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Lithuanians
Lithuanians (Lithuanian: "lietuviai" , singular "lietuvis/lietuvė") are a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,561,300 people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, R... |
Zeila & Lughaya State
Zeila & Lughaya State, or Saylac & Lughaya State, officially the Zeila & Lughaya State of Somalia, (Somali: "Maamul Goboleedka Saylac & Lughaya ee Soomaaliya" ), is a region in northwestern Somalia. Saylac and Lughaya State was formed in 2011, claiming to be a federal state of Somalia. "Zeila ... |
Italian Americans
Italian Americans (Italian: "italoamericani "or" italo-americani" ] ) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Italy. Italian Americans are the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States (not including American ethnicity, an ethnonym used by man... |
Bemba people
The Bemba (or 'BaBemba' using the Ba- prefix to mean 'people of', and also called 'Awemba' or 'BaWemba' in the past) belong to a large group of Bantu peoples mainly in the Northern province, Luapula and Copperbelt Provinces of Zambia who trace their origins to the Luba and Lunda states of the upper Congo b... |
Languages of Malaysia
The indigenous languages of Malaysia belong to the Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian families. The national, or official, language is Malay which is the mother tongue of the majority Malay ethnic group, however English may take preference in many settings and is spoken by the majority of the populat... |
Gharzai Khwakhuzhi
Gen. Gharzai Khwakhuzhi (Pashto: غرضی خواخوږی ), son of late. ustad Mohammad Ibraheem Khwakhuzhi (poet, writer, journalist, politician and a leadership member of the Weesh Zalmyan movement as well as Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan under the leadership of late. Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal... |
Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers (Irish: "an lucht siúil" ) also called pavees or pejoratively referred to as tinkers, pikeys, and gypsies, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group who maintain a set of traditions. Although predominantly English-speaking, some also use Shelta and other similar cants. They live mostl... |
Ethnic succession theory
Ethnic succession theory is a theory in sociology stating that ethnic and racial groups entering a new area may settle in older neighborhoods or urban areas until achieving economic parity with certain economic classes. The concept of succession is well established in "both ecological and econo... |
Dave Wallis
Dave Wallis (1917-1990 ) was an English novelist, best known for his third novel "Only Lovers Left Alive", which was optioned by The Rolling Stones in the mid 1960s as a potential vehicle for their collective film debut. The novel was republished in 2015 by Valancourt Books. |
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos is a Greek film producer and writer working in Faliro House Productions. He began producing in 2009, and in 2011 he served as executive producer in Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter". In 2013 he produced Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight", the third entry of the ... |
Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 internationally co-produced vampire film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, and John Hurt. A co-production of the United Kingdom and Germany, the film was n... |
Only Lovers Left Alive (novel)
Only Lovers Left Alive is a 1964 science fiction novel by Dave Wallis. It describes a society where there are no adults and teenagers are able to run wild. With its theme of teenagers in charge and out of control, the book hit a chord with the emerging counter-culture, and a film adaptati... |
Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch ( ; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, and composer. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing such films as "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984), "Down by Law" (1986), "Mystery Train" (1989), "De... |
General Hospital cast members
"General Hospital" is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, the series premiered on April 1, 1963. The longest-running cast member is Leslie Charleson, who has portrayed Dr. Monica Quartermaine since August 17, 1977, also m... |
The Bill (series 18)
Series 18 of British television drama "The Bill" consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 3 January and 31 December 2002. This series marked a massive change for the show, after it received a new executive producer, Paul Marquess. Series 18 became the first series to be broadcast in serial forma... |
Geordie Shore (series 7)
The seventh series of Geordie Shore, a British television programme based in Newcastle upon Tyne, was announced on 5 July 2013 after cast members Holly Hagan and Vicky Pattison had been arrested for assault on a night out during filming. The series began on 17 September 2013, just three weeks a... |
Jozef van Wissem
Jozef van Wissem (born 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of "Only Lovers Left Alive" at the Cannes Film Festival. An incessantly touring musician, van Wissem studied lute in New York with Patrick O'Br... |
The Bill (series 16)
Series 16 of British television drama "The Bill" consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, "Kiss Off", featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Fla... |
Traci Lords discography
American singer Traci Lords has released one studio album, one extended play, one compilation album, three singles, three promotional singles and four music videos. She began recording her first demo songs in 1989. After singing in the teen musical comedy "Cry-Baby" (1990), Lords got signed for ... |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Lindsay Lohan as an aspiring teenaged actress whose family moves from New York City to New Je... |
Rising Stars (film)
Rising Stars is a 2010 American teen musical drama film. The film was directed by Dan Millican. "Rising Stars" stars Kyle Riabko, Lauren Ashley Carter, Leon Thomas III, Fisher Stevens, Barry Corbin, and Rebecca St. James and follows three teen musical groups competing in a music video competition. T... |
Cry-Baby
Cry-Baby is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters. It was the only film of Waters' over which studios were in a bidding war, coming off the heels of the successful "Hairspray". The film stars Johnny Depp as 1950s teen rebel "Cry-Baby" Wade Walker, and also featur... |
Very Annie Mary
Very Annie Mary is a 2001 comedy film and musical from the Wales, written and directed by Sara Sugarman and starring Rachel Griffiths and Jonathan Pryce. It is a coming-of-age tale, set in south Wales, about a woman in her 30s who lives with her verbally abusive father. It was filmed on location in Brid... |
Last One Picked
Last One Picked is the second studio album by the Christian rock band Superchic[k]. The song, "Hero", appeared in the film, "To Save a Life". "Na Na" appeared on the Disney film, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen". |
Vinyl (2012 film)
Vinyl is a 2012 British comedy film written and directed by Sara Sugarman. It is based on the true story of Mike Peters and The Alarm who in 2004 released the single "45 RPM" under the name of a fictitious band "The Poppy Fields". |
Sara Sugarman
Sara Sugarman (born 13 October 1962) is a Welsh actress and film director whose work includes Disney's "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (2004) and "Very Annie Mary" (2001). She has also appeared in films including "Dealers" (1989) and "Those Glory Glory Days" (1983). |
Raise Your Voice
Raise Your Voice is a 2004 American teen musical drama film directed by Sean McNamara. Canadian rock band Three Days Grace appeared in this movie as special guests, performing the songs "Are You Ready" and "Home". |
House of Versace
House of Versace is a 2013 American television biographical drama film written and directed by Sara Sugarman and starring Gina Gershon. Based on a book of the same name written by Deborah Ball, it depicts real life events of the Versace family, and particularly designer Donatella Versace inheriting the... |
All Cried Out (Alison Moyet song)
"All Cried Out" is a song by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet. It was written by Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for her debut studio album "Alf" (1984). Released as the album's second single in the autumn of 1984, the track peaked within the top ten on both the Irish and the ... |
The Essential Alison Moyet
The Essential Alison Moyet was essentially a third re-release of "Singles", the 1995 greatest hits album of recordings by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album was released in 2001 by Sony Music Entertainment in response to renewed interest in the singer, after she was finally released fr... |
Yazoo (band)
Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America for legal reasons involving Yazoo Records) were a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex, England, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals). Formed in late 1981 after Clarke responded to an advertisement Moyet placed... |
It Won't Be Long (Alison Moyet song)
"It Won't Be Long" is a song by English singer Alison Moyet, released in 1991 as the lead single from her third studio album "Hoodoo". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Glenister. |
More (Alison Moyet song)
"More" is a song by English singer Alison Moyet, released in 2003 as the third and final single from her fifth studio album "Hometime". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke under the name The Insects. |
Should I Feel That It's Over
"Should I Feel That It's Over" is a song by English singer Alison Moyet, released in 2002 as the lead single from her fifth studio album "Hometime". It was also the debut single on Moyet's new label Sanctuary Records. It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Tim Norfolk a... |
Minutes and Seconds - Live
Minutes and Seconds - Live is the first full-length live album by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released on 10 November 2014 by Cooking Vinyl. The album features live cuts from her 2013-14 "The Minutes Tour". While the majority of the set is made up of new material from her 2013 alb... |
Getting into Something
"Getting into Something" is a song by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 1994 as the third single from her fourth studio album "Essex". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Ian Broudie. |
The Best of Alison Moyet
The Best of Alison Moyet is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released in 2009. Moyet's first compilation album since 2001's "The Essential", "The Best of" contains twenty tracks, with selections from her seven solo albums. |
Wishing You Were Here (Alison Moyet song)
"Wishing You Were Here" is a song by English singer Alison Moyet, released in 1991 as the second single from her third studio album "Hoodoo". It was written by Moyet and Pete Glenister, and produced by Glenister. |
Murder of Teresa De Simone
Teresa Elena De Simone (24 June 19575 December 1979) was murdered in Southampton, England, in 1979. Her murder led to one of the longest proven cases of a miscarriage of justice in English legal history. The murder occurred outside the "Tom Tackle" pub and was the subject of a three-year poli... |
Locked-room mystery
The locked-room mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction in which a crime—almost always murder—is committed under circumstances which it was seemingly impossible for the perpetrator to commit the crime and/or evade detection in the course of getting in and out of the crime scene. The crime in ques... |
Mark David Chapman
Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American prison inmate who murdered John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan in New York City on December 8, 1980. Chapman fired five times at Lennon, hitting him four times in the back. Chapman later remained at the crime scene and b... |
Murder book
In law enforcement parlance, the term murder book refers to the case file of a murder investigation. Typically, murder books include crime scene photographs and sketches, autopsy and forensic reports, transcripts of investigators' notes and witness interviews. The murder book encapsulates the complete paper... |
Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini
Marwa Ali El-Sherbini (Egyptian Arabic: مروة على الشربينى ), was an Egyptian woman and German resident who was killed in 2009 during an appeal hearing at a court of law in Dresden, Germany. She was stabbed by Alex Wiens, an ethnic German immigrant from Russia against whom she had testifie... |
Peggy Hettrick murder case
The Peggy Hettrick murder case concerns the unsolved 1987 death of Peggy Hettrick in Fort Collins, Colorado. Timothy Lee "Tim" Masters enlisted in the Navy following a high school career plagued by police accusation of murder when he was a sophomore at Fort Collins High School. After eight ye... |
Chapter 27
Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, based on the book "Let Me Take You Down" by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place in December 1980, and is... |
Life Begins at 40 (song)
"Life Begins at 40" is a song by John Lennon. It was written in 1980, the year that both Lennon and Ringo Starr turned 40 years of age. Lennon recorded a demo of the song at his home, but it was not recorded at any of the sessions for his comeback album, "Double Fantasy." Instead, he intended t... |
Murder (Reality TV series)
Murder is a ten episode reality television series which premiered on Spike TV on July 31, 2007. Two teams of civilians investigate a real crime scene and have 48 hours before they must present their findings to detective Tommy Le Noir, after which Le Noir describes what happened at the actual... |
Juan Rivera (wrongful conviction)
Juan A. Rivera, Jr. (born October 31, 1972) is an American man who was wrongfully convicted three times for the 1992 rape and murder of 11-year-old Holly Staker in Waukegan, Illinois. He was convicted twice on the basis of a confession that he claims was coerced. No physical evidence l... |
SS Principessa Mafalda
The SS Principessa Mafalda was an Italian transatlantic ocean liner built for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) company. Named after Princess Mafalda of Savoy, second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III, the ship entered NGI's South American service between Genoa and Buenos Aires in 1909. ... |
Wilson Savoy
Wilson Allen Savoy (born February 1, 1982 in Eunice, Louisiana) is a Grammy winning Cajun accordion player and singer in the band the Pine Leaf Boys and The Band Courtbouillon, as well as a local filmmaker in Lafayette, LA. His father Marc Savoy, famous accordion builder and musician, and his mother, Ann S... |
Brian Savoy
Brian Savoy born January 13, 1992, is an Argentine-born Swiss professional basketball player. He currently plays for Union Neuchâtel Basket of Switzerland's Championnat LNA. |
Mafalda von Hessen
Mafalda Margarethe Prinzessin von Hessen (born 6 July 1965), known also as Princess Mafalda of Hesse, is a German aristocrat and fashion designer. She is the eldest child of Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse and Princess Tatiana of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. |
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
Marie Jeanne of Savoy (Marie Jeanne Baptiste; 11 April 1644 – 15 March 1724) was born a Princess of Savoy and became the Duchess of Savoy by marriage. First married by proxy to Charles of Lorraine in 1662, Lorraine soon refused to recognise the union and it was annulled. She marri... |
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este (1 March 1656 – 16 July 1722) was an Italian born Princess of Modena who was later the Princess of Carignano by marriage. She was the wife of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Carignano. In France she was known as "Angélique Catherine d'Este" and in Modena ... |
Princess Catherine Beatrice of Savoy
Catherine Beatrice of Savoy (6 November 1636, Turin, Piedmont – 27 August 1637) was a Princess of Savoy by birth. She was the youngest daughter born to Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and his French consort Princess Christine Marie of France. |
Princess Mafalda of Savoy
Princess Mafalda of Savoy (2 November 1902 – 27 August 1944) was the second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Elena of Montenegro. The future King Umberto II of Italy was her younger brother. |
Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy
Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy (22 June 1740 – 14 July 1742) was a princess of Savoy. She was born in the reign of her father Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia. |
Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma
Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma (née Princess Maria Pia of Savoy; born 24 September 1934) is the eldest daughter of Umberto II of Italy and Marie-José of Belgium. She is the older sister of Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and Princess Maria... |
1994 Athens International – Doubles
Horacio de la Peña and Jorge Lozano were the defending champions, but did not participate this year. |
Morbo (band)
Morbo was a Mexican electronica/synthpop/ambient/alternative rock group formed by Juan Carlos Lozano. Lozano was one of the four founding members of Moenia, which originally included Juan Carlos Lozano as lead vocalist on 1997's debut album 'Moenia' and its 1998 companion remix album 'Moenia Mixes'. Despit... |
1990 Canadian Open – Men's Doubles
Kelly Evernden and Todd Witsken were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Evernden with Nicolás Pereira and Witsken with Jorge Lozano. |
1990 Stockholm Open – Doubles
Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year. |
Evonne Goolagong career statistics
This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Evonne Goolagong. During her career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, Goolagong won seven singles titles at a Grand Slam event and was a runner-up on 11 occasions. In addition she won five Grand Slam double... |
1988 Volvo International – Doubles
Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser. |
1989 Volvo International – Doubles
Jorge Lozano and Todd Witsken were the defending champions but did not compete that year. |
1976 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1976 Italian Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was played by men on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The men's tournament was part of the 1976 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix while the women's tournament was part of the 1976 Virginia... |
Jorge Lozano
Jorge Lozano (born 17 May 1963 in San Luis Potosí) is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. He reached his highest doubles ranking of World No. 4 in August 1988. His highest singles ranking was World No. 51, achieved the following month. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the... |
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987 reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top 10 including Guillermo Vilas, Raul Ramerez, Vitas Gerulaitis, Jan Kodeš... |
Morgane Polanski
Morgane Polański (born 20 January 1993) is a French-Polish actress and model, best known for portraying Princess Gisla in the History Channel series "Vikings". She is the daughter of Roman Polanski and Emmanuelle Seigner. |
Essential Killing
Essential Killing is a 2010 Polish survival political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. |
Frantic (film)
Frantic is a 1988 American-French mystery thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Harrison Ford and Emmanuelle Seigner. The theme was written, arranged and performed by Simply Red. |
Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon is a 1992 Franco-British-American erotic romantic thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and Peter Coyote. The film is known in France as "Lunes de fiel " (a pun on the French phrase "lune de miel", meaning "honeymoon"). The scr... |
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer. She is known for her roles in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007), "The Ninth Gate" (1999) and "Frantic" (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for "Venus in Fur" (2013), an... |
The Smile (film)
The Smile (French: Le sourire ) is a 1994 French drama film directed by Claude Miller. Moving between reality and dream, it tells the story of a psychiatrist (Jean-Pierre Marielle) facing imminent death who follows the fantasy of one last love affair with a much younger woman (Emmanuelle Seigner). She ... |
Heal the Living
Heal the Living (French: Réparer les vivants ) is a 2016 French-Belgian drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and written by Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand. It stars Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners and Kool Shen. The film was scored by Alexandre Desplat. Based on the novel ... |
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired is a 2008 documentary film directed by Marina Zenovich. It concerns film director Roman Polanski and his sexual abuse case. It examines the events that led to Polanski fleeing the United States after being embroiled in a controversial trial, and his ... |
Giallo (film)
Giallo is a 2009 Italian horror-"giallo film" co-written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Adrien Brody, Emmanuelle Seigner and Elsa Pataky. |
The Ninth Gate
The Ninth Gate is a 1999 mystery thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. An international co-production between the United States, Portugal, France, and Spain, the film is loosely based upon Arturo Pérez-Reverte's 1993 novel "The Club Dumas". The plot involves the search for a... |
Make Mine Music (TV series)
Make Mine Music was an Australian television series, which aired in 1962, from 28 May and ended circa 21 December. It was produced and broadcast on Melbourne station HSV-7, but was also shown on Sydney station ATN-7 (the following year the two stations formed the "Australian Television Netwo... |
Make Mine Music
Make Mine Music is a 1946 American animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres on April 20, 1946. It is the 8th Disney animated feature film. |
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
The Night We Dropped a Clanger is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips; Andrew Sachs made his screen debut. A British secret agent is sent on a secret operation in occupied France during the Second ... |
Tony Charmoli
Tony Charmoli (born June 11, 1922) is an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He began dancing on Broadway in such shows as "Make Mine Manhattan" but soon began choreographing for television with "Stop the Music" in 1949. Charmoli then choreographed dance sequences for the popular "Your Hit Parad... |
Melody Time
Melody Time (working title All in Fun) is a 1948 American live-action animated film and the 10th theatrically released animated feature produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of several sequences set to popular music and folk music, the film is, l... |
Old Dogs
Old Dogs was an American country music supergroup composed of singers Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, and Jerry Reed. Signed in 1998 to Atlantic Records, Old Dogs recorded a self-titled studio album for the label that year. The album's content was written primarily by author, poet, and songwriter Shel... |
(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine
"(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in November 1972 as the second and final single from the album, "The Storyteller". The song was Hall's third number one on the U.S. country sin... |
Andy Engman
Andrew "Andy" Alfons Engman (November 21, 1911 – July 16, 2004) was a Swedish/Finnish cartoon animator. Engman worked for Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California from the animating of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937 film) to the completion of "The Jungle Book" (1967 film), about 1937 to 1971. He ... |
Epic45
epic45 are a British indie/post-rock band. Core members Rob Glover and Benjamin Holton, who grew up in Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, formed the band in 1995 when the two school friends were only 13 years old. The band have released albums across various labels including Where Are My Records, Make Mine Music and ... |
Peter and the Wolf (1946 film)
Peter and the Wolf is an 1946 animated short based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney and narrated by Sterling Holloway. It was originally released theatrically as a segment in "Make Mine Music". It was re-issued the following year acco... |
Von Braun Ferry Rocket
Von Braun Ferry Rocket was a concept design for a shuttle spacecraft that was developed by Wernher von Braun in a seminal series of early-1950s Collier's magazine articles, Man Will Conquer Space Soon! by Wernher von Braun "et al." The Ferry Rocket concept has evolved over time. |
Von Braun (crater)
von Braun, named after the rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun, is a lunar crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the northeast of the crater Lavoisier. The northeastern rim of this crater is on the edge of the Sinus Roris, a ... |
Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation
The Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation (VCSI ) is a non-profit research and development organization based in Huntsville, Alabama and is named for pioneering aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. VCSI is affiliated with NASA, Department of Defense and other federal g... |
Man Will Conquer Space Soon!
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! was the title of a famous series of 1950s magazine articles in "Collier's" detailing Wernher von Braun's plans for manned spaceflight. Edited by Cornelius Ryan, the individual articles were authored by such space notables of the time as Willy Ley, Fred Lawrence ... |
Georg von Tiesenhausen
Georg F. von Tiesenhausen (born May 18, 1914) is a retired German-American rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the U.S. Army, and later, NASA. He is credited with the first complete design of... |
Flip Animation Festival
FLIP is an animation festival primarily hosted by the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton, UK. It is one of two festivals hosted by Light House, the other of which is Deaffest. Official literature for the festival says that FLIP occurs annually at the beginning of November and attracts sub... |
Mount Von Braun
Mount Von Braun ( ) is a mountain (3,275 m) located 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Sabine in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Wernher von Braun of... |
Man and the Moon
"Man and the Moon" is an episode of "Disneyland" which originally aired on December 28, 1955. It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball. It begins with a humorous look with a man's fascination with the Moon through animation. This segment features characteristics of the Moon depicted from William... |
Applications Technology Satellite
The Applications Technology Satellites (ATS) were a series of experimental satellites launched by NASA, under the supervision of, among others, Wernher von Braun. The program was launched in 1966 to test the feasibility of placing a satellite into geosynchronous orbit. The satellites w... |
Magnus von Braun
Magnus "Mac" Freiherr von Braun (10 May 1919 – 21 June 2003) was a German chemical engineer, Luftwaffe aviator, and rocket scientist at Peenemünde, the Mittelwerk, and after emigrating to the United States via Operation Paperclip, at Fort Bliss. He was the brother of Sigismund and Wernher von Braun. |
Thrill of a Lifetime (film)
Thrill of a Lifetime is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Seena Owen, Grant Garett and Paul Girard Smith. The film stars James V. Kern, Charles Adler, George Kelly, Billy Mann -- at the time a musical-comedy act called the Yacht Club Boys -- along with... |
Alias French Gertie
Alias French Gertie is an American Pre-Code crime film directed by George Archainbaud, with a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based upon the unproduced play, "The Chatterbox" by Bayard Veiller. It starred Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, who were making their first on-screen appearance together. A copy of th... |
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