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By Kim Martin on January 14, 2013
The 2013 awards season has arrived, and the nominees include a batch of fresh new faces in Hollywood (and singers!) as well as lots of A-List stars, who all stand out for their Oscar-nominated performances. Snakkle tracked down the pre-fame photos of many of the 2013 Academy Awards nominees as we lead up to the show, but can you guess the famous actors or actress, before the fame?
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By Nina Hämmerling Smith on October 18, 2012
Before ER, before Grey’s Anatomy, before House and Nurse Jackie, came St. Elsewhere, an irreverent, hilarious, controversial series that broke a lot of ground. Over its six seasons, it addressed AIDS, addiction, infidelity, rape—not to mention the deaths of several main characters. Thirty-two years later, it’s clear that one of the most astonishing things about it was its ensemble cast (the show gave some very talented actors their big break). Oh, and we’d be remiss not to mention that memorable—and hummable—theme song. Just don’t even get us started on the series finale—to this day, one of the most talked-about and oft-maligned in TV history: Was St. Eligius hospital all a figment of an autistic boy’s (Chad Allen) imagination? Let’s look back at St. Elsewhere…
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By Nina Hämmerling Smith on April 4, 2012
They’re newsmakers without even trying. We’re talking about the innovators, politicians, activists, heroes and, yes, villains who inspire headlines. We know their stories; but that just makes casting them that much harder. Here they are: Newsmakers and the stars who have tackled their stories onscreen.
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