title	TV Guide
image file	TV Guide Logo.png
frequency	Weekly
total circulation	2,024,092
circulation year	2011
category	Entertainment News
firstdate	April 3, 1953
editor	Debra Birnbaum
editor title	Editor-in-Chief
country	United States
based	Radnor, Pennsylvania
language	English
website
issn	0039-8543 }}

''TV Guide'' is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.

In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles. Some issues have also featured horoscope listings.

History

Prototype

Lee Wagner (1910–1993) was circulation director of McFadden Publications in New York in the 1930s—and later for Cowles Media Co.—distributing movie celebrity magazines. In 1948, he printed ''The TeleVision Guide'' for the New York area. On the cover was silent film star Gloria Swanson, star of her short-lived "Gloria Swanson Hour." Wagner later added regional editions for New England and Baltimore-Washington areas. Five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications, but remained as a consultant until 1963.

Annenberg/Triangle era

The national ''TV Guide'''s first issue was released on April 3, 1953. The cover featured a photograph of Lucille Ball with her newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr.

''TV Guide'' as a national publication resulted from Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications' purchase of numerous regional television listing publications such as ''TV Forecast'', ''TV Digest'', ''Television Guide'' and ''TV Guide''. The launch as a national publication with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instant success with the magazine becoming the most read and circulated magazine in the country by the 1960s. The initial cost was just 15¢ per copy. In addition to subscriptions, ''TV Guide'' was sold from grocery store counters nationwide. Until the 1980s, each issue's features were promoted in a television commercial. Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' continued to grow not only in circulation, but in recognition as the authority on television programming with articles from both staff and contributing writers. Over the decades the shape of the logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen. At first, the logo had various color backgrounds (usually black, white, blue or green) until the familiar red background became a standard in the 1960s with occasional changes to accommodate a special edition.

Under Triangle Publications, ''TV Guide'' was first based in a small office in downtown Philadelphia until moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania in the late 1950s. The new facility, complete with a large lighted ''TV Guide'' logo at the building's entrance, was home to management, editors, production personnel, subscription processors as well as a vast computer system holding data on every show and movie available for listing in the popular weekly publication. Printing of the national color section of ''TV Guide'' took place at Triangle's Gravure Division plant adjacent to Triangle's landmark Philadelphia Inquirer Building on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The color section was then sent to regional printers to be wrapped around the local listing sections. Triangle's Gravure Division was known for performing some of the highest quality printing in the industry with almost always perfect registration.

Triangle Publications in addition to ''TV Guide'' owned ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', ''Philadelphia Daily News'', 16 radio and television stations (WFIL AM-FM-TV Philadelphia, PA, WNHC AM-FM-TV New Haven, CT, KFRE AM-FM-TV Fresno, CA, WNBF AM-FM-TV Binghamton, NY, WFBG AM-FM-TV Altoona, PA and WLYH-TV Lancaster/Lebanon, PA) ''The Daily Racing Form'', ''The Morning Telegraph'', ''Seventeen'', and various cable TV interests. It was under Triangle's ownership of WFIL in Philadelphia that Dick Clark and ''American Bandstand'' came to popularity. Triangle Publications sold its Philadelphia newspapers to Knight Newspapers in 1969, its radio and television stations during the early 1970s to Capital Cities Communications and various other interests retaining only ''TV Guide'', ''Seventeen'' Magazine and the ''Daily Racing Form''. Triangle Publications was sold to News America Corporation in 1988 for $3 billion, one of the largest media deals of the time.

News Corporation era

The advent of cable TV was hard on ''TV Guide''. Cable channels began to be listed in TV Guide in 1980 or 1981, depending on the edition. Channels were also different, depending on the edition. Each channel was designated by an oblong bullet of three letters; for example, ESN represented ESPN and NIK represented Nickelodeon. To save channel space, some cable channels (mainly pay channels) had an asterisk by them, which meant that it was only listed in the evening grid (and later the Pay-TV Movie Guide). Channels like Cinemax and Disney initially started only in the grids, but later expanded to the listings as well.

As the years went on, cable channels were added. To help offset this, the issue of May 11–17, 1985 introduced a smaller font with some other cosmetic changes; a show's length was listed after the show's title—not in the description as it was previously. Another listings change took place in 1996; the show's title was no longer listed in all-uppercase, but mixed case as well.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of ''TV Guide'' as a national magazine, in 2002 the magazine published six special issues:

TV We'll Always Remember (April 6–12): Our Favorite Stars Share Fifty Years of Memories, Moments and Magic

50 Greatest Shows of All Time (May 4–10): The Ultimate List of the 50 Best TV Series. (Just Try to Guess What's No. 1!)

*Note: This was the only one to be presented on television itself and referenced in the book ''TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television'', considering the magazine's purpose to present weekly listings of regularly-scheduled series.

Our 50 Greatest Covers of All Time (June 15–21): Fabulous Photos of Your Favorite Shows and Stars Plus: Amazing Behind-the-Scenes Stories

50 Worst Shows of All Time (July 20–26): Not Just Bad! Really Awful - And We Love Them That Way!

50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time (August 3–9): Funny! Clever! Drawn to perfection! They're the tops in toons!

50 Sexiest Stars of All Time (September 28–October 4): Charisma, Curves, Confidence, Charm! Could We Be Having Any More Fun?

Because most cable systems published their own listing magazine reflecting their channel lineup, and now have a separate guide channel on the remote that opens up to available programming, a printed listing of programming in a separate magazine became less valuable. The sheer amount and diversity of cable TV programming made it hard for ''TV Guide'' to provide listings of the extensive array of programming that came directly over the cable system. ''TV Guide'' also could not match the ability of the cable box to store personalized listings. ''TV Guide'''s circulation went from almost 20 million in 1970 to less than three million in 2007.

By 2003, there was also a list of cable channels (also broadcast channels in some editions) that were listed in the grids only. From its inception until 2003, ''TV Guide'' offered listings for the entire week, 24 hours a day. Beginning with the June 21, 2003 issue (in just a few select markets), the 5am–5pm Monday–Friday listings were condensed down to four grids: 5am–8am, 8am–11am, 11am–2pm, 2pm–5pm. If programming differed from one weekday to the next, "Various Programs" was listed. This change became permanent in all ''TV Guide'' editions beginning with the 2003 Fall Preview issue. Beginning in January 2004, the midnight–5am listings (and also 5am–8am on the Saturday and Sunday listings) did not include any out-of-town broadcast stations, just the edition's home market. Starting in June 2004 in most editions the channel lineup page showing the stations for each local edition was dropped. Starting in July 2004 the overnight listings were taken out entirely, replaced by a grid that ran from 11pm–2am and had the edition's home market broadcast stations, with a handful of cable stations. It also listed a small selection of late-night movies on some channels. The daytime grids also changed from the 5am–5pm listings, to 7am–7pm. In early 2005 more channels were added to the prime-time and late night grids. The magazine also changed format to start the week's issue with Sunday listings, rather than Saturday listings, which had previously changed from beginning with Friday listings.

On May 18, 2005, ''TV Guide'' launched TV Guide Talk, a weekly podcast available for free. The podcast was headlined by ''TV Guide'' reporter/personality Michael Ausiello, and was co-hosted by his co-workers, Angel Cohn, Daniel Manu, and Maitland McDonagh. The podcast was discontinued in 2008 with Ausiello's move to ''Entertainment Weekly''. ''TV Guide'' was purchased from News Corporation in 1999 by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Networks, which itself was later purchased by the maker of the VCR Plus+ device and schedule system, Gemstar-TV Guide International, partially owned by News Corp.

Gemstar era

On July 26, 2005, Gemstar-TV Guide announced that ''TV Guide'' would change in format from its digest size format to a larger full-size national magazine that will offer more stories and fewer TV listings. All 140 local editions were also eliminated, being replaced by two editions, one for Eastern/Central time zones and one for Pacific/Mountain. The change in format was attributed to the increase in the Internet, cable TV channels (like TV Guide Network), electronic program guides and digital video recorders as the sources of choice for viewers' program listings.

The new version of ''TV Guide'' went on sale on October 17, 2005, and featured Ty Pennington from ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' on the cover. The listings format, now consisting entirely of grids, also changed to start the week's issue with Monday listings rather than Sunday listings.

In September 2006, TV Guide launched a redesigned website with expanded original editorial and user-generated content not included in the print magazine.

On December 22, 2006, ''TV Guide'' introduced the magazine's first ever two-week edition. The edition, which has Rachael Ray on the cover, was issued for the week of December 25, 2006 to January 7, 2007. In early 2008, the daytime Monday-Friday and late night grids were eliminated from the listings section, and the television highlights section was compressed into a six-page review of the week, rather than the previous two pages for each night.

With the acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide by Macrovision on May 2, 2008, that company, which purchased Gemstar-TV Guide to mostly take advantage of their lucrative and profitable VCR Plus and electronic program guide patents, stated they wanted to sell both the magazine and TV Guide Network, along with the company's TVG horse racing channel to other parties.

OpenGate Capital era

On October 13, 2008, Macrovision sold the money-losing magazine to equity fund OpenGate Capital for $1. As part of the sale, however, the companion website was retained by Macrovision (who then sold it to One Equity Partners), with all editorial connections between the magazine and website severed, including the end of Matt Roush's presence on TVGuide.com. The editorial content of the magazine was launched on a new site, TVGuideMagazine.com, which didn't feature TV Guide's listings in any form. However, TVGuidemagazine.com was shut down on June 1, 2010 and TV Guide Magazine and TVGuide.com entered into a deal to restore content from the magazine to the TVGuide.com website, which Lionsgate bought along with the TV Guide Network in January 2009.

In January 2009, the magazine cut several networks from the grid listings, including DIY Network and MTV, citing "space concerns"; however, two cuts, those of The CW and TV Guide Network, were seen as suspicious and arbitrary, as the guide carries several channels which have the same schedule night after night or are low-viewed and could have easily been cut, while several Fox networks continue to be listed due to agreements with the former News Corporation ownership. It is likely that the network's removal from ''TV Guide'' listings was related to the "divorce" of the website and network from the magazine.

In early February 2009, the listings for The CW and MTV were readded after much protest to the magazine's email addresses, with the listings for several low-viewed networks removed as a consequence. The other listings were slowly re-added, until TV Guide Network's schedule returned to the listings pages in June 2010 with their logo prominent within the grids as part of the deal with Lionsgate's TV Guide division mentioned above.

U.S. TV

In 1998, the ''TV Guide'' brand and magazine was acquired by United Video Satellite Group, parent company of the Prevue Channel (now TV Guide Network). Like its predecessor, the original TV Guide Channel scrolled TV listings on the bottom portion of the screen. Until around 2002, the programs on the TV Guide Channel generally only lasted from 30 seconds to a minute, and thus usually appeared once to twice per hour. For instance, a show might appear at 12:25 and again at 1:55. However, over the early 2000s, the channel's focus shifted to full-length programs featuring celebrity gossip and movie talk.

In May 2007, Gemstar Media, a subsidiary of Gemstar-TV Guide Inc., renamed the TV Guide Channel to the TV Guide Network, stating that the new name reflects a new direction towards more original content and entertainment features in addition to its traditional listings function.

Today, TV Guide Network runs programs such as the weekly entertainment news magazine, ''The 411'', and red-carpet event coverage (originally hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers). In mid-2007, the mother-daughter duo were unceremoniously dropped by ''TV Guide'' in favor of both Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone, whose popularities had been on the rise in the wake of their recent appearances on ''Dancing With the Stars''.

To further distinguish itself from other television guides, ''TV Guide'' re-branded itself as ''TV GUIDE Magazine''. The original name is now capitalized and "Magazine" always follows.

Listings Pattern History

Friday to Thursday: April 3, 1953—July 15, 1954

Saturday to Friday: July 17, 1954—April 9, 2004

Sunday to Saturday: April 11, 2004—October 15, 2005

Monday to Sunday: October 17, 2005—present

Other usage of the ''TV Guide'' name

The term "TV guide" has partly become a genericized trademark to describe other TV listings appearing on the web and in newspapers. Read/Write Web published "Your Guide to Online TV Guides: 10 Services Compared." Techcrunch in 2006 offered "Overview: The End of Paper TV Guides." ''TV Guides'' is also the name of an interactive video and sound installation produced in 1995 with assistance from the Canada Council and shown at SIGGRAPH 1999. National TV guides are also published in other countries, but none of these are believed to be affiliated with the North American publication.

In Australia during the 1970s a version of ''TV Guide'' was published under license by Southdown Press. That version merged with competitor publication ''TV Week'' in 1980. TV Week has a very similar logo to the TV Guide logo.

New Zealand has a digest-sized paper called ''TV Guide'', not associated with the United States or Canadian publications. It has the largest circulation of any national magazine, and is published by Fairfax Media.

Mexico offers a digest-sized publication called ''TV Guía'', unrelated with the US publication. It is published by Editorial Televisa.

In Italy, a digest-size ''Guida TV'' is published by Mondadori since September 1976.

See also

List of TV Guide covers

* List of TV Guide covers (1950s)

* List of TV Guide covers (1960s)

* List of TV Guide covers (1970s)

* List of TV Guide covers (1980s)

* List of TV Guide covers (1990s)

* List of TV Guide covers (2000s)

* List of TV Guide covers (2010s)

List of TV Guide editions

TV Guide Canada

TV Guide Network

TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time

TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time

References

External links

List of TV Guide Magazines

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name	Anna Paquin
birth name	Anna Helene Paquin
birth date	July 24, 1982
birth place	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
years active	1993–present
occupation	Actress
spouse	Stephen Moyer (2010–present) }}

Anna Helene Paquin (; born 24 July 1982) is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Paquin's first critically successful film was ''The Piano'', for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history. Her acting career took off almost half a decade later when she appeared in a string of successful films including ''She's All That'', ''Almost Famous'' and the ''X-Men'' franchise.

Paquin has received critical acclaim for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series ''True Blood'', for which she won the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.

Early life

Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mary Paquin (née Brophy), an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher, native Canadian. Paquin is the youngest of three children; she has two older siblings: a brother, Andrew, a director, born in 1977, and a sister, Katya, born in 1980, who is the partner of Green Party co-leader Russel Norman. Paquin's family moved to New Zealand when she was four. She attended the Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School until she was eight or nine. Her musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and piano. She also participated in gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing, though she did not have any hobbies related to acting.

While in New Zealand, Paquin attended Hutt Intermediate School from 1994–95. Having begun her secondary education in Wellington at Wellington Girls' College, she completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, where she moved with her mother following her parents' divorce in 1995. She graduated from Windward School in June 2000 and completed the school's community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center. She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue her acting career.

Career

Child actress

It was in New Zealand in 1991 that Paquin became an actress by chance. Director Jane Campion was looking for a little girl to play a key role in ''The Piano'', set to film in New Zealand, and a newspaper advertisement was run announcing an open audition. Paquin's sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; Paquin herself tagged along because she had nothing better to do. When Campion met Paquin—whose only acting experience had been as a skunk in a school play—she was very impressed with the nine-year-old's performance of the monologue about Flora's father, and she was chosen from among the 5000 candidates.

When ''The Piano'' was released in 1993 it was lauded by critics, won prizes at a number of film festivals, and eventually became a popular movie among a wide audience. Paquin's debut performance in the film earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of eleven, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history after Tatum O'Neal. ''The Piano'' was made as a small independent movie and wasn't expected to be widely known, and Paquin and her family did not plan to continue in the acting circles. However, she was invited to the William Morris Agency, and she kept receiving offers for new roles. She systematically refused them, but she did appear in three commercials for the phone company MCI (now Verizon) in 1994. She later made a series of television commercials for Manitoba Telecom Systems in her birth city of Winnipeg. She also appeared as a voice in an audio book entitled ''The Magnificent Nose'' in 1994.

In 1996, she appeared in two movies. The first role was as young Jane in ''Jane Eyre''. The other was a lead part in ''Fly Away Home'' playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings.

As a teenager, she had roles in films including ''A Walk on the Moon'', ''Amistad'', ''Hurlyburly'', ''She's All That'' and ''Almost Famous''.

''X-Men'' and beyond

Paquin returned to worldwide prominence with her role as the mutant superheroine Rogue in the Marvel Comics movie ''X-Men'' in 2000, its sequel ''X2'' in 2003, and its third instalment, ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', in 2006.

In the fall of 2006, she completed filming ''Blue State''. She was the executive-producer of the film, the film having been made by ''Paquin Films'', a production company formed by both her and her brother, Andrew Paquin. In November 2006, she completed the film ''Margaret'', which was released in 2011.

In 2007, Paquin received an ''Emmy Award'' nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her role as Elaine Goodale in HBO's made-for-TV movie ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'', based on Dee Brown's best-seller. She also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations in similar categories.

In 2008, Paquin appeared as waitress Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series ''True Blood'', her first role in a TV series. The show is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' series of novels by Charlaine Harris, set in the fictional town of Bon Temps, LA. Paquin won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for her role in the show, and also won a Satellite Award in a similar category. She was also nominated for the same category in the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. The second season of ''True Blood'' premiered in the US in June 2009. Season three premiered in June 2010, and season 4 in June 2011.

In 2009, Paquin played Irena Sendler, a Polish woman hailed as a heroine of the Holocaust, in ''The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler'', a CBS TV film biographical film based on the book ''Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story'', by Anna Mieszkowska. The film was made in Latvia, and was a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for the network. Paquin's performance earned her a 2010 nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film.

Paquin's film ''The Romantics'', a romantic comedy with Josh Duhamel and Katie Holmes, was released in the US at selected theatres in September 2010.

Paquin was cast in a cameo role in ''Scream 4'', which was released on April 15, 2011.

Her next film is ''Straight A's'', co-starring Ryan Phillippe, due for release in 2012.

Theatrical career

Paquin made her stage debut in 2001 in a production of ''The Glory of Living'' at the MCC Theater. She won a 2001–2002 Theatre World Award for her performance. She has since appeared in a number of other plays, but only once outside the USA, when she appeared on the West End stage in London in a production of ''This is Our Youth'' in 2002.

Personal life

On 5 August 2009, it was announced that Paquin was engaged to her ''True Blood'' co-star Stephen Moyer, whom she had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007. On 21 August 2010, Paquin and Moyer married at a private residence in Malibu, California. Through her marriage to Moyer, Paquin has a step-son, Billy, born in 2000, and a step-daughter, Lilac, born in 2002. Paquin and Moyer reside in Venice, Los Angeles. On 17 April 2012, it was announced they are expecting their first child together, due in the fall.

On 1 April 2010, Paquin came out as bisexual in a public service announcement for the Give a Damn campaign as part of the True Colors Fund, an advocacy group organised by Cyndi Lauper dedicated to LGBT equality. The True Colors Fund was created to “inspire and engage everyone, especially straight people, to become active participants in the advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality” . The video features Anna Paquin stating, "I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual, and I give a damn". When asked about her participation in the video, Paquin responded by saying, "It wasn't like it was a big secret, it was just a cause I cared about and privately supported, but not one that I had ever had an opportunity to speak out about in a way that would be useful. Obviously I know that one person's voice doesn't necessarily do that much, but I just wanted to do my bit." Anna also supports other charities and foundations such as the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Filmography

+ Filmography
! Year	! Film	! Role	Notes
		1993	''''	Flora McGrath
1996
1996	''Fly Away Home''	Amy Alden
1997	''''	Frankie Addams
1997
1998		Donna
1999		Annabel Lee	TV movie
1999	''She's All That''	Mackenzie Siler
1999	''''	Alison Kantrowitz
2000			Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award
2000	''[[Almost Famous''	Polexia Aphrodisia	Online Film Critics Society Award for Best CastNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000	''Finding Forrester''	Claire Spence
2001		Robyn Lee
2002		Regina
2002	''25th Hour''	Mary D'Annunzio
2003
2003	''Castle in the Sky''	Sheeta (voice)
2004	''Steamboy''	James Ray Steam (voice)
2005	''''	Lili Thorn
2005	''Joan Of Arc''		TV movie
2006	''X-Men: The Last Stand''
2006	''Hannibal Rising''	Chamber Maid
2007		Chloe Hamon
2007		Maggie Nelson (voice)
2007		Elaine Goodale	Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2008	''[[Trick 'r Treat''	Laurie
2009	''''	Irena Sendler	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film
2010	''Open House''	Jennie
2010	''''	Lila
2011		Lisa Cohen	International Cinephile Society Award for Best ActressLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the YearVillage Voice Film Poll – Best ActressNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Indie Wire Critics Survey for Best Lead Performance
2011	''Scream 4''	Rachel	Cameo appearance
2011	''The Carrier''	Kim	Short
2012	''Free Ride	Christina	Filming
2012	''Straight A's''	Katherine	Filming

+ Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2008–present	''True Blood''	Sookie Stackhouse
2011	''Phineas and Ferb''	Kristin	Episode: ''The Curse of Candace''

Theatre credits

''The Glory of Living''; MCC Theater, New York, 2001 – Lisa (Won Theatre World Award (Outstanding Actress) in 2002 for the role)

''This is Our Youth''; Garrick Theatre, London, 2002 – Jessica Goldman (nominated for Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress) for the role)

''Manuscript'' (Reading); Falmouth Academy, New York, 2003 – Elizabeth Hawkins

''Drug Buddy'' (Reading); Manhattan Theater Club, 2003 – Wendy

''Roulette''; Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, 2004 – Jenny

''The Distance From Here''; MCC Theater, New York, 2004 – Shari (Won Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Cast Ensemble) in 2004)

''The 24 Hour Plays'', South Of The Border; MCC Theater, 2004 – Maylene

''After Ashley''; Vineyard Theatre, New York, 2005 – Julie Bell

''Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead''; (Reading); Westside Theatre, New York, 2005 – Marcy

''The 24 Hour Plays'', The Blizzard; MCC Theater, 2006 – Jenny

References

External links

Anna Paquin at Emmys.com

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Name	Christopher Meloni
Birth name	Christopher Peter Meloni
Birth date	April 02, 1961
Birth place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Other name	Chris Meloni
Years active	1989–present
spouse	Sherman Williams
children	Sophia MeloniDante Meloni
website	}}

Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama ''Oz''.

Early life

Meloni was born the youngest of three children in Washington, D.C., the son of Cecile, a homemaker, and Dr. Charles R Meloni, an endocrinologist. His maternal ancestry is French Canadian and his paternal ancestry is Sardinian (Italy). ''Meloni'' is a typical and widely diffused Sardinian surname. He attended St. Stephen's School (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he first studied acting, graduating with a degree in history in 1983. After graduation, Meloni went to New York where he continued his studies with Sanford Meisner at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse, as well as the Center for the Media Arts.

Acting career

Meloni worked as a construction worker prior to getting his acting break. He has also worked as a bouncer, bartender, and personal trainer. Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder with commercials, short-lived TV series', and bit parts in a number of films. His first noticeable role was as the hotheaded son of a Mafia Don in the 1996 thriller ''Bound''. He also appeared as Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike in ''Dinosaurs'' and Julia Roberts' fiance in ''Runaway Bride''.

''Oz, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Keller on the HBO series ''Oz''.

''Law & Order'' producer Dick Wolf signed Meloni to play Elliot Stabler on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in 1999; until ''Oz'' went off the air in 2003, Meloni appeared on both ''Oz'' and ''Law & Order: SVU'' simultaneously. In 2006 Meloni was nominated for an ''Emmy Award'', in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for his role as Elliot Stabler.

In May 2011, Meloni announced that he would not be returning to ''SVU'' in fall 2011 for its 13th season.

Other work

He returned to his comedic roots when he portrayed the character "Gene" in ''Wet Hot American Summer'' in 2001, the puppet-loving pediatrician Dr. Norris in a 2003 episode of ''Scrubs'', and the character of "Freakshow" (albeit in heavy make-up) in the 2004 comedy ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle''. He would make another cameo in its sequel, ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'', as "The Grand Wizard". In 2005, he appeared on episode 107 of MTV2's adult puppet show Wonder Showzen in a series of parody PSAs warning of the threat of cooties. He also played the gay hotel desk clerk getting yelled at by an infuriated cop, in "Fear and loathing in Las Vegas" (Uncredited.)

In July 2009, Meloni portrayed renowned DC Comics character Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie ''Green Lantern: First Flight''. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the Comedy Central series ''Michael & Michael Have Issues'' portraying himself for a fake movie starring Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter.

On June 24, 2011, it was announced that Meloni is in negotiations to play a "major role" in the Superman reboot ''Man of Steel''.

On November 30, 2011 it was announced that Meloni is in talks with HBO bosses to take on a 'major role' in the fifth season of ''True Blood'' as an 'incredibly powerful' vampire. It was later confirmed that he would be taking a role as a series regular for season 5 as Roman, an "ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands."

Public appearances

Meloni has appeared in many public service announcements in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues. In 1999, Meloni jokingly kissed Lee Tergesen (who played Tobias Beecher, Meloni's on-screen boyfriend on ''Oz'') at an awards dinner for GLAAD. In 2006 Meloni was given the Human Rights Campaign’s Equality Award, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Ang Lee, for his work on behalf of GLBT issues.

In 2004 and 2006 respectively, Meloni competed in both the fourth and the eighth series of Bravo's ''Celebrity Poker Showdown''; in the eighth series he finished in second place, behind Robin Tunney, and ahead of Macy Gray, Joy Behar, and Andy Dick. He played for Feed the Children.

He also appeared on ''Celebrity Jeopardy!'' on November 10, 2006, defeating fellow ''Law & Order'' stars Sam Waterston and Kathryn Erbe. Meloni split his $50,000 charity prize between the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Program and the Montefiore Advocacy Center.

Meloni was included in the 2006 edition of ''People'' magazine's Sexiest Men Alive.

Personal life

Meloni is married to production designer (Doris) Sherman Meloni (née Williams) and they have two children, daughter Sophia Eva Meloni (b. March 23, 2000), and son Dante Meloni (b. January 2, 2004).

He has a Cubist-inspired representation of the crucifixion of Christ tattoo on his upper left arm, as well as a butterfly tattoo on his left upper thigh and a Chinese astrological chart of his family on his right lower leg.

Meloni has been a long-time gay rights supporter and in 2011, he joined the "HRC's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality" campaign.

Filmography

+ Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994		Bodyguard
1994		Mr. Lanzarotta
1995	''12 Monkeys''	Lt. Halperin
1996		Johnnie Marzzone
1997	''Money Talks''	SPY
1998		Sgt. Cavanah	Uncredited role
1998		Sven, Clerk at Flamingo Hotel
1998	''''	Barry Singer
1999	''Carlo's Wake''	Bennetto Torello
1999		Bob Kelly
2001	''Wet Hot American Summer''	Gene
2002	''That Brief Moment''	Ken	Short film
2004	''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle''	Freakshow
2008	''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay''	Grand Wizard	credited as "Reverend Clyde Stanky"
2008	''Nights in Rodanthe''	Jack Willis
2009		R / Subject #3
2009		Frank
2010	''Green Lantern: First Flight''
2011	''National Lampoon's Dirty Movie''	Producer Charlie LaRue	Direct to video
2012	Awful Nice
2013		Colonel Hardy

+ Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989–90		Vito Del Greco/Johnny Gunn	11 episodes
1990	''When Will I Be Loved?''	Ron Weston
1990–91	''''	Frankie Fanelli	17 episodes
1991	''In a Child's Name''	Jerry Cimarelli	TV film on CBS
1991–94
1992	''Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story''	David
1993	''Without a Kiss Goodbye''	Ray Samuels	also known as ''Falsely Accused'' CBS television film
1993	''''	Doug Kirkfield
1993		Douglas 'BW' Carlino
1995	''A Dangerous Affair''	Tommy Moretti	ABC television film
1995	''Hope and Gloria''	Billy	Episode: "Love with an Improper Stranger"
1995	''Misery Loves Company''	Mitch	8 episodes
1996–97	''NYPD Blue''	Jimmy Liery	5 episodes
1997	''''	Boz Skannet	Miniseries
1997	''Leaving L.A.''	Reed Sims	6 episodes
1997	''Every 9 Seconds''	Richard Sutherland	NBC television film
1997	''Brooklyn South''	Joe	Episode: "Wild Irish Woes" Episode: "McMurder One" Episode: "Dublin or Nothin'
1998	''Target Earth''	Det. Samuel 'Sam' Adams	ABC television film
1998	''Homicide: Life on the Street''	Bounty Hunter Dennis Knoll	Episode: "Wanted Dead or Alive 1" Episode: "Wanted Dead or Alive 2"
1998–2003		Chris Keller	38 episodes
1999	''Shift''	Louis	Television film
1999–2011	''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''		Lead role - Seasons 1 through 12
2000	''Law & Order''		Episode: "List of Law & Order episodes (season 10)#ep14
2002		[[Mark Fuhrman	Television film
2003		Dr. Dave Norris	Episode: "My White Whale"
2005	''Wonder Showzen''	Cooties Spokesman	Episode: "Health"
2005	''Law & Order: Trial by Jury''
2008	''Gym Teacher: The Movie''	Dave Stewie
2009	''Michael & Michael Have Issues''		Episode: "Greg the Intern"
2012	''True Blood''	Roman

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

2006: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" - ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

PRISM Awards

2004: Nominated, "Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode" - ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

2008: Nominated, "Performance in a TV Drama Series Episode" - ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''

References

External links

Christopher Meloni at Emmys.com

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name	Emily Deschanel
birth name	Emily Erin Deschanel
birth date	October 11, 1976
birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	Actress, television producer, film producer
yearsactive	1994–present
spouse
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Emily Erin Deschanel (; born October 11, 1976) is an American actress and television and film producer who plays Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the comedy-crime drama ''Bones''.

Early life

Deschanel was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award–nominated cinematographer and director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir). She has one younger sister: actress, model, songwriter, and musician Zooey Deschanel. She is of French (from her paternal grandfather) and Irish descent.

Career

Deschanel made her feature film debut in 1994's ''It Could Happen to You''. Her next notable role was in Stephen King's ''Rose Red'' in 2002. She then appeared in ''Cold Mountain'', ''The Alamo'', and ''Glory Road'' and was named one of "six actresses to watch" by ''Interview Magazine'' in 2004.

After starring in 2005's ''Boogeyman'', Deschanel landed the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on Fox's ''Bones'', a series based on the real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs. She has been playing this role in ''Bones'' for 6 years; season 7 premiered on November 3, 2011. For her performance she received a 2006 Satellite Award nomination and a 2007 Teen Choice Award nomination. Deschanel has served as co-producer since the start of the show's third season, and as producer since the middle of the show's fourth season along with co-star David Boreanaz.

Deschanel, with Alyson Hannigan, Jaime King, Minka Kelly, and Katharine McPhee made a video slumber party featured on FunnyorDie.com to promote regular breast cancer screenings for the organization Stand Up 2 Cancer.

In recent years, her passion for animal welfare has led her to providing the narration for My Child is a Monkey and serving as an associate producer on the documentary film How I Became an Elephant.

Personal life

Deschanel is a vegan and a committed supporter of animal rights causes. She can be seen in an ''Access Hollywood'' video at the book launch event of Karen Dawn's ''Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals'', discussing how vegetarian and vegan diets help the environment, and a video on the homepage of the book's website talking about the importance of animal rights. She attended Harvard-Westlake and Crossroads School in Los Angeles before graduating from Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater.

Deschanel married actor and writer David Hornsby on September 25, 2010 during a small private ceremony in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. In September 2011 the couple's first child, Henry, was born.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1994		Paint-Throwing Fur Activist
2000	''It's a Shame About Ray''	Maggie	Short film
2001	''''	Maude Allyn	Television film
2002		Pam Asbury	Television miniseries
2002	''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Cassie Germaine	TV, 1 episode: "Surveillance"
2002		Annie Franks	TV, 2 episodes: "Cloak & Dagger" and "The Eleventh Hour"
2003	''''	Sam	Television film
2003	''Easy''	Laura Harris
2003		Mrs. Morgan
2004	''''	Rosanna Travis
2004	''Crossing Jordan''	Michelle	TV, 1 episode: "All the News Fit to Print"
2004	''Spider-Man 2''	Tight Receptionist
2004	''Old Tricks''	Woman	Short film
2005		Kate Houghton
2005	''Mute''	Claire	Short film
2005	''That Night''	Annie	Short film
2005–present			TV, 134 episodes
2006		Mary Haskins
2007	''''	Maggie	Short film
2009		Dr. Farquad
2009	''Tit for Tat''	Emily	TV series
2010	''''	Julia Roberts	VoiceTV, 1 episode: "Cleveland Live!"
2011	''''	Shannon Cleary	Post-production
2011	''The Cleveland Show''	Herself	VoiceTV, 1 episode: "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Association	! Category	! Nominated work	! Result
2006
2007	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Drama
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Crime Fighter
Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Drama
2012	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Drama Actress

References

External links

Video Interview with Emily Deschanel on AfterEllen.com

Access Hollywood ''Thanking the Monkey'' Book Launch Video

Video for ''Thanking The Monkey''

Video for PETA, "Meat's Not Green"

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Name	Candice Accola
Birth name	Candice Accola
Birth date	May 13, 1987
Birth place	Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter
Yearsactive	2007–present
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Candice Accola (born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Caroline Forbes on ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Early Life

Accola was born in Houston, Texas but she grew up in Edgewood and attended Lake Highland Preparatory School. Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party. She has one younger brother.

Personal life

She is, together with her The Vampire Diaries co-stars Michael Trevino and Ian Somerhalder, one of many supporters of the It Gets Better Project, a project that has made it a goal to prevent suicide among LGBT youth, associated with The Trevor Project.

Music career

As an accomplished singer and songwriter since the age of 14, Candice Accola achieved success in her music career after being signed to a record deal at the age of 16. Candice Accola's music has garnered international success, and she continues to record and write her own music. Her debut album came out in December 2006 and got great success in Japan.

It's Always The Innocent Ones

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! Title

Our Break Up Song

Some Girls

Mercy Of Love

Voice Carry

Welcome To The Real World

Started

Sweet Jealousy

Why Don't You Stay

Yesterday Is Gone

Wrong To Be In Love

Perfect Tragedy

Hard To Say Goodbye

Drink To My Freedom

Filmography

''Deadgirl'' ''Supernatural (TV series) ''The Vampire Diaries'' ''Drop Dead Diva'' ''Kingshighway''

Year	! Film/Television	! Role	! Notes
rowspan="5"	2007	''Pirate Camp''	Annalisa/Tom
''How I Met Your Mother''
''Juno (film)	Juno''	Amanda
''On the Doll''	Melody
''X's & O's''	Gwen's friend
rowspan="2"	2008	|	JoAnn
''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert''	Herself
rowspan="5"	2009		Supernatural'' ||	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
''Greek (TV series)	Greek''	Alice
''Hannah Montana: The Movie''	Herself
''Kingshighway''	Sophia
''The Truth About Angels''	Caitlin Stone
2009–present	|	Caroline Forbes	Regular Cast
2010	|	Jessica	Episode: "Begin Again"
2011	|	Sophia	Lead role

References

External links

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