek was born Salma Hayek Jiménez in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her younger brother, Sami, is a furniture designer and her mother, Diana Jiménez Medina, is an opera singer and talent scout. Her father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is an oil executive and owner of an industrial-equipment firm. Her father is a Mexican of Lebanese descent, with his family being from the city Baabdat, Lebanon and her mother is a Mexican mestiza of Amerindian and Spaniard descent, with her grandmother/maternal great-grandparents being from Spain. Raised in a wealthy, devout Roman Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, USA, in school, she was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. She attended university in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana, at the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa, a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros, for her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award. Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler and she had limited fluency in English, and dyslexia. Robert Rodriguez, and his producer and then-wife, Elizabeth Avellan and she followed her role in Desperado with a brief role as a vampire queen in From Dusk till Dawn, in which she performed a table-top snake dance. Hayek had a role opposite Matthew Perry in the 1997 romantic comedy Fools Rush In. In 1999 she co-starred in Will Smiths big-budget Wild Wild West, in 2000 Hayek had an uncredited acting part opposite Benicio del Toro in Traffic. In 2003, she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, around 2000, Hayek founded film production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999s El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released in 2002. She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance, in the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters. In the movie, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, in December 2005, she directed a music video for Prince, titled Te Amo Corazon that featured Mía Maestro
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Salma Hayek at the
Deauville Film Festival on September 8, 2012
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Hayek at the
2008 Cannes Film Festival
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Hayek and Banderas at the
Puss in Boots premiere in Australia, November 2011
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Hayek in 2004
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Dimension Films
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Dimension Films is an American film production company and independent film distributor formerly owned by The Walt Disney Studios and now owned by The Weinstein Company. It was formerly used as Bob Weinsteins label within Miramax Films, to produce, the Weinsteins took this label with them when they departed the Disney-owned Miramax in October 2005 and paired it under their company, The Weinstein Company. It is one of the American mini-majors, i. e. small to medium independent television and motion picture production studios, the studios movie franchises include the later Halloween films, later Hellraiser films, Children of the Corn, Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie. Before the purchase, they were distributed by Genius Products and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the pre-2005 Dimension films were originally released to home video through Buena Vista Home Entertainment while Miramax was owned by Disney. They are currently distributed on home video through Lionsgate, with Echo Bridge Home Entertainment briefly handling some as well, the company also produces the Scream TV series for MTV. Dimension Films also has involvement with One Ball Pictures who owns the Funny Or Die online series and they released their first episode, A Lesson with John McEnroe, with Dimension Films. The studio was founded by Bob Weinstein to distribute horror films, originally owned by Miramax Films, but in 1993, Dimension Films became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios due to their full purchase of Miramax Films. Bob and Harvey Weinstein left Miramax Films to make their own film company, currently, the highest-grossing movie in the company is Scary Movie, which was released in 2000. Dimension Films distributes higher-budget releases than its parent company
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The Dimension Films logo used from 1992 through to the present.
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A Band Apart
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A Band Apart Films was a production company created by Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender, which was active from 1991 to 2006. Its name is a play on the French New Wave classic, Bande à part by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, thanks in part to the popularity of Quentin Tarantinos and Robert Rodriguezs films, the company quickly gained cult-like status within Hollywood. Tarantino formed A Band Apart in 1991, naming it after his favorite Godard film, the companys logo was a stylized image of the robbers from Reservoir Dogs, Tarantinos debut film. Subsequently, several entities within the company were named after the films characters. Mr. Pink LLC was for music video production budgets, the company catapulted to fame with the 1994 release of Tarantinos Pulp Fiction, which was considered by some critics to be the most influential American film of the decade. In the summer of 1995, the added a division for commercial and music video production. A Band Apart closed in June 2006, feature film work now goes through owner Lawrence Benders other production company, Lawrence Bender Productions. Some A Band Apart members have found new roots at Holmes Defender of the Faith, while the company is listed as studio for the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds and credited in the 2007 Grindhouse movies, it is unclear whether the company was reformed for the films
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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, two central members of A Band Apart (pictured at the 2007 Scream Awards).
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Troublemaker Studios
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Troublemaker Studios is a film production company founded and owned by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellan. The company is based in Austin, Texas and is located at the site of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. It also shares space with Austin Studios, which is managed by the Austin Film Society, and houses offices, sound stages. The companys visual effects division, Troublemaker Digital, is located at the site. A second facility, Troublemaker Sound, is located in the country outside Austin. It provides post-production sound and editing facilities, including a mixing and dubbing sound stage powered by a large Pro Tools installation, Rodriguez chose the name so fans of the strip would recognize it when they saw his films. The company was reincorporated as Troublemaker Studios in 2000, aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic are his partners in the venture. In 2012, a division, Quick Draw Animation, was launched. Both companies are based at Troublemaker Studios and its name is an homage to the low-budget production company American International Pictures
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Troublemaker Studios logo featuring Pepino the mascot used during family-orientated films
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Quick Draw Productions logo
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Rodriguez International Pictures logo
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Miramax
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Miramax is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows. It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, shortly thereafter, Pulp Fiction was released. Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, in 2016, ownership was transferred to beIN Media Group. The company was founded by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo, New York in 1979 and it was created to distribute independent films deemed commercially unfeasible by the major studios. The Weinsteins worked with Lewis to distill the two films into one film for the US marketplace, the resulting film The Secret Policemans Other Ball was a successful release for Miramax in the summer of 1982. This release presaged a modus operandi that the company would later in the 1980s of acquiring films from international filmmakers. Among the companys other breakthrough films as distributors in the late 1980s and early 1990s were Scandal, Sex, Lies, the Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and Clerks. The company also made such as Flirting with Disaster, Heavenly Creatures. Miramax acquired and/or produced many films that did extraordinarily well financially. The company became one of the leaders of the independent film boom of the 1990s, Miramax produced or distributed seven films with box office grosses totaling more than $100 million, its most successful title, Chicago, earned more than $300 million worldwide. The company was also successful in securing Academy Award nominations for its releases. In 1992, Miramax began a deal with Paramount Pictures for VHS, Paramount would also distribute theatrically certain releases that might have commercial appeal. On June 30,1993, Miramax was purchased for $60 million by The Walt Disney Company, Harvey and Bob Weinstein continued to operate Miramax until they left the company on September 30,2005. During their tenure, the Weinstein brothers ran Miramax independently of other Disney subsidiaries, Disney, however, had the final say on what Miramax could release. Disneys Buena Vista Home Entertainment division released Miramax output, Miramax operated, until September 30,2005, the label Dimension Films, specializing in genre films and created the Scream and Scary Movie film franchises. The primary source of dispute was over distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore, Disneys film studio consortium, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group assumed control of Miramax, which was projected to have a smaller annual production budget. The Weinsteins started a new production company called The Weinstein Company. The Miramax name remained with the studio owned by Disney
Miramax
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Miramax
14.
Action film
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Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists end up in a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases. Advancements in CGI have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences, while action has long been a recurring component in films, the action film genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects. The genre is associated with the thriller and adventure film genres. Some historians consider The Great Train Robbery to be the first action film, during the 1920s and 1930s, action-based films were often swashbuckling adventure films in which actors, such as Douglas Fairbanks, wielded swords in period pieces or Westerns. The 1940s and 1950s saw action in a new form through war, the film, along with a war-adventure called The Guns of Navarone, inspired producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to invest in their own spy-adventure, based on the novels of Ian Fleming. The long-running success of the James Bond films or series introduced a staple of the action film. Such larger-than-life characters were a veritable “one-man army”, able to dispatch villainous masterminds after cutting through their disposable henchmen in increasingly creative ways, such heroes are ready with one-liners, puns, and dry quips. The Bond films also used fast cutting, car chases, fist fights, a variety of weapons and gadgets, Dirty Harry essentially lifted its star, Clint Eastwood, out of his cowboy typecasting, and framed him as the archetypal hero of the urban action film. In many countries, restrictions on language, adult content, and violence had loosened up, in the 1970s, martial-arts films from Hong Kong became popular with Western audiences and inspired big budget films such as Bruce Lees Enter the Dragon. Chuck Norris blended martial arts with cops and robbers in films such as Good Guys Wear Black, from Japan, Sonny Chiba starred in his first martial arts movie in 1973 called the Karate Kiba. His breakthrough international hit was The Street Fighter series, which established him as the reigning Japanese martial arts actor in international cinema and he also played the role of Mas Oyama in Champion of Death, Karate Bearfighter, and Karate for Life. Chibas action films were not only bounded by martial arts, but also action thriller, jidaigeki, in the 1980s Hollywood produced many big budget action blockbusters with actors such as Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Dudikoff, Charles Bronson and Bruce Willis. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas paid their homage to the Bond-inspired style with Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 1982, veteran actor Nick Nolte and rising comedian Eddie Murphy broke box office records with the action-comedy 48 Hrs. credited as the first buddy-cop movie. That same year, Sylvester Stallone starred in First Blood, the first installment in the Rambo film series made the character John Rambo a pop culture icon. 1984 saw the beginning of the Terminator starring Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger and this story provides one of the grittiest roles for a woman in action and Hamilton was required to put in extensive effort to develop a strong physique. The 1988 film, Die Hard, was influential on the development of the action genre. In the film, Bruce Willis plays a New York police detective who becomes embroiled in a terrorist take-over of a Los Angeles office building high-rise. The film set a pattern for a host of imitators, like Under Siege and Sudden Death, by the end of the 1980s, the influence of the successful action film could be felt in almost every genre
Action film
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Actor
Sylvester Stallone starred as a troubled Vietnam war vet who becomes a "one man army" in the popular
Rambo action films.
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Horror film
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Horror film is a film genre that seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres, Horror films often deal with viewers nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event. Another of his projects was 1898s La Caverne maudite. Japan made early forays into the genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, with the works of Poe and Dante, in 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first filmed version of Frankenstein, the macabre nature of the source materials used made the films synonymous with the horror film genre. Before and during the Weimar Republic era, German Expressionist filmmakers would significantly influence later productions, the first vampire-themed movie, Nosferatu, was made during this period, though it was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Other European countries also, contributed to the genre during this period, though the word horror to describe the film genre would not be used until the 1930s, earlier American productions often relied on horror themes. Some notable examples include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, The Cat and the Canary, The Unknown, and The Man Who Laughs. Many of these films were considered dark melodramas because of their stock characters and emotion-heavy plots that focused on romance, violence, suspense. The trend of inserting an element of macabre into American pre-horror melodramas continued into the 1920s, directors known for relying on macabre in their films during the 1920s were Maurice Tourneur, Rex Ingram, and Tod Browning. Ingrams The Magician contains one of the first examples of a mad doctor and is said to have had a influence on James Whales version of Frankenstein. The Unholy Three is an example of Brownings use of macabre and unique style of morbidity, he remade the film in 1930 as a talkie, during the early period of talking pictures, Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Brownings Dracula was quickly followed by James Whales Frankenstein and The Old Dark House, some of these films blended science fiction with Gothic horror, such as Whales The Invisible Man and featured a mad scientist, mirroring earlier German films. Frankenstein was the first in a series of remakes which lasted for years, the Mummy introduced Egyptology as a theme, Make-up artist Jack Pierce was responsible for the iconic image of the monster, and others in the series. Universals horror cycle continued into the 1940s with B-movies including The Wolf Man, the once controversial Freaks, based on the short story Spurs, was made by MGM, though the studio disowned the completed film, and it remained banned, in the UK, for thirty years
Horror film
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A famous scene from one of the first notable horror films,
Nosferatu (1922)
Horror film
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Lon Chaney, Sr. in
The Phantom of the Opera.
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Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in
Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
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Christopher Lee starred in several British horror films of the era, shown here in 1958's
Dracula.
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Cult film
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A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, a subculture that engage in repeated viewings, quoting dialogue. Inclusive definitions allow for major productions, especially box office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art, Cult films trace their origin back to controversial and suppressed films kept alive by dedicated fans. In some cases, reclaimed or rediscovered films have acquired cult followings decades after their original release, Other cult films have since become well-respected or reassessed as classics, there is debate as to whether these popular and accepted films are still cult films. After failing in the cinema, some films have become regular fixtures on cable television or profitable sellers on home video. Others have inspired their own film festivals, Cult films can both appeal to specific subcultures and form their own subcultures. Other media that reference cult films can easily identify which demographics they desire to attract, Cult films frequently break cultural taboos, and many feature excessive displays of violence, gore, sexuality, profanity, or combinations thereof. This can lead to controversy, censorship, and outright bans, films that fail to attract requisite amounts of controversy may face resistance when labeled as cult films. Fans who like the films for the reasons, such as perceived elements that represent mainstream appeal and marketing. Likewise, fans who stray from accepted subcultural scripts may experience similar rejection, since the late 1970s, cult films have become increasingly popular. Films that once would have limited to obscure cult followings are now capable of breaking into the mainstream. Films are frequently stated to be an instant cult classic now, fickle fans on the Internet have latched on to unreleased films only to abandon them later on release. At the same time, other films have acquired massive, quick cult followings, easy access to cult films via video on demand and peer-to-peer file sharing has led some critics to pronounce the death of cult films. A cult film is any film that has a following, although the term is not easily defined. Cult films are defined by audience reaction as much as they are content and this may take the form of elaborate and ritualized audience participation, film festivals, or cosplay. Over time, the definition has become more vague and inclusive as it drifts away from earlier, stricter views, academic Mark Shiel has criticized the term itself as being a weak concept, reliant on subjectivity, different groups can interpret films in their own terms. Academic Mike Chopra‑Gant says that cult films become decontextualized when studied as a group, in 2008, Cineaste asked a range of academics for their definition of a cult film
Cult film
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Plan 9 from Outer Space is an example of a cult film.
Cult film
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Julianne Moore and
Jeff Bridges at
Lebowski Fest 2011.
Cult film
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Night of the Living Dead (1968) is an example of a cult film that uses transgressive themes.
Cult film
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Judy Garland and her iconic role as Dorothy Gale have become important in
gay culture.
17.
F.B.I.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nations prime federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the U. S. Department of Justice, Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U. S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, although many of the FBIs functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and the Russian FSB. At an FBI field office, a senior-level FBI officer concurrently serves as the representative of the Director of National Intelligence. Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a significant international footprint and these overseas offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with foreign security services and do not usually conduct unilateral operations in the host countries. The FBI can and does at times carry out secret activities overseas, just as the CIA has a domestic function. The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation and its name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935. The FBI headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building, located in Washington, in the fiscal year 2012, the Bureaus total budget was approximately $8.12 billion. In 1896, the National Bureau of Criminal Identification was founded, the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley created an urgent perception that America was under threat from anarchists. The Departments of Justice and Labor had been keeping records on anarchists for years, the Justice Department had been tasked with the regulation of interstate commerce since 1887, though it lacked the staff to do so. It had made little effort to relieve its staff shortage until the breakage of the Oregon land fraud scandal at approximately the turn of the 20th Century, President Roosevelt instructed Attorney General Charles Bonaparte to organize an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General. Bonaparte reached out to other agencies, including the Secret Service, for personnel, on May 27,1908, the Congress forbade this use of Treasury employees by the Justice Department, citing fears that the new agency would serve as a secret police department. Again at Roosevelts urging, Bonaparte moved to organize a formal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Investigation was created on July 26,1908, after the Congress had adjourned for the summer. Attorney General Bonaparte, using Department of Justice expense funds, hired thirty-four people, including veterans of the Secret Service. Its first Chief was Stanley Finch, Bonaparte notified the Congress of these actions in December 1908. The bureaus first official task was visiting and making surveys of the houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the White Slave Traffic Act, or Mann Act, in 1932, the bureau was renamed the United States Bureau of Investigation. The following year it was linked to the Bureau of Prohibition, in the same year, its name was officially changed from the Division of Investigation to the present-day Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI. J. Edgar Hoover served as Director from 1924 to 1972, a combined 48 years with the BOI, DOI, Hoover was substantially involved in most major cases and projects that the FBI handled during his tenure
F.B.I.
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J. Edgar Hoover, Director from 1924 to 1972.
F.B.I.
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Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.B.I.
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FBI
SWAT agents in a training exercise
F.B.I.
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An FBI Agent tags the
cockpit voice recorder from
EgyptAir Flight 990 on the deck of the
USS Grapple (ARS 53) at the crash site on November 13, 1999.
18.
Texas
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Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous state capital in the U. S. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the states struggle for independence from Mexico. The Lone Star can be found on the Texan state flag, the origin of Texass name is from the word Tejas, which means friends in the Caddo language. Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, although Texas is popularly associated with the U. S. southwestern deserts, less than 10 percent of Texas land area is desert. Most of the centers are located in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests. Traveling from east to west, one can observe terrain that ranges from coastal swamps and piney woods, to rolling plains and rugged hills, the term six flags over Texas refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory. Spain was the first European country to claim the area of Texas, Mexico controlled the territory until 1836 when Texas won its independence, becoming an independent Republic. In 1845, Texas joined the United States as the 28th state, the states annexation set off a chain of events that caused the Mexican–American War in 1846. A slave state before the American Civil War, Texas declared its secession from the U. S. in early 1861, after the Civil War and the restoration of its representation in the federal government, Texas entered a long period of economic stagnation. One Texan industry that thrived after the Civil War was cattle, due to its long history as a center of the industry, Texas is associated with the image of the cowboy. The states economic fortunes changed in the early 20th century, when oil discoveries initiated a boom in the state. With strong investments in universities, Texas developed a diversified economy, as of 2010 it shares the top of the list of the most Fortune 500 companies with California at 57. With a growing base of industry, the leads in many industries, including agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, computers and electronics, aerospace. Texas has led the nation in export revenue since 2002 and has the second-highest gross state product. The name Texas, based on the Caddo word tejas meaning friends or allies, was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves, during Spanish colonial rule, the area was officially known as the Nuevo Reino de Filipinas, La Provincia de Texas. Texas is the second largest U. S. state, behind Alaska, though 10 percent larger than France and almost twice as large as Germany or Japan, it ranks only 27th worldwide amongst country subdivisions by size. If it were an independent country, Texas would be the 40th largest behind Chile, Texas is in the south central part of the United States of America. Three of its borders are defined by rivers, the Rio Grande forms a natural border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south
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Sam Rayburn Reservoir
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Flag
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Texas Hill Country
Texas
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Big Bend National Park.
19.
Strip club
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Strip clubs are venues that regularly provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or bar style, and can adopt a theatre or cabaret-style. As of 2005, the size of the strip club industry was estimated to be US$75 billion. In 2002, the size of the U. S. strip club industry was estimated to be US$3.1 billion, profitability of strip clubs, as with other service-oriented businesses, is largely driven by location and customer spending habits. The popularity of a club is an indicator of its quality. The strip club as an outlet for salacious entertainment is a recurrent theme in popular culture, in some media, these clubs are portrayed primarily as gathering places of vice and ill repute. Clubs themselves and various aspects of the business are highlighted in these references, popular Internet sites for strip club enthusiasts also have lists calculated from the inputs of site visitors. Strip clubs are frequent targets of litigation around the world, and the sex industry, some clubs have been linked to organized crime. The term striptease was first recorded in 1938, though stripping, in the sense of women removing clothing to sexually excite men, for example, in Thomas Otways comedy The Soldiers Fortune a character says, Be sure they be lewd, drunken, stripping whores. Its combination with music seems to be as old, the erotic dance of the bee, performed by a woman known as Kuchuk Hanem, was witnessed and described by the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. In this dance the performer disrobes as she searches for an imaginary bee trapped within her garments and it is likely that the women performing these dances did not do so in an indigenous context, but rather, responded to the commercial climate for this type of entertainment. In France during the late 19th century, Parisian shows such as the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergère were featuring attractive, scantily clad, dancing women and tableaux vivants. This routine, Le coucher dYvette, inspired French acts in theaters and brothels in other parts of the world, the first public act of striptease in modern times is credited to Parisian theater in 1894. In 1905, Dutch dancer Mata Hari, later shot as a spy by the French authorities during World War I, was a success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet. The most celebrated segment of her act was her progressive shedding of clothing until she wore just a jeweled bra and some ornaments over her arms and head. Another landmark performance was the appearance at the Moulin Rouge in 1907 of an actress called Germaine Aymos who entered dressed only in three very small shells. In the 1930s, the famous Josephine Baker danced semi-nude in the danse sauvage at the Folies and these shows were notable for their sophisticated choreography and for often dressing the girls in glitzy sequins and feathers. By the 1960s fully nude shows were provided at such places as Le Crazy Horse Saloon, in Britain in the 1930s, Laura Henderson began presenting nude shows at the Windmill Theatre in London
Strip club
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Exterior photograph of a strip club advertising full nude entertainment (
Cheetahs, in
San Diego,
California USA).
Strip club
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Exterior of the
Windmill Theatre in
Westminster,
London, England.
Strip club
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Historical marker at the original
Condor Club site. Full text: "The Condor; Where it all began; The birthplace of the world's first topless & bottomless entertainment; Topless – June 19, 1964 Bottomless – September 3, 1969 Starring Ms. Carol Doda; San Francisco,
California " USA
Strip club
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Overlook of
Spearmint Rhino at
Birmingham, England.
20.
Employee
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Employees in some fields or sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payment or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment, benefits can include health insurance, housing, disability insurance or use of a gym. Employment is typically governed by employment laws or regulations or legal contracts, employers must balance interests such as decreasing wage constraints with a maximization of labor productivity in order to achieve a profitable and productive employment relationship. The main ways for employers to workers and for people to find employers are via jobs listings in newspapers and online. Employers and job seekers also find each other via professional recruitment consultants which receive a commission from the employer to find, screen. However, a study has shown that such consultants may not be reliable when they fail to use established principles in selecting employees, a more traditional approach is with a Help Wanted sign in the establishment. Evaluating different employees can be quite laborious but setting up different techniques to analyze their skill to measure their talents within the field can be best through assessments, employer and potential employee commonly take the additional step of getting to know each other through the process of job interview. Training and development refers to the effort to equip a newly hired employee with necessary skills to perform at the job. An appropriate level of training and development helps to improve job satisfaction. There are many ways that employees are paid, including by hourly wages, by piecework, by yearly salary, in sales jobs and real estate positions, the employee may be paid a commission, a percentage of the value of the goods or services that they have sold. In some fields and professions, employees may be eligible for a bonus if they meet certain targets, employee benefits are various non-wage compensation provided to employee in addition to their wages or salaries. In some cases, such as with workers employed in remote or isolated regions, employee benefits can improve the relationship between employee and employer and lowers staff turnover. Organizational justice is a perception and judgement of employers treatment in the context of fairness or justice. The resulting actions to influence the relationship is also a part of organizational justice. Employees can organize into trade or labor unions, which represent the force to collectively bargain with the management of organizations about working. Usually, either an employee or employer may end the relationship at any time and this is referred to as at-will employment. The contract between the two parties specifies the responsibilities of each when ending the relationship and may include such as notice periods, severance pay. In some professions, notably teaching, civil servants, university professors, and some jobs, some employees may have tenure
Employee
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Worker assembling
rebar for a water treatment plant in
Mazatlan,
Sinaloa,
Mexico.
Employee
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World GDP (PPP) per capita by country (2014)
Employee
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Worker, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
21.
Stripper
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A stripper or exotic dancer is a person whose occupation involves performing striptease in a public adult entertainment venue such as a strip club. At times, a stripper may be hired to perform at a party or other private event. Modern Americanized forms of stripping minimize interaction by strippers with customers, not every stripper will end a performance completely nude, though full nudity is common where not prohibited by law. Most strippers work in strip clubs, a house dancer works for a particular club or franchise, while a feature dancer tends to have her own celebrity, touring a club circuit making appearances. Entertainers are often not actual employees of the club itself but perform as independent contractors, until the 1970s, strippers in Western cultures were almost invariably female, performing to male audiences. Since then, male strippers have become common. Certain male and female strippers also perform for LGBT audiences as well as for both sexes in pansexual contexts, before the 1970s, dancers of both sexes appeared largely in underground clubs or as part of a theatre experience, but the practice eventually became common enough on its own. Performances are usually choreographed, involve dance routines and a costume of some sort. The term male stripper has gone down in use in books in the 21st century, Strippers perform striptease for a number of reasons, predominantly to make money. The physical attractiveness and sex appeal of the dancer determines the business she tends to generate, there are no job prerequisites, formal training is minimal, primarily on the job and provided by more senior dancers. Dancers learn a set of rules, such as, never leave money unattended, never leave the club with a customer, as long as she can sell herself, she is capable of becoming an exotic dancer. The image of strippers as known today evolved through the late 1960s and 1970s in the U. S. by the 1980s, the pole dancing and highly-explicit imagery associated with todays performers was widely accepted and frequently portrayed in film, television, and theater. In a bikini performance, both breasts and genital areas typically remain covered by revealing attire while dancers provide services and entertainment, go-go dancers will retain their tops and bottoms for the duration of their performance. A stripper whose upper body is exposed but the genital areas remain obscured during a performance is said to be topless, touching of strippers is not permitted in many localities. However, some dancers and clubs allow touching of dancers during private dances, if permitted, during a lap dance the dancer grinds against the customers crotch while he or she remains clothed in an attempt to arouse or bring the recipient to climax. In parts of the USA, there are laws forbidding the exposure of female nipples, Research suggests that exotic dancing can pay well, but often at a significant cost to the stripper. This precarious employment is accepted because of the associated with exotic dancing. Dancers use props such as make-up, clothing, costumes, and appealing fragrances to complete their character, Strippers, when working, are most likely to be found at strip clubs
Stripper
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Strippers at a strip club in
Zona Rosa, Mexico City
Stripper
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Historical marker at the original
Condor Club site. Full text: "The Condor; Where it all began; The birthplace of the world's first topless & bottomless entertainment; Topless – June 19, 1964 Bottomless – September 3, 1969 Starring Ms. Carol Doda;
San Francisco,
California "
Stripper
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Stripper
archetype represented in
graffiti on a street in
London, England
Stripper
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Performers
backstage tending to their props away from the audience
22.
Vampire
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A vampire is a being from folklore who subsists by feeding on the life essence of the living. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and they wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from todays gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism. In modern times, however, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure, but has since been largely discredited. However, it is Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula which is remembered as the vampire novel. The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, the vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre. Vampires had already discussed in French and German literature. After Austria gained control of northern Serbia and Oltenia with the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, officials noted the practice of exhuming bodies. These reports, prepared between 1725 and 1732, received widespread publicity, among the proposed proto-Slavic forms are *ǫpyrь and *ǫpirь. Another, less widespread theory, is that the Slavic languages have borrowed the word from a Turkic term for witch. Czech linguist Václav Machek proposes Slovak verb vrepiť sa, or its hypothetical anagram vperiť sa as an etymological background, and thus translates upír as someone who thrusts, bites. An early use of the Old Russian word is in the anti-pagan treatise Word of Saint Grigoriy, dated variously to the 11th–13th centuries, the notion of vampirism has existed for millennia. Cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, and Romans had tales of demons and spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, belief in such legends became so pervasive that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires. It is difficult to make a single, definitive description of the folkloric vampire, vampires were usually reported as bloated in appearance, and ruddy, purplish, or dark in colour, these characteristics were often attributed to the recent drinking of blood. Indeed, blood was often seen seeping from the mouth and nose when one was seen in its shroud or coffin and its left eye was often open. It would be clad in the linen shroud it was buried in, and its teeth, hair, although vampires were generally described as undead, some folktales spoke of them as living beings. The causes of vampiric generation were many and varied in original folklore, in Slavic and Chinese traditions, any corpse that was jumped over by an animal, particularly a dog or a cat, was feared to become one of the undead
Vampire
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The Vampire, by
Philip Burne-Jones, 1897
Vampire
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Vampyren, "The Vampire", by
Edvard Munch
Vampire
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“The Vampire”, lithograph by R. de Moraine (1864).
Vampire
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Lilith (1892), by
John Collier
23.
Vietnam War
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It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The war is considered a Cold War-era proxy war. As the war continued, the actions of the Viet Cong decreased as the role. U. S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery, in the course of the war, the U. S. conducted a large-scale strategic bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam and they viewed the conflict as a colonial war and a continuation of the First Indochina War against forces from France and later on the United States. The U. S. government viewed its involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and this was part the domino theory of a wider containment policy, with the stated aim of stopping the spread of communism. Beginning in 1950, American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina, U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with troop levels tripling in 1961 and again in 1962. Regular U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965, despite the Paris Peace Accord, which was signed by all parties in January 1973, the fighting continued. In the U. S. and the Western world, a large anti-Vietnam War movement developed as part of a larger counterculture, the war changed the dynamics between the Eastern and Western Blocs, and altered North–South relations. Direct U. S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973, the capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, estimates of the number of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians killed vary from 966,000 to 3.8 million. Some 240, 000–300,000 Cambodians,20, 000–62,000 Laotians, and 58,220 U. S. service members died in the conflict. Various names have applied to the conflict. Vietnam War is the most commonly used name in English and it has also been called the Second Indochina War and the Vietnam Conflict. As there have been several conflicts in Indochina, this conflict is known by the names of its primary protagonists to distinguish it from others. In Vietnamese, the war is known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ. It is also called Chiến tranh Việt Nam, France began its conquest of Indochina in the late 1850s, and completed pacification by 1893. The 1884 Treaty of Huế formed the basis for French colonial rule in Vietnam for the seven decades
Vietnam War
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Clockwise, from top left: U.S. combat operations in
Ia Drang, ARVN Rangers defending
Saigon during the 1968
Tet Offensive, two
Douglas A-4C Skyhawks en route for airstrikes against North Vietnam after the
Gulf of Tonkin incident, ARVN recapture
Quảng Trị during the 1972
Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the
1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, burial of 300 victims of the 1968
Huế Massacre.
Vietnam War
–
A Japanese naval officer surrenders his sword to a British Lieutenant in Saigon on 13 September 1945.
Vietnam War
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The
Geneva Conference, 1954
Vietnam War
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U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles greet President
Ngô Đình Diệm of
South Vietnam in Washington, 8 May 1957.
24.
Drill
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The attachment is gripped by a chuck at one end of the drill and rotated while pressed against the target material. The tip, and sometimes edges, of the tool does the work of cutting into the target material. This may be slicing off thin shavings, grinding off small particles, crushing and removing pieces of the workpiece, countersinking, counterboring, drills are commonly used in woodworking, metalworking, construction and do-it-yourself projects. Specially designed drills are used in medicine, space missions. Drills are available with a variety of performance characteristics, such as power. Around 35,000 BC, Homo sapiens discovered the benefits of the application of rotary tools and this would have rudimentarily consisted of a pointed rock being spun between the hands to bore a hole through another material. This led to the drill, a smooth stick, that was sometimes attached to flint point. This was used by ancient civilizations around the world including the Mayans. The earliest perforated artifacts, such as bone, ivory, shells, bow drill are the first machine drills, as they convert a back-and forth motion to a rotary motion, and they can be traced back to around 10,000 years ago. It was discovered that tying a cord around a stick, and then attaching the ends of the string to the ends of a stick, allowed a user to drill quicker, mainly used to create fire, bow-drills were also used in ancient woodwork, stonework and dentistry. There are hieroglyphs depicting Egyptian carpenters and bead makers in a tomb at Thebes using bow-drills, the earliest evidence of these tools being used in Egypt dates back to around 2500 BCE. The usage of bow-drills was widely spread through Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, over the years many slight variations of bow and strap drills have developed for the various uses of either boring through materials or lighting fires. The core drill was developed in ancient Egypt by 3000 BC, the pump drill was invented during Roman times. It consists of a vertical spindle aligned by a piece of horizontal wood, the hollow-borer tip, first used around the 13th century, consisted of a stick with a tubular shaped piece of metal on the end, such as copper. This allowed a hole to be drilled while only actually grinding the outer section of it and this completely separates the inner stone or wood from the rest, allowing the drill to pulverize less material to create a similarly sized hole. The auger allowed for more torque for larger holes and it is uncertain when the Brace and Bit was invented, however, the earliest picture found so far dates from the 15th century. It is a type of hand crank drill that consists of two parts as seen in the picture, the brace, on the upper half, is where the user holds and turns it and on the lower part is the bit. The bit is interchangeable as bits wear down, the auger uses a rotating helical screw similar to the Archimedean screw-shaped bit that is common today
Drill
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A wooden drill handle and other carpentry tools found on board the 16th century
carrack Mary Rose.
Drill
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Drill scheme
Drill
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Carpenter using a
crank -powered
brace to drill a hole
Drill
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An old hand drill or "eggbeater" drill. The hollow wooden handle, with screw-on cap, is used to store drill bits
25.
Crossbow
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A crossbow, also known as horizontal bow, is a type of weapon based on the bow and consisting of a horizontal bow-like assembly mounted on a stock. It shoots projectiles called bolts or quarrels, the medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which were derived from the word ballista, a torsion siege engine resembling a crossbow. Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe, the introduction of the crossbow in ancient China caused a major shift in the role of projectile weaponry. The traditional bow and arrow had long been a weapon that required a considerable training, physical strength. A crossbow is a bow mounted on a stick with a mechanism in it that holds the bow string. The earliest designs featured a slot in the stock, down into which the string was placed, to shoot this design, a vertical rod is thrust up through a hole in the bottom of the notch, forcing the string out. This rod is attached perpendicular to a rear-facing lever called a trigger or tickler. A later design implemented a rolling cylindrical pawl called a nut to retain the string and this nut has a perpendicular center slot for the bolt, and an intersecting axial slot for the string, along with a lower face or slot against which the internal trigger sits. They often also have some form of strengthening internal sear or trigger face and these roller nuts were either free-floating in their close-fitting hole across the stock, tied in with a binding of sinew or other strong cording, or mounted on a metal axle or pins. Removable or integral plates of wood, ivory, or metal on the sides of the stock kept the nut in place laterally, nuts were made of antler, bone, or metal. Bows could be kept taut and ready to shoot for some time with little effort, the bow of early crossbows was made of a single piece of wood, usually ash or yew. Composite bows are made from layers of different material, often wood, horn and these composite bows made of several layers are much stronger and more efficient in releasing energy than simple wooden bows. As steel became more available in Europe around the 14th century. The crossbow prod is very short compared to ordinary bows, resulting in a draw length. This leads to a draw weight in order to store the same amount of energy. Furthermore, the thick prods are a bit less efficient at releasing energy, traditionally, the prod was often lashed to the stock with rope, whipcord, or other strong cording. This cording is called the bridle, the strings for a crossbow are typically made of strong fibers that would not tend to fray. Whipcord was very common, however linen, hemp, and sinew were used as well, in wet conditions, twisted mulberry root was occasionally used
Crossbow
–
Sketch by
Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500
Crossbow
Crossbow
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Stirrup
Crossbow
–
Cranequin (Rack & Pinion)
26.
Shotgun
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Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5. A shotgun is generally a smoothbore firearm, which means that the inside of the barrel is not rifled, preceding smoothbore firearms, such as the musket, were widely used by armies in the 18th century. The direct ancestor to the shotgun, the blunderbuss, was used in a similar variety of roles from self-defense to riot control. It was often used by cavalry troops because of its shorter length and ease of use. In the 19th century, however, these weapons were replaced on the battlefield with breechloading rifled firearms. The military value of shotguns was rediscovered in the First World War, since then, it has been used in a variety of roles in civilian, law enforcement, and military applications. The shot pellets from a spread upon leaving the barrel, and the power of the burning charge is divided among the pellets. In a hunting context, this makes shotguns useful primarily for hunting birds, however, in a military or law enforcement context, the large number of projectiles makes the shotgun useful as a close quarters combat weapon or a defensive weapon. Militants or insurgents may use shotguns in asymmetric engagements, as shotguns are commonly owned civilian weapons in many countries, shotguns are also used for target shooting sports such as skeet, trap, and sporting clays. These involve shooting clay disks, known as clay pigeons, thrown in various ways, shotguns come in a wide variety of forms, from very small up to massive punt guns, and in nearly every type of firearm operating mechanism. The common characteristics that make a unique center around the requirements of firing shot. These features are the typical of a shotgun shell, namely a relatively short, wide cartridge, with straight walls. Ammunition for shotguns is referred to in the USA as shotgun shells, shotshells, the term cartridges is standard usage in the United Kingdom. The shot is fired from a smoothbore barrel, another configuration is the rifled slug barrel. The typical use of a shotgun is against small and fast moving targets, the spreading of the shot allows the user to point the shotgun close to the target, rather than having to aim precisely as in the case of a single projectile. The disadvantages of shot are limited range and limited penetration of the shot, which is why shotguns are used at short ranges, and typically against smaller targets. Larger shot sizes, up to the case of the single projectile slug load, result in increased penetration. Aside from the most common use against small, fast moving targets, First, it has enormous stopping power at short range, more than nearly all handguns and many rifles
Shotgun
–
A
pump-action Remington 870, two
semi-automatic Remington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of
shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of
clay pigeons
Shotgun
–
Series of individual 1/1,000,000 second exposures showing shotgun firing shot and
wadding separation
Shotgun
–
Vincent Hancock in the men's
skeet finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Shotgun
–
A
Gurkha Contingent trooper in
Singapore armed with a folding stock pump shotgun
27.
Holy water
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Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure. The use for cleansing prior to a baptism and spiritual cleansing is common in several religions, the use of holy water as a sacramental for protection against evil is common among Anglicans and Roman Catholics. The use of water in the earliest days of Christianity is attested to only in somewhat later documents. The Apostolic constitutions, which go back to about the year 400 and it is plausible that in earliest Christian times water was used for expiatory and purificatory purposes in a way analogous to its employment in Jewish Law. However, Eastern Orthodox do perform the blessing, whether in a baptistry or an outdoor body of water. Sprinkling with holy water is used as a sacramental that recalls baptism, Holy water is kept in the holy water font, which is typically located at the entrance to the church. Smaller vessels, called stoups, are placed at the entrances of the church. In recent years, with the concerns over influenza, new holy water machines that work like a soap dispenser have become popular. In the Middle Ages the power of water was considered so great that in some places fonts had locked covers to prevent the theft of holy water for unauthorized magic practices. The Constitutions of Archbishop Edmund Rich prescribe that Fonts are to be kept under lock and key, similarly the chrism and sacred oil are kept locked up. In Catholicism, holy water, as well as used during the washing of the priests hands at mass, is not allowed to be disposed of in regular plumbing. Roman Catholic churches will usually have a basin that leads directly into the ground for the purpose of proper disposal. A hinged lid is kept over the water basin to distinguish it from a regular sink basin. Items that contained holy water are separated, drained of the holy water, Holy water fonts have been identified as a potential source of bacterial and viral infection. In the late 19th century, bacteriologists found staphylococci, streptococci, coli bacilli, Loefflers bacillus, in a study performed in 1995, thirteen samples were taken when a burn patient acquired a bacterial infection after exposure to holy water. The samples in that study were shown to have a range of bacterial species. During the swine flu epidemic of 2009, Bishop John Steinbock of Fresno, also in response to the swine flu, an automatic, motion-detecting holy water dispenser was invented and installed in an Italian church in 2009. As a reminder of baptism, Catholic Christians dip their fingers in the holy water and this ceremony dates back to the ninth century
Holy water
–
A holy water container (
stoup) at the church of
Santa Maria degli Angeli,
Rome
Holy water
–
Take home holy water at St Teresa's church,
Dublin
Holy water
–
Saint Teresa of Avila, by
Rubens, 1615
Holy water
–
Great Blessing of Waters by
Boris Kustodiev
28.
Aztec
–
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries. The Nahuatl words aztecatl and aztecah mean people from Aztlan, a place for the Nahuatl-speaking culture of the time. Often the term Aztec refers exclusively to the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan, situated on an island in Lake Texcoco, who referred to themselves as Mēxihcah Tenochcah or Cōlhuah Mexihcah. From the 13th century, the Valley of Mexico was the heart of Aztec civilization, here the capital of the Aztec Triple Alliance, the Triple Alliance formed a tributary empire expanding its political hegemony far beyond the Valley of Mexico, conquering other city states throughout Mesoamerica. At its pinnacle, Aztec culture had rich and complex mythological and religious traditions, as well as achieving remarkable architectural and artistic accomplishments. Subsequently, the Spanish founded the new settlement of Mexico City on the site of the ruined Aztec capital, the term extends to further ethnic groups associated with the Aztec empire such as the Acolhua and Tepanec and others that were incorporated into the empire. In older usage the term was used about modern Nahuatl speaking ethnic groups. In recent usage these ethnic groups are referred to as the Nahua peoples. Linguistically the term Aztecan is still used about the branch of the Uto-Aztecan languages that includes the Nahuatl language and its closest relatives Pochutec, to the Aztecs themselves the word aztec was not an endonym for any particular ethnic group. Rather it was a term used to refer to several ethnic groups, not all of them Nahuatl speaking. In the Nahuatl language aztecatl means person from Aztlan and this usage has been the subject of debate in more recent years, but the term Aztec is still more common. For the same reason the notion of Aztec civilization is best understood as a horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. Particular to the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan was the Mexica patron God Huitzilopochtli, twin pyramids, the Aztec Empire was a tribute empire based in Tenochtitlan that extended its power throughout Mesoamerica in the late postclassic period. Soon Texcoco and Tlacopan became junior partners in the alliance, which was de facto led by the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, the empire extended its power by a combination of trade and military conquest. The political clout of the empire reached far south into Mesoamerica conquering cities as far south as Chiapas and Guatemala, the Nahua peoples began to migrate into Mesoamerica from northern Mexico in the 6th century. They populated central Mexico, dislocating speakers of Oto-Manguean languages as they spread their influence south. As the former nomadic hunter-gatherer peoples mixed with the civilizations of Mesoamerica, adopting religious and cultural practices. During the Postclassic period they rose to power at such sites as Tula, in the 12th century the Nahua power center was in Azcapotzalco, from where the Tepanecs dominated the valley of Mexico
Aztec
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The Aztec Pyramid at
St. Cecilia Acatitlan, State of Mexico
Aztec
–
Aztec
wood mask
Aztec
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Large ceramic statue of an Aztec Eagle Warrior
Aztec
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Aztec cosmogram in the pre-Hispanic
Codex Fejérváry-Mayer —the fire god
Xiuhtecuhtli is in the center
29.
Seth Gecko
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Seth Gecko is the name of two fictional characters in the From Dusk till Dawn film series. An alternate universe version of the character appears in the TV series and he is portrayed by George Clooney in both the films and the video game and is portrayed by D. J. At the films opening, they are being hunted by the police for several murders, bank robberies and he later becomes infuriated when Richie kills the woman instead, saying that Richie had made him break his promise to her. In the original film, Seth and his disturbed younger brother Richie have just robbed a bank. When Seth briefly leaves the room, Richie rapes and kills the woman, while on the run from the law, he and Richie meet Jacob Fuller and his two children, Kate and Scott. Seth immediately sees that Richie is attracted to Kate, and reassures Jacob that she will be safe as long as they do as they are told. After crossing the border into Mexico, they go to a bar called Titty Twister, at the Titty Twister, the strippers transform into vampires and attack the group, along with all the other patrons of the establishment. Richie is turned into a vampire, forcing Seth to kill his own brother, at the end of the film, Carlos arrives and unknowingly rescues them by breaking the door and letting sunlight in, killing the vampires. He is one of the two survivors, the other being Kate, Jacobs daughter. He offers her some of the cash from the robbery and he. The Gecko brothers are mentioned in From Dusk Till Dawn 2, bo Hopkins references Edgar McGraws cold demeanor and distracted nature, Oh, them Gecko brothers killed his daddy. The Gecko brothers briefly appear in a cameo in the black comedy Curdled. In additional, Katie Houge, news reporter from the first film, appears, in the From Dusk till Dawn video game it is revealed that sometime after the events of the film, Seth is arrested and condemned to life in prison for the murders Richie committed. He is now shown as an inmate of the fictional Rising Sun high-security prison, vampires infiltrate the prison by posing as inmates. They murder the transport guards and the warden and begin a rampage, in the chaos, Seth gains a weapon and escapes his cell. Eventually, he manages to kill the vampires and escapes the prison along with the other survivors, in late 2013, it was reported that a parallel universe TV series had begun production. This incarnation of Richie will be played by Zane Holtz, mixing ideals from the original first and third films, the show pits the humans, led by Seth, who will be played by D. J. Cotrona against the vampires, led by the wicked Santanico Pandemonium, played by Eiza Gonzalez and Sheriff McGraw and this series stars Robert Patrick, as Jacob Fuller
Seth Gecko
–
George Clooney as Seth Gecko in From Dusk till Dawn
30.
Richie Gecko
–
Richard Richie Gecko is the name of two fictional characters in the From Dusk till Dawn film series. The original Richie Gecko is one of the protagonists in the 1996 film From Dusk Till Dawn. A nerdy, obnoxious, even-shorter-fused, sex offender, psychopath and he was portrayed by Quentin Tarantino on film, and an alternate version of the character is portrayed by Zane Holtz on TV. There is not much information regarding Richies back story, although a report about the robbery that is seen during the film states that he holds prior convictions for robbery. From Dusk till Dawn tells the story of the Greek Gecko Brothers right after their latest botched bank-robbery/kidnapping attempt and he rapes and murders their hostage, a bank teller, for which Seth scolds him. After fleeing to Mexico, they cross paths with a sect of vampires using a strip club as a feeding ground. Richie has a chance to bond with his brother, before his insane antics catch up with him, Richie returns to life as an undead zombie-like blood sucker. Seth is then left with the task of putting his brothers evil-possessed carcass out of its misery, the Gecko brothers are mentioned in From Dusk Till Dawn 2, Texas Blood Money. Bo Hopkins references Edgar McGraws cold demeanor and distracted nature, Oh, the Gecko brothers briefly appear in a photo cameo in the black comedy Curdled. In additional, Katie Houge, news reporter from the first film, appears, in late 2013, it was reported that a parallel universe TV series had begun production. This incarnation of Richie will be played by Zane Holtz, mixing ideas from the original first and third films, the show pits the humans, led by Seth, who will be played by D. J. Cotrona against the vampires, led by the wicked Santanico Pandemonium, played by Eiza Gonzalez and Sheriff McGraw and this series stars Robert Patrick, as Jacob Fuller
Richie Gecko
–
Richie Gecko in From Dusk till Dawn
31.
Santanico Pandemonium
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Santanico Pandemonium, formerly Esmeralda or Kisa, is a fictional character from the From Dusk till Dawn film series. She is the primary Queen Vampire of the Titty Twister, a club in the middle of a desolate part of Mexico. In the film series, she is portrayed by Salma Hayek and she is played by Eiza González in From Dusk till Dawn, The Series. The name of Santanico is based on the Mexican Nunsploitation film Satánico pandemonium, although the original film was not very successful at the box office, the film has achieved a cult status because Hayeks role as Santanico was generally well received by viewers. Santanico Pandemonium is most often seen in her form, which resembles a beautiful Mexican erotic dancer. She has the ability to transform from human to vampire and vice versa, while in vampire form, her face transforms to have reptilian-like features and sharp teeth. She often uses her human form to seduce her victims before biting them and she is a barefooter and is most often seen wearing a red/black bra and underwear combo, occasionally also wearing a crown and a cape with a snake around her neck. Born a Dhampir named Esmeralda in Mexico in 1894, she was the daughter of the Hangman, Esmeralda knew nothing about her mother or what had happened to her. Instead, she was raised by her father, the local Hangman with an eerie past, during her childhood the Hangman attempted to kill Esmeralda on several occasions, but she kept coming back. In 1913, when Esmeralda is nineteen years old, she is kidnapped by Johnny Madrid, after a daring escape with the help of Reece. With the hangman, who fears the worst for his daughter, together, they rob a stagecoach containing American author Ambrose Bierce and newly-wed couple John and Mary Newlie. As night falls they go to a whorehouse that would become the Titty Twister in From Dusk till Dawn. Esmeralda soon discovers the truth of her heritage after being turned by her mother Quixla and grandmother and she later hypnotizes her father, kisses him, then quickly feeds on his neck, turning him. She begs Madrid to stay, but Quixla lunges at Madrid, seeing this, the Hangman, who is now a vampire, opens the locked door, which kills Quixla in the sunlight. Madrid and Bierce flee, ignoring Esmeraldas pleas, Esmeralda – now known as Santanico Pandemonium, vampire heiress – takes her place as vampire queen and the main attraction at the Titty Twister. Throughout the century she puts on big shows at the bar, after her show is over, Chet the bouncer, having recovered from his beating, enters the bar with a group of people looking to fight the Geckos. This leads to a fight, Richie is stabbed in the hand by Razor Charlie, but as their backs are turned, Santanico morphs into a horrible creature, jumps on Richies back, and sinks her fangs into his neck, killing him. This spur-of-the-moment surge of bloodlust, triggered by his bleeding hand and she is killed in the original From Dusk till Dawn when she is impaled by a chandelier shot down by Seth—after threatening to turn him into her vampire slave
Santanico Pandemonium
–
Santanico Pandemonium, portrayed by
Salma Hayek, as featured on the cover of the
soundtrack for the
original film.
32.
Danny Trejo
–
Danny Trejo is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, often as villains and anti-heroes. His films include Heat, Con Air, and Desperado, the latter with frequent collaborator Robert Rodriguez and he has appeared in TV shows such as Breaking Bad, The X-Files, and Sons of Anarchy. He also appeared in the spoof movie Delta Farce as the killer Carlos Santana who in the movie keeps getting mistaken for the musician, Trejo was born in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, of Mexican ancestry. Prior to his film career Trejo worked as a foreman in construction. Throughout the 1960s, Trejo was in and out of jail and prison in California, there are conflicting accounts of his prison chronology. By one account, his term in custody ended in 1972, by another account, he did time in a juvenile offenders camp. He recalled that his last prison term was five years, while serving in San Quentin Prison, he became a champion boxer in that prisons lightweight and welterweight divisions. During this time, Trejo became a member of a twelve-step program, in 2011, he recalled that he had been sober for 42 years. While Trejo was working as a drug counselor, a teenage patient asked for his assistance dealing with cocaine problems on the set of Runaway Train. While there, Trejo was offered a job as an extra in the prison scenes. Edward Bunker, himself a former convict and well-respected crime author who was writing the screenplay for the film, recognized Trejo, Bunker, remembering Trejos boxing skills, offered him $320 per day to train Eric Roberts, one of the movies stars, for a boxing scene. Director Andrei Konchalovsky liked Trejos work and decided to offer him a role in the film as a boxer. It has been misreported that Trejo was actually serving time in the prison during filming. Since then, Trejo has become an actor in both films and television, appearing in five or more movies per year, in various genres. Trejo is known for his distinctive appearance, in addition to his heavily lined face, scarred from cystic acne and a brawl, and the long mustache he usually sports, he has displayed the large tattoo on his chest for many roles. He also appeared in a Season 2 episode of Desperate Housewives and he voiced the character Enrique on King of the Hill, and Octavios character on that show is based on his appearance. His role on King of the Hill was referred to in the HBO series Unscripted, where he had a cameo appearance. He also made guest appearances, as Tortuga, in the noted series Breaking Bad in 2009 and 2010, most notably in the episode Negro y Azul, in 2008 Trejo portrayed a Mexican bartender in the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless
Danny Trejo
–
Danny Trejo in 2009
33.
Tom Savini
–
Thomas Vincent Tom Savini is an American actor, stuntman, director, and award-winning special make-up effects creator. He is known for his makeup and special effects work on films directed by George A. As an actor and stuntman, he has appeared in such as Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders, From Dusk till Dawn, Planet Terror, Machete, Django Unchained. Savini was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is of Italian descent and he was raised Catholic and graduated from Central Catholic High School. As a boy, his inspiration was actor Lon Chaney, Sr. and Savini attributes his earliest desires to create makeup effects to Chaney and the film Man of a Thousand Faces. Experimenting with whatever medium he could find, the young Savini practiced creating makeup effects on himself and he also discovered another passion, acting. Combining his makeup applications and homemade costumes, he especially enjoyed scaring his friends, Savini attended Point Park University for three years, before enlisiting in the United States Army. After his tour in Vietnam, he attended Carnegie-Mellon University, as the first undergraduate to be awarded a fellowship in the acting and directing program. He appeared in productions throughout college and continued on stage long after his tour of duty in Vietnam. Savini served as a photographer during the Vietnam War. In a 2002 interview, he told the Pittsburgh Post When I was in Vietnam I was a combat photographer and my job was to shoot images of damage to machines and to people. Through my lens, I saw some hideous, to cope with it, I guess I tried to think of it as special effects. Now, as an artist, I just think of creating the effect within the limitations we have to deal with and he continued to practice with makeup in Vietnam, often frightening indigenous peasants by appearing to suddenly transform into a monster. Using the lens of his camera, Savini separated himself from the real life horrors of war, however, Savini said his wartime experiences influenced his eventual style of gory effects, I hated that when I watched a war movie and someone dies. Some people die with one eye open and one eye half-closed, I incorporated the feeling of the stuff I saw in Vietnam into my work. In 1970, while on duty, a flare was triggered in the jungle area Savini was watching. Against military protocol, Savini fired into the bush without informing his superiors, other soldiers likewise began firing until a duck wandered from the bush completely unharmed. Due to his failure to follow orders, Savini was taken off duty from his bunker on the following evening
Tom Savini
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Savini at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend 2014, held in Orlando, Florida.
Tom Savini
–
Savini applies make-up to
Ari Lehman, creating his vision of
Jason Voorhees
34.
Michael Parks
–
Michael Parks is an American singer and actor. Parks was born in Corona, California, the son of a baseball player and he drifted from job to job during his teenage years, including picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires. He was briefly married at the age of 16 and he is father to actor James Parks to whom he is a single parent. In 1961, Parks portrayed the nephew of the character George MacMichael on the ABC sitcom The Real McCoys. He appeared as Cal Leonard in the 1963 Perry Mason episode The Case of Constant Doyle and he also appeared in The China Lake Murders and Stranger by Night, having portrayed a police officer in both. Parks was the star of the series Then Came Bronson from 1969 to 1970 and he sang the theme song for the show, Long Lonesome Highway, which became a #20 Billboard Hot 100 and #41 Hot Country Songs hit. Albums he recorded under MGM Records include Closing The Gap, Long Lonesome Highway and he also had various records of songs included on these albums. He played Philip Colby during the season of ABCs Dynasty spin-off series The Colbys. Parks played two roles in the Kill Bill film series, reprising the role of Earl McGraw in the first film and he most recently reprised the role of Earl McGraw in both segments of the film Grindhouse. His son, James Parks, played the son of Earl McGraw in Kill Bill, From Dusk Till Dawn 2, Texas Blood Money, Death Proof, Parks played a villain in Kevin Smiths horror films Red State and Tusk. Smith later announced on his podcast that Parks had recorded an album during Red States production, after Smith, the album, titled The Red State Sessions, was released on August 15,2011 as a download from the films website. Michael Parks at the Internet Movie Database Michael Parks Homepage
Michael Parks
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Parks in
Then Came Bronson (1969)
35.
Marc Lawrence
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Marc Lawrence was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence. Lawrence was born as Max Goldsmith in New York City, the son of a Polish Jewish mother, Minerva Norma, and he participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York. He married Odessa-born novelist and screenwriter Fanya Foss, with whom he had two children, she died on December 12,1995, Lawrence died of heart failure on November 28,2005 at the age of 95. He was buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Westwood, California and his daughter, actress Toni Lawrence, was once married to actor Billy Bob Thornton and starred in his film Daddys Girl. In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield, the two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence appeared in films beginning in 1931, Garfield followed, starting his film career in 1938. Lawrences pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, later, Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. When called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party and he was blacklisted and departed for Europe, where he continued to make films. Following the demise of the blacklist, he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and he played gangsters in two James Bond movies, 1971s Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974s The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Christopher Lee. He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man, one of his last roles was as Mr. Zeemo in the Star Trek, Deep Space Nine episode Badda-Bing Badda-Bang, which aired in February 1999. Previously he played the elderly Gatherer Volnoth in the 1989 Star Trek, in 1991 Lawrences autobiography was published entitled Long Time No See, Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster. Lawrence was also the subject of a novel, The Beautiful and his final film role was in Looney Tunes Back in Action, appearing as an Acme Corporation vice president. Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget, by Justin Humphreys, Marc Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database Marc Lawrence at AllMovie Marc Lawrence at the Internet Broadway Database Marc Lawrence at Memory Alpha
Marc Lawrence
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Lawrence in 1957
36.
Kelly Preston
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Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in more than sixty television and film productions, most notably including Mischief, Twins and she is married to John Travolta, with whom she collaborated on the fantasy film Battlefield Earth. She also starred in the films The Cat in the Hat, Old Dogs, Kelly Kamalelehua Smith was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother Linda, was an administrator of a health center and her father. Her mother married Peter Palzis, a director, who subsequently adopted her. She has a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis, as a child, she spent time living in Iraq and also in Australia, where she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. She went on to Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California, at that time she changed her last name to Preston. In 2005 she appeared as the flying, superheroine mother of the protagonist in the film Sky High, Preston was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video She Will Be Loved in 2004. The video features a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, in 2008, she was cast in a television pilot for a potential show called Suburban Shootout. She had a short recurring role on Medium. In 2008, Preston starred in the Lifetime movie The Tenth Circle, the film was shot in Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Brittany Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown. She is a spokeswoman for Neutrogena since 2005 and appears in print, Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987. She also had a relationship with George Clooney, who gave her Max and she was briefly engaged to Charlie Sheen in 1990, but ended the relationship shortly after he accidentally shot her in the arm. Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts and they married in 1991, traveling to Paris on an Air France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon on September 5,1991. However, a ceremony was required because the first, performed by a French Scientology minister, was considered invalid. This second ceremony took place on September 12 in Daytona Beach and they had three children, son Jett, daughter Ella Bleu, and son Benjamin. Prestons son Jett Travolta was described as suffering from Kawasaki disease as an infant and had a history of seizures, in 2003, Preston appeared on the Montel Williams show to promote L. Ron Hubbards Purification Rundown, which she credited with helping her son. On January 2,2009, Jett Travolta died while the family was on a vacation in The Bahamas
Kelly Preston
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Preston in December 2005
