Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor whose television roles include David Fisher on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan on the Showtime series Dexter. In 2009, Hall won a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Dexter.
Hall was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. His mother, Janice Styons Hall, is a high school guidance counselor in Wake Forest, and his father, William Carlyle Hall, worked for IBM. Hall grew up an only child, a sister having died in infancy before his birth. He has said of growing up a single child, that "There was a very one-on-one, immediate family relationship, my mom and I". His father died of prostate cancer in 1982, when Hall was 11 years old. In a 2004 interview, he stated
Hall attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, graduating in 1989. He graduated from Earlham College in 1993 and had planned to become a lawyer. He later attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1996.
Jennifer Leann Carpenter (born December 7, 1979) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Debra Morgan on the Showtime drama series Dexter, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2009.
Carpenter was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Catherine (née Mitchell) and Robert Carpenter. She attended St. Raphael the Archangel and then Sacred Heart Academy. She trained at the Walden Theatre Conservatory program, and later at New York City's Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 31: 1998–2002). Before graduation, she was cast in the 2002 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
Carpenter first attracted critical attention for her performance in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.[citation needed] She took home the 2006 MTV Movie Award for 'Best Frightened Performance', and also received a 'Hollywood Life Breakthrough Award'. She was also named 'Breakout Performer' at the 2006 Scream Awards.
Carpenter currently plays the role of Debra Morgan in the Showtime crime drama television series Dexter which premiered October 1, 2006. Her portrayal of the title character's sister has impressed some critics, with Australian journalist Jack Marx describing her portrayal of "cool and clumsy" Debra as "so perfect that many viewers appear to have mistaken the character's flaws for the actor's."
Desmond Harrington (born October 19, 1976) is an American actor. He is known for movies such as The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season as Det. Joseph Quinn.
Harrington's first role was playing Aulon in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He soon after grabbed prominent roles in films such as The Hole, Ghost Ship and Wrong Turn. Harrington also appeared in the Steven Spielberg sci-fi drama Taken, in which he played Jesse Keys, an abductee of aliens.
In September 2008 he joined the Showtime TV show Dexter.
In December 2008, he played a guest role on Gossip Girl playing Jack Bass. He reprised his role through guest appearances in Seasons 3 and of the show.
In January 2012, it was reported that Harrington will return to Gossip Girl in the "last third of the season". In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the Season three premiere of Justified, playing Fletcher 'The Ice Pick' Nix.
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Roland is a composer hired to write the score for a new movie called 'Cape Town'. Since he sold all his instruments, the producers of the film put him up at the local university so he can utilize the college's prestigious music facility to write the music by his end of the week deadline. Encountering composer's block, Roland finds that through his candid interpersonal communication with other creative artists such as himself, true inspiration aides him in his quest. Interwoven with the storyline of the composer are three subplots that show the stories that inspire Roland.
A good friend will help you move. A really good friend will help you move a body.
Plot
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his buisness. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Keywords: african-american, baby, barbershop, blaxploitation, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, bribe, business-competition, chicago-illinois, city-council, fire-truck
Back in business.
Gina: What Calvin NEEDS you to do is to get up off your fat ass an' cut some heads!::Eddie: Now how you gonna talk about size... when you one Reese's Pieces away from Jenny Craig y'self?
Eddie: [taking food orders from people in the shop] Okay... so that's three orders of "hell naw", two orders of "ask ya mama", and one order of "negro please".
Eddie: The D.C. sniper is the "Jackie Robinson" of crime! He broke into the crazy White leagues!
Jimmy: So, you big time now, huh? you're the "Eminem" of the barber world now, huh?::Issac: Yeah. That's why they call me "Slim Fadey!"
Ricky: [to Issac] Man, you cut hair like a bitch! Cuttin' little "I"'s in the back of people's heads an' shit!
All Female Yoga Group: [channeling and releasing anger] HE... AIN'T... SHIT!
[Calvin is about to eat a biscuit]::Miss Emma: Say grace first!::Calvin: Oh, uh..."Jesus wept".::Miss Emma: Why?::Calvin: Why what?::Miss Emma: Why did Jesus weep?::Calvin: 'Cuz he was sad.::Miss Emma: *Why* was he sad?::Calvin: 'Cuz he was sad 'cuz they ain't let him eat his biscuit...
Customer Muhammed: [to Terri, trying to convert her to the Nation of Islam] All I want to know is... how can you, as a Black woman, bring yourself to worship a savior who looks like Kenny G?::Customer: Ay... Kenny G put out a bomb-ass Christmas album!
Customer Muhammed: Terri... what you need is a real man. A Muslim man.
Calvin: [to his calm baby son] One day this shop's gonna be yours. [his baby son starts to cry loudly]
Plot
A doctor in Ottawa invents a miraculous machine that uses a record of a person's DNA to reverse injuries to his body. The victim of an accidental shooting, he becomes the first patient in his own machine... and awakens whole, but with his left and right reversed. Or has he, instead, slipped into a reversed parallel universe? On top of this, summer has mysteriously turned into winter, and a visiting American senator is trying to buy or steal the machine to sell it to another country for military use.
Keywords: canada, corrupt-politician, doctor, futuristic-medicine, mirror-reversal, parallel-universe, snow
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"Quigley's Village" is a kids' show which employs both live actors and puppets. Mr. Quigley is the leader of the town, with Trundle, a toucan, living in a cage on Quigley's front porch. Other neighborhood kids include Bubba, a chimp; Danny Lion and his younger sister, Lemon (so named because of her pastel yellow-colored fur); Spike, a girl porcupine who talks with a bit of a Brooklyn accent; Milty, a moose; and Alex, a fox. The humans who work and live in the village besides Mr. Quigley include Dexter, a handyman; Molly, the letter carrier; and Dr. Caramore, the local physician who is always glad to help the kids whenever they're ill. Each episode centered around a particular life lesson; for example, hard work and practice (Spike wanted to tap dance in the village's talent show, but she never practiced and froze up on stage), avoiding temptation (Bubba's mother made three banana cream pies for the village's bake sale, but ate them after his mother told him not to), overcoming fear (Lemon was frightened when Dr. Caramore told her she had to give Lemon a shot for her sore throat, but Lemon didn't feel the shot), and exercising patience (Danny and Bubba wanted to make popcorn in Mr. Quigley's popcorn popping machine, but Mr. Quigley told them to wait until he got the top half of the popper. Danny and Bubba went ahead anyway and popcorn flew all over the playground).
Dexter was this little town my family used to live in
All my kin lived real close and everyone had an opinion
Grandma and gramps lived up the street, right next to the walnut tree
Grandpa died of Parkinsons in 1983
Riding on the gocart at my next door neighbor's house
I couldn't tell the brake peddle from the cavities in his mouth
Ran right over his dog and cat as the wheels left the ground
I didn't know a tree could make such a resonating sound
Trips in the ambulance like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots, and setting bones anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good, and HBO is free
Dexter town is simple people, just like you and me
Thanksgiving was a Roosters house on a cold holiday
I was voting turkey, but we had chicken anyway
Never thought that I'd get sick but the bird had its reasoning
Nothing I'd say quite like "Good ol' salmanella poisoning"
Trips in the ambulance like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots, and setting bones anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good, and HBO is free
Dexter town is simple people, just like you and me
The Jenkins were some strange folks who lived on down the street
Mobile homes and pickup trucks, they were all some kind of freaks
Jimmy, he could fix a car but he couldn't read a book
High school taught him noth'n that an old 350 V-8 wouldn't
Trips in the ambulance like rides at the county fair
Needles, shots, and setting bones anyone can bare
Hospitals smell real good, and HBO is free
She felt so cold
she spun away
the dance floor seemed
to heat her up
she's burning
Lights on
Breathe fast
Numb legs
Blue jeans
Murderer,
Your shadow lurks within my soul,
Can't hide it, can't stay in control
Tonight my terror will take it's toll,
Tonight your body will lay cold
Make sure your last words count,
You're going underground
I need, Your fucking respect
Like I need a bullet in my fucking head
Don't think twice about making it right
Don't think twice, it's not alright
You left me shattered
When it really mattered
Pieces of my broken trust now lay scattered
Tonight my terror will take it's toll,
Tonight your body will lay cold
Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
I can't think of a reason why I
Should be taking this in stride
You can run but you can't fucking hide
What do I do with all this rage
I'll put it to use, break outta my cage
Open my book and rip out every page
I'll wash your blood of my hands in the rain
What do I do with all this rage
I'll put it to use, break outta my cage
Open my book and rip out every page
I'll wash your blood of my hands
Channeling pure hate
Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
You can run but you can't fucking hide
Another night I close my eyes
And let the hatred boil inside
Another night you'll lay awake
Knowing that there is no escape
Murderer
Murderer
Murderer