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Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Nancy was born in New York City; her parents divorced soon after her birth and she grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle while her mother pursued acting jobs. As Nancy Davis, she was an actress in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as Donovan's Brain, Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy. In 1952 she married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild, and they had two children. Nancy was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975. In that capacity, she began work with the Foster Grandparents Program.
Nancy Reagan became First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's election. She was criticized early in his first term largely due to her decision to replace the White House china, despite it being paid for by private donations. Nancy restored a Kennedy-esque glamor to the White House following years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention, as well as criticism. She championed recreational drug prevention causes by founding the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which was considered her major initiative as first lady. Always protective of her husband, more controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She had a strong influence on her husband and played a role in a few of his personnel and diplomatic decisions.
Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards. He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985-2010, he hosted the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN.
King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Austrian immigrant Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker, and his wife Jennie Gitlitz, a garment worker, who emigrated from Belarus. King grew up in a religiously observant Jewish home, but in adulthood became an agnostic.
King's father died at 44 of heart disease, and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. His father's death greatly affected King, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio. King is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Actors: Lenny Kravitz (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), James Marsden (actor), Gerald Ford (actor), James DuMont (actor), Douglas M. Griffin (actor), David Jensen (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), John Cusack (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), Liev Schreiber (actor),
Plot: Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2008-presidential-election, activism, african-american, apartheid, based-on-newspaper-article, birmingham-alabamaActors: Andy Eninger (actor), Ward Crockett (director), Ward Crockett (editor), John Loos (producer), John Loos (actor), John Loos (writer), David Cerda (actor), Becca Levine (actor),
Plot: The Log Jam is gay Republican bar where randy (and Ayn Rand-y) lonelyhearts gather to have drinks, talk to Nancy Reagan, and explain all the reasons why they hate the poor. Can three gay conservatives find love and understanding in a liberal gay world?
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sam P. Whitehead (actor), Paul Whitehead (director), Paul Whitehead (actor), Paul Whitehead (writer), Paul Hester (producer), J. Ernest Benoit (producer), Chyka Phelps-White (actress), Fred DeMayo (actor), Barney Vanallen (actor), Scooter Burbank (actor), Johnie Ann Jones (actress), Fenway Santamonica (actress),
Genres: Biography, Comedy, History, News, Short,Actors: Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Mark Antony Krupa (actor), Robert Higden (actor), Frank Fontaine (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Aidan Devine (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), James Brolin (actor), John Bourgeois (actor), Alan Fawcett (actor), Alain Goulem (actor), Daniel Pilon (actor), Frank Moore (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,Actors: Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Frank Moore (actor), Michael Greene (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Will Lyman (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Ken James (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Neil Crone (actor), Bernard Behrens (actor), Jack Jessop (actor), Richard Dreyfuss (actor), Robert Bockstael (actor), Beau Starr (actor), Michael Murphy (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Alec Baldwin (actor), Corbin Bernsen (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Will Ferrell (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Chris Kattan (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Tom Arnold (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Documentary,Actors: Richard Benjamin (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Al Franken (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Buck Henry (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Tim Meadows (actor), Dennis Miller (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Joan Allen (actress), Beau Bridges (actor), David Strathairn (actor), David Puttnam (producer), Georges Delerue (composer), Blue Deckert (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Neal Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Gerry Becker (actor), James Jeter (actor), Woody Watson (actor), Tom McKinley (costume designer), Robert Bolt (writer), Peter C. Frank (editor), Bryan Clark (actor),
Plot: In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed. This biographical account follows his life before and after the shooting leading up to the passage of the Brady Bill which regulates the sale of handguns.
Keywords: 1980s, assassination, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, character-name-in-title, handicap