The Player (film)

The Player is a 1992 American satirical comedy film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name. It is the story of Hollywood studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) who murders an aspiring screenwriter he believes is sending him death threats.

The Player has many film references and Hollywood insider jokes, with around sixty Hollywood celebrities agreeing to make cameo appearances in the film. Altman stated, "It is a very mild satire," offending no one.

Plot

Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson). He hears story pitches from screenwriters and decides which have the potential to be made into films, green-lighting only 12 out of 50,000 submissions every year. His job is threatened when up-and-coming story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) begins working at the studio. Mill has also been receiving death threat postcards, assumed to be from a screenwriter whose pitch he rejected.

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The Player (2004 TV series)

The Player is a 2004 American reality television program broadcast on UPN in which several men compete with each other using their "player skills" to seduce an attractive woman.

The program is hosted by phone by the "Ultimate Player" until the end of the series, when his identity is revealed to be Rob Mariano from Survivor.

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First Choice (band)

First Choice was an American girl group vocal music trio from Philadelphia. The group produced the Soul/disco hits "Armed and Extremely Dangerous", "Smarty Pants", "The Player", "Love Thang", "Let No Man Put Asunder" and "Doctor Love". They were signed to soul label Philly Groove Records and to disco label Salsoul Records.

Members

Rochelle Fleming was the founder and lead singer of the group. Annette Guest was second lead. She and Flemming stayed with the group throughout its run. Other members Ursula Herring and Joyce Jones were later additions. Wardell Piper was an original member yet never photographed with the group. After their first album, Wardell left for a solo career.

Legacy and re-union

The group was influential to early house and techno music, because of sampling by many artists, including Todd Terry and The Jungle Brothers, mostly from First Choice's 1977 track, "Let No Man Put Asunder". "Let No Man Put Asunder" was also covered by Mary J. Blige on her 1999 album Mary.