Aykroyd also received a dubious honour in 1997, when the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal awarded him the Snuffed Candle award, for " contributing to the public's lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry.

" Soul Man " was used as the title and title track in the 1986 movie featuring C. Thomas Howell, and also the 1997 – 1998 television series featuring Dan Aykroyd.

Partly for this reason, in 1997 the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, then called the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, awarded Aykroyd a " Snuffed Candle " award, for " contributing to the public's lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry.

He was a team captain on the sci-fi quiz series Space Cadets ( 1997 ) on Channel 4, which guest starred William Shatner.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

Kate Winslet, who has starred in a number of Hollywood films including 1997's Titanic ( 1997 film ) | Titanic.

In 1997, Spader guest starred in an episode of Seinfeld as an angry recovering alcoholic who refuses to apologize to George for making fun of him.

During the 1990s, he most notably starred as an unscrupulous showman attorney in The Rainmaker ( 1997 ).

In January 1997, Abdul starred in the ABC television movie Touched by Evil, playing a businesswoman who discovers that her boyfriend is a serial rapist.

Within the six year stretch from 1997 – 2003, he also starred in two other best picture nominees, L. A.

A UK national tour started in 1997 and starred David Habbin as Tony, Katie Knight Adams as Maria and Anna-Jane Casey as Anita.

Aniston's first starring vehicle was the film Picture Perfect ( 1997 ), in which she starred opposite Kevin Bacon and Jay Mohr.

During the second half of the 1990s she starred in several films such as the ensemble romantic film ' Til There Was You ( 1997 ) with Dylan McDermott and Sarah Jessica Parker, The Thin Pink Line ( 1998 ), the animated feature The Iron Giant ( 1999 ), and the critically acclaimed comedy Office Space ( 1999 ).

In 1997, Hoffman starred opposite John Travolta in the Costa Gavras film Mad City and gained his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in Wag The Dog, in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary.

In 1997, Eastwood directed and starred in the political thriller Absolute Power, alongside Gene Hackman ( with whom he had appeared in Unforgiven ).

She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In the 1990s, after playing the lead female role in the short-lived My Life and Times, Hunt starred in the series Mad About You, winning Emmy Awards for her performances in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

In 1997, DiCaprio starred in James Cameron's Titanic ( 1997 ), alongside Kate Winslet.

She also guest starred in six episodes of Aaron Spelling's short lived prime time soap opera Pacific Palisades in 1997.

A 1997 movie entitled Robinson Crusoe starred Pierce Brosnan and received limited commercial success.

In 1996 he did a major role in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's film, From Dusk Till Dawn, and in 1997 he starred in the crime drama Cop Land, which also starred Sylvester Stallone, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro.

In 1997, he starred in an eponymous three-issue limited series written by Alisa Kwitney.

In 1997, she also starred in Sarafina 2.

She also starred in the 1995 TV series Marker with Richard Grieco and appeared in the made-for-television movie Crowned and Dangerous with Yasmine Bleeth in 1997.

Abbot had starred in the 1997 Palladium run.

The latter was intended to be fairly short-lived, but Mobutu's power plays dragged it in length, to ultimately 1997, when the forces-led by Laurent Kabila eventually toppled the regime, after a 9-month-long successful military campaign.

In 1997, Marrow co-created the short-lived series Players, produced by Wolf.

She and Cameron eventually married in 1997, but the marriage was short-lived, ending in a $ 50 million divorce settlement in 1999.

In 1997, Buffett collaborated with novelist Herman Wouk to create a short-lived musical based on Wouk's novel, Don't Stop the Carnival.

Hybrids between the Pyramidal Orchid and the Early Purple Orchid ( Orchis mascula ), found in Cumbria ( UK ) in 1997, proved short-lived because of the highly divergent genomic lineages of the parents.

Perry also starred in the short-lived series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and has appeared in a number of films, including Fools Rush In ( 1997 ), The Whole Nine Yards ( 2000 ), and 17 Again ( 2009 ).

In April 1997, Hartnett made his screen debut playing the role of Michael Fitzgerald on the short-lived television series, Cracker.

McKennitt's single " The Mummers ' Dance " received airplay in North American markets during the spring of 1997, and was used as the theme song for the short-lived TV series Legacy.

Since The Arsenio Hall Show ended, Hall has made many appearances on television ( including a short-lived 1997 sitcom called Arsenio ), starring in Martial Law with Sammo Hung from 1999 – 2000, and hosting the revival of Star Search in 2003 – 2004.

This aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box.

A reboot version, heavily influenced by the short-lived PBS Kids game show, was released by Brøderbund in 1997.

In January 1997, Hagman starred in a short-lived TV series titled Orleans as Judge Luther Charbonnet, which lasted only eight episodes.

After a short-lived solo career, Sköld joined KMFDM in 1997.

Danza also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Hudson Street ( 1995 ) and The Tony Danza Show ( 1997 ), not to be confused with his talk show of the same name.

She made a health and fitness video, Mind, Body and Soul ( 1996 ), created a sleepwear line called " An Angel at My Bedside ", and had a recurring role on the short-lived Fox Broadcasting Company television fantasy drama series Roar ( 1997 ), opposite Heath Ledger, before leaving Australia to move to Los Angeles to try her luck in Hollywood.

Fusion talks with the Committee for a Workers ' International were held in 1997, but quickly failed, some German CWI members joined the UIT in the process, creating a short-lived German section called Sozialistische Initiative / Sozialistische Liga ( SI / SL ).

Her first major TV role came in 1997, in the short-lived Sci-Fi Channel series Deepwater Black ( also known as Mission Genesis ) as Yuna.

Even looser definitions of democracy, such as Doyle's, find only a dozen democracies before the late nineteenth century, and many of them short-lived or with limited franchise ( Doyle 1983 ), ( Doyle 1997, p. 261 ).

After completing guest stints on several popular television shows, including Traders ( TV series ) in 1996 and Earth: Final Conflict in 1997, Doig landed the role of Tina Backus on the short-lived series CI5: The New Professionals in 1999.

It was the dominant party in two coalition governments in the Czech Republic in 1992 – 1997, a majority administration ( 1992 – 96 ) and a short-lived minority government ( 1996 – 97 ).

The monetary shortfall would be short-lived, as, by 1997, Télé-Québec would eventually resume productions on its own and increase its amount of original programming.

The Columbus Center's Hall of Exploration was used at the home for a short-lived marine biotechnology museum from May through December 1997.