query: The Sopranos was on a cable network.

pos: The Sopranos The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase . The story revolves around the fictional character , New Jersey-based Italian American mobster Tony Soprano ( James Gandolfini ) . The series portrays the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and his criminal organization . These are often highlighted during his therapy sessions with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi ( Lorraine Bracco ) . The series features Tony 's family members , mafia colleagues and rivals , in prominent roles and story arcs , most notably his wife Carmela ( Edie Falco ) and protégé Christopher Moltisanti ( Michael Imperioli ) .   After the pilot was ordered in 1997 , the show premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on January 10 , 1999 , and ran its six seasons with 86 episodes to June 10 , 2007 . The series then went through syndication and has been broadcast on A&E in the United States and internationally . The Sopranos was produced by HBO , Chase Films , and Brad Grey Television . It was primarily filmed at Silvercup Studios , New York City , and on location in New Jersey . The executive producers throughout the show 's run were David Chase , Brad Grey , Robin Green , Mitchell Burgess , Ilene S. Landress , Terence Winter , and Matthew Weiner .   The Sopranos is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time . The series also won a multitude of awards , including Peabody Awards for its first two seasons , 21 Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards . A staple of 2000s American popular culture , the series has been the subject of critical analysis , controversy , and parody . It has spawned books , a video game , high-charting soundtrack albums , and a large amount of assorted merchandise . Several members of the show 's cast and crew who were previously largely unknown to the public have had successful careers after The Sopranos . In 2013 , the Writers Guild of America named The Sopranos the best-written TV series of all time , while TV Guide ranked it the best television series of all time .

pos: A&E (TV channel) A&E ( previously Arts & Entertainment Network ) is an American cable and satellite television channel that serves as the flagship television property of A&E Networks , a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and Disney -- ABC Television Group subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company ( both of which maintain a 50 % ownership interest ) .   The channel originally focused programming on biographies , documentaries , and drama series ( especially crime dramas and mysteries ) but has later expanded to include reality television programming . As of July 2015 , the A&E network is available to approximately 95,968,000 pay television households ( 82.4 % of households with television ) in the United States .   The channel is headquartered in New York City and operates offices in Atlanta , Georgia ; Chicago , Illinois ; Detroit , Michigan ; London , United Kingdom ; Los Angeles , California and Stamford , Connecticut . The U.S. version of the channel is shown in Canada while international versions exist for Australia , Latin America , and Europe .

pos: HBO Home Box Office ( HBO ) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Time Warner through its respective flagship company Home Box Office , Inc. . Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television series , along with made-for-cable movies and documentaries , boxing matches , and occasional stand-up comedy and concert specials .   HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service ( basic or premium ) in the United States , having been in operation since November 8 , 1972 . In 2014 , HBO had an adjusted operating income of US$ 1.79 billion , compared to the US$ 1.68 billion it accrued in 2013 . HBO has 49 million subscribers in the United States and 130 million worldwide as of 2016 . The network provides seven 24-hour multiplex channels , including HBO Comedy , HBO Latino , HBO Signature , and HBO Family . It launched the streaming service HBO Now in April 2015 and has over 2 million subscribers in the United States as of February 2017 .

neg: Subway (Homicide: Life on the Street) `` Subway '' ( sometimes referred to as `` The Accident '' ) is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the American police television drama Homicide : Life on the Street , and the 84th episode overall . It first aired on NBC in the United States on December 5 , 1997 . In the episode , John Lange ( Vincent D'Onofrio ) becomes pinned between a Baltimore Metro Subway train and the station platform . The Baltimore homicide department is informed that Lange will be dead within an hour and Pembleton tries to solve the case while comforting Lange in his final minutes .   `` Subway '' featured guest star Bruce MacVittie as a man suspected of pushing Lange into the path of the train . The episode was written by James Yoshimura , who co-produced with David Simon . It was directed by Gary Fleder and was the only episode of Homicide : Life on the Street helmed by the feature film director . Yoshimura based `` Subway '' on an episode of the HBO hidden-camera documentary show Taxicab Confessions , in which a New York City detective described a real-life instance of a man trapped between a subway train and platform .   `` Subway '' was filmed on location in a Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority ( MTA ) station . Fleder included cinematic elements that were uncommon in the traditionally naturalistic show . This led to conflicts between Fleder and director of photography Alex Zakrzewski . `` Subway '' received overwhelmingly positive reviews but ranked number three in its time-slot during its original broadcast , capturing 10.3 million viewers but falling behind ABC 's 20/20 and CBS 's Nash Bridges .   The episode won a Peabody Award for excellence in television broadcasting and was nominated for two Emmy Awards , one for Yoshimura 's script and one for D'Onofrio 's guest performance . `` Subway '' was the subject of a two-hour PBS television documentary , Anatomy of a `` Homicide : Life on the Street '' , which originally aired on the network on November 4 , 1998 . Screenwriter Vince Gilligan said `` Subway '' directly influenced an episode of The X-Files that he wrote , which in turn helped inspire the casting of Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad .

neg: Flow (television) In television programming , flow is how channels and networks try to hold their audience from program to program , or from one segment of a program to another . Thus , it is the `` flow '' of television material from one element to the next .   The term is also significant in television studies , the academic analysis of the medium . Media scholar Raymond Williams is responsible for first using the term in this sense . He emphasized that flow is `` the defining characteristic of broadcasting , simultaneously as a technology and as a cultural form '' ( 1975 , p. 86 , 93 ) . `` It is evident that what is now called ` an evening 's viewing ' is in some ways planned by providers and then by viewers as a whole ; that it is in any event planned in discernible sequences which in this sense override particular program units '' .   Since the 1990s , the concept of flow has been threatened by new technologies and programming strategies that free the viewer from the old television model . VCRs , DVDs , DVRs ( such as TiVo ) , Video-on-Demand , and online video sources all allow the viewer to construct their own flow . They are no longer limited to a choice of three or four networks , as they were in the 1950s -- 1960s . Consequently , the concept of flow is under attack and may not survive beyond the broadcast era of television .

neg: PTAT Systems Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunication Systems , ( PTAT Systems ) was an American telecommunications company .   The company was created in March 1984 as Tel-Optik , and filed a Cable Landing License application in September 1984 and together with Cable and Wireless of the United Kingdom , built the first privately financed transatlantic fiber optic cable , PTAT-1 . It was turned on in May 1989 and was sold to Sprint Corporation in August 1989 .   PTAT-1 consisted of 3 operational fiber pairs and one spare fibre pair . The total bandwidth was 27 DS-3 channels of 45 Mbit/s each - a total of roughly 1.2 Gbit/s . When PTAT-1 was turned on it was 2/3s of the total bandwidth available across the Atlantic at the time . PTAT-1 was turned off when much larger systems made PTAT-1 no longer worth operating .   The main spur of PTAT-1 linked New York and London via Manasquan NJ in the US , and Brean in the UK . A single fiber pair was looped down to Bermuda and up to Ireland providing 4 way connectivity .   When planning started in the summer of 1983 , the longest fiber system in the US was less than a mile long and ran at 1.5 Mbit/s , a T-1 .   The company was founded on premise that introducing international telecommunication competition would be easier via cable than via satellite , due to the regulatory environment that protected the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization . The relevant regulation for a cable system was the Cable Landing License Act of 1921 , which stipulated that the party at the other end of the cable be acceptable to the US .   As a result of the competitive pressure that PTAT-1 introduced to the international telecommunications market , by the time the system was turned on , the international telecom monopoly between AT&T and British Telecom was broken , and the cost of international telecommunications plummeted .   PTAT-1 set the stage for the explosion of fiber optic systems which now circle the world .   The founders of PTAT System , Inc. were Ron Coleman , Brian Hughes , Jim McGillan , & Connie Schaeffer . E. F. Hutton & Co. was the major financial partner in PTAT Systems .   Ron Coleman was Chairman and Connie Schaeffer was the President when the Cable Landing License was filed . Ron Coleman was CEO and Chairman when the company was acquired by Sprint in 1989 .

neg: Multi-Choice TV (Barbados) Multi-Choice TV ( MCTV ) is a television service provider in Barbados . It is a Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service ( MMDS ) or DVB-C wireless microwave-based broadcast subscription television provider . They offer a variety of packages which can be considered as comparatively priced to similar providers throughout the world . The service began operating on December 14 , 1987 under the name Subscription Television ( STV ) , which had very few channels offered . The main channels were CNN , ESPN , and Lifetime Television , with an occasional option of pay per view ( PPV ) being offered for local special events and the occasional international PPV sports broadcast . In 1996 it was upgraded to include a new platform called Multi-Choice TV which was an analog wireless microwave broadcast offering many more channels ( e.g. , BBC , Canada 's CBC , TBN ) eventually maxing the bandwidth capacity and having to upgrade the service to a digital broadcast system . Multi-Choice TV have not fully converted all of its subscribers yet . The system relies on line-of-sight propagation so total island wide coverage have proved to be a problem and the provider is looking into alternatives . A recent press release have indicated their interest in a partnership with the local telco LIME . From 1 September 2008 MCTV replaced the Travel Channel on 511 ( part of the High Flyer package ) by Setanta Sports .   The service uses a Yagi antenna to receive the encrypted broadcast , which in turn is then decrypted by the provider 's set top box . The provider now has the problem of signal theft by pirates using modified DVB-C compatible receivers and PCI cards with the most popular being the `` Dreambox '' manufactured in Germany to decode their signal which is based on Nagravision which is a conditional access control system developed by the Kudelski Group . In order to prevent such activity in August , 2006 the Government of Barbados stiffened the local Barbadian copyright laws , in addition to a strengthening of the laws on cable TV piracy . The CBC provider is planning for further circumvention of the Dream boxes in 2009 . In 2014 MCTV have gone through a massive upgrade of improving their services by including new channels such as MovieCity Action and Hollywood , AMC , KTLA , WGN , Disney , NBC Sports network etc. . Also MCTV have upgraded their systems to 20 stunning HD channels such as ABC , NBC , CBS & FOX and have also added new PVR boxes . MCTV new slogan is MCTV the Right Choice and are increasing their channel line ups and packaging for their loyal customers in Barbados . MCTV is still the number 1 provider in Barbados but they have competition from Lime Barbados and Flow , but the advantage MCTV has is , it does not depend on the internet to provide single for their customers and when there is rainy and cloudy condition MCTV still provides good service .   Multi-Choice TV also competes against the US-based direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ) service provider DirecTV in Barbados .   The service uses the NTSC television format .

neg: The Sopranos (season 2) The second season of The Sopranos aired on HBO from January 16 to April 9 , 2000 . The second season was released on DVD in region 1 on November 6 , 2001 .   The story of the season focuses on Tony 's growing mistrust of one of his closest friends Big Pussy Bonpensiero , who is revealed to be an FBI informant . Dr. Melfi continues meeting with Tony despite her growing disgust of his actions and contemplates the nature of their relationship . Tony 's sister Janice also returns to New Jersey , and their collectively strained relationship with their mother Livia and each other continues . Meadow is accepted into college , but her personal life intersects with Tony 's crime life for the first time . Former boss Jackie Aprile 's brother Richie is released from prison and causes trouble for Tony and his business .

neg: NY1 Noticias NY1 Noticias ( pronounced `` New York One Noticias '' , also known as `` Spectrum Noticias NY1 '' ) is a 24-hour Spanish language cable news television channel that is owned by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016 , and serves New York City 's five boroughs . It is available to customers on channels 95 and 801 on Time Warner Cable 's DTV : Digital Television and DTV en Español and first went on the air at 8:01 p.m. on June 30 , 2003 . It can also be received on Cablevision channel 194 at select areas .   NY1 Noticias covers general news events covering the New York City area like its parent English channel NY1 , but also features in-depth coverage of issues that have a direct impact on New Yorkers of Hispanic and Latin American heritage , such as immigration , public health and community affairs . The `` Weather on the 1 's '' not only shows local forecasts but also North America forecasts .   Since 2005 , NY1 Noticias airs a weekly political program , Pura Política , which is anchored by political reporter Juan Manuel Benitez .

neg: David Chase David Chase ( born August 22 , 1945 ) is an American writer , director and television producer . Chase has worked in television for 40 years ; he has produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files , I 'll Fly Away , and Northern Exposure . He has created two original series ; the first , Almost Grown , aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989 . Chase is best known for his second original series , the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos , which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007 . A prominent figure in American television , Chase has won seven Emmy Awards .

neg: HBO Now HBO Now is an over-the-top subscription video on demand service operated by American premium cable and satellite television network HBO . Officially unveiled on March 9 and launched on April 7 , 2015 the service allows subscribers on-demand access to HBO 's library of original programs , films and other content on personal computers , smartphones , tablet devices and digital media players .   Unlike HBO Go , HBO 's online video on demand service for existing subscribers of the linear television channel , HBO Now is available as a standalone service and does not require a television subscription to use , targeting cord cutters who use competing services such as Netflix and Hulu .

neg: Flix (TV network) Flix is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by the Showtime Networks , Inc. subsidiary of CBS Corporation . Its programming consists solely of theatrically released feature films released from the 1970s to the present day , interspersed with some films from the 1950s and 1960s .   It is the only premium television service in the United States that does not operate any multiplex channels that provide additional programming alongside the main service . Although Flix is typically offered as part of the Showtime multiplex , the channel 's carriage varies depending on both the cable provider and market , therefore it may not be available alongside Showtime and The Movie Channel 's multiplex services in all areas .

neg: A&E Networks A&E Networks ( branded as A+E Networks ) is an American media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad . A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment . The company is a joint venture with Hearst and Disney-ABC Television Group , a unit of the Disney Media Networks subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company .

neg: Extended Data Services Extended Data Services ( now XDS , previously EDS ) , is an American standard classified under Electronic Industries Alliance standard CEA-608-E for the delivery of any ancillary data ( metadata ) to be sent with an analog television program , or any other NTSC video signal .   XDS is used by TV stations , TV networks , and TV program syndication distributors in the USA for several purposes .   Here are some of the most common uses of XDS :   The `` autoclock '' system delivers time data via an XDS `` Time-of-Day Packet '' for automatically setting the clock of newer TVs & VCRs sold in the USA . Most PBS stations provide this service .  Rudimentary program information which can be displayed on-screen , such as the name and remaining time of the program ,  Station identification ,  V-chip content ratings data .   XDS is also used by the American TV network ABC for their Network Alert System ( NAS ) . NAS is a one-way communication system used by ABC to inform and alert their local affiliate stations across the USA of information regarding ABC 's network programming ( such as program timings & changes , news special report information , etc. ) , using a special decoder manufactured for ABC by EEG Enterprises , a manufacturer of related equipment for the TV broadcast industry such as closed captioning and general-purpose XDS encoders . The CBS Television Network uses a similar method to transmit three separate internal messaging services to stations : one for programming departments , one for master control operations , and one for newsrooms .   Many standard definition receivers produced by Dish Network encode XDS data into their output signal . Data encoded includes time of day , program name , program description , program time remaining , channel identification , and content rating . This data is obtained from the satellite service 's EPG and replaces any data which may have been present when the signal was uplinked .   XDS uses the same line in the vertical blanking interval as closed captioning ( NTSC line 21 ) , and shares the available second video field bandwidth with the closed captioning channels CC3 and CC4 , and with the text channels TXT3 and TXT4 .

neg: Dexter (season 1) The first season of Dexter is an adaptation of Jeff Lindsay 's first novel in the Dexter series , Darkly Dreaming Dexter . Subsequent seasons have featured original storylines . This season aired from October 1 , 2006 to December 17 , 2006 , and follows Dexter 's investigation of `` The Ice Truck Killer '' . Introduced in the first episode , `` Dexter '' , this serial killer targets prostitutes and leaves their bodies severed and bloodless . At the same time , Dexter 's foster sister , Debra Morgan ( Jennifer Carpenter ) , a vice squad officer , aspires to work in the homicide department , and Dexter 's girlfriend , Rita Bennett ( Julie Benz ) , wants their relationship to be more intimate . Christian Camargo appears as Rudy Cooper and is a recurring character until the end of the season .   The show 's first season received generally favorable reviews from critics ; it was praised as `` bold , different and exciting , with a central character and performance that take your breath away '' by the New York Daily News . The Wall Street Journal saw `` the grotesqueries of Dexter '' as `` not something that can easily be dismissed with the old '' ` you do n't have to watch ' line '' , and concluded that `` We do have to live among the viewers who will be desensitized , or aroused , by this show '' . The aggregate site Metacritic scored the show 's first season at 77 out of 100 based on 27 critics reviews .   The season received high ratings for Showtime ; the pilot episode attracted more than a million viewers , giving the channel its highest ratings in nearly two years , while the finale `` Born Free '' drew an audience of 1.1 million viewers in the U.S. On average , the season was watched by two million viewers per episode during its original run when factoring in DVR viewers . Due to the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild strike and encouraged by the show 's critical success and high ratings on Showtime , CBS , a national terrestrial broadcast network , announced in December 2007 that it was considering airing an edited version of the first season of Dexter for free-to-air broadcast . It began to broadcast it on February 17 , 2008 , and thus , Dexter became the first program in 20 years to air on a broadcast network after being shown on a premium cable channel . During the show 's rerun on the CBS network in 2008 , the ratings were much higher , reaching 8.2 million viewers during its premiere February , giving the network its best rating in the 10 p.m. timeslot since December the previous year . During its 12-week run , it dropped to 7.1 million in early April , and to 6.6 million during the season 's finale on May 6 .

neg: List of former NBC television affiliates The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American broadcast television network that originated as a radio network in November 1926 , and expanded into television in April 1939 . Throughout its history , the network has had many owned-and-operated and affiliated stations .   This article is a table listing of former NBC stations , arranged alphabetically by state , and based on the station 's city of license as well as its Designated Market Area ; it is also accompanied by footnotes regarding the present network affiliation of the former NBC-affiliated station ( if the station remains operational ) and the current NBC affiliates in each of the listed markets , as well as any other notes including the reasons behind each station 's disaffiliation from the network . There are links to and articles on each of the stations , describing their histories , local programming and technical information , such as broadcast frequencies .   The station 's advertised channel number follows the call letters . In most cases , this is their virtual channel ( PSIP ) number , which may match the channel allocation that the station originally broadcast on during its prior affiliation with the network .

neg: Cable (American band) Cable is an American band formed in 1994 in Rockville , Connecticut . They combine a hardcore punk and emo aesthetic with a rhythmically complex , often discordant metal-influenced musical approach . Lineup changes and delays between recordings may have hindered their notoriety over the years .

neg: Multimedia (media company) Multimedia , Inc. was a media company that owned 10 daily newspapers , three weekly newspapers , two radio stations , five television stations , and a cable television system division . The company was headquartered in Greenville , South Carolina .   It also owned TV syndicator Multimedia Entertainment ( formerly Avco Embassy Television , which is now owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution ) .   Multimedia was founded in 1968 , when the News-Piedmont Company of Greenville merged with Southern Broadcasting Corporation . The new company called the Southeastern Broadcasting Corporation comprised four newspapers ( two morning , two afternoon ) , three television stations and six radio stations . The company 's biggest purchase came in 1976 , when it bought WLWT in Cincinnati -- and with it , the distribution rights to The Phil Donahue Show .   The company was involved in one of the more unusual media transactions in history . In 1983 , it sold its flagship television station , WFBC-TV in Greenville ( now WYFF ) and WXII-TV in Winston-Salem , North Carolina to Pulitzer , Inc. . In return , Multimedia received Pulitzer 's former flagship television station , KSDK in St. Louis . Multimedia used its new purchase as the testing ground for a new show hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael .   Multimedia was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1995 , after the sale was finalized , Gannett sold Multimedia Entertainment to MCA the following year . In January 2000 the cable television division , which included systems in Kansas , Oklahoma and North Carolina was sold to Cox Communications . The North Carolina systems were resold to Suddenlink Communications in 2006 .   The Multimedia name lives on as a holding company and licensee within what is now Tegna , Inc. 's corporate structure . Productions under Multimedia Entertainment are now part of the NBCUniversal Television Distribution archives .

neg: Analog television Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio . In an analog television broadcast , the brightness , colors and sound are represented by rapid variations of either the amplitude , frequency or phase of the signal .   Analog signals vary over a continuous range of possible values which means that electronic noise and interference becomes reproduced by the receiver . So with analog , a moderately weak signal becomes snowy and subject to interference . In contrast , a moderately weak digital signal and a very strong digital signal transmit equal picture quality . Analog television may be wireless or can be distributed over a cable network using cable converters .   All broadcast television systems preceding digital transmission of digital television ( DTV ) used analog signals .   Analog television around the world has been in the process of shutting down since the late 2000s .

neg: Tony Blundetto Anthony `` Tony '' Blundetto , played by Steve Buscemi , is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos . He is Tony Soprano 's cousin who is released from prison at the beginning of the show 's fifth season . Upon release , Tony Blundetto begins to pursue a straight , non-criminal life . However , he is eventually overpowered by the challenges of civilian life and turns back to crime , dragging the DiMeo Crime Family into the Lupertazzi Crime Family 's power struggle .   For his work in season 5 , Buscemi received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series .

neg: 1994 United States broadcast TV realignment The 1994 United States broadcast television realignment consisted of a series of events , primarily involving affiliation switches between television stations , that resulted from a multimillion-dollar deal between the Fox Broadcasting Company ( commonly known as simply Fox ) and New World Communications , a media company that -- through its then-recently formed broadcasting division -- owned several VHF television stations affiliated with major broadcast television networks , primarily CBS .   The major impetus for the changes was to allow Fox to improve its local affiliate coverage , in preparation for the commencement of its rights to the National Football Conference ( NFC ) television package , which the National Football League ( NFL ) awarded to the fledgling network in December 1993 . As a result of various other deals that followed as a result of the affiliation switches created by the deal between Fox and New World , most notably the buyout of CBS by Westinghouse , the switches constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history . As a result of this realignment , Fox ascended to the status of a major television network , comparable in influence to the Big Three television networks ( CBS , NBC and ABC ) .   Nearly 70 stations in 30 media markets throughout the United States changed affiliations starting in September 1994 and continuing through September 1996 ( although an additional affiliation switch would occur in February 1997 , through the launch of an upstart station that gained its network partner through one of the ancillary deals ) , which -- along with the concurrent January 1995 launches of The WB Television Network ( a joint venture between Time Warner , the Tribune Company and the network 's founding chief executive officer , Jamie Kellner ) and the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) ( founded by Chris-Craft/United Television , through a programming partnership with Paramount Television ) , both of which affiliated with certain stations that lost their previous network partners through the various affiliation agreements -- marked some of the most expansive changes ever to have occurred in American television .

neg: CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by the CBS Corporation . When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network ( later College Sports Television also known as CSTV ) , it operated as a multi-platform media brand which also included its primary website , collegesports.com , and a network of websites operated for the athletic departments of 215 colleges and universities .   After CSTV was acquired by CBS in 2008 , the network was re-branded as the CBS College Sports Network . The network initially maintained its college sports focus , but in February 2011 , the service was re-branded as CBS Sports Network to re-position it as a mainstream sports service . The network continues to have a particular focus on college sports , along with coverage of smaller leagues and events , simulcasts of sports radio shows from CBS-owned stations , and studio and analysis programming .

neg: TV One (U.S. TV network) TV One ( stylized as TV ONΞ ) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Urban One ( formerly Radio One until May 8 , 2017 ) , having acquired Comcast 's stake in the TV network in 2015 . Headquartered in Silver Spring , Maryland , TV One 's programming targets African American adults with a broad mix of original lifestyle and entertainment-oriented series , documentaries , movies , concert performances and reruns of sitcoms from the 1970s through the 2000s .   As of February 2015 , TV One is available to approximately 57 million pay television households ( 48.9 % of households with at least one television set ) in the United States .


query: Brian Eno failed to join Roxy Music.

pos: Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , RDI ( -LSB- ˈiːnoʊ -RSB- born 15 May 1948 and originally christened Brian Peter George Eno ) is an English musician , composer , record producer , singer , writer , and visual artist . He is best known for his pioneering work in rock , ambient , pop , and electronic music . A self-described `` non-musician '' , Eno has helped to introduce a variety of unique conceptual approaches and recording techniques into contemporary music , advocating a methodology of `` theory over practice '' throughout his career . He has been described as one of popular music 's most influential and innovative figures .   Born in Suffolk , Eno studied painting and experimental music at art school in the late 1960s before joining glam rock group Roxy Music as synthesizer player in 1971 . After recording two albums with the band , he departed in 1973 to record a number of solo albums , contributing to and ultimately coining the concept of ambient music with works such as Another Green World ( 1975 ) , Discreet Music ( 1975 ) , and Music for Airports ( 1978 ) . He took part in frequent collaborations with artists such as Robert Fripp , Harold Budd , Cluster , David Bowie on his `` Berlin Trilogy '' , and David Byrne on 1981 's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts . During the 1970s , Eno would also begin a parallel career as a producer , which included work on albums by Talking Heads and Devo , the no wave compilation No New York ( 1978 ) , and recordings by avant-garde artists such as John Cale , Jon Hassell , Laraaji , and Harold Budd , among others .   In subsequent decades , Eno continued to record solo albums , collaborate , and produce for other artists , including U2 , Coldplay , Laurie Anderson , James , Grace Jones , and Slowdive . Dating back to his time as a student , he has also pursued a variety of multimedia projects in parallel with his music career , including sound installations and his mid-70s co-development of Oblique Strategies , a deck of cards featuring cryptic aphorisms  intended to spur creative thinking . He continues to release music , produce , and write , and maintains a regular column in Prospect Magazine .

neg: Biffy Clyro Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock , East Ayrshire , composed of Simon Neil ( guitar , lead vocals ) , James Johnston ( bass , vocals ) and Ben Johnston ( drums , vocals ) . Currently signed to 14th Floor Records , they have released seven studio albums , four of which ( Puzzle , Only Revolutions , Opposites and Ellipsis ) reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart , with their sixth studio album , Opposites claiming their first UK number-one album . After their first three albums , the band expanded their following significantly in 2007 with the release of their fourth , Puzzle , creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style that was present in their previous three albums . Puzzle peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007 . The album went Gold in the UK , selling over 100,000 units , and later in 2012 went Platinum in the UK , having sold over 300,000 copies .   The band released Only Revolutions in 2009 which reached No. 3 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009 , going platinum later in 2010 and receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination . Only Revolutions included the UK hit singles `` Mountains '' , `` That Golden Rule '' and `` Many of Horror '' all of which reached the UK Top Ten . The latter reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart after The X Factor 2010 winner , Matt Cardle covered the song , and became the UK number one Christmas single for the year 2010 . In 2011 the band was nominated for the Brit Awards for Best British Group . At the 2013 NME Awards , they received the award for Best British Band . On 25 August 2013 Biffy Clyro headlined the main stage at Leeds & Reading Festival . Based on their album and single certifications , the band have sold in excess of 1,240,000 albums and 400,000 singles in the UK alone .   As of 2016 , in total , the band have spent 155 weeks in the top seventy-five of the UK Album Charts , with two of those weeks being at the top position at number one and seventy weeks within the main top forty of the albums charts . The band 's singles have spent a total of seventy-nine weeks in the UK Singles Charts , with six weeks in the top ten and forty-two in the top forty .

neg: Dance Away `` Dance Away '' is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music . Released in April 1979 , it was the second single to be taken from their album Manifesto , and became one of the band 's most famous songs , reaching number 2 in the UK and spending a total of 14 weeks on the charts , the longest chart residency of a Roxy Music single . Although it did not make number 1 , it became the ninth biggest selling single in the UK in 1979 . It did make it to number 1 on the Irish Singles Chart and held that position for one week .   `` Dance Away '' was originally written by Bryan Ferry for his 1977 solo album In Your Mind , but did not make the final track listing . It was then planned for inclusion on his 1978 album The Bride Stripped Bare , but again was not included . It was finally completed and released on Roxy Music 's Manifesto , the band 's first studio album in four years .   The single version was a different shorter edit and mix compared to the original album version . As with their next single `` Angel Eyes '' , the single version of `` Dance Away '' replaced the album version in subsequent releases . While the 1999 re-mastered version of the `` Manifesto '' album restored the original version of `` Angel Eyes '' , it still retained the single mix of `` Dance Away '' in place of the original , making the Thrill of It All box set the only release on which the LP version of the song could be found , until the release of the box set The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 in 2012 .

neg: Pop punk Pop punk ( also known as punk-pop ) is a music genre that fuses elements of punk rock and pop music . It typically combines fast tempos , loud and distorted electric guitars , and power chord changes with pop-influenced melodies , vocal styles , and lyrical themes .   Pop-influenced punk rock emerged in the mid-1970s with a music style that was stylistically similar to power pop . By the mid-1980s , several bands merged hardcore punk with pop music to create a new , faster pop punk sound such as Dag Nasty , the Nip Drivers , T.S.O.L. , Social Distortion , and the Descendents . Pop punk in the United States began to grow in popularity locally in California in the mid-to-late 1980s . Pop punk particularly thrived in California , where independent record labels adopted a do it yourself ( DIY ) approach to releasing music . By the mid-1990s , a few pop punk bands had started to sell millions of records and receive extensive radio and television airplay , such as Green Day . By 1994 , pop punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity . The late 1990s , exemplified by the 1999 release of Blink-182 's Enema of the State , represented the genre 's mainstream peak , although some pop punk bands scored successful album chartings in the 2000s . In the mid-2000s , emo pop , a fusion genre combining emo and pop punk , became popular . By the end of the 2000s , the pop punk sound of the 1990s had largely waned in mainstream popularity .

neg: (No Pussyfooting) ( No Pussyfooting ) is the debut studio album by the British musicians Robert Fripp and Brian Eno ( credited as Fripp & Eno ) . The album was released in 1973 . ( No Pussyfooting ) was the first of three major collaborations between the musicians , growing out of Eno 's early tape recording loop experiments and Fripp 's `` Frippertronics '' electric guitar technique .   ( No Pussyfooting ) was recorded in three days over the course of a year . Its release was close to that of Eno 's own debut solo album Here Come the Warm Jets ( 1974 ) , and it constitutes one of his early experiments in ambient music .

neg: Brian Cadd Brian George Cadd ( born 29 November 1946 , Perth , Western Australia ) is an Australian singer-songwriter , keyboardist , producer and record label founder , a staple of Australian entertainment for over 50 years , he has performed as a member of The Groop , Axiom , Flying Burrito Brothers and solo . He was briefly called Brian Caine in late 1966 , when first joining The Groop .   Cadd produced fellow Australian acts Robin Jolley , Ronnie Burns , Broderick Smith , Tina Arena and Glenn Shorrock ; and established his own record label called Bootleg Records . He also composed or performed music for films , Alvin Purple , Alvin Purple Rides Again , Fatal Vision , The Return of the Living Dead , Vampires on Bikini Beach , Morning of the Earth and The Heartbreak Kid and for television Class of 74 , The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner 's Rock Concert . His songwriting for other acts includes The Masters Apprentices , The Bootleg Family Band , Ronnie Burns , The Pointer Sisters , Little River Band and John Farnham .   In 2007 , Cadd was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) Hall of Fame .

neg: Infinity Records Infinity Records was a short-lived subsidiary of MCA Records established in New York City in 1978 . The label was conceived by MCA president Sidney Sheinberg as a way for the Los Angeles-based entertainment conglomerate to improve its presence on the East Coast . Ron Alexenberg , who had previously been the head of the Epic Records division of CBS Records ( now part of Sony Music Entertainment ) was hired as CEO .   The biggest hit the Infinity label had was `` Escape '' by Rupert Holmes , which was number 1 at the end of 1979 . Other acts that had chart entries on Infinity included Dobie Gray , Hot Chocolate , New England , Orleans and Spyro Gyra . Under the distribution of MCA , the Infinity Records label released titles in the US , Canada , the UK , Japan and parts of Europe .   Infinity spent lavishly but failed to earn a profit . In addition to developing new talent , Infinity also paid substantial sums to acquire established artists . Most of the established artists were unable to duplicate their previous success .   In October 1979 , Infinity released Pope John Paul II Sings at the Festival of Sacrosong , an album of speeches and songs sung by Pope John Paul II in his native Polish . Due to the tremendous popularity of the new Pope , Infinity thought the record would be a major hit . The company paid a substantial fee ( which went to charity ) to the Catholic Church to obtain exclusive rights to the recording . The album briefly peaked at # 126 on the Billboard 200 albums chart , however , it received poor reviews and was quickly seen as a colossal failure . Most of the one million advance copies of the John Paul II album were returned unsold to the label , producing a huge financial loss . MCA pulled the plug on Infinity Records in November 1979 , and the Infinity catalog was immediately absorbed by the parent company . Rupert Holmes and Spyro Gyra were the only Infinity acts to be retained by MCA , and most of the label 's catalog went out of print .   The collapse of Infinity also coincided with rising costs of manufacturing for vinyl LP records and a huge sales slump for the music industry . Infinity has since become known as one of the most expensive failures in the history of the record business .   There are at least two other smaller record labels that also have used the name Infinity Records . One of these other labels was a subsidiary of Festival Records , which for many years was Australia 's leading independent record company , but is now also defunct . Other companies with the Infinity Records name do not have an affiliation with MCA .

neg: Sikter Sikter is a Bosnian alternative rock band from Sarajevo . The band was formed in 1990 as a punk rock project of a few students , but became one of the most successful Bosnian rock bands . The name of the band is translated as Buzz Off !   From 1990 they changed line-ups many times , as well as musical styles . Their first songs were parodies of Yugoslavian pop songs . Sikter became the first band from Bosnia and Herzegovina whose video clip Pain In Brain was broadcast on MTV for several months .   They recorded four albums : Now , Always , Never in 2000 , Queen of the Disco in 2002 , My Music in 2005 and Ego Trip in 2009 . The album Now , Always , Never was produced by English musician Brian Eno .

neg: Someday World Someday World is a collaboration album by British musician Brian Eno and Karl Hyde , of British electronic group Underworld released on 5 May 2014 . The album features a number of supporting musicians , including Coldplay 's Will Champion , John Reynolds and Andy Mackay of Roxy Music , and was produced by Brian Eno with 20-year-old Fred Gibson .

neg: I Could Live in Hope I Could Live In Hope is the debut studio album by American band Low , released in 1994 on Vernon Yard Recordings . A reaction to the abrasiveness of alternative rock in the early 1990s -- when grunge had a reigning popularity -- , Low `` eschewed conventional songwriting in favour of mood and movement . '' Influenced by Brian Eno and Joy Division , the band favored slow-paced compositions , a minimum of instrumentation and an economy of language ; working with long-time producer and New York underground mainstay Mark Kramer . Featuring an `` unprecedent pace in the then-flowering underground , '' I Could Live in Hope help to birth the genre known as slowcore , that encompassed acts from Bedhead to Codeine throughout the 1990s .

neg: Characteristics of progressive rock Progressive rock is a term that refers to a musical style . The term was originally referred to as `` classical rock '' ( in which a band performed together with an orchestra ) , but the term 's use has expanded in recent years to include other fusions of music styles including jazz fusion , metal and folk rock musics . The term does not refer to one particular music style but to an approach that combines elements of diverse styles . Jerry Ewing , editor of Prog Magazine , explains that `` Prog is not just a sound , it 's a mindset . '' Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci outlines that Progressive rock is defined by its very lack of stylistic boundaries . The advent of the concept album , plus the genre 's roots in psychedelia , led albums and performances to be viewed as combined presentations of music , lyrics , and visuals .   Bands abandoned the short pop single in favor of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz or classical music as part of an effort to give rock music the same level of musical sophistication and critical respect . Progressive rock abandons the danceable beat that defines earlier rock styles and is more likely than other types of popular music to experiment with compositional structure , instrumentation , harmony and rhythm , or lyrical content . It may demand more effort on the part of the listener than other types of music .   Musicians in progressive rock typically display a high degree of instrumental skill , although this is not always the case . Virtuoso instrumental skills are so closely associated with progressive rock that authors such as Bill Martin consider it as a defining element and exclude bands such as Pink Floyd from consideration . It is not uncommon for musicians to have received a higher-than-average level of formal training . Players from the genre frequently appear in readers ' polls of publications that cater to musicians .

neg: Alice Cooper (band) Alice Cooper was an American rock band formed in Phoenix , Arizona in 1964 . The band consisted of lead singer Vince Furnier , Glen Buxton ( lead guitar ) , Michael Bruce ( rhythm guitar , keyboards ) , Dennis Dunaway ( bass guitar ) , and Neal Smith ( drums ) . Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and has had a solo career under that name since the band became inactive in 1975 . The band was notorious for their elaborate , theatrical shock rock stage shows .  In 2011 , the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .   After several years of little success , the Alice Cooper band rose to fame in 1971 with the success of the single `` I 'm Eighteen '' and the album Love It to Death . The band peaked in popularity in 1973 with the album Billion Dollar Babies and its tour , which broke box-office records previously held by The Rolling Stones .

neg: More than This (Roxy Music song) `` More Than This '' is a 1982 single by English rock band Roxy Music . It was released as the first single from their final album , Avalon , and was the group 's last Top 10 UK hit ( peaking at # 6 ) . Although it only reached # 102 ( on Billboard 's Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart ) in the United States , it remains one of Roxy Music 's best-known songs in America .   The American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs released a successful cover version in 1997 which peaked at # 25 , and British singer Emmie released a dance cover version which reached # 5 in the UK in January 1999 .

neg: Dream City Film Club Dream City Film Club were a North London rock band founded in July 1995 .   Their sound was difficult to categorize in that it encompassed tortured lovelorn balladry , avant-garde flourishes , Tin Pan Alley , straightforward rock and gospel yearnings in both lyrics and subject matter . Ultimately , Dream City Film Club failed to find enough of an audience to sustain them .   Vocalist Michael J. Sheehy had been working as a solo singer/songwriter for several years when he met Alex Vald and Laurence Ash , who quickly began writing songs with Sheehy . Upon the demise of another local group , Breed , bassist Andrew Park joined . The band 's name came from a news story Sheehy had seen about an arsonist who had burned down a members-only porno theatre . They played their first gig as Dream City Film Club on 31 July 1995 .   They released a single , `` Crawl '' for the underground fanzine , the Organ in early 1996 . Soon after , they were contacted by Beggar 's Banquet and recorded their eponymous debut album in late 1996 , later releasing it on 26 May 1997 .   According to Sheehy , the English press reaction to the first single , `` Perfect Piece of Trash '' , was almost unanimous in its derision . After parting with Vald , DCFC continued on as a three piece , recording its second and final album , In the Cold Light of Morning featuring a more expansive sound best realized on the epic `` God Will Punish the Pervert Preacher '' .   The group disbanded in 1999 . Michael J. Sheehy subsequently recorded three solo albums for Beggar 's Banquet and two for Glitterhouse , and has fronted Saint Silas Intercession with his brother Patrick . During the early 2000s , Alex Vald worked as half of experimental pop band Datapuddle . In 2015 , Sheehy and Vald reunited as the pop-noir duo United Sound of Joy .

neg: Slowdive discography The discography of Slowdive , an English alternative rock band , consists of four studio albums , three compilation albums , five extended plays , five singles , four music videos and various compilation releases .   Slowdive were formed in Reading in late 1989 by vocalist -- guitarists Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell . The duo recruited guitarist Christian Savill , bassist Nick Chaplin and drummer Adrian Sell -- who left the band after they signed to Creation Records and before the release of their eponymous EP Slowdive in 1990 . Released to critical acclaim from the alternative press , Slowdive was succeeded by a further two EPs , Morningrise and Holding Our Breath ( 1991 ) , both of which placed in the UK Singles Chart ; Holding Our Breath reached number 5 on the Independent Singles Chart . The band 's debut studio album , Just for a Day , was released in September 1991 to poor reviews , due in part to the British press ' growing disillusion with the shoegazing genre . However , Just for a Day was a minor independent success , peaking at number 3 on the Independent Albums Chart and gaining Slowdive a significant following in the United States .   In 1993 , under pressure from Creation to produce a commercial-sounding album , Slowdive recruited ambient innovator Brian Eno and began producing new material . Souvlaki was released in May 1993 alongside the Outside Your Room EP ; both received similarly negative reviews but placed in the mainstream and independent charts , with Souvlaki peaking at number 52 on the UK Albums Chart . A follow-up EP , 5 , was released in November 1993 and placed at number 87 in the UK Singles Chart , however following a tour in support of its release drummer Simon Scott left the band due to creative differences .   Slowdive 's third and final studio album , Pygmalion , was released in February 1995 . Halstead had dominated the recording process , with the album only featuring minor contributions by Goswell and Ian McCutcheon , the band 's new drummer . Reviews for Pygmalion were more favourable than the band 's preceding releases and the album peaked at number 108 in the UK Albums Chart , however Creation were unsatisfied and dropped Slowdive two weeks after its release . Following Slowdive 's disbandment in 1995 , Halstead , Goswell and McCutcheon formed Mojave 3 . The band reformed in 2014 .

neg: Wrong Way Up Wrong Way Up is a 1990 album by Brian Eno and John Cale .   The album sits between the electronic , prog-rock and art rock genres and features some of both Eno and Cale 's most mainstream work . The single `` Been There , Done That '' remains the only Eno single to ever reach an American chart ( modern rock tracks # 11 ) . The cover was conceived by Eno . The 2005 re-release on All Saints Records was remastered and had a different cover . It contained two bonus tracks , `` Grandfather 's House '' and ″ You Do n't Miss Your Water ″ by Eno . Both titles only appeared on single or EP before ; the latter was taken from the 1988 OST album Married to the Mob .

neg: A Band of Angels A Band Of Angels were a mid-1960s pop group , featuring Mike d'Abo ( vocals , various instruments ) , John Edward Baker ( lead guitar ) , John Christian Gaydon ( vocals , rhythm guitar ) , Andrew Charles Malcolm Glywn Petre ( drums ) , David Robert Wilkinson ( bass guitar ) .   Mike d'Abo went to Manfred Mann , while John Gaydon became a manager , involved with King Crimson , Julie Felix , Emerson , Lake & Palmer , T. Rex and Roxy Music in partnership with A Band of Angels former road manager David Enthoven . They later co-founded E.G. Records .   Andrew Petre joined a group called Timebox in the period September 1966 until August 1967 .

neg: Music for Films Volume 2 Music for Films Volume 2 is an album by Brian Eno , Daniel Lanois , and Roger Eno . On the back cover Eno states , `` I released the first volume of Music for Films in 1978 , and it contained samples of my work , spanning the period of 1975-78 . This second volume picks up where the first left off , but is somewhat different in that it contains fewer pieces with greater average length . ''   Several of the tracks on this album also appear on Apollo : Atmospheres and Soundtracks . The album was reissued in 2005 as More Music for Films .

neg: The Shutov Assembly The Shutov Assembly is the thirteenth solo studio album by British musician Brian Eno , released on 10 November 1992 on Warner .

neg: Begegnungen Begegnungen is a Sky Records 1984 compilation album with recordings by Brian Eno , Dieter Moebius , Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conny Plank , from solo albums , and from various collaborations between the artists . All of the tracks had been previously released elsewhere . The albums these tracks were drawn from are : Durch die Wüste , Roedelius ' first solo album , Rastakraut Pasta by Moebius and Plank , After the Heat by Eno , Moebius , Roedelius , Tonspuren , the first solo album by Moebius , Zero Set by Moebius , Plank , Neumeier , Sowiesoso by Cluster , and the eponymous Cluster & Eno . These albums were released by Sky between 1976 and 1983 .   The title is the German word for `` Meetings '' or `` Encounters '' . A second volume to this compilation , Begegnungen II , was also released .   Begegnungen was issued in the US on CD in 1996 by the Gyroscope label . It was also reissued on the Pat Thomas ' San Francisco-based Water label in 2006 .

neg: Outlandos d'Amour Outlandos d'Amour is the debut studio album by English rock band The Police , released in November 1978 by A&M Records . Elevated by the success of its lead single , `` Roxanne '' , Outlandos d'Amour peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 23 in the US . It has since been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of over one million units in the US . The album spawned two additional hit singles : `` Ca n't Stand Losing You '' and `` So Lonely '' .   Although Outlandos d'Amour received mixed reviews upon its release , it has since been regarded as one of the strongest debut albums by any band or artist . It ranked No. 38 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time '' . In 2012 , the magazine ranked it No. 428 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time .


query: Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966.

pos: Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler ( born September 9 , 1966 ) is an American actor , comedian , screenwriter , film producer , and musician . After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member , Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $ 2 billion at the box office . He is best known for his comedic roles , such as in the films Billy Madison ( 1995 ) , the sports comedies Happy Gilmore ( 1996 ) and The Waterboy ( 1998 ) , the romantic comedy The Wedding Singer ( 1998 ) , Big Daddy ( 1999 ) , and Mr. Deeds ( 2002 ) , and voicing Dracula in Hotel Transylvania ( 2012 ) and Hotel Transylvania 2 ( 2015 ) . Several of his movies , most notably the widely panned Jack and Jill , have gained harsh criticism , culminating in a shared second place in the number of Raspberry Awards ( 3 ) and Raspberry Award Nominations ( 11 ) , in both cases second only to Sylvester Stallone . He has ventured into more dramatic territory with his roles in Punch-Drunk Love ( 2002 ) , Spanglish ( 2004 ) , Reign Over Me ( 2007 ) , Funny People ( 2009 ) and The Meyerowitz Stories ( 2017 ) .   Sandler has released five comedy albums in his career . They 're All Gon na Laugh at You ! ( 1993 ) and What the Hell Happened to Me ? ( 1996 ) are both certified double-platinum . In 1999 , Sandler founded Happy Madison Productions .

neg: Marc Stiegler Marc Stiegler ( born 1 August 1954 ) is a science fiction author and software developer . He co-authored Valentina : Soul in Sapphire ( 1984 ) with Joseph H. Delaney . The computer program , Valentina , was one of science fiction 's earliest examples of sentient computer software , completely unlike mainframe AI 's such as HAL and Colossus .   Stiegler also wrote the short story , `` The Gentle Seduction '' based on Vinge 's ideas about a technological `` singularity , '' the exponential growth of future technology that will drastically affect the human condition . The story 's characters are augmented with molecular nanotechnology . The ` seducer ' is the technology itself , and perhaps the programmers of the technology . He realized the majority of mankind is more willing to swallow a pill that fixes one 's back ( this happens in the story ) than take a pill that installs a computer in one 's forehead ( also from the story ) . He also realized that many humans do not have the mental fortitude to survive the Technological singularity . The heroine of `` The Gentle Seduction '' is a normal woman whose very elemental connection with her own identity is key in soothing humanity 's jarring experience of finally meeting an alien mind .   Stiegler 's software development career partly parallels his science fiction . His non-fiction work , `` Hypermedia and the Singularity '' predates the development of the Web and predicts that hypertext will play a key role in accelerating the evolution of knowledge . Shortly after writing this article , he took over development of Project Xanadu , the hypertext system envisioned by Ted Nelson . Later software development efforts included the development of DecideRight ( 1995 ) which won the Software Publishing Association 's CODIE Award for Best New Business Software . In the late 1990s his attention turned to computer security , then writing the web page Introduction to Capability Based Security that became the top Google hit for capability-based security . Later he wrote the online book E in a Walnut about the programming language <strong> E </strong> , specifically designed for developing secure distributed systems . He also developed CapDesk , a capability-based desktop resistant to cyberattack , and invented the principles underlying Polaris , an overlay for the Windows operating system that secures the system against several important kinds of computer viruses and trojan horses . His sf book EarthWeb takes place in a future where computers have been secured from attack , the Web has evolved to largely supplant government as the underpinning fabric of human civilization , and idea futures are used to make decisions about important future events .

neg: M. David Lee III M. David Lee III ( born September 14 , 1965 , Champaign , Illinois ) is an award-winning American film director , producer , writer , editor and director of photography . Lee is noted for his use of a version of the Dogme95 principals originally developed by Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in his films . His production company , Triple Sticks Productions , has produced four feature films since 1997 and several short films dating back to the late '70s . Triple Sticks Productions is also distributing their film , Slow Down ... You 're Dating Too Fast ! . Lee has also spent time as a sports anchor with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic , SNY , WHBQ , KNTV , KDOC , and KCOY .   In 2009 , `` Dog Me : Potluck , '' was selected for distribution on Netflix .

neg: Norman Lear Center The Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the convergence of entertainment , commerce , and society . It is based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication . Through scholarship and research , and its programs of visiting fellows , conferences , public events and publications , the Lear Center works to be at the forefront of discussion and practice in the field .   The Center is named for benefactor Norman Lear , the social activist and philanthropist , and television producer , and was founded and is directed by Marty Kaplan , associate dean of the USC Annenberg School , who has been a political speechwriter , Hollywood studio executive , and screenwriter-producer .   The Lear Center officially launched on January 24 , 2000 . Some of the programs it houses include Entertainment Goes Global , which explores the political , cultural , economic and technological implications of the globalization of entertainment ; Celebrity , Politics & Public Life , wherein faculty and deans from over 20 USC departments convene to develop an inter-disciplinary analysis of American political life , as it is shaped by popular culture ; and Hollywood , Health & Society , which provides entertainment industry professionals with accurate and timely information for health storylines . Hollywood , Health & Society is funded by , and works closely with such governmental agencies as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the National Institutes of Health , and the National Cancer Institute . That program hosts its annual Sentinel for Health Awards to recognize exemplary television storylines that best inform , educate and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives .   Since 2005 , the Lear Center 's Grand Avenue Intervention Project has been a driving force behind the civic outreach for the planning of a new 16 acre park in the heart of downtown Los Angeles . In partnership with the Los Angeles Times , the Lear Center solicited design proposals from the public and published a selection of them in a special section of the Times .   The Lear Center 's publishing imprint has published several works of scholarship such as Artists , Technology & The Ownership of Creative Content , Warners ' War : Politics , Pop Culture & Propaganda in Wartime Hollywood , Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film , and Ready to Share : Creativity & Fashion in Digital Culture .

neg: Mutato Muzika Mutato Muzika is an American music production company established and owned by Devo co-founder and lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh in 1989 . The name is a portmanteau of the words mutant and potato , which is a nod to Devo 's fanbase which are called Spuds .   While Devo members Mark Mothersbaugh , Gerald Casale and Bob Mothersbaugh , with drummer Josh Freese , often meet , rehearse and confer in its West Hollywood , California studio facilities , Mutato Muzika is a full-service music production company . Until his death in 2014 , Bob Casale served as a producer/engineer there .   Mutato Muzika has produced music for many films , including Rushmore , The Royal Tenenbaums , The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen , 13 , Lords of Dogtown , Nick & Norah 's Infinite Playlist , Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , and Catfish . Television music includes Rugrats , Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue ! , Pee-wee 's Playhouse , Big Love , Eureka , Shameless , Enlightened and Regular Show . Mutato Muzika-produced video game scores include Crash Bandicoot and The Sims . Mutato Muzika also provides music for commercials , including spots for Apple 's PC vs. Mac , Martini & Rossi 's George Clooney/Giorgio , and Logitech .   The company is housed in a round bright green building at 8760 West Sunset Boulevard . The building is rumored to have been designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer ( although no architect 's name is listed on the building permit ) , modeling the exterior after The Forum in Inglewood , California , former home of the NBA 's Los Angeles Lakers and NHL 's Los Angeles Kings . Previously known as `` The Beauty Pavillion '' , it was built in 1967 for plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Alan Franklyn , who wanted the roof to have skylights in order to illuminate the operating room in the center of the structure . The building was painted green after Mothersbaugh took ownership of it .

neg: Ken Adam Sir Kenneth Hugo Adam , ( born Klaus Hugo Adam ; 5 February 1921 -- 10 March 2016 ) was a British movie production designer , best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s , as well as for Dr. Strangelove . He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction . Born in Berlin , he relocated to England with his Jewish family at the age of 13 soon after the Nazis came to power , and was one of only three German-born pilots in the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War .

neg: Lowenstein Sandler Lowenstein Sandler is an AmLaw 200 corporate law firm with offices in New York , Palo Alto , Washington , D.C. , and Roseland , NJ . In 2011 , the firm was ranked 168th largest in the United States in terms of attorney headcount by the National Law Journal , and 136th in profit per attorney by the AmLaw 200 survey ( June 2011 ) . It had 267 attorneys in December 2011 . Lowenstein Sandler represents public and private companies , financial institutions , investors , entrepreneurs , universities , and private clients in corporate , litigation and bankruptcy matters throughout the country . It also provides legal services in investment management , mergers and acquisitions , venture capital , intellectual property , technology , capital markets litigation , environmental law and litigation , insurance coverage , securities litigation , white collar criminal defense , real estate ( including zoning matters , ) trusts and estates , employment and employee benefits . The firm has been described as `` well connected '' politically and partners have been appointed to important positions in state government .

neg: Irving Sandler Irving Sandler ( born July 22 , 1925 ) is an American art critic , art historian , and educator . He has provided numerous first hand accounts of American art , beginning with abstract expressionismin the 1950s , where he managed the Tanager Gallery downtown and co-ordinated the New York artists ' ZT ` Club ' of the New York School from 1955 to its demise in 1962 as well as documenting numerous conversations from the Cedar Street Tavern and other artists venues . Sandler saw himself as an impartial observer of this period , as opposed to polemical advocates such as Clement Greenberg or Harold Rosenberg .

neg: Ritchie Adams Richard Adam Ziegler ( December 15 , 1938 -- March 6 , 2017 ) , known professionally as Ritchie Adams , was an American singer and songwriter .

neg: 9 to 5 (film) 9 to 5 ( styled in the opening credits as Nine to Five ) is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins , written by Higgins and Patricia Resnick . It stars Jane Fonda , Lily Tomlin , Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with , and their overthrow of , the company 's autocratic , `` sexist , egotistical , lying , hypocritical bigot '' boss , played by Dabney Coleman .   The film grossed over $ 103.9 million and is the 20th highest-grossing comedy film . As a star vehicle for Parton -- already established as a successful singer and songwriter -- it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture . Although a television series of the same name based on the film was less successful , a musical version of the film ( also titled 9 to 5 ) , with new songs written by Parton , opened on Broadway on April 30 , 2009 .   9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute 's `` 100 Funniest Movies '' and has an a 82 % approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes .

neg: Eve Sandler Eve Sandler is an American painter , filmmaker and multi-media artist in the style of Abstract Expressionism . Sandler , born in Harlem , is the daughter of Harlem-based painter Alvin Sandler and sister of filmmaker Kathe Sandler .   Sandler 's multimedia installation `` Mami Wata Crossing '' was part of the 2008 exhibition , `` Mami Wata : Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas '' at the Fowler Museum . The work examined connections between the pan-African water goddess Mami Wata , genealogy and the middle passage .   Sandler was a part of the Black Women Artists group , along with Carole Byard , Nanette Carter and Howardena Pindell . Sandler was a 1990-1991 resident at the Studio Museum in Harlem . Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as The Bronx Museum of the Arts .

neg: The Cobbler (2014 film) The Cobbler is a 2014 American magic realism comedy-drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and co-written by McCarthy with Paul Sado . The film stars Adam Sandler , Dan Stevens , Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi . It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released on March 13 , 2015 , by Image Entertainment . The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb .

neg: Sandler Foundation Sandler Foundation is a charitable foundation formed in 1991 with support from Herbert Sandler and Marion Sandler . In 2006 , the Sandlers made a contribution of $ 1.3 billion to the foundation , which was the second largest American charitable contribution of 2006 . Sandler Foundation is a spend-down foundation as the Sandlers have signed The Giving Pledge . The Sandlers founded ProPublica .

neg: Merlin Mann Merlin Dean Mann III ( born November 26 , 1966 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American writer , blogger , and podcaster .

neg: Adam Elliot Adam Elliot ( born 2 January 1972 in Berwick , Victoria , Australia ) is an independent Australian stop-motion animation writer , director and producer based in Melbourne , Australia . His five films have collectively participated in over seven hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards , including an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet and five Annecy Cristals . Elliot calls himself an auteur filmmaker and each of his films have a bittersweet nature to them . He does not engage with commercial work and works exclusively on his own film projects . Based loosely on his family and friends , Elliot calls each of his works a Clayography -- clay animated biography . Each film takes up to five years to complete . He is noted for his use of traditional ` in-camera ' techniques , which means every prop set and character is a ` real ' miniature handcrafted object . Elliot does not use digital additions or computer generated imagery to enhance his visual aesthetic . His company , Adam Elliot Clayographies , produce the films and Elliot 's work practices adhere to the French auteur methodology . Each film has been voiced by notable actors including , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Toni Collette , Geoffrey Rush , Eric Bana , William McInnes , Barry Humphries and John Flaus . Elliot is also a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 1999 was awarded The Young Achiever of the Year for Victoria .

neg: Allen Wolf Allen Wolf ( born October 29 , 1970 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , film producer , novelist , and board game creator .

neg: Will Smith Willard Carroll Smith Jr. ( born September 15 , 1968 ) is an American actor , producer , rapper , and songwriter . In April 2007 , Newsweek called him `` the most powerful actor in Hollywood '' . Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards , and has won four Grammy Awards .   In the late 1980s , Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince . In 1990 , his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular NBC television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , which ran for six seasons until 1996 . After the series ended , Smith transitioned from television to film , and has gone on to star in numerous blockbuster films . He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $ 100 million in the domestic box office , eleven consecutive films gross over $ 150 million internationally , and eight consecutive films in which he starred open at the number one spot in the domestic box office tally .   Smith has been ranked as the most bankable star worldwide by Forbes . As of 2014 , 17 of the 21 films in which he has had leading roles have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $ 100 million each , five taking in over $ 500 million each in global box office receipts . As of 2016 , his films have grossed $ 7.5 billion at the global box office . For his performances as boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali ( 2001 ) and stockbroker Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness ( 2006 ) , Smith received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor .

neg: Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick ( born December 21 , 1965 ) is an American comedian , actor , musician , and television and film producer . Best known as a comic , he is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior . His first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential The Ben Stiller Show . In the mid-1990s , he had a long-running stint on NBC 's NewsRadio and was a supporting character on Less than Perfect . He briefly had his own program , The Andy Dick Show on MTV . He is noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of Comedy Central Roasts . He landed in 7th place on the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars .

neg: Alex Kurtzman Alex Kurtzman ( born September 7 , 1973 ) is an American film and television writer , producer and director .

neg: Adam Davenport Adam Davenport ( born May 27 , 1984 ) is an American film director , screenwriter , stage actor and music producer .