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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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    S.F.W. (1995)

    Held by terrorists inside a store for 36 days, a survivor (Stephen Dorff) with a ``so-what''...

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    Soapdish (1991)

    The star (Sally Field) of a soap opera is rattled by her ex-lover's (Kevin Kline) return to the...

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    Bulworth (1998)

    After hiring a hit man to kill him, a disillusioned senator (Warren Beatty) starts speaking the...

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    The Running Man (1987)

    A police-state scapegoat (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must play a TV host's (Richard Dawson) deadly game...

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    Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    An all-powerful New York gossip columnist (Burt Lancaster) gives a press agent (Tony Curtis) some...

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    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

    A TV adman (Tony Randall) gets a key to the executive washroom for persuading a Hollywood sexpot...

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    Pecker (1998)

    A blue-collar Baltimore teen (Edward Furlong) becomes a New York celebrity when a dealer discovers...

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    Ringmaster (1998)

    People (Jaime Pressly, Molly Hagan) having sordid affairs appear with their loved ones on a...

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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...

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    Maria Giese

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

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    Zelig (1983)

    Compulsive conformist Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen) is everywhere in newsreels as the ``chameleon...

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    To Die For (1995)

    Observers recall the relationship between a slain small-town bartender (Matt Dillon) and his...

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    Michael Kael vs. The World News Company

    It's December 14, 1999 and a Miami-based international news giant, WNC, has entered into an unholy...

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    Desperation Blvd. (2000)

    A former child (Judy Tenuta) star goes to extremes in making her comeback and finally gets a film...

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    Accumulator 1

    A cautionary tale about the horror lurking behind the average TV screen as exemplified through a man...

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    Welcome to Hollywood

    A film director tries to turn a young actor into a success story, but runs into many problems along...

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    Hi, Mom! (1970)

    A porno filmmaker (Robert De Niro) learns from a master (Allen Garfield) and turns urban guerrilla...

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    The Chase (1994)

    An escaped convict (Charlie Sheen) kidnaps an heiress (Kristy Swanson), then steers her BMW for...

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    Shock Treatment (1981)

    Square Brad (Cliff De Young) and Janet (Jessica Harper) are forced to be contestants on a TV game...

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    Stardom (2000)

    An athlete (Jessica Paré) becomes a model, finds herself hounded by the press, and meets several men...

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    Serial Mom (1994)

    A seemingly perfect wife and mother (Kathleen Turner) from Baltimore gains celebrity status as a...

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    Crazy People (1990)

    A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution...