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Christopher Messina (born August 11, 1974)Hochberg, Mina.Chris Messina stars in 'Ruby Sparks'€ť. ''Newsday'' (Long Island, New York). August 8, 2012: “...the actor, who turns 38 Saturday ugust 11, 2012 After graduating from Northport ew YorkHigh School, he enrolled in Marymount Manhattan College on a theater scholarship. Seized by doubts about acting, he dropped out…. is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for starring as Danny Castellano in the Fox/Hulu romantic comedy series ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2017), which earned him two nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. He has appeared in films such as ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008), ''Julie & Julia'' (2009), ''Devil'' (2010), ''Argo'' (2012), ''Ruby Sparks'' (2012), ''Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012), ''Cake'' (2014), ''Birds of Prey'' (2020), and ''I Care a Lot'' (2020). Messina wrote, executive produced, and starred in the comedy f ...
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Rosemarie DeWitt
Rosemarie Braddock DeWitt (born October 26, 1971) is an American actress. DeWitt played Emily Lehman in the Fox television series '' Standoff'' (2006–07), co-starring with her future husband Ron Livingston, as well as Charmaine Craine on ''United States of Tara''. She also was the title character in 2008's ''Rachel Getting Married'', garnering several awards and nominations for best supporting actress. She starred in the horror/thriller ''Poltergeist'' (2015), a remake of the 1982 film of the same name. Early life DeWitt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Rosemarie (Braddock) and Kenny DeWitt. She is a granddaughter of former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock, and played the role of neighbor Sara Wilson in the film ''Cinderella Man'', which depicted James J. Braddock's life. DeWitt lived in Hanover Township, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Whippany Park High School. She performed in several high school productions. She attended the New College ...
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Alex Of Venice
''Alex of Venice'' is a 2014 drama film directed by Chris Messina in his directorial debut. It is written by Jessica Goldberg, Katie Nehra and Justin Shilton. The film stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Don Johnson, Katie Nehra, Chris Messina, Derek Luke, Skylar Gaertner. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2014, and has expanded to a few other film festivals. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand beginning on April 17, 2015. Plot Alex, a young environmental lawyer in Venice, California, is working hard to support her family. Her stay-at-home husband George, an artist, decides he's unhappy and can't continue taking care of their shy school-aged son Dakota or Alex's aging father Roger. When George leaves Alex, Roger invites her wild younger sister Lily, a clothing designer, to stay with them and help look after Dakota. Alex needs to deal with an impending legal case against Frank, a property developer with whom she has a br ...
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Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the List of islands by population, 18th-most populous in the world. The island begins at New York Harbor approximately east of Manhattan Island and extends eastward about into the Atlantic Ocean and 23 miles wide at its most distant points. The island comprises four List of counties in New York, counties: Kings and Queens counties (the New York City Borough (New York City), boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) and Nassau County, New York, Nassau County share the western third of the island, while Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County occupies the eastern two thirds of the island. More than half of New York City's residents (58.4%) lived on Long Island as of 2020, in Brooklyn and in Queens. Culturally, many people in t ...
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Northport, New York
Northport is a historic maritime Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village on the northern shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Initially designated Great Cow Harbour by 17th-century English colonists, the area was officially renamed Northport in 1837. In 1894, in an effort to localize governance, the community was incorporated as a village. Northport is known for its Victorian era village center, still bearing Tram, trolley rails from a long since discontinued streetcar line which would transport village residents to the Long Island Rail Road station in East Northport, New York, East Northport. The village Main Street runs from the Village Green along the harbor-front to the former hamlet of Vernon Valley, New York, Vernon Valley, which has since been subsumed by the neighboring community of East Northport. As of 2010, the village has a population of approximately 7,401 and is served by the Northport-East Northport Union Free School Distri ...
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Gaslit (TV Series)
''Gaslit'' is an American political thriller television limited series based on the first season of the podcast '' Slow Burn'' by Leon Neyfakh. It stars Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, and Darby Camp. It premiered on Starz on April 24, 2022. Premise The series is about the Watergate scandal and focuses on several untold stories, including Richard Nixon's subordinates, deranged zealots, and the whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole enterprise crashing down. The story centers on Martha Mitchell, a celebrity Arkansan socialite and wife to Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John N. Mitchell. Despite her party affiliation, she is the first person to publicly sound the alarm on Nixon's involvement in Watergate, causing both the presidency and her personal life to unravel. As attorney general, Mitchell is forced to choose between Martha and the president. Cast Main * Julia Roberts as Martha Mitchell * Sean Penn as John N. Mitchell * ...
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Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series. Created in 1994 as a multiplex service of Encore (now Starz Encore), Starz operates six 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and a namesake over-the-top streaming platform that both acts as a TV Everywhere offering for Starz's linear television subscribers and is sold directly to streaming-only consumers. Starz is also sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Starz's linear television services (consisting of the primary channel's East ...
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Angelo Lano
Angelo Joseph Lano (born January 12, 1939) is a former American field agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1961–1990) in Washington DC, notable for his work heading the investigation of, and appearing as a witness for, the Watergate scandal surrounding President of the United States, President Richard M. Nixon. Lano was one of a number of FBI agents who was falsely accused as a source of information for Carl Bernstein and ''The Washington Post'' during the investigation, which helped shift White House suspicions away from Mark Felt,Michael Dobbs (June 20, 2005)''Watergate and the Two Lives of Mark Felt'' ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved July 25, 2007. who was revealed as informant Deep Throat (Watergate), Deep Throat on May 31, 2005. He was portrayed by Ike Barinholtz in the 2017 film ''Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' and by Chris Messina in the 2022 television series ''Gaslit (TV series), Gaslit''. References Sources * Jaworski, Leon ''The Righ ...
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The Sinner (TV Series)
''The Sinner'' is an American police procedural anthology television series developed by Derek Simonds for USA Network. It is named after Petra Hammesfahr's 1999 novel, which served as the basis for the first season. Bill Pullman stars as a police detective who investigates crimes committed by unlikely culprits and attempts to uncover their motivations. Only Pullman appears in every season, while the rest of the cast mostly changes for each season's story. Intended as an eight-part miniseries, ''The Sinner'' premiered to critical acclaim and high ratings. The show's success led to USA Network turning it into an anthology series, which aired for four seasons from August 2, 2017, to December 1, 2021. The first season of ''The Sinner'' received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Jessica Biel. Biel was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited S ...
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USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ...
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Sharp Objects (miniseries)
''Sharp Objects'' is a 2018 American psychological thriller television miniseries based on Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel of the same name that premiered on July 8, 2018, on HBO. The series was created by Marti Noxon, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, and stars Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Henry Czerny, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, Miguel Sandoval, Will Chase, Jackson Hurst, Sophia Lillis, Lulu Wilson, and Elizabeth Perkins. It follows Camille Preaker, an emotionally troubled reporter who returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls. The series received critical acclaim, particularly for its visuals, dark atmosphere, directing, and acting (particularly that of Adams, Clarkson, and Scanlen). Among its accolades, Clarkson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and Adams received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or ...
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The Newsroom (U
A newsroom is the place where journalists work to gather news to be published. Newsroom may also refer to: Television * ''Newsroom'' (BBC programme), a BBC2 news programme from 1964 to 1973 ** ''Newsroom South East'', BBC's news programme for southeastern England * ''The Newsroom'' (Canadian TV series), a comedy-drama series that ran 1996–2005 * ''The Newsroom'' (American TV series), a drama series on the HBO cable channel that ran 2012–2014 * ''America's Newsroom'', an American news/talk program on Fox News Channel that began in 2007 * ''CNN Newsroom'', an American news program on CNN/US that began in 2006 * ''CNN Newsroom'' (CNNI), the similar CNN Newsroom on CNN International * ''JTBC Newsroom'', a newscast of the South Korean JTBC Television Network Other uses * The Newsroom, now the Guardian News & Media Archive, in London * Newsroom (website), a New Zealand news publication * Newsroom Navigator, a collection of online resources used by reporters at ''The New York T ...
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Damages (TV Series)
''Damages'' is an American legal thriller television series created by writing and production trio Daniel Zelman, Glenn Kessler, and Todd A. Kessler. It premiered on July 24, 2007, on FX and aired for three seasons before moving to the DirecTV channel Audience Network in 2010, airing for two further seasons, and concluding in 2012. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and her newest protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complex relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center on the law firm Hewes & Associates in New York City, while later seasons focus more on Patty and Ellen's relationship and Ellen’s attempts to distance herself from Hewes & Associates, both personally and professionally. The series is known for its depiction of season-long cases, from the point of view of bo ...
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