Tweets from Gettysburg

Thanks to Twitter, angry bitter disgruntled people now have a place to take pot shots at everybody from the safety of their mother’s basement.  The hate is starting to trump even the narcissism. There will probably be 40,000 tweets ripping me because of this post.
Twitter can be a great forum. For comedy writers it’s a chance to toss off your one-liners and have them heard (or at least read)

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Summer Glau

Summer Lyn Glau ( /ˈɡlaʊ/; born July 24, 1981) is an American actress, known for playing River Tam in the science fiction series Firefly and follow-up film Serenity and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Born	Summer Lyn Glau July 24, 1981 (1981-07-24) (age 30) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

 

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Natilie Portman

Natalie Hershlag^[1][2] (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג‎; born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (released in 1999, 2002 and 2005).^[3] In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress.^[4] She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.
In 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.^[3] In 2005, Portman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama Closer. She won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in V for Vendetta (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas Goya's Ghosts (2006) and The Other Boleyn Girl (2008). In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury.^[5] Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008.^[6]
In 2011, Portman won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for her lead performance as Nina Sayers in Black Swan.

Born	Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג‎) June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 30) Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Partner	Benjamin Millepied (2010–present)
Children	1

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Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987)^[1] is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again. She made her debut as a leading film actress in Little Secrets (2002) and became well known after her transition to a more adult-oriented Golden Globe-nominated role in the teen drama film Thirteen (2003).^[2]
Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including Pretty Persuasion (2005), Down in the Valley (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), and in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007). Wood's has been described by The Guardian as "one of the best actresses of her generation."^[3] Wood was engaged to Marilyn Manson until August 2010.^[4]

 

Born	September 7, 1987 (1987-09-07) (age 24) Raleigh, North Carolina,  United States
Other names	Evie Evan Wood Evan Rachel Woods
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1994–present
Partner	Marilyn Manson (2007-2010)

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Alexis Bledel

Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Rory Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls and Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

Born	Kimberly Alexis Bledel September 16, 1981 (1981-09-16) (age 30) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1996–present

                                                                          

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Eliza Dushku

 Eliza Patricia Dushku ( /ˈdʊʃkuː/;^[3] born December 30, 1980) is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer^[4] and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse.^[5] She is also known for her role in films including True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, Wrong Turn and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.^[6]

Born	Eliza Patricia Dushku December 30, 1980 (1980-12-30) (age 30) Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American, Albanian[1][2]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Partner	Rick Fox (2009–present)

      

                                       

                                  
                                       






































                                                      
                                                  










































                                             

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The Problem with Multi-Camera Shows

After several years of being out of favor, multi-camera shows are having a renaissance this season.  But I caution the writers -- the reason they went out of fashion is the joke rhythms became tired and stale.  For a long time they worked, and the jokes themselves may be funny, but audiences have grown weary of their predictable form.  And more and more this season I'm starting to see these

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