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Horrible Bosses
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Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, and Jamie Foxx. The plot follows three friends, played by Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis, who decide to murder their respective overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Spacey, Aniston and Farrell. Markowitzs script was bought by New Line Cinema in 2005 and the spent six years in various states of pre-production. By 2010, Goldstein and Daley had rewritten the script, the film premiered in Los Angeles on June 30,2011, and received a wide release on July 8,2011. The film grossed over $209 million worldwide during its theatrical run, the film opened to positive critical reception, with several critics praising the ensemble cast, with each lead being singled out for their performances across reviews. The plot received a mixed response, some reviewers felt that its dark, humorous premise was explored well, while others felt the jokes were racist, homophobic. A sequel, Horrible Bosses 2, was released on November 26,2014, Nick Hendricks and Dale Arbus are friends who despise their bosses. Nick works at a firm for the sadistic David Harken. Dale is a dental assistant being sexually harassed by his boss, Dr. Julia Harris, at night, over drinks, Kurt jokingly suggests that their lives would be happier if their bosses were no longer around. Initially hesitant, they agree to kill their employers. In search of a hitman, the trio meet Dean Motherfuckah Jones, Jones suggests that Dale, Kurt and Nick kill each others bosses to hide their motive while making the deaths look like accidents. The three reconnoiter Bobbys house, and Kurt steals Bobbys phone and they next go to Harkens house, where Kurt and Nick go inside while Dale waits in the car. Harken returns home and confronts Dale for littering, but then has an attack from the peanut butter on the litter. Dale saves Harken by stabbing him with an EpiPen, Nick and Kurt think Dale is stabbing Harken to death and flee, with Kurt accidentally dropping Bobbys phone in Harkens bedroom. The next night, Kurt watches Julias home, but she seduces and has sex with him, Nick and Dale reluctantly wait outside Bobbys and Harkens houses, respectively, to commit the murders, despite neither of them wanting to. Harken discovers Bobbys cellphone in his bedroom and uses it to find his address and he drives over and kills Bobby, with Nick as a secret witness. Nick flees at high speed, setting off a traffic camera, the trio meet to discuss their reservations about continuing with their plan
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Theatrical release poster
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Top to bottom: Aniston, Farrell and Spacey, who portray the titular horrible bosses.
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Rye (city), New York
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Rye is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is separate from the town of Rye, which has more area than the city. Rye city, formerly the village of Rye, was part of the town until it received its charter as a city in 1942, the population was 15,720 at the 2010 census. Rye is the youngest city in New York State, no other city has been chartered anywhere in New York State since 1942. Playland, an amusement park designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, is also located in Rye. Playland features one of the oldest wooden coasters in the Northeast. Of note are two 200+ year old milestones labeled 24 and 25 on the Boston Post Road, Americas oldest thoroughfare, the concept of mile markers to measure the distance from New York City was originated in 1763 by Benjamin Franklin during his term as Postmaster General. These sandstone markers likely date from 1802 when the Westchester Turnpike was configured, Rye is also home to a rare 1938 WPA mural by realist Guy Pene du Bois which is located within the citys Post Office lobby and titled John Jay at His Home. Rye was at one time a part of Fairfield County, Conn. which was a belonging of the Sachem Ponus, of the Ponus Wekuwuhm, Canaan Parish, and which was probably named for that chieftain, Peningoe Neck. The oldest house in the city, the Timothy Knapp House, is owned by the Rye Historical Society and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Historical Society also owns a former inn/tavern built in 1730, known today as the Square House, george Washington stayed at the inn on two separate occasions, remarking favorably on his experience in his diaries. Rye is also where American Founding Father John Jay grew up, the Jay Estate at 210 Boston Post Road is now the home of the not-for-profit organization the Jay Heritage Center. Restoration of the Jay mansion overlooking Long Island Sound is a project of the Save Americas Treasures Program. The Jay Heritage Center was recently designated a site of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. It is also listed on Westchester Countys African American Heritage Trail, John Jay was well known for advocating emancipation, serving as President of the New York Manumission Society and establishing the first African Free School. Rye is known for its amusement attraction, Rye Playland and this 279 acre theme park is owned and operated by Westchester County and includes rides, games, an indoor skating rink or Ice Casino, beach, a boardwalk and concession stands. It is one of two amusement parks in the country with National Historic Landmark status, the other one being Kennywood in Pennsylvania. It has been a destination since it first opened in 1928
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Jay Estate is the childhood home of American Founding Father, John Jay.
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Rye Beach, early 20th Century
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The wooden Dragon Coaster, is a signature component of Playland Amusement Park, a National Historic Landmark that dates back to 1927.
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Justine Bateman
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Justine Tanya Bateman is an American writer, producer, and actress. She is best known for her role as Mallory Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties. Until recently, Bateman ran a production and consulting company, SECTION5, in the fall of 2012, she started studying computer science at UCLA. Her younger brother is actor, director, and producer Jason Bateman and she attended Taft Charter High School in Woodland Hills, California. However, Bateman could not attend due to her contractual obligations with Family Ties. According to Bateman in 2014, she was informed by the line producer Carol Himes. In 1984, Bateman starred on the Tales from the Darkside television series and she hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live during its 13th season in 1988. The following year she ceased her Family Ties role, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1996, she guest starred on Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman as the character Sarah/Zara in four episodes — two at the end of season 3, and two at the beginning of season 4. In the 1996–97 NBC American version of the British TV comedy Men Behaving Badly, featuring Rob Schneider and Ron Eldard, she starred as Sarah, Bateman returned to TV with the 2003 Showtime mini-series, Out of Order, alongside Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, and Bill Macy. Michael Bluth was played by Batemans real-life brother, Jason, also in 2006, she guest starred in the tenth episode of Men in Trees as Lynn Barstow. This became a role for the following eight episodes. She also starred as Terry in the series Still Standing, To Have and to Hold, in 2008, she portrayed a drug dealer who rents a room from Carlos and Gabrielle Solis, in a guest role on Desperate Housewives. That same year, Bateman appeared in an episode of Showtimes Californication, in 2009, she portrayed Victoria, Lassiters ex-wife, in USA Networks comedy series Psych and was also in the third episode of 2009s Criminal Minds, Suspect Behavior. In 1988, Bateman starred in the role in the motion picture Satisfaction. The film, about a musical band, also featured Julia Roberts. Bateman starred as the lead vocalist and also performed the vocals on the soundtrack and she has acted in several web series. She acted in John Augusts Remnants, Illeana Douglas’ IKEA-sponsored Easy to Assemble, Batemans theater experience includes Arthur Millers The Crucible, David Mamets Speed the Plow, and Frank Wedekinds Lulu
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Bateman in 2011
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Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
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The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilders best-selling series of Little House books. Television producer and NBC executive Ed Friendly became aware of the story in the early 1970s and he asked Michael Landon to direct the pilot movie. Landon agreed on the condition that he could also play Charles Ingalls, the regular series was preceded by the two-hour pilot movie, which first aired on March 30,1974. The series premiered on the NBC network on September 11,1974, during the 1982–83 television season, with the departure of Landon and Grassle, the series was broadcast with the new title Little House, A New Beginning. In 1997, TV Guide ranked the two-part episode Ill Be Waving As You Drive Away at 97 on its 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list, many episodes concern the maturation of the familys second daughter, Laura. However, episodes focus on other family and community members. Robert Alden, Lars Hanson, the founder and proprietor of the towns mill, and Dr. Hiram Baker. Teacher-turned-lawyer Adam Kendall is introduced at the end of four and later weds Mary Ingalls. Melissa Gilbert has the most appearances of the series, a total of 190 of the 204 episodes. Michael Landon appeared in all but four episodes of one through eight. Hiram Baker Dabbs Greer as Rev, of the 204 episodes, Michael Landon directed the largest number at 90, producer William F. Claxton handled the majority of the remaining shows at 68, while co-star Victor French helmed 18. Maury Dexter and Leo Penn directed the episodes at 21 and 3 episodes respectively. Interior shots were filmed at Paramount studios in Los Angeles, while exteriors were filmed at the nearby Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley. Many other filming locations were used during the course of the series including Old Tucson Studios and various locations in Sonora. The series theme song was titled The Little House and was written, the ending theme music, also written by Rose, originally appeared as a piece of incidental music in a later-season episode of Michael Landons previous long-running series, Bonanza. Little House explored many different themes including frequently portrayed ones of adoption, alcoholism, faith, poverty, blindness, some plots also include subjects such as drug addiction, leukemia, child abuse, and even rape. Although predominantly a drama, the program has many lighthearted and comedic moments as well, some of the episodes written by Michael Landon were recycled storylines from ones that he had written for Bonanza. When Michael Landon decided to leave the show, season nine was renamed, the focus was put on the characters of Laura and Almanzo, a new family, the Carters, move into the Ingalls house
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Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls, 1975
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Silver Spoons
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Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25,1982, to May 11,1986, and in first-run syndication from September 15,1986, to March 4,1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, Silver Spoons was created by Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds and Ben Starr. In the pilot episode, Ricky Stratton arrives at the mansion of the father he has never met to introduce himself, move in, and get to know him better. Edward Stratton III epitomizes the phrase overgrown child, he has never taken responsibility for anything in his life, including his toy business, Eddie Toys. When he finds out in the episode that his business manager embezzled all of his money, he simply tells his attorney to bring back his bucks. Ricky recognizes that his dad needs to grow up, Edward thinks his son is too uptight, Edwards father is played by John Houseman as the thoughtful, well-to-do patriarch and industrialist whose demeanor starkly contrasts with Edwards and seems more similar to Rickys. Ricky is often caught between the two, wishing only for peace and harmony within the family, Edward and Evelyns romantic relationship led to a week-long marriage. Now Evelyn has remarried and placed Ricky in a boarding school. When Ricky arrives at the Stratton residence, Edward is stunned to discover that his brief marriage produced a son. At first he sends Ricky right back to the school, later he dresses up as a swamp monster to take Ricky out of the school. The mansion is stocked with arcade games and a freight train runs through it. Edward exhibits his childishness and playfulness in many ways, such as performing a dance while the Pac-Man plays its theme song. Strattons personal assistant, Kate Summers, is often the voice of reason, Kates role adds tension to the show and provides incentive for Edward to act more maturely. Edward and Kates will-they-or-wont-they relationship gives way to a third-season wedding, during the series early years, Ricky befriends bad boy Derek Taylor, smooth-talking cowboy J. T. Martin, and nerdy Freddy Lippincottleman. They get into a lot of trouble and learn many childhood lessons along the way, dexter remained through the rest of the series and was joined in fall 1984 by his hip, break dancing nephew Alfonso Spears, who became Rickys new best friend. That year, as Kate and Edward adjusted to married life, Kates doddering uncle, Harry Summers, the original version was accompanied mostly by guitar. Two other versions of the theme were used during the shows run, a synthesized version was used in 1985. The third version of the theme, a version, was introduced in 1986 when the show moved to first-run syndication
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The cast of Silver Spoons, season 4
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The Hogan Family
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The Hogan Family is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 1,1986, to May 7,1990, and on CBS from September 15,1990, until July 20,1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc. and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures, and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often absent airline pilot husband, Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the shows producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the aunt, who moved in. During the shows season, the series was known as Valeries Family, The Hogans. Valerie worked as the buyer for a house and was matched in wit and charm by her best friend. The family dog, Murray, died in a story line. In season two, Harper and producer/husband Tony Cacciotti had increasing creative control over the show, and the candy-coated tinges of storytelling were completely replaced by realistic humor. Barbara was written out of the show, and the close friend/cohort role became occupied by neighbor Annie Steck, the other neighbor, busybody Patty Poole, began appearing occasionally, as did Davids friend Rich. A jock with an attitude, Rich was especially known for calling David Hogie. Valerie had switched careers, now working as a graphic artist. Like most American sitcoms in the 1980s, the series dealt with moral conflics. In the episode Bad Timing, which first aired February 7,1987, David, the episode featured the first primetime use of the word condom. Parental advisory warnings were issued in ads for the episode and NBC placed a warning before the episode aired stating that parents may want to watch the episode with their children. Some of NBCs affiliates either aired the show outside of primetime or refused to air it at all, the episode was later released to home video, especially for teachers and health educators to use as a tool to promote safe sex. After a modest start in the ratings that was countered by critical success and its most significant ratings jump occurred after its moving to Mondays at 8, 30/7, 30c in March 1987, following the mega-hit ALF. NBC renewed the series for a season in May. In light of the success, Harper and Cacciotti approached their producers and network about per-episode salary increases
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Season 2 Promotional Photo for Valerie
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The cast of The Hogan Family with the inclusion of Sandy Duncan
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Michael Bluth
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Nichael Michael Bluth is a fictional character who is both the protagonist and the straight man of the American television sitcom Arrested Development, created by Mitchell Hurwitz. Portrayed by Jason Bateman, Bluths role in the narrative is to lead his family through its many crises, Michael is the second oldest Bluth son, and the father of George Michael Bluth. He has a brother, G. O. B. A younger half-brother, Buster, and a sister, Lindsay. He also has an adopted Korean brother named Annyong, who is almost 20 years younger, when his father George Sr. goes to jail, Michael becomes head of the family and CEO and President of the Bluth Company. His authority, however, is undermined by his family. He remained President for all of Season 1, but was replaced by G. O. B. in Season 2. As Vice President, Michael was the Bluth Companys de facto head, in season 3, Michael was firmly in charge again, though the sibling rivalry and family interference did not totally recede. Michael believes himself to be the most functional and level-headed Bluth but has shown to be vain, dishonest and he is usually the only source of stability for his family, much to his chagrin. Despite this, he behaves unethically, is hypocritical, has a sense of superiority, a problem letting go of control. His faults become more evident as the show goes on, michaels wife Tracy died two years prior to the first season, and she was in a coma for some months before she passed. In the show, Michael is often reluctant to date, thinking that his son would disapprove and his wifes death is usually the subject of tasteless and unaware jokes made by his family members. In season 3, it is revealed there is a typo on his birth certificate. Also, Michael discovers the truth about his fathers crimes and his sisters identity, as of the end of season 4, Michael is the only character who has appeared in every episode of the series. Michael is generally the straight man in the series, however, creator Mitch Hurwitz says that in some respects Michael is the craziest one in that he cannot see much of what happens around him. Michael is portrayed by actor Jason Bateman, Bateman also explained his performance by saying he could be naturally. Bateman said of his part, its the best job Ive ever had, hands down, Bateman and his character were also well received by critic Robert Bianco, who wrote the key to the shows success is the hilariously deadpan Bateman. Bateman was nominated for seven awards for his portrayal of Michael Bluth
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Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth
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Deadpan
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Deadpan or dry humor/wit describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, the term deadpan first emerged as an adjective or adverb in the 1920s, as a compound word combining dead and pan. The oldest usage recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary comes from The New York Times, the usage of deadpan as a verb is recorded at least as far back as 1942. Early in his days, Buster Keaton developed his deadpan expression. Keaton realized that audiences responded better to his stony expression than when he smiled, many popular American sitcoms use deadpan expressions to deliver dry humor, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, and My Name Is Earl. More recent examples are Andre Braugher as Captain Raymond Holt from the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett in iCarly, another example is the often-philosophical comedy of Steven Wright. Dry humor is often confused with highbrow or egghead humor, because the humor in dry humor does not exist in the words or delivery, instead, the listener must look for humor in the contradiction between words, delivery and context. Failure to include the context or to identify the contradiction results in the finding the dry humor unfunny. However, the term deadpan itself actually refers only to the method of delivery, other deadpan comedians, Deadpan can vary in subtlety. Obvious deadpan uses a high amount of contrast either with characters or situations and it may also take the role of mirror to characters who are unaware of their folly. More subtle deadpan can test the limits of the audience. Blank expression Dark humor Minimisation Throwaway line
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Rat Pack comedian
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Arrested Development (TV series)
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Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz, which originally aired on Fox for three seasons from November 2,2003 to February 10,2006. A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26,2013, the show follows the fictitious Bluth family, a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family. It is presented in a format, incorporating handheld camera work and voice-over narration, as well as the use of occasional archival photos. The show also utilizes several long-running Easter egg jokes throughout each season, Ron Howard serves as both an executive producer and the series uncredited narrator. Set in Newport Beach, California, Arrested Development was filmed primarily in Culver City, in 2007, Time listed the show among its All-TIME100 TV Shows, in 2008, it was ranked 16th on Entertainment Weeklys New TV Classics list. In 2011, IGN named Arrested Development the funniest show of all time and its humor has been cited as a key influence on later single-camera sitcoms such as 30 Rock and Community. Despite critical acclaim, Arrested Development received low ratings and viewership on Fox, rumors of an additional season and a feature film persisted until 2011, when Netflix agreed to license new episodes and distribute them exclusively on its video streaming service. These episodes were released in 2013. Netflix has also commissioned a fifth season of Arrested Development, which is expected to premiere in 2017, a script for an Arrested Development film has also been in development, with the main cast reported to reprise their original roles in both the fifth season and the film. Discussion that led to the creation of the began in the summer of 2002. Howard met with David Nevins, the President of Imagine Television, Katie OConnell, a vice president. In light of recent corporate accounting scandals, such as Enron and Adelphia, Howard and Imagine were immediately interested in using this idea, and signed Hurwitz to write the show. The idea was pitched and sold in the fall of 2002, There was a bidding war for the show between Fox and NBC, with the show ultimately selling to Fox as a put pilot with a six-figure penalty. Over the next few months, Hurwitz developed the characters and plot for the series, the script of the pilot episode was submitted in January 2003 and filmed in March 2003. It was submitted in late April to Fox and was added to the fall schedule that May. Alia Shawkat was the first cast in the series, Michael Cera, Tony Hale, and Jessica Walter were cast from video tapes and flown in to audition for Fox. Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi both read and auditioned for the network and were immediately chosen, the character of Gob was apparently the most challenging to cast. Howard provided the narration for the pilot, and his narrating meshed so well with the tone of the program that the decision was made to keep his voice
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The cast does the "chicken dance" at the Arrested Development reunion in October 2011.
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From left to right: Gob, George Sr., Lindsay, Tobias, Michael, Lucille, George Michael, Maeby, and Buster.
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Henry Winkler portrays bumbling lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn.
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Golden Globe
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Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is a part of the film industrys awards season. The 74th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film, the 1st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, was held in January 1944, at the 20th Century-Fox studios. Subsequent ceremonies were held at venues throughout the next decade, including the Beverly Hills Hotel. In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish an honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. Recognizing its subject as a figure within the entertainment industry. The official name of the award became the Cecil B. In 1963, the Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced, in its inaugural year, two Miss Golden Globes were named, one for film and one for television. The two Miss Golden Globes named that year were Eva Six and Donna Douglas, respectively, in 2009, the Golden Globe statuette was redesigned. It was unveiled at a conference at the Beverly Hilton prior to the show. The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, telecast to 167 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars, gervais returned to host the 68th and 69th Golden Globe Awards the next two years. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 70th, 71st and 72nd Golden Globe Awards in 2015, the Golden Globe Awards theme song, which debuted in 2012, was written by Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki Hayashi. On January 7,2008, it was announced due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast. In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight, however, including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite Actor/Actress Award, or Cecil B. DeMille Award, Barbra Streisand leads with nine, additionally, Streisand won for composing the song Evergreen, producing the Best Picture, and directing Yentl in 1984. Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda and Shirley MacLaine have six awards each, behind them are Rosalind Russell and Jessica Lange with five wins. Meryl Streep also holds the record for most nominations with thirty, at the 46th Golden Globe Awards an anomaly occurred, a three way-tie for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
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The Golden Globe statuette
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Juno (film)
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Juno is a 2007 American comedy-drama independent film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Juno won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned three other Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Page. Juno earned back its budget of $6.5 million in twenty days. It went on to earn $231 million, Juno received acclaim from critics, many of whom placed the film on their top ten lists for the year. It has received criticism and praise from members of both the pro-life and pro-choice communities regarding its treatment of abortion, sixteen-year-old Minnesota high-schooler Juno MacGuff discovers she is pregnant by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker. Going to a clinic run by a womens group, she encounters a schoolmate outside who is holding a one-person protest for pro-life vigil. Once inside, however, a variety of factors lead Juno to leave and she decides against abortion, and she decides to give the baby up for adoption. With the help of her friend Leah, Juno searches the ads in the Pennysaver and she tells her father, Mac, and stepmother, Bren, who offer their support. With Mac, Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring, in their expensive home, Juno visits Mark a few times, with whom she shares tastes in punk rock and horror films. Mark, who has set aside his rock band youth, works at home composing commercial jingles. Juno and Leah happen to see Vanessa in a mall being completely at ease with a child, and Juno encourages Vanessa to talk to her baby in the womb. As the pregnancy progresses, Juno struggles with the emotions she feels for the father, Paulie. Juno maintains an outwardly indifferent attitude toward Paulie, but when she learns he has asked another girl to the upcoming prom, Paulie reminds Juno that it is at her request they remain distant and tells her that she broke his heart. Not long before her baby is due, Juno is again visiting Mark when their interaction becomes emotional, Mark then tells her he will be leaving Vanessa. Juno is horrified by this revelation, with Mark asking Juno How do you think of me, Vanessa arrives home, and Mark tells her he does not feel ready to be a father and there are still things he wants to do first. Juno watches the Loring marriage fall apart, then drives away, returning to the Lorings home, she leaves a note and disappears as they answer the door
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Diablo Cody wrote the film based on many of her own high school experiences.
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Jason Reitman pictured
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Eric Hamber Secondary School stood in for the fictional Dancing Elk High School.
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Hancock (film)
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Hancock is a 2008 American superhero comedy-drama film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a superhero, John Hancock from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey, makes it his mission to change Hancocks public image for the better, the story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in development hell for years and had various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Jonathan Mostow, Hancock was filmed in Los Angeles with a production budget of $150 million. In the United States, the film was rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America after changes were made at their request in order to avoid an R rating, which it had received twice before. The film was presented and widely released on July 2,2008 in the United States, Hancock received mixed reviews from film critics and grossed $624 million worldwide. John Hancock is a man with superhero powers, including flight, invulnerability. Though he uses his powers to stop criminals in his current residence of Los Angeles, as a result, he is routinely jeered at the crime scenes. Hancock also ignores court subpoenas from the city of Los Angeles to address the property damage he has caused, Hancock saves Rays life but he causes the train to derail and nearly injures another driver. Hancock is jeered by other drivers for causing damage but Ray steps in. Ray invites him home for dinner with his wife, Mary, Hancock goes back home to ponder the offer and returns to his house the next day and grudgingly accepts. Ray convinces the alcoholic superhero to agree to be jailed for outstanding warrants so they can show Los Angeles how much the city really needs Hancock. Hancock tries to resist the urge to break out of using his powers and refuses to talk during a prison group therapy but frequent visits by Ray. When crime rates rise after Hancocks incarceration, the superhero is contacted by the Chief of Police, after the rescue, onlookers applaud Hancock for his handling of the bank robbery. The superhero becomes popular again, as Ray had predicted, after Hancock tucks a drunken Ray in bed, Hancock approaches and kisses Mary. At first, she responds passionately, but then turns angry, throwing Hancock through a wall, Hancock departs, confused at having apparently found another like himself. The next morning, Hancock arrives back at the house to demand answers from Mary and she warns him to stay away from her and her family but agrees to meet Hancock at his home to answer his questions. When she arrives, Hancock discovers that Mary also has superpowers and is apparently immortal and he threatens to expose her unless she explains their origins so she tells him that they are the last two members of a race that have lived for 3,000 years with their powers
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Hollywood Boulevard was one of the film's
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Up in the Air (2009 film)
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Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn. The story is centered on corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham and his travels, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Danny McBride also star. Filming was primarily in St. Louis, Missouri, which substituted for a number of other cities, several scenes were filmed in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas and Miami. Reitman promoted Up in the Air with personal appearances at festivals and other showings. The Los Angeles premiere was at the Mann Village Theater on November 30,2009, Paramount scheduled a limited North American release on December 4,2009, broadening the release on December 11,2009, with a wide release on December 23,2009. The National Board of Review and the Washington D. C, area Film Critics Association named Up in the Air the Best Picture of 2009. It received six Academy Award nominations, but did not win in any category and he also gives motivational speeches, using the analogy Whats in Your Backpack. to extol the virtues of a life free of burdensome relationships with people as well as things. A frequent flyer, Ryan relishes his travels, and desires to become the seventh, during his travels, he meets another frequent flyer named Alex, and they begin a casual relationship. Ryan is called back to his companys offices in Omaha, Nebraska, Natalie Keener, a young and ambitious new hire, promotes a program designed to cut costs by conducting layoffs via videoconferencing. Ryan raises concerns that the program could be seen as detached and apathetic and he then plays the role of a fired employee to demonstrate her inexperience. Ryans boss assigns him to bring Natalie on his round of terminations to show her the ropes. As they travel together, Natalie questions Ryans philosophies on life, particularly on relationships and love, during the trip, Natalie is shattered when her boyfriend unceremoniously dumps her by text message, and Ryan and Alex try to comfort her. On the test run, the earlier concerns Ryan raised prove valid, one laid-off person breaks down in tears before the camera, instead of returning immediately to Omaha, Ryan convinces Alex to accompany him to his younger sisters wedding. He learns that the reason the couple had him take photos of a picture of them in various places was because they cannot afford a honeymoon. When the groom gets cold feet, Ryans older sister talks Ryan into using his skills to persuade the groom to go through with the wedding. Although this runs counter to Ryans personal philosophy, he argues that the important moments in life are rarely unshared. The wedding goes off without any further hitches, Ryan begins having second thoughts about his life and philosophies. As he starts delivering his Whats in Your Backpack, speech at a convention in Las Vegas, he realizes he no longer believes it, and walks off the stage
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Anna Kendrick at the
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George Clooney 's performance was critically lauded.
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The Switch (2010 film)
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The Switch is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Josh Gordon & Will Speck. Based on a written by Allan Loeb, the film, formerly titled The Baster, was inspired by the short story Baster by Jeffrey Eugenides. The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and child actor Thomas Robinson, patrick Wilson, Juliette Lewis, and Jeff Goldblum appear in key supporting roles. Filming began in March 2009, and ended in May 2009, re-shoots took place in October 2009. Upon its release, The Switch received mixed reviews critics, who praised its premise. The Switch was the last Miramax film to be distributed by Disney before the former was sold to Filmyard Holdings on December 3,2010, 30-something Kassie Larson is single, hasnt found love yet, and decides she wants to have a baby. Despite the objections of her neurotic long-time best friend Wally Mars and she also wants a face-to-face sperm donor, disdaining using a sperm bank. Wally suggests he be the donor, but Kassie sees him as a bit too neurotic, pessimistic, and self-absorbed, and besides, as best friends, that would be weird. Wally has always had feelings for Kassie, and they dated six years ago, Kassie selects as sperm donor a handsome and charming assistant professor, Roland. Kassie organizes a party, where Wally meets Roland and takes an instant dislike to him. Roland is then called upon and produces his sperm in the bathroom, Wally uses the bathroom and sees the sample. Panicking, he replaces the sperm with his own, the next day at work, still hungover, he remembers nothing. Wally is then upset when Kassie tells him she is returning to her home in Minnesota, as she thinks that would be a better environment to raise a child in. She leaves, and Wally maintains a non-fulfilling, dreary existence, seven years later, Kassie returns to New York along with precocious-but-neurotic son Sebastian. She wants to reconnect with Wally, and is eager to introduce her son to him, after Wally notices the similarities between himself and Sebastian, and after talking to his friend Leonard, Wally realizes what happened seven years earlier. Just before Roland proposes to Kassie, Wally reveals to Kassie that Sebastian is his son and she is shocked and angry and does not want to see him again. Some time passes, and one day, as he is leaving work and she tells him Sebastian really misses him and needs him. Wally admits he misses and needs Sebastian too, Kassie then discloses she isnt with Roland any longer, and that she loves him, even with all of his idiosyncrasies
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Bateman received generally positive reviews for his portrayal of Wally.
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Paul (film)
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Paul is a 2011 British-American science fiction comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The film is about two science fiction geeks who meet an extraterrestrial being, voiced by Seth Rogen, with a sarcastic manner and they help the alien to escape the Secret Service agents pursuing him, so that he can return to his home planet. The film contains references to other science fiction films, especially those of Steven Spielberg. Paul was released on 14 February 2011 in the United Kingdom, critical reaction to the film was generally positive. The film earned $98 million on a $40.67 million budget, while driving on a remote desert highway at night, after a tense situation with some rednecks in a diner, Graeme and Clive observe a car driving erratically and then crash. They stop to investigate and offer assistance to the driver, who turns out to be an alien named Paul, Clive faints, but Graeme agrees to assist Paul and gives him a ride. Later, United States Secret Service Agent Zoil arrives at the car crash site and informs his unseen female superior, the Big Guy and she sends two inept rookies, Haggard and OReilly, to assist Zoil. Graeme, Clive and Paul camp at an RV park run by two Christian fundamentalists, one-eyed Ruth Buggs and her father, Moses, upon Ruth discovering Paul the next day, the three are forced to take her with them. During an argument about her religion, Paul transfers his knowledge to her, after which Ruth realises that everything she was raised to believe is questionable. Paul later uses his powers to cure Ruths blinded eye and convinces her to moderate her fundamentalist beliefs. The fugitives stop at a bar and Ruth tries to call Moses, the group escapes when Paul terrifies the rednecks into fainting. Later, at another RV park, Ruth is questioned by Agent Zoil, released, she and Graeme retrieve Clive and Paul, who narrowly escape Haggard and OReilly. Frustrated, Zoil orders Haggard and OReilly to return to base, the group soon arrive at a house owned by Tara, who rescued Paul when he first crashed on Earth, and as a result of no one believing her story, has spent her life as a pariah. As she makes tea for her visitors, Haggard, OReilly, the fugitives flee, but OReilly shoots at them, igniting gas from Taras stove and destroying her house. OReilly is apparently killed in the explosion, Haggard pursues and catches up to the RV. Due to an error in judgement, Haggard drives off a cliff and is killed, Zoil reassures the Big Guy that he will have Paul within the hour, but she is tired of waiting and informs Zoil that she has ordered a military response. Paul, Graeme, Clive, Ruth and Tara arrive at Devils Tower National Monument, a helicopter suddenly arrives with agents and The Big Guy. Zoil then appears and starts a stand-off, disabling the agents, secretly, Zoil is Pauls friend and was attempting to aid the escape under cover of capturing Paul
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Seth Rogen provides the voice and motion capture work for Paul.
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The Change-Up
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The Change-Up is a 2011 American fantasy comedy film produced and directed by David Dobkin, written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. The film was released on August 5,2011, in North America, Dave Lockwood and Mitch Planko are close friends who are each jealous of the others lifestyle. While Dave is a lawyer with a wife and kids, Mitch is an actor who has sex with many different women. After getting drunk at a bar, Mitch and Dave urinate in a parks fountain, the next morning, Mitch and Dave realize they have switched bodies. Forced to wait a few days until the department can locate the fountain, Mitch. When Mitch arrives at Daves law firm office, he befriends Daves attractive assistant, however, Mitchs lack of professionalism and legal knowledge cause a big merger to fall through. Meanwhile, Dave arrives at Mitchs film shoot to discover that it is a porno, tired of pretending to be Mitch, Dave has them go back to his house to tell his wife Jamie the truth, but Jamie does not believe him. Dave gives Mitch advice on how to behave professionally and Mitch sets Dave up on a date with Sabrina, after speaking with his father, Mitch rededicates himself to doing everything Daves life demands, from taking care of the kids and buying groceries to making decisions at the firm. On the night of her recital, Cara, Daves eldest child, is about to be pushed by the other girl again. Cara tells Dave that she loves him and Mitch says the same thing, Jamie comforts him, and he discreetly rests his head on her breasts. The next day, Dave decides to take advantage of being Mitch, Dave does everything that he finds relaxing, including going to an aquarium and watching a showing of National Lampoons Animal House at the theater. After Dave finishes having fun, he calls Mitch to help show him how to act fun on his date with Sabrina that night, Mitch teaches Dave how to act like him, and finally shaves off Daves pubic hair. Sabrina comes to him at a classy restaurant and, despite only originally going because Mitch told her to, they eventually legitimately start liking each other. Dave walks Sabrina home, and she tells him to call her, later, Jamie asks Dave about their anniversary party and he asks why Mitch was not invited. She says that he told her not to him because he was afraid Mitch would ruin it with his usual antics. Meanwhile, Dave is rollerblading through the park when he is called by the woman from the managers office. Dave goes to meet Mitch and tell him, but when Dave gets there, he and Mitch imply that they want to stay each other, however, Mitch forgets about the Dialogue Night that he and Jamie had planned and accidentally stands her up. The following day, Mitch goes with the rest of the representatives to the new meeting between the two firms
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Identity Thief
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Identity Thief is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Craig Mazin, and starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy. The film tells a story about a man whose identity is stolen by a woman, despite being a commercial success, grossing over $170 million worldwide on a $35 million budget, the film received generally negative reviews from critics. In Denver, accountant Sandy Patterson buys identity theft protection from Diana, at work, after Sandy clashes with his obnoxious and bullying boss, Harold Cornish, he receives a phone call that reminds him he has an appointment at a salon in Florida. Confused, he puts it out of his mind when co-worker Daniel Casey suggests they and several others leave Cornishs company and start their own firm, when paying for gas, Sandys credit card is declined, and the clerk cuts it up. As the credit card company tells him that he has spent huge amounts of money in Florida, at the police station, Detective Reilly determines Diana has stolen Sandys identity. The situation worsens when cops ask Daniel, now his boss, Reilly says Sandys name was used to buy drugs from someone named Paolo. Sandy finds Diana at the salon in Florida, but when he confronts her, finding her address in her abandoned car, he investigates her house, which is full of merchandise and stolen credit cards. The pair scuffle, before Sandy can handcuff her, criminals Marisol and Julian burst in, after Sandy and Diana escape, Sandy tells her about his plan to restore his reputation, and she agrees to help. Meanwhile, a skiptracer is dispatched to track down Diana for a substantial bounty, because their IDs are identical, flight is impossible, and they travel to Denver by car. After traveling through several states, the skiptracer catches up to the pair, a chase ensues, she knocks him unconscious, and Sandy rams his van off the road. When Sandys rental car gets plowed and totaled by a semi, they take the skiptracers van. When it overheats, they continue on foot through a forest, Sandy discards his pants when he finds a snake in them, and Diana accidentally knocks him unconscious when another bites his neck. Sandy wakes at a bus station, and Diana says she carried him until she flagged down a truck, as the next bus to Denver leaves in three days, Sandy uses money hidden in his socks to buy a $200 car from an auto wrecking yard. For gas money, the con a accounts processor and steal Cornishs identity to create new credit cards. Meanwhile, Marisol shoots the skiptracer, and the criminals continue their pursuit of Sandy, in St. Louis, the two share dinner, and Diana admits she does not know her real name due to growing up as a foster child. The accounts processor enters with cops, who arrest Sandy and Diana, Diana uncuffs herself in the back of the police car, breaks the back windshield, and escapes with Sandy. The skiptracer shoots Marisol and Julian, finds Diana and Sandy on the highway mid-escape, Sandy comes to her aid, but Diana revives and defensively strikes Sandy in the throat. Diana and Sandy eventually get home, where Diana has dinner with Sandys family, the next morning, Sandy finds Diana gone and a note that apologizes for the trouble she caused
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Bad Words (film)
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Bad Words is a 2013 American black comedy film directed by Jason Bateman and written by Andrew Dodge. Marking Batemans directorial debut, the film stars Bateman as an eighth grade dropout who enters the National Golden Quill Spelling Bee through a loophole. It also stars Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall, dodges screenplay for Bad Words was featured on the 2011 Black List and was shortly thereafter picked up by Bateman. After two other actors declined to play the character, Bateman decided to take on the role himself. Filming took place in Los Angeles at the end of 2012, the film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6,2013, and had a limited release in the United States on March 14,2014, expanding to a wide release on March 28. Produced for $10 million, it earned $7.8 million at the box office. It received mixed to positive reviews critics, some enjoyed the humor and direction, while others found the main character unlikeable. He attends and wins a regional spelling bee, and progresses to the competition after confrontations with both the parents of children and the spelling bee hosts. He is accompanied by Jenny Widgeon, a relatively unknown journalist hoping to make an out of his participation in the bee. On the flight to the spelling bee, Guy meets Chaitanya Chopra. Upon his arrival in Los Angeles, Guy meets the director of the bee, Dr. Bernice Deagan. In the bee, Guy actively tries to distract and disconcert his fellow competitors, however, the parents petition for his disqualification and the resignation of Deagan. While researching Guys background, Jenny discovers that Bowman is Guys father and she reveals this to him and he admits that his prime motivation for entering the bee was to embarrass his father in revenge for abandoning him and his mother when he was a child. Soon before the stage of the bee, Guy overhears Chaitanya and his father discussing his strategy to win. Guy storms into the room and ends his friendship with Chaitanya and they later sabotage each other, Guy burns Chaitanyas study book, Todd, and Chaitanya calls the LAPD and accuses Guy of kidnapping a young girl. Meanwhile, only ten competitors remain in the bee, and the pool is gradually reduced to just Guy, when a contestants mother attacks Guy verbally and is subdued by the police on live television, Bowman is forced to intervene, to his embarrassment. Having accomplished his goal, Guy deliberately misspells a word in an effort to let Chaitanya win, to prove his friendship, Chaitanya also misspells his word, and they soon begin to argue. This escalates into a fight, and when Bowman attempts to intervene
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Jason Bateman directed Bad Words and cast himself in the main role.
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Horrible Bosses 2
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Horrible Bosses 2 is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Anders and John Morris. A sequel to 2011s Horrible Bosses, the film stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine and it was released on November 26,2014 by Warner Bros. The film grossed $107.7 million worldwide, Nick Hendricks, Dale Arbus, and Kurt Buckman decide to start their own business after tiring of working for ungrateful bosses. Their idea is a shower head called the Shower Buddy. They have trouble finding investors until they are approached by Bert Hanson, Bert admires their commitment to manufacturing the product themselves, while Rex prefers to outsource to China, and agrees to invest if they can make 100,000 units. Taking out a loan, the three rent a warehouse, hire employees, and manage to produce their output. Seeking financial advice, Nick, Dale, and Kurt visit Nicks old boss, Dave Harken, in prison, the three then resolve to kidnap Rex and hold him for ransom. They seek the help of Motherfuckah Jones, who says the best way to kidnap someone who knows them is to keep the victim unconscious for the duration of the kidnapping. The three create a note asking for $500,000 and go to the office of Dales old boss, Dr. Julia Harris. The trio goes to Rexs house, but while they hide in the closet, Dale accidentally turns on the tank, when they wake up in the morning, they find Rex gone. When they arrive back at the warehouse, they find Rex tied up in the trunk of their car. Rex gets out and reveals he found hiding in his closet. Rex sent the note to his dad and increased the ransom to $5 million. The three are uncertain of Rexs plan, but Rex threatens to go to the if they back out. They call Bert to inform him of Rexs kidnapping, threatening to kill Rex if Bert calls the cops, however, the police, led by Detective Hatcher, subsequently arrive at their warehouse to question Nick, Dale, and Kurt due to their involvement with Bert. When the police leave, Rex breaks down, knowing Bert cares more about his money than his son, while the plan is in motion, Nick, Dale, and Kurt find that Kurt left Bert his own phone instead of the untraceable one. They nevertheless call Bert on Kurts phone to him the instructions. Before they leave, Julia arrives at their room and demands to sleep with Dale or else she will report them for breaking into her office
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The Gift (2015 film)
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The Gift is a 2015 American-Australian psychological thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Joel Edgerton in his directorial debut, and co-produced by Jason Blum and Rebecca Yeldham. The film stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall as a couple intimidated by a past figure played by Edgerton and it was released in the United States on August 7,2015, by STX Entertainment. The film received acclaim and grossed $59 million worldwide on a budget of $5 million. A married couple, Simon and Robyn Callem, relocate from Chicago to a Los Angeles suburb after Simon takes a new job, while out shopping, they run into Gordon Gordo Moseley, Simons former high school classmate. Gordo begins dropping in unannounced and delivering gifts including koi for their pond and he makes Simon uncomfortable, but Robyn sees no problem. Gordo invites the couple to his large and elegant home and he receives a phone call and leaves abruptly, making Simon more suspicious. When he returns, Simon tells him to stay away from his family, the next day, Robyn finds the koi dead and their dog missing. Simon drives to Gordos house to confront him, but discovers it is not actually his home, in the days following, Robyn suspects she is not alone in the house while Simon is at work. Unable to sleep, she steals prescription pills from her neighbor, the dog returns and Robyn receives a letter of apology from Gordo. She is puzzled by his writing that he was willing to let bygones be bygones, Simon says he does not know what it refers to and refuses to make peace with Gordo, telling Robyn that her pills are making her paranoid. At her baby shower, Simons sister tells her that, at school, Simon, Gordo was bullied afterwards and had to transfer. Robyn finds Greg, who reveals that the story was fabricated by Simon. As a result of the story, Gordos father thought he was homosexual and nearly killed him, when asked why Simon would do such a thing, Greg replies because he could. Robyn searches Simons home office and discovers that he has run background checks on Gordo, Robyn learns Simon has beaten Danny for a promotion after troubling information was revealed from Dannys previous job. Robyn confronts Simon about Gordo, but he denies responsibility, Simon angrily blames Robyns suggestions of reconciliation on her own past traumas of being bullied at school. At Robyns behest, Simon tracks down Gordo and half-heartedly apologizes, Simons promotion party is interrupted by Danny, who says Simon fabricated the information that ruined his career. Robyn goes into labor and gives birth to a boy, the next morning, Simon receives a call from his boss telling him that his fraud has been discovered and he will be fired. Robyn tells him that she wants to separate, Simon goes home and finds another gift box, containing footage of Gordo preparing to sexually assault Robyn after she fainted months earlier
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Zootopia
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Zootopia is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 55th Disney animated feature film, K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. The film received critical acclaim with praise directed toward its animation, voice cast, characters, humor, screenplay. Despite being the police academy valedictorian, Judy is relegated to parking duty by Chief Bogo, on her first day, she is hustled by Nick Wilde and Finnick, a con artist duo of foxes. The next day, Judy abandons parking duty to arrest Duke Weaselton, Bogo reprimands her, but an otter named Mrs. Otterton enters Bogos office pleading for someone to find her husband Emmitt, one of fourteen predators who have gone missing. When Judy volunteers and Assistant Mayor Dawn Bellwether praises the assignment, after determining Nick was the last one to see Otterton, Judy blackmails him into assisting her by covertly recording his confession to tax evasion. They track Otterton to a limousine owned by crime boss Mr. Big, at his home, Manchas mentions that Otterton had been yelling about night howlers. Moments later, Manchas himself turns savage and chases the pair, Judy saves Nick by trapping Manchas and calls the ZPD for help. When Bogo and other police arrive, however, Manchas has vanished, Bogo demands Judys resignation, but Nick reminds Bogo she still has 10 hours to solve the case. As they leave, Nick reveals to Judy that he was bullied as a child for being a fox, deciding there was no use in fighting prejudiced ideas about fox behavior, he became a con artist. Bellwether gives Judy and Nick access to the citys traffic-camera system and they discover Manchas was captured by wolves, which Judy surmises are the night howlers. Lionheart and those involved are arrested and Bellwether becomes the new mayor, Judy, praised for solving the case and now friends with Nick, asks him to join the ZPD as her partner. However, she upsets him at a conference by suggesting a biological cause for the recent savage behavior. TV network ZNN covers singer Gazelles peace protest and the police misconduct against predators, guilt-ridden over what happened, Judy quits her job. After she returns to Zootopia and reconciles with Nick, they confront Weaselton and they find Doug in a lab hidden in the subway tunnels, creating an illegal drug made from night howlers, which he has been shooting at predators with a dart gun. Judy and Nick are trapped in a pit after Nick refuses to abandon Judy when she is injured. Bellwether shoots a serum pellet at Nick to make him kill Judy, and frames a call to the ZPD, enraged, Bellwether threatens to frame Judy and Nick for the attacks like she framed Lionheart, but Judy has recorded Bellwethers confession. Bogo and the ZPD arrive and Bellwether is arrested, in the news coverage that follows, Lionheart denies knowledge of Bellwethers plot and states that his imprisonment of the savaged predators was doing the wrong thing for the right reason
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Netflix
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Netflix is an American entertainment company founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on August 29,1997, in Scotts Valley, California. It specializes in and provides streaming media and video-on-demand online and DVD by mail, in 2013, Netflix expanded into film and television production, as well as online distribution. As of 2017 the company has its headquarters in Los Gatos, Netflixs initial business model included DVD sales and rental, although Hastings jettisoned DVD sales about a year after Netflixs founding to focus on the DVD rental by mail business. In 2007, Netflix expanded its business with the introduction of streaming media, while retaining the DVD, Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2013, debuting its first series, House of Cards. It has greatly expanded the production of film and television series since then, offering Netflix Original content through its online library of films. Netflix released an estimated 126 original series or films in 2016, in January 2017, Netflix reported having over 93 million subscribers worldwide, including more than 49 million in the United States. Netflix was founded on August 29,1997, in Scotts Valley, California, by Marc Randolph, Randolph worked as marketing director for Hastings company, Pure Atria Corporation. Randolph was a co-founder of MicroWarehouse, a mail order company. Hastings, a computer scientist and mathematician, sold Pure Atria to Rational Software Corporation in 1997 for $700 million in what was then the richest acquisition in Silicon Valley history. Hastings, Randolphs mother and Integrity QA founder Steve Kahn invested $2.5 million in cash for Netflix. Randolph admired the fledgling e-commerce company Amazon and wanted to find a category of portable items to sell over the internet using a similar model. He and Hastings considered and rejected VHS tapes as too expensive to stock and too delicate to ship. When they heard about DVDs, which were available in only a few markets in 1997, when the disc arrived intact, they decided to take on the $16 billion home video sales and rental industry. Netflix introduced the monthly subscription concept in September 1999, and then dropped the model in early 2000. Since that time, the company has built its reputation on the model of flat-fee unlimited rentals without due dates, late fees, shipping and handling fees. In 2000, Netflix offered to be acquired by Blockbuster for $50 million, Netflix initiated an initial public offering on May 29,2002, selling 5.5 million shares of common stock at the price of US$15.00 per share. On June 14,2002, the company sold an additional 825,000 shares of stock at the same price. After incurring substantial losses during its first few years, Netflix posted its first profit during fiscal year 2003, in 2005,35,000 different films were available, and Netflix shipped 1 million DVDs out every day
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Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos.
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Example of a Netflix DVD rental of
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Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U. S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 190,884 in 2014, the city lies at the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Combined Statistical Area. This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along an approximately 120-mile segment of the Wasatch Front and it is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin. The city was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young, Isaac Morley, George Washington Bradley and numerous other Mormon followers, who extensively irrigated and cultivated the arid valley. Due to its proximity to the Great Salt Lake, the city was originally named Great Salt Lake City—the word great was dropped from the name in 1868 by the 17th Utah Territorial Legislature. Today, however, less than half the population of Salt Lake City proper are members of the LDS Church. It was traversed by the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway, in 1913, Salt Lake City has since developed a strong outdoor recreation tourist industry based primarily on skiing, and hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. It is the banking center of the United States. Before Mormon settlement, the Shoshone, Ute, and Paiute had dwelt in the Salt Lake Valley for thousands of years. The land was treated by the United States as public domain, the first U. S. explorer in the Salt Lake area is believed to be Jim Bridger in 1825, although others had been in Utah earlier, some as far north as the nearby Utah Valley. Frémont surveyed the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake Valley in 1843 and 1845, the Donner Party, a group of ill-fated pioneers, had traveled through the Great Salt Lake Valley in August 1846. The first permanent settlements in the date to the arrival of the Latter-day Saints on July 24,1847. Upon arrival at the Salt Lake Valley, president of the church Brigham Young is recorded as stating, This is the right place, Brigham Young claimed to have seen the area in a vision prior to the wagon trains arrival. They found the broad valley empty of any human settlement, four days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young designated the building site for the Salt Lake Temple, which would eventually become a famous Mormon and Salt Lake City landmark. The Salt Lake Temple, constructed on the block that would later be called Temple Square, construction started in 1853, and the temple was dedicated on 6 April 1893. The temple has become an icon for the city and serves as its centerpiece, in fact, the southeast corner of Temple Square is the initial point of reference for the Salt Lake Meridian, and for all addresses in the Salt Lake Valley. The Mormon pioneers organized a new state called Deseret and petitioned for its recognition in 1849, the United States Congress rebuffed the settlers in 1850 and established the Utah Territory, vastly reducing its size, and designated Fillmore as its capital city. Great Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as the capital in 1858
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Clockwise from top: The skyline in July 2011,
Utah State Capitol,
TRAX,
Union Pacific Depot, the
Block U, the
City and County Building, and the
Salt Lake Temple.
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Map showing Salt Lake as
Mexican territory in 1838. Source:
Britannica 7th Ed.
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Part of Main Street 1890
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Men lounging outside saloon & Chinese laundry, 1910
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Pan American World Airways
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It was also a founding member of the International Air Transport Association, the global airline industry association. Identified by its blue logo, the use of the word Clipper in aircraft names and call signs, and the white pilot uniform caps. In an era dominated by flag carriers that were wholly or majority government-owned, during most of the jet era, Pan Ams flagship terminal was the Worldport located at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Arnold and Spaatz drew up the prospectus for Pan American when SCADTA hired a company in Delaware to obtain air mail contracts from the U. S. government. Pan American was able to obtain the U. S. mail delivery contract to Cuba and their operation had the all-important landing rights for Havana, having acquired American International Airways, a small airline established in 1926 by John K. Bevier as a service from Key West, Florida, to Havana. ACA met its deadline of having an air service operating by October 19,1927 by chartering a Fairchild FC-2 floatplane from a small Dominican Republic carrier. The Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Airways company was established on October 11,1927 by New York City investment banker Richard Hoyt and this company merged with PAA and ACA on June 23,1928. Richard Hoyt was named as president of the new Aviation Corporation of the Americas, Trippe became operational head of Pan American Airways, the new companys principal operating subsidiary. The government further helped Pan Am by insulating it from its U. S. competitors, the airline expanded internationally, benefiting from a virtual monopoly on foreign routes. Trippe and his associates planned to extend Pan Ams network through all of Central, by the end of the year, Pan Am offered flights along the west coast of South America to Peru. Its Brazilian subsidiary NYRBA do Brasil was later renamed as Panair do Brasil, Pan Am also partnered with Grace Shipping Company in 1929 to form Pan American-Grace Airways, better known as Panagra, to gain a foothold to destinations in South America. The Aviation Corporation of the Americas changed its name to Pan American Airways Corporation in 1931, during the day, use of the compass while judging drift from sea currents was normal procedure, at night, all flight crews were trained to use celestial navigation. In bad weather, pilots used dead reckoning and timed turns, making landings at fogged-in harbors by landing out to sea. Many pilots had merchant marine certifications and radio licenses as well as pilot certificates, before World War II it was not unusual for a captain to make engine repairs at remote locations. Pan Ams mechanics and support staff were similarly trained, newly hired applicants were frequently paired with experienced flight mechanics in several areas of the company until they had achieved proficiency in all aircraft types. Many crews supported repair operations by flying in spare parts to planes stranded overseas, Pan Am started its South American routes with Consolidated Commodore and Sikorsky S-38 flying boats. The S-40, larger than the eight-passenger S-38, began flying for Pan Am in 1931, carrying the nicknames American Clipper, Southern Clipper, and Caribbean Clipper, they were the first of the series of 28 Clippers that symbolized Pan Am between 1931 and 1946
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Juan Trippe
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Flown cover autographed by pilot Cy Caldwell and carried from
Key West, FL, to
Havana, Cuba, on the first contract air mail flight operated by Pan American Airways, Oct 19, 1927
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"Birthplace of Pan American World Airways",
Key West, Florida
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
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Stonehenge, in
Wiltshire, was erected around 2500 BC.
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Flag
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The
Bayeux Tapestry depicts the
Battle of Hastings, 1066, and the events leading to it.
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The
Treaty of Union led to a single united kingdom encompassing all Great Britain.
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Family Ties
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Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22,1982, and concluding on May 14,1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States from the liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young Republican Alex P. Keaton and his parents, Steven and Elyse Keaton. The show won awards, including three consecutive Emmy Awards for Michael J. Fox as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Married in 1964, Elyse is an independent architect and Steven, a native of Buffalo, New York, is the manager of WKS. Mallory was also presented as an airhead, who was fodder for jokes. Jennifer, a tomboy and the youngest child, shares more the values of her parents. Steven and Elyse had a child, Andrew, who was born in early 1985. Andy is the youngest, on whom Alex doted and quickly molded in his conservative image, meredith Baxter-Birney as Elyse Keaton Michael Gross as Steven Keaton Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Originally, Elyse and Steven were intended to be the main characters, however, the audience reacted so positively to Alex during the taping of the fourth episode that he became the focus on the show. Fox had received the role after Matthew Broderick turned it down, supporting cast and characters includes neighbor Irwin Skippy Handelman, Mallorys Sylvester Stallone-esque boyfriend artist Nick Moore, and Alexs feminist artist girlfriend Ellen Reed. In season 3, episode 17, Elyse gave birth to her fourth child, bewitched actor Dick Sargent guest-starred as Elyses father Charlie in Season 1. A number of Hollywood stars appeared on the show before they were famous or during the years of their careers. A Jane Adams played Marty Broadie in two 7th-season episodes, They Cant Take That Away from Me, Part 1 and They Cant Take That Away from Me, christina Applegate played Kitten, a member of Jennifers band, on the episode Band on the Run. Hank Azaria played a co-worker of Mallorys in the season 7 episode Designing Women, timothy Busfield played Doug in two 1984 episodes, and Young Matt in a 1986 episode. C Jeff Cohen played two different characters, Marv Jr. on the episode The Visit, and Dougie Barker on the episode 4 Rms Ocn Vu, james Cromwell played John Hancock in the 3rd-season episode Philadelphia Story. D Geena Davis portrayed inept housekeeper Karen, F David Faustino played Keith Bailey the son of a divorced family friend who was taken away from his mother by his father in the episode To Snatch a Keith. Corey Feldman played a 7th grade classmate of Jennifer who was a nominee to win the Thomas Dewey best student achievement award on the episode The Disciple, G Crispin Glover played one of Alexs friends on the episode Birthday Boy
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Cast of Family Ties (from left):
Tina Yothers,
Brian Bonsall (added in season five),
Michael Gross,
Meredith Baxter-Birney,
Michael J. Fox, and
Justine Bateman.
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Best Life
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The magazine was in circulation between 2004 and May 2009. Spun off from Mens Health in 2004, Best Life was published ten times a year and had a circulation of more than 500,000. Best Life covered health and fitness, finance, fatherhood, relationship issues and fashion and grooming for men 35 and over, with an emphasis on writing, humor. Best Life was the sponsor of the Best Life Vail Film Festival as well as the Best Life Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport. The magazine ended after its May 2009 issue and it also became the literary home of writer-at-large David Mamet and columnists Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, Jr. Other contributing authors have included Chuck Palahniuk, Jay McInerney, Denis Johnson, Harlan Coben, Rick Moody, Tom Perrotta, Jim Harrison, TC Boyle and Anthony Bourdain
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Jay-Z on the cover of Best Life (U.S.)
