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  Nominees for the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | AccessAtlanta
Those are some of the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, announced Thursday, but the whole list of movie nominees could well match the lineup for this year's Academy Award contenders.
This year's SAG list is notable for at least three reasons:
Unlike many awards seasons when the nominee list is packed with white Americans and Europeans, the SAG list suggests this year's Oscars could be a celebration of world diversity.
www.accessatlanta.com /movies/content/movies/stories/2007/01/04/0105SAGlist.html   (623 words)

  
  List of female actors : List of notable actresses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
List of female actors : List of notable actresses
This is a list of notable female actors.
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www.termsdefined.net /li/list-of-notable-actresses.html   (205 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of male television actors Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This is an alphabetical list of notable male television actors.
Actors who only have had minor appearances in television films or series are not considered television actors and are not included in th...
A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in motion pictures, and are therefore included in both this list and the list of movie actors.
www.ipedia.com /list_of_male_television_actors.html   (358 words)

  
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He was first, a skilled actor born in 1635 and who lived till 1710 and died at the age of 75.
Travelling actors at this time had a reputation for thievery and profligacy, and Sally Kemble was determined that her family would be regarded differently.
Charles Macklin was an Irish actor, and playwright born in 1700.
www.gwu.edu /~klarsen/actors.html   (5594 words)

  
 Film Actors Who is an actor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Today "actor" is frequently used to refer to both men and women, although the older terminology is still in common usage.
In the case where an adult actor is used to play a prepubescent boy this is sometimes a woman because in some regards a woman has a closer resemblance to a boy than a man: high voice, round shapes, little facial hair, size.
However, notable differences include the breasts and the wide hips, and although on average smaller than a man, a woman is still much taller than a young boy.
www.cinemateca.org /people/actors.htm   (446 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of male movie actors Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included...
A certain number of actors of this list are also well-known because of their roles in television films and series, and are therefore included in both, this list and the list of television actors.
See also: Actors, List of female movie actors, List of male television actors and List of female television actors.
www.ipedia.com /list_of_male_movie_actors.html   (167 words)

  
 Notable Women in the American Theatre — www.greenwood.com
Many of the subjects also appear in volumes of Notable American Women (though the new work includes living as well as deceased women) and other biographical sources for either the theater or for women, but this is a convenient collection of women who are important in a variety of ways to the American theater.
Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary is, on the whole, an important contribution to the literature of American theatre history.
In representing the careers of theatre artists from actors, directors, and designers, to choreographers, managers, playwrights, educators, critics, variety performers, and agents, this first reference of its kind devoted exclusively to women also serves as a unique survey of the history of American theatre.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/RNW%252f.aspx   (845 words)

  
 Entertainment: 'Hamlet' notable for its anger - OCRegister.com
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Actors and directors will go to extraordinary lengths to erase our preconceptions concerning the moody, murderous Danish grad student.
Foxworth's approach to the role is notable for its anger.
www.ocregister.com /ocregister/entertainment/arts/article_1205812.php   (972 words)

  
 List of notable voice actors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greg Ayres (anime voice actor, roles include Chrono of Chrono Crusade, and Goku of Saiyuki)
Roger Carel, French actor, Asterix and Z-6PO, the French C3PO
Grey DeLisle (Many different characters, most notable as Mandy in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Yumi on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Vicky/Tootie on The Fairly Oddparents, Kimiko Tohomiko on Xiaolin Showdown, Princess Azula from Avatar: The Last Airbender and is the current voice of Daphne Blake from Scooby Doo)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_notable_voice_actors   (3948 words)

  
 Hoosier Actors
NOTE: This list consists of actors whose career was primarily in sound films.
After sound, he became a character actor mostly for Warner Brothers and was very busy appearing in over 250 films.
Was a stage actor, director and manager of talent before breaking into films at age 42.
www.whenmoviesweremovies.com /hoosieractors.html   (2020 words)

  
 Thora Birch - Actors
She also appeared in a television series named "Parenthood" in 1990 with co-star "Leonardo DiCaprio" and in 1991 she came up with a breakout movie that was "Paradise" with bona fide stars Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.
The list of her awards did not end here as she has a long way to go.
By the time she completed her first 14 years of life she was already seen in more than eight feature films from 1991 to 1996.
www.popularq.com /articles/Actors/General/Thora-Birch   (246 words)

  
 Indiana Historical Society
Some names on the list also include links to longer biographical essays.
This list will be added to and updated frequently.
“Notable Hoosiers” is one of 21 active collection subject areas established by the Society’s Collections Development Policy.
www.indianahistory.org /library/notable.html   (84 words)

  
 Inside the Actors Studio: Ben Kingsley's Bio is Available Online - Official Bravo TV Site
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943.
Kingsley won every award he was nominated for that year, including the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Some of his more notable performances have been in such films as Bugsy (1991), Schindler's List (1993), the made for television films Joseph (1995) and Anne Frank (2001).
www.bravotv.com /Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guests/Ben_Kingsley.shtml   (213 words)

  
 U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office of Film and Broadcasting
Robert Bolt's script is masterfully directed by Fred Zinnemann, with a standout performance by Paul Scofield in the title role, among other notable performances from a uniformly fine cast.
Directed by Abel Gance, the episodic narrative is heavily melodramatic, yet the sheer exhuberance of the actors and the monumental staging of the action carry viewers along in richly visual experience made memorable by Gance's innovative use of portable cameras and triple screens.
Directed by F.W. Murnau, the German production is most notable for its eerie portrayal of the vampire in images which seem to personify evil and dread in a movie even more remarkable for having been filmed mostly on location rather than in the controlled confines of a studio.
www.usccb.org /fb/vaticanfilms.htm   (4278 words)

  
 A-List: Star Wars Actors in Other Roles
Some people might subscribe to the theory that the success of Star Wars acts as sort of a cloud over an actor's head in that they are only viewed in that role and people find it difficult to envision them playing anything else.
But as the A-List shows, there are plenty of commendable performances by the Star Wars gang in other films.
If we were to allow the man who immortalized Han Solo onto the list, then he would likely dominate it with such iconic roles as Indiana Jones, John Book, and Dr. Richard Kimble among others.
www.boxofficeprophets.com /column/index.cfm?columnID=8960   (924 words)

  
 List of Notable Australians - actors, actress... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Notable_Australians_-_actors,_actress...   (185 words)

  
 Actors Forum Theatre - NoHo Arts District
Fueled by her ever burning love for the theatre, Audrey Marlyn Singer founded the Actors Forum Theatre in 1975, converting a tin building located on Cahuenga Boulevard West to a small theatre with the help of her many actor friends.
For 19 years, she produced, and/or directed, and/or acted in many, many shows that the Actors Theatre Forum mounted at 3365 1/2 Cahuenga Boulevard West, nestled at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, between Los Angeles and the gateway to the Valley.
The Actors Forum Theatre is also an Actors Group consisting of from 14-25 members.
www.actorsforumtheatre.org /about_actorsforum.html   (383 words)

  
 Whatever: The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies -- Officially Out!
This list only notes the films I selected; for the reasons and rationales behind their selection, you'll need to pick of the book and read the reviews of each of these films.
I will note that this list is very substantially informed by suggestions from people who responded to my August 2004 call for input, so if you were one of the folks who pitched in for that, many thanks.
Since I noticed that people are taking his list of the top 50 most ifluential sci-fi movies from his post on the book and listing the ones they’...
www.scalzi.com /whatever/003785.html   (8911 words)

  
 LakeNET, The Information Connection for Lake County, Indiana Notable Personalities
Academy Award winning actor, working since the 1940's, Karl Malden's most famous roles included his television appearances in "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972), "How the West was Won" (1962), "Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "On the Waterfront" (1954) and "Patton" (1970).
Marshall is an actor who began his career in the early 1950's.
She has been married to actor Meshach Taylor since 1983 and lives in California with her four children.
www.lakenetnwi.org /member/notable/actorslz.htm   (1772 words)

  
 List of male actors : List of notable actors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
List of male actors : List of notable actors
This is a list of notable male actors.
Sidney Poitier (born 1927), African-American actor, In the Heat of the Night
www.explainthis.info /li/list-of-notable-actors.html   (213 words)

  
 Entertainment Insiders
Actor George Pentecost died at age 64 from an unspecified illness.
Actor I.M. Hobson was killed in an automobile accident in Wyoming.
Dunne was the brother of Dominick Dunne and the uncle of actors Griffin and the late Dominique Dunne.
www.einsiders.com /features/columns/dec03obituaries.php   (8530 words)

  
 The Client - Musical Instruments - MusicalSpot.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In one scene, the police supposedly have cordoned off a parking lot to try to locate someone, yet there are many pedestrians, and in fact it is the important escape scene in a car that just drives through among the cop cars.
Apart from those and other similar gaffes, it was a well-made movie with a long list of notable actors.
The young boy who stars with Susan Sarandon is an excellent actor and plays such a strong and admirable character of not only a boy his age but of any age.
www.musicalspot.com /product/6304712952-The-Client.html   (548 words)

  
 The World's Best-Paid Actors And Actresses - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In fact, despite a lengthy list of critically acclaimed performances, the 42-year-old star has yet to win an Oscar for his acting.
Four of the 20 stars have been nominated for their TV performances in the last two years, and three have Emmys to show for it.
To determine the world’s highest-paid actors and actresses, we turned to the 2005 edition of the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, which ranks the most powerful actors, models, chefs and directors based on their media exposure (magazine covers, TV and radio mentions), Web presence (number of Google hits) and earnings.
www.forbes.com /lists/2006/02/23/best-paid-actors_cx_lr_0223actors.html?partner=topix   (649 words)

  
 ImageBase
At 15 he became a pupil of Tokyokuni under the name Kunisada; in 1807, he produced his first book illustrations, in 1808 his first actor prints; from 1833 he studied the style of Itcho under Hanabusa Ikkei, taking the name Kochoro; in 1844 he took over the studio name of Toyokuni.
Kunisada was Toyokuni's third notable pupil and one of the leading artists of his day.
figure work is epitomized in his prints, but occoasionally in his surimono and his early prints of girls or actors he achieves distinction, and his rare landscapes are some of the most striking works of the period.
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 Stratfor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
If we look at this list, there are two classes of events with which the CIA has trouble.
However, an event that involves non-nation-state actors (such as Castro, prior to the Cuban revolution) or more important, in which the leaders of the nation-state are themselves unaware, leaves the CIA helpless.
An event that breaks the paradigm of an era and that cannot be covertly sourced is what the CIA is worse at.
www.stratfor.com /seo/Story.neo?storyId=239630   (1835 words)

  
 Korean Actors and Actresses (Page 1)
January 1, 1952) is the consummate veteran actor, having starred in close to 70 films at the time of this writing.
After making her debut as a child actor in the 1970s, Kang continued to appear in a variety of low-profile films until her breakthrough with Im Kwon-taek's Surrogate Mother (1986).
The news of her death prompted a massive outpouring of grief from fellow actors and filmmakers.
www.koreanfilm.org /actors.html   (8452 words)

  
 DVDFILE.com
The man who had originally earned a reputation making deeply personal and often obscure artsy movies needed to prove to himself that he wasn't a total sell-out, that he was still capable of churning out a movie that would leave audiences scratching their heads wondering what the hell he was thinking.
Headlined by an impressive list of notable celebrity actors including Julia Roberts and David Duchovny, Full Frontal is nonetheless a movie specifically designed to have no chance of mass public appeal or box office returns.
And it certainly lived up to those intentions, flopping with often resentful audiences and receiving scathing reviews from critics who conveniently forgot that the Soderbergh who was on his best behavior in his last few movies was the same man who had previously made such incomprehensible cult oddities as Kafka and Schizopolis.
www.dvdfile.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=928&Itemid=3   (1596 words)

  
 Notable Latino Americans — www.greenwood.com
This single volume contains information on several individuals who cannot be easily found in other biographical references, and will be a valuable addition to the reference area or to the general collection.
Those profiled range widely from distinguished scientists to sports stars, from actors to activists, from businesswomen to political personalities, from literary luminaries to labor organizers.
All are potential role models for young men and women, and many have overcome extreme odds to succeed.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/GR9105.aspx   (499 words)

  
 Mods & Rockers Actors A-Z
Several of the actors are associated with more than one film in the festival.
And sometimes an actor is involved with a movie in a capacity other than acting - such as writing, producing or music scoring.
There are capsule descriptions to help identify certain performers - such as character actors or British talent - who might be more familiar to you by a description of their other work than by their name.
www.modsandrockers.com /2000/actors.html   (1167 words)

  
 Poughkeepsie's 150th - Center stage on Market Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The moment was not only a marvel of juxtaposition, requiring audience members to mentally pair the art-rocker with the legendary humorist and author, but a colorful reminder of the theater's rich and varied history.
The list of notable actors and actresses who appeared there is even longer, including Ethel, John and Maurice Barrymore, George M. Cohan and William ``Buffalo Bill'' Cody.
The most notable show may have been Sarah Bernhardt's performance on Dec. 8, 1917 for a packed house.
www.poughkeepsiejournal.com /150/rr150.htm   (806 words)

  
 notablequotables.com latenite
Notably, network executives have no quarrel with this, so long as it is reflected among families that choose to let Nielsen Media Research intrude into their homes--a jury that continues to find in Leno's favor.
Fresh as that format was, it always hindered the show's ability to get A-list celebrity guests--stars who were more than willing to discuss their new movie but less so their feelings about, say, abortion.
The sense that the major studios/networks—made larger by deregulation that fueled a series of major mergers in the 1990s—are willing to bulldoze talent fed the fear of strikes last year by the guilds representing writers and actors, and although new eleventh-hour agreements were reached, it remains a burning source of concern within that community.
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