Murphy has also created a couple of failed pilots: the WB sitcom pilot St. Sass starring Delta Burke and Heather Matarazzo, which wasn't picked up. In 2008, Murphy wrote and directed the FX pilot, Pretty/Handsome, which also was not picked up.
Murphy's current project is a musical comedy television series for Fox, Glee. Fox aired a preview episode on May 19, 2009, following the season finale of American Idol; it premiered its first regular season episode on September 9, 2009. The show's early success led the network to add 9 episodes to its original order of 13, making it the first new fall series in 2009 to get a full-season order of 22 episodes, it was announced during the last half of Season 1, that FOX has ordered a complete full season of Season 2 and a Season 3 of Glee due to high ratings and positive feedback about the show and the characters. He won his first Emmy for directing the Pilot episode for Glee, while the show received a record of 19 nomination including Outstanding Comedy Series, but lost to Modern Family.
In 2010 Murphy directed Julia Roberts in an adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. The film was a box office success, but a critical failure getting extremely harsh reviews criticizing its pacing and lack of credibility. To date the film has grossed $202,301,280.
Murphy has several films in development – Dirty Tricks, a political comedy; Face, a plastic surgery thriller; Need, an erotic thriller, and Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho.
's husband, Gay Activist Kevin Norte at Spring Time G.L.A.A.D. 2010's Charitable Event in Centiry City, Los Angeles, California. Marking the start of their freindship.]]
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| Name | Ryan Saranich |
|---|---|
| Landscape | Yes |
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Ryan David Saranich |
| Born | February 16, 1987Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Instrument | Saxophone, Drums, Bass, Piano |
| Genre | Funk, Jazz, Fusion |
| Occupation | Musician, Composer, Clinician |
| Years active | 1992 onward |
| Associated acts | Ryan Saranich & Pocket Language, Ryan Saranich & the All-Star Quintet, Joe Chambers, Powerhouse, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Berklee Latin Jazz Ensemble |
| Url | www.ryansaranich.com |
Doc's Blues (2008)
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
Carolina's Best, Volume III (2009)
Raphael Du Valle
Chris Heaven
Pure Chocolate (2008)
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| Name | Michael Manning |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1943 |
| Birth place | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death date | 22 August 2008 |
| Death place | Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea |
| Known for | Anti-corruption campaigner |
| Occupation | Public servant and economist |
| Nationality | Papua New Guinean |
| Spouse | Relly Manning |
Michael John Manning, OBE He was a naturalized citizen of Papua New Guinea.
Manning's father, Alan Manning, became a protege and supporter of Ben Chifley and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) following his return from World War II. Alan Manning ran for office as an Australian Labor Party candidate three times, losing on each try. Manning's report also stated that PNG had lost control of large parts of its territory. Somare, who viewed Manning's statements as an attack on MPs, blasted him saying "Mr. Manning’s latest outburst in the media direct attack on the intelligence and commonsense of the people of Papua New Guinea who have mandated us to represent them in Parliament."
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| Name | Dustin Lance Black |
|---|---|
| Caption | Dustin Lance Black at the 81st Academy Awards. |
| Birthdate | June 10, 1974 |
| Birthplace | Sacramento, California |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director, film producer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television '96 |
| Notableworks | Big Love (2006 – present)Milk (2008) |
| Awards | Academy AwardsBest Original Screenplay2008 Milk |
Dustin Lance Black (born 10 June 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the television series Big Love and an Academy Award for the 2008 film Milk.
Growing up surrounded by Mormon culture and military bases, Black worried about his sexuality. He told himself, "I'm going to hell. And if I ever admit it, I'll be hurt, and I'll be brought down" when he found himself attracted to a boy in his neighborhood at the age of six or seven. Black attended the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film, and Television (UCLA) while apprenticing with stage directors, taking acting jobs and working on theater lighting crews. He graduated with honors from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television in 1996.
Black had first visited San Francisco in the early 1990s and was inspired by city supervisor Harvey Milk's representation of the gay community while diagnoses of AIDS among gay people were increasing. He had first viewed Rob Epstein's documentary The Times of Harvey Milk when he was in college, and thought, "I just want to do something with this, why hasn't someone done something with this?" but Black showed the script to Jones, who passed it on to his friend Gus Van Sant, who signed on to direct the feature.
Black's film Pedro, profiling the life of AIDS activist and reality television personality Pedro Zamora, premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Coming up, Paris Barclay is slated to direct his screenplay A Life Like Mine and Gus van Sant is set to direct his film adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Black is set to direct his own script What's Wrong with Virginia, to star Jennifer Connelly. He has also written the screenplay for the biopic Hoover to be released in 2012 directed by Clint Eastwood.
On February 22, 2009, Black won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Milk at the 81st Academy Awards. He wore a White Knot to the ceremony as a symbol of solidarity with the marriage equality movement. In his acceptance speech at the Oscar ceremony, he said:
Black marched in the National Equality March and delivered a speech in front of the Congress Building to an estimated crowd of 200,000 LGBT rights activists on October 11, 2009.
In 2010, Black narrated , a documentary about the involvement of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in California's Proposition 8.
In June 2009, photographs of Black engaging in unprotected sex were published by Internet gossip columnist Perez Hilton. Black released a statement saying: "It is unfortunate that individuals and other outside parties are trying to profit from material which is clearly private." His statement also emphasized the importance of responsible sexual practices. On 23 July 2009, Black filed a lawsuit against photo agency Starzlife, alleging the organization illegally obtained the pictures and distributed them without his permission. He is claiming invasion of privacy and copyright infringement and asking for $3 million in damages, as well as any profit the company made from the photos.
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| Caption | Lynch at the Glee premiere party, May 11, 2009 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | July 14, 1960 |
| Birth place | Dolton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, singer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | She was raised in an Irish Catholic family and attended Thornridge High School. Since then, she has starred in a series of films including Role Models, , Alvin & the Chipmunks, , Space Chimps, The Rocker, The Hammer, Another Cinderella Story, , and Spring Breakdown. |
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Other marine sculpture includes creating the Cunard Crest which is on display in the Grand Lobby of the ocean liner MS Queen Victoria.
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| Caption | Madigan at the 41st Emmy Awards, September 1989 |
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| Birthname | Amy Marie Madigan |
| Birth date | September 11, 1950 |
| Birth place | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse | Ed Harris (1983–present) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Yearsactive | 1981 – present |
Amy Marie Madigan (born September 11, 1950) is an American actress who is known for her role as Annie Kinsella in the 1989 film Field of Dreams and Iris Crowe in the HBO television series Carnivale.
Madigan will appear in four episodes of Season 3 of Fringe as Olivia's mother.
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| Name | Adam Shankman |
|---|---|
| Caption | Adam Shankman, January 2008 |
| Birthname | Adam Michael Shankman |
| Birth date | November 27, 1964 |
| Birth place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, director, dancer, television judge, choreographer |
| Yearsactive | 1983–present |
Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, dancer, actor, and choreographer. He has been a judge on the television program So You Think You Can Dance since Season 3. He began his professional career in musical theater, and was a dancer in music videos for Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. Shankman also choreographed one of the Spice Girls' tours. He has directed several feature-length films, including A Walk to Remember, Bringing Down the House, and Hairspray.
Shankman's first directing gig was for a short film called Cosmo's Tale, which appeared at the Sundance Film Festival.
Prior to directing Hairspray, Shankman was known in Hollywood primarily as a script doctor. His trademarks in his films often features a singing/dancing sequence and a character getting sent to do community service. "I've done so many things I'm not super-proud of," he admitted in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. Having finally received a plum directing role in Hairspray, he added, "Now that I'm finally really proud of something, if [critics] say this one isn't good either, it will be kind of...taxing." In August 2008, Box office Mojo reported that Hairspray had become the fourth-largest grossing American movie musical within the previous 30 years.
Shankman, in affiliation with ABC, worked on a TV pilot called Harmony about a musical town. In 2008, in the wake of former small-town mayor Sarah Palin's emergence on the national political stage, Shankman was announced as director for the proposed TV series Cadillac Ranch about the female mayor of a small town. Trade reports in 2009 said he would direct a film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages for New Line Cinema. With Bill Mechanic, Shankman was one of the two producers of the 82nd Academy Awards, taking place March 7, 2010.
On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Adam will be a permanent judge on So You Think You Can Dance.
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