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 What Makes a Family (2001) (TV) - Starring as Terry Harrison |
| Janine Nielssen (Brooke Shields) believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner Sandy (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Sandy passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting struggle ensues. |
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| Monkeybone (2001) - Starring as Death |
| Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) is a cartoonist who created Monkeybone. Stu is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. Julie McElroy (Bridget Fonda). When Stu was going to propose to her, a freak accident happens and he falls into a coma. His spirit ends up in Downtown: a purgatory limbo-like existence between life and death. This is where Monkeybone comes to life and stirs up trouble for Stu. Also, Stu befriends a cat-girl named Kitty (Rose McGowan). When Stu learns that his sister Kimmy is about to pull the plug on him, he has to get back to the living by stealing an Exit Pass from Death. |
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| Rat Race (2001) - Starring as Vera Baker |
Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) owns the biggest, snazziest, flashiest, high rolling-est casino in Las Vegas. And to entertain some of his wealthiest patrons, he's staged the most original high stakes game that Sin City has ever seen! The contestants? Six teams. The jackpot? Two million dollars stuffed in a locker hundreds of miles away. The odds of winning? One in six. The rules? Well there's only one--get there first! What the racers don't know is that the tycoon and his rich buddies are betting on the outcome and are tracking every move the teams make. It's only a matter of time before they figure out who really stands to win the most before switching course to look for a different kind of pay-off. |
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| Call Me Claus (2001) (TV) - Starring as Lucy Cullins |
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network, hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network she gets more than she bargained for. Nick really is Santa Claus, and he faces mandatory retirement after 200 years on the job. Nick must find his replacement by Christmas Eve or the world will face dire consequences and he has his sights set on Lucy.
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| Absolutely Fabulous (2002) (TV) - Starring as Goldie in "Gay" |
Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) and her best friend Patsy (Joanna Lumley) drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
In this episode, Patsy leaves her job to become Creative Director and Buyer for Jeremy’s, a new concept fashion store. Eddy and Patsy wreak havoc in the city that never sleeps, Bo and Marshall are running a Christian TV show and Saffy is observing the world from inside a cupboard. |
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Good Fences (2003) (TV) - Starring as Mabel Spader |
Good Fences is about an upwardly mobile black family for whom the American dream becomes a nightmare. Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader (Danny Glover) is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to move his wife and their two kids out of their mixed lower-middle-class town and into the posh enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut. |
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| The Aristocrats (2005) - Starring as Herself |
| This is a documentary about a joke. It is a joke only told by comedians to other comedians. The outline of the joke is that a man goes into an agent's office and says he has a family act. He then either acts out or describes the most obscene acts possible. The stunned agent says, "And what do you call yourselves?" and the man answers, "The Aristocrats." Each comedian describes how he tells the story. Each is different, each tries to get an element of surprise out of their listeners, who are assumed to be other comedians. The joke is told in parts. It is told in reverse order, by men and by women. Each finds a way to make the joke his or her own. |
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| So noTORIous (2006) (TV) - Starring as Mama Belle in "Cursed" |
This show stars Tori Spelling as herself, an underdog in the un-celebrity world that she desperately tries to be a part of. Janey is Tori's best friend since high school. Sasan, Tori's other best friend since high school, is gay but his parents are in denial. Pete is Tori's roommate, who's "just staying with her until he finishes med school, and Tori's mother, Kiki is a beauty who enjoys her status as Hollywood royalty. Nanny raised Tori and thinks of her as her own daughter.
In this episode, Tori concludes she must be cursed when she is replaced on her latest movie and Mimi La Rue gets worms. |
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| Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006) (TV) - Starring as Chesley Watkins in "To the Bone" |
This show centers on the NYPD's Major Case Squad and Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) in its efforts to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York. It also puts a new twist to the "Law & Order" formula when we see the crimes as they are planned and committed.
In this episode, Detectives Logan (Chris Noth) and Barek (Annabella Sciorra) discover a string of homicides are being carried out by former foster kids. Logan shoots a suspect, but he turns out to be a cop, and Logan finds himself in the hot seat.
-Chesley Watkins is the foster mother who had a series of young men going in and out of her home throughout the years and is the prime suspect. |
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| Everybody Hates Chris (2006) (TV) - Starring as Louise in "Everybody Hates a Liar" and "Everybody Hates Rejection" |
| Motivated by his childhood experiences, Chris Rock narrates this story of a teenager growing up in Brooklyn, NY, in 1982. Chris (Tyler James Williams) is 13 and he's responsible for taking care of his younger brother and sister. Chris' father works numerous jobs to support his family and his mom runs the household on a tight budget, and is very strict. Chris reluctantly faces multiple bus transfers every day to attend Corleone Junior High in an Italian neighborhood. |
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