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Denzel Washington

Index Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, director, and producer. [1]

209 relations: A Raisin in the Sun, A Soldier's Play, A Soldier's Story, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards, Academy Honorary Award, Action film, Alma mater, American Conservatory Theater, American football, American Gangster (film), Antoine Fuqua, Antwone Fisher (film), Archbishop, Arms industry, Associated Press, August Wilson, Bachelor of Arts, Barack Obama, Basketball positions, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Berlin International Film Festival, Bible, Black nationalism, Bonanza, Box Office Mojo, Boxing, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway theatre, Brooke Army Medical Center, Bryan Cranston, Buckingham County, Virginia, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Carbon Copy (film), Chris Adams (character), Chris Pratt, Christianity, Church of God in Christ, Clive Owen, College basketball, Courage Under Fire, Crimson Tide (film), Cry Freedom, Dallas Cowboys, Daytona Beach, Florida, Déjà Vu (2006 film), Deadline Hollywood, ..., Desmond Tutu, Edward Woodward, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN, Ethan Hawke, Fences (film), Fences (play), Fisher House Foundation, Flight (2012 film), For Queen and Country, Fordham University, Forest Whitaker, Fort Sam Houston, Fran Drescher, Frank Lucas (drug dealer), George C. Wolfe, Georgia (U.S. state), Glory (1989 film), Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Haley Bennett, Harlem, He Got Game, Herman Boone, HIV/AIDS, HuffPost, Idina Menzel, IMAX, Independent voter, Inside Man, Inverse (website), Israel, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jet (magazine), Jodie Foster, John David Washington, John Q., John Travolta, Julius Caesar (play), King of Kings (1961 film), Lakeville, Connecticut, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Daniels, Legal drama, List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Times, Lubbock, Texas, Mainland High School, Malcolm X, Malcolm X (1992 film), Man on Fire (2004 film), Manuel García Rulfo, Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sensmeier, Melvin B. Tolson, Messianic Judaism, Michael Moore, Mississippi Masala, Mo' Better Blues, Morehouse College, Mount Vernon, New York, Moviefone, Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film), NBC, Negro Ensemble Company, Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, New Windsor, New York, New York City, Oakland Military Academy, Obie Award, Off-Broadway, Oliver Stone, Othello, Out of Time (2003 film), P. J. Carlesimo, Parade (magazine), Paramount Pictures, Pentecostalism, Peter Sarsgaard, Philadelphia (film), Power (1986 film), Press release, Principal photography, Purple Heart, Queerty, Rawhide (TV series), Ray Allen, Remember the Titans, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Richard Attenborough, Richard III (play), Ridley Scott, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Rubin Carter, Russell Crowe, Ryan Reynolds, S. Klein, Safe House (2012 film), Seven Samurai, Sidney Poitier, Snopes.com, Spike Lee, St. Elsewhere, St. Mary's City, Maryland, Steve Biko, Summer stock theatre, Television film, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Texas Tech University, The Book of Eli, The Butler, The Dallas Morning News, The Emperor Jones, The Equalizer, The Equalizer (film), The Florida Times-Union, The George McKenna Story, The Great Debaters, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hurricane (1999 film), The Iceman Cometh, The Magnificent Seven, The Magnificent Seven (2016 film), The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film), The Mighty Quinn (film), The Observer, The Pelican Brief (film), The Preacher's Wife, The Public Theater, The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film), The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Wall Street Journal, TheWrap, Thriller film, Tony Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Tony Scott, Training Day, United States presidential election, 2008, University of Pennsylvania, Unstoppable (2010 film), Vincent D'Onofrio, Viola Davis, Virtuosity, Whitney Houston, Wichita, Kansas, Wiley College, Yale University, Yul Brynner, 2 Guns, 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, 57th Golden Globe Awards, 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Expand index (159 more) »

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959.

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A Soldier's Play

A Soldier's Play is a drama by Charles Fuller.

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A Soldier's Story

A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller's from his Pulitzer Prize-winning Off Broadway production A Soldier's Play.

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Academy Award for Best Actor

The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Academy Honorary Award

The Academy Honorary Award – instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards (previously called the Special Award, which was first presented in early 1929) – is given annually by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards, although prior winners of competitive Academy Awards are not excluded from receiving the Honorary Award.

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Action film

Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases.

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Alma mater

Alma mater (Latin: "nourishing/kind", "mother"; pl.) is an allegorical Latin phrase for a university or college.

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American Conservatory Theater

The American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions, as well as being an acting school.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American Gangster (film)

American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian.

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Antoine Fuqua

Antoine Fuqua (born January 19, 1966) is an American film director and producer.

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Antwone Fisher (film)

Antwone Fisher is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington in his feature film directorial debut.

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Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Arms industry

The arms industry, also known as the defense industry or the arms trade, is a global industry responsible for the manufacturing and sales of weapons and military technology.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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August Wilson

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017.

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Basketball positions

The five basketball positions normally employed by organized basketball teams are the point guard (PG), the shooting guard (SG), the small forward (SF), the power forward (PF), and the center (C).

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana and its second-largest city.

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Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

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Black nationalism

Black nationalism is a type of nationalism which espouses the belief that black people are a nation and seeks to develop and maintain a black identity.

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Bonanza

Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from 1959 to 1973.

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Box Office Mojo

Founded in 1999, Box Office Mojo tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, and publishes the data on its website.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people.

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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is an American nonprofit organization, headquartered in New York City.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Brooke Army Medical Center

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) is the United States Army's premier medical institution.

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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Walter White on the AMC crime drama Breaking Bad, Hal on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, and Dr.

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Buckingham County, Virginia

Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and containing the geographic center of the state.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Carbon Copy (film)

Carbon Copy is a 1981 British-American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz.

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Chris Adams (character)

Chris Adams is a fictional character in the 1960 western film The Magnificent Seven, originally played by Yul Brynner, whose portrayal of Chris Adams resembles Takashi Shimura's representation of Kambei.

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Chris Pratt

Christopher Michael Pratt is an American actor.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Church of God in Christ

The Church Of God in Christ (COGIC) is a Pentecostal-Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership.

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Clive Owen

Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor who first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991.

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College basketball

College basketball today is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA).

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Courage Under Fire

Courage Under Fire is a 1996 American war film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan.

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Crimson Tide (film)

Crimson Tide is a 1995 American submarine film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.

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Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom is a 1987 British-South African epic drama film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid era South Africa.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States.

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Déjà Vu (2006 film)

Déjà Vu (stylized onscreen as Deja Vu without accents) is a 2006 American science fiction thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood, also known as Deadline.com and previously known as news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily, is an online magazine founded by Nikki Finke in 2006.

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist.

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Edward Woodward

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Ethan Hawke

Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and director.

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Fences (film)

Fences is a 2016 American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

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Fences (play)

Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson.

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Fisher House Foundation

Fisher House Foundation is best known for a network of comfort homes where families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.

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Flight (2012 film)

Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by John Gatins.

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For Queen and Country

For Queen and Country is a 1988 British-American crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington.

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Fordham University

Fordham University is a private research university in New York City.

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director.

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Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.

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Fran Drescher

Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress and activist.

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Frank Lucas (drug dealer)

Frank Lucas (born September 9, 1930) is an American former drug trafficker who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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George C. Wolfe

George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and director of theater and film.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Glory (1989 film)

Glory is a 1989 American war film directed by Edward Zwick, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman.

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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951.

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Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment".

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Haley Bennett

Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress and singer.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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He Got Game

He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington.

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Herman Boone

Herman Ike Boone (born October 28, 1935) is a former American high school football coach, most famous for coaching the 1971 T. C. Williams High School football team to a 13–0 season, state championship, and national championship runner-up; the basis for the 2000 film Remember the Titans where Boone was portrayed by Denzel Washington.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Idina Menzel

Idina Kim Menzel (born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.

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IMAX

IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.

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Independent voter

An independent voter, often called an unaffiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party.

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Inside Man

Inside Man is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Spike Lee, and written by Russell Gewirtz.

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Inverse (website)

Inverse is an American digital media company covering topics such as technology, science, and culture for a millennial audience.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1943) is an American film and television producer.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.

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Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer.

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John David Washington

John David Washington (July 28, 1984) is an American actor and former American football running back.

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John Q.

John Q. is a 2002 American drama film starring Denzel Washington and directed by Nick Cassavetes.

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John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor, film producer, dancer and singer.

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Julius Caesar (play)

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a history play and tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599.

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King of Kings (1961 film)

King of Kings is a 1961 American Biblical epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Lakeville, Connecticut

Lakeville is a village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, bordering Dutchess County, New York.

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Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun (이병헌; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model.

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Lee Daniels

Lee Louis Daniels (born December 24, 1959) is an American producer, director and writer.

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Legal drama

A legal drama or a courtroom drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system.

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List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actor Denzel Washington.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States.

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Mainland High School

Mainland High School is a public high school located in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (19251965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.

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Malcolm X (1992 film)

Malcolm X, sometimes stylized as X, is a 1992 American epic biographical drama film about the Afro-American activist Malcolm X. Directed and co-written by Spike Lee, the film stars Denzel Washington in the title role, as well as Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman, Jr., and Delroy Lindo.

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Man on Fire (2004 film)

Man on Fire is a 2004 British-American crime thriller film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell.

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Manuel García Rulfo

Manuel García-Rulfo (born February 25, 1981) is a Mexican actor.

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Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

Marcus Junius Brutus (the Younger) (85 BC – 23 October 42 BC), often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic.

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Mark Wahlberg

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor, producer, businessman, former model, rapper, and songwriter.

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Martin Sensmeier

Martin Sensmeier is an Alaska Native actor of Tlingit, Koyukon-Athabascan descent.

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Melvin B. Tolson

Melvin Beaunorus Tolson (February 6, 1898 – August 29, 1966) was an American poet, educator, columnist, and politician.

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Messianic Judaism

Messianic Judaism is a modern syncretic religious movement that combines Christianity—most importantly, the belief that Jesus is the Messiah—with elements of Judaism and Jewish tradition, its current form emerging in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American documentary filmmaker, activist, and author.

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Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth.

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Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 musical drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also directed.

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Morehouse College

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically Black college located in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Moviefone

Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service.

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Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)

Much Ado About Nothing is a 1993 British/American romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Negro Ensemble Company

The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is a New York City-based theater company and workshop established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer/actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald S. Krone, with funding from the Ford Foundation.

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Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) is a charitable organisation founded by Nelson Mandela, based in South Africa.

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New Windsor, New York

New Windsor is a town in Orange County, New York, United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oakland Military Academy

Oakland Military Academy was founded in Oakland, New Jersey in the 1930s by the Sarcka family.

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Obie Award

The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City.

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Off-Broadway

An Off-Broadway theatre is any professional venue in Manhattan in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.

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Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American writer and filmmaker.

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Othello

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603.

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Out of Time (2003 film)

Out of Time is a 2003 American thriller film, directed by Carl Franklin featuring Denzel Washington.

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P. J. Carlesimo

Peter John Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American basketball coach, who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years.

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Parade (magazine)

Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 700 newspapers in the United States.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994.

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Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism or Classical Pentecostalism is a renewal movement"Spirit and Power: A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals",.

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Peter Sarsgaard

John Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor.

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Philadelphia (film)

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Power (1986 film)

Power is a 1986 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Gere.

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Press release

A press release, news release, media release, press statement or video release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy.

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Principal photography

Film production on location in Newark, New Jersey, April 2004. Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production.

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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.

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Queerty

Queerty is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay-oriented lifestyle and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib.

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Rawhide (TV series)

Rawhide is an American Western TV series starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood.

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Ray Allen

Walter Ray Allen Jr. (born July 20, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.

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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) was a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict from 1964 to 2017.

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Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014), was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician.

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Richard III (play)

Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1593.

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Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer.

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Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a 2017 American legal drama film written and directed by Dan Gilroy.

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Rubin Carter

Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 – April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and later released following a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison.

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Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician.

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Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Rodney Reynolds (born October 23, 1976) is a Canadian actor and film producer.

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S. Klein

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Safe House (2012 film)

Safe House is a 2012 American-South African spy action-thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.

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Seven Samurai

is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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Sidney Poitier

Sir Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.

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Snopes.com

Snopes.com, formally known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is one of the first online fact-checking websites.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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St. Elsewhere

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St. Mary's City, Maryland

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Steve Biko

Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.

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Summer stock theatre

In American theater, summer stock theatre is a theatre that presents stage productions only in the summer.

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Television film

A television film (also known as a TV movie, TV film, television movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television movie, made-for-television film, direct-to-TV movie, direct-to-TV film, movie of the week, feature-length drama, single drama and original movie) is a feature-length motion picture that is produced for, and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

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Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University.

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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.

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The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals.

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The Butler

The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler) is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and produced by Lee Daniels and written by Danny Strong.

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The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average of 271,900 daily subscribers.

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The Emperor Jones

The Emperor Jones is a 1920 play by American dramatist Eugene O'Neill that tells the tale of Brutus Jones, a resourceful, self-assured African American and a former Pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game, is jailed, and later escapes to a small, backward Caribbean island where he sets himself up as emperor.

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The Equalizer

The Equalizer is an American crime drama television series, originally airing on CBS from fall 1985 until late-spring 1989.

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The Equalizer (film)

The Equalizer is a 2014 American vigilante action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk, loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name.

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The Florida Times-Union

The Florida Times-Union is a major daily newspaper in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.

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The George McKenna Story

The George McKenna Story is a 1986 television film directed by Eric Laneuville.

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The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Hurricane (1999 film)

The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison.

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The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939.

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The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz.

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The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)

The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American western action film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk.

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The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)

The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme.

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The Mighty Quinn (film)

The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Pelican Brief (film)

The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal political thriller based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham.

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The Preacher's Wife

The Preacher's Wife is a 1996 American romantic comedy family film directed by Penny Marshall, and starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, and Courtney B. Vance.

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The Public Theater

The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.

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The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 2009 American thriller film directed by Tony Scott.

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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (a.k.a. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Héctor Elizondo.

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The Ten Commandments (1956 film)

The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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TheWrap

TheWrap is an entertainment and media news website founded by Sharon Waxman in 2009.

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Thriller film

Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that involves excitement and suspense in the audience.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play.

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Tony Scott

Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer.

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Training Day

Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by David Ayer.

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United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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Unstoppable (2010 film)

Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott, in his final film as director before his death in 2012.

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Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer.

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Virtuosity

Virtuosity is a 1995 American science fiction action film directed by Brett Leonard, and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.

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Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress.

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Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Wiley College

Wiley College is a four-year, private, historically black, liberal arts college located on the west side of Marshall, Texas.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (born Yuliy Borisovich Briner, Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985)Record of Yul Brynner, #108-18-2984.

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2 Guns

2 Guns is a 2013 American action comedy film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

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2016 Toronto International Film Festival

The 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 8 to 18 September 2016.

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57th Golden Globe Awards

The 57th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1999, took place on Sunday January 23, 2000.

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73rd Golden Globe Awards

The 73rd Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2015 and was broadcast live on January 10, 2016, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST by NBC.

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References

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