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Rachel Anne Maddow (pronounced /ˈmædoʊ/; born April 1, 1973) is an American television host, political commentator, and author. Maddow hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor of a prime-time news program in the United States.
Asked about her political views by the Valley Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform."
Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father, Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and found civilian work as a lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Her mother, Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), is a school program administrator from Newfoundland, Canada. She has one older brother, David. Her father is of Russian and Dutch descent and her mother is of English and Irish ancestry. Maddow's mother was raised a strict Roman Catholic, and Maddow herself grew up in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative." Maddow was a competitive athlete and played three sports in high school. Referencing John Hughes films, she describes herself in high school as "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl."
Actors: Harry Enfield (actor), Arthur Smith (actor), Simon Munnery (actor), Malcolm Hardee (actor), Jody Vandenburg (producer), Jody Vandenburg (director), Naomi De Pear (producer), Naomi De Pear (writer), Domenico Favata (editor), Domenico Favata (director), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Ben Burke (actor),
Plot: In the middle of an industrial wasteland in South Eat London lies a piece of untold comedy history: The Tunnel Club. Long-gone, the dive was a hub for Britain's wildest acts: a comedian and a notorious heckler tell it's story and that of it's infamous compere, unsung 'godfather of alternative comedy', Malcolm Hardee. In the words of comedian Harry Enfield, 'If you could survive there, you could survive anywhere.'
Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Short,Actors: Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Christian Slater (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), William Lucking (actor), Michael Lerner (actor), Christian Slater (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Christian Slater (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Del Zamora (actor), John Turturro (actor),
Plot: An actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless. He is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. It's a surreal and dreamlike tale of one man's journey.
Keywords: actor, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actress, african-american, aging, air-conditioner, alter-ego, alternate-world, ambulance, american-flagActors: Joseph Sargent (director), Barbra Streisand (producer), Aron Tager (actor), Charles Bernstein (composer), John Boylan (actor), Tyrone Benskin (actor), Laurie Metcalf (actress), Cedric Smith (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Karl Pruner (actor), Bill Lake (actor), Peter MacNeill (actor), Lawrence Dane (actor), Michael Brown (editor), Mackenzie Astin (actor),
Plot: On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, four-word-titleActors: James Doran (actor), Richard Lynch (actor), Trevor Keates (editor), Ceri Sherlock (director), Ceri Sherlock (writer), Robert Gwyn Davin (actor), J.O. Roberts (actor), Morfudd Hughes (actress), J.O. Roberts (actor), Angela Graham (producer), Angela Graham (writer), Gareth Miles (writer), Gareth Miles (writer), Gary Lane (costume designer), Allin Elidyr (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Ken Thorne (composer), Katherine Helmond (actress), Jane Robinson (producer), Sherilyn Fenn (actress), Kevin McCarthy (actor), Ray Wise (actor), Eugene Roche (actor), William McNamara (actor), Alan Shearman (actor), John Saxon (actor), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Nigel Havers (actor), Angus Macfadyen (actor), Kevin Connor (director), Jane Robinson (costume designer),
Plot: The story of 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv)'s rise to stardom, beginning in Los Angeles 1942. Her dominating mother has decided that her daughter must become a star - no matter what others or Elizabeth herself think. Assisted by 'Hedda Hopper' (qv), she gets a part in _Lassie Come Home (1943)_ (qv). She becomes a child star, raised by her studio. Growing up, she has several love-affairs - and several divorces, since her husbands can't accept being married to a Hollywood icon.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, acting, actress, alcoholism, based-on-novel, behind-the-scenes, celebrity, character-name-in-title