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USA Network
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USA Network is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable division of NBCUniversal, itself a subsidiary of Comcast. As of July 2015, USA Network is available to approximately 95.567 million pay television households in the United States, USA Network originally launched on September 22,1977 as the Madison Square Garden Network. The network was founded by cable provider UA-Columbia Cablevision and Kay Koplovitz, the channel was one of the first national cable television channels, using satellite delivery as opposed to microwave relay to distribute its programming to cable systems. Initially, the network ran a mix of college and less well-known professional sports, the channel began its broadcast day after 5,00 p. m. Eastern Time on weekdays and 12,00 p. m. Eastern Time on weekends. That fall, USA began signing on at 12,00 p. m. Eastern Time on weekdays, it added some talk shows. Sports programming began airing at 5,00 p. m. Eastern Time weekdays, in the fall of 1981, USA began its daily programming at 6,00 a. m. Later, in 1982, Time Inc. and Gulf+Westerns Paramount Pictures unit would buy stakes in the venture, the three partners had a non-compete clause that would prevent them from owning other basic cable networks independently from the USA joint venture. Said clause would cause Time Inc. to drop out of the venture in 1987, as the company attempted to buy CNN from Ted Turner, MCA and Paramount subsequently became the sole owners of the channel. In the fall of 1982, USA began operating on a 24-hour-a-day schedule, running a mix of shows, a childrens program. Weekends featured a mix of movies, some drama series and talk shows during the morning hours. Overnights consisted of old films and film shorts, and music as part of a show called Night Flight. One tradition on USA was a lineup of game show reruns mixed in with several original low-budget productions that aired over the years. It began in October 1984 with reruns of The Gong Show, more shows were progressively added soon afterward such as The Jokers Wild, Tic-Tac-Dough, Press Your Luck, High Rollers and Hollywood Squares, along with Wipeout, Face the Music and Name That Tune. In June 1987, the channel debuted another original game show, when it began, the game show block ran for an hour, but expanded significantly the following year. By 1989, the network ran game shows Monday through Fridays from 12,00 to 5,00 p. m. Eastern Time. In January 1989, USA debuted USA Up All Night, a showcase of feature films that aired as part of its weekend overnight schedule. Short news updates, branded as USA Updates, were shown from as early as 1989 until 2000, however, when KYWs news operations were heavily revamped in response to falling ratings in 1991, production of USA Updates was then taken over by the All News Channel. The ANC-produced updates continued through 2000, USA Network has not carried any news programming since the news updates were discontinued, USA Network was the first cable channel to preempted the syndicated market by purchasing a 26 Touchstone films package in October 1989
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Psych (season 6)
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The sixth season of Psych, consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on the USA Network in the United States on October 12,2011 and continued to air until April 11,2012. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Steve Franks continued to act as showrunner of the series. A classic jazz variation was used in Heeeeeres Lassie while the used in the season four episode High Top Fade Out was used once more in Lets Doo-Wop It Again. Mel Damski returned to the once again to direct three episodes, while Steve Franks and James Roday directed two each. Andy Berman, Todd Harthan, and Saladin K. Patterson wrote three episodes for the season, kell Cahoon, Bill Callahan, Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger, and James Roday returned to the writing staff to pen two episodes each. Carlos Jacott joined the series to one episode. The season contained Indiana Jones, Bull Durham, and Chinatown tributes, series star Dulé Hill discussed the possibility of having another Twin Peaks themed episode, which would be a sequel to the season 5 episode Dual Spires. A musical episode was planned, but was later confirmed to be on hold until the seventh season. Another theme episode revolving around the film Clue was also announced, production for the season began in late March,2011. James Roday continued in his tenure as the fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer, Dulé Hill continued to portray Burton Gus Guster. Timothy Omundson and Maggie Lawson appeared as detectives Carlton Lassie Lassiter and Juliet Jules OHara, Corbin Bernsen portrayed Henry Spencer, and Kirsten Nelson returned as SBPD Chief Karen Vick. Sage Brocklebank made further appearances as Buzz McNab, kurt Fuller returned in many episodes as Woody the Coroner, while Skyler Gisondo and Carlos McCullers II returned as young Shawn and Gus in flashbacks. Cary Elwes returned as Despereaux for an Indiana Jones-themed episode, jaleel White returned as Guss former band mate, Tony. Kenan Thompson was expected to return as Joon, another band mate, but he did not appear, kristy Swanson appeared as Marlowe Viccellio, a mysterious woman who catches Lassiters eye, she reprised her role in a later episode. Max Gail made his first appearance as Jerry Carp, one of Henrys cop friends, Carlos Jacott returned to the series, but appeared in a different role than in his season one appearance. William Shatner appeared as Juliets father Frank in two episodes, all 16 episodes of the sixth season of Psych were released on DVD on October 16,2012. The four-disc set is presented in widescreen format, English Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. The entire running time for the set is 11 hours,40 minutes
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Psych (season 8)
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The eighth and final season of Psych, containing 10 episodes, premiered on the USA Network in the United States on January 8,2014. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, USA Network confirmed on February 5,2014 that the eighth season of Psych would be its last. Steve Franks is continuing as showrunner of the series, the song I Know, You Know, performed by The Friendly Indians, continues to be used as the theme song for the show. On December 19,2012, it was announced that Psych had been renewed for a season consisting of eight episodes. On April 22,2013, USA Network ordered five additional scripts for potential episodes, on June 25,2013, USA Network greenlit two additional episodes of those five scripts, one to be chosen by online poll. During the 2013 Comic-Con in San Diego, it was revealed that Dream Therapy, now known as A Nightmare on State Street, Season 8 premiered on January 8,2014. James Roday continues to portray the fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer, Dulé Hill appears as Burton Gus Guster. Timothy Omundson and Maggie Lawson portray detectives Carlton Lassie Lassiter and Juliet Jules OHara, Corbin Bernsen continues as Henry Spencer, and Kirsten Nelson returns as SBPD Chief Karen Vick. Cary Elwes returned to portray the character of Pierre Despereaux for the time in the series run. He appeared alongside Vinnie Jones in the first episode of the season, john Kapelos also returns as Tom Swaggerty, the Mayor of Santa Barbara, for the sixth episode of the season, called 1967, A Psych Odyssey, that marks the directorial debut of Kirsten Nelson. With a Chance of Murder, with Michael Weston reprising his role as Adam Hornstock from the original episode, Psych, The Complete Eighth Season, consisting of ten episodes, was released on April 1,2014. The three-disc set includes deleted scenes, episode podcasts, montages, featurettes, the seventh season television special Psych, The Musical is also included
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Psych
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Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network with syndicated reruns on ION Television. It is produced by Franks and Tagline Televisions Chris Henze and Kelly Kulchak, Psych debuted on Friday, July 7,2006, immediately following the fifth-season premiere of Monk, and continued to be paired with the series until Monks conclusion on December 4,2009. During the second season, a segment titled The Big Adventures of Little Shawn. It was the highest-rated U. S. basic cable television premiere of 2006. USA Network renewed the series for a season on December 19,2012, to include eight episodes. On February 5,2014, USA Network confirmed that the season of Psych would be its last. Most episodes begin with a cold open in the form of a flashback to Shawn, the flashbacks usually involve Shawn and Gus being taught a lesson by a young Henry Spencer, who wishes that his son would follow in his footsteps and become a law enforcement officer. These lessons often play a role for the climax of the episode, as a child, Shawn was taught by Henry to hone his powers of observation and deduction, often using games and challenges to test him. Each flashback also sets the theme for the episode, Shawn originally becomes known as a psychic when, after calling in tips on dozens of crimes covered on the news which help the police to close the case, the police become suspicious of his knowledge. The police theorize that such knowledge could only come from the inside, to avoid being sent to jail, Shawn uses his observational skills to convince the police that he is psychic. The interim police chief warns Shawn that if his powers are fake, pretending to have psychic powers allows him to engage in strange and comic behavior as he turns real clues into hunches and otherworldly visitations. He enjoys teasing lifelong friend Burton Guster, a pharmaceutical representative, Henry and Shawn have a difficult relationship, but despite this, Henry reluctantly helps Shawn on various occasions. Shawn Spencer is a consultant with the Santa Barbara Police Department who pretends to be a psychic. However, really his exceptional skills and eidetic memory allow him to obtain his visions. He refuses to take anything seriously, but has matured throughout the seasons. He has had romantic tension with Juliet OHara since they met, in the middle of season six, he tries to propose to her, but finds out that neither of them is ready. Though the two hit a bump in season seven when she discovers he is not psychic, they soon reconcile, when she moves to San Francisco to be Vicks head detective, he realizes he cannot live without her and resolves to move there. In a final effort to clean, he makes several DVDs, one of which he sends to Lassiter, upon which he starts to confess the truth to him
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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James Roday
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James Roday is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He starred on the USA Network series Psych as hyper-observant consultant detective, Roday was born in San Antonio, Texas, as James David Rodriguez. He attended Taft High School in San Antonio and his father, Jaime Jim Rodriguez, is of Mexican descent, and his mother, Irene Rodriguez, is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Rodays father is now the regional catering manager of Taco Cabana, at New York Universitys Experimental Theatre Wing, Roday studied theatre and earned a bachelors degree in fine arts. At the age of 22 he selected the professional name James Roday as there was already another James Rodriguez registered in the Screen Actors Guild, in the New York production of White Rabbit Red Rabbit by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour. He starred in the 2003 film Rolling Kansas, and appeared in the 2005 film adaptation of The Dukes Of Hazzard as Billy Prickett, behind the scenes, he and writing partners Todd Harthan and James DeMonaco wrote the screenplay for the film Skinwalkers. The team also worked on a script for the adaptation of the video game Driver. Roday directed his first feature film, Gravy in 2013, written by him, rodays television credits include starring roles on NBCs Miss Match in 2003 as Nick Paine and 2001s First Years as Edgar Egg Ross. The July 7,2006 series premiere of USA Networks original series Psych was the highest-rated scripted basic cable TV show premiere of 2006, after Psych, Roday starred in various pilots and independent films before focusing more and more on his work behind the camera. He has since directed episodes for Battle Creek, Rush Hour, Rosewood, in 2006, Roday was nominated for the Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Psych by the Satellite Awards. He was listed as #62 in People magazines 100 Most Beautiful People issue in 2007, in 2008, he was nominated for Outstanding Actor In a Comedy Television Series for Psych by the NCLR ALMA Awards. His role as Shawn Spencer in Psych earned him an EWwy Award nomination in 2009 for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2009, he was nominated by the ALMA Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for Psych. In 2011, he was nominated again by the ALMA Awards for Favorite TV Actor-Leading Role for Psych, in 2010, he was nominated by the Image Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Psych for the episode High Top Fade Out. In 2009 and 2011, he was nominated by the Imagen Foundation Awards for Best Actor-Television for Psych. Roday also won the award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 2nd Annual Timmys Awards in 2012, after being nominated the previous year, in 2012, Roday won the award for Best Actor in a television series for Psych at the Imagen Awards. Roday is the director of the Red Dog Squadron, a Los Angeles theater company he co-founded with Brad Raider. Roday dated fellow Psych co-star Maggie Lawson for eight years before she married actor Ben Koldyke in 2015, James Roday at the Internet Movie Database USA Network biography of James Roday
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Timothy Omundson
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Timothy Michael Omundson is an American actor. Omundson was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, to a railroad worker father and teacher mother. After his family moved to Bellevue, Washington, he started to study theater at the age of twelve at the Seattle Childrens Theater, and interned at various theaters during his high school years. With acting as his focus, he studied during the summer of his junior year in New York City at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. For two years in a row, he was Washington State Debate Champion in Dramatic Interpretation, at the age of 13, Omundson spent a month traveling in Germany and Austria with his father, a time he views as one of the most formative months of his life. After graduating from Bellevue, Washingtons Interlake High School in 1987 and he won USCs Jack Nicholson Award and James and Nony Doolittle Award for outstanding achievements in acting. Omundson voices the character Aric Jorgan in the MMORPG Star Wars, Aric Jorgan is the first companion for the Republic Trooper class. In 2014 Omundson had a guest role on The CWs Supernatural especially written for him, Omundson lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Allison, and their daughters. Timothy Omundson at the Internet Movie Database Interview with Timothy Omundson
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Maggie Lawson
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Margaret Cassidy Maggie Lawson is an American actress who is best known for her role as Detective Juliet Jules OHara in the TV show Psych. She also has starred in the sitcoms Inside Schwartz, Its All Relative and she attended Assumption High School, an All-Girls Catholic school. Early on, she co-hosted WDRB Fox 41 Kids Club in Louisville, in 2000, she starred in Model Behavior, a Disney Channel movie featuring Justin Timberlake. She also made guest appearances on series such as Smallville. She co-starred in the USA Network original series, Psych, as Detective Juliet OHara. Lawson dated fellow Psych co-star James Roday for eight years, the show ended its run in 2014. In 2011 she was the star of a play called Greedy, directed by Roday, in 2011, she performed a short skit called A Date with Diana for Funny or Die. In it, she played Wonder Woman and went on a date with a fan, Lawson starred in the ABC sitcom Back In The Game, which was picked up for the 2013 fall season. She played Terry Gannon, a mother and former college softball player who reluctantly agrees to coach her sons little league team. On November 1,2013, ABC canceled Back in the Game, the tenth episode was aired on December 11,2013. ABC has not aired the remaining three episodes of its original 13-episode order, but may do so at a later date, Lawson was engaged to Back In The Game co-star Ben Koldyke on November 14,2014. They were married on August 8,2015 on their ranch in New Mexico, in 2014, it was announced that Lawson would topline the CBS comedy pilot Save the Date. In 2016, Lawson starred in the CBS fantasy sitcom Angel from Hell and she played Allison Fuller, a dermatologist who knows Amy, a mysterious woman who reveals herself to be an angel. On February 8,2016, CBS canceled the series after the first five episodes had aired, Maggie Lawson at the Internet Movie Database USA Networks web site about Maggie Lawson
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Corbin Bernsen
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Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L. A. Law and he has also appeared regularly on other shows, including General Hospital and Cuts. Bernsen was born in North Hollywood, California, the son of Harry Bernsen, Jr. a Hollywood producer, and veteran soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who appeared on The Young and he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1972. Bernsen is also a double Bruin, having received both a BA in Theatre Arts in 1977 and an MFA in Playwriting in 1979 from the University of California, Los Angeles. After a two-year appearance on the opera, Ryans Hope, Bernsen was cast as lawyer Arnold Becker on the Steven Bochco television series. The series became a hit, and the role earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, appearances on magazine covers and he remained on L. A. Law for the entire run of the show, until it ended in 1994. Bernsen appeared with the British actor Bruce Payne in the films Kounterfeit and Aurora and he starred as the title character, Dr. Alan Feinstone, in the horror film The Dentist and its sequel. Bernsen was also cast as prima donna third baseman, Roger Dorn, in the sports comedy Major League, Bernsen portrayed John Durant on General Hospital from September 2004 until the character was murdered in May 2006. Bernsen played Jack Sherwood on Cuts, appeared twice on Celebrity Mole and he appeared as Q2 on Star Trek, The Next Generation. He also had a role as Captain Owen Sebring on the military drama JAG. He directed, produced and appeared in the horror film Dead Air, Bernsen also co-starred in USAs Psych, playing the role of Henry Spencer, the father of the main character, Shawn Spencer. In the film Rust, Bernsen played a minister who returns to his hometown. He also appeared as a guest star in Switched at Birth, Bernsen was president and co-owner of Public Media Works, a new media company that develops entertainment for targeted fan bases. He directed and starred in Carpool Guy, the companys first film, it was targeted at soap opera fans, Bernsen then went on to form Team Cherokee Productions with Kyle MacDonald, the blogger behind one red paperclip. According to the book One Red Paperclip, in June 2006 and it was for this role that MacDonald eventually traded for a two-story farm house. In recent years, Bernsen has focused on making Christian-themed films and his first such film was Rust, released in 2010 by Sony Pictures. 25 Hill, the companys first title, was released in July 2012 and this was followed by 3 Day Test, Beyond the Heavens, and Christian Mingle. In October 2015 Bernsens debut novel was released by Pelican Book Group, the book, Rust, the Novel, is an adaptation of Bernsens 2010 feature film, Rust, in which he played the main character as well as served as writer and director
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Kirsten Nelson
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Kirsten Nelson is an American actress and director. Born in Oklahoma, though raised in Chicago, Nelson attended Northwestern University and she is perhaps best known for her starring role as Police Chief Karen Vick on Psych. Nelson’s career includes roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The OKeefes, Babys Day Out, The Fugitive, Frasier, Ally McBeal, The West Wing, Just Shoot Me. kirsten Nelson at the Internet Movie Database
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Steve Franks
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Steve Franks is an American screenwriter and musician based in Orange County, California. He devised the story for the 1999 comedy Big Daddy and wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy, Franks graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He also attended a program at Loyola Marymount University. Franks also created the USA Network original series Psych, and created the band The Friendly Indians, Steve Franks at the Internet Movie Database Steve Franks bio at the USA Network
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Psych: The Musical
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Psych, The Musical is an episode of the seventh season of Psych, and the 110th episode in the series overall. Formatted as a musical, it aired as a two-hour event, the episode aired on December 15,2013. Steve Franks wrote and directed the episode, including creating the lyrics for original songs, the episode was many years in the making, promised to fans early on and delayed. It was finally produced in October 2012, Steve Franks was attached to write and direct Psych’s musical episode from many years prior to its completion. Franks made slow progress on writing and struggled to get the episode to production, originally slated to air in the shows sixth season, the episode was pushed to the seventh. It was later announced that the episode would air as a special with original songs written by Steve Franks. Steve Franks and composer Adam Cohen wrote the songs featured in the special. Franks wrote the script and directed the episode, filling the order of two episodes, it went into production for 14 days in October 2012, given no more production time than normal episodes. There was a screening in San Diego, CA, on July 17,2013. Announced as Psych, The Musical, the episode aired December 15,2013, later, it was announced that Ally Sheedy would reprise her role as Mr. Yang. The episode features fourteen original songs, the plot deals with a criminally insane playwright named Zachary Zander, who goes by his pen name Z. The episode takes the format of an episode of Psych. Psych, The Musical takes place before the events of the Psych episode Deez Nups, as a result, there are several continuity errors throughout the episode. The episode begins with a whimsical storybook opening, followed by the opening number, six years before the events of the episode, Zs play about Jack the Ripper is abruptly cancelled and he is sent to a mental institution. Before the premiere of his play, Z had allegedly set the theater on fire, after six years, a similar play is in production at a different Santa Barbara theater and its womanizing owner Armitage. Z escapes his mental institution and presumably murdered another man, psychic Shawn Spencer, his partner Gus, and the Santa Barbara Police Departments Juliet and Lassiter go to the mental institution and elicit the help of serial killer Mr. Yang. While Shawn and Gus are investigating Armitages new production, the falls from the catwalk. At the coroners office, Woody labels the death a suicide, Shawn suspects that Zs next target is likely Elisa, his muse and a cast member of his original play
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Clue (film)
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Clue is a 1985 American ensemble mystery comedy film based on the board game of the same name. The film was produced by Debra Hill, in keeping with the nature of the board game, the theatrical release included three possible endings, with different theaters receiving one of the three endings. In the films video release, all three endings were included. The film initially received mixed reviews and did poorly at the box office, ultimately grossing $14,643,997 in the United States, though it later developed a cult following. Clue was Paramounts first adaptation of a now-current Hasbro property, though at that time Cluedo was owned by Waddingtons, Hasbro later bought both Waddingtons and Parker Brothers. This predated by 19 years Paramounts deal to other films. Universal Studios announced that a remake was in the works with a date set for 2013. In 1954 New England, six strangers are invited to a party at a secluded New England mansion known as Hill House, Miss Scarlet is the owner of an illegal escort service in Washington, D. C. He now works at the Pentagon on a fusion bomb. Mrs. White is a black widow who was drawn in to avoid a scandal regarding the mysterious death of her nuclear physicist husband. She was previously married to an illusionist, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Mr. Green is a homosexual, a secret that would cost him his job with the State Department if it were widely known, finally, Wadsworth reveals Mr. Boddys secret to the guests, he is the one who has been blackmailing them. As the guests begin to shout at Mr. Boddy, Wadsworth explains that he has gathered all the guests together to confront Mr. Boddy and turn him over to the police. Confronted by Wadsworths revelation, Mr. Boddy reminds the guests that, if turned over to the police, he can reveal their secrets while in police custody. Mr. Boddy then distributes to each guest a wrapped gift box which, when opened, reveal one of six weapons, a wrench, a candlestick, a pipe, a knife, a revolver. Mr. Boddy suggests that use the weapons provided to kill Wadsworth and destroy the evidence. Mr. Boddy turns out the lights in the room, creating a moment of chaos in which someone shoots the revolver, when the lights come back on, Mr. Boddy is lying on the ground and is pronounced dead by Professor Plum. Everyone denies killing Mr. Boddy, and Wadsworth reveals that he arranged the event in revenge for his wife who had committed suicide after being blackmailed by Mr. Boddy for having Socialist friends
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The Blair Witch Project
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The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American psychological horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. The film tells the story of three student filmmakers who hike in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The three disappear, but their video and sound equipment is discovered a year later, the footage is the film the viewer is watching. The Blair Witch Project directors Myrick and Sánchez conceived the idea of a legend of the Blair Witch in 1993. They developed a thirty-five page screenplay which left plenty of room for dialogue improvisation since it was an outline of the event, a casting call advertisement in Backstage magazine was put up by the directors and Donahue, Williams, and Leonard were cast. The film entered production in late October 1997, with the principal photography taking place in Maryland for eight days, about twenty hours of footage was shot and was edited down to eighty-two minutes. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25,1999, the films distribution rights were bought by Artisan Entertainment for $1.1 million. The film had its United States release on July 14,1999, while it received generally positive reviews from critics, the films audience reception was polarized. Nevertheless, the film was regarded to have popularized the found footage film technique, the film became a resounding box office success, grossing almost $250 million worldwide against an estimated budget of $60,000, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. The film spawned two sequels, Book of Shadows, which was released on October 27,2000, and Blair Witch, in October 1994, film students Heather, Mike, and Josh set out to produce a documentary about the fabled Blair Witch. They travel to Burkittsville, Maryland and interview residents about the legend, locals tell them of Rustin Parr, a hermit who lived in the woods and kidnapped eight children in the 1940s. On the second day, the explore the woods in north Burkittsville to research the legend. Along the way, they meet two fishermen, one of whom warns them that the woods are haunted and he also tells them of a young girl named Robin Weaver who went missing in 1888. When she returned three days later, she talked about an old woman whose feet never touched the ground, however, his companion is skeptical of the story. The students then hike to Coffin Rock, where five men were found murdered in the 19th century. The group then camps for the night, on the third day, they move deeper into the woods despite being uncertain of their exact location. They eventually locate what appears to be an old cemetery with seven small cairns and they set up camp nearby and then return to the cemetery after dark. Later that night, they hear the sound of twigs snapping from all directions, on the fourth day, they attempt to hike back to the car, but are unable to find it before dark
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Shawn Spencer
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Shawn Spencer is a fictional character on the American television drama and comedy Psych played by American actor James Roday. Taking advantage of his memory, he poses as a psychic. Shawn is a baby, born in February 1977. His parents separated in 1992, and later divorced, his mother, Madeleine and his father, Henry Spencer, schooled Shawn in detective work from birth, aiding the development of his extraordinary powers of observation and deduction. At the age of 15, he achieved a score of 100 on the detectives exam. This is drawn loosely from the childhood of series creator Steve Franks, Franks father would ask him how many people were wearing hats in a restaurant, a tactic employed in the shows pilot episode by Shawns father. Though often it may seem that Henry is intentionally aggravating or imposing his will on his grown son, for example, tipping off the meter maid to ticket Shawns motorcycle which is parked too close to a hydrant outside his apartment. The impounding as a result was Henrys ultimate goal, as Shawn had gotten into an accident some time ago. When push comes to shove, Shawns father is there to back him up, whether it be providing advice on a case Shawn is stuck on or tracking down Shawns kidnappers. For years, Shawn blamed his father for leaving his mother and ending their marriage but in the season opener. Shawn thus realizes his father never told the truth as he didnt want to ruin the image Shawn had of his mother as near perfect and sees Henry in a new light. In his spare time, he entertains himself by calling in tips to the police hotline based on observations he has made on crime scenes shown in news footage. After one such tip, the Santa Barbara police become suspicious of Shawn, desperate to avoid jail time, Shawn lies, explaining that he obtained the information in a psychic vision. They hire Shawn as a consultant, although Shawn and Gus often have disagreements, they have been friends since early childhood and actor James Roday describes the pairs bond as unbreakable. Its one of those friendships that make people who dont have one ask and its not about putting up with one another. Its about knowing each other so well that things that might annoy someone from the outside dont annoy you anymore. Shawn knows exactly how to manipulate Gus, and often frustrates his friend with his antics, but has come to rely on him more in their case work as the series has progressed. Roday believes that Shawn has evolved a lot as a partner and he states that under Guss influence, Shawn has wisened up a little bit and is learning to display a little more discretion at times
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Gus (Psych)
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Burton Gus Guster is a fictional character on the USA Network television comedy Psych played by American actor Dulé Hill. He functions as the man for Shawn Spencers antics, and provides sobering advice, steady support. Over the course of the show, Gus evolves from nothing more than a conventional and he frequently tries to pass himself off as fearless although in reality the opposite is true, and often cries, sometimes due to sympathy and other times when Shawn is insensitive to his feelings. It is believed that Gus was named after a relative of Steve Franks, Gus has been Shawn Spencers best friend since childhood, and co-owns the detective agency Psych with him, after Shawn was able to forge Gus name on the lease. Gus tends to be straight-laced and more cautious, although he has friends with Shawn for long enough that he understands that Shawn cannot be stopped once his mind has been made up. Shawn will often make up silly aliases for Gus while working a case, Gus has stated that he is not used to being introduced by his real name. Gus is often shown to be academically advanced, as a child, he applied for and was accepted into the Meitner School for gifted students, however, his parents turned down the placement, later telling Gus that it was too far to drive. In middle school, he was involved in spelling bees until 1989 and he continues to follow the American Spelling Bee meticulously, and tapes the yearly championship. He was also voted most likely to succeed in school and is upset that he has not done more in life. However, after helping Shawn solve a murder, he realizes that he leads a very productive life, Guster also attended Pomona College, something he shows off in multiple episodes. Guss parents, Bill and Winnie Guster, are shown to be protective of their son. They long disapproved of his friendship with Shawn, whom they regarded as a bad influence, after Shawn and Gus solve a murder for which Bill and Winnie had been wrongfully arrested, they mellow towards Shawn and admit that perhaps they do not need to baby Gus so much. A brother has been referenced in Gus blog on the official USA Network website, in the deleted scenes for Gus Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy on the Season 2 DVD, Guss mom mentions a brother who lives in Connecticut. In the episode Christmas Joy, Gus family comes to town for the holidays, including Gus sister Joy, while in Mexico on Spring Break in 1997, Gus met Mira Gaffney and married her on a drunken binge. He broke off the relationship soon afterward, and the two lost contact until 2008, when the marriage was annulled in anticipation of Miras upcoming wedding and he also has an uncle named Burton Guster, nicknamed Burt for short. Gus was baptized by his mother after his uncle, so the older is upset that he goes by the name Gus, ever since Mira, Gus has a reputation for being attracted to crazy women. Gus worked in sales, where he made $48,000 a year. With his vast knowledge of drugs, he helps solve cases by identifying poisons and he also tried to gain clients while they are interviewing doctors in a case
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Carlton Lassiter
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Detective Carlton Jebediah Lassiter MCJ, is a fictitious character in the American dramedy Psych played by Timothy Omundson. Lassiter is a veteran of the Santa Barbara Police Department. He also has a Masters Degree in Criminology and he has a tense relationship with Shawn Spencer that often leads to hilarious situations. Part of their marriage appears to stem from a disagreement over the matter of children. Lassiter says his wife believes that he not want children. She is replaced by Junior Detective Juliet OHara, eventually, Lassiters wife asks him to dinner, something he thinks points to a reconciliation for them, but in truth she simply wants to give him divorce papers. Saddened but resigned, he signs them, telling her hes going to let go of the past and she tells him she will never stop loving him, even though they are divorced. It was first mentioned in Lassiters blog that he has a sister, in the season 5 episode Dead Bear Walking, she is revealed to be a sister named Lauren. Lauren visits Lassiter to film a documentary about police work, after meeting Shawn and Gus, she is impressed by their methods and decides to film them instead, which irritates Lassiter. With a little help from Shawn, Lassiter is able to solve the case which restores his view in Laurens eyes and she tells Lassiter that she is proud of him. It has not been revealed if his father is alive or not, in the episode High Noon it is said that Lassiters mother never had time to take care of him and dropped him off at Old Sonora, a tourist Western town, every weekend. Additionally, it is revealed in the episode Weekend Warriors that Lassiter is an avid Civil War buff who actively participates in reenactments, in the fifth season episode Not Even Close. Encounters it is shown that Lassiter has a physical crap list from which he removes Shawns dad Henry, along with Henrys, some other names are crossed out, which may include Hilary Swank. Henrys name is put back on the list after he is shown it. Lassiter is a Republican, having punched Shawn in the face when he said that Ronald Reagan was a terrible president and he also reveals this by referring to residents of a local commune as flag burners. He has the song of the show Cops as his ringtone. He also hints to being a Republican when he says he believes there is no room for interpretation in the Constitution. Lassiter has also mentioned that he believes climate change is hoax, in the sixth season episode This Episode Sucks, Lassiter meets a woman at a local bar named Marlowe Viccellio
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Juliet O'Hara
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Head Detective Juliet Lynn Jules OHara is a character on the American comedy Psych played by Maggie Lawson. She attended the University of Miami, born in 1981, she was raised in a family of brothers and is shown to be close with both her parents and her siblings. She has grown more assertive with her partner, and actors Maggie Lawson, Juliet seems to present a gentle counterpoint to Lassiters gruff, rigid style. She reminds her partner repeatedly to be sensitive with the media, the victims, unlike Lassiter, she is friendly with Shawn Spencer and more willing to work with him and Burton Guster. Lawson says that, although Juliet is bemused by Shawn at first, she has gained respect for him and by the second season, Juliet reveals a very friendly. The actress says she thinks that, despite some skepticism, Juliet does believe that Shawn is psychic, by the end of the fifth season, Shawn and Juliet are romantically involved. By the middle of the season, Shawn is ready for marriage. Her older brother Ewan, played by John Cena, is a soldier whom she had to arrest when he attempted to murder an actual killer to protect the army. Ewan was supposed to go to prison but his high level bosses made him vanish, Juliet claims Ewan was the reason she became a cop, that him joining the military gave her enough confidence to join the police force. Her estranged con artist father Frank OHara is played by William Shatner and she seems to be Irish-Scots Season One Spellingg Bee - Shawn and Juliet meet for the first time when Juliet unknowingly steals his seat in a diner. Shawn attempts to flirt with her, but Juliets reception is cool, Shawn eventually figures out that Juliet is a cop and that she is staking out the diner. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece - When Shawn reads Juliets palm and they agree to help each other out on the case, thus beginning their camaraderie. She asks Shawn where he is, and he responds by asking if she wants to know the answer. She says, I dont ask questions I dont want to know the answer to, Shawn then advises her not to ask your boyfriend if he thinks your sisters hot. She informs him she does not have a sister, to which he asks, How about a boyfriend. Shawn then takes on a persons case as a favor to Juliet, informing Gus that he hopes for bigger favors in the future, ones that he cant share with nuns. From the Earth to the Starbucks - Shawn and Juliet team up to solve a case for Lassiter, Juliet admits that Shawn does makes her laugh. Shawn later claims to have copied hers verbatim, Shawn is also clearly jealous when he runs into Juliet on a date at the bowling alley
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Henry Spencer (Psych)
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Henry William Spencer, Jr. is a fictional character on the American television dramedy Psych. He is played by American actor Corbin Bernsen, a retired police officer, Henry Spencer raised his only son, Shawn, to follow in his footsteps, schooling him in detective work from a young age. The character is based loosely on series creator Steve Franks father and he would sometimes try to hone Franks observational skills by asking how many people were wearing hats in a restaurant, a tactic which Henry employs with Shawn in the series pilot. In the penultimate episode of the season, Chief Vick set Henry up with her friend Susan Sue B. from the Mayors office. Hes the son of Henry Spencer, Sr, in Psychs Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified its revealed that Shawns Grandma Emma is still alive. In the 14th episode of the season, Think Tank. Henry initially declined the job offer, preferring retired life but later accepted it in the season four finale, while pursuing the serial killer Mr. Yin. It is revealed in the Season Seven premiere that Henry survived the gunshot after undergoing surgery to remove the bullet, in Season Eight, he becomes a professor in criminology and in the series finale, helped Shawn solve his case, and even brought along his class. Actor Corbin Bernsen describes Henry as a guy whos very, very disciplined, as the show progresses, the two begin to mend their relationship. Bernsen notes that Shawn is being everything I want him to be, but hes not being it my way, making Shawns work a source of both pride and frustration
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Karen Vick
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Vick is a character on the American comedy detective drama Psych played by Kirsten Nelson. According to Head Detective Carlton Lassiters weblog, Vick replaced Police Chief John Fenich upon his retirement about a prior to Shawns arrival at the SBPD in the pilot episode. Vicks relationship with Lassiter seems strained by the fact that she is an outsider who was chosen by the powers that be in City Hall to take the position over someone from within our own ranks. Vicks decision to allow a psychic so far into official police investigations has done little to assuage Lassiters misgivings. Eventually, Lassiters attitude towards both Shawn and Vick soothed, on her way to non-lethal weapons training with Lassiter, Vicks water broke and Lassiter rushed her to a hospital where she gave birth to a daughter in Shawn vs. the Red Phantom. For Seasons 1 and 2, her position as Police Chief was described as Interim and she has an older sister in the Coast Guard with whom she has a strained relationship. This sister once ordered Carlton Lassiter out on a date with her, a name Shawn Spencer gives her as a nickname is, Chiefie. At the climax of the season 7 finale, she is suspended from her position as Police Chief for six months, with Harris Trout becoming interim chief. The suspended Chief Vick leaves the group after their goodbyes, exits the station, Vick returns in the Season 8 episode 1967, A Psych Odyssey where she tells everyone that she has accepted a job as police chief in San Francisco. She asks Juliet to become her head detective, which she accepts, Vick appears in the series finale, reuniting with Shawn and Gus, who have come to San Francisco. She is suspicious of his abilities, but is not above using any tool at her disposal to solve tough cases. In the episode There Might Be Blood, Shawn starts to have a vision about her relationship with her sister and she did talk to him about the situation, though
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Kurt Fuller
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Kurt Fuller is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and he graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton, California in 1971, and U. C. He is best known for his roles in Psych and Supernatural, standing 6-foot-3-inch-tall, Fuller is frequently cast as a weaselly executive, a smarmy authority figure, a law enforcement officer or a father at odds with his daughters boyfriend. Brell in No Holds Barred, a real estate agent in Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Usually cast in roles, Fuller played Werner Klemperer, whom he resembles, in Paul Schraders Auto Focus. He also portrayed Pacific Bell Retirement Fund Executive Walter Ribbon in The Pursuit of Happyness, Fuller has also appeared in many television shows, including Knight Rider, Timecop, Quantum Leap, L. A. He has had a role as Woody the Coroner on Psych and another on Supernatural. He also acted as a Senior Police Officer in the 2000 comedy Scary Movie, from 2010 to 2011, Fuller appeared in the ABC Network series Better with You, the show was cancelled after a single season. Fuller portrays director of the C. I. A, grayden Osborne, in the ABC drama Scandal. He also appears in FOXs Us & Them with Jane Kaczmarek, Fuller was born in San Francisco, California. He is married to actress and author Jessica Hendra and has two daughters named Julia and Charlotte, kurt Fuller at the Internet Movie Database
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Woody the Coroner
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This is a list of characters in the USA Network original comedy-drama TV series, Psych. The principal cast of the series has remained the same throughout the series, however, various recurring characters have appeared over the course of the shows run. Young Shawn is the version of Shawn Spencer. He is almost always shown learning life lessons from his father, the character usually appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Shawn first appeared in the episode, and has appeared in nearly every episode since. In The Polarizing Express, Young Shawn appears in adult Shawns dream in 2010, the character makes light of the rotating actors in the role when Tony Cox comments that Shawn and his younger self look nothing alike. Young Shawn replies, Well, we changed, then, looking at adult Shawn he says, Sometimes from week to week, huh. which adult Shawn confirms. Jimmy, now a jockey, returns in the beginning of the episode. Young Gus is the version of Gus. He almost always appears with Young Shawn, occasionally learning life lessons from Henry as well, the character always appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Gus first appeared in Spellingg Bee and has appeared in episodes since. Officer Buzz McNab is a member of the SBPD, who works with Detectives Lassiter and OHara, as well as Shawn. McNab is a naive, lovable cop who is eager to please Lassiter. He first appeared in the episode, and has been shown occasionally. He has a wife, Francine, whom he marries in the first season, in the first-season episode 9 Lives, McNab, in preparation for his wedding, calls a 1-800 stress-line, leading to almost be a victim in a murder. In the seventh season episode Deez Nups, It is revealed that McNab has been moonlighting as a stripper, at the end of Season 7 he is fired by interim Chief Harris Trout. After Lassiter is promoted to SBPD Chief, McNab is rehired in the episode of Season 8. In the series finale McNab is promoted to junior Detective, dr. Woodrow Woody Strode is the quirky coroner for Santa Barbara
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Buzz McNab
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This is a list of characters in the USA Network original comedy-drama TV series, Psych. The principal cast of the series has remained the same throughout the series, however, various recurring characters have appeared over the course of the shows run. Young Shawn is the version of Shawn Spencer. He is almost always shown learning life lessons from his father, the character usually appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Shawn first appeared in the episode, and has appeared in nearly every episode since. In The Polarizing Express, Young Shawn appears in adult Shawns dream in 2010, the character makes light of the rotating actors in the role when Tony Cox comments that Shawn and his younger self look nothing alike. Young Shawn replies, Well, we changed, then, looking at adult Shawn he says, Sometimes from week to week, huh. which adult Shawn confirms. Jimmy, now a jockey, returns in the beginning of the episode. Young Gus is the version of Gus. He almost always appears with Young Shawn, occasionally learning life lessons from Henry as well, the character always appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Gus first appeared in Spellingg Bee and has appeared in episodes since. Officer Buzz McNab is a member of the SBPD, who works with Detectives Lassiter and OHara, as well as Shawn. McNab is a naive, lovable cop who is eager to please Lassiter. He first appeared in the episode, and has been shown occasionally. He has a wife, Francine, whom he marries in the first season, in the first-season episode 9 Lives, McNab, in preparation for his wedding, calls a 1-800 stress-line, leading to almost be a victim in a murder. In the seventh season episode Deez Nups, It is revealed that McNab has been moonlighting as a stripper, at the end of Season 7 he is fired by interim Chief Harris Trout. After Lassiter is promoted to SBPD Chief, McNab is rehired in the episode of Season 8. In the series finale McNab is promoted to junior Detective, dr. Woodrow Woody Strode is the quirky coroner for Santa Barbara
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Ally Sheedy
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Alexandra Elizabeth Ally Sheedy is an American film and stage actress, as well as the author of two books. Following her film debut in 1983s Bad Boys, she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors in the films The Breakfast Club and she also acted in WarGames and Short Circuit. For her performance in Lisa Cholodenkos High Art, Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Sheedy was born in New York City and has two siblings, brother Patrick and sister Meghan. Her mother, Charlotte, is a writer and press agent who was involved in womens and civil rights movements and her mother is Jewish and her father is of Irish Catholic background. Her maternal grandmother was from Odessa, Ukraine, Sheedy attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1980. She started dancing with the American Ballet Theatre at age six and was planning to make it a full-time career, however, she gave up dance in favor of acting full-time. At age 12 she wrote a book, She Was Nice to Mice, on June 19,1975, she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth in her role as a young writer. Sheedy started acting in stage productions as a teenager. The 1980s were her most active period, with roles in films such as WarGames, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmos Fire, Short Circuit. Sheedy starred alongside Radha Mitchell in the 1998 independent film High Art and her performance in High Art was recognized with awards from the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and National Society of Film Critics. In 1999, Sheedy took over the role in the off-Broadway production of the musical Hedwig. She was the first female to play the part of the genderqueer Hedwig and that same year, she was cast as a lead actress in Sugar Town, an independent film, which featured an ensemble cast of actors and musicians. She was reunited with Breakfast Club co-star Anthony Michael Hall when she became a special guest star on his television show The Dead Zone, in the second-season episode Playing God, from 2003. Sheedy has also appeared in the episode Leapin Lizards of C. S. I. in which she played a woman who murdered her boyfriends wife while mixed up in a cult. On March 3,2008, Sheedy was introduced as the character Sarah, in 2009, she played the role of Mr. Yang on the USA Network television show Psych, a role that she reprised in the fourth season, fifth season, and seventh season finales. Sheedy dated Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora for less than a year in the 1980s and she stated in The Los Angeles Times that the relationship led her to abuse drugs, a claim Sambora denied. On April 12,1992, Sheedy married actor David Lansbury, the nephew of actress Angela Lansbury and son of Edgar Lansbury and their daughter Rebecca was born in 1994. In May 2008, Sheedy announced that she and Lansbury had filed for divorce
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Mr. Yang
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This is a list of characters in the USA Network original comedy-drama TV series, Psych. The principal cast of the series has remained the same throughout the series, however, various recurring characters have appeared over the course of the shows run. Young Shawn is the version of Shawn Spencer. He is almost always shown learning life lessons from his father, the character usually appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Shawn first appeared in the episode, and has appeared in nearly every episode since. In The Polarizing Express, Young Shawn appears in adult Shawns dream in 2010, the character makes light of the rotating actors in the role when Tony Cox comments that Shawn and his younger self look nothing alike. Young Shawn replies, Well, we changed, then, looking at adult Shawn he says, Sometimes from week to week, huh. which adult Shawn confirms. Jimmy, now a jockey, returns in the beginning of the episode. Young Gus is the version of Gus. He almost always appears with Young Shawn, occasionally learning life lessons from Henry as well, the character always appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Gus first appeared in Spellingg Bee and has appeared in episodes since. Officer Buzz McNab is a member of the SBPD, who works with Detectives Lassiter and OHara, as well as Shawn. McNab is a naive, lovable cop who is eager to please Lassiter. He first appeared in the episode, and has been shown occasionally. He has a wife, Francine, whom he marries in the first season, in the first-season episode 9 Lives, McNab, in preparation for his wedding, calls a 1-800 stress-line, leading to almost be a victim in a murder. In the seventh season episode Deez Nups, It is revealed that McNab has been moonlighting as a stripper, at the end of Season 7 he is fired by interim Chief Harris Trout. After Lassiter is promoted to SBPD Chief, McNab is rehired in the episode of Season 8. In the series finale McNab is promoted to junior Detective, dr. Woodrow Woody Strode is the quirky coroner for Santa Barbara
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Barry Bostwick
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Barry Knapp Bostwick is an American stage and screen actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the comedy horror The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Bostwick has also had success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in the musical The Robber Bridegroom. Bostwick was born in San Mateo, California and he is the son of Elizabeth Betty, a housewife, and Henry Bud Bostwick, a city planner and actor. His only sibling, Henry Pete Bostwick, was killed in a car accident on July 20,1973 and he also attended NYUs Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1968. Their sole album, released in 1970, was produced by Jeff Barry and his next stage appearance was in the 1971 rock opera Soon, which closed after three performances. In 1972, Bostwick originated the role of bad boy Danny Zuko in the production of Grease. This was followed by a role as Terr in the English-dubbed version of Fantastic Planet in 1973. He later starred with Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon in The Rocky Horror Picture Show portraying the character of Brad Majors and he also won a Tony Award for his performance in the 1977 musical The Robber Bridegroom. In 1981, Bostwick starred in the TV series adaptation of the 1978 movie Foul Play, with his role modeled after Chevy Chases, the following year, he starred in Megaforce. Bostwick starred, along with Carl Weintraub, as Rick Armstrong in the short-lived ABC sitcom Dads during the 1986-87 season. From 1996 to 2002, Bostwick portrayed Randall Winston, the mayor of New York City in the sitcom Spin City opposite Michael J. Fox and his successor, Charlie Sheen. In 2006, Bostwick replaced Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler, since 2004, Bostwick has had a recurring role on Law & Order, Special Victims Unit. Bostwick served as host of the nationally televised annual Capitol Fourth celebration on the National Mall in Washington, Bostwick was also seen in a Pepsi Twist commercial. In 2003, Bostwick appeared on Scrubs as a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer, in 2008, he appeared in an episode of TV series Ugly Betty as an attorney to the Meade family. In 2007, Bostwick gained a role, as Grandpa Clyde Flynn on the animated television series, Phineas. Bostwick is also the spokesperson for Optimum Voice, in June 2009 he played Father Jimmy, the ineffective exorcist in the independent horror comedy The Selling, written by Gabriel Diani and directed by Emily Lou. Other television credits include guest appearances in Charlies Angels, Hawaii Five-O, The Golden Palace, Grace Under Fire, and Las Vegas
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Anthony Rapp
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He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown and originated the role of Lucas in the musical If/Then in 2014. Rapp was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Joliet, Illinois, after his parents divorce, he was raised by his mother, a trained nurse. Rapp attended high school at Joliet West High School and theatre camp at Interlochen Arts Camp, in junior high school, Rapp won numerous awards for his singing. His older brother is playwright, novelist, and filmmaker Adam Rapp, Rapp first performed on Broadway in 1981 in the musical The Little Prince and the Aviator, a musical based on Antoine de Saint-Exupérys novel The Little Prince. He also appeared in the 1987 film Adventures in Babysitting, which was directed by Chris Columbus, Columbus would later direct Rapp in the film version of Rent. He has appeared in movies and Broadway shows. Rapp went on to play the character of Mark Cohen in the off-Broadway, for his audition, Rapp sang R. E. M. s Losing My Religion, and received his callback in September 1994. After being offered the role, Jonathan Larson wrote new songs for the production with Rapps voice in mind and he reprised that role in the film adaptation, which was released on November 23,2005. In 2000, Rapp released a solo CD, entitled Look Around and he returned to Rent on July 30,2007, for a six-week run, along with original cast member Adam Pascal. Rapp and Adam Pascal continued in their return to Broadways Rent through October 7 at the Nederlander Theatre, Rapp and Pascal, along with fellow original cast member Gwen Stewart, reprised their roles of Mark and Roger in a national tour of Rent beginning January 6,2009. Rapp played the role of Lucas in If/Then, which starred fellow Rent alum Idina Menzel. If/Then played the National Theatre in Washington, D. C. and began previews on Broadway on March 5,2014 and it closed on March 22,2015. Rapp reprises the role in select performances of the 2015-2016 National Tour, along with Menzel, Rapp also appeared in the television episode Psych, The Musical, which premiered on USA Network on December 15,2013. In 2012, the periodical, Metro Weekly, referred to Rapp as one of the first openly gay men on Broadway. During a 1997 interview with Oasis Magazine, the actor explained his sexual identity as queer rather than gay, I dont want to get into labels, but Ive never labeled myself except to say Im queer. The things thats been most important to me to be out about is that I have been in loving relationships with men. I havent said I am gay. Because the truth is that Ive also been in love with women, although the truth is I do think Im primarily homosexual
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Cybill Shepherd
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Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Patty, a homemaker, and William Jennings Shepherd, according to Shepherds autobiography, it was a 1970 Glamour magazine cover that caught the eye of film director Peter Bogdanovich. She became intimately involved with him, as well as co-star Jeff Bridges, screenwriter Larry McMurtry and her first film was The Last Picture Show, also starring Jeff Bridges and Timothy Bottoms. The film became a critical and box office hit, earning several Academy Awards, Shepherd was nominated for a Golden Globe. Shepherd was cast opposite Charles Grodin in The Heartbreak Kid and she played Kelly, the beautiful, sunkissed young woman for whom Grodins character falls while on his honeymoon in Miami. Directed by Elaine May, it was critical and box office hit. Also in 1972, Shepherd posed as a Kodak Girl for the camera manufacturers then ubiquitous cardboard displays, in 1974, Shepherd again teamed with Peter Bogdanovich for the title role in Daisy Miller, based on the Henry James novella. The film—a period piece set in Europe—proved to be a box office failure, Shepherd returned with good reviews for her work in Martin Scorseses Taxi Driver. According to Shepherd, Scorsese had requested a Cybill Shepherd type for the role and she portrayed an ethereal beauty with whom Robert De Niros character, Travis Bickle, becomes enthralled. A series of successful roles followed, including The Lady Vanishes. Already sitting in on a class taught by Stella Adler, Shepherd was offered work at a dinner theater in Norfolk, VA. In 1982, Shepherd returned to New York and soon took to the stage alongside James MacArthur in a theatre tour of Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr. The following year, Shepherd went back to Los Angeles and soon won the role of Colleen Champion in the drama, The Yellow Rose. Although critically acclaimed, the series lasted one season. A year later Shepherd was cast as Maddie Hayes in ABCs Moonlighting, the producers knew that her role depended on having chemistry with her co-star, and she was involved in the selection of Bruce Willis. A lighthearted combination of mystery and comedy, the series won Shepherd two Golden Globe awards and she starred in Chances Are with Robert Downey Jr. and Ryan ONeal, receiving excellent reviews. She then reprised her role as Jacy in Texasville, the sequel to The Last Picture Show and she also appeared in Woody Allens Alice, and Eugene Levys Once Upon a Crime, as well as several television films. In 2003, she guest-starred on 8 Simple Rules as the sister of Cate Hennessy and she has played Martha Stewart in two television films, Martha, Inc
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Madeleine Spencer
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This is a list of characters in the USA Network original comedy-drama TV series, Psych. The principal cast of the series has remained the same throughout the series, however, various recurring characters have appeared over the course of the shows run. Young Shawn is the version of Shawn Spencer. He is almost always shown learning life lessons from his father, the character usually appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Shawn first appeared in the episode, and has appeared in nearly every episode since. In The Polarizing Express, Young Shawn appears in adult Shawns dream in 2010, the character makes light of the rotating actors in the role when Tony Cox comments that Shawn and his younger self look nothing alike. Young Shawn replies, Well, we changed, then, looking at adult Shawn he says, Sometimes from week to week, huh. which adult Shawn confirms. Jimmy, now a jockey, returns in the beginning of the episode. Young Gus is the version of Gus. He almost always appears with Young Shawn, occasionally learning life lessons from Henry as well, the character always appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Gus first appeared in Spellingg Bee and has appeared in episodes since. Officer Buzz McNab is a member of the SBPD, who works with Detectives Lassiter and OHara, as well as Shawn. McNab is a naive, lovable cop who is eager to please Lassiter. He first appeared in the episode, and has been shown occasionally. He has a wife, Francine, whom he marries in the first season, in the first-season episode 9 Lives, McNab, in preparation for his wedding, calls a 1-800 stress-line, leading to almost be a victim in a murder. In the seventh season episode Deez Nups, It is revealed that McNab has been moonlighting as a stripper, at the end of Season 7 he is fired by interim Chief Harris Trout. After Lassiter is promoted to SBPD Chief, McNab is rehired in the episode of Season 8. In the series finale McNab is promoted to junior Detective, dr. Woodrow Woody Strode is the quirky coroner for Santa Barbara
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Kristy Swanson
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Kristen Noel Kristy Swanson is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Buffy Summers in the 1992 cult film Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Swanson began her career appearing in teen films, including Pretty in Pink. Her first starring role was in Wes Cravens horror film Deadly Friend, Swanson was born and raised in Mission Viejo, California, the daughter of physical education teachers Robert and Rosemary Swanson. Swanson graduated from El Toro High School, Swanson has one older brother, Rob. Swansons paternal grandfather was Swedish, and her grandfather was of German ancestry. She has an uncle who taught English and Journalism in Anaheim, at the age of nine, Swanson expressed interest in acting to her parents, and began pursuing roles in television commercials. She landed her first job appearing in a doll house commercial, Swanson began her acting career at The Actors Workshop with R. J. Adams and promptly moved into TV advertising roles and several appearances in TV series such as Cagney and Lacey. Her first starring role was later in 1986, in Wes Cravens Deadly Friend as Samantha – the girl next door, the next year she played Cathy in the adaptation of V. C. Andrews best-seller Flowers in the Attic. Swanson revealed in a 2015 television interview how she was cast in Pretty In Pink, John Hughes said, Were re-shooting the end of Pretty in Pink. I was wondering if you would come be in this scene with our main character, Ducky, because the way we tested it in the movie theater and we need him to end up with somebody else at the end of the movie. So would you play the part. L, throughout the 1990s, she starred mostly in films. She played the role in the 1992 movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although not a hit at the box office originally, it had a profitable rental life and she appeared in both starring and supporting roles in movies such as Hot Shots. The Program, The Chase, or her most critically acclaimed role, playing Kristen Connor and she also appeared in the film adaptation of the comic-book The Phantom and the dark comedy 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag with Joe Pesci. Most of these films failed at the box office, and she reverted to TV work in the late 1990s, in the 1998–99 season of Early Edition, Swanson played Erica Paget, a love interest of the main character, Gary Hobson. In 1999, Swanson played Vanessa, the girlfriend of Adam Sandler in the movie Big Daddy, in 2000, she returned to a television series, as the star of Grapevine, a revamp of a 1992 TV series that was canceled after five episodes. Swanson posed nude for Playboy magazine in November 2002 in a cover-featured pictorial and she appeared in and won the 2006 Fox television program Skating with Celebrities, partnered with Lloyd Eisler
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Marlowe Viccellio
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This is a list of characters in the USA Network original comedy-drama TV series, Psych. The principal cast of the series has remained the same throughout the series, however, various recurring characters have appeared over the course of the shows run. Young Shawn is the version of Shawn Spencer. He is almost always shown learning life lessons from his father, the character usually appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Shawn first appeared in the episode, and has appeared in nearly every episode since. In The Polarizing Express, Young Shawn appears in adult Shawns dream in 2010, the character makes light of the rotating actors in the role when Tony Cox comments that Shawn and his younger self look nothing alike. Young Shawn replies, Well, we changed, then, looking at adult Shawn he says, Sometimes from week to week, huh. which adult Shawn confirms. Jimmy, now a jockey, returns in the beginning of the episode. Young Gus is the version of Gus. He almost always appears with Young Shawn, occasionally learning life lessons from Henry as well, the character always appears in flashbacks to the late 80s or early 90s. Young Gus first appeared in Spellingg Bee and has appeared in episodes since. Officer Buzz McNab is a member of the SBPD, who works with Detectives Lassiter and OHara, as well as Shawn. McNab is a naive, lovable cop who is eager to please Lassiter. He first appeared in the episode, and has been shown occasionally. He has a wife, Francine, whom he marries in the first season, in the first-season episode 9 Lives, McNab, in preparation for his wedding, calls a 1-800 stress-line, leading to almost be a victim in a murder. In the seventh season episode Deez Nups, It is revealed that McNab has been moonlighting as a stripper, at the end of Season 7 he is fired by interim Chief Harris Trout. After Lassiter is promoted to SBPD Chief, McNab is rehired in the episode of Season 8. In the series finale McNab is promoted to junior Detective, dr. Woodrow Woody Strode is the quirky coroner for Santa Barbara
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Max Gail
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Maxwell Trowbridge Max Gail, Jr. is an American actor who has starred in stage, television, and film roles. He most notably portrayed the role of Detective Stan Wojo Wojciehowicz on the television sitcom Barney Miller, Gail was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Mary Elizabeth and Maxwell Trowbridge Gail, Sr. a businessman, and he was raised in Grosse Ile, Michigan. He attended Williams College, and was later an instructor for the University Liggett School before becoming an actor. His acting debut came in 1970 for the Little Fox Theatre in San Francisco, California, in 1973, he reprised this role in his New York stage debut. He is best known for his role as Det. Stan Wojo Wojciehowicz in the sitcom Barney Miller, gails best known feature film role is in D. C. Cab as Harold, the owner of the D. C and he also directed several episodes of Barney Miller as Maxwell Gail. In 1984, Gail was featured in the monodrama The Babe on Broadway and this stage play was filmed and later featured on PBS. Gail has starred in other TV series including Whiz Kids as Llewellan Farley and he worked on the short-lived Normal Life. He has appeared on the TV series Sons & Daughters, Gail runs Full Circle, a production company which has featured documentaries on such subjects as Agent Orange, Native Americans, and nuclear issues. Gails first wife, Willie Bier, died of cancer in 1986, they have a daughter and his second wife, Nan, and he have two children, Maxwell and Grace. Gail has a sister, actress Mary Gail. The Organization Night Moves Curse of the Black Widow Cardiac Arrest D. C. org
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Arden Myrin
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Arden VanAmringe Myrin is an American actress and comedian. Arden became a new cast member on Showtime’s Shameless Season 7, Arden will be seen next in the feature film Extracurricular Activities. Myrin has appeared in films, including the Sundance Films Bachelorette. Arden was in the original New York City production of David Mamet’s Boston Marriage at the Public Theater, as a comedian Arden tours across the country and co-hosts a comedy show Tinkle Twins at Meltdown Comics with Dana Gould. Arden appeared on Chelsea Lately over 100 times, and is a regular panelist on @midnight and she was cast member of MadTV for the final four seasons along with Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, and Bobby Lee. She has appeared on Late Night with Conan OBrian, The Howard Stern Show, WTF with Marc Maron, Arden is also the host of the Nerdist podcast Will You Accept This Rose. Myrin was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, a fishing village. Her father was an accountant, and her mother was an estate agent. She has a brother, Alarik. As a child, she staged her neighborhood plays, and enjoyed seeing Annie on Broadway, Myrin attended the Friends Academy in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where she graduated. She then attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts for high school and she is of Swedish and Norwegian heritage. Afterwards, Myrin attended Colorado College, a liberal arts school. She was elected commencement speaker at her graduation, during one college break, Myrin began to study improvisational comedy and worked as an intern on NBCs Late Night with Conan OBrien, where she admits she mostly ran the Xerox machine. Soon after graduation, Myrin briefly moved to Chicago where she became a member of the Improv Olympic and later re-located to New York City and Los Angeles where she was part of the same group. One of her memorable standup comedian acts included a section of her own life experiences called “Straight Outta Lil Compton. ”Myrin also trained with the Los Angeles comedy troupes The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade. Myrin officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2005 as a performer for the eleventh season. On December 30,2007, Myrin married Dan Martin, a writer she first met in 2001. Arden Myrin at the Internet Movie Database Official MADtv site Arden Myrin is interviewed and performs on Radio Happy Hour The JV Club #87, Arden Myrin mp3
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Christopher Lloyd
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Lloyd has an equally prominent television profile, having won two Primetime Emmy Awards for playing Jim Ignatowski on the comedy series Taxi. He earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance on Road to Avonlea and he has also done extensive voiceover work for animated programs, most notably voicing The Hacker on the PBS Kids series Cyberchase. The role earned him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Lloyd was born on October 22,1938, in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, Jr, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth, a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. He is the youngest of four girls and three boys, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyds maternal grandfather, Lewis Henry Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut. Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, power Failure, and, in mid-1972, appeared in a Jean Cocteau double bill, Orphee and The Human Voice, at the Jean Cocteau Theater at 43 Bond Street. Lloyd returned to Broadway for the musical Happy End and he performed in Andrzej Wajdas adaptation of Dostoyevskys The Possessed at Yale Repertory Theater, and in Jay Broads premiere of White Pelican at the P. A. F. Playhouse in Huntington Station, New York, on Long Island, in 1977, he said of his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Meisner, My work up to then had been very uneven. I would be one night, dull the next. Meisner made me aware of how to be consistent in using the best that I have to offer, but I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage. His first movie role was as a patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. In 1985, he was in Street Hawk the pilot episode, in 1986, he played the reviled Professor B. O. Beanes on the television series Amazing Stories, Lloyd portrayed the star character in the adventure game Toonstruck, released in November 1996. In 1999, he was reunited onscreen with Michael J and that same year, Lloyd starred in the movie remake of the 1960s series My Favorite Martian. He starred on the television series Deadly Games in the mid-1990s and was a regular on the sitcom Stacked in the mid-2000s, in 2003, he guest-starred in three of the 13 produced episodes of Tremors, The Series as the character Cletus Poffenburger. In November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the season-four episode Graphic of the television series Numb3rs and he played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. In 2009, he appeared in a trailer for a faux horror film entitled Gobstopper
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Lesley Ann Warren
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Lesley Ann Warren is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1982 film Victor/Victoria. She is also an Emmy Award nominee and five-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Warren made her Broadway debut in 1963, and her film debut in The Happiest Millionaire in 1967. Her other film appearances include Clue, Burglar, Cop, Color of Night and she has also appeared in numerous television shows, including Mission, Impossible, Desperate Housewives, Will & Grace, and In Plain Sight. Warren was born in New York City, the daughter of Margot, a singer, and William Warren and her family was Russian Jewish, on both sides, and her fathers original surname was Warrenoff. She attended the Professional Childrens School and The High School of Music & Art, the 5-foot-8-inch Warren began her career as a ballet dancer, training at the School of American Ballet. She entered the Actors Studio at the age of 17—reputedly the youngest applicant ever to be accepted and her Broadway debut came in 1963 in the musical 110 in the Shade. She won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the 1965 flop musical Drat, in 1973, she portrayed Scarlett OHara in the Los Angeles production of the musical Scarlett, however, the play was poorly reviewed and did not continue to Broadway as planned. She later played the part of Dana Lambert, the female on the Mission, Impossible team. According to The Complete Mission, Impossible Dossier by Patrick White, she was considered too inexperienced for the part, despite her departure, throughout the 1970s Warren became a leading lady of TV movies, TV series, and TV miniseries. She appeared as a guest star in the season of The Muppet Show. Warren also played Lois Lane in the 1975 TV special Its a Bird. Its a Plane. Its Superman adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. Warren went on to screen-test for the role of Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman film, in 1981, she starred with Ken Wahl, George Peppard, and Donald Pleasence in Race for the Yankee Zephyr, a New Zealand suspense-action-thriller film directed by David Hemmings. For her portrayal of dim-witted gangsters moll Norma Cassidy in the 1982 musical-comedy Victor Victoria, Warren is also a five-time Golden Globe nominee and won for the 1977 miniseries Harold Robbins 79 Park Avenue. She was Emmy-nominated for the TV movie Family of Spies, in 1975, Warren played a mental patient opposite Peter Falk and George Hamilton in the Columbo episode A Deadly State of Mind. Warren played Princess Jeanetta in the Shelley Duvalls Faerie Tale Theatre episode The Dancing Princesses and she starred as one of the prime murder suspects, Miss Scarlet, in the comedy film version of the popular board game Clue. In 1986, Lesley was prominently featured in Bob Segers popular music video for his hit song American Storm, in 1989, she appeared in the Aerosmith video Janies Got a Gun, wherein she played Janies mother. She was also featured in a video for the Eagles Life in the Fast Lane, however, it was successful on the home video market
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Martin Mull
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Martin Eugene Mull is an American actor, comedian and singer who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is also a painter and a recording artist, as an actor, he first became known in his role on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night. Mull was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull and he moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio, when he was two years old. They stayed there until he was 15 years old, when his family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut and he studied painting and went on to graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in painting. Mulls first well known acting role was as Garth Gimble in the 1976 television nighttime absurdist soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. This led to work in the comedy talk shows Fernwood 2 Night and America 2-Night, in which he played talk show host Barth Gimble, opposite Fred Willard. In 1979, he appeared in the Taxi episode Hollywood Calling, Mull created, wrote for and starred in the short-lived 1984 CBS sitcom Domestic Life, with Megan Follows playing his teenaged daughter. In one episode of The Golden Girls, he played a hippie who was afraid of the outside world and he had a long-running role as Leon Carp, Roseanne Conners gay boss on the TV series Roseanne. During the 1980s, Mull starred in a series of commercials for Michelob and Pizza Hut and he appeared in the Pecos Bill episode of the Shelley Duvall TV series Tall Tales & Legends. Mull voiced the role of The Evil Cad on the 1995–97 animated series Freakazoid and he also did the voice of Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius, the main villain in Danny Phantom. Mull has appeared as a guest star on the game show Hollywood Squares, appearing as the square in the shows final season. In late 2004 and in 2013s Netflix-produced Season 4, he portrayed Gene Parmesan, during 2008 and 2009, Mull guest starred in two episodes of the television series Gary Unmarried as Allisons father. Mull also starred in the Fox sitcom, Dads, Mull broke into show business as a songwriter, penning Jane Morgans 1970 country single A Girl Named Johnny Cash, which peaked at #61 on Billboards country charts. Shortly thereafter, he began his own recording career, throughout the 1970s, and especially in the first half of the decade, Mull was best known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs both live and in-studio recordings. His self-titled debut Album, released by Capricorn in 1972, featured many musicians, including Ramblin Jack Elliott, Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring of NRBQ. Elvis Costello and Gary Sperrazza attribute the phrase, Writing about music is like dancing about architecture to Martin Mull. Mull has been a painter since the 1970s, and has had his work appear in group and solo exhibits since that time. He participated in the June 15,1971 exhibit Flush with the Walls in the room of the Boston Museum of Art to protest the lack of contemporary
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Curt Smith
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Curt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, as a solo artist, he has released four solo albums. Smith met Roland Orzabal when both were teenagers and they first formed a band in their teens, for which Smith taught himself to play bass guitar. They next formed the ska influenced band Graduate, who released their album in 1980 achieving minor success in Europe. Around this time, Smith and Orzabal also became session musicians for the band Neon, fellow band members included Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher who went on to become the duo Naked Eyes. After Graduate and Neon disbanded, Smith and Orzabal founded Tears for Fears in 1981. Their debut album, 1983s The Hurting, reached no.1 in the UK and their 1985 album Songs from the Big Chair was even more successful, yielding hits including Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Shout, and Head Over Heels. The duo spent the several years recording their 1989 album The Seeds of Love. Smiths last single as a lead vocalist with the group was Advice for the Young at Heart, following another world tour, increasing tensions between himself and Orzabal prompted Smith to leave the band in 1991 and he moved to New York. In 2000, routine paperwork obligations led to Orzabal and Smiths first conversation in nearly a decade. The two patched up their differences and, along with Smiths associate Charlton Pettus, began writing a new album – Everybody Loves a Happy Ending – released in 2004. Prior to this, Mad World was covered by Michael Andrews and it was released as a single and reached no.1 in the UK during Christmas 2003. The single re-ignited interest in the earlier work and their 1992 Greatest Hits album was re-released and re-entered the UK Top 10 for several weeks. After leaving Tears for Fears, Smith released his first solo album, Soul on Board, in 1993. The album was unsuccessful in the UK, and was not released at all in the U. S. Smith later claimed that he made the album purely to fulfil his contract with Phonogram/Mercury. After moving to New York, Smith formed the band Mayfield with guitarist-producer Charlton Pettus, according to Smith, the name of the band was a play on words based on the name of the legendary American soul singer Curtis Mayfield. The band was mostly an act but did release a self-titled album in 1997. Smith later released the album Aeroplane under his own name, in the U. S. this was a six song EP, but in Canada and elsewhere, it was essentially the earlier Mayfield album combined with additional songs from the U. S. EP
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Tears for Fears
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Tears for Fears are an English pop/rock band formed in Bath, Avon in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. They were part of the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US and their second album contained two Billboard Hot 100 number ones, Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, the latter winning the Brit Award for Best British Single in 1986. The duo re-formed in 2000 and released an album of new material, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, since 2013, the duo have been working on their seventh album. Tears for Fears have sold over 30 million albums worldwide, Orzabal and Smith met as teenagers in Bath, Somerset, England. The duo became session musicians for the band Neon, where they first met future Tears For Fears drummer Manny Elias, Neon also featured Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher who went on to become Naked Eyes. Smith and Orzabals professional debut came with the band Graduate, a mod revival/new wave act, in 1980, Graduate released an album, Acting My Age, and a single Elvis Should Play Ska. The single just missed the top 100 in the UK, though it performed well in Spain and in Switzerland, by 1981, Orzabal and Smith had become more influenced by artists such as Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno. They departed from Graduate and formed a band called History of Headaches, the bands name was inspired by primal therapy, developed by the American psychologist Arthur Janov, which gained tremendous publicity after John Lennon became Janovs patient in 1970. Many songs on their first two albums were related to Primal therapy, including the song Ideas as Opiates which was a chapter in Janovs book, Prisoners of Pain. As Tears for Fears, Orzabal and Smith intended to form the nucleus of the group, around this time they met local musician Ian Stanley who offered them free use of his home 8-track studio. Stanley began working with the duo as their player and. Their first single, Suffer the Children, was released on that label in November 1981, followed by the first edition of Pale Shelter in March 1982, though neither of these releases were successful. The band achieved their first taste of success with their single, Mad World. Their first album, The Hurting, was released in March 1983, the album, produced by Chris Hughes and Ross Cullum, showcased guitar and synthesiser-based songs with lyrics reflecting Orzabals bitter childhood. The Hurting may be considered Tears for Fears only true concept album, as references to emotional distress, the album itself was a big success and had a lengthy chart run in the UK, where it reached no.1 and platinum status. It also reached the top 20 in several countries and yielded the international hit singles Mad World, Change. All three of these reached the Top 5 in the UK. Towards the end of 1983, the released a new, slightly more experimental single, The Way You Are
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Tim Curry
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Timothy James Tim Curry is an English actor, voice actor, and singer. He is known for his work in a range of theatre, film. Curry was born in Grappenhall, Cheshire and his father, James Curry, a chaplain in the Royal Navy, died when Curry was 12. Currys mother, Patricia, a secretary, died in June 1999 after living with cancer for two years. His older sister, Judith, was a concert pianist who died of a tumour in the early 2000s. Curry spent most of his childhood in Plymouth, Devon, but, after his fathers death from pneumonia in 1958, Curry then went to boarding school and attended Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset. He developed into a boy soprano. Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in English. Curry recalled his first encounter with the project, Id heard about the play because I lived on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was an old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard OBrien in the street, and he said hed just been to the gym to see if he could find a muscleman who could sing, I said, Why do you need him to sing. And he told me that his musical was going to be done and he gave me the script, and I thought, Boy, if this works, its going to be a smash. Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, Curry originally thought the character was merely a laboratory doctor dressed in a white lab coat. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles, figure out, help them maybe figure out their own sexuality. In 2016, Curry played The Criminologist in the film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Shortly after the end of Rocky Horrors run on Broadway, Curry returned to the stage with Tom Stoppards Travesties, which ran in London and New York from 1975 to 1976. Travesties was a Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards, as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and Currys performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews. In 1981, Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show Amadeus, playing the title character and he was nominated for his first Tony Award for this role but lost out to his co-star Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papps version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews
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Parminder Nagra
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Nagra was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, to Sukha and Nashuter Nagra, Sikh factory workers who emigrated from the Punjab region of India in the 1960s. She is the eldest of four children with two brothers and a sister, Nagra attended the Northfield House Primary School in Leicester. At her comprehensive school, Soar Valley College, she played the viola in the youth orchestra and she accepted and was cast as a chorus member in the 1994 musical Nimai presented at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Only a week into rehearsals, she was switched from the chorus to replace the lead actress, simons recalls that Nagra, a good singer and actress, also had a quality that raised her above other actresses which led him to select her as the new lead. Nagra left Leicester for London and decided not to go to university, instead she pursued a theatrical career and her childhood ambition of becoming an actress. Nagras first London theatrical job came in 1994, when she was cast as the Princess in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, after Sleeping Beauty, Nagra worked with small Indian theatre companies such as Tara Arts and Tamasha. These roles eventually led to radio and television appearances that defined her career throughout most of the 1990s and she also appeared in The 6th Wonder of the World, The Kali Tutti Story, in 1994. In 1996, Nagra took a part in Chikamatsu Monzaemons Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards that was performed at Cottesloe. In 1997, Nagra appeared in the three-part drama Turning World opposite Roshan Seth, the following year, she appeared on Casualty again. In 1999, she played a convenience store clerk in the television movie Donovan Quick, also of note were appearances on the British comedy Goodness Gracious Me. Nagra also co-starred in radio plays including, amongst others, plays by Tanika Gupta, in 1998, Nagra co-starred in the radio play Dancing Girls of Lahore which was co-written by her future Bend It Like Beckham co-star Shaheen Khan. In 1997, not long after Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, Nagra was cast in Oh Sweet Sita, during that time, Nagra caught the attention of director Gurinder Chadha. Nagra played Jesminder Jess Bhamra, a teenage Sikh football player who idolises football superstar David Beckham, the script was written by Chadha with her husband Paul Mayeda Berges and Guljit Bindra with Nagra in mind. While initially indifferent to the game of football, Nagra found the story to be both funny and touching. She agreed to audition and eventually accepted the role, an intensive ten week training course in the game Futebol De Salao, coached by Simon Clifford, put Nagra through rigorous nine-hour-a-day workouts. Nagra learned to bend or curve the ball in flight, as she did in a scene in the film, acknowledging Nagras actual burn-scarred leg, Chadha wrote it into the film. Nagra received critical and professional acclaim for her performance and she was nominated, and won, several awards, including the FIFA Presidential Award, making her the first woman to have done so. Although Second Generation was a flop, it was a critical success
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Jeffrey Tambor
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Tambor was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eileen, a housewife, and Michael Bernard Tambor, a flooring contractor. He grew up in a Conservative Jewish family with roots in Hungary, Tambor is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he studied acting and then went on to receive a masters degree from Wayne State University. Tambor first moved to theater in Milwaukee, later making his Broadway debut in the comedy Sly Fox, appearing with George C. Scott. He appeared in Measure for Measure in the same year, in 1979 he starred in Norman Jewisons. And Justice For All, as a lawyer friend of the protagonist, Arthur Kirkland. In an early TV job, an ad for Avis rent-a-car, he was running through an airport, mocking O. J. Simpsons Go. He has had a significant career in episodic TV, where he made numerous guest appearances on different shows, including Taxi, Kojak, M*A*S*H, The Golden Girls, in 1979 Tambor got his first role as a main character in television in the short-lived show The Ropers. Throughout the 1980s Tambor had a role on Hill Street Blues playing a defense attorney who eventually becomes a judge. In 1981 he appeared in an episode of Barney Miller as a man who was trying to bring exposure to the members of the Trilateral Commission in charge of the coming New World Order. In 1987 and 1988, Tambor appeared as a regular on the prime time ABC series Max Headroom as Murray, Tambor is often remembered as Hank Kingsley, the narcissistic sidekick of fictional talk show host Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show. Tambor received four Emmy nominations for his performance on the show—all of which he would lose, to Michael Richards for Seinfeld, David Hyde Pierce for Frasier and he is also often remembered for Kingsleys then-famous catch phrase Hey Now. Beginning in 2003, Tambor starred in the television comedy Arrested Development as George Bluth, Sr. the show was cancelled in 2006, after three seasons, but a fourth season was released on Netflix in 2013. In 2004, Tambor received his fifth Emmy nomination for his work on the show and he lost to David Hyde Pierce for the final season of the sitcom Frasier. Tambor was nominated for a time in 2005 but lost to Brad Garrett for the final season of Everybody Loves Raymond. The second episode of Arrested Developments third season lampooned this loss, Tambors characters son describes his ability by saying, Its a wonderful performance. Tambor served as the announcer for the game show Hollywood Squares in 2002 and 2003 and he was also the voice of King Neptune in 2004s The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. In the spring of 2005, he starred as George Aaronow in the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. After the cancellation of Arrested Development in April 2006, Tambor signed on to a series with John Lithgow called Twenty Good Years about two men who ponder the last 20 years of their life. The show premiered on NBC on October 11,2006, but was taken off the air only a few episodes
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Anthony Michael Hall
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Michael Anthony Hall, known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, film producer, and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child and his films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoons Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Halls next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, after a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsofts Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley. He had the role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007. The show was one of the cable television series during its run. Hall was born in West Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston and he is the only child of blues-jazz singer Mercedes Halls first marriage. She divorced Halls father, Larry, an owner, when their son was six months old. When Hall was three, he and his mother relocated to the West Coast, where she found work as a featured singer, after a year and a half, they returned to the East, eventually moving to New York City, where Hall grew up. Halls ancestry is Irish and Italian and he has one half-sister, Mary Chestaro, from his mothers second marriage to Thomas Chestaro, a show business manager. His half-sister is pursuing a career as a singer under the name of Mary C. Hall uses the name Anthony, rather than Michael. He transposed his first and middle names when he entered show business because there was another actor named Michael Hall who was already a member of the Screen Actors Guild. Hall attended St. Hildas & St. Hughs School of New York before moving on to Manhattans Professional Childrens School, Hall began his acting career at age eight and continued throughout high school. I did not go to college, he has said, through the 1980s, Halls mother managed his career, eventually relinquishing that role to her second husband. Hall assists at-risk youth through his program, The Anthony Michael Hall Literacy Club. Following family tradition, Hall is pursuing his passion, music. He is the singer and songwriter for his band, Hall of Mirrors. Hall is godfather to Robert Downey, Jr. s son Indio Falconer Downey, Hall has been involved in multiple disputes with neighbors and his most recent one was taped, showing him pushing the neighbor to the ground. Whether these altercations were associated with drinking are not clear although Hall is known to have a history of problems associated with drinking, Hall started his career in commercials when he was seven years old
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Big Show
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Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Big Show. He is signed to WWE, where he has performed since 1999 and he currently wrestles on the Raw brand. He began his career in World Championship Wrestling, where he was known by the ring name The Giant, having also been Intercontinental, United States and Hardcore Champion, Big Show is the 24th Triple Crown and 12th Grand Slam winner in WWE history. Between WWE and WCW, Wight has held 23 total championships and he has also won WCWs 1996 World War 3 60-man battle royal and the 30-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. Wight has headlined many shows for WCW and the WWF/E since 1995, including the 2000 edition of WWEs premier annual event. In 2010, he had his first lead role in the comedy film Knucklehead, Wight was born in Aiken, South Carolina. After school, Wight worked various jobs including bouncing, bounty hunting, through doing the latter for a karaoke company, he met Danny Bonaduce in a live microphone amateur contest on his morning radio show. Bonaduce introduced Wight to his friend Hulk Hogan and they had an informal basketball game, as part of a World Championship Wrestling promotion for an upcoming show at the Rosemont Horizon. Hogan liked how Wight worked the crowd, and recommended him to World Championship Wrestling Vice President Eric Bischoff, Wight went to the Horizon show, and was invited into the locker room, where he met Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Paul Orndorff. He later met Bischoff there and came to a deal, Wight had earlier attempted to inquire about joining the WWF, also at the Horizon, during an autograph session. Promoter and scout Bob Collins turned him away after he admitted he had no experience and he paid Larry Sharpes Monster Factory $5000, but due to Sharpes gout at the time, he was only very minimally trained. While there, he made a tape and gave it to Mike Chioda. Chioda forwarded it to Pat Patterson, who did not bother watching it because he assumed Wight was another wrestler, only when he saw The Giant debut in WCW did Patterson realize his mistake, to Vince McMahons displeasure. Wight made his debut at Halloween Havoc, defeating Hulk Hogan via disqualification. A week later, however, The Giant was stripped of the due to the controversial finish of the match. The Giants attempt at reclaiming the vacant title failed at World War 3 when he and Hogan eliminated each other, allowing Randy Savage to become champion. The Giant teamed with Ric Flair to defeat Hogan and Savage at Clash of the Champions XXXII, after a short feud with Loch Ness, The Giant regained the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Flair. After Hogan formed the New World Order, he defeated The Giant for the title at Hog Wild following interference from Scott Hall, the Giant joined the nWo 23 days later, citing Ted DiBiases money as his primary motivation, feuding with Lex Luger and the Four Horsemen
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Garcelle Beauvais
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Garcelle Beauvais is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca Fancy Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which ran from 1996 to 2001, Beauvais was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, to Marie-Claire Beauvais, a nurse, and Axel Jean Pierre, a lawyer. After her parents divorced, Garcelle and her six elder siblings moved with their mother to the United States, first to Massachusetts and later to Miami. At age seventeen, Beauvais went to New York City to pursue a career as a model, after she was signed with Ford Models. She modeled print ads for Avon, Mary Kay, and Clairol and she has appeared in Essence and Ebony, and is the cover model for the Jet June 6,2011 issue. She also posed for Playboys August 2007 issue, in 1994, Beauvais first gained national attention as an actress playing the role of Cynthia Nichols in the primetime Aaron Spelling soap opera Models Inc. From 1996 to 2001, she co-starred in The Jamie Foxx Show as hotel employee Francesca Fancy Monroe, from 2001 to 2004, she played Assistant District Attorney Valerie Heywood and the love interest of Detective Baldwin Jones on NYPD Blue. In 2011 and 2012, Beauvais played a character on the TNT law drama Franklin & Bash, in 2013 Beauvais once again played the love interest to Jamie Foxx, playing the First Lady while he played the President in White House Down. She starred in R. Kellys music video for Down Low, as the wife of Ronald Isley, in 2001, after the Jamie Foxx Show ended its run, Beauvais appeared in Luther Vandross music video, Take You Out, playing Vandross girlfriend. She also appeared on episodes of Grimm as Henrietta. In 2016, Beauvais was named as one of the co-hosts of the syndicated infotainment discussion series Hollywood Today Live after a period of guest hosting the show. 2013 MPAH Haiti Movie Awards - Honorary Award from the Motion Picture Association of Haiti In 2008, in 2013, she published a childrens book, I Am Mixed, which was about diversity and race. She was married to producer Daniel Saunders, their marriage ended in divorce and they had a son, Oliver Saunders, born in 1991. Beauvais married Mike Nilon, an Agent for the Creative Artists Agency and their twin sons, Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas Nilon, were born on October 18,2007. They had dealt with treatment over five years for infertility, in April 2010, it was reported that Beauvais had discovered that Nilon was having a five-year extramarital affair. Beauvais issued a statement on April 9,2010, explaining that her focus at this time is on my kids, Beauvais filed for divorce from Nilon on May 10,2010, seeking joint custody of their sons. The couples divorce was finalized on April 1,2011, list of people from Miami Garcelle Beauvais at the Internet Movie Database
