* According to Simon Cowell's biography and Bill Carter's book Desperate Networks, UPN was offered American Idol before FOX and turned it down.

In 1955 Tracy turned down William Wyler's The Desperate Hours because he refused to take second-billing to Humphrey Bogart.

Desperate, Wagner turned to his former patron, Ludwig II who reluctantly agreed to help.

Ward was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down.

In 2006, Kingston revealed that she was turned down for a role on ABC's Desperate Housewives, as Lynette Scavo, for being too curvy.

Desperate to cut costs, the CNJ turned to the state who created a " railroad transportation division " within the highway commission headed up by Dwight R. G. Palmer, who was placed in charge of preserving rail commuter services as a cheaper alternative to a new highway building program.

Desperate to save Ruby from Sean's scheming, in October 2006 Jake turned to Johnny ( who had been paying Jake to look after Ruby since he had been in prison ) and told him what Sean was doing.

Desperate, the world governments turned to Dr. Power to find a way to stop Taggart.

Desperate after being fired by Torvald, Krogstad arrives at the house.

Olson was working on her second book, The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House ( published October 2001 ) at the time of her death.

Desperate for labor to toil the new agricultural settlements, the Conquistadors sought slaves from surrounding islands and the continental mainland.

* Rick Ravanello, actor, Hart's War, various TV series including 24, CSI and Desperate Housewives.

Channel 4 co-commissioned Robert Ashley's ground-breaking television opera ' Perfect Lives ', including the use of Lost and Desperate Housewives as part of the experiment, as US broadcasters such as ABC already have an HDTV back catalogue.

She was offered the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but declined.

Flockhart's last appearance on television was as Kitty Walker, opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys, in the ABC prime time series Brothers & Sisters, which premiered in September 2006 in the time slot after Desperate Housewives.

Desperate to stop the slaughter, Corum, Rhalina and Jhary Corum travel to the last five planes, ruled by Mabelode, the King of the Swords.

He has since been nominated for four Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme.

These included An Elopement à la Mode and The Pickpocket: A Chase Through London, made by Alf Collins for the British branch of the French Gaumont company, Daring Daylight Burglary, made by Frank Mottershaw at the Sheffield Photographic Company, and Desperate Poaching Affray, made by the Haggar family, whose main business was exhibiting films made by others in their traveling tent theatre.

American propaganda films included Desperate Journey, Mrs. Miniver, Forever and a Day and Objective Burma.

Desperate to avoid a possible murder in college, Harriet asks her old friend Wimsey to investigate.

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Desperate to avoid possible war with France, Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris in 1802 to negotiate a settlement, with instructions to go to London to negotiate an alliance if the talks in Paris failed.

Desperate experimental medical procedures are required to save the unborn baby.

Desperate as was the state of his finances, thanks to his previous extravagance, he found the money needed to purchase the services of some twenty-three soldiers of the Praetorian Guard.

Desperate for cash because of heavy debts incurred in London in the early postwar period, the Colorados lacked a source of funds except through the sale of the state's vast holdings, which comprised more than 95 percent of Paraguay's total land.

In the 2000s, ABC began to revitalize the primetime soap opera format with shows such as Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, Private Practice and most recently Revenge and Ringer, which they co-produced with CBS for the CW.

* Using a Cellphone Signal to Hunt for a Victim in Desperate Need, The New York Times 20 September 2001.

In August 2005, she released the single " Shoes " from the Desperate Housewives soundtrack.

Contrastingly, U. S. shows – such as Desperate Housewives or Weeds – portray the suburbs as concealing darker secrets behind a façade of perfectly manicured lawns, friendly people, and beautifully up-kept houses.

Gia Marie Carangi ( January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986 ) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Carangi is considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has been applied to others, including Janice Dickinson, She usually used cocaine in clubs, but later began to develop a heroin addiction.

In October 1978, Carangi did her first major shoot with top fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim.

Carangi immediately became infatuated with Linter and started to pursue her, though the relationship never became stable.

Devastated, Carangi started abusing drugs.

" By 1980, Carangi began having violent temper tantrums, walking out of photo shoots, and even falling asleep in front of the camera.

In fall 1981, Carangi looked significantly different than she used to.

In 1986 Carangi was diagnosed with AIDS, which was a newly recognized disease at the time.

On November 18, 1986, Carangi, aged 26, died of AIDS-related complications.

A biography of Carangi by Stephen Fried called Thing of Beauty ( the title of John Keats ' famous poem ) was published in 1993.

This version of Gia was not produced, but after Tamerlis ' death, footage of Carangi, Tamerlis, photographers, Carangi's family, and Sandy Linter discussing her life was incorporated into a 2003 documentary entitled The Self-Destruction of Gia.

** Gia Carangi, American model ( d. 1986 )

* November 18 – Gia Carangi, American supermodel ( b. 1960 )

Dorian Leigh has also been called the world's first supermodel, as well as Gia Carangi and Jean Shrimpton.

Catwalk regulars like Gia Carangi, Cheryl Tiegs, Carol Alt, Christie Brinkley, Kim Alexis, Paulina Porizkova, Kathy Ireland, Brooke Shields, Heather Locklear, and Elle Macpherson began to endorse products with their names, as well as their faces, through the marketing of brands such as the beverage Diet Pepsi to the extension of car title Ford Trucks.

Gia is a 1998 biographical HBO film about the life of model Gia Marie Carangi starring Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway, Mercedes Ruehl, and Elizabeth Mitchell.

She had a minor role on 7th Heaven and supporting roles in Santa with Muscles, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, and the Angelina Jolie film Gia, as the young Gia Carangi.

He also befriended a young teenager from Philadelphia, future supermodel Gia Carangi, whose career he was largely responsible for launching.

Alexis was one of the top models of the 1980s, identified along with Gia Carangi, Carol Alt, Christie Brinkley, Kelly Emberg, Iman, and Paulina Porizkova.

Gia Carangi has also been called the first supermodel as well as Jean Shrimpton.

Cooper was portrayed by Faye Dunaway in the 1998 movie Gia, which tells the story of Gia Carangi, a model who was discovered by Cooper and later died of AIDS.

* Model Gia Carangi dies of AIDS related illness on November 18.

Supermodel Gia Carangi did her first major fashion shoot with him in October 1978.

Although she had never met supermodel Gia Carangi, she was working on a biographical screenplay of Carangi's life at the time of her death, and she appeared posthumously in the documentary The Self-Destruction of Gia.