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Type | Chaebol |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1938 |
Founder(s) | Lee Byung-chull |
Headquarters | Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Lee Kun-hee (Chairman and CEO) Lee Soo-bin (President, CEO of Samsung Life Insurance)[1] |
Products | Consumer electronics, shipbuilding, telecom, engineering and construction, financial services, chemicals, retail, heavy industries, entertainment, apparel, medical services |
Revenue | US$ 220.1 billion (2010)[2] |
Net income | US$ 21.2 billion (2010)[2] |
Total assets | US$ 343.7 billion (2010)[2] |
Total equity | US$ 141.1 billion (2010)[2] |
Employees | 344,000 (2010)[2] |
Subsidiaries | Samsung Electronics Samsung Life Insurance Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung C&T etc. |
Website | Samsung.com |
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Samsung Group (Hangul: 삼성그룹; Hanja: 三星그룹; Korean pronunciation: [sam.sʌŋ ɡɯ'ɾup̚], informally Samsung) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol.
Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics (the world's largest information technology company measured by 2011 revenues),[3][4] Samsung Heavy Industries (the world's second-largest shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues),[5] and Samsung Engineering and Samsung C&T (respectively the world's 35th- and 72nd-largest construction companies).[6] Other notable subsidiaries include Samsung Life Insurance (the world's 14th-largest insurance company),[7] Samsung Everland (the oldest theme park in South Korea)[8] and Cheil Worldwide (the world's 19th-largest advertising agency measured by 2010 revenues).[9][10]
Samsung produces around a fifth of South Korea's total exports[11] and its revenues are larger than many countries' GDP; in 2006, it would have been the world's 35th-largest economy.[12] The company has a powerful influence on South Korea's economic development, politics, media and culture, and has been a major driving force behind the "Miracle on the Han River".[13][14]
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According to the founder of Samsung Group, the meaning of the Korean hanja word Samsung (三星) is "tristar" or "three stars". The word "three" represents something "big, numerous and powerful"; the "stars" mean eternity.[15]
In 1938,[16] Lee Byung-chull (1910–1987) of a large landowning family in the Uiryeong county came to the nearby Daegu city and founded Samsung Sanghoe (삼성상회), a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong (now Ingyo-dong). It dealt in groceries produced in and around the city and produced its own noodles. The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the Korean War broke out, however, he was forced to leave Seoul and started a sugar refinery in Busan as a name of Cheil Jedang. After the war, in 1954, Lee founded Cheil Mojik and built the plant in Chimsan-dong, Daegu. It was the largest woolen mill ever in the country and the company took on an aspect of a major company.
Samsung diversified into many areas and Lee sought to establish Samsung as an industry leader in a wide range of enterprises, moving into businesses such as insurance, securities, and retail. Lee placed great importance on industrialization, and focused his economic development strategy on a handful of large domestic conglomerates, protecting them from competition and assisting them financially.
In 1948, Cho Hong-jai (the Hyosung group's founder) jointly invested in a new company called Samsung Mulsan Gongsa (삼성물산공사), or the Samsung Trading Corporation, with the Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-chull. The trading firm grew to become the present-day Samsung C&T Corporation. But after some years Cho and Lee parted ways due to some differences in management between the two men. He wanted to get up to a 30% group share. After settlement, Samsung Group was separated into Samsung Group and Hyosung Group, Hankook Tire ...etc.[17][18]
In the late 1960s, Samsung Group entered into the electronics industry. It formed several electronics-related divisions, such as Samsung Electronics Devices Co., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Samsung Corning Co., and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications Co., and made the facility in Suwon. Its first product was a black-and-white television set.
In 1980, Samsung acquired the Gumi-based Hanguk Jeonja Tongsin and entered the telecommunications hardware industry. Its early products were switchboards. The facility were developed into the telephone and fax manufacturing systems and became the centre of Samsung's mobile phone manufacturing. They have produced over 800 million mobile phones to date.[20] The company grouped them together under Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in the 1980s.
After the founder's death in 1987, Samsung Group was separated into four business groups - Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group.[21] Shinsegae (discount store, department store) was originally part of Samsung Group, separated in the 1990s from the Samsung Group along with CJ Group (Food/Chemicals/Entertainment/logistics) and the Hansol Group (Paper/Telecom). Today these separated groups are independent and they are not part of or connected to the Samsung Group.[22] One Hansol Group representative said, "Only people ignorant of the laws governing the business world could believe something so absurd," adding, "When Hansol separated from the Samsung Group in 1991, it severed all payment guarantees and share-holding ties with Samsung affiliates." One Hansol Group source asserted, "Hansol, Shinsegae, and CJ have been under independent management since their respective separations from the Samsung Group." One Shinsegae Department Store executive director said, "Shinsegae has no payment guarantees associated with the Samsung Group."[22]
In the 1980s, Samsung Electronics began to invest heavily in research and development, investments that were pivotal in pushing the company to the forefront of the global electronics industry. In 1982, it built a television assembly plant in Portugal; in 1984, a plant in New York; in 1985, a plant in Tokyo; in 1987, a facility in England; and another facility in Austin in 1996. In total, Samsung has invested about $5.6 billion in the Austin location – by far the largest foreign investment in Texas and one of the largest single foreign investments in the United States. The new investment will bring the total Samsung investment in Austin to more than $9 billion.[23]
Samsung started to rise as an international corporation in the 1990s. Samsung's construction branch was awarded a contract to build one of the two Petronas Towers in Malaysia, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the Burj Khalifa in United Arab Emirates.[24] In 1993, Lee Kun-hee sold off ten of Samsung Group's subsidiaries, downsized the company, and merged other operations to concentrate on three industries: electronics, engineering, and chemicals. In 1996, the Samsung Group reacquired the Sungkyunkwan University foundation.
Samsung became the largest producer of memory chips in the world in 1992, and is the world's second-largest chipmaker after Intel (see Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Market Share Ranking Year by Year).[25] In 1995, it created its first liquid-crystal display screen. Ten years later, Samsung grew to be the world's largest manufacturer of liquid-crystal display panels. Sony, which had not invested in large-size TFT-LCDs, contacted Samsung to cooperate, and, in 2006, S-LCD was established as a joint venture between Samsung and Sony in order to provide a stable supply of LCD panels for both manufacturers. S-LCD was owned by Samsung (50% plus 1 share) and Sony (50% minus 1 share) and operates its factories and facilities in Tangjung, South Korea. As on 26 December 2011 it was announced that Samsung had acquired the stake of Sony in this joint venture.[26]
Compared to other major Korean companies, Samsung survived the 1997 Asian financial crisis relatively unharmed. However, Samsung Motor was sold to Renault at a significant loss. As of 2010[update], Renault Samsung is 80.1 percent owned by Renault and 19.9 percent owned by Samsung. Additionally, Samsung manufactured a range of aircraft from the 1980s to 1990s. The company was founded in 1999 as Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), the result of merger between then three domestic major aerospace divisions of Samsung Aerospace, Daewoo Heavy Industries, and Hyundai Space and Aircraft Company. However, Samsung still manufactures aircraft engines and gas turbines. [27]
Samsung Techwin has been the sole supplier of a combustor module of the Trent 900 engine of the Rolls-Royce Airbus A380-The largest passenger airliner in the world- since 2001.[28] Samsung Techwin of Korea is a revenue-sharing participant in the Boeing's 787 Dreamliner GEnx engine program.[29]
Samsung Electronics overtook Sony as one of the world's most popular consumer electronics brands in 2004 and 2005, and is now ranked #19 in the world overall.[30] In Q3 of 2011, Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the World's Largest Smartphone maker.[31]
In 2010, Samsung announced a 10-year growth strategy centered around five businesses.[32] One of these businesses was to be focused on biopharmaceuticals, to which the Company has committed ₩2.1 trillion.[33]
In December 2011, Samsung Electronics sold its hard disk drive (HDD) business to Seagate.[34]
In Q1 of 2012, Samsung overtook Nokia as the world's best selling cellphone brand[35], shipping over 93 million units[36]. Samsung are also the current sponsors of Chelsea Football Club.[37]
For a company of its size Samsung has made relatively few acquisitions.
Samsung comprises around 80 companies.[48] It is highly diversified, with activities in areas including construction, electronics, financial services, shipbuilding and medical services.[48]
As of April 2011 the Samsung Group comprised 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed companies, all of which had their primary listing on the Korea Exchange stock-exchange.[49]
Company | Symbol | Company | Symbol |
Samsung C&T Corporation | 000830 | Shilla Hotels and Resorts | 008770 |
Samsung Securities | 016360 | Samsung Fine Chemicals | 004000 |
Samsung SDI | 006400 | SI Corporation | 012750 |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 009150 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | 000810 |
Samsung Engineering | 028050 | Samsung Electronics | 005930 |
Samsung Techwin | 012450 | Samsung Life Insurance | 032830 |
Cheil Industries | 001300 | Samsung Card | 029780 |
Samsung Heavy Industries | 010140 | Cheil Worldwide | 030000 |
Imarket Korea | 122900 | Credu | 067280 |
Ace Digitech | 036550 |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, established in 1973 as a manufacturer of key electronic components, is headquartered in Suwon, Kyeonggi-Do, South Korea.[citation needed]
In 1973, Corning and Samsung, a rising industrial corporation in Korea at the time, formed their first partnership, Samsung Corning, to manufacture and market cathode ray tube (CRT) glass for black and white televisions. The company's first LCD glass substrate manufacturing facility opened in Gumi, Korea in 1996.
Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation (abbreviated TSST) is an international joint venture company of Toshiba (Japan) and Samsung Electronics (Korea). Toshiba owns 51% of its stock, while Samsung owns the remaining 49%. The company specialises in optical disc drive manufacturing.
SB LiMotive is a 50:50 joint company of Robert Bosch GmbH(commonly known as Bosch) and Samsung SDI founded in June 2008. The joint venture develops and manufactures lithium-ion batteries for use in hybrid-, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles.
Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co., Ltd., is a joint venture between Samsung Group and French oil group Total S.A. (more specifically Samsung General Chemicals and Total Petrochemicals). Both companies own a 50% partnership in the venture.
Samsung BP Chemicals is a 50:50 joint venture company of BP and Samsung. Samsung BP Chemicals Co., Ltd (SSBP) in 1989 with Samsung to produce high-value-added chemical products and supply them to related chemical industries.
SMP Ltd. is a joint venture between Samsung Fine Chemicals and MEMC (NYSE: WFR). MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. and an affiliate of Korean conglomerate Samsung are forming a joint venture to build a polysilicon plant.
Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd, the joint venture by Samsung and wholly owned Wacker Chemie subsidiary Siltronic, was officially opened in Singapore in June 2008.[50]
Samsung Thales Co., Ltd. was formerly known as Samsung Thomson-CSF Co., Ltd. and changed its name in 2001. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Thales Co., Ltd. operates as a joint venture between Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd. and French aerospace and defence group Thales.[51]
SD Flex Co., Ltd. was founded on October 2004 as a joint venture corporation by Samsung and DuPont, one of the world's largest chemical company.[52]
Samsung set up a joint bio-similar venture with US Biogen Idec (NASDAQ:BIIB). The joint venture, named Samsung Bioepis, was set up by Samsung Biologics with an 85% stake and Biogen Idec with the remaining 15% stake.[53]
Samsung Electronics Co. and Samsung Everland Inc. will each own a 40 percent stake in the venture, with Samsung C&T Corp. and Durham, North Carolina-based Quintiles each holding 10 percent. It will contract-make medicines made from living cells, and Samsung Group plans to expand into producing copies of biologics including Rituxan, the leukemia and lymphoma treatment sold by Roche Holding AG and Biogen Idec Inc.[54]
Samsung Life Insurance, holds a 37% stake while Saha Group also has a 37.5% stake in the joint venture, with the remaining 25% owned by Thanachart Bank.[55]
Samsung Air China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. is a 50-50 joint venture between China National Aviation Corporation(Simplified Chinese:中国航空公司), and Samsung Life Insurance Co, was set up in Beijing, July, 2005.[56]
Samsung Sumitomo LED Materials is a Korea-based joint venture between Samsung LED Co., Ltd., an LED maker based in Suwon, Korea-based and the Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. The JV will carry out research and development, manufacturing, and sales of sapphire substrates for LEDs.[57]
State-run Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp. set up the venture, aT Grain Co., in Chicago, with three other South Korean companies, Korea Agro-Fisheries owns 55 percent of aT Grain, while Samsung C&T Corp, Hanjin Transportation Co. and STX Corporation. each hold 15 percent.[58]
Sermatech owns 51% of its stock, while Samsung owns the remaining 49%. The U.S. firm Sermatech International, for a business focusing on highly specialized aircraft construction processes such as special welding and brazing.[59]
A JV between Japan's Toray Industries and Korea's Samsung Electro-Mechanics.[60]
Steco Co., Ltd. is established as the joint - venture company with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd and Japan TORAY in 1995.[61]
Brooks Automation Asia Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Brooks Automation (70%) and Samsung (30%). The business purpose of the Brooks-Samsung Joint Venture is to locally manufacture and configure vacuum wafer handling platforms and 300mm Front-Opening Unified Pod (FOUP) load port modules, and also design, manufacture and configure atmospheric loading systems for flat panel displays.[62]
GE Samsung Lighting, a joint venture with GE Lighting established in 1998. Four years ago, the tug-of-war between Connecticut-based General Electric Company and Samsung ended in a split that ceased a 10-year-old joint operation. [63]
S-LCD Corporation was a joint venture between the South Korean Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (50% plus one share) and Japanese Sony Corporation (50% minus one share) established in April 2004. On December 26, 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it will acquire all of Sony's shares.
It formed Global Steel Exchange, a joint venture with Cargill of the U.S., Samsung, Switzerland's Duferco Group, and Luxembourg's Tradearbed(now part of the ArcelorMittal Group), to handle online buying and selling of steel.[64]
In 1998, Samsung created a U.S. joint venture with Compaq--called Alpha Processor Inc. (API)--to help it enter the high-end processor market. The venture was also aimed at expanding Samsung's non-memory chip business. At the time, Samsung and Compaq invested $500 million in Alpha Processor.[65]
Samsung currently owns 9.6% of Seagate Technology, making it the second-largest shareholder. Under a shareholder agreement, Samsung has the right to nominate an executive to Seagate's Board of Directors.[66]
Samsung currently owns 4.19% of Rambus Incorporated.[67]
Samsung Heavy Industries currently owns 10% of the Brazilian shipbuilder Atlantico Sul, which operates the largest shipyard in South America, including a 400 m × 73 m building dock and two 1,500-ton goliath cranes. Joao Candido, the largest ship built to date in Brazil, was built by Atlantico Sul with technology supplied by Samsung Heavy Industries.[68]
Samsung currently owns 19.9% of the automobile manufacturer Renault Samsung Motors.
KAI's largest shareholder is state-owned Korea Finance Corporation, with a 26.75 percent stake while Samsung Techwin, Hyundai Motor and Doosan Group each holds a 10 percent stake.[69]
MEMC's joint venture with Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. In 1990, MEMC entered into a joint venture agreement to construct a silicon plant in Korea.[70]
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. is the second-biggest shareholder with a 14.1 percent interest.[71]
Samsung Engineering recently acquired a 10 percent stake in Sungjin Geotec, an offshore oil drilling unit thatis a subsidiary of POSCO.[72]
Taylor Energy is an independent American oil company that drills in the Gulf of Mexico based in New Orleans, Louisiana.[73] Samsung Oil & Gas USA Corp., subsidiaries of Samsung, currently owns 20% of Taylor Energy.
DGB Financial Group is a South Korean banking holding company headquartered in Daegu, Korea. Samsung Life Insurance was the largest shareholder with a 7.4% stake.[74]
In FY 2009, Samsung Group reported consolidated revenues of 220 trillion KRW ($172.5 billion). In FY 2010, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 280 trillion KRW ($258 billion), and profits of 30 trillion KRW ($27.6 billion) (based upon a KRW-USD exchange rate of 1,084.5 KRW per USD, the spot rate as of 19 August 2011 (2011 -08-19)[update]).[75] However it should be noted that these amounts do not include the revenues of all subsidiaries of the group which are based outside South Korea.[76]
Major customers of Samsung include:
Samsung has an audio logo, which consists of the notes E♭, A♭, D♭, E♭. The audio logo was produced by Musikvergnuegen and written by Walter Werzowa.[84][85]
Samsung donates around US$100 million per annum to the Samsung Medical Center (Korean: 삼성의료원), a non-profit healthcare provider founded by the group in 1994.[86] Samsung Medical Center incorporates Samsung Seoul Hospital (Korean: 삼성서울병원), Kangbook Samsung Hospital (Korean: 강북삼성병원), Samsung Changwon Hospital (Korean: 삼성창원병원), Samsung Cancer Center (Korean:삼성암센터) and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center (Korean: 삼성생명과학연구소). Samsung Cancer Center, located in Seoul, is the largest cancer center in Asia.[87] Samsung Medical Center and the multinational pharmaceuticals company Pfizer have agreed to collaborate on research to identify the genomic mechanisms responsible for clinical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma.[88]
Samsung is hoping their role in the London 2012 Olympic Games will provide a "golden moment" for the company's UK reputation, according to Olympic news outlet Around the Rings.[89] Vice President Gyehyun Kwon told ATR that "double digit gains in U.K. consumer awareness are possible" through Samsung's partnership with London 2012.
Samsung was instrumental in bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang. In December 2009, the former chairman of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee, was pardoned in order that he could return to the International Olympics Committee and help South Korea bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He had previously been convicted of tax evasion in 2008 and had been part of two failed bids to bring the Olympics to South Korea.[90]
During this bid, Lee Kun-hee and figure skating gold medalist Kim Yuna lobbied heavily for support; it was thought that Lee's influence would help to secure the bid. On July 6, 2011, it was announced that Pyeongchang would be the location of the 2018 Winter Games.[91] Samsung C&T Corporation will be among the top tier of firms competing for construction projects for the games.[92]
Samsung was fined EUR 145,728,000 for being part of a price cartel of ten companies for DRAMs which lasted from 1 July 1998 to 15 June 2002. The company received, like most of the other members of the cartel, a 10-% reduction for acknowledging the facts to investigators. Samsung had to pay 90% of their share of the settlement, but Micron avoided to payment as a result of having initially revealed the case to investigators.[93]
Samsung Corning Precision Materials participated in a price cartel of four companies for CRT glass which lasted from 23 February 1999 to 27 December 2004. Samsung Corning Precision Materials received full immunity and was therefore not fined as it revealed the existence of the cartel to the European Commission.[94]
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A conservative watchdog group is appealing a federal judge's denial of a request to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos last year.
U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg rejected a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, which had sought the records under the Freedom of Information Act.
In court papers, the Justice Department had said that the images of a dead bin Laden are classified and are being withheld from the public to avoid inciting violence against Americans overseas and compromising secret systems and techniques.
The judge said he agreed with the government's security concerns about releasing such records.
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The International Leaders Series (ILS)
The International Leaders Series (ILS) is one of the highlights of the iLEAD annual calendar. 2-4 times per year, the University will invite a high-profile speaker to come to talk to participants in the iLEAD program. The speaker will be someone who has had distinguished leadership and international experience.
The series allows students to hear from leaders in the field, to learn from their experiences and to have the opportunity to quiz them on various topics. Speakers have included:
- John Anderson, founder of Contiki Tours
- Lane Beachley, world champion surfer
- Khoa Do, Young Australian of the Year 2005
- Mr. Amit Dasgupta, the Consul General of India
In some cases, small groups of students may get the opportunity to spend time in a small-group discussion with the ILS speaker about the experience and various projects.
To find out more, see the 'ILS events' folder on Blackboard.


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A new report from Quantum Workplace introduces some fascinating data about the best places and conditions for high employee engagement.
This study, as with so many others before it, reminds us upfront of the connection between employee engagement and profitability, so the data here is relevant to any organization with a headcount exceeding one.
The good news is that employee engagement is creeping back to more palatable levels after dipping dramatically during the depths of the recession. According to Quantum's engagement survey, 67.7% of employees ranked as engaged in 2012. Quantum divided and analyzed these respondents within four categories: engaged, contributing, disengaged and hostile.
As I read through the firm's analysis of employee engagement across cities, industries, job positions and other categories, I found that their key revelations only underscored the power of corporate volunteer and giving programs to increase engagement.
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Nowadays, corporate volunteer programs are de regueur at most companies, at least those that take employee engagement seriously. But while so many businesses are skillfully leading their employees along admirable mission of corporate philanthropy, some companies are putting their own stamps on these efforts in particularly memorable ways.
For example, here are five innovative programs that have stayed with me (and which undoubtedly stay with the employees involved in them, too):
Today in Dallas, I addressed the audience at the Best Practices Conference on conscious capitalism and the virtuous cycle of employee-driven corporate philanthropy. (more to come)
I love seeing companies get creative with giving back. As a matter of fact, I make it a point to talk to as many CSR leaders as I can to learn how they're embracing the full potential of their employees to create profound impact in their communities. The stories are always so inspiring, and I usually discover new ways that businesses are prioritizing employee volunteer and giving programs.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Dear CEO:
Your heart is in the right place, it really is.
You know that corporate volunteering and giving are essential programs to have in place at your company if you want to create a positive culture and brand, keep your employees engaged, and recruit top talent - especially Millennials. And giving back to your community is important not just for the benefits it accrues to your company but also, of course, for the support it offers to the nonprofits and causes you care so deeply about. You'd like to get your company on track with volunteering and giving, and maybe you're even scoring a few base hits here and there with your efforts.
But...can I be honest here? You're going about it all wrong. And unfortunately, you're only scratching the surface of your company's potential, making the lives of your program administrators needlessly stressful, and - worst of all - failing to inspire your employees or bring out the best in them (or even bring them out to participate at all), which undermines the whole point of your cause venture in the first .
Here's where you're missing the boat:
Whenever I hear about a company that's choosing to build their own employee volunteer and giving platform from scratch, I shudder. I can see the horrors that will unfold before them as clearly as if I'm watching a bad movie.
As the CEO of a company that has created an off-the-shelf volunteer and giving platform (one which is customizable but universal), I know full well the blood, sweat and tears that goes into developing a corporate philanthropy tool that's feature-rich and bug-free. Software developers who promise you a customized moon are either intentionally or unwittingly luring you into dangerous waters without a paddle.
Custom software has a time and place, but using it to construct your own employee volunteer and giving platform from the ground up, a la an Amish barn-raising, is not that time or place.
It's no secret that corporate volunteer programs are a must. One study (amongst many) shows that almost one-third of U.S. corporations now embrace some form of employee volunteering, representing a growth of nearly 150% in the last few decades. Millennials in particular are demanding that office perks include the opportunity to volunteer as a part of their company's supportive, inspiring and innovative program. I hear it all the time - leaders at companies without these programs are realizing that young people aren't knocking on their doors that often, and, consequently, their workforce is growing noticeably grayer.
But if employee volunteer programs function as a corporate fountain of youth (amongst many other benefits, of course), what about employee giving programs? Are companies also turning to these programs to stay attractive and relevant to the next generation?
It's awesome to be considered awesome.
That's why Causecast is proud of its selection to participate in the highly anticipated 'Awesome New Technologies' panel at the 16th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition, taking place October 7 – 9, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. Causecast is one of only six to earn the distinction as an innovator whose technology is addressing new challenges and opportunities facing human resources professionals.
When it comes to helping their communities, global media and technology company Comcast really knows how to ignite enthusiasm.
Exhibit A: The company's annual Comcast Cares Day, the nation's largest single-day company volunteer effort, harnesses the energy of employees and their families, friends and community partners to make a huge difference. In 2013 alone, over 85,000 volunteers in 39 states, the nation's capital, and for the first time international locations, donated more than 510,000 hours of community service. Projects included everything from installing computer labs at local community centers to beautifying schools to planting trees.
These are impressive numbers, demonstrating an engaged employee base as well as connections in the community. So how does Comcast pull it off?
To keep alive the spirit of compassion and service that united Americans in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, September 11th is now federally recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, establishing a tradition of national engagement in charitable acts as a tribute to the victims, survivors and first responders of 9/11.
The observance of 9/11 day is led by MyGoodDeed, a nonprofit dedicated to using the power of doing good to overcome the tragedy of September 11th. More than a day of volunteering, the National Day of Service and Remembrance is filled with commemorative events, charitable acts and community outreach executed throughout the country by nonprofits, service organizations and corporate giving programs as a living memorial to the victims and heroes of 9/11.
Driving this spirit of unity and tribute is the pledge of "I will," referring to the promise of doing good deeds of any kind on September 11th to help someone in need, much like the spirit that moved Americans to action after the unprecedented tragedy of the 9/11 attacks. Everyone, either as an individual or as part of a company employee volunteer program, is encouraged to prepare for the 2013 anniversary by going to MyGoodDeed's website to pledge their participation in this nationwide movement.


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Meet Your New Amazonian Princess: Gal Gadot To Play Wonder Woman in Batman Vs Superman
The good looking gal from The Fast & Furious franchise fame has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's next film, here's the official statement:
"Wonder Woman is arguably one of the most powerful female characters of all time and a fan favorite in the DC Universe. Not only is Gal an amazing actress, but she also has that magical quality that makes her perfect for the role. We look forward to audiences discovering Gal in the first feature film incarnation of this beloved character," Snyder said.
Variety first reported that Gadot, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" Elodie Yung and Olga Kurylenko had tested for the part that was believed to be Wonder Woman.
The Wonder Woman rumor has been kicking around for some time, and insiders believe the plan is to have not just Batman and Superman in the film but several members of the Justice League as well. It's unclear which members, but Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) and the Flash are said to be locks to make an appearance in some fashion, whether that's a significant role or a cameo.


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Iraq Vet Puts War Story Into Stop-Motion
Press Release from In Their Boots
Los Angeles - While our nation's military conflicts continue in Iraq and Afghanistan, a new generation of Veterans are returning to tell their war stories on film by becoming the directors and producers of their own documentaries. In Their Boots, a documentary series, presents OPERATION IN THEIR BOOTS, a paid film fellowship that will allow five Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to get behind the camera and transform their experiences at war into powerful films fit for the silver screen.
After having undergone a "Filmmakers Boot Camp," the participants of OPERATION IN THEIR BOOTS have launched into production and are going into the field to shoot their films. Each participant is provided with a $10,000 dollar budget to make their film, as well as a $7,500 stipend for their work. In addition, they are supported by the professional production team at In Their Boots.
See a clip of our "Filmmakers Boot Camp"
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In Their Own Words:
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Tristan Dyer (http://bit.ly/TristanDyer) is using stop-motion animation narrated by returning Veterans, whose "self medication" with drugs and alcohol spiraled out of control, to delve into the psyche of abuse and recovery among Iraq and Afghan Veterans. Dyer is an Iraq War Veteran and a Maine native.
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- The Red Sox agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Terry Doyle on a minor league deal, according to Chris Hatfield of SoxProspects.com. The 26-year-old last pitched for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League after four seasons and change in the White Sox system.
- The Orioles have re-signed outfielder Lew Ford to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training, according to Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (via Twitter). The Orioles outrighted Ford to Triple-A Norfolk last Friday. The 36-year-old .331/.390/.550 with 11 homers in 62 games for Norfolk last season.
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All of your education and experience has prepared you for this day. You are excited with the new job and of course, the new salary that comes with it. But has anyone told you about the Management Truth? NO?
Well, here it is … Once you are a supervisor of others, being a success is no longer in your complete control. You have to depend on the success of those who work for you.
There's a corollary axiom … If your subordinates perform well, you will probably succeed, but if your subordinates fail, you will definitely fail.
Please note that these maxims hold true no matter your level in the organization. A shipping supervisor has to rely on the shippers and receivers at the loading dock. A vice president of sales has to depend on local sales managers. The CEO has to trust the advice of the CFO, head of operations, HR and legal.
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There's no getting around the fact that the appraisal is to create a historical written record of how the company (as represented by you the supervisor) deems the performance of the employee, including having the employee sign off that they are aware of the conclusion.
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- First, when you have your meeting with the employee, rather than diving right into the performance discussion, take 20 minutes to review and jointly update the job description questionnaire. And let them know in advance that you'll be doing this so that they can bring some revisions to the meeting.
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The incumbent in the job knows the details intimately. After all, they do the job each and every day. As the supervisor, the opportunity to hear their thoughts is priceless.
- Second, you do need to leave the employee with an accurate understanding as to how you feel about their performance. This is not the time to try to be friends and say only nice things. You are doing a disservice to your staff if you are less than honest. If you need them to improve, tell them so and discuss how you can help.
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In this 122-minute sequel to the 47-minute Versilles -- Rive Gauche (1991), the brothers Bruno and Denis Podalydes provide the central installment of their trilogy of films named after different Versailles train stations. Awkward Albert (Denis Podlydes), a balding nerdy sort, is a soundman working on a political campaign spot in Toulouse where Albert and his buddy Otto (Jean-Noel Broute) donate blood in order to connect with attractive nurse Sophie (Isabelle Candelier). Attending a nature-film premiere in Paris, Albert becomes so shaken by his desire for journalist-filmmaker Anna (Jeanne Balibar) that he begins vomiting, interpreted by Anna as a compliment. Cop Corinne (Cecile Gouillot) is also attracted to Albert. Shown at the 1998 Locarno Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Le Createur
While most authors deal with writer's block at one time or another, Darius (Albert Dupontel) seems to have a worst case than most -- and has found a far more extreme solution. A playwright of note, Darius developed a drinking problem after his first major hit, and has taken time out from writing his follow-up to go to a clinic and dry out. After his release, Darius finds his producer has hired a leading lady for his next show, booked the theater and advertised the starting date -- all without Darius writing so much as a word of this new play. Darius desperately tries to come up with ideas, but nothing comes to mind, with an inflexible deadline staring him in the face. One day, Darius kills a neighbor's cat by accident; terribly depressed, he swallows some sedatives and falls asleep at his computer -- only to awake with the beginning of his play glowing on the screen. Darius is now convinced he must kill in order to create, and starts murdering an ever-expanding variety of creatures in order to satisfy his now bloodthirsty muse. Albert Dupontel wrote and directed Le Createur, as well as playing Darius; the film also features a cameo from former Monty Python member Terry Jones, as God. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Alex (Albert Dupontel of Irreversible) is depressed. His teenage son has left the nest, and Alex seems to be losing his connection to his wife, Claire (Marianne Denicourt). Resisting Claire's efforts to reinvigorate their social life, he withdraws into himself. She complains to her friends about his apathy. "Lethargy is the easiest way of controlling us," Claire tells her friends. One drunken night, Alex makes a decision that will change his life; while surfing porn sites on the internet, he purchases a sex doll. When the life-sized (and lifelike) woman is delivered to his door, he immediately tries to return it. He's told by the American company that sells the doll that "all purchases are final." At first, he's ashamed, and tries to dispose of his custom-made, molded silicone dream girl. But when he learns that Claire is having an affair, and wants to "take a break," Alex changes his attitude, and has a night of passion with the doll, newly christened Monique. Soon, he finds himself dedicating himself to her. He turns his son's old room into a silky boudoir, purchases expensive lingerie, and starts taking care of his appearance and the condition of his house. As his friends struggle to understand what's happened to Alex, his newfound passion begins to have a surprising effect on their lives, too. Monique marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Valerie Guignabodet. The film was shown at Lincoln Center in New York as part of their 2003 Rendezvous with French Cinema. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
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Hardset. A Murder in Paris
The small-scaled, darkly comic crime thriller Hardset. A Murder in Paris follows the actions perpetrated by Paul (French stand-up comedian Elie Semoun), a divorcée desperate for the money to cover his own alimony dues. When a friend, Daubelle (Philippe Uchan) introduces him to an overbearing loan shark named Sarreby, Paul impulsively whacks the shark over the head, seizes envelopes full of hard cash, and hits the road. However, this most unlikely criminal begins to feel the twitching pangs of guilt, and as he heads to the residence of a new lover, Simone (Ludmila Mikael), he begins sending letters back to Paris that implicate him in Sarreby's death. Philippe Colin (Cine Follies), a film critic turned scenarist and director, wrote and helmed the picture; for the ambience, Collin and production designer Pascal Chatton utilize a mise-en-scène that suggests the mid-1950s. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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Locked Out
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Albert Dupontel directs, writes, and stars in freewheeling French comedy concerning a glue-huffing homeless man who earns an unexpected modicum of respect after coming into possession of a police uniform. Roland (Dupontel) was wandering the shores of the Seine when he noticed a man hurling himself into the churning waters below. Upon investigating the site from which the man leapt, the curious derelict finds that the jumper, presumably a policeman, had left behind his uniform and a suicide note. When Roland attempts to do the right thing and return the uniform to the police station, he is chased away by overzealous cops before he has the chance to explain what happened. Upon noticing a cafeteria that provides free meals to policemen, Roland decides to make the best of his situation by donning the uniform and ordering dinner. Later, when Roland meets a singing mother (Claude Perron) who is struggling to get her children back from the malevolent in-laws who object of her lifestyle and see her as unfit to parent, the uniformed drifter attempts to use his newfound badge for a good cause. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Directed by Bruno Podalydès (who helmed the "Montmartre" segment of the omnibus Paris, I Love You), Bancs Publics chronicles three intersecting stories in the city of Versailles: an office worker who hangs a banner reading "Lonely Man" beneath his window, the feuding families and couples in a busy town square, and the employees and customers of a local shop. This sprawling and droll exploration of the estrangement of modern life boasts a star-studded supporting cast that features a veritable who's who of French cinema, including Olivier Gourmet, Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Chiara Mastroianni, Hippolyte Girardot, Pierre Arditi, and the
grande dame
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Charting Life After Finley
Much has been made rightly so about Jermichael Finley's injury; I won't go too much in depth because it's been covered by several of my fellow writers but I will add that it's great to hear that indications point to Finley avoiding a life-changing injury; ultimately the injury may cost him his career as a professional football player but at least he will be able to live a relatively normal life afterwards. Going back to football, the question becomes "what do the Packer do now without Cobb, Jones AND now Finley?" Obviously Finley was more a wide receiver than a traditional inline tight end and therefore could compensate somewhat for losing both Jones and Cobb but now that Finley is also out for the foreseeable future, what does the Packers wide receiver and tight end cores look like and how will they operate? Keep in mind tight end is the joker of the Packers offense as tight ends often play inline, in the slot, as a fullback, as a move tight end and sometimes even on the outside; a lot of the Packers' creativity, versatility and matchup problems come from moving tight ends around so seeing what they do with their tight ends is often a good indication of what their offense will operate.


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A spicy-sweet ginger and citrus marinade is at the base of this Asian-style hand-pulled pork. It's stir-fried with Xaoshing wine—similar to dry sherry—and piled onto crisp butter lettuce leaves with hoisin sauce on the side. Serve plated at the table or rolled up and ready to grab-and-go.
Mongolian Pork
20 lb. pork butt, trimmed of excess fat
8 cups soy sauce
8 cups orange juice
2 lb. fresh ginger, crushed
3 cups dried Szechuan chilies
20 pieces star anise
3/4 cup oyster sauce
3/4 cup xiao shing wine
1/4 cup sesame oil
2 1/4 cups vegetable oil
24 cups shredded napa cabbage
12 cups bean sprouts
1/4 cup minced garlic
1/4 cup minced ginger
6 cups julienned scallions
12 red Fresno chilies, sliced
120 butter lettuce leaves or iceberg lettuce cups
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Rock Hudson Movies
American actor
Rock Hudson
was born
Roy Scherer
, adopting the last name Fitzgerald when his mother remarried in the mid-'30s. A popular but academically unspectacular student at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL, he decided at some point during his high school years to become an actor, although a wartime stint in the Navy put these plans on hold. Uninspiring postwar jobs as a moving man, postman, telephone company worker, and truck driver in his new home of California only fueled his desire to break into movies, which was accomplished after he had professional photos of himself taken and sent out to the various studios. A few dead-end interviews later, he took drama lessons; his teacher advised him to find a shorter name if he hoped to become a star, and, after rejecting Lance and Derek, he chose
" was inspired by the automobile of that name).
Signed by Universal-International,
was immediately loaned to Warner Bros. for his first film,
Fighter Squadron
(1948); despite director
Raoul Walsh
's predictions of stardom for the young actor,
did the usual contract player bits, supporting roles, and villain parts when he returned to Universal. A good part in
Winchester '73
(1950) led to better assignments, and the studio chose to concentrate its publicity on
's physical attributes rather than his acting ability, which may explain why the actor spent an inordinate amount of screen time with his shirt off. A favorite of teen-oriented fan magazines,
ascended to stardom, his films gradually reaching the A-list category with such important releases as
Magnificent Obsession
(1954) and
Battle Hymn
(1957). Director
George Stevens
in one of his best roles, Bick Benedict, in the epic film
(1956), and critics finally decided that, since
not only worked well with such dramatic league leaders as
Elizabeth Taylor
James Dean
-- but frequently outacted them in
-- he deserved better, less condescending reviews.
's career took a giant leap forward in 1959 when he was cast in
Pillow Talk
, the first of several profitable co-starring gigs with
Doris Day
. Once again taken for granted by the mid-'60s,
turned in another first-rate performance as a middle-aged man given a newer, younger body in the mordant fantasy film
(1966). A longtime television holdout,
finally entered the weekly video race in 1971 with the popular detective series
McMillan and Wife
, co-starring
Susan Saint James
, and appeared on the prime time soap opera
in the early '80s. Regarded by his co-workers as a good sport, hard worker, and all-around nice guy,
endured a troubled private life; though the studio flacks liked to emphasize his womanizing,
was, in reality, a homosexual. This had been hinted at for years by the Hollywood underground, but it was only in the early '80s that
confirmed the rumors by announcing that he had contracted the deadly AIDS virus. Staunchly defended by friends, fans, and co-workers,
Rock Hudson
lived out the remainder of his life with dignity, withstanding the ravages of his illness, the intrusions of the tabloid press, and the less than tasteful snickerings of the judgmental and misinformed. It was a testament to his courage -- and a tragedy in light of his better film work -- that
will be principally remembered as the first star of his magnitude to go public with details of his battle with AIDS. He died in 1985. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Ambassador
Robert Mitchum plays as U.S. ambassador to Israel whose efforts at reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians run afoul of the somewhat questionable ambitions of security advisor Rock Hudson. Meanwhile, Mitchum's wife Ellen Burstyn embarks upon an affair with a PLO leader. When this fact comes to Mitchum's attention, he refuses to pay the prescribed "hush money", sparking a deadly chain reaction. You may need a microscope to discern this, but The Ambassador was adapted from Elmore Leonard's crime novel 52 Pick Up. Though a more faithful-to-the-source cinemazation of the Leonard book was lensed in 1986, The Ambassador remains the better of the two versions. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Vegas Strip War
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In this drama, a casino owner (Rock Hudson) fights against his double-crossing ex-partners by remodeling the ramshackle joint across from theirs. Soon he has made it the grandest place in Las Vegas. This was Hudson's final film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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The man who assembled the remarkable documentary George Stevens: A Filmaker's Journey had the benefit of knowing the subject intimately: the film was written, produced and directed by George Stevens Jr. Utilizing pristine-quality filmclips and interviews, Stevens Jr. details Stevens Sr.'s rise from silent-film cameraman to one of the top producer/directors in Hollywood. We are treated to snippets of Stevens' camerawork on the Laurel and Hardy films at Hal Roach Studios, then we are transported to his salad days as a feature director at RKO. Among the films highlighted from this first chapter of Stevens' directorial life are Alice Adams (1935), Swing Time (1936) and Gunga Din (1939) (one would like to have heard a bit more background info concerning Stevens' Wheeler and Woolsey comedies). Next we find Stevens as an autonomous entity at Columbia Pictures, producing and directing such classics as The More the Merrier (1943). The war years are thoroughly covered via Stevens' vivid color footage of the invasion of Europe. The last stages of Stevens' Hollywood career is traced through generous portions of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane (1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). The many interviewees include Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Warren Beatty. As an added filip, A Filmmaker's Journey includes rare home-movie sequences showing George Stevens at home and at work--all filmed with as much care and professionalism as Stevens' "mainstream" pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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In Conversation with Rock Hudson
This program features a 1982 interview with actor Rock Hudson. Hudson discusses his acting career, in which he starred in such films as Giant, Pillow Talk, Magnificent Obsession, A Gathering of Eagles, and Ice Station Zebra. The two converse about the entertainment industry and Hudson's friendships with stars including Doris Day and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as the more private side of his life. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, Rovi
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The Devlin Connection 3: Love, Sex, Sin, and Death at Point Dume
An episode from the early-'80s TV series Devlin Connection finds a retired detective (Rock Hudson) teaching his son (Jack Scalia) the family business. Their friend (Leigh Taylor-Young) is being hunted by a desperate killer. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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World War III
World War III is an ambitious if unnecessarily protracted speculative TV movie. Set in a "future December," the film prophesies an American grain embargo levied on Russia. US President Rock Hudson is entreated by the Soviet higher-ups to drop the ban; meanwhile, a group of renegade Russian military officers begin sending expeditionary forces into Alaska. While the countdown to Doomsday begins, the film insists upon cutting back to several expendable romances in both the American and Soviet camps. Boris Sagal, the original director of World War III, was killed in a freak helicopter accident while on location. To make up for lost time, the production was moved to the soundstages of Zoetrope Studios and overseen by ultra-efficient TV director David Greene. Part Two finds novice American president Rock Hudson trying to effect an honorable peace with Soviet premiere Brian Keith. But insurgent military officers endeavoring to seize the Alaska Pipeline as a bargaining chip continue to escalate the hostilities. It develops that the fate of the world may rest in the hands of American colonel David Soul. Also appearing is Cathy Lee Crosby, endearingly miscast as an intelligence officer. A heart-stopping surprise twist brings World War III to a close. While the film has its moments of genuine suspense, one can't help but feel that World War III would have been better an hour or two shorter--or at least with a few of the subplot romances removed. Originally running four hours, World War III was telecast in two parts on January 31 and February 1, 1982.
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Devlin Connection [TV Series]
This NBC detective show premiered about five years after Rock Hudson's hit program McMillan and Wife took its final bows (and on the same network), but experienced a much shorter run. As Hudson's final series, it starred the legendary actor as Brian Devlin, an independently wealthy playboy resting on his laurels from a long career as a successful private investigator, and working full time in a low-key position as director of the Los Angeles Cultural Arts Center. At the outset of the series, a 28-year-old man turned up named Nick Corsello (Jack Scalia), who indicated that he was Brian's long-lost son, and had grown up in New York in the care of his mom. Nick worked as a private eye - a very tough, hard-boiled private eye - and began pulling Brian from the world of Cultural Arts back into the throes of intense and difficult cases. Brian attempted to assist without Nick's knowledge, but father and son inadvertently ended up solving the cases in tandem. Leigh-Taylor Young starred as Lauren, Brian's glamorous and sexy assistant at the Arts Center. Alas, audiences didn't particular care enough to tune in, and the last episode ran on Christmas Day, 1982 - just shy of three months after its premiere. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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The Star Maker
The infamous casting couch is the center point of this Hollywood behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles the exploits of a movie mogul and the actresses he turns into stars. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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The Mirror Crack'd
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Angela Lansbury takes over the legacy of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie's dogged sleuth Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd. The story takes place on a film set in a small British town in the 1950s. Elizabeth Taylor plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback but is plagued by a mysterious incident from her past. Unfortunately for her mental state, a collection of murders jar the quiet village where the movie is being made. Miss Marple arrives on the scene with her nephew, Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), to investigate. In addition to Taylor, an assortment of other movie stars grace the roster of suspects, including Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, and Tony Curtis. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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The Martian Chronicles
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In this 3 1/2-hour TV miniseries, adapted from the book by Ray Bradbury, space pioneers must travel from earth to the red planet to found a new colony. Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters star in the 1980 film. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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Arthur Hailey's Wheels
Another of the many Arthur Hailey literary properties which were transformed into TV miniseries in the 1970s, the five-part, ten-hour Wheels took place in Detroit sometime in the late 1960s. Rock Hudson starred as Adam Trenton, executive in charge of project development at the fictional auto-manufacturing firm of National Motors. Ambitious and ruthless, Adam let nothing stand in the way of his development and production of a new, youth-marketed car known as the Hawk. Meanwhile, Adam's bored and neglected wife Erica (Lee Remick, who earned an Emmy nomination for her performance) drifted into an extramarital affair and a brief "career" as a shoplifter. Eventually, Adam himself acquired a mistress, who in turn fell in love with Adam's son Kirk (James Carrol Jordan). As if things couldn't get any seamier, Kirk's brother Greg (Howard McGillin) was plagued by a blackmailer, while crooked car dealer Smokey Stevenson (played by miniseries stalwart Anthony Franciosa) cooked up a sinister deal that threatened to destroy National Motors. Originally telecast from May 7 to 15, 1978 on NBC, Arthur Hailey's Wheels posted such disappointing ratings that, when it was later rebroadcast, the property was whittled down from ten hours to four -- with episodes three and four summarily dropped from the proceedings. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When an "I'm-just-makin'-money" developer plops his new ski lodge at the foot of a mountain, the locals warn him about snowslides. So it's not too long before a gigantic avalanche buries the lodge and all the snow bunnies in it. Rock Hudson plays the ski lodge owner and Mia Farrow is his couch-hopping wife in this disaster film. ~ Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Phillip's Game
In this crime drama, the police commissioner finds his life in jeopardy after he is enraged by an eloquent hit man. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Have You Heard About Vanessa
After a model commits suicide, Commissioner McMillan looks for clues in the model's lonely, pretentious lifestyle. ~ Rovi
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In this thriller, a scientist (Rock Hudson) attempts to engineer the perfect woman in a test-tube and ends up not with a beautiful lover, but instead a ruthless killer. The film is also known as Created to Kill. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Season 06
Although it remained a rotating component of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie (along with Columbo, McCloud, Quincy, M.E., and Lanigan's Rabbi), McMillan and Wife underwent quite a few remarkable changes for its sixth and final season on the air. To begin with, the series' title has been shortened to McMillan, reflecting the departure of star Susan Saint James. It is explained that the actress' character, Sally McMillan, has been killed in a plane accident, leaving her husband, San Francisco police commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan, a widower. Evidently this tragedy had occurred quite some time before the beginning of season six, given that Mac is showing no signs of grief and has even begun seeing other women. Also missing is Nancy Walker as Mac's housekeeper Mildred; her replacement is Martha Raye, playing Mildred's sister Agatha. And while John Schuck is still on hand as Mac's police assistant Charles Enright, Charles has been promoted from sergeant to lieutenant, his customary duties taken over by Sgt. Steve Dimaggio, a new character played by Richard Gilliland. Likewise new to the series are Gloria Stroock as Mac's secretary Maggie, and Bill Quinn in the recurring role of Chief Paulsen. The first of the season's six 90-minute episodes is "All Bets Off," in which Mac tries to track down some diamonds stolen from his current girlfriend in Las Vegas. In "Dark Sunrise," Mac, presumed killed in an explosion, uses his "death" to cover his tracks while investigating the matter. "Phillip's Game" pits Mac against an egotistical hit man who brazenly announces his crimes before committing them. In "Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide?," Mac investigates as several passengers die mysteriously during a cross-country flight. "Affair of the Heart" finds Mac crossing swords with an attractive deputy DA (Stefanie Powers). And in the series' final episode, "Have You Heard About Vanessa?" Mac reconstructs the events leading up to the suicide of a model (Joanna Cameron) who seemed to have everything. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: All Bets Off
All Bets Off was the opening episode for the sixth season of the TV series McMillan. Since San Francisco police commissioner McMillan (Rock Hudson) is now a widower, the title of the series no longer includes the tag ..."and Wife". While vacationing in Vegas, McMillan's new girl friend (Jessica Walter) is robbed of a valuable collection of diamonds. What is called for is a "sting" operation to retrieve the gems. Charles Drake, Werner Klemperer, Dane Clark and Jason Evers guest star in this 2-hour "movie,"originally telecast December 5, 1976. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Secrets for Sale
Secrets for Sale started out as a 2-hour episode of TV's McMillan and Wife. San Francisco police commissioner McMillan (Rock Hudson) is hot on the trail of a blackmailing ring. The crooks' targets include most of the politicians involved in an upcoming important election. McMillan's wife Sally (Susan St. James) adds her usual unwarranted assistance; others in the cast are Don Porter, Murray Hamilton and Meredith Baxter Birney. Secrets for Sale originally aired December 7, 1975. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Season 05
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As McMillan and Wife launched its fifth season, the series remained a rotating component of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, along with Columbo, McCloud, and McCoy. Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James reprise their familiar roles as San Francisco police commissioner "Mac" McMillan and his lovely wife Sally in six new episodes, each two hours in length. For starters, Jack Gilford plays a nonagenarian businessman who is targeted for assassination in "The Deadly Inheritance." Next up, the new wife of one of Mac's best friends drops dead on her wedding night in "Requiem for a Bride." In "Aftershock," an earthquakes reveals a dead body bricked up in the wall of the McMillan home. A hospitalized and heavily sedated Mac thinks he has witnessed a murder in "The Deadly Cure." In "Secrets for Sale," Sgt. Enright (John Schuck) quits the police force to get married in the midst of a major political scandal. Martha Raye makes her first series appearance as Agatha, sister of the McMillans' housekeeper, Mildred, in "Greed." And last but far from least, Naval reserve officer Mac returns to active duty to defend a lieutenant on a murder charge in "Point of Law." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: Requiem for a Bride
The made-for-TV Requiem for a Bride opens with San Francisco police commissioner McMillan (Rock Hudson) congratulating an old friend (Henry Darrow) on the friend's recent marriage. McMillan's words ring hollow when the bride (Susan Sullivan) is murdered. Complicating the issue is the growing suspicion that the killer had been gunning for McMillan. Susan St. James costars as "Mac"'s inquisitive spouse, Sally. Requiem for a Bride originated as the October 26, 1975 episode of TV's McMillan and Wife. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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James Dean: The First American Teenager
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In this documentary, narrated by Stacy Keach, the tragic screen-icon James Dean is remembered. Footage from early television appearances, stills from his life, and clips from his three Warner Brothers films are interwoven with interviews with his co-workers. The soundtrack includes music from Elton John, David Bowie, and the Eagles. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Still a rotating component of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie (along with Columbo, McCloud and Amy Prentiss) in the fall of 1974, the "domestic detective" series McMillan and Wife offered six new two-hour episodes for its fourth season. The opening episode is "Downshift to Danger," in which San Francisco police commissioner "Mac" McMillan (Rock Hudson) and his charming wife Sally (Susan Saint James) connecting the dots between a mysterious murder and an antique car collection. In "The Game of Survival," Sally is kidnapped (once again!) as Mac tries to find out if a short-tempered tennis champ is also a killer. A former Naval Intelligence colleague of Mac's returns from the dead -- only to promptly die once more -- in "Buried Alive." In "Guilt by Association," the McMillans' housekeeper, Mildred (Nancy Walker), is exposed to danger when she serves on a jury. "Night Train to L.A." is a good, old-fashioned Agatha Christie-style whodunit, as a train heading to a police convention becomes a murder scene. And in the season's last episode "Love, Honor, and Swindle," Mac tries to dissuade his sister (portrayed by Mildred Natwick) from wedding a slick con artist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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McMillan and Wife: No Hearts, No Flowers
No Hearts, No Flowers is a 90-minute episode of the lighthearted TV detective series McMillan and Wife. San Francisco police commissioner McMillan (Rock Hudson) once more is saddled with a murder case. This time there are four very likely suspects--and the guilty party plans to make McMillan's wife Sally (Susan St. James) the next victim. The guest-star roster includes Albert Salmi, Dick Van Patten, Scott Brady and Sheree North. No Hearts, No Flowers was first broadcast January 14, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Reunion in Terror
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In this Western comedy, Billy (Dean Martin) and Chuck (Rock Hudson) were the best of friends until Chuck married the girl they were both courting. Now they have drifted apart. Chuck has since become a sheriff and must hunt down Billy, now a robber. As the chase proceeds, each of them reminisces about their past together. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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