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David E. Kelley
David E. Kelley is the illustrious creator of Boston Legal and many other distinctive and award-winning television programs, including The Practice, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and Picket Fences. Kelley first came to prominence with the creation of the series Doogie Howser, M.D. but his credentials as a serious drama writer were solidly established with his work on the groundbreaking LA Law. So far in his career, Kelley has received 23 Emmy nominations, winning nine. He was also honored in 2001 with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Television. Kelley's shows are famous for their quirkiness but also for their willingness to take on difficult and important issues. Since he is a former lawyer, it's no coincidence that several of Kelley's programs have been set in law offices.
Not all of Kelley's programs have been successful, as exemplified by the brief on-air lives of Snoops, Girls Club, and The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampsire. Kelley has also tried his hand at feature films, which include Lake Placid and Mystery, Alaska.
Besides continuing to write and produce Boston Legal, Kelley has several other projects in the works. These include an American version of the British program Life on Mars (scheduled to pilot in 2007), a sitcom pilot about a sequestered jury, a police drama based on Joseph Wambaugh's novel Hollywood Station, and a feature film about Gordie Howe and the World Hockey Association. His involvement with the latter reflects his love of hockey, which he inherited from his father Jack, famous in his own right as the legendary former hockey coach at Boston University. Additionally, a Kelley-penned screenplay entitled Chasing Montana is currently in production and scheduled for a 2008 release. The film is set to feature Kelley's wife, actress Michelle Pfeiffer.
Despite originally hinting that he might not maintain an active involvement in the writing of Boston Legal, Kelley continues to be the main creative force behind most of the show's scripts and stories. Out of the first 54 episodes of the show, Kelley has writing credits on 35 of them. Nineteen of those scripts were solo efforts.
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| angelsaroundus | A serious, interesting and potentially amusing case | 0 | Nov 18 2008, 12:53 AM EST by angelsaroundus | ||
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My brother has been arguing with the Mass. Department of Revenue (DOR) about his tax return for years. He has lived in poverty because of their garnishing of his bank accounts and wages. People recognized him by the holes in the soles of his shoes when they were sticking out of the dumpster. The DOR finally sued him for over 40 thousand dollars they said he owed, He counter sued for over 4 million. The DOR decided they had made a mistake and wanted him to drop the case. They DOR has tried on two occasions to get the judge to drop the case, but so far, he has refused. My brother is claiming no only fraud, defamation of character, liable, and slander, but the bigger issue is the unconstitutionally of the tactics used by the DOR for their collections. They can simply tell you that you owe money, then take that money from you without even proving it in court. After they take all your money, they then tell you to sue them. No lawyer will 'take on' the DOR or IRS for they are afraid of them also. So, my brother, who is not a lawyer, is doing this all himself. This would make a great television show!! This is an extremely condensed explanation of what led to this suit.
In 1985, our I. R. S. desk-audited my 1982 return, which was timely and correct in every detaiL I begin my benevolences with a 1 st-fruits tithe, and my income was modest, so they decided I had overstated my deductions. They prepared and filed a new return for me, and sent me a bill. This bill included the amount they figured I had underpaid, plus a late-filing penalty based on the date they filed their return, plus interest. Proving again their identity with our I. R. S. by doing no due diligence of their own, our Massachusetts Department of Revenue jumped in, saying, ifI owed the I. R. S., I must owe them, too.I checked my return, |
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| Anonymous | Homeland Security episode | 0 | Jan 16 2007, 11:28 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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You don't know how you hit the mail on the head about Homeland Security's FEMA-type screening system. I was the press officer for the FAA's task force that developed, tested, and verified a screening system that had a "profile" as Step One. If a passenger hit no less than SIX elements of the "profile," he/she was detained. Electronic search came second. Because all passengers today are presumed to be potential Middle East terrorists, the current system never will work. A two-tiered profiled is needed; one for potential Middle East terrorists, and another that will facilitate boarding for the rest of us innocdent travelers. By the war, had the "profile" still been Step One on 9/11, all 19 terrorists would have been detained. We are not safer with the current system, merely humiliated. And, not one potential Middle East terorists has been caught since 9/11. When will Americans demand a sensible screening system as I have suggested?
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| PsychProf | "Nuts" Do Your Homework | 0 | Jan 16 2007, 10:30 PM EST by PsychProf | ||
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Please in the future triple check your psychological facts. The comment to Clarice (or a variation) that "she" is not "Schizophrenic" is something a Introductory Psychology student would know is incorrect! Dissociative Idenitity Disorder (Multiple Personalities) is NOT the same thing as Schizophrenia! I will be bringing this error up in my classes tomorrow as why it is so important to know what you are talking about!
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