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As Chairman and CEO of Hasbro, Inc., Brian Goldner led the company's transformation from a toy and game company into a global play and entertainment leader. As the architect of the company's strategic Brand Blueprint, he led the expansion of Hasbro brands and capabilities into new categories and markets around the world.
Goldner pioneered and oversaw Hasbro's omni-channel storytelling. In 2019, he led the acquisition of eOne, an independent entertainment studio, which expanded the company's storytelling capabilities and adding beloved franchises like Peppa Pig and PJ Masks to the Hasbro brand portfolio.
He played a key role in securing and expanding Hasbro's relationships with some of the most valuable properties in the industry, including Marvel, Star Wars, Disney Princess and Disney Frozen with The Walt Disney Company, and Beyblade.
He was appointed as CEO in 2008. Hasbro's market capitalization nearly tripled, and the Company's total shareholder return has increased nearly 300%. Under his leadership, Hasbro was consistently recognized for its commitment to corporate citizenship and been named among the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the past decade.
He joined Hasbro in 2000 and served in several leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he held senior management positions at Bandai America, J. Walter Thompson and Leo Burnett. He served on the boards of Hasbro and ViacomCBS, Inc., and is a trustee for The Paley Center for Media. He was a member of the Producers Guild of America, and had previously served on the boards of Molson Coors Brewing and the GAP Inc.
Goldner graduated from Dartmouth College and received his graduate degree from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business (Executive Education Program).- Kathryn Reynolds was born on 6 October 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), Joyride to Nowhere (1977) and Swashbuckler (1976). She died on 2 May 2019 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- Pauline Kael was born in Petaluma, CA, in 1919, and attended the University of California at Berkeley in the 1930s. She tried and failed to work as a playwright in her 20s, and began writing film reviews as a freelance writer for film journals in the 1950s. After success with national magazines in the 1960s and publishing her first book, "I Lost It At the Movies,", she became a film critic for The New Yorker in 1968, and wrote for that magazine until 1991. She published 13 books of her essays and criticism, and won the National Book Award in 1974, and wielded power and influence, even after retiring. She passed away on September 3, 2001.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Richard Dunlap was born on 30 January 1923 in Pomona, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), As the World Turns (1956) and The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963). He died on 6 December 2004 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- I was born in Pidgeon Roost Holler, West Virginia. My father was a coal miner who went blind from the carbide in the mine-lamps and was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland by the John L. Lewis Mine Worker's Union for surgery. My family then moved to New Castle, Delaware and my mother got work as a parachute maker for the World War II , war effort. I was a homemaker for 33 years, I was married to a psychiatrist/lawyer who died in an airplane crash in 1992. I was a stay-at-home-mom and raised three daughters. In 1994 I decided to pursue my lifelong hidden desire to be an actor. I do a lot of commercials, TV, feature films, and stage plays. I'm happy to say my income is in the 6 figure range. I do volunteer work in my spare time.
- Lester Joseph Gillis, aka "Baby Face Nelson", began his crime career at an early age in a street gang in the Chicago slums. He was given the nickname "Baby Face" by his gang members because he looked much younger than he actually was (14). His specialties were car theft, bootlegging and armed robbery. He spent several years in prison on auto theft and bank robbery charges. In 1932, while being returned to prison from a trial for another bank robbery, he escaped custody and fled to California, where he hooked up with a bootlegging gang. Nelson traveled among California, Indiana and Minnesota, becoming involved in several murders.
In 1934 he returned to the Chicago area, where he hooked up with a gang led by the infamous John Dillinger. Later that year the FBI learned that Nelson, his wife and other members of the Dillinger gang were staying at a resort lodge in northern Wisconsin. They surrounded the lodge, but in the ensuing gun battle Nelson, Dillinger and other gangsters escaped. Nelson broke into a nearby house and took its occupants hostage. When FBI agents and local police checked the house, Nelson opened fire, killing one of the agents, then escaped. Not long afterward the Dillinger gang, including Nelson, robbed a bank in South Bend, IN, killing a police officer. Later, in Chicago, Nelson killed two police officers who happened upon a meeting of the gang. On 6/22/34 Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents in Chicago, and Nelson and the rest of the gang fled to California, but returned to Chicago a short time later. The FBI received a tip that he had been seen driving a stolen car near Barrington, IL, and sent two agents to investigate. The agents spotted the car with Nelson and a fellow gang member, Paul Chase, and a running gun battle ensued. By the time it was over the two FBI agents had been killed and Nelson, mortally wounded, was driven away by his accomplice. He died that night. His body was left near a cemetery, where it was found the next morning. - Walter Payton, nicknamed "Sweetness, " is 2nd on the NFL's All time rushing list. His playing career lasted from 1975 to 1987. In those years, he amassed 16,026 rushing yards. He made a few appearances on television (as a guest star), but he was known as a profoundly personal man.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen F. Kesten was born on 9 August 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Live and Let Die (1973) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). He was married to Frederikke Borge and Michele Kesten. He died on 20 December 2001 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
The sad life of an influential folk singer began traumatically and ended in obscurity. Throughout his life Frank was haunted with misfortune and ignored tremendously. When he was eleven a furnace at Cleveland Hill elementary school in Cheektowaga, New York exploded, killing eighteen of his fellow classmates and leaving Frank with burns over his body. It was here while he was recovering from his injuries in a hospital, Charlie Casatelli, one of his school tutors gifted young Frank with his first guitar which sprung his passion for music.
Greenwich Village's coffeehouse folk scene in the early sixties drew Frank to New York. He met such names as John Kay, later of Steppenwolf. A large insurance settlement he received after he turned 21 enabled him to travel to London, and it was here he made his biggest impact.
He took up a flat with a then struggling folk singer Paul Simon in London, who later was impressed enough to produce ten of Frank's songs in a self-titled album. While Frank's voice was tremulously somber, the quality of the compositions was often impressive, with a reflective, melancholic touch that possibly influenced Simon himself and the likes of Sandy Denny and Nick Drake. Although his first album was well-received in the British folk community, he was unable to reproduce a similar quality of material and crippled any attempt for a follow-up. Combined with deepening depression, increasing stage fright, and an end to his insurance settlement that had allowed him to live freely, he decided a move back to the states in 1969, without releasing another album.
Frank took a slow slide into despair as his depression grew worse. Taking a bus to New York, he hoped to connect with Paul Simon again, but with little luck began sleeping on the streets. He became a ward of the state, and at times he was institutionalized. In 1977, with life looking better, Frank tried to release a new album, but was promptly dismissed by what publishers said was a lack of market appeal for his music. Again he fell into a deep depression, and the injuries from his childhood got much worse, once again he was hospitalized for both physical and medical reasons.
That is until Jim Abbott, a local Woodstock resident and sympathetic fan, rediscovered the aging singer from an inscription on an old album bearing his name in a record store. He successfully made contact with Frank and brought him out of a state housing project in the Bronx and into a senior center in Woodstock. He resumed songwriting and performing occasionally until his death on March 3, 1999.- Jonathan Baumbach was born on 5 July 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Kicking and Screaming (1995) and Mr. Jealousy (1997). He was married to Georgia Brown, Ellie Berkman, Naomi Miller and Annette Grant. He died on 28 March 2019 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Warren Tashjian was born on 12 December 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Fever Pitch (2005). He was married to Lorraine Tashjian. He died on 28 July 2014 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Anthony Jowitt was born on 14 September 1900 in Leeds, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Schlitz Playhouse (1951), Three Secrets (1950) and Call Her Savage (1932). He was married to Doris Anderson. He died on 21 November 1977 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Walter Covell was born on 6 January 1917 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Clue VCR Mystery Game (1985), Underdog (2007) and Clue II: Murder in Disguise (1987). He died on 11 November 2008 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA.
- Actress
Rowena Cook was born on 16 October 1917 in Staten Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Career (1939) and Kit Carson (1940). She was married to Vaughn Baggerly. She died on 2 March 2004 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Bramwell Tovey was born on 11 July 1953 in Ilford, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Eighteen (2005), Live from Lincoln Center (1976) and BBC Proms Streaming (2020). He died on 12 July 2022 in Barrington, Rhode Island, USA.- Ted Noose was born on 24 December 1930 in Pilsen, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Major League (1989), Remington Steele (1982) and Hart to Hart (1979). He was married to Rita. He died on 26 April 2010 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- Billy Sothern was born on 15 February 1977 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Nikki Page. He died on 30 September 2022 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Roger Garis was born on 10 September 1901 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Roger was a writer, known for Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960), Matinee Theatre (1955) and Chesterfield Presents (1952). Roger was married to Mabel Robinson Burns and Adine Haviland. Roger died on 3 October 1967 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Justin Newman was born on 20 January 1988 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA. He died on 23 February 2008 in Lake Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Erica Anderson was born on 8 August 1914 in Vienna, Austria. She was a cinematographer, known for No Man Is a Stranger (1958), Henry Moore (1947) and French Tapestries Visit America (1948). She died on 23 September 1976 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Hollis Hodges was born on 23 April 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Hollis was a writer, known for Why Would I Lie? (1980). Hollis died on 11 October 2004 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Walter Melrose was born on 26 October 1889 in Sumner, Illinois, USA. He died in May 1973 in Lake Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- Frank Provo was born on 16 November 1913. Frank was a writer, known for Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954), Love of Life (1951) and From These Roots (1958). Frank died on 20 November 1975 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Phyllis Curtin was born on 3 December 1921 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Camera Three (1955), The Bell Telephone Hour (1959) and The Voice of Firestone (1949). She was married to Eugene Cook and Philip D. Curtin. She died on 5 June 2016 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Dan Lanphear was born on 24 January 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Alice and Ann Marie. He died on 23 March 2018 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- Actor
Ralph Bard had a sister, Katherine Bard, who acted in TV and movies through the 1950's. Katherine Bard married Martin Manulis, who directed TV shows and movies like The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis and Days of Wine and Roses. Ralph Bard's father was the Under Secretary of The Navy in the 1940's.- Craig E. Earle was born on 5 September 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Start Cheering (1938). He was married to Grace L. Sweetser and Irene A. "Betty" Johnson. He died on 13 August 1985 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Jeff Dickerson was born on 26 January 1977 in the USA. He was married to Caitlin Anne Hobin. He died on 28 December 2021 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.
- John Pickard was born on 6 April 1910 in Australia. He was a writer, known for Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954), Love of Life (1951) and From These Roots (1958). He died on 23 October 1995 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Daniel Brewbaker was born in 1951 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for Hard Four (2007), Grant It! and Butterfield (2008). He died on 14 May 2017 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
John Oliver was an actor, known for Great Performances (1971) and Haunting Evidence (2005). He died on 11 April 2018 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA.- Additional Crew
Jack Mathis was born on 27 November 1931 in LaPorte, Indiana, USA. He is known for That's Action (1977), Cliffhangers! Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993) and The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981). He was married to Dene Mathis. He died on 13 October 2005 in South Barrington, Illinois, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
James A. Miller was born on 7 August 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Blues Brothers (1980), The Specialist (1994) and High Fidelity (2000). He was married to Christine Ernst. He died on 26 December 2011 in Barrington, Illinois, USA.