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Submitted by Big Charles

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The Edge is a 1997 survival and relationship drama film directed by Lee Tamahori starring Anthony Hopkins as billionaire magazine publisher Charles Morse and Alec Baldwin as Bob Green, one of his ambitious employees. Harold Perrineau also co-stars as the group’s photographer Stephen. Elle Macpherson has a supporting role as Hopkins’ trophy wife and model for his magazine. Her presence in the beginning of the movie acts as a catalyst for the film’s bold rivalry between Baldwin and Hopkins. L. Q. Jones has a supporting role as an innkeeper. Bart the Bear, a trained Kodiak Bear known for appearing in several Hollywood movies, also appears, as a vicious grizzly, and it would be one of his last film roles.
The movie was written by David Mamet and, despite the unusual setting, it touches upon many themes common to Mamet’s other works, including the bonding of strong male characters, tough posturings and playful surprises. The story explores, through action and intricate dialog, the survival instincts of these men in terms of their competition with each other and with their environment.

Submitted by Dusty V

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48 Hrs. is a 1982 American action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy as a cop and convict, respectively, who team up to catch a cop-killer. The title refers to the amount of time they have to solve the crime. This was Eddie Murphy’s film debut (in his Golden Globe-nominated role), and Joel Silver’s first film as a film producer. The screenplay was written by Hill, Roger Spottiswoode, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza, and Jeb Stuart (uncredited).
48 Hrs. is often credited as being the first “buddy cop” film. The genre evolved throughout the 1980s and 1990s with features such as Beverly Hills Cop, Running Scared, Lethal Weapon, Tango & Cash, Bad Boys, and Rush Hour. The film spawned a 1990 sequel, Another 48 Hrs.

Submitted by Niko T

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Casino is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese. Robert De Niro stars as Sam “Ace” Rothstein, a top gambling handicapper who is called by the Mob to oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers casino in Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont and the Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s. Joe Pesci plays Nicky Santoro, based on the real-life Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro, an intimidating enforcer and psychopath. Nicky is sent to Vegas to make sure that money from the Tangiers is skimmed off the top and that the mobsters in Vegas are kept in line. Sharon Stone plays Ace’s wife, the self-obsessed and devious Ginger, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Submitted by Julia F

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Tupperware pioneered the direct marketing strategy made famous by the Tupperware party. Brownie Wise (1913-1992), a former sales representative of Stanley Home Products, developed the strategy. During the early 1950s, Tupperware’s sales and popularity exploded, thanks in large part to Wise’s influence among women who sold Tupperware, and some of the famous “jubilees” celebrating the success of Tupperware ladies at lavish and outlandishly themed parties. Tupperware was known—at a time when women came back from working during World War II only to be told to “go back to the kitchen” — as a method of empowering women, and giving them a toehold in the post-war business world. The tradition of Tupperware’s “Jubilee” style events continues to this day, with rallies being held in major cities to recognize and reward top-selling and top-recruiting individuals, teams, and organizations.

Submitted by Howard B

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Gladiators is a British television series produced by LWT for ITV from 10 October 1992 to 1 January 2000. It is an adaptation of the United States game show American Gladiators. An Australian spin-off and a Swedish one followed. A revival of the show was broadcast on Sky1 in 2008 and 2009 prior to being axed.

Submitted by Guy R

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AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered a pioneer of heavy metal,[1][2] they have always classified their music as rock and roll.[3]
AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage. The band recorded their highly successful album Highway to Hell in 1979. Lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but soon ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was selected to replace Scott. Later that year, the band released their best-selling album, Back in Black.

Submitted by Tony S

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Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for “S. Claus”.
Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising his role as C-3PO from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Sound designer Ben Burtt also provided sound effects for R2-D2 and Chewbacca.

Submitted by Julia F

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Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. Judge’s short film “Frog Baseball”, starring the characters Beavis and Butt-head was featured on Liquid Television, a show featuring short animated and live action material that could be considered the precursor to Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Cable television channel MTV signed Judge to create the series, and it aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997. The series has retained a large cult following. It is rated TV-14 when reruns are aired in the United States.

Submitted by Jordan S

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Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived in Los Gatos, California by advertising executive Gary Dahl. It is said that some time in April 1975, Dahl was having a conversation with his friends about why he didn’t like to go through the average inconveniences that come with owning most pets. He said that he had a great solution to it. His idea was to sell a pet that would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, groomed (etc…) and would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. He said these (pet rocks) were to be the perfect pets, and joked about it with his friends.[1] However, he took the idea very seriously. The first Pet Rocks were ordinary gray stones bought at a builder’s supply store and marketed as if they were live pets. This was one of the many similarities between pet rocks and live pets that were intended by Dahl. The fad lasted about six months, ending after a short increase in sales during the Christmas season of December 1975. During its short run, the Pet Rock made Dahl a millionaire.[2]

Submitted by Jessie N

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Members Only is a brand of clothing that became popular in the 1980s for the “Members Only Jacket”. The brand was created in 1975 and introduced to American markets in 1979 by Europe Craft Imports (later acquired in 1987 by the Marcade Group).

Members Only was renowned for their brand of jackets, which was first introduced in 1981 and manufactured in a wide variety of colors. The jackets had passants. Their advertising tagline, “when you put it on, something happens”, also gained fame, especially in the early 1990s when several condom manufacturers stole the tagline.

The brand was licensed in 2004 by Kirtie Regan, who resurrected the brand and developed a new line of apparel.