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Even Stevens
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Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17,2000, to June 2,2003. It follows the life of the Stevens, a living in suburban Sacramento, California. The series was produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment and it is often cited as launching Shia LaBeoufs breakout career as an actor. The show also features fast motion photography, which it employs in every episode, the feature-length Disney Channel Original Movie based on the series, The Even Stevens Movie, premiered on June 13,2003, and serves as the series finale. As of August 2016, Even Stevens airs on Freeform for two hours after midnight on Wednesday night, the Even Stevens Movie continues to air on Disney Channel and Teen Nick, and on Family Channel occasionally. However, in the UK, Even Stevens continues to air on CITV, from its launch on June 1,2011 to late 2012, the series were shown as re-runs on Disney XD in Canada & the US. Louis Anthony Stevens – Louis, the youngest Stevens sibling, is viewed as immature, rude, lazy, boisterous, selfish, carefree and his entire family is viewed as perfect next to him. He is always pulling jokes with Alan Twitty, and is described as ruining everyones lives and he never seems to change with time. His parents seem to favor his sister Ren and brother Donnie because of the great successes both have achieved, but his parents do love him dearly and try to defend him, Louis tends to do unattractive things, though everything is presented to the audience in endearing ways. Tawny Dean becomes his girlfriend at the end of the series and his birthday is on June 27 as shown in episode 33. Renee Ren Stevens – An intelligent, well-behaved, perfectionist teenage 8th-grader and she is the classic overachiever, constantly running for hall monitor and class president while trying to keep Louiss schemes from becoming disasters. She is the head newscaster for The Wombat Report, and spent a few weeks on her schools cheerleading squad, Ren is the editor of the school newspaper and the yearbook, a straight-A student, and Principal Wexlers highly valued assistant. Despite her top-student ranking, Ren got sentenced to, and served, donald Donnie Stevens – Ren and Louis athletic big brother. Donnie is highly concerned with his appearance and his popularity, good looks, and superb athletic skills made him a heartthrob and a legend at their school, even after his graduation. Although he excels in sports, hes an airhead. Steven Steve Stevens – A quirky lawyer and he played college football for Michigan State University with the nickname Stiffie Stevens. He used to be a wrestler for his school and he is the father of Donnie, Ren, and Louis. Eileen Stevens – A successful, no-nonsense, Jewish American state senator who launched a campaign for the U. S. House of Representatives in 2002 and was narrowly defeated and she is the mother of Donnie, Ren, and Louis
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Season 1 promotional poster
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Sean McNamara (director)
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Sean Patrick Michael McNamara is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. McNamara was born in Burbank, California and he is best known for his feature film Soul Surfer and in the preteen film market, having worked with Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano, and Raven-Symoné. McNamara and David Brookwell are the founders of the Brookwell McNamara Entertainment production company, McNamara has continued to produce and create shows for MTVs The N, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network. He collaborated with Shin Sang-ok to make Galgameth and 3 Ninjas, High Noon at Mega Mountain, McNamara briefly appeared as the singing cowboy in the Even Stevens musical episode Influenza, The Musical and as an alleged alien abductee in the episode Close Encounters of the Beans Kind. On Thats So Raven, McNamara had an appearance as a Plumber in the episode Out of Control. N. T. Farm Sean McNamaras Official Homepage Sean McNamara at the Internet Movie Database Sean McNamaras Bio Brookwell/McNamara Entertainment
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Sean McNamara
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Shia LaBeouf
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Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He made his debut in Holes, based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar. In 2004, he made his debut with the short film Lets Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac, starring American rappers Cage. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the successful films Disturbia. The same year he was cast in Michael Bays science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky, despite mixed reviews, Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest-grossing films of 2007. LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers, Dark of the Moon, in 2008, he played Henry Mutt Williams Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise. His other films include Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps, Lawless, The Company You Keep, Nymphomaniac, since 2014, LaBeouf has pursued a variety of public performance art projects with LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner. LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, as the child of Shayna. His mother is a dancer and ballerina turned visual artist and clothing jewelry designer and his father is a Vietnam War veteran who had numerous jobs. LaBeoufs mother is Jewish, and his father, who is of Cajun descent, is Christian, LaBeouf has described himself as Jewish, and has stated that he was raised around both sides, he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, and was also baptized in the Angelus church. One of the camps he attended was Christian and his first name is derived from the Hebrew shai Yah, meaning gift of God. During his childhood, he accompanied his father to meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, LaBeouf has also said he was subjected to verbal and mental abuse by his father, who once pointed a gun at his son during a Vietnam War flashback. LaBeouf has stated that his father was on drugs during his childhood, LaBeoufs uncle was going to adopt him at one stage because his parents could not afford to have him anymore and they had too much pride to go on welfare or food stamps. As a way of dealing with his parents divorce, he would perform for his family, LaBeouf remains close to and financially supports both of his parents. He attended 32nd Street Visual and Performing Arts Magnet in Los Angeles and Alexander Hamilton High School, in an interview, LaBeouf said that, looking back on his childhood, he feels grateful and considers some of those memories scars. Prior to acting, LaBeouf practiced comedy around his neighborhood as an escape from a hostile environment, at age 10, he began performing stand-up at comedy clubs, describing his appeal as having disgustingly dirty material and a 50-year-old mouth on the 10-year-old kid. He subsequently found an agent through the Yellow Pages and was taken on after pretending to be his own manager. In the early 2000s, LaBeouf became known among young audiences after playing Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel weekly program Even Stevens and he has said that grew up on that show and being cast was the best thing that happened to him
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LaBeouf at the premiere of
Fury in Washington D.C, October 2014
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LaBeouf in November 2006, promoting Bobby.
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LaBeouf promoting Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, June 2009.
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In June 2009 with co-star
Megan Fox at the
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen press conference in Paris.
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Christy Carlson Romano
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Christy Carlson Romano is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Ren Stevens in the Disney Channel sitcom Even Stevens, Romano was born in Milford, Connecticut, the youngest of four children of Anthony and Sharon Romano. She made her first feature appearance in 1996 as a singing Chiquita Banana in Woody Allens Everyone Says I Love You. She also appeared in Henry Fool and Looking for an Echo, Romano made her Broadway debut in 1998 as Mary Phagan in the musical Parade by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work on Kim Possible and she voiced Yuffie Kisaragi in the English version of the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, as well as in the Disney/Square game Kingdom Hearts. Various other appearances include MTVs Kaya, CBSs Joan of Arcadia, The WBs Summerland, in February 2004, Romano began a 31-week run as Belle in Disneys Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. In September 2008, she joined the Broadway company of Avenue Q as Kate Monster for several weeks and she starred as Michelle off-Broadway in Whites Lies at New World Stages in 2010, alongside Betty Buckley and Tuc Watkins. Romano penned a novel, Graces Turn, for Disney literary subsidiary Hyperion, in 2012, she directed a music video for Steph Golds THE SUN which was accepted into the Los Angeles Shorts Fest 2012. Amongst other titles, Romano has appeared in films since her Disney days including Lifetimes Deadly Daycare, Wes Cravens The Girl in the Photographs, Loosies. In March 2016, she directed her first feature, Christmas All Over Again starring Nickelodeons Sean Ryan Fox and YouTube star Todrick Hall, while working at Disney, Romano recorded songs as part of soundtracks for Kim Possible and other Disney projects. She first sang on the Disney Channel on a episode of Even Stevens which led to more singing on the series. In 2004, Walt Disney Records released Romanos debut album Greatest Disney TV & Film Hits, after her Broadway run of Beauty and the Beast Romano signed a record deal with Jason Flom at Atlantic Records. Flom was fired before Romano released her first album and Romanos deal was not honored and she continued to write music with Kara DioGuardi and The Matrix and placed her songs in several movies. On August 22,2006, she published her own novel, Graces Turn, Romano attended Barnard College at Columbia University and received her degree in Film Studies. Romano and writer-producer Brendan Rooney met in February 2011 while she was studying at Barnard College and they became engaged in November and, after two years of engagement, married on December 31,2013 at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta. In June 2016, the announced that they were expecting their first child, a daughter
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Romano in 2009
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Donna Pescow
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Donna Pescow is an American film and television actress and director. Pescow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family and her father owned and ran a news stand in downtown NYC at Battery Place. Pescow attended Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, and studied at the American Academy of the Arts, in approximately 1973, she had a leading role in an Off-Off Broadway musical entitled Poor Old Fool. It had a run, closing after just a few weeks. In 1977, Pescow played Annette in the John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever, for this role, she had to relearn her Brooklyn accent. While her role, and the film, were huge successes, for this role, she was the New York Film Critics third place choice for their award for Best Supporting Actress. Also in 1977, Pescow joined the cast of the hit ABC soap opera One Life to Live, portraying Celena Arquette. The role proved to be brief, lasting under a year, in 1978, Pescow portrayed one of Judy Garlands older sisters in the television biographical film Rainbow, directed by Jackie Cooper. Pescow starred in her own series, Angie, which ran for two seasons from 1979 to 1980 on ABC. Her primary cast-mates were Robert Hays, Debralee Scott, and fellow Brooklynite Doris Roberts, in 1982, Pescow was cast in a groundbreaking role, that of Dr. Lynn Carson on the soap opera All My Children, which she portrayed from 1982 to 1983. Her character was the first on the serials to have a lesbian sexual orientation. After her run on All My Children ended, Donna decided to continue her run on television. She later landed the role of Donna Garland, the mother of Evie Ethel Garland, in the first-run syndication childrens comedy series Out of This World, along with Maureen Flannigan and Joe Alaskey. Donna portrayed this role for the entire run, from its premiere in 1987 until its cancellation in 1991. After Out of This World ended, Donna went on to have a series of smaller roles and she appeared in an episode of Clueless, in addition to making guest appearances on NYPD Blue, Pauly, and Ivory Tower. In 1998, she had a role in the television film Dead Husbands, Pescow appeared on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1999 to 2001. Hers was a villainous role—that of Gertrude Morgan, the aunt of Chloe Morgan--and lasted for Smileys entire run on the series. In 2001, Smiley was released from her contract at General Hospital, resulting in Pescows character being written off along with on-screen niece Chloe, in 2001
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Pescow at a celebrity autograph collector's convention, Burbank, California, October 2008
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Tim Meadows
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Timothy Tim Meadows is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the longest-running cast members on Saturday Night Live, where he appeared for ten seasons. He currently co-stars in the FOX sitcom Son of Zorn, Tim Meadows was born in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Mardell, a nurses assistant, and Lathon Meadows, a janitor. He studied television and radio broadcasting at Wayne State University, Meadows began performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. Meadows start in business was in Chicago as a member of The Second City comedy troupe alongside future star Chris Farley. In 1991, Meadows landed a spot on Saturday Night Live and would go on to become a longtime cast member, Meadows often spoofed famous personalities including O. J. The character was adapted into a 2000 film, The Ladies Man, which followed the attempts to find love. In 2001, he co-starred in Three Days, in 2003 he appeared as Miles McDermott in The Even Stevens Movie. Meadows soon moved on to projects, including a regular role on the short-lived NBC sitcom The Michael Richards Show. He also guest starred as a client on the hit NBC comedy The Office in the second-season episode The Client and he played a high school principal in Mean Girls, a film written by fellow SNL cast member Tina Fey. He also had a part in Handsome Boy Modeling Schools album White People, in 2007, he appeared in a substantial supporting role in Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story. Meadows has appeared in feature films, including Coneheads, Its Pat. Most recently he was in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers alongside his former SNL co-stars Rob Schneider and he was also featured in CBSs Gameshow Marathon, has appeared on The Colbert Report in the recurring role of P. K. Winsome, and starred in The Bill Engvall Show and he was also a frequent guest on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as a comic field reporter. On May 31,2008, Meadows threw out a ceremonial first pitch, in 2014, Meadows co-starred alongside Casey Wilson and Ken Marino in the short-lived NBC sitcom Marry Me. He and Dan Bucatinsky played The Kevins, the gay dads of Annie who are both named Kevin, since 2013, he has appeared in a recurring role on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, playing Mr. Glascott, the high schools parrot-owning guidance counselor. In 2016, he began starring in the FOX live-action/animation hybrid Son of Zorn opposite Cheryl Hines, Meadows continues to perform improv in Chicago and Los Angeles, most frequently at venues such as the ImprovOlympic and Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. With Heather Anne Campbell and Miles Stroth, Meadows frequently performed in the sketch show, Heather, Miles. Bang. as J. Milo Beauregard The Goldbergs as Mr. Glascott Marry Me as Kevin 1 The Spoils Before Dying Son of Zorn as Craig Tween Fest as Hologram Miles Davis The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as P. K
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Meadows at the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews 2014 for
Marry Me.
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Meadows in 2008
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Mark Mothersbaugh
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Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, author and visual artist. Mothersbaughs music career more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead singer and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, the band has maintained a cult following throughout its existence. Mothersbaugh is one of the composers of Devos music and made major lyrical contributions to the bands songs. He is one of two members who have been with Devo throughout its entire history. He also has had a career which has included four studio albums, Muzik for Insomniaks, Muzik for the Gallery, Joyeux Mutato. In 2004, he was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the BMI Film and TV Awards for his significant contributions to film, additionally, Mothersbaugh was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Kent State University in 2008. He has married twice and is the father of two adopted children, Mark Allen Mothersbaugh was born on May 18,1950, in Akron, Ohio. He is the son of Mary Margaret and Robert Mothersbaugh, Sr and he grew up with two younger brothers, Bob and Jim, and two sisters, Amy and Susan. His father appeared in early Devo films and fan events as the character General Boy and his brothers participated in the band, although Jims tenure was brief, Mothersbaugh attended Kent State University as an art student, where he met Devo co-founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis. This association culminated in 1973, when the trio started to play music as Devo, following the commercial failure of their sixth studio album Shout, Warner Bros. dropped Devo. Shortly after, claiming to feel creatively unfulfilled, drummer Alan Myers left the band, causing the band members to abandon the plans for a Shout video LP. In 1987, Devo reformed with new drummer David Kendrick, formerly of Sparks to replace Myers and their first project was a soundtrack for the flop horror film Slaughterhouse Rock, starring Toni Basil and they released the albums Total Devo and Smooth Noodle Maps, on Enigma. Devo had an out and played two shows in 1991 before breaking up. Around this time, members of Devo appeared in the film The Spirit of 76, following the split, Mark Mothersbaugh established Mutato Muzika, a commercial music production studio, along with Bob Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale. Mothersbaugh meant to further a career as a composer, Mothersbaugh gained considerable success in writing and producing music for television programs, video games cartoons, and movies. In 2006, Devo worked on a project with Disney known as Devo 2.0, a band of child performers was assembled and re-recorded Devo songs. Their debut album, a two disc CD/DVD combo entitled DEV2.0, was released on March 14,2006
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Mothersbaugh performing in 2007
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the home video distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. Disney began distributing videos under its own label in 1980 under the name Walt Disney Home Video, before Disney began releasing home video titles itself, it licensed some titles to MCA Discovision for their newly developed disc format, later called LaserDisc. According to the Blam Entertainment Group website, which has details of DiscoVision releases. One of these was the feature film Kidnapped, the others were compilations of Disney shorts. Disneys agreement with MCA ended in December 1981, in 1980, Disney established its own video distribution operation as part of Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company with Jim Jimirro as its first president. Home video was not considered to be a market by Disney at the time. WDTNT also handled the marketing of other ancillary items such as short 8 mm films for home use. Disneys first releases on tape were 13 titles that were licensed for rental to Fotomat on March 4,1980, initially in a four-city test, the agreement specified rental fees ranging from $7.95 to $13.95. Later, on December 30,1980, Mary Poppins was added to make 14 titles in all, from January 1 to March 31,1981, Disney had a License One — Get One Free promotion to encourage dealers to sign up. They also offered free use of a 7-minute Mickey Mouse Disco videocassette for customers who rented any title from an Authorized Rental Dealer from February through May 1981. Disney was unusual among the studios in offering a program for authorized rentals. Most of the studios involved in the videocassette market at the time were trying to find ways to stop dealers from renting out their movie tapes. Magnetic Video ceased doing business with Fotomat after Fotomat began renting Magnetic Video cassettes without authorization, disneys rental cassettes in blue cases looked completely different from sale cassettes, which were in white cases. In the late-1980s, Disney began seeking other outlets to distribute its video, and decided to ink deals with mass-merchant retailers such as Target, Caldor, in 1989, Disney sought to further control the distribution of its products by eliminating the use of rack jobbers. Around this time, the studio began partnering with major retailers for advertising campaigns, Buena Vista Home Video was incorporated on February 13,1987. In April 1996 due to ongoing post Disney-CC/ABC merger realignment, Buena Vista Home Video was transferred out of the Disney Television, Buena Vista Home Video was renamed Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 1997. The first of the Disney animated features canon to be released on videocassette was Dumbo on June 28,1981, the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was released for rental and sale at the same time. Alice in Wonderland was released on October 15,1981, for rental only, Fun and Fancy Free was released in 1982 as Fun and Fancy Free Featuring, Mickey and the Beanstalk, to popularize on the more well-known segment from the film
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The very first VHS release from Disney
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The first of the 15 untouchable animated films on videocassette.
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The original logo, nicknamed "Neon Mickey", used by Walt Disney Home Video releases.
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Disney Channel
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Disney Channels programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, most of Disney Channels original programming is aimed at kids ages 9–16, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children 8 years and under. As of January 2016, Disney Channel is available to approximately 93.9 million pay television households in the United States. The Disney Sunday Movie, a version of the Walt Disney anthology television series, began on the channel in 1986 concurrent with ABCs version until 1988 and NBCs The Magical World of Disney. Disney Channel Original Movies series of made for television movies started on August 23,1997 with Northern Lights supplanting the previous Disney Channel Premiere Films banner.2 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls films were also successful in terms of merchiandise. The first film in 2003 was the first made-for-TV movie musical in Disney Channels history, and had a worldwide audience of over 84 million viewers. The second movie was the most successful of the series, bringing in 8.1 million viewers in the U. S. Disney Junior – Disney Junior is a block that features shows targeted at children aged 3–9. Which debuted on February 14,2011, it airs Monday through Fridays from 8,00 a. m. –2,00 p. m. and weekends from 6,00 to 9,00 a. m. Disney Junior carries one of the few programs on Disney Channel that feature classic Disney characters as of 2013, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Other programs currently seen in this block include Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Sheriff Callies Wild West, Sofia the First, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Lion Guard and Doc McStuffins. C. Saturdays from 8, 00-11,00 p. m. and Sundays from 7, Saturday nights feature repeats of recent episodes of the channels original series or an occasional film telecast. Encores of the respective nights programs typically air between 11,00 p. m. and 2,30 a. m, Eastern/Pacific each night during that weekend. Out of This World Weekend – a weekend of shows having space themed episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows having mystery themed episodes. This was the first special weekend, Summer Adventure Weekend – a weekend of shows with vacation themed episodes. Flash Forward Weekend – a weekend of shows related to time travel, freaky Freakend – a weekend of shows featuring paranormal themed episodes. April Fuel Week – a week of shows featuring special episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows featuring guest stars from other Disney Channel shows, occurs mostly in April. Programming seen during Disney Nighttime included older feature films, along with original concert specials, variety specials, mystery Night – ran each Tuesday evening starting at 9,00 p. m. Eastern/Pacific from 1990 to 1993, focused on mystery films from the 1930s to the 1960s
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Disney Channel's headquarters in
Burbank,
California as it appeared in the 2000s (the logo was later removed instead of being replaced with the 2002-era logo).
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Original logo used from April 18, 1983 to April 5, 1997; the wordmark (at bottom), based on The Walt Disney Company's 1986-2010 corporate logo, replaced a generic all-capital text logo in 1986. The "Mickey Mouse TV" served as the de facto primary logo, with the wordmark being used intermittently on-air.
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Native Americans meeting with Europeans, 1764
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Flag
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The signing of the
Mayflower Compact, 1620.
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The
Declaration of Independence: the
Committee of Five presenting their draft to the
Second Continental Congress in 1776
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Reality
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Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. Reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible, a still broader definition includes that which has existed, exists, or will exist. By contrast existence is restricted solely to that which has physical existence or has a direct basis in it in the way that thoughts do in the brain. Reality is often contrasted with what is imaginary, illusory, delusional, in the mind, dreams, what is false, what is fictional, at the same time, what is abstract plays a role both in everyday life and in academic research. For instance, causality, virtue, life, and distributive justice are abstract concepts that can be difficult to define, but they are only rarely equated with pure delusions. Both the existence and reality of abstractions are in dispute, one extreme position regards them as mere words and this disagreement is the basis of the philosophical problem of universals. The truth refers to what is real, while falsity refers to what is not, a common colloquial usage would have reality mean perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes toward reality, as in My reality is not your reality. This is often used just as a colloquialism indicating that the parties to a conversation agree, or should agree, for example, in a religious discussion between friends, one might say, You might disagree, but in my reality, everyone goes to heaven. Reality can be defined in a way that links it to world views or parts of them, Reality is the totality of all things, structures, events and phenomena and it is what a world view ultimately attempts to describe or map. Certain ideas from physics, philosophy, sociology, literary criticism, one such belief is that there simply and literally is no reality beyond the perceptions or beliefs we each have about reality. Many of the concepts of science and philosophy are often defined culturally and socially and this idea was elaborated by Thomas Kuhn in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The Social Construction of Reality, a book about the sociology of knowledge written by Peter L. Berger and it explained how knowledge is acquired and used for the comprehension of reality. Out of all the realities, the reality of life is the most important one since our consciousness requires us to be completely aware. Philosophy addresses two different aspects of the topic of reality, the nature of reality itself, and the relationship between the mind and reality. On the one hand, ontology is the study of being, and the topic of the field is couched, variously, in terms of being, existence, what is. The task in ontology is to describe the most general categories of reality, if a philosopher wanted to proffer a positive definition of the concept reality, it would be done under this heading. As explained above, some philosophers draw a distinction between reality and existence, in fact, many analytic philosophers today tend to avoid the term real and reality in discussing ontological issues. But for those who would treat is real the same way they treat exists and it has been widely held by analytic philosophers that it is not a property at all, though this view has lost some ground in recent decades
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Reality-Virtuality Continuum.
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Margo Harshman
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Margo Cathleen Harshman is an American actress known for her role as Tawny Dean on the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. She is also known for her role on The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon Coopers assistant, Alex Jensen, Margo Harshman was born in San Diego, California. She has two sisters, one older brother and one younger brother. Harshman lived in La Costa, San Diego County, California and attended school there until she was 12, after which she moved to Orange County, there she finished the rest of her education, first at Hewes Middle School and then at Foothill High School. Harshman now lives in Los Angeles and she is related to former professional baseball pitcher Jack Harshman and former Washington State University and University of Washington basketball coach Marv Harshman. On May 14,2014, her mother, Janelle Harshman, at the age of two, Harshmans grandmother entered her in a beauty pageant. At 3, she was involved in dance and gymnastics, at 5, she learned to play piano, and at 8, she began acting and met her first manager. She has appeared in the The Big Bang Theory as Alex Jensen, the assistant of Sheldon Cooper, and in NCIS as Delilah Fielding, Harshman starred on the short-lived TV shows Run of the House and Center of the Universe. Her movie appearances include Sorority Row and College Road Trip, Margo Harshman at the Internet Movie Database Margo Harshman on Twitter
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Margo Harshman
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Dave Coulier
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David Alan Dave Coulier is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, impressionist and television host. He became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for playing Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom Full House, David Alan Coulier was born to Dave & Arlen Coulier in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, on September 21,1959. His mothers side of the family is from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and he got his start in stand-up comedy in high school by impersonating his principal and other staff over his high schools PA system. He graduated in 1977 from Notre Dame High School in Harper Woods, Michigan and he briefly attended the University of Michigan but dropped out after his freshman year to pursue comedy. Coulier met future Full House co-star Bob Saget through the Los Angeles comedy circuit, the two became good friends and Coulier briefly lived with Saget and his then-wife Sherri on their couch in the early 1980s as he struggled to get his career started. He was initially cast as a player for Saturday Night Live for the 1986 season, however, right before the season started, casting changes were made and he was left off the show. It was said many of the producers felt he was too similar in humor style to Dana Carvey, who was also joining the show in 1986. From 1984 to 1985, he was also the host of a series on Nickelodeon known as Out of Control. Coulier is known for playing Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom Full House and he stayed on the show from 1987 until its cancellation in 1995. He was famous for doing voices and impersonations, in addition to Full House, Coulier appeared on George and Leo and Nick Freno, Licensed Teacher. He has also hosted Americas Funniest People and Opportunity Knocks, additionally, he was also a voice actor in Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose and has voiced Felix the Cat on a few occasions. He also put out a album called Cut It Out. He also founded his own entertainment company F3 Entertainment, in 2000. In 2003, Coulier appeared on three of The Surreal Life. In 2006, he appeared on the TV reality show Skating with Celebrities on FOX and they were eliminated in episode four. Currently, he is a member of Ducks Breath Mystery Theater touring comedy troupe as well as host of the series Animal Kidding and his work on Robot Chicken is probably his most adult to date, voicing off-color situations, like Popeye, savagely beating Wimpy over a debt. Coulier is the successor to former Commissioner and fellow Full House cast member Bob Saget, in 2009, Coulier provided the voice for Bob McKenzie on the Canadian animated series Bob & Doug, based on the SCTV characters Bob and Doug McKenzie. Coulier became the first person other than Rick Moranis to portray the character, Coulier says he understands that longtime fans might be skeptical of his take on the role, but he couldnt help jumping at the chance to portray one of his favorite comic characters
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Keone Young
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Keone Joseph Young is an American character actor. His father is Chinese and his mother is Japanese and his acting mentor was Mako Iwamatsu. He also portrayed the bodyguard of the Ancient One during the Asian Quarter storyline on General Hospital, Young played Dr. Michael Kwan on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay OBrien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. Despite the fact that the network had high hopes for the series and he was also a semi-regular on the HBO series Deadwood as Mr. Wu and played Henry Lins Uncle on the FX series Sons of Anarchy. He also played Mr. Wu, unrelated to the Deadwood character and he also played the role of Ellison Onizuka In the TV film Challenger. Joe animated series, the Hard Master in G. I, joe, Renegades, Mr. Wu on Nickelodeons show The Mighty B. Young also has several Star Trek links, He played Buck Bokai and he also played Hoshi Satos father in the Star Trek, Enterprise episode Vanishing Point. Young appeared as Governor Ho in the movie North starring Elijah Wood, in theatre, Young has had a long history with the Asian American theatre company, East West Players, in Los Angeles, where he not only performed but often served as producer. He voiced Lord Qin in Mulan II, in 2013, Young joined the cast of HBOs True Blood as Dr. Hido Takahashi, the man responsible for inventing the titular blood substitute. Keone Young at the Internet Movie Database Keone Young on the Internet Off-Broadway Database
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DVD
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DVD is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. The medium can store any kind of data and is widely used for software. DVDs offer higher capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions. Pre-recorded DVDs are mass-produced using molding machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD, such discs are a form of DVD-ROM because data can only be read and not written or erased. Blank recordable DVD discs can be recorded using a DVD recorder. Rewritable DVDs can be recorded and erased many times, DVDs containing other types of information may be referred to as DVD data discs. The OED also states that in 1995, The companies said the name of the format will simply be DVD. Toshiba had been using the name ‘digital video disk’, but that was switched to ‘digital versatile disk’ after computer companies complained that it left out their applications, Digital versatile disc is the explanation provided in a DVD Forum Primer from 2000 and in the DVD Forums mission statement. There were several formats developed for recording video on optical discs before the DVD, Optical recording technology was invented by David Paul Gregg and James Russell in 1958 and first patented in 1961. A consumer optical disc data format known as LaserDisc was developed in the United States and it used much larger discs than the later formats. CD Video used analog video encoding on optical discs matching the established standard 120 mm size of audio CDs, Video CD became one of the first formats for distributing digitally encoded films in this format, in 1993. In the same year, two new optical disc formats were being developed. By the time of the launches for both formats in January 1995, the MMCD nomenclature had been dropped, and Philips and Sony were referring to their format as Digital Video Disc. Representatives from the SD camp asked IBM for advice on the system to use for their disc. Alan E. Bell, a researcher from IBMs Almaden Research Center, got that request and this group was referred to as the Technical Working Group, or TWG. On August 14,1995, an ad hoc group formed from five computer companies issued a release stating that they would only accept a single format. The TWG voted to both formats unless the two camps agreed on a single, converged standard. They recruited Lou Gerstner, president of IBM, to pressure the executives of the warring factions, as a result, the DVD specification provided a storage capacity of 4.7 GB for a single-layered, single-sided disc and 8.5 GB for a dual-layered, single-sided disc
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VHS
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The Video Home System is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes. Developed by Victor Company of Japan in the early 1970s, it was released in Japan in late 1976, from the 1950s, magnetic tape video recording became a major contributor to the television industry, via the first commercialized video tape recorders. At that time, the devices were used only in professional environments such as television studios. In the 1970s, videotape entered home use, creating the video industry and changing the economics of the television. The television industry viewed videocassette recorders as having the power to disrupt their business, in the 1980s and 1990s, at the peak of VHSs popularity, there were videotape format wars in the home video industry. Two of the formats, VHS and Betamax, received the most media exposure, VHS eventually won the war, dominating 60 percent of the North American market by 1980 and emerging as the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period. Optical disc formats later began to better quality than analog consumer video tape such as standard. The earliest of these formats, LaserDisc, was not widely adopted, however, after the introduction of the DVD format in 1997, VHSs market share began to decline. By 2008, DVD had replaced VHS as the preferred method of distribution. After several attempts by other companies, the first commercially successful VTR, at a price of US$50,000 in 1956, and US$300 for a 90-minute reel of tape, it was intended only for the professional market. Kenjiro Takayanagi, a broadcasting pioneer then working for JVC as its vice president, saw the need for his company to produce VTRs for the Japan market. In 1959, JVC developed a video tape recorder. In 1964, JVC released the DV220, which would be the companys standard VTR until the mid-1970s, in 1969 JVC collaborated with Sony Corporation and Matsushita Electric in building a video recording standard for the Japanese consumer. The effort produced the U-matic format in 1971, which was the first format to become a unified standard, U-matic was successful in business and some broadcast applications, but due to cost and limited recording time very few of the machines were sold for home use. Soon after, Sony and Matsushita broke away from the collaboration effort, Sony started working on Betamax, while Matsushita started working on VX. JVC released the CR-6060 in 1975, based on the U-matic format, Sony and Matsushita also produced U-matic systems of their own. In 1971, JVC engineers Yuma Shiraishi and Shizuo Takano put together a team to develop a consumer-based VTR, by the end of 1971 they created an internal diagram titled VHS Development Matrix, which established twelve objectives for JVCs new VTR. These included, The system must be compatible with any television set
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JVC HR-3300U VIDSTAR – the United States version of the JVC HR-3300. It is virtually identical to the Japan version. Japan's version showed the "Victor" name, and didn't use the "VIDSTAR" name.
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List of American films of 2003
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A list of American films released in 2003. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Lost in Translation won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The Fog of War won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, a Revolution in Four-Part Harmony won the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film. American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic, elephant won the Palme dOr Gigli won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture. American films of 2003 at the Internet Movie Database List of 2003 box office films in the United States
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Variety (magazine)
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Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19,2013, Variety originally reported on theater and vaudeville. Variety has been published since December 16,1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City, on January 19,1907, Variety published what is considered the first film review in history. In 1933, Sime Silverman launched Daily Variety, based in Hollywood, Sime Silverman had passed on the editorship of the Weekly Variety to Abel Green as his replacement in 1931, he remained as publisher until his death in 1933 soon after launching the Daily. His son Sidne Silverman, known as Skigie, succeeded him as publisher of both publications, both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie Saxon, died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd Silverman, born 1932, was the heir to what was then Variety Inc. Young Syds legal guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety Inc. until 1956, after that date Syd Silverman was publisher of both the Weekly Variety in New York and the Daily Variety in Hollywood, until the sale of both papers in 1987 to the Cahners Corp. In L. A. the Daily was edited by Tom Pryor from 1959 until 1988, for twenty years its editor-in-chief was Peter Bart, originally only of the weekly New York edition, with Michael Silverman running the Daily in Hollywood. Bart had worked previously at Paramount Pictures and The New York Times, in April 2009, Bart moved to the position of vice president and editorial director, characterized online as Boffo No More, Bart Up and Out at Variety. From mid 2009 to 2013, Timothy M. Gray oversaw the publication as Editor-in-Chief, after over 30 years of various reporter, in October 2014, Eller and Wallenstein were upped to Co-Editors in Chief, with Littleton continuing to oversee the trades television coverage. This dissemination comes in the form of columns, news stories, images, video, Cahners Publishing purchased Variety from the Silverman family in 1987. On December 7,1988, Barts predecessor, Roger Watkins, proposed, upon its launch, the new-look Variety measured one inch shorter with a washed-out color on the front. In October 2012, Reed Business Information, the periodicals owner, PMC is the owner of Deadline. com, which since the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike has been considered Varietys largest competitor in online showbiz news. In October,2012, Jay Penske announced that the paywall would come down, the print publication would stay. A significant portion of the advertising revenue comes during the film-award season leading up to the Academy Awards. During this Awards Season, large numbers of colorful, full-page For Your Consideration advertisements inflate the size of Variety to double or triple its usual page count, paid circulation for the weekly Variety magazine in 2013 was 40,000. Each copy of each Variety issue is read by an average of three people, with a total readership of 120,000. Variety. com has 17 million unique monthly visitors, Variety is a weekly entertainment publication with a broad coverage of movies, television, theater, music and technology, written for entertainment executives
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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Under Wraps (film)
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Under Wraps is a 1997 television film, and is considered to be the first Disney Channel Original Movie by the Disney Channel. It was included by the network in its 100 Original Movies celebration from May–June 2016, three 12-year-old kids discover a mummy in the basement of a dead mans house. It comes alive due to the conjunction of the moonlight during that time of the month and they are scared of him at first, but with time discover he is friendly, if clumsy and confused. The kids name the mummy Harold, and decide he will take up residence in one kids bedroom. After paying a visit to their Halloween-obsessed friend, Bruce, they discover that if the mummy is not put back in his coffin before midnight on Halloween, the mummy will cease to exist. However, the sarcophagus is in the hands of the man, known as Mr. Kubat. Upon finding out that the mummy has escaped from the coffin, he orders his henchmen to look for the mummy and bring it back in time, on top of that, there are a few other obstacles that follow by. For one thing, Harolds unusual appearance may attract unwanted attention as Halloween night draws closer, meanwhile, they find out that Harold used to be in love with another mummy who comes alive at the end. It is currently available on iTunes and Amazon Video, under Wraps at the Internet Movie Database
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You Lucky Dog
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You Lucky Dog is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie, first aired on June 27,1998. It stars Kirk Cameron and was directed by Paul Schneider, Jack Morgan is a dog therapist, once famous for being able to read his dogs mind. Although Jack cannot read the minds of dogs, he still operates a canine mind-reading business. Mr. Mooney and his wife bring their dog to see Jack, dissatisfied with Jacks inability to read his dogs mind, Mr. Mooney, who is a friend of the city mayor, threatens to have his business closed down. After the Mooneys leave, a man named Clyde Windsor brings his dog, Lucky, to see Jack. Jack informs Windsor that Lucky is bothered by three individuals that live with him, two weeks later, the city closes down Jacks business. Simultaneously, Windsors personal driver, Calvin Bridges, informs Jack that Windsor has died, Windsors lawyer, Allison Kent, reads Windsors will to his niece and two nephews, Margaret, Lyle, and Rueben. The will reveals that the three individuals receive nothing from the estate of Windsor, who chose Lucky to inherit his money, Jack meets with Allison and is informed that he is Windsors chosen trustee for Luckys $64 million trust fund. Jack agrees to move into the mansion and become Luckys new owner, as required by the trust fund, thus forcing Lyle, Margaret and Rueben to move out. Windsors relatives meet with Mr. Phister, a lawyer who will only take the case to trial for 30 percent of the money in their uncles trust fund. Windsors relatives, who are used to living a lifestyle, instead plot to regain the mansion. One night, Jack begins acting like a dog after Lucky becomes overly excited about dog bones he had buried in the mansions backyard. Jack joins Lucky in his search for bones, and later tears up furniture with Lucky, the next day, to help Lucky get over the death of his owner, Jack and Calvin take him to a local shopping mall. At the malls pet store, Jack signs additional paperwork for Allison and also meets her daughter, Nicole, however, Allison tells her daughter that their apartment is not a suitable living environment for a puppy. In the malls food court, Lucky becomes excited at the scent of food, Jacks mind once again transforms into that of a dogs. Jack and Lucky devour leftover food on tables and inside a trash bin, after numerous failed attempts, Windsors relatives agree to Phisters expensive offer to take the case to trial and have Jack declared mentally incompetent. At the courthouse, Jack demonstrates his ability to read Luckys mind, Jack discovers through Luckys thoughts that Lyle likely poisoned his uncle. Lyle threatens the courtroom with a gun after Jack accuses him of murdering his uncle, Lucky knocks Lyle over, and he is arrested along with Margaret and Rueben
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Brink!
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Brink. is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie set in the backdrop of aggressive inline skating. On the first day of school, the Soul-Skaters and Team X-Bladz race on school grounds, Boomer, a skater for Team X-Bladz, is seriously injured during the race, while Brink and Val are both caught and suspended. Brink learns that his family is in trouble, his father Ralph has been on disability for six months. Brink goes against the wishes of Ralph and his friends and joins Team X-Bladz for $200 a week, Brink keeps this a secret from his friends and family. Brinks father gets him a job at Pup-N-Suds, a dog grooming business, brinks friends discover that he has been skating for Team X-Bladz to train for an upcoming local competition. Brinks friends feel he betrayed them and choose to ignore him upon discovering his alignment with Team X-Bladz, the Soul-Skaters and Team X-Bladz later agree to a downhill race, with Gabriella against Brink. Although Val offers his friendship to Brink in an attempt to keep him with X-Bladz and he tries to warn Brink not to go through with the race as Val has something bad planned for him and encourages him to leave X-Bladz while he still can. During the race, Val intentionally sabotages Gabriellas part of the course by tossing gravel onto the road, Gabriella wipes out big and sustains minor injuries. At this point, all of the Soul-Skaters disown Brink as their friend, they call him a sell-out, later, Ralph learns about the accident from Gabriellas mother and has a heart-to-heart talk with Brink. Brink finally confesses his reasons for joining Team X-Bladz and wanting to be a somebody from it. He admits that though he got what he wanted, it has gotten him into a mess, as he has lost his friends, Ralph reveals that although the family is in financial trouble, Brink should not be skating for money and rather for fun. Inspired by his father, Brink meets Val at the local boardwalk, Brink reveals his disgust with Val for sabotaging the race and injuring Gabriella. This leads to an argument between both boys and Brink to toss a milkshake in Vals face, Val calls Brink a coward and a traitor in itself, revealing that he did not have the nerve to finish the race and in the process has no friends. Boomer disagrees and calls Val out for who he is inside and he reveals his own friendship with Brink and why he left X-Bladz after his injury. Boomer admits that he had witnessed Val cheating in past competitions, Brink closes the argument by telling Val off that he is not a true skater for skating for money rather than fun and challenges him at the in-line skating competition. Val readily accepts his challenge and leaves with the other X-Bladz, Boomer walks away with Brink, thanking him for showing Boomer the meaning to skate for fun and will show his support for him. In the days before the competition, Brink meets his friends at the skate yard, after giving them new skates and equipment, Brink tells them of his plan to sponsor the team under the name Team Pup N Suds. They accept Brink as their friend again, as friends once again, they compete in the competition with their families support
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Halloweentown (film)
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Halloweentown is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Duwayne Dunham. It is the first installment in the Halloweentown series, and stars Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds and her mom offers no clear explanation. Gwens mother Aggie, who is a witch, shows up for her annual Halloween visit. The children are happier to see Aggie than Gwen is, as Aggie openly encourages the children to get involved in Halloween. Unknown to Marnie, Aggie is intent on training Marnie as a witch, before heading home, Aggie reads the children a bedtime story called Halloweentown, a mystical place where witches, vampires and monsters of all sorts live in peace. Sophie points out a drawing of a witch in the book that resembles Marnie, Aggie does nothing to stop Marnie from imagining such a thing, Gwen and Aggie then get into an argument. Gwen insists Marnie will be raised as a person and not a witch. Aggie says she disagrees, but actually she is there for another reason, Gwen thinks they just moved, but Aggie says it is not that simple. Aggie desperately asks for Gwens help, but Gwen declines, when Aggie leaves to return home, Marnie and Dylan follow her. They see Aggie getting onto a bus, and sneak onto it through the back door. When they arrive in Halloweentown, Aggie does not see Marnie and Dylan getting off the bus, at the same time, Marnie and Dylan realize Sophie snuck onto the bus. They begin looking for Aggie, and are approached by Kalabar and he whistles for a cab which is driven by Benny, a skeleton with a bad sense of humor. The children find their grandmothers home, and against her better judgment and she says she will start Marnies witch training, but has to take care of the bad thing first. She shows her grandchildren what she is talking about, in her cauldron and she says she must activate Merlins talisman with a spell and potion to defeat the demon. In town, the family is introduced to Luke, a goblin who was made handsome by a shadow demon and he makes a clumsy pass at Marnie, which she turns down on the spot. Gwen arrives in Halloweentown with plans to bring her children home, Gwen cannot find another bus back to the mortal world and decides to see if the mayor can do anything to help. She is shocked to see that the mayor is Kalabar, an ex-boyfriend of hers, Kalabar briefly leaves to handle another problem, Gwen and her children see Aggie walking somewhere with Luke. Sensing Aggie might be in trouble, they follow Aggie and Luke to a movie theater
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Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (film)
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Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, starring Kirsten Storms as the eponymous heroine, and directed by Kenneth Johnson. The film was based on the book Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century written by Marilyn Sadler and Roger Bollen, the film was originally conceived as a pilot for a potential television series. The film was the first under the Disney Channel Original Movie banner to produce a sequel, Zenon, a third and final installment was also produced, Zenon, Z3. The year is 2049 and Zenon Kar is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family on an Earth-orbiting space station, after getting into trouble with the space stations commander, Edward Plank, Zenons parents punish her by sending her to Earth to live with her Aunt Judy. On Earth, Zenon experiences trouble fitting in with other kids, likewise, Zenon considers the children at her school woefully out of touch with pop culture. Homesick, Zenon often communicates with her best friend on the station, Nebula Wade. Eventually, Zenon makes friends on Earth with two boys, Andrew and Greg, along the way the kids learn to be more accepting of one another and to look past first impressions. During her time on Earth, Zenon uncovers a plot masterminded by station bigwig Parker Wyndham to use a virus to crash the space station. When Zenon tries to warn her parents of the danger, Commander Plank, Plank believes that her story is only a ploy to get back onto the space station to attend an upcoming concert by her idol Proto Zoa and his pop-rock group Microbe. Andrew and Greg join in to help Zenon find a way to save the people on the space station, Andrew creates a computer anti-virus, but Zenon must get Andrews disk to the space station. Zenon goes to the yard, hoping to sneak onto a rocket to the space station. Proto Zoa, who is about to depart from the concert, recognizes Zenon from a Dance with Proto Zoa contest and has her, upon arrival, Commander Plank is shocked to see Zenon, but lets her stay when he becomes smitten with Aunt Judy. Plank still wont believe Zenons story, especially when Wyndham accuses her of trying to sabotage the station, Zenon manages to load Andrews anti-virus program on the stations computers in time. Wyndham is arrested with his assistant Lutz while everyone else enjoys the Microbe concert, Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century was a failed pilot for a proposed television series. It was directed by Kenneth Johnson, the film was produced by de Passe Entertainment for cable televisions Disney Channel, and executive produced by Suzanne de Passe and Suzanne Coston. Filming began in August 1998, in Vancouver, British Columbia, the rocket launch yard scenes were filmed at the Plaza of Nations. Zenon was originally slated to air on the Disney Channel in December 1998, walt Disney Home Video released it on VHS in September 2000. The film is available on iTunes and Google Play, the special edition Version on VHS has a Bonus Feature of Disney’s Travelers
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Can of Worms (film)
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Can of Worms is a science fiction comedy film and is part of the Disney Channel Original Movie lineup. Mike Pillsbury, a boy who believes that he is an alien and does not belong on Earth, uses a satellite dish one night to send a message to outer space. Two weeks earlier, Mike is telling a story to his friend Nick. In Mikes story, a war breaks out two different alien groups, resulting in a baby alien being sent to Earth to be raised as a human. Nick becomes annoyed with the story, as it represents Mikes unusual feelings that he is not meant to be on Earth, Mike is injured during a football game and sees an alien as part of a hallucination. Mike then wonders if football is the sport for him, but his father. Mike is surprised when Katelyn Sandman, a girl at school. Mikes foe, Scott Schriebner, who is a player on Mikes football team, Mike, upset about the party, abruptly leaves and sends his message to outer space later that night. A thunder strike subsequently destroys the satellite dish, the next day, an alien dog named Barnabus appears, with the ability to speak through a translating device. Barnabus explains that because of Mike, the door has been opened. Barnabus tells Mike that he represents an organization specializing in disaster relief and rights violations. Barnabus explains that time is limited, as aliens with ulterior motives are travelling through the stargate to find Mike. During a telephone conversation with Katelyn, Mike is disgusted by The Boms way of consuming food, leading Katelyn to believe that Mike is distracted, the Bom angrily leaves after Mike refuses to sue. Nick believes that Mike is going crazy after being told about the aliens, Mike accepts Barnabus offer to take him to a place where he can be alone, but first tries to make amends with Katelyn. However, The Loafer Alien arrives and prevents Mike from meeting with Katelyn, the alien proposes becoming Mikes agent, representing him throughout the galaxy and eventually having him star in a weekly television series about his life as an immigrant. Nick is stunned when multiple aliens arrive with various offers for Mike and that night, Katelyn visits Mikes house and also becomes aware of the aliens. Mike prepares to make a deal one of the aliens to be taken off the planet. Jay unexpectedly arrives and is sucked into the stargate by the Thoad, Barnabus says the Thoad will continue capturing specimens until he finds the perfect one
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The Thirteenth Year
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The Thirteenth Year is a 1999 comedy-drama Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released May 15,1999, the film was directed by Duwayne Dunham, who has directed other children and Disney movies, including Little Giants and Halloweentown. Cody Griffin is a teenager, his birth mother is a mermaid who left him on the Griffins boat when he was a baby to avoid being captured. As she left, she was spotted by Mr. Wheatly, Cody establishes himself as a quick swimmer in the town he lives in, and has a girlfriend named Sam. Hes under a lot of pressure from a big swim meet coming up and because hes failing biology, hes partnered with Jess Wheatly, after Codys 13th birthday, he begins to feel strange. As he wakes up in the morning, he turns off his alarm clock, ignoring it, Cody drinks from a milk container, which he notices is stuck to his hand, he later also drinks large amounts of water. He goes to Jess for help, who agrees to figure out whats going on with him as long as Cody teaches him to swim in return. Jess runs various tests, learning Cody can generate electricity, climb walls, talk to fish, swim extremely fast, Jess concludes that Cody is turning into a merman. Despite all the odd things happening to him, as well as the objection of his parents when they found out. He not only wins the meet and beats Sean, but breaks the speed record. Sean sees the scales and surmises Cody cheated, following him into the locker room, Cody avoids him by sticking to the ceiling, but Sean says he saw something and will find out what. Cody safely makes it out of the stadium and goes home with his parents after they find out he wasnt in his room, however, the scales are lasting longer now. Cody tries calming his parents by claiming nobody saw him change, but Jess shows up and tells them he saw everything, Sam arrives and faints at the sight of Codys scales. When she comes to, she is freaked out, Cody tells her hes still the same guy and to not be afraid. While sworn to secrecy for Codys safety, Sam is disturbed by the discovery, the next morning Cody takes a swim, and meets his mermaid mother, however, Jesss father, who is the obsessed fisherman, spots them and ends the reunion. Later that day, Cody meets Sam at the beach and she apologizes and they share a kiss. Cody then walks into the water with her, saying something he wants to show her. Codys mother appears, with Sam complimenting her beauty, however, Cody suddenly gasps in pain, writhing on the ground, he tells Sam to get his parents
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Smart House (film)
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13-year-old Ben Cooper and his family are struggling to balance household chores, school and work in Monroe County, New York. Ben is the caretaker, a role inherited from his mother who died during an ice skating accident. Always busy taking care of everyone else, he has no time to be a kid and he doesnt even have much time for basketball, his favorite sport. When Ben sees that a Smart House is being given away, the family wins the house, and is introduced to its creator, Sara Barnes. Ben, his single father Nick, and his little sister Angie move into the house, to Bens chagrin his father and Sara begin to date. Ben begins to reprogram Pat, which becomes due to Pats learning capabilities. He wants to lighten Pat up and make her a substitute mother, Ben and Angie have a party while Nick and Sara are on a date. With Pats help, Ben wins over his crush and Pat gets rid of his bully for good, however, Nick starts to arrive home before they can clean up. Pat helps them cover up the party so they wont get punished, as Pats personality begins to radically change baring traits more those of an over-controlling mother, the family starts to resent her. Eventually Pat traps the family in the house, believing that the world is too dangerous. Sara manages to contact with Ben and he agrees to help her get in. Although she manages to get in through the chute, she becomes trapped with the Cooper family. As they protest Pats lock-down, she appears as a hologram resembling a 1950s housewife, Ben is able to end the lock-down by telling Pat that she isnt real and will never be human. Pat finally unlocks the doors and windows, freeing them and shuts herself down, Sara is then able to reboot Pat and restore her original personality, however, Pat retains some mischievousness as she is shown to have added chocolate chips to the breakfast waffles. Sara and Nick start dating and Nick spends more time with his family, Ben finally accepts Sara after realizing she was never trying to replace his mother. Ben starts being a kid again, going out for basketball. Emilio Borelli as Miles Jason Lansing as Johnny The movie was released on DVD as a reward on the Disney Movie Rewards promotional website in early 2009. In December 2015, Ariana Bacle of Entertainment Weekly ranked Smart House at number one on a list of the top 30 Disney Channel Original Movies, plus, Katey Sagals turn as the good-gone-evil-gone-good resident hologram is nothing short of iconic
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Johnny Tsunami
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Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize as Childrens Live-Action Category, Johnny Tsunami is the predecessor to Johnny Kapahala, Back on Board, released in June 2007. The film focuses on a surfer from Hawaii who must adapt to new challenges when his fathers job forces the family to move to Vermont. When Pete gets a job transfer, the family is forced to move to Vermont. Although Johnny goes to the school, he would prefer to snowboard because he thinks it is more like surfing. Although he has a time at first, Johnny eventually learns how to snowboard with some help from a new friend named Sam Sterling. While at his new school, Johnny becomes good friends with a girl named Emily, however, a skier named Brett likes Emily as well and does not think Johnny is right for her. The Urchins decide to ride the side of the mountain belongs to the skiers and are confronted by the Skies. Later, Emily attempts to learn how to snowboard with Johnny and his new friends, a quick fight ensues between Johnny and Brett regarding the incident, but is immediately dispersed when a snow ranger arrives. S. Pete tells Johnny that Sam moving away would be for the better, a fight occurs between father and son. Johnny wishes his grandfather were there because he understands him better than Pete, however, Johnny and Sam run away from home and fly to Hawaii on a cargo plane to stay with Johnnys grandfather. Via telephone, Pete demands the boys be sent home immediately, Johnnys grandfather refuses to send them home until they are willing to return. In Vermont, Melanie finally tells Pete how she has been feeling about him unnecessarily punishing Johnny and tells him he needs to stop forbidding their son from his friends and let him snowboard. Pete tries unsuccessfully to defend his actions with Melanie, who reveals that she wishes that he could be the husband that she once loved. Johnny and Sam have fun surfing and enjoying the weather in Hawaii. Pete is shocked to see his father in Vermont and decides to discuss his sons punishment later, at the house, Johnny Tsunami finally has a heart-to-heart talk with Pete about his punishment in forbidding his son from snowboarding with his friends. Pete finally admits he went too far in punishing Johnny, petes father encourages him to go easy on Johnny and let him make his own mistakes so he can learn from them. Tsunami wisely tells Pete the more he tries to punish Johnny, the next day, Johnny and his grandfather arrive at the mountain
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