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John William "Will" Ferrell (/ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, impressionist, actor, and writer. Ferrell first established himself in the mid 1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films Old School, Elf, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Stranger than Fiction, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, and The Other Guys. He is considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson.
Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, the son of Betty Kay (née Overman), a teacher who taught at Old Mill School elementary school and Santa Ana College, and Roy Lee Ferrell, Jr., a musician with The Righteous Brothers. His parents were both natives of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and moved to California in 1964; Ferrell has Irish ancestry. Ferrell has a younger brother, Patrick. When he was 8, his parents divorced. Ferrell said of the divorce, "I was the type of kid who would say, 'Hey Look at the bright side! We'll have two Christmases.'" The divorce was amicable and both parents were committed to their children. The biggest problem was Lee's line of work. As a person in show business, his paychecks were never steady and he was gone from home months at a time. Growing up in the environment made Ferrell not want to go into show business, but get a steady job.
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D. The group has three albums as well as a television series and a film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally self-conscious outsiders in comedy films. He was a member of the Frat Pack, a group of comedians who have appeared together in several Hollywood films, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. He has also won an MTV Movie Award, and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award as well as hosting the 2006, 2008, and 2011 Kids Choice Awards.
Black was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of two satellite engineers, Judith (née Cohen), who worked on the Hubble Space Telescope, and Thomas William Black. His mother is Jewish and his father converted to Judaism (Black attended Hebrew school). On The Tonight Show, he said his surname may have come from the occupational name Blacksmith. Black's parents divorced when he was 10; Black moved to Culver City with his father and frequently visited his mother’s home. As a child, Black appeared in a commercial for the Activision game Pitfall! in 1982, which was later shown during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live and again on The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien. When Black entered high school, his parents enrolled him at the Poseidon School, a private secondary school engineered specifically for students struggling in the traditional school system. Black also attended the Crossroads School, where he excelled in drama. He later attended UCLA but dropped out during his sophomore year to pursue a career in entertainment, at which point his father discontinued his financial support.[citation needed] Fellow UCLA alumnus Tim Robbins later cast Black in Bob Roberts. He also had recurring roles on the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show.
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek]; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American film actress, director and producer. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.
Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez Medina, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, an oil company executive who once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Hayek's father is of Lebanese ancestry, while her mother's ancestry is Spanish. Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "safe". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Roman Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve. While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema.[citation needed] For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award.
Actors: Henry Czerny (actor), Héctor López (producer), Mark Litwak (miscellaneous crew), Isaach De Bankolé (actor), Marley Shelton (actress), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Morris Ruskin (producer), Peter Bogdanovich (actor), Nick Chinlund (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Ryan Rothmaier (editor), Harsh Nayyar (actor), Brendan Fehr (actor), Fabrizio Prada (producer), Aarón I. Campos (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: American John Reilly awakes to the confusion and chaos of a remote African hospital; his memory, his very identity seemingly wiped from existence. As a tangled web of political intrigue and espionage unravels, John struggles to discover the man he was and which side he's truly on. The only thing he knows for certain is that he can trust no one.
Keywords: american-abroad, amnesia, deception, deprogramming, faked-death, falling-out-of-bed, fictional-country, grief, heavy-rain, hospitalActors: John Tench (actor), Ian Tracey (actor), Tygh Runyan (actor), Brian Markinson (actor), Duncan Fraser (actor), Paul McGillion (actor), Aleks Paunovic (actor), Fred Keating (actor), Terry Chen (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Alex Diakun (actor), Nicholas Campbell (actor), John Cassini (actor), Katharine Isabelle (actress), Chelah Horsdal (actress),
Plot: Arnie and Tony are partnered Vancouver police officers. They were raised in the Downtown Eastside, where they now walk the beat. The Downtown Eastside is now the poorest neighbourhood in Canada and is riddled with open drug use. They want to be a small part of the neighbourhood's redemption. The current mentality on the force regarding the drug war is to "arrest the dealers, chase the addicts and pretend it's getting better". Using an addict in person at a high school outreach talk gives Arnie and Tony the idea to film real people telling real stories about life in the neighbourhood as an effective way to get the message out to kids about the dangers of even trying drugs. The video ruffles some feathers both amongst the addicts and the police force. Arnie and Tony take it hard when one of the regulars of the neighbourhood and a key part of the video dies; they feel they need to do something grand to acknowledge the lives of the forgotten.
Keywords: drug-dealing, police, title-directed-by-female, vancouver-british-columbia-canadaActors: Michael Copeman (actor), Roger Young (producer), Bruce McFee (actor), G.W. Bailey (actor), Beau Starr (actor), Jason Jones (actor), Al Waxman (actor), Rob Morrow (actor), Louis Di Bianco (actor), Joe Pingue (actor), Philip Granger (actor), Randy Quaid (actor), Chuck Shamata (actor), Patrick Williams (composer), Paul Sorvino (actor),
Plot: A new reporter is brought to a Philadelphia newspaper to provide court coverage in this 70's era fact-based story. One of the first cases brought to his attention involves a mentally handicapped young man who was found guilty of murder. His attorney, however, contends that his client was railroaded by the police and beaten into a confession. Investigation into the allegations reveals that not only has the client been beaten, but the witnesses were also beaten to force their testimony to collaborate the police's findings. Further investigations reveal a history of police abuse in many cases involving minorities and the under-privileged. Bringing his findings to his editors and a senior reporter, he is green-lighted to pursue the story further. He quickly finds that his story will not be easily founded as he receives threats at the hands of street police and detectives. Eventually he finds that the case leads to Mayor Frank Rizzo's office. He also finds that many don't support his investigation because the police terrorism has led to safer streets.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Brad Pitt (actor), Wendell Pierce (actor), Bruno Kirby (actor), Peter McRobbie (actor), Dash Mihok (actor), James Pickens Jr. (actor), Paul Herman (actor), Dustin Hoffman (actor), Peter Gerety (actor), Billy Crudup (actor), Robert De Niro (actor), Kevin Bacon (actor), Vittorio Gassman (actor), Minnie Driver (actress), John Slattery (actor),
Plot: Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards.
Keywords: 1960s, 1980s, abuse, acquittal, adultery, african-american, alcoholic, all-saints-day, altar-boy, american-flagActors: Stuart Gordon (writer), Charles Band (producer), Jeffrey Combs (actor), Richard Band (composer), Albert Band (producer), H.P. Lovecraft (writer), Stuart Gordon (director), Luca Zingaretti (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Elisabeth Kaza (actress), Bert Glatstein (editor), Michael J. Mahoney (producer), Barbara Crampton (actress), James Ferguson (miscellaneous crew), Marco Stefanelli (actor),
Plot: A troubled couple and their blind daughter come to Italy to visit a 12th Century castle they've inherited. Soon they are plagued by unexplained noises, mysteriously broken objects, and the daughter's claims of an unknown nocturnal visitor to her bedroom. When the housekeeper and a local prostitute and are discovered savagely murdered in the castle's dungeon, John must unlock the castle's secret to save himself from jail and his family from the castle's secret inhabitant.
Keywords: alcohol, anti-hero, blamed-for-death, blood, breast-eating, breasts, brother-vs-brother, cannibalism, castle, catActors: Tom McBeath (actor), James Farentino (actor), Ricky Schroder (actor), Melora Hardin (actress), Tom Heaton (actor), Buzz Kulik (director), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Frank C. Turner (actor), Martin Cummins (actor), Linda Sorensen (actress), Andy House (miscellaneous crew), Tom Schanley (actor), David Beatty (editor), Les Green (editor), Marlyn Mason (actress),
Plot: Frank and Cam have been friends all their lives, Cam is on the High School Football team, coached by his dad, Frank is a promising runner, with a dream of completing a sub 4 minute mile and beating his arch rival. Cam persuades Frank to go to a party, when Frank wants to leave and Cam doesn't Frank decides to run home in the dark, with fatal consequences. Devastated by his friend's death and blaming himself, Cam decides to move from football to running with the goal of completing the sub 4 minute mile for his friend. A race against Frank's rival leaves the rival injured after falling off the track. The rival insults Frank and Cam starts a fight which leads to a disciplinary hearing, causing Cam to be banned from the championships. The rival organises another race though, to prove that he is better than Cam. The race is a close thing and Cam comes in a very close second, but in doing so breaks the 4 minute mile dream. As he is sharing the lap of honour with the rival he sees his friend Frank, and knows that he can continue his life without guilt.
Keywords: disease, medicalActors: Ian McElhinney (actor), Danny Boyle (producer), Gerard McSorley (actor), Oliver Maguire (actor), Niall Toibin (actor), Ronan Wilmot (actor), Bosco Hogan (actor), Tony Rohr (actor), Marie Kean (actress), John Olohan (actor), Hilary Reynolds (actress), Dick Holland (actor), John McGahern (writer), Kieran Hickey (director), Michael Gormley (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Vince Barnett (actor), Gene Roth (actor), Tom Brown (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Everett Glass (actor), Chick Hannan (actor), Norman Leavitt (actor), Hank Mann (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Mathew McCue (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Ralph Peters (actor), Jeffrey Sayre (actor),
Plot: Hired gun Doug Sadler rides into a small Western town and immediately provokes the local sheriff, Carl Brandon, by tormenting a simpleminded local named Sampson. Brandon is further provoked by a visit from city attorney Hardy, who announces that the town council is charging local rancher Ralph Carpenter with violations of morality for living with an Indian girl. Brandon, who is in love with Carpenter's estranged wife Teresa, realizes that there is something sinister behind both these events, but he is unsuccessful in preventing calamity from erupting. Eventually he must stand against his entire town in order to protect it and the law he represents.
Keywords: based-on-novel, cowboy, gunfight, guns-of-the-west, lynch-mob, murder, native-american, outlaw, rancher, sheriffActors: Herbert Brenon (director), William R. Dunn (actor), William E. Shay (actor), Frank Smith (actor), Vivian Prescott (actress), Carl Laemmle (producer), Herbert Brenon (actor), Herbert Brenon (writer), Dion Boucicault (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,