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Happy Tears (Roy Lichtenstein)
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Happy Tears is a 1964 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It formerly held the record for highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting. On November 13,2002, Happy Tears surpassed Kiss II, in November 2005, the 1963 work In the Car surpassed Happy Tears Lichtenstein work record auction price, when it sold for $16.2 million. Happy Tears was acquired at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York and it did not change hands until it was sold again on November 13,2002, at auction at Christies in New York. The owner lent this work for exhibition twice in the late 1960s, from November 1967 to May 1968, the exhibit made stops at the Stedelijk Museum, Tate Gallery, Kunsthalle Bern, and Kestner-Gesellschaft. From September to November 1969, it was exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and it was then displayed at the Gagosian Gallery in New York City in 2008. The film was named after this painting, after 1963, Lichtensteins comics-based women look hard, crisp, brittle, and uniformly modish in appearance, as if they all came out of the same pot of makeup. This particular example is one of several that is cropped so closely that the hair flows beyond the edges of the canvas, the image is made more poignant by the cropping and positioning of the fingers. The woman exudes a sense of relief over something that is outside the canvas,1964 in art Coplans, John, ed. Introduction, Biographical Notes, Chronology of Imagery and Art. Lichtenstein Foundation website Christies video Christies sale
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Parker Posey
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Parker Christian Posey is an American actress and musician. She later played roles in Christopher Guest mockumentaries, including Best in Show, A Mighty Wind. Her other film appearances include Youve Got Mail, Scream 3, Superman Returns, on television, Posey has guest-starred in series such as Will & Grace, Boston Legal, The Good Wife, Louie, Parks and Recreation, and Search Party. Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda, a chef and she has a twin brother, Christopher. Poseys first name was a tribute by her father to 1950s model Suzy Parker, after Poseys birth, her family lived in Monroe, Louisiana for 11 years. They later moved to Laurel, Mississippi, where her mother worked as a chef and culinary instructor for the Viking Range Corporation in Greenwood, Posey was raised as a Catholic. Posey attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied drama and roomed with actresses Sherry Stringfield, Posey got her first break in television with the role of Tess Shelby on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Poseys first major role in a film was in Dazed and Confused with Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey. The film received reviews from critics and has been identified as a cult classic. In 1994, she appeared in Hal Hartleys short film Opera No, throughout the late 1990s, Posey co-starred in 32 independent films and was nicknamed Queen of the Indies. In an interview in January 2012, Parker said that the title has sometimes been a hindrance, Im trying to work in studio movies. I get feedback from my agent saying, Shes too much of an indie queen, and then on the other side, my name doesnt get the financing to do a movie over $1 million. And Im called the indie queen, so its really a challenging path because I know so much about the indie side of the business. And this stuff gets projected onto me, people are like, Youre here every year, you do so many indie movies. And Im like, No, I did Broken English five years ago and she has co-starred in Christopher Guests films, including five of his mock documentaries, the first being Waiting for Guffman in 1996. In 1998, Posey appeared in Hartleys film Henry Fool, in 2000, she starred in Guests third mock documentary Best in Show, and in the big budget horror film Scream 3. Critical reaction to Poseys performance in the film was highly positive. However, she lost to Adam Sandler, who won it for his performance in Big Daddy, the next year she played the antagonist in Josie and the Pussycats
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Demi Moore
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Demi Gene Guynes, professionally known as Demi Moore, is an American actress, former songwriter, and model. Moore dropped out of school at age 16 to pursue an acting career. After making her debut later that year, she appeared on the soap opera General Hospital and subsequently gained recognition for her work in Blame It on Rio. Her first film to both a critical and commercial hit was About Last Night. Which established her as a Hollywood star, in 1990, Moore starred in Ghost, the highest-grossing film of that year, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She had a string of additional successes in the early 1990s, including A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal. In 1996, Moore became the actress in film history when she was paid a then-unprecedented fee of $12.5 million to star in Striptease. Her next major role, G. I. Moore was born on November 11,1962 in Roswell and her biological father, Air Force airman Charles Harmon, Sr. left her mother, Virginia, after a two-month marriage, before Moore was born. When Moore was three months old, her mother married Dan Guynes, an advertising salesman who frequently changed jobs, as a result. Moore said in 1991, My dad was Dan Guynes, there is a man who would be considered my biological father who I dont really have a relationship with. Moore learned of him at age 13, when she found her mother and stepfathers marriage certificate, Dan Guynes committed suicide in October 1980 at age 37, two years after he separated from Moores mother. Charles Harmon appeared on Inside Edition in 1995, making an appeal to see his grandchildren, Virginia Guynes had a long record of arrests for crimes, including drunk driving and arson. Moore broke off contact with her in 1990, when Guynes walked away from a rehab stay Moore had paid for at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota. Guynes posed nude for the magazine High Society in 1993, where she spoofed Moores Vanity Fair pregnancy and bodypaint covers, Moore and Guynes briefly reconciled shortly before Guynes died of cancer in July 1998 at age 54. Moore was cross-eyed as a child, this was corrected by two operations. She also suffered from kidney dysfunction, at age 15, Moore moved to West Hollywood, California, where her mother worked for a magazine-distribution company. Moore attended Fairfax High School there, and recalled, I moved out of my familys house when I was 16 and left high school in my junior year. In August 1979, three months before her 17th birthday, Moore met musician Freddy Moore who was married and at the leader of the band Boy
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Rip Torn
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Elmore Rual Torn Jr. known within his family and professionally as Rip Torn, is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian. Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in Cross Creek and his work includes the role of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well. Torn was born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. in Temple, Texas, on February 6,1931, the son of Elmore Rual Torn Sr. an agriculturalist and economist, the family is of German, Austrian, and Czech/Moravian ancestry. The nickname Rip is a tradition in the Torn family. Torn was a member of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets, although he graduated from the University of Texas, after graduation, he served in the Military Police in the United States Army. At the University of Texas, Torn studied drama with Ben Iden Payne, while in New York, Torn introduced his cousin Sissy Spacek to the entertainment business, and helped her enroll in the Actors Studio. One of Torns earliest roles was in Pork Chop Hill, portraying the brother-in-law of Gregory Pecks character and he also had an uncredited role in A Face in the Crowd as Barry Mills. In 1957, Torn portrayed Jody in an episode of The Restless Gun. In 1964, Torn appeared as Eddie Sanderson in the episode The Secret in the Stone in The Eleventh Hour, in 1965, in the film The Cincinnati Kid, he played Slade, a corrupt New Orleans millionaire who pressures Steve McQueen during a high-stakes poker game. On television that year, Torn portrayed Colonel Royce in the episode The Lorelei of 12 O-Clock High, since then, he has been a character actor in numerous films. Jack Nicholson played Hanson instead in a career-launching performance, in 1972, Torn won rave reviews for his portrayal of a country & western singer in the cult film Payday. He co-starred with singer David Bowie in a 1975 science-fiction film, Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1983s Cross Creek as a poor neighbor of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in the orange groves of Florida. He portrayed a Southern senator in 1979s The Seduction of Joe Tynan, opposite Alan Alda and Meryl Streep, in 1982, Torn played a role as a holy man in the sword-and-sorcery movie The Beastmaster. A comedy with Bette Midler, and appeared as an executive in Airplane II. He co-starred with John Candy as a man who helps a tourist win a race in the 1985 comedy Summer Rental. In 1988, he ventured into directing with The Telephone, the screenplay was written by Terry Southern and Harry Nilsson and the film was produced by their company Hawkeye. The story, which focused on an unhinged, out-of-work actor, had written with Robin Williams in mind
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Ellen Barkin
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Ellen Rona Barkin is an American actress and film producer. In 1989, Barkin received positive reviews for her roles in films Johnny Handsome, in 1991, for her leading role in comedy film Switch, Barkin received Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Her following films credits include Man Trouble, This Boys Life, Bad Company, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and Oceans Thirteen. In 1997, Barkin won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings. In 2011, she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut performance in The Normal Heart, in 2016, Barkin began playing the leading role as Janine Smurf Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom. Barkin was born in The Bronx, New York, the daughter of Evelyn, an administrator who worked at Jamaica Hospital, and Sol Barkin. Barkin was raised in a lower-middle-class Jewish family, a descendant of immigrants from Siberia, Barkin received her high school diploma at Manhattans High School of Performing Arts. She then attended Hunter College and double majored in history and drama, at one point, Barkin wanted to teach ancient history. She continued her education at New York Citys Actors Studio. According to Time, she studied acting for ten years before landing her first audition and her break-out role was in the comedy-drama film Diner, written and directed by Barry Levinson, for which she received favorable reviews. Barkin was cast in the drama film Tender Mercies after impressing its director Bruce Beresford during an audition in New York City, despite her inexperience and she also appeared in the 1983 rock & roll drama film Eddie and the Cruisers. Barkin later appeared in successful films, including the thrillers The Big Easy, opposite Dennis Quaid and Sea of Love. Barkin also appeared in plays, including a role as one of the roommates in Extremities. Barkin has also work in made-for-television films like Before Women Had Wings, for which she won an Emmy as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. She voiced the start of each Theme Time Radio Hour with host Bob Dylan on XMs Deep Tracks, in 2005, Barkin set up a film production company with her brother, George, along with her husband at the time and billionaire investor, Ronald Perelman. Barkin appeared in her Broadway debut as Dr. Brookner in The Normal Heart, Barkin has received acclaim for her performance in Another Happy Day. IndieWire cited her turn as one of the best female performances of the year, in 2015, she starred as Dani Kirschenbloom, in the Showtime comedy-drama series Happyish. In 2016, Barkin began starring as Janine Smurf Cody, the familys matriarch
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Roadside Attractions
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Lionsgate bought a portion of Roadside in 2007. All pictures were distributed by Roadside, unless said otherwise, official website Online Press Site Roadside Attractions at the Internet Movie Database Roadside Attractionss channel on YouTube
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Berlin International Film Festival
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The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the worlds leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held annually in Berlin, Germany, founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978. With around 300,000 tickets sold and 500,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly attended film festival based on actual attendance rates. Up to 400 films are shown in sections, representing a comprehensive array of the cinematic world. Around twenty films compete for the called the Golden and Silver Bears. Since 2001 the director of the festival has been Dieter Kosslick, the European Film Market, a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale, is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit. The trade fair serves distributors, film buyers, producers, financiers, the Berlinale Talent Campus, a week-long series of lectures and workshops, gathers young filmmakers from around the globe. It partners with the festival itself and is considered to be a forum for upcoming artists, the festival, the EFM and other satellite events are attended by around 20,000 professionals from over 130 countries. More than 4200 journalists are responsible for the exposure in over 110 countries. At high-profile feature film premieres, movie stars and celebrities are present at the red carpet, the Berlinale has established a cosmopolitan character integrating art, glamour, commerce and a global media attention. The Berlin International Film Festival was founded in West Berlin in 1951, alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca opened the first Berlinale. Although the film had premiered in 1940, many Germans had been unable to watch it until after the war ended, since 1978 the festival has been celebrated annually in February. The next-to-most recent festival, the 66th Berlinale, was held from 11 February to 21 February 2016, meryl Streep presided over the international jury. Joel and Ethan Coens film Hail, Caesar. was selected to open the festival, the Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian documentary Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi. The 67th Berlin International Film Festival was held February 9 to February 19,2017, the festival is composed of seven different film sections. Films are chosen in each category by a director with the advice of a committee of film experts. Categories include, Competition, comprises feature-length films yet to be released outside their country of origin, films in the Competition section compete for several prizes, including the top Golden Bear for the best film and a series of Silver Bears for acting, writing and production. Panorama, comprises new independent and arthouse films that deal with controversial subjects or unconventional aesthetic styles, films in the category are intended to provoke discussion, and have historically involved themes such as LGBT issues
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Philadelphia
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In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia was one of the capitals in the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became an industrial center. It became a destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration. The areas many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational, with a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016 including several prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and rich history, Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism, Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States. Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape Indians in the village of Shackamaxon, the Lenape are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government. They are also called Delaware Indians and their territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island. Most Lenape were pushed out of their Delaware homeland during the 18th century by expanding European colonies, Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases, mainly smallpox, and violent conflict with Europeans. Iroquois people occasionally fought the Lenape, surviving Lenape moved west into the upper Ohio River basin. The American Revolutionary War and United States independence pushed them further west, in the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in the US state of Oklahoma, with communities living also in Wisconsin, Ontario. The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony, in 1638, Swedish settlers led by renegade Dutch established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina and quickly spread out in the valley. In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their defeat of the English colony of Maryland
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Prospect Park, Pennsylvania
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Prospect Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,454 at the 2010 census, down from 6,594 at the 2000 census and it originated as a bedroom community of Philadelphia. It is located within 10 miles of Center City, Philadelphia, Prospect Park is located in southeastern Delaware County at 39°53′9″N 75°18′26″W. It is bordered to the east by Norwood, to the south by Tinicum Township, to the west by Ridley Park, U. S. Route 13 crosses the borough, leading northeast to Philadelphia and southwest 4 miles to Chester. Pennsylvania Route 420 crosses US13 and leads north 2 miles to Morton and south 1 mile to Interstate 95 at Exit 9. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Prospect Park has an area of 0.73 square miles, of which 0.01 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,594 people,2,577 households, the population density was 8,859.7 people per square mile. There were 2,683 housing units at a density of 3,604.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 95. 44% White,1. 38% African American,0. 12% Native American,1. 74% Asian,0. 02% Pacific Islander,0. 39% from other races, and 0. 91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 91% of the population,30. 9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the family size was 3.20. In the borough the population was out, with 25. 6% under the age of 18,8. 2% from 18 to 24,32. 4% from 25 to 44,19. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males, the median income for a household in the borough was $45,244, and the median income for a family was $51,966. Males had an income of $38,914 versus $30,717 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,801, there are 3. 6% of families living below the poverty line and 4. 3% of the population, including 2. 6% of under eighteens and 12. 1% of those over 64. Students living in Prospect Park attend classes within the Interboro School District, which consists of Prospect Park and its neighboring regions Glenolden, Norwood, the school districts administration offices are located within the borough, as is Interboro High School. Prospect Hill Baptist Church in Prospect Park claims a prominent role in instituting the phrase In God We Trust on United States coins, chase referred the matter to James B
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Center City, Philadelphia
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Center City includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of Philadelphia, in the U. S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the former City of Philadelphia prior to the Act of Consolidation,1854 which extended the city borders to be coterminous with Philadelphia County. Greater Center City has grown into the second-most populated downtown area in the United States, after Midtown Manhattan in New York City, with an estimated 183,240 residents in 2015. Center City is bounded by South Street to the south, the Delaware River to the east, the Schuylkill River to the west and this means that Center City occupies the boundaries of the city before it was made coterminous with Philadelphia County in 1854. The Center City District, which has special powers of taxation, uses a complicated, irregularly shaped boundary that includes much but not all of this area, the Philadelphia Police Department patrols three districts located within Center City. The three patrol districts serving Center City are the 6th, 9th, and 17th districts, in March 1987, One Liberty Place broke the gentlemens agreement not to exceed the height of the statue of William Penn atop City Hall. Since the completion of One Liberty Place, no Philadelphia major-league sports team had won a championship for the next two decades, a phenomenon known as the Curse of Billy Penn. In an effort to reverse the curse, a 3-foot statue of Penn was affixed to the top of the Comcast Center upon its completion as the new tallest building in 2007. The Comcast Center, which was completed in 2007, is now the tallest building in Pennsylvania,30 feet taller than One Liberty Place, Two buildings now under construction —1441 Chestnut and the Comcast Technology Center — are also slated to be taller than City Hall. The latter would be the eighth-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the first publicly accessible vantage point higher than City Hall opened at One Liberty Observation Deck on the 57th floor of One Liberty Place in 2015. While Philadelphias population declined, Center Citys rose 10% between 1990 and 2000, in 2007, the city designated the area bound by 11th Street, Broad Street, Chestnut Street and Pine Street as the Gayborhood. Chinatown Fitler Square French Quarter Logan Square Market East Old City Rittenhouse Square Society Hill Washington Square West Sunoco has its headquarters in the BNY Mellon Center, cigna has its corporate headquarters in Two Liberty Place. Aramark is headquartered in Center City, Comcast is headquartered in the Comcast Center. The law firm Cozen OConnor has its headquarters in Center City, kogan Page has its United States offices in Center City. Lincoln National Corporation moved its headquarters from Indiana to Philadelphia in 1999, in Philadelphia Lincoln was headquartered in the West Tower of Centre Square in Center City. In 2007 the company moved 400 employees, including its top executives, the Philadelphia Fire Department operates 5 Fire Stations in the Center City area, Ladder 5, Medic 35, Battalion 1 -711 S. Broad St. Snorkel 2, Medic 44B, Battalion 4, Field Comm. Unit 1 -101 N. 4th St. Engine 11, Medic 21 -601 South St. Pipeline 20, Ladder 23, Medic 1 -133 N. 10th St. Squirt 43, Ladder 9, Medic 7 -2108 Market St
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Cabrini University
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Cabrini University is a coeducational Roman Catholic residential liberal arts university in the Philadelphia metropolitan area of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The college was founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1957, on July 1,2016, the institution changed its name from Cabrini College to Cabrini University to match its growth and success since its establishment. The site of the original Cabrini College was originally the estate of Dr. John T. Dorrance, inventor of the process of making condensed soup and president of the Campbell Soup Company. Dorrance owned a stable with horses, had social events within the main hall of his mansion. The property was purchased by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1953 and it was first named Villa Cabrini after the organizations namesake, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. At first, Villa Cabrini was an orphanage, in 1957, Sister Ursula Infante established a school in the villa. Upon opening, it was a school of only thirty-seven students. The orphanage was still a part of the community and they shared the use of the buildings, the first graduating class was in 1961. Also around this time period, Cabrini was awarded full accreditation by the Middle States Association. In the 1950s, Cabrini was only made up of a few buildings, the mansion of the college was the central point of the college, housing the students, providing a cafeteria, classrooms, library, and a chapel. In 1958, they converted the house, now known as Grace Hall. In 1960, Cabrini finished construction on the Sacred Heart Hall, which was a library, cafeteria, gymnasium, the 1960s also saw the construction of a chapel in 1961 and a library in 1965. The early 1970s were a time of change for the college. After Infantes ten-year presidency in 1967, three presidents were to follow in three years. Sister Barbara Leonardo was president from 1967–68, during her time at the college, she was also a dean and taught history. In 1968, Sr. Gervase Lapadula became president, but soon had to due to health problems. From 1969–73, Sr. Regina Casey was president of Cabrini College, during her presidency, the college was starting to change from a girls-only to a co-educational establishment. Through a program with Eastern University, located next to the college, in turn, Cabrini students were offered more courses through both expansion and external courses at Eastern
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
