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Bob Randall (writer)
Bob Randall (born Stanley Goldstein; August 20, 1937February 11, 1995) was an American screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and television producer. Biography Randall was born Stanley Goldstein on August 20, 1937 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Prior to becoming a writer, Randall worked as an advertising copywriter. In 1977, Randall had his only screen acting role as J. M. Bedford in the short-lived television comedy series '' On Our Own'', which he also created. The same year, Randall published the thriller novel '' The Fan'', about an aging actress stalked by a psychotic young man. The novel won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and was adapted into the 1981 feature film of the same name starring Lauren Bacall and Michael Biehn. In 1984, Randall began producing the network series ''Kate & Allie'', and also served as a writer of 34 episodes. Randall later wrote the screenplay for the television film ''David's Mother'' (1994), which earned him one Primetime Emmy A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie, Or Dramatic Special
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Winners and nominations 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total awards by network * HBO/HBO Max – 18 * CBS – 13 * ABC – 9 * PBS – 8 * NBC – 7 * Netflix – 2 * BBC America – 1 * FX – 1 * TNT - 1 Individuals with multiple awards ;2 awards * Jane Anderson * Charlie Brooker * James Costigan * Andrew Davies * William Hanley * Abby Mann * Tracy Keenan Wynn Individuals with multiple nominations ;5 nominations * Jane Anderson * William Hanley * Hugh Whitemore ;4 nominations * Andrew Davies ;3 nominations * James Costigan * Larry Gelbart * Noah Hawley * Ron Hutchinson * Fay Kanin * Ernest Kinoy * Richard Levinson * William Link * Abby Mann * Stephen Merchant * Steven Moffat * Ryan Murphy * David W. Rintels * David Simon * Danny Strong * Tracy Keenan Wynn ;2 nominations * Barry Beckerman * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Dramatists And Playwrights
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 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Deaths
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed by domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Unabomber Manifesto rect 0 200 300 400 Oklahoma City bombing rect 300 200 600 400 Srebrenica massacre rect 0 400 200 600 Space Shuttle Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 46th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1994. The ceremony was hosted by Patricia Richardson and Ellen DeGeneres. It was broadcast on ABC. Comedy Central received its first major nomination at this ceremony. For its first season, the '' Cheers'' spin-off ''Frasier'' won Outstanding Comedy Series and four total major awards. For the second straight year ''Picket Fences'' won Outstanding Drama Series, it too won four major awards on the night, but the more impressive drama series was newcomer '' NYPD Blue'', which took home three major awards. ''NYPD Blue'' came into the ceremony with 19 major nominations. This broke ''Hill Street Blues'' record for most nominations by a drama or comedy series of 16 set in 1982, and put it in second place all time behind ''Roots'' which gained 21 major nominations in 1977. ''NYPD Blue'' set another milestone when it received every nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, this marked only the ninth time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 39th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 20, 1987. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox for the first time, as the network premiered a year earlier from the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. For the second straight year, ''The Golden Girls'' won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. The winner for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series was ''L.A. Law'', which, for its first season, won four major awards, and led all shows, with 13 major nominations. The winner for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special, ''Promise (1986 film), Promise'', set a new record, with five major wins. This record still stands for TV movies, though it was tied by ''Temple Grandin (film), Temple Grandin'' in 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 2010. ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' received three major nominations on the night, making it the first ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 38th Primetime Emmy Awards were presented on September 21, 1986, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The Emmy ceremony was cohosted by David Letterman and Shelley Long. During the ceremony, Letterman saluted Grant Tinker, who had stepped down as chairman of NBC due to its parent company, RCA, having been acquired by General Electric. The ceremony was also memorable for the presentation of the Governors' Award to Red Skelton, presented by comedy legend Lucille Ball, who in his acceptance speech said he had missed being on TV for the previous 16 years. This year's ceremony saw the return of the guest acting category. The top shows of the night were '' The Golden Girls'' which won Outstanding Comedy Series and two other major awards. ''The Golden Girls'' became the first series to gain three nominations in a lead acting category, they would repeat this feat multiple times. For the second straight year ''Cagney & Lacey'' won for Outstanding Drama Serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series is an annual award given to the best television comedy series of the year. From 1960 to 1964, this category was combined with the Comedy Specials (one time programs) category so that both type of programs competed for the same award during those years. The award goes to the producers of the series. Milestones ''The Flintstones'' and ''Family Guy'' are the only animated sitcoms to be nominated for the award. As of 2020, ''Fleabag'' (United Kingdom) and ''Schitt's Creek'' (Canada) are the only shows from outside the United States to win this award. The Big Three networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) have dominated the category. Only six other networks have won the award: HBO (once with ''Sex and the City'' and three times with ''Veep'') four times, Fox (with '' Ally McBeal'' and ''Arrested Development'') and Apple TV+ (with ''Ted Lasso'') twice, and Amazon Prime Video (with ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''), the BBC (with ''Fleabag''; alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
37th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 37th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 22, 1985. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. ''The Cosby Show'' defeated two-time reigning champion '' Cheers'' to win Outstanding Comedy Series, one of three major awards it won. Although it only took home one major award, ''Cheers'' did tie the then-record for most major nominations by a comedy series (11), set by ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' in 1977. In the drama field ''Cagney & Lacey'', en route to winning four major awards on the night, defeated presumed favorite ''Miami Vice'' to win Outstanding Drama Series, four-time defending champion ''Hill Street Blues'' still received nine major nominations, but only won one award. This was ''Hill Street Blues'' 18th and final major award, setting an Emmy record for a drama series that still stands and was later achieved by ''The Sopranos''. The ceremony also had a memorable unscripted moment involving the arrest of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Show
''The Magic Show'' is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, Joseph Beruh, and Ivan Reitman, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978. Henning was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and director Grover Dale was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. It originally began life as ''Spellbound'', produced by Ivan Reitman with a book by David Cronenberg and music by Howard Shore. That version premiered at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto in 1973, starring Henning and Jennifer Dale. When Reitman took it to New York, the book and score were entirely replaced, but Henning's illusions and magic tricks remained unchanged. ''The Magic Show'' was a rare Broadway musical with a star who could neither sing nor dance. As composer-lyricist Stephen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 Rms Riv Vu
''6 Rms Riv Vu'' is a play by Bob Randall, who also wrote the book for ''The Magic Show''. Play ''6 Rms Riv Vu'' derives its title from shorthand used by real estate agents in classified advertising. In this case, a six-room apartment with a view of the Hudson River, located on Manhattan's Riverside Drive, serves as the comedy-drama's setting. Paul Friedman is a married advertising copywriter, Anne Miller is a discontented housewife, and the two meet when they respond to a listing in ''The New York Times'' for the available unit. They discover the door has been locked accidentally, trapping them inside, and a connection slowly develops as they begin to share the details of their respective lives. After nine previews, the Alexander H. Cohen production, directed by Edwin Sherin, had its Broadway premiere on October 17, 1972, at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for three months before transferring to the Lunt Fontanne for the remainder of its run, a total of 247 performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
