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American Humane Association
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The American Humane Association is an organization founded in 1877, committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. AHAs leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and humans and it was previously called the International Humane Association, before changing its name in 1878. In 1940, it became the sole monitoring body for the treatment of animals on the sets of Hollywood films. AHA is best known for its trademarked certification No Animals Were Harmed and it has also run the Red Star Animal Emergency Services since 1916. In 2000, AHA formed the Farm Animal Services program, an animal welfare system for food products. The Association is currently headquartered in Washington D. C and it is a section 501 nonprofit organization. Groups attending the meeting included associations from the State of New York, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland, Connecticut, the International Humane Association changed its name to the American Humane Association in November 1878. Canadian regions were included in the Association. In 1916, the American Humane Association founded Red Star Rescue Relief after the U. S. Secretary of War asked AHA to rescue injured horses on the battlefields of World War 1. The majority of those assembled at the Atlanta, Georgia convention elected the three candidates on the slate, J. Perry, Raymond Naramore, and Roland Smith. In the meetings aftermath, there were firings and resignations on the part of members, including Larry Andrews, Marcia Glaser, Helen Jones. This core group went on to found a new organization, the National Humane Society, later known as The Humane Society of the United States, the American Humane Associations first No Animals Were Harmed end credit was issued at the end of the movie The Doberman Gang in 1972. In 1997, The American Humane Association launched The Front Porch Project in order to prevent child abuse, the American Humane Association is a BBB accredited charity. The American Humane Association also received a B+ rating from CharityWatch, the invitation resulted in the development of the American Red Star Animal Relief Program known today as Red Star Rescue Relief. Since its inception, the American Humane Association’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services has responded to national and international disasters, recently, Red Star Rescue Relief saved hundreds of shelter animals following a F-5 tornado in Oklahoma. In addition to natural disasters, Red Star Rescue Relief also recovers animals from dog-fighting rings, man-made disasters, pet Meets Baby which provides tips to animal owners on how to prepare for a baby. Protecting Children, a journal focused on child welfare. The American Humane Association began its work in film in 1940, the group began protesting the public release of the film, because of a scene where a horse was forced to run off the edge of a cliff
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Riverside, California
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Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. Riverside is the county seat of the county and named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County and it is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Riverside is the 59th most populous city in the United States, as of the 2010 Census, Riverside had a population of 303,871. Riverside was founded in the early 1870s and it is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States. It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery, the University of California, Riverside, is located in the northeastern part of the city. The university also hosts the Riverside Sports Complex, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the area was inhabited by Cahuilla and the Serrano people. Californios such as Bernardo Yorba and Juan Bandini established ranches during the first half of the 19th century, in the 1860s, Louis Prevost launched the California Silk Center Association, a short-lived experiment in sericulture. In the wake of its failure, John W. North purchased some of its land, in March 1870, North distributed posters announcing the formation of a colony in California. North, a staunch temperance-minded abolitionist from New York State, had formerly founded Northfield, a few years later, some navel orange trees were planted and found to be such a success that full-scale planting began. Riverside was temperance minded, and Republican, there were four saloons in Riverside when it was founded. The license fees were raised until the saloons moved out of Riverside, investors from England and Canada transplanted traditions and activities adopted by prosperous citizens. As a result, the first golf course and polo field in Southern California were built in Riverside. C, the trees came from Bahia, Brazil. The Bahia orange did not thrive in Florida, but its success in Southern California was phenomenal, the three trees were planted on the Tibbetts property. One of the trees died after it was trampled by a cow during the first year it was planted, after the trampling, the two remaining trees were transplanted to property belonging to Sam McCoy to receive better care than L. C. That tree still stands to this day inside a protective fence abutting what is now a major intersection, the trees thrived in the Southern California climate and the navel orange industry grew rapidly. Many growers purchased bud wood and then grafted the cuttings to root stock, by 1882, there were more than half a million citrus trees in California, almost half of which were in Riverside. The development of refrigerated cars and innovative irrigation systems established Riverside as the richest city in the United States by 1895
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Riverside, 1876.
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Yale University
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony to train Congregationalist ministers, it is the third-oldest institution of education in the United States. The Collegiate School moved to New Haven in 1716, and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century the school introduced graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph. D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools, the undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each schools faculty oversees its curriculum, the universitys assets include an endowment valued at $25.4 billion as of June 2016, the second largest of any U. S. educational institution. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States, Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I – Ivy League, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U. S. Presidents,19 U. S. Supreme Court Justices,20 living billionaires, and many heads of state. In addition, Yale has graduated hundreds of members of Congress,57 Nobel laureates,5 Fields Medalists,247 Rhodes Scholars, and 119 Marshall Scholars have been affiliated with the University. Yale traces its beginnings to An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School, passed by the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut on October 9,1701, the Act was an effort to create an institution to train ministers and lay leadership for Connecticut. Soon thereafter, a group of ten Congregationalist ministers, Samuel Andrew, Thomas Buckingham, Israel Chauncy, Samuel Mather, the group, led by James Pierpont, is now known as The Founders. Originally known as the Collegiate School, the institution opened in the home of its first rector, Abraham Pierson, the school moved to Saybrook, and then Wethersfield. In 1716 the college moved to New Haven, Connecticut, the feud caused the Mathers to champion the success of the Collegiate School in the hope that it would maintain the Puritan religious orthodoxy in a way that Harvard had not. Cotton Mather suggested that the school change its name to Yale College, meanwhile, a Harvard graduate working in England convinced some 180 prominent intellectuals that they should donate books to Yale. The 1714 shipment of 500 books represented the best of modern English literature, science, philosophy and it had a profound effect on intellectuals at Yale. Undergraduate Jonathan Edwards discovered John Lockes works and developed his original theology known as the new divinity
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Charter creating Collegiate School, which became
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A Front View of Yale-College and the College Chapel, Daniel Bowen, 1786.
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Actress
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An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance. Simplistically speaking, the person denominated actor or actress is someone beautiful who plays important characters, the actor performs in the flesh in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is ὑποκριτής, literally one who answers, the actors interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is playing themselves, as in forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly, to act, is to create. Formerly, in societies, only men could become actors. When used for the stage, women played the roles of prepubescent boys. The etymology is a derivation from actor with ess added. However, when referring to more than one performer, of both sexes, actor is preferred as a term for male performers. Actor is also used before the name of a performer as a gender-specific term. Within the profession, the re-adoption of the term dates to the 1950–1960s. As Whoopi Goldberg put it in an interview with the paper, Im an actor – I can play anything. The U. K. performers union Equity has no policy on the use of actor or actress, an Equity spokesperson said that the union does not believe that there is a consensus on the matter and stated that the. subject divides the profession. In 2009, the Los Angeles Times stated that Actress remains the term used in major acting awards given to female recipients. However, player remains in use in the theatre, often incorporated into the name of a group or company, such as the American Players. Also, actors in improvisational theatre may be referred to as players, prior to Thespis act, Grecian stories were only expressed in song, dance, and in third person narrative. In honor of Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians, the exclusively male actors in the theatre of ancient Greece performed in three types of drama, tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans, as the Western Roman Empire fell into decay through the 4th and 5th centuries, the seat of Roman power shifted to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Records show that mime, pantomime, scenes or recitations from tragedies and comedies, dances, from the 5th century, Western Europe was plunged into a period of general disorder
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Americans
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Americans are citizens of the United States of America. The country is home to people of different national origins. As a result, Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, although citizens make up the majority of Americans, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates may also claim an American identity. See Names for United States citizens. S, virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands in the 20th century. It also includes influences of African-American culture, westward expansion integrated the Creoles and Cajuns of Louisiana and the Hispanos of the Southwest and brought close contact with the culture of Mexico. Large-scale immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from Southern and Eastern Europe introduced a variety of elements, immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America has also had impact. A cultural melting pot, or pluralistic salad bowl, describes the way in which generations of Americans have celebrated and exchanged distinctive cultural characteristics, in addition to the United States, Americans and people of American descent can be found internationally. As many as seven million Americans are estimated to be living abroad, the United States of America is a diverse country, racially, and ethnically. Some other race is also an option in the census and other surveys, people of European descent, or White Americans, constitute the majority of the 308 million people living in the United States, with 72. 4% of the population in the 2010 United States Census. They are considered people who trace their ancestry to the peoples of Europe, the Middle East. Of those reporting to be White American,7,487,133 reported to be Multiracial, with largest combination being white, additionally, there are 29,184,290 White Hispanics or Latinos. Non-Hispanic Whites are the majority in 46 states, there are four minority-majority states, California, Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii. In addition, the District of Columbia has a non-white majority, the state with the highest percentage of non-Hispanic White Americans is Maine. The largest continental ancestral group of Americans are that of Europeans who have origins in any of the peoples of Europe. This includes people via African, North American, Caribbean, Central American or South American and Oceanian nations that have a large European diaspora, the Spanish were the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the United States. Martín de Argüelles born 1566, San Agustín, La Florida, was the first person of European descent born in what is now the United States. Twenty-one years later, Virginia Dare born 1587 Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina, was the first child born in the Thirteen Colonies to English parents. 8% of the total population, Hispanic or Latino Americans constitute the largest ethnic minority in the United States. They form the second largest group after non-Hispanic Whites in the United States, hispanic/Latino Americans are very racially diverse, and as a result form an ethnic category, rather than a race
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Life Goes On (TV series)
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Life Goes On is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 12,1989, to May 23,1993. Reruns aired on The Family Channel from 1992 until about 1995, FX from about 1995 until about 1998, and PAX from 1998 until about 1999. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago, Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome. The drama featured the Thatcher family, whose son, Charles Corky Thatcher, has Down syndrome, tony Award-winning stage actress Patti LuPone played the mother Elizabeth and Bill Smitrovich played the father Drew. Eldest sister Paige Thatcher was played by Monique Lanier during the 1989–1990 seasons, Beccas boyfriend and Corkys buddy, Tyler Benchfield, was played by Tommy Puett. Jerry Berkson was Libbys quirky boss, in the last two seasons, Beccas boyfriend Jesse McKenna was played by Chad Lowe. Executive Producer Michael Braverman first cast Chris Burke in the 1987 television movie Desperate, based on Bravermans favorite book, after seeing Burkes work, ABC executives asked Braverman to create a show around Burke. The show is set in the Chicago suburb Glenbrook, Illinois, the name itself is a blend of the real suburbs served by the school, Glenview and Northbrook. Each episodes opening credits end with a shot of Arnold, the family dog, apparently forgotten by the family in their rush to get ready for the day, he sits forlornly in the kitchen with his empty food bowl in his mouth and lets it drop to the floor. During the shows first year, the focus was on Corky. Much of the show examined the challenges of a family whose son had Down Syndrome, the Thatchers sought to have Corky interact with regular society after spending years socializing him amongst other kids with Down syndrome in special classes. In addition, during the first three seasons, episodes included Tyler Benchfield, Beccas high school crush, who also had a brother with Down syndrome, Corky eventually got a job as an usher at a local movie theater. He later found a girlfriend, Amanda Swanson, who also had Down Syndrome, by the second season, the writers had begun to expand the shows scope beyond Corky, and the third and fourth seasons centered on Becca and a new character named Jesse. Jesse, a junior, met Becca through the theatre department. As the two friends, Jesse told Becca he was HIV-positive. Tyler became a prominent figure in Beccas life, and was jealous of Beccas closeness with Jesse. The character of Tyler was soon out of the show. Much to the surprise of those around them, Becca and Jesse began a relationship despite his HIV, the writers began to explore life with HIV through Jesses character, and the difficulties the disease causes with romantic relationships
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The cast of Life Goes On. Clockwise from left: Kellie Martin, Patti LuPone, Bill Smitrovich, Chris Burke, and Arnold the Semi-Wonder Dog.
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Christy (TV series)
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Christy is an American period drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes. Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall, series regular Tyne Daly won an Emmy Award for her work on the series. Kellie Martin as Christy Huddleston Randall Batinkoff as Rev. David Grantland Stewart Finlay-McLennan as Dr, for example, they maintain rules and vengeances similar to the Highland clans of old Scotland. They also have a belief in folk medicine. At the same time many of their ways are portrayed in a fashion as well. The show emphasized their culture by making Christy, and most of the main cast and these outsiders included a minister, David Grantland, and Quaker missionary woman Alice Henderson, played by Tyne Daly. The television show maintained the books romance novel element by showing Christy drawn both to the minister and the doctor, the shows last episode was a cliffhanger concerning Christys fate in the town and with the two rival male love interests. Later TV movies resolved the love triangle according to the ending of the novel, Christy was developed for television by Emmy Award winning writer Patricia Green. The series was cancelled by the network to make way for an attempt to program for younger audiences, on November 19,2000, PAX aired Christy, The Movie. Stewart Finlay-McLennan, Bruce McKinnon, Mike Hickman, Andy Stahl, the Christy movies were developed for television by executive producer Tom Blomquist, who served as supervising producer of the original CBS series. The show began airing on Gospel Music Channel in June 2009, 20th Century Fox released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on March 20,2007. Taking place during summer, it is a gathering of dedicated to the preservation of Christy
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Lucy Knight
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In the NBC television series ER, the fictional character Lucy Knight is a medical student portrayed by actress Kellie Martin. The character was part of the show for the 5th and 6th seasons, when she was first introduced on ER, Dr. Doug Ross called her a by the book medical student. Kellie Martins image was removed from the main cast opening credits in the 15th episode of season 6, prior to this role in ER, Martin called herself One Take Kellie. She was not used to the medical jargon her character had to say, during season 5 she was a third-year medical student. Dr. John Carter was quickly assigned as her resident while she completed her emergency room rotation, Knight and Carter varied between respectful and contentious interactions. At the beginning of her rotation at County General, she was popular with the attendings and nurses, Lucy does run into trouble with Nurse Carol Hathaway after she asks for help with an IV. Lucy, unable to start an IV asks Carol for help, Carter was furious at her for lying to him and said if she ever did so again she would be off his rotation permanently, and the relationship between them was never quite the same. Lucy wound up in trouble with Carter again after a Halloween party at her med school gets out of control and two students nearly die. Angry about work that has thrown at him at the last minute, Carter leaves Lucy in charge of the party even though, as RA. Although the pair find the father, the condition remains critical as the story ends. At the end of episode, Carter and Lucy reconcile over the efforts they made. During this episode, Lucy reveals to Carter that she was brought up by her mother, during the episode The Storm, Part 1, Lucy accidentally karate kicks Carter while performing a work-out video with a patient in an exam room. Carter is knocked over and has to be put on a gurney, the pair did make out in the x-ray room, but nothing came from it. Carter ended their relationship since it is unethical for medical students. Lucys rotation in the department goes exceptionally well, with the senior doctors there ending up audibly impressed with her successful results. It is strongly implied that Lucy will be an excellent doctor but is not cut out for emergency medicine. Near the end of Season 5, it is revealed that Lucy is on Ritalin and has been high school. Carter urges her to quit and she eventually does, when her performance at County begins to suffer, Lucy goes back on the Ritalin without telling Carter
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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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Original cast of the show (1994–1995)
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Mystery Woman
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Mystery Woman is the name of a series of 11 made-for-television mystery films released by the Hallmark Channel between 2003 and 2007, and now appearing regularly on the Hallmark Movie Channel. While on the Hallmark Channel, it was broadcast in rotation with the movie series McBride, Murder 101, in the UK these movies are aired, on a rotation basis, in afternoon drama slot on channel 5. The series pilot aired in 2003, followed by ten episodes first shown 2005–07, Mystery Woman stars Kellie Martin as Samantha Kinsey, proprietor of a bookstore specializing in mystery books who gets involved in solving real-life mysteries. Martin has also directed two episodes, Samantha Kinsey, An avid murder-mystery fan who inherits a bookstore in the first film. Her extensive knowledge of murder-mystery books assists her in her amateur sleuthing, philby, Caretaker of the bookstore, later revealed to have worked in a secret agency for the government identified as O. S. D. Level 6 in Mystery Woman, Oh Baby, cassie Hillman, An assistant to the D. A. and personal friend of Samantha. Chief Connors, The often-foiled police chief who is quick to arrest before Samantha usually proves him wrong and his affection is also shown by his nickname for her, Snoopy
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Michael Landon
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Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza, Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, Landon appeared on the cover of TV Guide 22 times, second only to Lucille Ball. Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz on October 31,1936, in Forest Hills and his parents were Peggy and Eli Maurice Orowitz. Eugene was the Orowitz familys second child, their daughter, Evelyn, was three years earlier. In 1941, when Landon was four years old, he and his moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Collingswood. He attended and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Temple Beth Shalom and his family recalls that Landon went through a lot of hassle studying for the big event, which included bicycling to a nearby town every day to learn how to read Hebrew and do the praying. During his childhood, Landon was constantly worrying about his mother attempting suicide, once, the family vacationed at a beach. His mother tried to drown herself, but Michael rescued her, shortly after the attempt, his mother acted as if nothing had happened. A few minutes later, Michael vomited and he said that it was the worst experience of his life. His mother put his wet sheets on display outside his window for all to see and he ran home every day and tried to remove them before his classmates could see. These events later inspired Landon to write and direct the 1976 made-for-television movie The Loneliest Runner, in high school Landon was an excellent javelin thrower, his 193′ 4″ toss in 1954 being the longest throw by a high schooler in the United States that year. Landon decided on his surname by choosing it from a phone book and his first starring appearance was on the television series Telephone Time, in the episode The Mystery of Casper Hauser as the title character. S. Landon can be seen in a speaking role as a cavalry trooper in a 1956 episode of the ABC/Warner Bros. television series Cheyenne. Two years later, Landon returned to that series in The White Warrior. He was then cast as White Hawk a. k. a, alan Horn, a young white man who, like Cheyenne Bodie, was raised by Indians after the slaughter of his parents. White Hawk rises to the occasion to help Cheyenne as he heads a wagon train to California amid the threat of the Apaches. In 1957, Candlelight Records released a Michael Landon single, Gimme a Little Kiss / Be Patient With Me during the height of his notoriety for role in the film, some copies show the artist credited as the Teenage Werewolf rather than as Michael Landon. In 1962, both the A- and B-side of the record were re-released on the Fono-Graf label that included a sleeve of Landons then-current work on Bonanza as Little Joe Cartwright
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Father Murphy
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Father Murphy is an American western drama series that aired on the NBC network from November 3,1981 to September 18,1983. Michael Landon created the series, was the producer, and also directed the show in partnership with William F. Claxton, Maury Dexter, Victor French. Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home, at the end of the first season, his true identity is revealed to the head of the workhouse, and the orphans seem destined to a life of labor. Instead, Murphy marries the schoolmarm and they get custody of the children, many of the episodes were filmed at the Old Tucson Studios and theme park just outside Tucson, Arizona. The main village from the show, however, was located at the Big Sky Movie Ranch in Simi Valley, the village was located approximately 200 yards up the hill from the Ingalls farm. The show is an NBC production and syndicated worldwide by Sony Pictures Television, however, Sony does not own the video rights, as indicated below. Pickard, Eddie Quillan, Christina Applegate, Amanda Peterson, Donna Wilkes, Tina Yothers, Mary Beth Evans, Wilfred Hyde-White, image Entertainment released both seasons of Father Murphy on DVD in Region 1 in 2004/2005. As of 2010, these releases have been discontinued and are now out of print, Father Murphy at the Internet Movie Database Father Murphy at TV. com Father Murphy at epguides. com
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Card Sharks
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Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. The concept has been made into a series four times since its debut in 1978. Gene Wood was the announcer on these three versions, another syndicated revival aired from 2001 to 2002 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer. All versions of the show had various female assistants to handle the playing cards, two contestants, one of which was typically the returning champion, were assigned an oversized deck of 52 playing cards and were dealt the first five cards for their row. The champion played the red cards on top while the challenger played the cards on the bottom. Each contestants row of cards had a bracket atop it with their name on it, in the NBC version, the brackets moved electronically, while the CBS and syndicated versions had a dealer or even the host move the brackets manually. Contestants alternated responding to questions starting with the champion to gain control of the cards, survey questions were posed to groups of 100 people, all of whom were typically in a common demographic group. Contestants were asked to predict how many of those 100 people responded in a specific manner and their opponent was then asked whether he or she thought the actual number was higher or lower than the previous contestants response. The actual number was revealed, and if the opponent was correct, they played their cards first, otherwise. In the 1980–1981 season, a bonus was awarded to any contestant who provided the exact number of people responding to a specific question. If a contestant guessed the number of audience members who made a certain response to one of these questions, he or she won a $100 bonus. The same poll group was used for a weeks worth of episodes, introduced in October 1986, the educated guess questions were general knowledge trivia questions which had numerical answers. Exact guesses won a bonus for the contestant. The contestant then guessed whether the card in the row was higher or lower. If two duplicate cards appeared or the contestant made a guess, that contestant lost control. The opposing contestant then had a chance to play from his or her base card, in the final few months of the NBC Card Sharks, if a contestant was able to complete their row without freezing, he or she won a $500 bonus. None of the revivals kept this bonus, if neither contestant had guessed all the cards in his or her row correctly, or if one had frozen his or her position, play continued with another toss-up question. The first two rounds consisted of a maximum of four each, and the third tie-breaker round contained a maximum of three questions
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Daphne Blake
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Daphne Ann Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo. Daphne, depicted as coming from a family, is noted for her red hair, lavender heels, fashion sense. Daphne has appeared in more adaptations than the characters, aside from Shaggy Rogers. Be Cool, Scooby-Doo shows her birthday to be December 25 to create a conflict for her regarding Christmas overshadowing her birthday. Together with her other companions, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers. In the first series, Daphne was portrayed as the enthusiastic but clumsy and she serves as the damsel in distress and would occasionally get kidnapped, tied up, gagged, and then left imprisoned. But as the franchise went on, she became a stronger, more independent character, during the series fourth incarnation, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, some of the episodes focused on Daphne. In the episode, Shiver and Shake, That Demons a Snake, on the sailboat, the snake demon attacks Daphne and demands an idol to return. Daphne throws it to Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy, in the episode, The Scary Sky Skeleton, Daphne is reunited with her old friend, Wendy. In the episode, I Left My Neck in San Francisco, Daphne becomes sick, when the vampiress is revealed to be Lefty Callahan, Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy realize they made a mistake with suspecting Daphne and shes feeling well again. When the original Mystery Inc. group took a hiatus from the franchise in the 80s, Daphne was initially absent too, with the focusing on the comedy antics of Scooby, Shaggy. Aspect returned to the series with The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Daphne returned, now an accomplished investigator assisted by Shaggy and she continued to help Scooby battle evil forces of the supernatural in the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo series. The youthful Daphne portrayed in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo would commonly call upon her butler, Jenkins, the younger Daphne is shown to not believe in ghost/monsters/supernatural, a trait she lacks outside the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series. The producer of the show was Fred Jones, throughout the various incarnations of the character, there has been speculation that Daphne and Fred had an attraction toward each other. This is emphasized in many of the movies and the TV series Scooby-Doo. By the time of the season, they are shown to be actively dating, showing more of his feelings toward Daphne. In the sequel, Scooby-Doo 2, Monsters Unleashed, they are in a relationship, Daphne is portrayed as being an eccentric nonconformist, usually having a different odd obsession each episode Stefanianna Christopherson in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You. Heather North in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You, Scooby-Doo. and the Loch Ness Monster, Scooby-Doo
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Daphne, as portrayed by
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is the eighth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo. Following the shows first season, much of Hanna-Barberas production staff, including Tom Ruegger, left the studio, animation studio, beginning with Tiny Toon Adventures. The new format followed the trend of the babyfication of older characters, reducing the original Scooby-Doo. This resulted in a wackier, more extremely comic version of Scooby-Doo that satirized the conventions of the previous incarnations. It was not uncommon for the characters to do wild Tex Avery/Bob Clampett-esque takes when they ran into ghosts, animation director and overseas supervisor Glen Kennedy animated many of the wild-take sequences personally. The ghosts and monsters themselves were more comedic, such as a creature made out of molten cheese, a monster in the form of a giant hamburger. The series also features Scooby and Shaggy as their favorite superhero duo, Adventures, The Mystery Map, that featured traits similar to that of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. Shaggy was exactly like his older incarnation and he ate a lot and used the terms Like and Zoinks. He sometimes agrees with other members of the gang, considering the ghost, phantom, Scooby-Doo behaved like the older version of the character as well. Daphne was a young girl who was quite skeptical and sarcastic. Being born into money, she called to her butler, Jenkins, for help, usually for incredibly silly reasons, something she does not do while older. She often accused the wrong person who did the crime, only by her intuition and she also had a deep infatuation with the color pink, preferring most of her clothes and personal possessions in said color, and treats fashion as life and death. She also hates getting dirty, and absolutely refuses to believe in the supernatural despite the fact she, Fred was an outspoken young boy who always jumps to the wrong conclusion. However, he can get the point at times, Velma was mostly the same as her older incarnation— intelligent and soft-spoken with thick eyeglasses. The most evident change to her character was that she owned a mobile computer that could determine who the criminal was in any particular episode. Velma also owned an oversized fan-propelled skateboard with a scheme similar to the Mystery Machine. Fred and Velma were the returning characters to speak in the flashback. The Mystery Begins establishes the team meeting in their teens, however, it can be seen as a prequel to the theatrical films
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American Broadcasting Company
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The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank. Since 2007, when ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC originally launched on October 12,1943, as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, in the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop, in 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABCs assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company. The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States, most Canadians have access to at least one U. S. ABC News provides news and features content for radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In the 1930s, radio in the United States was dominated by three companies, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. The last was owned by electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation of America, in 1938, the FCC began a series of investigations into the practices of radio networks and published its report on the broadcasting of network radio programs in 1940. The report recommended that RCA give up control of either NBC Red or NBC Blue, at that time, the NBC Red Network was the principal radio network in the United States and, according to the FCC, RCA was using NBC Blue to eliminate any hint of competition. Once Mutuals appeals against the FCC were rejected, RCA decided to sell NBC Blue in 1941, the newly separated NBC Red and NBC Blue divided their respective corporate assets. Investment firm Dillon, Read & Co. offered $7.5 million to purchase the network, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, drugstore chain Rexall and New York City radio station WMCA, purchased the network for $8 million. Due to FCC ownership rules, the transaction, which was to include the purchase of three RCA stations by Noble, would require him to resell his station with the FCCs approval, the Commission authorized the transaction on October 12,1943. Soon afterward, the Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the American Broadcasting Company name from George B. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, both stations were then managed by Don Searle, the vice-president of the Blue Networks West Coast division. The ABC Radio Network created its audience slowly, the network also became known for such suspenseful dramas as Sherlock Holmes, Gang Busters and Counterspy, as well as several mid-afternoon youth-oriented programs. S. From Nazi Germany after its conquest, to pre-record its programming, while its radio network was undergoing reconstruction, ABC found it difficult to avoid falling behind on the new medium of television. To ensure a space, in 1947, ABC submitted five applications for television station licenses, the ABC television network made its debut on April 19,1948, with WFIL-TV in Philadelphia becoming its first primary affiliate
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ABC's corporate headquarters are located at 77 West 66th Street, on the
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Edward Noble, founder of ABC
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In 2002, dancers and other cast members from the 32-year run of American Bandstand reunited with host
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Troop Beverly Hills
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Troop Beverly Hills is a 1989 American adventure comedy film. Freddy feels Phyllis has become a self-absorbed shopaholic who never follows through on her commitments, to prove him wrong, Phyllis decides to become the new den mother of their daughter, Hannahs unruly, leaderless local girl scout troop of Wilderness Girls. While Phyllis is boutique-hopping along Rodeo Drive, the council is reviewing her application, although Phyllis severely lacks the skills found in most troop leaders, she resolves to teach the girls how to survive in the wilds of Beverly Hills, even customizing new merit badges for her troop. One campout results in the troop getting hit by a squall, which Phyllis. However, during a ceremony on a yacht, her husbands new girlfriend gets knocked overboard and asks for a life saver. Fred remarks he was hoping to see Hannah learn a few outdoors and civil defense skills, such as first aid, and he is unsure about that under Phyllis mentorship. Her unorthodox methods also run afoul of another scout leader, Velda Plendor, much to Veldas dismay, Troop Beverly Hills, which is yet unrecognized by the regional council, can gain recognition by passing a series of tests at an upcoming Jamboree. However, in order to qualify for the Jamboree, and to show up Velda, to prevent this from happening, Velda sabotages Troop Beverly Hills by selling cookies in their own neighborhood. Seeing this, as well as realizing Phyllis true personality, Annie becomes Phyllis assistant for real and this proves fruitful, as the girls sell over 4,000 boxes of cookies, more than enough to qualify for the Jamboree. She sinks into a depression and finally decides to disband the troop, but Hannah. In the final run, Velda takes charge of the Red Feathers herself and cuts down a rope bridge, however, when Velda cheats a final time by going into a restricted area used only for hunting, she wounds herself on a bear trap. Veldas boot and sock are removed and it is confirmed that her ankle is broken, the Red Feathers, especially Cleo, leave her behind for the sake of winning. The Red Feathers cross the line first but are disqualified because council law stipulates the leader must be with the troop. Although Cleo runs off with the trophy, Troop Beverly Hills is declared the winners of the Jamboree and are validated as true Wilderness Girls. Francis Temple, the leader, fires Velda from the Wilderness Girls Organization for cheating on the trail. In turn Velda hurls insults at the councilwomen for recognizing Troop Beverly Hills, the girls families show up moments later and are very proud of them. Freddy, impressed by Phyllis complete turnaround, decides to call off the divorce, shelley Long as Phyllis Nefler, a Beverly Hills socialite and new leader of Wilderness Girls Troop Beverly Hills. Craig T. Nelson as Freddy Nefler, Phyllis entrepreneur husband, betty Thomas as Velda Plendor, the ruthless leader of a rival troop who despises Phyllis and her troops Beverly Hills-attitude
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Matinee (1993 film)
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Matinee is a 1993 period comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It is a piece about a William Castle-type independent filmmaker. The film stars John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Lisa Jakub, Robert Picardo, a then-unknown Naomi Watts has a small role as a character in a film within the film. It was written by Jerico Stone and Charlie Haas, the latter portraying Mr. Elroy, in Key West, Florida in October 1962, boys Gene Loomis and his brother Dennis live on a military base, their father is away on a nearby submarine. After hearing the announcement of an engagement of Lawrence Woolseys new sensational horror film Mant. Including Woolseys appearance in-person, they arrive home to President Kennedys television interruption, woolsey finds this atmosphere of fear to be the perfect environment in which to open his atomic-radiation-themed film. Woolsey brings along Herb Denning and Bob to stir up the yokels by protesting the film, but Howard, indeed, the progressive Jack and Rhonda make a strong free speech argument for allowing the film to proceed. In attempting to get a date to the dance, Stan goes for Sherry, who was seeing a prison poet, Harvey Starkweather, who regularly bothers Stan about his interest in her. The film is structured in halves, the first half leading up to the screening, the film also showed the differences in two young women who eventually become the girlfriends of the two boys. Joe Dante says the financing of the movie was difficult, Matinee got made through a fluke. The company that was paying for us went out of business and didnt have any money. Universal, which was the distributor, had put in a money, and we went to them and begged them to buy into the whole movie. The original score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante has cast character actor Dick Miller in each of his movies to date, casting him here as one of the men protesting the monster movies release, and as a soldier holding a sack of sugar. Also appearing in supporting roles are William Schallert and Robert O. Cornthwaite, Kevin McCarthy as well as Robert Picardo, John Sayles, who collaborated with Dante on earlier movies, appears as one of the men protesting the monster movies release. Rumble-Rama is also a nod to Sensurround, Universals sound process of the 1970s, Matinee also mentions some of Woolseys earlier films, Island of the Flesh Eaters, The Eyes of Doctor Diablo, and The Brain Leeches. Blackbeards Ghost, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit, The Million Dollar Duck, Snowball Express, the film features a then-unknown Naomi Watts. Matinee was well received by critics and has a 93% rating at the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the three and half out of four stars and wrote, There are a lot of big laughs in Matinee
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SeaQuest DSV
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SeaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. OBannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996, in its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in the future, the year 2018, seaQuest DSV originally mixed high drama with realistic scientific fiction. It originally starred film star Roy Scheider as Captain Nathan Bridger, designer and commander of the naval submarine seaQuest DSV4600. In the third season, Michael Ironside replaced Scheider as lead of the series, also present was a dolphin character called Darwin who, due to technological advances, was able to communicate with the crew. Steven Spielberg expressed interest in the project and served as one of the executive producers during the first two seasons. Production of the first season was marked by disputes between the producers, NBC and cast members, changes in the staff, and even an earthquake. The second season contained changes in the cast as well as continued disputes between cast members and producers, while the season introduced a new lead actor and title. While initially popular, the series began to decline in ratings throughout its run and was canceled in the middle of its third season. The seaQuest was designed by Nathan Bridger and built by NORPAC, the storyline begins in the year 2018, after mankind has exhausted almost all natural resources, except for the ones on the ocean floor. Also the love-hate relationship between Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg and Lieutenant Commander Katherine Hitchcock, recently divorced, now forced to serve together on the same boat. It was also the first show of its kind to follow the armed forces practice, primarily that of the Navy, of reassigning officers to other ships and assignments at the end of a tour of duty. In the first-season finale, Bridger sacrificed the seaQuest to prevent an ecological disaster, when it was decided the show would return, NBC and Universal used this opportunity to change the shows format. Both Royce D. Applegate and John DAquino were released by NBC as the network wanted a younger cast for the second year, stephanie Beacham, who as Dr. Kristin Westphalen was one of the first seasons strongest characters, was also hesitant to relocate to Florida. Beacham also blamed continued disputes between the network and the producers as a major reason why she did not return. The series had also suffered in the ratings, as it was pitted against Murder, She Wrote on CBS and Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman on ABC. Joining the series for two were Edward Kerr as Lieutenant James Brody, seaQuests weapons officer, Kathy Evison as Lieutenant Lonnie Henderson, ships helmsman. The seaQuest herself in the redesign was made to be more fictional with the tail of the giant squid design moving, darwins speech and actions were more fictional than in the first season as well
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Lifetime (TV network)
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The channel features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. As of July 2015, approximately 95,020,000 American households receive Lifetime, Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services. The cable service operated four hours per day on weekdays, the service was focused on alternative womens programming. Cable Health Network was launched as a channel in June 1982 with a range of health-related programming. In November 1983, Cable Health Network adopted a new name, Lifetime Medical Television, Lifetime was established on February 1,1984 as the result of a merger of Hearst/ABCs Daytime and Viacoms Lifetime Medical Television. A board for the new network was formed with representation from Hearst, ABC and Viacom. It was not a success, reportedly losing $36 million in its first two years of operation, and did not become profitable until 1986. The channel suffered from low viewership, with a poll finding that some TV viewers erroneously believed it carried religious content. In 1985, Lifetime started branding itself as Talk Television with a lineup of talk shows and call-in programs hosted by people like Regis Philbin. In the process, the dropped the apple from their logo. In 1988, Lifetime hired Patricia Fili as its head of programming, in the first three years of her tenure, she changed 60 percent of Lifetimes programming, by her own estimate. A. The network also showed movies from the portfolios of its owners, Hearst, ABC, under Filis direction, Lifetime has gone a long way toward shedding its low-rent image. Lifetime began airing a limited amount of sports coverage, including the WNBA. Lifetime also adopted a new tagline, meanwhile, the channels original programming was aimed not just at women aged 24–44, but these womens spouses, who research showed watched the network in the evenings with their wives. This was done by making the characters in Lifetimes original programming – such as the film series Spencer for Hire – more appealing to men by making them more masculine. These roles were more stereotypical than previous Lifetime movies, which featured women protagonists on their own. This helped Lifetime take advantage of a bias in the Nielsen ranking system that favored upscale couples who shared a television set. By January 1995, Lifetime was the sixth most-highly rated cable network by Nielsen, according to Lifetime executives, the network stood to lose up to one million subscribers due to TCIs move
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A Friend to Die For
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A Friend to Die For is a 1994 American psychological thriller television film directed by William A. Graham. Written by Dan Bronson, the film is based on the murder of Kirsten Costas. The film was the highest-rated TV movie of 1994, in the fictional town of Santa Mira, California, a man witnesses student Stacey Lockwood being stabbed by an unseen friend, who followed them to her house. When her family home, they find paramedics and police gathered outside, as Stacey is rushed to hospital. In a flashback to ten months earlier, Angela Delvecchio is a shy high school sophomore who aspires to be popular, beautiful and she performs well academically in school, attends Mass regularly, and sets high goals for herself. She idolizes Stacey, who is the most popular girl at school, one of the reasons why Angela admires Stacey is because one of Angelas goals is to become a cheerleader. When Angela is accepted into the Larks, the popular clique, she tries to forge a friendship with the rich, snobbish and self-centered Stacey. She then further suffers being rejected for a position as one of the yearbook staff and in an audition for the cheerleading squad, leaving her humiliated. The events of the night of Staceys stabbing are shown from Angelas perspective, still determined to be friends with Stacey, Angela calls Staceys mother and anonymously invites her to a party under the guise of there being a special dinner for the Larks. Once Stacey gets in the car with Angela, she reveals that the story was a lie she told Staceys mother so she would be allowed to meet Angela. Infuriated, Stacey demands to be taken home, Angela tries to explain how much she admires Stacey and wants to be like her, but Stacey is less than sympathetic. Unmoved, she calls Angela pathetic and exits the car, stating that everyone in school will now laugh at Angela. Stacey then runs to a house, where she asks to use the telephone, explaining that the friend she was with had gotten a little weird. Angela follows the car back to Staceys home, and out of fear that Stacey will spread rumors about her, Angela avoids capture in the weeks following the incident. Although Angela is interviewed by the police, she is not named as a suspect, Angela, along with all of the Larks, attends Staceys Funeral Mass. Most of the students one of their classmates, Monica Whitley. At first, no one suspects Angela because she is too nice to commit the crime. Furthermore, Jamie Hall, Angelas former best friend and one of Staceys friends, tells Angela that she never really liked Stacey, as her junior year begins, Angela becomes more involved with the community, taking up such activities as peer counseling and candy striping
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The Face on the Milk Carton
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The Face on the Milk Carton is a young adult novel written by author Caroline B. Cooney and first published in 1990, part of The Janie Johnson series, it was later adapted into a film for television. The book is about a 15-year-old girl named Janie Johnson, who finds out she was kidnapped and she happens to look down at a milk carton one day, and she sees herself on a milk carton under the heading Missing Child. Her life gets more stressful as she tries to hide the secret from her parents, Janie tells her next-door neighbor, Reeve, everything. Together the two of them all of the secrets surrounding Janie Johnsons life. The book was number 80 on the most frequently challenged books in the US for 1990-1999, while at lunch one day, Janie grabs her best friend, Sarah-Charlottes milk carton which changes her life completely. She notices the missing person photo on the back of the carton, it happens to be herself when she was very young. The milk carton says that Jennie Spring was kidnapped from a New Jersey shopping mall when she was three years old. Janie believes the carton must be type of joke because her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, are loving parents that would never kidnap anyone. Janie tries to put it out of her mind, but she begins having flashbacks, or what she calls daymares, of events and she remembers other children and a woman who is not Mrs. Johnson, along with the dress. Janie goes to the attic and rummages through the boxes that she finds there, in the boxes and she also finds the polka-dotted white dress that she saw on the milk carton. When confronted by Janie, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson explain that Hannah is their daughter, Hannah was a confused teen who joined a cult at a young age. She was mated to one of the men in her cult, Hannah returned to her cult, and the Johnsons left with Janie fearing that the cult would try to get her back, moving to a different state, and even changing their names from Javensen to Johnson. Janie comes to the conclusion that the memories are of her life in the cult before coming to the Johnsons, Janie is relieved that the people whom she believed to be her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, were not kidnappers. However, Janie cannot get the picture on the milk carton or the memories of another family out of her mind and she researches the Jennie Spring kidnapping. She comes to the conclusion that her parents might have kidnapped her. But, she loves them and tries to forgive them. Still, Janie and her boyfriend, Reeve, go to New Jersey to see the Spring family with their own eyes, the entire family has the same red hair that Janie has, which neither Mr. and Mrs. Johnson or even Hannah has
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A Goofy Movie
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A Goofy Movie is a 1995 American animated musical road comedy film, produced by DisneyToon Studios and Walt Disney Television Animation. The film features characters from The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop, directed by Kevin Lima, the films plot revolves around the father-son relationship between Goofy and Max as Goofy believes that hes losing Max. The film was released theatrically on April 7,1995 by Walt Disney Pictures to mixed reviews from critics, the film was dedicated to Pat Buttram, who died during production. A direct-to-video sequel called An Extremely Goofy Movie was released in February 2000, Goofy is the single father of a teenage boy named Max Goof in the town of Spoonerville, Ohio, though the two have a tense relationship. The performance succeeds in making Max a school celebrity and impressing his love interest, Roxanne, Roxanne speaks with Max and agrees to go with him to a party where Powerlines concert will be aired live. However, Mazur exaggerates these events to Goofy and forewarns him that Maxs actions may result in him facing capital punishment. Goofy decides to take Max on a trip to Lake Destiny, Idaho, following a map route he and his father took years ago. However, he is oblivious to what Max is planning to do with Roxanne, despite his sons objections, Goofy plans his own trip, with initially disastrous results. Max hurts his fathers feelings after his father humiliates him at a theme park. While camping, Pete and P. J. join them, following Petes advice to keep Max under control, Goofy takes his son fishing and performs the Perfect Cast fishing technique, luring Bigfoot to their camp. Pete and P. J. flee, leaving Goofy and Max to spend the night with Bigfoot, at night, while Goofy is still asleep, Max alters the map route to Los Angeles, where the concert is taking place. The next morning, Goofy decides to make Max the navigator of the trip, the two go to several locations that satisfy both of them. They stop by a motel where they meet Pete and P. J. again, when Pete overhears a conversation between Max and P. J. he tells Goofy that Max has tricked him in traveling to Los Angeles. The next day, Goofy and Max come to a junction, One leading to Idaho, Max chooses the route to California, making Goofy stop the car at the Grand Canyon and storm off in anger. With the brake loose, the car drives off on its own, Goofy and Max chase after it, Goofy reveals that no matter how old Max gets, he will always be his son and the two reconcile with each other. After learning that Max had promised Roxanne that he would be at the concert, the two nearly plummet down a waterfall to their deaths, but Max fortunately saves Goofy, using the Perfect Cast technique. Goofy and Max get to Los Angeles and they end up onstage and dance with Powerline, watched by Pete, P. J. Goofy and Max later return to Roxannes house in their damaged car. Max tells the truth to Roxanne, though she accepts it and admits she always had feelings for him, ever since he first said, thus, a relationship starts between them
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Max Goof
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Maximilian Max Goof is a fictional character who is the son of the popular Disney character Goofy. He first appeared in the 1992 television series Goof Troop as a preteen and he later appeared as a teenager in the spin-off movie A Goofy Movie and its direct-to-video sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie. He appeared as a child in the direct-to-video film Mickeys Once Upon a Christmas and as an adult in its sequel Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas. He also appeared in the 2001 TV series House of Mouse as a parking valet. Max has also appeared as a character in video games such as Goof Troop for the Super NES, Disney Golf for the PlayStation 2. Max is one of the few Disney characters, aside from his best friend PJ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie, child or otherwise, who has actually aged in subsequent appearances. He is depicted as an 11-year-old in Goof Troop, then a 14 year old teenager in high school in A Goofy Movie, in House of Mouse, he is a teenager who is old enough to be employed as a parking valet. In Mickeys Once Upon a Christmas, he is a child who looks, in Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas, he is a young adult who is returning home from college for the holidays. Max, much to his own dismay, takes after his father at times, whether it be mannerisms or occasionally being clumsy. He feels that he is much cooler than Goofy however, and is not as earnest and humble as his old man, in the Goof Troop show, there are times he would get suckered in by Pete and his get-rich-quick schemes, only to come around towards the end. It seems, personality wise, that PJ is more like Goofy at times, despite everything, Max loves his father, even if he does wish that Goofy would be a little more normal. In the Goof Troop television series, Max is voiced by Dana Hill, shaun Fleming voices young Max in Mickeys Once Upon a Christmas. Jason Marsden voices an older Max in all appearances after. In the Old Country his distant relative was mad scientist Dr. FrankenGoof, other relatives were Cave Goof, Sherriff Mopalong Goof, and Sir Goofy Knock Knees. In one episode of Goof Troop, Goofy says that Max was scared of the witch in Snow White, although not yet certain, there are rumors about the mystery of Maxs love life. As seen in A Goofy Movie, Max is trying to impress Roxanne and ends up with her, but in the later movie Mickeys Twice Upon a Christmas, he is seen with a girl named Mona. Max has a love for skateboarding, as shown in the Goof Troop episodes Leader of the Pack and Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp, the first appearance of Goofys son was in the 1951 theatrical short Fathers Are People. He is referred to as Goofy Jr or simply Junior and he later appeared in a few other shorts such as Fathers Lion, Fathers Day Off and Fathers Weekend and Aquamania
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Lifetime Television
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The channel features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. As of July 2015, approximately 95,020,000 American households receive Lifetime, Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services. The cable service operated four hours per day on weekdays, the service was focused on alternative womens programming. Cable Health Network was launched as a channel in June 1982 with a range of health-related programming. In November 1983, Cable Health Network adopted a new name, Lifetime Medical Television, Lifetime was established on February 1,1984 as the result of a merger of Hearst/ABCs Daytime and Viacoms Lifetime Medical Television. A board for the new network was formed with representation from Hearst, ABC and Viacom. It was not a success, reportedly losing $36 million in its first two years of operation, and did not become profitable until 1986. The channel suffered from low viewership, with a poll finding that some TV viewers erroneously believed it carried religious content. In 1985, Lifetime started branding itself as Talk Television with a lineup of talk shows and call-in programs hosted by people like Regis Philbin. In the process, the dropped the apple from their logo. In 1988, Lifetime hired Patricia Fili as its head of programming, in the first three years of her tenure, she changed 60 percent of Lifetimes programming, by her own estimate. A. The network also showed movies from the portfolios of its owners, Hearst, ABC, under Filis direction, Lifetime has gone a long way toward shedding its low-rent image. Lifetime began airing a limited amount of sports coverage, including the WNBA. Lifetime also adopted a new tagline, meanwhile, the channels original programming was aimed not just at women aged 24–44, but these womens spouses, who research showed watched the network in the evenings with their wives. This was done by making the characters in Lifetimes original programming – such as the film series Spencer for Hire – more appealing to men by making them more masculine. These roles were more stereotypical than previous Lifetime movies, which featured women protagonists on their own. This helped Lifetime take advantage of a bias in the Nielsen ranking system that favored upscale couples who shared a television set. By January 1995, Lifetime was the sixth most-highly rated cable network by Nielsen, according to Lifetime executives, the network stood to lose up to one million subscribers due to TCIs move
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Hallmark Channel
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The Hallmark Channel is an American cable and satellite television network that is owned by Crown Media Holdings, which is majority owned by Hallmark Cards. The channels programming is targeted at families, and features a mix of television movies and miniseries, original and acquired television series. As of February 2015, Hallmark Channel is available to approximately 85,439,000 pay television households in the United States, the Hallmark Channel traces its history to the launch of two separate religious cable channels, the American Christian Television System and the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network. The two networks began alternating time on a shared transponder slot on the Galaxy III satellite in 1992, under the original timeshare agreement, the network was branded as VISN/ACTS. Each network was provided time for its programming blocks, and would use their own logos, VISN launched on July 1,1988, and was founded by the National Interfaith Cable Coalition, in cooperation with several cable providers. Roman Catholic, LDS Church, Jewish, and Islamic faiths also provided programming, VISN aired during the morning and evening hours. ACTS commenced operations in 1984, and was owned by the Southern Baptist Convention, both channels aired several hours a week of religious childrens programs, some of which overlapped, including Sunshine Factory, Joy Junction, Davey and Goliath, and Jot. In 1993, the network was renamed as the Faith and Values Channel and it began adding a few secular programs during this time, such as exercise shows, health and cooking shows, and family-oriented drama series and movies. In 1995, cable conglomerate Tele-Communications Inc. acquired a 49% ownership stake in the Faith and Values Channel and it added more secular programming to the network and reduced religious programming to about 10 hours a day. In 1996, the network was rebranded as the Odyssey Network, and launched a website, Odysseyfamily. com, the channel began to focus more on family-targeted entertainment programming including some classic sitcoms, childrens programs and additional family-oriented movies. Henson sold its interest in the channel to Crown Media Holdings in 2000, Odyssey then dropped much of its childrens programs and relegated religious programming to a few hours on Sundays. On August 5,2001, the channel underwent yet another rebranding, relaunching as the Hallmark Channel, the restructured network completely dropped religious programming, but continued to focus on family-oriented sitcoms and drama series, dramatic films and other general entertainment programs. The National Interfaith Cable Coalition continued to own about 5% of the channel, david Evans was appointed as CEO of the newly-developing network, until he resigned in May 2006. The network remained without a formal CEO until October 2006, when former Court TV chairman and CEO Henry Schleiff was appointed in the position, overseeing all of the networks’ divisions. In January 2007, Hallmark Channel dropped the Hallmark crown from its logo, although it is used sporadically on-air, in promos. On May 27,2007, Hallmark Channel launched Watch With Me, a new public affairs initiative aimed to promote programming for families to watch together. In 2008, Hallmark Channel unveiled a new branding campaign with predominantly gold coloring, a logo. Henry Schlieff stepped down as the channels CEO on May 6,2009, both parties said Schleiffs departure was amicable
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Logo as Odyssey Network from 1996 to 2001.
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Hallmark Channel's headquarters in
Studio City, California.
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Live Once, Die Twice
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Live Once, Die Twice is a 2006 television drama film directed by Stefan Pleszczynski. It stars Kellie Martin, Cindy Sampson, and Martin Cummins, the movie starts with Nicole Lauker saying good-bye to her husband as he and his friend leave to go fishing for three days. As the night comes, the rings and Nicole answers. It is the police, who inform Nicole that the boat has been crashed by a bomb and they believe the death was contrived and suspect that Evan was possibly dealing with illegal substances. Nicole is devastated and refuses to believe that her husband has any connection with drugs and that night, she gets a call from somebody that was going to go with Evan on the trip, but was delayed. He tells her to find the money, or the men Evan betrayed will kill her too, as she is searching for the money, she finds an envelope to an address in Detroit. Nicole is shocked to learn that the man at the address died recently in a fire, the wife, a stripper named Zoe, invites Nicole in. They share stories and pictures and soon discover that Evan was married to them both, Zoe has an exact replica of a bird statue that Evan gave Nicole for an anniversary, which is the clue they need to find Evan. Nicole and Zoe seek help from Zoes bounty hunter friend Mac, together, they go to the art museum where Evan purchased the statues and learn that Evan is alive, living under another name and address. They go to his house to confront him, Nicole goes in alone, Evan tells Nicole that he is actually an undercover agent for the State Department. He justifies his bigamy and two faked deaths as necessary to pull off a $5 million deal with criminals, as ordered by his handler, suspicious, Nicole demands to participate in the platinum for cash exchange, and Evan reluctantly agrees. Apparently impressed by her resourcefulness and still professing his love for Nicole, Nicole tells Zoe and Mac that her future is with Evan and agrees to run off with him. Evan kidnaps Nicole and Zoe and takes them away on his boat, when Evan tries to kill Zoe, Mac shoots Evan. Gunfire is exchanged, and Mac is killed, Nicole saves Zoe and confronts Evan, who taunts Nicole and challenges her to go ahead and shoot him. When Nicole hesitates, Evan laughs at her, calling her weak, but before he can shoot her, Nicole shoots him with a spear gun
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Barbara Gordon
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Barbara Gordon is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by William Dozier, Julius Schwartz, the character subsequently made her first comic book appearance as Batgirl in Detective Comics #359, titled The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl. by writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino. In addition to appearing in other DC publications, she receives her first starring role in Batman Family which debuted in 1975, partnered with the original Robin, Dick Grayson. In subsequent stories, editor Kim Yale and writer John Ostrander establish the character as a computer expert, providing intelligence and computer hacking services to assist other superheroes, she makes her first appearance as Oracle in Suicide Squad #23. She is featured in the one-shot comic Black Canary/Oracle, Birds of Prey written by Chuck Dixon, the series depicts her as a great intellect uninhibited by her paralysis, skilled in the martial art of eskrima. Employing Black Canary as her partner and field agent, Oracle later operates as the leader of a team of female crimefighters who engage in global espionage missions. She has achieved popularity in the Modern Age of Comic Books under the Birds of Prey publication. The character has been the subject of academic analysis concerning the roles of women, librarians, as both Batgirl and Oracle, Barbara Gordon has been adapted into various media relating to the Batman franchise, including television, film, animation, video games, and other merchandise. The character has been portrayed by Yvonne Craig and Dina Meyer and has been voiced by Melissa Gilbert, Tara Strong, Alyson Stoner, Mae Whitman and Kimberly Brooks, among others. In 2011, she was ranked 17th in both Comics Buyers Guides 100 Sexiest Women in Comics and IGNs Top 100 Comic Books Heroes. Schwartz stated that he had asked to develop a new female character in order to attract a female viewership to the Batman television series of the 1960s. Executive producer William Dozier suggested that the new character would be the daughter of Gotham Citys Police Commissioner James Gordon, and that she would adopt the identity of Batgirl. Infantino reflected on the creation of Batgirl, stating Bob Kane had had a Bat-Girl for about three stories in the ’50s but she had nothing to do with a bat and she was like a pesky girl version of Robin. I knew we could do a lot better, so Julie and I came up with the real Batgirl, Yvonne Craig portrayed the character in the shows third season. Barbara Gordon and her alter ego Batgirl debuted in Detective Comics #359, The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl, although Batman insists she give up crime-fighting because of her gender, Batgirl disregards his objections. In her civilian identity, Barbara Gordon, Ph. D and she was given a regular backup slot in Detective Comics starting with issue #384, alternating issues with Robin until issue #404, after which she had the backup slot to herself. Frank Robbins wrote nearly all of these backups, which were penciled first by Gil Kane, Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl exceeded the earlier Bat-Girl and Batwoman characters in popularity, and readers requested for her to appear in other titles. These are readers who remember Batwoman and the other Bat-girls from years back and they were there because romance seemed to be needed in Batmans life
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Artwork for the cover of Legends of the DC Universe 10 (November 1998). Featuring Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. Art by
Kevin Nowlan.
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The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl. Cover by
Carmine Infantino &
Murphy Anderson.
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The
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Oracle as she appears infected with the
Brainiac virus. Art by
Adriana Melo.
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The Batman (TV series)
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The Batman is an animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based on the DC Comics superhero Batman and it ran from September 11,2004 to March 8,2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids WB. The first five seasons are available on DVD, a direct-to-DVD movie titled The Batman vs. Dracula, based on the series, was released in on October 18,2005 and made its television debut on Cartoon Networks Toonami block on October 22,2005. There is also a comic book series, The Batman Strikes. Published by DC Comics which is set in the same continuity, the series won six Daytime Emmy Awards. Along with a secret Batcave, high-tech Batmobile and supercomputer, called the Bat-Wave, he has his trusty butler Alfred Pennyworth, who guides him when needed. During this first season, Bruce Wayne finds himself torn between his responsibilities as the Batman and his own life, though the latter is further support by Gotham’s Mayor. In the season finale, Rojas finally uncovers Yins involvement with Batman and this season introduced more villains, including Rag Doll, Spellbinder and Solomon Grundy. Although a villain, Hugo Strange, is portrayed as a character in this season, while Yin. Another element in the season was Batmans original Batmobile being lost in this season during the episode, RPM and the creation of a brand new one. Several new interpretation of villains from the Batman mythos were introduced in season, including Poison Ivy. The fourth season saw the introduction of Dick Grayson into the show, more villains with new interpretations were introduced, including Tony Zucco, Killer Moth, Black Mask, Rumor, Everywhere Man, Harley Quinn, and Francis Grey. The season brought an end to Ethan Bennetts version of Clayface with a storyline that redeemed and cured him of his condition and this season was the last to be done by Jeff Matsuda and Michael Jelenic, both of whom departed from the show after the season finale. The fifth and final season focused primarily on Batman and Robin, with the pair teaming up with some of the DC Universes characters and tackling villains that they fought. These team-ups included Superman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman, producer Alan Burnett described the season as the shows The Brave and the Bold season. Both Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon were relegated to either guest or cameo appearances during this series, with Barbara having graduated high school. All the DVD releases are in 4,3 aspect ratio, however, the entire series is available in 16,9 on Amazon Video and the Xbox Video Store. The first two seasons and The Batman vs. Dracula movie are available on iTunes in 16,9, part of the DCs younger reader line, the series survived for 50 issues in total, with the last issue shipping in October 2008
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Robin, The Batman and Batgirl in the Season 4 intro of the series.
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The Batman
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Ghost Whisperer
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Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama series, which ran on CBS from September 23,2005, to May 21,2010. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon, who has the ability to see, while trying to live a normal life as possible—she is married and owns an antique store—Melinda helps earthbound spirits resolve their problems and cross over into the light, or the spirit world. Her tasks are difficult and at times she struggles with people who push her away, in addition, the ghosts are mysterious and sometimes menacing in the beginning and Melinda must use the clues available to her to understand the spirits needs and help them. The show was created by John Gray and was produced by Sander/Moses Productions, executive producer, on May 18,2010, CBS canceled the show after five seasons. Melinda Gordon is a woman from the town of Grandview, New York. Melinda lives with her husband, Jim Clancy, and later their son Aiden and she owns a shop called Same As It Never Was Antiques. Ghosts seek Melindas help in relaying a message or completing a task that will put the spirit to rest and those who died with unfinished business become earthbound and cannot cross over, and Melinda, as their earthly representative, helps them to find peace. The show does not present the ghosts as having sinned, rather it is the spirits own guilt that condemns them, the series also starred Aisha Tyler as Andrea Marino, Melindas best friend, who runs the antique shop with her. Andrea is killed in the first-season finale, during the second season, Melinda meets Delia Banks, a struggling real estate agent who forms a friendship with Melinda and who eventually agrees to run the antique shop with her. Delia is shocked to find out about Melindas abilities, in fact, Delia eventually accepts Melindas gift, though she remains skeptical at times. Delia has a son named Ned Banks who finds out about Melindas gift long before his mother does, Melinda also forms a friendship with Rick Payne, a professor at Rockland University. He helps Melinda solve the conflicts of ghosts throughout the second and he departs in the fourth-season premiere for an expedition in the Himalayas. Ghost Whisperer is based in part on the work of Mary Ann Winkowski, development of the show dates back to at least two years before its premiere. James Van Praagh was a producer and consultant on the show. The show was produced by Sander/Moses Productions in association with CBS Television Studios, the show was filmed on the Universal Studios back lot in Los Angeles. One area on the lot is Courthouse Square from the Back to the Future trilogy, for example, the clock tower in Back to the Future has been completely covered up. The front of Melinda and Jims house is also the set used by the Finch family in the film adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird. Cast and crew said they believed that the set got visits from real spirits
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Ghost Whisperer title card
