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Penn & Teller (Penn Jillette and Teller) are American illusionists and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, and are known for their numerous stage and television shows. Their current Las Vegas show is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally does not speak while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their performance. They specialize in gory tricks, exposing frauds, and performing clever pranks. More recently they have become associated with atheism, scientific skepticism, and libertarianism, particularly through their television show Penn & Teller: Bullshit!.
Penn Jillette and Teller were introduced to one another by Weir Chrisimer, and they performed their first show together at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on 19 August 1975. From the late 1970s through 1981, Penn, Teller, and Chrisimer performed as a trio called "The Asparagus Valley Cultural Society" which played in San Francisco at the Phoenix Theater. This act was sillier and less "edgy" than today's Penn & Teller act.[citation needed] Chrisimer helped to develop some bits that continued, most notably Teller's "Shadows" trick, which involves a single red rose.
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.
Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982 he introduced an influential concept into evolutionary biology, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.
Dawkins is an atheist, a vice president of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—"a fixed false belief." As of January 2010 the English-language version has sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages.
Actors: Peter Pasco (actor), James Gutierrez (producer), Caroline Whitney Smith (actress), Kimberly Fox (producer), Brit Morgan (actress), Jeffrey Johnson (actor), Zakareth Ruben (actress), Marc Anthony Samuel (actor), Samuel Cahill (editor), Nelson Diaz (producer), Lowe Taylor (actress), Brian Graves (actor), Brandon Ford Green (actor), Bill Zasadil (actor), Brandon Ford Green (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Tom Scholte (actor), Sarah Smyth (actress), Andrew Dunbar (editor), Andrew Dunbar (writer), Andrew Dunbar (director), Andrew Dunbar (producer), Aaron Brooks (actor), Scott Little (actor),
Plot: A struggling writer anxious to write something that's dark, sexy and 'something that people will actually want to read' begs his professor for some advice. After his professor tells him to 'write what he knows', he searches the dark streets at night for some inspiration.
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Franco Galvan (editor), Franco Galvan (actor), Franco Galvan (producer), Franco Galvan (producer), Franco Galvan (writer), Franco Galvan (writer), Franco Galvan (director), Justin Schoneman (actor),
Plot: LEVILS An intricate plot working on many levels as a sophisticated criminal mind game. It has to do with detailed coded information that gets passed down through specific channels to sway the odds of sporting events. Millions upon millions of dollars are involved worldwide and two men get caught in a tangled web of smuggling guns and changing odds that ends up being a deadly chess match played till the bitter end.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Chris King (producer), Galen Howard (actor), Julianne Gabert (actress), Nick Fenske (actor), Aaron M. Lane (editor), Martin Noufer (actor), Mike Carroll (producer), Dave Pierini (actor), Anthony D'Juan (director), Anthony D'Juan (writer), Sean Williams (actor), Micah Shapiro (producer), Nanci Zoppi (actor), Emily Caruso (actor), Mickie Rat (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music,Actors: Dora Hopkins (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Jean Cacavas (editor), Sarah Clifford (miscellaneous crew), Bradford May (director), Michael Moran (producer), Lawrence Shragge (composer), Larry Levinson (producer), Sarah Clifford (miscellaneous crew), Randy Pope (producer), Patrick Duffy (actor), Robert Curtis Brown (actor), John Rubinstein (actor), Lincoln Lageson (producer), Amanda Phillips Atkins (miscellaneous crew), Gina Gallego (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Armyan Bernstein (producer), Beverly Safier (costume designer), Ashley Tisdale (actress), Michael Copon (actor), Scott duPont (actor), Joan Egan Foglia (miscellaneous crew), Joan Egan Foglia (miscellaneous crew), Michael Thomas Dunn (actor), Tony Lombardo (editor), Bjorn Jiskoot Jr. (actor), Tammy Middleton (miscellaneous crew), Tony Gonzalez (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Campbell (miscellaneous crew), Michael J. McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), David W. Scott (actor),
Plot: Southern California high school senior Carson arrives at the all-important "Cheer Camp Nationals" determined to lead her squad, the West High Sharks, to victory. But chic New Yorker Brooke and her team, the East High Jets, are equally steadfast in their pursuit of the competition's coveted "Spirit Stick." As tension mounts between the two rival squads, Carson falls for fellow cheerleader Penn, not realizing he's a Jet. When Brooke discovers the budding romance, she raises the stakes by challenging Carson to a one-on-one cheer-off. A spectacular "cheer fighting" sequence erupts into a no-holds-barred brawl and cheerleaders on both sides are suspended from the competition. With their dreams of taking home the top prize all but shattered, the leaders of both squads realize they'll have to take drastic measures to stay in the game.
Keywords: 2000s, airlift, army-brat, cheerleader, cheerleader-camp, cheerleading, cheerleading-movie, competition, curse, dancingActors: Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Sally Kirkland (actress), Lou Diamond Phillips (actor), Annie Jeeves (miscellaneous crew), Gray Frederickson (producer), Payton Dunham (actor), Darryl Cox (actor), Andrew Lawrence (actor), Brandon Bales (miscellaneous crew), Harry Basil (director), Ty Dickson (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Adrianson (editor), Kristin Cavallari (actress), Josh Henderson (actor), Leah Pipes (actress),
Plot: Haunted railroad tracks lead a troubled teenager to discover the horrifying truth hidden in a small Texas town.
Keywords: bare-breasts, blood, brief-female-nudity, bus, collision, dead-children, death-of-child, female-protagonist, ghost, ghost-childActors: Chris Evans (actor), Jeff Fahey (actor), Matt McCoy (actor), Kate Bosworth (actress), Beau Rogers (producer), Paul Dano (actor), Josh Peck (actor), David Forrest (producer), James Allen Bradley (actor), James Allen Bradley (director), Doug Barron (actor), David Giancola (composer), David Giancola (producer), Lonnie Farmer (actor), Garrett Clancy (writer),
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Penn Jillette (actor), Teller (writer), Penn Jillette (writer), Teller (actor), Elliot Goldenthal (composer), Alison Ellwood (editor), David Hockney (actor), Julie Taymor (actress), Mark Obenhaus (miscellaneous crew), Muffie Meyer (director), Muffie Meyer (producer), Allen Toussaint (actor), Amy J. Kaufman (producer), Ken Eluto (editor), Ellen Hovde (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Paul Chihara (composer), Arthur Penn (director), Penn Jillette (writer), Teller (actor), Teller (writer), Arthur Penn (producer), Jaime Tirelli (actor), Robert LaSardo (actor), Reg E. Cathey (actor), Tom Sizemore (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Penn Jillette (actor), Jon Cryer (actor), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Eva Z. Cabrera (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
Keywords: actor-playing-himself, air-rage, airport, animal-skin-clothing, arm-in-cast, atheist, atlantic-city, atlantic-city-new-jersey, attempted-murder, bagel