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San Diego Comic-Con
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San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International, San Diego and it is a four-day event held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo and it is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees, the convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970, he organized a convention on March 21,1970. Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971. Following the initial gathering, Dorfs first three-day San Diego comics convention, other locations in the conventions early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991. I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was, the convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members,16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is an organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995, in September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a channel was created to host Comic-Con related content. According to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the convention has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an area, as well as the Artists Alley where comics artists can sign autographs. Despite the name, artists alleys can include writers and even models, academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium
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Signs outside Hall H
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Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter – Panorama.
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Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 awaiting the exhibition hall to open.
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San Bernardino County, California
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San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U. S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, making it the fifth-most populous county in California, the county seat is San Bernardino. With an area of 20,105 square miles, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the United States by area, although some of Alaskas boroughs and census areas are larger. It is larger than each of the nine smallest states, larger than the four smallest states combined, Spanish Missionaries from Mission San Gabriel Arcángel established a church at the village of Politania in 1810. Father Francisco Dumetz named the church San Bernardino on May 20,1810, the Franciscans also gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in Southern California, in honor of the saint and it is from him that the county derives its name. In 1819, they established the San Bernardino de Sena Estancia, following Mexican independence from Spain in 1821, Mexican citizens were granted land grants to establish ranchos in the area of the county. Rancho Jurupa in 1838, Rancho Cucamonga and El Rincon in 1839, Rancho Santa Ana del Chino in 1841, Rancho San Bernardino in 1842 and Rancho Muscupiabe in 1844. Agua Mansa was the first town in what became San Bernardino County, some of the southern parts of the countys territory were given to Riverside County in 1893. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 20,105 square miles. It is the largest county by area in California and the largest in the United States and it is slightly larger than the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined. It borders both Nevada and Arizona, the bulk of the population, roughly two million, live in the roughly 480 square miles south of the San Bernardino Mountains adjacent to Riverside and in the San Bernardino Valley. Over 300,000 others live just north of the San Bernardino Mountains, agglomerating around Victorville covering roughly 280 square miles in Victor Valley, roughly another 100,000 people live scattered across the rest of the sprawling county. The Mojave National Preserve covers some of the desert, especially between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The desert portion also includes the cities of Needles next to the Colorado River and Barstow at the junction in Interstate 15, trona is at the northwestern part of the county west of Death Valley. This national park, mostly within Inyo County, also has a portion of land within the San Bernardino County. The largest metropolitan area in the Mojave Desert part of the county is Victor Valley, with the localities of Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia. Further south, a portion of Joshua Tree National Park overlaps the county near Twentynine Palms, additional places near and west of Twentynine palms include Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, and Morongo Valley. The mountains are home to the San Bernardino National Forest, and include the communities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs, Big Bear City, Forest Falls, the San Bernardino Valley is at the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley
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Anyone who meets the eligibility requirements may apply for aid, which could vary from medical assistance, paying rent, or finding employment. Heros benefits are not meant to be a permanent crutch for needy creators, any granted aid is kept confidential. The Hero Initiative has two boards of directors, the Executive Board and the Fund Disbursement Board, former board members include founders Pat McCallum, editor-in-chief of Wizard Magazine, and Mike Richardson, publisher and founder of Dark Horse Comics. They are George Pérez, Roy Thomas, Charlie Novinskie, Dennis ONeil, John Romita Sr. the charity is currently supported by Dark Horse Comics, Dynamic Forces, Image Comics, Marvel Entertainment, Top Cow Productions, and Wizard Entertainment. The Hero Initiative utilizes many methods of fundraising, foremost is their annual art auction, auctioning donated original comics art-work at fan conventions. Year-long, they sell donated art and special edition comics at conventions, artists, writers, and publishers are invited to donate work, and fans are invited to donate money directly to the fund. ACTOR also sells a green Excelsior, wrist-band similar in design to the Livestrong wristband. The Hero Initiative was formerly known as A Commitment to Our Roots, or ACTOR, while the original name of the organization reflected the charitys goal, the acronym that resulted, ACTOR, more often confused people unfamiliar with the organization. 2006, George Pérez, John Romita, Sr.2007, Joe Kubert 2008, Nick Cardy 2009, Neal Adams 2010, Walt Simonson 2011, Stan Lee 2012, John Romita, Jr. The award recognizes one person in each year who demonstrates particular generosity and integrity in support of the overall comic book community. It debuted at the 2010 Harvey Awards ceremony held at the Baltimore Comic-Con
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Activism
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Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, and/or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society. One can also express activism through different forms of art, daily acts of protest such as not buying clothes from a certain clothing company because they exploit workers is another form of activism. One view holds that acknowledging privileges and oppressions on a daily basis ranks as a form of activism, research has begun to explore how activist groups use social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action. The Online Etymology Dictionary records the English words activism and activist from 1920, Activists can function in roles as public officials, as in judicial activism. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. introduced the term judicial activism in a January 1946 Fortune magazine article titled The Supreme Court,1947, some activists try to persuade people to change their behavior directly, rather than to persuade governments to change or not to change laws. Other activists try to persuade people to remain the same, in an effort to counter change, the cooperative movement seeks to build new institutions which conform to cooperative principles, and generally does not lobby or protest politically. Activism is not always an action by Activists, every year more than 100 environmental activists are killed, in 2014116 environmental activists were assassinated, in 2015185 activists were killed around this planet. Since the 1990s, the Internet has been a tool used by activists for mobilization and communication of causes, specific platforms like MoveOn. org, founded in 1998, allow individuals to establish petitions and movements for social change. Protesters in Seattle in 1999 used email to organize protests against the WTO Ministerial Conference, throughout the 2000s, protesters continued to use social media platforms to generate interest. The power of Internet Activism came into a lens with the Arab Spring protests. They use different means to political persecution, such as Tor Browser. The activism industry consists of organizations and individuals engaged in activism, Activism is often done full-time, as part of an organizations core business. Many organizations in the industry are either non profit organizations or non-governmental organizations. Most activist organizations do not manufacture goods, the term activism industry has often been used to refer to outsourced fundraising operations. However, activist organizations engage in activities as well. Lobbying, or the influencing of decisions made by government, is another activist tactic, many groups, including law firms, have designated staff assigned specifically for lobbying purposes. In the United States, lobbying is regulated by the federal government, many government systems encourage public support of non-profit organizations by granting various forms of tax relief for donations to charitable organizations. Governments may attempt to deny these benefits to activists by restricting the political activity of tax-exempt organizations, randy Shaw, The Activists Handbook, A Primer for the 1990s and Beyond
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Barricade at the
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Civil rights activists at the
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Women's Liberation march in Washington, D.C., 1970
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The longest running
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Simi Valley, California
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The city of Simi Valley, in the eponymous valley, is in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, United States. 30 miles from Downtown Los Angeles, Simi Valley is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, the city sits next to Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, and Los Angeles. The citys 2014 population has been estimated at 126,871, the city of Simi Valley is surrounded by the Santa Susana Mountain range and the Simi Hills, west of the San Fernando Valley, and northeast of the Conejo Valley. It is largely a bedroom community, feeding the cities in the Los Angeles area and the San Fernando Valley to the east. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where the president was buried in 2004, is in Simi Valley. Simi Valley has been ranked twice as the 18th most conservative city in the United States, once by The Bay Area Center For Voting Research, the Reagan Library has hosted Republican primary debates, last in 2012, and the first primary debates in 2016. A study done by the University of Vermont ranked Simi Valley as the fifth-happiest city in the United States, according to crime statistics by the FBI in 2013, Simi Valley is the seventh-safest city in the U. S. with a population of 100,000 or more. The U. S. Census Bureau of 2012 reported a household income of $87,894, which is higher than the California median of $70,231. Simi Valley was once inhabited by the Chumash people, who also settled much of the region from the Salinas Valley to the Santa Monica Mountains, with their presence dating back 10, around 5,000 years ago these tribes began processing acorns, and harvesting local marshland plants. Roughly 2,000 years later, as hunting and fishing techniques improved, shortly after this sharp increase a precious stone money system arose, increasing the viability of the region by offsetting fluctuations in available resources relating to climate changes. The native people who inhabited Simi Valley spoke a dialect of the Chumash language. Simi Valleys name derived from the Chumash word Shimiyi, which refers to the stringy, the name could have derived from strands of mist from coastal fog that move into the Oxnard Plain and wind their way up the Calleguas Creek and the Arroyo Las Posas into Simi Valley. The origin of the name was preserved because of the work of the anthropologist John P. Harrington, whose brother, the word Simiji was constructed by whites to the word Simi. There are other explanations about the name Simi, but this one was given to me by my brother who worked over 40 years for the Smithsonian Institution and it seems most plausible to me. Three Chumash settlements existed in Simi Valley during the Mission period in the late 18th and early 19th century, Shimiyi, Ta’apu, the cave is located on private land owned by Boeing, formerly operated by Rocketdyne for testing rocket engines and nuclear research. Other areas containing Chumash Native American pictographs in the Simi Hills are for instance by Lake Manor, the first Europeans to visit Simi Valley were members of the Spanish Portolà expedition, the first European land entry and exploration of the present-day state of California. The expedition traversed the valley on January 13–14,1770, traveling from Conejo Valley to San Fernando Valley and they camped near a native village in the valley on the 14th. Rancho Simi was the earliest Spanish colonial land grant within Ventura, the name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash Native American village here before the Spanish
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Aerial view of Simi Valley in 2014
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Chumash trigram pictographs in Simi Valley.
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Simi Adobe-Strathearn House was the headquarters of
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1990 Aerial view of the
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Kaitlin Cooper
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Kaitlin Cooper is a fictional character on the Fox television series The O. C. played by Willa Holland. She was originally played by Shailene Woodley, Kaitlin is the younger sister of Marissa Cooper and daughter of Jimmy and Julie Cooper. Occasionally seen during the first season, she is most interested in riding on her pony. Kaitlins life is disrupted due to her fathers embezzlement of clients funds. Julie tells Jimmy that she is relieved that Kaitlin is going to boarding school, Kaitlin does not feature in the season after that. Kaitlin continues life at boarding school until the break, when she comes back to Newport. The house of her childhood, however, is no longer her home, mail for the Coopers has been redirected to the Cohens house next door. Kaitlin, now 14, follows the lead in search of answers, at first, Ryan does not recognize the visitor. The circumstances of Kaitlins arrival are questionable, as an acquaintance of hers searches for Kaitlin. Though removed from the struggles of the rest of her family for some time and she is shown to have some of the same personality tendencies as her scheming mother, but the extent of Kaitlins plotting is less certain. At the same time, Kaitlin develops a relationship with Johnny Harper, the two of them are drinking one night at the beach, resulting in Johnnys death as he climbs a cliff and falls to his death. After resolving the issues, she returns home again, this time claiming she wants to see her sisters graduation. Before the graduation, shes shown to have other motives, claiming that her sisters reign as the ruler of Harbor is over, she is staying home for good. Kaitlin becomes a character in season 4. When the season premieres, she is smoking marijuana, blackmailing Dr. Roberts. She is usually in the company of the two brothers of Luke Ward, Brad and Eric, other than those two, she does not seem to have any other friends in Newport Beach. Julie is called in to see the Dean of Discipline at Harbor School and realizes that Kaitlin has been flirting with one of her teachers, thus, Julie and Kaitlin are asked to help with a clothing drive for people in Darfur. They grow even further apart, and Kaitlin starts lying, eventually, it is discovered that Kaitlin, Brad, and Eric are stealing clothes from the clothing drive and selling them
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Willa Holland as Kaitlin Cooper
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The O.C.
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O. C. is an abbreviation of Orange County. The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled but tough young man from a home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy. Ryan and his foster brother Seth, an awkward yet quick-witted teenager. Ryan and Seth spend much time navigating their relationships with girl-next-door Marissa Cooper, Seths childhood crush Summer Roberts, storylines deal with the culture clash between the idealistic Cohen family and the shallow, materialistic, and closed-minded community in which they reside. The series includes elements of postmodernism, and functions as a mixture of melodrama, the series premiered with high ratings and was one of the most popular new dramas of the 2003–2004 television season. It was widely referred to as a pop cultural phenomenon and received positive reception from critics. However, ratings declined as the show went on, the low ratings led to its cancellation in early 2007, even after an online petition that gained over 700,000 signatures. The O. C. has been broadcast in more than fifty countries worldwide, the series has also been released on DVD, as well as on iTunes. Season 1 focuses on Ryan Atwoods arrival in Newport Beach to live with Sandy and Kirsten Cohen, a major theme of the first season is the culture shock Ryan feels as he adjusts from a life of domestic abuse and poverty to living in a superficial high-class society. He quickly befriends and bonds with Seth Cohen, and begins to have a relationship with Marissa Cooper. Although coming from different backgrounds, Ryan soon discovers that he deals with similar issues to his new peers, such as self-identity conflict. The relationship between Ryan and Marissa flourishes when he supports her through her parents divorce, as the show progresses, Ryan takes a very protective role over Marissa, showing Ryan to be a much more stable, controlled person than originally portrayed. Meanwhile, Sandy Cohen frequently comes into conflict with Caleb Nichol, Kirstens father, the second season of The O. C. continues to follow the tumultuous romantic relationships between Ryan and Marissa, Seth and Summer, and Sandy and Kirsten. and evolve the characters. Ryans character begins to grow when he stands up to Lindsay and convinces her to him to contribute. They later become involved romantically, creating extreme complications and relational shifts amongst the now Cooper-Nichol family, the Bait Shop becomes a prominent social destination for the teenage characters. A number of recurring characters are introduced, such as D. J, Lindsay Gardner, Zach Stevens, and Alex Kelly, with whom the main characters form a variety of relationships. Ryans brother, Trey Atwood, gets out of jail and threatens to bring Ryans old life into his new one, Sandy and Kirsten also face new conflicts after drifting apart during the summer. Season 2 ends with Marissa shooting Trey after Ryan confronts him for attempting to sexually assault Marissa, Season 3 creates many dynamic changes with regards to relationships and power within the characters society
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Series intertitle, seasons 3–4
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Season 1 cast of The O.C.
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Manhattan Beach was one of the primary filming locations for the show.
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The Bait Shop, which was the fictional concert venue that staged performances in the second and third season.
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Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
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Felicity, An American Girl Adventure is the second in the series of American Girl film series. It is a film that is based on the American Girl childrens books written by Valerie Tripp. The teleplay was written by Anna Sandor, the film revolves around Felicity Merrimans adventures during the onset of the American Revolution. Ten-year-old Felicity Merriman is growing up in Williamsburg, Virginia, just before the American Revolution, high-spirited and independent, Felicity decides to tame the wild horse owned by the leather maker, Jiggy Nye, who mistreats it. Even though her parents forbid her, she runs off in the morning to be with this horse, meanwhile, tension grows between the colonists. Some, including Felicity’s father and his apprentice, Ben, wish for independence from the king of England, others, like Felicity’s grandfather and her best friend, Elizabeth, remain loyal to the king. Felicity, An American Girl Adventure — official home page Felicity, An American Girl Adventure at the Internet Movie Database
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Young Artist Award
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The 1st Youth In Film Awards ceremony was held in October 1979, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood to honor outstanding young performers of the 1978/1979 season. The 38th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, honoring young performers of 2016, was held at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles, the scholarship program is funded exclusively by donations including contribution from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Young Artist Awards are presented annually by the Young Artist Association, originally known as the Youth In Film Awards for the first twenty years, the name was officially changed to the Young Artist Awards for the 21st annual awards ceremony in March 2000. Originally held in the autumn in its years, the awards ceremony has traditionally taken place in the spring for more than 20 years. The original Youth In Film Award was a statuette was similar to a miniature Oscar, a gilded figure of a man holding a laurel wreath instead of a sword and standing upon a relatively large trophy style base. The current Young Artist Award statuette, is a figure displaying a Five-pointed star above its head, candidates considered for nomination must be between the ages of 5 and 21 and are usually submitted for consideration by producers or by the young artists agent and/or manager. Submissions are traditionally due by the end of January to mid-February and nominees are announced about one month later at an annual nomination ceremony, winners are selected by members of the Young Artist Association. Today, the Young Artist Association has a board of over 125 members composed of journalists, agents. Winners are selected by ballot of all associated with the Young Artist Association as well as former nominees. The various Young Artist Awards categories have evolved extensively since the first awards were presented, after the ceremony is the annual banquet dinner and then dancing with live musical entertainment often provided by talented young musical artists of the day. The first Youth In Film Awards were presented in October 1979 at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood. Subsequent venues over the years have included the Ambassador Hotels Coconut Grove, the Globe Theater, the Beverly Garland Hotel and the Sportsmens Lodge
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The Young Artist Award statuette
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ABC Family
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Freeform is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. Its programming includes contemporary off-network syndicated reruns and original series, feature films and made-for-TV original movies, in 1997, IFE and The Family Channel were acquired by a joint venture between News Corporation and Saban Entertainment, resulting in its re-branding as the Fox Family Channel. The new owners sought to re-position the network towards younger viewers as a companion for their popular Fox Kids programming block, on October 6,2015, Disney–ABC Television Group announced that the network would rebrand as Freeform, officially adopting that name on January 12,2016. The channel traces its origins to the launch of the CBN Satellite Service, by this point, its carriage grew to 10.9 million homes with a cable television subscription. On August 1,1988, the word Family was incorporated into the name to better reflect its programming format. By 1990, the network had grown too profitable to remain under the Christian Broadcasting Network umbrella without endangering the ministrys non-profit status, on January 8 of that year, CBN spun out the network into a new, for-profit corporation known as International Family Entertainment. Managed by Pat Robertsons eldest son Timothy, IFE was co-owned by the Robertsons, with a minority interest held by Liberty Media, following the spin-off, the channels name was officially shortened to The Family Channel on September 15,1990. The Family Channel started airing programs aired at preschool children, pre-teens, as a stipulation included as part of the spin-out from CBN to International Family Entertainment, The Family Channel was required to continue its daily airings of CBNs flagship program, The 700 Club. During this time, from 1994 to 1997, The Family Channel sponsored NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Ted Musgrave in the #16 Ford Thunderbird for Roush Racing. In 1997, after International Family Entertainment put The Family Channel up for sale, News Corporation then entered into discussions to purchase a stake in the channel with IFE as a partner. After competing bids were submitted by Nickelodeon parent Viacom and The Walt Disney Company to acquire IFE as a whole, on June 11,1997, International Family Entertainment was acquired by the Fox/Saban consortium, Fox Kids Worldwide, for $1.9 billion. The Family Channel was officially renamed Fox Family Channel on August 15,1998, when Fox Family Worldwide bought the channel, the management team assigned to the network sought to re-program it towards a new dual audience – kids in daytime, families at night. Notable programs aired during this era included S Club 7 in Miami—a sitcom serving as a vehicle for the eponymous British pop group. The New York Times classified both series as being among a wave of television programming catered towards the demographic of children aged 9 through 14—also referred to as tweens. Airings of The 700 Club were scaled back to two per day, however, Fox Familys youth-oriented programming strategy alienated the networks core demographic of older viewers. The channel experienced a decline in viewership, falling in the Nielsen ratings from 10th to 17th place in cable network viewership. In 1999, Fox spun off two digital channels from Fox Family, the Boyz Channel and the Girlz Channel, which both contained programming content targeted at the respective genders. Both networks shut down one year of operation due to a lack of demand by cable providers
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton. It first season aired on ABC Family on July 1,2008, the show was renewed for four additional seasons. The series received mixed reviews from mainstream critics when it began broadcasting. The pilot episode broke the record for the highest rated debut on ABC Family with 2.82 million viewers, furthermore, the mid-season premiere became ABC Familys most watched telecast of all time with viewers ages 12–34, with more than three million viewers watching. The show earned the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Show during its premiere season, in season one, fifteen-year-old Amy Juergens finds out that she is pregnant after having sex at band camp with a handsome and popular boy, Ricky Underwood. Amy first confides in her two best friends Lauren and Madison about it, Amy also tells Ben the truth, but he is surprisingly supportive and offers to marry her anyway, despite the protests of his friends Henry and Alice. Much to Adrians surprise, Grace is not angry at her, Ricky and Ben also compete with each other for Amys attention and at the end of the season, Amy has her child, a boy whom her sister, Ashley, names John. Amy decides to keep John, after struggling with the decision over the course of the season, johns birth caused Ricky to be closer to Amy, causing frequent romantic sparks between the two. In season two, Amys parents Anne and George are divorced and Anne even begins dating again, but when she becomes pregnant again, Ben returns from his summer Italy trip and it is evident he met another girl but never admits to any romantic relationship. Meanwhile, Amy struggles to raise John and frequently argues with Ricky over custodial arrangements, eventually, Ben and Amy break up while Ricky and Adrian have agreed to date officially but Ricky has issues being faithful. Grace loses her virginity to Jack on the night her father dies in a plane crash and is irrationally wracked with guilt. She blamed Jack and herself for her fathers death which causes Jack to be so upset that he starts drinking beer and she and her brother Tom have trouble adjusting when their mother decides to remarry again. Adrian begins to reach out to Amy in order to make peace so Amy, John, the seasons events culminate with Adrian cheating on Ricky with Ben on the night of the Mother/Daughter dance, in an attempt to get back at Ricky for kissing Amy. Ricky is angry at the both of them and breaks up with Adrian and refuses to forgive Ben, thus crushing their already fragile friendship, in season three, everyone finds out Adrian is pregnant with Bens baby, except for Amy. So, Ben and Amy continue to date and start considering taking their relationship to the next level, George and Anne Juergens have officially divorced and Anne lives closer to her mother while George stays at the house with Amy and Ashley. Ashley drops out of school and begins homeschooling herself, Kathleen is hesitant to accept, not wanting to leave Grace and Tom behind by themselves. Towards the middle of the season, Amy and Ricky begin to date, Adrian and Ben decide to get married and the ceremony occurs near the end of the season. In the two-part season finale, Ben and Adrian are living together in their condo and they decide to call the doctor, who has them meet her at the hospital as soon as possible
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The Descendants
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The Descendants is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne. The screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash is based on the novel of the name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Matthew Matt King is a Honolulu-based attorney and the trustee of a family trust of 25,000 pristine acres on Kauai. The land has great value, but is also a family legacy. While Matt has always managed his own finances, most of his cousins have squandered their inheritances. With the trust expiring in seven years due to the rule against perpetuities, amidst these discussions, a boating accident has rendered Matts wife, Elizabeth, comatose. Doctors determine that Elizabeths coma is irreversible and her living will directs all life support to be discontinued, when Matt tells Alex, she reveals that she caught Elizabeth having an affair before the accident, causing a major rift between mother and daughter. Two close family friends tell Matt that Elizabeth was unhappy and wanted to him for her lover, Brian Speer. After Matt arranges for friends to bid Elizabeth goodbye, he decides Speer should also have an opportunity and he and the girls, and also Alexs slacker boyfriend Sid, travel to Kauai to find Brian. While there, Matts cousin, Hugh mentions that Brian is brother-in-law to Don Hollitzer, Brian stands to make a small fortune from the sales commission. Matt confronts Brian and informs him Elizabeth is dying and offers him an opportunity to see her one last time. Brian declines, admitting that although Elizabeth was in love him, it was only a fling to him, he loves his wife, Julie. When Elizabeth is disconnected from life support, her father, Scott admonishes Matt for not being a more generous, choosing not to disclose the details of her affair to Scott, Matt agrees, but Sid and Alex both unexpectedly defend Matt. At the King family meeting, Matt overrules the majority of his cousins who favor selling to Hollitzer, Matt decides to keep the land and look for a different solution to the problem posed by the rule against perpetuities. Shocked, Hugh tells Matt that he and the other cousins will take action if Matt refuses to sell. After learning of Brians affair with Elizabeth and realizing that he will not visit, Julie comes to the hospital and she tearfully admits to Elizabeth that she wants to hate her for trying to destroy her family, but that she forgives her. Matt finally comes to terms with his wifes betrayal and her impending death and he tenderly kisses her goodbye, followed by Alex and Scottie, and later, scatter Elizabeths ashes in the ocean off Waikiki. The film concludes with the three at home sitting together sharing ice cream and watching television, all wrapped in the Hawaiian quilt Elizabeth had been lying in, the film began its on-location shoot in Hawaii on March 15,2010
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The Spectacular Now
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The Spectacular Now is a 2013 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by James Ponsoldt, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. The film is based on the novel of the name by Tim Tharp. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered critical acclaim and it was released in the United States on August 2,2013, and grossed $6 million worldwide. Sutter Keely is a school senior, charming and self-possessed. He is the life of the party and loves his job at a clothing store. However, he has no plans for the future and is an alcoholic, which causes his girlfriend, Cassidy. Sutter helps her with her paper route and ultimately invites her to lunch, Sutter invites Aimee to a party, but temporarily loses interest when he sees Cassidy. Sutter asks her to have a drink with him, but Cassidy soon leaves with her new boyfriend Marcus, Sutter teaches Aimee to stand up to her mom and the two kiss. When he wakes up the morning, Sutter realizes that he asked Aimee to prom while drunk. Cassidy breaks down, tearfully telling Sutter that she can no longer avoid her future, Marcus later confronts Sutter about what is going on with him and Cassidy, though Sutter reassures him that Cassidy is done with him. Marcus says she does not like him in the way she liked Sutter, Marcus thanks Sutter for his advice. Sutter, lacking the commitment to take Aimee to prom, avoids her until Aimees friend Krystal tells him not to treat Aimee badly as she is a good person. Sutter and Aimee begin to get serious, having sex for the first time, after numerous attempts to get his fathers phone number from his mom, Sutter retrieves it from his sister and plans to spend a day with his dad. Bringing Aimee with him, they meet him at a motel just as he is leaving for the bar, sutters father shares similar hedonistic views of life as Sutter, but after revealing that he left his mother, he leaves to go off with a woman. Aimee attempts to comfort Sutter, confessing her love for him, but Sutter, angry and drunk, snaps at her and forces her to get out of the car, where she is hit by an oncoming car. Aimee comes out only a broken arm and forgives Sutter for the incident. After graduation, Cassidy informs Sutter she is going to California with Marcus, Sutter suggests he pay them a visit, but Cassidy declines, telling him she must stay out of his influence for her own good. His boss, Dan tells him that he will be letting go of one of his clerks and informs Sutter that he wants him to work at the store, but Sutter must promise never to become intoxicated again
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Theatrical release poster
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Sundance Film Festival
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The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, is an American film festival that takes place annually in Park City, Utah. With 46,660 attendees in 2016, it is the largest independent film festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29,2017. Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978, as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle, the 1978 festival featured films such as Deliverance, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight Cowboy, Mean Streets, and The Sweet Smell of Success. The festival also highlighted the work of filmmakers who worked outside the Hollywood system. The jury of the 1978 festival was headed by Gary Allison, and included Verna Fields, Linwood G. Dunn, Katharine Ross, Charles E. Sellier Jr. Mark Rydell, and Anthea Sylbert. More than 60 films were screened at the festival that year, also that year, the first Frank Capra Award went to Jimmy Stewart. The festival also made a profit for the first time, in 1980, Catania left the festival to pursue a production career in Hollywood. Several factors helped propel the growth of Utah/US Film Festival, first was the involvement of actor and Utah resident Robert Redford, who became the festivals inaugural chairman. By having Redfords name associated with the festival, it received great attention, secondly, the country was hungry for more venues that would celebrate American-made films as the only other festival doing so at the time was the USA Film Festival in Dallas. Response in Hollywood was unprecedented as major studios did all they could to contribute their resources, in 1981, the festival moved to Park City, Utah, and changed the dates from September to January. It was called the US Film and Video Festival, in 1984, the now well-established Sundance Institute, headed by Sterling Van Wagenen, took over management of the US Film Festival. The branding and marketing transition from the US Film Festival to the Sundance Film Festival was managed under the direction of Colleen Allen, Allen Advertising Inc. by appointment of Robert Redford. In 1991 the festival was renamed the Sundance Film Festival, after Redfords character The Sundance Kid from the film Butch Cassidy. The majority of the screenings, including the festivals premieres. The 2013 Sundance London Festival was held April 25–28,2013, Sundance London 2014 took place on April 25–27,2014 at the O2 arena. The Sundance London 2015 Festival was cancelled in an announcement on January 16,2015, Sundance London will return to London in 2016 from June 10–12 at Picturehouse Cinema in Londons West End
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Sundance Film Festival
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The Fault in Our Stars (film)
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The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed by Josh Boone, based on the novel of the same name by John Green. The film stars Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and Nat Wolff, with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, and Willem Dafoe playing supporting roles. Development of The Fault in Our Stars began in January 2012 when Fox 2000, principal photography began on August 26,2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a few additional days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before concluding on October 16,2013. Pittsburgh doubled for all of the set in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Fault in Our Stars was released in the United States on June 6,2014, to critical reception. The film was also a blockbuster, becoming number one at the box office during its opening weekend and it was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 16,2014, and grossed over $42 million in total domestic video sales. Hazel Grace Lancaster is an intelligent and witty teenager living in Indianapolis, believing she is depressed, her mother Frannie urges her to attend a weekly cancer patient support group to help her make friends with individuals who are going through the same thing. There Hazel meets Augustus Waters, a teenager who lost a leg from bone cancer but has since apparently been cancer-free. He invites Hazel to his house where they bond over their hobbies, Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels her experience, and Augustus gives Hazel Counter Insurgence. They keep in touch via text over the weeks that follow and grow closer, after Augustus finishes the book, he expresses frustration with its abrupt ending. Hazel explains that the mysterious author, Peter Van Houten. Weeks later, Augustus tells Hazel he has traced Van Houtens assistant, Lidewij and she writes to him to find out more about the novels ambiguous ending. Van Houten replies that he is willing to answer her questions in person. Hazel asks her if she can travel to Amsterdam to visit him. Augustus suggests that she use the wish she received from Make-A-Wish Foundation. Augustus and Hazel go on a date and begin to fall in love. Augustus surprises Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam, after a medical setback, Hazels doctors eventually agree to allow the trip, since they expect that she will soon become incapable of doing anything at all. Hazel and Augustus arrive in Amsterdam and are presented with reservations at an expensive restaurant, during the meal, Augustus confesses his love for Hazel
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Top to bottom:
Shailene Woodley stars as Hazel Grace Lancaster,
Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters, and
Nat Wolff as Isaac in the film.
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Theatrical release poster
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The Divergent Series
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The Divergent Series is a feature film series based on the Divergent novels by the American author Veronica Roth. Distributed by Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Films, the series consists of four science fiction set in a dystopian society. They have been produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick and star Shailene Woodley and Theo James as lead characters Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton, the supporting cast includes Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz and Miles Teller. The first film in the series was directed by Neil Burger, while the second, development began in 2011 following Summits acquisition of the film rights to the Divergent novel in partnership with production company Red Wagon Entertainment. The studios announced production on the following the first films strong performance in Thursday late-night screenings. They acquired film rights to the Allegiant novel in December 2013, the first installment, Divergent, grossed over $288 million worldwide, while the second installment, The Divergent Series, Insurgent, grossed over $297 million worldwide. Insurgent was also the first Divergent film to be released in IMAX 3D, the third installment, The Divergent Series, Allegiant, grossed $179 million. The first three films of the series have grossed over $765 million worldwide, in March 2011, Summit Entertainment picked up the rights for Divergent with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fishers production company Red Wagon Entertainment, while Lionsgate distributes the franchise. Neil Burger was announced as the director on August 23,2012, Evan Daugherty, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor, said, I get hung up on the toughness of the movie but of equal importance is the love story between Tris and Four. Its inherently and inextricably linked to Tris character journey, There will be plenty of sexual tension and chemistry, but its important that all of that stuff doesnt just feel like its thrown in, but that it all helps Tris grow as a character. Daugherty further added, Its tricky because the book is a very packed read with a lot of big ideas, so, distilling that into a cool, faithful two-hour movie is challenging. Not only do you have to establish five factions, but you have to acknowledge that theres a sixth entity, which is the divergent, and you also have the factionless. So theres a world that really has to be out for the big screen… the movie is going to do it a little more efficiently. Author Veronica Roth said about the script of the film, Reading a script is an interesting experience. Id never read a script before, I was really impressed by how closely it stuck to the general plot line of the book. Initially, the budget of the film was $40 million but later Lionsgate increased it to $80 million due to the success of The Hunger Games. Analyst Ben Mogil said, Divergent is more similar to Hunger Games in that the company owns the underlying economics and the budget is more manageable. On December 16,2013, it was announced that Neil Burger, director of Divergent, on February 13,2014, it was announced that Robert Schwentke was offered the director position for the film and that Akiva Goldsman had been hired to re-write Duffields script
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Shailene Woodley (left) and
Theo James (right) at the Divergent LA Premiere on March 18, 2014.
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Edward Snowden
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In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA. Snowden came to attention after stories based on the material appeared in The Guardian. Further disclosures were made by publications including Der Spiegel and The New York Times. On June 21,2013, the U. S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property. Two days later, he flew into Moscows Sheremetyevo Airport, but Russian authorities noted that his U. S. passport had been cancelled, Russia ultimately granted him right of asylum for one year, and repeated extensions have permitted him to stay at least until 2020. He reportedly lives in a location in Moscow, and continues to seek asylum elsewhere in the world. A subject of controversy, Snowden has been called a hero, a whistleblower, a dissident, a traitor. His disclosures have fueled debates over mass surveillance, government secrecy, Edward Joseph Snowden was born on June 21,1983, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. His maternal grandfather, Edward J. Barrett, was an admiral in the U. S. Coast Guard who became a senior official with the FBI and was at the Pentagon in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. Snowdens father, Lonnie Snowden, was also an officer in the Coast Guard, Snowden, is chief deputy at the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland. His older sister, Jessica, was a lawyer at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, Snowden said that in one way or another, his entire family has been employed by the federal government, and that he expected to pursue the same path. His parents divorced in 2001, and his father remarried, Snowden scored above 145 on two separate IQ tests. In the early 1990s, while still in school, Snowden moved with his family to the area of Fort Meade. Mononucleosis caused him to high school for almost nine months. Rather than returning to school, he passed the GED test, Although Snowden had no undergraduate college degree, he worked online toward a masters degree at the University of Liverpool, England, in 2011. He was reportedly interested in Japanese popular culture, had studied the Japanese language and he also said he had a basic understanding of Mandarin Chinese and was deeply interested in martial arts. At age 20, he listed Buddhism as his religion on a military recruitment form, Snowden has said that in the 2008 presidential election, he voted for a third-party candidate. He has stated that he had been planning to comment on NSA surveillance programs at the time and he was later disappointed with President Barack Obama, saying that his policies were a continuation of those espoused by George W. Bush
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Snowden during an interview with
Glenn Greenwald and
Laura Poitras (June 6, 2013)
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Slide from an NSA presentation on "Google Cloud Exploitation" from its
MUSCULAR program; the sketch shows where the "Public Internet" meets the internal "Google Cloud" where user data resides
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Hong Kong rally to support Snowden, June 15, 2013
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Arrival at
Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on June 23, 2013
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Snowden (film)
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Filming began on February 16,2015 in Munich, Germany. Snowden screened at Comic-Con on July 21,2016, before premiering at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9,2016, the film was theatrically released in the United States on September 16,2016, by Open Road Films and on September 22 in Germany. It received mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $37.3 million worldwide against its $40 million budget, in 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meet in Hong Kong with documentarian Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. They discuss releasing the information in the former’s possession regarding illegal mass surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency. In 2004, Snowden is undergoing training, having enlisted in the U. S. Army with intentions of matriculating to the Special Forces. He eventually fractures his tibia, and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge, Snowden applies for a position at the Central Intelligence Agency and subsequently undergoes the screening process. Initially his answers to the questions are insufficient, but Deputy Director Corbin OBrian decides to take a chance on him. Snowden is then brought to The Hill where he is educated and tested on cyberwarfare, Snowden impresses OBrian when he completes the exercise in 38 minutes. Meanwhile, Snowden meets Lindsay Mills via a dating website, the two bond, despite sharply contrasting political ideologies. Snowden acquires his first post abroad working with diplomatic cover in Geneva in 2007 and he meets Gabriel Sol, who has ample experience in electronic surveillance. Snowden begins questioning the ethical implications of their assignment, after his superior decides to set up their target on a DUI charge in order to leverage information from him, Snowden resigns from the CIA. Snowden learns of the practices the NSA and other U. S. Government agencies are using not just in Japan, the stress associated with the job results in the end of his relationship with Mills, who moves back with her family in Maryland. Three months later, Snowden has left his post with the NSA and returned to Maryland where he and Mills resume their relationship, during a hunting trip, OBrian reveals an operation in Oahu that revolves around counterattacking Chinese hackers. After Snowden is diagnosed with epilepsy, Mills agrees that he should join the operation for she believes the environment in Hawaii may be beneficial for him. S, drone pilots in launching lethal strikes against terror suspects in Afghanistan. Snowden ultimately becomes disillusioned with what he is a part of and it culminates in Snowden smuggling a microSD card into his office by way of a Rubiks Cube, and loading all relevant data. He then tells his colleagues he is feeling ill and departs and he advises Mills to fly home to Maryland, after which he contacts Poitras and Greenwald to schedule the meeting. With the help of journalist Ewen MacAskill, the information is disseminated to the press on June 5,2013, with additional leaks published in the following days. In the aftermath, with the help of MacAskill, Greenwald and Poitras, however, the U. S. Government revokes his passport, forcing him to remain in Moscow indefinitely
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Teaser poster
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HBO
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Home Box Office is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office, Inc. HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service in the United States, in 2014, HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$1.79 billion, compared to the US$1.68 billion it accrued in 2013. HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016, the network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels, including HBO Comedy, HBO Latino, HBO Signature and HBO Family. It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015, and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017. In addition to its U. S. subscriber base, HBO distributes content in at least 151 countries, HBO subscribers generally pay for an extra tier of service that includes other cable- and satellite-exclusive channels even before paying for the channel itself. Cable providers can require the use of a converter box – usually digital – in order to receive HBO, many HBO programs have been syndicated to other networks and broadcast television stations, and a number of HBO-produced series and films have been released on DVD. The new system, which Dolan named Sterling Information Services, became the first urban underground cable system in the United States. In that same year, Time-Life, Inc. purchased a 20% stake in Dolans company, in the summer of 1971, while on a family vacation in France, Charles Dolan began to think of ideas to make Sterling Manhattan profitable. He came up with the concept for a television service. Dolan later presented his idea to Time-Life management, though satellite distribution seemed only a distant possibility at the time, he persuaded Time-Life to back him on the project. To gauge whether consumers would be interested in subscribing to a pay television service, in a meeting of Dolan and some Time-Life executives who were working on the project, various other names were discussed for the new service. Home Box Office launched on November 8,1972, however, HBOs launch came without fanfare in the press, as it was not covered by any local or national media outlets. Home Box Office distributed its first sports event immediately after the film, Four months later in February 1973, Home Box Office aired its first television special, the Pennsylvania Polka Festival. Home Box Office would use a network of relay towers to distribute its programming to cable systems throughout its service area. Sterling Manhattan Cable continued to lose money because the company had only a small base of 20,000 customers in Manhattan. Time-Life dropped the Sterling name and the company was renamed Manhattan Cable Television under Time-Lifes control in March 1973, Gerald Levin, who had been with Home Box Office since it began operations as its vice president of programming, replaced Dolan as the companys president and chief executive officer. In September 1973, Time-Life, Inc. completed its acquisition of the pay service. HBO would eventually increase its fortunes within two years, by April 1975, the service had around 100,000 subscribers in Pennsylvania and New York state, in 1974, they settled on using a geostationary communications satellite to transmit HBO to cable providers throughout the United States
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The RCA Satcom domestic communication satellite launched on December 13, 1975, spurred the
cable television industry to unprecedented heights – with the assistance of HBO.
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Filmmaker
Alexandra Pelosi and former
New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey at the New York City premiere of Pelosi's HBO documentary about McGreevey,
Fall to Grace, in March 2013.
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Example of Festival's monthly guide provided to subscribers (January 1988).
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School counselor
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In 2013, school counseling is established in 62 countries and emerging in another seven. The largest accreditation body for Counselor Education/School Counseling programs is the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling, International Counselor Education programs are accredited through a CACREP affiliate, the International Registry of Counselor Education Programs. In some countries, school counseling is provided by school counseling specialists, the IAEVG focuses primarily on career development with some international school counseling articles and conference presentations. Both the IAEVG and the Vanguard of Counsellors have promoted school counseling internationally, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet Psychologists of Armenia together with the Government started developing the institution of School Counselor within Armenian Schools. While the national policy is supportive of school counseling, only one Australian state requires it, the school counselor to student ratio ranges from 1,850 in the Australian Capital Territory to 1,18,000 in the state of Tasmania. School counselors play a part in the Australian schooling system, they provide support to teachers. Part of their care includes, counseling students, assisting parents/guardians to make informed decisions about their childs education, assist schools and parents in assessing disabilities and liaise with outside agencies to provide the best support for schools, teachers, students and parents. Austria mandates school counseling at the school level. Although not mandated, there is some school counseling done in schools, in Canada, most provinces have adapted K-12 comprehensive school counseling programs similar to those initiated by and adapted in the ASCA National Model. In 2009, The Canadian Counselling Association became the Canadian Counselling, three Canadian provinces require school counseling. Only 15% of high school students are admitted to college in China, so the entrance exams are fiercely competitive, much pressure is put on children and adolescents to study and be able to attend college and this pressure is a central school counseling focus in China. There is no system of certifying school counselors. Shared that Chinese school counselors always work within a traditional Chinese world view of a community, in Hong Kong, Hui discussed work on moving toward comprehensive whole-school counseling programs and away from a remediation-style model. Middle school students are the priority for school counseling services in China, School counseling is only available in certain schools. The Czech Republic mandates school counseling, School counseling services are delivered by school psychologists with a ratio of 1 school psychologist to every 3,080 students. School counseling is available in certain schools. In Finland, legislation has passed in terms of the school counseling system. The Basic Education Act of 1998 states that student must receive school counseling services
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Some school counselors use bibliotherapy, i.e., books and other media, to help students in individual and group counseling and classroom counseling lessons
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Head teacher
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In Scotland, the holder of this position is sometimes known as the rector, most commonly in independent schools. As in Scotland, the rector is still in use in the United States in independent religious schools. Some American state schools, such as Boston Latin School, Brooklyn Latin School, in recent years, however, most state schools have switched to the gender-neutral head teacher as the official title. Nevertheless, the terms are still in common use, and are still the official titles at some of the remaining state grammar schools. Some use other terms, such as high master, public schools in the United States generally use the title principal whereas private schools in the United States sometimes use the title Head of School. While some head teachers still do some teaching themselves, in most larger schools most of their duties are managerial and pastoral and they are considered part of the school executive, and often a head teacher position is a stepping-stone into administration. In larger schools, the principal is assisted by one or more vice-principals, assistant principals, associate principals and their position is secondary to the principal with regard to school governance. In many Australian and New Zealand schools, a headmaster/principal is the administrator of a school who has been appointed to her/his position by the school board, superintendent. The principal, often in conjunction with the board, makes the executive decisions that govern the school. The principal is often the chief disciplinarian of the students, in 1999, there were about 133,000 principals and assistant principals in the United States. Yet the term Headmaster and Head of School is still used in older schools. School principals in the United States are expected to have school administrator licensure, and, often, while there has been considerable anecdotal discussion about the importance of school leaders, there has been very little systematic research into their impact on student outcomes. Recent analysis in the United States has examined how the gains in student achievement at a change after the principal changes. This outcome-based approach to measuring effectiveness of principals is very similar to the value-added modeling that has applied to the evaluation of teachers. Such research in the state of Texas found that principals have a large impact on student achievement. Effective school leaders have shown to significantly improve the performance of all students at the school. Ineffective principals have a large negative effect on school performance. The impact of principals has also measured in non-traditional ways
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A United States high school principal.
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The District
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The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7,2000, to May 1,2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, former Newark, New Jersey Police Commissioner and New York Transit Police Officer Jack Mannion is hired as the commissioner of the bureaucracy-laden D. C. Together with his detectives and allies he must fight crime as well as internal corruption, the District was inspired by the real-life experience of former New York City Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple. Along with Police Commissioner William Bratton they had reorganized the NYPD and his impact on the story line was limited as he died of colon cancer on August 4,2001. Primary filming was in Los Angeles, with location shooting in Washington. In 2001, Jean Smart was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Sherry Regan, on March 12,2003, Thigpen died of a cerebral hemorrhage in her Marina del Rey, California home. The shows third season finale had a tribute to her character, note, Throughout The Districts entire run it was aired in a Saturday night timeslot. In Australia, The District aired on the Nine Network in late night slots throughout its run, in Bulgaria, the first two seasons aired on Nova Television. The whole series was aired on AXN with subtitles and later on AXN Crime, later Fox Crime repeated the first two seasons and the dub was rerecorded with the same actors. The third season started in October 2010, in Sweden, The District airs Monday through Thursday at 12, 30am on TV4. In Poland, The District aired on the Universal Channel, in Germany, The District airs on VOX. In the United Kingdom, it airs on CBS Action, Monday to Friday at 2pm, 6pm and 10pm and it was also previously broadcast in late night slots on ITV1 In Serbia, it aired on Radio Television of Serbia. In Slovenia, it aired on the now defunct Prva TV, in Jamaica, The District airs on CVM TV, every Thursday At approx. In Romania it aired on TVR1 and TVR2 The District at the Internet Movie Database The District at TV. com USA Network site CBS Network site
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Cast
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Crossing Jordan
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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24,2001, to May 16,2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M. D. a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the show used an ensemble cast approach that featured a group of Jordans co-workers and police detectives assigned to the various cases. Its roster of characters was created by Tim Kring, who also developed its core format. This element of the series was dropped when Howard left the series as a regular, however, there were instances of Jordan role-playing with other characters, such as Woody. After six seasons and 117 episodes on May 16,2007, a forensic pathologist in the Boston Medical Examiners Office, she solves crimes during the course of investigations. Jordan is emotionally scarred by her mothers murder when she was a child, at the end of the sixth and final season, Jordan told Detective Hoyt that she loved him. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Garret Macy, The Chief Medical Examiner and Jordans boss, Macy must deal with Jordans erratic behavior, as well as his confused family. He has a daughter, Abby, but is divorced from his wife. Garret has an affinity for jazz and he has been known to have had romantic entanglements with grief counselor Lily Lebowski, ADA Renee Walcott, Charlie Davis, and his one-time wife, Maggie Warner. Garret admitted to his drinking problem after finding out his daughter had become addicted to heroin upon dropping out of college and he is also allergic to strawberries and peanuts. In the beginning of six, with the cancellation of Lilys wedding. However, things may be complicated by Lilys unexpected pregnancy with her once-to-be husband, Bug has since taken it upon himself to make Lily move in with him and support her and the baby. In an episode called Post Hoc, near the end of the season, Bug disappears without a trace. Dr. Macy makes inquiries and learns that Bug is being held incommunicado by the Department of Homeland Security and he is finally released after an interrogation that apparently included waterboarding, and is left deeply shaken by the experience. Lily Lebowski, Lily begins the series as an intake secretary and she wins Garret over, but he breaks up with her to work things out with his ex-wife. During season two, Bug becomes interested in her and she earns a promotion to become the offices grief counselor, but resigns in season six after accepting her boyfriends marriage proposal. By the end of the series, she breaks up with the boyfriend and moves in with Bug, after finding out she was pregnant with her exs baby. Dr. Nigel Townsend, A wise-cracking British criminologist with a personal life, he claimed to like girls
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Cast members Miguel Ferrer, Kathryn Hahn, Jill Hennessy, Ken Howard, Steve Valentine, and Ravi Kapoor (left to right)
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Jill Hennessy
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Jillian Noel Jill Hennessy is a Canadian actress and musician. She has also acted in such as RoboCop 3 and Most Wanted, and the independent films Chutney Popcorn and The Acting Class. Hennessy was born in Edmonton, Alberta and her father, John Hennessy, was a meat salesman and sales/marketing executive, a job that required considerable travel and resulted in frequent moves for the family. Her mother, Maxine, a secretary, left the family in 1982, leaving her daughter to be raised by her paternal grandmother, Eleanor, in Kitchener. She has a brother, John Paul J. P. Hennessy, Jr. and an identical twin sister, Jacqueline. Hennessy has Irish, French, Swedish and Italian ancestry on her fathers side and she attended Stanley Park Senior Public School, then graduated from Grand River Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ontario and used to busk in the Toronto subway. Hennessy and her sister played twin call girls in 1988s Dead Ringers and she was short listed for the role of Dana Scully on The X-Files according to Gillian Anderson, the actress who eventually got the role. She appeared on Broadway in the musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story in 1990, in 1993, she appeared as Dr. Marie Lazarus in RoboCop 3. In 1993, Richard Dick Wolf signed Hennessy as assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid in the NBC crime drama Law & Order. She played the role for three seasons, ultimately leaving the show in 1996, her last installment being one in which Kincaid was killed in a car crash, in 1999, she appeared as Lisa in Chutney Popcorn. In 2000, Hennessy wrote, produced, and jointly directed an independent film mockumentary titled The Acting Class, the film co-starred her identical twin sister Jacqueline, and included cameo appearances from a number of Hennessys former Law & Order co-stars. She also starred in the film Nuremberg, as Elsie Douglas, in 2001, she portrayed Jackie Kennedy in the film Jackie, Ethel, Joan, The Women of Camelot, and, in 2003, made a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer. From 2001 to 2007, she starred on the TV show Crossing Jordan as title character Jordan Cavanaugh and she also played the wife of Tim Allens character in the 2007 film Wild Hogs. On June 9,2007, she received a star on Canadas Walk of Fame, during sessions in Austin, Texas, Hennessy recorded the album Ghost in My Head, which was released in June 2009. She performed as a guest of the Indigo Girls on a November 2009 show of Mountain Stage and was the focus of a show for later that same month. She performed on the Village Stage of the 2010 edition of Lilith Fair, Hennessy starred in the independent crime thriller, Small Town Murder Songs, in 2010. She also appeared as a veterinarian in the HBO series Luck and her second album, I Do, was released in October 2015. Hennessy is multi-lingual, speaking English, Italian, French, Spanish, Hennessy plays the guitar and sings, and enjoys riding motorcycles with her husband, Paolo Mastropietro, to whom she has been married since 2000
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Hennessy at the
2010 Toronto International Film Festival
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Hennessy at the
2008 Toronto International Film Festival
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Hennessy's star on
Canada's Walk of Fame
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Everybody Loves Raymond
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Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom starring Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Madylin Sweeten, and Monica Horan. It premiered on CBS on September 13,1996, and concluded on May 16,2005 after nine seasons, many of the situations from the show could be inspired by the real-life experiences of Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal, and the shows writing staff. The main characters on the series might possibly be loosely based on Romano, the show revolves around the life of everyman Italian-American Raymond Barone, a sportswriter for Newsday living with his family in Long Island. Moany and sarcastic, Raymond takes few things seriously, making jokes in every situation. He often avoids responsibilities around the house and with his kids, Raymond and Debra have a daughter Ally and twin sons Michael and Geoffrey. The Barone children are regular characters but not a major focus, Raymonds parents, Marie and Frank, live across the street with older son Robert. Raymond typically falls in the middle of arguments, incapable of taking any decisive stand. Robert, a gentle giant, jealous of his younger siblings position as favorite son. Robert and Raymond frequently argue like overgrown children, focusing much of their energy on picking on or one upping each other, Barone patriarch Frank is a fiery proletarian prone to insults and merciless put downs directed at any and all targets. Largely an absentee father when the boys were growing up, Frank buries his feelings, as the series progresses, however, several episodes demonstrate that the senior Barone loves his family immensely. Unlike everyone else, Frank has no problem comically criticizing Marie, Raymond and Debras marriage is fraught with conflicts. Raymond prefers sports television over discussions with Debra on marital matters, like his father, Raymond works full-time, leaving most child-rearing responsibilities to his wife, he often has to be forced into helping around the house. One of the recurring elements finds the couple having a long discussion in bed each night before going to sleep. Raymond Ray Barone is a sportswriter for Newsday and he lives in Lynbrook, Long Island with his wife, Debra, and their three children Alexandra, Geoffrey, and Michael. His parents Frank & Marie and brother Robert live across the street, Raymonds character is loosely based on the real-life Romano, as he is the father of twin boys and a girl. Raymonds mother favors him over Robert, Debra Barone is Raymonds wife, and mother of Ally, Michael and Geoffrey. As a housewife, Debra claims she is overworked, under-appreciated and stressed out. On frequent occasions this frustration boils over and is vented towards Raymond, while Debra has a fractious relationship with Marie, she is shown to be fond of her in-laws on many occasions – particularly brother-in-law Robert
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The five principal characters in the episode "The Can Opener"
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My Name is Earl
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My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom series created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20,2005, to May 14,2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jason Lee as Earl Hickey, the series also stars Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples. Every time something happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner. Thats when I realized that I had to change, so I made a list of everything bad Ive ever done and one by one Im gonna make up for all my mistakes, Im just trying to be a better person. Convinced he has to turn his life around to survive, Earl gives himself over to the power of karma. As his first step of a makeshift twelve-step program to fix his misdeeds, Earl makes a list of every bad thing and every person he has wronged, after doing a first good deed, he finds the $100,000 lottery ticket that was previously lost. Seeing this as a sign of karma rewarding him for his commitment, after a year of doing good deeds, a major plot-twist occurs in season two. She is facing life in prison due to this being her third strike, to soften the jury, she decides to have a surrogate baby for her half-sister Liberty Washington. When things do not go well at her trial, Earl takes the blame for the theft and kidnapping to protect Joys freedom. Behind bars, Earl is forced to surrender his original list and he also meets fellow prisoner and friend Franks girlfriend, Billie. In an attempt to re-capture an escaped Frank, Earl, his brother Randy, through Earls captivity, the Warden grants more and more time off Earls sentence for his good deeds. However, the Warden revokes all of time off on what would be Earls second-to-last day in prison. However, Earl eventually gains the hand and forces the Warden to honor his early release. He reverts to his pre-list ways, doing reckless and bad things until Billie hits him with her car, Billie is subsequently hit by a car herself, leaving them both lying in the street. Eventually, Earl wakes up, finds Billie, and marries her, however, Earl and Billie argue about his list, and Earl eventually chooses the list over her, sending her into a rampage where she undoes the good things that he has accomplished to that point. Earl uses it to doing good deeds on his original list. As he continues to perform good deeds, Earls motives initially come across as shallow and selfish – that he is doing good to improve his karma. As another plot-twist, Darnell blows his Witness Protection cover when Joy goes crazy at an audition for a show entitled ¿Estrada or Nada
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Jason Lee portrayed
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CSI: NY
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CSI, NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22,2004 to February 22,2013, for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. It is the series in the CSI franchise. Originally in 2004, CSI, NY was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis, the company dissolved after season three in 2007, and all production after that was done under the purview of CBS Paramount Television. The show was filmed at the CBS Studio Center, with many of the scenes shot in. Occasionally, scenes were filmed on location in New York City, the series ended its ninth and final season on February 22,2013. It was canceled by CBS on May 10,2013, CSI, NY follows a group of investigators who work for the New York City crime lab. The series mixes gritty subject matter and deduction in the manner as its predecessors. The team is led by Detective Mac Taylor, a former Marine from Chicago, Mac is a veteran of the NYPD who lost his wife on 9/11, and as such must work to rebuild his personal life while supervising his team. He is organized, efficient, dedicated, and very proper in his management style, Macs partner is originally Stella Bonasera. Stella is half-Greek, half-Italian, and entirely New York City and she helped Mac through the impact of his wifes death and has been by his side ever since. She is an investigator, yet she often speaks before she thinks. Stella leaves New York to head a crime lab in New Orleans and is replaced by Detective Jo Danville, Jo is a former FBI criminalist and an experienced psychological profiler. Mac and she quickly form a friendship and an even stronger working rapport. Jo is still haunted by her ousting from the FBI after pulling the plug on improper lab procedure, together, Mac, Stella, and Jo head an elite team of detectives including Danny Messer, Aiden Burn, and Lindsay Monroe. The team also works alongside CSI Sheldon Hawkes, Detective Don Flack, Medical Examiner Sid Hammerback, Mac Taylor is a Detective First Grade and the director of the NYPD crime lab. Mac lost his wife, Claire, in the World Trade Center attacks, dates occasionally, Stella Bonasera is a half-Greek, half-Italian orphan. She is a Detective First Grade with the NYPD and the Assistant CSI Supervisor of Macs team and she often speaks before she thinks, leading to numerous complaints being made against her by those suspected of crimes. Always going where she can do the most good, Stella resigns from the NYPD crime lab following the finale to run the NOPD crime lab
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Close to Home (2005 TV series)
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Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS, while in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4,2005 to May 11,2007 and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase, created by Jim Leonard, the series was primarily filmed in Southern California. The score composer was Michael A. Levine, on May 16,2007, the series was officially canceled by CBS. Annabeth Chase is a prosecutor with a near perfect conviction record. Throughout the series, she lost only three cases, in Season 1, Episode 21 David and Goliath, Chase tried a case against a professional baseball player, who killed his pregnant girlfriend. His not guilty verdict was attributed to his fame, Chase lost the case of a man prosecuted for a rape he committed 11 years prior, in Season 2, Episode 18, Making Amends. In this case the victim was unable to recall the assault, as she unknowingly ingested Rohypnol, known as The Date Rape Drug, which causes amnesia. In Season 2, Episode 21, Drink the Cup, Chase was unable to convict a corrupt cop named Veeder of the murder of a police officer. In the following episode she successfully tried Veeder for the murder of a girl he exploited. She is married to a worker, Jack Chase, and has an infant daughter. The show revolves around her balancing her career and family life, in the pilot episode, Chase returns from a 12-week maternity leave to find herself with a new boss, Maureen Scofield, who has been promoted instead of her. Maureen is a no-nonsense, workaholic woman who admires Chases dedication to her family, above her is County Prosecutor Steve Sharpe. Chase wins the first case she prosecutes upon her return to work, Annabeth returns to work four months after her husband was killed by a drunk driver on the first-season finale. Near the end of the season, Conlon attempts an attorney general campaign which is derailed as police corruption is discovered, Scofield is assassinated as a result of these prosecutions. The season ends with Chase successfully prosecuting Scofields assassin, Close to Home at the Internet Movie Database Close to Home at TV. com
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Cold Case (TV series)
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Cold Case is an American police procedural television series which ran on CBS from September 28,2003 to May 2,2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, on May 18,2010, CBS announced that the series had been canceled. The series aired in syndication, and also on Ion Television in the U. S. sleuth also aired the series occasionally. In 2011, the show aired on MyNetworkTV, rush was initially partnered with Detective Chris Lassing in the first five episodes and then with Detective Scotty Valens for the remainder of the series. They work under Lieutenant John Stillman and are assisted by other detectives from their squad—Nick Vera, Will Jeffries, usually, each episode would focus on a single investigation. All cases involved murders committed in Philadelphia, although investigations occasionally required travel outside the city, cases were also spread out over much of the previous century, with some as recent as a year or two old and others dating back to the 1910s. Generally, an investigation would begin when the received a new lead. In some cases, the lack of a body meant that it was unclear if a crime had even occurred. Over the course of the episode, the detectives would interview witnesses associated with the crime and these interviews were accompanied by flashback sequences to the time of the murder which dramatized the testimony. Witness testimony, even people who would later be revealed as the killer, was almost never false. At most the guilty party would lie by omission, leaving out critical details, the witness testimony was also generally presented in chronological order so that it formed a cohesive linear story for the audience. This was done with different actors as children or much younger selves especially if the year in question was well in the past. If it was judged that the character was not likely to have altered in appearance significantly except for weight and gray hair and this was not just with the guest actors themselves but sometimes with the detectives as well if they had any involvement in the original investigation. Detective Jeffries for example had flashbacks to himself as a child in two episodes and a detective in another. The scene would show the details with exceptions having to do with the utter heinousness of the motive of the crime such as rape or sexual assault. The police would be shown arresting the killer and walking them into custody, the killer and other characters in the story would be seen as flashing back to their younger selves and as now. The spirit of the victim would be either by Lilly. This would be accompanied by the playing of a song meant to symbolize the period in which the killing took place, through the flashbacks, the show examined many issues related to 20th century history, including, racism, homophobia, sexism, abortion, and police brutality
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Promotional poster
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Entertainment Weekly
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Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by Time Inc. that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture. Different from celebrity-focused publications like Us Weekly, People, and In Touch Weekly, EW primarily concentrates on entertainment media news, however, unlike Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, which are aimed at industry insiders, EW targets a more general audience. The first issue was published on February 16,1990, the cover price was $1.95 The title word entertainment was not capitalized on the cover until mid-1992 and has remained so since. By 2003, the weekly circulation averaged 1.7 million copies per week. In March 2006, managing editor Rick Tetzeli oversaw an overhaul of EWs graphics, Entertainment Weekly follows a typical magazine format by featuring a letters to the editor and table of contents in the first few pages, while also featuring advertisements. While many advertisements are unrelated to the entertainment industry, the majority of ads are typically related to up-and-coming television and these beginning articles open the magazine and as a rule focus on current events in pop culture. First Look, subtitled An early peek at some of Hollywoods coolest projects, is a spread with behind-the-scenes or publicity stills of upcoming movies. The Hit List, written each week by critic Scott Brown, highlights ten major events, Typically, there will be some continuity to the commentaries. This column was written by Jim Mullen and featured twenty events each week. The Hollywood Insider is a section that reports breaking news in entertainment. It gives details, in the columns, on the most-current news in television, movie. The Style Report is a section devoted to celebrity style. Because its focus is on celebrity fashion or lifestyle, it is rich in nature. Recently, the converted to a new format, five pictures of celebrity fashions for the week. A spin-off section, Style Hunter, which finds reader-requested articles of clothing or accessories that have appeared in pop culture recently, appears frequently. The Monitor is a two-page spread devoted to events in celebrity lives with small paragraphs highlighting events such as weddings, illnesses, arrests, court appearances. Deaths of major celebrities are typically detailed in a one-half- or full-page obituary titled Legacy and this feature is nearly identical to sister publication Peoples Passages feature. Harris column focuses on analyzing current popular-culture events, and is generally the most serious of the columns, harris has written about the writers strike and the 2008 presidential election, among other topics
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Volume 1, Number 1 (February 16, 1990), cover featuring singer
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George Clooney
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George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana and the other for co-producing Argo, in 1999, he took the lead role in Three Kings, a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War. In 2001, Clooneys fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, the heist comedy remake Oceans Eleven, in 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo. He is the person who has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. In 2009, Clooney was included in Times annual Time 100 as one of the Most Influential People in the World and he is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31,2008. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce, was a beauty queen and city councilwoman and his father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman and game show host who hosted AMC for five years in the late 1990s. Clooney has Irish, German, and English ancestry and his maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln. Clooney has a sister named Adelia. His aunt was the cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic, but said in 2006 that he does not know if he believes in Heaven, or even God. He has said, Yes, we were Catholic, big time, whole family and he began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He attended St. Michaels School in Columbus, Ohio, then Western Row Elementary School in Mason, Ohio, from 1968 to 1974, and St. Susanna School in Mason, the Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade. In middle school, Clooney developed Bells palsy, a condition that partially paralyzes the face, the malady went away within a year. In an interview with Larry King, he stated that yes and it takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed. After his parents moved to Augusta, Kentucky, Clooney attended Augusta High School and he has stated that he earned all As and a B in school, and was an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player. He tried out to professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977
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Clooney at a ceremony for
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George Clooney cast his hands and shoes in the
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George Clooney at the premiere of
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Clooney in
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The New York Times
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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18,1851, by The New York Times Company. The New York Times has won 119 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, the papers print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind The Wall Street Journal, and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the US. The New York Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation, following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million. Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The New York Times has long been regarded within the industry as a newspaper of record. The New York Times international version, formerly the International Herald Tribune, is now called the New York Times International Edition, the papers motto, All the News Thats Fit to Print, appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page. On Sunday, The New York Times is supplemented by the Sunday Review, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine and T, some other early investors of the company were Edwin B. Morgan and Edward B. We do not believe that everything in Society is either right or exactly wrong, —what is good we desire to preserve and improve, —what is evil, to exterminate. In 1852, the started a western division, The Times of California that arrived whenever a mail boat got to California. However, when local California newspapers came into prominence, the effort failed, the newspaper shortened its name to The New-York Times in 1857. It dropped the hyphen in the city name in the 1890s, One of the earliest public controversies it was involved with was the Mortara Affair, the subject of twenty editorials it published alone. At Newspaper Row, across from City Hall, Henry Raymond, owner and editor of The New York Times, averted the rioters with Gatling guns, in 1869, Raymond died, and George Jones took over as publisher. Tweed offered The New York Times five million dollars to not publish the story, in the 1880s, The New York Times transitioned gradually from editorially supporting Republican Party candidates to becoming more politically independent and analytical. In 1884, the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in his first presidential campaign, while this move cost The New York Times readership among its more progressive and Republican readers, the paper eventually regained most of its lost ground within a few years. However, the newspaper was financially crippled by the Panic of 1893, the paper slowly acquired a reputation for even-handedness and accurate modern reporting, especially by the 1890s under the guidance of Ochs. Under Ochs guidance, continuing and expanding upon the Henry Raymond tradition, The New York Times achieved international scope, circulation, in 1910, the first air delivery of The New York Times to Philadelphia began. The New York Times first trans-Atlantic delivery by air to London occurred in 1919 by dirigible, airplane Edition was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening. In the 1940s, the extended its breadth and reach. The crossword began appearing regularly in 1942, and the section in 1946
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Cover of The New York Times (November 15, 2012), with the headline story reporting on
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First published issue of New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851.
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The Times Square Building, The New York Times ' publishing headquarters, 1913–2007
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The New York Times newsroom, 1942
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Variety (magazine)
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Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19,2013, Variety originally reported on theater and vaudeville. Variety has been published since December 16,1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City, on January 19,1907, Variety published what is considered the first film review in history. In 1933, Sime Silverman launched Daily Variety, based in Hollywood, Sime Silverman had passed on the editorship of the Weekly Variety to Abel Green as his replacement in 1931, he remained as publisher until his death in 1933 soon after launching the Daily. His son Sidne Silverman, known as Skigie, succeeded him as publisher of both publications, both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie Saxon, died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd Silverman, born 1932, was the heir to what was then Variety Inc. Young Syds legal guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety Inc. until 1956, after that date Syd Silverman was publisher of both the Weekly Variety in New York and the Daily Variety in Hollywood, until the sale of both papers in 1987 to the Cahners Corp. In L. A. the Daily was edited by Tom Pryor from 1959 until 1988, for twenty years its editor-in-chief was Peter Bart, originally only of the weekly New York edition, with Michael Silverman running the Daily in Hollywood. Bart had worked previously at Paramount Pictures and The New York Times, in April 2009, Bart moved to the position of vice president and editorial director, characterized online as Boffo No More, Bart Up and Out at Variety. From mid 2009 to 2013, Timothy M. Gray oversaw the publication as Editor-in-Chief, after over 30 years of various reporter, in October 2014, Eller and Wallenstein were upped to Co-Editors in Chief, with Littleton continuing to oversee the trades television coverage. This dissemination comes in the form of columns, news stories, images, video, Cahners Publishing purchased Variety from the Silverman family in 1987. On December 7,1988, Barts predecessor, Roger Watkins, proposed, upon its launch, the new-look Variety measured one inch shorter with a washed-out color on the front. In October 2012, Reed Business Information, the periodicals owner, PMC is the owner of Deadline. com, which since the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike has been considered Varietys largest competitor in online showbiz news. In October,2012, Jay Penske announced that the paywall would come down, the print publication would stay. A significant portion of the advertising revenue comes during the film-award season leading up to the Academy Awards. During this Awards Season, large numbers of colorful, full-page For Your Consideration advertisements inflate the size of Variety to double or triple its usual page count, paid circulation for the weekly Variety magazine in 2013 was 40,000. Each copy of each Variety issue is read by an average of three people, with a total readership of 120,000. Variety. com has 17 million unique monthly visitors, Variety is a weekly entertainment publication with a broad coverage of movies, television, theater, music and technology, written for entertainment executives
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The Variety Building in December 2008.
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People (magazine)
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People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. With a readership of 46.6 million adults, People has the largest audience of any American magazine, People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and it was named Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Ages annual A-list and #3 on Adweeks Brand Blazers list in October 2006, the magazine runs a roughly 50/50 mix of celebrity and human-interest articles. Peoples website, People. com, focuses on celebrity news, in February 2015, the website broke a new record,72 million unique visitors. People is perhaps best known for its special issues naming the Worlds Most Beautiful, Best & Worst Dressed. The magazines headquarters are in New York and it maintains editorial bureaus in Los Angeles, for economic reasons it closed bureaus in Austin, Miami, and Chicago in 2006. In December 2016, LaTavia Roberson engaged in a feud with People after alleging they misquoted and misrepresented her interview online. The concept for People has been attributed to Andrew Heiskell, Time Inc. s chief executive officer at the time, the founding managing editor of People was Richard B. Stolley, an assistant managing editor at Life and the journalist who acquired the Zapruder tapes of the John F. Kennedy assassination for Time Inc. in 1963. Peoples first publisher was Richard J. Durrell, another Time Inc. veteran, Stolley characterized the magazine as getting back to the people who are causing the news and who are caught up in it, or deserve to be in it. Our focus is on people, not issues, stolleys almost religious determination to keep the magazine people-focused contributed significantly to its rapid early success. It is said that although Time Inc. pumped an estimated $40 million into the venture, initially, the magazine was sold primarily on newsstands and in supermarkets. To get the magazine out each week, founding staff members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4,1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the movie The Great Gatsby and that issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U. S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing In Action, the magazine was, apart from its cover, printed in black-and-white. The initial cover price was 35 cents, the core of the small founding editorial team included other editors, writers, photographers and photo editors from Life magazine, which had ceased publication just 13 months earlier. This group included managing editor Stolley, senior editors Hal Wingo, Sam Angeloff and Robert Emmett Ginna, writers James Watters and Ronald B
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The December 1, 2014, edition of People
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Teen People cover, April 2006
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Nylon Magazine
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Nylon is an American multi-platform media company and magazine that focus on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and its name references New York and London. Jamie Elden is the President and Chief Revenue Officer and Marc Luzzatto is the chairman, Nylon was co-founded in 1999 by Madonna Badger, Mark Blackwell, supermodel Helena Christensen, and husband and wife Marvin and Jaclynn Jarrett, with investment from Sam Waksal. According to Publisher Jaclynn Jarrett, the name was chosen because her husband Marvin just liked the sound of Nylon. After picking it, they realized the New York/London tie-in, which was congruous to Nylons editorial focus on these two cities, the first two letters are the initials for New York and the last three letters are the first three letters of London. The design of the magazine was intended to be hyper-legible, in answer to criticism of Ray-Guns chaotic layouts, the first issue was published on April 6,1999. In 2005, Nylon was bought by Pennsylvania businessman Don Hellinger, the following spring, Nylon and MySpace collaborated on their first International Music issue, making it freely available online for a time. Nylon TV was launched in 2006 with the creation of its own YouTube channel, Nylon partnered with MySpace in 2006 for its annual June/July music issue. Nine months later the magazine became available online in digital form in March 2007. Nylon released their June/July International Music and MySpace issue online for free viewing, Nylon teamed up with Live Nation Entertainment in 2008 to produce its first Nylon Music Tour, headlined by electro rockers She Wants Revenge. On their 10-year anniversary in 2009, Nylon made the April 1999 inaugural issue freely available online, including all articles, later that year, Nylon partnered with iTunes for its annual music issue, which included a free summer playlist download of 22 tracks. Nylon came together with YouTube in 2010 for its Young Hollywood issue, the partnership extended for the 2011 Young Hollywood issue as well. 2010 also brought the launch of Nylon Dailies, emails written by local writers every day in ten key American cities, in 2011, then-President Don Hellinger and then-CFO Jami Pearlman were charged with operating an illegal money transmission business, unrelated to Nylon. They subsequently pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, Nylon joined with Facebook in 2012 for its June/July music issue. 2012 also brought a Summer Music Tour, featuring Neon Trees, americas Next Top Model announced that Nylon would be its media partner for the shows 19th cycle. Nylon has established a social media presence. By early 2014, Nylon was active on Instagram, had over 700,000 Twitter followers, in May 2014, Nylon was acquired by Nylon Media, Inc. an affiliate of LA-based investor Marc Luzzatto through his team at Diversis Capital, LLC. The new venture also acquired FashionIndie, with FashionIndies founders, Beca Alexander and Daniel Saynt, maintaining their titles of editor-in-chief and creative director, Nylon is published in five Asian markets
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August 2006 cover
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Miles Teller
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Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor. Born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and an alumnus of NYUs Tisch School of Arts, he appeared in short films. Teller was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, the son of Merry, an estate agent, and Michael Teller. His father is from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and his mother is from Carneys Point and he has two older sisters, Erin and Dana. His paternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, while his other ancestry is English, Irish, Polish and he lived in several places as a child, because of his fathers career, spending time in Citrus County, Florida, after moving from Cape May, New Jersey. He also lived in Pennsylvania and Delaware, Teller attended Lecanto High School, Florida, where he played the saxophone, was a drummer for a church youth group band, and was president of the drama club. He can also play piano and guitar and was on the baseball team, aside from high school, Teller worked as a server at a restaurant called Crackers. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, before making his feature film debut Teller appeared in many short films. After graduating from Tisch School of Arts in 2009, he made his debut in 2010s Rabbit Hole, Teller appeared in the stage musical Footloose in high school. Years later, he was cast in the remake of Footloose starring Kenny Wormald. In 2013, he starred in 21 & Over, written and directed by Jon Lucas, in 2014, he co-starred in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, and starred as a drummer in the well-reviewed drama Whiplash and he was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor, the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Teller received further recognition when he portrayed Peter Hayes in the commercially successful Divergent and he also starred as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the film Fantastic Four. Teller played real life arms dealer David Packouz, opposite Jonah Hill, in the Todd Phillips-directed film War Dogs, in January 2014, Teller was cast to portray Dan Aykroyd in Steven Conrads untitled John Belushi biopic. Since 2013, he has been in a relationship with model Keleigh Sperry, Teller is a loyal fan of the Philadelphia Phillies. In December 2016, Teller and Sperry were involved in a car accident, after being cut off by an Uber driver, Tellers car rolled onto its side. Neither Teller nor Sperry had injuries, however, a passenger in the Uber was taken to the hospital, Miles Teller at the Internet Movie Database Miles Teller on Twitter
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Teller at the 2015
San Diego Comic-Con International
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Teller at the film premiere of Divergent in March 2014
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Sundance Festival
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The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, is an American film festival that takes place annually in Park City, Utah. With 46,660 attendees in 2016, it is the largest independent film festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29,2017. Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978, as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterling Van Wagenen, John Earle, the 1978 festival featured films such as Deliverance, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight Cowboy, Mean Streets, and The Sweet Smell of Success. The festival also highlighted the work of filmmakers who worked outside the Hollywood system. The jury of the 1978 festival was headed by Gary Allison, and included Verna Fields, Linwood G. Dunn, Katharine Ross, Charles E. Sellier Jr. Mark Rydell, and Anthea Sylbert. More than 60 films were screened at the festival that year, also that year, the first Frank Capra Award went to Jimmy Stewart. The festival also made a profit for the first time, in 1980, Catania left the festival to pursue a production career in Hollywood. Several factors helped propel the growth of Utah/US Film Festival, first was the involvement of actor and Utah resident Robert Redford, who became the festivals inaugural chairman. By having Redfords name associated with the festival, it received great attention, secondly, the country was hungry for more venues that would celebrate American-made films as the only other festival doing so at the time was the USA Film Festival in Dallas. Response in Hollywood was unprecedented as major studios did all they could to contribute their resources, in 1981, the festival moved to Park City, Utah, and changed the dates from September to January. It was called the US Film and Video Festival, in 1984, the now well-established Sundance Institute, headed by Sterling Van Wagenen, took over management of the US Film Festival. The branding and marketing transition from the US Film Festival to the Sundance Film Festival was managed under the direction of Colleen Allen, Allen Advertising Inc. by appointment of Robert Redford. In 1991 the festival was renamed the Sundance Film Festival, after Redfords character The Sundance Kid from the film Butch Cassidy. The majority of the screenings, including the festivals premieres. The 2013 Sundance London Festival was held April 25–28,2013, Sundance London 2014 took place on April 25–27,2014 at the O2 arena. The Sundance London 2015 Festival was cancelled in an announcement on January 16,2015, Sundance London will return to London in 2016 from June 10–12 at Picturehouse Cinema in Londons West End
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Sundance Film Festival
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times, commonly referred to as the Times or LA Times, is a paid daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008, the Times is owned by tronc. The Times was first published on December 4,1881, as the Los Angeles Daily Times under the direction of Nathan Cole Jr. and it was first printed at the Mirror printing plant, owned by Jesse Yarnell and T. J. Unable to pay the bill, Cole and Gardiner turned the paper over to the Mirror Company. Mathes had joined the firm, and it was at his insistence that the Times continued publication, in July 1882, Harrison Gray Otis moved from Santa Barbara to become the papers editor. Otis made the Times a financial success, in an era where newspapers were driven by party politics, the Times was directed at Republican readers. As was typical of newspapers of the time, the Times would sit on stories for several days, historian Kevin Starr wrote that Otis was a businessman capable of manipulating the entire apparatus of politics and public opinion for his own enrichment. Otiss editorial policy was based on civic boosterism, extolling the virtues of Los Angeles, the efforts of the Times to fight local unions led to the October 1,1910 bombing of its headquarters, killing twenty-one people. Two union leaders, James and Joseph McNamara, were charged, the American Federation of Labor hired noted trial attorney Clarence Darrow to represent the brothers, who eventually pleaded guilty. Upon Otiss death in 1917, his son-in-law, Harry Chandler, Harry Chandler was succeeded in 1944 by his son, Norman Chandler, who ran the paper during the rapid growth of post-war Los Angeles. Family members are buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery near Paramount Studios, the site also includes a memorial to the Times Building bombing victims. The fourth generation of family publishers, Otis Chandler, held that position from 1960 to 1980, Otis Chandler sought legitimacy and recognition for his familys paper, often forgotten in the power centers of the Northeastern United States due to its geographic and cultural distance. He sought to remake the paper in the model of the nations most respected newspapers, notably The New York Times, believing that the newsroom was the heartbeat of the business, Otis Chandler increased the size and pay of the reporting staff and expanded its national and international reporting. In 1962, the paper joined with the Washington Post to form the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service to syndicate articles from both papers for news organizations. During the 1960s, the paper won four Pulitzer Prizes, more than its previous nine decades combined, eventually the coupon-clipping branches realized that they could make more money investing in something other than newspapers. Under their pressure the companies went public, or split apart, thats the pattern followed over more than a century by the Los Angeles Times under the Chandler family. The papers early history and subsequent transformation was chronicled in an unauthorized history Thinking Big and it has also been the whole or partial subject of nearly thirty dissertations in communications or social science in the past four decades. In 2000, the Tribune Company acquired the Times, placing the paper in co-ownership with then-WB -affiliated KTLA, which Tribune acquired in 1985
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Front page from October 21, 2008
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Chandler and Otis 1917
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Rubble of the L.A. Times building after the
1910 bombing
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Times
Newspaper vending machine featuring news of the
1984 Summer Olympics
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The Guardian
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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper, known from 1821 until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, the Scott Trust became a limited company in 2008, with a constitution to maintain the same protections for The Guardian. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than to the benefit of an owner or shareholders, the Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner, who succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. In 2016, The Guardians print edition had a daily circulation of roughly 162,000 copies in the country, behind The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper has an online UK edition as well as two international websites, Guardian Australia and Guardian US, the newspapers online edition was the fifth most widely read in the world in October 2014, with over 42.6 million readers. Its combined print and online editions reach nearly 9 million British readers, notable scoops include the 2011 News International phone hacking scandal, in particular the hacking of murdered English teenager Milly Dowlers phone. The investigation led to the closure of the UKs biggest selling Sunday newspaper, and one of the highest circulation newspapers in the world, in 2016, it led the investigation into the Panama Papers, exposing the then British Prime Minister David Camerons links to offshore bank accounts. The Guardian has been named Newspaper of the Year four times at the annual British Press Awards, the paper is still occasionally referred to by its nickname of The Grauniad, given originally for the purported frequency of its typographical errors. The Manchester Guardian was founded in Manchester in 1821 by cotton merchant John Edward Taylor with backing from the Little Circle and they launched their paper after the police closure of the more radical Manchester Observer, a paper that had championed the cause of the Peterloo Massacre protesters. They do not toil, neither do they spin, but they better than those that do. When the government closed down the Manchester Observer, the champions had the upper hand. The influential journalist Jeremiah Garnett joined Taylor during the establishment of the paper, the prospectus announcing the new publication proclaimed that it would zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious Liberty. Warmly advocate the cause of Reform, endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of Political Economy and. Support, without reference to the party from which they emanate, in 1825 the paper merged with the British Volunteer and was known as The Manchester Guardian and British Volunteer until 1828. The working-class Manchester and Salford Advertiser called the Manchester Guardian the foul prostitute, the Manchester Guardian was generally hostile to labours claims. The Manchester Guardian dismissed strikes as the work of outside agitators –, if an accommodation can be effected, the occupation of the agents of the Union is gone. CP Scott made the newspaper nationally recognised and he was editor for 57 years from 1872, and became its owner when he bought the paper from the estate of Taylors son in 1907. Under Scott, the moderate editorial line became more radical, supporting William Gladstone when the Liberals split in 1886
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The Guardian front page on 6 June 2014
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The Guardian senior news writer Esther Addley interviewing Ecuadorian Foreign Minister
Ricardo Patiño for this article relating to
Julian Assange (August 2014)
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The Guardian's HQ in
London
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The Guardian' s Newsroom visitor centre and archive (No 60), with an old sign with the name The Manchester Guardian
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2013 Sundance Film Festival
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The 2013 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 17,2013 until January 27,2013 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ogden, Utah, and Sundance, Utah. A record 12,146 films were submitted,429 more films than the 2012 festival,4,044 feature films were submitted and 119 were selected. 8,102 short films were submitted and 65 were selected, the festival had films representing 32 countries, from 51 first-time filmmakers,27 of which had films in competition. For the first time in the history, half of the films featured were made by women. In the U. S. dramatic competition,8 directors were women and 8 were men, in the U. S. documentary competition,8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the dramatic category, however, only 3 of the 18 films were directed by women. Linsanity, a documentary about the rise of Asian American basketball player Jeremy Lin, the Los Angeles Times wrote that it received a rousing response, easily making it one of the most crowd-pleasing documentaries to play the festival this year. The awards ceremony was held on January 26,2013 a few north of Park City, Utah at Kimball Junction at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse. Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - Blood Brother U. S, Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic - Fruitvale World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - A River Changes Course World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic - Jiseul Audience Award, U. S. Documentary - Blood Brother Audience Award, U. S. S, Documentary - Cutie and the Boxer Directing Award, U. S. S. Screenwriting Award, World Cinema Dramatic - Wajma Editing Award, U. S, Documentary - Gideons Army Editing Award, World Cinema Documentary - The Summit Cinematography Award, U. S. Documentary - Dirty Wars, The World Is a Battlefield Cinematography Award, Dramatic - Aint Them Bodies Saints and Mother of George Cinematography Award, World Cinema Documentary - Who is Dayani Cristal. Cinematography Award, World Cinema Dramatic - Lasting U. S, Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking - Inequality for All U. S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking - American Promise U. S, the Shorts Awards were presented January 22,2013 at the Jupiter Bowl at Redstone Square. Short Film Grand Jury Prize - The Whistle Short Film Jury Award, U. S. Johnston for Aint Them Bodies Saints For the first time since 2009, Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and the U. S. Blood Brother also won top prizes in the U. S. Documentary competition, the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, nineteen of the jury members, which award prizes to films, were announced on December 19,2012. The 5 members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 17,2013
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Festival poster
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Mary Jane Watson
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Mary Jane MJ Watson is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr. the character made her first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #25 and she has been the best friend, main love interest, and wife of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man. Parker consistently worms his way out of meeting Mary Jane who, aside from a brief appearance in #25 with her face obscured, is never actually seen until The Amazing Spider-Man #42. Romita has stated that in designing Mary Jane, he used Ann-Margret from the movie Bye Bye Birdie as a guide, using her coloring, the shape of her face, her red hair and her form-fitting short skirts. We, ourselves, felt that Mary Jane ended up being not only more attractive but more fun and more interesting, and we decided to let Peter end up with her. As though the characters had taken over, the names Mary Jane and M. J. are also common slang terms for marijuana. When asked about this, Stan Lee claimed it was purely coincidental, gerry Conway succeeded Stan Lee as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1972. Conway pushed Mary Jane to the forefront of the cast, like Lee, Conway found Mary Jane to be more compelling than Gwen, hadnt lost the edge that made her an interesting character. She was just a nice person, in 1987, the character was married to Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. As a consequence, writer J. M. DeMatteis made Mary Jane and her marriage to Spider-Man one of the themes of the critically acclaimed Kravens Last Hunt. DeMatteis commented that Kraven’s Last Hunt has a lot of darkness in it, but the story primarily is about Peter and his journey into the light, the reason Peter makes it out is because he has Mary Jane in his life, and that is his salvation. Mary Janes relatively unknown early life was explored in The Amazing Spider-Man #259. Mary Jane made her first actual appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #25 and it is not until The Amazing Spider-Man #42 that her face is actually seen. In that issue, on the last page, Peter finally meets her, Peter begins to date her, much to the annoyance of Gwen Stacy. However, they become irritated with each other and Peter subsequently chooses to date Gwen. Mary Jane, who becomes Harry Osborns love interest and girlfriend, remains a friend to Peter. Despite her enjoyment of life, her friendships, and dating, when her relationship with Harry Osborn comes to an end, it has significant impact on Harry, driving him to a drug overdose. This in turn creates an effect, driving his father Norman Osborn to the brink of insanity
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Mary Jane Watson
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Mary Jane's face is shown for the first time, and her famous catchphrase first uttered. Art by
John Romita Sr. From The Amazing Spider-Man #42.
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First appearance of Mary Jane in The Spectacular Spider-Man. Reference to her original debut in the panel of The Amazing Spider-Man #42.
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Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane in the
Spider-Man film series.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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It is the fifth theatrical Spider-Man film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, and is a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. It is also the film in the Amazing Spider-Man franchise. The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman, development of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 began after the success of The Amazing Spider-Man. DeHaan, Giamatti, Jones, and Cooper were cast between December 2012 and February 2013, filming took place in New York City from February to June 2013. The film was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on May 2,2014, the film received mixed reviews, and although it grossed $709 million worldwide and became the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2014, it was the lowest-grossing film in the series. However, the film was declared a hit in the markets with high openings. The film subsequently won awards for its composition and acting, notably one Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was originally envisioned as the beginning of a fictional universe. Holland is scheduled to appear in his own film, due out in July 2017, in 2000, Oscorp scientist Richard Parker records a video message to explain his disappearance. Later, he and his wife, Mary, are aboard a private jet hijacked by a man sent to assassinate Richard, the plane crashes, killing both Richard and Mary, after he uploads the video. Fourteen years later, Richards son Peter continues to fight crime as Spider-Man and he pursues and apprehends Aleksei Sytsevich. Later, Peter meets with Gwen at their high school graduation ceremony and, insisting he keep his vow to her father, Peters childhood friend, Harry Osborn, returns to Manhattan to see his terminally-ill father, Norman, CEO of OsCorp. Norman explains his illness is genetic, and Harry is at the age where it first develops, Norman gives Harry a small device he claims contains his lifes work. The next day, Norman dies and Harry is appointed the new OsCorp CEO, while working in an OsCorp laboratory, electrical engineer Max Dillon shocks himself by accident and falls into a tank of genetically-engineered electric eels. They attack him, and he mutates into an electric generator. Meanwhile, Peter attempts to maintain a friendship with Gwen, before they can discuss it, Dillon wanders into Times Square, accidentally causing a blackout, and is stopped by Peter after a battle. Dillon is taken to Ravencroft Institute, where he is studied by German scientist Dr. Kafka, meanwhile, the first symptoms of Harrys illness are showing, and he uses the device Norman gave him to deduce that Spider-Mans blood could help save him. He asks Peter, who has been selling photos of Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle, Peter refuses, unsure of what effects the transfusion would have
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Theatrical release poster
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Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx at the 2013
San Diego Comic-Con International promoting The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
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Marc Webb
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Marc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film, and film director. Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of Margaret Ruth and Norman Lott Webb, when he was eighteen months old, Webbs family moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was raised. He graduated from Madison West High School in 1992, and subsequently attended Colorado College, and his feature length debut, Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, was released in July 2009 to a positive critical reception. In January 2010, Columbia Pictures hired Webb to direct The Amazing Spider-Man and he returned to direct the sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released on May 2,2014. In 2015, Marc Webb directed promotional ads for a partnership between Samsung and Avengers, Age of Ultron, Webb is signed to DNA in Hollywood, California and Academy Productions Ltd in the United Kingdom. Webbs signature is a lamb, which has appeared in a few of his videos. In Brand News Sic Transit Gloria, glory Fades video, the lamb appears on the door before Jesse Lacey enters the bar. It also appears on the shirt of a girl in the bar, in Yellowcards Ocean Avenue and Rough Landing, Holly videos, the lamb appears on the briefcase Ryan Key carries around. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Where Is Joshs Friend. O. D. – Sleeping Awake AFI – The Leaving Song Pt. II Santana & Alex Band – Why Dont You & I3 Doors Down – Here Without You Memento – Savior Wakefield – Say You Will MxPx – Everything Sucks P. O. D. – Will You Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria, glory Fades Santana featuring Musiq – Nothing at All 2004 Cold – With My Mind P. O. D. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown Weezer – I Want You To 2010 Green Day – Last of the American Girls MxPx – Everything Sucks Brand New – Sic Transit Gloria. Glory Fades Marc Webb at the Internet Movie Database Marc Webb on Twitter Marc Webb at MVDbase. com Die Musik Video Datenbank
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Webb in July 2013
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The Hollywood Reporter
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Headquartered in Los Angeles, THR is part of the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a group of properties that includes Billboard and SpinMedia. It is owned by Eldridge Industries, a company owned by an executive of its previous owner. Under Janice Min, a faltering THR was relaunched in 2010 as a weekly print magazine with a revamped, continuously updated website, as well as mobile. THR was founded in 1930 by William R, billy Wilkerson as Hollywoods first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3,1930, and featured Wilkersons front-page Tradeviews column, the newspaper appeared Monday to Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday to Friday from 1940. Wilkerson ran the THR until his death in September 1962, although his final column appeared 18 months prior, from the late 1930s, Wilkerson used THR to push the view that the industry was a communist stronghold. In particular, he opposed the screenplay writers trade union, the Screen Writers Guild, in 1946 the Guild considered creating an American Authors Authority to hold copyright for writers, instead of ownership passing to the studios. Wilkerson devoted his Tradeviews column to the issue on July 29,1946 and he went to confession before publishing it, knowing the damage it would cause, but was apparently encouraged by the priest to go ahead with it. The column contained the first industry names, including Dalton Trumbo and Howard Koch, on became the Hollywood blacklist. Eight of the 11 people Wilkerson named were among the Hollywood Ten who were blacklisted after hearings in 1947 by the House Un-American Activities Committee. In 1997 THR reporter David Robb wrote a story about the newspapers involvement, for the blacklists 65th anniversary in 2012, the THR published a lengthy investigative piece about Wilkersons role, by reporters Gary Baum and Daniel Miller. The same edition carried an apology from Wilkersons son, W. R. Wilkerson III and he wrote that his father had been motivated by revenge for his thwarted ambition to own a studio. Wilkersons wife, Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, took over as publisher and she sold the paper on April 11,1988, to Affiliated Publications, parent company of Billboard Publications, for $26.7 million. Robert J. Dowling became THR president in 1988 and editor-in-chief, Dowling brought in Alex Ben Block as editor in 1990, and editorial quality of both news and specials steadily improved. Block and Teri Ritzer dampened much of the coverage and cronyism that had infected the paper under Wilkerson. After Block left, former editor at Variety, Anita Busch, was brought in as editor between 1999 and 2001. Busch was credited with making the paper competitive with Variety, tony Uphoff assumed the publisher position in November 2005. Uphoff was replaced in October 2006 by John Kilcullen, the publisher of Billboard, Kilcullen was a defendant in Billboards infamous dildo lawsuit, in which he was accused of race discrimination and sexual harassment
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Dwayne Johnson on the June 2014 cover
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Spider-Man
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Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, when Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several book series, the first. In the 2010s, he joins the Avengers, Marvels flagship superhero team, Spider-Mans nemesis Doctor Octopus also took on the identity for a story arc spanning 2012–2014, following a body swap plot in which Peter appears to die. Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, the character was first portrayed in live action by Nicholas Hammond in the 1977 television movie Spider-Man. Reeve Carney starred as Spider-Man in the 2010 Broadway musical Spider-Man, in 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting about for a new superhero idea. He said the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in demand for comic books. At that time Lee had to get only the consent of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman for the characters approval, in a 1986 interview, Lee described in detail his arguments to overcome Goodmans objections. In particular, Lee stated that the fact that it had already decided that Amazing Fantasy would be cancelled after issue #15 was the only reason Goodman allowed him to use Spider-Man. While this was indeed the issue, its editorial page anticipated the comic continuing. Will appear every month in Amazing, regardless, Lee received Goodmans approval for the name Spider-Man and the ordinary teen concept, and approached artist Jack Kirby. Lee and Kirby immediately sat down for a conference, Theakston writes. Steve Ditko would be the inker, when Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, Lee recalled, I hated the way he was doing it. Not that he did it badly—it just wasnt the character I wanted, Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual style Lee found satisfactory. Ditko recalled, One of the first things I did was to work up a costume, a vital, visual part of the character. I had to know how he looked, for example, A clinging power so he wouldnt have hard shoes or boots, a hidden wrist-shooter versus a web gun and holster, etc. I wasnt sure Stan would like the idea of covering the characters face and it would also add mystery to the character. Although the interior artwork was by Ditko alone, Lee rejected Ditkos cover art, as Lee explained in 2010, I think I had Jack sketch out a cover for it because I always had a lot of confidence in Jacks covers
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Cover of
The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #50 (April 2003) Art by J. Scott Campbell and Tim Townsend
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Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962). The issue that first introduced the fictional character. It was a gateway to commercial success for the superhero and inspired the launch of
The Amazing Spider-Man comic book. Cover art by
Jack Kirby (penciller) and
Steve Ditko (inker).
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The spider bite that gave Peter Parker his powers.
Amazing Fantasy #15, art by
Steve Ditko.
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U.S. President Barack Obama pretending to be caught in Spider-Man's web
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Gwen Stacy
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Gwendolyn Maxine Gwen Stacy is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in those featuring Spider-Man. A college student, she was a romantic interest for Peter Parker before she was murdered by the Green Goblin. Spider-Man writers and fans often debate whether Peters one true love is Gwen Stacy, stories published long after her death indicate that Gwen still holds a special place in his heart. The character has been portrayed by Bryce Dallas Howard in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3 and by Emma Stone in the 2012 reboot film The Amazing Spider-Man, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, Gwen Stacy first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31. Furious, she dates both Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn, gradually, however, a romance develops, Gwen, a science major, seems to appreciate Peters intellectual personality. Their relationship begins almost immediately after Peter stops going out with Mary Jane, later issues introduced Gwens father, Captain George Stacy. Gwen blames Spider-Man for his death, and leaves for Europe to cope with her loss and she wants Peter to ask her to marry him and convince her to stay, but his guilt stops him from proposing. Gwens feelings for Peter eventually prompt her to return to New York, gerry Conway and Roy Thomas succeeded Stan Lee as writer and editor, respectively, of The Amazing Spider-Man. Together with inker John Romita, Sr. they came to the decision to have Gwen Stacy killed off and she was just a nice person. The Green Goblin kidnaps and throws Gwen Stacy off the George Washington Bridge in The Amazing Spider-Man #121, both the decision to kill Gwen and the method in which Marvel implemented it remain controversial among fans because some believe that Peter himself was the one that caused her death. The death became a point in both Spider-Man’s history and in American comic books in general. Many point to Gwens death as the end of the Silver Age of Comics, before her death, except possibly as part of an origin story, superheroes did not fail so catastrophically, nor did the heros loved ones die so suddenly and without warning. In his book The Physics of Superheroes, physicist James Kakalios writes that, consistent with Newtons laws of motion, the comic book Civil War, Casualties of War, Captain America/Iron Man concurred that the proximate cause of death was the sudden stop during a high-speed fall. An issue of Peter Parker/Spider-Man revisits the issue, and further confirms Gwen died of a broken neck due to the use of the webbing, within the Marvel Comics, Gwen Stacys death has enormous repercussions. Mary Jane Watson feels the loss of Gwen deeply and becomes a more mature, Gwens death also draws Peter and Mary Jane into a closer friendship, and eventually to romance. Miles Warren, one of Gwens professors, was secretly in love with her, following her death, Warren goes insane and adopts the persona of the Jackal. In the fourth and final issue of the miniseries Marvels, photographer Phil Sheldon befriends Gwen Stacy, Gwens simple faith in heroes convinces Sheldon of the purpose of the Marvels —to protect innocents such as Gwen. He resolves to write a book to praise the heroes and what they should mean to humanity, when the Green Goblin kidnaps Gwen and holds her hostage to bait Spider-Man, Sheldon frantically follows the resulting chase in a taxi and witnesses her death
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Gwen Stacy on the cover to
The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 2, #23 (March 2005). Art by
Greg Land.
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Gwen Stacy and
Mary Jane Watson on the cover of
Spider-Man: Blue Vol. 1 #3.
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Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman (nicknamed "The White Widow" by
cosplayers) in an alternate universe. Named "Spider-Gwen" by the fans and authors.
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Gwen Stacy in
The Spectacular Spider-Man.
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White Bird in a Blizzard
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White Bird in a Blizzard is a 2014 French/American art drama thriller film co-produced, written, and directed by Gregg Araki. The film is based on the novel of the name by Laura Kasischke and stars Shailene Woodley, Eva Green. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20,2014 before being given a theatrical release on October 24,2014. In 1988, when Katrina Kat Connors was 17, her mother, Eve, the story weaves back-and-forth with flashbacks of Eves past life and the present day. In the flashbacks, Eve was a girl who gradually changed into a domesticated housewife after marrying Brock. While Kat explores her sexuality with her handsome but dim-witted neighbor and schoolmate, Phil. She tries to be sexy when Brock is away, even luring Phils attention, after Eve disappears, Kat deals with her abandonment without much issue, occasionally releasing her own wild side, seducing the detective investigating her mothers disappearance. The film then jumps forward three years to the spring of 1991, on a break from college, Kat returns home and seems unfazed to learn that her father is in a relationship with a co-worker. The detective Kat has been having an affair with informs her that Brock might have killed Eve after catching her cheating. Kat suspects Phil of sleeping with Eve and confronts him the night before she is to return to college, Kat begins to unpack Brocks suspiciously locked freezer in their basement, but is stopped when he walks in on her. She questions him about her mothers disappearance, asking if he does in fact know where she is, believing her father, Kat bids her him goodbye and tearfully boards her flight, returning to college. It is revealed that this was the last time Kat sees her father, as he went out to a bar shortly thereafter and drunkenly admitted to murdering Eve. He is soon arrested and later hangs himself with a sheet in his jail cell, the film ends with a flashback of Eves death, she came home from shopping the afternoon of her disappearance to find Brock and Phil in bed together. After 7 weeks in theaters the film earned $33,821 domestically, on Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, the film has a score of 56% based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6 out of 10. The film also has a score of 51 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 27 critics indicating mixed or average reviews, kansas City Star reporter Jocelyn Noveck said, It all comes down to a doozy of a plot twist, and its enjoyably shocking. But at the end youre still left shaking your head, feeling lost, stereogum ranked the films 80s pop- and shoegaze-heavy soundtrack as the 16th best soundtrack of 2014
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Film poster
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Shailene Woodley and
Shiloh Fernandez in Paris at the film's French premiere.
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Gregg Araki
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Gregg Araki is an American independent filmmaker and film director involved heavily with New Queer Cinema. His film Kaboom was the first ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm awarded in 2010, Araki was born in Los Angeles on December 17,1959 to Japanese American parents. He grew up in nearby Santa Barbara, California and enrolled in college at the University of California and he graduated with a B. A. from UCSB in 1982. He later attended the University of Southern Californias School of Cinematic Arts, Araki made his directorial debut in 1987 with Three Bewildered People in the Night. With a budget of only $5,000 and using a stationary camera, two years later, Araki followed up with The Long Weekend, another film with a $5,000 budget. His third film, The Living End, saw an increase to $20,000 and he had to shoot his early movies often spontaneously and lacking proper permits. Despite the financial constraints, Arakis films received critical acclaim and he received awards from the Locarno International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, with an additional nomination for a Sundance Film Festival award. Arakis next three movies — Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere — were collectively dubbed the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, the trio has been characterized as. Teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression, a former student of his at UC Santa Barbara, Andrea Sperling, co-produced the films with him. The Trilogy received varying degrees of reviews, from a thumbs down and zero stars by Roger Ebert to Literally the Best Thing Ever by Rookie, hailed as the directors most optimistic film to date, it made its premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Arakis next project was the ill-fated MTV production This Is How the World Ends and he viewed it as a chance to reach the masses through MTVs viewership and signed on to do the project despite the budget being cut to $700,000. Araki wrote, directed, and shot the episode, but ultimately MTV decided against the project. Following a short hiatus, Araki returned in 2004 with the critically acclaimed Mysterious Skin and this marked the first time that Araki worked with someone elses source material. Arakis next feature was the stoner comedy Smiley Face, featuring Anna Faris, Adam Brody and it marked a stark change from the dark, heavy drama of Mysterious Skin, a change purposely planned by Araki. It received very favorable reviews, with some describing it as another of Arakis potential cult classics, Kaboom marked Arakis tenth film and made its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It was awarded the first ever Queer Palm for its contribution to lesbian, gay, bisexual, both The Living End and Nowhere owe their titles to this shoegaze influence, The Living End after like-named The Jesus and Mary Chain song and Nowhere after Rides album entitled Nowhere. In 2010, Kaboom was named the first ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm, Araki has also been honored with the 2006 Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival. In 2013, Araki was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with the retrospective God Help Me, Araki has previously self-identified as a gay Asian American
Gregg Araki
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Araki at the
Deauville American Film Festival in September 2014
Gregg Araki
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Araki at the Deauville American Film Festival in September 2010
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2014 Sundance Film Festival
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The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16,2014 until January 26,2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle and closed with musical drama Rudderless directed by William H. Macy. The festival honored late Roger Ebert and premiered Life Itself by Steve James, the festival introduced a new film category titled Sundance Kids, which will help to introduce independent films to a younger generation of audiences. It is also a first category at the dedicated to childrens films. The festival had more than 700 sponsors and 1,830 volunteers, a record 12,218 films were submitted,72 more films than the 2013 festival. Of the 4, 057-plus feature films were submitted,2,014 were from the U. S. and 2,043 were international, of the 8,161 short films submitted,66 were selected. There were 54 directors, who made their debut at the festival,35 of whom have films in competition. Sixteen films were selected each for the U. S, Documentary competition sections, and twelve films each for the World Cinema Dramatic and World Cinema Documentary sections. This years festival marked the 30th anniversary of the festival since its foundation in 1981 by Robert Redford, in celebration of 30th anniversary of the festival, the screening of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades took place at the festival. Music was major part of the festival, most of the movies in the festival had musical themes. The opening night film Whiplash used music to explore human nature, God Help the Girl, a coming of age drama with musical theme directed by Stuart Murdoch. Memphis starring musician Willis Earl Beal as an artist, australian musician Flea appears in Low Down, a biopic about American jazz pianist Joe Albany. Only Lovers Left Alive follows a musician and his lover while his world is collapsing down, Alive Inside, A Story of Music and Memory, a documentary about a man who wanted to help the Alzheimers patient with music. Frank, comedy about a musician, starring Michael Fassbender. 20,000 Days on Earth, a documentary narrating a day in the life of Nick Cave including cameos by Kylie Minogue and Ray Winstone. Also the closing film of the festival Rudderless, told the story of a father who formed a rock. The awards ceremony was held on January 26,2014 at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse in Park City, Utah, Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - Rich Hill U. S. Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic - Whiplash World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Documentary - The Return to Homs World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic - To Kill a Man Audience Award, Documentary - Alive Inside, A Story of Music and Memory Audience Award, U. S
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Festival poster
2014 Sundance Film Festival
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Whiplash won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic at the festival.
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My Name Is Earl
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My Name Is Earl is an American sitcom series created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20,2005, to May 14,2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jason Lee as Earl Hickey, the series also stars Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples. Every time something happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner. Thats when I realized that I had to change, so I made a list of everything bad Ive ever done and one by one Im gonna make up for all my mistakes, Im just trying to be a better person. Convinced he has to turn his life around to survive, Earl gives himself over to the power of karma. As his first step of a makeshift twelve-step program to fix his misdeeds, Earl makes a list of every bad thing and every person he has wronged, after doing a first good deed, he finds the $100,000 lottery ticket that was previously lost. Seeing this as a sign of karma rewarding him for his commitment, after a year of doing good deeds, a major plot-twist occurs in season two. She is facing life in prison due to this being her third strike, to soften the jury, she decides to have a surrogate baby for her half-sister Liberty Washington. When things do not go well at her trial, Earl takes the blame for the theft and kidnapping to protect Joys freedom. Behind bars, Earl is forced to surrender his original list and he also meets fellow prisoner and friend Franks girlfriend, Billie. In an attempt to re-capture an escaped Frank, Earl, his brother Randy, through Earls captivity, the Warden grants more and more time off Earls sentence for his good deeds. However, the Warden revokes all of time off on what would be Earls second-to-last day in prison. However, Earl eventually gains the hand and forces the Warden to honor his early release. He reverts to his pre-list ways, doing reckless and bad things until Billie hits him with her car, Billie is subsequently hit by a car herself, leaving them both lying in the street. Eventually, Earl wakes up, finds Billie, and marries her, however, Earl and Billie argue about his list, and Earl eventually chooses the list over her, sending her into a rampage where she undoes the good things that he has accomplished to that point. Earl uses it to doing good deeds on his original list. As he continues to perform good deeds, Earls motives initially come across as shallow and selfish – that he is doing good to improve his karma. As another plot-twist, Darnell blows his Witness Protection cover when Joy goes crazy at an audition for a show entitled ¿Estrada or Nada
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Jason Lee portrayed
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