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Santa Monica, California
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Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736, due in part to an agreeable climate, Santa Monica became a famed resort town by the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its core, significant job growth. The Santa Monica Pier remains a popular and iconic destination, Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language, the first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present-day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3,1769. Named after the Christian saint Monica, there are two different accounts of how the name came to be. One says it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica, another version says it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs, that were reminiscent of the tears Saint Monica shed over her sons early impiety. In Los Angeles, several battles were fought by the Californios, following the Mexican–American War, Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which gave Mexicans and Californios living in state certain unalienable rights. US government sovereignty in California began on February 2,1848, in the 1870s the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, connected Santa Monica with Los Angeles, and a wharf out into the bay. The first town hall was a modest 1873 brick building, later a beer hall and it is Santa Monicas oldest extant structure. By 1885, the towns first hotel was the Santa Monica Hotel, around the start of the 20th century, a growing population of Asian Americans lived in and around Santa Monica and Venice. A Japanese fishing village was near the Long Wharf while small numbers of Chinese lived or worked in Santa Monica, the two ethnic minorities were often viewed differently by White Americans who were often well-disposed towards the Japanese but condescending towards the Chinese. The Japanese village fishermen were an economic part of the Santa Monica Bay community. Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. built a plant in 1922 at Clover Field for the Douglas Aircraft Company, in 1924, four Douglas-built planes took off from Clover Field to attempt the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Two planes returned after covering 27,553 miles in 175 days, the Douglas Company kept facilities in the city until the 1960s. The Great Depression hit Santa Monica deeply, one report gives citywide employment in 1933 of just 1,000. Hotels and office building owners went bankrupt, in the 1930s, corruption infected Santa Monica. The federal Works Project Administration helped build several buildings, most notably City Hall, the main Post Office and Barnum Hall were also among other WPA projects
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Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue at Sunset
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An 1840 Santa Monica adobe home (photographed in 1890).
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A busy day on the beach, 1880
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Exterior view of the Bank Building at the corner of Third Street and Broadway, Santa Monica, ca.1900
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Diane Lane
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Diane Lane is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Lane made her debut in George Roy Hills 1979 film A Little Romance. Soon after, she was featured on the cover of Time magazine and her performance in Unfaithful also garnered her Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actress. Lane has starred in The Outsiders, A Walk on the Moon, The Perfect Storm, Under the Tuscan Sun, Cinema Verite, and Trumbo. She played Martha Kent in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice, Lane was born in New York City. Her mother, Colleen Leigh Farrington, was a singer and Playboy centerfold. Her father, Burton Eugene Lane, was a Manhattan drama coach who ran a workshop with John Cassavetes, worked as a cab driver. When Lane was 13 days old, her parents separated, Lanes mother went to Mexico and obtained a divorce while retaining custody of Lane until she was six years old. Lanes father received custody of her after Lanes mother moved to her native state, Lane and her father lived in a number of residential hotels in New York City and she rode with him in his taxi. When Lane was 15, she declared her independence from her father and flew to Los Angeles for a week with actor, Lane later remarked, It was reckless behavior that comes from having too much independence too young. She returned to New York and moved in with a friends family, in 1981, she enrolled in high school after taking correspondence courses. However, Lanes mother kidnapped her and took her back to Georgia, Lane and her father challenged her mother in court, and six weeks later, she was back in New York. Lane did not speak to her mother for the three years, but they have since reconciled. Lanes grandmother, Eleanor Scott, was a Pentecostal preacher of the Apostolic denomination, Lane began acting professionally at the age of six at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, where she appeared in a production of Medea. When Lane was 12 years old, she had a role in Joseph Papps production of The Cherry Orchard with Meryl Streep, at this time, Lane was enrolled in an accelerated program at Hunter College High School, however, her grades suffered from her busy schedule. When Lane was 13, she turned down a role in Runaways on Broadway to make her debut opposite Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance. Lane won high praise from Olivier, who declared her The New Grace Kelly, at the same time, Lane was featured on the cover of Time, which declared her one of Hollywoods Whiz Kids. In the early 1980s, Lane made a transition from child actor to adult roles
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Lane at the
61st Berlin International Film Festival, 2011
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Lane at the 41st
Emmy Awards in September 1989
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Lane with then-husband
Josh Brolin in December 2009
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James Brolin
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James Brolin is an American actor, producer, and director, best known for his roles in film and television, including sitcoms and soap operas. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin and husband of singer/actress Barbra Streisand, among other awards, Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27,1998, Brolin was born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin in Los Angeles, California. The eldest of two brothers and two sisters, he was the son of Helen Sue, a housewife, and Henry Hurst Bruderlin, the family settled in Westwood after his birth. As a young child, he was more interested in animals and airplanes. As a teenaged filmgoer in the mid-1950s, he was fascinated with actor James Dean. When his parents invited a director over to his familys house for dinner before auditioning, he met fellow actor and classmate, Ryan ONeal. The two clicked and later enrolled in University High School located in West Los Angeles, however, Bruderlins own acting exposed his stifling shyness. His assurance grew when ONeal invited him to a casting agency, Brolin graduated from high school in 1958, and his family was already encouraging him to become an actor like ONeal. Prior to taking acting classes in school, Brolin started out as an actor on an episode of Bus Stop in 1961. The part led to parts in television productions such as Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Margie, Love, American Style, Twelve OClock High and The Long. He also had a role on the short-lived television series The Monroes. At the age of 20 he changed his surname from Bruderlin to Brolin to become James Brolin and he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox. While in school struggling to make it big, he met actor Clint Eastwood, Brolin also had small roles in several films including Take Her, Shes Mine, Dear Brigitte, Von Ryans Express, Fantastic Voyage. The following year, his first big role was in The Cape Town Affair, Brolin was ultimately fired by 20th Century Fox. During the 1970s, the 6 ft 4 inch Brolin began appearing in leading roles in films, including Skyjacked, and Westworld. By the mid 1970s, he was a leading man in films, starring in Gable and Lombard, The Car, Capricorn One, The Amityville Horror, Night of the Juggler. When Roger Moore expressed his desire to leave the role of James Bond, ultimately, however, Moore decided to continue in the series
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Brolin at La Quinta, California
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Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley, 1969.
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The Goonies
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The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure comedy film directed by Richard Donner, who produced with Harvey Bernhard. The screenplay was written by Chris Columbus from a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg, during the entire adventure, they are chased by a family of criminals, who also want the treasure for themselves. Warner Bros. released it on June 7,1985, in the United States, the film grossed $61.5 million worldwide and has become a cult film. Facing foreclosure of their homes in the Goon Docks area of Astoria, Oregon to a country club. The Goonies include optimist Mikey Walsh, his brother, Brand, the inventive Data, the talkative Mouth. While rummaging through the Walshes attic, they come across a 1632 doubloon, evading Brand for one last adventure together, the kids find themselves at a derelict restaurant near the coast, which coincides with the doubloon and the map. They encounter the Fratellis, a family of criminals hiding out at the restaurant, Mikey convinces Brand to return to the restaurant to explore after the Fratellis leave, discovering that the criminals are running a counterfeiting operation. As the Fratellis return, the finds a tunnel beneath the restaurant and hides in there. They explore the tunnel and find the remains of an explorer, who also searched for the treasure. Evading various booby traps, set up by Willy, they find themselves under an old wishing well. The kids have a chance to be pulled out of the tunnel by Andys obnoxious boyfriend Troy, whose family owns the country club, but Mikey convinces the group to continue on their journey. Meanwhile, Chunk, who has escaped the restaurant, tries to flag down passing cars. When the Fratellis threaten to shred his hands with a blender, a terrified Chunk reveals not only where his friends are. The Fratellis tie Chunk to a chair and lock him in the basement next to Sloth, while the Fratellis pursue both the Goonies and the treasure, Chunk befriends Sloth, and Sloth is able to break their bonds, they form a third party headed into the tunnel. Mikey and the others discover the Fratellis on their trail, and they ultimately find an enclosed grotto and Willys pirate ship, the Inferno, which has been sealed in the cave for centuries. They explore the ship, finding a hoard of treasure in front of the remains of Willy. As they leave, however, the Fratellis have already caught up with them and they make them drop the treasure before threatening to kill them by forcing them to walk the plank, when suddenly Sloth and Chunk arrive. Sloth, angered by how the other Fratellis have treated him in the past, easily subdues them and helps the rest of the Goonies to escape the boat
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Theatrical release poster by
Drew Struzan
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The old Clatsop County Jail, scene of the Fratelli jail break. The site is now home to the
Oregon Film Museum.
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Much of the filming was done on location in
Astoria, Oregon, the setting of the film
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No Country for Old Men (film)
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No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-western neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthys novel of the same name. A cat-and-mouse drama starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, it follows a Texas welder, themes of fate, conscience, and circumstance are explored, ones that the Coen brothers have previously explored in the films Blood Simple and Fargo. No Country for Old Men premiered in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on May 19 and it won four awards at the 80th Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, the film won three British Academy Film Awards including Best Director, and two Golden Globes, the American Film Institute listed it as an AFI Movie of the Year, and the National Board of Review selected the film as the best of 2007. More critics included No Country for Old Men on their 2007 top ten lists than any other film, in 2016, it was voted the 10th best film of the 21st century as picked by 177 film critics from around the world. In a neighboring county, Anton Chigurh, a hitman, strangles a sheriffs deputy to escape custody, Chigurh spares the life of a gas station owner after the owner accepts a challenge and correctly calls the result of Chigurhs coin flip. Hunting pronghorns in the desert, Llewelyn Moss comes across the aftermath of a deal gone awry. He finds several dead men and dogs, a wounded Mexican begging for water and he takes the money and returns home. That night, Moss returns to the scene with water and he is pursued by two men in a truck and escapes. At home, he sends his wife, Carla Jean, to stay with her mother, then drives to a motel in Del Rio, Chigurh, hired to recover the money, abruptly kills his employers after obtaining a clue to Mosss identity. Arriving to search Mosss home, he uses his pistol to blow the lock out of the door. Investigating the break in, Sheriff Bell notices the blown-out lock, using a tracking device hidden with the money, Chigurh goes to Mosss motel and kills a group of Mexicans who are preparing to ambush Moss in his room. Moss has rented a room adjacent to the Mexicans room with access to the same vent in which the money is hidden. He retrieves the briefcase just before Chigurh opens the vent and finds it empty, while staying at a hotel in Eagle Pass, Moss discovers the tracking device, but Chigurh has already found him. Their firefight spills onto the streets and both are wounded, Moss flees to Mexico, stashing the case of money in weeds along the Rio Grande. He asks for help from musicians, who take him to a hospital. Carson Wells, another hired operative, fails to persuade him to accept protection in return for the money, Chigurh cleans and stitches his own wounds with stolen supplies and kills Wells at his hotel. Moss telephones the room and Chigurh answers, lifting his boots to avoid Wellss blood, Chigurh tells Moss that he will kill Carla Jean unless Moss gives up the money, he remarks that he will kill Moss regardless of whether he receives the money
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Theatrical release poster
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Javier Bardem (left) with the
Coen brothers at the
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Javier Bardem received critical acclaim for his role as Anton Chigurh.
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Men in Black 3
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Men in Black 3 is a 2012 American 3D comic science fiction-action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin. It is the installment in the Men in Black film series based on Lowell Cunninghams The Men in Black comic book series published by Marvel. It was released fifteen years after the original Men in Black and ten years after the first sequel, Sonnenfeld and Steven Spielberg returned as director and executive producer, respectively. This forces Agent J to go back in time and team up with Ks younger counterpart on a mission to save his partner, Men in Black 3 was released on May 25,2012 and grossed over $624 million worldwide. Unadjusted for inflation, it is the film in the series. He confronts K, who is with his partner Agent J, J then discovers that K was responsible not only for capturing Boris, but for deploying the ArcNet, a shield that prevented the Boglodites from conquering Earth and caused their extinction. Boris travels back in time to kill the young Agent K. With K out of the picture, the ArcNet was never deployed, Back in 1969, he travels to Coney Island, knowing from the Agencys records that, in 1969, Boris will commit a murder there. He finds Boris, but is discovered and arrested by 1969 K, who prepares to wipe his memory, but decides at the last minute to investigate Js claims. K and J follow clues, leading them to an alley, and then to The Factory, where they come across an alien named Griffin. Griffin, who can see all possible future timelines and outcomes, senses Boris is coming and escapes, J and K pursue and rescue Griffin, acquiring the ArcNet. 1969 Boris escapes and 2012 Boris arrives, and they team up, the three fly there using jetpacks, and are stopped by military police. Griffin shows a skeptical colonel the future, convincing him of the importance of their mission, as the agents climb up the rockets launch tower, they are attacked by both 1969 Boris and 2012 Boris. Using his time-travel device, J evades an attack by 2012 Boris, K shoots off 1969 Boriss left arm, knocking him off the tower as well. The ArcNet is attached and deploys successfully when the rocket launches,1969 Boris then attacks K on the beach, but the colonel pushes K down and out of the way, taking the hit himself instead. K then kills Boris instead of arresting him as he originally did, the colonels young son inquires about his father, but rather than tell him the truth, K wipes his memory and tells him only that his father is a hero. His mission complete, J returns to 2012, where he thanks K for being his surrogate father. Meanwhile, Griffin observes the moment and is terrified when K almost forgets to tip a waitress, which sets off a chain of events
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Theatrical release poster
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George W. Bush
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George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 and he is the eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush. After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975, Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election and he is the second president to assume the nations highest office after his father, following the lead of John Quincy Adams. He is also a brother of Jeb Bush, a former Governor of Florida who was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 presidential election, the September 11 terrorist attacks occurred eight months into Bushs first term as president. Bush responded with what became known as the Bush Doctrine, launching a War on Terror, a military campaign that included the war in Afghanistan in 2001. He also promoted policies on the economy, health care, education, Social Security reform and his tenure included national debates on immigration, Social Security, electronic surveillance, and torture. In the 2004 Presidential race, Bush defeated Democratic Senator John Kerry in another close election. After his re-election, Bush received increasingly heated criticism from across the spectrum for his handling of the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina. Amid this criticism, the Democratic Party regained control of Congress in the 2006 elections, Bush left office in 2009, returning to Texas where he purchased a home in Crawford. He wrote a memoir, Decision Points and his presidential library was opened in 2013. His presidency has been ranked among the worst in historians polls published in the late 2000s and 2010s. George Walker Bush was born on July 6,1946, at Grace-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, as the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, the former Barbara Pierce. He was raised in Midland and Houston, Texas, with four siblings, Jeb, Neil, Marvin, another younger sister, Robin, died from leukemia at the age of three in 1953. His grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a U. S and his father, George H. W. Bush, was Ronald Reagans Vice President from 1981 to 1989 and the 41st U. S. President from 1989 to 1993. Bush has English and some German ancestry, along with more distant Dutch, Welsh, Irish, French, Bush attended public schools in Midland, Texas, until the family moved to Houston after he had completed seventh grade. He then spent two years at The Kinkaid School, a school in Houston. Bush attended high school at Phillips Academy, a school in Andover, Massachusetts
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Lt. George W. Bush while in the
Texas Air National Guard
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George W. Bush with his father outside the White House, April 29, 1992
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Governor Bush (right) with father, former president
George H. W. Bush and wife, Laura, in 1997
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W. (film)
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W. is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. Filming began on May 12,2008, in Louisiana, George W. Bush dreams of being a baseball player and is in the empty stadium. In 1966, Bush endures an initiation by his fellow Yale University students as a Delta Kappa Epsilon pledge. During the hazing, Bush successfully recalls the names and nicknames of many of the fraternity members, after Bush is jailed in New Jersey for rowdiness following a football game, his father, George H. W. Bush states that he will help Bush for the last time. Following his graduation from Yale, Bush takes a job at an oil patch back in Texas, in 1972, Junior reveals his real aspirations in a father-son talk, working in professional baseball. Bush is accepted into Harvard Business School with the help of his father, after heavy drinking, Bush crashes his car into his family estate and challenges his father to a fistfight. His brother, Jeb, stops the fight, in 1977, Bush announces he will run for Congress to represent Texass 19th district. At a barbecue, Bush meets his wife, Laura Lane Welch. Bush does poorly in the debate and loses the election, in 1986, Bush becomes a born-again Christian, gives up alcohol, and mends his relationship with his father. The elder Bush invites him to assist with what becomes his 1988 presidential campaign, Bushs political advisor, Karl Rove, tells him that he has the potential to make a name for himself. Bush becomes a front office executive of the Texas Rangers baseball team, although Allied forces win the war within 100 hours, the elder Bush decides not to invade Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein. After his father loses the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton, in 1994, Bush runs for Governor of Texas despite his fathers opposition. In 1999, he makes a bid to become President. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, Bush labels Iran, Iraq, in 2002, Bush searches for evidence that Saddam was creating nuclear weapons, and has the army prepared. All of Bushs White House staff supports him except Secretary of State Colin Powell, in March 2003, the U. S. invades Iraq and the war appears to be a success, and Bush gives his Mission Accomplished speech on an aircraft carrier. When it becomes clear there are no weapons of mass destruction within Iraq. Bush discovers that Saddam gambled his regime and his life on the assumption that Bush was bluffing, Bush is asked in a White House press conference what mistakes he made as President, a question that leaves him flustered and speechless. That night, Bush has a nightmare in which his father accuses him of ruining his familys legacy, Bush dreams of himself playing center field at a baseball game
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Theatrical poster
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Dan White
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Daniel James Dan White was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27,1978, in a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang Twinkie defense, White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone. White served five years of a prison sentence. Less than two years after his release, he returned to San Francisco and committed suicide, daniel James White was born in Long Beach, California, the second of nine children. He was raised by Irish-American, working parents in a Roman Catholic household in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. He attended Riordan High School until he was expelled for violence in his junior year and he went on to attend Woodrow Wilson High School, where he was valedictorian of his class. White enlisted in the United States Army in June 1965 and he was a sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970 and was honorably discharged in 1971. White worked as a security guard at A. J. Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska and he returned to San Francisco to work as a police officer. White then joined the San Francisco Fire Department, while on duty, according to the San Francisco Weekly story, Whites rescue of a woman and her baby from a seventh-floor apartment in the Geneva Towers was covered by the San Francisco Chronicle. The citys newspapers referred to him as an all-American boy, in 1977, White was elected as a Democrat to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 8, which included several neighborhoods near the southeastern limits of San Francisco. At that time, supervisors were elected by district and not at-large, as they had been before and he had strong support from the police and firefighter unions. His district was described by The New York Times as a largely white, as a supervisor, White openly saw himself as the boards defender of the home, the family and religious life against homosexuals, pot smokers and cynics. Despite their personal differences, White and Supervisor Harvey Milk initially had several areas of political agreement, Harvey Milk was one of three people from the city hall invited to the baptism of Whites newborn child shortly after the election. White also persuaded Dianne Feinstein, then president of the board of supervisors, to appoint Milk chairman of the Streets, the account said White was strongly opposed, while Milk supported the facility, and their difference of opinion led to a conflict between the two. White held a record on gay rights, opposing the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, yet voting against an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against gays in housing. After his disagreement with Milk over the rehab center, White frequently clashed with Milk as well as other members of the board. On November 10,1978, White resigned his seat as supervisor, White had opened a baked-potato stand at Pier 39, which failed to become profitable. He reversed his resignation on November 14,1978 after his supporters lobbied him to seek reappointment from George Moscone, Moscone initially agreed to Whites request, but later refused the appointment at the urging of Milk and others. F
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White during a television appearance
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White's headstone.
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Milk (film)
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Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film was released to acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milks former storefront, Milk begins on Harvey Milks 40th birthday, when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco. The films release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage, Proposition 8, Milk is seen recording his will throughout the film, nine days before the assassinations. The film then back to New York City in 1970. Dissatisfied with his life and in need of a change, Milk and they open Castro Camera in the heart of Eureka Valley, a working-class neighborhood in the process of evolving into a predominantly gay neighborhood known as The Castro. Early on, Smith serves as Milks campaign manager, but he grows frustrated with Milks devotion to politics, Milk later meets Jack Lira, a sweet-natured but unbalanced young man. As with Smith, Lira cannot tolerate Milks devotion to political activism, Milk clashes with the local gay establishment which he feels to be too cautious and risk-averse. His victory makes him the first openly gay man to be voted into major office in California. Milk subsequently meets fellow Supervisor Dan White, a Vietnam veteran, White, who is politically and socially conservative, has a difficult relationship with Milk, and develops a growing resentment for Milk when he opposes projects that White proposes. Milk and White forge a working relationship. When Milk fails to support White because of the effect it will have on troubled youth, White feels betrayed. Milk also launches an effort to defeat Proposition 6, an initiative on the California state ballot in November 1978, sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator from Orange County, Proposition 6 seeks to ban gays and lesbians from working in Californias public schools. On November 7,1978, after working tirelessly against Proposition 6, Milk, a desperate White favors a supervisor pay raise, but does not get much support, and shortly after supporting the proposition, resigns from the Board. He later changes his mind and asks to be reinstated, Mayor Moscone denies his request, after being lobbied by Milk. On the morning of November 27,1978, White enters City Hall through a basement window to conceal a gun from metal detectors and he requests another meeting with Moscone, who rebuffs his request for appointment to his former seat. Enraged, White shoots Moscone in his office and then goes to meet Milk, the film suggests that Milk believed that White might be a closeted gay man
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Theatrical release poster
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Sean Penn filming Milk in 2008.
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered a performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of award for his role in Come. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, however, winners received full-sized statuettes, currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS, winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. Since its inception, the award has given to 72 actors. Brennan has received the most awards in this category with three awards, Brennan, Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Nicholson, and Claude Rains were nominated on four occasions, more than any other actor. As of the 2017 ceremony, Mahershala Ali is the most recent winner in category for his role as Juan in Moonlight. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-1-55002-574-3. org The Academy Awards Database Oscar. com Complete Downloadable List of Academy Award Nominees
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Walter Brennan was the first winner in this category for 1936's
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Kentucky (1938) and
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Van Heflin won in 1942 for his performance in
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George Sanders won for his role in 1950's
All About Eve.
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Karl Malden won in 1951 for
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Hollow Man
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Hollow Man is a 2000 American-German science fiction horror film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin. Bacon portrays the character, a scientist who renders himself invisible and goes on a killing spree. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in 2001, the film is Verhoevens most recent American production. In 2013, Verhoeven remarked to The Hollywood Reporter, I decided after Hollow Man, this is a movie and it made money and this and that, but it really is not me anymore. I think many people could have done that. I dont think many people could have made RoboCop that way, but Hollow Man, I thought there might have been 20 directors in Hollywood who could have done that. I felt depressed with myself after 2002 and it partly contributed in his return to the Netherlands, his home country, where he made Black Book in 2006, which was considered a return to form. A direct-to-video stand-alone sequel called Hollow Man 2 starring Christian Slater and Peter Facinelli was released in 2006, scientist Dr. Sebastian Caine has developed a serum that can make a subject invisible. His team of scientists, which includes ex-girlfriend Dr. Linda McKay and Dr. Matt Kensington, eventually enable the serum to work on a female gorilla, Sebastian once again becomes obsessed with Linda while unbeknownst to him, she has become involved with Matt. Instead of reporting his success to the military, Sebastian lies to the oversight committee, the procedure is performed on Sebastian himself. Despite the pain he undergoes, it is successful and Sebastian turns completely invisible and he then enjoys sneaking around the lab in order to scare and play pranks on his fellow co-workers. They become worried that he is taking it too far, after three days, however, he is unable to revert to visibility. Sebastian is quarantined in the due to his condition and the other researchers construct a latex mask for him to wear around the lab. Unable to cope with the isolation, he defies instructions and heads to his apartment to bring things back to the lab. There, he happens to notice his neighbor disrobing and goes to her apartment where he rapes her, Linda warns him that if he leaves again, she and Matt will tell the committee about the experiment. Ignoring their threat, Sebastian assembles a device that runs a loop of his heat signature in his quarters. He leaves the lab again and spies on Linda and Matt, the team soon discover that they have been watching a recording and that Sebastian has been escaping without their knowledge. Linda and Matt go to Dr. Kramers house and confess their experiments, after they leave, Kramer attempts to warn the military but Sebastian, who has followed Linda and Matt to the house, cuts off Kramers phone connection before drowning him in his swimming pool
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Theatrical release poster
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Kevin Bacon played Sebastian Caine, the Hollow Man
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In the Valley of Elah
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In the Valley of Elah is a 2007 crime drama mystery film written and directed by Paul Haggis, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, and Susan Sarandon. The film’s title refers to the Biblical valley where the battle between David and Goliath took place, Paul Haggiss In The Valley of Elah is based on actual events, although the characters names and locations have been changed. The screenplay was inspired by journalist Mark Boals Death and Dishonor and it portrays a military fathers search for his son and, after finding his body, subsequent hunt for his sons killers. The film explores themes including the Iraq war, abuse of prisoners, post-traumatic stress disorder following active combat, the film tells the story of military police veteran Hank Deerfield, his wife Joan and their search for their son Mike. A soldier recently returned from Iraq, Mike has suddenly gone missing, deerfields investigation is aided by a police detective, who becomes personally involved in the case. They find Mikes body, dismembered and burned, military officials initially attempt to block the police investigation, they suggest Mikes death was due to drug-related violence. His platoon mates who last saw him lie to Deerfield and the police, Deerfield tells the police that although he suspects the soldiers are lying about something, he believes they could not have killed their comrade. It turns out that Deerfield is wrong, the soldiers had killed and dismembered Mike after a seemingly insignificant quarrel. The soldier who confesses to Deerfield and the police seems emotionally detached from his words and actions, Davis of Baker Company, 1-15 IN. Davis was an Iraq War veteran who was murdered soon after his home in 2003. Richard Davis father, Lanny Davis, was a military police officer. He mounted his own investigation into the crime, as did the character played by Jones in the film, Davis commented, Its a strong movie and a good movie. And its going to make a lot of people think, in 2004, freelance journalist Mark Boal wrote an article about Richard Davis murder, entitled Death and Dishonor, published in Playboy. This inspired Haggis, who adapted the account for his screenplay, Davis story was told in a 2006 episode, Duty, Death and Dishonor, of the CBS News program 48 Hours Mystery. A non-fiction book about the case, by author Cilla McCain, titled Murder in Baker Company. The Richard Davis Foundation for Peace works on issues related to Davis murder, such as improved screening of military recruits and it is compiling a list of suicides and murders connected to the Iraq War for a memorial. Haggis initially approached Clint Eastwood to play the part of Hank Deerfield, Eastwood declined the opportunity because he was involved with other projects. The film premiered September 1,2007, at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival
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American Gangster (film)
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American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film stars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in their first lead acting roles together since 1995s Virtuosity, the film also co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal and Cuba Gooding Jr. Development for the film began in 2000, when Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment purchased the rights to a New York magazine story about the rise. Two years later, screenwriter Steven Zaillian introduced a 170-page scriptment to Scott, original production plans were to commence in Toronto for budget purposes, however, production eventually relocated permanently to New York City. Because of the rising budget Universal canceled production in 2004. After negotiations with Terry George, it was revived with Scott at the helm in March 2005. Principal photography commenced over a period of five months from July to December 2006, filming took place throughout New York City, American Gangster premiered in New York on October 20,2007, and was released in the United States and Canada on November 2. The film was received by most film critics, and grossed over US$266.5 million worldwide. In 1968, Frank Lucas is the man of Harlem gangster Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson. When Johnson dies of an attack, Lucas takes control of the Harlem crime scene. After handing in almost $1 million that he found in a mobsters car, after his exiled and addicted partner overdoses on a potent brand of heroin called Blue Magic, Captain Lou Toback puts Roberts in charge of a task force that targets local suppliers. Lucas buys Blue Magic directly from producers in Thailand and smuggles it into the U. S. through returning Vietnam War servicemen and his low overhead allows him to eventually wholesale Blue Magic to most the dealers in the New York area. With this monopoly, Lucas expands his control to nightclubs, casinos and he buys a mansion for his mother and recruits his five brothers, including Huey and Turner, as lieutenants to spread his empire. During his rise to becoming Harlems crime boss, Lucas falls in love with Eva, as Lucas business prospers, he makes a point of operating quietly and dressing with a modest conservatism both as a sign of strength and to avoid attracting police attention. Also, he stays away from the drugs to avoid making decisions under the influence. Lucas must also compete with local crime figure Nicky Barnes, a young gun trying to take over Harlem who has been diluting Lucas Blue Magic, after the Fall of Saigon cuts off Lucas supply, he is forced to rely on the other crime rings. Roberts detectives witness Frank Lucas cousin and driver shoot a woman, the gathered information allows Roberts and his task force to identify and search one of the last planes carrying Lucas stock, discovering Blue Magic in the coffins of dead returning servicemen. With this evidence they obtain a warrant to follow the drugs into Newarks projects, in the ensuing shootout, Steve Lucas, Frank Lucas young nephew who gave up a promising career for the New York Yankees to join Lucas crime family, is killed
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Russell Crowe (pictured here in 2006) worked with director Ridley Scott on the film's script.
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Many abandoned buildings in
Harlem were shot, to give an accurate and authentic depiction of the area in the 1970s.
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Principal photography took place in several location throughout New York, including the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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True Grit (2010 film)
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True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the adaptation of Charles Portis 1968 novel of the same name. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U. S, Marshal Reuben J. Rooster Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper. Feisty 14 year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Cogburn, a boozy, the bickering duo are accompanied on their quest by a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf who has been tracking Chaney for killing a State Senator. As they embark on an adventure, each character has his or her grit tested in different ways. Filming began in March 2010, and the film was released in the U. S. on December 22,2010 after advance screenings earlier that month. The film opened the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10,2011 and it was well received by critics, garnering a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. However, it didnt win any of its nominations, the film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 7,2011. Mattie Ross, the narrator and protagonist, explains that her father was murdered by Tom Chaney when she was 14 years old, while collecting her fathers body in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mattie asks the local sheriff about the search for Chaney. He tells her that Chaney has fled with Lucky Ned Pepper and his gang into Indian Territory, the sheriff gives three recommendations, and Mattie chooses Rooster Cogburn. Cogburn initially rebuffs her offer, not believing she has the money to hire him and she raises the money by aggressively horse-trading with Colonel Stonehill. Texas Ranger LaBoeuf arrives in town after pursuing Chaney for the murder of a Texas State Senator, LaBoeuf proposes to team up with Cogburn, but Mattie refuses his offer. She wishes Chaney to be hanged in Arkansas for her fathers murder, Mattie also insists on traveling with Cogburn but he leaves without her, having gone with LaBoeuf to apprehend Chaney and split the reward. After being refused passage on the ferry that conveyed Cogburn and LaBoeuf, LaBoeuf expresses his displeasure by birching Mattie with a stick, but Cogburn eventually allows Mattie to accompany them. After a dispute over their service with the Confederate States of America, Cogburn ends their arrangement. Cogburn and Mattie meet a doctor who directs them to an empty dugout for shelter. They find two outlaws, Quincy and Moon, and interrogate them, Quincy insists they have no information about the Pepper gang, but eventually Moon divulges what he knows, Quincy fatally stabs Moon, and Cogburn shoots Quincy dead. Before dying, Moon says Pepper and his gang will be returning for fresh horses that night, LaBoeuf arrives at the dugout and is confronted by the Pepper gang
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After competing with 15,000 other applicants for the role of Mattie Ross, Hailee Steinfeld was cast.
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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Sin City, A Dame to Kill For is a 2014 American neo-noir action crime film and follow-up to the 2005 film Sin City. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the script is written by Miller and is based on the second book in the Sin City series by Miller. One of the plots of the film is based on the short story Just Another Saturday Night, which is collected in Booze, Broads, & Bullets. Two original stories were created exclusively for the written by Miller. The film stars an ensemble cast including returning cast members Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Powers Boothe, the film was released on August 22,2014 on 2D, 3D and RealD 3D. Unlike the first film, A Dame to Kill For was a commercial failure and it received mixed reviews from film critics. Marv regains consciousness on a highway overlooking The Projects, surrounded by dead young men and a crashed police car. He retraces his steps, recalling that since its Saturday, he watched Nancy Callahan dance at Kadies Saloon, stepping outside, he encounters four rich frat boys burning a homeless man alive. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him Bernini Boy and they flee, Marv follows, stealing a police car on the way, which he crashes into their car, leading to his blackout and memory loss. He follows the two surviving frat boys into The Projects, the neighborhood where he grew up, with the assistance of the deadly residents lurking in the shadows, he dispatches the frat boys. He questions the leader about being called Bernini Boy and learns that it is the brand of coat he is wearing, after slitting the boys throat, he considers his coat and realizes he cant remember how he acquired it. Johnny, a young gambler, arrives in Sin City and heads to Kadies place. Taking a young waitress, Marcie, with him as a luck charm. Johnny repeatedly wins in the game, and cleans the senator out. One other player, the police lieutenant Liebowitz, warns him to flee the city. He walks her home when Roarks goons suddenly attack him and he fights them off and tells Marcie to meet him at a hotel before he is escorted into the Senators waiting limousine. In payment for the humiliation he suffered at the game, Roark takes back his money. They toss him from the car, and the Senator shoots Johnny in the leg, Roark then reveals that he recognized Johnny as his illegitimate son
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Rodriguez and Miller at a panel for the film at
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Everest (2015 film)
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It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It began a wide release in the United States on 25 September 2015, the film was a commercial blockbuster, grossing $203 million worldwide over a $55 million budget and received positive reviews from critics. Kormákur, Universal, Walden Media, Cross Creek and Working Title dedicated the 3D film to the late British actress Natasha Richardson, in May 1996 several commercial expeditions at base camp of Mount Everest prepare for a climb to the summit. Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure Consultants, Scott Fischer is chief guide for Robs rival, Helen Wilton manages Robs base camp. A month earlier in New Zealand, Rob says goodbye to his pregnant wife Jan, at base camp Rob receives a fax from her, informing him their baby is a girl. He wants to name her Sarah, but Jan disagrees, worried about climber crowding, Rob persuades Scott to cooperate to reduce delays. On the summit attempt, Robs group departs Camp IV before dawn, planning to complete the ascent and turn around by 2 PM, the group is delayed over an hour after discovering guide ropes are not installed on upper reaches of the climb. Beck has eyesight problems and stops, Rob tells him to return if his condition does not improve in a half-hour. Scott hurries back down to camp to help another climber, Rob reaches the summit on time and is joined by other climbers including Yasuko, who jubilantly plants her Japan flag in the snow. Descending, Rob encounters Doug struggling just above the Hillary Step, Doug insists on continuing, saying he wont get the chance again. Rob reluctantly agrees and they reach the two hours later, well past safe return time. At the summit Scott is exhausted and increasingly suffering from altitude sickness, as Rob helps Doug descend, a blizzard strikes the mountain and Dougs oxygen bottle runs out, causing him to suffer hypoxia. No extra bottles are stored on the route where Rob asked, Doug, left alone briefly by Rob, semi-consciously unclips himself from the guide rope and walks unsteadily along the narrow path. He silently topples to his death a moment later and he tells fellow climbers to continue descending without him. He lies down and later dies, returning climbers reach Beck, his vision still impaired, but they all become lost as the blizzard obliterates the trail. Three climbers go for help, leaving Beck and Yasuko behind, guide Andy Harold Harris reaches Rob with spare oxygen, but it is frozen shut. They huddle in place in the storm, while Rob sleeps, Andy hallucinates, a danger the camp doctor warned of. He strips off his clothing and slides off the mountainside to his death
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Additional portions of the film, including scenes that take place just above the icefall to camp 3, were filmed at 10,000 feet at
Val Senales in Italy.
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Sicario (2015 film)
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Sicario is a 2015 American crime drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Taylor Sheridan, and starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. It is about a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful, Sicario was selected to compete for the Palme dOr at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It began a limited release in the United States on September 18,2015 and it was criticized by viewers in Mexico for the depiction of the city of Juarez where the plot takes place. A sequel, Soldado, began shooting in November 2016, in Chandler, Arizona, FBI Agents Kate Macer and Reggie Wayne lead a SWAT raid of a suspected Mexican cartel safehouse. Inside, the team discovers dozens of decaying corpses and a booby trap, on a plane to El Paso, Kate meets Matts partner, Alejandro Gillick. Joined by U. S. Marshals and DEA agents as well as Delta Force operators, as the team returns to El Paso over the Bridge of the Americas, they are ambushed by cartel gunmen. The team swiftly kills the gunmen and returns safely to El Paso, the team travels to an Arizona Border Patrol station to question detained illegal immigrants for information. Reggie and Kate confront Matt about their plan, Matts objective is to disrupt Díazs drug operations to such a degree that Díaz will be summoned back to Mexico by his boss, elusive Sonora Cartel drug lord Fausto Alarcón. The team finds the tunnel and raids a bank used by Díazs money launderers, Kate gathers enough probable cause evidence to obtain arrest warrants, but Jennings overrules her. At a bar, Reggie introduces Kate to Ted, a friend, as Kate and Ted become intimate in her apartment, Kate discovers a rubber wristband in Teds possession identical to the ones used to bundle Díazs laundered money. Realizing he has made, Ted begins to strangle Kate, but is stopped by Alejandro. Alejandro and Matt torture Ted into revealing the names of law enforcement officers working for Díaz. The next morning, Díaz is called back to Mexico to meet with Alarcón, as the team follows, Kate argues that the FBI has no jurisdiction in Mexico. Matt dismisses her and Reggie, admitting that he used only to grant the CIA legal permission to operate within the U. S. Kate insists on staying on the team and she and Reggie join the raid on the smuggling tunnel. In the organized chaos, Alejandro sneaks undetected into Mexico, where he kidnaps one of Díazs mules, Kate attempts to arrest Alejandro, who disables her by shooting into her bulletproof vest before driving off with Silvio in his police cruiser. Kate confronts Matt about the entire operation, Matt refers to Medellín as a time when a single cartel ran the drug trade and could thereby be more easily controlled. He goes on to explain that attaining this type of control was the best they had to hope for, in Mexico, Alejandro and Silvio stop Díazs Mercedes
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Thanos
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Thanos is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a Titanian mutant–Eternal superhuman. The character first appeared in Iron Man #55 and was created by writer Mike Friedrich, debuting in the Bronze Age of Comic Books, the character has been featured in over four decades of Marvel continuity and a self-titled series. The character has appeared in other Marvel-endorsed products, including animated series, arcade. Writer-artist Jim Starlin originally conceived of Thanos of Titan during college psychology classes, so I came up to Marvel and Roy asked if I wanted to do an issue of Iron Man. I felt that this may be my only chance ever to do a character, so they got jammed into it. Thanos was a much thinner character and Roy suggested beefing him up, and later on I liked beefing him up so much that he continued to grow in size. Starlin has admitted the character is influenced by Jack Kirbys Darkseid, Kirby had done the New Gods and he was over at DC at the time. I came up with things that were inspired by that. Youd think that Thanos was inspired by Darkseid, but that was not the case when I showed up, in my first Thanos drawings, if he looked like anybody, it was Metron. I had all these different gods and things I wanted to do, which became Thanos, Roy took one look at the guy in the Metron-like chair and said, Beef him up. If youre going to one of the New Gods, at least rip off Darkseid. Thanoss first appearance was in Iron Man #55, featuring a story by Jim Starlin that was scripted by Mike Friedrich, the storyline from that issue continued through Captain Marvel #25–33, Marvel Feature #12, Daredevil #107, and Avengers #125. He returned in a storyline that spanned Strange Tales #178-181, Warlock #9-11, Marvel Team Up #55. He was also featured in a backup story in Logans Run #6 and had a small role in the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel. The character was revived in Silver Surfer vol.3 #34 and guest-starred until issue #50, while appearing in The Thanos Quest #1–2. After an appearance in Spider-Man #17, Thanos had a role in Warlock. Thanos appeared in a storyline in Ka-Zar vol.2 #4–11, Ka-Zar Annual, and the X-Man and Hulk Annual, before featuring in Thor vol.2 #21–25
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Promotional cover art by
Mark Bagley for Avengers Assemble #7 (September 2012).
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Damion Poitier (top) as Thanos in the end credits of
The Avengers and
Josh Brolin (bottom) as Thanos in
Guardians of the Galaxy.
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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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Kevin Feige was an early visionary for the franchise, realizing a shared media universe could be created with properties Marvel owned.
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intertitle from Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014).
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Joss Whedon was a large contributor to Phase Two, offering creative insight to all the films leading up to
Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as launching the first live-action television series for the universe,
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Avengers: Infinity War
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Avengers, Infinity War is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the sequel to 2012s Marvels The Avengers and 2015s Avengers, Age of Ultron, in Avengers, Infinity War, the Avengers join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy to confront Thanos. The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers, Infinity War – Part 1, the Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015 and by May, Markus and McFeely signed on to write the script for the film. In July 2016, Marvel shortened the titled to Avengers, Infinity War, filming began in January 2017, at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, shooting back-to-back with a direct sequel until October/November 2017. Additional filming took place in Scotland, Avengers, Infinity War is scheduled to be released on May 4,2018, in IMAX. An untitled sequel is scheduled to be released on May 3,2019, co-director Joe Russo said that Tony senses this greater threat approaching, so he is doing everything in his power to keep the Earth safe. Josh Brolin as Thanos, A powerful being who longs to collect all of the Infinity Stones in order to conquer the universe, co-screenwriter Stephen McFeely noted that Thanos wants to amass the Infinity Stones so he can re-balance the universe as he sees it. In addition to providing the voice for the character, Brolin performed motion capture on set, on choosing to portray Thanos, Brolin said that his good friend Marvel Studios co-president Louis DEsposito called me up and started talking about this thing. It was nice because I could intimately talk to him about it, what I didnt like about the whole idea of it. It was really exciting because of the possibilities that it could become, not as an idea or as a blockbuster, but just as something different. Brolin was looking to explore the humanity of the character, saying there are parts of him that are unfounded to me, which will be found. Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, An Avenger and a genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, tom Hiddleston as Loki, Thors adoptive brother and nemesis based on the deity of the same name. Joe Russo added, His responsibility to himself is now in conflict with his responsibility to others and his road forward involves figuring out who Steve Rogers is without the shield. Chris Hemsworth as Thor, An Avenger and the prince of Asgard. Joe Russo stated that Thors storyline picks up after the events of Thor, Ragnarok, very interesting place and gives him a real emotional motivation after that. Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, A master archer and former agent of S. H. I. E. L. D, who is a member of Rogers faction of Avengers. Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, A member of Rogers faction of Avengers, sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, An enhanced assassin and Rogers ally and best friend, who reemerged brainwashed after being thought killed in action during World War II. Aaron Lazar will serve as Cumberbatchs stand-in during filming, until the latter completes filming on The Current War, at that point, Cumberbatch will re-shoot scenes where his face needs to be seen
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Cast of Avengers: Age of Ultron at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Whedon promoting the film at the 2013
San Diego Comic-Con International.
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Members of the Korea Film Commission and executives from Marvel Studios signing a
memorandum of understanding in Seoul in March 2014 with actress
Claudia Kim (center) in attendance.
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Cable (comics)
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Cable is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with X-Force and the X-Men. The characters first appearance was in The New Mutants #86 and he does not appear anywhere in the issues story, but the next issue teaser includes a small drawing of the character. This was followed by an appearance in The New Mutants #87. Though the artist Rob Liefeld is responsible for his design, name. Liefeld explains the creation of the character, Cable is first seen in conflict with Stryfes Mutant Liberation Front, the United States government, the New Mutants intervened and he asked for their help against the Mutant Liberation Front. Cable saw them as soldiers in his war against Stryfe. He became their new teacher and leader, and outfitted them and he came into conflict with Wolverine, noting that the two had an old feud between them. Cable and the New Mutants teamed up with Wolverine and Sunfire against the MLF, Cable also led the New Mutants against the Genoshans. With the aid of Domino, Cable reorganized the New Mutants into X-Force, the New Mutants ended with issue #100, with Cable and other characters then appearing the following month in X-Force #1. Cable traveled between the 1990s and his future with his ship Graymalkin, which contained a sentient computer program called Professor, the series explored Cable and the villain Stryfes ongoing battle with one another, and its effect on the people that surround Cable. Shortly after Blood and Metal, Cable was given his own ongoing series titled Cable, the series ran for 107 issues from May 1993 until September 2002 before being relaunched as Soldier X, which lasted 12 more issues until Aug.2003. The 1994 miniseries The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix provided further information on the back story. In the future, Mother Askani, a time-displaced Rachel Summers, pulled the minds of Scott and Jean into the future where, as Slym and Redd, they raised Cable for twelve years. During their time together, the family prevented Apocalypse from transferring his essence into a new body and it is furthermore established that Mister Sinister created Cyclops son Nathan to destroy Apocalypse. After his solo series ended, he was paired with the mercenary Deadpool in a new ongoing series titled Cable & Deadpool, the series largely dealt with Cables efforts to change the world for the better, including turning his old spaceship Greymalkin into the floating utopian island of Providence. He gains a level similar to his Nate Grey counterpart from The Age of Apocalypse reality. Using his powers at this also means that he will die due to the vast power being too much for his body to continuously maintain. He tries to carry out his plans quickly, defeating the X-Men, Six Pack and they turn the tide of the battle on Cable by enlisting the aid of the Silver Surfer
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Cover of Cable vol. 2, #1 (March 2008). Art by
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The New Mutants #87 (March 1990). Art by
Rob Liefeld and
Todd McFarlane.
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X-Men (film series)
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X-Men is an American media franchise of 21st Century Fox that is centered on a series of superhero films, produced by 20th Century Fox. The franchise is based on the fictional X-Men characters, who appeared in a series of comic books created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. A prequel, X-Men, First Class, was released in 2011, followed by X-Men, Days of Future Past in 2014, Deadpool was also released in 2016 and became the highest-grossing film of the series, as well as the highest-grossing worldwide R-rated film of all time. The film series is the seventh-highest-grossing, having earned over US$4.9 billion worldwide, X-Men, X2, X-Men, First Class, X-Men, Days of Future Past and the spin-offs The Wolverine, Deadpool and Logan were all met with positive reviews. X-Men and X2 were particularly lauded by critics for their dark, realistic tones and subtexts dealing with discrimination, X-Men, The Last Stand and X-Men, Apocalypse were met with mixed reviews, while X-Men Origins, Wolverine received negative reviews from critics. Since 2000, the series has expanded to include comic books, videogames, live action television series. Hugh Jackman has appeared in films in the series than any other actor. The film introduces Wolverine and Rogue into the conflict between Professor Xaviers X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, led by Magneto, in 1994, 20th Century Fox and producer Lauren Shuler Donner bought the film rights to the X-Men. Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to write, and James Cameron expressed interest in producing, eventually, Bryan Singer signed on to direct in July 1996. Although he was not a comic fan, Singer was fascinated by the analogies of prejudice. John Logan, Joss Whedon, Ed Solomon, Christopher McQuarrie, principal photography began in September 1999 in Toronto, Canada, and ended in March 2000. The film was released on July 14,2000, in the film, Colonel William Stryker brainwashes and questions the imprisoned Magneto about Professor Xaviers mutant-locating machine, Cerebro. Stryker attacks the X-Mansion and brainwashes Xavier into locating every mutant on the planet to kill them, the X-Men must team up with the Brotherhood to prevent Strykers worldwide genocide. Hayter and Zak Penn were hired to write their own scripts for the sequel, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris were hired to re-write the script in February 2002, writing around 26 drafts and 150 on set. Principal photography began in June 2002 in Vancouver, Canada, the film was released on May 2,2003. In the film, a company has developed a suppressor of the mutant gene. Magneto declares war on the humans and retrieves his own weapon, Phoenix, a final battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood ensues, and Wolverine must accept that in order to stop Grey, he will have to kill her. Singer initially intended to shoot the film back-to-back with a fourth film, Penn and Simon Kinberg were hired the following month
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Cover of X-Men: The Cerebro Collection, the 2014
Blu-ray box set of the first seven films
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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Corpus Christi, colloquially Corpus, is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U. S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it extends into Aransas, Kleberg. It is 130 miles southeast of San Antonio and its political boundaries encompass Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries include small land parcels or water inlets of three neighboring counties, the citys population was estimated to be 320,434 in 2014, making it the eighth-most populous city in Texas. The Corpus Christi metropolitan area had an population of 442,600. It is also the hub of the six-county Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice Combined Statistical Area, the Port of Corpus Christi is the fifth-largest in the United States. The region is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport, the citys name means Body of Christ in Latin. The name was given to the settlement and surrounding bay by Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519, the citys nickname is Sparkling City by the Sea, particularly featured in tourist literature. Corpus Christi was founded in 1839 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney and William P. Aubrey as Kinneys Trading Post and it was a small trading post that sold supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped about 25 mi west. In July 1845, U. S. troops commanded by General Zachary Taylor set up there in preparation for war with Mexico. About a year later, the settlement was named Corpus Christi and was incorporated on 9 September 1852, the Battle of Corpus Christi was fought between August 12 and August 18,1862, during the American Civil War. United States Navy forces blockading Texas fought a land and sea engagement with Confederate forces in and around Corpus Christi Bay. Union forces defeated Confederate States Navy ships operating in the area, the Port of Corpus Christi was opened in 1926, and the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station was commissioned in 1941. The 1919 Storm devastated the city, killing hundreds on September 14, only three structures survived the storm on North Beach. To protect the city, the seawall was built, the city also suffered damage from Hurricane Celia in 1970 and Hurricane Allen in 1980, but little damage from Hurricane Ike in 2008. In November 1873, seven Mexican shepherds were lynched by a mob near the city, in February 1929, the League of United Latin American Citizens was founded in Corpus Christi. This organization was created to battle racial discrimination against Hispanic people in the United States, since its founding, LULAC has grown and now has a national headquarters in Washington, D. C. In March 1949, the American GI Forum was founded in Corpus Christi, currently, AGIF focuses on veterans issues, education, and civil rights issues
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Map of Corpus Christi in 1887
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Night photo of Downtown Corpus Christi from the NB side of the Harbor Bridge
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Damaged restaurant after Hurricane Allen
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Aerial view of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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Templeton, California
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Templeton is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California. The population was 7,674 at the 2010 census, up from 4,687 at the 2000 census, Templeton is located at 35°33′14″N 120°42′34″W. It is approximately five miles south of Paso Robles and five miles north of Atascadero along U. S.101, state Route 46 intersects U. S.101 on the north edge of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 7.8 square miles,99. 37% of it land and 0. 63% water. However, much of the unincorporated area between Atascadero and Paso Robles is considered as part of Templeton, with most U. S. mail for this area addressed thus. Templeton has a Mediterranean climate that is characterized by mild winters, the area usually has low humidity. Rain generally falls only between November and March, with the rainy season tapering off almost completely by the end of April, temperature lows can reach from 10 to 15 °F in the winter, and highs reaching up to 115 °F in the summer. Like much of the area, Templeton occasionally receives significant. Similarly, in winter, Templeton will occasionally receive morning fog due to the differential with the Central Valley. Although it is rare to see snow in Templeton, it did snow Dec.151988. Many residents work in nearby communities, there is a growing production of olive oil, with many small groves producing olives intended for consumption and oil, including Pasolivo. A very limited number of large corporations have made Templeton their primary place of business, in 1889, the railroad was continued 14 miles south to Santa Margarita and the town was reclassified to a flag stop. Currently, the stops in nearby Paso Robles before continuing on. Templeton, is a small, fast growing, rural town and it has added dwelling units faster since 1990 than any other community in the county, with developments competing with vineyards for prime land. The 2010 United States Census reported that Templeton had a population of 7,674, the population density was 988.1 per square mile. The racial make up of Templeton was 6,833 White,59 African American,80 Native American,123 Asian,10 Pacific Islander,337 from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,171 persons. The Census reported that 7,580 people lived in households,1 lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 93 were institutionalized, there were 117 unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 29 same-sex married couples or partnerships. 654 households were made up of individuals and 352 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.68
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Hall of Famer
Sandy Koufax
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Location in
San Luis Obispo County and the state of
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Barbra Streisand
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Barbara Joan Barbra Streisand is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. She is among a group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. Streisand is one of the music artists of all time, with more than 68.5 million albums in the United States. She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl, for which she won the Academy Award, with the release of Yentl in 1983, Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major studio film. The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical, Streisand received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the first woman to win that award. The RIAA and Billboard recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any recording artist. According to Billboard, Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums, Billboard also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its Billboard 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart. Barbara Joan Streisand was born on April 24,1942, in Brooklyn, New York and her mother had been a soprano singer in her youth and considered a career in music, but later became a school secretary. Her father was a school teacher at the same school. Streisands family was Jewish, her grandparents emigrated from Galicia and her maternal grandparents from the Russian Empire. Her father earned a degree from City College of New York in 1928 and was considered athletic. As a student, he spent his summers outdoors, once working as a lifeguard, hed try anything, his sister Molly said. He married Ida in 1930, two years after graduating, and became a respected educator with a focus on helping underprivileged. In August 1943, a few months after Streisands first birthday, her father died suddenly at age 34 from complications from an epileptic seizure, the family fell into near-poverty, with her mother working as a low-paid bookkeeper. As an adult, Streisand remembered those early years as always feeling like an outcast, explaining and her mother tried to pay their bills but could not give her daughter the attention she craved, When I wanted love from my mother, she gave me food, Streisand says. Streisand recalls that her mother had a voice and sang semi-professionally on occasion. During a visit to the Catskills when Streisand was thirteen, she told Rosie ODonnell, she and that session was the first time Streisand ever asserted herself as an artist, which also became her first moment of inspiration as an artist. She has a brother, Sheldon, and a half-sister
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Streisand in 1966
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On
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Streisand taping her TV Special Barbra Streisand... and other Musical Instruments in 1973
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in
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
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Improvisational theatre
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Improvisational theatre exists in performance as a range of styles of improvisational comedy as well as some non-comedic theatrical performances. It is sometimes used in film and television, both to develop characters and scripts and occasionally as part of the final product. Improvisational techniques are used extensively in drama programs to train actors for stage, film. However, the skills and processes of improvisation are used outside of the context of performing arts. It is sometimes used in psychotherapy as a tool to gain insight into a persons thoughts, feelings, the earliest well documented use of improvisational theatre in Eastern history is found in the Atellan Farce of Africa 391 BC. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, commedia dellarte performers improvised based on an outline in the streets of Italy. Some people credit American Dudley Riggs as the first vaudevillian to use audience suggestions to create improvised sketches on stage, Spolin influenced the first generation of modern American improvisers at The Compass Players in Chicago, which led to The Second City. Her son, Paul Sills, along with David Shepherd, started The Compass Players, following the demise of the Compass Players, Paul Sills began The Second City. They were the first organized troupes in Chicago, and the modern Chicago improvisational comedy movement grew from their success. Many of the current rules of comedic improv were first formalized in Chicago in the late 1950s and early 1960s, initially among The Compass Players troupe, which was directed by Paul Sills. From most accounts, David Shepherd provided the vision of the Compass Players. Mike Nichols, Ted Flicker, and Del Close were her most frequent collaborators in this regard, during this time, Forsberg trained many of the performers who went on to star on The Second City stage. Simultaneously, Keith Johnstones group The Theatre Machine, which originated in London, was touring Europe and this work gave birth to Theatresports, at first secretly in Johnstones workshops, and eventually in public when he moved to Canada. Toronto has been home to a rich improv tradition, in 1984, Dick Chudnow founded ComedySportz in Milwaukee, WI. Expansion began with the addition of ComedySportz-Madison, in 1985, the first Comedy League of America National Tournament was held in 1988, with 10 teams participating. The league is now known as World Comedy League and boasts a roster of 24 international cities, in San Francisco, The Committee theater was active in North Beach during the 1960s. It was founded by alumni of Chicagos Second City, Alan Myerson, when The Committee disbanded in 1972, three major companies were formed, The Pitchell Players, The Wing, and Improvisation Inc. The only company that continued to perform Closes Harold was the latter one and its two former members, Michael Bossier and John Elk, formed Spaghetti Jam in San Franciscos Old Spaghetti Factory in 1976, where shortform improv and Harolds were performed through 1983
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An improvisational comedy troupe performing a shortform game based on direction from the audience; in this case spoofing a hard rock band performing a song made up on the spot.
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Three improvisers performing longform improv comedy at the Gorilla Tango Theatre in Chicago.
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Richard Donner
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Richard Donner is an American film director and producer. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for directing the first modern film, Superman. Donner later went on to such films such as The Goonies and Scrooged, while reinvigorating the buddy film genre with Lethal Weapon. He and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, own the production company The Donners Company, in 2000, he received the Presidents Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Film historian Michael Barson writes that Donner is one of Hollywoods most reliable makers of action blockbusters, Donner was born Richard Donald Schwartzberg in the Bronx, to Jewish parents, Hattie and Fred Schwartzberg. His father owned a furniture manufacturing business. Donner started his career with hopes of acting but quickly moved into directing commercials and he moved into television in the late 1950s, directing some episodes of the Steve McQueen western serial Wanted, Dead or Alive and the Chuck Connors western The Rifleman. In his early career as a director he worked on TV commercials and over twenty-five television series including Have Gun Will Travel, The Fugitive, get Smart, The Man from U. N. C. L. E. The Wild Wild West, Gilligans Island, Kojak, Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone, Donner directed his first feature film in 1961, X-15, which starred Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore. It was not until seven years later, however, that he directed his film, Salt and Pepper, with Sammy Davis Jr. His break-through film was The Omen, a supernatural thriller made in the wake of the success obtained by The Exorcist, the film stars Gregory Peck, David Warner and Lee Remick. It became the fifth highest-grossing movie of 1976, in 1978, Donner directed Superman, The Movie, starring Christopher Reeve in the title role. The film became a hit worldwide, projecting both Reeve and Donner to international fame, co-stars included Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Marlon Brando as Jor-El and Gene Hackman as archvillain Lex Luthor. It succeeded at the box office, grossing $134 million domestically, principal photography of Superman included filming of its first sequel, Superman II. Donner filmed most of Superman II with the expectation he would complete the sequel after the release of Superman, despite the first films success, Donner was fired from Superman II. Throughout the filming of Superman and Superman II, Donner had a relationship with executive producers Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind. Following Donners dismissal, Marlon Brandos scenes were removed from Superman II, Gene Hackman refused to return for re-shoots, consequently, all the Lex Luthor scenes that appear in Superman II were filmed by Donner, although Donner received no onscreen credit for directing. Rotten Tomatoes summary states that Superman II meets, if not exceeds, Donner continued to promote the view his contribution was superior to rest of the series
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Richard Donner, July 2006.
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21 Jump Street
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21 Jump Street is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first run syndication from April 12,1987, to April 27,1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, colleges. Created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell, the series was produced by Patrick Hasburgh Productions, executive Producers included Hasburgh, Cannell, Steve Beers and Bill Nuss. The show was a hit for the fledgling Fox network. The final season aired in first-run syndication mainly on local Fox affiliates and it was later rerun on the FX cable network from 1996 to 1998. The series provided a spark to Johnny Depps nascent acting career, Depp found this status irritating, but he continued on the series under his contract and was paid $45,000 per episode. Eventually he was released from his contract after the fourth season, a spin-off series, Booker, was produced for the character of Dennis Booker, it ran one season, from September 1989 to June 1990. A film adaptation directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller was released on March 16,2012, the film is set in the same chronology as the series, with Johnny Depp, Holly Robinson and Peter DeLuise reprising their characters in cameo appearances. Richard Grieco and Dustin Nguyen also have cameos in the 2014 film sequel 22 Jump Street, the series focuses on a group of police officers headquartered at the eponymous address. These officers are all young and have especially youthful appearances, which allows them to pass for teenagers and their assignments generally consist of undercover work in high schools or, less commonly, colleges, where they generally investigate drug trafficking and abuse. The shows plots cover issues such as alcoholism, hate crimes, drug abuse, homophobia, AIDS, child abuse, similarly, each problem is often solved by the end of the hour-long episode, giving an implicit moral about the impact of a particular activity. When the show aired, some episodes were followed immediately by public service announcements featuring cast members. He was replaced after the pilot episode was filmed. Midway through the first season, Frederic Forrest was replaced by Steven Williams, on the show, Forrests character Richard Jenko is killed by a drunk driver. Johnny Depp left the series at the end of the fourth season, set in a fictional city and state in the United States, the series was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was one of the first major series to use Vancouver as a filming location. 21 Jump Street, along with Married, with Children and The Tracey Ullman Show, debuted in the spring of 1987. All three shows were hits with audiences and helped to establish the then-newly launched Fox network,21 Jump Street was the first hit series for the Fox network
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Richard Grieco appears in two shows of season four and is used on the season's DVD cover.
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Johnny Depp
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John Christopher Johnny Depp II is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor and he rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol. He has collaborated on nine films with director, producer, Depp is regarded as one of the worlds biggest film stars. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.2 billion at the United States box office, Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor, Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015. Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the youngest of four children of Betty Sue Palmer, a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, Depp is of mostly English ancestry, with some ancestors from elsewhere in Europe. He is descended from a French Huguenot immigrant, Pierre Deppe or Dieppe, Depp is a 20th cousin of Elizabeth II. Depp moved frequently during his childhood and he and his siblings lived in more than 20 different places, eventually settling in Miramar, Florida in 1970. Depps parents divorced in 1978 when he was 15 and his mother married Robert Palmer, whom Depp has called an inspiration to me. With the gift of a guitar from his mother when he was 12, a year after his parents divorce, he dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. He attempted to go back to two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. He played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed modest local success, the Kids set out together for Los Angeles in pursuit of a record deal, changing their name to Six Gun Method, but the group split up before signing a record deal. Depp subsequently collaborated with the band Rock City Angels and co-wrote their song Mary, on December 20,1983, Depp married Lori Anne Allison, the sister of his bands bass player and singer. During their marriage she worked as a makeup artist while he worked a variety of odd jobs and his wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to pursue an acting career. Depp and his wife divorced in 1985, Depps first film role was in the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, in which he played the boyfriend of heroine Nancy Thompson and one of Freddy Kruegers victims. After a starring role in the comedy Private Resort, Depp was cast in the role of the skating drama Thrashin by the films director. Instead, Depp appeared in a supporting role as a Vietnamese-speaking private in Oliver Stones Vietnam War drama Platoon. He accepted this role to work with actor Frederic Forrest, who inspired him, despite his success, Depp felt that the series forced into the role of product
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Depp in 2013
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Depp at the
1992 Cannes Film Festival
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Depp wearing a
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goatee similar to the style used in
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Johnny Depp at the
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