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Jacob Allen "Jake" Abel (born November 18, 1987) is an American actor. Abel was born in Canton, Ohio. His first break was landing a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Go Figure as Spencer, and later had a recurring role on Threshold, and numerous guest starring roles on such shows as Cold Case and ER. He was honored with a Rising Star award at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in October, 2008 for his work in the film Flash of Genius. In 2009, Abel can be seen in The Lovely Bones directed by Peter Jackson, and Angel of Death, which is a 10-episode web series. In February 2009, Jake was cast as the 19-year old Adam Milligan, on the CW hit series Supernatural. He was next seen as Luke Castellan in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, released on February 12, 2010. Afterward Abel starred in I Am Number Four as Mark James. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Miles Copeland III
for Miles Copeland III in Eternal Flame
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Eternal Flame is a gripping four-part dramatic limited series that chronicles the meteoric rise and devastating collapse of the iconic 1980s band The Bangles. Framed through the shifting, often contradictory memories of its members, the series uncovers the raw reality behind the glossy MTV image. The story begins in the gritty 1981 Los Angeles "Paisley Underground" scene, where the Peterson sisters, Susanna Hoffs, and Annette Zilinskas forge a fierce, democratic pact to build a leaderless rock-and-roll democracy. Rebranded as The Bangles and joined by seasoned bassist Michael Steele, they conquer the underground club circuit with their raw garage-rock sound.However, when global pop deity Prince gifts them "Manic Monday" and major label executives at Columbia Records realize the camera's intense fixation on Susanna, the band’s egalitarian dream is pushed to the brink. Swept up in the corporate machinery of the late-'80s music industry, the women find their gritty artistic identity actively commodified, polished, and packaged into slick pop perfection. As massive commercial hits like "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame" rocket them to global arena stardom, heavy-handed management and toxic media narratives aggressively isolate Susanna, branding the group as a singer and her backup band.Stretched to the absolute breaking point by relentless touring, exhaustion, and unaddressed creative friction, the band's internal sisterhood cracks. The tension culminates in a chaotic, legendary 1989 blowout concert on a literal slab of unfinished concrete at the Houston Beltway 8 freeway opening, where the group dramatically implodes. Rich in period detail, complex relationships, and authentic musicality, Eternal Flame strips away cheap '80s nostalgia to deliver a fierce, empathetic, and honest examination of systemic industry sexism, the high price of mega-stardom, and the tragic cost of creative compromise.
