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The chaos surrounding efforts to choose a new speaker of the House may be less than ideal for the nation, but it’s practically a gift to “Saturday Night Live,” which satirized House Republicans’ political turmoil in an opening sketch this weekend. Speaking on a phone in his office, a seemingly calm Day said, “No, I didn’t win, honey. It’s OK. I’m feeling good.” Then after completing the call he broke the receiver in two. “Some of us are here to actually serve the American people,” Day said angrily. “All I want to do is get Congress back to work so I can shut it down again.”
Persons: Mikey Day, Jim Jordan of, , ” Day, Organizations: Republicans Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio
Ian Shaw has worked steadily in theater, TV and film projects while striving not to trade on the renown of his illustrious father. “You still have to have the conversation about your validity in comparison to your father,” he said. “As I’ve gotten older and more mature, I feel less burdened about that. Robert Shaw was a celebrated man of letters, a friend of Harold Pinter (whose play “Old Times” he starred in with Ure) and an accomplished playwright himself. He also made no secret of his heavy drinking, in an era when such habits were fundamental to the machismo of a generation of actors.
Persons: Ian Shaw, , , I’ve, Robert Shaw’s, Mary Ure, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter, Ure
Gale’s inspiration for “Back to the Future” came in 1980 after seeing a photo of his father as a teenager in an old high-school yearbook, and he has become a passionate custodian of the franchise. That role dates back to at least 1989, the year a notorious “Back to the Future” Nintendo game was released. “One of the worst games ever,” he said. “The creative differences and the chemistry just didn’t work,” Ingram said. (Through a press representative, Lloyd confirmed that his departure was a mutual decision over creative differences but declined to comment further.)
Persons: , , Zemeckis, Leslie, Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard, Silvestri, ” Gale, let’s, Gale, Colin Ingram, Ballard, Jamie Lloyd, ” Ingram, Lloyd Organizations: Nintendo, Polar, Broadway Locations: British
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