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Covington Bay (1997) - Online Soap
Covington Cross (1992) - TV Series
Xena Warrior
Princess TV Series (1995-2001) – Covington Connections
Felicity TV series (1998-2002) - the Ben Covington crush
Episode of Highlander TV series (1992) - Earl of Covington
Madeline film (1998) - Lord & Lady Covington
The Village film (2004) - fictional town named Covington
Parks & Recreation TV Series (2019) – Lord Edgar Covington
The Enemy Within TV Series (2019) - Senator Martin Covington
The Covington Witches TV Series (2019)
Strange Report TV Series (1967) - David Covington
All The Right Moves film (1983) – Jess Covington
Air America film (1990) – Billy Covington
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COVINGTON BAY - The
Online Soap Opera (1997)
“Anthony Langford's soap
sparkles with a fascinating blend of tangled families and traditional
storytelling”
Love. Lust. Mystery.
Intrigue. Danger. Desire.
Experience the powerful emotions
of the men and women who live and love in a very special small town...
Please be advised - Covington Bay
sometimes contains scenes and subject matter for mature audiences..
Covington Bay Condominiums- a building of high rent condos. Melody
Sorensen lives in one. Covington Bay Fashions- an exclusive fashion boutique
where the townswomen can be found looking for the latest designs. Covington Bay
Health Club- where the townspeople sweat and strain their muscles. Covington
Bay Journal- one of the local papers in
Covington Bay, the other being the Covington Bay Times. Lawton Fairchild
is the owner and publisher of the newspaper. Drake Williamson is
the editor-in-chief. A.J. Lassiter is one of the top reporters at the
paper. Covington Bay Koffee Klatch-
a popular coffee house in town. Best known for their scones.
Covington Bay Medical Center- the
premiere hospital in town. Dr. Glenn Dailey is Chief of Staff of
the medical facility. Dr. Gloria Lassiter-Dailey is Chief of
Neurosurgery. Dr. Zachary Dailey is head of the Alec Stone Memorial AIDS
Wing. Dr. Grant Rios works at the hospital as an AIDS researcher.
Dr. Laura Dailey-Harrison is a pediatrician. Simon
Harrison is a financial officer for the hospital. Dr. Darian Jackson is
an ER doctor. Dr. Christopher Sloan and Dr. Christina Sloan work in the
field of heart medicine. Dr. Carrie Bennett is an obstetrician.
Melody Sorensen is a surgical nurse. Natalie Lassiter, Dana Cooper and Melissa
Stone are nurses. The hospital has an adjacent teaching facility in
conjunction with Covington Bay University: Covington Bay School of
Medicine.
Covington Bay Police Department (Homicide Division)- Walter Stone is head of the Homicide Department.
Eric Lassiter, Angela Sorensen and Jake Collier are all detectives for this
division. Covington Bay University- the town's
college. It has: Covington Bay School of Law, Covington Bay School of
Medicine, Covington Bay School of Journalism and Media. Many of the
town's residents are graduates of this respected, elite private university.
Covington Bay Times- local newspaper owned by Quentin Greyhawk.
The Times is tabloid paper with a conservative slant. Jack Rios is a columnist
for the paper and Patricia Tamakai-Lassiter is a
reporter. Covington Hills- the wealthy section of Covington
Bay. Like it's name
would suggest, much of this area of town is high on a hill and the entire town
of Covington Bay can be seen from several of the homes. The Greyhawks and the Lassiters both
have homes in Covington Hills.
Hi all,
Most of you probably don't know or remember me, but I'm Anthony D. Langford,
Creator and Writer of Covington Bay. My websoap has
been on a very long hiatus, but has finally posted a new episode. For those of
you who may have ever read CBay or want to check out
what was one of the very first websoaps (it debuted
in April 1997), give it a try. I haven't been part of the community for quite
some time, but you'll see me around the Eppy and more
forthcoming episodes of Covington Bay.
Anthony D. Langford
Creator and Writer of Covington Bay -- An Online Soap Opera
Unfortunately, the link provided in ADL’s
post, no longer works.
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COVINGTON CROSS
– US/UK TV Series (1992)
Covington Cross
is a television series that was broadcast on ABC in the United States from
August 25 to October 31, 1992. The series was created by Gil Grant, who was
also executive producer.[1] The pilot episode also aired in the United Kingdom,
six days after its American broadcast. The series was filmed and produced in
the UK, by a British production company, but it was ultimately accountable to
an American television network.
Premise
Set in
14th-century England, the series follows the daily intrigues of Sir Thomas
Grey, a widower, and his sons and daughter. Covington Cross is the name of Sir
Thomas' castle. His children are eldest son, Armus;
the serious Richard; free spirited Cedric; and strong-willed daughter, Eleanor.
Another son, William, appeared in the pilot episode, but was then directed by
the program's writers to fight in the Crusades. Also featuring in Sir Thomas's
life is his love interest, Lady Elizabeth.
Characters
Sir Thomas Grey
– Nigel Terry, Lady Elizabeth – Cherie Lunghi,
William Grey – Ben Porter (pilot episode), Armus Grey
– Tim Killick, Richard Grey – Jonathan Firth, Cedric Grey – Glenn Quinn,
Eleanor Grey – Ione Skye, Baron John Mullens – James Faulkner, Friar – Paul Brooke,
Alexandra Mullens (semi-regular) – Laura Howard, King Edward (semi-regular) –
Miles Anderson
Production and
broadcast
The Great Hall
at Penshurst Place, c. 1915
Thirteen
episodes were produced, but only seven aired in the United States after ABC pulled
the series from the air in November 1992. The series was an expensive show to
produce, thanks to overseas production costs. Most of the cast and crew were
British. Once, the show was pre-empted when its timeslot was bought by
businessman Ross Perot for infomercials in an attempt to raise his poll numbers
during his independent run for president.
According to a
Los Angeles Times article, it was "one of the few American prime-time
shows ever to be shot entirely on location in England", with much of the
filming was done in and around castles in the English countryside. Allington
Castle was used for the exterior scenes, while Penshurst
Place in Kent were used for the interior scenes. The village set was filmed at
Shepperton Studios, and it was later reused in the sixth season of British
television series Red Dwarf as the Gelf village in
the episode "Emohawk: Polymorph II".
The pilot episode also aired in the United Kingdom, six days
after its American broadcast, but the remainder of the series was not shown
there, although it was originally intended that the full series would air in
Britain in 1993. The program was also broadcast in Ireland in 1994, and in
France in 1993 on M6.
The series was filmed on location at Allington Castle and Penshurst Place in Kent.
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COVINGTON CONNECTION, "XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS " TV
Series (1995-2001)
Xena: Warrior Princess
is an American fantasy television series filmed on location in New
Zealand. The series aired in first-run syndication from September 4, 1995, to
June 18, 2001. Critics have praised the series for its strong female
protagonist, and it has acquired a strong cult following, attention in fandom,
parody, and academia, and has influenced the direction of other television
series.
The series follows Xena and her
traveling companion Gabrielle. Gabrielle is played by Renee O'Connor in the
series. She is referred to by fans as the Battling Bard of Potidaea. Her
trademark weapons are the Amazon fighting staff and later, the sais. She was also an Amazon Princess and later an Amazon
Queen. The character's development and progression is
a story that spans the entire show's run, with her first appearance in
"Sins of the Past" seeing her as a naive farm girl, and the final
episode, "A Friend In Need (Part 2)" seeing her as a fully formed but
rational warrior, set to follow in the deceased Xena's
footsteps.
Gabrielle's Family Tree
|
1. |
Hecuba |
== Herodotus |
(Greece: Poteidaia) |
|
1.a. |
Meleager, the
Mighty |
(foster father) |
|
|
2. |
Gabrielle, Amazon
Queen |
(m. Hecuba; f. Herodorus) |
|
|
2.a. |
Lilac (s.) |
|
|
|
2.b. |
Ephiny, Amazon Regent |
(step-s.) |
|
|
3. |
Cufa |
|
(Northern Europe),
Era: 8th-9th Century |
|
4. |
Covington |
|
(England: Huntingdonshire)
Era: 12th Century |
|
5. |
_Covington |
|
(North America:
Jamestown Colony, Virginia) Era: 17th Century |
|
6. |
Peter Covington |
|
(United States:
Allegheny County, Virginia) Era: 18th Century |
|
7. |
Harry Covington |
|
(b. 186? d. 193?)
-- ? (United States: Virginia, Greece) |
|
8. |
Janice Covington,
Ph.D. |
(m. ?; f. Harry) |
(United States:
Virginia, Greece) |
|
9. |
Janice Covington,
Ph.D. |
(gm. Janice
Covington) |
(United States:
California) |
Gabrielle
Who Gabrielle met after the
death of her husband Perdicus is unknown. What is
known is that she had at least one child. (Some fan-fiction stories have
Gabrielle's family raise her child by Perdicus.)
Since Xena and Gabrielle are devoted to each other,
she may have remarried after Xena's death. On the
other hand given Gabrielle's bad luck with men, she
could have raised the child with Xena.
When Gabrielle left her
home, Xena became her immediate family. Later when
she returned to Poteidaia, Gabrielle became close to
Meleager, the Mighty. When he thought he was going to be executed, Meleager
willed his belongings to his 'daughter' Gabrielle [THE EXECUTION (episode
41)].
Cufa
Covington is an English
surname that means homestead of Cufa's people. Cufa is a Northern European name, either of Saxon or Danish
origin. Since she was also an Amazon Queen, Gabrielle may have returned to her
adopted Amazon tribe to live with Ephiny, her
step-sister. Her grandchildren were probably attracted to Norse men, since
women in Norse societies routinely used weapons.
Covington - England:
During the Saxon and Danish
migrations, Cufa settled in England. Parish records
show that Covington was a common name in Huntingshire,
England. A Covington came to the United States as a member of the Jamestown
Colony in Virginia. Afterwards, one of Pocahontas descendants married another
Covington.
United States:
Covington is a common
surname in the American South. Marriage records show that many Covingtons
migrated to the mountains of Virginia, and by 1800 to Kentucky. Gabrielle's
descendants were adventurous people who sought to see what was beyond the next
mountain.
Peter Covington
A large concentration of
Covingtons have lived in Allegheny County, Virginia since the early 1700s. The
county seat, Covington, was named in 1818 for Peter Covington, a long time resident. Since Gabrielle had married Perdicus, Peter could have been an English corruption of Perdicus. Some of Gabrielle's people became mountaineers,
from the Alleghenies, noted for their storytelling.
Harry Covington
Was called a grave robber, a
thief, and a mercenary, plundering graves for profit. He grew up in the
aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, when Union and Confederate armies occupied
western Virginia. Several skirmishes and one major battle were fought in
Allegheny County. Many men from the county served in the both armies, but few
survived to come home. Young Harry probably grew up without a father. As a
child, he certainly heard the story of the Xena
scrolls countless times from his surviving kinsfolk. Since there was nothing to
keep Harry in Virginia, he left the mountains to find the scrolls.
Janice Covington
Became a Doctor of
Archaeology to follow her father in searching for the scrolls. Many women of
her time were married off instead of being educated by their fathers. Perhaps
it was because her mother ran off and she became close to her father.
Unquestionably, her father saw to it that she was able to translate the
scrolls. Being from the mountains herself, Janice knew how to use a rifle, the
weapon of the mountains. Like Gabrielle with her staff, Janice learned how to
defend herself with a whip.
After her father's death,
Janice searched relentlessly for the scrolls to vindicate him. Attacking Janice
for constantly defending her father's sordid reputation, Mel Pappas pointedly
told her, "You're living down your Daddy's reputation!" Since the
tradition of the Xena scrolls was so strong in her
family, Janice believed that she was a descendent of Xena.
Her personal belief was so strong that she thought that the blonde Callisto was her Xena. When Ares
taunted her that she was really from that irritating, blonde Gabrielle, Janice
no longer felt heroic [THE
XENA SCROLLS (Episode 34) (1997) where she is played by Renee
O’Connor].
Janice Covington II
Janice grew up hearing the stories of Xena from her Grammy Janice. These stories inspired her to
follow in her grandmother's footsteps. Today, Dr. Covington is an advisor to
the Xena Restoration Society, and is active in the
preserving of the history of Xena [the Xena Restoration Society].
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FELICITY - US Drama
series (1998-2002) - character called Ben Covington
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US magazine calls it "The College Years Of
My So-Called Life" which I agree. I find the story reminiscent of "My
So-Called Life." I love this innocent, honest, real coming of age TV show!
Another one that I haven't missed an episode. Yay!
"It's funny...sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can pretty much
change your life forever." - Felicity Porter
·
Felicity is an American drama television series created by J. J. Abrams and
Matt Reeves and produced by Touchstone Television and Imagine Television for The WB. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard were executive producers
through Imagine Entertainment.
The series
revolves around the fictional college experiences of the title character,
Felicity Porter (portrayed by Keri Russell), as she attends the
"University of New York" (based on New York University), which lies
across the country from her home in Palo Alto, California. The show ran for
four seasons from September 29, 1998, to May 22, 2002, with each season
corresponding to the traditional American university divisions of freshman,
sophomore, junior, and senior years.
In 2007, Felicity was one of Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Best
TV Shows." AOL TV named Felicity one of the "Best School Shows of All
Time”. In June 2010, Entertainment Weekly named Felicity Porter one of the
"100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years
A STORY OF CHOICES
Have you ever had a crush? Well, Felicity Porter's crush has
changed her life forever.
After four years of silent adoration, Felicity musters the courage
to approach fellow high school senior Ben Covington, the popular boy she has
admired from afar. She asks Ben to sign her yearbook -- a bold move for a timid
girl. "Give me a minute," he replies...then writes a message that
will alter Felicity's destiny.
The embers of Felicity's crush are fanned to life by Ben's words.
Much to her parents' dismay, Felicity decides to pass on her longtime plans to study medicine at Stanford. Instead, she
follows Ben to the University of New York, forgoing a sure thing for an
unpredictable and financially unstable education. Dumping everything to pursue
a crush across the country to a strange city, school and future doesn't sound
like a rational decision. Could she be crazy? Has Felicity made a
"colossal mistake"?
Maybe. Then again, maybe not.
This new WB show comes from the creative team of writer-producer
J.J. Abrams ("Forever Young," "Regarding Henry") and producers
Matt Reeves ("The Pallbearer") and Imagine Television.
Felicity (Keri Russell), Ben (Scott Speedman) and their new
college friends (Scott Foley, Amy Jo Johnson) begin an adventure into adulthood
and independence on shaky ground. Felicity soon learns that heartache and
confusion can lead to new beginnings and a more promising future. While she’s
chasing the boy of her dreams, she stumbles upon a Felicity she never knew. Is
this the person she wants to be? The choice, of course, is hers.
The character, Ben Covington, achieved status of number 46 out of
the top 50 sexiest male characters in Film/TV. “Those who were Team Noel should
just look away now. The truth is Ben is the one we wanted. He was the
stereotypical bad boy, but he was able to romance the pants off
Felicity—literally—when he wanted to.”
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EARL OF COVINGTON - EPISODE 10, SEASON 1 FROM
HIGHLANDER TV SERIES (1992)
Highlander: The Series is a Canadian-French fantasy science
fiction action-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod (Adrian
Paul) of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the eponymous "Highlander".
The show ran for 6 series & 119 episodes from Oct 1992 to May 1998,
SEASON ONE - Episode 10: “Revenge is Sweet”
Written by Loraine Despres, Directed by Ray Austin
Aired: Nov. 21, 199
England 1728, Duncan is
travelling by Coach from London, 25 miles from Dover (between Sittingbourne and
Faversham), when he and his fellow passengers, Charles Guilford, Earl of
Covington (played by Michael Cavers), and the Earl's mother, the Dowager
Countess (played by Shirley Broderick), are attacked by the Immortal
Highwayman, Walter Reinhart. Duncan claims that he's just a merchant. He lets
Reinhart live rather than take his head in front of mortal witnesses.
- Reinhardt stands by dirt road, holding same
sabre and a pistol, waiting as coach approaches. He steps forward & fires
pistol, shooting the driver.]
Reinhardt - Ladies and gentlemen, will you
please disembark from the coach and hand over your money and jewels? Hurry it
up! I don't have all day! [Woman steps out, then Reinhardt senses another Immortal
as young man steps down. DM exits coach next, but
Reinhardt thinks the young nobleman is the Immortal.] Walter Reinhardt of
Salzburg.
Nobleman - Charles Guilford, Earl of
Covington, at your service. [They fight & Reinhardt quickly drives the
young man to the ground.]
Noblewoman - Ah! Take my jewels! Take
everything, but don't hurt him! He's my only son. Please, I beg of you.
[Reinhardt refuses to be swayed, swings his sword for the final blow... and is
blocked by DM's sword.]
Duncan MacLeod - [quietly, with Scottish
accent] I'm Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod, and I think your fight's with me. [has his sword at Reinhardt's neck, speaks
louder for the two mortals to hear, with upper British accent] Kindly drop your
pistol, and I'll take the sword. [to mortals] Well, go on, quickly. Get back
into the coach. [They go.]
Reinhardt - Finish the game, MacLeod.
Duncan MacLeod - You know our game's not for
spectators. [closes coach door, turns back to Reinhardt] Don't worry, Walter,
we'll meet again. [climbs up to driver's seat, where coachman is still alive,
but wounded] It's okay, we'll get you to a physician. [throws Reinhardt's sword
off to side & drives coach away]
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LORD & LADY COVINGTON in
“MADELINE” (Film 1998)
Madeline is a 1998 family comedy
film adaptation of the children's book series and television series Madeline.
The film starred newcomer Hatty Jones as the titular
character with Frances McDormand and Nigel Hawthorne in supporting roles as
Miss Clavel and Lord Covington. The film encompasses
the plots of four Madeline books. It was released on July 10, 1998 by TriStar Pictures.
Starring: Miss Clavel: Frances
McDormand, Lord Covington: Nigel Hawthorne, Madeline: Hatty
Jones, Leopold the Tutor: Ben Daniels, Lady Covington: Stephane Audran
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer.
Written by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett. Based on
the book ``Madeline'' by Ludwig Bemelmans.
Plot
In 1956 Paris,
France, a young girl named Madeline attends a Catholic boarding school, taught
by the strict but loving nun Miss Clavel and fed by
the passionate French chef Hélène. Madeline is an orphan, coming from neither
family nor money, but maintains a positive attitude and is best friends with
another girl, Aggie.
One night,
Madeline is stricken with appendicitis and taken to the hospital, where
Madeline undergoes an appendectomy. During her stay there, Madeline meets Lady
Covington, the terminally ill wife of the school's board of trustees’ member,
Lord Covington. Unlike her husband, Lady Covington is a kind-hearted person who
cares deeply for the school and the girls, having attended the school herself
in her youth. Lady Covington asks a favour of Madeline; she carved her birth
name, Marie Gilbert, into one of the dorm's bed frames and she would like for
Madeline to find out if her name is still there. Unfortunately, a few days
later, when Madeline is ready to leave the hospital, she learns from Miss Clavel that Lady Covington has died. But, true to her
promise, Madeline searches for her name under the beds, finding it under her
own.
After her
hospital stay, Madeline finds that the Spanish ambassador has purchased the
property next door to the school and that he also has a son, Pepito, who is
around Madeline's age. While the other girls are smitten with Pepito, Madeline
is irritated by the noise created by the boy riding around on his Vespa.
Shortly after the ambassador's arrival, Lord Covington announces he plans on
closing the school due to the death of his wife.
Miss Clavel, unnerved by Pepito's bothering her girls, attempts
to make peace with the boy by giving his tutor, Leopold, a tool box for him, in
hopes that it will distract him from his obnoxious ways. However, her actions
are unsuccessful as Pepito steals Madeline's drawing pad and write
"Beware" with a vicious drawing in it before inviting the girls to
his birthday party. During the party, Pepito tries to unnerve his guests by
showing them a mouse but is unsuccessful in unnerving Madeline. Pepito
threatens to kill the mouse, either by feeding him to his snake or executing
him using a guillotine he made using the tool box he'd received as a gift from
Miss Clavel. Madeline, angered by Pepito's threats to
harm the innocent and tiny animal, brutally attacks him and releases all of his
mice, causing guests to flee in horror and Miss Clavel
to faint, which results in the girls' visit getting cut short, much to Pepito's
amusement. On the way back to the school, Madeline takes Pepito's Vespa keys in
an act of revenge.
While out on a
daily walk, Madeline accidentally falls into the Seine while standing on the
ledge of a bridge going over the river. She is rescued by a stray dog, whom she
names Genevieve, and emerges from the ordeal relatively unscathed, save for a
cold. While sick in bed, Madeline is displeased to watch Leopold teach Pepito,
frustrated over the loss of his keys, how to start his scooter with a paper
clip. However, her anger disperses when she discovers that Genevieve has
followed her to the school and convinces Miss Clavel
who has dog allergies to let her golden haired savior
live in the shed. Wanting to save the school Madeline forms an alliance with
Pepito, enlisting his help to sabotage Lord Covington's attempts to sell the
property but her efforts are ultimately discovered by Lord Covington, who
initially blames Miss Clavel. Madeline takes
responsibility for her involvement, though Lord Covington is unmoved by her
apology or the motivation behind her actions when she makes a Freudian slip and
calls him "Cucuface" and, after leaving, he
turns Genevieve loose into the night in an act of retaliation against her and
the girls.
Upset over the
loss of Genevieve, Miss Clavel takes the girls to a
circus in hopes of cheering them up and Madeline, fearing she'll have no place
to go as an orphan once the school closes, makes the decision to join the
circus, hoping to make friends and find a home within the community there.
After telling Aggie of her plans and making her swear not to tell, Madeline
leaves the group and unintentionally stumbles upon Leopold, with the help of a
trio of clowns known as "The Idiots," kidnapping Pepito, hoping to
hold him from ransom, and, while trying to intervene, is abducted as well.
Luckily, Leopold and the Idiots leave the two children alone with a motorcycle,
which Madeline uses her hair clip to start and convinces Pepito to drive,
though he is initially reluctant as he drives a Vespa. The two are pursued by
Leopold and the Idiots but Miss Clavel, having
learned of Madeline's running away from Aggie, goes driving in search of her
(finding and picking up Genevieve along the way) and, narrowly avoiding a
collision with the two children on the bike, is able to cause the Idiots to
crash into a lake. The police arrive and arrest the kidnappers, while Miss Clavel, Madeline, Pepito and Genevieve head back to the
school.
Back at the school, Hélène decides to celebrate by fixing a
vegetarian feast, to which Madeline responds and that she wants Chicken Hélène,
with the girls squawking in agreement, only to be interrupted by the sudden
arrival of Lord Covington who happily shares that he's sold the property to the
ambassador of Uzbekistan. Madeline realises that Lord Covington is merely
trying to sell the school. He at first dismisses her sympathy but Madeline
speaks earnestly to Lord Covington about her own family being gone and says
that Lady Covington is still with him and with the school and Miss Clavel, knowing Madeline is fearful of having no one if the
school were to shut down, assures her that they'll be together, regardless of
what happens. While Lord Covington is moved by Madeline's words and sincerity,
he regretfully tells her and the girls that there's nothing he can do as he's
already sold the property but, in a happy twist, the ambassador, also moved by
Madeline, decides to back out of the sale. The film then concludes with a
montage accompanied by Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World",
and changes back to a book setting, as the word, "Fin" appears.
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THE VILLAGE (Film 2004)
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver,
William Hurt, Adrien Brody
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cinema Release date: July 30, 2004
The tiny, remote village of Covington has always maintained an fearful truce with the menacing, mysterious creatures
that stalk the surrounding woods. The villagers don’t enter the forest; the
creatures don’t enter the village. But when an unforeseeable tragedy happens,
the villagers must send one of their own into the world outside for help, and
the only way to get there is through the woods.
That’s just about all that happens in screenwriter/director M.
Night Shyamalan’s spare, allegory-like story. There are the expected suspense
movie shocks and jolts, and, sure, there’s also a fetching romantic subplot
involving blind Ivy Walker (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Lucius Hunt (Joaquin
Phoenix), the village loner, and a number of fine supporting performances, including
those by Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, and Adrien Brody, but in the end, all
it adds up to is a signature Shyamalan twist.
Like ‘Signs,’ Shyamalan’s last film, Shyamalan seems to have
started with the ending of ‘The Village’ in mind, and then worked backwards,
and the artifice of the story’s structure results in numerous plot holes—but
you’ll have to pick those out for yourself. There are things that I liked about
‘The Village’—the acting, Roger Deakins’ cinematography, a story with a healthy
sense of mystery—there just aren’t enough of them.
Matt Parks (26 Aug 2004)
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PARKS & RECREATION (U.S. TV Series 2019) – Lord Edgar
Covington
His Royal Excellence Lord Edgar Darby Covington is the 14th Earl of Cornwall-Upon-Thames and the
29th Baron of Hertfordshire. He also goes by the name "Eddie" or
"Lord Fancy Face". He is a tall man with dark hair and brown
eyes. Lord Covington is played by Peter
Serafinowicz.
Storyline
Lord Covington is the head of a British
charitable organization and member of the landed aristocracy. Ben and Andy
arranged a meeting with Lord Covington in an attempt to secure his involvement
with the Sweetums Foundation's after-school music program. Lord Covington
proved to be quite affable, and he got along very well with Andy. He agreed to
the project on the condition that Andy would stay in London to help him
implement it. Andy reluctantly agreed.
Lord Covington made a surprise appearance on Andy's final
"Johnny Karate" TV show, where he knighted both Andy and Ben. Ben
questioned the legitimacy of the act, but Lord Covington explained that he is
so rich that the Queen lets him do whatever he wants.
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THE ENEMY WITHIN (US TV Series 2019) – Senator Martin
Covington character
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|
|
The Enemy Within was an American drama
television series created by Ken Woodruff, that aired on NBC from February 25 to May 20, 2019. The
series was cancelled after one season on May 30, 2019
Episode
4 “Confessions” features a plot to kill Senator Martin Covington, played by
Michael Quinlan. Also features his daughter Lauren Covington, played by Eve
O’Brien
Story
Line
International assassin Aksoy is detained at a
US-Canada border checkpoint, but subdues the CBP agents and makes his way into
the United States. In a flashback, Shepherd is on trial with Keaton, Laine's
father Thomas, Hannah, and Shepherd's husband Christopher present. She is
sentenced to life in prison at ADX Florence without possibility of parole. In
the present, Shepherd alerts the team to Aksoy’s prowess with poisons and
bomb-making.
FBI Deputy Director Grace Molinero questions
Shepherd’s inclusion on Keaton’s team, which now includes Pettigrew and Cruz.
Shepherd reconnects with Hannah, and the team tracks Aksoy to the Port of
Baltimore; he escapes with MRI components. Thomas confronts Keaton over his
collaboration with Shepherd.
Senator Martin Covington and his daughter
arrive at BWI Airport and are taking to a private lounge before boarding their
flight. But Aksoy is also there. Using the equipment from the container, he
makes an EMP device which took everything offline. Keaton, Zain (Raza Jaffrey),
Bragg and Pettigrew are on site. Ryan (Kelli Garner) and Shepherd are in DC
going through the important figures at the airport who could be a target.
After combing through the figures they find the
target – Senator Covington. With Senator Covington on the move, Ryan uses VAR
to guide Zayn and Keaton through the airport to the Senator. Just as Keaton
gets to the Senator, Aksoy sprays gas into his face and takes off with Keaton
in pursuit and Zayn with the Senator. After a hand-to-hand combat scene, Keaton
knocks Aksoy unconscious and takes him into custody. And the Senator is
expected to make a full recovery.
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STRANGE
REPORT (UK TV Series 1967) - David Covington character
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Report 4977: Swindle - Square Root of Evil, 1h duration Drama, Mystery | Episode aired 11
January 1970
When a Bank of England company responsible for printing genuine bank notes
are duped into carrying out a massive order for a gang of swindlers. Adam
Strange and his assistant Ham discover that greed lurks within. The company
manager is named David Covington played by John Carlisle.
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THE COVINGTON WITCHES
(U.S. TV Series 2019)
When magic is in your blood, life, love, lust, greed,
obsession, and jealousy can get complicated. Meet the Covington Witches, an
affluent family of African American witches, living, loving, and bewitching in
Philadelphia, with strong family ties and stronger ancestral magic.
Genres:
Horror. Starring: Charity Lee, Drew Manson, Jamala Frederick. Supporting
actors: Dayna Williams, Janelle Harvey, Roz Carter, Nikee Warren, Mariel
McIntosh, Monica Cookes, Danny Oliver, Steven Harris, Luise Murphy, Kiyneeanay
Dykes, Ian Thomas, Ozz Gomez, Caden Carter, Kiesha Hunter. Producers: Jamala
Frederick. Network: Black, Brown and Beige Productions.
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ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (U.S. Film 1983) – Jess Covington
character
All the Right Moves is a 1983 American sports
drama film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T.
Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. It was filmed on location in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh.
Plot Summary
Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) is a Serbian American high
school defensive back who is gifted in both sports and academics. He is seeking
a college football scholarship to escape the economically depressed small
western Pennsylvania town of Ampipe and a dead-end job and life working at the
mill like his father and brother Greg (Gary Graham). He dreams of becoming an
engineer right after he graduates from college. Ampipe is a company town whose
economy is dominated by the town's main employer, American Pipe & Steel, a
steel mill struggling through the downturn of the early 1980s recession. Stef
gets through his days with the love of his girlfriend, Lisa Lietzke (Lea
Thompson), and his strong bond with his teammates.
Most of the film takes place after the big football game against
undefeated Walnut Heights High School. Ampipe appears headed to win the game,
when a fumbled handoff in the closing seconds—as well as Stefen's pass interference
penalty earlier in the game—leads to a Walnut Heights victory. Following the
game, Coach Burt Nickerson (Craig T. Nelson) lambastes the fumbler in the
locker room, telling him he "quit" the game. When Stefen retorts that
the coach himself quit, the coach kicks him off the team.
In the aftermath, disgruntled Ampipe fans vandalize Coach Nickerson's
house and yard. Stefen is present and is a reluctant participant, but is
nonetheless seen by Nickerson as the vandals flee. From there, Stefen deals
with personal battles, including dealing with the coach blackballing him among
colleges because of his attitude and participation in the desecration of
Nickerson's yard and house. Stefen gets in an argument with Lisa, and his best
friend Brian (Penn) declines a scholarship offer to USC and plans to marry his
pregnant girlfriend.
Frustrated by what Nickerson did, Stefan
angrily confronts his former coach which ends in a shouting match out in the
street. But Lisa decides to talk to Nickerson's wife to try and help. In the
end, Nickerson realizes he was wrong for blackballing Stefan. He has accepted a
coaching position on the West Coast at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and offers
Stefen a full scholarship to play football there, which he accepts.
The role of Jess Covington was played by Mel
Winkler.
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AIR AMERICA (U.S. Film
1990) – Billy Covington character
In late 1969, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) works as a
helicopter traffic pilot for a Los Angeles radio station. When he breaks
several safety regulations by flying low, the U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration suspends his pilot's license. However, his piloting skills,
bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a mysterious government agent,
who tells Billy that he can get his license back if he accepts a job in Laos,
working for a "strictly civilian" company called Air America. It is
readily apparent that Air America is a front for CIA operations in Laos.
Unemployed and unable to find work, Billy takes the job. In Laos, he
is introduced to Air America's unorthodox pilots and aircraft, being taken
under the wing of Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson), a cynical
and eccentric pilot and an arms dealer who uses official flights to buy black
market weapons for his private cache. His dream, which he refers to as his
"retirement plan", is to make a sale big enough so that he can afford
to quit his job at Air America.
The next day, Senator Davenport (Lane Smith) arrives in Laos on a
"fact finding mission", to investigate rumors
about Air America transporting drugs on behalf of Laotian forces. Major Lemond
(Ken Jenkins) and Rob Diehl (David Marshall Grant), CIA leaders of Air America,
show the Senator around refugee camps, shrines, temples, and major cities in a
careful deception to hide from him that Air America is indeed transporting
drugs.
While airdropping livestock into rural villages in their C-123
cargo aircraft, Billy and Jack Neely (Art LaFleur) are shot down. The Pilatus
PC-6 of General Soong (Burt Kwouk) arrives at the
crash site and his soldiers load bags of opium on board, but leave Billy and
Jack behind with Communist forces moving in. Gene and another pilot arrive and
rescue them; Billy boards Gene's helicopter while the rest of the crew escape
in another aircraft.
Billy and Gene's helicopter is shot down on the way back, and they
are captured by a rural tribe. Gene notices that the tribe is using obsolete
and unreliable guns and strikes a deal to supply them with better weapons.
Allowed to go free, Billy and Gene retreat to Gene's house, where Billy is
surprised to discover that Gene has a wife and children. Already disillusioned
with US actions in Laos, Gene convinces Billy to quit his job with Air America,
but Billy wants to get even with General Soong for betraying him when he
crashed.
Meanwhile, Senator Davenport is losing patience with Lemond and
Diehl, and demands to know who is smuggling heroin. Soon after their return to
base, the pilots learn that during his search for Billy and Gene, Jack was
killed and Lemond and Diehl claim that he was the ring leader behind the drug
trafficking. Enraged, Billy purchases grenades on the black market and uses
them to blow up the heroin factory, but guards see him running away. Davenport
is still unsatisfied and demands more concrete evidence.
The next day, Gene finds a buyer for his arsenal, allowing him to
leave gunrunning, quit Air America, and take his family out of the country.
Meanwhile, Billy accepts one more flight before he actually quits. With
co-pilot Babo (Tim Thomerson),
he is assigned to transport flour to a refugee camp but they are instructed to
divert to a nearby airstrip for "routine inspection". Billy
immediately suspects a set-up, and a search reveals several kilos of heroin
hidden in the flour sacks. With his fuel gauge tampered with, Babo and Billy decide to crash-land on the same airstrip
where Billy crashed a few days earlier, and use the wreckage of the previous
crash to hide the smaller aircraft.
Gene, on his way to make his final, largest weapons delivery,
flies in to rescue Babo and Billy after wondering why
Billy can't seem to keep anything in the air. Billy convinces him to respond to
a distress call from a refugee camp caught in the crossfire between General
Soong's men and local rebels. Gene tries to rescue the United States Agency for
International Development official (Nancy Travis) in charge of the camp, however, she refuses to leave without the refugees.
After some initial resistance, Gene dumps the weapons to make room for the
refugees, blowing up the weapons cache to cover their escape.
In
the air, Gene and Billy come up with a scheme to sell the aircraft to give Gene
his money back. Senator Davenport recognises the set up for what it was, and
the Senator threatens to reveal Lemond and Diehl's operation to Washington.
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