Steve Carell to Star in Netflix Comedy Based on Trump's 'Space Force'
Picked up straight to series, the show is co-created by the actor and 'The Office' boss Greg Daniels.
Steve Carell and The Office creator Greg Daniels are reuniting for a Netflix series inspired by President Trump's idea for a space force as the sixth branch of the military.
Netflix has handed out a straight-to-series order for Space Force, co-created by Carell and his former Office showrunner Daniels. Carell will star in the series, which is described as a workplace comedy centered around the people tasked with creating a sixth branch of the armed services — Space Force. Sources note the idea for the series was sparked with Trump's June order to establish Space Force as the sixth military branch.
Daniels will exec produce alongside Carell and 3 Arts' Howard Klein, with the trio reuniting following their collaboration on NBC's The Office. An episode count has not been determined as scripts for the comedy have yet to be written.
Sources say Carell's salary for Space Force — including co-creator and exec producer fees — sets a new overall record for talent, likely topping the $1 million per episode paydays that the cast of CBS' The Big Bang Theory previously netted. With The Office ranking as one of Netflix's most-watched acquired series — sources note that it often collects more viewers than some of its originals — the streamer stepped up after hearing Carell was ready to return to series-regular television and aggressively pursued the series. The show was not shopped elsewhere.
Space Force is Carell's latest TV foray and first long-term commitment since he wrapped his seven-season run on NBC's The Office. Carell, currently starring in features Beautiful Boy, Vice and Welcome to Marwen, signed on as the male lead in Apple's Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon morning show drama. Sources note that Carell signed a one-year deal for the Apple show, which was picked up with a straight-to-series, two-season 20-episode order. He is said to be credited as a "special guest star" for that series, which is expected to unspool as one of Apple's first scripted originals in the summer.
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Iran's fury after FBI arrests American-born female anchor for Iranian state television as she boards a flight in St. Louis and REFUSES to reveal why
Marzieh Hashemi, a prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television, has been arrested by the FBI and is being held as a material witness
She was detained on Sunday while trying to fly out of St Louis where she was filming a documentary after visiting family in New Orleans
Hashemi had driven from Denver to New Orleans and then St Louis, saying that she did not want to fly because she is 'harassed'
The FBI said in an email that it had no comment on the arrest of the woman who was born Melanie Franklin of New Orleans
She lives about half the time in Colorado, where her children live, and half the time in Iran
The incident comes as Iran faces increasing criticism of its own arrests of dual nationals and other people with Western ties
A prominent American anchorwoman on Iranian state television has been arrested by the FBI during a visit to the US.
Marzieh Hashemi, who worked for the network's English-language service, was detained in St Louis, where she had filmed a Black Lives Matter documentary after visiting relatives in the New Orleans area.
She was then taken to Washington, according to her elder son, Hussein Hashemi, who said she was being held in a prison, apparently as a material witness.
The FBI said in an email that it had no comment on the arrest of the woman who was born Melanie Franklin, of New Orleans, and has worked for Iran's state television network for 25 years.
Hashemi lives about half the time in Colorado, where her children reside, and half the time in Iran
We still have no idea what's going on. My siblings and I also have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury. We don't know what this is about or how it's unfolding,' said Hussein, a research fellow at the University of Colorado who was interviewed by phone from Washington.
The incident comes as Iran faces increasing criticism of its own arrests of dual nationals and other people with Western ties.
Those cases have previously been used as bargaining chips in negotiations with world powers.
Hussein said his mother was detained as she was about to board a flight from St Louis to Denver.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6597703/Iran-state-TVs-English-channel-says-anchorwoman-held-US.html
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Several years ago i had to take some tests at a college, several hours everyday, covering all subjects.
Did not study, had not been in school for years.
some of my scores put me in top 10 and top 5 percent of people who graduated HS and started college.
They really wanted me to go to their school. Could not really afford it, and other issues came up. They said my scores qualified me for grants, but still could not afford it.
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