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Gascony Show
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The Gascony Show is an English-language radio chat show aired in the southwest of France and a flagship Sunday evening programme broadcast on Radio Coteaux in the Gascony region. The show is presented by Irishman John Slattery, John Slattery takes over the airwaves at 5pm and finishes at 7pm with a handover to Patrick Martinez. The Gascony Show is a programme that includes light-hearted banter. Listeners views and comments are discussed and there are rotating segments such as Song of The Week, to keep listeners on their toes, random topics are picked from a big Bag O Topics. Podcasts of all shows are available on the shows website so that previous shows can be listened to again. Previous shows can also be found on iTunes, the show runs interviews with regular and/or rotating guests, dealing with subjects of both local interest and of general interest to the expatriate community. The first person to be interviewed on the show was the illustrious English painter, interior designer and writer, Stella is the author of The Lonesome Froom and other Strange Tales, Rum Rhymes and Vagabond and The Song of the Froom. She recounted humorous stories of her years in France and her efforts to get her books published, subsequent interviews included music industry notaries such as Joy Askew and her brother Roger Askew. These two truly multi-dimensional singers sang some of their songs on air. Joy, who worked closely with the likes of Peter Gabriel and Joe Jackson, a highly commended interview was that with Leaf Fielding, one of the drug-dealers jailed as a result of the famous 1977 drug cartel bust in the UK called Operation Julie. The interview revolved around Leafs life, his descent into drug dealing, his imprisonment, also discussed was Leaf’s book To Live Outside The Law, that tells the story from his early days and his first experience with LSD, to his amazing falling from grace. The show relies heavily on e-mailed material sent in by listeners that is read out on air. Gascony Show home page Radio Coteaux Angloinfo Blog on The Gascony Show
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Boston
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Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1,1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with a population of 667,137 in 2015, making it the largest city in New England. Alternately, as a Combined Statistical Area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.1 million people, One of the oldest cities in the United States, Boston was founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. Upon U. S. independence from Great Britain, it continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education, through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the original peninsula. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing over 20 million visitors per year, Bostons many firsts include the United States first public school, Boston Latin School, first subway system, the Tremont Street Subway, and first public park, Boston Common. Bostons economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology, the city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification, though it remains high on world livability rankings. Bostons early European settlers had first called the area Trimountaine but later renamed it Boston after Boston, Lincolnshire, England, the renaming on September 7,1630 was by Puritan colonists from England who had moved over from Charlestown earlier that year in quest of fresh water. Their settlement was limited to the Shawmut Peninsula, at that time surrounded by the Massachusetts Bay and Charles River. The peninsula is thought to have been inhabited as early as 5000 BC, in 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colonys first governor John Winthrop led the signing of the Cambridge Agreement, a key founding document of the city. Puritan ethics and their focus on education influenced its early history, over the next 130 years, the city participated in four French and Indian Wars, until the British defeated the French and their Indian allies in North America. Boston was the largest town in British America until Philadelphia grew larger in the mid-18th century, Bostons harbor activity was significantly curtailed by the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. Foreign trade returned after these hostilities, but Bostons merchants had found alternatives for their investments in the interim. Manufacturing became an important component of the economy, and the citys industrial manufacturing overtook international trade in economic importance by the mid-19th century. Boston remained one of the nations largest manufacturing centers until the early 20th century, a network of small rivers bordering the city and connecting it to the surrounding region facilitated shipment of goods and led to a proliferation of mills and factories. Later, a network of railroads furthered the regions industry. Boston was a port of the Atlantic triangular slave trade in the New England colonies
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Massachusetts
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It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named for the Massachusett tribe, which inhabited the area. The capital of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England is Boston, over 80% of Massachusetts population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution, during the 20th century, Massachusetts economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance. Plymouth was the site of the first colony in New England, founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, in 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of Americas most infamous cases of mass hysteria, the Salem witch trials. In 1777, General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory, which during the Industrial Revolution catalyzed numerous important technological advances, in 1786, Shays Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention. In the 18th century, the Protestant First Great Awakening, which swept the Atlantic World, in the late 18th century, Boston became known as the Cradle of Liberty for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution. The entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts has played a commercial and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance, in the late 19th century, the sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively. Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams, both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, have been ranked among the most highly regarded academic institutions in the world. Massachusetts public school students place among the top nations in the world in academic performance, the official name of the state is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. While this designation is part of the official name, it has no practical implications. Massachusetts has the position and powers within the United States as other states. Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and Massachusett. While cultivation of crops like squash and corn supplemented their diets, villages consisted of lodges called wigwams as well as longhouses, and tribes were led by male or female elders known as sachems. Between 1617 and 1619, smallpox killed approximately 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans, the first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, arrived via the Mayflower at Plymouth in 1620, and developed friendly relations with the native Wampanoag people. This was the second successful permanent English colony in the part of North America that later became the United States, the event known as the First Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World which lasted for three days
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Catholic University of America
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The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D. C. in the United States. It is a university of the Catholic Church in the United States. Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday, the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. In addition, it was ranked in the top 10 of the best Catholic colleges in the country and it was described as one of the 25 most underrated colleges in the United States. CUAs programs emphasize the arts, professional education, and personal development. The school stays closely connected with the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations, the American Cardinals Dinner is put on by the residential U. S. cardinals each year to raise scholarship funds for CUA. The university has a history of working with the Knights of Columbus. The university has been visited three times by sitting popes, Pope John Paul II visited on October 7,1979. On April 16,2008, Pope Benedict XVI gave an address at the campus about Catholic education and academic freedom. Pope Francis visited on September 23,2015 during his trip to the United States, at the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1866, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops first discussed the need for a national Catholic university. At the Third Plenary Council on January 26,1885, bishops chose the name The Catholic University of America for the institution. In 1882 Bishop John Lancaster Spalding went to Rome to obtain Pope Leo XIIIs support for the university, on April 10,1887 Pope Leo XIII sent James Cardinal Gibbons a letter granting permission to establish the university. By developing new leaders and new knowledge, the university was intended to strengthen, the founders wished to emphasize the Churchs special role in United States. They believed that scientific and humanistic research, informed by faith and they wanted to develop a national institution that would promote the faith in a context of religious freedom, spiritual pluralism, and intellectual rigor. The university was incorporated in 1887 on 66 acres of land next to the Old Soldiers Home. President Grover Cleveland was in attendance for the laying of the cornerstone of Divinity Hall, now known as Caldwell Hall, on May 24,1888, as were members of Congress, at the end of the second term, lectures on canon law were added. The first students were graduated in 1889, in 1876 with the opening of the Johns Hopkins University, American universities began dedicating themselves to graduate study and research in the Prussian model. CUA was the channel through which the modern university movement entered the American Catholic community
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Roger Sterling
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Roger H. Sterling, Jr. played by John Slattery, is a fictional character on the AMC TV series Mad Men. He formerly worked for Sterling Cooper, an advertising agency his father co-founded in 1923, Roger Sterling is a US Navy veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific theater, including in The Battle of Okinawa. The Sterling in the name refers to Rogers father rather than Roger. His father was the partner in the firm, which is why his name appears before that of Bertram Cooper. A picture in Coopers office shows Roger as a child alongside Cooper as a young adult, in the same scene, Cooper refers to the picture and calls Roger Peanut, indicating that Roger has known Cooper for most of his life. Bertram Coopers sister, Alice Cooper, babysat Sterling when he was a child, Sterling is a notorious womanizer and a heavy drinker until two heart attacks in the same year force him to slow down, at least for a while. His health scare does not affect his drinking or smoking habits and he retains considerable affection from both Sterling Cooper employees and his family. By 1962, Sterling has returned to work and is seen to indulge in his old habits, numerous episodes in the third season imply that he is genuinely happy with Jane, for example, he turns down an old flame trying to rekindle their relationship. Mona later remarries, which angers Roger at his mothers memorial service when she brings her new husband Bruce, Roger and Mona have a daughter, Margaret, who is spoiled and demanding. She marries a very young man, Brooks Hargrove, of the same class. The wedding is scheduled for November 23,1963, the day after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. Margaret then has a son, Ellery, and periodically sees her father to ask for money, however, as the 1960s wear on, Margaret turns on, tunes in, and drops out. She rejects Roger and Monas efforts to take her home, throwing back in Rogers face that she was abandoned by him. Roger and Mona then help to raise their grandson, and are shown to be watching the Apollo moon landing with him, the series periodically explores the romantic tension between Roger and his former mistress, Joan Holloway. Their emotions for each other reach their peak after they are mugged at gunpoint one evening, overcome with emotion and excitement, Roger and Joan have sex in a back alley, and this encounter leaves Joan pregnant. Meanwhile, Roger and Janes marriage is falling apart and they are constantly snapping at one another, and the only thing Roger ever says to her is how good she looks. After taking LSD with Jane, they finally come to terms with the fact that their marriage is over. After his LSD trip, Roger Sterling starts to take his job and his relationship with both of his ex-wives seems to be going fairly well, especially with Mona, who is helping him to build business relationships, even after their divorce
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AMC (TV channel)
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AMC is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by AMC Networks. The channels programming, similar to that of FXM, primarily consists of released films. The channels name originally stood for American Movie Classics, but since 2002 the full name has been de-emphasized as a result of a shift in its programming. As of July 2015, AMC was received by approximately 94,832,000 households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service. In March 2015, Dish Networks Sling TV announced it would begin making AMC channels available to cord cutters, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV. American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally known, debuted on October 1,1984 as a premium channel, AMC was originally operated as a joint venture between Rainbow Media and cable television provider Tele-Communications Inc. During its early years, it was not uncommon for AMC to host a marathon of Marx Brothers films, in 1987, the channel began to be carried on the basic cable tiers of many cable providers. By 1989, AMC was available to 39 million subscribers in the U. S, on December 1,1990, AMC began operating on a 24-hour-a-day schedule. Beginning in 1993, AMC presented an annual Film Preservation Festival to raise awareness of, portions of the festival were often dedicated to all-day marathons focusing on a single performer. During its fifth year in 1998, Scorsese credited the Festival for creating not only a greater awareness. In 1996, curator of the Museum of Modern Art Mary Lee Bandy called the Festival the most important public event in support of film preservation. By its tenth anniversary in 2003, the Festival had raised $2 million from the general public, the following year, Time Warner also attempted to acquire at least part of Liberty Medias stake in AMC. Turner owns rights to the RKO Radio Pictures film library and licensed RKOs films to AMC in a deal that was slated to last through 2004. Under the terms of the deal, AMC would obtain the RKO titles in exclusive windows, around this time, General Electric/NBC owned a stake in AMC – which it divested in the early 2000s. From 1996 to 1998, AMC aired its first original series, Remember WENN, the show was well received by both critics and its enthusiastic fans, but was abruptly cancelled after its fourth season following management changes at the channel. Despite a well publicized campaign to save the series, the show was not renewed for its originally scheduled fifth season. One popular AMC program was American Pop. which ran from 1998 to 2003, the majority of the films presented on AMC during the 1990s had originally been released by Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios. The channel also showed classic silent films
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Mad Men
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Mad Men is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. The series premiered on July 19,2007, on the cable network AMC, after seven seasons and 92 episodes, Mad Mens final episode aired on May 17,2015. According to the pilot, the phrase Mad men was a slang term coined in the 1950s by advertisers working on Madison Avenue to refer to themselves. The plot focuses on the business of the agencies as well as the lives of the characters, regularly depicting the changing moods. Season one begins in March 1960 and moves through November 1970 by the conclusion of season seven, throughout its run, Mad Men received widespread critical acclaim for its writing, acting, and historical authenticity, it has won many awards, including 16 Emmys and five Golden Globes. The show was also the first basic cable series to receive the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time. In 2000, while working as a writer for Becker. Television producer David Chase recruited Weiner to work as a writer on his HBO series The Sopranos after reading the script in 2002. It was lively, and it had something new to say, here was someone who had written a story about advertising in the 1960s, and was looking at recent American history through that prism. Weiner and his representatives at Industry Entertainment and ICM tried to sell the script to HBO and Showtime. The Sopranos was completing its final season then, and the network happened to be getting into the market for new series programming. Weiner listed Alfred Hitchcock as an influence on the visual style of the series. He also was influenced by director Wong Kar-wai in the music, mise en scène and he also says that Mad Men would have been some sort of crisp, soapy version of The West Wing if not for The Sopranos. Tim Hunter, the director of a half-dozen episodes from the shows first two seasons, called Mad Men a very well-run show and he said, They have a lot of production meetings during pre-production. The day the script comes in we all meet for a first page turn, then theres a tone meeting a few days later where Matt tells us how he envisions it. And then theres a full crew production meeting where Matt again tells us how he envisions it. The pilot episode was shot at Silvercup Studios and various locations around New York City and it is available in high definition for showing on AMC HD and on video-on-demand services available from various cable affiliates. Each episode had a budget between US$2–2.5 million, though the episodes budget was over $3 million
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Howard Stark
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Howard Stark is an American fictional comic book character who appears in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a background character in stories featuring his adopted son Tony Stark. He is the founder of Stark Industries, throughout the characters publication history, Howard Stark has been featured in several incarnations of comic book series. He has also adapted for several animated TV shows and films. Throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character has been portrayed by Dominic Cooper, the character was created by writer-editor Archie Goodwin and designed by artist Don Heck. He made his first appearance in Iron Man #28, described as a brilliant scientist and ruthless businessman, Howard Stark worked alongside his father on various projects, and later founded Stark Industries. Howard was a mechanical engineering prodigy, constantly creating new technology. He designed and built weaponry and devices that have revolutionized the world, such as various technologies used by S. H. I. E. L. D. Howard later had a wife and they had their child Tony, howards relationship with Tony was a difficult one, however, with Howard rarely expressing affection for the boy. Howards one major weakness was his severe case of alcoholism, a problem Tony himself would inherit, in the comics, Howard and his wife died in a car crash, as the result of faulty brakes arranged by either business competitors Republic Oil & Gas or by the V-Battalion. Howards death inspired his son to both business and engineering seriously as Iron Man. The son of Howard Stark, Sr. Howard Stark was born in Richford, an avid and brilliant inventor from a young age, he was a brilliant scientist throughout his life. He and his father worked on projects, and later founded Stark Industries. During the 1950s, Stark was an agent of the secret organization known as The Shield. Stark married Maria Collins Carbonell and together they had a son, Arno and he constantly pushed Tony to be the best, telling him that someone must have iron in their backbone to be successful. Behind his heroic facade, however, he was an alcoholic who had a relationship with his son. Howard was capable of devotion and respect towards machines, but he appeared to have little to no interest towards his son. Due to his power as a businessman, Howard was offered membership to the exclusive Hellfire Club and it is believed Howard was also a member of the V-Battalion. He was targeted by the Red Skull, and is rumored to have met the Watcher, Stark also prevented Obadiah Stane from taking control of Stark Industries at least once
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Marvel Cinematic Universe
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The franchise has expanded to include comic books, short films, television series and digital series. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, clark Gregg has appeared the most in the franchise, portraying Phil Coulson, a character original to the MCU. The first film released in the MCU was Iron Man, which began the first phase of films culminating in the crossover film Marvels The Avengers, Phase Two began with Iron Man 3, and concluded with Ant-Man. The films are currently in Phase Three, which began with the release of Captain America, Marvel Television expanded the universe further, first to network television with Marvels Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. Marvel Television has also produced the digital series Marvels Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D, slingshot, which is a supplement to Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. Soundtrack albums have been released for all of the films, along many of television series. It has inspired film and television studios with comic book character adaptation rights to attempt to create similar shared universes. By 2005, Marvel Entertainment began planning to produce its own films. Previously, Marvel had co-produced several superhero films with Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema and others, Marvel made relatively little profit from its licensing deals with other studios and wanted to get more money out of its films while maintaining artistic control of the projects and distribution. Avi Arad, head of Marvels film division, was pleased with Sam Raimis Spider-Man films at Sony, as a result, they decided to form Marvel Studios, Hollywoods first major independent movie studio since DreamWorks. Feige, a self-professed fanboy, envisioned creating a shared universe just as creators Stan Lee, to raise capital, the studio secured funding from a seven-year, $525 million revolving credit facility with Merrill Lynch. Marvels plan was to release films for their main characters. Arad, who doubted the strategy yet insisted that it was his reputation that helped secure the initial financing, in 2007, at 33 years old, Feige was named studio chief. Feige initially referred to the narrative continuity of these films as the Marvel Cinema Universe. Marvel has designated the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Earth-199999 within the continuity of the companys multiverse, while not always the case, as evident by the 2013 releases of Iron Man 3 and Thor, The Dark World, he said it is certainly something to aim for. Feige expanded on this in July 2014, saying, I dont know that well keep to every year, wed rather find a way to keep that going. After the titles were revealed in October 2014, Feige said, which made us comfortable for the first time. To increase to three films a year instead of just two, without changing our methods, just like comic readers have been doing for decades and decades
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Iron Man 2
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Directed by Jon Favreau and written by Justin Theroux, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, and Samuel L. Jackson. Following the successful release of Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel Studios announced, in July of that same year Theroux was hired to write the script, and Favreau was signed to return and direct. Downey, Paltrow and Jackson were set to reprise their roles from Iron Man, in the early months of 2009, Rourke, Rockwell and Johansson filled out the supporting cast, and filming took place from April to July of that year. Like its predecessor the film was mostly in California, except for a key sequence in Monaco. Iron Man 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on April 26,2010, the film received generally positive reviews and was commercially successful, grossing over $623.9 million at the worldwide box office. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on September 28,2010, the third installment of the Iron Man series, Iron Man 3, was released on May 3,2013. In Russia, the media covers Tony Starks disclosure of his identity as Iron Man, Ivan Vanko, whose father Anton Vanko has just died, sees this and begins building a miniature arc reactor similar to Starks. Six months later, Stark is a superstar and uses his Iron Man suit for peaceful means and he reinstitutes the Stark Expo to continue his father Howards legacy. The palladium core in the arc reactor that keeps Stark alive and powers the armor is slowly poisoning him, Stark competes in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, where he is attacked in the middle of the race by Vanko who wields electrified whips. Stark dons his Mark V armor and defeats Vanko, but the suit is severely damaged, Vanko explains his intention was to prove to the world that Iron Man is not invincible. Impressed by Vankos performance, Starks rival, Justin Hammer, fakes Vankos death while breaking him out of prison, during what he believes is his final birthday party, Stark gets drunk while wearing the Mark IV suit. Disgusted, U. S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes dons Starks Mark II prototype armor, the fight ends in a stalemate, so Rhodes confiscates the Mark II for the U. S. Air Force. Approaches Stark, revealing Rushman to be Agent Natasha Romanoff and that Howard Stark was a S. H. I. E. L. D. Fury explains that Vankos father jointly invented the arc reactor with Stark, the Soviets sent Anton to the gulag. Fury gives Stark some of his fathers old material, a message in the diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo proves to be a diagram of the structure of a new element. With the aid of his computer J. A. R. V. I. S, when he learns Vanko is still alive, he places the new element in his arc reactor and ends his palladium dependency. At the Expo, Hammer unveils Vankos armored drones, led by Rhodes in a weaponized version of the Mark II armor. Stark arrives in the Mark VI armor to warn Rhodes, Hammer is arrested while Romanoff and Starks bodyguard Happy Hogan go after Vanko at Hammers factory
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Ant-Man (film)
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Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name, Scott Lang and Hank Pym. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the twelfth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Peyton Reed, with a screenplay by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas. In Ant-Man, Lang must help defend Pyms Ant-Man shrinking technology, development of Ant-Man began in April 2006, with the hiring of Wright to direct and co-write with Cornish. By April 2011, Wright and Cornish had completed three drafts of the script and Wright shot test footage for the film in July 2012, pre-production began in October 2013 after being put on hold so that Wright could complete The Worlds End. Casting began in December 2013, with the hiring of Rudd to play Lang, in May 2014, Wright left the project, citing creative differences, though he still received screenplay and story credits with Cornish, as well as an executive producer credit. The following month, Reed was brought in to replace Wright, principal photography took place between August and December 2014 in San Francisco and Metro Atlanta. Ant-Man held its premiere in Los Angeles on June 29,2015. A sequel, titled Ant-Man and the Wasp, is scheduled to be released on July 6,2018, in 1989, scientist Hank Pym resigns from S. H. I. E. L. D. After discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant-Man shrinking technology, believing the technology is dangerous, Pym vows to hide it as long as he lives. In the present day, Pyms estranged daughter, Hope van Dyne, Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which horrifies Pym. Upon his release from prison, well-meaning thief Scott Lang moves in with his old cellmate, Lang visits his daughter Cassie unannounced and is chastised by his former wife Maggie and her police-detective fiancé, Paxton, for not providing child support. Unable to hold a job because of his record, Lang agrees to join Luis crew. Lang breaks into a house and cracks its safe, but only finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit, after trying the suit on, Lang accidentally shrinks himself to the size of an insect. Terrified by the experience, he returns the suit to the house, Pym, the homeowner, visits Lang in jail and smuggles the suit into his cell to help him break out. Pym, who manipulated Lang through an unknowing Luis into stealing the suit as a test, having been spying on Cross after discovering his intentions, van Dyne helps Pym train Lang to fight and to control ants. Pym warns Lang that he could suffer a similar fate if he overrides his suits regulator and they send him to steal a device that will aid their heist from the Avengers headquarters, where he briefly fights Sam Wilson. Cross perfects the Yellowjacket and hosts a ceremony at Pym Technologies headquarters
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Captain America: Civil War
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Captain America, Civil War is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2011s Captain America, The First Avenger and 2014s Captain America, The Winter Soldier, and the thirteenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, with a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, in Captain America, Civil War, disagreement over international oversight of the Avengers fractures them into opposing factions—one led by Steve Rogers and the other by Tony Stark. Following positive reactions to test screenings of The Winter Soldier, the Russo brothers were brought back to direct in early 2014, the films title and premise were revealed in October 2014, along with Downeys casting, additional cast members joined in the following months. Visual effects were provided by nearly 20 different studios during the post-production process, Captain America, Civil War held its world premiere in Los Angeles on April 12,2016, and was released in the United States on May 6,2016, in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the film of 2016. In 1991, the brainwashed super-soldier James Bucky Barnes is dispatched from a Hydra base in Siberia to intercept an automobile carrying a case of super-soldier serum, Rumlow blows himself up, hoping to kill Rogers. When Maximoff throws the explosion into the sky with telekinesis, it damages a nearby building, killing several Wakandan humanitarian workers. U. S. Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross informs the Avengers that the United Nations is preparing to pass the Sokovia Accords, which will establish a UN panel to oversee and control the team. The Avengers are divided, Tony Stark supports oversight because of his role in Ultrons creation and Sokovias devastation, at a conference in Vienna where the Accords are to be ratified, a bomb kills King TChaka of Wakanda. Security footage indicates the bomber is Barnes, whom TChakas son, TChalla, informed by Sharon Carter of Barnes whereabouts and the authorities intentions to kill him, Rogers tries to bring in Barnes—his childhood friend and war comrade—himself. Rogers and Wilson track Barnes to Bucharest and attempt to protect him from TChalla and the authorities, Helmut Zemo tracks down and kills Barnes old Hydra handler, stealing a book containing the trigger words that activate Barnes brainwashing. Impersonating a psychiatrist sent to interview Barnes, Zemo recites the words to make Barnes obey him and he questions Barnes, then sends him on a rampage to cover his own escape. Rogers stops Barnes and sneaks him away, unwilling to wait for authorization to apprehend Zemo, Rogers and Wilson go rogue, and recruit Maximoff, Clint Barton, and Scott Lang to their cause. With Rosss permission, Stark assembles a team composed of Romanoff, TChalla, James Rhodes, Vision, Starks team intercepts Rogers group at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where they fight until Romanoff allows Rogers and Barnes to escape. The rest of Rogers team is captured and detained at the Raft prison, while Rhodes is partially paralyzed after being shot down by Vision. Stark discovers evidence that Barnes was framed by Zemo and convinces Wilson to give him Rogers destination, without informing Ross, Stark goes to the Siberian Hydra facility and strikes a truce with Rogers and Barnes, unaware they were secretly followed by TChalla. They find that the other super-soldiers have been killed by Zemo, enraged that Rogers kept this from him, Stark turns on them both, dismembering Barnes robotic arm
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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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God's Pocket
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Gods Pocket is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery and co-written with Alex Metcalf, based on a 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, the film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to mixed critical reviews, and was picked up for domestic distribution by IFC Films. The film is set in a working class South Philadelphia neighborhood modeled on Devils Pocket. Hoffman died within two weeks of the premiere at Sundances 2014 U. S. When a blue collar workers stepson is killed in an accident, he tries to cope. On Metacritic, the received a score of 51 out of 100, based on 27 critics. The Hollywood Reporter called it an effort that lacked the snap, precision. Screen International called it too shaggy and tonally inconsistent to hold together, stephanie Merry from the Washington Post said, What began as an intriguing snapshot begins to feel grotesque and inscrutable. The film received positive reviews from notable critics. Richard Roeper said, John Slatterys direction is skilled and steady, great actors at the top of their game working with rich material. David Edelstein of New York Magazine/Vulture said, ″Slattery adapted the book with Alex Metcalf, the film is damnably amusing. ″ In a Sundance first-look review The Guardian gave the film 4 out of 5 stars. The New York Post said the film was ″crafted with great skill. ″ IFC Films gave the film a release on May 9,2014. Domestically the film widest release was in 80 theaters, generating only $170,000 in box office, arrow Films acquired the UK rights and Electric Entertainment handled the international rights. Gods Pocket at the Internet Movie Database
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Irish Americans
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Irish Americans are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33.3 million Americans—10. 5% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2013 American Community Survey conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau and this compares with a population of 6.4 million on the island of Ireland. Three million people identified as Scots-Irish, whose ancestors were Ulster Scots who emigrated from Ireland to the United States. An estimated 250,000 migrated to the United States during the colonial era, only 20,000 immigrants of these immigrants from Ireland were Catholics—English, Irish or a few Germans. Catholics numbered 40,000 or 1. 6% of the population of 2.5 million in 1775. The Scots-Irish settled mainly in the back country of the Appalachian Mountain region. Irish Americans signed the documents of the United States—the Declaration of Independence. The early Ulster immigrants and their descendants at first usually referred to simply as Irish. However, most descendants of the Scots-Irish continued to consider themselves Irish or American rather than Scots-Irish, however, beginning in the early 19th century, many Irish migrated individually to the interior for work on large-scale infrastructure projects such as canals and, later in the century, railroads. During the colonial period, Scots-Irish settled in the southern Appalachian backcountry, by the 19th century, through intermarriage with settlers of English and German ancestry, the descendants of the Scots-Irish lost their identification with Ireland. This generation of pioneers. was a generation of Americans, not of Englishmen or Germans or Scots-Irish, in 1820 Irish-born John England became the first Catholic bishop in the mainly Protestant city of Charleston, South Carolina. During the 1820s and 30s, Bishop England defended the Catholic minority against Protestant prejudices, in 1831 and 1835, he established free schools for free African American children. Inflamed by the propaganda of the American Anti-Slavery Society, a mob raided the Charleston post office in 1835, England led Charlestons Irish Volunteers to defend the school. Soon after this, however, all schools for blacks were closed in Charleston. The Irish Catholics concentrated in a few medium-sized cities, where they were visible, especially in Charleston, Savannah. After secession in 1861, the Irish Catholic community supported the Confederacy and 20,000 served in the Confederate Army, civilian leaders of the Irish and the South did embrace the Confederate national project and most became advocates of a hard-war policy. Although most began as unskilled laborers, Irish Catholics in the South achieved average or above average economic status by 1900, the large Erie Canal project was one such example where Irishmen were many of the laborers. Small but tight communities developed in growing such as Philadelphia, Boston, New York
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Roman Catholic
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church or the Universal Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.28 billion members worldwide. As one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, it has played a prominent role in the history, headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope, the churchs doctrines are summarised in the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed. Its central administration is located in Vatican City, enclaved within Rome, the Catholic Church is notable within Western Christianity for its sacred tradition and seven sacraments. It teaches that it is the one church founded by Jesus Christ, that its bishops are the successors of Christs apostles. The Catholic Church maintains that the doctrine on faith and morals that it declares as definitive is infallible. The Latin Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches, as well as such as mendicant orders and enclosed monastic orders. Among the sacraments, the one is the Eucharist, celebrated liturgically in the Mass. The church teaches that through consecration by a priest the sacrificial bread and wine become the body, the Catholic Church practises closed communion, with only baptised members in a state of grace ordinarily permitted to receive the Eucharist. The Virgin Mary is venerated in the Catholic Church as Queen of Heaven and is honoured in numerous Marian devotions. The Catholic Church has influenced Western philosophy, science, art and culture, Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. The Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and medical services in the world, from the late 20th century, the Catholic Church has been criticised for its doctrines on sexuality, its refusal to ordain women and its handling of sexual abuse cases. Catholic was first used to describe the church in the early 2nd century, the first known use of the phrase the catholic church occurred in the letter from Saint Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans, written about 110 AD. In the Catechetical Discourses of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, the name Catholic Church was used to distinguish it from other groups that call themselves the church. The use of the adjective Roman to describe the Church as governed especially by the Bishop of Rome became more widespread after the Fall of the Western Roman Empire and into the Early Middle Ages. Catholic Church is the name used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the church. Ultimately leading the entire Catholic Church is the Bishop of Rome, commonly called the pope, in parallel to the diocesan structure are a variety of religious institutes that function autonomously, often subject only to the authority of the pope, though sometimes subject to the local bishop. Most religious institutes only have male or female members but some have both, additionally, lay members aid many liturgical functions during worship services
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St. Sebastian's School
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Saint Sebastians School is an independent, all-boys Catholic secondary school located in Needham, Massachusetts on 26 acres. The school instructs young men in grades seven through twelve, founded in 1941 by William Cardinal OConnell, Archbishop of Boston, the school is named after Saint Sebastian, the Christian martyr who survived an attempted execution by arrows. It is the only Catholic school in the Independent School League, approximately 350 students are enrolled, with 25% receiving financial aid. Since 1990, the School headmaster is Mr. William L. Burke III, the School features a rigorous academic program focusing on the liberal arts and offers Spanish and Classics courses. Writing is emphasized with courses in the English curriculum, with Freshmen students taking a special class to hone their skills. Public speaking is also emphasized, with each student required to deliver a speech during his classs weekly chapel meetings. The student, teacher ratio at St. Sebastians is 7,1, the average class size is 11. The school offers 20 classes at the Advanced Placement level, students are all assigned a faculty advisor and at the end of every academic quarter, awards for honors students are presented before the school community. St. Sebastians has an athletic program, with 11 varsity sports. Its school colors are red and black, and teams are known as the Arrows, over the years the Arrows have had an intense rivalry with the Belmont Hill School. St. Sebastians School is a member of the prestigious Independent School League, the school has one of the top ice hockey programs in the United States, dating to its founding in 1941. The school regularly produces picks in the NHL Entry Draft, notably, four first round picks in its history, such as Noah Hanifin. In June 2003 the school was tied for the most picks from a high school, ever. St. Sebastians now has five first round picks after Hanifins pick in 2015, the team is now coached by Sean McCann, a former Harvard assistant coach and captain, and also a Hobey Baker finalist. St. Sebastians has produced the most current NHL players of any high school, at five. The campus rink, the Henry T. Lane Rink, is named in honor of Henry Lane who served the school for over 40 years, first as the Varsity Hockey coach, Lane was also a graduate of St. Sebastians in the class of 1949. St. Sebastians has had success in recent years with lacrosse. The Schools sailing team was ranked seventh in the country in 2001
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Needham, Massachusetts
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Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 28,886 at the 2010 census and it is home to the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, an engineering school. Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a tract of land measuring 4 miles by 5 miles from Chief Nehoiden for the sum of 10 pounds,40 acres of land and it was officially incorporated in 1711. Originally part of the Dedham Grant, Needham split from Dedham and was named after the town of Needham Market in Suffolk, England, a neighbor of the English town of Dedham. By the 1770s settlers in the part of the town who had to travel a long distance to the meeting house on what is now Central Avenue sought to form a second parish in the town. Opposition to this desire created conflict, and in 1774 a mysterious fire destroyed the extant meeting house, some time afterwards the West Parish was formed. In 1857 the City of Boston began a project to fill in the Back Bay with landfill by filling the tidewater flats of the Charles River, the fill to reclaim the bay from the water was obtained from Needham, Massachusetts from the area of present-day Route 128. The firm of Goss and Munson, railroad contractors, built 6 miles of railroad from Needham, the filling of present-day Back Bay was completed by 1882, filling reached Kenmore Square in 1890, and finished in the Fens in 1900. The project was the largest of a number of reclamation projects, beginning in 1820. In 1865, William Carter established a knitting company in Needham Heights that would eventually become a major manufacturer. The site of Mill #1 currently houses the Avery Manor assisted living center, by the 1960s, the company owned seven mills in Massachusetts and the south. The Carter family sold the business in 1990, after which Carters, Inc. moved its headquarters to Atlanta, in the late 1860s William Emerson Baker moved to Needham. A notably wealthy man due to his having improved the mechanical sewing machine, Baker assembled a parcel of land exceeding 800 acres and he built two man made lakes on his property, including Sabrina lake near present-day Locust Lane. Baker turned part of his property into an amusement park with exotic animals, subterranean tunnels, in 1888 he built a sizable hotel, near the intersection of present-day Whitman Road and Charles River Street, called the Hotel Wellesley which had a capacity of over 300 guests. The hotel burned to the ground on December 19,1891 and this plant was located in the Charles River Village section of Needham with another large facility in New Jersey. The scientific dairy production facilities of the Walker-Gordon Dairy Farm were widely advertised and utilized modern advancements in the handling of milk products, in 1881 the West Parish was separately incorporated as the town of Wellesley. The following year, Needham and Wellesley high schools playing a annual football game on Thanksgiving. Also the longest running high school rivalry
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Homefront (U.S. TV series)
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Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Lorimar Television for ABC. The show was set in the city of River Run, Ohio in 1945,1946. The shows theme song, Accentuate the Positive, was written by Johnny Mercer, forty-two episodes were broadcast in the United States over two seasons from 1991 to 1993. TV Guide, Abigail Van Buren, and fans showed determination in getting ABC to continue the show for a season before it was cancelled. Jeff Metcalf, Earnest young baseball player for the Cleveland Indians who finds romance where he least expects it, Son of Stephen and Anne Metcalf, Younger brother of Hank, caroline Hailey, British war bride determined not to have any children. Mike Sloan, Sr. Steel manufacturer dumbfounded by the inroads that unionization makes among his employees, ruth Sloan, Icy River Run socialite coming to grips with her Italian daughter-in-law, her only son, Mike, dies on his way home to Ohio. Ginger Szabo, Passionate, fast-talking young woman dreams of fame on stage or screen. In the second season he is joined by Perrette, his white French war bride, lt. Hank Metcalf, Soldier who returns to River Run to find that everything has changed, Son of Stephen and Anne Metcalf, Older brother of Linda and Jeff Metcalf. Charlie Hailey, Veteran who puts his skills to use for the local union. Anne Metcalf, Widowed mother, displaced from work on the line at local steel manufacturer in September 1945, world is turned on end when she falls in love again. Gina Sloan, Italian war bride who arrives in the U. S. only to find that her husband, Mike Sloan, Jr. has been killed, Jewish Holocaust survivor. Linda Metcalf, Young woman who enjoys the fulfillment she finds in paying work, Daughter of Stephen and Anne Metcalf, Only sister of Hank and Jeff Metcalf, throughout his childhood, Member of Bethany Baptist choir. Perrette Davis, The White French war bride of Robert Davis, daughter-in-law of Abe and Gloria Davis, al Kahn, No-nonsense union organizer who begins romancing Anne Metcalf, Divorced, Jewish, possible former Communist sympathies, originally is interested in Annes daughter. Although Homefront operated largely around its main ensemble cast, guest stars were also featured, Homefront at the Internet Movie Database Homefront at TV. com Homefront at epguides. com
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United States Senate
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The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress which, along with the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, composes the legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. S. From 1789 until 1913, Senators were appointed by the legislatures of the states represented, following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913. The Senate chamber is located in the wing of the Capitol, in Washington. It further has the responsibility of conducting trials of those impeached by the House, in the early 20th century, the practice of majority and minority parties electing their floor leaders began, although they are not constitutional officers. This idea of having one chamber represent people equally, while the other gives equal representation to states regardless of population, was known as the Connecticut Compromise, there was also a desire to have two Houses that could act as an internal check on each other. One was intended to be a Peoples House directly elected by the people, the other was intended to represent the states to such extent as they retained their sovereignty except for the powers expressly delegated to the national government. The Senate was thus not designed to serve the people of the United States equally, the Constitution provides that the approval of both chambers is necessary for the passage of legislation. First convened in 1789, the Senate of the United States was formed on the example of the ancient Roman Senate, the name is derived from the senatus, Latin for council of elders. James Madison made the comment about the Senate, In England, at this day, if elections were open to all classes of people. An agrarian law would take place. If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation, landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority, the senate, therefore, ought to be this body, and to answer these purposes, the people ought to have permanency and stability. The Constitution stipulates that no constitutional amendment may be created to deprive a state of its equal suffrage in the Senate without that states consent, the District of Columbia and all other territories are not entitled to representation in either House of the Congress. The District of Columbia elects two senators, but they are officials of the D. C. city government. The United States has had 50 states since 1959, thus the Senate has had 100 senators since 1959. In 1787, Virginia had roughly ten times the population of Rhode Island, whereas today California has roughly 70 times the population of Wyoming and this means some citizens are effectively two orders of magnitude better represented in the Senate than those in other states. Seats in the House of Representatives are approximately proportionate to the population of each state, before the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators were elected by the individual state legislatures
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Walter Mondale
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He was the Democratic Partys presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and Washington, D. C. Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota and he then served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War before earning a law degree in 1956. He married Joan Adams in 1955 and he was appointed to the U. S. Senate by Governor Karl Rolvaag upon the resignation of Senator Hubert Humphrey following Humphreys election as vice president under President Lyndon Johnson. Mondale was subsequently elected to a full Senate term in 1966 and again in 1972, while in the Senate, he supported consumer protection, fair housing, tax reform, and the desegregation of schools. Importantly, he served as a member of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, in 1976, Carter, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice presidential running mate in the forthcoming election. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated incumbent president Gerald Ford and his presidential running mate. In 1984, Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination and campaigned for a freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment, an increase in taxes. After his defeat by Reagan, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney, President Bill Clinton appointed Mondale United States Ambassador to Japan in 1993, he retired in 1996. However, Mondale narrowly lost that race and he then returned to working at Dorsey & Whitney and remained active in the Democratic Party. Mondale later took up a teaching position at the University of Minnesotas Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Walter Frederick Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, the son of Claribel Hope, a music teacher, and Theodore Sigvaard Mondale. Walters half-brother Lester Mondale became a Unitarian minister and his paternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants, and his mother, the daughter of an immigrant from Ontario, was of Scottish and English descent. The surname Mondale comes from Mundal, a valley and town in the Fjærland region of Norway, Mondale attended public schools and Macalester College in St. Paul before transferring to the University of Minnesota, where he earned a B. A. in political science in 1951. As Mondale did not have money to attend law school, he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He married Joan Adams in 1955, through the support of the G. I. Bill, he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956, while at law school, he served on the Minnesota Law Review and as a law clerk in the Minnesota Supreme Court under Justice Thomas F. Gallagher. He then practiced law in Minneapolis, and continued to do so for four years before entering the political arena, Mondale became involved in national politics in the 1940s. At the age of 20, he was visible in Minnesota politics by helping organize Hubert Humphreys successful Senate campaign in 1948, Humphreys campaign assigned Mondale to cover the staunchly Republican 2nd district
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HBO
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Home Box Office is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service in the United States, in 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013. HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016, the network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015, and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017. In addition to its U. S. subscriber base, HBO distributes content in at least 151 countries, HBO subscribers generally pay for an extra tier of service that includes other cable- and satellite-exclusive channels even before paying for the channel itself. Cable providers can require the use of a converter box – usually digital – in order to receive HBO, many HBO programs have been syndicated to other networks and broadcast television stations, and a number of HBO-produced series and films have been released on DVD. The new system, which Dolan named Sterling Information Services, became the first urban underground cable system in the United States. In that same year, Time-Life, Inc. purchased a 20% stake in Dolans company, in the summer of 1971, while on a family vacation in France, Charles Dolan began to think of ideas to make Sterling Manhattan profitable. He came up with the concept for a television service. Dolan later presented his idea to Time-Life management, though satellite distribution seemed only a distant possibility at the time, he persuaded Time-Life to back him on the project. To gauge whether consumers would be interested in subscribing to a pay television service, in a meeting of Dolan and some Time-Life executives who were working on the project, various other names were discussed for the new service. Home Box Office launched on November 8,1972, however, HBOs launch came without fanfare in the press, as it was not covered by any local or national media outlets. Home Box Office distributed its first sports event immediately after the film, Four months later in February 1973, Home Box Office aired its first television special, the Pennsylvania Polka Festival. Home Box Office would use a network of relay towers to distribute its programming to cable systems throughout its service area. Sterling Manhattan Cable continued to lose money because the company had only a small base of 20,000 customers in Manhattan. Time-Life dropped the Sterling name and the company was renamed Manhattan Cable Television under Time-Lifes control in March 1973, Gerald Levin, who had been with Home Box Office since it began operations as its vice president of programming, replaced Dolan as the companys president and chief executive officer. In September 1973, Time-Life, Inc. completed its acquisition of the pay service. HBO would eventually increase its fortunes within two years, by April 1975, the service had around 100,000 subscribers in Pennsylvania and New York state, in 1974, they settled on using a geostationary communications satellite to transmit HBO to cable providers throughout the United States
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From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)
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The series takes its title from, but is not based upon, the famous Jules Verne science fiction novel From the Earth to the Moon. Hanks appears in episode, introducing each of the first eleven. The last episode is represented in a pseudo-documentary format narrated by Blythe Danner, hanks narrates and appears in these scenes as Méliès assistant. The miniseries has a large cast, driven in part by the fact that it portrays 30 of the 32 astronauts who flew, or were preparing to fly. Members of many of the families, and other NASA and non-NASA personnel, are also portrayed. Several fictional characters are included, notably television newscaster Emmett Seaborn who appears in nine of the twelve episodes. The twelve episodes, each directed by different individuals, use a variety of viewpoints and themes, while covering the Mercury, Gemini. Lane Smith portrays Emmett Seaborn, a reporter for a fictional television network. The miniseries, concentrating on the Apollo space program, was produced with an intent not to other dramatic portrayals of events of the space race. Project Mercury, which was portrayed in the film The Right Stuff, was summarized in the first episode. Many of the actors had opportunity to interact and form friendships with the real life astronauts they were portraying. Brett Cullen, who played Apollo 9 Command Module pilot and Apollo 15 commander David Scott, was invited to the Scott family home each time an episode he appeared in was first televised. Two short clips from the scenes of Apollo 13 were used in Thats All There Is, a splashdown sequence. The original series was shot in 1.33,1 aspect ratio, the series was released on DVD as a 4-disc set. With the proliferation of widescreen flat-panel TV sets the series was remastered in 1.78,1 aspect ratio, new framing causes loss of top and bottom parts of the frames from the original movie. This is not always noticeable because of careful transfer process, some captions have also been compromised. Parts of the mini-series were filmed at the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, scenes of the moonwalks were shot inside the blimp hangars on the former Marine base in Tustin, California. Approximately half the area inside was converted to the Moons surface, the episode also featured a real Apollo Lunar Module, which had been built for the Apollo 18 mission but was never used due to budget cuts
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K Street (TV series)
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K Street is a 2003 HBO television series about lobbyists and politicians in Washington, D. C. It was named for a street that is home to many lobbying, each episode was largely improvised, usually focused around the major political news of the week. This required that the show be shot within days of its air date in order to keep the episode fresh with current events. K Street featured a fictional, bipartisan consulting firm led by husband and wife duo James Carville and Mary Matalin as themselves, the show featured cameos from numerous real-life political figures, some of whom were aware of the fictional plot, with others seemingly unaware. The show made an impact on the 2004 Democratic Primary when Carville gave a line to Vermont Governor. Local appearances by the producer, actor George Clooney, caused considerable stir with frequent mentions in the Style section of The Washington Post. The show was popular in the Washington, D. C. area and received a fair amount of critical acclaim. HBO declined to renew the show after the initial 10 episodes on November 24,2003, in her review for The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley wrote, Much has been written about the growing resemblance between Hollywood and Washington. As seen from K Street, Foggy Bottom is just another La Brea Tar Pit, in a sense, the show comes off like a marvelous party, but one to which many of us are bound to feel profoundly uninvited. Adam Buckman, in his review for The New York Post, wrote, I didnt quite believe my eyes when I watched K Street, but like a UFO, Im eager for a second look. USA Today gave the show one-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, youd think these people would have better things to do with their time, particularly the ones who are drawing a salary from the public treasury. Taxpayers and HBO subscribers should demand better for their money, frontline The Thick of It The Hollowmen The West Wing Absolute Power K Street at the Internet Movie Database K Street at TV. com K Street at AllMovie Film Comment review K Street at Rotten Tomatoes
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Will & Grace
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Will & Grace is an American sitcom created by Max Mutchnick and David Kohan about the relationship between best friends Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and Grace Adler, a straight interior designer. It was broadcast on NBC from September 21,1998 to May 18,2006, during its original run, Will & Grace was one of the most successful television series with gay principal characters. Despite initial criticism for its portrayal of homosexual characters, it went on to become a staple of NBCs Must See TV Thursday night lineup and was met with continued critical acclaim. It was ensconced in the Nielsen top 20 for half of its network run, the show was the highest-rated sitcom among adults 18–49, from 2001 and 2005. Throughout its eight-year run, Will & Grace earned 16 Emmy Awards and 83 nominations, all four stars each received an Emmy Award throughout the series, making it one of only three sitcoms in the awards history to achieve this feat. In 2014 the Writers Guild of America placed the sitcom at number 94 in their list of the 101 Best Written TV series of all time. Since the final episode aired, the sitcom has been credited with helping and improving public opinion of the LGBT community, vice President Joe Biden commenting that the show probably did more to educate the American public on LGBT issues than almost anything anybody has ever done so far. In 2014 the Smithsonian Institution added an LGBT history collection to their museum which included items from Will, the curator Dwight Blocker Bowers stated that the sitcom used comedy to familiarize a mainstream audience with gay culture that was daring and broke ground in American media. When the set was removed in April 2014, rumours came up about a cast reunion and it was merely moved to Emersons new center in Los Angeles. A long-running legal battle between both the executive producers and creators and NBC took place between 2003 and 2007. All seasons of the series have released on DVD and the show has been broadcast in more than 60 countries. On September 26,2016, the cast reunited for a 10-minute special, after the success of the 10-minute reunion special, NBC announced that the network is exploring the idea of putting Will & Grace back into production. In January 2017, NBC confirmed the return, for a ten-episode ninth season. The episode order was increased to 12 on April 5,2017, will & Grace is set in New York City and focuses on the relationship between Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and his best friend Grace Adler, a Jewish woman who owns an interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a socialite, and Jack McFarland. The interplay of relationships features the trials and tribulations of dating, marriage, divorce and casual sex, as well as comical key stereotypes of gay and he is very precise and obsessive when it comes to certain tasks, especially cleaning, dressing, and decorating. However, Will does have a patient and compassionate nature towards those close to him. Even though Will is gay, he not to be too overt
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Judging Amy
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Judging Amy is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19,1999, through May 3,2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly and this series was based on the life experiences of Brennemans mother. After six seasons, Judging Amy was canceled by CBS on May 18,2005. In the United States, re-runs were telecast on the Turner Network Television cable TV channel for four years. Its final telecast was on August 31,2007, starting July 17,2011 Up TV began telecasting the show, starting with the pilot episode. Up TV aired the show with edits to some of the language, certain scenes blurred or edited out, out of order, in February 2016, Up TV stopped airing the show on a regular basis. Amy Gray, a New York attorney, separates from her husband and returns with her daughter to her childhood home in Hartford. She becomes a judge on Connecticuts family court at age 34 and her mother, Maxine Gray, with whom Amy lives, is a caseworker for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In the de facto series finale, Amy quits the judiciary to run for the U. S. Senate, several reviewers have suggested the show took inspiration from the formula established by Providence. Reviewers also cite the relationship between Brenneman and Dalys characters as the point of the show. Amy Gray makes reference to Providence in episode 3.18, in this episode, Amy is attending her Harvard Law School class tenth reunion, and her old friends cannot seem to remember Amy has moved to Hartford. They think she resides in Providence, finally, Amy is pushed to state, Its Hartford, David. Providence is a whole other universe, balancing her new job, her family, and trying to rebuild her love life is not easy, but she keeps trying. She makes a name for herself in court for her unusual methods and sentences and her stubbornness. Her longest and more serious relationships are with lawyer Stuart Collins, Amy and Stuart dislike each other at first, but when she asks him to be Eric Blacks lawyer, they get closer and eventually get engaged. However, Amy leaves him at the altar on their day, saying he has a way of always convincing her to do things she does not want to do. She meets David McClaren during her stint in the criminal court. Amy becomes pregnant by him and they plan to marry, but things fall apart when she miscarries, Maxine McCarty Gray, played by Tyne Daly, is Amys widowed mother
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Ed (TV series)
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Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Lettermans Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004. Long term guest stars included John Slattery as Dennis Martino and Sabrina Lloyd as Frankie Hector, the show was created by executive producers Jon Beckerman and Rob Burnett. David Letterman is also credited as one of the executive producers. Ed received casting, writing, and directing Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2001, tom Cavanagh received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a TV Guide Award for his work on the program. Dejected, Ed decides to return to his hometown of the fictional Stuckeyville, upon his arrival, he is reunited with friends that he has missed, as well as Carol Vessey, a woman he had a crush on in high school. Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Ed Stevens, a lawyer who worked for a prestigious law firm in New York City, he loses his job for drafting a contract with a misplaced comma, and on the same day catches his wife having an affair with a mailman. He returns to his town of Stuckeyville where he reconnects with old friends, buys the old Stuckeybowl Bowling Alley. Phil comes up with the idea to combine Eds legal knowledge with bowling and he attempts to win Carol Vessey for 4 years, and while she is in love with him, she cannot believe good men like Ed exist. Julie Bowen as Carol Phyllis Vessey, the object of Eds affection, she has stayed in Stuckeyville most of her life as she teaches English at Stuckeyville High and is also an aspiring writer. She is seen dating a long term boyfriend, a fellow English teacher Nick Stanton, later in the Season, she starts to develop feelings for Ed until an old flame from Eds life comes back to Stuckeyville. A beautiful and popular cheerleader in high school, Ed has had feelings for her since he first saw her in freshman Biology. She almost marries Stuckeyville Highs new principal Dennis Martino in the third season, later in the series she comes to understand that she does truly love Ed and that Ed truly loves her. Ed and Carole marry in the series finale, josh Randall as Dr. Michael Mike Burton. He is Eds best friend and has been since their High School days and he is now a doctor, starting out working for the cantankerous Dr. Jerome, but branches out and starts his own practice. A graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School, He is very caring towards his patients and takes his oath and he is happily married to his wife Nancy Burton, having known her since high school as well and has a young daughter named Sarah. Mike is also shown to be an athlete as a runner, basketball player. Jana Marie Hupp as Nancy Burton, Carols best friend and a Chemistry teacher at Stuckeyville High who eventually becomes the principal. Molly was unpopular in High School but becomes friends with Carol
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Jack & Bobby
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Jack & Bobby is an American drama series that aired on The WB network from September 12,2004 to May 11,2005. It starred Christine Lahti, Logan Lerman, Matt Long, Jessica Paré, the series chronicled the present day teenage years of two brothers, one of whom would become President of the United States from 2041 to 2049. The series was created by Greg Berlanti, Vanessa Taylor, Steven A. Cohen, on May 17,2005, The WB announced it would not renew Jack & Bobby for a second season. The 22 episode series has aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network. The series finale was re-aired as part of a Warner Bros. 50th anniversary celebration on the TV Land cable network on June 11,2005, following this airing, the series has never been rebroadcast on American television. com
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Desperate Housewives
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Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC, from October 3,2004 to May 13,2012, executive producer Cherry served as showrunner. Other executive producers since the season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman. The storyline covers 13 years of the womens lives over eight seasons, the series features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis. Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young, appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences, Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike. It won multiple Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, from the 2004–05 through the 2008–09 television seasons, its first five seasons were rated amongst the top 10 most watched series. In 2012, it remained the most-watched comedy series based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide. Moreover, it was the third-highest revenue earning series for 2010, the show placed #56 on Entertainment Weeklys New TV Classics list. In 2011, it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season, by the end of the series, it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes. The main mystery of the season is the suicide of Mary Alice Young. The second season premiered on September 25,2005, and its central mystery is that of new neighbor Betty Applewhite, Susans love life becomes even more complicated as her ex-husband Karl Mayer is engaged to Edie and is also started to incline towards Susan. Lynette goes back to her career in advertising while her husband Tom Scavo becomes a father, and Gabrielle decides to be faithful to Carlos. Paul is framed and sent to jail not for the murder he committed in the previous season, the third season premiered on September 24,2006. In the third season, Bree marries Orson Hodge, whose past, meanwhile, Lynette has to adjust to the arrival of Toms previously unknown daughter to the home. The Scavos also experience tension as Tom wants to start a pizzeria, Gabrielle goes through a rough divorce, but finally finds new love in Fairviews new mayor. After being run over by Orson in the season finale, Mike falls into coma. Edie sees her chance to make her move on Mike, Susan loses hope that Mikes memory will return and in the process moves on to a handsome Englishman whose wife is also in a coma, while her daughter Julie Mayer starts dating Edies nephew. Elderly neighbor Karen McCluskey hides something in her freezer, a shooting at the local grocery store leaves two characters dead and changes everyones lives forever
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Victor Lang
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Desperate Housewives is an American comedy-drama series that aired on ABC. It focuses on the living on the fictional Wisteria Lane as narrated by their deceased neighbor. Specifically, the series follows four protagonists and Mary Alices friends, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp, Desperate Housewives features an ensemble cast, which also includes the womens husbands, children, love interests, neighbors, and other acquaintances. The following are characters whose portrayer received Starring billing at any point of the series and they are sorted in the order in which they were introduced to the main cast, and not by episode count, screen time, or popularity. Zachary Zach Young is the son of Paul and Mary Alice. Zachs birth parents are Deirdre Taylor and Mike Delfino however, this, in season one, Zach is depressed by the sudden suicide of Mary Alice, so Paul puts him in a mental institution. During his stay, Julie sneaks in his room to speak with him but is asked to leave by a nurse, Zach later runs away and is found hiding in Julies room by Susan and Mike who take him home. He and Julie then start dating, Susan speaks to Paul about Julie and Zachs relationship and is irritated when she thinks he is laughing at her but he insists it will not be a problem as he and Zach will soon be moving away. Julie initially rebels against this but after Zach scares her at his pool party, in revenge, Zach blows her kitchen up before holding Susan hostage in the first season finale. Other tips to get a nearest plumber Miami Zach then goes into hiding and reappears in the season when Mike. Susan tells him that she wants to help until he says he hopes he, Susan, visibly shaken by this, suggests he go to Utah and find Paul and gives him money for the bus fare. Months later, after Felicia Tilman frames Paul for her murder, Paul begs Zach to ask his grandfather, Noah Taylor, for money to pay a lawyer, Noah refuses, telling Zach that he would not inherit his fortune because of Zachs supposed lack of bravery. Wanting to prove him wrong, Zach turns off Noahs respirator and finds that he has inherited a vast fortune, Zach moves to his grandfathers mansion. Zach reappears in season three as Gabrielles secret admirer, Zach unsuccessfully tries to impress Gabrielle with luxurious gifts and his wealth. After getting her drunk, Zach lets her believe that they had sex, Gabrielle then asks Carlos to scare Zach off, but before Carlos can confront Zach while at the urinal together, he accidentally sees that Zach has an extremely large penis. Carlos assures Gabrielle that if she had slept with Zach, she would remember, Zach proposes at Scavos Pizzeria but Gabrielle declines as she does not want a relationship with him. Zach returns in seven, shooting Paul at the end of the episode Down the Block Theres a Riot. He first appears as a delivery guy delivering flowers to Bree, later in the episode, a gun matching the one used to shoot Paul is found on Brees couch after Zach planted it there
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Gabrielle Solis
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Gabrielle Solis is a fictional character from the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She is portrayed by Eva Longoria, Longoria was Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards. Gabrielle Solis was born in Las Colinas, Texas and her family is originally from Guadalajara, Mexico. Born on December 8,1976, she has a brother and her father died of cancer when she was five years old. From that point on, her mother, Lucia Márquez, married Alejandro Perez who sexually abused Gabrielle throughout her teenage years, according to Gabrielle, her mother overlooked the matter, and a nun at her school refused to believe her claims of having been raped. When she was fifteen, Gabrielle ran away to New York City to pursue a career in modeling, Gabrielle achieved significant success but earned a reputation for being difficult. As her career began to fade, she married wealthy businessman Carlos Solis and they then relocated to Wisteria Lane in the fictional suburb of Fairview, Eagle State, where Gabrielle befriended Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp, and Mary Alice Young. In the pilot episode, Gabrielle is unhappy with her marriage to Carlos, Gabrielle is shown to be extremely lonely while Carlos is money-minded and oblivious to his wifes unhappiness. To keep herself entertained, she has an affair with John Rowland, Carlos suspects that Gabrielle is being unfaithful and he enlists the help of his mother, Juanita Mama Solis. Mama Solis catches Gabrielle and John having sex and takes a photograph to document Gabrielles betrayal, however, while fleeing the house, she is hit by a car and Gabrielle is able to dispose of the evidence against her. Mama Solis falls into a coma as a result of the accident, Gabrielle and John end the affair after his mother, Helen, learns about it. Soon after, Carlos is arrested for importing goods made by slave labor, the government freezes the Solis accounts, forcing Gabrielle to perform low-wage modeling jobs to pay bills. Carlos is put under house arrest while awaiting trial, during which time the couple faces several financial crises, Carlos continually asks Gabrielle for a child, as well as a post-nuptial agreement that she will not divorce him while he is in jail. After Carlos physically forces Gabrielle to sign the documents, she reignites her affair with John, later, Gabrielle discovers that she is pregnant and is unsure of who the father is. John hopes to take care of the baby, but Gabrielle tells him she will only acknowledge Carlos as the father. Later, Gabrielle realizes that Carlos had tampered with her control in order to orchestrate her pregnancy. During Carlos trial, John admits to his affair with Gabrielle, with Carlos now in jail and a child on the way, Gabrielle alienates John and attempts to salvage her marriage. Gabrielle and Carlos continue sparring until she apologizes for the affair wholeheartedly for the first time, hoping to be granted a conjugal visit and eventually get Carlos released on parole, Gabrielle hires David Bradley, a womanizer lawyer who later professes his love to Gabrielle
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Eva Longoria
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Eva Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, activist and businesswoman. She has also appeared in Harsh Times, The Sentinel, from 2015 to 2016, Longoria starred as Ana Sofia Calderón on the short-lived NBC sitcom Telenovela, and served as an executive producer for the Lifetime television series Devious Maids. Longoria has also appeared in advertising campaigns and has been named one of Hollywoods most beautiful women by several publications, including People en Español. She currently holds contracts with LOréal, Hanes, and New York & Co, Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four daughters born to ninth-generation Mexican-American parents, Ella Eva and Enrique Longoria, Jr. While in high school, she worked at a Wendys restaurant part-time for three years, Longoria earned her Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology at nearby Texas A&M University-Kingsville. During this time, she won the title of Miss Corpus Christi USA in 1998, after completing college, Longoria entered a talent contest that led her to Los Angeles, shortly after, she was spotted and signed by a theatrical agent. While auditioning for roles, Longoria worked as a headhunter for four years and she received her masters degree in Chicano Studies from California State University, Northridge, in May 2013 following three years of study. Her thesis was entitled, Success STEMS From Diversity, The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers, Longoria landed her first television role in 1999 after meeting Executive Producer Gary Ghiaey at a political reception in Los Angeles Longoria guest-starred in an episode of Beverly Hills,90210. Another guest appearance in General Hospital the same year brought her big break on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young, after leaving The Young and the Restless, Longoria appeared in the Dick Wolf revival of Dragnet. Following Dragnet, she starred in Señorita Justice, a poorly received film. Shortly after her debut on Desperate Housewives, Longoria starred in a film titled Carlitas Secret. In 2006, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy along with her co-stars in Desperate Housewives, Longoria was awarded the ALMA Award and named entertainer of the year that year. She also starred opposite Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland in the 2006 thriller The Sentinel, in 2006, she played the character Sylvia in Harsh Times, starring Freddy Rodríguez and Christian Bale. In the 2000s, Longoria appeared in several advertising campaigns and numerous mens magazines. She was featured on the cover of international womens magazines, including Vogue, Marie Claire. People en Español listed her among its Most Beautiful People for 2003, Longoria continues to be included in lists of Hollywoods Most Beautiful. She was listed as No.1 in Maxims Hottest Female Stars of 2005 and 2006 and she was ranked No.9 in the magazines Hot 100 of 2007 list. In honor of Maxims 100th issue in 2006, Longoria was featured on a 75-by-110-foot vinyl mesh replica of its January 2005 cover located in a Clark County, More recently, she was ranked No.14 of Peoples Most Beautiful 2011
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The Colbert Report
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The show focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a well-intentioned, poorly informed, furthermore, the show satirized conservative personality-driven political talk programs, particularly Fox Newss The OReilly Factor. The Colbert Report is a spin-off of Comedy Centrals The Daily Show, the program was created by Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Ben Karlin. The shows writing was grounded in improvisation, and often lampooned current events stories, the shows structure also included a guest interview, in which the Colbert character attempts to deconstruct his opponents argument. The show was taped in New York Citys Hells Kitchen neighborhood, the show was taped and broadcast Monday through Thursday, with weeks taken off at multiple points in a given year for breaks. The Colbert Report saw immediate critical and ratings successes, leading to various awards, the shows cultural influence—which occasionally would require a fair degree of participation from the show’s audience, dubbed the Colbert Nation—extended beyond the program a number of times. This impact included the running for U. S. In addition, the show inspired various forms of multimedia, including music, the Colbert Report satirized conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, and focused on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. Colbert joined Comedy Centrals The Daily Show in 1997, a year following its launch, when Jon Stewart became the programs host in 1999, The Daily Show developed a markedly different style, bringing a sharper political focus to the humor than the show previously exhibited. Colbert recalled that Stewart specifically asked him to have a political viewpoint, Colbert became a fixture on The Daily Show, occasionally hosting in Stewarts absence. In 2003, the program began running advertisements for a program titled The Colbert Réport. When fellow Daily Show star Steve Carell left to pursue a film and television career and he pitched The Colbert Report to the channel in 2004. Stewart pushed Comedy Central to pick up the show, and Colbert was given an eight-week tryout, following the shows immediate success, the show quickly became a fixture in the late-night lineup. At its peak, the show averaged 1.5 million viewers each evening, the fictional Colbert anchorman character became gradually toned down over the course of the shows run, as the host believed he would eventually need to move beyond it. He began to regard it as an act of discipline to perform as the character, he remarked, to model behavior. It became very hard to watch punditry of any kind, of whatever political stripe. With his contract set to end in December 2014, he had decided to leave the show when he was contacted by CBS to replace David Letterman as the host of its Late Show franchise. The shows ending was announced concurrently with Colberts jump to CBS in April 2014, the last episode aired on December 18,2014
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Julia Roberts
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Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress and producer. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman and she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance in the HBO television film The Normal Heart. Roberts was the actress in the world throughout most of the 1990s. Her fee for 1990s Pretty Woman was US$300,000, in 2003, as of 2007 Robertss net worth was estimated to be US$140 million. She has been named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World eleven times, Roberts was born on October 28,1967, in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German and her father was a Baptist, her mother a Roman Catholic, and she was raised Catholic. Her older brother, Eric Roberts, from whom she was estranged until 2004, sister Lisa Roberts Gillan, Robertss parents, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces. They later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta and they ran a childrens acting school in Decatur, Georgia, while they were expecting Julia. The children of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King attended the school, as a thank-you for his service, Mrs. King paid Mrs. Robertss hospital bill when Julia was born. Robertss mother filed for divorce in 1971, the divorce was finalized in early 1972, from 1972, Roberts lived in Smyrna, Georgia, where she attended Fitzhugh Lee Elementary School, Griffin Middle School, and Campbell High School. In 1972, her mother married Michael Motes, who was abusive and often unemployed, the couple had a daughter, Nancy Motes, who died at 37 on February 9,2014, of an apparent drug overdose. The marriage ended in 1983, with Betty Lou divorcing Motes on cruelty grounds, Robertss own father died of cancer when she was ten. Roberts wanted to be a veterinarian as a child and she also played the clarinet in her school band. After graduating from Smyrnas Campbell High School, she attended Georgia State University and she later headed to New York City to pursue a career in acting. Once there, she signed with the Click Modeling Agency and enrolled in acting classes, Roberts made her first big screen appearance in the film Satisfaction, alongside Liam Neeson and Justine Bateman, as a band member looking for a summer gig. She had previously performed a role opposite her brother, Eric, in Blood Red, filmed in 1987. Her first television appearance was as a rape victim in the initial season of the series Crime Story with Dennis Farina, in the episode titled The Survivor. Her first critical success with moviegoers was her performance in the independent film Mystic Pizza in 1988, that same year, she had a role in the fourth-season finale of Miami Vice
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Mona Lisa Smile
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The title is a reference to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, and the song of the same name, originally performed by Nat King Cole, which was covered by Seal for the movie. Julia Roberts received a record $25 million for her performance the highest ever earned by an actress at that time, Katherine comes to know her students and seeks to inspire them to achieve more than marriage to eligible young men. Betty Warren is highly opinionated and outspokenly conservative like her mother, Betty doesnt understand why Katherine is not married and insists that there is a universal standard for good art. Connie Baker begins dating Bettys cousin, Charlie but Betty persuades her that he is using her as his parents have arranged for him to marry Deb MacIntyre. After a disastrous date, where Charlie and Connie very nearly cross paths with Debs parents on a weekend away at the shore, Connie ends the relationship, believing Bettys story to be true. However, some later, Connie and Charlie reconnect, with Charlie saying he has already decided for himself that he is not going to marry Deb, so he. Her parents divorced after the war and her father left them for a new family, Giselle brazenly has affairs with a professor and a married man. Katherine declines a proposal from her California boyfriend because she doesnt love him enough and begins seeing the Wellesley Italian professor, Bill is charming and full of stories about Europe and his heroic actions in Italy during the war. He has also had affairs with students, and Katherine makes him promise that it will never happen again. The relationship progresses but when Katherine learns that Bill spent the war at the Army Languages Center on Long Island. Bill responds that Katherine didnt come to Wellesley to help the students find their way, within six months of the wedding Bettys marriage falls apart as Spencer has an affair, hiding it from his wife by pretending to be away on business. Betty seeks refuge at her parents house but her mother turns her away, Betty lashes out at Giselle in rage and pain and then breaks down in tears while Giselle hugs her. Mrs Warren begs Betty to stay married to Spencer, saying that she should try for a year, Betty shows her mother a picture of the Mona Lisa and asks if her smile means she is happy. She answers her own question, Who cares, as long as shes smiling, and warns her mother that not everything is what it seems. At graduation, Betty begins to ask Katherine about apartments in Greenwich Village, New York, Betty tells her mother that she filed for divorce that same morning and she is going to room with Giselle. She tells Katherine that she is considering applying to Yale Law School, Katherine decides to leave in order to explore Europe. In the final scene, Betty dedicates her last editorial to Katherine, claiming that her teacher is a woman who lived by example. As Katherines taxi speeds up, all her students follow on their bicycles, box office raking in $11,528,498 USD behind The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
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Rabbit Hole
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Rabbit Hole is a play written by David Lindsay-Abaire. It was the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the play premiered on Broadway in 2006, and it has also been produced by regional theatres in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The play had its Spanish language premiere in San Juan, Puerto Rico in Autumn of 2010, the play deals with the ways family members survive a major loss, and includes comedy as well as drama. Becca—Howies wife in her late thirties and she is usually a very responsible and sensible person, but makes some rash decisions throughout the play because of grief. She is unwed, but in a relationship with Auggie and she is pregnant throughout the duration of the play. Tension is created as Beccas mourning for her lost child lingers, howie—Beccas husband in his late thirties. He is very caring, but has a hard time dealing with Dannys death and he obsessively watches home movies of Danny and thinks that the best way to move on is to try for another child. He attends group grief counseling meetings and it is implied that he has an affair with a woman from this group. He does not want to meet with Jason, whom he blames for Dannys death. Nat—Izzy and she is the voice of reason for her daughters. She helps Howie and Becca in the process, and provides motherly experience to Becca. Her son, an addict, hanged himself at the age of 30. Becca, however, does not want to hear this, as she feels that the deaths are not comparable. She eventually realizes that her mother has gone through this as well and he lives with his mom, his fathers whereabouts are never revealed, but the script suggests hes dead. He enjoys science fiction and writes a story about wormholes to other dimensions in Dannys memory and he sends this story to Becca and Howie. He later shows up at the house, wanting to talk to Howie. Howie chases him away, but he meets with Becca. He blames himself for Dannys death, heard on a video Howie watches at night. He is on a beach in the video. Taz—Dog whom Danny followed into the street and he is never seen in the play, but is heard barking on multiple occasions
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Sleepers
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Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterras 1995 novel of the same name. The film starred Kevin Bacon, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Lorenzo Shakes Carcaterra, Tommy Marcano, Michael Sullivan, and John Reilly are childhood friends in Hells Kitchen, New York City in the mid-1960s. The local priest, Father Robert Bobby Carillo, serves as a figure to the boys. However, they start running small errands for a local gangster, in the summer of 1967, their lives take a turn when they accidentally almost kill a man after pulling a prank on a hot dog vendor. As punishment, the boys are sentenced to the Wilkinson Home for Boys in Upstate New York, Tommy, Michael and John sentenced to 12-18 months, there, the boys are systematically abused and raped by guards Sean Nokes, Henry Addison, Ralph Ferguson, and Adam Styler. The horrifying abuse changes the boys and their friendship forever, during the boys stay at the facility, they participate in Wilkinsons annual football game between the guards and inmates, one that the latter lose on purpose to avoid reprisals from the former. Michael convinces Rizzo, an inmate, that they should play as hard as they can to show the guards they can fight back. Rizzo agrees, and helps to win the game, as a result of this, Shakes, Tommy, Michael, and John are all beaten and thrown into solitary confinement for several weeks, and the guards beat Rizzo to death. By the spring of 1968, shortly before Shakes release from Wilkinson, he insists that they should report the abuse. They all therefore vow never to speak of the horrors and abuse the guards put them through once they are all out, thirteen years later, John and Tommy, now career criminals, encounter Nokes by chance in a Hells Kitchen pub and kill him in front of witnesses. Michael, who has become an assistant district attorney, arranges to be assigned to the case and he and Shakes, who is writing for a newspaper, forge a plan to free John and Tommy and get revenge on the guards who abused them. They also hire Danny Snyder, a lawyer and alcoholic, to defend John. Michaels plan will work if he can discredit Nokes and place John. Ferguson, when called in court as a witness for Nokes character, is forced to admit that he, Nokes, to clinch the case, however, they need a key witness who can give John and Tommy an alibi. As a result, John and Tommy are acquitted, Michael, Shakes, John, Tommy and Carol meet at a bar to celebrate - the last time they would all be together again. Shakes remains a newspaper reporter, living in Hells Kitchen, Michael quits the district attorneys office, moves to the English countryside, becomes a carpenter and never marries. John drinks himself to death and Tommy is murdered, both die before age 30, Carol stays in the city as a social worker and has a son, whom she names after all of the four boys. As Marlboro/Mess hall guard Larry Hryb as Scorekeeper The film received positive reviews
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Clint Eastwood
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Clinton Clint Eastwood Jr. is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring icon of masculinity. For his work in the Western film Unforgiven and the sports drama Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor. Eastwoods greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel, the war drama biopic American Sniper set box office records for the largest January release ever and was also the largest opening ever for an Eastwood film. Eastwood received considerable praise in France for several films, including some that were not well received in the United States. Eastwood has been awarded two of Frances highest honors, in 1994 he became a recipient of the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in 2000, Eastwood was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Since 1967, Eastwood has run his own company, Malpaso. Starting in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a non-partisan office, Eastwood was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. May 31,1930, in San Francisco, California, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr. and he has one younger sister, Jeanne Bernhardt. Eastwood is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry and he is descended from Mayflower passenger William Bradford, and through this line is the 12th generation of his family born in North America and the 13th generation to live in North America. His family moved often as his father worked at jobs along the West Coast, settled in Piedmont, California, the Eastwoods lived in a very wealthy part of town, had a swimming pool, belonged to the country club, and each parent drove their own car. Clint attended Piedmont Junior High School, shortly before he was to enter Piedmont High School, he rode his bike on the schools sports field and tore up the wet turf, this resulted in his being asked not to enroll. Clint graduated from the airplane shop, I think that was his major, joked classmate Don Kincaid. Another high school friend, Don Loomis, echoed I dont think he was spending much time at school because he was having a pretty good time elsewhere. I think what happened is he just went off and started having a good time, I just dont think he finished high school, explained Fritz Manes, a boyhood friend two years younger than Eastwood, who remained associated with him until their falling out in the mid-1980s. Biographer Patrick McGilligan notes that high school records are a matter of strict legal confidentiality. Eastwood worked at a number of jobs, including lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, Eastwood has said that he tried to enroll at Seattle University but was then drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. He always dropped the Korean War reference, hoping everyone would conclude that he was in combat, actually, hed been a lifeguard at Fort Ord in northern California for his entire stint in the military, commented Eastwoods former longtime companion, Sondra Locke
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Flags of Our Fathers (film)
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Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 American war film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis. The film is taken from the American viewpoint of the Battle for Iwo Jima, while its companion film, Letters from Iwo Jima, which Eastwood also directed, is from the Japanese viewpoint of the battle. Letters from Iwo Jima was released in Japan on December 9,2006 and in the United States on December 20,2006, two months after the release of Flags of Our Fathers on October 20,2006. After training at Camp Tarawa in Hawaii, the 28th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Division sails to the island of Iwo Jima as part of an invading armada. Tough Japanese resistance is expected, and the Navy bombards suspected Japanese positions for three days, Sergeant Mike Strank is put in charge of Second Platoon. The next day, February 19,1945, the Marines land in Higgins boats, casualties are heavy but the beaches are secured. Two days later the Marines attack Mount Suribachi under a rain of Japanese artillery and machine gun fire, Doc saves the lives of several Marines under fire, which later earns him the Navy Cross. On February 23, the platoon under command of Sergeant Hank Hansen is ordered to climb Mount Suribachi and they reach the top and hoist the United States flag atop the mountain to cheers from the beaches and the ships. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, who witnesses the flag raising as he lands on the beach, colonel Chandler Johnson decides his 2nd Battalion deserves the flag more. Rene is sent up with Second Platoon to replace the first flag with a one for Forrestal to take. Mike, Doc, Ira, Rene and two other marines are photographed by Joe Rosenthal as they raise the second flag, on March 1, Second Platoon are ambushed from a Japanese machine gun nest. During the fight over the nest Mike is hit by a U. S. Navy shell, later that day Hank is shot in the chest and dies almost instantly, and Harlon is killed by machine gun fire. Two nights later, while Doc is helping a wounded Marine, Iggy is abducted by Japanese troops, Doc finds his viciously mangled body a few days later. On March 21 Franklin is killed by gun fire and dies in Iras arms. Of the eight men in the only three are left, Doc, Ira and Rene. A few days after Franklins death, Doc is wounded by fire while trying to save a fellow corpsman. He survives and is sent back home, on March 26, the battle ends and the U. S. After the battle, the press gets hold of Rosenthals photograph and it is a huge morale booster, and newspapers all over the country ask for prints
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
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Dirty Dancing, Havana Nights is a 2004 American musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a prequel/re-imagining of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, in 1958, Katey Miller, her parents, and her younger sister Susie arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier, who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred, Katey watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did. She and her father dance a bit, the next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from The Odyssey - a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the club the next day. While walking home from school, she sees Javier dancing at a street party and they stop to listen to a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away. The next day, Katey tries some of the moves she saw. Javier sees her and asks her to see the real dancers Saturday night. Katey wears one of her maids dresses to the country club party, Katey convinces him to take her to the Cuban club where Javier is dancing with the ladies. Javier dances with Katey while James sits at the bar, soon he is accosted by Javiers brother, Carlos, who tells him that they will eventually kick the Americans out of Cuba. Javier comes over and argues with his brother, James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him. She slaps him and runs into the club, and Javier agrees to walk her home, the next day, Katey walks by a dance class. The teacher asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and she grabs a flyer for the competition. While walking to the pool, James apologizes to Katey and then tells her that Susie saw Javier with her, Katey argues with Susie and goes to find Javier. He is now working at a shop with Carlos. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Carlos is helping the revolutionaries. The next day, Javier shows up at Kateys school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her and they start teaching each other dance moves and Javier convinces her to feel the music. They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, Katey and Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round
