Drew Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer best known for his collaborations with Joss Whedon (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Angel'', ''The Cabin in the Woods'') and J.J. Abrams (''Alias'', ''Lost'', ''Cloverfield'').

Goddard joined the crew of ''Lost'' as a freelance writer for the first season in 2004. Goddard and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the season. Goddard rejoined the crew as a supervising producer and writer for the third season in 2006. He was promoted to co-executive producer mid-season. The writing staff were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons. Goddard and his co-writer, show runner and executive producer Damon Lindelof, were also nominated for the WGA Award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2008 ceremony for writing the third season episode "Flashes Before Your Eyes". He returned as a co-executive producer for the fourth season in 2007. He was nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of ''Lost''. Goddard left the crew at the end of the fourth season.

He has a cameo on Joss Whedon's web-based film, ''Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'', as "Fake Thomas Jefferson."

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''Buffy''

''Angel''

''Alias''

''Lost''

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Category:1975 births Category:American screenwriters Category:American television producers Category:Living people Category:People from New Mexico Category:Writers Guild of America Award winners

Twenty years prior to the novel's events, twelve year-old Adam and his two best friends failed to come home from a trip into the familiar woods bordering their Irish housing estate. In the present day, Detective Rob [Adam] Ryan claims that the twin disappearances of his friends and his memory of that afternoon have not had any real effect on his psyche. Though the novel centers on an investigation by Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, into the murder of a twelve year-old girl in those same woods, it is the long-ago disappearances which provides the main psychological thrust of the novel. The novel won the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel By An American Author.

French's second novel, The Likeness, was published in 2008. It continues with Cassie Maddox and mentions Adam (Rob) Ryan only peripherally. On July 13, 2010, French's third novel, Faithful Place, was published. The novel is narrated by Frank Mackey, who appeared in French's second novel, The Likeness. French's fourth novel, Broken Harbour featuring "Scorcher" Kennedy as the narrator, will be published on March 29, 2012. Scorcher appears in French's third novel, Faithful Place.

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Chris Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He played the role of Kim Hyde in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' and the titular character in the Marvel Studios film, ''Thor''. Hemsworth will portray Thor again in the upcoming film ''The Avengers''.

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Career

In 2004, he auditioned for ''Home and Away'', for the part of Robbie Hunter (played by Jason Smith), but failed to get the part. He was subsequently recalled for the part of Kim Hyde. He was successful in gaining the role of Kim Hyde and moved to Sydney to join the cast of ''Home and Away'', appearing in 171 episodes of the series. He left the cast of ''Home and Away'' on 3 July 2007. He has received two Logie Award nominations and has won one for Most Popular New Talent on Home and Away back in 2005.

Hemsworth portrayed James T. Kirk's father, George Kirk, in the opening scenes of J. J. Abrams' 2009 film ''Star Trek''. He also played the character Kale in the thriller ''A Perfect Getaway'' the same year. Hemsworth will star in upcoming horror film ''The Cabin in the Woods'' executive produced by Joss Whedon and will portray Jed Eckert in the upcoming ''Red Dawn'' remake.

Hemsworth portrayed ''Thor'' in the film adaption of the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. Initially, his brother Liam reached the final four for the role, while Chris failed to make the shortlist, but he won the role after director Kenneth Branagh decided to re-evaluate earlier candidates. Chris Hemsworth received advice from his brother, saying "We're competitive, but in the best way." His mother helped him with his audition tape by playing Odin. Hemsworth is also scheduled to reprise his role as ''Thor'' in ''The Avengers'', also based on a Marvel comic about a team of superheroes assembled to protect Earth, which is scheduled for release in 2012.

In the 2010 film ''CA$h'', Hemsworth played Sam Phelan, an economically troubled young man. ''CA$h'' marked Hemsworth's Hollywood debut, as it was the first film he shot upon his arrival in the United States. In behind-the-scenes interviews, the film's director Stephen Milburn Anderson stated that Hemsworth had only been in the United States for six weeks when he had auditioned for the role. Anderson said, "Here's a guy who is young, has the right look, is a very good actor and, let's face it, he's beautiful. So I say, we need to get this guy in. I was very impressed". On November 2010 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' named Hemsworth as one of the young male actors who are “pushing – or being pushed” into taking over Hollywood as the new “A-List”. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'.

In May 2011, Hemsworth was cast opposite Kristen Stewart in ''Snow White and the Huntsman''. Hemsworth is also set to star in ''Shadow Runner'', an original thriller involving elite commandos. The project is based on an original idea from Hossein Amini, who is one of the writers of ''Snow White and the Huntsman''. In June 2011, it was announced that Hemsworth would reprise his role as the titular character in ''Thor 2'', planned for a mid-2013 release. Before shooting starts though, he will work with Ron Howard on Rush.

Personal life

His older brother Luke and younger brother Liam are also actors, and have had recurring roles as Nathan Tyson and Josh Taylor on ''Neighbours'', respectively.

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Television

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