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    Michael McKean

    One of the founding members of the legendary comedy troupe, The Credibility Gap, lanky comic actor,...

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    Kaitlin Doubleday

    With her pretty blonde tresses and million-dollar smile, American actress Kaitlin Doubleday seemed a...

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    American Dreamz (2006)

    A conniving singer (Mandy Moore) and a sleeper-cell terrorist become finalists on America's hottest...

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    Little Black Book (2004)

    To learn more about his past, a young woman (Brittany Murphy) interviews three of her boyfriend's...

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    Videodrome (1983)

    A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a...

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    Anchorman (2004)

    A 1970s San Diego newscaster (Will Ferrell) feels threatened by the arrival of an ambitious woman...

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    Cracking Up (1977)

    Members of Second City and other comedy troupes put together this satiric look at a big California...

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    Protocol (1984)

    A Washington waitress (Goldie Hawn) saves the Emir of Ohtar's (Richard Romanus) life, launching her...

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    The TV Set (2007)

    A network picks up Mike Klein's (David Duchovny) pilot for a TV series, and now he must navigate...

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    Thank You for Smoking (2006)

    A lobbyist (Aaron Eckhart) for big tobacco finds it difficult to balance his duties defending a...

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    Life or Something Like It (2002)

    A television reporter (Angelina Jolie) re-examines herself after a homeless seer tells her she has...

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    A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    A TV woman (Patricia Neal) turns Arkansas bum Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) into a homespun media...

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    The Truman Show (1998)

    An unwitting man's (Jim Carrey) life is arranged for him, captured on hidden cameras and broadcast...

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    Natural Born Killers (1994)

    Two young lovers (Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis) embark on a blood-drenched killing spree that...

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    His Girl Friday (1940)

    An ace reporter's (Rosalind Russell) editor (Cary Grant) tries to stop her from remarrying in this...

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    The Front Page (1974)

    The managing editor (Walter Matthau) of a 1920s Chicago paper stalls his ace reporter (Jack Lemmon)...

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    The Cable Guy (1996)

    An act of kindness brings a jilted architect (Matthew Broderick) the unwanted friendship of an...

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    Primary Colors (1998)

    A Southern governor's (John Travolta) wife (Emma Thompson) and adviser (Billy Bob Thornton) help him...

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    Cecil B. Demented (2000)

    A renegade filmmaker (Stephen Dorff) kidnaps a pampered Hollywood star (Melanie Griffith) and forces...

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    Edtv (1999)

    A video-store clerk (Matthew McConaughey) allows a TV executive (Ellen DeGeneres) to film every...

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    Wag the Dog (1997)

    To divert attention from a presidential scandal, an adviser (Robert De Niro) hires a Hollywood...

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    High Hopes

    Hoping to finance a movie, a man plans to steal marijuana and then return it for a reward.

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    Beer (1985)

    A Madison Avenue adwoman (Loretta Swit) turns three regular guys into TV spokesmen for Norbecker...

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    The Paper (1994)

    Two New York tabloid editors (Michael Keaton, Glenn Close) come to blows over a front-page story...

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    La Dolce Vita (1961)

    Federico Fellini's acclaimed account of an angst-ridden tabloid reporter in decadent modern-day...

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    Network (1976)

    A TV executive (Faye Dunaway) boosts her ratings with a mad anchorman (Peter Finch) who thinks he...

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    Maria Giese

    Maria Giese was a Writer for the movies When Saturday Comes and Hunger.

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    Lee Richardson

    Chicago-born Lee Richardson was a nondescript but extremely busy character actor. His stock-in-trade...

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    Jessica Paré

    With a personal story that eerily parallels her first major role as a small-town girl thrust from...

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    Azura Skye

    With her raven hair, porcelain skin and deep blue eyes, Azura Skye, perennially clad in black and...