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2013 Cannes Film Festival
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The 66th annual Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition, new Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo. The festival opened with The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Zulu, the film poster for the festival featured Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward. The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section, the French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme dOr. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, the Jury decided to take the step of awarding the films two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, with the Palme dOr. On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections on the festival. Actress Vidya Balan was one of the official Jury of the festival, the first Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian delegate Chiranjeevi. The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools, the following 18 entries were selected, out of 1,550 submissions from 277 different schools. One-third of the films selected represented schools competing for the first time and it was also the first time for a Chilean film to be selected in Cinéfondation. The line-up for the Directors Fortnight was announced at a conference on 23 April with the following films being selected. Feature films The line-up for the International Critics’ Week was announced on 22 April at the sections website, in a first for the competition, the jury decided to award the Palme dOr to Kechiche and the actresses who star in the film, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a film that tells the story of a lesbian relationship between a 15-year-old girl and an older woman. It has shocked critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes. A reporter for the Radio France Internationale stated that Kechiche paid tribute to the Tunisian revolution, the Grand Prix was won by the Coen brotherss Inside Llewyn Davis, while Bruce Dern and Bérénice Bejo were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively
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Vandalia, Illinois
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Vandalia is a city in Fayette County, Illinois, United States,69 miles northeast of St. Louis, on the Kaskaskia River. It served as the capital of Illinois from 1819 until 1839. Vandalia was for years the terminus of the National Road. Today, Vandalia is the county seat of Fayette County and the home of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site, the population was 7,042 at the 2010 Census. Vandalia was founded in 1819 as a new city for Illinois. The previous capital, Kaskaskia, was unsuitable because it was under the constant threat of flooding, the townsite was hastily prepared for the 1820 meeting of the Illinois General Assembly. The history of the name Vandalia is uncertain, different theories can be found in almost all of the books written about Vandalia over the years. In her book Vandalia, Wilderness Capital of Lincolns Land, Mary Burtschi tells of a conversation one of the original surveyors of the town and a Vandalia resident. The surveyor, Colonel Greenup, explained that Van was suggested by one of the men and he recommended this as an abbreviation to the word vanguard meaning the forefront of an advancing movement. Another suggestion was made for the term dalia, derived from the Anglo-Saxon word dale which means a valley between hills, Greenup takes credit in the conversation for connecting the two terms to form the name Vandalia. Another possible source of the name is the Vandalia colony, an attempt to establish a fourteenth colony in part of what is now West Virginia. The Vandalia colony was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, who claimed descent from the Wendish tribe of Obodrites, the law under which Vandalia was founded included a provision that the capital would not be moved for twenty years. Even before the end of period, the population center of the state had shifted far north of Vandalia. In 1837, the General Assembly voted to move the capital to Springfield, in 1900,2,665 people lived in Vandalia, in 1910,2,974, and in 1940,5,288. The population was 6,975 at the 2000 census, Vandalia is home to the Okaw Valley Area Vocational Center, which trains high school students in vocational trades. It also serves students from nearby high schools such as those in Greenville. The building trades class at the each year purchases property in Vandalia, builds a house. They have sold 33 homes constructed by students, Vandalia is located at 38°58′5″N 89°6′7″W
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Alice (1990 film)
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Alice is a 1990 American romantic fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna and William Hurt. The film is a reworking of Federico Fellinis 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits. Alice Tate is an upper-class New York housewife, who spends her days shopping, getting beauty treatments and she has been married to wealthy Doug for fifteen years, and they have two children, who are being raised by a nanny. One day, she has an encounter with Joe Ruffalo. She finds herself attracted to him and experiences Catholic guilt for these feelings. This inner turmoil manifests itself in a backache and she is referred to Dr. Yang, an Asian herbalist who puts her under hypnosis. She reveals that what attracted her to her husband were in fact his superficial qualities, looks. She also reveals her feelings about Joe, Dr. Yang gives Alice ancient herbs that make her act on her feelings toward Joe Ruffalo. When the herbs wear off, Alice is appalled at her behavior and she does not go to meet him as planned. The next herbs she receives turn her invisible and she spies on Joe going to visit his ex-wife Vicky. Much to prudish Alices horror, they love in Vickys office. Alice is now glad she did not go to meet Joe, however, the next herbal remedy allows Alice to communicate with the ghost of her first lover, Ed. He encourages her to find out more about Joe, Alice and Joe finally meet, under the pretense of their children having a play-date. Alice and Joes meetings become increasingly frequent, when her guilt over her relationship with Joe becomes too much, Alice returns to Dr. Yang. Inhaling the soothing contents of a pipe, Alice falls asleep in Dr. Yangs rooms and she has vivid dreams about her Catholic upbringing. She remembers that she was at her happiest when she was helping people and she realizes that she has lost sight of many of her goals in her materialistic luxurious lifestyle. She also realizes this at an evening in honor of Mother Teresa. After the fundraiser, Joe and Alice sleep together, Alice realizes she is falling in love with him
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Scent of a Woman (1992 film)
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The film stars Al Pacino and Chris ODonnell, with James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gabrielle Anwar. Pacino won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, the film won three major awards at the Golden Globe Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Motion Picture – Drama. Charlie Simms is a student at an exclusive New England prep school, unlike most of his peers, Charlie was not born to a wealthy family. Charlie and George Willis, Jr. another student at the preparatory school, following the prank, Trask presses Charlie and George to divulge the names of the perpetrators. Trask offers Charlie a bribe, a letter of recommendation that would guarantee his acceptance to Harvard. Charlie continues to remain silent but appears conflicted, shortly after Charlie arrives, Slade unexpectedly whisks Charlie off on a trip to New York City. Slade reserves a room at the Waldorf-Astoria, during dinner at the Oak Room, Slade glibly states the goals of the trip, which involve enjoying luxurious accommodations in New York before committing suicide. Charlie is taken aback and does not know if Slade is serious and they pay an uninvited surprise visit to Slades brothers home in White Plains for Thanksgiving dinner. Slade is an unpleasant surprise for the family, as he deliberately provokes everyone, during this time, the cause of Slades blindness is also revealed as a drunken trainee mishap with a grenade. As they return to New York, Charlie tells Slade about his complications at school, Slade advises Charlie to inform on his classmates and go to Harvard, warning him that George will probably be pressured into not maintaining his silence. Later at a restaurant, Slade is aware of Donna, a woman waiting for her date. Although blind, Slade leads Donna in a spectacular tango on the dance floor and that night, he hires a female escort. Deeply despondent the next morning, Slade responds to Charlies suggestion that they test drive a Ferrari Mondial t, Charlie lets Slade drive the car and Slade begins speeding, attracting the attention of a police officer, whom Slade manages to appease without giving away his blindness. When they return to the hotel, Slade sends Charlie out on a list of errands, Charlie initially leaves the room but quickly becomes suspicious. Charlie intervenes and attempts to grab Slades gun, Slade, however, easily overpowers him, threatening to shoot Charlie before himself. They enter an argument, with both grappling for the gun, however, after Charlie bravely calms Slade, Slade backs down. The two return to New England, at school, Charlie and George are subjected to a formal inquiry in front of the entire student body and the student/faculty disciplinary committee. As headmaster Trask is opening the proceedings, Slade unexpectedly returns to the school, for his defense, George has enlisted the help of his wealthy father, using his poor vision as an excuse before being pressured by his father into naming all three of the perpetrators
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The Age of Innocence (1993 film)
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The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American film adaptation of Edith Whartons 1920 novel of the same name. The story takes place during the Gilded Age, portraying New Yorks high society, the film was released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder. The film was dedicated to Martin Scorseses father, Luciano Charles Scorsese, in 1870s New York City, Newland Archer is planning to marry the respectable young May Welland. Mays cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, has returned to New York after a marriage to a dissolute Polish Count. At first she is ostracized by society and vicious innuendo is spread, when Archer realizes that he is in love with the Countess, he abruptly leaves the next day to be reunited with May and her parents, who are in Florida on vacation. Archer asks May to shorten their engagement, but May becomes suspicious, Archer reassures May that he is in love with her. When back in New York, Archer calls on the Countess and admits that he is in love with her, after their wedding and honeymoon, Archer and May settle down to married life in New York. Over time, Archers memory of the Countess fades, when the Countess returns to New York to care for her grandmother, she and Archer agree to consummate their affair. But then suddenly, the Countess announces her intention to return to Europe, may throws a farewell party for the Countess, and after the guests leave, May announces to Archer that she is pregnant and that she told Ellen her news two weeks earlier. The years pass, Archer is 57 and has been a dutiful, loving father, the Archers have had three children. May had previously died of pneumonia and Archer had mourned her in earnest. Archers engaged son, Ted convinces him to travel to France, there, Ted has arranged to visit the Countess Olenska at her Paris apartment. Archer has not seen the countess in over 25 years, Ted confides to his father Mays deathbed confession that. She knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you gave up the thing you wanted most. Archer confesses that she never asked him and that evening outside the Countess apartment, Archer sends his son alone to visit her. While sitting outside the apartment, he thinks about their time together and gets up, the Age of Innocence was filmed on location primarily in Troy, New York. The opera scenes were filmed at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the scenes set in the home of Mrs. Mingott were filmed in The Castle, a fraternity house belonging to the Alpha Tau chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Formerly known as the Paine Mansion, after its completion in 1896, the scenes depicting the country house in snow were filmed inside the circa 1737 Dutch-colonial Luykas Van Alen House, in Kinderhook, New York
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In & Out (film)
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In & Out is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, and Wilford Brimley. It is a story by screenwriter Paul Rudnick. Joan Cusack was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, the film became one of mainstream Hollywoods few attempts at a comedic gay movie of its era, and was widely noted at the time for a 12-second kiss between Kevin Kline and Tom Selleck. Cameron does indeed win the award and, in his speech, thanks Howard, adding. Howards family, friends, students, co-workers and Emily are shocked and he angrily reassures those who know him that he is heterosexual. Although the other reporters leave after getting their story, one stays behind, on-camera entertainment reporter Peter Malloy, Howard continues to be harassed and dismayed by the changed attitudes of everyone around him, and decides that he must sleep with Emily in order to prove his heterosexuality. Howard finds he cannot go through with it due to his conflicting emotions, Howard crosses paths with Peter, who reveals he is gay and, trying to provide a helpful ear, narrates his own experience in coming out to his family. Howard insists that he is not gay, prompting Peter to kiss him, although shocked, Howard reacts somewhat positively to the kiss. Howards final measure to restore his heterosexuality is the use of an audio cassette. During the wedding ceremony, Emily recites her vow without hesitation, the wedding is called off, and although Peter is proud of Howard, Howard is angry with himself for hurting Emily. Howard is fired from the school because of his outing, despite no longer being on the faculty, Howard attends the graduation ceremony to support his students. When one student who got into college—thanks to Howards hard work—learns that he was dismissed for being gay, he and his classmates proclaim themselves to be gay as well, Howards family follows suit, as do his friends, and all the townsfolk assembled. Having learned of the media blitz while in Los Angeles. Although Howard does not win Teacher of the Year, Cameron presents him with his Oscar, Howards wedding-crazy mother finally gets a wedding—her own, when she and her husband renew their vows. Howard, Peter and the rest of the townsfolk attend the reception, among the crowd are Emily and Cameron, who appear to have begun a relationship. Everyone dances to the Village Peoples song Macho Man, according to Frank Oz, production had to be stopped temporarily because we all got sick. because we all got the flu. Oz and Wilford Brimley did not get along during production, at first, Frank Oz asked Miles Goodman to do the music for In & Out. Goodman, who composed several of Ozs previous films, died before he could do so, a soundtrack was released on Tuesday, September 23,1997, featuring previously recorded songs as well as Marc Shaimans instrumental music composed for the film
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Far from Heaven
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Far from Heaven is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson. The film tells the story of Cathy Whitaker, a 1950s housewife and it is done in the style of a Douglas Sirk film, dealing with complex contemporary issues such as race, gender roles, sexual orientation and class. In 1957 suburban Connecticut, Cathy Whitaker appears to be the wife, mother. Cathy is married to Frank, an executive at Magnatech. One evening Cathy receives a call from the local police who are holding her husband. He says its all a mix up but they wont let him leave alone, Frank has in fact been exploring the underground world of gay bars in Hartford, Connecticut. One day, Cathy spies a black man walking through her yard. He turns out to be Raymond Deagan, the son of Cathys late gardener, Frank often finds himself forced to stay late at the office, swamped with work. One night when Frank is working late, Cathy decides to bring his dinner to him at the office and she walks in on him passionately kissing another man. Frank confesses having had problems as a man, and agrees to sign up for conversion therapy. However, his relationship with Cathy is irreparably strained, and he turns to alcohol, Cathy runs into Raymond at a local art show, and initiates a discussion with him about modern painting, to the consternation of a few onlookers. One night, after a party, Frank attempts to love to Cathy. He is unable to become aroused and strikes Cathy when she tries to console him, Cathy decides to spend a day with Raymond. They go to a bar in the neighborhood in which she is the only white person present. Raymond toasts her with a drink saying Heres to being the only one and they are seen together by one of Cathys neighbors, who immediately tells everyone. The town is soon ablaze with gossip about the two of them and this becomes evident when Cathy attends a ballet performance by her young daughter and the mothers of the other girls prevent them from socializing with Cathys daughter. Cathy goes to find Raymond to tell them that their friendship isnt plausible, over the Christmas and New Years holidays, Cathy goes on a vacation with her husband to Miami to take their minds off of things. At the hotel, Frank has another encounter with a young man
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Gypsy: A Musical Fable
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Gypsy is a 1959 musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Gypsy is loosely based on the 1957 memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist and it follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The character of Louise is based on Lee, and the character of June is based on Lees sister and it is frequently considered one of the crowning achievements of the mid-20th centurys conventional musical theatre art form, often called the book musical. Gypsy has been referred to as the greatest American musical by numerous critics and writers, among them Ben Brantley, Rich wrote that Gypsy is nothing if not Broadways own brassy, unlikely answer to King Lear. Theater critic Clive Barnes wrote that Gypsy is one of the best of musicals. a musical based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee was a project of producer David Merrick and actress Ethel Merman. Merrick had read a chapter of Lees memoirs in Harpers Magazine, Jerome Robbins was interested, and wanted Leland Hayward as co-producer, Merman also wanted Hayward to produce her next show. Merrick and Hayward approached Arthur Laurents to write the book, as he relates, Laurents initially was not interested until he saw that the story was one of parents living their childrens lives. Composers Irving Berlin and Cole Porter declined the project, finally, Robbins asked Stephen Sondheim, who agreed to do it. Sondheim had worked with Robbins and Laurents on the musical West Side Story, however, Merman did not want an unknown composer, and wanted Jule Styne to write the music. Although Sondheim initially refused to write only the lyrics, he was persuaded by Oscar Hammerstein to accept the job, Rose and her two daughters, Baby June and Louise, play the vaudeville circuit around the United States in the early 1920s. Rose, the archetype of a mother, is aggressive. While June is an extroverted, talented child star, the older girl, the kiddie act has one song, Let Me Entertain You, that they sing over and over again, with June always as the center-piece and Louise often as one of the boys. Rose has big dreams for the girls but encounters setbacks, as she tells her father, when Rose meets a former agent, Herbie, she persuades him to become their manager using her seductive and feminine wiles. The girls grow up, and June, now billed as Dainty June, meanwhile, Louise celebrates her birthday alone and asks her birthday present, a lamb, just how old she is this year. After Rose rejects Herbies marriage proposal, he considers leaving, now billed as Dainty June and Her Farmboys, the act finally performs on the Orpheum Circuit. June is soon offered a place at a Performing Arts school after an audition, however, Rose turns this down, refusing to break up the act. Louise and June fantasize what life would be like if Rose were married and finished with show business. Shortly after, June is missing, and in a note she explains that she has grown sick of her mother and the tour and has eloped with Jerry
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Alexander Payne
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Alexander Payne is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, known for the films Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt, Sideways, The Descendants, and Nebraska. His films are noted for their humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne is a winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Peggy and George Payne, Payne is the youngest of three sons and grew up in what is now known as the Dundee-Happy Hollow Historic District, the same neighborhood as billionaire Warren Buffett. His father is of Greek and German descent, and his mother is of Greek ancestry and his paternal grandfather, Nicholas Nick Payne, anglicized the last name from Papadopoulos. His family comes from three areas in Greece, the island of Syros, Livadia, and Aegio, Paynes family was part of the fabric of Omaha, which he references as part of his upbringing. His grandfather was a founder of The Virginia Cafe, with Paynes father taking over the restaurant, Payne went there regularly as a child. The restaurant was destroyed in a fire in 1969, the W. Dale Clark Library is now located on the site, Paynes paternal grandmother, Clara Payne, was from a German Nebraska family from Lincoln, Nebraska. In Omaha, Payne attended Brownell-Talbot School, Dundee Elementary School and he graduated from Creighton Prep for high school in 1979. At Prep, Payne wrote a column for his high school newspaper and was the editor of the high school yearbook. Payne then attended Stanford University, where he majored in Spanish. Payne got his MFA in 1990 from the UCLA Film School, in the 1960s, Paynes father received a Super 8mm projector from Kraft Foods as a loyalty reward, and eventually passed it on to his son when Alexander was about 14 years old. The ensuing screenplay, which was turned down, would ultimately become About Schmidt and he says that he cleared about $60,000, which was enough to fund his simple lifestyle at the time for about five years. Payne sees his talent as being one of learned economy and he refers to the essay written by Tennessee Williams on The Catastrophe of Success. Payne worked in various capacities on films and television before he co-wrote and directed his first full-length film, Payne was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Election. In 2003 he received a Golden Globe for his screenplay for About Schmidt, to the surprise of many who kept track of Hollywood news, Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor were not nominated for an Oscar for the About Schmidt screenplay. He won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe in 2005 for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sideways, while the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. In total, Sideways received five Academy Award nominations, Payne returned to directing in 2011 after a seven-year hiatus with the film The Descendants, starring George Clooney
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About Schmidt
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The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney and Kathy Bates. It is very loosely based on the 1996 novel of the title by Louis Begley. About Schmidt was theatrically released on December 13,2002 by New Line Cinema, the film was both a commercial and a critical success and it earned $105,834,556 on a $30 million budget. About Schmidt was released on DVD and VHS formats and it was released on Blu-ray for the first time on February 3,2015. Warren Schmidt is retiring from his position as an actuary with Woodmen of the World, after a retirement dinner, Schmidt finds it hard to adjust to his new life, feeling useless. He sees an advertisement about a foster program for African children, Plan USA. He soon receives a package with a photo of his foster child. Schmidt visits his young successor to offer his help, but the offer is politely declined, as he leaves the building, Schmidt sees the contents and files of his office, the sum of his entire career, set out for garbage collectors. He describes to Ndugu his longtime alienation from Helen, his wife, Jeannie, his only daughter, and her fiancé Randall Hertzel arrive from Denver. They console him at the funeral, but Jeannie later berates him for taking his wife for granted, such as by refusing to pay for the Winnebago. He asks her to back to take care of him. Meanwhile, Randall tries to him into a pyramid scheme. Schmidt feels his daughter could do better than Randall, a waterbed salesman, after the couple leaves, Schmidt is overcome by loneliness. He stops showering, sleeps in front of the television, in his wifes closet he discovers some hidden love letters disclosing her long-ago affair with Ray, a mutual friend, whom Schmidt angrily confronts. He decides to take a journey alone in his new Winnebago to visit his daughter and he tells Jeannie hes leaving early for the wedding, but she makes it clear she doesnt want him there until right before the ceremony. Schmidt decides to visit places from his past, including his college campus and fraternity at University of Kansas and his childhood home has been replaced by a tire shop. While at a campground, he is invited to dinner by a friendly. When the man leaves to buy beer, Schmidt makes a pass at the wife
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Nebraska (film)
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Nebraska is a 2013 American black-and-white comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Bob Nelson. It stars Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, the film follows a Montana resident attempting to claim a million-dollar sweepstakes prize on a long trip to Nebraska, accompanied by his son. Nebraska was nominated for the Palme dOr at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, in Billings, Montana, elderly Woody Grant is found walking around in traffic and stopped by a police officer. He is picked up by his son, David, who learns that Woody wants to go to Lincoln, when David sees the sweepstakes letter, he knows immediately that it is a mail scam designed to get gullible people to purchase magazine subscriptions. He brings Woody home where Davids mother Kate becomes increasingly annoyed by Woodys insistence on collecting his money, after Woody is picked up again trying to get to Nebraska, David and his older brother Ross, a local TV news anchor, discuss putting Woody in a retirement home. David is paid a visit by his ex-girlfriend, Noel, who returns his belongings and their conversation is cut short by a call from Davids mother reporting that his father has taken off once again. David retrieves Woody and decides to drive him all the way to Lincoln, while in Rapid City, South Dakota, Woody goes on a bender and hits his head while stumbling back to their motel room. David takes him to the hospital to get his head stitched up, David learns that they will be passing through Woodys hometown of Hawthorne, Nebraska, and suggests they spend the night with Woodys family. Woody is against the idea, but they end up going anyway and they stay with Woodys brother Ray, Rays wife and two grown sons, Cole and Bart. Woody and David visit a mechanic shop Woody once co-owned, followed by some beers at a bar, when David brings up Woodys alcoholism and problems within the family—with Woody implying that he did not love Kate nor really want children—they get into an argument. At another bar, they run into Woodys former business partner, Ed Pegram, over Davids objections, Woody mentions winning the money and the barflies toast his good fortune. The next morning, they learn that the news has spread through the town like wildfire, Kate arrives by bus in Hawthorne, where David escorts his parents to the cemetery. Kate pays her respects there while providing some colorful history on Woodys relatives, a local newspaper owner wants to run a story about Woody and his sweepstakes victory. She is an old lover of Woodys and provides David with some background about his father, including how he was affected and turned to alcohol after being shot down during the Korean War. That night, while David is out to dinner with Woody and Kate, Ed corners David in the room about some money Ed loaned Woody years ago that he wants back. The rest of Woodys family, including Ross, come to visit him, Woodys nephews, Cole and Bart, and others approach David and Ross about their share of the money that they believe Woody owes them. A fight begins, ending abruptly with Kate calling out the relatives for their own unpaid debts, David, Kate, Ross, and Woody tour Woodys childhood home, which has fallen into disrepair. They drive past a house Kate identifies as Eds, so David, Kate soon realizes that the house actually belongs to another couple
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered a performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of award for her role in Anthony Adverse. 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 78 actresses. Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the most awards in this category with two awards each, despite winning no awards, Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions, more than any other actress. As of the 2017 ceremony, Viola Davis is the most recent winner in category for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences. 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, inside Oscar, The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. New York, United States, Ballantine Books, oscars. org Oscar. com The Academy Awards Database
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United States Navy
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The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U. S. Navy is the largest, most capable navy in the world, the U. S. Navy has the worlds largest aircraft carrier fleet, with ten in service, two in the reserve fleet, and three new carriers under construction. The service has 323,792 personnel on duty and 108,515 in the Navy Reserve. It has 274 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of October 2016, the U. S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter. It played a role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy. It played the role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan. The 21st century U. S. Navy maintains a global presence, deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific, the Mediterranean. The Navy is administratively managed by the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Navy is itself a division of the Department of Defense, which is headed by the Secretary of Defense. The Chief of Naval Operations is an admiral and the senior naval officer of the Department of the Navy. The CNO may not be the highest ranking officer in the armed forces if the Chairman or the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, the United States Navy is a seaborne branch of the military of the United States. The Navys three primary areas of responsibility, The preparation of naval forces necessary for the prosecution of war. The development of aircraft, weapons, tactics, technique, organization, U. S. Navy training manuals state that the mission of the U. S. Armed Forces is to prepare and conduct prompt and sustained combat operations in support of the national interest, as part of that establishment, the U. S. Navys functions comprise sea control, power projection and nuclear deterrence, in addition to sealift duties. It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, the Navy was rooted in the colonial seafaring tradition, which produced a large community of sailors, captains, and shipbuilders. In the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, Massachusetts had its own Massachusetts Naval Militia, the establishment of a national navy was an issue of debate among the members of the Second Continental Congress. Supporters argued that a navy would protect shipping, defend the coast, detractors countered that challenging the British Royal Navy, then the worlds preeminent naval power, was a foolish undertaking. Commander in Chief George Washington resolved the debate when he commissioned the ocean-going schooner USS Hannah to interdict British merchant ships, and reported the captures to the Congress
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World War II
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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the worlds countries—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing alliances, the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the bombing of industrial and population centres. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history, from late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland, Finland, Romania and the Baltic states. In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, in 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma, while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy, thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the Allies. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world, the United Nations was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Asia, most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities, the start of the war in Europe is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. The dates for the beginning of war in the Pacific include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, or even the Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 19 September 1931. Others follow the British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and this article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. The British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of World War II as the Battles of Khalkhin Gol fought between Japan and the forces of Mongolia and the Soviet Union from May to September 1939, the exact date of the wars end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945, rather than the formal surrender of Japan
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Cleveland Play House
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Cleveland Play House is a professional regional theater company located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1915 and built its own noted theater complex in 1927, currently the company performs at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square where it has been based since 2011. Cleveland Play House is organized like most American theater companies, with a board of directors, the Board of Directors is chaired by Alec Pendleton. The Artistic Director is Laura Kepley and the Managing Director is Kevin Moore, the theaters national directors are Alan Alda, Austin Pendleton, and Joel Grey. The theatre received the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award on June 7,2015 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, in the early 1900s Cleveland theatre featured mostly vaudeville, melodrama, burlesque and light entertainment. In 1915 a select group of ten Clevelanders met in the home of Charles S. and Minerva Brooks to discuss the formation of an Art Theatre. Those present in addition to the Brooks were Walter and Julia McCune Flory, Raymond ONeil, Ernest and Katherine Angell, Henry and Anna Hohnhorst, George Clisbee, Grace Treat, together, they formed Cleveland Play House and named Raymond ONeil as the Director. Their initial productions were performed in a home donated by Cleveland industrialist Francis Drury located at East 85th, ONeil was a devotee of the artistic ideals of Edward Gordon Craig, and the Play Houses earliest productions reflect this. The founders of the Play House were bohemians and suffragists, and were thus outsiders in conservative Cleveland society, as a result, the Play House in its early years performed for a select group of individuals interested in avant-garde art, rather than the larger community of Cleveland. The Play House was founded midway through a decade of cultural renaissance in Cleveland, the new facility seated 160 and marked a turn toward professionalism. Soon after this, the Play House began to struggle financially, the resulting arguments led to ONeils resignation in 1921. The Board subsequently hired Frederic McConnell as the next Director, along with his associates K. Elmo Lowe, the three transformed CPH into a popular regional theatre, ushering in a long era of growth and prosperity. A new Cleveland Play House facility, built in 1927, housed the Brooks Theatre, with the 1927 buildings, the Sears building and the Johnson buildings taken together, the complex for CPH became the largest regional theatre complex in the country. In 2009, through a collaboration called “The Power of Three, ” CPH partnered with Playhouse Square, in July 2009, CPH sold its building at 86th Street and Euclid Avenue to Cleveland Clinic. In September 2011, CPH kicked off its 96th consecutive season in the transformed Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square, two new venues adjacent to the Allen Theatre came on board in January 2012, the Second Stage and the Helen Rosenfeld Lewis Bialosky Lab Theatre. A new production center is now located along the lakeshore in Cleveland, the list of plays and playwrights that have had premiers at Cleveland Play House is impressive, the most notable being Tennessee Williams’ You Touched Me, and Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage. Cleveland Play House continues to have a commitment to new works. The current policy for submission of new plays only permits unsolicited works to be submitted by playwrights who currently reside in the state of Ohio, at least one mainstage production in each season is a new play
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HB Studio
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The HB Studio is a school offering professional training in the performing arts. Select classes require an audition for admission, in 1948, Uta Hagen joined the Studio as Berghofs artistic partner, and the two wed ten years later. Her master classes led to the writing of her books Respect for Acting, in 2010, HB Studio founded the Hagen Institute, which offers full-time immersion in the practical approach to acting craft that characterized Uta Hagens master classes and classic acting texts. Its two key programs, The Hagen Summer Intensive and The Hagen Core Training, are structured, integrated courses for students with serious professional. Notable alumni include Christopher Abbott, F.10 by Andrew Gans, Playbill, November 5,2008
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The Boy Friend (musical)
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The Boy Friend is a musical by Sandy Wilson. This musical marked Julie Andrews American stage debut, set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring Twenties, The Boy Friend is a comic pastiche of 1920s shows. Its relatively small cast and low cost of production makes it a popular choice for amateur. Sandy Wilson wrote a sequel to The Boy Friend, set ten years later, and, appropriately, a pastiche of 1930s musicals it was titled Divorce Me, Darling. And ran for 91 performances at Londons old Globe Theatre in 1965 and it is sometimes revived as a double bill with The Boy Friend. The musical was first performed in London in 1953 and it opened at the Players Theatre Club on April 14,1953, and reopened in an expanded version on October 13. It transferred for a season to the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. The light, tuneful piece proved popular with the British public, including the Queen, and ran for more than five years. The principal role of Polly Browne was to have played by Diana Maddox. Anne Rogers volunteered to take over, having learnt the role on her own, the show opened the following evening and made an overnight star of Rogers, who stayed with the production through its expanded versions to the triumphant West End first night at Wyndhams. The cast also included Hugh Paddick in his first leading West End role as Percival Browne.1984 saw Cameron Macintosh 30th anniversary production opened at The Churchill Theatre in Bromley. Directed by its creator, Sandy Wilson, it starred Glynis Johns as Madam Dubonett, in 1995, on its 40th anniversary, the musical returned to The Players Theatre in London in a new production that was as near a reproduction of the original as possible. It was directed by Maria Charles, who had played the original Dulcie, the choreography was by Geoffrey Webb who was also in the original production. It was originally planned that the choreography would be done by Larry Drew, the original Bobby van Husen, set design was by Disley Jones who was responsible for the hat designs in the original production. Among the cast were Gemma Page, Oliver Hickey, Sophie Louise Dann, following its success at the Players it went on a nationwide tour and was very successful. A production played in 2006 at the Open Air Theatre at Regents Park and this also proved to be a highly acclaimed production, and was revived during the Open Air Theatres 2007 season. The Boy Friend is the title for the Showtime Challenge 2011 at Her Majestys Theatre, London. Rehearsals take place over a 48-hour period immediately prior to the performance on Sunday 8 May, the Boy Friend opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on September 30,1954 and closed on November 26,1955 after 485 performances
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Lend an Ear
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Lend an Ear is a musical revue with a book, music, and lyrics by Charles Gaynor and additional sketches by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. After World War II ended, it was decided to proceed with the revue, Gower Champion became involved and went from advisor to choreographer to being credited as Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by. Lend an Ear premiered at the Las Palmas Theatre, Los Angeles, rehearsals for a New York opening began on July 26,1948 at the Coronet Theatre. The show went to Boston for its tryout, opening at the Majestic Theatre in August 1948, Lend an Ear opened on Broadway on December 16,1948 at the National Theatre and moved three times before closing on January 21,1950 after 460 performances. Playbill. com noted that The brilliant revue Lend an Ear moved in another theatre in 1949. Directed by Hal Gerson, with staging by Gower Champion and assistant to the choreographer Marge Champion. The cast featured Carol Channing, Yvonne Adair, Jennie Lou Law, Gloria Hamilton, Gene Nelson, Bob Scheerer, Channing, Nelson, and Scheerer won the Theatre World Award, and Gower Champion won the Tony Award for Best Choreography. The musical gave Carol Channing her break where the wide-eyed beauty displayed her fabulous comic talents and this led to her being cast, the following year, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. A revival was produced Off-Broadway at the Renata Theatre by Steven Slane and Jenny Lou Law in September 1959, with direction by Law, the cast featured Elizabeth Allen, Charles Nelson Reilly, and June Squibb. The sketch topics included psychoanalysts, gossip columnists, Santo Domingo as seen by a tourist, silent screen stars, an opera company that has no orchestra. The most famous sketch was the first act finale, The Missing Road Company, featuring an imaginary lost touring troupe of the 1925 musical hit The Gladiola Girl, which was a spoof of 1920s musicals. In the sketch Friday Dancing Class a young mans mother makes him go to a dance class, Channing played such diverse characters as a French movie star, a British Christian Scientist, and 1920s flapper. Neurotic you and psychopathic me, Where Is the She for Me, according to Playbill. com, In December 1948, a delirious revue, Lend an Ear, entirely written by Charles Gaynor, set the town on its ear. Excerpts of the musical appeared on the first episode of the CBS Television series Tonight on Broadway in 1948, highlights of the revue were recreated for the October 28,1954 broadcast of the CBS monthly variety series Shower of Stars
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Elizabeth Allen (actress)
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Girl on The Jackie Gleason Show in the 1950s. Thereafter, she honed her skills by joining and performing with the Helen Hayes Repertory Group before expanding into the big. Elizabeth made numerous appearances in guest starring roles on such programs as The Fugitive, Kojak. She was also a regular cast member on TVs Brackens World, The Paul Lynde Show, sharkey, Another World and its spin-off, Texas. Her television, film and stage career spanned three decades and she was featured with William Shatner in The Hungry Glass, the 16th episode in the first season of Boris Karloffs Thriller in 1961. In 1962, she played a role in the first season of Combat. in the episode No Hallelujahs for Glory as a persistent war correspondent. Allens saleslady character is the mannequin whose turn in the world is up next and has already been delayed by one full day. In 1963, Allen starred with John Wayne, Dorothy Lamour and she also starred in Diamond Head with Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux. Both movies were filmed on location in Hawaii, Allen also appeared with James Stewart in Cheyenne Autumn and won a Laurel Award in 1963 as the years most promising film actress. She was twice nominated for Tony Awards for her performances on Broadway in The Gay Life, as Best Featured Actress in a Musical and she can be heard singing beautifully throughout the original cast album of Waltz, available on CD. Her other notable stage productions on the Great White Way and beyond included Romanoff and Juliet, Lend an Ear, Sherry. California Suite, The Pajama Game, The Tender Trap, Show Boat, South Pacific, in 1983 she appeared as Dr. Gwen Harding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. Allen quietly retired from business in 1996, after touring numerous cities throughout the world for over a decade with her 42nd Street role from Broadway. This was her last, significant acting job after appearing in the 1980s TV series Texas for two seasons and she was married briefly to Baron Karl von Vietinghoff-Scheel, but they divorced and she never remarried. Allen died from disease, aged 77, in Fishkill. 1957 Romanoff and Juliet as Juliet 1962 The Gay Life as Magda 1965 Do I Hear a Waltz. as Leona Samish 1967 Sherry, as Maggie Cutler 1983 42nd Street as Dorothy Brock 1960 From the Terrace as Sage Remmington 1963 Donovans Reef as Ameilia Sarah Dedham. She developed a bond with John Ford, who directed that film and he later cast her as a beautiful saloon lady,1963 Diamond Head as Laura Beckett 1964 Cheyenne Autumn as Guinevere Plantagenet 1966 The Fugitive Episode 1021971 Star Spangled Girl as Mrs
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Ethel Merman
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Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her voice and roles in theatre, she has been called the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage. The Irving Berlin song Theres No Business Like Show Business, written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, became Mermans signature song. Merman was born in her grandmothers house located at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, in New York City in 1908. Her father, Edward Zimmermann, was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a Manhattan wholesale dry-goods company, Edward Zimmermann had been raised in the Dutch Reformed Church and his wife was Presbyterian. Shortly after they married, they joined the Episcopal congregation at Church of the Redeemer and her family was of German and Scottish ancestry. 4 and William Cullen Bryant High School, where she pursued a course that offered secretarial training. At home she tried to emulate their singing styles, but her own voice was difficult to disguise. After graduating from Bryant High School in 1924, – Merman was hired as a stenographer by the Boyce-Ite Company, during this period, Merman also began appearing in nightclubs, first hired by Jimmy Durantes partner Lou Clayton. At this time, she decided the name Ethel Zimmermann was too long for a theater marquee and she considered combining Ethel with Gardner or Hunter, which was her grandmothers maiden name. These considerations got her fathers German ire worked up, finally, she abbreviated Zimmermann to Merman to appease her father. He offered her an exclusive contract, starting at $125 per week. She finally urged Irwin to try to cancel her agreement with Mayo, instead, Merman was hired as a torch singer at Les Ambassadeurs, where the headliner was Jimmy Durante, and the two became lifelong friends. She caught the attention of such as Walter Winchell and Mark Hellinger. Soon after, Merman underwent a tonsillectomy she feared might damage her voice, while performing on the prestigious Keith Circuit, Merman was signed to replace Ruth Etting in the Paramount film Follow the Leader, starring Ed Wynn and Ginger Rogers. Following a successful run at the Brooklyn Paramount, she was signed to perform at the Palace for $500 per week. Upon hearing her sing I Got Rhythm, the Gershwins immediately cast her, Girl Crazy opened on October 14,1930, at the Alvin Theatre, where it ran for 272 performances. The New York Times noted Merman sang with dash, authority, good voice, Merman was fairly blasé about her notices, prompting George Gershwin to ask her mother, Have you ever seen a person so unconcerned as Ethel
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Tony Award
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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at a ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre, several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards are named after Antoinette Tony Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, the rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wings Tony Awards, which applies for that season only. It also forms the fourth spoke in the EGOT, that is someone who has won all four awards, the Tony Awards are also considered the equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award in the United Kingdom and the Molière Award of France. From 1997 to 2010, the Tony Awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June and broadcast live on CBS television, except in 1999, in 2011 and 2012, the ceremony was held at the Beacon Theatre. From 2013 to 2015, the 67th, 68th, and 69th ceremonies returned to Radio City Music Hall, the 70th Tony Awards were held on June 12,2016 at the Beacon Theatre. The 71st Tony Awards will be held on June 11,2017, as of 2014, there are 24 categories of awards, plus several special awards. Starting with 11 awards in 1947, the names and number of categories have changed over the years, some examples, the category Best Book of a Musical was originally called Best Author. The category of Best Costume Design was one of the original awards, for two years, in 1960 and 1961, this category was split into Best Costume Designer and Best Costume Designer. It then went to a category, but in 2005 it was divided again. For the category of Best Director of a Play, a category was for directors of plays. A newly established non-competitive award, The Isabelle Stevenson Award, was given for the first time at the ceremony in 2009. The award is for an individual who has made a contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian. The category of Best Special Theatrical Event was retired as of the 2009–2010 season, the categories of Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical were retired as of the 2014-2015 season. Performance categories Show and technical categories Special awards Retired awards The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theatre Wing headed by Brock Pemberton. The award is named after Antoinette Perry, nicknamed Tony, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who died in 1946. As her official biography at the Tony Awards website states, At Jacob Wilks suggestion, proposed an award in her honor for distinguished stage acting, at the initial event in 1947, as he handed out an award, he called it a Tony
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Romance novels
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The romance novel or romantic novel discussed in this article is the mass-market literary genre. Novels of this type of genre fiction place their primary focus on the relationship, there are many subgenres of the romance novel including fantasy, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Walter Scott defined the literary form of romance as a fictitious narrative in prose or verse. Austen inspired Georgette Heyer, the British author of historical romance set around the time Austen lived, Heyers first romance novel, The Black Moth, was set in 1751. The British company Mills and Boon began releasing escapist fiction for women in the 1930s and their books were sold in North America by Harlequin Enterprises Ltd, which began direct marketing to readers and allowing mass-market merchandisers to carry the books. An early American example of a romance was Kathleen Woodiwiss The Flame. Nancy Coffey was the editor who negotiated a multi-book deal with Woodiwiss. In North America, romance novels are the most popular literary genre, the genre is also popular in Europe and Australia, and romance novels appear in 90 languages. Most of the books, however, are written by authors from English-speaking countries, despite the popularity and widespread sales of romance novels, the genre has attracted significant derision, skepticism, and criticism. Romance erotica seems to be on the rise as more women explore this new subgenre, erotica is a term used to describe scenes in the novel that are risqué but not pornographic. According to the Romance Writers of America, the plot of a romance novel must revolve about the two people as they develop romantic love for each other and work to build a relationship. Furthermore, a novel must have an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Others, including Leslie Gelbman, a president of Berkley Books, define the genre more simply, stating only that a romance must make the romantic relationship between the hero and the heroine. Bestselling author Nora Roberts sums up the genre, saying, The books are about the celebration of falling in love and emotion and commitment, some romance novel authors and readers believe the genre has additional restrictions, from plot considerations, to avoiding themes. While the majority of romance novels meet the criteria, there are also many books widely considered to be romance novels that deviate from these rules. Therefore, the definition, as embraced by the RWA and publishers, includes only the focus on a developing romantic relationship. As long as a romance novel meets those criteria, it can be set in any time period. There are no restrictions on what can or cannot be included in a romance novel
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Ellen Burstyn
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Ellen Burstyn is an American actress. Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the decade included several films. Burstyn is one of the few performers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting, in 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Burstyn was born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Correine Marie and she has described her ancestry as Irish, French, Pennsylvania Dutch, a little Canadian Indian. Burstyn has a brother, Jack, and a younger brother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her brothers and she attended Cass Technical High School, a university-preparatory school which allowed students to choose a specific field of study. In high school, she was a cheerleader, a member of the student council and she dropped out of high school during her senior year after failing her classes. After dropping out of school, Burstyn got a job as a model in a Detroit department store and she later relocated to Dallas, where she continued modeling before traveling to New York City. From 1955 to 1956, Burstyn appeared as an away we go dancing girl on The Jackie Gleason Show under the name Erica Dean. Burstyn then decided to become an actress and chose the name Ellen McRae as her professional name, Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasbergs The Actors Studio in New York City in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the comedy Same Time, during 1964-1965, she had a recurring role as Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC daytime television soap opera The Doctors. In 1967-1968, she co-starred as Julie Parsons opposite Dale Robertson in the ABC Western The Iron Horse and she was credited as Ellen McRae until 1967, when she and her then-husband Neil Nephew both changed their surname to Burstyn and she began to be credited as Ellen Burstyn. In 1971, Burstyn received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the drama film The Last Picture Show, during the filming of The Exorcist, she injured her coccyx, which led to permanent injury to her spine. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in the drama Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese. She also received Best Actress nominations in 1978 for Same Time, Next Year, in 1980 for the drama Resurrection, and for the drama Requiem for a Dream in 2000. In 1977, she was a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, Burstyn hosted NBCs Saturday Night Live, a late-night sketch comedy and variety show, in December 1980. In 1990, she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre, from 2000 to 2002, Burstyn appeared in the CBS television drama Thats Life. In January 2006, she starred as an Episcopal bishop in the NBC comedy-drama series The Book of Daniel, conservative groups including American Family Association and Focus on the Family urged supporters to complain to NBC affiliates that carried the show
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Dividing the Estate
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Dividing the Estate is a play by Horton Foote. The play premiered at the McCarter Theatre in 1989 and Off-Broadway in 2007, the play premiered at the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey in 1989. Presented by the Lincoln Center Theater Company and Primary Stages Theater, it opened on September 27,2007 at the Off-Broadway 59East59Street Theatre, where it ran until October 27. Directed by Michael Wilson, the cast included Elizabeth Ashley as Stella, Hallie Foote as Mary Jo, Penny Fuller as Lucille, Horton Foote won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and the Obie Award for Playwriting. The production transferred to Broadway for an engagement with its original cast. It began previews at the Booth Theatre on October 23,2008, officially opened on November 20, david Rooney of Variety thought it was distinctly old-fashioned. With an air of familiarity but added, Spend time with Footes richly human characters, joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News said the play goes for laughs and succeeds, and at the same time comments on more sweeping notions of avarice, entitlement and carpetbagging karma. Its not as profound or ambitious as Broadways other multigenerational melee, August, Osage County, in USA Today, Elysa Gardner observed, The folks we meet in Estate. Can be immensely irritating, but theyre not, well, bad people — or, truth be told, terribly interesting ones
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Conversion to Judaism
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The procedure and requirements for conversion depend on the sponsoring denomination. A conversion in accordance with the process of a denomination is not a guarantee of recognition by another denomination, in some cases, a person may forgo a formal conversion to Judaism and adopt some or all beliefs and practices of Judaism. However, without a conversion, many highly observant Jews will reject a converts Jewish status. There are some groups that have adopted Jewish customs and practices, for example, in Russia the Subbotniks have adopted most aspects of Judaism without formal conversion to Judaism. However, if Subbotniks, or anyone without a conversion, wish to marry into a traditional Jewish community or immigrate to Israel. A male convert to Judaism is referred to by the Hebrew word ger, the word is rendered by the Greek proselyte as used in the Septuagint to denote a stranger. In Karaite Judaism a Ger is a non-Jew who has yet to convert to Judaism. After a Ger converts to Judaism, they are no longer considered a Ger, the word ger comes from the Hebrew verb lagur meaning to reside or to sojourn. In the Hebrew Bible ger is defined as a foreigner, or sojourner, Rabbi Marc Angel writes, The Hebrew ger literally means resident and refers to a non-Israelite who lived among the Israelite community. When the Torah commands compassion and equal justice for the ger, Rabbinic tradition interpreted the word ger as referring to proselytes. The Jews were not converts in Egypt, but rather foreigners, another passage which may be relevant to a process of conversion involves non-Jewish women captured in war who could be adopted forcibly as wives. Another verse which has interpreted as referring to non-Jews converting to Judaism is Esther 8,17. In Modern Hebrew, ger refers to a convert to Judaism, according to Maimonides, converts were accepted since the beginning of Jewish history, and the foreign wives of Jewish leaders - such as Samson and Solomon - were converts. For Rabbinic Judaism, the laws governing conversion are based on codes of law and texts, including discussions in the Talmud, through the Shulkhan Arukh and these rules are held as authoritative by Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism. Jewish law is interpreted as somewhat discouraging proselytizing, and religious gerut is also somewhat discouraged. In the past, rabbis often rejected potential converts three times, and if they remained adamant in their desire to convert, they would allow them to begin the process. However, a rabbi convinced of the prospective converts sincerity may allow him or her to follow the process of conversion and this requires the person to appear before an established three-judge Jewish religious court known as a beth din to be tested and formally accepted. Conservative Judaism takes a lenient approach in application of the halakhic rules than Modern Orthodox Judaism
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Judaism
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Judaism encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is an ancient monotheistic Abrahamic religion, with the Torah as its text, and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the relationship that God established with the Children of Israel. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth-largest religion in the world, Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Modern branches of Judaism such as Humanistic Judaism may be nontheistic, today, the largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism. Major sources of difference between groups are their approaches to Jewish law, the authority of the Rabbinic tradition. Orthodox Judaism maintains that the Torah and Jewish law are divine in origin, eternal and unalterable, Conservative and Reform Judaism are more liberal, with Conservative Judaism generally promoting a more traditional interpretation of Judaisms requirements than Reform Judaism. A typical Reform position is that Jewish law should be viewed as a set of guidelines rather than as a set of restrictions and obligations whose observance is required of all Jews. Historically, special courts enforced Jewish law, today, these still exist. Authority on theological and legal matters is not vested in any one person or organization, the history of Judaism spans more than 3,000 years. Judaism has its roots as a religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age. Judaism is considered one of the oldest monotheistic religions, the Hebrews and Israelites were already referred to as Jews in later books of the Tanakh such as the Book of Esther, with the term Jews replacing the title Children of Israel. Judaisms texts, traditions and values strongly influenced later Abrahamic religions, including Christianity, Islam, many aspects of Judaism have also directly or indirectly influenced secular Western ethics and civil law. Jews are a group and include those born Jewish and converts to Judaism. In 2015, the world Jewish population was estimated at about 14.3 million, Judaism thus begins with ethical monotheism, the belief that God is one and is concerned with the actions of humankind. According to the Tanakh, God promised Abraham to make of his offspring a great nation, many generations later, he commanded the nation of Israel to love and worship only one God, that is, the Jewish nation is to reciprocate Gods concern for the world. He also commanded the Jewish people to one another, that is. These commandments are but two of a corpus of commandments and laws that constitute this covenant, which is the substance of Judaism
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Ageism
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Ageism is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age. This may be casual or systematic, the term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe discrimination against seniors, and patterned on sexism and racism. Butler defined ageism as a combination of three connected elements, moreover, it has been pointed out that stigmatization does not only occur outside of the cohesively imagined group of the elderly but likewise takes place within the stigmatized group itself. It can also be passive and covert to drive the notion that the place is young, Ageism in common parlance and age studies usually refers to negative discriminatory practices against old people, people in their middle years, teenagers and children. There are several forms of age-related bias, adultism is a predisposition towards adults, which is seen as biased against children, youth, and all young people who are not addressed or viewed as adults. Jeunism is the discrimination against older people in favor of younger ones, adultcentricism is the exaggerated egocentrism of adults. Adultocracy is the convention which defines maturity and immaturity, placing adults in a dominant position over young people. Gerontocracy is a form of rule in which an entity is ruled by leaders who are significantly older than most of the adult population. Chronocentrism is primarily the belief that a state of humanity is superior to all previous and/or future times. Based on an analysis of ageism, a new definition of ageism was introduced by Iversen, Larsen. Ageism can be implicit or explicit and can be expressed on a micro-, meso- or macro-level, implicit ageism is the term used to refer to the implicit or subconscious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors one has about older or younger people. These may be a mixture of positive and negative thoughts and feelings, ageist stereotyping is a tool of cognition which involves categorizing into groups and attributing characteristics to these groups. Stereotypes are necessary for processing huge volumes of information which would otherwise overload a person, for example, age-based stereotypes prime one to draw very different conclusions when one sees an older and a younger adult with, say, back pain or a limp. One might well assume that the persons condition is temporary and treatable, following an accident, while the older persons condition is chronic. On average, this might be true, but plenty of people have accidents and recover quickly. Another example is when people are rude to children because of their high pitched voice, even if they are kind, a review of the research literature related to age stereotypes in the workplace was recently published in the Journal of Management. Contrary to common and more obvious forms of stereotyping, such as racism and sexism, ageism is more resistant to change. For instance, if a child believes in an ageist idea against the elderly, fewer people correct them, in other words, ageism can become a self-fulfilling prophecy
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Meet Joe Black
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It was the second pairing of Hopkins and Pitt after their 1994 film Legends of the Fall. He begins to hear voices, which he tries with increasing difficulty to ignore. His youngest daughter, Susan, a resident in medicine, is in a relationship with one of Bills board members. She is considering marriage, but Bill can tell shes not passionately in love, when she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, Stay open. Susan meets a vibrant young man at a coffee shop and she is instantly enamored but fails to even get his name. Minutes after their encounter, the man is struck by cars in what appears to be a fatal motor vehicle accident. Death arrives at Bills home in the body of the young man, given Bills competence, experience, and wisdom, Death says that for as long as Bill will be his guide on Earth, Bill will not have to die. Making up a name on the spot, Death is introduced to the family as Joe Black, Bills best efforts to navigate the next few days, knowing them now to be his last, fail to keep events from going rapidly out of his control. Drew is secretly conspiring with a man bidding for Parrish Communications, Susan is confused by the appearance of Joe, believing him to be the young man from the coffee shop, but eventually falls deeply in love with him. Joe is now under the influence of human desires and becomes attracted to her as well, Bill angrily confronts him about his relationship with his daughter, but Joe declares his intention to take Susan with him for his own. As his last birthday arrives, Bill appeals to Joe to recognize the meaning of love and all it encompasses, especially honesty. Joe comes to understand that he must set aside his own desire, Bill devotes his remaining hours of life to his daughters at the party. Joe says a last goodbye to Susan, who seems to sense his true identity. As fireworks appear in the distance, Susan watches as Joe, Bill expresses trepidation, but Joe assures him that he has nothing to fear. After a few moments, Susan watches as Joe reappears alone, Death appears to have left the young mans body and departed with Bill, leaving the young man uninjured but unaware of how he got there. Susan accepts that her father is gone, and rekindles the romantic spark she had shared with the young man, the place where Susan and Joe Black first meet is Broadway Restaurant, at 2664 Broadway and West 101st Street, Manhattan. While the film had a domestic box office return of $44,619,100. Taking in an additional $98,321,000, the movie grossed a total of $142,940,100
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Welcome to Mooseport
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It was filmed in Jacksons Point, Ontario and Port Perry, Ontario. Former President of the United States Monroe Eagle Cole retires to his home in the town of Mooseport. Harold Handy Harrison is a working as the local plumber of Mooseport. Following the death of the mayor, the town council decides to approach former president Cole about running for the office. Cole agrees because, as it turns out, if he holds the office, his Mooseport house can serve as his office and, therefore, as a surprise to Harrison, his name has also been entered into the race. Handy believes that, by becoming mayor, he can show Sally he is a decision maker. Tempers rise following the arrival of ex-wife and Cole campaign spoiler Charlotte, eventually, on the night before the election, both candidates urge the voters to vote for the other candidate by saying that neither of them will vote for themselves. Harrison keeps his promise, but Cole votes for himself anyway, upon the revelation that Cole won by one vote, his conscience gets the better of him and he concedes the match to Harrison. However, Harrison lies that he voted for himself as well, Harrison later reveals to Sally that he conceded the election because Cole needs the mayorship more than he does and that all he really wanted was to propose marriage to her, which he does. As Handy is proposing to Sally, Monroe also proposes to Grace, TBA Welcome to Mooseport is now on VHS and DVD. Welcome to Mooseport opened theatrically on February 20,2004 in 2,868 venues, earning $6,775,132 and ranking fourth in the domestic box office. The film ended its run twelve weeks later on May 13,2004, having grossed $14,470,947 domestically and $144,152 overseas, based on a $30 million budget, the film was a box office bomb. The film received negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the received a 13% score, based on 144 critics. The sites consensus states, A bland comedy that squanders a talented cast, on Metacritic, the film holds a 33 out of 100 rating, based on 36 reviews, indicating generally unfavorable reviews. net
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Just Add Water (film)
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Just Add Water is a comedy film released on June 17,2008. The film stars Dylan Walsh as a man living in the same small town in which he grew up, Danny DeVito as a gas station owner. This film is a romantic comedy about Ray Tuckby, a decent guy with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona. After discovering that his wife has had an affair with his brother Mark, rays mother and sister die after they fight over his mothers secret lemon meringue pie recipe. After their funeral, his mothers lawyer gives Ray his share of his mothers legacy and he gives the legacy to Eddie for his college expenses, but Eddie says he is working for the local teenage meth baron, Dirk. After Ray meets and takes encouragement from Merl, a new Chevron gas station operator, Ray then goes on to marry Nora and opens a restaurant with Nora, using his mothers lemon meringue pie as the signature dish. Eddie works as his chef while Spoonie, Denny and his work as waiters. Nora is also shown to be expecting a baby, just Add Water at the Internet Movie Database
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I
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Atlas Shrugged, Part I is a 2011 American political science fiction drama film directed by Paul Johansson. An adaptation of part of Ayn Rands controversial 1957 novel of the same name, after various treatments and proposals floundered for nearly 40 years, investor John Aglialoro initiated production in June 2010. The film was directed by Paul Johansson and stars Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart, a sequel film, Atlas Shrugged, Part II was released on October 12,2012. The third part in the series, Atlas Shrugged Part III and it is 2016 and the United States is in a sustained economic depression. Industrial disasters, resource shortages, and gasoline at $37/gallon have made railroads the primary mode of transportation, after a major accident on the Rio Norte line of the Taggart Transcontinental railroad, CEO James Taggart shirks responsibility. His sister Dagny Taggart, Vice-President in Charge of Operation, defies him by replacing the track with new rails made of Rearden Metal. Dagny meets with its inventor, Hank Rearden, and they negotiate a deal they both admit serves their respective self-interests. Politician Wesley Mouch—nominally Reardens lobbyist in Washington, D. C. —is part of a crowd that views heads of industry as persons who must be broken or tamed, James Taggart uses political influence to ensure that Taggart Transcontinental is designated the exclusive railroad for the state of Colorado. Dagny is confronted by Ellis Wyatt, a Colorado oil man angry to be forced to do business with Taggart Transcontinental, Dagny promises him that he will get the service he needs. Dagny encounters former lover Francisco dAnconia, who presents a façade of a playboy grown bored with the pursuit of money and he reveals that a series of copper mines he built are worthless, costing his investors millions. Rearden lives in a magnificent home with a wife and a brother who are happy to live off his effort, Reardens anniversary gift to his wife Lillian is a bracelet made from the first batch of Rearden Metal, but she considers it a garish symbol of Hanks egotism. At a dinner party, Dagny dares Lillian to exchange it for Dagnys diamond necklace, as Dagny and Rearden rebuild the Rio Norte line, talented people quit their jobs and refuse all inducements to stay. Meanwhile, Dr. Robert Stadler of the State Science Institute puts out a report implying that Rearden Metal is dangerous, Taggart Transcontinental stock plummets because of its use of Rearden Metal, and Dagny leaves Taggart Transcontinental temporarily and forms her own company to finish the Rio Norte line. She renames it the John Galt Line, in defiance of the phrase Who is John Galt. —which has come to stand for any question to which it is pointless to seek an answer. A new law forces Rearden to sell most of his businesses, at the home of Wyatt, now a close friend, Dagny and Rearden celebrate the success of the line. The next morning, Dagny and Rearden begin investigating an abandoned prototype of a motor that could revolutionize the world. They realize the genius of the creator and try to track him down. Another new law limits rail freight and levies a tax on Colorado
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The Big Year
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The Big Year is a 2011 American comedy film directed by David Frankel, written by Howard Franklin and starring Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson. It was based on the nonfiction book The Big Year, A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession which was written by journalist Mark Obmascik. The book followed three men on a quest for a Big Year—a competition among birders to see who can see, the film uses the same premise with fictional characters loosely modeled on the actual personalities. Filming took place from May to July 2010, the film was released on October 14,2011, in the United States and was a box office bomb, grossing only $7.4 million against its $41 million budget. The film follows three seasoned birders who each set out to achieve a Big Year, Bostick is obsessively possessive of his record, but his third wife Jessica is concerned, this was supposed to be the year they focused on conceiving a child. She also believes that Bosticks birding obsession is what destroyed his previous marriage, Brad is a skilled birder who can identify nearly any species solely by sound. He hates his job maintaining the software of a nuclear power plant in Lansdowne. Living with his parents after a marriage, an aborted career at Dell. He hopes that doing a Big Year will give him a sense of purpose, Stu is the founder and CEO of an enormous Manhattan-based chemical conglomerate which he built from the ground up, starting in his garage. After decades of success, he is ready to retire to Colorado with his architect wife. Fear of an empty schedule led him to back from a previous retirement. A Big Year has been his dream and hes pursuing it with the full support of his wife. The movie portrays various incidents that take place while the trio compete with other to achieve the world record of sighting the highest number of birds during the Big year event. All three birders are coming to understand the cost of their birding obsessions, the Big year will result in Brad developing an all new bonding with his parents and makes Stus bonding with his family even better. On the other hand, Bosticks third marriage will also be on its way to break, Bostick races home from yet another birding trip to keep an important appointment with his wife at a fertility clinic. He is literally at the front door of the clinic when he receives a report of a sighting of an owl, his most coveted. His wife returns alone to their big house, and screams in frustration inside the empty nursery, when Bostick finally returns home after the search for the snowy owl, she tells him she still loves him but cant be his wife anymore. At the end of Big year Stu and Brad are very close friends, Stu is now happily retired and Brad is happy man with his new girl friend Ellie who also share a lot of interest in Birding
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I'll See You in My Dreams (2015 film)
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Ill See You in My Dreams is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Brett Haley, produced by Rebecca Green, Brett Haley and Laura D. Smith and written by Brett Haley and Marc Basch. The film stars Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Åkerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, the film was released on May 15,2015 in a limited release by Bleecker Street. Widow and former songstress Carol Petersen lives alone in California with her dog and her life is very routine, especially since she has not had a serious relationship in the twenty years since her husband has died and has no desire to begin dating or marrying again. She has no grandchildren, and her only daughter Katherine living in a different state, one day she is forced to put the elderly dog down, leaving her without her main companion outside of her friends Georgina, Rona, and Sally. After coming home from the appointment, she finds a rat in her house. Though Lloyd initially offends her by implying that she seemed dead, while looking for medicine, Carol meets Bill, who flirts with her before leaving, she is clearly intrigued by him. Later, her friends convince her to go to a speed dating session for senior citizens. Though Carol is uninterested by the men she meets, she later encounters Bill in the parking lot, Carol goes home and calls Lloyd to go to karaoke. Though Lloyd is a singer, Carol impresses him with her singing ability. They go back to her house, and they discuss living in the moment, Lloyd reveals that hes not looking forward to anything in his life, and that he feels he has no real prospects outside of the responsibility he feels for his ailing mother. The next day, Carol gets a message from her daughter Katherine and she also gets a message from Bill, who wants to set up a date. She meets with him and he takes her out on his boat, something, he says. Bill tells her that he is originally from Texas, but decided to move to California and buy a boat on a whim, as he did not want to be the sort of retiree who fell into boring, stagnated routines. After dinner, Bill drives her home, and they share a kiss, Carol is giddy, until she sees the rat again. Carol begins to open herself up to being more adventurous again, and she and her friends get high, steal a grocery cart after shopping, and evade a curious policeman. When she gets home, she has messages from Katherine, reminding her about her visit, after the date, she invites Bill to her home and the two have sex. Carol and Bill grow even closer together, and Bill insinuates that he may want to marry her despite the fact that only had a couple of dates. The next morning, Carol gets a visit from Lloyd, who tells her that he quit his job and he then leaves awkwardly after meeting Bill
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Love the Coopers
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Love the Coopers is a 2015 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jessie Nelson and written by Steven Rogers. The film was released on November 13,2015 by Lionsgate, received negative reviews. Sam and Charlotte are divorcing after forty years of marriage, as scenes shift back and forth across the Cooper family members, their memories also briefly appear on screen as younger versions of themselves. Hank, already struggling through his recent divorce from Angie, loses his job as a family holiday photographer when replaced by a machine, Eleanor has flown in but stays in an airport bar rather than going straight to her parents house. She meets Joe, a soldier snowed in for at least another day at the airport, talking about their different points of views and stances on relationships, Eleanor reveals that she is secretly dating a commitment-free married man. She hates how her parents judge her for not being in a relationship, Bucky is a regular at a local diner, where he has befriended Ruby, a 20ish waitress who is unsettled. They get into an argument when he learns that she is leaving town to a random spot on the map, made worse by telling others. He then apologizes and asks her to join the family dinner, high schooler Charlie drops in on his crush, Lauren, at the holiday store she works—finally making a move and sharing a kiss with her. Emma is arrested by police officer Percy Williams, after she attempts to steal a piece of jewelry as a gift for Charlotte. In his car, Emma engages him in conversation and relents and lets her go, sam and Charlotte continue arguing while preparing dinner. The four generations of Coopers are arriving at the house, along with Joe, Ruby, during the dinner, chaos unleashes when Hank and Angie argue about their divorce, which leads to Bo screaming at them to just stop fighting. There is a power outage, and when it comes back Eleanor is kissing Joe, Emma is drinking everyones wine. At the hospital, Hank and Ruby walk beside Buckys gurney as he is being taken for tests, Ruby kisses Bucky on the lips – confusing but deeply touching Hank. Alone with a sleeping Bucky in his room, Charlotte and Emma argue about their relationship as sisters. Joe leaves after also realizing Eleanors affair is with Dr. Morrisey, but she chases him. Charlie is surprised when Lauren appears in the room, responding to the text he sent her. Hank comforts Ruby, signifying their budding relationship, Emma, following Officer Percys advice, buys Charlotte the most expensive thing she can – a shower stool from the hospitals small gift shop. Everyone is happily sharing a Christmas meal in the hospital cafeteria, the film is narrated by the familys St. Bernard, Rags
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CBS Schoolbreak Special
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CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984 –85 season, the concept was similar to ABCs Afterschool Special. Under its original name, the Afternoon Playhouse aired a handful of made-for-TV films, the TV special was often mistaken for the film of a similar name which premiered one year later in 1984. ABC Afterschool Special Special Treat After school special CBS Schoolbreak Special at the Internet Movie Database CBS Afternoon Playhouse at the Internet Movie Database
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Law & Order
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Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13,1990, and completed its 20th, at the time of its cancellation, Law & Order was the longest-running crime drama on American primetime television. Its record of 20 seasons is a tie with Gunsmoke for the longest-running live-action scripted American prime-time series with ongoing characters, although it has fewer episodes than Gunsmoke, Law & Order ranks as the longest-running hour-long primetime TV series. Gunsmoke, for its first six seasons, was originally a half-hour program, plots are often based on real cases that recently made headlines, although the motivation for the crime and the perpetrator may be different. The show has been noted for its revolving cast over the years, the success of the series has led to the creation of additional shows, making Law & Order a franchise, with also a television film, several video games, and international adaptations of the series. It has won and has been nominated for awards over the years. On May 14,2010, NBC announced that it had canceled Law & Order, in July 2010, however, he indicated that those attempts had failed and declared that the series had now moved to the history books. However, in February 2015, rumors started that NBC was planning to bring the back for 10 episodes. In May 2015, former star Sam Waterston announced to The Hollywood Reporter that he supports and would join a revival of Law & Order, saying, Youre darn right. Creator Dick Wolf has expressed wanting to use a L&O revival to do a ripped from the headlines story-line surrounding the trial of Robert Durst. Everybody who knows me knows its something I want to do, he continued, at the 2015 Television Critics Association summer press tour, Wolf noted everyone wants a revival, It is a question of. Most of the involved are very successful in their careers. To try to get everything in sequence is more difficult than it looks on the outside. I would love to do it if we can make it work, in 1988, Dick Wolf developed a concept for a new television series that would depict a relatively optimistic picture of the American criminal justice system. He initially toyed with the idea of calling it Night & Day, the first half of each episode would follow two detectives and their commanding officer as they investigate a violent crime. The second half of the episode would follow the District Attorneys Office, through this, Law & Order would be able to investigate some of the larger issues of the day by focusing on stories that were based on real cases making headlines. Wolf took the idea to then-president of Universal Television Kerry McCluggage, who pointed out the similarity to a 1963 series titled Arrest and Trial, which lasted one season
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Ed (TV series)
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Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Lettermans Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004. Long term guest stars included John Slattery as Dennis Martino and Sabrina Lloyd as Frankie Hector, the show was created by executive producers Jon Beckerman and Rob Burnett. David Letterman is also credited as one of the executive producers. Ed received casting, writing, and directing Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2001, tom Cavanagh received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a TV Guide Award for his work on the program. Dejected, Ed decides to return to his hometown of the fictional Stuckeyville, upon his arrival, he is reunited with friends that he has missed, as well as Carol Vessey, a woman he had a crush on in high school. Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Ed Stevens, a lawyer who worked for a prestigious law firm in New York City, he loses his job for drafting a contract with a misplaced comma, and on the same day catches his wife having an affair with a mailman. He returns to his town of Stuckeyville where he reconnects with old friends, buys the old Stuckeybowl Bowling Alley. Phil comes up with the idea to combine Eds legal knowledge with bowling and he attempts to win Carol Vessey for 4 years, and while she is in love with him, she cannot believe good men like Ed exist. Julie Bowen as Carol Phyllis Vessey, the object of Eds affection, she has stayed in Stuckeyville most of her life as she teaches English at Stuckeyville High and is also an aspiring writer. She is seen dating a long term boyfriend, a fellow English teacher Nick Stanton, later in the Season, she starts to develop feelings for Ed until an old flame from Eds life comes back to Stuckeyville. A beautiful and popular cheerleader in high school, Ed has had feelings for her since he first saw her in freshman Biology. She almost marries Stuckeyville Highs new principal Dennis Martino in the third season, later in the series she comes to understand that she does truly love Ed and that Ed truly loves her. Ed and Carole marry in the series finale, josh Randall as Dr. Michael Mike Burton. He is Eds best friend and has been since their High School days and he is now a doctor, starting out working for the cantankerous Dr. Jerome, but branches out and starts his own practice. A graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School, He is very caring towards his patients and takes his oath and he is happily married to his wife Nancy Burton, having known her since high school as well and has a young daughter named Sarah. Mike is also shown to be an athlete as a runner, basketball player. Jana Marie Hupp as Nancy Burton, Carols best friend and a Chemistry teacher at Stuckeyville High who eventually becomes the principal. Molly was unpopular in High School but becomes friends with Carol
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Judging Amy
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Judging Amy is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19,1999, through May 3,2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly and this series was based on the life experiences of Brennemans mother. After six seasons, Judging Amy was canceled by CBS on May 18,2005. In the United States, re-runs were telecast on the Turner Network Television cable TV channel for four years. Its final telecast was on August 31,2007, starting July 17,2011 Up TV began telecasting the show, starting with the pilot episode. Up TV aired the show with edits to some of the language, certain scenes blurred or edited out, out of order, in February 2016, Up TV stopped airing the show on a regular basis. Amy Gray, a New York attorney, separates from her husband and returns with her daughter to her childhood home in Hartford. She becomes a judge on Connecticuts family court at age 34 and her mother, Maxine Gray, with whom Amy lives, is a caseworker for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In the de facto series finale, Amy quits the judiciary to run for the U. S. Senate, several reviewers have suggested the show took inspiration from the formula established by Providence. Reviewers also cite the relationship between Brenneman and Dalys characters as the point of the show. Amy Gray makes reference to Providence in episode 3.18, in this episode, Amy is attending her Harvard Law School class tenth reunion, and her old friends cannot seem to remember Amy has moved to Hartford. They think she resides in Providence, finally, Amy is pushed to state, Its Hartford, David. Providence is a whole other universe, balancing her new job, her family, and trying to rebuild her love life is not easy, but she keeps trying. She makes a name for herself in court for her unusual methods and sentences and her stubbornness. Her longest and more serious relationships are with lawyer Stuart Collins, Amy and Stuart dislike each other at first, but when she asks him to be Eric Blacks lawyer, they get closer and eventually get engaged. However, Amy leaves him at the altar on their day, saying he has a way of always convincing her to do things she does not want to do. She meets David McClaren during her stint in the criminal court. Amy becomes pregnant by him and they plan to marry, but things fall apart when she miscarries, Maxine McCarty Gray, played by Tyne Daly, is Amys widowed mother
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ER (TV series)
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It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Television, in association with Warner Bros. ER follows the life of the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show became the longest-running primetime medical drama in American television history and it won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the 1996 Outstanding Drama Series award, and received 124 Emmy nominations, which makes it the most nominated drama program in history. ER won 116 awards in total, including the Peabody Award, in 1974, author Michael Crichton wrote a screenplay based on his own experiences as a resident physician in a busy hospital emergency room. The screenplay went nowhere and Crichton focused on other topics, in 1990, he published the novel Jurassic Park, and in 1993 began a collaboration with director Steven Spielberg on the film adaptation of the book. Crichton and Spielberg then turned to ER, but decided to film the story as a pilot for a television series rather than as a feature film. Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment provided John Wells as the executive producer. The script used to shoot the pilot was virtually unchanged from what Crichton had written in 1974. Because of a lack of time and money necessary to build a set, the episode of ER was filmed in the former Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles. After Spielberg had joined as a producer, NBC ordered six episodes, ER premiered opposite a Monday Night Football game on ABC and did surprisingly well. Then we moved it to Thursday and it just took off, ERs success surprised the networks and critics alike, as David E. Kelleys new medical drama Chicago Hope was expected to crush the new series. Crichton remained executive producer until his death in November 2008, although he was credited as one throughout that entire final season. Wells, the other initial executive producer, served as showrunner for the first three seasons. He was one of the shows most prolific writers and became a director in later years. Lydia Woodward was a part of the first season production team and she took over as showrunner for the fourth season while Wells focused on the development of other series, including Trinity, Third Watch, and The West Wing. She left her executive position at the end of the sixth season. Joe Sachs, who was a writer and producer of the series, believed keeping a commitment to medical accuracy was important, Wed bend the rules. A medication that would take 10 minutes to work might take 30 seconds instead, a 12- to 24-hour shift gets pushed into 48 minutes
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Just Shoot Me!
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Just Shoot Me. is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from March 4,1997, to August 16,2003, with a total of 148 half-hour episodes spanning over seven seasons. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the executive producer. The show follows the staff at the fashion magazine Blush. Early on, the series was a very competitive hit, consistently winning its time slot, the first season of six episodes were all aired by NBC in a single month in March 1997. It was renewed for a 13-episode second season, fitted at 9,30 after Frasier, after just two of these airings, the order was bumped up to a full season. When Seinfeld left the airwaves in 1998, Just Shoot Me. was one of the contenders to take the coveted 9 p. m, Frasier instead won the slot, and Just Shoot Me was instead given Frasiers 9 p. m. Tuesday slot. Just Shoot Me. was never given a time slot during its series run. The show ended up being moved around on the NBC schedule and it still retained good ratings, though, in its fourth season, it was the top-rated show for NBC Tuesday nights and had an average rating of 6. 1/16 share. The shows seventh season saw drastic changes. Series showrunners Moses Port and David Guarascio left at the end of the season to pursue a development deal with NBC. Also noted as a big factor was the addition of Rena Sofer to the cast and her addition was mandated by NBC, who had sought a successful vehicle for her for years. At the same time, NBC also gave the one of its most difficult timeslots. Ratings fell sharply in the first few weeks, and the show was put on hiatus by November, during this time, production resumed, but Sofers character was written out. By this point, NBC had canceled the show, and promised Levitan to run the remaining episodes twice a week until the series finale, three more episodes, including Sofers farewell episode, were not aired in the United States until their respective slots in syndicated airings. Levitan publicly denounced NBCs treatment of a former Must-See TV show, on February 4,2013 an unofficial reunion was held when David Spade, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni, Laura San Giacomo, and George Segal reunited for lunch. A photo of the occasion was posted on Spades Instagram account and she was a dichotomy on several levels, with her headstrong smarts coupled against a naïveté about life and sometimes even love. Unfortunately for her, this was not a view for a fashion magazine. She is usually mistaken for a Puerto Rican and her birthday is January 1, but her father Jack is unable to remember it
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House (TV series)
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House is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16,2004 to May 21,2012. The series main character is Dr, the series premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. The series executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasios business partner Katie Jacobs and it was filmed largely in Century City. House often clashes with his physicians, including his own diagnostic team. His flouting of rules and procedures frequently leads him into conflict with his boss, hospital administrator. Houses only true friend is Dr. James Wilson, head of the Department of Oncology, during the first three seasons, Houses diagnostic team consists of Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Allison Cameron, and Dr. Eric Foreman. At the end of the season, this team disbands. Rejoined by Foreman, House gradually selects three new members, Dr. Remy Thirteen Hadley, Dr. Chris Taub. Kutner makes a late in season five and then reappears in season 8 episode 22. Chase and Cameron continue to appear in different roles at the hospital early in season six. Cameron then departs the hospital, and Chase returns to the diagnostic team, Thirteen takes a leave of absence for most of season seven, and her position is filled by medical student Martha M. Masters. Cuddy and Masters depart before season eight, Foreman becomes the new Dean of Medicine, while Dr. Jessica Adams, House was among the top 10 series in the United States from its second through fourth seasons. Distributed to 66 countries, House was the television program in the world in 2008. The show received numerous awards, including five Primetime Emmy Awards, on February 8,2012, Fox announced that the eighth season, then in progress, would be its last. The series finale aired on May 21,2012, following an hour-long retrospective, Fox bought the series, though the networks then-president, Gail Berman, told the creative team, I want a medical show, but I dont want to see white coats going down the hallway. Jacobs has said that this stipulation was one of the influences that led to the shows ultimate form. After Fox picked up the show, it acquired the working title Chasing Zebras, the original premise of the show was of a team of doctors working together trying to diagnose the undiagnosable. Shore felt it was important to have a central character, one who could examine patients personal characteristics and diagnose their ailments by figuring out their secrets
