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FILE - In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 file photo, Los Angeles Angels reliever Bud Norris pitches against the Houston Astros in a baseball game in Houston. Angels closer Bud Norris has been placed on the 10-day disabled list because of right knee inflammation, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/George Bridges, File)
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FILE--In this Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, protestors chant during a rally in Portland, Ore.outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. Oregon's Legislature has taken a step closer to defying a federal government crackdown on illegal immigration, with the House passing a bill that seeks to restrict the ability of state and local agencies, including law enforcement, to inquire about a person's immigration status and prohibiting public agencies from disclosing information to federal officials except in certain circumstances. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to release a discussion draft of a secret Republican health care bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This Monday, June 19, 2017 photo a gray baby rabbit, dubbed Thumper by Fresno Humane Animal Services guardians, rests in hay inside a makeshift kiddie pool home at the Fresno Humane Animal Services in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)
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This Monday, June 19, 2017 photo Brenda Mitchell, president of Fresno Humane Animal Services, stands in front of many of the animals the county found Friday, June 16 in a truck trailer in Fresno, at the Fresno Humane Animal Services in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo Tracy Crutchfield, Fresno Humane Animal Services shelter manager, holds one of three pigs found in a trailer that registered 107 degrees Fahrenheit the county found Friday, June 16 in Fresno, Calif. The Fresno Humane Animal Services has been left with nearly 1,000 small animals after California authorities seized them from a truck trailer. (Marc Benjamin /The Fresno Bee via AP)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., right, speaks about health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)
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Part of a new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)
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People view the new artwork by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)
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People walk past the new artwork entitled ‘Soleil Levant' (sunrise in French) by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, made from over 3,500 lifejackets discarded by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, following its official inauguration at Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday June 20, 2017. Weiwei has barricaded the windows of the museum for his provocative new artwork as a striking reminder of the ongoing migrant crisis, inaugurated Tuesday on World Refugee Day. (AP Photo / James Brooks)
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Christopher McDonald is known for his roles as Darryl Dickinson in Thelma & Louise, , Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation of Leave It to Beaver , Kent Mansley in The Iron Giant, Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream, and Mel Allen in the HBO film 61* . He played golf bully Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore
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Peter Facinelli starred as Donovan ‘Van’ Ray on the Fox series Fastlane from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novel series, and is also known for his role as the bully Mike Dexter in the 1998 film ‘Can't Hardly Wait.’ Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie, portraying the role of Dr. Fitch ‘Coop’ Cooper.
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Shannen Doherty - actress, producer, author, and television director. She played the bully Heather Duke in Heathers, she played Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994) and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001). In 2014, it was announced that Doherty and her former Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs would be starring in their own road trip reality show called Off the Map with Shannen & Holly, which premiered on Great American Country on January 2, 2015
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Academy Award winning actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck played high school bully Fred O’Bannion in the cult classic ‘Dazed and Confused.’
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Bill Paxton - actor and film director. He appeared in blockbusters films such as The Terminator, Aliens, Predator 2, True Lies, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic , U-571, Edge of Tomorrow and Nightcrawler. Paxton also starred in the HBO drama series Big Love. In 2013, he received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. He played the big bad bully Chet Donnelly in 1985’s Weird Science
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Paul Wright shows a picture of himself in the hospital after a near fatal overdose in 2015, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio. Republican efforts to roll back “Obamacare” are colliding with the opioid epidemic. Cutbacks would hit hard in states that are deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner. The issue is Medicaid, expanded under former President Barack Obama. Data show that Medicaid expansion is paying for a large share of treatment costs in hard hit states. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
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Paul Wright puts out his cigarette, Thursday, June 15, 2017, at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic in Youngstown, Ohio. Republican efforts to roll back “Obamacare” are colliding with the opioid epidemic. Cutbacks would hit hard in states that are deeply affected by the addiction crisis and struggling to turn the corner. The issue is Medicaid, expanded under former President Barack Obama. Data show that Medicaid expansion is paying for a large share of treatment costs in hard hit states. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
