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Amanda Aday
Amanda Lee Aday (born January 21, 1981) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the HBO series ''Carnivàle'' (2003–05). Early life and family Born in New York City, Aday is the daughter of singer and actor Meat Loaf and Leslie Aday, and half-sister of singer Pearl Aday. She attended Stagedoor Manor, a summer theatre/dance camp in the Catskill Mountains in the Appalachians (New York), from 1990 through 1996, and then graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private school located in Idyllwild (Riverside County, California). She then majored in theatre at the California Institute of the Arts, a private university located in Valencia (Santa Clarita, California). In 2020 Aday started a cooking channel on YouTube called All Access Eats. Acting career Aday's film roles include ''Crazy in Alabama'', ''The Mummy An' The Armadillo'', ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right To Choose'' and ''The Trials of Cate McCall''. In additio ...
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Carnivàle
''Carnivàle'' () is an American television series set in the United States Dust Bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series, created by Daniel Knauf, ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. In tracing the lives of disparate groups of people in a traveling carnival, Knauf's story combined a bleak atmosphere with elements of the surreal in portraying struggles between good and evil and between free will and destiny. The show's mythology drew upon themes and motifs from traditional Christianity and gnosticism together with Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar order. ''Carnivàle'' was produced by HBO and aired between September 14, 2003, and March 27, 2005. Its creator, Daniel Knauf, also served as executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore and Howard Klein. Jeff Beal composed the original incidental music. Nick Stahl and Clancy Brown starred as Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin Crowe, respectively. The show was filmed in Santa Clarita, ...
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The Trials Of Cate McCall
''The Trials of Cate McCall'' is a 2013 American drama film directed and written by Karen Moncrieff and stars Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte and Clancy Brown in pivotal roles. Plot Cate McCall (Kate Beckinsale) is a lawyer, an alcoholic in recovery and on probation, and estranged from her family. In order to regain custody of her young daughter and be reinstated to the bar, she accepts the ''pro bono'' appeal of a woman, Lacey, who has been convicted of murder. Aided by her assistant, Cate pulls out all stops to prove Lacey's innocence, as well as work on her own alcohol and work addictions. Cate becomes obsessed with the case, neglecting arranged time with her daughter while she successfully gets Lacey's conviction overturned. Cate begins drinking again after learning Lacey is guilty, which makes her mistreat her kid even more. In the middle of a trial, Cate goes back to her previous position at a prestigious law firm and purposely ruins the case for her own client. Cate then takes ...
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American Television Actresses
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American Stage Actresses
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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1981 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ...
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South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota people, Dakota Sioux Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population with nine Indian reservation, reservations currently in the state and have historically dominated the territory. South Dakota is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, seventeenth largest by area, but the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 5th least populous, and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, 5th least densely populated of the List of U.S. states, 50 United States. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota. They are the 39th and 40th states admitted to the union; Pr ...
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Madtown (film)
''Madtown'' is a 2016 action drama film, starring Milo Ventimiglia, and directed by Charles Moore. Filmed in Cleveland, Ohio, the film premiered at the 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on for January 5, 2018. Cast * Milo Ventimiglia as Denny Briggs * Rachel Melvin as Sarah * Amanda Aday as Madison Briggs * John Billingsley as Loyd Zane Miller * Bonita Friedericy Bonita Anne Friedericy (born October 10, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Diane Beckman in the NBC series ''Chuck''. Her husband is actor John Billingsley. Early life Friedericy was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, wa ... as Linda Miller * Matt Lockwood as Shaun * Joshua Elijah Reese as Mandel * Brett Castro as Young Denny * Kinsley Funari as Young Madison References External links * * American action drama films Films shot in Cleveland 2016 films 2016 action drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s Am ...
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Shangri-La Suite
''Shangri-La Suite'' (also known as Kill The King) is a 2016 American crime drama film directed by Eddie O'Keefe and starring Emily Browning, Luke Grimes and Ron Livingston. It is O'Keefe's directorial debut. Plot The movie begins with an introduction to both Karen and Jack's lives before they are committed to a mental rehabilitation facility in 1974. The audience learns that Karen grew up in a white middle-class family, while Jack's mother died during childbirth, leaving him alone with his abusive father. It is during his childhood that his obsession with Elvis Presley begins. At the rehab facility, Karen and Jack meet and fall in love with one another. As their love story progresses, Jack finds out that Elvis is not as wholesome as he thought he was, and he informs Karen that it is his life's destiny to kill Elvis. The trigger for their killing spree is when their doctor touches Karen inappropriately and upon hearing this news, Jack shoots the doctor and the security guards ...
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Rizzoli & Isles
''Rizzoli & Isles'' is an American crime drama television series starring Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Maura Isles. Based on the series of ''Rizzoli & Isles'' novels by Tess Gerritsen, the plot follows Boston Homicide police detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles combining their experiences and strikingly different personalities to solve cases. It premiered on TNT on July 12, 2010 and aired 105 episodes in seven seasons, concluding on September 5, 2016. Premise The series' backstory is inspired by the Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series of novels by Tess Gerritsen. Rizzoli appears in the series' first novel, ''The Surgeon'', and Isles is introduced in the second, ''The Apprentice'', which serves as the basis for the television series. Boston detective Jane Rizzoli has been investigating a serial killer named Charles Hoyt. Hoyt, who was banned from medical school for fondling a corpse, used his vast medical knowledge to systematically ...
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National Lampoon's Pledge This!
''National Lampoon's Pledge This!'' is a 2006 American comedy film starring Paris Hilton, who also served as an executive producer. The film was released straight to video. Plot When a dorm toilet explodes on the first day back to school, a group of misfit girls are forced to leave their housing and search for a new home. They ultimately decide on pledging a sorority. However, not many sororities are normal at South Beach University. The girls decide to pledge the most popular and exclusive sorority at the university, Gamma Gamma, which is led by president Victoria English. While pledging the sorority, Victoria sends the girls to do a task: collect used condoms. While searching the park, the leader of the group, Gloria, bumps into Victoria's boyfriend Derek, and they become close. The only reason Victoria plans to let the freshmen pledge is to display diversity, which is a requirement for the "FHM Hottest Sorority in the Country" contest. From then on, Victoria declares war on th ...
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My Name Is Earl
''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jason Lee as Earl Hickey, the title character. The series also starred Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez, and Eddie Steeples. Most episodes from the first season, then only a few from the rest, began with Earl presenting the premise of the series: "You know the kind of guy who does nothing but bad things and then wonders why his life sucks? Well, that was me. Every time something good happened to me, something bad was always waiting around the corner: karma. That's when I realized that I had to change. So, I made a list of everything bad I've ever done, and one by one I'm gonna make up for all my mistakes. I'm just trying to be a better person. My name is Earl." The series ended with a cliffhanger episode to conclude Season 4, ost ...
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