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Joe Piscopo (born 1951) actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) [96] Victoria Principal (born 1950) father of Italian descent – actress [97] Jon Polito (born in 1950) - actor. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street; Suzi Quatro (born 1950) Italian paternal ...
Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills [1] [2] and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, [3] [4] Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Penn was born as Kalpen Suresh Modi in Montclair, New Jersey on April 23, 1977, to Hindu Indian immigrant parents from Gujarat. [8] [9] His mother, Asmita Bhatt, is a fragrance evaluator for a perfume company, and his father, Suresh Modi, is an engineer.
Touchstone Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company.Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted at adult audiences than typical Walt Disney Pictures films.
In later years, Paramount's TV division would develop a strong relationship with ABC, providing many hit series to the network. Paramount Pictures had been an early backer of television, launching experimental stations in 1939 in Los Angeles and Chicago. The Los Angeles station eventually became KTLA, the first commercial station on the West Coast.
December 1 – Actor and comedian Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University's board of trustees in light of accusations of sexual assault by at least 26 women. [271] December 2 – The FBI launches a probe into a massive hacking attack on Sony Pictures, believing the leadership of North Korea to be responsible. [272]
One of the most celebrated roles of his career, in a 2002 poll his line "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" was voted the second-funniest line in film (after "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" from Monty Python's Life of Brian), [49] and favourite one-liner in a 2003 poll of 1,000 film fans. [50]
Jared Tristan Padalecki (born July 19, 1982) [1] is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Sam Winchester in the TV series Supernatural.He rose to fame in the early 2000s after appearing on the television series Gilmore Girls as well as the films New York Minute (2004) Flight of the Phoenix (2004) and House of Wax (2005), later starring in Friday the 13th (2009).