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Perfect (1985 Film)
''Perfect'' is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by James Bridges and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was written by Aaron Latham and James Bridges and is based on a series of articles that appeared in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in the late 1970s, chronicling the popularity of Los Angeles health clubs among single people. Its story follows journalist Adam Lawrence, who is assigned to interview a successful entrepreneur accused of dealing drugs. He is then assigned to cover a second story and decides to do an exposé on fitness clubs, where he meets an aerobics instructor named Jessie Wilson, who does not have a great deal of trust in journalists. It stars John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anne De Salvo, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman, Matthew Reed, and Jann Wenner. The film was produced by Delphi III and Pluperfect and was released on June 7, 1985. It grossed $4.2 million during its opening weekend and $12.9 million worldwide, against a budget of $20 million. Plo ...
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James Bridges
James Bridges (February 3, 1936June 6, 1993) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and actor. He is a two-time Oscar nominee: once for Best Original Screenplay for '' The China Syndrome'' and once for Best Adapted Screenplay for '' The Paper Chase''. Life and career Bridges was born February 3, 1936, in Little Rock, Arkansas and grew up in Paris, Arkansas. His mother was Celestine Wiggins, his sister was Mary Ann Wiggins, and his life partner from 1958 until his death was actor, librettist, screenwriter, and producer Jack Larson. Bridges got his start as a writer for ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' after catching the attention of Norman Lloyd, a producer for the series. One of his episodes, "An Unlocked Window", earned him a 1966 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Episode in a TV Series. Bridges went on to write and direct a number of notable films, including '' The Baby Maker''; '' The Paper Chase''; '' September 30, 1955''; '' The Chin ...
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Moral Dilemma
In philosophy, an ethical dilemma, also called an ethical paradox or moral dilemma, is a situation in which two or more conflicting moral imperatives, none of which overrides the other, confront an agent. A closely related definition characterizes an ethical dilemma as a situation in which every available choice is wrong. The term is also used in a ''wider sense'' in everyday language to refer to ethical conflicts that may be resolvable, to psychologically difficult choices or to other types of difficult ethical problems. This article concerns ethical dilemmas in the ''strict philosophical sense'', often referred to as ''genuine ethical dilemmas''. Various examples have been proposed but there is disagreement as to whether these constitute ''genuine'' or ''merely apparent'' ethical dilemmas. The central debate around ethical dilemmas concerns the question of whether there are any. Defenders often point to apparent examples while their opponents usually aim to show their existence co ...
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Paul Barresi
Paul Barresi (born 1949) is an American former pornographic actor, former pornographic film director, and media personality. Early life and military career Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, when Barresi was 12 his family moved to Annapolis, Maryland for his father's job at the United States Naval Academy. Barresi was offered a wrestling scholarship to the University of Maryland but opted to instead enlist in the United States Air Force during the height of the Vietnam War. Barresi served at bases in the United States and the Philippines, and he was honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1971 after completing his tour at March Air Force Base.Ebner, Mark and Jack Cheevers (April 26, 2001)The Bagman.''New Times LA'' Upon returning to civilian life, he soon began working as a fitness trainer at a gym in nearby Riverside, California. Work in modeling, theater and film In March 1974, Barresi was featured in ''Playgirl'' magazine with Cassandra Peterson. The following year he was select ...
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Chelsea Field
Chelsea Field is an American actress. Career Field started her career as a Solid Gold Dancer, and one of her first television roles was on ''Airwolf''. She also played Teela in the 1987 film adaptation of ''Masters of the Universe''. She began portraying attorney Rita Devereaux on '' NCIS: New Orleans'' during the program's third season. The character was changed from recurring to regular effective with the seventh season. Personal life Field is married to actor Scott Bakula Scott Stewart Bakula (; born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. He played Sam Beckett on ''Quantum Leap'' – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one) – and Captain Jonathan Arc .... Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Chelsea Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Year of bi ...
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Rosalind Allen
Rosalind Allen (born September 23, 1957) is a New Zealand-born actress, best known for her portrayal of Doctor Wendy Smith in the second season of ''seaQuest DSV''. Early life Born Rosalind E. Ingledew in New Zealand, she studied acting there, before moving to the United States. Career Her first movie appearance was as an extra in the film ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', and after guest appearances on a number of daytime dramas dating back to the mid-1980s, and a fairly large part in '' Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice'', as well as several independent films, Allen was signed as a main character in NBC's popular sci-fi series, ''seaQuest DSV'', but she left after one season. Like her ''seaQuest'' predecessor (Stephanie Beacham), she appeared in an episode of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Allen also appeared alongside her then husband Todd Allen in ''seaQuest DSV'' in the episode "The Siamese Dream". Allen twice portrayed the love interest of Bobby Ewing ...
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Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth Clifford Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian actor, who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career. Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for six years, before to New York and appearing in many Off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Beginning in the late 1970s, he worked regularly in film and television, both in Canada and the United States. He was well-known to television audiences for his portrayal of the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle on ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–91), and for playing Dr. Watson in a series of CTV Sherlock Holmes telefilms. He was a four-time Genie Award nominee - winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Margaret's Museum'' (1996), with Best Actor nods for '' Reno and the Doc'' (1984) and '' Loyalties'' (1986). He also won four Gemini Awards, and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2003, he was acclaimed to the Orde ...
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Murphy Dunne
George "Murphy" Dunne (born June 22, 1942) is an American actor and musician. He played "Murph", the keyboardist for the Blues Brothers, in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers'', a role he reprised in the sequel, '' Blues Brothers 2000''. Biography Dunne grew up in Chicago, the son of Agnes and George Dunne. He has two sisters, Mary and Eileen. In the late 1960s he became Precinct Captain of the 42nd ward, also known as Rush Street. Rush Street was home to many music venues and while visiting the clubs Dunne decided to pursue an active career in show business. He started playing piano in a back room of Lake Shore Park and joined one of the early 1970s comedy ensembles, The Conception Corporation. In 1968 he joined the improvisational theatre company The Second City. In 1969 Dunne co-produced Chicago's first Free Blues Festival at Grant Park Band Shell, where he met Willie Dixon, Albert King and his future Blues Brothers band-mate Steve Cropper. In 1977 Dunne had a small role as ...
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Paul Kent (actor)
Paul Kent (October 13, 1930 – October 7, 2011) was an American actor and the founder and artistic director of the Melrose Theatre in West Hollywood. Biography Early life Kent was born as Paul Inglese on October 13, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and briefly served in the United States Army during the Korean War. In 1958, he and his parents moved from New York to California, where he trained under Sanford Meisner and later assisted Meisner with his classes. The two became close friends and colleagues during Meisner's life, and when Meisner left Los Angeles to go back to New York, he left his teaching methods to be carried on in the West by Kent who consequently taught acting for many years through his theater. Kent played a part in the formation of Lucille Ball's Desilu Workshop, where he became the first acting student signed by the workshop. According to Hedda Hopper, when Kent appeared at the workshop to help a female friend at an ...
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Tom Schiller
Tom Schiller is an American writer, director, comedian and actor best known for his eleven-year stint writing and directing short films for ''Saturday Night Live'' (following the show's original short film makers Albert Brooks and Gary Weis). His films, often featuring members of the original ''SNL'' cast, aired on the program in a segment titled, "Schiller's Reel." He is the son of TV comedy writer/producer Bob Schiller. Career Schiller was part of the original 1975 writing team when ''Saturday Night Live'' debuted on NBC. Schiller was an on-screen cast member for one season. Notable films included the Federico Fellini send-up "La Dolce Gilda" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", which depicted an elderly John Belushi as the last living "Not Ready For Primetime Player," visiting a cemetery where his castmates are buried, recalling their deaths, and remarking he survived by dancing, at which point he dances on their graves. ("Don't Look Back in Anger" noted the irony of the situati ...
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Alma Beltran
Alma Leonor Beltran (August 22, 1919 – June 9, 2007) was a Mexican-American film, stage and television actress. She appeared in 82 films between 1945 and 2002. In addition to her film roles, Beltran played over 80 roles in film and television, often in smaller roles, always as Mexican women, and then later in her career, as matriarch types. She is best known as Mrs. Fuentes, mother of Julio Fuentes, on the NBC-TV series ''Sanford and Son''. Death Beltran died in Northridge, California Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University, Northridge, and the Northridge Fashion Center. Originally named List of minor biblica ..., on June 9, 2007, aged 87, due to natural causes. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. Filmography References External links * 1919 births 2007 deaths People from Cananea American film actresses A ...
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Stefan Gierasch
Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Personal Gierasch was a native of New York and studied at The Actors Studio. Gierasch was married 33 years to actress Hedy Sontag at the time of his death. The couple have 3 children, Amanda, Elisa and Matthew. Career Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-1960s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared in dozens of films including in '' The Hustler'' (1961), '' The Traveling Executioner'' (1970), '' Jeremiah Johnson'' (1972), '' What's Up Doc?'' (1972), ''High Plains Drifter'' (1973), '' Carrie'' (1976), '' Silver Streak'' (1976), '' Victory at Entebbe'' (1976), '' Blue Sunshine'' (1977), '' The Champ'' (1979), '' Blood Beach'' (1980) and '' Perfect'' (1985). In 1994 he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito film '' Junior'' as Edward Sawyer, and in 19 ...
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Contempt Of Court
Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the court. A similar attitude toward a legislative body is termed contempt of Parliament or contempt of Congress. The verb for "to commit contempt" is contemn (as in "to contemn a court order") and a person guilty of this is a contemnor or contemner. There are broadly two categories of contempt: being disrespectful to legal authorities in the courtroom, or willfully failing to obey a court order. Contempt proceedings are especially used to enforce equitable remedies, such as injunctions. In some jurisdictions, the refusal to respond to subpoena, to testify, to fulfill the obligations of a juror, or to provide certain information can constitute contempt of the court. When a court decides that an action constitutes contempt of court, it can ...
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