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The Walking Dead (TV series)
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The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont, based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. Andrew Lincoln plays the lead character, sheriffs deputy Rick Grimes. Grimes reunites with his family and becomes the leader of a group he forms with other survivors, together they struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with walkers and opposing groups of survivors, who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. Much of the takes place in and around Atlanta, Georgia and Alexandria, Virginia. The Walking Dead premiered in the United States on October 31,2010, exclusively shown on television channel AMC. As a result of very favorable Nielsen ratings that rank the show unprecedentedly high for a cable series, beginning with its third season, The Walking Dead attracts the most 18- to 49-year-old viewers of any cable or broadcast television series. Its eighth season will debut in October 2017, an AMC companion series, Fear the Walking Dead, debuted on August 23,2015. The Walking Dead takes place after the onset of a zombie apocalypse. The zombies, colloquially referred to as walkers, shamble towards living humans, humans they bite or scratch become infected and slowly turn into walkers as well. It is revealed early in the series that all living humans carry this pathogen, so if they die from any other cause. The only way to kill a walker is to damage its brain or otherwise fully destroy the body. The series centers on sheriffs deputy Rick Grimes, who wakes up from a coma to discover this apocalypse, sheriffs deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma discovering a world overrun by zombies. After befriending Morgan Jones, Rick travels to Atlanta, Georgia and finds a group of survivors including his wife Lori, his son Carl, the group travels to the Centers for Disease Control but find from the sole remaining CDC member that no cure exists for the epidemic. Traveling from Atlanta, Ricks group takes shelter at Hershel Greenes farm while they search for Carol Peletiers missing daughter, Rick is forced to kill Shane in self-defense. The farm is overrun with walkers, and Hershels surviving family join Ricks group as they move on. Months from fleeing Hershels farm, Ricks group finds a prison they clear of zombies to make their new home, Lori dies in childbirth, and Rick becomes withdrawn. Meanwhile, Andrea and Michonne – who rescued Andrea after she got separated from the others – are brought to the town of Woodbury. Months after the Governors attack, a deadly flu kills many of the population at the prison, the Governor finds his former right-hand men and kill them, taking over their group to lead a new attack on the prison, forcing the remaining group to separate and flee
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Glenn Rhee
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Glenn Rhee is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and is portrayed by Steven Yeun in the AMC television series of the same name. He is voiced by Nick Herman in the game of the same name. In the comics, he is simply as Glenn and was not given a last name. In both forms of media, Glenn is a pizza delivery boy from Atlanta who is separated from his family after the zombie outbreak. Glenn is known for being quick thinking and resourceful, which makes him the primary supply runner. As the group begins to move around the country looking for sanctuary, Glenn meets Maggie Greene, resourceful and clever, Glenn makes it out of Atlanta and comes upon the group of survivors on the outer limits of the city. Due to his knack for scavenging, he is nominated to sneak into the city. On one of these runs, he finds Rick and brings him back to the group and his use of MacGyver-like tactics to outsmart and kill zombies enabled him to successfully recover guns for Jim. Not long after Shane dies, Glenn develops a nascent crush on Maggie, Maggie eventually realizes this and confronts Glenn about his feelings and they start a relationship. After being caught in bed with Maggie, Glenn and Hershel have a brief argument, despite the rocky start, Hershel understands that he cannot stop his daughter from wanting to be with Glenn. While the majority of the survivors are kicked out by him, Glenn tests a new idea of how to clear roamers on the fence, by attaching knives to plywood so its easier to retrieve them after stabbing a roamer. Then he moves into the cell as Maggie. Later on, Hershel gives Maggie permission to be in a relationship with Glenn, Glenn and Maggie try to stop Tyreese and Rick from fighting, to no avail. Glenn settled into a prison-turned-refuge with Maggie and helps the group find fuel and he was later imprisoned by the Governor, an encounter that left him with physical and mental scars, Glenn was beaten and forced to hear the Governor brutally rape Michonne in a neighboring cell. After his escape and return to the prison, Glenn grows to love Maggie and proposed to her with a ring stolen from a zombies finger, Hershel married the couple shortly after. Soon after their marriage, Glenn and Maggie volunteered to join the group traveled to the Army Center to prevent enemies from Woodbury from using its fuel for their vehicles. The group was attacked by Bruce and his friends, Glenn, distracted, allowed Andrea to snipe Bruce and Michonne to kill the rest of the attackers. He fiercely defended the prison from a front gate sniper tower, with the group divided on what to do next, Glenn decided to leave with Dale and Andrea in the R. V. at the last minute, saving Sophia and Maggies lives
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Abraham Ford
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Abraham Ford is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and was portrayed by Michael Cudlitz in the American television series of the same name. He is also displayed as being broken from the pain he endured due to his family being killed by zombies. Over time, he and Eugene are able to make amends, Cudlitz received acclaim for his portrayal of Abraham in the show, and is noted for his numerous unique one-liners and catchphrases. Abraham, Eugene, and Rosita were once part of a group based in Houston. Their camp was overrun a few weeks earlier, and Eugene has persuaded them to head to Washington, D. C. where he claims he was a scientist, the trio first appears at Hershels farm shortly after the prisons destruction. They are at first held at gunpoint by Andrea until Abraham explains their story and they need to acquire supplies for their trip to Washington, though the group remains skeptical and Abraham directly confronts Dale and yells at him which causes tensions between him and Andrea. Eventually Rick agrees and they pack up their supplies into their truck and leave the farm for good, initially, there is hostility between Abraham and the others, particularly Rick Grimes. When Maggie Greene attempts suicide, he comes close to placing a bullet in her head before she regains consciousness, even when Rick holds a gun to his head, Ricks arguing with him enrages Abraham, and Abraham almost kills him the next morning. A zombie interrupts his plan, and Abraham saves Rick instead, during a detour back to Ricks hometown, they run into a group of bandits who attempt to rape Carl. Abraham assists in rescuing him and stops Carl from watching Rick disembowel one of them, the next morning, Rick and Abraham bond after they realize they have suffered similar losses. After gathering some supplies from Rick and Carls hometown, and recruiting Morgan Jones, during this trip they stumble upon the herd, and immediately try to break through. On foot, Carl is nearly killed and Abraham rescues him and they regroup with the rest of their team and head to DC. On the way, they stumble across two mysterious scavengers, and Abraham is wary of their true intentions and he insists to Rick that they follow anyway due to their limited options. He stands up for her, which drives the two closer to one another, and eventually they hook up behind Rositas back, Abraham initially feels guilt about cheating on Rosita, but rationalizes his action as normal because of the new world theyre living in. He breaks off his relationship with Rosita and falls back into Hollys arms, at one point, Holly suggests he take over from Rick, though this never comes to light. Abraham continues to assist in daily zombie-slaying and muscle work as months go by and he and Michonne later encounter Jesus and join Rick and a few others at the Hilltop community. They are ambushed on their way back by the Saviors, a gang that has been terrorizing the community. When they are back in Alexandria, he and Eugene go on a supply run and their leader Dwight, right-hand man of Negan, puts an arrow through Abrahams head and takes Eugene hostage
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Rick Grimes
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Rick Grimes is a fictional character and the protagonist in the comic book series The Walking Dead and in the television series of the same name, portrayed by Andrew Lincoln. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, the made his debut in The Walking Dead #1 in 2003. Rick Grimes is a small town sheriffs deputy who shares a son, Carl Grimes and he awakens from a coma after a life threatening gun shot wound, to find the world overrun with zombies, and a fight for survival ensues. In the comic series, Rick remains the longest-living survivor, followed closely behind by his son, Andrea, the orphan Sophia. In both media, Rick awakens from a coma into the apocalypse and searches for Lori and Carl and finds them in the Atlanta camp with his best friend, Shane, and becomes the groups leader. Although Rick quickly adapts to the notion of killing walkers, he retains his morality, Ricks morality is constantly tested to protect his family and friends. Over time, he becomes colder and more brutal, which puts him at odds with other survivors who adopt the same mindset. As Rick desires to retain his sons innocence, his brutality is further tested by his own group when encountering non-group members who the group believe should join them. Rick manages to regain his morality when staying at communities, and is able to be a once more. Rick Grimes has been described as a character who emphasizes moral codes and values. Lincoln obtained the role in April 2010, Kirkman felt he was an amazing find, in preparation for the role, Lincoln sought inspiration from Gary Cooper in his work in the American western film High Noon, as well as the television drama series Breaking Bad. Lincoln has been well-received for his portrayal of the character, and has been nominated for several awards, before the zombie apocalypse, Rick was a police officer in the small town of Cynthiana, Kentucky. While in a shootout against an escaped convict with his partner and best friend, Shane Walsh, Rick is wounded and subsequently awakens from a coma some time later. After Duane Jones mistakes Rick for a zombie and hits him over the head with a shovel, Duanes father Morgan takes Rick in and informs him about what unfolded during his coma. In search of his wife, Lori, and son, Carl, Rick heads to Atlanta, Rick runs out of gas and stops at a farm. Rick finds the owners inside who have committed suicide, Rick throws up outside and searches their barn where he finds a horse. Upon arrival, Rick is rescued from a group of zombies by a fellow survivor named Glenn. Tension between Rick and Shane over leadership of the group and Loris affections boils over in a confrontation which ends with Carl shooting Shane to protect his father, afterwards, Rick leads the group away from Atlanta, trying to find shelter and safe haven from the undead
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Sasha Williams (The Walking Dead)
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Sasha Williams is a fictional character from The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series. The character was created by Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead comic book series which the show is based on and in which Sasha has no counterpart. Sasha, a firefighter before the apocalypse, is among a large group of survivors from Jacksonville, Florida, led by her older brother. In Atlanta, Georgia, the group comprises five people when they encounter Rick Grimes, Sasha forms a romantic attraction with fellow survivor Bob Stookey but is also one of the victims of the illness that affects the prison, of which she and Glenn are the only survivors. Following the destruction of the prison in The Governors last attack she, Bob and Maggie Greene are separated from Tyreese, in this time she forms a relationship with Bob as she reluctantly helps Maggie to find Glenn and meets up with another group led by Sgt. After encountering Gareth and the cannibals of Terminus and an attempt to rescue Beth, Sasha suffers the loses of Bob and Tyreese and becomes more hardened. After encountering Aaron the group is brought to the Alexandria Safe-Zone where Sasha becomes the lookout in the bell-tower, during this time Sasha develops a romance with Abraham much to Rosita Espinosa s dismay, until Abraham is murdered, along with Glenn, by Negan himself. She continues to care for Maggies wellbeing at the Hilltop Colony but seeks vengeance on Negan and during an assassination attempt with Rosita. Rather than be used against Alexandria Sasha commits suicide and is put down as a walker by Maggie and her last name is confirmed to be Williams as revealed in a featurette for the fifth season Blu-ray and DVD. Sasha has been described as a realist who demonstrates an approach to survival. Martin-Green called Sasha a team player on the outside but a loner on the inside, Sasha is the younger sister of Tyreese. The siblings lived near each other in Jacksonville, Florida, as children, Sasha followed Tyreese around and copied everything he did, but still remained quite bossy to Tyreese. During the outbreaks onset, she and her brother stayed in a bunker in their neighbor Jerrys backyard. After 7 months, they ran out of supplies, following this, Sasha and Tyreese met a family of survivors, Allen, Donna and Ben and then joined a larger group of survivors, which had a total of 25 survivors at one point. After their camp was overrun, they wandered for 6 weeks under Tyreeses leadership until they found the prison, in 2012, Sonequa Martin-Green auditioned for the role of Michonne albeit with a pseudonym due to the secrecy of the auditioning process. She was cast in a role on The Walking Dead as Sasha, the sister of Tyreese. Martin-Green explained, was supposed to be a character and as we kept going forward. Its very rare and Im still quite dumbfounded about it but Glen and I hit it off and he wanted to work with me and wrote Sasha for me
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Greg Nicotero
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Gregory Greg Nicotero is an American special make-up effects creator, and television producer and director. His first major job in special effects makeup was on the George A. Romero film Day of the Dead, under the tutelage of Romero and make-up effects veteran Tom Savini. In 1988, along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger, he formed KNB EFX Group and he is currently working as co-executive producer, special make-up effects supervisor, and occasional director on the AMC TV series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. Nicotero has directed 17 episodes of The Walking Dead and is the creator of the webseries The Walking Dead, Nicotero claims he began taking an interest in special effects after viewing the film Jaws. He explains, I kept thinking How the hell did they do that, howd they build a big giant shark that could eat people. While working on the 1985 Romero film Day of the Dead, he met Howard Berger, Nicotero relocated to Hollywood and moved in with Berger and Robert Kurtzman. He later worked as FX artist on the 2010 film Predators, Nicotero worked as special make-up effects supervisor, co-executive producer and occasional director for the TV series The Walking Dead, as well as acting in a few uncredited cameos. He was at the San Diego Comic-Con International for the show and he was a guest on Talking Dead on March 24,2013, October 12,2014, February 8,2015, and February 14,2016. He also supervises the make-up effects for Fear the Walking Dead, in 2011, Nicotero was interviewed for the 2012 zombie special effects book Blood Splatter, A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects by author Craig W. Chenery. He was a guest on the MythBusters Zombie Special on October 17,2013. S. A, Day of the Dead The Walking Dead 1.3 Tell It to the Frogs. Walker biting Amy 3.9 The Suicide King, walker in Woodbury 6.3 Thank you. Gestapo Major Gingerdead Man 2, Passion of the Crust, makeup Effects Guy #3 Diary of the Dead. Stoner Dude Michael The Hills Have Eyes, Man pushing Draculas coffin House on Haunted Hill. Rollercoaster technician From Dusk till Dawn, Man with Dog Halloween 5, The Revenge of Michael Myers. Townie In Car Night of the Creeps
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Scott M. Gimple
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Scott M. Gimple is an American writer for both comics and television. He is known for his work as a writer and producer for Fillmore, Life, FlashForward, Chase, and The Walking Dead. Gimple grew up in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey and graduated from Governor Livingston High School and he graduated from the University of Southern Californias School of Cinema-Television. He was a writer on NBCs Life and Fox TVs Drive, Gimple co-wrote the script of Ghost Rider, Spirit of Vengeance alongside Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer. In 2011 he joined the crew of AMCs The Walking Dead as a producer and writer for the second season. He wrote the episode of the season, Save the Last One, as well as the critically acclaimed seventh, Pretty Much Dead Already. In January 2013, Gimple was named showrunner of The Walking Dead, replacing Glen Mazzara and he has also worked on Disneys Pepper Ann and as a writer for The Simpsons comics, including editing the Simpsons Episode Guidebook The Simpsons Forever. A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, Gimple created the cartoon Fillmore. and the comic book Heroes Anonymous with Bill Morrison. He married actress Julia Wackenheim on August 30,2009, production Writer Scott M. Gimple at the Internet Movie Database
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Steven Ogg
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Steven Ogg is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Trevor Philips in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V and he has also appeared in television series such as Better Call Saul, Law & Order, Person of Interest, Broad City, The Walking Dead, and Westworld. Ogg was born in Calgary, Alberta, and began his acting career in a film for the National Film Board of Canada, before working in various theater productions. He was focused on pursuing a career in sports, but an injury prevented him doing so. After moving to New York City, he began acting in shows such as Law & Order and Third Watch, in addition to some theater work. After taking a break from acting to build a house, he was hired by Rockstar Games as the voice and his character was critically acclaimed and he received numerous award nominations as a result. On February 2014, he received an award on the 3rd Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards for Best Overall Acting in a Game, Ogg later reprised his role in the 2016 YouTube short film GTA VR. In The Walking Dead season 6 finale, he made his debut as Simon, who is a member of the Saviors, Ogg also had a role in the HBO series Westworld. Official website Steven Ogg at the Internet Movie Database
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The Walking Dead (season 7)
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The seventh season of The Walking Dead, an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on October 23,2016, and concluded on April 2,2017, consisting of 16 episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore. The executive producers are Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, the first half of the season focuses on Rick Grimes and his group under the rule of Negan, and their struggle to obey his orders. The second half of the focuses on Rick and his companions building an army with like-minded communities to prepare for an all-out war against Negan. Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, the series protagonist and the established leader of Alexandria. Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon, the primary hunter and a recruiter for Alexandria. Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee, Maggies resourceful husband, who stands as the moral compass. Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee, Glenns strong-willed and pregnant wife, chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes, Ricks teenage son, who struggles to maintain his renewed morality that he achieved from residing in Alexandria. Danai Gurira as Michonne, a warrior, who has opened up from her previous solitary life and has recently begun a relationship with Rick. Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier, a member of the group. Abraham Ford, a military sergeant, whose reevaluation of his life led him to break up with Rosita. Lennie James as Morgan Jones, the first survivor Rick had ever encountered, sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha Williams, a former firefighter, Abrahams girlfriend and a guard of Alexandria, who has overcome various traumas. Alanna Masterson as Tara Chambler, a member of the group. Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter, a survivor, who struggles to prove his worth to the group lying to them about knowing a possible cure to the walker virus. Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa, a pragmatic and protective member of the group, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan, the manipulative-totalitarian and merciless leader of the Saviors, and the primary antagonist of the season. Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel Stokes, a priest, who has managed to earn the groups trust after previously betraying them, ross Marquand as Aaron, an Alexandrian recruiter, who brought Ricks group to Alexandria, and serves as a bridge between the two factions. Austin Nichols as Spencer Monroe, a guard of Alexandria and the surviving member of his family. Austin Amelio as Dwight, a ruthless, reluctant member of the Saviors, Tom Payne as Paul Jesus Rovia, a scout for the Hilltop Colony, who introduced Ricks group to their compound
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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
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Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy or horror fiction literature in which the Earths technological civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The story may involve attempts to prevent an event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or it may be post-apocalyptic. Post-apocalyptic stories often place in a non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of society. And recognizable modern apocalyptic novels had existed since at least the first quarter of the 19th century, however, this form of literature gained widespread popularity after World War II, when the possibility of global annihilation by nuclear weapons entered the public consciousness. As shown above, the apocalypse is also depicted in visual art, the story may involve attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or may be post-apocalyptic, and be set after the event. Post-apocalyptic stories often place in a non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of society. The scriptural story of Noah and his Ark describes the end of the original civilization. Noah is assigned the task to build the Ark and save the lifeforms so as to reestablish a new post-flood world, numerous other societies, including the Babylonian, had produced apocalyptic literature and mythology which dealt with the end of the world and of human society. Many of which included stories that refer back to the Biblical Noah or describe a similar flood. The Epic of Gilgamesh, written ca, 2000–1500 BC, details a myth where the angry gods send floods to punish humanity, but the ancient hero Utnapishtim and his family are saved through the intervention of the god Ea. A similar story about the Genesis flood narrative is found in Sura 71 of the Quran, even in the Hindu Dharmasastra, the apocalyptic deluge plays a prominent part. According to the Matsya Purana, the Matsya avatar of Lord Vishnu, at the time of deluge, Vishnu appeared as a horned fish and Shesha appeared as a rope, with which Vaivasvata Manu fastened the boat to the horn of the fish. Variants of this story appear in Buddhist and Jain scriptures. The first centuries AD saw the recording of the Book of Revelation, which is filled with prophecies of destruction, as well as luminous visions. In the first chapter of Revelation, the writer St. John the Divine explains his errand, Write the things which thou hast seen, the things which are. He takes it as his mission to convey—to reveal—to God’s kingdom His promise that justice will prevail, the apocalyptist provides a beautific vision of Judgement Day, revealing God’s promise for redemption from suffering and strife. Revelation describes a New Heaven and a New Earth, and its intended Christian audience is often enchanted and inspired and these Christians believed themselves chosen for God’s salvation, and so such apocalyptic sensibilities inspired optimism and nostalgia for the end times. The fear of the end is about as old as civilization itself
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Horror fiction
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Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle their readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as a piece of fiction in prose of variable length, which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing. It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere, Horror is frequently supernatural, though it can be non-supernatural. Often the central menace of a work of fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society. The genre of horror has ancient origins with roots in folklore and religious traditions, focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic and these were manifested in stories of beings such as witches, vampires, werewolves and ghosts. 18th century Gothic horror drew on these sources with the seminal and controversial The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole and this marked the first incorporated elements of the supernatural instead of pure realism. In fact, the first edition was published disguised as a medieval romance from Italy discovered and republished by a fictitious translator. Once revealed as contemporary, many found it anachronistic, reactionary, or simply in poor taste — but it proved to be immediately popular. That first novel of Gothic horror inspired such works as Vathek by William Beckford, A Sicilian Romance, The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian by Ann Radcliffe and The Monk by Matthew Lewis. A significant amount of fiction of this era was written by women and marketed at a female audience. The Gothic tradition blossomed into the modern readers call horror literature in the 19th century. Each of these novels and novellas created an icon of horror seen in modern re-imaginings on the stage. The proliferation of periodicals, as early as the turn of the century. One writer who specialized in fiction for mainstream pulps such as All-Story Magazine was Tod Robbins, whose fiction dealt with themes of madness. Later, specialist publications emerged to give horror writers an outlet, including Weird Tales, influential horror writers of the early 20th century made inroads in these mediums. Early cinema was inspired by aspects of horror literature, and early horror cinema started a strong tradition of horror films. This imagery made these comics controversial, and as a consequence they were frequently censored, many modern novels claim an early description of the living dead in a precursor to the modern zombie tale, including Dennis Wheatleys Strange Conflict, H. P. Lovecraft stories such as Cool Air, In The Vault, richard Mathesons novel I Am Legend would also influence an entire genre of apocalyptic zombie fiction emblematic of the films of George A. Romero
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Television program
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It may be a single production, or more commonly, a series of related productions. A limited number of episodes of a show may be called a miniseries or a serial or limited series. Television series are without a fixed length and are divided into seasons or series. While there is no defined length, U. S. industry practice has traditionally favored longer television seasons than those of other countries, a one-time broadcast may be called a special, or particularly in the UK a special episode. A television film is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in theaters or direct-to-video, a program can be either recorded, as on video tape, other various electronic media forms, played with an on-demand player or viewed on live television. Television programs may be fictional, or non-fictional and it may be topical, or historical. They could be primarily instructional or educational, or entertaining as is the case in situation comedy, a drama program usually features a set of actors playing characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures, except for soap opera-type serials, many shows especially before the 1980s, remained static without story arcs, and the main characters and premise changed little. If some change happened to the characters lives during the episode, because of this, the episodes could be broadcast in any order. Since the 1980s, there are series that feature progressive change to the plot. For instance, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time television series to have this kind of dramatic structure. While the later series, Babylon 5 is an example of such production that had a predetermined story running over its intended five-season run. In 2012, it was reported that television was growing into a component of major media companies revenues than film. Some also noted the increase in quality of television programs. When a person or company decides to create a new series, they develop the elements, consisting of the concept, the characters, the crew. Then they offer it to the networks in an attempt to find one interested enough to order a prototype first episode of the series. They want very much to get the word out on what types of shows they’re looking for, to create the pilot, the structure and team of the whole series must be put together. If the network likes the pilot, they pick up the show to air it the next season, sometimes they save it for mid-season, or request rewrites and further review
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AMC (TV channel)
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AMC is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by AMC Networks. The channels programming, similar to that of FXM, primarily consists of released films. The channels name originally stood for American Movie Classics, but since 2002 the full name has been de-emphasized as a result of a shift in its programming. As of July 2015, AMC was received by approximately 94,832,000 households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service. In March 2015, Dish Networks Sling TV announced it would begin making AMC channels available to cord cutters, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV. American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally known, debuted on October 1,1984 as a premium channel, AMC was originally operated as a joint venture between Rainbow Media and cable television provider Tele-Communications Inc. During its early years, it was not uncommon for AMC to host a marathon of Marx Brothers films, in 1987, the channel began to be carried on the basic cable tiers of many cable providers. By 1989, AMC was available to 39 million subscribers in the U. S, on December 1,1990, AMC began operating on a 24-hour-a-day schedule. Beginning in 1993, AMC presented an annual Film Preservation Festival to raise awareness of, portions of the festival were often dedicated to all-day marathons focusing on a single performer. During its fifth year in 1998, Scorsese credited the Festival for creating not only a greater awareness. In 1996, curator of the Museum of Modern Art Mary Lee Bandy called the Festival the most important public event in support of film preservation. By its tenth anniversary in 2003, the Festival had raised $2 million from the general public, the following year, Time Warner also attempted to acquire at least part of Liberty Medias stake in AMC. Turner owns rights to the RKO Radio Pictures film library and licensed RKOs films to AMC in a deal that was slated to last through 2004. Under the terms of the deal, AMC would obtain the RKO titles in exclusive windows, around this time, General Electric/NBC owned a stake in AMC – which it divested in the early 2000s. From 1996 to 1998, AMC aired its first original series, Remember WENN, the show was well received by both critics and its enthusiastic fans, but was abruptly cancelled after its fourth season following management changes at the channel. Despite a well publicized campaign to save the series, the show was not renewed for its originally scheduled fifth season. One popular AMC program was American Pop. which ran from 1998 to 2003, the majority of the films presented on AMC during the 1990s had originally been released by Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and Universal Studios. The channel also showed classic silent films
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Michael Cudlitz
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Cudlitz was born on Long Island, New York and grew up in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. He is a 1982 graduate of Lakewood High School and he holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts, where he graduated in 1990. While a student at California Institute of the Arts until he landed the role in Band of Brothers, Cudlitz worked in TV, Cudlitz was a construction coordinator on Beverly Hills,90210. His first acting role was in the 1989 film Crystal Ball and he guest starred on Over There. He played Bob Destepello in the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank and he also played a 30-second role as a bartender in the movie Forces of Nature in 1999. His breakout role came in 2001 with his portrayal of Sgt, denver Bull Randleman in the World War II miniseries, Band of Brothers. Cudlitz starred on the acclaimed, five-season television drama Southland as patrol officer John Cooper. It was picked up by TNT, who aired the episodes of its first season. The character struggled with back pain, addiction to pain medication. Prior to the start of shooting for the show, Cudlitz had a mole removed from his right upper lip. The show was cancelled in 2013, Cudlitz won the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in 2013. In 2009, Cudlitz appeared in the fiction film Surrogates as Colonel Brendon. In 2013, Cudlitz played opposite Melanie Griffith in the movie, from February 2014 until October 2016, he appeared in the AMC TV show The Walking Dead as Sergeant Abraham Ford, a character from the comic series of the same name. His first appearance was in the episode of Season 4. Cudlitzs character was killed off in the episode of the shows seventh season entitled The Day Will Come When You Wont Be. Due to his portrayal of Abraham, Cudlitz has quickly become a fan favorite since his introduction, with many fans paying homage to his quirky, Cudlitz supplied the voice of Sgt. Glenn Hawk Hawkins in the video game Call of Duty 2 and he voiced Corporal Griffen in the video game Call of Duty 4, Modern Warfare and its sequel, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3. 2013, Critics Choice Awards, Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Southland 2013, Entertainment Industries Council PRISM Awards and they met while students at California Institute of Arts
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Steven Yeun
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Steven Yeun /ˈjʌn/ is a South Korean-born American actor. He is known for his role as Glenn Rhee on AMCs horror drama television series The Walking Dead, Yeun has also appeared in many short and feature films, and has done video game and cartoon voiceovers. Yeun was born in Seoul, South Korea, to South Korean parents Je and his father was an architect in South Korea before moving his family to Regina, Saskatchewan, and later to Michigan. Yeun was raised in Troy, Michigan in a Christian household, yeuns parents began calling him Steven after meeting a doctor in America by that name. His parents owned a beauty-supply stores in Detroit, Yeun received a bachelors degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience from Kalamazoo College in 2005. At Kalamazoo, he met Jordan Klepper through Kleppers sister and later followed him to Chicago to join Second City, yeuns interest in acting and improv came during his freshman year at Kalamazoo, when he watched the colleges improv group, Monkapult. He auditioned for Monkapult, but was rejected before successfully joining the group during his sophomore year. Yeun revealed to his parents that he planned to pursue a career in Chicago instead of enrolling in law school or medical school. His parents, while unhappy with the decision, were supportive, according to Yeun, Yeun moved to Chicago in 2005, living in the citys Lincoln Square with his brother. Shortly after graduation, he joined Stir Friday Night, a comedy group composed of Asian-American members. He joined The Second City in Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in October 2009, yeuns biggest role to date was Glenn Rhee on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama based on the comic book series of the same name. The drama is the highest rated series in television history. The series has received positive reviews from professional television critics. Yeun left the show in 2016 after his character Glenn was killed off in the seventh season, Yeun is an investor of The Bun Shop, a Korean-Mediterranean fusion restaurant in Koreatown, Los Angeles, owned by his younger brother Brian Yeun and business partner James Seok. Steven speaks some Korean, but is not fully fluent and he married photographer Joana Pak on December 3,2016. In December 2016, media revealed that Yeun and his wife were expecting their first child. Their son, Jude Malcolm Yeun, was born on March 17,2017, Steven Yeun at the Internet Movie Database Steven Yeun on Twitter Steven Yeun on Facebook
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Negan
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Negan is a fictional character in the comic book series The Walking Dead and in the television series of the same name. He is the leader of a group of roughly 500 survivors in The Sanctuary, called the Saviors, a group that trades with others. In the comics, the appearance is based on Henry Rollins, as confirmed by Charlie Adlard, Robert Kirkman worked in his excessive use of profanity. Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays Negan in the series of the same name. Initially obedient, Rick and the others secretly conspire with other communities in the Washington, Negan resides in an abandoned factory, where most of the attractive women—formerly other mens girlfriends or wives—act as his wives. He soon grows fond of Ricks son, Carl Grimes, Morgan has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Negan in the television series, earning himself the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series. After first being offered the role of Negan, Morgan immediately accepted the offer due to being a fan of The Walking Dead prior. Robert Kirkman conceptualized the character after scrapping the idea of Rick Grimes being forced to protect his son, Carl Grimes, by killing fellow survivor, Negan has a unique personality, different from the volatility, manipulative behavior, and lack of remorse The Governor expressed. Negan is feared and respected as a king, he is the first and last word on the activities of his group and he controls his subordinates by power, intimidation, and punishment. Brutal, foul-mouthed, and possessed of a sense of humor, Negan carries a barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat named Lucille. Negan is inexplicably violent at times and kills people unaccountably, however, his behavior in certain situations might not always be construed as evil. He has a genuine disgust for the act of rape and affirms that his wives are with him voluntarily, Negan has a penchant for provocation and power games. The stronger the resistance to his will, the more he seems to enjoy the test of wills, having insight rarely associated with violent antagonists, Negan appears to both observe and appreciate the concerns and intentions of his opposite numbers. This gives him a significant psychological advantage in most contests of will, as he can anticipate, before the outbreak, Negan is playing Ping-Pong in his garage with some of the neighborhood boys who attend the school where he works. The boys refer to him as Coach Negan, after defeating and belittling one of the boys, they run off and he instantly expresses regret about his behavior. His wife Lucille comes out to yell at him and Negan expresses his desire for the students to him by being the cool teacher outside of school. At some point after the outbreak, Negan established The Saviors, Negan, along with his team, had made a deal with the Hilltop Colony, the Saviors would use the weaponry the other group was lacking to kill all zombies wandering near the Hilltops premises. In return, the Saviors would obtain half of Hilltops supplies, such as livestock, to get his point across, if a potential problem would arise, Negan and his men would resort to cruel measures
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor. He is known for playing John Winchester on Supernatural, Denny Duquette in the medical drama Greys Anatomy, The Comedian in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen, Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington to Sandy Thomas and Richard Dean Morgan. He attended Ben Franklin Elementary School, Rose Hill Junior High, and Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington and he went on to play basketball at Skagit Valley College before being sidelined by injury. Starting with Uncaged, Morgan has appeared in over 25 feature films, however, the bulk of his work has been in television. He was the star of the 1996–1997 television series The Burning Zone, his character, Dr. Edward Marcase, the series, tentatively titled Correspondents, was to have started production in summer 2007. ABC instead picked up a spin-off of Greys Anatomy, called Private Practice, as a result, Correspondents was shelved. Another 2007 film starring Morgan is The Accidental Husband, which finished filming in New York City in March 2007 and was not released on DVD until 2009, Morgan starred in the thriller The Resident and the drama film Days of Wrath in 2008. In 2009, Morgan portrayed The Comedian, an antihero, in Watchmen. The same year, Morgan appeared in Taking Woodstock, and played Clay in a comic book adaptation of The Losers. Morgan appeared in the Texas crime thriller Texas Killing Fields as a detective in 2011. The following year, Morgan starred in the drama series Magic City. The same year, Morgan appeared in the horror thriller The Possession, and it was announced in January 2014, that Morgan had been cast in the lead role in Jonás Cuaróns Desierto. In 2015, Morgan portrayed Deaf Smith in Texas Rising, a five-part mini-series which aired on the History Channel, also in 2015, he became a regular cast member for season 2 of the CBS sci-fi drama Extant. He appeared in a role in Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice, as Bruce Waynes father. He played the character of a freelance investigator Jason Crouse in the popular TV show The Good Wife, afterward, Morgan portrayed the character Negan on the AMC TV series The Walking Dead. He made his first appearance in the finale and serves as the primary antagonist of the seventh season. On May 30,1992, Morgan was married to actress Anya Longwell in Las Vegas, in 2007, he was briefly engaged to his former Weeds costar Mary-Louise Parker, their engagement ended in April 2008. In 2009, Morgan began a relationship with actress Hilarie Burton, the couples son was born in March 2010
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The Walking Dead (comic book)
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The Walking Dead is an ongoing black-and-white comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore. It focuses on Rick Grimes, a deputy who is shot in the line of duty and awakens from a coma in the zombie apocalypse that placed Georgia under quarantine. He finds his wife and son, and meets other survivors, gradually taking on the role of leader among a group and later a community as Rick, first issued in 2003 by publisher Image Comics, the comic is written by Kirkman with art by Moore and Charlie Adlard. Moore continued to do the covers through issue No.24, the Walking Dead received the 2007 and 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic-Con International. The series was adapted into the AMC television series The Walking Dead, the television program loosely follows the storyline of the comic book. The franchise has spawned multiple additional media properties, including video games, a companion television series, webisode series. The Walking Dead debuted in 2003, published by Image Comics, with art by Tony Moore for the first six issues, Charlie Adlard took over as artist on issue #7, after he was approached by Kirkman. Moore also did the art for the first twenty-four issues. The remainder were done by Adlard, when the television series premiered in October 2010, Image Comics announced The Walking Dead Weekly. The first 52 issues of the series began to be reprinted on January 5,2011, with one issue per week for a year. Volume 1, Days Gone Bye Rick Grimes, a deputy from Kentucky, is wounded in the line of duty. He returns home to find his house ransacked and his wife, Rick travels to a military evacuation zone in Atlanta to find his family, but finds Atlanta has also been overrun. He is rescued by Glenn Rhee, who takes him to his camp of survivors. Among them are Ricks wife Lori and his son Carl, following the attack, Shane Walsh, Ricks friend and former police partner, tries to murder Rick because hes become obsessed with Ricks wife Lori. Volume 2, Miles Behind Us Rick becomes the groups leader and he and the remaining survivors leave Atlanta and travel across hostile territory in search of a safer refuge. The group meets Tyreese, his daughter and her boyfriend, everyone takes shelter at Wiltshire Estates, a gated community, but are forced to leave when they stumble upon its zombie infestation. The group eventually finds shelter at a farm after Carl is shot. The farms owner, Hershel Greene and his family, are in denial about the nature and have been storing deceased loved ones
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Andrew Lincoln
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Andrew James Clutterbuck, better known by his stage name Andrew Lincoln, is an English actor. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Rick Grimes, the character on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead. His first major role was in the BBC drama This Life, followed by such as Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom Teachers. Andrew Clutterbuck was born in London, the son of an English civil engineer and his family moved to Hull when he was 18 months old, and then to Bath when he was eight or nine. He attended Beechen Cliff School, where at age 14 he had his first acting role as the Artful Dodger in a production of Oliver. He spent a summer at the National Youth Theatre in London, after leaving school, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and began to use Andrew Lincoln as his stage name. Lincoln made his first on-screen appearance in Births and Deaths, a 1994 episode of Channel 4 sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey. In 1995, soon after finishing school, he was offered his first major role playing Edgar Egg Cook. He also had a role as university lecturer and psychologist Robert Bridge in Afterlife. Lincoln appeared in films such as Human Traffic and Gangster No.1. In particular, his role as Mark in the 2003 film Love Actually gained him wider recognition and he has done voice-overs for documentaries, advertisements, and government campaigns. He directed two episodes in the series of Teachers for which he won a BAFTA nomination for Best New Director in 2004. In April 2010, Lincoln was cast as Rick Grimes, the protagonist of AMCs live-action adaptation of the book series The Walking Dead. Grimes is a deputy who awakens from a months-long coma in the midst of a violent zombie apocalypse caused by an unknown pathogen. He becomes the leader of a group of family and friends who are forced to fight off flesh-eating zombies. In 2010, Lincoln signed up for the show for a six years. He has since renegotiated a deal for two further seasons, Lincoln has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead and has been nominated for numerous awards. But until this episode of The Walking Dead, we didn’t realize that he could act his way from A to Z all within the span of a single hour
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The Walking Dead (season 1)
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The first season of The Walking Dead, an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on October 31,2010, and concluded on December 5,2010, consisting of 6 episodes. It was executive produced by Darabont, Kirkman, David Alpert, Charles H. Eglee, based on its reception, AMC renewed the series for a second season consisting of 13 episodes, which premiered on October 16,2011. Motivated, Rick goes on a search to find his family, after becoming aware of the apocalypse Rick sets out to find his wife Lori and son Carl. Jon Bernthal as Shane Walsh, Ricks best friend since school and former colleague. He also started a relationship with Lori after believing Rick to be dead, sarah Wayne Callies as Lori Grimes, Ricks wife and mother of Carl. Lori is a fragile yet independent woman, who started a relationship with Shane out of her grief for losing Rick. Laurie Holden as Andrea, a successful civil rights attorney. Andrea has a temper, but has a compassionate side and is very protective of her sister. Jeffrey DeMunn as Dale Horvath, a survivor, who owns the RV around which the survivors have formed a camp. Dale is a man of morals, who isnt afraid to voice his opinion and is very protective of everyones well-being. He serves as an adviser to Shane, then Rick, Dale also has a close bond with Andrea and Amy. Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee, a pizza delivery boy. Glenn is a intelligent and resourceful, though slightly cocky yet hopeful individual. Rick trusts him on supply runs, chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes, Rick and Loris son. He and his mother are taken to Atlanta by Shane after the initial outbreak, the series features several actors Walking Dead developer Frank Darabont has worked with previously, including Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Melissa McBride and Juan Pareja. All four appeared in his 2007 film The Mist, along with Thomas Jane and he is also in talks with Darabont to possibly guest star on the series. Laurie Holden also appeared in the 2001 film The Majestic, which Darabont directed, DeMunn has additionally appeared in several of Darabonts films, in addition to The Mist and The Majestic, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Robert Kirkman, who created the book series in 2003, says he had considered the idea of a Walking Dead television series
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TS-19
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TS-19 is the sixth and final episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on December 5,2010, the episode was written by Adam Fierro and series creator Frank Darabont and directed by Guy Ferland. Themes such as romance, rape, suicide and terror are prevalent throughout TS-19, different character developments occur throughout the episode, particularly with Shane Walsh, who writer Robert Kirkman felt that viewers would no longer identify as the shows main antagonist. TS-19 received favorable reception from television commentators, who praised the development of characters as well as the performances of several actors. Upon airing, it attained 5.97 million viewers and a 3.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic, TS-19 at one point was the shows highest-rated episode, and it is the highest-rated telecast in its first season. The episode opens with a flashback where Shane Walsh assures that the still-unconscious Rick Grimes is secured within the hospital during the onset of the zombie apocalypse. In the present, Ricks group has entered the CDC building in Atlanta with help from its sole remaining scientist, Jenner makes them undertake a blood test to prove they are not infected. The group enjoys the luxuries of the facility, which is self-powered and still has running water, food, alcohol, Jenner admits he is the only researcher that stayed behind, many of the others having left for their families or committed suicide. A drunk Shane approaches Lori Grimes about her callous attitude towards him with Ricks return and attempts to rape her, but backs off when she scratches his neck. Jenner had been in communication with other facilities worldwide before they went silent, knowing the French had been close to a cure, but affirms that human civilization is ceasing to exist. The group discovers that the fuel reserves are near exhausted, when empty. Jenner seals the building, refusing to allow Ricks group to leave, Ricks group tries in vain to have Jenner open the doors, and Rick eventually convinces him to allow them to at least try to overcome the tragedy rather than be forced to die. Two of Ricks group, Jacqui and Andrea, choose to stay behind, as Rick departs, Jenner whispers something to him. Shortly thereafter, Andrea has a change of heart, not wishing to see Dale die, the surviving members return to their vehicles and set off away from the smoking husk of the CDC. TS-19 was directed by Guy Ferland and written by Frank Darabont, actor Noah Emmerich made a guest appearance on the show, portraying the character of Edwin Jenner, one of the few remaining medical personnel dedicated to eradicating the virus. Emmerichs appearance was announced in November 2010. Darabont foreshadowed the development of the episode the month, alongside predecessors Vatos. Before its all said and done, the opinions and actions of the group are divided, producer Gale Anne Hurd added, Stakes are higher, dissension develops, rivalries intensify
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Baseball bat
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A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than 2.75 inches in diameter at the thickest part, although historically bats approaching 3 pounds were swung, today bats of 33 ounces are common, topping out at 34 ounces to 36 ounces. A baseball bat is divided into several regions, the barrel is the thick part of the bat, where it is meant to hit the ball. The part of the barrel best for hitting the ball, according to construction, the end of the barrel is called the top, end or cap of the bat. Opposite the cap, the barrel narrows until it meets the handle, the handle is comparatively thin, so that batters can comfortably grip the bat in their hands. Sometimes, especially on metal bats, the handle is wrapped with a rubber or tape grip, finally, below the handle is the knob of the bat, a wider piece that keeps the bat from slipping from a batters hands. Lumber is a slang term for a bat, especially when wielded by a particularly able batter. The bat drop of a bat is its weight, in ounces, minus its length, for example, a 30-ounce, 33-inch-long bat has a bat drop of minus 3. Larger bat drops help to increase swing speed, bats with smaller drops create more power. The bats form has more refined over time. In the mid-1800s, baseball batters were known to shape or whittle their own bats by hand and this allowed there to be a wide variety in shape, size, and weight. For example, there were flat bats, round bats, short bats, earlier bats were known to be much heavier and larger than todays regulated ones. During the 19th century, many shapes were experimented with, as well as handle designs, today, bats are much more uniform in design. On June 17,1890, Emile Kinst patented the ball-bat, the bat is shaped with a curve, hence the name banana bat. The mushroom bat, made in 1906 by Spalding, with baseball bats being larger in the 1900s the Spalding company designed a larger bat with a mushroom-shaped knob on the handle. This enabled the batter to get a distribution of weight over the entire length of the bat. The Wright & Ditsons Lajoie baseball bat and this bat had a normal size barrel but had two knobs on the handle. The lowest knob was at the bottom of the handle and the other knob was roughly two inches above the lowest knob and this was designed to have better spacing between the hands due to the knob being in the middle of the grip
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Barbed wire
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It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a feature of the fortifications in trench warfare. A person or animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will suffer discomfort, Barbed wire fencing requires only fence posts, wire, and fixing devices such as staples. It is simple to construct and quick to erect, even by an unskilled person, the first patent in the United States for barbed wire was issued in 1867 to Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor. Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous versions. Barbed wire was the first wire technology capable of restraining cattle, Wire fences were cheaper and easier to erect than their alternatives. When wire fences became widely available in the United States in the late 19th century and they made intensive animal husbandry practical on a much larger scale. Englishman Richard Newton brought barbed wire to the Argentine pampas in 1845, fencing consisting of flat and thin wire was first proposed in France, by Leonce Eugene Grassin-Baledans in 1860. His design consisted of bristling points, creating a fence that was painful to cross, in April 1865 Louis François Janin proposed a double wire with diamond-shaped metal barbs, he was granted a patent. Michael Kelly from New York had a idea, and proposed that the fencing should be used specifically for deterring animals. More patents followed, and in 1867 alone there were six patents issued for barbed wire, only two of them addressed livestock deterrence, one of which was from American Lucien B. Smith of Ohio. Before 1870, westward movement in the USA was largely across the plains with little or no settlement occurring, after the American Civil War the plains were extensively settled, consolidating Americas dominance over them. Ranchers moved out on the plains, and needed to fence their land in against encroaching farmers, the railroads throughout the growing West needed to keep livestock off their tracks, and farmers needed to keep stray cattle from trampling their crops. A cost-effective alternative was needed to make cattle operations profitable, the Big Four in barbed wire were Joseph Glidden, Jacob Haish, Charles Francis Washburn, and Isaac L. Ellwood. Glidden, a farmer in 1873 and the first of the Big Four, is credited for designing a successful sturdy barbed wire product. Gliddens idea came from a display at a fair in DeKalb, Illinois in 1873, Rose had patented The Wooden Strip with Metallic Points in May 1873. This was simply a wooden block with wire protrusions designed to keep cows from breaching the fence and that day, Glidden was accompanied by two other men, Isaac L. Ellwood, a hardware dealer and Jacob Haish, a lumber merchant. Like Glidden, they wanted to create a more durable wire fence with fixed barbs
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Rosita Espinosa
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Rosita Espinosa is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and is portrayed by Christian Serratos in the American television series of the same name. She accompanies Eugene Porter and Abraham Ford on a mission to Washington, in the comic book series, she joins Rick Grimes group after they leave Hershel Greenes farm and go to DC. Rosita also takes part in the war against the Saviors led by Negan its conclusion of which sees the 4 communities uniting forces, two years later Rosita and Eugene are married but their relationship is strained. Rosita is revealed to be pregnant, but Eugene is not the father and she is ultimately killed by Alpha, leader of the Whisperers, along with 11 other key members of all 4 communities. In the television series, Rosita, Abraham, and Eugene meet Tara Chambler and they soon join Glenns group, led by Rick Grimes, after escaping Terminus, a false safe haven. In the comics, Rosita is a beautiful young Hispanic woman who serves as a romantic interest for Abraham, Rosita, Eugene and Abraham have been travelling from Houston to Washington, trying to get Eugene there as he says he can stop the apocalypse. Throughout the series she develops a greater sense of independence. Rosita, Abraham and Eugene joins Ricks group at Hershels farm and she is then ever present with the group, helping keep the group safe. When Eugene reveals he is a fraud it leaves her outraged, but Rosita and she remains with the group when they settle in Washington at the Alexandria Safe Zone, moving in with Abraham. While there, she discovers Abraham has been cheating on her with Holly, a crew member. At Alexandria, she becomes close to Eugene and eventually forms a sexual relationship with him. After two years together, Rosita reveals to Eugene that she is pregnant, but he is not the father and this also kills Rositas unborn child. Alpha later shows this to Rick, much to his horror and she is put down by Andrea and buried along with the others at the site. When the outbreak occurred Rosita was in Dallas, Texas with other survivors and was approached by Sgt, Abraham Ford and Dr. Eugene Porter in an army truck. Abraham, impressed by Rositas survival skills, told her of his mission to get Eugene to Washington D. C. as he knows the cure to the walker virus and requested she accompany him. Along the way they also recruited survivors Stephanie, Warren, Pam, Rex, Roger, Dirk and Josephine and Rosita, Rosita also learned medical aid from Roger and Pam, though tragically they along with everyone except Abraham and Eugene died trying to ensure their survival. Eventually Rosita, Abraham and Eugene made it as far as Georgia near the prison, in the episode Inmates, Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene meet survivors Tara and an unconscious Glenn on the road. In the episode Claimed, Abraham reveals to Glenn and Tara that Eugene knows what caused the apocalypse, in the episode Us, Rosita accompanies Glenn to Terminus when they reunite with Maggie, Sasha, and Bob
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Christian Serratos
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Christian Marie Serratos is an American actress who plays Rosita Espinosa in AMCs The Walking Dead TV series, based on the comic book of the same name. She is also known for playing Suzie Crabgrass in the Nickelodeon series Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, Serratos was born in Pasadena, California and raised in Burbank, California. Her mother is a designer of Mexican descent, and her father was a set construction worker of Italian descent. She began figure skating when she was 3 and continued competitively, saying, My coaches were talking about the Olympics, now, I just do it for fun. At the age of 7, she signed with the Ford Modeling Agency, Serratos played Suzie Crabgrass in the Nickelodeon series Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, which debuted in 2004 and ended in 2007 after three seasons. Serratos role as Angela Weber in Twilight won her the Young Supporting Actress award in the Best Performance in a Feature Film category at the 30th Young Artist Awards, Serratos reprised the role in Twilights sequels The Twilight Saga, New Moon and The Twilight Saga, Eclipse. In 2011, she appeared in The Black Keys video for their song Howlin for You and she played the recurring character of Rosita Espinosa in the fourth season of AMCs series The Walking Dead, making her first appearance at the end of the 10th episode, Inmates. For her character Rosita, she was upped to Series Regular in the fifth season and she ranked at No.65 on Maxims Hot 100 list for 2010. In the March 2015 issue of Playboy magazine, Serratos was featured in the After Hours section and she has posed for a number of PETA campaigns promoting a vegan lifestyle. In March 2017, Serratos revealed that she is expecting her first child with her longtime boyfriend, Christian Serratos at the Internet Movie Database Christian Serratos on Twitter MTV. com interview
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Daryl Dixon
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Daryl Dixon is a fictional character from AMCs horror drama series, The Walking Dead. He was asked to come in and read lines and they picked Merles lines, which is why the rumor still abounds that he read for the role of Merle, but Rooker already had the part. They liked his audition and gave him the role of Daryl, the character was introduced in the first season as a southerner, expert tracker, living in the shadow of his older brother, Merle. Despite his ill temper and volatility, he is tolerated by the group of survivors due to his skills in hunting animals. The character eventually becomes the cooperative right-hand man and protector of protagonist Rick Grimes and he is one of the longest-surviving characters of the television series, and one of the characters that does not have a counterpart in the comics. His origin is explored in the 2013 video game The Walking Dead, Survival Instinct, Daryl has been well received by fans and critics. Initially a member of the recurring cast, Reedus was upgraded to series regular after season one, in their childhood, Daryl and his older brother, Merle, lived with an abusive, alcoholic father, Will. He was raised by Merle, though Merle was often away, Daryl spent significant periods of time alone and, throughout these lonely periods, learned to fend for himself and adopted a hard-boiled survivalist mindset. When the outbreak occurs he and Merle fend for themselves and drift around, unlike his brother, Daryl had never been to prison, and is offended when Beth reveals to him that she had believed he had been during a drinking game in season 4. It is implied in season 1 that he may share his brothers racist beliefs, in much of season 2 Daryl rides his brother Merles Triumph Bonneville chopper with the Nazi German ᛋᛋ insignia prominently displayed on the fuel tank. Nazi and white supremacist symbols are common among outlaw motorcycle clubs, in the final episode of season 2, Daryl jokes that he could identify Glenn by his driving, due to Glenn being Korean. Daryl usually has a serious demeanor, but occasionally makes wry comments, by season 3, he has become a responsible, trusted and loyal member of the group. His priorities are tested when he learns that his brother is still alive, in the episode Tell It to the Frogs, Daryl first appears furious when the scavenging survivors, along with Rick, return to the campsite without Merle. Daryl becomes upset with Rick for handcuffing Merle to a roof, and with T-Dog and he, Rick, Glenn, and T-Dog soon head back into the city to rescue Merle, only to find his severed hand in the place where he had been left. In the episode Vatos, Daryl grieves for his brother for a time before bottling up his emotions. While he and the search the streets for any sign of Merle, they run into a band of thugs, one of whom is captured by the group. After realizing that the thugs are merely nursing home employees and intend no harm, shortly before their return, walkers invade the campsite and kill many of the survivors before Daryl and the others help kill the walkers. In the episode Wildfire, the morning, Daryl helps impale, carry
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Norman Reedus
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Norman Mark Reedus is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Daryl Dixon on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead, and as Murphy MacManus in The Boondock Saints. He has also acted in films, appeared in and created several videos, provided video game voiceovers. Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida, the son of Marianne, a teacher and he is of English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish descent. He grew up in Los Angeles, California, and also lived in Ireland, Japan and he worked at a Harley-Davidson shop in Venice, California, and contributed artwork to various shows as a painter, photographer, sculptor, and video artist. He first acted in the play Maps for Drowners at the Tiffany Theater on Sunset Boulevard and he was discovered at a party in Los Angeles, where someone asked him if he wanted to act in a play. Reedus first film was in the 1997 Guillermo del Toro horror thriller film Mimic and he also had roles in the films Dark Harbor, Six Ways to Sunday, Deuces Wild, Blade II, Gossip, 8mm, American Gangster, Hero Wanted, and Moscow Chill. In 2005, he had a bit part in the Christian Alvart film Antibodies as a German policeman, in 2008, he starred in the film Red Canyon. Reedus played Murphy MacManus in the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints and he reprised the role in the 2009 sequel The Boondock Saints II, All Saints Day. He guest-starred on Charmed as Paiges boyfriend, Nate, Reedus also starred in the film Hello Herman, which opened nationwide and on-demand on June 7,2013. The character was not originally in the book series of the same name. The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman feels absolutely blessed Reedus has honored the show with his presence, a lot of Reeduss portrayal of the character in the first season inspired all the writers to do what we did with him in the second season. We love writing him and end up doing cool stuff with him, the drama has evolved into the highest-rated in cable history, smashing all previous records. Reedus was nominated for a 2012 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dixon, Reedus has modeled for Prada, Alessandro DellAcqua, Durban, Levis, Lexus, and Morgenthal Fredrics. In 2015 Reedus posed for a Cruelty Free International ad in support of ending cosmetic tests on animals. E. M. in 1999 he appeared in the video for Mean to Me by Tonic. Since achieving fame as an actor, he has appeared in the videos for Judas by Lady Gaga, Sun Down by Tricky, Gypsy Woman by Hilary Duff. He is also a painter, sculptor, and photographer who currently shows his artwork in galleries in New York City, Berlin and he released a book of photography on October 31,2013, called The Suns Coming Up. Like A Big Bald Head, and in September 2014 announced a fan art compilation called Thanks For All The Niceness and he is currently signed with Unsigned Group in London. Reedus reprised his Walking Dead character of Daryl Dixon in the 2013 video game The Walking Dead, Survival Instinct, Reedus was to portray the main character in Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toros Silent Hills—a horror game that was to serve as a reboot of the Silent Hill franchise
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Maggie Greene
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Maggie Greene is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead, portrayed by Lauren Cohan in the television adaptation. In both mediums, Maggie and Glenn form a relationship and eventually marry, in the comic book series, Maggie, Hershels second daughter of seven children, becomes the surrogate mother to Sophia following the suicide of the girls biological mother. Maggie initially has insecurities about herself and appears physically and emotionally challenged even attempting suicide at one point after her family is killed. However, as passes, Maggie hardens and becomes severely independent. She leaves the Alexandria Safe-Zone and relocates to the Hilltop Colony, later, she becomes heavily involved with the war against the Saviors. Maggie stands up and encourages the people to follow Rick Grimes instead of Gregory, consequently the people of Hilltop listen to her instead of Gregory and she becomes the de facto leader of the Hilltop Colony. After the war, Maggie has a son named after her father and she remains fiercely protective of her children, as well as Carl Grimes, while remaining at odds with previous leader, Gregory. However many people are at odds with her leadership because of her obvious greater concern for her group, but there are some who idolize her including Dante, who is shown to have feelings for Maggie. In the television series, Maggie does not share the insecurities her comic book counterpart has and their relationship is tested in numerous ways. Maggie Greene is Hershels second daughter, a rebellious and independent young woman, herschel barricaded her, her family, and her friends within the farm and kept them secluded, dependent solely on their farms resources without knowing what was going on in the outside world. She quickly takes a liking to Glenn when his group arrives at the farm, and their relationship gradually becomes more serious and heartfelt each day, with the two often relying on one another. After a barn massacre that claims the lives of several of Maggies siblings, Hershel ousts Glenns group from the farm, however, as days go by following the groups departure, the Greene family notices the weakening defense structures of the premises. They decide to go to the prison afterwards, Maggie and Glenn continue their affair in the prison, constantly having sex in open spots. Tragedy soon befalls Maggie, her brother Billy, and Hershel, the family remains close and in a deep state of depression for an extended amount of time, with Maggie caught in the middle of Billy and Hershels strained relationship. She initially attempts to break off her relationship with Glenn, paranoid about the idea that the ongoing pattern of her loved ones will soon reach Glenn. She decides at the last minute to continue to hold onto him after he convinces her that he help her get through the deaths. As the inmate is prepared to be hanged out in the courtyard, because of her deepening interpersonal connection with and emotional reliance on Glenn, his brief absence from the prison becomes difficult to deal with and sends her into her fathers arms. She subsequently marries Glenn in a ceremony performed by Hershel, the tension heightens when they return to the prison, and the second assault from the army is looming
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Lauren Cohan
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Lauren Cohan is a British American actress and model, best known for her role as Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead. Sources have listed Cohans birthplace as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but Cohan has stated in interviews that she was born in New Jersey, during her childhood, Cohan lived in Cherry Hill—and, for one year, Georgia—before moving to the United Kingdom at age 13. When Cohans mother remarried, she took her new surname, Cohan. Cohan also converted to her Jewish stepfathers religion at age five and she has five younger siblings, including a stepsister. Cohan graduated from the University of Winchester with a BA degree in Drama, Cohan then split her time and work between London and Los Angeles, California, working on several films as well as some non-commercial projects. After her film debut Casanova as Sister Beatrice, she starred in the sequel to Van Wilder, Van Wilder and her next role was in the 2007 film Float. In February 2010, she was cast in Death Race 2, Frankenstein Lives, with Sean Bean and Danny Trejo and also supernatural-horror The Boy releasing in 2016 where Lauren plays the main character Greta. Cohan was cast in three of Supernatural as Bela Talbot, a thief who procures valuable supernatural objects and sells them to very rich. The character appeared in six episodes of the series, her last in the episode of season three. Cohan played the recurring character Rose, a 560-year-old vampire, in The Vampire Diaries and she also guest starred on shows such as Modern Family, CSI, NY, Cold Case, Life, Archer, and The Bold and the Beautiful. Cohan starred in a pilot for The CW called Heavenly in which she played the lead character, an attorney who teams up with an angel, however, it was not picked up as a series. In 2011, Cohan was cast in her most notable role as Maggie Rhee on The Walking Dead and she first appeared in the second season as a recurring character, but she was among the starring roles at the start of the third season. The drama is the highest rated series in television history. Official website Lauren Cohan at the Internet Movie Database
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Hatchet
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A hatchet is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammer head on the other side. Hatchets may also be used for hewing when making flattened surfaces on logs, a hatchet should not be confused with a hand axe, which is a small axe meant to be used with one hand. Technically, a hatchet has a head on the back side. A hand axe, like an axe, has a broad flat area on the back side. Hatchets have a variety of uses, such as tasks normally done by a knife when one is not present. The hatchet can also be used to create a fire through sparks, hatchet throwing is increasing in popularity. Burying the hatchet has become a phrase meaning to make peace, hachet was used to describe a battle-ax during the Norman Conquest period
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Carl Grimes
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The character was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, and debuted in The Walking Dead #2 in 2003. The characters development is similar in the series, where he adopts a callous personality as a survival mechanism. This behaviour puts him into conflict with his father, who wishes to maintain Carls childhood morality. Over time, and with reflection, Carl becomes alarmed and disturbed at his cold ways and, to some degree, regains his sense of morality while still keeping his survival edge. Carl begins to face more evil and violence in the new world as the group progress, for his performance as Carl, Riggs won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series in 2014 and 2016. He was also nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actor in 2012,2013, at the moment in the Walking Dead TV show Carl is aged 17 and has a girlfriend named Enid. Carl is the son of deputy sheriff Rick Grimes and his wife. When the dead rise, Lori takes Carl to a safe zone in Atlanta, Georgia, along with Ricks partner. Lori and Carl join a group of survivors on the outskirts of Atlanta, there, they are eventually reunited with Rick. Despite being only seven years old, Carl is taught to shoot a pistol and this comes in handy when he saves his mother from an attacking walker. Later, he is forced to kill an unstable Shane in order to protect his father, after the group buries Shane and leaves Atlanta, Carl is shot and wounded by ranch foreman Otis while searching for supplies in the woods. The survivors are brought to the farm of Otis employer, veterinarian Hershel Greene, the group remains at the farm for several days until tensions cause Hershel to evict them. They eventually find an abandoned prison, while there, Carl and the others enjoy the prisons luxuries, such as hot showers and open space. He is confronted with disturbing experiences, such as witnessing numerous counts of violence/death, while Rick was away with other survivors, he frequently gave Lori re-assurance about his well-being. Throughout Loris pregnancy, Carl was thrilled with the idea of a baby sister, when The Governor and his army attack the prison, Carl managed to escape with Rick. During the journey, while returning to Kentucky with Rick and Abraham, in the aftermath of their murders, Carl confesses to killing Shane and being a different person than he was before the apocalypse. Shortly after their return to the group, Carl witnesses a fellow child survivor murder his brother. He feels deep grief, but does not regret his actions, when they arrive at a gated community in D. C
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Chandler Riggs
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Chandler Riggs is an American actor, known for his role as Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series. Riggs was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Gina Ann and he has a younger brother, Grayson. At age 10, Riggs was cast in his biggest role to date, Carl Grimes in The Walking Dead, the series is the highest rated in cable television history and has smashed all previous ratings records. Riggs had previously worked with the executive producer Gale Anne Hurd on The Wronged Man. In 2012 and 2013, Riggs was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor for his role on the show, and in 2014 won that award, official website Chandler Riggs at the Internet Movie Database
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Sonequa Martin-Green
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Sonequa Martin-Green is an American actress and producer. Martin-Green is best known for her role as Sasha Williams in The Walking Dead. Prior to this, she had starred in independent films before gaining her first recurring role as Courtney Wells on The Good Wife. She is to play the role in the 2017 series Star Trek. Martin-Green was born in Russellville, Alabama and she has one full sister and three older half-sisters. She had initially decided on becoming a psychologist before deciding to pursue a career in acting when she was in the tenth grade. After graduating from the University of Alabama in 2007 with a degree in theatre, she relocated to New York City where she and her husband, Kenric, while known primarily for her television roles, Sonequa Martin-Green made her debut in film with various film roles since 2005. The film focuses on her friendship and rivalry with Jessie, a girl from Bethesda whose promiscuous tendencies threaten to become her undoing. They both strive to gain an understanding of one anothers plight as society threatens to drive them ever farther apart. The film received positive reviews, with Martin-Greens performance receiving critical acclaim. Martin-Green has had various guest and recurring roles in TV shows and she made her television debut in 2008, appearing on NBCs Law & Order, Criminal Intent as Kiana Richmond. She then gained her first recurring role on Army Wives as Kanessa Jones the following year and she appeared on the show for two years before making two more appearances in Gossip Girl and NYC22 in 2011. In 2012, Sonequa Martin-Green was cast in a role on The Walking Dead as Sasha, the sister of Tyreese. Martin-Green auditioned for the role of Michonne albeit with a due to the secrecy of the auditioning process. Martin-Green explained, was supposed to be a character and as we kept going forward. Its very rare and Im still quite dumbfounded about it but Glen and I hit it off and he wanted to work with me and wrote Sasha for me. She was promoted to a regular for season 4 with Emily Kinney. After auditioning for the role of Michonne, she read the first three volumes of the novels in preparation for the television series
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Robert Kirkman
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Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for creating The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt and he is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders. Robert Kirkman was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and was raised in Cynthiana, robert Kirkmans first comic book work was the 2000 superhero parody Battle Pope, which he co-created with artist Tony Moore, and self-published under the Funk-O-Tron label. Later, while pitching a new series, Science Dog, Kirkman, while working on that book, Kirkman and E. J. Su created the 2002 Image series Tech Jacket, which ran six issues, and the one-shot title, Cloudfall. In 2003, Kirkman and Walker created Invincible for Images new superhero line, the story surrounded the adolescent son of the worlds most powerful superhero, who develops powers and starts his own superhero career. Walker later failed to meet the monthly titles deadlines and was replaced by Ryan Ottley, in 2005, Paramount Pictures announced it had bought the rights to produce an Invincible feature film, and hired Kirkman to write the screenplay. Shortly after the launch of Invincible, Kirkman began The Walking Dead, artist Charlie Adlard replaced Tony Moore with issue #7. Moore continued to draw covers until issue 24 as well as the first four volumes of the trade paperbacks for the series and he soon became a mainstay at Marvel, writing the Avengers Disassembled issues of Captain America vol. 4, 2004s Marvel Knights 2099 one-shots event, Jubilee #1–6 and Fantastic Four, Foes #1–6, a run on Ultimate X-Men and the entire Marvel Team-Up vol.3. At Image, Kirkman and artist Jason Howard created the ongoing series The Astounding Wolf-Man, launching it on May 5,2007, Kirkman edited the monthly series Brit, based on the character he created for the series of one-shots, illustrated by Moore and Cliff Rathburn. Kirkman announced in 2007 that he and artist Rob Liefeld would team on a revival of Killraven for Marvel Comics, Kirkman that year also said he and Todd McFarlane would collaborate on Haunt for Image Comics. In late July 2008, Kirkman was made a partner at Image Comics, nonetheless, later in 2009, he and Walker produced the five-issue miniseries The Destroyer vol.4 for Marvels MAX imprint. In 2009, Kirkman and Marc Silvestri took over the 2009–2010 Pilot Season for Top Cow Comics, the 2009/2010 Pilot Season contains a series of five one-shot pilot comics that readers will be able to vote on which becomes an ongoing series. Each series is co-created by Silvestri who also provides cover art, in 2010, he also began producing the television adaption of his comic book series The Walking Dead, the pilot of which was directed by Frank Darabont. Kirkman has written or co-written six episodes of the series, Kirkman also created and serves as an executive producer on the shows spinoff series, Fear the Walking Dead. In July 2010, Kirkman announced he would launch and run a new Image Comics imprint called Skybound Entertainment, on September 24,2012, the two released a joint statement saying they had reached a settlement to everyones mutual satisfaction. Kirkman made an appearance in a 2012 episode of Adult Swims Robot Chicken as himself where he tries to tell The Nerd and Daniel a hint, in November 2013, Cinemax purchased a TV pilot based on Kirkman and artist Paul Azacetas then-upcoming six-issue exorcism comics miniseries, Outcast. The first issue of the comic was released in June 2014 to positive reviews, Kirkman was a producer of the science fiction thriller Air, which starred The Walking Deads Norman Reedus, and Djimon Hounsou
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, in February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcasts Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, since 2007, the websites editor-in-chief has been Matt Atchity. The name, Rotten Tomatoes, derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a stage performance. From early 2008 to September 2010, Current Television aired the weekly The Rotten Tomatoes Show, featuring hosts, a shorter segment was incorporated into the weekly show, InfoMania, which ended in 2011. In September 2013, the website introduced TV Zone, a section for reviewing scripted TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12,1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His goal in creating Rotten Tomatoes was to create a site where people can get access to reviews from a variety of critics in the U. S. As a fan of Jackie Chans, Duong was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chans movies as they were being published in the United States, the first movie whose reviews were featured on Rotten Tomatoes was Your Friends & Neighbors. The website was an success, receiving mentions by Netscape, Yahoo. and USA Today within the first week of its launch. They officially launched it on April 1,2000, in June 2004, IGN Entertainment acquired rottentomatoes. com for an undisclosed sum. In September 2005, IGN was bought by News Corps Fox Interactive Media, in January 2010, IGN sold the website to Flixster. The combined reach of both companies is 30 million unique visitors a month across all different platforms, according to the companies, in May 2011, Flixster was acquired by Warner Bros. In early 2009, Current Television launched the version of the web review site. It was hosted by Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox and written by Mark Ganek, the show aired every Thursday at 10,30 EST on the Current TV network. The last episode aired on September 16,2010 and it returned as a much shorter segment of InfoMania, a satirical news show that ended in 2011. By late 2009, the website was designed to enable Rotten Tomatoes users to create, one group, The Golden Oyster Awards, accepted votes of members for different awards, as if in parallel to the better-known Oscars or Golden Globes. When Flixster bought the company, they disbanded the groups, announcing, in the meantime, please use the Forums to continue your conversations about your favorite movie topics. As of February 2011, new community features have been added, for example, users can no longer sort films by fresh ratings from rotten ratings, and vice versa
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IGN
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The website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Anderson and launched on September 29,1996. It focuses on games, films, television, comics, technology, the company is located in San Franciscos SOMA district in California, United States. Originally a network of websites, IGN is now distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation, FireTV, Roku, and via YouTube, Twitch, Hulu. IGN was sold to publishing company Ziff Davis in February 2013 and now operates as a J2 Global subsidiary. com, PSXPower, Saturnworld, Next-Generation. com and Ultra Game Players Online. Imagine expanded on its owned-and-operated websites by creating a network that included a number of independent fansites such as PSX Nation. com, Sega-Saturn. com, Game Sages. In 1998, the network launched a new homepage that consolidated the individual sites as system channels under the IGN brand, the homepage exposed content from more than 30 different channels. Next-Generation and Ultra Game Players Online were not part of this consolidation, dissolved with the cancellation of the magazine, and Next-Generation was put on hold when Imagine decided to concentrate on launching the short-lived Daily Radar brand. In February 1999, Imagine Media incorporated a spin-off that included IGN and its channels as Affiliation Networks. In September, the newly spun-out standalone internet media company, changed its name to Snowball. com, at the same time, small entertainment website The Den merged into IGN and added non-gaming content to the growing network. Snowball held an IPO in 2000, but shed most of its properties during the dot-com bubble. In June 2005, IGN reported having 24,000,000 unique visitors per month, with 4.8 million registered users through all departments of the site, IGN is ranked among the top 200 most-visited websites according to Alexa. In September 2005, IGN was acquired by Rupert Murdochs multi-media business empire, News Corporation, IGN celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 12,2008. IGN was headquartered in the Marina Point Parkway office park in Brisbane, California, on May 25,2011, IGN sold its Direct2Drive division to Gamefly for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, IGN Entertainment acquired its rival UGO Entertainment from Hearst Corporation, ultimately, News Corp. planned to spin off IGN Entertainment as a publicly traded company, continuing a string of divestitures for digital properties it had previously acquired. Financial details regarding the purchase were not revealed, prior to its acquisition by UGO, 1UP. com had previously been owned by Ziff Davis. Soon after the acquisition, IGN announced that it would be laying off staff and closing GameSpy, 1UP. com, the role-playing video game interest website Vault Network was acquired by IGN in 1999. GameStats, a review website, was founded by IGN in 2004. GameStats includes a GPM rating system incorporates an average press score and average gamer score
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The A.V. Club
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Club was initially created in 1993 as a supplemental part of The Onion and had a minimal presence on The Onion’s website in its early years. However, a 2005 website redesign placed The A. V, Club in a more prominent position, allowing its online identity to grow. Unlike its parent publication, The A. V, the publication’s name is a reference to school audiovisual clubs, composed of a bunch of geeks who actually knew how to run the film strip and film projectors. In 1993, five years after the founding of The Onion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UWM student Stephen Thompson launched an entertainment section, Club, as part of the newspapers 1995 redesign. Both The Onion and The A. V, Club made their Internet debut in 1996. Club acquired its own Internet domain name in December 1999, in December 2004, Stephen Thompson left his position as founding editor of The A. V. Club website was redesigned in 2005 to incorporate blogs and reader comments, in 2006, concurrent with another redesign, the website shifted its model to begin adding content on a daily, rather than weekly, basis. According to Sean Mills, then-president of The Onion, the A. V, Club website received more than 1 million unique visitors for the first time in October 2007. In late 2009, the website was reported as receiving over 1.4 million unique visitors and 75,000 comments per month, the offending review was removed from The A. V. Club, and then-editor Keith Phipps posted an apology on the website, leonard Pierce, the author of the review, was terminated from his freelance role with the website. At its peak, the print version of The A. V, Club was available in 17 different cities. Localized sections of the website were also maintained, with reviews and news relevant to specific cities, the print version and localized websites were gradually discontinued alongside the print version of The Onion, and in December 2013, publication ceased in the final three markets. On 13 December,2012, long-time writer and editor Keith Phipps and he stated, Onion, Inc. and I have come to a mutual parting of the ways. On 2 April,2013, longtime editor and critic Scott Tobias stepped down from his role as film editor of The A. V. Club stating via Twitter, After 15 great years @theavclub, I step down as Film Editor next Friday. In the comments section of the announcing the departures, writer Noel Murray announced he would also be joining their project. On 30 May,2013, it was announced that the six writers would be a part of the staff of The Dissolve. In April and June 2014, senior staff writers Kyle Ryan, Sonia Saraiya and Todd VanDerWerff left the website for positions at Entertainment Weekly, Salon and Vox Media, in 2015, Ryan returned to Onion, Inc. for a position in development
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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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