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Cameron Crowe
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Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor. Before moving into the industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. Crowes debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a book he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Clairemont High School in San Diego, Crowe landed his biggest hit, though, with Jerry Maguire. After this, he was given a light to go ahead with a pet project. Centering on a music journalist on tour with an up-and-coming band. For his screenplay, he won an Academy Award, also in late 1999, Crowes second book was published, a question and answer session with the film director Billy Wilder entitled Conversations with Wilder. Cameron Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California and his father, James A. Crowe, originally from Kentucky, owned a real estate and phone service business. His mother, Alice Marie, was a teacher, activist and she worked as a psychology professor and family therapist and often participated in peace demonstrations and causes relating to the rights of farm workers. Crowe was the youngest of three children with two sisters, but one died when he was young, the family moved around often but spent a lot of time in the desert town of Indio. Crowe commented that Indio was where people owned tortoises, not dogs and his family finally settled in San Diego. Crowe skipped kindergarten and two grades in elementary, and by the time he attended Catholic high school, he was quite obviously younger than the other students, to add to his alienation, he was often ill because he suffered from nephritis. Crowe began writing for the newspaper and by the age of 13 was contributing music reviews for an underground publication. He began corresponding with Lester Bangs, who had left the Door to become editor at the rock magazine Creem. Crowe graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1972 at the age of 15, on a trip to Los Angeles, he met Ben Fong-Torres, the editor of Rolling Stone, who hired him to write for the magazine. He also joined the Rolling Stone staff as a contributing editor, during this time Crowe interviewed Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, the Eagles, Poco, Steely Dan, members of Led Zeppelin and more. Crowe was Rolling Stones youngest-ever contributor, Crowes first cover story was on the Allman Brothers Band. He went on the road with them for three weeks at the age of 16 and interviewed not only the band, but also the entire road crew. Because Crowe was a fan of the 1970s hard rock bands that the older writers disliked, he landed a lot of major interviews
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James L. Brooks
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James Lawrence Jim Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life, after dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolpers documentaries, after being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series My Mother the Car. Brooks wrote for several shows before being hired as an editor on My Friend Tony. Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns at MTM Productions to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970, the show, one of the first to feature an independent working woman as its lead character, was critically acclaimed and won Brooks several Primetime Emmy Awards. Brooks and Burns then created two successful spin-offs from Mary Tyler Moore in the shape of Rhoda and Lou Grant, Brooks left MTM Productions in 1978 to co-create the sitcom Taxi which, despite winning multiple Emmys, suffered from low ratings and was canceled twice. Brooks moved into film work when he wrote and co-produced the 1979 film Starting Over. His next project was the acclaimed film Terms of Endearment. Basing his next film, Broadcast News, on his journalistic experiences, although his 1994 work Ill Do Anything was hampered by negative press attention due to the cutting of all of its recorded musical numbers, As Good as It Gets earned further praise. It was seven years until his film, 2004s Spanglish. His sixth film, How Do You Know, was released in 2010, Brooks also produced and mentored Cameron Crowe on Say Anything. And Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson on Bottle Rocket, in 1984, Brooks founded the television and film company, Gracie Films. Although he did not intend to do so, Brooks returned to television in 1987 as the producer of The Tracey Ullman Show and he hired cartoonist Matt Groening to create a series of shorts for the show, which eventually led to The Simpsons in 1989. The Simpsons won numerous awards and is still running, Brooks also co-produced and co-wrote the 2007 film adaptation of the show, The Simpsons Movie. In total, Brooks has received 47 Emmy nominations, winning 20 of them, Brooks was born James Lawrence Brooks on May 9,1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States, and raised in North Bergen, New Jersey. His parents, Dorothy Helen and Edward M. Brooks, were both salespeople, the Brooks family was Jewish, Edward Brooks changed his surname from Bernstein and claimed to be Irish. Brooks father abandoned his mother when he found out she was pregnant with him, during the pregnancy, Brooks father sent his wife a postcard stating that If its a boy, name him Jim. His mother died when he was 22 and he has an older sister, Diane, who helped look after him as a child and to whom he dedicated As Good As It Gets
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Laurence Mark
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Laurence Mark is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning producer of such acclaimed hit films as Julie & Julia, Dreamgirls, I, Robot, As Good as It Gets and Jerry Maguire. He is also an Executive Producer of The Art Of More starring Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, Cary Elwes, with Bill Condon, Mr. Mark served as producer of the well-received Hugh Jackman-hosted 81st Annual Academy Awards which earned him an Emmy nomination. The show itself received ten Emmy nominations, a record for this annual telecast, before that, Mark produced Dreamgirls, starring Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé and Eddie Murphy and written and directed by Bill Condon. The film won three Golden Globe Awards, including one for Best Picture and it also received eight Academy Award nominations, the most of any movie in its year, and won two of them, including one for Jennifer Hudson as Best Supporting Actress. The show received four Emmy nominations, winning one for Ellen Burstyn as Best Supporting Actress, Mark has also produced I, Robot, Romy and Micheles High School Reunion, Last Holiday, and The Lookout, which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. In addition to films, Mr. Mark produced Finding Forrester, The Object of My Affection, Anywhere But Here, The Adventures of Huck Finn, Black Widow. Laurence Mark Productions is headquartered at Sony Pictures Entertainment where the company has a tong-term production arrangement with Columbia Pictures. Marks other producing credits include Sister Act 2, True Colors, Bicentennial Man, Simon Birch, Riding in Cars with Boys, How Do You Know, and the legendary Glitter starring Mariah Carey. Prior to producing, Mark held several key publicity and marketing posts at Paramount Pictures, Mark was born in New York City and educated at Eaglebrook School, The Hotchkiss School, and Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1971. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Film from New York University and he currently resides in Los Angeles and New York. 1987, Black Widow 1988, My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988, Working Girl 1989, Cookie 1989, Sweet Bird of Youth 1990, Mr. com biography at Archive. is
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Tom Cruise
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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards and he started his career at age 19 in the film Endless Love. After portraying supporting roles in Taps and The Outsiders, his first leading role was in the romantic comedy Risky Business, Cruise became a full-fledged movie star after starring as Pete Maverick Mitchell in the action drama Top Gun. One of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood, Cruise starred in more successful films in the 1980s, including the dramas The Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man. In 2012, Cruise was Hollywoods highest-paid actor,16 of his films grossed over $100 million domestically,22 have grossed in excess of $200 million worldwide. In 2002, Cruise won the Saturn Award for Best Actor for Vanilla Sky, in 2003, he won an AFI Movie of the Year Award for The Last Samurai and an Empire Award for Best Actor for Minority Report. Cruise is an advocate for the Church of Scientology and its associated social programs. Cruise was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Mary Lee, a special teacher, and Thomas Cruise Mapother III. He has three sisters, Lee Anne, Marian, and Cass and they are of English, German, and Irish ancestry. One of Cruises paternal great-great-great-grandfathers, Patrick Russell Cruise, was born in north County Dublin in 1799, he married Teresa Johnson in County Meath and they left Ireland for the United States that same year and settled in New York. They had a daughter, Mary Paulina Russell Cruise, whose son Thomas Cruise Mapother was Cruises great-grandfather, a cousin, William Mapother, is also an actor, he and Cruise have appeared in five films together. Cruise grew up in poverty, and had a Catholic upbringing. The family was dominated by his father, whom Cruise has described as a merchant of chaos. Cruise has said that he was beaten by his father, whom he has called a bully and he stated, He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. It was a lesson in my life—how hed lull you in, make you feel safe and then. For me, it was like, Theres something wrong with this guy, Cruise spent part of his childhood in Canada. His family moved to Beacon Hill, Ottawa, in late 1971 so that Cruises father could take a position as a consultant with the Canadian Armed Forces. There, Cruise attended the newly opened Robert Hopkins Public School for much of grade four, in grade four, Cruise first became involved in drama, under the tutelage of George Steinburg
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. is an American actor. For his portrayal of O. J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson, American Crime Story and he co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke. His other films include As Good as It Gets, American Gangster, Lee Daniels The Butler, Gooding was born on January 2,1968 in The Bronx, New York City. His mother, Shirley, is a singer with the Sweethearts, Gooding has three siblings, April, Omar, and Tommy. His paternal grandfather, Dudley MacDonald Gooding, was a native of Barbados and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1972 after his fathers music group had their hit single Everybody Plays the Fool, two years later, the elder Gooding left the family. He served as president in three of them. He became a born-again Christian at age 13, in 1994, Gooding married his high school sweetheart, Sara Kapfer, with whom he has three children. In 2014, Kapfer filed for separation from Gooding. Gooding filed for divorce in January 2017, goodings first job as an entertainer was as a breakdancer performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years, before turning his focus toward acting, early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues, Amen and MacGyver and also had a tiny part in the popular comedy Coming to America. Goodings first major role was in John Singletons inner-city crime drama Boyz n the Hood, in which he played the lead, a box office surprise and critical hit, the film is now considered a modern classic. He followed this success with supporting roles in films such as A Few Good Men, Judgment Night, Lightning Jack. Most significantly, it earned Gooding an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and his exuberant Show me the money. Line in the film became a catch phrase. Additionally, his Oscar acceptance speech has often cited for its enthusiasm. Additionally, though not well received critically, the family comedy Snow Dogs was a commercial success, other roles of note during this time include Theo Caulder in the psychological thriller Instinct and the voice of Buck in the Disney animated film Home on the Range. On top of this, Gooding had allegedly turned down roles in films such as Amistad in the aftermath of his Oscar win. Ultimately, neither his earlier successes nor his leading roles in a couple of independent films
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Kelly Preston
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Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in more than sixty television and film productions, most notably including Mischief, Twins and she is married to John Travolta, with whom she collaborated on the fantasy film Battlefield Earth. She also starred in the films The Cat in the Hat, Old Dogs, Kelly Kamalelehua Smith was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother Linda, was an administrator of a health center and her father. Her mother married Peter Palzis, a director, who subsequently adopted her. She has a younger half-brother, Chris Palzis, as a child, she spent time living in Iraq and also in Australia, where she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. She went on to Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California, at that time she changed her last name to Preston. In 2005 she appeared as the flying, superheroine mother of the protagonist in the film Sky High, Preston was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video She Will Be Loved in 2004. The video features a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, in 2008, she was cast in a television pilot for a potential show called Suburban Shootout. She had a short recurring role on Medium. In 2008, Preston starred in the Lifetime movie The Tenth Circle, the film was shot in Nova Scotia and featured Ron Eldard, Brittany Robertson, Michael Riley, Jamie Johnston and Geordie Brown. She is a spokeswoman for Neutrogena since 2005 and appears in print, Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1985 until their divorce in 1987. She also had a relationship with George Clooney, who gave her Max and she was briefly engaged to Charlie Sheen in 1990, but ended the relationship shortly after he accidentally shot her in the arm. Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts and they married in 1991, traveling to Paris on an Air France Concorde for a wedding ceremony at the Hotel de Crillon on September 5,1991. However, a ceremony was required because the first, performed by a French Scientology minister, was considered invalid. This second ceremony took place on September 12 in Daytona Beach and they had three children, son Jett, daughter Ella Bleu, and son Benjamin. Prestons son Jett Travolta was described as suffering from Kawasaki disease as an infant and had a history of seizures, in 2003, Preston appeared on the Montel Williams show to promote L. Ron Hubbards Purification Rundown, which she credited with helping her son. On January 2,2009, Jett Travolta died while the family was on a vacation in The Bahamas
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Jerry O'Connell
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He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the CBS TV series The Defenders until its cancellation in 2011. He also had a role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D. In 2016, he guest-starred in the horror-comedy series Scream Queens, OConnell was born in Manhattan, the son of Linda, an art teacher, and Michael OConnell, an advertising agency art director. His maternal grandfather, Charles S. Witkowski, was mayor of Jersey City and he is of half Irish, one quarter Italian, and one quarter Polish, ancestry. OConnell was raised in Manhattan with his brother, actor Charlie OConnell. As a teenager, he attended Manhattans Professional Childrens School and he attended New York University from 1991–95, majoring in film. While there, he studied writing and competed on the NYU fencing team. OConnell began his career at a young age. As a child, he did work for Duncan Hines cookies. Shortly after turning eleven, he landed his first feature film role, in 1987, OConnell appeared on a commercial for Frosted Flakes. OConnell starred in the Canadian science fiction sitcom My Secret Identity from 1988 to 1991 as the teen hero who develops superhuman traits, during a summer break from NYU, Jerry starred in the feature film Calendar Girl alongside Jason Priestley and Gabriel Olds. He also appeared in the short-lived ABC sitcom, Camp Wilder with Jay Mohr, in his Junior year, OConnell auditioned for the TV pilot Sliders. He was offered the role of Quinn Mallory in the series and he served as producer during his fourth and final season, and is credited with writing and directing several episodes. OConnell has since gone on to star in movies as Jerry Maguire, Body Shots, Mission to Mars, Tomcats, Scream 2. OConnell has also tried his hand at screenwriting and sold his first screenplay, for First Daughter, the film was released in 2004 by 20th Century Fox-based Davis Entertainment. OConnell served as producer on the film, which starred Katie Holmes. OConnell starred as Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan until its cancellation in May 2007 and he starred opposite her in the Ugly Betty episode Derailed. OConnell played Hoyt in several episodes of Las Vegas, in 2004, he wore a diaper on Last Call with Carson Daly, during a mock commercial skit for the GoodNites bedwetting product
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Jay Mohr
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Jon Ferguson Cox Jay Mohr is an American actor, comedian and radio host. Since making his debut with Jerry Maguire, he has appeared in many more high-profile films, including Picture Perfect, Paulie, Small Soldiers, The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Street Kings, Hereafter and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Mohr hosts his own podcast Mohr Stories on the SModcast Network and, since September 2015, hosted Jay Mohr Sports, a daily midday sports radio talk show on Fox Sports Radio. Mohr left Fox Sports Radio in January of 2016 to pursue acting ventures and he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as the inaugural host and executive producer of Last Comic Standing. Mohr was born in Verona, New Jersey and his mother, Iva Jean, is a nurse, and his father, Jon Wood Mohr, is a marketing executive. He has two sisters, Julia and Virginia and he has Scottish, German, English, and Welsh ancestry. Mohr was raised Presbyterian, but later converted to Roman Catholicism, Mohr appeared as a featured player for the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons of Saturday Night Live. His 2004 memoir, Gasping for Airtime, Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live, details this period of his life. He later credited Sarah Silverman with saving his life by helping him treat the problem, Mohr had a recurring role in the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy Show as Jeff Foxworthys brother, Wayne. Mohrs first major role was in 1996 when he played the conniving Bob Sugar. In 1999, Mohr starred in the television series Action, in which he played film producer Peter Dragon. He was also the voice-over artist for Fox Sports Nets Beyond the Glory, Mohr has also appeared in movies such as Suicide Kings, Are We There Yet. Small Soldiers, Go, Pay It Forward, and The Groomsmen, Mohr was offered a late night talk show job by Michael Eisner but he declined. Mohr managed to convince Eisner to let him host a show on ESPN entitled Mohr Sports which ran briefly in 2001 before being cancelled. The talk show job Mohr passed was then offered to Jimmy Kimmel, in 2003 and 2004, Mohr created, hosted, and was executive producer of NBCs Last Comic Standing reality television program. The show aired for three seasons, but was cancelled near the end of the season due to poor ratings. Mohr was very vocal toward NBC concerning its cancellation and did not return for the fourth season in 2006. Mohr was replaced with new host Anthony Clark, but he is credited as a consultant, on the season finale of Last Comic Standing 4, Jay performed as a guest comedian
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Bonnie Hunt
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Bonnie Lynne Hunt is an American stand-up comedian, actress, director, producer, writer, host, and voice artist. Who has appeared in films, such as Rain Man, Beethoven, Beethovens 2nd, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile, Cheaper by the Dozen, Hunt has done voice work in A Bugs Life, Monsters, Inc. Cars, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Monsters University and she starred in Grand and Davis Rules, as well as creating, producing, writing, and starring in The Building, Bonnie, and Life with Bonnie. From 2008 to 2010, she hosted The Bonnie Hunt Show, Hunt was born Bonnie Lynne Hunt on September 22,1961, in Chicago, to Robert Edward Hunt, an electrician, and Alice E. Hunt, a homemaker. Her father was of Irish and Belgian ancestry and her mother is of Polish descent and she has three older brothers named Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters named Cathy and Carol, and a younger sister named Mary. She was educated in Catholic schools and attended St. Ferdinand Grammar School, in 1982, Hunt worked as an oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In 1984, she co-founded an improvisational comedy troupe called An Impulsive Thing, Hunt also performed as a member of Chicagos world-famous the Second City, joining in 1986. In 1990, Hunt portrayed Carol Anne Smithson in Grand and she refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because the series producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style. In 1992, she was offered the part of B. J. Poteet, instead, she chose to co-star in Davis Rules. In 1993, Hunt teamed with good friend David Letterman to produce The Building, the series was also filmed live, mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode. In 1995, Hunt and Letterman reteamed with The Bonnie Hunt Show, which featured many of the same cast members as The Building, the show was praised by critics but was canceled after 11 of the 13 episodes produced were aired. In 2002, Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie and her role on the series earned her a 2004 Emmy nomination. Despite fair ratings, the series was canceled in its second season, Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC had offered her another sitcom, in which she would have portrayed a divorced detective. This pilot titled Let Go was not picked up for the fall 2006 schedule and she directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in Return to Me. It was filmed in her Chicago neighborhood and included bit parts for a number of her relatives, the film, which received a positive reception from critics, was largely influenced by Hunts blue-collar Catholic upbringing in Chicago. Hunt portrayed Alice Newton in Beethoven and Beethovens 2nd, Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena in Jumanji and she portrayed the sister of Renée Zellwegers character in Jerry Maguire and Jan Edgecomb in The Green Mile. She portrayed Grace Bellamy in Loggerheads, in 2007, Hunt taped a pilot episode for Telepictures. The pilot was approved and the show was created
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Nancy Wilson (rock musician)
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Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She and her sister, Ann, are the core of the rock band Heart. Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson was born in San Francisco, California and she is the youngest of three sisters, who grew up in southern California and Taiwan before their US Marine Corps father retired to the Seattle suburb of Bellevue. On February 9,1964, when Wilson and her sister Ann watched The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, they both instantly wanted to be like the band. In an interview she said, The lightning bolt came out of the heavens and struck Ann and me the first time we saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Thered been so much anticipation and hype about the Beatles that it was an event, like the lunar landing. I was seven or eight at the time, right away, we started doing air guitar shows in the living room, faking English accents, and studying all the fanzines. Two of Wilsons friends who could sing joined her and Ann to form their first music group, calling themselves the Viewpoints, they were a four-part harmony vocal group. Later that year, Ann bought her first guitar, a Kent acoustic, Wilsons parents soon bought Nancy a smaller guitar, but since it would not stay in tune, Anns guitar became hers as well. On August 25,1966, The Beatles played at the Seattle Center Coliseum, Wilsons mother had made matching outfits like the ones that The Beatles wore so that the girls would look professional. The girls wore these outfits to the concert, the Viewpoints first public show was a folk festival on Vashon Island in 1967. In Nancys words, We didnt get paid, but since there were people sitting in folding chairs, the band played at venues such as drive-ins, auto shows, and church socials. Nancys and Anns public debut as a duo took place on Mothers Day at their church. Later at a Youth Day event at their church, the duo chose to sing The Great Mandala, by Peter, Paul and Mary, Elvis Presleys Crying in the Chapel, and The Doors When the Musics Over. The anti-war sentiment, and the irreverence for the venue in some of the lyrics, by the time they finished, more than half had walked out. Nancy felt some guilt over the event, but it lit a bonfire under us because we saw for the first time that what we did on stage could have an impact on an audience, while a senior in high school, Ann joined a band. Their drummer knew a country songwriter who needed a band to play on his songwriting demos, during that session, the engineer allowed them to record the song Through Eyes and Glass, which Nancy and Ann had written. The engineer had his own label, and liked their songs enough that he offered to make up five hundred copies for a few bucks
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Gracie Films
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Gracie Films is a California-based film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986. The company has produced many award-winning films and television series, including Big, Broadcast News, Jerry Maguire, and most notably The Simpsons. The company is associated with film studio and distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment. James L. Brooks created the company with the help of 20th Century Fox in 1986. The company was established to provide writers with a vehicle to get their movies made. Through the company, Brooks gave The Simpsons free rein when it came to writing the series, indie, Inc described it as James L. Brooks and Polly Platts production company, Gracie Films, which had a relationship with Columbia. Simpsons Confidential said that Its important to note that in the battles over The Simpsons, it was Fox that was being sued. Beyond Monopoly also said that FOX and Gracie Films have paid to every phase of the international distribution. Since When Is Fran Drescher Jewish, explained, In Italy, in particular, Gracie Films has worked in collaboration with Mediaset to find voices for dubbing that would match those of the original American actors as closely as possible. The companys production office is located in the Sidney Poitier Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California. The Gracie Films animation depicts whispering and even noisy movie patrons in a theater being shushed by a woman so the companys name accompanied by music, often, dialogue from characters can be heard during the animation, sometimes in response to the shushing. Official website Gracie Films at the Internet Movie Database
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Vinyl Films
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Vinyl Films is an American film and television production company founded by producer and director, Cameron Crowe. He launched the film and television company in 1996. Jerry Maguire Almost Famous Vanilla Sky Elizabethtown Pearl Jam Twenty We Bought a Zoo Aloha Website Vinyl Films at the Internet Movie Database
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TriStar Pictures
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TriStar Pictures is an American film production/distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, owned by the Sony subsidiary Sony Pictures Entertainment. On May 16,1983, it was given the name Tri-Star Pictures and it was the first new major Hollywood studio to be established since RKO Pictures was founded in 1928. The studios first produced film in 1984 was The Natural starring Robert Redford, during this venture, many of Tri-Stars releases were released on VHS by either RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, CBS/Fox Video, or HBO Video. In addition, HBO would gain exclusive distribution rights to these films. CBS dropped out of the venture in 1985, though still distributed some of TriStars films on home video until at least 1992. In 1986, HBO dropped out of the Tri-Star venture as well, the same year, Tri-Star entered into the television business as Tri-Star Television. It was formed when the studio joined forces with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, both studios continued to produce and distribute films under their separate names. On April 13,1988, CPE spun off Tri-Star Pictures, in 1989, all of Cokes entertainment holdings were acquired by Sony Corporation of Japan, who merged Columbia and Tri-Star, but continued to use the separate labels. On July 11,1990, Tri-Star Pictures dissolved and sold its venture in TeleVentures to Stephen J. Cannell Productions, most of the series and the Tri-Star film packages that were distributed by TeleVentures were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution. The Tri-Star film packages were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, both studios continued to operate separately until TriStar folded in 1999 and CPT in 2001. In addition to its own slate, TriStar was the distributor for many films produced by Carolco Pictures. TriStar also theatrically distributed some FilmDistrict movies, TriStar was relaunched on May 13,2004 as a marketing and acquisitions unit that had a particular emphasis on genre films. Screen Gems executive vice president Valerie Van Galder was tapped to run the studio after being dormant. However, the release of its 2013 film Elysium represents the labels first big-budget release since The Mask of Zorro in 1998, the same year, former 20th Century Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman joined Sony Pictures and created TriStar Productions as a joint venture with existing Sony Pictures executives. The new TriStar will develop, finance and produce up to four films per year, as well as programming and acquisitions. Sonys TriStar Pictures unit will be retained for other product, including titles from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, TriStars logo of Pegasus, introduced in 1984, has become something of a cultural icon. The idea came about because of executive Victor Kaufman and his familys interest in riding horses, the original logo was created with the assistance of Sydney Pollack, who was an adviser at Tri-Star. The horse in that logo was the one used in Pollacks film The Electric Horseman
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Romance film
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Romance films make the romantic love story or the search for strong and pure love and romance the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, as in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations, and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. In romantic television series, the development of romantic relationships may play out over many episodes. Historical romance - A romantic story with a period setting and this includes films such as Gone with the Wind, Doctor Zhivago and Titanic. Romantic drama usually revolves around an obstacle which prevents deep and true love between two people. Music is often employed to indicate the mood, creating an atmosphere of greater insulation for the couple. The conclusion of a romantic drama typically does not indicate whether a final union between the two main characters will occur. Chick flick is a term associated with romance films as many are targeted to a female audience. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably, films of this genre include Dirty Dancing, The Notebook, Dear John, A Walk to Remember, and Romeo + Juliet. Romantic comedies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Humour in such films tends to be of a verbal, low-key variety or situational, films within this genre include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Moonstruck, As Good as It Gets, Somethings Gotta Give, It Happened One Night, When Harry Met Sally. Romantic fantasies describe fantasy stories using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre, romantic action comedies are films that blend romantic comedy and action. Examples include Killers, Knight and Day, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, This Means War, romantic thriller is a genre of film which has a storyline combining elements of the romance film and the thriller genre. Some examples of romantic thriller films are The Adjustment Bureau, The Phantom of the Opera, The Tourist, The Bodyguard, Unfaithful, and Wicker Park
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The Simpsons
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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a depiction of working-class life epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa. The show is set in the town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television. The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks, Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19,1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a prime time show and became an early hit for Fox. Since its debut on December 17,1989,615 episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast and its 28th season began on September 25,2016. It is the longest-running American sitcom and the longest-running American animated program, the Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 27,2007, and grossed over $527 million. On May 4,2015, the series was renewed for seasons 27 and 28, on November 4,2016, the series was renewed for seasons 29 and 30, consisting of 22 episodes each. The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim throughout its first nine or ten seasons, Time named it the 20th centurys best television series, and Erik Adams of The A. V. Club named it televisions crowning achievement regardless of format, on January 14,2000, the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series, including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards,30 Annie Awards, Homers exclamatory catchphrase Doh. has been adopted into the English language, while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms. Despite this, the show has also criticized for what many perceive as a decline in quality over the years. The Simpsons are a family who live in a fictional Middle American town of Springfield, Homer, the father, works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, a position at odds with his careless, buffoonish personality. He is married to Marge Simpson, a stereotypical American housewife, although the family is dysfunctional, many episodes examine their relationships and bonds with each other and they are often shown to care about one another. The family owns a dog, Santas Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball V, renamed Snowball II in I, both pets have had starring roles in several episodes. The show includes an array of supporting characters, co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople. The creators originally intended many of these characters as jokes or for fulfilling needed functions in the town
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Leigh Steinberg
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Leigh William Steinberg is an American sports agent. During his 41-year career, Steinberg has represented over 300 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing and he has represented the No.1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record eight times. Steinberg is often credited as the inspiration of the sports agent from Cameron Crowes film Jerry Maguire in 1996. Steinberg was born and raised in Los Angeles by his parents, a teacher and a librarian and he attended Hamilton High School, and was elected student body president and voted most likely to succeed. He attended the University of California Los Angeles, for one year transferring to the University of California. Upon his arrival at Berkeley, Steinberg became a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, Steinberg eventually formed his own student government political party, called Unity. He subsequently resigned from his post as a result of a cheating scandal and he earned a B. A. in political science in 1970 and a J. D. in 1973 from UC Berkeley. For many years Steinberg and Jeff Moorad had an agency partnership. They sold that firm in October 1999 to Assante Sports Management Group, Assante acquired several other sports agencies. In February 2002, David Dunn left SMD to open Athletes First, players with him and opening offices about a mile from Steinbergs in Newport Beach, Calif. Extensive litigation ensued involving Dunn and Assante, Steinberg has successfully negotiated over $2 billion in contracts for players including Troy Aikman, Steve Young, and Ryan Leaf. He has represented the No.1 pick overall in the NFL draft a record eight times, Steinbergs clients have donated over $600 million to various charities around the world. He has actively been involved with the Human Relations Commission, Children Now, Childrens Miracle Network, Coro Fellows Program, and he founded and underwrites the Steinberg Leadership Institute, a nationwide program run by the Anti-Defamation League preparing students to fight racism and inequality throughout the world. He has endowed scholarships at his school, donated time and resources to organizations such as Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. He has also endowed a classroom at Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley, Steinbergs community activism has drawn praise from the political world. He has also worked as a consultant for the HBO original series Arli$$, Steinberg made an appearance in the film Jerry Maguire, and is often credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agents from that film. He has developed original television and film content for Fox Television, Warner Brothers Studios, ABC Entertainment and he has lent his marketing expertise to the video game software business and served as a member of the Board of Directors for two software manufacturers. Currently, Steinberg contributes a column to Forbes, The Huffington Post
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69th Academy Awards
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During the ceremony, AMPAS presented the Academy Awards in 24 categories honoring films released in 1996. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates, Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fifth time. He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 65th ceremony held in 1993. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 1, the English Patient won the most awards of the evening with nine including Best Picture. The English Patient received the most nominations with twelve, Fargo, the winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 24,1997. Saul Zaentz became the person to produce three Best Picture winners, having previously produced One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Amadeus. He also became the individual to receive an Oscar and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in the same year. Best Actress winner Frances McDormand was the first person to win for a role in a directed by his or her spouse. Best Original Musical or Comedy Score winner Rachel Portman became the first female winner for composing a musical score, winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger. Michael Kidd Saul Zaentz The following individuals, in order of appearance, after taking a year off, Gil Cates was selected by AMPAS in November 1996 to oversee production of the ceremony for the seventh time. Hes become the standard against which all other hosting performances are measured, Crystal expressed his excitement on hosting the ceremony for the fifth time joking, Once Barry Scheck turned it down, I had a feeling theyd come to me. Furthermore he set up a website with the address www. whyistheshowsolong. com asking the public to send in jokes that would eventually be used during the gala, as with previous ceremonies he produced, Cates centered the show around a theme. This year, he christened the show with the theme Togetherness of Moviegoing commenting, the only other areas where you do that, when you think about it, are religion and sports. He concluded by noting that the theater is a wonderful place where you come together to laugh. In tandem with the theme, actress Winona Ryder presented a montage featuring film clips from Matinee, Casablanca, several other people and elements were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Documentary filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman designed the official ceremony poster featuring the titles of the previous 68 Best Picture winners superimposed in the shape of an Oscar statuette, Film composer and musician Bill Conti served as musical director of the ceremony. Choreographer Otis Sallid supervised the That Thing You Do musical number, michael Flatley and the cast of the musical Lord of the Dance performed a dance number during a montage saluting the art of Film Editors. Pianist David Helfgott, whom Best Actor winner Geoffrey Rush portrayed in the film Shine, however, after Cole contracted the flu, she withdrew for her performance duties and was eventually replaced by Celine Dion who also sang Because You Loved Me later in the broadcast
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Academy Award for Best Actor
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The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered a performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the branch of AMPAS. In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best in their categories, at that time, all of their work during the qualifying period was listed after the award. The following year, this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actor is nominated for a performance in a single film. Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937, the category was officially limited to five nominations per year, since its inception, the award has been given to 79 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis has received the most awards in this category with three Oscars, spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2017 ceremony, Casey Affleck is the most recent winner in category for his role as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned twelve months from August 1 to July 31, for the 6th ceremony held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1,1932 to December 31,1933
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered a performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of award for his role in Come. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, however, winners received full-sized statuettes, currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS, winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. Since its inception, the award has given to 72 actors. Brennan has received the most awards in this category with three awards, Brennan, Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Nicholson, and Claude Rains were nominated on four occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2017 ceremony, Mahershala Ali is the most recent winner in category for his role as Juan in Moonlight. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-1-55002-574-3. org The Academy Awards Database Oscar. com Complete Downloadable List of Academy Award Nominees
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Screen Actors Guild Award
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The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called The Actor. It is 16 inches tall, weighs over 12 pounds, is cast in solid bronze, SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in Hollywood since 1995. It is considered an indicator of success at the Academy Awards, the awards have been telecast since 1998 on TNT, and since 2007 have been simulcast on TBS. The inaugural SAG Awards aired live on February 25,1995 from Universal Studios Stage 12, the second SAG awards aired live from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, while subsequent awards have been held at the Shrine Exposition Center
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Sports agent
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Because of the unique characteristics of the industry sports agents are responsible for communications with team owners, managers, coaches, and other individuals. Primarily, agents are used to broker and negotiate contracts for their clients, also, they are responsible for making recommendations in regard to the athletes options. In addition to finding income sources, agents often handle public relations matters for their clients. In some large agencies, such as IMG, Creative Artists Agency, Roc Nation Sports and Octagon, agents deal with all aspects of a clients finances. Sports agents may be relied upon by their clients for guidance in all business aspects, for example, hockey agents start recruiting clients as young as 15, allowing the agent to guide the athletes career before the NHL draft, which happens usually at 18 years of age. Due to the length and complexity of contracts, many agents are lawyers or have a background in contract law. Agents are expected to be knowledgeable about finance, business management and it is important for a sports agent to follow trends in sports. Other skills an agent must possess are excellent communication and negotiation skills, Agents must be highly motivated, willing to work long hours, and capable of multitasking. It is very common for agents to be in negotiations on behalf of several clients at one time, some agents are part of large companies, and some are on their own. The number of clients an individual agent can handle and how many clients his or her employing agency can handle in total are interdependent variables, before the 1990s, most soccer players did not use agents. In some cases, they used their fathers as agents, in Sweden, there were only three licensed agents in 1995. As of 2002, there were 33, according to FIFA, there were 5,187 licensed association football agents world-wide, with 600 agents in Italy alone. Since 2001, agents have not been licensed by FIFA, instead, agents are now licensed directly by each association. Sports agents generally receive between 4 and 10% of the playing contract, and 10 to 20% of the athletes endorsement contract. NFL agents are not permitted to receive more than 3%, and NBA agents not more than 4%, the popularity of television shows such as Entourage, which stars a talent agent named Ari Gold, and Arliss, have helped glamorize the profession. Prior to that, movies such as Jerry Maguire, Two for the Money, in England, ITVs Footballers Wives put a new spin on sports agents by casting a no-holds-barred female agent Hazel Bailey. The television show Ballers, which started in 2015, also shows a depiction of sports agents. Due to the popularity of works, there has been increase of attention in the profession
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Mission statement
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A mission statement, a type of statement of purpose, is a statement which is used to communicate the purpose of an organization. Mission statements are normally short and simple statements which outline what the purpose is and are related to the specific sector an organization operates in. Other designations of the concept may include company mission, corporate mission. The mission statement should guide the actions of an organization, spell out its goal, provide a path. It provides the framework or context within which the companys strategies are formulated and it is like a goal for what a company wants to do for the world. According to Chris Bart, a mission statement consists of three essential components, Key market, Who is your target client or customer. Contribution, What product or service do you provide to that client, distinction, What makes your product or service unique, so that the client would choose you. A personal mission statement is developed in much the way that an organizational mission statement is created. A personal mission statement is a description of what an individual wants to focus on, wants to accomplish. It is a way to energy, actions, behaviors. Moreover, it can be a part of a personal statement that an individual makes when applying for a university or a job. The sole purpose of a statement is to serve as your companys goal/agenda. Some generic examples of mission statements would be, To provide the best service possible within the sector for our customers. Or To provide the best experience for all of our customers and it is important that a mission statement is not confused with a vision statement. The reason why it is important that a statement and vision statement are not confused is because they both serve different purposes. Vision statements tend to be related to strategic planning and lean more towards discussing where a company aims to be in the future. Provides direction, Mission statements are a way to direct a business into the right path, clear purpose, Having a clear purpose can remove any potential ambiguities that can surround the existence of a business. The benefit of having a simple and clear mission statement is that it can be beneficial in different ways
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Arizona Cardinals
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The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League as a member of the leagues National Football Conference West division, the Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States. The Cardinals play their games at the University of Phoenix Stadium. The team was established in Chicago in 1898 and was a member of the NFL in 1920. Along with the Chicago Bears, the club is one of two NFL charter member franchises still in operation since the leagues founding, the club then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and played in that city through 1987. Before the 1988 season, the team moved west to Tempe, Arizona, a suburb east of Phoenix. In 2006, the club playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. The franchise has won two NFL championships, both while it was based in Chicago, the first occurred in 1925, but is the subject of controversy, with supporters of the Pottsville Maroons believing that Pottsville should have won the title. Their second title, and the first to be won in a game, came in 1947. They returned to the game to defend in 1948. In 2012 the Cardinals became the first NFL franchise to lose 700 games since its inception, the franchises all-time win-loss record at the conclusion of the 2016 season is 549–741–40. They have been to the ten times and have won seven playoff games. During that season, they won their only NFC Championship Game since the 1970 AFL–NFL merger, the team has also won five division titles since their 1947–1948 NFL championship game appearances. From 1988 through 2012, the Cardinals conducted their summer training camp at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. The Cardinals moved their camp to University of Phoenix Stadium in 2013. The stadium was the site of the 2015 Pro Bowl, unlike in past years, the stadium also played host to Super Bowls XLII and XLIX. The franchises inception dates back to 1898, when a group gathered to play in the Chicago South Side. Chicago painting and building contractor Chris OBrien acquired the team, which he relocated to Normal Field on Racine Avenue, the team was known as Racine Normals until 1901, when OBrien bought used jerseys from the University of Chicago
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Single parent
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A single parent is an uncoupled individual who shoulders most or all of the day-to-day responsibilities for raising a child or children. A mother is often the primary caregiver in a single-parent family structure that has arisen due to death of the partner, intentional artificial insemination. Historically, death of a partner was a cause of single parenting. Single parenting can also result from the breakup or divorce of coupled parents, custody battles, awarded by the court or rationalized in other terms, determine who the child will spend majority of their time with. Recent years have seen the increasing incidence and visibility of uncoupled women who choose to be single parents, when single women seek to get pregnant intentionally in order to become single mothers by choice, they often seek an anonymous or known sperm donor. Single parent adoption or fostering is also sometimes an option for adults who want to raise a family. The demographics of single parenting show a general increase worldwide in children living in single parent homes, Single parenting has become a norm in the United States and is a trend found in multiple other countries. The morality and advisability of single motherhood has long been debated in the US, Single American mothers live in poverty 5 times more often than married parents. The topic is less contentious in Western European countries where all families enjoy more robust state-sponsored social benefits, Single parenthood has been common historically due to parental mortality rate. In the United States, since the 1960s, there has been an increase in the number of children living with a single parent. The 1980 United States Census reported that 19. 5% were single parent households, from 1980 to 2009, the percentage of single-parent households jumped to 29. 5%. The jump was caused by an increase in births to unmarried women, in 2010,40. 7% of births in the US were to unmarried women. In 2000, 11% of children were living with parents who had never married,15. 6% of children lived with a divorced parent. The results of the 2010 United States Census showed that 27% of children live with one parent, consistent with the trend noted in 2000. Mississippi leads the nation with the highest percent of births to unmarried mothers with 54% in 2014, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Florida, about 16% of children worldwide live in a single-parent household. In 2006,12.9 million families in the US were headed by a single parent, in 2003, 14% of all Australian households were single-parent families. At the 2013 census,17. 8% of New Zealand families were single-parent, in the United Kingdom, about 1 out of 4 families with dependent children are single-parent families,8 to 11 percent of which have a male single-parent. UK poverty figures show that 52% of single parent families are below the Government-defined poverty line, Single parents in the UK are almost twice as likely to be in low-paid jobs as other workers
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Quarterback
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A quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the team and line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is considered the leader of the offensive team. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually the leader of the offense, the quarterback touches the ball on almost every offensive play, and his successes and failures can have a significant impact on the fortunes of his team. Accordingly, the quarterback is among the most glorified and scrutinized positions in team sports, prior to each play, the quarterback will usually tell the rest of his team which play the team will run. After the team is lined up, the center will pass the ball back to the quarterback, usually on a running play, the quarterback will then hand or pitch the ball backwards to a half back or full back. On a passing play, the quarterback is almost always the responsible for trying to throw the ball downfield to an eligible receiver downfield. Depending on the scheme by his team, the quarterbacks role can vary. While quarterbacks in Canadian football need to be able to throw the ball often, in the NFL, quarterbacks are required to wear a uniform number between 1 and 19. In the CFL, the quarterback can wear any number from 0 to 49 and 70 to 99. Because of their numbering, quarterbacks are eligible receivers in the NCAA, NFHS, after a Super Bowl victory, the starting quarterback is the first player to be presented with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The starting quarterback of the victorious Super Bowl team is chosen for the Im going to Disney World. Campaign, whether they are the Super Bowl MVP or not, examples include Joe Montana, Trent Dilfer, Dilfer was chosen even though teammate Ray Lewis was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV, due to the bad publicity from Lewis murder trial the prior year. In addition to their role, quarterbacks are occasionally used in other roles. Most teams utilize a backup quarterback as their holder on placekicks, in the Wildcat, a formation where a halfback lines up behind the center and the quarterback lines up out wide, the quarterback can be used as a receiving target or a blocker. A more rare use for a quarterback is to punt the ball himself, Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway was known to perform quick kicks occasionally, typically when the Broncos were facing a third-and-long situation. As Roger Staubachs back-up, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Danny White was also the teams punter, ascending the starting role upon Staubachs retirement, White held his position as the teams punter for several seasons—a double duty he performed to All-American standard at Arizona State University. White also had two touchdown receptions as a Dallas Cowboy, both from the halfback option, if quarterbacks are uncomfortable with the formation the defense is using, they may call an audible change to their play
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National Football League Draft
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The National Football League Draft, also called the player selection meeting, is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players. It serves as the leagues most common source of player recruitment, from this position, the team can either select a player or trade their position to another team for other draft positions, a player or players, or any combination thereof. The round is complete when each team has selected a player or traded its draft position. Currently the draft consists of seven rounds, the original rationale in creating the draft was to increase the competitive parity between the teams as the worst team would, ideally, have chosen the best player available. In the early years of the draft, players were based on hearsay, print media. In the 1940s, some franchises began employing full-time scouts, the ensuing success of their corresponding teams eventually forced the other franchises to also hire scouts. Colloquially, the name of the each year takes on the form of the NFL season in which players picked could begin playing. For example, the 2010 NFL draft was for the 2010 NFL season, however, the NFL-defined name of the process has changed since its inception. The location of the draft has continually changed over the years to more fans. The drafts popularity now garners prime-time television coverage, in recent years, the NFL draft has occurred in late April or early May. The 2015 and 2016 NFL drafts were held in Chicago, in late 1934, Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, gave the right of usage of two players to the New York Giants because Rooneys team had no chance to participate in the post-season. After the owner of the Boston Redskins, George Preston Marshall, protested the transaction, at a league meeting in December 1934, the NFL introduced a waiver rule to prevent such transactions. Any player released by a team during the season would be able to be claimed by other teams, the selection order to claim the player would be in inverse order to the teams standings at the time. Throughout this time, Bert Bell, co-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, felt his teams lack of competitiveness on the field made it difficult for the Eagles to sell tickets and to be profitable. As a result, the NFL was dominated by the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Giants, and Redskins. At a league meeting on May 18,1935, Bell proposed a draft be instituted to enhance the possibility of competitive parity on the field in order to ensure the viability of all franchises. His proposal was adopted unanimously that day, although the first draft would not occur until the next off-season. The rules for the selection of the players in the first draft were, first, from this pool, each franchise would select, in inverse order to their teams record in the previous year, a player
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Jonathan Lipnicki
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Jonathan William Lipnicki is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little, The Little Vampire, Stuart Little 2. Lipnicki was born in Westlake Village, California, son of Joseph and he has an older sister, Alexis. Lipnicki was educated at Agoura High School, a secondary school in the city of Agoura Hills in Los Angeles County in California. Lipnicki made his debut in 1996s Jerry Maguire as the son of Renée Zellwegers character. He subsequently appeared on The Single Guy, The Jeff Foxworthy Show as well as episodes of Dawsons Creek, in 1999, he starred in the film Stuart Little, playing a boy whose family adopts a talking mouse, a role he reprised in the films 2002 sequel. Lipnicki has also appeared in the preview of Jamie Kennedys Blowin Up. He appeared on the comedy Motherlover on the YOMYOMF Network, I’m not saying no and I’m not saying yes. In 2001, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation named Lipnicki one of its “Heroes of 2001” at the age of ten, jonathan Lipnicki at the Internet Movie Database Official website
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Monday Night Football
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Monday Night Football is a live television broadcast of weekly National Football League games on ESPN in the United States. From 1970 to 2005, it aired on sister broadcast network ABC, Monday Night Football is also broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS, and in most of Europe. On September 7,2013, the NFL announced that British Eurosport would show Monday Night Football games live in the United Kingdom for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. A Spanish-language version airs on ESPN Deportes in the U. S. and on ESPN International in Latin America, while a Portuguese version airs on ESPN Brasil. On September 8,2011, the first day of the 2011 regular season, ESPN extended its contract for Monday Night Football for eight additional seasons, giving it rights to the broadcasts until 2021. The new deal, valued between $14.2 billion and $15.2 billion, also gives ESPN rights to expanded highlights, international and streaming rights, after 45 seasons, there now have been a total of 730 games televised by the Monday Night Football franchise. To avoid any scheduling unfairness where, just before the first playoff game, from 2003 to 2005, one game was played on Thursday and another Monday under the Monday Night Football banner. Starting in 2006, when the series moved to cable, two games are played on the opening Monday night to capitalize on fan interest during NFL Kickoff Weekend. Since no one knows during the first month of the if a team is indeed good, or will rebound from a difficult start. Since the MNF schedule is set in April and cannot be changed and it had seemed like a good pre-season matchup since the Falcons had played in the previous seasons Super Bowl and the 49ers coming into the 1999 season had posted 16 consecutive 10-win seasons. It is also possible for a team like the 1999 St. However, many MNF games occurring later in the season feature at least one team that is either headed to the playoffs or must win the MNF game to clinch a playoff spot. As a result of this, the NFL wished to move the Game of the Week idea to Sunday nights as to flex scheduling possible. This was a move which would mean the end of Monday Night Football on ABC. The league currently has no interest in expanding flexible scheduling to include Monday Night Football, citing the logistical issues of moving games back, the franchise with the most Monday night appearances is the Miami Dolphins. The San Francisco 49ers won their record 48th Monday Night game with a 28–0 win over the Los Angeles Rams on September 12,2016, the most common Monday Night Football pairings are Broncos vs. Raiders and Cowboys vs. Redskins. Candlestick Park in San Francisco has hosted the most Monday Night Football games, including its 36th, among the active stadiums following the conclusion of the 2013 season, Sun Life Stadium will have hosted the most games with 32. Monday Night Football has continued to provide as much entertainment as sports throughout its run, in addition to the extra cameras, the program has also pioneered technological broadcast innovations, such as the use of enhanced slow motion replays and computerized graphics. However, the late 1990s and early 2000s saw an even more increased reliance on the entertainment factor
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Dallas Cowboys
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The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League as a club of the leagues National Football Conference East division. The team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and plays its games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The stadium took its current name prior to the 2013 season, the Cowboys joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1960. The teams national following might best be represented by its NFL record of consecutive sell-outs, the Cowboys streak of 190 consecutive sold-out regular and post-season games began in 2002. This has also corresponded to eight NFC championships, most in the NFC, the Cowboys are the only NFL team to record 20 straight winning seasons, in which they only missed the playoffs twice, an NFL record that remains unchallenged. In 2015, the Dallas Cowboys became the first sports team to be valued at $4 billion, making it the most valuable team in the world. The Cowboys also generated $620 million in revenue in 2014, a record for a U. S. sports team. Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, there had not been an NFL team south of Washington, D. C. since the Dallas Texans folded in 1952. Oilman Clint Murchison Jr. had been trying to get an NFL expansion team in Dallas, Murchison had tried to purchase the Washington Redskins from Marshall in 1958. An agreement was struck, but as the deal was about to be finalized and this infuriated Murchison and he called off the deal. Marshall then opposed any franchise for Murchison in Dallas, since NFL expansion needed unanimous approval from team owners at that time, Marshalls position would prevent Murchison from joining the league. Marshall had an out with the Redskins band leader Barnee Breeskin. Breeskin had written the music to the Redskins fight song Hail to the Redskins, Breeskin owned the rights to the song and was aware of Murchisons plight to get an NFL franchise. Angry with Marshall, Breeskin approached Murchisons attorney to him the rights to the song before the expansion vote in 1959. Murchison purchased Hail to the Redskins for $2,500, before the vote to award franchises in 1959, Murchison revealed to Marshall that he owned the song and Marshall could not play it during games. After a few Marshall expletives, Murchison gave the rights to Hail to the Redskins to Marshall for his vote, the one against Murchison getting a franchise at that time. From 1970 through 1979, the Cowboys won 105 regular season games, in addition, they appeared in 5 and won two Super Bowls, at the end of the 1971 and 1977 regular seasons
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Roy Firestone
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Roy Firestone is an American sports commentator and journalist. Firestone is a graduate of Miami Beach High School and the University of Miami, Firestone began his career as a sports anchor and reporter in Miami, working briefly at WTVJ, before moving to Los Angeles as a sports anchor for KCBS-TV from 1977–85. From 1980-94, he was the host of ESPNs interview program SportsLook and he also served as a color commentator for the networks first season of Sunday Night Football telecasts in 1987. Currently, he is the host of HDNets Face to Face with Roy Firestone and he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, Larry King Live, Super Dave Osborne and Nightline. He has also performed for corporate clients including Anheuser Busch, Chevron, Nike, Whirlpool. Firestone also provided the voice of the cartoon character Egghead in the 1988 Warner Bros. compilation film Daffy Ducks Quackbusters. With Children episode and presented the Al Bundy Sport Spectacular, Firestone also made an appearance as himself in a 1997 episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, and the Bart Star episode of The Simpsons. He has been the subject of criticism regarding what has been characterized as a softball. He then gave Simpson a free pass to downplay the criminal beating of Nicole and characterize it as an argument that got a loud, asserting that he. These assertions, which were contrary to the record, were not only unchallenged by Firestone. Firestone currently appears as a guest regularly on Good Day L. A. which airs on KTTV in Los Angeles covering local and national sports, Firestone is a lifelong fan of the Baltimore Orioles and served as a spring training batboy for the team as a teenager. He spoke on Saturday, September 29,2012 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards during the unveiling of Brooks Robinsons statue at the ballpark, Seven-time Emmy Award winner Seven-time CableACE Award recipient Official Web Site of Roy Firestone Roy Firestone at the Internet Movie Database
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Arizona
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Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and the Mountain West states and it is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It has borders with New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, Arizonas border with Mexico is 389 miles long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the states to be admitted to the Union. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, after being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase, Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, in addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments. To the European settlers, their pronunciation sounded like Arissona, the area is still known as alĭ ṣonak in the Oodham language. Another possible origin is the Basque phrase haritz ona, as there were numerous Basque sheepherders in the area, There is a misconception that the states name originated from the Spanish term Árida Zona. See also lists of counties, islands, rivers, lakes, state parks, national parks, Arizona is in the Southwestern United States as one of the Four Corners states. Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, ranked after New Mexico, of the states 113,998 square miles, approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is public forest and park land, state trust land, Arizona is well known for its desert Basin and Range region in the states southern portions, which is rich in a landscape of xerophyte plants such as the cactus. This regions topography was shaped by volcanism, followed by the cooling-off. Its climate has hot summers and mild winters. The state is well known for its pine-covered north-central portion of the high country of the Colorado Plateau. Like other states of the Southwest United States, Arizona has an abundance of mountains, despite the states aridity, 27% of Arizona is forest, a percentage comparable to modern-day France or Germany. The worlds largest stand of pine trees is in Arizona
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Tom Hanks
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at U. S. and Canadian box offices and more than $9.0 billion worldwide, Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor and, in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, in 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Hanks was born in Concord, California, the son of Janet Marylyn, a worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks. His mother was of Portuguese descent, while his father had English ancestry. The familys three oldest children, Sandra, Larry and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, in his childhood, his family moved often. By the age of ten, Hanks had lived in ten different houses, while Hanks family religious history was Catholic and Mormon, he has characterized himself as being a Bible-toting evangelical for several years as a teenager. In school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine, I was a geek, I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy whod yell out funny captions during filmstrips, but I didnt get into trouble. I was always a good kid and pretty responsible. In 1965, his father married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent, Frances had three children, two of whom lived with Hanks during his high school years. Hanks acted in plays, including South Pacific, while attending Skyline High School in Oakland. Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and transferred to California State University, Sacramento, Hanks told New York magazine in 1986, Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant. I spent a lot of going to plays. I wouldnt take dates with me, id just drive to a theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat and read the program, and then get into the play completely. I spent a lot of time like that, seeing Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Ibsen, during his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dowlings suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the festival and his internship stretched into a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design, and stage management, prompting Hanks to drop out of college
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Regina King
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Regina Rene King is an American actress and television director. Her role in Southland earned her two Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2012 and 2013. In 2015, she began starring in the ABC anthology series American Crime, since 2015, she played Erika Murphy on the critically acclaimed HBO drama, The Leftovers, for which she has received a Critics Choice Television Award nomination. She has a role as Janine Davis on The Big Bang Theory, and has starred in numerous films, including Ray, Poetic Justice, Friday. King was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in View Park-Windsor Hills, the daughter of Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King. Her younger sister is actress Reina King, King attended Westchester High School and the University of Southern California. King began her career in 1985 playing the role of Brenda Jenkins on the television series 227. She went on to appear in the John Singleton films Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, in 1995, she was featured in the hit comedy film Friday. In 1996, she starred in the Martin Lawrence dark comedy-romance A Thin Line Between Love, later in 1996 she gained fame starring in the blockbuster romantic comedy film Jerry Maguire as Marcee Tidwell, the wife of Cuba Gooding, Jr. s character. She also appeared in roles on 24, The Big Bang Theory, in 2007 she played Lisa Moore in This Christmas. She most recently joined the cast of ABCs John Ridley-penned ensemble drama American Crime as a member of the Nation of Islam. Her performance was praised by television critics, in September 2015, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie. Regina King at the Internet Movie Database King, Regina, the Emmys, As White As Ever, The Huffington Post, September 3,2010, retrieved October 9,2010
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Aries Spears
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Aries Spears is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian. Spears was a regular on Foxs sketch comedy series MADtv, appearing in 198 episodes and he recently released a special called Aries Spears, Hollywood, Look Im Smiling. Spears was born in Chicago, IL and moved to New York when he was a year or two old and his mother, Doris Spears, is a jazz singer. Spears moved to New Jersey at age 11 and attended Arthur M. Judd Elementary School and he became a comedian at 14, performing stand-up comedy in various comedy clubs in New York City. He was expelled for fighting during his year in North Brunswick Township High School in North Brunswick Township. Spears started doing his own comedy routine around his hometown, Spears first television appearance was on Russell Simmonss Def Comedy Jam, followed by Its Showtime at the Apollo. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992, landed a role on A Different World and became a regular at The Comedy Store, The Improv. Other television credits include Crosstown Traffic, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. at 16, Spears landed a part in the movie Malcolm X. Shortly thereafter, he was cast in a role opposite Glenn Frey in South of Sunset. Spearss other movie appearances include Home of Angels, The Pest, Jerry Maguire in which he played Teepee, brother of Rod Tidwell, Out-of-Sync, and The Proud Family. He joined the cast of MADtv during its 3rd season in 1997, during his stay, he created characters such as comedian Belma Buttons, Dollar Bill Montgomery, James Brown Jr. and controversial rapper Emcee Esher. Spears appeared on a 2nd season episode of Mind of Mencia and he also appeared in the 2006 movie Hood of Horror. Spears performed in the TV series The Underground and voiced the character Wizard Kelly in the television series The Proud Family. Spears appeared on the Covino and Rich radio talk show and criticized rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em and he challenged Soulja Boy Tell Em to a rap battle, claiming he would win easily. Spears appeared in two episodes of Frank Caliendos sketch comedy show Frank TV as Shaquille ONeal, Spears has signed with Fabb Vision Network, starring as host of his new show The Underground, which is shot in Columbus, Ohio. The show was due to broadcasting in September 2010. He appeared alongside Cedric the Entertainer and other comedians in the All Star Comedy Jam in 2009 and his 2011 stand-up comedy special Aries Spears, Hollywood, Look Im Smiling was shown on Showtime. I Aint Scared. as Shaquille ONeal Turbo FAST as Mr. Tinfoil Black Dynamite as Laurence Tureaud / O. J
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Eric Stoltz
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Eric Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. In 2010, he portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica, Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn B. a violinist and schoolteacher who died in 1994, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher. He has two sisters, mezzo-soprano Catherine Stoltz and writer Susan R. Stoltz and he was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California, where as a child he once earned money playing piano for local musical theatre productions. He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out after his junior year, when he moved to New York for his studies in 1981, he met Stella Adler and Peggy Feury. In the 1970s Stoltz joined a company that performed ten plays at the Edinburgh Festival. He returned to the United States in 1979, when he entered USC as a drama student, in 1978, he was cast as Steve Benson in the TV adaptation of Erma Bombecks The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. Director Cameron Crowe and Stoltz became friends while making Stoltzs first feature film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, according to Stoltz, Crowe promised Stoltz a role in all of his future films. He appeared in each of Crowes next four films, The Wild Life, the director, Robert Zemeckis, said that while Stoltz provided an admirable performance, it lacked the precise comedic sense that Zemeckis was seeking. Some of the footage, where Stoltz does not appear but was on set, was used in the film. Stoltz playing the character was referenced in the 2010 episode of Fringe titled Peter when, in a parallel universe, in 1985, Stoltz garnered attention with a Golden Globe nomination starring as Rocky Dennis in Mask. Among other roles in the 1980s, he appeared in the 1987 hit Some Kind of Wonderful, written, during the 1990s, Stoltz went back and forth between stage, film, and television, appearing in studio and independent films such as Pulp Fiction and The Waterdance. He also produced the films Bodies, Rest & Motion in 1993, Sleep with Me in 1994 and he continued to appear on the New York stage, both on Broadway and off-Broadway. He was nominated for a Tony Award as Featured Actor for his performance as George Gibbs in the 1989 Broadway revival of Thornton Wilders Our Town, a performance of this production was featured on Great Performances, Live from Lincoln Center, which received a 1989 Emmy nomination. Stoltz received the Indie Support Award at the 1998 Los Angeles Film Festival, during the first part of the 2000s, he starred with Gillian Anderson in The House of Mirth, based on the novel by Edith Wharton. From 2001 to 2002, he had a role as the English teacher-poet August Dimitri in ABCs Once and Again, wherein Julia Whelans character. He directed an episode of the show in 2002, in 2003, he played his first leading TV role in Out of Order, which was canceled after five episodes. In 2004, he appeared in The Butterfly Effect as a child molester and he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his direction of the cable movie My Horrible Year. He also directed a film entitled The Bulls as well as the highest rated episode of Law & Order in 2005
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Beau Bridges
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Lloyd Vernet Beau Bridges III is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner and he is also a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7,2003 at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the television industry and he is the elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges. Bridges was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd and he was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes son in Gone with the Wind. His younger brother is actor Jeff Bridges, and he has a younger sister, another brother, Garrett, died in 1948 of sudden infant death syndrome. Beau has shared a relationship with Jeff, for whom he acted as a surrogate father during childhood. He and his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, in 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and served for eight years. In 1948, Bridges had a juvenile role in the iconic film Force of Evil. In the 1962–1963 television season, Bridges, along with his brother, Jeff, appeared on their fathers CBS anthology series. He appeared in television series too, including National Velvet, The Fugitive, Bonanza, Mr. Novak. In 1965, he guest-starred as Corporal Corbett in Then Came the Mighty Hunter, Season 2, Episode 3 of the military series and he found steady work in television and film throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in feature films during that time as The Other Side of the Mountain, Greased Lightning, Norma Rae, Heart Like a Wheel. In 1989, in perhaps his best known role, he starred opposite his brother Jeff as one of The Fabulous Baker Boys. In the 1993–94 television season, Bridges appeared with his father in the 15-episode CBS comedy/western series, Harts of the West, set at a dude ranch in Nevada. In 1995, Bridges starred with his father and his son Dylan in The Sandkings, in 1998, he starred as Judge Bob Gibbs in the one-season Maximum Bob on ABC. He had a role in the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers. In 2001, he guest-starred as Daniel McFarland, the stepfather of Jack McFarland and he played a single father and college professor in the fantasy adventure film, Voyage of the Unicorn, based on the novel by James C. From 2002 to 2003, he took on the role of Senator Tom Gage, newly appointed Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in January 2005, he was cast as Major General Hank Landry, the new commander of Stargate Command in Stargate SG-1
