In 1978, the first of four Superman films was made in which Clark Kent and Superman were portrayed by Christopher Reeve ( with teenage Kent played by Jeff East in the first film ).

Among those drilling at Spindletop was W. Scott Heywood, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who in 1901 made the first oil discovery in nearby Jeff Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana.

Palm OS was originally developed under the direction of Jeff Hawkins at Palm Computing, Inc. Palm was later acquired by U. S. Robotics Corp., which in turn was later bought by 3Com, which made the Palm subsidiary an independent publicly traded company on March 2, 2000.

Spring ( device ) | Spring Into Action, designed by Jeff Beynon, made from a single rectangular piece of paper.

Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy Vibes, alongside Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands, Elizabeth Peña and Peter Falk.

When Letterman jokingly said he wanted more, Wahoo sent him a ' 76 Ford Pinto with a sofa attached to the hood, a wall clock made of cow droppings, and two of the town's teenagers, brothers Jeff and Josh Price.

* The song " Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother " written by Oklahoma native Ray Wylie Hubbard and famously recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker is a satire of small-town life playfully aimed at Muskogee, which is made evident in the last line of the song: " Muskogee, Oklahoma, U. S. A ."

Also presented was a short animated ' prequel ' to the story in the style of the upcoming feature-length film detailing the Martians ' ecological destruction of their own world ( which was originally made for the 1998 computer game Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds ) and their preparations to invade Earth, and including a short remix of " The Red Weed ".

The system's ability to be upgraded from a Videogame console to Personal computer along with its library of nearly 30 games in 1982 are some reasons that made it more versatile than its main competitors, and was listed by Jeff Rovin as one of the seven major video game suppliers.

Coburn attended Los Angeles City College, where he studied acting alongside Jeff Corey and Stella Adler, then made his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in Billy Budd.

Jeff Baxter used an early type of guitar synthesizer ( made by Roland ) on many of the tracks ( it is heavily featured in his solo on the title track, as well as on " Chinatown ").

The Washington Post reported that in late October 2001, White made numerous phone calls to Enron executives including Vice President Jude Rolfes, former CEO Jeff Skilling and President current CEO Ken Lay.

The first Li ' l Abner movie was made at RKO in 1940, starring Jeff York ( credited as Granville Owen ), Martha O ' Driscoll, Mona Ray and Johnnie Morris.

Dudley won the " Best Original Musical or Comedy Score " Oscar for her music ; The Gathering ( 2002 ) a Anthony Horowitz thriller directed by Brian Gilbert and starring Christina Ricci ; The Grotesque ( 1997 ) released in the US as Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets a British film starring Alan Bates, Theresa Russell and Sting ; Hollow Reed ( 1996 ) a drama directed by Angela Pope and set in Bath ; Knight Moves ( 1992 ) American thriller directed by Carl Schenkel and starring Christopher Lambert ; Lucky Break ( 2001 ) a British feelgood comedy starring James Nesbitt and based around a prison escape ; The Miracle Maker ( 2000 ) an animated feature film made for TV by BBC Wales with Russian model makers ; Monkeybone ( 2001 ) an American film combining live-action and stop-motion animation starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda ; Perfect Creature ( 2007 ) a New Zealand made horror / thriller film starring Leo Gregory ; Pushing Tin ( 1999 ) a comedy-drama film directed by Mike Newell based around air traffic controllers in New York ; The Pope Must Die ( 1991 ) a comedy film starring Robbie Coltrane the score was co-written with Jeff Beck ; Silence Like Glass ( Zwei Frauen ) ( 1989 ) German made but set in a cancer ward at a hospital in America ; Tristan & Isolde ( 2006 ) a Ridley Scott romantic drama based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Iseult and starring James Franco and Sophia Myles ; The Walker ( 2007 ) a drama written and directed by Paul Schrader set in Washington, D. C .; Her TV music includes scores for all episodes of Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie ; Lynda La Plante's Above Suspicion ; Kavanagh QC with John Thaw and The Tenth Kingdom an American epic fantasy TV miniseries written by Simon Moore.

The book has been made into a movie, with Jeff Bridges playing Carter.

On October 4, 2011, Jeff Mangum made an appearance at Zuccotti Park and played several songs to the protesters participating in Occupy Wall Street.

This came after a negative comment about the club was made by fellow Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling on television about a month earlier.

In explaining her reasons for switching from journalism to comedy, Lampanelli stated not only for the pay raise, but because “ I get to say the n-word word on stage and get paid money .” She made her break at the 2002 New York Friars ' Club roast of Chevy Chase, and went on to participate in the roasts of Denis Leary, Pamela Anderson, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, William Shatner, and Donald Trump and to serve as Roastmaster for Larry the Cable Guy.

Images made using the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, by Jeff Hester and Paul Scowen, greatly improved scientific understanding of processes inside the nebula.

Several actors made their name in show business by being the understudy of a leading actor and taking the role over for several performances, including: Anthony Hopkins for Laurence Olivier, when Olivier became ill with cancer during the run of the National Theater's The Dance of Death, 1967 ; Ted Neeley for Jeff Fenholt during the 1971 Broadway run of Jesus Christ Superstar when Neeley was asked to star in the 1973 film version and subsequent tours ; and more Edward Bennett for David Tennant as Hamlet in the RSC's 2008 production.

In 1938, he made his Hollywood debut in a minor part in the film Lord Jeff.

In 1995, he made his own music in classic Detroit style with Jeff Mills in mind.

Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer for the State of Florida, outlined Stearns ’ years of service going back to President George Herbert Walker Bush and the sacrifices Stearns made in leaving the successful business he built to carry on the conservative fight after the Reagan revolution.

" I heard that Bud Fisher ( creator of Mutt and Jeff ) got $ 3, 000 a week and was constantly marrying French countesses ," Capp said.

Image: JeffMills. jpg | Jeff Mills, live with 3 CD and a Roland TR-909 drum machine, 2007

Buffalo's first opponent was the Los Angeles Raiders, led by quarterback Jeff Hostetler, who had led the New York Giants to victory over the Bills in Super Bowl XXV 3 years earlier.

Although Vikings quarterback Jeff George threw for 423 yards and 4 touchdowns, 3 of his scores occurred late in the fourth quarter after the Rams had already put the game away.

The first half ended with the Rams leading 5 – 3 on a Jeff Wilkins field goal and after a bad snap by the Buccaneers went through their own end zone for a safety.

In contrast, the Rams were able to reach inside the Tennessee 20-yard line on all 4 of their remaining drives before halftime, but on each one, the Titans defense forced St. Louis to settle for field goal attempts from kicker Jeff Wilkins, who was successful in making 3 of them, but missed one attempt from 34 yards.

** 3 Golden Globes nominations Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture ( Jeff Bridges )

* Scott W. Y. Wang and Jeff B. Lindberg " HP-UX: Implementation of UNIX on the HP 9000 Series 500 Computer Systems ", Hewlett-Packard Journal ( volume 35 number 3, March 1984 )

3, 1995, pp. 35 – 41, Jim Lippard and Jeff Jacobsen.

In 1984, Plant formed a short-lived all-star group with Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck called The Honeydrippers, who had a No. 3 hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips ' tune, " Sea of Love " and a followup hit with a cover of Roy Brown's " Rockin ' at Midnight ".

On November 1, 1861, Colonel Oglesby landed in Commerce with about 3, 000 men where his soldiers soon exchanged shots with M. Jeff Thompson.

The current elected officials () are: Mayor Carson Ross, District 1 Councilman Dale Carter, District 1 Councilman Jeff Quibell, District 2 Councilman Chris Lievsay, District 2 Councilman Kent Edmondson, District 3 Councilman Grant Bowerman, District 3 Councilman Ron Fowler.

Owned for 30 years by Jeff and Linda Frank, as of Spring 2011 the theater is operated by Friends of the Drexel Inc, as a 501 c ( 3 ) non-profit foundation.

In the final episode of series 3, Jeff explains that Julia and Joe have left together to discover their feelings for each other, in Bolton.

#" Handle with Care " ( George Harrison / Jeff Lynne / Roy Orbison / Tom Petty / Bob Dylan ) – 3: 27

They are Senators Jim DeMint ( SC ) and Tom Coburn ( OK ); Senate candidates Sharron Angle ( NV ), Ken Buck ( CO ) ( endorsed after he won the primary ), Mike Lee ( UT ) ( endorsed after he won the primary, though the Club campaigned against Sen. Bennett before the state convention ), Ron Johnson ( WI ), Joe Miller ( AK ) ( endorsed after the Alaska primary ), Rand Paul ( KY ) ( endorsed after the Kentucky primary ), Marco Rubio ( FL ) and Pat Toomey ( PA ); Representative Tom Graves ( GA 9 ) and House candidates Justin Amash ( MI 3 ), Kevin Calvey ( OK 5 ), Jeff Duncan ( SC 3 ), Stephen Fincher ( TN 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Griffin ( AR 2 ), David Harmer ( CA 11 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Andy Harris ( MD 1 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Nan Hayworth ( NY 19 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Huelskamp ( KS 1 ), Jesse Kelly ( AZ 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Mick Mulvaney ( SC 5 )( endorsed after primary ), Mike Pompeo ( KS 4 ), Kevin Rothfus ( PA 4 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Dave Schweikert ( AZ 5 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Scott ( SC 1 ), Robin Smith ( TN 3 ), and Todd Young ( IN 9 ) ( endorsed after primary ).

* " Author Jeff Shaara " 3 interviews at BookReporter. com: May 16, 2008 ; November 10, 2006 ; October 2004.

# " Wild Times " – Jeff Lynne ( 3: 12 )

They had four children: the actors Beau Bridges ( born in 1941 ) and Jeff Bridges ( born in 1949 ); a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges ( born in October 1953 ); and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948.

Larry Jeff McMurtry ( born June 3, 1936 ) is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas.

#" Baby, I Love You " ( Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich ) – 3: 47

Jefferson Davis ( May 6, 1862 – January 3, 1913 ), commonly known as Jeff Davis, was a Democratic United States Senator from Arkansas and the 20th Governor of the U. S. state of Arkansas.