Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Kaczmarek (born December 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a United States actress.

She is best known for her role in the popular sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.

Kaczmarek majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin where she met future actor Tony Shalhoub. She later enrolled in Yale with Shalhoub and was a part of its theater company. She has had several Broadway hits, including Lost In Yonkers and once guest starred on The Simpsons, providing the voice of Judge Constance Harm.

She is married to West Wing actor Bradley Whitford


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She is married to West Wing actor Bradley Whitford. The 2 Live Crew has talked about reuniting in 2004 for a final 2 Live Crew album and tour. She has had several Broadway hits, including Lost In Yonkers and once guest starred on The Simpsons, providing the voice of Judge Constance Harm. Mixx left soon after leaving Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis to record The Real One in 1998. She later enrolled in Yale with Shalhoub and was a part of its theater company. Mr. Kaczmarek majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin where she met future actor Tony Shalhoub. Mixx and Brother Marquis left Luke and Luke Records to go to Lil' Joe Records and recorded/released Shake a Lil' Somethin'.

She is best known for her role in the popular sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. The Crew was to reunite for an album but the reunion was short lived as Fresh Kid Ice, Mr. Jane Kaczmarek (born December 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a United States actress. Mixx reformed again, to record "Hoochie Mama" for the soundtrack to the movie Friday. Luke, Fresh Kid Ice, Brother Marquis and Mr. The New 2 Live Crew broke up in 1995.

The Supreme Court ruled this to be fair use. The Crew had parodied the original on the album As Nasty As They Wanna Be without permission. During this time the lawsuit brought about by the estate of Roy Orbison, the copyright owners of "Oh, Pretty Woman," went to the Supreme Court. 1994 saw Luke, Fresh Kid Ice and Verb (a new addition), regrouping as The New 2 Live Crew, issuing Back at Your Ass for the Nine-Four.

Mixx released unreleased tracks from pre-Luke 2 Live Crew Deal With This under the name Rock on Crew, while Luke and Ice also released new solo albums, I Got Shit on My Mind and The Chinaman, respectively. Fresh Kid Ice and Mr. In 1992, a Court of Appeals overturned the obscenity ruling from Jose Gonzales, and the decision was then upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States. The 2 Live Crew members went their own ways after this.

Neither lived up to the sales that they experienced with As Nasty As They Wanna Be. In 1991, 2 Live Crew released the very first live rap album, Live in Concert, and Sports Weekend, a full-length studio original. The publicity then continued when George Lucas, owner of the Star Wars universe, sued Luke Skyywalker for appropriating the name from his franchise. Skyywalker changed his name to Luke and then released an extremely political solo album Banned in the USA, legally securing the rights to Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. A few other retailers were later arrested for selling it as well.

As a result of the controversy, As Nasty As They Wanna Be sold over two million copies. They were acquitted soon after. Charles Freeman, a local retailer, was arrested two days later after selling a copy to an undercover police officers, followed by the arrest of three members of 2 Live Crew after they performed some material from the album at a performance. That June, Judge Jose Gonzalez ruled against the album, declaring it obscene and illegal to sell.

2 Live Crew filed a suit against Navarro. Navarro warned record store owners that selling the album may be prosecutable. A lawyer affiliated with the AFA, Jack Thompson, met with Florida Governor Bob Martinez and convinced him to look in the album to see if it met the legal classification of "obscene." It was decided in 1990 that action should be taken at the local level and Nick Navarro, Broward County sheriff received a ruling from Judge Mel Grossman that probable cause for obscenity violations existed. The American Family Association, a conservative group, did not think the presence of a "Parental Advisory" sticker was enough to adequately warn listeners of what was inside the case.

The song was based on a quote from a Vietnamese prostitute in Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989) became the group's biggest hit, largely because of the single Me So Horny, which was popular in spite of little radio play. A record store clerk in Alabama was cited and fined for selling a copy to an undercover cop in 1988, though the verdict was overturned on appeal. Skyywalker decided to sell a clean version of the next album, Move Somethin' (1987).

Though the controversy did not rise to the future levels, a Florida store clerk was charged and acquitted of felony charges for selling the album to a fourteen-year-old girl in 1987. The record went gold. 1986 saw the release of 2 Live Is What We Are, featuring profane and sexually graphic lyrics. They received a record deal from Luke Skyywalker, who was a manager and eventual performer.

They released Revelation in 1985; the single sold well in Florida and Mixx and Kid Ice moved there, releasing What I Like along with Brother Marquis. Mixx and Amazing V. 2 Live Crew began in California, consisting of Fresh Kid Ice, DJ Mr. 2 Live Crew is one of the most controversial rap groups ever, largely due to the sexual themes of one album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989).