This trade has become renowned as one of the most lopsided in baseball history, including a mention by Susan Sarandon in her opening soliloquy in the 1988 film Bull Durham: " Bad trades are a part of baseball.

Sarandon has contributed the narration to some two dozen documentary films, many of which dealt with social and political issues ; in addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, Independent Lens.

" Sarandon has also expressed support for various human rights causes that are similar philosophically to ideas found among the Christian left.

Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest, which was sponsored by Code Pink ; she has expressed interest in portraying Sheehan in a film.

It has been noted that Sarandon is often at odds with her mother, Leonora Tomalin, in regard to her political beliefs as Tomalin is a staunch Republican, a supporter of George W. Bush and the Iraq War.

Robbins has written, produced, and directed several films with strong social content, such as the critically acclaimed capital punishment saga Dead Man Walking ( 1995 ), starring Sarandon and Sean Penn.

Gleason has been married to actor Chris Sarandon since 1994.

A film adaptation of his 1990 novel Emotional Arithmetic has been produced by Triptych films starring Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne and Susan Sarandon.

Since 2004, the Locarno Festival has been honoured to thus pay tribute to Oleg Menchikov, Susan Sarandon, John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Carmen Maura, Michel Piccoli, Toni Servillo and Chiara Mastroianni.

Sarandon appeared in The Rothschilds and The Two Gentlemen of Verona on Broadway, as well making regular appearances at numerous Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw festivals in the United States and Canada.

In 2002, she appeared in The Banger Sisters opposite Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush.

In early 2003 Sheen signed the " Not in My Name " declaration opposing the invasion of Iraq ( along with prominent figures such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon ); the declaration appeared in the magazine The Nation.

Between the years 1970 and 1972, Sarandon appeared on the soap operas A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow, playing the roles of Patrice Kahlman and Sarah Fairbanks, respectively.

Sarandon joined the cast of the adaptation of The Lovely Bones, opposite Rachel Weisz, and appeared with her daughter, Eva Amurri, in Middle of Nowhere ; both of the films were filmed in 2007.

Also in 2003, Sarandon appeared in a " Love is Love is Love " commercial, which promoted the acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.

Notable celebrities who appeared at the march included Peter, Paul and Mary, Indigo Girls, Moby, Ani DiFranco, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, Kathleen Turner, Ted Turner, Ana Gasteyer, Janeane Garofalo, Bonnie Franklin, Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Julianne Moore and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ; also appearing were veteran abortion rights leaders, such as Kate Michelman of NARAL Pro-Choice America and Gloria Steinem, and many members of Congress.

Barkin also appeared in Off-Broadway plays, including a role as one of the roommates in Extremities, about an intended rape victim played by Susan Sarandon who turns the tables on her attacker.

He moved to Los Angeles and appeared in other films, including as arrogant baseball player Bump Bailey in The Natural ( 1984 ), a deranged killer in Kill Me Again ( 1989 ) and as the tough but touching boyfriend of Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ).

She supported lead actress Susan Sarandon in the 1986 TV movie Women of Valor, about American nurses incarcerated in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II, and also appeared in cameo roles in two theatrical films of 1988: You Can't Hurry Love and Two Moon Junction.

She appeared in the feature films Forbidden Love, with Andrew McCarthy and Richard Chamberlain, and Arbitrage, opposite Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon.

Many future film and television stars appeared during the brief run, including Susan Sarandon ( Patrice Kahlman ), Nicolas Surovy ( Fred Turner ), Susan Sullivan ( Nancy Condon ), Dorothy Lyman ( Julie Stark ), and David Birney ( Oliver Harrell ).

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr .. Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon portray two painfully shy people who find one another through a community theater production of " A Streetcar Named Desire ", in which they portray the tempestuous Stanley and Stella Kowalski.

It is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone ( Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon ), two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy ( ALD ).

He wrote it was meant to be "... about the relationship between a semiretired gumshoe ( Paul Newman ) and two veteran movie stars ( Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon )..." but was actually "... about the trio of aging stars who play them.

Susan Sarandon had wanted to guest star on The Simpsons because her children were fans of the show-she made a later appearance in the series in the episode " Bart Has Two Mommies " as the voice of a computer.

Baseball groupie Annie Savoy ( Susan Sarandon ) romances Nuke but finds herself increasingly attracted to Crash.

She guest-starred, along with her mother, on an episode of Friends in Season 7 (" The One with Joey's New Brain ") in which she is slapped by Sarandon.

A subplot involves Bart taking up ballet lessons, and his instructor is voiced by actress Susan Sarandon.

Sarandon would later have a cameo appearance as the voice of a computer in the season 17 episode " Bart Has Two Mommies ".

Examples include Susan Sarandon's suggestions that the character of Louise pack shoes in plastic bags in one scene of Thelma & Louise, and another where her character exchanges jewelry for a hat and other items — and Tim Robbins's collaboration with Scott and Susan Sarandon to rework the final scene with a more upbeat ending.

Eventually, Joey's luck turn upswing when he reprised his Days of our Lives character Dr. Drake Ramoray in Season Seven, first as a character in coma in Ep. 7. 04 " The One with Rachel's Assistant ", then revived through a brain transplant with another character Jessica Lockhart, played by Susan Sarandon ) in Ep. 7. 15 " The One With Joey's New Brain ".

Bart's ballet teacher was voiced by Susan Sarandon, and was designed to look a little bit like her.

Chris Sarandon ( born July 24, 1942 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Sarandon was born and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of restaurateurs Cliffie ( née Cardullias ) and Chris Sarandon, Sr. His mother is of Greek descent and his father, whose surname was originally " Sarondonethes ", was a Greek immigrant.

He earned his master's degree in theater from The Catholic University of America ( CUA ) in Washington, D. C., where he met his first wife, actress Susan Sarandon ; they divorced in 1979.

Sarandon then married and divorced model Lisa Ann Cooper during the 1980s ; they have three children, Stephanie, Alexis, and Michael Sarandon.

In 1968, Sarandon moved to New York, where he landed his first television role as Dr. Tom Halverson on The Guiding Light ( 1969 – 1973 ).

Sarandon also reprised his role as Jack Skellington for Halloween Screams and the Haunted Mansion Holiday, a three-month overlay of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, where Jack and his friends take over the Mansion in an attempt to take over Christmas, much as his character did in the film.

Sarandon would later find work on television again with a recurring role as Dr. Burke on NBC's long-running medical drama ER.

Sarandon married Gleason in 1994.

Bowie starred in The Hunger ( 1983 ), a revisionist vampire film, with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

Some of the well known individuals who have become involved include former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former presidents of Chile Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet, actress Susan Sarandon, actors Jeremy Irons and Raul Bova, singers Céline Dion and Anggun, authors Isabelle Allende and Andrea Camilleri, musician Chucho Valdés and Olympic track-and-field legend Carl Lewis.

The interconnection between horror and goth was highlighted in its early days by The Hunger, a 1983 vampire film, which starred David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon.

His roles in the early 1990s included playing a young, affluent widower opposite Susan Sarandon in White Palace, John Cusack's best friend in True Colors, and a poker-playing drifter who collides with Mandy Patinkin in The Music of Chance.

In 2004, Limbaugh named feminist activists Gloria Steinem, Susan Sarandon, Christine Lahti, and Camryn Manheim as " famous feminazis.

The film introduces Tim Curry and features Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Kings Road production presented at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1973.

During filming, Susan Sarandon fell ill with pneumonia ; she recovered after a few days.

Road film Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, and Susan Sarandon as Louise, proved to be one of Scott's biggest critical successes, helping revive the director's reputation and receiving his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.