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An Emmy Award , or simply Emmy , recognizes excellence in the ___MASK90___ industry , and corresponds to the Academy Award ( for film ), the Tony Award ( for theatre ), and the Grammy Award ( for music ). Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the 93 members of the ___MASK45___ Foreign Press Association , recognizing excellence in film and ___MASK90___ , both domestic and foreign . The human condition is " the characteristics , key events , and situations which compose the essentials of human ___MASK15___ , such as birth , growth , emotionality , aspiration , ___MASK29___ , and mortality ." This is a very broad topic which has been and continues to be pondered and analyzed from many perspectives , including those of ___MASK46___ , philosophy , ___MASK56___ , art , literature , anthropology , psychology , and biology . A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes ___MASK16___ , which can be vocal ___MASK16___ ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental ___MASK16___ ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or ___MASK16___ which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., ___MASK70___ or ___MASK52___ song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical ___MASK16___ through creation of works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet ___MASK16___ scores ). A ___MASK9___ ( short for " cybernetic organism ") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts . The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S . Kline . A social issue is a problem that influences a considerable number of the individuals within a society . It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual ' s social issue is the source of a conflicting opinion on the grounds of what is perceived as a morally just personal ___MASK49___ or societal order . Social issues are distinguished from economic issues ; however , some issues ( such as immigration ) have both social and economic aspects . There are also issues that don ' t fall into either category , such as warfare . ___MASK17___ fiction ( often shortened to SF , sci - fi or scifi ) is a genre of speculative fiction , typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic ___MASK17___ and technology , space travel , ___MASK72___ , faster than light travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . ___MASK17___ fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations , and has been called a " literature of ideas ." It usually avoids the supernatural , and unlike the related genre of fantasy , historically ___MASK17___ fiction stories were intended to have a grounding in ___MASK17___ - based fact or theory at the time the story was created , but this connection is now limited to hard ___MASK17___ fiction . Charlton Heston ( born John Charles Carter or Charlton John Carter ; October 4 , 1923  April 5 , 2008 ) was an American ___MASK12___ and political activist . The Omen is a 1976 American - British ___MASK97___ ___MASK21___ directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer . The film stars Gregory Peck , Lee Remick , David Warner , Harvey Spencer Stephens , Billie Whitelaw , Patrick Troughton , Martin Benson , and Leo McKern . The first installment in " The Omen " series , the film concerns a young ___MASK22___ substituted at birth by American Ambassador Robert Thorn unbeknownst to his wife , after their own son is stillborn . They are surrounded by mysterious and ominous deaths , unaware that the ___MASK22___ is the Antichrist . A soap ___MASK70___ , soap , or soapie , is a serial drama on ___MASK90___ or radio that examines the lives of many characters , usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama . The term " soap ___MASK70___ " originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past . A ___MASK91___ distributor is responsible for the marketing of a ___MASK91___ . The distribution ___MASK25___ is usually different from the production ___MASK25___ . Distribution deals are an important part of financing a ___MASK91___ . A ___MASK90___ producer is a person who oversees all aspects of video production on a ___MASK90___ program . Some producers take more of an executive role , in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the ___MASK90___ networks , but upon acceptance they focus on business matters , such as budgets and contracts . Other producers are more involved with the day - to - day workings , participating in activities such as screenwriting , set design , casting , and directing . My Friend Flicka is a 1941 novel by ___MASK85___ O ' Hara , about Ken McLaughlin , the son of a Wyoming rancher , and his horse Flicka . It was the first in a trilogy , followed by " Thunderhead " ( 1943 ) and " Green Grass of Wyoming " ( 1946 ). The popular 1943 film version featured young Roddy McDowall and was followed by two other film adaptations , " Thunderhead , Son of Flicka " ( 1945 ), and " Green Grass of Wyoming " ( 1948 ), both based on O ' Hara ' s novels . A television series followed during 1956 - 1957 , that first aired on CBS , then on NBC , with reruns on ABC and on CBS between 1959 and 1966 . The Disney Channel re - ran the program during the mid - 1980s , too . Culture can be defined in numerous ways . In the words of anthropologist E . B . Tylor , it is " that complex whole which includes knowledge , belief , ___MASK52___ , morals , law , custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society ." Alternatively , in a contemporary variant , " Culture is defined as a social domain that emphasizes the practices , discourses and material expressions , which , over ___MASK58___ , express the continuities and discontinuities of social meaning of a life held in common ." Los Angeles ( Spanish for " The Angels "), officially the ___MASK80___ of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L . A ., is the second - most populous ___MASK80___ in the United States ( after ___MASK54___ ), the most populous ___MASK80___ in California and the county seat of Los Angeles County . Situated in Southern California , Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate , ethnic diversity , sprawling metropolis , and as a major center of the American entertainment industry . Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over . ___MASK6___ Whitmore Jr . ( October 1 , 1921  February 6 , 2009 ) was an American ___MASK91___ , theatre and ___MASK90___ ___MASK12___ . During his extensive career , Whitmore won a Tony , Grammy , Golden Globe and an Emmy , and was nominated for two Academy Awards . He is one of only twenty performers to win three of the four EGOT honors . Twentieth Century ___MASK67___ Film Corporation ( known as Twentieth Century - ___MASK67___ with hyphen from 1935 until 1985 , professionally as 20th Century ___MASK67___ , Twentieth Century ___MASK67___ or simply known as ___MASK67___ ) is an American film studio and film distributor currently owned by 21st Century ___MASK67___ . It is one of the " Big Six " major American film studios and is located in the Century City area of Los Angeles , just west of Beverly Hills . The studio was formerly owned by News Corporation . ___MASK52___ is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual , auditory or performing artifacts ( artworks ), expressing the author ' s imaginative or technical skill , intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power . In their most general form these activities include the production of works of ___MASK52___ , the ___MASK1___ of ___MASK52___ , the study of the ___MASK32___ , and the aesthetic dissemination of ___MASK52___ . The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 American animated ___MASK53___ drama adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut . It is an adaptation of Robert C . O ' Brien ' s 1971 children ' s novel " Mrs . Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ". The film was produced by Aurora Pictures and released by United Artists and features the voices of Elizabeth Hartman , Dom DeLuise , Arthur Malet , Derek Jacobi , Hermione Baddeley , John Carradine , Peter Strauss , and Paul Shenar . The " Mrs . Frisby " name in the novel had to be changed to " Mrs . Brisby " during production due to trademark concerns with Frisbee discs . It was followed in 1998 by a direct - to - video sequel called "", which was made without Bluth ' s involvement or input . A CGI / live action reboot is currently in the works . The Edge of Night is an American ___MASK90___ mystery series / soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble . It debuted on CBS on April 2 , 1956 , and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its run until November 28 , 1975 ; the series then moved to ABC , where it aired from December 1 , 1975 , until December 28 , 1984 ; 7 , 420 episodes were produced , of which some 1 , 800 are available for syndication . Franklin James Schaffner ( May 30 , 1920July 2 , 1989 ) was an American ___MASK91___ director best known for the films " Planet of the Apes " ( 1968 ), " Patton " ( 1970 ), " Nicholas and Alexandra " ( 1971 ), " Papillon " ( 1973 ), and " The Boys from Brazil " ( 1978 ). Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American ___MASK17___ fiction film directed by Franklin J . Schaffner . It stars Charlton Heston , Roddy McDowall , Kim Hunter , Maurice Evans , James Whitmore , James Daly and Linda Harrison . The screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling was based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle . Jerry Goldsmith composed the groundbreaking avant - garde score . It was the first in a series of five films made between 1968 and 1973 , all produced by Arthur P . Jacobs and released by 20th Century ___MASK67___ . The film tells the story of an astronaut crew who crash - land on a strange planet in the distant future . Although the planet appears desolate at first , the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human - like intelligence and speech . The apes have assumed the role of the dominant species and humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins . The script was originally written by Rod Serling , but underwent many rewrites before filming eventually began . Directors J . Lee Thompson and Blake Edwards were approached , but the film ' s producer Arthur P . Jacobs , upon the recommendation of Charlton Heston , chose Franklin J . Schaffner to direct the film . Schaffner ' s changes included an ape society less advanced -- and therefore less expensive to depict -- than that of the original novel . Filming took place between May 21 and August 10 , 1967 , in California , Utah and Arizona , with desert sequences shot in and around Lake Powell , Glen Canyon National Recreation Area . The film ' s final `` closed '' cost was $ 5 . 8 million . The film was released on February 8 , 1968 , in the United States and was a commercial success , earning a lifetime domestic gross of $ 32 . 6 million . The film was groundbreaking for its prosthetic makeup techniques by artist John Chambers , and was well received by critics and audiences , launching a film franchise , including four sequels , as well as a short - lived ___MASK90___ show , ___MASK66___ , comic books , and various merchandising . In particular , Roddy McDowall had a long - running relationship with the Apes series , appearing in four of the original five films ( absent , apart from a brief voiceover , from the second film of the series , Beneath the Planet of the Apes , in which he was replaced by David Watson in the role of Cornelius ) , and also in the ___MASK90___ series . The original series was followed by Tim Burton ' s remake Planet of the Apes in 2001 and the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011 . Also in 2001 , Planet of the Apes was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . The Bridge over the River Kwai is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle , published in French in 1952 and ___MASK93___ translation by Xan Fielding in 1954 . The story is fictional but uses the ___MASK20___ of the Burma Railway , in 1942  43 , as its historical setting , and is partly based on Pierre Boulle ' s own life experience working in Malaysia rubber plantations and later working for allied forces in ___MASK86___ and Indochina during ___MASK7___ . The novel deals with the plight of ___MASK7___ British prisoners of war forced by the Imperial Japanese Army to build a bridge for the " Death Railway ", so named because of the large number of prisoners and conscripts who died during its ___MASK20___ . The novel won France ' s " Prix Sainte - Beuve " in 1952 . Arthur P . Jacobs ( March 7 , 1922  June 27 , 1973 ) was a press agent turned ___MASK91___ producer responsible for such films in the 1960s and 1970s as the " Planet of the Apes " series , " Doctor Dolittle ", " Goodbye , Mr . Chips ", " Play It Again , Sam " and " ___MASK35___ " through his ___MASK25___ APJAC Productions . Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller ___MASK91___ directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas , and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone . The ___MASK91___ follows a police ___MASK18___ , Nick Curran ( Douglas ), who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star . During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect , Catherine Tramell ( Stone ), an enigmatic writer . A ___MASK77___ is a machine  especially one programmable by a computer  capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically . Robots can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within . Robots may be constructed to take on human form but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look . Gremlins is a 1984 American ___MASK5___ ___MASK21___ directed by Joe Dante and released by Warner Bros . The film is about a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet , which then spawns other creatures who transform into small , destructive , evil monsters . This story was continued with a sequel , "", released in 1990 . Unlike the lighter sequel , " Gremlins " opts for more black ___MASK5___ , balanced against a Christmastime setting . Both films were the center of large merchandising campaigns . A spacecraft is a vehicle , or machine designed to fly in ___MASK34___ . Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes , including communications , earth observation , meteorology , ___MASK100___ , space colonization , planetary exploration , and transportation of humans and cargo . Hoosiers is a 1986 sports ___MASK91___ written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh . It tells the story of a small - town Indiana high school ___MASK74___ team that wins the state championship . It is loosely based on the Milan High School team that won the 1954 state championship . The original News Corporation or News Corp . was an American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in ___MASK54___ . It was the world ' s fourth - largest media group in 2014 in terms of revenue . Board members include prominent former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar . The ___MASK67___ Film Corporation was an American ___MASK25___ that produced motion pictures , formed by William ___MASK67___ on 1 February 1915 . It was the corporate successor to his earlier Greater New York Film Rental ___MASK25___ and Box Office Attractions Film ___MASK25___ . Capricorn One is a 1977 government ___MASK94___ thriller film about a Mars landing hoax . It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade ' s ITC Entertainment . It stars Elliott Gould with James Brolin , Sam Waterston and O . J . Simpson as the astronauts . A ___MASK91___ director is a person who directs the making of a ___MASK91___ . Generally , a ___MASK91___ director controls a ___MASK91___ ' s artistic and dramatic aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production ___MASK36___ , and the creative aspects of ___MASK75___ . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the ___MASK91___ . ___MASK17___ fiction film ( or sci - fi ) is a genre that uses speculative , fictional ___MASK17___ - based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream ___MASK17___ , such as extraterrestrial lifeforms , alien worlds , extrasensory perception and ___MASK72___ , along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft , robots , cyborgs , interstellar travel or other technologies . ___MASK17___ fiction films have often been used to focus on political or social issues , and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition . In many cases , tropes derived from written ___MASK17___ fiction may be used by filmmakers ignorant of or at best indifferent to the standards of scientific plausibility and plot logic to which written ___MASK17___ fiction is traditionally held . Jerrald King " Jerry " Goldsmith ( February 10 , 1929July 21 , 2004 ) was an American composer and conductor most known for his work in ___MASK91___ and ___MASK90___ scoring . He composed scores for such noteworthy films as " The Sand Pebbles ", " Logan ' s Run ", " Planet of the Apes ", " Patton ", " Papillon ", " Chinatown ", " The Wind and the Lion ", " The Omen ", " The Boys from Brazil ", " Capricorn One ", " Alien ", " Poltergeist ", " The Secret of NIMH ", " Gremlins ", " Hoosiers ", " Total Recall ", " Basic Instinct ", " Rudy ", " Air Force One ", " L . A . Confidential ", " Mulan ", " The Mummy ", three " Rambo " films , and five " Star Trek " films . The Daytime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the New York  based National Academy of ___MASK90___ Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime ___MASK90___ programming . Ceremonies generally are held in May or June . Kim Hunter ( November 12 , 1922  September 11 , 2002 ) was an American ___MASK91___ , theatre , and ___MASK90___ actress . She won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award , each as Best Supporting Actress , for her performance as Stella Kowalski in the 1951 ___MASK91___ " A Streetcar Named Desire ". Decades later , she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the long - running soap opera " The Edge of Night ". She has also portrayed the character Zira in the first three installments of the original " Planet of the Apes " ( 1968 - 1973 ). </ div > ___MASK83___ is a state of armed conflict between societies . It is generally characterized by extreme aggression , destruction , and mortality , using regular or irregular military forces . An absence of ___MASK83___ is usually called " peace ". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of ___MASK83___ , or of wars in general . Total ___MASK83___ is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets , and can result in massive civilian or other non - combatant casualties . Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 British biographical ___MASK91___ directed by Franklin J . Schaffner and written by James Goldman , based on Robert K . Massie ' s book of the same name , which partly tells the story of the last ruling Russian monarch , Tsar Nicholas II of ___MASK84___ , and his wife , Tsarina Alexandra . A ___MASK91___ studio ( also known as movie studio or simply studio ) is a major entertainment ___MASK25___ or motion picture ___MASK25___ that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films , which is handled by the production ___MASK25___ . The majority of firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios , but have rented space from other companies . Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall ( 17 September 1928  3 October 1998 ), known as Roddy McDowall , was an ___MASK93___ - American ___MASK12___ , voice artist , film director and photographer . He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original " Planet of the Apes " film series , as well as Galen in the spin - off television series . He began his acting career as a ___MASK22___ in England , and then in the United States , in " How Green Was My Valley " ( 1941 ), " My Friend Flicka " ( 1943 ) and " Lassie Come Home " ( 1943 ). Planet of the Apes is an American ___MASK17___ fiction media franchise consisting of films , books , ___MASK90___ series , comics , and other media about a world where humans and intelligent apes clash for control . The series began with French author Pierre Boulle ' s 1963 novel " La Planète des Singes ", translated into English as both " Planet of the Apes " and " Monkey Planet ". The 1968 film adaptation , " Planet of the Apes ", was a critical and commercial success , initiating a series of sequels , tie - ins , and derivative works . Arthur P . Jacobs produced the series under APJAC Productions until his death in 1973 ; since then 20th Century Fox has owned the franchise . ___MASK87___ Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise based on the ___MASK90___ series created by Gene Roddenberry . The first ___MASK90___ series , simply called " ___MASK87___ Trek " and now referred to as "", debuted in 1966 and aired for three seasons on the ___MASK90___ network NBC . It followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T . Kirk ( William Shatner ) and his crew aboard the starship USS " Enterprise ", a space exploration vessel , built by the interstellar federal republic United Federation of Planets in the twenty - third century . The " ___MASK87___ Trek " canon of the franchise include " The Original Series ", an ___MASK66___ , four ___MASK90___ series , its film franchise and an upcoming ___MASK90___ series scheduled to debut in 2017 . Interstellar ___MASK99___ is the term used for hypothetical piloted or unpiloted ___MASK99___ between stars or planetary systems . Interstellar ___MASK99___ will be much more difficult than interplanetary spaceflight ; the distances between the planets in the Solar System are less than 30 astronomical units ( AU ) whereas the distances between stars are typically hundreds of thousands of AU , and usually expressed in light - years . Because of the vastness of those distances , interstellar ___MASK99___ would require a high percentage of the speed of light , huge ___MASK99___ ___MASK58___ , lasting from decades to millennia or longer , or a combination of both . Rodman Edward " Rod " Serling ( December 25 , 1924  June 28 , 1975 ) was an American screenwriter , playwright , ___MASK90___ producer , and narrator known for his live ___MASK90___ dramas of the 1950s and his science - fiction anthology TV series , " The Twilight Zone ". Serling was active in politics , both on and off the screen , and helped form ___MASK90___ industry standards . He was known as the " angry young man " of Hollywood , clashing with ___MASK90___ executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including ___MASK33___ , racism , and war . The avant - garde ( from French , " advance guard " or " vanguard ", literally " fore - guard ") are people or works that are experimental , radical , or unorthodox , with respect to ___MASK52___ , culture , and society . It may be characterized by nontraditional , aesthetic innovation and initial unacceptability , and it may offer a critique of the relationship between producer and consumer . The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 MGM adventure ___MASK91___ in Panavision and Metrocolor , produced by Herb Jaffe and Phil Rawlins , written and directed by John Milius , that stars Sean Connery , Candice Bergen , Brian Keith , and John Huston . The ___MASK91___ was loosely based on the real - life Perdicaris incident of 1904 . The ___MASK91___ was distributed in the U . S . by United Artists and overseas by Columbia Pictures . A screenplay ___MASK63___ , screenwriter for short , scriptwriter or scenarist is a ___MASK63___ who practices the craft of screenwriting , writing screenplays on which mass media such as films , television programs , comics or video games are based . ___MASK42___ is discrimination and ___MASK11___ towards people based on their race or ethnicity . Today , the use of the term " racism " does not easily fall under a single definition . ___MASK17___ is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe . Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Technicolor feature ___MASK91___ starring Roddy McDowall and canine ___MASK12___ , Pal , in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie , Lassie . The ___MASK91___ was directed by Fred M . Wilcox from a screenplay by Hugo Butler based upon the 1940 novel " Lassie Come - Home " by Eric Knight . The ___MASK91___ was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring " Lassie ." Pierre Boulle ( 20 February 1912  30 January 1994 ) was a French novelist best known for two works , " The Bridge over the River Kwai " ( 1952 ) and " Planet of the Apes " ( 1963 ), that were both made into award - winning films . A press agent , or flack , is a professional publicist who acts on behalf of his or her client on all matters involving public relations . Press agents are typically employed by public personalities and organizations such as performers and businesses . A press agent will provide information to the media such as upcoming public events , interview opportunities , and promotional dates , and will work with the media in getting in touch with an appropriate client or resource . Press agents are occasionally required to act as " spin doctors "  to put into the best light their clients ' public actions . While press agents have traditionally worked with newspapers and ___MASK90___ , they may also be conversant with newer media forms such as blogs and podcasts . ___MASK72___ is the concept of movement ( such as by a human ) between certain points in time , analogous to movement between different points in space , typically using a hypothetical device known as a time machine , in the form of a vehicle or of a portal connecting distant points in time . ___MASK72___ is a recognized concept in philosophy and fiction , but traveling to an arbitrary point in time has a very limited support in theoretical physics , and usually only in conjunction with quantum mechanics or wormholes , also known as Einstein - Rosen bridges . In a more narrow sense , one - way ___MASK72___ into the future via time dilation is a well - understood phenomenon within the frameworks of special relativity and general relativity , but advancing a large amount of time is not feasible with current technology . The concept was touched upon in various earlier works of fiction , but was popularized by H . G . Wells ' 1895 novel " The Time Machine ", which moved the concept of ___MASK72___ into the public imagination , and it remains a popular subject in science fiction . Stella Kowalski ( née DuBois ) is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams ' play " A Streetcar Named Desire ". She is the ___MASK69___ of central character Blanche DuBois and wife of Stanley Kowalski .