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The Shining (film)
`` Here 's Johnny ! '' was parodied by British comedian Lenny Henry in a controversial advertisement for Premier Inn .
Jimmy McNulty
While on surveillance , McNulty watches Spiros Vondas , an associate of an underworld figure known as The Greek , sending a text message . He reasons that the time and location of the text could be used to retrieve it from the phone company 's databases ; it is from this message that the detail learns that the Greek had shut down his operations . After McNulty learns from Bubbles that Stringer Bell and Barksdale rival Proposition Joe are sharing territory , he begins investigating them on his own time , convinced that he can gather enough evidence to prompt Daniels to focus the Major Crimes Unit 's attention on Stringer .
The Three Stooges
Despite Besser 's prolific film and stage career , Stooge entries featuring him have often been tagged as the team 's weakest . During his tenure , the films were assailed as questionable models for youth , and in response began to resemble television sitcoms . Sitcoms , however , were available for free on television , making the short film a throwback to a bygone era . Besser was a talented comic , and was quite popular as `` Stinky '' on The Abbott and Costello Show . However , his whining mannerisms did not quite blend with the Stooges ' brand of humor , though his presence did create a verbal friction between Moe and Larry that improved their mutually insulting banter . Times had changed , and Besser was not solely to blame for the quality of these final entries ; the scripts were rehashes of earlier efforts , the budgets were lower and Moe 's and Larry 's advanced ages prohibited them from performing the physical comedy that was their trademark . Besser had suggested that Moe and Larry comb their hair back to give them a more gentlemanly appearance . Both Moe and Jules White approved of the idea , but used it sparingly in order to match the old footage in films that were remakes .
American Horror Story: Murder House
The dark tone of the series is modeled after the ABC soap opera Dark Shadows , which Murphy 's grandmother forced him to watch when he was younger to toughen him up . He also cited Rosemary 's Baby , Do n't Look Now , The Amityville Horror , and Stanley Kubrick 's version of The Shining as influences for the series .
William Horman
Horman became an antagonist in the Grammarians ' War , which erupted when Robert Whittington attacked the new approach of teaching by example . Whittington at the time was England 's leading author of textbooks , and preferred the traditional system of learning the precepts of grammar by rote before progressing to examples . In some ways Horman was more traditional than Whittington , since he rejected the common vocabulary of Medieval Latin and idealised the `` pure '' Ciceronian form of Latin while Whittington was more pragmatic in his views .
Joseph McCarthy
A more serious fictional portrayal of McCarthy played a central role in the 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon . The character of Senator John Iselin , a demagogic anti-communist , is closely modeled on McCarthy , even to the varying numbers of Communists he asserts are employed by the federal government . He remains a major character in the 1962 film version .
The Bronx
By contrast , Tom Wolfe 's Bonfire of the Vanities ( 1987 ) portrays a wealthy , white protagonist , Sherman McCoy , getting lost off the Major Deegan Expressway in the South Bronx and having an altercation with locals . A substantial piece of the last part of the book is set in the resulting riotous trial at the Bronx County Courthouse . However , times change , and in 2007 , The New York Times reported that `` the Bronx neighborhoods near the site of Sherman 's accident are now dotted with townhouses and apartments . '' In the same article , the Reverend Al Sharpton ( whose fictional analogue in the novel is `` Reverend Bacon '' ) asserts that `` twenty years later , the cynicism of The Bonfire of the Vanities is as out of style as Tom Wolfe 's wardrobe . ''
Primus inter pares
First Among Equals is the title of a popular political novel ( 1984 ) by Jeffrey Archer , about the careers and private lives of several men vying to become British Prime Minister . It was later adapted into a ten - part miniseries , produced by Granada Television .
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
As both Pacquiao and Mayweather had exclusive relationships with the broadcasters at the time of the fight , the telecast of the fight was a joint production between HBO and Showtime . This marked the first collaboration between the two American premium television services since Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in 2002 . It was executive produced and directed by Showtime 's David Dinkins Jr. and Bob Dunphy , and featured a mix of Showtime and HBO personalities . The ringside announcers for the fight included Roy Jones Jr . ( HBO ) , Al Bernstein ( Showtime ) , and Jim Lampley ( HBO ) provided analysis . Max Kellerman ( HBO ) and Jim Gray ( Showtime ) covered the locker rooms of Pacquiao and Mayweather , respectively . James Brown and Paulie Malignaggi of Showtime hosted the pre-fight show .
Jack the Giant Slayer
In February 2011 , The Hollywood Reporter reported that Stanley Tucci had been cast as the antagonist , the king 's advisor who plans on taking over the kingdom , and Bill Nighy and John Kassir were cast as Fallon , the two - headed leader of the giants ; Nighy would play the big head and Kassir would play the smaller head . Also in February , Nicholas Hoult was offered the lead role . Singer said he had liked him since Skins and was very supportive of his casting in X-Men : First Class . Later that month , Ewan McGregor joined the cast as the leader of the king 's elite guard , who helps fight giants .
Great Depression in the United States
Business - oriented observers explained the recession and recovery in very different terms from the Keynesian economists . They argued the New Deal had been very hostile to business expansion in 1935 -- 37 . They said it had encouraged massive strikes which had a negative impact on major industries and had threatened anti-trust attacks on big corporations . But all those threats diminished sharply after 1938 . For example , the antitrust efforts fizzled out without major cases . The CIO and AFL unions started battling each other more than corporations , and tax policy became more favorable to long - term growth .
The Walt Disney Company
In 1994 , Eisner attempted to purchase NBC from General Electric ( GE ) , but the deal failed due to GE wanting to keep 51 percent ownership of the network . Disney acquired many other media sources during the decade , including a merger with Capital Cities / ABC in 1995 which brought broadcast network ABC and its assets , including the A&E Television Networks and ESPN networks , into the Disney fold . Eisner felt that the purchase of ABC was an important investment to keep Disney surviving and allowing it to compete with international multimedia conglomerates . Disney lost a $10.4 million lawsuit in September 1997 to Marsu B.V. over Disney 's failure to produce as contracted 13 half - hour Marsupilami cartoon shows . Instead , Disney felt other internal `` hot properties '' deserved the company 's attention .
Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (season 1)
^ 1 The Iron Enforcer came back as the villain The Dark Enforcer ^ 2 Monkey Woman was eliminated without nominations due to lying during her audition ^ 3 Fat Momma was Second Place , but no reason is stated as to why she was 2nd place
Liz Parker
Note : This article is about Liz Parker as the television character of Roswell only . Although the two versions are similar the character of the original books is considered an alternative universe version .
Cagney & Lacey
Prior to the unveiling of that year 's network upfronts , a CBS executive noted to the press that the cancellation of Cagney & Lacey was highly motivated by the jarringly tough nature of the female leads as well as low ratings . The official claimed in response to the strong portrayal of Daly and Foster that `` we 've perceived them as dykes . '' This remark set off massive protest , and put Rosenzweig into high gear in his dealings with CBS . The cancellation of House Calls was announced among insider circles just before upfronts , and Rosenzweig pressured CBS executives to relaunch Cagney & Lacey in the fall with Gless replacing Foster . Gless met with Cagney & Lacey producers again to consider the role , but while always having taken to the character , had doubts about joining for the fall of 1982 because , after House Calls , she `` did n't want to make a career of replacing actresses . ''
Keeping up with the Joneses
A slightly different version is that the phrase refers to the grand lifestyle of the Joneses who by the mid-century were numerous and wealthy , thanks to the Chemical Bank and Mason connection . It was their relation Mrs William Backhouse Astor , Jr who began the `` patriarchs balls '' , the origin of `` The Four Hundred '' , the list of the society elite who were invited . By then the Joneses were being eclipsed by the massive wealth of the Astors , Vanderbilts and others but the four hundred list published in 1892 contained many of the Joneses and their relations -- old money still mattered .
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The interpersonal conflicts and feuds leading to the gunfight were complex . Each side had strong family ties . The brothers James , Virgil , Wyatt , Morgan , and Warren Earp were a tight - knit family , working together as pimps , lawmen , and saloon owners in several frontier towns , among other occupations , and had moved together from one town to another . Virgil served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and in 1877 became a police officer in Prescott , Arizona . He followed that with a job as a night watchman before he became a constable . Wyatt had held two jobs as a police officer in the cattle - drive towns of Wichita and Dodge City , Kansas .
Alex P. Keaton
In the Museum of Broadcast Communications entry for Family Ties , Michael Saenz argues that few shows better demonstrate the resonance between collectively held fictional imagination and what cultural critic Raymond Williams called `` the structure of feeling '' of a historical moment than Family Ties . Airing on NBC from 1982 to 1989 , this highly successful domestic comedy explored one of the intriguing cultural inversions characterizing the Reagan era : a conservative younger generation aspiring to wealth , business success , and traditional values , serves as inheritor to the politically liberal , presumably activist , culturally experimental generation of adults who had experienced the 1960s . The result was a decade , paradoxical by America 's usual post -- World War II standards , in which youthful ambition and social renovation became equated with pronounced political conservatism . `` When else could a boy with a briefcase become a national hero ? '' queried Family Ties ' creator , Gary David Goldberg , during the show 's final year .
List of The Big Bang Theory characters
Barry Kripke , PhD ( John Ross Bowie ) is a coworker of the guys , who frequently clashes with Sheldon . He works in plasma physics . Kripke has a case of rhotacism in which he pronounces the letters `` R '' and `` L '' as `` W '' in much the same way as Elmer Fudd from Looney Tunes and Gilda Radner in her `` Baba Wawa '' sketches . In season five , Kripke purchases an iPhone with voice - recognition technology , but due to his rhotacism , the device is incapable of understanding his verbal `` wequests '' , prompting him to deride it as ineffective . Until season seven , whether he was aware of his impediment was never clarified .
List of The Last Ship characters
Over the next few months , President Michener set up a new federal government based out of the Old Courthouse in St. Louis , which he named the new capital of the United States . He appointed St. Louis Mayor Howard Oliver ( John Cothran ) as his Vice President , Allison Shaw ( Elisabeth Röhm ) as his Chief of Staff , and Alex Rivera ( Nestor Serrano ) as his Secretary of Foreign Affairs ; CAPT Chandler , as Chief of Naval Operations , also served as Michener 's de facto military commander in lieu of an official Secretary of Defense .
History of the United States (1945–64)
With anxiety over Communism in Korea and China reaching fever pitch in 1950 , a previously obscure Senator , Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin , launched Congressional investigations into the cover - up of spies in the government . McCarthy dominated the media , and used reckless allegations and tactics that allowed his opponents to effectively counterattack . Irish Catholics ( including conservative wunderkind William F. Buckley , Jr. and the Kennedy Family ) were intensely anti-Communist and defended McCarthy ( a fellow Irish Catholic ) . Paterfamilias Joseph Kennedy ( 1888 -- 1969 ) , a very active conservative Democrat , was McCarthy 's most ardent supporter and got his son Robert F. Kennedy a job with McCarthy . McCarthy had talked of `` twenty years of treason '' ( i.e. since Roosevelt 's election in 1932 ) . When , in 1953 , he started talking of `` 21 years of treason '' and launched a major attack on the Army for promoting a Communist dentist in the medical corps , his recklessness proved too much for Eisenhower , who encouraged Republicans to censure McCarthy formally in 1954 . The Senator 's power collapsed overnight . Senator John F. Kennedy did not vote for censure . Buckley went on to found the National Review in 1955 as a weekly magazine that helped define the conservative position on public issues .
Diff'rent Strokes
The sitcom starred Coleman as Arnold Jackson and Todd Bridges as his older brother , Willis . They played two children from a poor section of Harlem whose deceased mother previously worked for rich widower Philip Drummond ( Conrad Bain ) , who eventually adopted them . They lived in a penthouse with Drummond , his daughter Kimberly ( Dana Plato ) , and their maid .
The Matrix Reloaded
In Zion , Morpheus announces the news of the advancing machines to the people . Neo receives a message from the Oracle and returns to the Matrix to meet her bodyguard Seraph ( Collin Chou ) , who then leads him to her . After realizing that the Oracle is part of the Matrix , Neo asks how he can trust her ; she replies that it is his decision . The Oracle instructs Neo to reach the Source of the Matrix by finding the Keymaker ( Randall Duk Kim ) , a prisoner of the Merovingian ( Lambert Wilson ) . As the Oracle departs , Smith appears , telling Neo that after being defeated , he refused to be deleted , and is now a rogue program . He demonstrates his ability to clone himself using other inhabitants of the Matrix , including other Agents , as hosts . He then tries to absorb Neo as a host , but fails , prompting a battle between Smith 's clones and Neo . Neo manages to defend himself , but is forced to retreat from the increasingly overwhelming numbers .
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
The critical response to Pride and Prejudice was overwhelmingly positive . Gerard Gilbert of The Independent recommended the opening episode of the serial one day before the British premiere , saying the television adaptation is `` probably as good as it ( can get for a literary classic ) . The casting in particular deserves a tilt at a BAFTA , Firth not being in the slightest bit soft and fluffy -- and Jennifer Ehle showing the right brand of spirited intelligence as Elizabeth . '' He considered Benjamin Whitrow a `` real scene - stealer with his Mr. Bennet '' , but was undecided about Alison Steadman 's portrayal of Mrs. Bennet . Reviewing the first episode for the same newspaper on the day after transmission , Jim White praised Andrew Davies for `` injecting into the proceedings a pace and energy which at last provides a visual setting to do justice to the wit of the book . With everyone slinging themselves about at high speed ( the dances , in a first for the genre , actually involve a bit of sweat ) , it looks like people are doing something you would never have suspected they did in Austen 's time : having fun . ''
Clint Eastwood
Once filming of Breezy had finished , Warners announced that Eastwood had agreed to reprise his role as Callahan in Magnum Force ( 1973 ) , a sequel to Dirty Harry , about a group of rogue young officers ( among them David Soul , Robert Urich and Tim Matheson ) in the San Francisco Police Department who systematically exterminate the city 's worst criminals . Although the film was a major success after release , grossing $58.1 million in the United States ( a record for Eastwood ) , it was not a critical success . The New York Times critic Nora Sayre panned the often contradictory moral themes of the film , while the paper 's Frank Rich called it `` the same old stuff '' .
Joker (character)
The Joker 's unpredictable , homicidal nature makes him one of the most feared supervillains in the DC Universe ; the Trickster says in the 2005 mini-series Underworld Unleashed , `` When super-villains want to scare each other , they tell Joker stories '' . Gotham 's villains also feel threatened by the character ; depending on the circumstances , he is as likely to fight with his rivals for control of the city as he is to join them for an entertaining outcome . The Joker interacts with other supervillains who oppose Batman , whether he is on the streets or in Arkham Asylum . He has collaborated with criminals like the Penguin , the Riddler and Two - Face , although these partnerships rarely end well due to the Joker 's desire for unbridled chaos , and uses his stature to lead others ( such as Killer Croc and the Scarecrow ) . The Joker 's greatest rival is the smartest man in the world , Lex Luthor . Although they have a friendly partnership in 1950 's World 's Finest Comics # 88 , later unions emphasized their mutual hostility and clashing egos .
Porridge (TV series)
Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher Fulton Mackay as Principal officer Mr MacKay Richard Beckinsale as Lennie Godber Brian Wilde as Prison officer Mr Henry Barrowclough Peter Vaughan as `` Genial '' Harry Grout Sam Kelly as `` Bunny '' Warren Tony Osoba as Jim McLaren Michael Barrington as Geoffrey Venables ( the Governor ) Christopher Biggins as Lukewarm
Cagney & Lacey
The beginning of the sixth season saw the arrival of Manny Esposito ( Robert Hegyes ) , a young , street - savvy detective who became Corassa 's new partner . There was quite a clash between the two , as Esposito 's freewheeling lifestyle ( represented by his casual dress on the job , the desire to make a quick buck , and three ex-wives ) put him in contrast with Corassa , the older , more conservative family man with a heightened sense of professionalism . Supporting characters added to the precinct at this time were rookie Officer Tom Basil ( Barry Laws ) and Officer Beverley Faverty ( Beverley Faverty ) . The following year , Petrie was promoted to sergeant and then departed the 14th Precinct ( Carl Lumbly had decided to leave the series ) . In his place , singer Merry Clayton joined the cast as Verna Dee Jordan , the first new female detective at the precinct since the additions of Cagney and Lacey . Jordan had joined law enforcement in middle age to better herself , after having been a single mother raising four children ( now grown ) on welfare .
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
6 6 `` Descent '' Gwyneth Horder - Payton Tom Rob Smith February 28 , 2018 ( 2018 - 02 - 28 ) 3WAX07 1.10 In 1996 , Cunanan lives in La Jolla , California with middle - aged businessman Norman Blachford , who handles his finances as part of their arranged relationship . During his twenty - seventh birthday party , Cunanan tries to impress David Madson by fabricating details about his life and boasting that everyone loves him . After an attempt to ask Blachford for more extravagant demands results in him being kicked out of their house , Cunanan spends thousands of dollars in an attempt to win Madson over only for Madson to cut all ties with him . Cunanan then turns to drugs and outs Jeff Trail to his father in a postcard , causing Trail to threaten him before moving to Minneapolis . Following a severe , drug - fueled bout of depression , Cunanan reunites with his mother Mary Ann and tells her he is going to Minneapolis . 7 7 `` Ascent '' Gwyneth Horder - Payton Tom Rob Smith March 7 , 2018 ( 2018 - 03 - 07 ) 3WAX06 0.92 In 1992 , Versace pressures Donatella into taking over the company after his death . Following a failed attempt to collaborate on a dress for the Vogue anniversary gala , Versace is diagnosed with ear cancer and travels to Miami to recover , forcing Donatella to take the reins . That same year , Cunanan , who is living with Mary Ann , starts working as a gay escort for older men . He develops a relationship with architect Lincoln Aston , a close friend of Norman Blachford , only for Aston to break up with him after discovering he and David Madson spent the night together . Cunanan 's attempt to reconcile with Aston ends with him witnessing Aston 's brutal murder . Cunanan then moves out of his mother 's apartment following an argument and uses Aston 's death to develop a relationship with Blachford , who lets him move into his house .
Henry Clay
In February 1842 , with the United States facing a looming budget crisis , Clay proposed a detailed economic plan that combined budget cuts with an increased tariff . Clay then resigned , orchestrating the selection of Crittenden as his successor , and began to prepare for another presidential campaign . Clay remained in close contact with Congress and Congressional Whigs managed to pass many of Clay 's proposals , but Tyler again vetoed them . Ultimately Tyler and the Whig Congress would compromise on the Tariff of 1842 . Though Clay was distressed over the disagreements with Tyler , Tyler 's apostasy , combined with Webster 's continuing affiliation with Tyler , positioned Clay as the natural Whig candidate for the 1844 presidential election . Supporters of Webster ( who resigned from Tyler 's Cabinet in 1843 ) , Scott , and Supreme Court Justice John McLean called for another Whig national convention , and Clay assented , partly because it would relieve him of the delicate task of selecting a running mate . Clay quietly favored New York Congressman Millard Fillmore for the position , and made it clear that he did not want Webster as his running mate , as Clay was angered by Webster 's association with Tyler .
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
In 1986 , the British television production company Granada Television created a near - full size replica of the post-1950 House of Commons debating chamber at its studios in Manchester for use in its adaptation of the Jeffrey Archer novel First Among Equals . The set was highly convincing , and was retained after the production -- since then , it has been used in nearly every British film and television production that has featured scenes set in the chamber . From 1988 until 1999 it was also one of the prominent attractions on the Granada Studios Tour , where visitors could watch actors performing mock political debates on the set . The major difference between the studio set and the real House of Commons Chamber is that the studio set has just four rows of seats on either side whereas the real Chamber has five .