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Carner and Gregor Carner and Gregor are an American musical theatre songwriting duo consisting of Sam Carner and Derek Gregor. They are the recipients of a 2004 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for their musical "Unlock'd". The team has collaborated since 2002, wit...
Sherman Brothers The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928).
James Steuart (economist) Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and eventually 7th Baronet of Coltness; late in life Sir James Steuart Denham, also called Sir James Denham Steuart ( ; 21 October 1713, Edinburgh – 26 November 1780, Coltness, Lanarkshire) was a prominent Scottish Jacobite and author of "probably th...
Charlwood Lawton Charlwood Lawton (1660–1721) was an English lawyer and phrase-making pamphleteer, a Whig of Jacobite views. He invented the term "Whiggish Jacobite", used to point out the difference between those who shared his opinions (who included Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet and Robert Ferguson), and the nonj...
Sir John Buchanan-Riddell, 11th Baronet Sir John Walter Buchanan-Riddell, 11th Baronet (14 March 1849 – 31 October 1924) was a British barrister and baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford before being called to the bar (becoming a barrister) by Inner Temple in 1874. He succeeded his uncle (S...
Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet Sir James Montgomery, 4th Baronet (or Montgomerie, died 1694) was the tenth laird of Skelmorlie. He was a Scottish politician known for the Montgomery Plot, a Jacobite scheme to restore King James VII and II to the thrones of Scotland and England.
Sir James Horlick, 4th Baronet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Nockells Horlick, 4th Baronet, OBE, MC (1886–1972) was the second son of Sir James Horlick, first holder of the Horlick Baronetcy, of Cowley Manor in the County of Gloucester, England, and Margaret Adelaide Burford. James, the 1st Baronet, was co-inventor (wit...
Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet FRS FRSE (17 January 1761 – 23 June 1832) was a Scottish geologist and geophysicist, born at Dunglass, East Lothian, to Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet (died 1776), by his spouse, Magdalen (died 1763) daughter of Sir Robert Pringle, 3rd Baronet, of Stichill...
Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet JP (21 December 1687 – 14 August 1771) was the son of Sir James Agnew, 4th Baronet and Lady Mary Montgomerie.
Baron Brownlow Baron Brownlow, of Belton in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1776 for Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet. The Cust family descends from Richard Cust who represented Lincolnshire and Stamford in Parliament. In 1677 he was created a baronet, of Stamford in t...
Ernle baronets The Ernle Baronetcy, of Etchilhampton in the County of Wiltshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 2 February 1660/61 for Walter Ernle, later Member of Parliament for Devizes. He died 25 July 1682, and was buried at Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his grandson,...
Borrowes baronets The Borrowes Baronetcy of Grangemellon in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 14 February 1646 for Erasmus Borrowes, High Sheriff of Kildare in 1641. Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet was twice High Sheriff of Kildare and a member of the Irish Parliament ...
The Monuments Men The Monuments Men is a 2014 war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. It is loosely based on the n...
Nick Clooney Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Clooney (born January 13, 1934) is an American journalist, anchorman, and television host. He is the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney and the father of actor/director/producer George Clooney.
Johan Leysen Johan Leysen (born 19 February 1950) is a Belgian actor. He has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the film "De grens", which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. In 1998 he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor for his rol...
Good Night, and Good Luck Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 American historical drama film directed by George Clooney and starring David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels. The movie was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov (both of whom also have acting roles in the fil...
Young & Beautiful Young & Beautiful (French: Jeune & Jolie ) is a 2013 French drama film of adolescent sexuality directed by François Ozon and produced by Eric and Nicolas Altmayer. The film stars Marine Vacth in the leading role of Isabelle, a teenage prostitute, and features supporting performances by Johan Leyse...
Doug Ross Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross is a fictional character from the television series "ER", portrayed by George Clooney. George Clooney's removal from the main cast opening credits was in the 16th episode of season 5.
Syriana Syriana is a 2005 American geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir "See No Evil". The film focuses on petroleum politics and the...
Souvenir (2016 film) Souvenir is a 2016 romance film directed and co-written by Bavo Defurne. It stars Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, and Johan Leysen.
Le Lit Le Lit is a 1982 drama film directed by Marion Hänsel and based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Dominique Rolin. The film starred Heinz Bennent, Natasha Parry, and Johan Leysen. "Le Lit" received the André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).
The Ides of March (film) The Ides of March is a 2011 American political drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay written by Clooney, along with Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon. The film is an adaptation of Willimon's 2008 play "Farragut North". It stars Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood, Phil...
International Russian School in Antalya International Russian School in Antalya (Russian: Международная русская школа в Анталии , Turkish: "Özel Rusya Uluslararası Okulu, Antalya" ) is a private international school in Antalya, Turkey. It opened on September 1, 2010. The school described itself as a Russian internation...
Novgorod School The Novgorod School is a Russian school noted for its icon and mural painters active from the 12th century through the 16th century in Novgorod. During this time, the Russian artists preserved Byzantine traditions, influenced by Theophanes the Greek, which became the framework for later Russian art.
Russian School Hurghada Russian School Hurghada (Russian: Русская школа в Хургаде ) is a private Russian international school in Hurghada, Egypt. It serves primary (years 1–4) and secondary (years 5–11) sections.
Vera Dulova Vera Georgievna Dulova (Russian: Вера Георгиевна Дулова, born 27 January 1909, Moscow – 5 January 2000, Moscow) was a Russian harpist and instructor. The Russian school or method is named after her.
Russian School of Private Law Russian School of Private Law (Institute) ("Russian: Российская школа частного права, РШЧП ") is a graduate school of law of the Research Centre of Private Law under the President of Russian Federation, which is a public research institution located in Moscow, Russia. Being one of the lead...
Russian School Defense Staff Russian School Defense Staff or Headquarters for the Protection of Russian Schools (Russian: Штаб защиты русских школ ; Latvian: "Krievu skolu aizstāvības štābs" ) — movement in Latvia for protection of public secondary education in Russian. Leaders: Vladimir Buzayev, Gennady Kotov, Yury Pe...
Eduant Private Russian School Eduant Private Russian School (Turkish: Uluslararası Eduant Rus Okulu ) is a Russian international school in Antalya, Turkey. It was established in 2000. As of 2014 it had 120 students in its compulsory education section. Many Ukrainian students arrived in Antalya due to the 2014 pro-Russi...
Russian International School in Dubai The Russian International School in Dubai (Russian: Русская Международная Школа в Дубае ; Arabic: المدرسة الحولیة الروسیة‎ ‎ ) is a Russian private school located in Muhaisnah 4, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It follows the Russian Curriculum, the only school in Dubai to do so. Orig...
The Mighty Handful The Mighty Handful (Russian: Могучая кучка ), also known as The Five and The New Russian School, were five prominent 19th-century Russian composers who worked together to create a distinctly Russian classical music. Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov an...
FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk (Russian: ФК «Нара-ШБФР» Наро-Фоминск ) is an association football club from Naro-Fominsk, Russia, founded in 1994. It played in the Russian Second Division (zone West) in 2005–2010. The team was called in the past Shelkovik Naro-Fominsk (1994–2004) and Nara-Desna N...
Umi-a-Liloa ʻUmi-a-Līloa (fifteenth century) was a ruling ali'i-ai-moku (district high chief of Hawai'i) who inherited religious authority of Hawai'i from his father, High Chief Liloa, whose line is traced, unbroken to Hawaiian "creation". His mother was Akahi. She was of a lesser line of chiefs who Liloa had fallen in...
Cognitive authority According to Rieh (2005), "Patrick Wilson (1983) developed the cognitive authority theory from social epistemology in his book, "Second-hand Knowledge: An Inquiry into Cognitive Authority". The fundamental concept of Wilson’s cognitive authority is that people construct knowledge in two different wa...
Hemoglobinopathy Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of genetic defect that results in abnormal structure of one of the globin chains of the hemoglobin molecule. Hemoglobinopathies are inherited single-gene disorders; in most cases, they are inherited as autosomal co-dominant traits. Common hemoglobinopathies include sickle-cel...
Momolianism The Kadazan-Dusun of Sabah, formerly North Borneo, are natives of the land who share the same indigenous peoples's view shared globally that the land is a gift from the creator, the earth is a centre of the universe and the land connects them to the past, present and future. This view has given rise to a be...
Al-Jafr (book) Al-Jafr is a mystical Shia holy book compiled, according to Shia belief, by Ali and inherited by him from Muhammad. Al-Jafr is composed of two skin boxes in which were kept various books of the past Prophets and the books inherited from Muhammad, Ali and Fatimah to the Ahl al-Bayt, with each new Imam rec...
North East Combined Authority The North East Combined Authority is a combined authority that covers most of the North East region of England. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 on 15 April 2014 with the statutory name "Durham, Gateshead, ...
Leprosy stigma Leprosy stigma is a kind of social stigma, a strong feeling that a leprosy patient is shameful and is not accepted normally in society. It is also called leprosy-related stigma, leprostigma, and stigma of leprosy. From ancient times the disease was feared because of the disfigurement it caused and lack o...
Evolutionism Evolutionism was a common 19th century belief that organisms inherently improve themselves through progressive inherited change over time (orthogenesis), and increase in complexity through evolution. The belief went on to include cultural evolution and social evolution. In the 1970s the term Neo-Evolutioni...
Faith and rationality Faith and rationality are two ideologies that exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility. Rationality is based on reason or facts. Faith is belief in inspiration, revelation, or authority. The word "faith" sometimes refers to a belief that is held with lack of reason or evidence, a beli...
Lori Jakiela Lori Jakiela is the author of three memoirs, "Belief is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe" (Atticus Books, 2015), "The Bridge to Take When Things Get Serious" (C&R Press May 2013), and "Miss New York Has Everything" (Hatchette 2006), as well as the poetry collection "Spot the Terrorist" (Turning Point 2012). Sh...
Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became known in the early 1970s for starring in a string of women in prison and blaxploitation films like "The Big Bird Cage" (1972), "Coffy" (1973), "Foxy Brown" (1974) and "Sheba Baby" (1975). She starred in Quentin Tarantino's film "Jacki...
Infierno en el Ring (2012) Infierno en el Ring (2012) (Spanish for "Inferno in the Ring") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on June 29, 2012 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2012 "Infierno en el Ring" replaced CMLL's regularly s...
Butch Cage and Willie B. Thomas James "Butch" Cage (born March 16, 1894 - 1975) and Willie B. Thomas (born May 25, 1912 - ?) were an American blues duo active from the 1940s to the early 1970s. Cage and Thomas were discovered in 1959 by musicologist Harry Oster, who promoted the two at the Newport Music Festival. Field...
Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert Rachel Workman MacRobert, Lady MacRobert (23 March 1884 – 1 September 1954), commonly known as Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert, was a geologist, cattle breeder and an active feminist. Born in Massachusetts to an influential family, she was educated in England and Scotland. She was elected to...
Richard Bunger Evans Richard Bunger Evans, also known as Richard Bunger, (born 1942) is an American composer and pianist who worked with John Cage and subsequently wrote "the classic book on John Cage," "The Well-Prepared Piano". Evans has composed and performed music for opera and musical theatre, piano, art songs, pr...
Guerra de Titanes (2009) "Guerra de Titanes" (2009) ("War of the Titans") was the thirteenth annual "Guerra de Titanes" professional wrestling show promoted by AAA since 1997. The show took place on December 11, 2009 in the Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Convention center, a site that AAA has used for many of their major sh...
Ken Barlow (harness racing) Kenneth D. Barlow (born July 28, 1936) professionally known as Ken Barlow, was an American Harness Horse Driver. Ken Barlow married Sharlene Ryle on July 2, 1955 and they had four daughters Debbie, Dianne, Donna, and Darlene. His professional career began in 1960 with a horse named Lucky Jim...
Ursula St Barbe Ursula St Barbe (died 18 June 1602) (aka Ursula, Lady Worsley and Ursula, Lady Walsingham) was a lady at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England. She was the daughter of Henry St Barbe, of Ashington, Somerset, by his wife, Eleanor Lewknor. She first married Sir Richard Worsley, who was the captain of ...
Alma Cuervo Alma Cuervo (born August 13, 1951 in Tampa, Florida) is an American stage actress and singer, who has also performed in film and television. She holds an M.F.A. in acting from the Yale School of Drama, from which she graduated in 1976 alongside Meryl Streep. She starred in the role of Madame Morrible in the...
Jimmy Tatro James Richard Tatro (born February 16, 1992) is an American actor, comedian, writer and YouTube personality. He is the creator and star of the YouTube channel "LifeAccordingToJimmy", which has about 2.7 million subscribers and over 440 million video views. Tatro writes, produces and directs each of his vide...
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (also known as Bubbling Under the Hot 100) is a chart published weekly by "Billboard" magazine in the United States. The chart lists the top singles that have not yet charted on the main "Billboard" Hot 100. Chart rankings are based on radio airplay and sale...
Little Green Apples "Little Green Apples" is a song written by Bobby Russell. Originally written for and released by American recording artist Roger Miller in 1968, it also was released as a single by American recording artists Patti Page and O. C. Smith in separate occasions that same year. Miller's version became a T...
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" is a song by the American dance-pop band Will to Power. The song combines elements of two previously recorded rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a #12 "Billboard" Hot 100 hit from 1976 by the British-born singer Peter Frampton; ...
Playground in My Mind "Playground In My Mind" is a 1973 hit song by Clint Holmes. It is a nursery rhyme-styled song which features a duet with record producer Paul Vance's son, nine-year-old Philip (died 13 December 2009, age 44) on the chorus. Written by Vance with Lee Pockriss, the song was released in the U.S. in Ju...
Midnight Madness (album) Midnight Madness is the second studio album from rock band Night Ranger released in 1983. Their second album produced three charting singles and contains the band's best known hit, "Sister Christian." It remains their highest selling album at over a million copies sold in the US. The first sing...
Send Me an Angel (Real Life song) "Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Australian band Real Life. Initially released on Real Life's debut album "Heartland", it is the band's best-known song. This version originally peaked in early 1984 in the US at No. 29 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The song's biggest chart succe...
Dancing in the Street "Dancing in the Street" is a song written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter. It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by Martha and the Vandellas whose version reached No. 2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It is one of M...
I Got You Babe "I Got You Babe" is a song written by Sonny Bono. It was the first single taken from the debut studio album "Look at Us", of the American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. In August 1965, their single spent three weeks at number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States where it sold more than 1 millio...
Her Town Too "Her Town Too" is a song written by James Taylor, J.D. Souther and Waddy Wachtel. It was first released as a duet between Taylor and Souther on Taylor's 1981 album "Dad Loves His Work". It was also released as a single in 1981, peaking at #11 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song had entered the Hot 100 cha...
Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song) "Wanted Dead or Alive" is a single by American rock band Bon Jovi. It is from their 1986 album "Slippery When Wet". The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987 as the album's third single. During a February 20, 2008 encore performance in Detroit,...
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (Japanese: ベルセルク 黄金時代篇 , Hepburn: Beruseruku Ōgon Jidai-hen ) is a series of films, an effort to adapt the Golden Age Arc of Kentaro Miura's "Berserk" manga series. The project was first announced as a new anime project in September 2010 on a wraparound jacket ban...
The Transporter Refueled The Transporter Refueled (French: Le Transporteur : Héritage) is a 2015 French action film directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Luc Besson. It is the fourth film in the "Transporter" franchise, a reboot to the previous films, and the first film to be distr...
The Young Millionaire The Young Millionaire is a 1912 short silent film drama. The film starred Earle Foxe and Alice Joyce who were acting together in their third film that year, having already starred in The Street Singer and The County Fair. It was the third film of Earle Foxe, aged seventeen.
Giofra Giofra (foaled 11 March 2008) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Problems with leg injuries meant that she did not race until the autumn on her three year-old season but she then won two of her three races in late 2011 including the Listed Prix Casimir Delamarre. In 2012 she ...
The Phantom Edit Star Wars Episode I.I: The Phantom Edit is a fan edit of the film "", removing many elements of the original film. The purpose of the edit, according to creator Mike J. Nichols, was to make a much stronger version of "The Phantom Menace" based on the previous execution and philosophies of film storytel...
Brody Sweeney Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars which went into Liquidation in October 2009. The Irish business was subsequently bought from the liquidator by Abrakebabra Investments Ltd. Prior to that he was involved with the franchise Prontoprint before selling the...
Cut (transition) In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term "edit", though "edit" can imply any number of transitions or effects. The cut, dissolve and wipe serve as the three prim...
Camilo Pascual Camilo Alberto Pascual Lus (born January 20, 1934) is a Cuban former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During an 18-year baseball career (1954–71), he played for the Washington Senators (which became the Minnesota Twins in 1961), the second Washington Senators franchise, Cincinnati Reds, Los An...
Jotil Prem Jotil Prem (Bengali: জটিল প্রেম ) is a 2013 Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. Directed by Shahin-Shomon, it's a love story comedy. It stars Bappy Chowdhury, Achol, Ilias Kanchan, Champa and many more. "Jotil Prem" is Bappy Chowhury's third film, Achol's third film, and their first film together. It was rele...
Camile Velasco Ciara-Camile "Camile" Roque Velasco (born September 1, 1985) known by her stage name Eli-Mac is a Filipino American singer and came in ninth place on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series, American Idol. She is one-quarter Irish, one-quarter Spanish, and half Filipino.
Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor and film producer. Rush is the youngest amongst the few people who have won the "Triple Crown of Acting": the Academy Award, the Primetime Emmy Award, and the Tony Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting (f...
Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Joel and Ethan Coen, and produced by Brian Grazer and the Coens. The script was written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone & Ethan and Joel Coen, with the latter writing the last draft of the screenplay, about div...
Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical drama film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, C...
Paul Adelstein Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series "Prison Break" and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama "Private Practice". In addition to supporting roles in films suc...
John Bliss John Bliss (October 8, 1930 – February 28, 2008) was an American actor known for playing the role of the 8th grade Social Studies teacher and former Principal Irving Pal on "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide". He was also seen in the first episode of "Out of Jimmy's Head". He fondly remembered George ...
Nicholas Shaffer Nicholas Shaffer is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in such TV shows as "LAX", "Coach", "", "Murder, She Wrote" and films such as "Intolerable Cruelty" and the comedy film spoof "".
Gaurav Bajaj Gaurav Bajaj (born 16th November 1990) is an Indian film actor and producer "Notorious Owl Pictures". He is a very well known actor in Indian Film and TV Industry and has appeared in several TVCs for brands like Mentos, HSBC bank, Snickers, Close-up, Pepsi, Microsoft, Adidas, Minute Maid, Cornetto, TVS, 8P...
Rosie Fellner Rosie Fellner is an English/Irish actress and film producer. Fellner’s first foray into the spotlight was on the cult TV show "The Fast Show", which featured celebrity guest stars, such as Johnny Depp. Fellner also received attention for the popular British series, "The Alan Clarke Diaries", for her portr...
Freighters of Destiny Freighters of Destiny is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western produced and directed by American film editor Fred Allen, from a screenplay by Adele Buffington. Allen had started in the film industry as an editor in the early 1920s during the silent era. In the early 1930s, he was given the opportunity ...
J. Todd Anderson J. Todd Anderson is a storyboard artist who has worked primarily with the Coen brothers, but also with an array of other filmmakers. He also, along with film archivist and friend George Willeman and WYSO D.J. Niki Dakota, produces Filmically Perfect. He made his directorial debut in 1998 with the film ...
Mary Sweeney Mary Sweeney is an American film producer, director, writer and film editor, who collaborated for 20 years with her husband, avant-garde American film director, David Lynch. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several films and television series, most notably the original "Twin Peaks" series (1990), "Lost Highway...
Clermont, Iowa Clermont is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 632 at the 2010 census. Clermont is home to Montauk, the mansion of former Iowa governor William Larrabee, along with much historic architecture. Scenes for the movie "The Straight Story" were filmed here.
Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably "Blue Velvet", the "Twin Peaks" saga (1990–1992, 2017), "The Straight Story" and "Mulholland Drive". Badalamenti received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instru...
Wiley Harker James "Wiley" Harker (January 27, 1915 – May 1, 2007) was an American character actor who portrayed Crane Tolliver in the soap opera "General Hospital" in 1983. He also played Justice Harold Webb in "First Monday in October" (1981). He also appeared in "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" and "The Str...
Richard Farnsworth Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in "The Grey Fox" (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, "Anne of Green Gables" (1985), "Misery" (1990), and "The Straight Story" (1999), for w...
The Straight Story The Straight Story is a 1999 internationally co-produced biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. The film was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and co-worker. She co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. The film is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's ...
Alvin Straight Alvin Boone Straight (October 17, 1920 – November 9, 1996) was an American man who became notable for traveling 240 miles on a riding lawn mower from Laurens, Iowa to Blue River, Wisconsin to visit his ailing brother. He inspired the 1999 film "The Straight Story".
The Future of Oil: A Straight Story of the Canadian Oil Sands The Future of Oil: A Straight Story of the Canadian Oil Sands
Dan Flannery Arthur Daniel Flannery (born March 10, 1944) is an American actor from Evanston, Illinois. He has played roles in several movies, short films, and T.V. shows from a variety of genres including drama, action, and thriller. His filmography includes The Straight Story (1999), and Contagion (2011) and T.V. ser...
Low-budget film A low-budget film or low-budget movie is a motion picture shot with little to no funding from a major film studio or private investor. Many independent films are made on low budgets, but films made on the mainstream circuit with inexperienced or unknown filmmakers can also have low budgets. Many young o...
Sunjeev Sahota Sunjeev Sahota (born 1981) is a British novelist whose first novel, "Ours are the Streets", was published in January 2011 and whose second novel, "The Year of the Runaways", was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was awarded a European Union Prize for Literature in 2017.
Lawless World Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules (ISBN  ) is a book by the British lawyer and author, Philippe Sands. It was published by Viking Adult in October 2005. Sands is a professor of international law at University College London.
After the Plague After the Plague is a 2001 collection of short stories by T. C. Boyle. The book was released on September 10, 2001 through Viking Adult and contains sixteen stories, some of which were previously published in "The New Yorker", "O. Henry Prize Stories", and "The Best American Short Stories".
The Magician's Land The Magician's Land is a fantasy novel by Lev Grossman, published in 2014 by Viking Adult, the second sequel to "The Magicians". It continues the story of outcast magician Quentin Coldwater, interweaving it with the story of several of his friends who are questing to save the magical realm of Fillor...
Campus novel A campus novel, also known as an academic novel, is a novel whose main action is set in and around the campus of a university. The genre in its current form dates back to the early 1950s. "The Groves of Academe" by Mary McCarthy, published in 1952, is often quoted as the earliest example, although in "Facu...
Inamorata (novel) Inamorata is a 2004 novel by American novelist and screenwriter Joseph Gangemi. The book was released on January 22, 2004 through Viking Adult and focuses on the investigation of Mina Crandon, a spiritualist from, the 1920s. Film rights for "Inamorata" were purchased in 2006 by Johnny Depp's film comp...
White Dog Fell from the Sky White Dog Fell from the Sky is a 2012 fiction novel by Eleanor Morse. The book was published on January 3, 2013 through Viking Adult and is set in 1970s apartheid South Africa.
Mark Z. Danielewski Mark Z. Danielewski ( ; born March 5, 1966 in New York City) is an American fiction author. Though his second novel, "Only Revolutions" (2006), was nominated for the National Book Award, Danielewski is most widely known for his debut novel "House of Leaves" (2000), which garnered a considerable cult...