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"elie samaha arabic born may 10 1955 zahl lebanon is a nightclub owner real estate entrepreneur and film producer in los angeles with production credits beginning with the immortals in 1995 samaha has produced over 83 works primarily films along with some video games he has won one award in this capacity a golden raspberry award for worst picture which he shared with john travolta and jonathan d krane for the 2000 film battlefield earth a saga of the year 3000between 1998 and 2004 samaha produced films under the franchise pictures studio title which included films such as battlefield earthsamaha specialized in rescuing stars pet projects franchise sought out stars whose projects were stalled at the major studios bringing them aboard at reduced salaries samahas approach made waves in hollywood earning him a reputation of being able to produce star vehicles more cheaply than the larger studios his unorthodox deals raised eyebrows and the entertainment industry magazine variety commented that they were often so complex and variable as to leave outsiders scratching their heads as samaha put it during an interview about battlefield earth i said if john travolta wants to make this movie what does he want to get paid because i do not pay anybody what they make that is not my business plan"
"regina gina barreca born 1957 is an american academic and humorist she is professor of english literature and feminist theory at the university of connecticut her latest book its not that im bitter or how i learned to stop worrying about visible panty lines and conquered the world was published by st martins press in the spring of 2009she is currently a columnist for the hartford courant as well as a blogger for the chronicle of higher educations brainstorm section and for psychology today she has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs including the oprah winfrey show 2020 48 hours the joy behar show dr phil and the today showauthor of eight books and editor of sixteen others barreca has also published articles in the new york times the philadelphia inquirer the atlanta journalconstitution the chicago tribune harvard business review the dartmouth alumni magazine the orlando sentinel ms magazine the common review the chronicle of higher education and cosmopolitan and elsewhere barrecas books have been translated into chinese german spanish and japanesea noted public speaker barreca lectures nationally and internationally about a variety of topics including humor womens comedy womens lives everybodys stress and gender issues in the workplace she has served as an advisor to the library of congress for work on humor and the american character and was deemed a feminist humor maven by ms magazine dave barry declared that gina barreca is very very funny for a womanbarreca cowrote a series of humor columns in the washington post with gene weingarten about the differences between men and women these became the basis of the book she wrote with weingarten im with stupid one man one woman 10000 years of misunderstanding between the sexes cleared right up her memoir is titled babes in boyland a personal history of coeducation in the ivy league"
"russell payne is an english writer and artist author of humour science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels weblogs graphic novels comics and films his notable works include morris telford a salopian odyssey weblog for the bbc and subsequent novel marlowe bidforths backpack adventure and the prism awardwinning american spoon indigo he collaborated with screenwriter philip railsback on a number of screenplays famous in writing circles for using a staggering number of pseudonyms he argues that this helps keep his work fresh ensures the writing stands on its own merit rather than his reputation and irritates my publicist so much that its become a selfdestructive habit i cant give up he is also the cofounder along with darrell till of the media production company tiny lapelthe music video sell out story for the band the ohms was animated and directed by him as a favour for a friend and went on to win the 2004 mill award for new media animationhe has recently been appearing at comicbook conventions in the uk giving talks on jack kirby and representing the jack kirby museumhis digital artwork was used in december 2014 as part of the on creating reality by andy kaufman exhibition at the london frieze he lives and works near blackpool lancashire"
"andy gardiner born january 23 1969 in orlando florida is a republican member of the florida senate representing the 13th district which includes parts of brevard county and orange county since 2012gardiner attended stetson university where he graduated with degrees in political science and psychology in 1992 and has worked for orlando health as the vicepresident of external affairs and community relationswhen republican state representative bill sublette was unable to seek another term due to term limits gardiner ran to succeed him he won the nomination of the republican party uncontested and defeated democratic nominee stuart buchanan in the general election in which he won 54 of the vote in 2002 gardiner was reelected against libertarian candidate jack conway in a landslide receiving 78 of the vote and he was reelected without opposition in 2004 for the 2004 to 2006 legislative session gardiner served as the majority leader of the florida house of representatives in 2006 gardiner was reelected against darren soto the democratic nominee who would later go on to serve with gardiner in the legislaturewhen republican state senator daniel webster was unable to seek reelection in the 9th district which included parts of orange county osceola county and seminole county due to term limits gardiner defeated darius davis a teacher and the democratic nominee with 58 of the vote to win the seat during the 2010 to 2012 legislative session gardiner was elected to serve as the majority leader of the florida senate when the senate districts were reconfigured in 2012 gardiner was redistricted into the 13th district which included most of his previous territory so he ran for reelection there he faced orlando attorney christopher pennington who was the democratic nominee in the general election gardiner was endorsed by orlando sentinel who praised him as a staunch fiscal and social conservative but not a shrill partisan like some other party leaders in the end he defeated pennington with 55 of the voteandy gardiner has been selected five times by the orlando magazines 50 most powerful people 2010 2008 2007 2006 and 2005 and named orlando business journals forty under forty outstanding male of the year in 2005"