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    David Alan Mamet

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    In 1947, in the city of Chicago, David Alan Mamet was born. He spent his childhood as a child actor. Enjoying acting in his younger years he attended Goddard College, graduating in 1969 with a degree in English Literature. In 1970, he staged his first play, Lakeboat. Later on he moved back to Chicago to help start the St. Nicholas Theatre Company with William H. Macy. David Mamet was a part of the creation of plays such as The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo

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    because it brings income and has to bring the creative minds of artists to produce a play. Today many of the old plays are been played all over the world using the same dialogue as before but with some editing. In the past, there was a lot of violence from war and most of the arts produced were responses to social change allowing artist, artistic freedom to express themselves. In England, play license laws were established but not forced in the Americas were a lot of performances used profanity and nudity

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    Again a new twist in the custody battle between Hollywood hitmakers Brad Pitt (51 "Allied") and Angelina Jolie (41, "By the Sea"): The investigation against him by the competent office of Child allegations of child abuse and Family affairs in LA, California. According to TMZ.com, social workers have come to the conclusion that no further measures are needed to protect the children after talking to all parties. Advantage for Brad Pitt in the cause of justice? Was determined after an incident in September

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    George Lopez is an Actor/Comedian, born on April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California. He became a highly successful comedian by find the humor in the traumatic experiences he faced during his childhood and life. He also found humor out of his experiences in the Mexican-American community. Through his hard work and perseverance he has become able to be renowned as one of the top comedians. Some of the traumas he encountered as a child was the fact that his mother and him were abandoned by his

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    Robert Michael Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand up comic and veteran of the Nbc sketch comedy. Robert Michael Schneider is born on October 31st, 1963. A very talented actor with an amazing sense of humor and A great person to be around. with Schneider outclassed his contemporaries in the genre of comedy with his self deprecating humor tactics and goofy antics in many of his films and television series. Schneider did not have a great start to his career

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    Currently California has a terrible water problem, which is causing many people to cease watering in excess all across the state. The reason California has water problems is that we are emptying our underground aquifers during a drought that has been going on and many people are still wasting water on their own personal opportunities. There are many options toward either ending or surviving the water issue, such as the idea of war to take the water that California needs to survive. Another is to

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    Also starring in Asylum, actors James Cromwell and Frances Conroy are not strangers to each other. They played a unique couple for the production of Six Feet Under.Number Twenty-Three: Bringing the Family to Set. To find the perfect actor to play the flashback version of Cromwell’s character, the casting staff sought out the family. Chosen to play this role was no other but Cromwell’s

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    only acting in a certain way. Ranging from historical contexts, viral YouTube videos, American sitcoms, and actor’s entire careers, male African American bodies have and will continue to be used to define the specific

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    Who knew Will Ferrell would be so successful at comedy in every form? John William Ferrell was born on July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California. Ferrell’s comedy career launched as he became part of a los angeles based show called the Groundlings. His career in comedy skyrocketed when he joined onto the cast of Saturday Night Live. Will Ferrell has influenced American Culture by giving people endless laughs and someone they can connect with on and off the screen. Ferrell became a very big star after

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    Sanford Meisner was born August 31, 1905 and passed away in 1997. Meisner raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Erasmus Hall in 1923 and he attended The Damrosch Institute of Music, also known as Juilliard. That is where he got his passion to study to become a concert pianist before he talked his way to a job in Theater Guild production of Sidney Howard's “They Knew What They Wanted.” In 1933 Meisner disenchanted with pure “method” acting. In 1935 Meisner headed to the Drama Department

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