Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her many television roles, most notably her eight-year run playing Grace Adler on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.
Following her graduation from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing had short-lived tenures on the Fox sitcom Ned & Stacey (1995-1997) and the ABC sci-fi Prey (1998). She rose to prominence in her role as interior designer Grace Adler on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998-2006), earning both commercial and critical success throughout the series' run. She has also received acclaim for her work as Molly Kagan in the cable series The Starter Wife (2007-2008) and as Julia Houston in the musical-drama series Smash (2012-2013). She currently stars at Detective Laura Diamond in The Mysteries of Laura on NBC.
MicahXavierJohnson, 25, a U.S. Army veteran, has been identified as a dead suspect who launched a deadly sniper attack during an anti-police brutality march in Dallas Thursday night, Raw Story reported Friday.Johnson was killed after a robotic explosive device cornered him in a parking garage at El Centro College after police negotiated with him for several hours ... We’ve got other possible suspects that we’re interviewing....
A suspected sniper who was in a standoff with Dallas Police early Friday reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after five officers were killed and several others were wounded in an attack targeting law enforcement officers during a protest march ... ....
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Leaders of the NATO military alliance gathered Friday to order ambitious actions against a daunting array of dangers to the security of their nations and citizenry, including a rearmed and increasingly unfriendly Russia to Europe's east and violent Islamic extremism to the south ...President Barack Obama and other heads of state and government. After arriving in Warsaw, Obama announced the U.S ... ___ ... ....
All of humanity (excluding a few astronauts) lives on a little spinning marble hurtling through the almost uninterrupted void of cosmic emptiness, protected by the warm, comforting envelope of our atmosphere. And where does that atmosphere end? ... We do have some general boundaries though. AboveEarth's surface, our atmosphere is divided into five layers, the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere ... RANKED ... ....
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingThey say the Devil never sleeps. Evidently, neither does the Obama administration’s moral ambiguity over the use of drones ... Adding other regions and nations where Obama used drone strikes surely challenges his figures.What’s more, critics claim targeted strikes often create many more militants than they kill ... In fact, it looks like a virtual video game ... Dallas Darling (darling@wn.com)....
How did you get cast? ... I just remember reading it thinking it was pretty cool, and actually thinking whoever wrote this has got a great future ahead of them ... - Debra Birnbaum. ....
Anger. Apprehension. Confusion. Frustration. Fear."I’m just tired of it," said Ron Brown, 25, one of a group who demonstrated on Friday in Providence. "It’s messed up what’s going on … . The cops didn’t deserve that. Blacks didn’t deserve that."Col. Steven G. O’Donnell, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, said police "are human beings. They are fathers and sons, husbands and wives ... ... ....
"Where is the gun rights lobby?" wrote Amanda Marcotte on Salon.com of Castile's case and that of AltonSterling, who was shot and killed by police in Louisiana after a 911 caller said he brandished a gun ... It did not mention him by name ... Read More ... "I really am not trying to rock the boat but no words about Philando Castile? This whole week has been a mess for every side at least say something," wrote Kris Taylor on Facebook ... ....
SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan (U of S) PresidentPeter Stoicheff announced the appointment today of DebraPozegaOsburn as the new vice-president university relations. 'Debra has the diverse experience and leadership qualities we were looking for,' said Stoicheff ...Original documenthttp.//words.usask.ca/news/2016/07/08/u-of-s-announces-debra-pozega-osburn-as-its-new-vice-president-university-relations/....
gosand writes. According to a story on The Register, the death of Ian Murdock in late 2015 has been ruled a suicide. This news brings some closure to the sad ending of his life. An interesting note from the article that I never knew before. "he was the Ian in Debian; his girlfriend at the time, DebraLynn, was the Deb." Debian has truly been a cornerstone in the Linux world, and the founder will be missed ... ....
RELATED ... Trump probably didn’t realize that when you mess with “Frozen,” you’re messing with the blonde ball of awesome fury that is Kristen Bell ... Zip it Don & get ur head outta ur ass ... RELATED ... If you mess with Elsa and Anna, you’re picking a fight with Kristen Bell, her nearly 2 million followers and every 6-year-old who’s ever belted “Let It Go” at the top of their lungs. ....
People are holding massive parties at a gorgeous strip of coast called Tunitas Creek Beach, much of which appears to be owned by singer Chris Isaak, and leaving hundreds of pounds of garbage behind. Citizens and San Mateo County officials are trying to clean up the mess... ....