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Connecting Yolanda King and James Purefoy
Julia Roberts
American actress (born 1967)
In 2004, Roberts replaced Cate Blanchett in the role of an American photographer for Mike Nichols's film '' Closer'', a romantic drama written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play of the same name, co-starring Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen.
Cate Blanchett
She appeared in the 1994 TV miniseries '' Heartland'' opposite Ernie Dingo, the miniseries '' Bordertown'' (1995) with Hugo Weaving, and in an episode of ''Police Rescue'' entitled "The Loaded Boy".
She then played Yelena, opposite Hugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh, in Andrew Upton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya'', which travelled to the Kennedy Center and the New York City Center as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.
Hugo Weaving
British actor
Weaving played the title role as V in the 2005 film '' V for Vendetta'', in which he was reunited with the Wachowskis, creators of ''The Matrix'' trilogy, who wrote the adapted screenplay. Actor James Purefoy was originally signed to play the role, but was fired six weeks into filming over creative differences.
Yolanda King
In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that of "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?".
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
When Archer resigned as art critic of ''The World'' in 1886 he secured the succession for Shaw. The two figures in the contemporary art world whose views Shaw most admired were William Morris and John Ruskin, and he sought to follow their precepts in his criticisms. Their emphasis on morality appealed to Shaw, who rejected the idea of art for art's sake, and insisted that all great art must be didactic.
John Ruskin
* '' Desperate Romantics'' (2009), a six-part BBC drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Ruskin is played by Tom Hollander.
Yolanda King
On November 22, 1963, when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, she learned of his death at school.
John F. Kennedy
On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" at a large party in Madison Square Garden, celebrating Kennedy's upcoming forty-fifth birthday.
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and John Kennedy talk during the president's May 19, 1962, early birthday party, where Monroe publicly serenaded Kennedy with "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
Kennedy was also reported to have had affairs with women such as Marilyn Monroe, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and his wife's press secretary, Pamela Turnure.
Marilyn Monroe
In August, Monroe also began filming MMP's first independent production, '' The Prince and the Showgirl'', at Pinewood Studios in England. Based on a 1953 stage play by Terence Rattigan, it was to be directed and co-produced by, and to co-star, Laurence Olivier. The production was complicated by conflicts between him and Monroe. Olivier, who had also directed and starred in the stage play, angered her with the patronizing statement "All you have to do is be sexy", and with his demand she replicate Vivien Leigh's stage interpretation of the character.{{sfnm|1a1=Spoto|1y=2001|1pp=370–379|2a1=Churchwell|2y=2004|2pp=258–261|3a1=Banner|3y=2012|3pp=310–311}} He also disliked the constant presence of Paula Strasberg, Monroe's acting coach, on set. In retaliation, Monroe became uncooperative and began to deliberately arrive late, stating later that "if you don't respect your artists, they can't work well. "
Terence Rattigan
She directed a major new production of Rattigan's final and also rarely seen play ''Cause Célèbre'' at The Old Vic in March 2011 as part of The Terence Rattigan Centenary year celebrations. As well as this, Trevor Nunn marked the occasion with a West End revival of ''Flare Path'' at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, between March and June 2011, starring Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith.
Yolanda King
She served on the Partnership Council of Habitat for Humanity, was the first national Ambassador for the American Stroke Association's "Power to End Stroke" Campaign, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a sponsor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Campaign, and held a lifetime membership in the NAACP.
John Barrowman
British-American actor, author, and singer (b. 1967)
Barrowman returned to the role of Billy Crocker in Trevor Nunn's 2003 West End revival of ''Anything Goes'', and appeared in West End non-musical dramas, such as his role as Wyndham Brandon in '' Rope'' at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester in 1993, and he starred as Lieutenant Jack Ross opposite Rob Lowe in the 2005 production of '' A Few Good Men''.
Trevor Nunn
The production, starring Sienna Miller, James Purefoy and Sheridan Smith, opened in March 2011 and closed in June 2011, and was followed by productions of ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'', (June – August 2011) and ''The Tempest'', starring Ralph Fiennes (September – October 2011).
