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===Film and television=== Akron has served as the setting for several [[Major film studio|major studio]] and [[Independent film|independent]] films. Inducted into the [[National Film Registry]], ''[[Dance, Girl, Dance]]'' (1940), tells the story of two dancers from Akron who go to New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dance-girl-dance-lucys-ball-of-fun-on-dvd/ |title=Dance, Girl, Dance β Lucy's Ball of Fun on DVD β Movies, Reviews and More |publisher=Screenhead.com |access-date=January 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201181232/http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dance-girl-dance-lucys-ball-of-fun-on-dvd/ |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Dance, Girl, Dance"/> ''[[My Name is Bill W.]]'' (1989) tells the true story of [[Bill W.|Bill Wilson]] who co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]], which held its first meetings at the [[Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens]] and has over two million members today.<ref name="Creed"/> The program's connection to the Saint Thomas Hospital is alluded to in an episode of the television series ''[[Prison Break]]'' (2005), where [[Michael Scofield]] talks to [[Sara Tancredi]] on the phone while there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/prisonbreak/season2/prisonbreak-215.htm |title=Prison Break | Episode 2β15 Transcript | The Message |publisher=Twiztv.com |date=January 29, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102070411/http://twiztv.com/scripts/prisonbreak/season2/prisonbreak-215.htm| archive-date= January 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Akron Armory is used as a venue for a female wrestling team in ''[[...All the Marbles]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywood.com/movie/All_the_Marbles/226160 |title=All the Marbles 1981 | Movie Trailer, Reviews, Photos, Cast |work=Hollywood.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429043147/http://www.hollywood.com/movie/All_the_Marbles/226160 |archive-date=April 29, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[More than a Game]]'' (2009) documents [[National Basketball Association]] player [[LeBron James]] and his [[St. Vincent β St. Mary High School]] high school basketball team's journey.<ref>{{cite news |author=A. O. Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/movies/02more.html |title=Movie Review β More Than a Game β Akron's Little Dribblers Who Became Big Shots |work=The New York Times |date=October 2, 2009 |access-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006023113/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/movies/02more.html |archive-date=October 6, 2009 }}</ref> In [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]'s music video to ''[[Forever (Drake song)|Forever]]'' (2009) off the [[More than a Game (soundtrack)|''More than a Game'' soundtrack]] (2009), the iconic [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]]'s logo on top the company's theater is shown. The city has been frequently portrayed in media, from "Hell on Earth" in the television series ''I'm In Hell'' (2007),<ref name="Jason Biggs Interview, Over Her Dead Body - MoviesOnline"/> to the whereabouts of a holy woman in ''The Virgin of Akron, Ohio'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/the-virgin-of-akron-ohio/show/40719/castcrew |title=The Virgin of Akron, Ohio Television show β The Virgin of Akron, Ohio TV Show β Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |access-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615054745/http://tv.yahoo.com/the-virgin-of-akron-ohio/show/40719/castcrew |archive-date=June 15, 2011 }}</ref> Henry Spivey of ''[[My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)|My Own Worst Enemy]]'' (2008), travels to Akron through the series many times.<ref name="TV Detail: My Own Worst Enemy reviewSeries Premiere :: TV :: Reviews :: Paste"/> [[George Costanza]] in an episode of ''[[The Comeback (Seinfeld)|Seinfeld]]'' (1989), flies to Akron and has a meeting at [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]].<ref name="The Heldenfiles, Seinfeld Bus Rolling to Cleveland, ''Akron Beacon Journal'', Wednesday, August 13, 2008"/> ''[[M.Y.O.B. (TV series)|M.Y.O.B.]]'' (2008) is centered on an Akron runaway girl named Riley Veatch.<ref name="M.Y.O.B. on"/> Jake Foley of ''[[Jake 2.0]]'' (2003), [[List of Rugrats characters|Pickles family]] of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' (1991), and J.Reid of ''[[In Too Deep (1999 film)|In Too Deep]]'' (1999), and Avery Barkley of Nashville (2016) are also from the city. Akron was also in the spotlight on the television show [[Criminal Minds]] "Compromising Positions" (2010) Season 6, Episode 4. The 2015 film ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' is set in Akron, [[List of films shot in Toronto|filmed in Toronto]] with [[Staging (theatre, film, television)|staging]] to signify Akron.
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