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24 (TV Series)

***24*** is an American action drama television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran for Fox. The series stars Kiefer Sutherland as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer. Each season, comprising 24 episodes, covers 24 hours in Bauer's life using the real time method of narration. Premiering on November 6, 2001, the show spanned 192 episodes over eight seasons; the series finale broadcast on May 24, 2010. In addition, a television film, *24: Redemption*, was broadcast between seasons six and seven, on November 23, 2008. *24* returned with a ninth season titled *24: Live Another Day*, which aired from May 5 to July 14, 2014.[2][3] *24: Legacy*, a spin-off series featuring new characters, premiered on February 5, 2017.[4] After the cancellation of *Legacy* in June 2017, Fox announced its plan to develop a new incarnation of the franchise.[5] *24* is a joint production by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television.

The series begins with Bauer working for the Los Angeles–based Counter Terrorist Unit, in which he is a highly proficient agent with an "ends justify the means" approach, regardless of the perceived morality of some of his actions.[6][7] Throughout the series most of the main plot elements unfold like a political thriller.[8] A typical plot has Bauer racing against the clock as he attempts to thwart multiple terrorist plots, including presidential assassination attempts, weapons of mass destruction detonations, bioterrorism, cyber attacks, as well as conspiracies that deal with government and corporate corruption.

*24* won numerous awards over its eight seasons, including Best Drama Series at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards and Outstanding Drama Series at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards. At the conclusion of its eighth season, *24* became the longest-running U.S. espionage/counterterrorism-themed television drama ever, surpassing both *Mission: Impossible* and *The Avengers*.[9]
Alan Rachins

**Alan Leonard Rachins** (born October 3, 1942) is an American television actor, known for his role as Douglas Brackman in *L.A. Law* which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry (Dharma's hippie father) on the television series *Dharma & Greg*. Rachins voices Harper in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
All the President's Men

***All the President's Men*** is a 1976 American neo-noir[2] political thriller film about the Watergate scandal, which brought down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. Directed by Alan J. Pakula with a screenplay by William Goldman, it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for *The Washington Post*. The film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively; it was produced by Walter Coblenz for Redford's Wildwood Enterprises.

The film was nominated in multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA categories, and, in 2010, was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
An Inconvenient Truth

***An Inconvenient Truth*** is a 2006 American concert film/documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming. The film features a comprehensive slide show that, by Gore's own estimate, he has presented over a thousand times to audiences worldwide.

The idea to document Gore's efforts came from producer Laurie David, who saw his presentation at a town hall meeting on global warming, which coincided with the opening of *The Day After Tomorrow*. Laurie David was so inspired by his slide show that she, with producer Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film. Premiering at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opening in New York City and Los Angeles on May 24, 2006, the documentary was a critical and commercial success, winning two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song.[4] The film grossed $24 million in the U.S. and $26 million at the international box office, becoming the eleventh highest grossing documentary film to date in the United States.[5]

Since the film's release, *An Inconvenient Truth* has been credited for raising international public awareness of global warming and reenergizing the environmental movement. The documentary has also been included in science curricula in schools around the world, which has spurred some controversy. A sequel to the film, titled *An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power*, was released on July 28, 2017.
All I Want for Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true oh
All I want for Christmas is you

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need, and I
Don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow, and I
I just wanna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake
To hear those magic reindeer click

'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Oh, Baby all I want for Christmas is you

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me
The one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me quickly

I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just wanna see my baby
Standing right outside my door

I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is you

All I want for Christmas is you, baby
A Fistful of Dollars

***A Fistful of Dollars*** (Italian: *Per un pugno di dollari*, lit. 'For a Fistful of Dollars'[1] titled on-screen as ***Fistful of Dollars***) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger.[3] The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain, was filmed on a low budget (reported to be $200,000), and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.[4]

Released in Italy in 1964 and then in the United States in 1967, it initiated the popularity of the Spaghetti Western genre. It was followed by *For a Few Dollars More* and *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*, also starring Eastwood. Collectively, the films are known as the "Dollars Trilogy", or the "Man with No Name Trilogy". All three films were later released in sequence in the United States in 1967, catapulting Eastwood into stardom.[5] The film has been identified as an unofficial remake of the Akira Kurosawa film *Yojimbo* (1961), which resulted in a successful lawsuit by Toho, *Yojimbo*'s production company. In the United States, the United Artists publicity campaign referred to Eastwood's character in all three films as the "Man with No Name".

As few Spaghetti Westerns had yet been released in the United States, many of the European cast and crew took on American-sounding stage names. These included Leone himself ("Bob Robertson"), Gian Maria Volonté ("Johnny Wels"), and composer Ennio Morricone ("Dan Savio"). *A Fistful of Dollars* was shot in Spain, mostly near Hoyo de Manzanares[6] close to Madrid, but also (like its two sequels) in the Tabernas Desert and in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, both in the province of Almería.
Aladdin

***Aladdin*** is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is the 31st Disney animated feature film, and was the fourth produced during the Disney film era known as the Disney Renaissance. It was produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, and is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the *One Thousand and One Nights*. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried and Douglas Seale. The film follows Aladdin, an Arabian street urchin, who finds a magic lamp containing a genie. In order to hide the lamp from the Grand vizier, he disguises himself as a wealthy prince, and tries to impress the Sultan and his daughter.

Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before then-Disney Studios president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both finishing the artwork and creating some animated elements. The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death.

*Aladdin* was released on November 25, 1992, to critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1992 with an earn of over $504 million in worldwide box office revenue. Upon release, it became the first animated feature to reach the half–billion dollar mark, and was the highest-grossing animated film of all time until it was surpassed by *The Lion King*. *Aladdin* garnered two Academy Awards, as well as other accolades for its soundtrack which had the first and only number from a Disney feature to earn a Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the film's theme song. The film's home video VHS release also set a sales record and grossed about $500 million in the United States. *Aladdin*'ssuccess led to various derived works and other material inspired by the film, including two direct-to-video sequels, *The Return of Jafar* (1994) and *Aladdin and the King of Thieves* (1996); an animated television series of the same name; and a Broadway adaptation. A live-action film adaptation directed by Guy Ritchie was released on May 24, 2019.
An American Tail

***An American Tail*** is a 1986 American animated musical comedy-drama adventure film directed by Don Bluth and produced by Sullivan Bluth Inc. and Amblin Entertainment.[3] It tells the story of Fievel Mousekewitz and his family as they emigrate from the Imperial Russian territory of Ukraine to the United States for freedom. However, he gets lost and must find a way to reunite with them. It was released on November 21, 1986, to reviews that ranged from positive to mixed and was a box office hit, making it the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film at the time. Its success, along with that of *The Land Before Time* and Disney's *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*, and Bluth's departure from their partnership, prompted Steven Spielberg to establish his own animation studio, Amblimation.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

***Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip*** is a 2015 American live action/computer animated family comedy film directed by Walt Becker and written by Randi Mayem Singer and Adam Sztykiel.[4][5] The fourth installment in the *Alvin and the Chipmunks* film series, it is a sequel to 2011's *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked*. it stars Jason Lee, Tony Hale, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Josh Green, Bella Thorne, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate.

The film was released on December 18, 2015, by 20th Century Fox.[6] The film grossed $234 million worldwide against a $90 million budget and received generally negative reviews from critics.
1984 (1956 film)

***1984*** is a 1956 British black-and-white science fiction film, based on the novel *Nineteen Eighty-Four* by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian future society. This is the first cinema rendition of the story, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Edmond O'Brien as protagonist Winston Smith, and featuring Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave. The character O'Brien, the antagonist, was renamed "O'Connor", due to the shared surname of the actor Edmond O'Brien.

The film was distributed in 1956 on a double bill with another British sci-fi film, *The Gamma People*.[3] After the customary distributor agreement expired, the film was withdrawn from theatrical and TV distribution channels by Orwell's estate and has not been obtainable legally for many years.

In 1954, Peter Cushing and Andre Morell starred in a BBC-TV made-for-TV adaptation which was extremely popular with British audiences, leading to the production of the 1956 O'Brien theatrical film version. Pleasence had also appeared in the BBC television version, playing the character of Syme, which for the film was amalgamated with that of Parsons.

Like the earlier film adaption of *Animal Farm*, *1984* was secretly funded by the Central Intelligence Agency.[4]
1984

***Nineteen Eighty-Four***, also known as ***1984***, is a 1984 British dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell's novel of the same name. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith, a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn Londonruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. Smith (Hurt) struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime's overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level.

The film, which features Burton's last screen appearance, is dedicated to him.[6] The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction, and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.
10 Things I Hate About You

***10 Things I Hate About You*** is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's late-16th century comedy *The Taming of the Shrew*, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat (Stiles). The film is titled after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. Much of the filming took place in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes shot at Stadium High School in Tacoma.

Released March 31, 1999, *10 Things I Hate About You* was number two at the domestic box office during its opening weekend, behind only *The Matrix*, and was a moderate financial and critical success. It was a breakthrough role for Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt, all of whom were nominated for various teen-oriented awards. Ten years later, the film was adapted into a television series of the same title, which ran for twenty episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford from the film.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

***A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors*** is a 1987 American slasher film[2] directed by Chuck Russell. The story was developed by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner. It is the third installment in the *Nightmare on Elm Street* series and stars Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Priscilla Pointer, Craig Wasson, and Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger.[3] The plot centers around the antagonist, who seeks to murder the remaining children of the parents who burned him to death. The kids are committed to a mental hospital where Nancy Thompson, whose parents helped to kill Krueger, works. Freddy does not know that Nancy is training the kids to control their dreams in order to fight him. The film was followed by a sequel, *A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master*, a year later.
America Ferrera

**America Georgine Ferrera** (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984)[1] is an American actress, voice actress, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy drama *Real Women Have Curves*, winning praise for her performance. Ferrera is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award among others.

Ferrera garnered modest success early in her career with roles in films like the Disney original *Gotta Kick It Up!* (2002) and the drama *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award Best Actress and her first nomination at the ALMA Awards. She ventured into television roles and landed the leading part on the ABCcomedy drama *Ugly Betty* (2006–2010). Ferrera garnered critical acclaim for playing the protagonist of the series Betty Suarez, and won the Best Actress Awards at various award ceremonies in 2007 including the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Primetime Emmy Award, the first for a Latin woman in the category.

Ferrera's other notable film roles include the drama *The Dry Land* (2010), the romantic comedy *Our Family Wedding*(2010), and the crime drama *End of Watch* (2012). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise, including the three films and the television series *Dreamworks Dragons*. She co-produces and stars as Amy Dubanowski in the NBC comedy series *Superstore* (2015–present).

Ferrera garnered wide recognition for *Ugly Betty*. *Time* magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007.

Ferrera voices Marcella in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
Alan Tudyk

**Alan Wray Tudyk** (/ˈtjuːdɪk/ *TYOO-dik*;[1] born March 16, 1971) is an American actor and voice actor[2] known for his roles as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the space western series *Firefly* and the film *Serenity* and Tucker McGee in *Tucker & Dale vs. Evil*. He has also had starring roles in the films *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story*; *I, Robot*; *A Knight's Tale*; *42*; *Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials*, and *Rogue One*. He has voiced characters in every Walt Disney Animation Studiosfeature film since *Wreck-It Ralph* in 2012, and Iago in the 2019 live-action adaptation of *Aladdin*.

Tudyk appeared on the sitcom *Suburgatory* (2011–14) and has had guest roles on many other series. Earlier in his career, he appeared frequently in Broadway plays as well. He wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy web series *Con Man*(2015–17) about a struggling actor whose career is still defined by a successful science fiction TV show he was once on, loosely based on Tudyk's own experience having been on *Firefly*. The series aired on Syfy in 2017 and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

In 2019, Tudyk plays the main antagonist, Mr. Nobody, in the DC universe series *Doom Patrol*.

Tudyk voices Ennio the Dragon in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)

***3:10 to Yuma*** is a 2007 American Western film directed by James Mangold and produced by Cathy Konrad, and starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in the lead roles, with supporting performances by Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, Dallas Roberts, Alan Tudyk, Vinessa Shaw, and Logan Lerman. It is about a drought-impoverished rancher (Bale) who takes on the dangerous job of taking a notorious outlaw (Crowe) to justice. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name, making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's short story "Three-Ten to Yuma". Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico. *3:10 to Yuma* opened September 7, 2007, in the United States and received positive reviews from critics.[2][3]
Alvin & the Chipmunks (film)

***Alvin and the Chipmunks*** is a 2007 American live-action/computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney.

It was released worldwide on December 14, 2007, by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises. *Alvin and the Chipmunks* grossed $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million[3][2] and was the seventh-best-selling DVD of 2008, earning over $101 million. The film received generally unfavorable reviews from critics.

*Alvin and the Chipmunks* is the first live action/animated film starring Alvin and the Chipmunks since *Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks* was released in 2003, as that film features puppetry used for the Chipmunks and this film features computer animation used for them. The film was followed by three sequels: *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel*, released on December 23, 2009; *Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked*, released on December 16, 2011; and *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip*, released on December 18, 2015.[4]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

***Alfred Hitchcock Presents*** is an American television anthology series that was created, hosted, and produced by Alfred Hitchcock; the program aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was renamed ***The Alfred Hitchcock Hour***.

By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. *Time*magazine named *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time".[1] The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series tying it with *Monty Python's Flying Circus*, *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and *Upstairs, Downstairs*.[2]

A series of literary anthologies with the running title *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* were issued to capitalize on the success of the television series. One volume, devoted to stories that censors would not allow to be adapted for broadcast, was entitled *Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV* — though eventually several of the stories collected therein *were* adapted.
After Earth

***After Earth*** is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic science fiction action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote it with Gary Whitta, based on an original story idea by Will Smith. It is the second film after *The Pursuit of Happyness* that stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith; Will Smith also produced via his company Overbrook Entertainment, and the distribution was by Columbia Pictures. The film takes place in the 31st century, when the Earth has long been abandoned and humans have been in conflict with a mysterious alien race. It tells the story of a high-ranking general in the peacekeeping organization Ranger Corps, and his son, who, after an incident during a spaceflight, find themselves fighting for survival on a hostile planet (which is Earth itself).

The film was released in IMAX on May 31, 2013. Upon release, *After Earth* was panned by film critics; its acting was criticized as melodramatic, and the writing and storytelling were also singled out for mainstream criticism. It grossed $243 million worldwide against a net production budget of $130 million. This film and Shyamalan's previous film *The Last Airbender* are most commonly considered to be the lowest point of his directorial career, which had been in progressive decline after he had directed a series of critically-panned films.
Alastair Duncan

**Alastair Neil Duncan** (born 29 January 1958) is a Scottish actor of television, film and stage actor, and real estate broker.[1] He is sometimes credited as **Neil Duncan**. He is known for his voice over work in video games, movies and TV shows. Duncan voices Philece and Jerome in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
About Last Night (2014 film)

***About Last Night*** is a 2014 American romantic comedy film starring Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall and Joy Bryant. The film is directed by Steve Pink and written by Leslye Headland. It is based on the 1974 David Mamet play *Sexual Perversity in Chicago* and is a remake of the 1986 film of the same name with a black cast. While the original film is set in Chicago, Illinois, the remake is set in Los Angeles, California where filming took place in late 2012.

The film premiered at the Pan African Film Festival on February 11, 2014 and was released in theaters on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014. The film received generally positive reviews, with most critics praising the humor between Hart and Hall. The film grossed $49 million against its production budget of $12.5 million.
Alien 3

***Alien 3*** (stylized as ***ALIEN³***) is a 1992 American science fiction action horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson from a story by Vincent Ward. It stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley and is the third film installment in the *Alien* franchise, preceded by *Aliens* (1986) and succeeded by *Alien Resurrection* (1997).

Set right after the events of *Aliens*, Ripley and an Alien organism (Tom Woodruff Jr.) are the only survivors of the Colonial Marine spaceship *Sulaco*'s escape pod's crash on a planet housing a penal colony populated by violent male inmates. Additional roles are played by Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Ralph Brown, Paul McGann, Danny Webb, Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Pete Postlethwaite, and Danielle Edmond.

The film faced problems during production, including shooting without a script, with various screenwriters and directors attached. Fincher, in his feature directorial debut, was brought in to direct after a proposed version with Vincent Ward as director was cancelled well into preproduction.

*Alien 3* was released on May 22, 1992. While it underperformed at the American box office, it earned over $100 million outside North America. The film received mixed reviews and was regarded as inferior to previous installments. Fincher has since disowned the film, blaming studio interference and deadlines. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, seven Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actor for Dutton, Best Direction for Fincher, and Best Writing for Giler, Hill, and Ferguson), a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and an MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence. In 2003, a revised version of the film known as the Assembly Cut was released without Fincher's involvement, and received a warmer reception.[4][5][6][7][8] The following installment, *Alien Resurrection*, was released in 1997.
America's Funniest Home Videos

***America's Funniest Home Videos*** (abbreviated as ***AFV***) is an American video clip television series on ABC, which features humorous homemade videos that are submitted by viewers. The most common videos feature unintentional physical comedy, pets or children, and some staged pranks.

Originally airing as a special in 1989, it later debuted as a regular weekly series in 1990. The show was most famously hosted by Bob Saget for the 1989 special and the first eight seasons of the series incarnation. After Saget's retirement from hosting in 1997, John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes later took over as co-host for its ninth and tenth seasons. After two years of being shown as occasional specials, hosted by various actors and comedians such as D.L. Hughley and Richard Kind, ABC brought the series back on Friday nights in 2001 with new host Tom Bergeron, who has since become the series' longest-serving host, hosting 15 seasons. Bergeron announced in 2014 that he would be leaving as host of the show, and Alfonso Ribeiro took over as host in 2015.

On October 29, 2018, ABC renewed AFV for two more seasons, bringing to its 30th (which premiered on Sunday, September 29, 2019), and 31st seasons.
A Bucket of Blood

***A Bucket of Blood*** is a 1959 American black comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. It starred Dick Miller and was set in beatnik culture. The film, produced on a $50,000 budget, was shot in five days[3] and shares many of the low-budget filmmaking aesthetics commonly associated with Corman's work.[5] Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a dark comic satire[3][6] about a dimwitted, impressionable young busboy at a Bohemian café who is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor when he accidentally kills his landlady's cat and covers its body in clay to hide the evidence. When he is pressured to create similar work, he becomes murderous.[7]

*A Bucket of Blood* was the first of three collaborations between Corman and Griffith in the comedy genre, followed by *The Little Shop of Horrors* (which was shot on the same sets as *A Bucket of Blood*)[8] and *Creature from the Haunted Sea*. Corman had made no previous attempt at the genre, although past and future Corman productions in other genres incorporated comedic elements.[3] The film is a satire not only of Corman's own films but also of the art world and teen films of the 1950s. The film is noted as well in many circles as an honest, undiscriminating portrayal of the many facets of beatnik culture, including art, dance and style of living. The plot has similarities to *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933). However, by setting the story in the Beat milieu of 1950s Southern California, Corman creates an entirely different mood from the earlier film.[9]
American Dad!

***American Dad!*** is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later TBS.[2][3] *American Dad!* is the first television series to have its inception on Animation Domination.[4] The series premiered on February 6, 2005, following Super Bowl XXXIX, three months before the rest of the first season aired as part of the Animation Domination block, commencing on May 1, 2005.[5][6]

Creative direction of *American Dad!* has largely been guided by Barker (prior to his exit from the show in season 10) and Weitzman as opposed to MacFarlane, resulting in a series that is different from its counterparts.[7] Unlike MacFarlane's other shows, *Family Guy* and, to a lesser extent, *The Cleveland Show*, *American Dad!* does not lean as heavily on the use of cutaway gags, and is less concerned with conventional "setup-punchline" jokes,[3] instead deriving its humor mostly from the quirky characters, the relationships between family members, and the relatively relatable plots.[2] While the core issues and resolutions are relatable in most episodes, the show nonetheless weaves in fantastical elements, pitching the tone of the show somewhere between observational comedy and farce.[8] The plots are often absurd, but they are grounded by family stories and real-world issues.[9]

*American Dad!* has been nominated for numerous awards, most prominently four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Annie Awards. In June 2013, it was awarded as top television series by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Since its debut, *American Dad!* has broadcast 276 episodes (as of August 26, 2019). The total number of seasons and organization of episodes within these seasons are in dispute because of a discrepancy in how official sources report this information. One model suggests the first season of *American Dad!* comprises the first 7 episodes, while another model suggests the first season comprises 23 episodes.[10]

Beginning on October 20, 2014, TBS picked up the series for the 12th season following the final 3 episodes airing on Fox as the 11th season. *American Dad!* is a joint production by Underdog Productions, Fuzzy Door Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. Despite TBS buying the rights to air new episodes of the series in 2014, 20th Century Fox Television still owns the copyrights and still produces the show and 20th Television still syndicates it to TBS and Cartoon Network's night block Adult Swim, both owned by WarnerMedia, which is a subsidiary of AT&T.

*American Dad!*'s 16th season (5th on TBS) premiered on April 15, 2019. On January 11, 2018, TBS renewed the series for a 17th season.[11]
A Christmas Story

***A Christmas Story*** is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book *In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash*, with some elements from his 1971 book *Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters*. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley. A seasonal classic in North America, it is shown numerous times on television, usually on the networks owned by the Turner Broadcasting System. Since 1997, a marathon of the film titled "24 Hours of *A Christmas Story*" has aired annually on TNT or TBS, comprising 12 consecutive airings of the film on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day each year.[2] It is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films.

The film was released on November 18, 1983, earning two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]
Alita: Battle Angel

***Alita: Battle Angel*** is a 2019 American cyberpunk action film based on the 1990s Japanese manga series *Battle Angel Alita* by Yukito Kishiro. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez, co-produced by James Cameron and written by Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis. Rosa Salazar stars as the heroine Alita, a cyborg who awakens in a new body with no memory and sets out to learn her destiny. Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley and Keean Johnson star in supporting roles.

Announced in 2003, production was repeatedly delayed due to Cameron's work on *Avatar* (2009) and its sequels. After years of development hell, Rodriguez was announced as director in April 2016, with Salazar cast the following month. Principal photography began in Austin, Texas, mostly at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios, in October 2016 until February 2017.

*Alita: Battle Angel* had its world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on January 31, 2019, and was released in the United States on February 14, 2019, by 20th Century Fox in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema 3D and IMAX 3D formats. It is the first film produced by Lightstorm Entertainment since *Avatar* and the last to be solely released by 20th Century Fox before The Walt Disney Company took control of the studio as part of their acquisition of 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019. The film grossed over $404 million worldwide and is Rodriguez's highest-grossing film. It received mixed reviews, with praise for Salazar's performance, the action scenes and visual effects but criticism for the screenplay.[6] The film received positive responses from audiences.[7]
Andy Dick

**Andrew Roane Dick** (born **Andrew Thomlinson**, December 21, 1965)[2] is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer. Best known as a comic, he is also known for his eccentric behavior, drug addiction, and sexual misconduct allegations and arrests.[3][4] His first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential *Ben Stiller Show*. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's *NewsRadio* and was a supporting character on *Less than Perfect*. He briefly had his own program, *The Andy Dick Show*, on MTV. He is noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of *Comedy Central Roasts* and other appearances. He voices Dallas in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
50 First Dates

***50 First Dates*** is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy. Realizing she has anterograde amnesia, he resolves to win her over again each new day.

Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii on the Windward side and the North Shore. Sandler and Barrymore won an MTV award for Best On-Screen Team. The fictitious memory impairment suffered by Barrymore's character, "Goldfield's Syndrome", is similar to short-term memory loss and anterograde amnesia. *50 First Dates* inspired a number of remakes overseas, including the 2014 Malayalam film *Ormayundo Ee Mukham* and the 2007 Telugu film *Sathyabhama*.
12 Years a Slave

***12 Years a Slave*** is a 2013 biographical period-drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave memoir *Twelve Years a Slave* by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate.[4] Other characters in the film were also real people, including Edwin and Mary Epps, and Patsey.

The film was directed by Steve McQueen, and the screenplay was written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard feature in supporting roles. Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 27 to August 13, 2012. The locations used were four historic antebellum plantations; Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.

*12 Years a Slave* was named the best film of 2013 by several media outlets and critics, and earned over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million. The film received nine Academy Award nominations, winning three: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o. The Best Picture win made McQueen the first black British producer to ever receive the award and the first black British director of a Best Picture winner.[5][6] The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts recognized it with the Best Film and the Best Actor award for Ejiofor.[7] *12 Years a Slave* was later named the 44th greatest film since 2000 in a BBC poll of 177 critics.[8]
A Clockwork Orange

***A Clockwork Orange*** is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's novel *A Clockwork Orange*. It employs disturbing, violent images as a commentary on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political, and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain.

Alex (Malcolm McDowell), the central character, is a charismatic, antisocial delinquent whose interests include classical music (including Beethoven), committing rape, and what is termed "ultra-violence". He leads a small gang of thugs, Pete (Michael Tarn), Georgie (James Marcus), and Dim (Warren Clarke), whom he calls his *droogs* (from the Russian word друг, "friend", "buddy"). The film chronicles the horrific crime spree of his gang, his capture, and attempted rehabilitation via an experimental psychological conditioning technique (the "Ludovico Technique") promoted by the Minister of the Interior (Anthony Sharp). Alex narrates most of the film in Nadsat, a fractured adolescent slang composed of Slavic(especially Russian), English, and Cockney rhyming slang.

The soundtrack to *A Clockwork Orange* features mostly classical music selections and Moog synthesizer compositions by Wendy Carlos. The artwork for the poster of *A Clockwork Orange* was created by Philip Castle with the layout by designer Bill Gold.

It was referenced in the episode, where Thomas was keeping the Miis safe on the seats, getting tied up.
9 to 5

***9 to 5*** (listed in the opening credits as ***Nine to Five***) is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Bruce Gilbert, story by Patricia Resnick, screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins, and directed by Higgins. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with, and their overthrow of, the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman.

The film grossed over $103.9 million[2] and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film.[3] As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series of the same name based on the film ran for five seasons, and a musical version of the film (also titled *9 to 5*), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009.

*9 to 5* is number 74 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies"[4] and has an 82% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
Alfie (2004 film)

***Alfie*** is a 2004 British-American romantic comedy-drama film inspired by the 1966 British film of the same name and its 1975 sequel, starring Jude Law as the title character, the son[*citation needed*] of the character played by Michael Caine and Alan Price. The film was written, directed, and produced by Charles Shyer.
Allisyn Ashley Arm

**Allisyn Ashley Snyder** (née **Arm**; born April 25, 1996),[2] is an American actress, writer, artist, and director best known for her main role as Zora Lancaster on *Sonny with a Chance* and its spin-off *So Random!* and Heather on NBC's *A.P. Bio*. She is the voice of Joy in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
Allyce Beasley

**Allyce Beasley** (born July 6, 1954) is an American actress, voice artist and comedian. She is best-known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series *Moonlighting*. From 2000 to March 30, 2007, she was the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a morning lineup of programming for toddlers on Disney Channel. She appeared briefly as a guidance counselor in the Reese Witherspoon film comedy *Legally Blonde* and played Coach's daughter, Lisa Pantusso, on *Cheers*. She also announced the safety video during The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida. She is the voice of Tatiana in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
Anne Heche

**Anne Celeste Heche** (/heɪʃ/ *HAYSH*; born May 25, 1969) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Following a dual role in the daytime soap opera *Another World* (1987–91), she came to mainstream prominence in the late 1990s with the films *Donnie Brasco* (1997), *Volcano* (1997), *Six Days, Seven Nights* (1998), and *Return to Paradise* (1998). In 1998, Heche portrayed Marion Crane in Gus Van Sant's horror remake *Psycho*.

A highly publicized relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres was followed by a significant downturn in Heche's career, although she has continued to act, appearing in the well-received independent films *Birth* (2004), *Spread* (2009), *Cedar Rapids* (2011), *Rampart* (2011), and *Catfight* (2016). In 2004, Heche received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the Lifetime movie *Gracie's Choice* and a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for her work in Broadway's *Twentieth Century*.

She has starred in the television series *Men in Trees* (2006–08), *Hung* (2009–11), *Save Me* (2013), *Aftermath* (2016), and *The Brave* (2017).[1]
Alpha Dog

***Alpha Dog*** is a 2006 American crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. It was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. Starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Anton Yelchin, Olivia Wilde, and Amanda Seyfried with Harry Dean Stanton, Sharon Stone, and Bruce Willis.[3]
Alexa PenaVega

**Alexa PenaVega**[1] (née **Vega**; born August 27, 1988)[2] is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Carmen Cortez in the *Spy Kids* film series and Shilo Wallace in the film *Repo! The Genetic Opera* (2008). In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series *Ruby & the Rockits*. She voices Misty in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.
"Weird Al" Yankovic

**Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic** (/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/ *YANG-kə-vik*;[1] born October 23, 1959)[2] is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, comedian, and author. He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.

Since his first-aired comedy song in 1976, he has sold more than 12 million albums (as of 2007),[3] recorded more than 150 parody and original songs,[4][5][6] and performed more than 1,000 live shows.[7] His works have earned him five Grammy Awards and a further eleven nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten *Billboard* album (*Straight Outta Lynwood*) and single ("White & Nerdy") were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. His latest album, *Mandatory Fun* (2014), became his first number-one album during its debut week.

Yankovic's success comes in part from his effective use of music video to further parody popular culture, the song's original artist, and the original music videos themselves, scene-for-scene in some cases. He directed later videos himself and went on to direct for other artists, including Ben Folds, Hanson, The Black Crowes, and The Presidents of the United States of America. With the decline of music television and the onset of social media, Yankovic used YouTube and other video sites to publish his videos; this strategy proved integral, helping to boost sales of his later albums, including *Mandatory Fun*. Yankovic has stated that he may forgo traditional albums in favor of timely releases of singles and EPs following on this success.

In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic wrote and starred in the film *UHF* (1989) and the television series *The Weird Al Show* (1997). He has also made guest appearances and performed voice acting roles on many television shows and video web content, in addition to starring in *Al TV* specials on MTV.[2] He has also written two children's books, *When I Grow Up* and *My New Teacher and Me!*.

He voices entertainment Mii, Ralph in Tomodachi Life: The TV Series.