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List Of HIV-positive People
This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS, including those who have died. AIDS is a pandemic. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 84.2 million 4.0–113.0 millionpeople have been infected with the HIV virus and about 40.1 million 3.6–48.6 millionpeople have died of HIV. Globally, 38.4 million 3.9–43.8 millionpeople were living with HIV at the end of 2021. An estimated 0.7% .6-0.8%of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions. The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (3.4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide. HIV is spread primarily by unprotected sex (including vaginal, anal, and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ryan White
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS. As a hemophiliac, White became infected with HIV from a contaminated factor VIII blood treatment and, when diagnosed in December 1984, was given six months to live. Doctors said he posed no risk to other students, as AIDS is not an airborne disease and spreads solely through bodily fluids, but AIDS was poorly understood by the general public at the time. When White tried to return to school, irate parents and teachers in Howard County rallied against his attendance due to unwarranted concerns of the disease spreading to other students and staff. A lengthy administrative appeal process ensued, and news of the conflict turned White into a popular celebrity and advocate for AIDS research and public education. Surprising his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill; February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the Western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity. Early life Amanda Blake was born Beverly Louise Neill in Buffalo, New York, the only child of Jesse and Louise (née Puckett) Neill. Her father was a banker. Blake was a telephone operator and briefly attended Pomona College before took up acting. Blake attended Brenau Academy from 1944 to 1945. She then served on the board of advisors and became a trustee. Career In the late 1940s, Blake was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the studio saw her as its next Greer Garson. She appeared in a few Hollywood films, such as the 1952 western '' Cattle Town'' and in the starring role of '' Miss Robin Crusoe'', a 1954 adaptation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Wrath Of Khan
''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the television series ''Star Trek''. It is the second film in the ''Star Trek'' film series following '' Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (1979), and is a sequel to the television episode "Space Seed" (1967). The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS ''Enterprise'' facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán). When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the ''Enterprise'' must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis. The film is the beginning of a three-film story arc that continues with the film '' Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' (1984) and concludes with the film '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'' (1986). After the lackluster critical response to the first film, series creator Gene Roddenberry wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of Star Trek, phenomenon. Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into List of Star Trek films, various films, List of Star Trek television series, television series, List of Star Trek games, video games, List of Star Trek novels, novels, and Star Trek (comics), comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (''The Original Series''), which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV Television Network, CTV network. In the US it debuted on September 8, 1966, on NBC. The series followed the voyages of the crew of the Starship Enterprise, starship USS ''Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Captain Kirk
James Tiberius Kirk, often known as Captain Kirk, is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. Originally played by Canadian actor William Shatner, Kirk first appeared in ''Star Trek'' serving aboard the starship USS ''Enterprise'' as captain. Kirk leads his crew as they explore new worlds and "boldly go where no man has gone before". Often, the characters of Spock and Leonard "Bones" McCoy act as his logical and emotional sounding boards, respectively. Kirk has also been portrayed in numerous films, books, comics, webisodes, and video games. Kirk first appears in the ''Star Trek'' episode " The Man Trap", broadcast on September 8, 1966, although the first episode recorded featuring Shatner was "Where No Man Has Gone Before". Shatner continued in the role for the show's three seasons, and he later provided the voice of the animated version of Kirk in '' Star Trek: The Animated Series'' (1973–1974). Shatner returned to the role for '' Star Trek: The Motion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Merritt Butrick
Merritt R. Butrick (September 3, 1959 – March 17, 1989) was an American actor, known for his roles on the teen sitcom ''Square Pegs'' (1982), in two ''Star Trek'' feature films, and a variety of other acting roles in the 1980s. Early life and career Butrick was born in Gainesville, Florida, and was an only child. He graduated in 1977 from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. He attended the California Institute of the Arts for acting, but did not complete his degree. His first screen role was as a rapist in two 1981 episodes of the police drama ''Hill Street Blues''. He was cast as John "Johnny Slash" Ulasewicz, a major supporting character in the teen sitcom ''Square Pegs'' (1982), which received critical praise but was cancelled after 19 episodes (one season). The character was described by one critic as an "apparent (but never declared) gay student." While ''Square Pegs'' was in pre-broadcast production, Butrick was cast to play David Marcus, the son of Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
''The Thorn Birds'' is an American television miniseries broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Piper Laurie, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham and Philip Anglim. It was directed by Daryl Duke and based on the best-selling 1977 novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough. The series was enormously successful, being the second most widely watched television miniseries in history at the time, behind ''Roots''. ''The Thorn Birds'' scored a staggering 41.9 rating and 59 percent of the audience, and was nominated for sixteen Emmys, winning six. It was followed by a sequel miniseries in 1996, '' The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years'', showing some of what the characters experienced during the nineteen-year time gap in the original. Plot The series centres on the lives of the Cleary family from the 1920s until the 1960s, who are brought from New Zealand to the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Herbie Goes Bananas
''Herbie Goes Bananas'' is a 1980 American adventure comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Don Tait. The film is the fourth installment in the ''Herbie'' film series and the sequel to '' Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo'' (1977). ''Herbie Goes Bananas'' was followed by the television sitcom '' Herbie, the Love Bug'' (1982). Plot Picking up sometime after the Trans-France Race, Pete Stancheck has inherited Herbie from his uncle, Jim Douglas, and travels to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with his friend Davy "D.J." Johns to retrieve the car. They get directions from Paco, a comically mischievous, orphaned pickpocket to the car lot. Unable to pay the holding fee due to Paco taking their wallets, the pair quickly leave in Herbie to find him. Elsewhere, Paco pickpockets one of the members of a trio of three villains who are planning to steal gold from some forgotten Inca ruins. The trio chase Paco after realizing the film showing the location of the gold is in the stolen wall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephan W
Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (other) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephen (other) Stephen is a masculine given name. Stephen may also refer to: People * Stephen (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Stephen (honorific), a South Slavic medieval honorific Places * Stephen, Minnesota, United States * Mount St ... * von Stephan {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Queer Duck
''Queer Duck'' is an American animated web series produced by Icebox Animation (alongside Mondo Media) that originally appeared on the company's website, then later moved to the American cable network Showtime, where it aired following the American version of ''Queer as Folk''. Although far from featuring the first gay cartoon character, ''Queer Duck'' was among the first animated series to have homosexuality as its predominant theme. Several later television cartoons, ''Queer Duck'' was animated in Macromedia Flash. The show was created, written, and executive-produced by Mike Reiss, who also produced network cartoons ''The Simpsons'' and ''The Critic''. ''Queer Duck'' animation was directed and designed by Xeth Feinberg, in an attempt to be very similar to the animation style of '' Rocky and Bullwinkle''; the theme song was performed by drag celebrity RuPaul. In Canada, ''Queer Duck'' aired on Teletoon at Night whilst in the UK it was aired as a short segment as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ned's Declassified
''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' (sometimes shortened to ''Ned's Declassified'') is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon that debuted on the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The series' original pilot episode aired on September 7, 2003, and it was ordered to series by Nickelodeon in early 2004. The one-hour special movie series finale aired on June 8, 2007. The show was produced by Apollo ProScreen GmbH & Co. Filmproduktion KG in association with Jack Mackie Pictures. Its main executive producer and creator is Scott Fellows, the head writer for ''The Fairly OddParents'' and creator of ''Johnny Test''. Premise ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' follows the lives of the titular character Ned Bigby, and his two best friends Jennifer "Moze" Mosely, and Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook, as they navigate their middle school years. The first season takes place during the first semester of seventh grade, the second season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Too Close For Comfort
''Too Close for Comfort'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from November 11, 1980, to May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984, to February 7, 1987. Its name was changed to ''The Ted Knight Show'' when the show was retooled in 1986 for its sixth season, which would turn out to be its last due to Ted Knight's death. The original concept of the series was based on the 1980s British sitcom '' Keep It in the Family''. Knight plays work-at-home cartoonist Henry Rush, who is married to Muriel. Their two adult daughters, Jackie and Sara, live in the downstairs apartment of their San Francisco two-flat. An episode involving the daughters moving across the bay to Oakland and the family complaining about crime, undrinkable water, and constant sound of police sirens saw the episode being briefly protested by Oakland politicians. The family moves to Marin County for the show's final season, where Henry Rush becomes a co-owner of the local weekly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
