enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Television and the Public Interest - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_and_the_Public...

    In the speech, Minow referred to American commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland" and advocated for programming in the public interest.In hindsight, the speech addressed the end of a Golden Age of Television that had run through the 1950s, contrasting the highbrow programs of that decade (Minow specifically cited Westinghouse Studio One and Playhouse 90, both of which had ended ...

  3. Jeff Daniels says his iconic speech from 'The Newsroom' is ...

    www.aol.com/entertainment/jeff-daniels-says...

    Jeff and Ben spoke with Yahoo Entertainment ahead of the show’s release about their father-son podcasting team, Jeff’s legacy as an actor and how the unconventional project came together.

  4. James Earl Jones' famous 'Field of Dreams' speech had an ...

    www.aol.com/news/james-earl-jones-famous-field...

    James Earl Jones' memorable speech as Terence Mann in the Kevin Costner baseball film "Field of Dreams" is still a classic that speaks to his talents as an actor.

  5. Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman_AMC_Theatres...

    In September 2021, AMC Theatres began airing a commercial starring actress Nicole Kidman in its theaters and on television. The ad, written by screenwriter Billy Ray, was intended to spur theater attendance following the COVID-19 pandemic by highlighting the "magic" of the movie theater experience.

  6. Jerry Seinfeld reveals amazing story behind 'genius' Jason ...

    www.aol.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-reveals-amazing...

    Jerry Seinfeld tells Rich Eisen that Jason Alexander learned his famous golf ball speech in 30 minutes in the popular "Marine Biologist" episode of "Seinfeld."

  7. AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years...100_Movie...

    An actual quotation from Lou Gehrig's retirement speech [6] 50 "Houston, we have a problem." Apollo 13: The actual message from the Apollo 13 mission was "Houston, we've had a problem" [7] 68 "Here's Johnny!" The Shining: The line is Ed McMahon's signature introduction of Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. [8] 97 "My mother thanks you. My ...

  8. Billy Bob Thornton ad-libbed his famous 'Friday Night Lights ...

    www.aol.com/news/billy-bob-thornton-ad-libbed...

    2004's "Friday Night Lights" is a beloved sports movie, and a big reason for that is the locker room speech your character, Coach Gary Caines, delivers. Is it true that you ad-libbed a lot of it ...

  9. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends,_Romans...

    "Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.