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Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of the TV variety show The Ed Sullivan Show. The show was broadcast from 1948 to 1971 (a total of 23 years), which made it one of the longest-running variety shows in U.S. broadcast history.
In 1996, Ed Sullivan was ranked #50 on TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time".
Sullivan was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elizabeth F. (née Smith) and Peter Arthur Sullivan, a customs house employee. He was of Irish descent. A former boxer, Sullivan began his media work as a newspaper sportswriter for The New York Evening Graphic. When Walter Winchell, one of the original gossip columnists and the most powerful entertainment reporter of his day, left the newspaper for the Hearst syndicate, Sullivan took over as theatre columnist. His theatre column was later carried in The New York Daily News. His column, 'Little Old New York', concentrated on Broadway shows and gossip, as Winchell's had and, like Winchell, he also did show business news broadcasts on radio. Again echoing Winchell, Sullivan took on yet another medium in 1933 by writing and starring in the film Mr. Broadway, which has him guiding the audience around New York nightspots to meet entertainers and celebrities. Sullivan soon became a powerful starmaker in the entertainment world himself, becoming one of Winchell's main rivals, setting the El Morocco nightclub in New York as his unofficial headquarters against Winchell's seat of power at the nearby Stork Club. Sullivan continued writing for The News throughout his broadcasting career and his popularity long outlived that of Winchell.
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (born June 8, 1933), better known by her stage name Joan Rivers, is an American television personality, comedian, and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries. Rivers' comic style relies heavily on her ability to poke fun at herself and other Hollywood celebrities.
Joan Rivers was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Beatrice (née Grushman; January 6, 1906 – October 1975) and Meyer C. Molinsky (December 7, 1900 – January 1985). She was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and her family later moved to Larchmont, in Westchester County, New York. She attended Connecticut College between 1950 and 1952 and graduated from Barnard College in 1954 with a bachelor-of-arts degree in English literature and anthropology. Before entering show business, Rivers worked at various jobs such as a tour guide at Rockefeller Center, a writer/proofreader at an advertising agency and as a fashion consultant at Bond Clothing Stores. During this period, the agent Tony Rivers advised her to change her name, so she chose Joan Rivers as her stage name.
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
Actors: Derek Easley (actor), Barry Livingston (actor), Christopher Walken (actor), Clint Eastwood (director), Joel Cox (editor), Steve Schirripa (actor), Sean Whalen (actor), Chris Spinelli (actor), Patrick Mignano (miscellaneous crew), Denis O'Sullivan (producer), James Madio (actor), Steve Monroe (actor), Graham King (producer), Jeremy Luke (actor), Frankie Valli (producer),
Plot: Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons-the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group-with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet's coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public.
Keywords: based-on-playActors: Jude Ciccolella (actor), Renée Zellweger (actress), Chris Parnell (actor), Tony Randall (actor), Ivana Milicevic (actress), Laura Kightlinger (actress), Rachel Dratch (actress), David Hyde Pierce (actor), Michael Ensign (actor), Jack Plotnick (actor), Ewan McGregor (actor), Marc Shaiman (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Marc Shaiman (composer), Arnon Milchan (producer),
Plot: An homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.
Keywords: 1960s, airplane-stewardess, animated-credits, apartment, author, bachelor-pad, ban-the-bomb, barber-shop, bare-chested-male, barefootActors: Michael Monks (actor), Sven-Ole Thorsen (actor), Phil Hawn (actor), Rod McCary (actor), Christopher Plummer (actor), Ed Sullivan (actor), Paul Mazursky (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Michael Greene (actor), James DuMont (actor), Paul Giamatti (actor), Stanley Tucci (actor), Kevin Tighe (actor),
Plot: Biopic of the controversial muckraking journalist Walter Winchell. After spending 12 years in vaudeville, Winchell began writing a column in the New York Mirror. Part gossip, part half-truths, the reporting focused on well-known or prominent individuals and their dalliances. Winchell grew in popularity, particularly when he started his weekly Sunday night radio show. His reporting became more political in the late 1930s when he railed against Hitler. His star began to fall in the 1950's when Josephine Baker was refused service at the Stork Club and Winchell allegedly refused to do anything about it. The end came with his support of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his own rabid anti-communism. Following McCarthy's style, Winchell accused anyone who stood in his way of being a communist. Soon, he found himself facing lawsuits, a failed attempt at a television show and eventually, the cancellation of his radio show.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, archive-footage, based-on-book, blackmail, career, career-criminal, celebrity, columnistActors: Bill Finnegan (producer), Stephen Endelman (composer), Mitch Ryan (actor), Zack Ward (actor), Jack Warden (actor), Helen Kelly (actress), Jim Caviezel (actor), Bill Cobbs (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Steve Eastin (actor), Troy Evans (actor), Matt LeBlanc (actor), Richard Gant (actor), Kevin Halloran (miscellaneous crew), Robert K. Lambert (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Sport,Actors: Eric Stoltz (actor), Quentin Tarantino (actor), Emil Sitka (actor), Tim Roth (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Paul Calderon (actor), Tim Roth (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Phil LaMarr (actor), Peter Greene (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Lawrence Bender (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), John Travolta (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor),
Plot: Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
Keywords: 1970s, 1990s, abdomen-slashed, accidental-killing, accidental-shooting, actor-director, actor-director-writer, actress, adrenaline, african-americanActors: Marc Shaiman (actor), Edith Fields (actress), Jerry Lewis (actor), Tim Russ (actor), David Paymer (actor), Ron Silver (actor), Richard Kind (actor), Billy Crystal (actor), Lowell Ganz (actor), Jerry Orbach (actor), Adam Goldberg (actor), Walton Goggins (actor), Jason Marsden (actor), Helen Hunt (actress), Miranda Garrison (actress),
Plot: Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
Keywords: abbreviation-in-title, audition, bloopers-during-credits, brother-brother-relationship, comedian, day-in-title, directed-by-star, early-television, independent-film, new-york-cityActors: Tony Barry (actor), Ted Robinson (director), Roger Ward (actor), John Polson (actor), Russell Newman (actor), Melissa Jaffer (actress), Robin Clifton (miscellaneous crew), Pamela Willis (miscellaneous crew), Terry Serio (actor), Ian 'Molly' Meldrum (actor), Ross Higgins (actor), Slim DeGrey (actor), Candy Raymond (actress), Robert Alexander (actor), Ritchie Singer (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Christopher Holmes (editor), John Carpenter (director), Helen Kelly (actress), Dick Clark (producer), Peter Hobbs (actor), Jimmy Williams (actor), Bing Russell (actor), Kurt Russell (actor), Charles Cyphers (actor), Shelley Winters (actress), Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Joe Mantegna (actor), Pat Hingle (actor), Dody Dorn (miscellaneous crew), Larry Pennell (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Marty Thomas (actor), Sherry Lynn (actress), Ringo Starr (actor), George Sawaya (actor), Dick Miller (actor), Jeffrey Weissman (actor), Read Morgan (actor), Marc McClure (actor), Eddie Deezen (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), Paul McCartney (actor), John Lennon (actor), George Harrison (actor), Steven Spielberg (producer), Bob Gale (producer),
Plot: If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So they (six young girls from New Jersey) set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach to their idols...
Keywords: 1960s, admiration, admired-by-a-child, adolescence, adolescent, attraction, audience, band, band-music, barbershopActors: Joan Blondell (actress), Minta Durfee (actress), Benny Rubin (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Tony Randall (actor), Alberto Morin (actor), Mack Williams (actor), Shep Houghton (actor), Henry Jones (actor), Tony Randall (actor), Jess Kirkpatrick (actor), Tony Randall (actor), Groucho Marx (actor), Barbara Eden (actress), Louis Mercier (actor),
Plot: In this spoof of the TV advertising industry, Rockwell Hunter is the low man on the totem pole at the advertising company where he works. That is, until he finds the perfect spokes model for Stay-Put lipstick, the famous actress with the oh-so-kissable lips, Rita Marlowe. Unfortunately, in exchange, Rock has to act publicly as Rita's "Loverdoll", and Rock's fiancée Jenny isn't too happy about it either.
Keywords: actress, advertising, advertising-agency, ambition, based-on-play, breaking-the-fourth-wall, celebrity, character-name-in-title, cheesecake, chicken