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Andy's Gang Andy's Gang was a children's television program broadcast on NBC from August 20, 1955, to December 31, 1960., hosted by the actor Andy Devine. It was the successor to the radio and television program "Smilin' Ed McConnell and His Buster Brown Gang" (later shortened to "Smilin' Ed's Gang"). Devine took over the television program when McConnell died suddenly of a heart attack in 1954. Devine inherited a number of characters from the earlier show and the sponsor, Buster Brown shoes.
Federalna televizija Federalna televizija (locally known as FTV or Federalna TV) is a public mainstream TV channel operated by Radio-Television of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTVFBiH). The program is broadcast on a daily basis, 24 hours from RTVFBiH headquarters located in Sarajevo. The radio and television program is mainly produced in Serbo-Croatian language. Television program initially aired on two television channels (FTV1 and FTV2). Since April 2003 the television program is reduced to one (just FTV). According to the most recent measurements viewership of television channels in 2012, FTV is most watched television station in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 14.4% share.
Hmong Today (television program) Hmong Today is a television program that airs on KNXT in Fresno, California. Ben Vue started the television program in 1993. It was the first television channel established to serve the Hmong American community. As of 2003 the program airs on Saturday nights, with 15,000 to 20,000 viewers per airing. Because many Hmong originated from a non-literate culture, television is used to reach many of the Hmong population. The program features interviews with leaders of the Hmong community, news programming, and information for the public good. The program reached its tenth anniversary in June 2003. As part of the anniversary, Vue planned to add new programming catering to young people, including material on civic responsibilities, communication within families, development of leadership skills, and suicides of teenagers. This would result in a decrease of programming referring to economic development, education, and other general issues. To compensate for this, Vue would add material related to those subjects to his "Hmong Community Radio" program on KBIF, which was scheduled to begin in 2003.
Afghan Television Voice of Christ Afghan Television Voice of Christ (sometimes shortened as ATVOC or Afghan Television) is a television program of the Afghan Christians based in Memphis, Tennessee. The 90-minute live weekly programs are broadcast into Afghanistan on Tuesdays and Thursdays with multiple repeats on throughout the week with gospel messages and other Bible teachings and Christian songs. It is broadcast through the satellite Hot Bird to audiences in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran, Tajikistan and also most of Europe. The host of this television program is Hussain Andaryas.
Kill the Musicians Released in 1995, Kill the Musicians was meant to serve as a "cleaning up" of loose ends after Screeching Weasel's breakup in 1994. The compilation collects demos, b-sides, vinyl-only EPs, and other various odds and ends the band had accumulated in their career from 1989 to 1994. It came on the heels of 1994's "How to Make Enemies and Irritate People", which itself was a collection of the final songs the band had written prior to splitting up. The band would soon reform in 1996 and remain together again until 2000, when they disbanded again. This collection was out of print for a short period until it was remastered and re-released by Asian Man Records in 2005. The original album contained an in-depth essay written by Ben Weasel covering the history of the band. This was later omitted from the re-issue.
How to Irritate People How to Irritate People is a 1968 television broadcast written by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Cleese, Chapman, and Brooke-Taylor also feature in it, along with future Monty Python collaborators Michael Palin and Connie Booth.
Science in Action (TV series) Science in Action was a weekly half-hour television program devoted to science. The program was produced by the California Academy of Sciences, and was broadcast from 1950-1966. It was thus among the first live science television program in the United States; "The Johns Hopkins Science Review" was broadcast from 1948–1955, and is apparently the very first such program. In all, 566 programs were produced. Dr. Tom Groody hosted the program for its first two years; he was succeeded by Dr. Earl S. Herald, who was the host for the following fourteen years until production ceased in 1966.
Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album is the final studio album by Monty Python, released in 1980. As the title suggests, the album was put together to complete a contract with Charisma Records. Besides newly written songs and sketches, the sessions saw re-recordings of material that dated back to the 1960s pre-Python shows "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again", "The Frost Report", "At Last The 1948 Show" and "How To Irritate People". One track, "Bells", dates from the sessions for "Monty Python's Previous Record", while further material was adapted from Eric Idle's post-Python series "Rutland Weekend Television". The group also reworked material written but discarded from early drafts of "Life Of Brian" as well as the initial scripts for what would eventually become "The Meaning Of Life".
Mirabella Mirabella was a women's magazine published from June 1989 to April 2000. It was created by and named for Grace Mirabella, a former "Vogue" editor in chief, in partnership with Rupert Murdoch.
Tommy, the Unsentimental Tommy, the Unsentimental is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in August 1896.
A Resurrection "A Resurrection" is a short story by American writer Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in April 1897.
The Way of the World (short story) "The Way of the World" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in April 1898.
The Count of Crow's Nest The Count of Crow's Nest is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in October 1896.
The Princess Baladina – Her Adventure The Princess Baladina is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in 1896 under the pseudonym of Charles Douglass.
Nanette: An Aside "Nanette: An Aside" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Courier" on 31 July 1897 and one month later in "Home Monthly".
The Strategy of the Were-Wolf Dog "The Strategy of the Were-Wolf Dog" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in December 1896.
Home Monthly Home Monthly was a monthly women's magazine published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 19th century.
The Prodigies "The Prodigies" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in "Home Monthly" in July 1897.
Macau Peninsula Macau Peninsula is the most populous and historic part of Macau. It has an area of 8.5 km² (4 x ) and is geographically connected to Guangdong province, at the northeast, through an isthmus 200 m wide. The peninsula, together with the city centre of Zhuhai, sits on an island separated from the continent by distributaries of the Pearl River. The Border Gate (; Portuguese: "Portas do Cerco" ) was built on the northern isthmus. At the south, the peninsula is connected to Taipa Island by three bridges, the Friendship Bridge ("Ponte de Amizade"); the Macau-Taipa Bridge ("Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho"); and the Sai Van Bridge ("Ponte de Sai Van"). The longest axis extends 4 km from the Border Gate to the southwestern edge, Barra (媽閣嘴). There is a western Inner Harbour (內港), and an eastern Outer Harbour (外港). The 93 m Guia Hill (松山) is the highest point on the peninsula, which is, on an average, 50 to . Many coastal places are reclaimed from sea. The Historic Centre of Macau, which is entirely in the Macau Peninsula, became a World Heritage Site in 2005.
Amizade Bridge (Macau) The Amizade Bridge is a four-lane, two-way bridge in Macau that connects Macau Peninsula near the Reservatório and Taipa Island at Pac On.
Gable Island Gable Island (Spanish: "Isla Gable" ) is an Argentine island part of Tierra del Fuego Province. The island is located on the northern side of east-west Beagle Channel less than 300 m from Tierra del Fuego Island and about 1.5 km from Chilean Navarino Island. The island has an irregular shape with many shoal banks extending into bays and open channel. The islands surface is mostly covered by Magallanic forest. Drumlins from the last ice age dominate topography which has allowed the formation of several small lagoons on the island.
Sai Van Bridge Sai Van Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Macau, China, inaugurated on December 19, 2004. The bridge measures 2.2 km long and is the third one to cross the Praia Grande Bay connecting Taipa Island and Macau Peninsula. It features a double-deck design, with an enclosed lower deck to be used in the event of strong typhoons when the other two bridges connecting Taipa and Macau Peninsula, namely Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho and Ponte de Amizade, are closed. Space is also reserved in the lower deck for a rail-link in the future (Macau Light Transit System).
List of islands and peninsulas of Macau There is currently one island in the territory of Macau. It locates at the south of Macau Peninsula and at the east of the Hengqin Island of Zhujiang, Guangdong Province, China. The island remains unnamed since its creation in the late 1990s, after the reclamation project of Cotai which filled up the channel between the Taipa Island and Coloane Island.
Isla de Providencia Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a mountainous Caribbean island part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the municipality of Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica. Providencia's maximum elevation is 360 m above sea level. The smaller Santa Catalina Island is connected by a 100-metre footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island. The island is served by El Embrujo Airport.
Rinca Rinca, also known as Rincah and Rindja, is a small island near Komodo and Flores island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, within the West Manggarai Regency. It is one of the three biggest island part of Komodo National Park. The island is famous for Komodo dragons, giant lizards that can measure up to 3 m long. Rinca is also populated with many other species such as wild pigs, buffalos and many birds.
Piel railway station Piel railway station was the terminus of the Furness Railway's Piel Branch in Barrow-in-Furness, England that operated between 1846 and 1936. Located on Roa Island it was built to serve the passenger steamers at Piel Pier. The Roa Island causeway was specifically constructed for the railway, in turn making the island part of the British mainland. The station and the Piel Branch line have both been demolished, however the Roa Island Hotel which was built adjoining the station survives to this day as a Grade II listed building.
San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park is a national park of Mexico located on San Lorenzo Island part of an archipelago in the Gulf of California off the eastern coast of Baja California. The San Lorenzo Archipelago is considered one of the most important ecological areas of the Gulf of California. The Island and surrounding areas are part of a rich ecosystem comprised by a grand variety of flora and marine fauna. This area is protected by the Mexican federal government Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2001 because of its importance as a habitat for several endangered species. The Archipelago is part of the municipality of Mexicali, Baja California. The island is located southeast of the city separated by the Salsipuedes Channel.
Macau International Airport Macau International Airport (IATA: MFM, ICAO: VMMC) (Portuguese: Aeroporto Internacional de Macau ), is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters which opened for commercial operations on 9 November 1995, during Portuguese administration of the region. Since then the airport has been a common transfer point for people traveling between the Mainland and Taiwan, as well as a passenger hub for destinations in mainland China and Southeast Asia. During 2006, the airport handled 5 million passengers and 220,000 tonnes of cargo.
The Canadian (film) The Canadian is an extant 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, "The Land of Promise", by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, "The Land of Promise". In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.
Through a Glass Window Through a Glass Window is a 1922 American drama silent film directed by Maurice Campbell and written by Olga Printzlau. The film stars May McAvoy, Fanny Midgley, Burwell Hamrick, Raymond McKee, F. A. Turner and Carrie Clark Ward. The film was released on April 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
The Yankee Girl The Yankee Girl is a 1915 silent film comedy produced by Oliver Morosco, distributed by Paramount Pictures and starring Blanche Ring, from the Broadway stage. This film though a comedy is actually based on Ring's 1910 musical-comedy play of the same name. Being a silent film of course Ring's singing could not be heard by the film audiences but they would get the rare chance of seeing this Broadway star in a film as many could not afford to make the journey to New York to see her in person in the play.
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, the second oldest in the United States, and the sole member of the "Big Six" film studios still located in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor contracted 22 actors and actresses and honored each with a star on the logo. These fortunate few would become the first "movie stars." In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only.
Viacom Productions Viacom Productions was a television production arm of Viacom International. The division was active from 1974 until 2004, when the company was folded into Paramount Network Television 10 years following Viacom's acquisition of Paramount Pictures.
Public Opinion (1916 film) Public Opinion is a surviving 1916 silent film murder/drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet. Margaret Turnbull provided the original screen story and scenario. "Public Opinion" is one of very few of Blanche Sweet's Paramount Pictures films still in existence. It is preserved by the Library of Congress.
The Bedroom Window (1924 film) The Bedroom Window is a 1924 mystery or who-dunnit silent film directed by William C. deMille and starring May McAvoy. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.
Howard G. Minsky Howard G Minsky (21 January 1914 – 10 August 2008) was an American film producer, studio executive and former talent manager,who start ed his career during thE silent film era, selling film reel door-to-door. After working for both 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures, he worked for a talent agency.He was best known as the producer of the blockbuster film "Love Story" that, when released in 1970, was widely thought to have saved Paramount Pictures during a financially strained time. He later produced "Jory" in 1973.
Contraband (1925 film) Contraband is a lost 1925 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Alan Crosland directed and Lois Wilson stars. The film is taken from a novel, "Contraband", by Charles Buddington Kelland. The last film directed by Alan Crosland the cooperation with distributor Paramount Pictures.
Dancing Mothers Dancing Mothers is a 1926 black & white silent film drama, produced by Paramount Pictures, in late 1925. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon, and stars Alice Joyce, Conway Tearle, and making her debut appearance for a Paramount Pictures film, Clara Bow. Dancing Mothers was released to the general public on March 1, 1926. The film survives on 16mm film stock and is currently kept at the Film & Television Archive of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
List of US cities that have used STV The following cities in the United States of America have all used single transferable vote methods to elect local government legislative bodies, typically for city council elections. Most of these cities had stopped using it by 1960. (Listed by State):
Zixing Zixing () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.
KWN31 KWN31 (sometimes referred to as Greenville All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves Greenville, Sulphur Springs and surrounding cities. It is programmed from the NWS Fort Worth office with its transmitter located in Cumby. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Counties: Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt, and Wood. It also broadcasts hourly weather observations for the following cities: Greenville, Sulphur Springs, Paris, McKinney, Terrell, Mineola, and Mount Pleasant; and elsewhere around the region: DFW Airport, Sherman-Denison, Tyler, and Texarkana.
List of cities by longitude The following is a list of cities by longitude. Both the latitude and longitude are shown for the following cities, which are sorted by longitude from the west of the Prime Meridian to the east. Each heading should be considered the exact value. For example, 10°E corresponds to exactly 10°00′00.00″E and everything further west should be above this heading while everything further east should be below this heading.
Réseau Art Nouveau Network Réseau Art Nouveau Network was established in 1999 by European cities with a rich art nouveau heritage. Enterprise and commitment are the Network's chief hallmarks; as well as championing a rigorously scientific approach, it aims to keep professionals informed and to make the general public aware of the cultural significance and European dimension of the art nouveau heritage. The network consist today of different institutions from the following cities and regions:
Shishou Shishou ( ; ) is a county-level city under the administration of the prefectural-level city Jingzhou, in the south of Hubei province, China, near its border with Hunan province. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Dongting Lake, Shishou is known as a land overflowing with rice and fish. The Swan Islet Wetland of the Yangtze River in this area is the world’s largest national natural reserve both for wild elks(Milu, or David Deer) and for Chinese river dolphins (finless porpoises). The Shishou City National Baiji Reserve for Chinese river dolphins is nearby. It shares its name with a stream flowing into the Yangtze River. In addition, the area enjoys convenient transportation, with an hour’s drive from Yueyang East Railway Station on the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway line (90 kilometers of expressway), and 70 kilometers from Jingzhou Railway Station on the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu high-speed railway line. Moreover, Shishou boasts a diversified landscape, including mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, terraces and plains, as well as abundant resources such as rice, cotton, oil plants, eggs, fish, and lotus roots.
Three Furnaces The term Three Furnaces () refers to the especially hot and oppressively humid summer weather in several major cities in the Yangtze River Valley, within China. It was coined during the Republican period of China, and refers to the following cities:
Hockeytown Hockeytown and Hockey Town are generic words used in common practice throughout the United States and Canada to identify any town, city or community that has a history and reputation of participating in the sport of hockey. Many North American cities are and have been referred to by the label. Warroad, Minnesota was the first city known to use the designation "Hockeytown." The term refers to the following cities:
List of sister cities of Fort Lauderdale, Florida The following cities are sister cities of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Hannan District Hannan District () is one of 13 districts of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is the least-populous of Wuhan's districts, and is situated on the northern (left) bank of the Yangtze River. It borders the districts of Caidian to the north and Jiangxia to the east across the Yangtze, as well as the prefecture-level cities of Xianning and Jingzhou (for a sliver) to the south; it also borders the directly administered county-level city of Xiantao to the west.
List of awards and nominations received by T-ara T-ara is a six-member South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Their debut studio album "Absolute First Album" (2009) included the hit singles "TTL (Time to Love)" and "Bo Peep Bo Peep". "Bo Peep Bo Peep" earned the group their first music show win on KBS's "Music Bank". It was later awarded Triple Crown on SBS's "Inkigayo" and was nominated for Best Dance Performance by a Female Group at the 12th Mnet Asian Music Awards. The album was re-released as "Breaking Heart" in 2010 and included two further singles, "I Go Crazy Because of You" and "I'm Really Hurt". "I Go Crazy Because of You" claimed two consecutive wins on "Inkigayo" and one on Mnet's "M Countdown". The repackage album was nominated for both a Disk Bonsang and Popularity Award at the 25th Golden Disk Awards. "Temptastic" (2010) was released later that year and included the singles "Wae Ireoni" and "Yayaya" both receiving wins on "M Countdown".
Evernight (series) Evernight is a series of five vampire-based romantic fantasy novels by "New York Times" bestselling American author Claudia Gray. It tells the story of Bianca Olivier, a 16-year-old half-vampire girl born to two vampires, who is forced to attend Evernight Academy, a private boarding school for vampires (although some humans are enrolled). She was enrolled in order to fulfill her destiny to become a full vampire, even though she feels she doesn't belong there. Bianca then meets and falls in love with a human named Lucas Ross, who also feels isn't the "Evernight" type, but their love becomes forbidden by their families and friends when the truth of each other's nature comes to light. Not only is it revealed that Bianca is a vampire, but it is also revealed that Lucas is a member of the ancient vampire hunting group Black Cross.
Wang Chung (band) Wang Chung are a British new wave musical group formed in 1980. The name Wang Chung means "yellow bell" in Chinese (黃鐘 , ), and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. The group found their greatest success in the United States, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" (No. 16 in the summer of 1984), "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (No. 2 in 1986) and "Let's Go!" (No. 9 in 1987).
D.Holic D.Holic (Hangul: 디홀릭) was a South Korean girl group formed by Star Road Entertainment (formerly H.Mate Entertainment) in 2014 with five members. Nine left the group in August 2015, due to personal reasons, and was replaced by new member, Hwajung. In July 2016, it was revealed through teasers that Danbee and Duri had decided to leave the group, new member, EJ, was added to the line-up. In February 2017, it was confirmed through a performance that members Hami and Hwajung had departed from the group. They were temporary replaced with new members, Nayoung and Youjin, although they never officially made their debut. In July 2017, EJ announced that she would be leaving the group to pursue a modelling career. The group informally disbanded after the departure of all but one member, with the aim of re-debuting the remaining member, Rena, into a new girl group within a year. The group has released one mini-album: "Chewy" (2015) and three single albums: "D.Holic Dark With Dignity" (2014), "Murphy & Sally" (2015), and "Color Me Rad" (2016).
The Saturdays The Saturdays was a British-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007. The line up consisted of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King and Vanessa White. They were formed through Fascination Records, who gave them an instant record deal with the label as well as a sub-division of Polydor Records. As soon as the contract was finalised The Saturdays went on tour with Girls Aloud during their Tangled Up Tour. The group's music style is pop, however throughout their career their management have experimented with dance-pop and electropop. To create this music, Ina Wroldsen, Steve Mac and Quiz & Larossi have been heavily involved.
Serebro Serebro (Russian: Серебро ; English translation: Silver) (Stylized as SEREBRO) is a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. The group currently consists of members Olga Seryabkina, Polina Favorskaya and Katya Kischuk. Serebro was formed in 2007 as a submitted proposal for consideration by Channel One Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Serebro was selected to represent Russia at the 2007 Contest with the song titled "Song #1". They subsequently placed third at the contest, scoring a total of 207 points. Serebro was then officially signed to Fadeev's record label Monolit Records, and in 2012, the group had additional releases produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Ego Music. During 2009, member Marina Lizorkina announced her departure from the group; she was subsequently replaced by Anastasia Karpova. Karpova left the group in 2013 and was replaced by Dasha Shashina, who left in 2016.
Catherine M. McGee Middle School Catherine M. McGee Middle School is a public middle school located in Berlin, Connecticut. The current school building on Norton Road was opened in 1969 and serves grades 6-8. An addition was added in 1996, which included a new library media center, new science labs, and nine additional classrooms. Technological upgrades during the spring and summer of 2007 included the installation of LCD projectors in all core classrooms with interactive white boards being installed in approximately three-quarters of those rooms. Technology upgrades completed by the fall of 2009 include the installation of interactive white boards in all core classrooms. A major HVAC and roofing upgrade was completed in the summer of 2011. Changes to the interior of the building include HVAC closets in many classrooms and new ceilings and lighting in all classrooms and hallways.
Sugababes The Sugababes are an English girl group formed in 1998 by Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, "One Touch", was released in the UK through London Records on 27 November 2000. The album achieved moderate success, peaking at number 26 in April 2001 and eventually being certified Gold. In 2001, Donaghy departed the group amid rumours of a rift with Buchanan and the group were dropped by their record label. With the introduction of Heidi Range, former member of fellow English girl group Atomic Kitten, the group began to experience a higher level of commercial success whilst keeping the critical acclaim they had achieved with their debut album. They released three studio albums before Buena announced her departure in December 2005, leading to Amelle Berrabah being brought in to replace her. Following the release of their first greatest hits album, the new line-up released two studio albums. In September 2009, after 11 years in the Sugababes, Buchanan, the final original member, was replaced by former UK Eurovision entry Jade Ewen. Range, Berrabah and Ewen released the group's seventh studio album, "Sweet 7", in 2010, after which they signed to RCA Records, before announcing an indefinite hiatus in 2011. In 2013, Ewen confessed that the Sugababes had split two years earlier. The original line-up of the band reformed in 2011, under the new name Mutya Keisha Siobhan.
TrueBliss TrueBliss were a New Zealand pop girl group formed in April 1999. The band were formed on the popular television show "Popstars", which aired on TV2 for nine weeks in the search for a new girl group. TrueBliss were the first ever group to be formed under the "Popstars" banner, before the concept was sold to Australia (who formed the group Bardot in similar style), continental Europe, the UK and the United States.
A La Carte (group) A La Carte was a German disco girl group formed in 1978. The trio originally included Patsy Fuller, Julia and Elaine. Their first song was "When the Boys Come Home", released in March 1979. By 1981, the group was made up of Jeanny Renshaw, Linda Daniels and Joy Martin. Together, they released the album "Viva". The group underwent several line-up changes afterwards also. The group disbanded in 1985. The final line-up featured Jeanny Renshaw, Patsy Fuller and Katie Humble. Other women disco groups like "A La Carte" were very popular in Europe at the time. Such as, Arabesque, (also from Germany), Luv' and Maywood (both from the Netherlands) and Baccara (from Spain).
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet Muhammad: Legacy of the Prophet is a PBS documentary film about the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad based on historical records and on the stories of living American Muslims who call Muhammad the Messenger of God. It was produced in 2002 by Alex Kronemer and Michael Wolfe of Unity Productions Foundation and Kikim Media.
Operation Leopard La légion saute sur Kolwezi also known as "Operation Leopard" is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard filmed in French Guiana. The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978. It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1 REP Captain Pierre Sergent. He published his book in 1979; the film came out in 1980. Raoul Coutard shot the film in a documentary style.
Eye of the Leopard Eye Of The Leopard, is a 2006 nature documentary film by National Geographic Channel that shows the journey, life, and growth of a young leopard cub named "Legadema". The film is narrated by Jeremy Irons, who also voiced Scar in Disney's 1994 animated film "The Lion King". Irons would later narrate "The Last Lions", a 2011 National Geographic documentary film.
Maestro (2014 film) Maestro is a 2014 French comedy-drama film directed by Léa Fazer. The idea of the film came from co-writer Jocelyn Quivrin's experience of working with director Éric Rohmer in 2006 on Rohmer's last film "Romance of Astree and Celadon". It stars Pio Marmaï, Michael Lonsdale, Déborah François and Alice Belaïdi.
2008 Detroit Lions season The 2008 Detroit Lions season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Football League. The Lions entered their third season under head coach Rod Marinelli and were looking to improve on the 7–9 record they put together in 2007. Instead, the Lions had one of the worst seasons in pro sports history. The team lost all sixteen of their games in 2008, becoming the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to end an NFL season with no wins and no tied games as well as the first and only team to do it since the schedule was expanded to sixteen games. The Lions were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by Week 11, when they stood 0–10. The team's victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 16 of 2007 stood as their last until Week 3 of the 2009 season. From the time the Lions recorded a win over the Denver Broncos in 2007 to reach 6–2, the team went 5–47 over their following 52 games (including all of 2008 and 2009) before winning four games in a row at the end of the 2010 season. As of 2017, this is the only team in NFL history to finish a season with a 0–16 record. The 2016 Cleveland Browns and the 2009 St. Louis Rams came close to 0–16, both going 1–15.
The Last Lions The Last Lions is a 2011 African nature documentary film by National Geographic Society, videotaped and directed by Dereck and Beverly Joubert. It was shot at the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The film premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2011 and was released in select theaters on February 18, 2011. The film follows in the tradition of other National Geographic big cat films, such as "India: Land of the Tiger" and "Eye of the Leopard".
In Jerusalem in Jerusalem (Be-Yerushalayim, Jerusalem) (1963) is a documentary film by David Perlov, This film came to be one of the most important films of Israeli documentary cinema.
New Haven Documentary Film Festival New Haven Documentary Film Festival (also known as NHdocs) is an annual documentary film festival held in New Haven, Connecticut, over a weekend in the month of June. Screenings take place at Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium and the New Haven Free Public Library. NHdocs is a regional festival that showcases documentaries by filmmakers from the greater New Haven area and beyond. NHdocs was launched in 2014 when the film festival’s co-founders Charles Musser, Gorman Bechard, Jacob Bricca, and Lisa Molomot came together at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and decided to create a documentary film festival in New Haven that would “build a sense of community among documentary filmmakers from the greater New Haven area.” In 2014, the four filmmakers each showed one of their recently completed documentaries, three of which had just played at the Big Sky.
Melanie Hogan Melanie Hogan (born 8 July 1977) is an award winning film director and producer, known for her works in Australian documentary cinema. Hogan became first known with her directorial debut "Kanyini" which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2006. The film came out of Hogan’s personal realization that she had not learnt anything about the history of her country, Australia, from an Aboriginal perspective despite studying in Australian Institutions right through to tertiary level. She also lamented the fact that she did not know anything about the world's oldest living culture.
Prophet's Prey Prophet's Prey is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Amy J. Berg. The film is an adaptation of the 2011 book "Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints". It was produced by Katherine LeBlond and Sam Brower, the author of the book, for Showtime and Imagine Entertainment. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and had its television premiere on October 10, 2015. The film's subject matter is Warren Jeffs, the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, who is now running his religion from the confines of the Texas state prison, where he is serving out a sentence of life plus twenty years for the rape of girls aged 12 and 13. The score is written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
TV 538 TV 538 is a music television channel that airs music videos and live coverage of its radio broadcasts. Dutch radio station 538 launched the TV channel on 4 July 2011. The channel is owned by a joint venture between Talpa Holding and Telegraaf Media Groep . It broadcasts 24 hours a day and airs across the Netherlands.
Radio 538 Radio 538 (Dutch: "vijf-drie-acht" ) is a Dutch commercial radio station that has evolved since 1992. "538," refers to the wavelength that Radio Veronica was broadcast on in the seventies. This station was intended for the younger generation and is owned by Talpa Holding and Telegraaf Media Groep. It has a broad variety of genres including the Top 40, dance, R&B, pop, rock and recent hits. Traditionally, the station was only obtained through cable, however in 1998 the station upgraded to a different frequency package, allowing for different frequencies by region. Radio 538 started the hip-hop and contemporary R&B program "Juize", which developed into the radio station Juize.FM on 18 July 2004. Later, in 2011, Radio 538 created a sister station called TV 538.
Tien (TV channel) Tien (meaning "Ten" in Dutch), previously known as Talpa, was the name of a commercial television channel in the Netherlands. Tien opened on August 13, 2005 as Talpa, following a name dispute with SBS Broadcasting. SBS owned the trademark "TV10" and objected to the use of the word Tien. The owner of Tien, Dutch media mogul John de Mol, decided to rebrand the channel as "Talpa", the Latin word for "mole", which is "mol" in Dutch. Subsequently Talpa became the name of De Mol's holding company.
Sky Radio Sky Radio is a Dutch commercial radio station playing non-stop Adult Contemporary-pop music and is owned by a joint venture between Talpa Holding and Telegraaf Media Groep. The station slogan is "Your favourite playlist!". The station primarily plays pop and rock music from the 1980s through to the present.
Talpa Radio Talpa Radio (Formerly: "538 Group", pronounced "Vijf-Drie-Acht-Groep" in Dutch and "Sky Radio Group") is a radio company of Talpa Media, in which various radio and television activities are housed. The group was founded on January 1, 2012, as a result of an acquisition of Radio 538 by Talpa from RTL Nederland.
Villa Isola Villa Isola (now Bumi Siliwangi) is an art-deco building in the northern part of Bandung, the capital of West Java province of Indonesia. Overlooking the valley with the view of the city, Villa Isola was completed in 1933 by the Dutch architect Wolff Schoemaker for the Dutch media tycoon Dominique Willem Berretty, the founder of the Aneta press-agency in the Dutch East Indies. The original purpose of the building was for Berretty's private house, but then it was transformed into a hotel after his death and now it serves as the headmastership office of the University of Education Indonesia.
John de Mol Jr. Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. (born 24 April 1955 in The Hague) is a Dutch media tycoon. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa.
Radio Veronica (Talpa Radio) Radio Veronica is a Dutch commercial radio station of a joint venture between Talpa Holding and Telegraaf Media Groep . The station runs mainly music from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The station can be compared with Absolute Radio in the United Kingdom.
Talpa Holding Talpa Holding is the company in which John de Mol Jr. has transferred all of its media activities. Besides John de Mol, who as majority shareholder owns 80% of the company, Rabo Participaties owns a 20% stake in the media company. The holding company has amongst the 538 group with radio station Radio 538. Talpa Media, formerly part of Talpa Holding, has been sold to ITV plc and is a separate business unit within ITV Studios.
Stage Entertainment Stage Entertainment is a live entertainment company founded by Dutch media tycoon and theatrical producer, Joop van den Ende. It is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Stage Entertainment is in business with offices and theatres in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, France and Italy. The group produces musical shows in large theatres, comprising licensed productions from international partners as well as original, in-company storyline.
Red Rose White Rose Red Rose White Rose () is a 1994 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan. It was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.
Centre Stage (1992 film) Center Stage (), also known as Centre Stage, Actress and Yuen Ling-yuk, is a 1992 Hong Kong film, directed by Stanley Kwan.
Women (1985 film) Women is a 1985 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan in his directorial debut. Like Kwan's following films, "Women" focuses on female characters and their efforts to overcome cultural restrictions. The cast includes Cora Miao, Chow Yun-fat, Cherie Chung and Elaine Jin. It was nominated for nine Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture.
Lan Yu (film) Lan Yu () is a gay-themed Hong Kong-Chinese film, set in Beijing in China, by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan in 2001, and features the full-frontal male nudity of both Liu Ye and Hu Jun.
Kwan Pun Leung Kwan Pun Leung (關本良) is a Hong Kong cinematographer. After starting his career as a photographer in the local arts and culture scene, he made his motion picture debut as director of photography on director Stanley Kwan’s 1997 film "Hold You Tight". Kwan then worked on Ann Hui’s films "July Rhapsody" (2002) and "The Postmodern Life of My Aunt" (2006), as well as Wong Kar-wai’s 2004 film "2046".
Love Unto Waste Love Unto Waste is a 1986 Hong Kong drama film directed by Stanley Kwan and starring Tony Leung, Irene Wan, Elaine Jin, Tsai Chin, Chow Yun-fat with guest appearances by Elaine Chow and Winnie Yu.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde The Trials of Oscar Wilde also known as "The Man with the Green Carnation" and "The Green Carnation", is a 1960 British film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. It was written by Allen and Ken Hughes, directed by Hughes, and co-produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli and Harold Huth. The screenplay was by Ken Hughes and Montgomery Hyde, based on the play "The Stringed Lute" by John Furnell. The film was made by Warwick Films and released by United Artists.
Rouge (film) Rouge (; Jyutping: Jin1zi1 kau3) is a 1988 Hong Kong film, directed by Stanley Kwan. The movie is the adaptation of the novel by Lilian Lee.
Night School (1981 film) Night School (released in the United Kingdom as Terror Eyes) is a 1981 American slasher film, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Rachel Ward, in her feature film debut. The plot revolves around a series of gruesome decapitation murders targeting mostly college coeds in Boston, Massachusetts. The film was originally to be directed by Alfred Sole, but Sole passed on the project. Ken Hughes was ultimately brought in to direct, and "Night School" was his final film. The music score was composed by Brad Fiedel.
Hold You Tight (film) Hold You Tight () is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Stanley Kwan. The film features full-frontal male nudity.
Tessa de Josselin Tessa de Josselin (born 13 April 1989) is an Australian actress. She left her job as an environmental planner to pursue a career in acting. Shortly after joining an acting agency, de Josselin appeared in an episode of "Tricky Business" and was cast as Samantha "Sam" Hazelton in children's drama "In Your Dreams". In 2015, de Josselin appeared as Macy in "Ready for This" and Anna Conigrave in the feature film "Holding the Man". From April 2015, de Josselin began starring in the long-running soap opera "Home and Away" as Billie Ashford. She departed the cast in 2016 and her last scenes aired in February 2017.
Ashleigh Brewer Ashleigh May Brewer (born 9 December 1990) is an Australian actress. She had a recurring role in "The Sleepover Club", before she joined the cast of "". Brewer played the role of Kate Ramsay in the long-running Australian soap opera "Neighbours" from 2009 until 2014. She currently portrays the role of Ivy Forrester on the CBS Daytime soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful".
Prachi Sinha Prachi Sinha is an Indian model and actress. She is best known for playing the role of "Vardaan" in the popular television soap opera "Vishkanya" on Zee TV. She was also cast in the film "Angry Young Man".
Alin Sumarwata Alin Sumarwata is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role in the Australian soap opera "Neighbours" as Vanessa Villante. She has also starred in series 2 of the critically acclaimed "East West 101" and played the role of May Stone in soap opera "Home and Away".
Jayne Bentzen Jayne Bentzen (born August 8, 1955 in Evansville, Indiana) is an American actress and former model, best known for her role as "Nicole Travis Drake Cavanaugh" on the soap opera "The Edge of Night", a role she assumed in 1978 after the departure of actress Maeve McGuire. Bentzen continued in the role until the summer of 1981. She also cast as the role of Julie in a film called "Blood Rage" in 1987.
Focus (2015 film) Focus is a 2015 American romantic crime comedy-drama film written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and Rodrigo Santoro. The film was released on February 27, 2015 and received mixed reviews from critics but was a success at the box office, grossing a total of $159 million off its $50 million budget.
Antoinette Byron Antoinette Byron is an Australian actress best known for such television series as "Women in Prison", "Melrose Place", and for portraying the characters Skye Chandler on the soap opera "All My Children" and the role of Natalie Nash on the Australian soap opera "Home and Away", Byron was cast in the role of Nash and debuted in the 1999 season premiere.
Vanessa Bell Calloway Vanessa Bell Calloway (born March 20, 1957) is an American actress and dancer. Beginning her career as a dancer, Bell Calloway is perhaps best known for her role as Princess Imani Izzi (Eddie Murphy's arranged wife) in the 1988 comedy "Coming to America". In the following years, Bell Calloway appeared in "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), "The Inkwell" (1994), "Crimson Tide" (1995), and "Daylight" (1996). Bell Calloway had several starring roles on television series and movies, include first African American prime time soap opera, "Under One Roof" (1995). In recent years, she had the recurring roles on "Hawthorne" and "Shameless". In 2016, she appeared in comedy-drama film "Southside with You", and began starring as Lady Ella Johnson in the Bounce TV prime time soap opera, "Saints & Sinners". Bell Calloway is an eight-time NAACP Image Award nominee.
Wendy Strehlow Wendy Strehlow (1 July, c. 1958) is an Australian actress, particularly in soap opera and theatre, she has appeared in numerous TV series and tele-dramas but is probably best known for her role as the much loved nurse sister Judy Loveday in the television soap opera "A Country Practice", from 1981- 1986, for which she won a Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1985. From mid-2005 to 2008, she played the role of Paramedic Lorraine Tanner in the Seven Network medical drama "All Saints".
Nicole Kidman filmography Australian actress Nicole Kidman made her film debut in the drama remake "Bush Christmas" in 1983. Four years later, she starred in the television miniseries "Vietnam", for which she received the Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series award from the Australian Film Institute. Kidman's breakthrough role was in the 1989 thriller "Dead Calm"; her performance as a married woman trapped on a yacht with a psychopathic murderer earned critical acclaim and international recognition. She followed this with her Hollywood debut opposite Tom Cruise in Tony Scott's auto-racing film "Days of Thunder" (1990). Her role as a homicidal weather forecaster in Gus Van Sant's crime comedy-drama "To Die For" garnered Kidman a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in 1996. She worked with Cruise again on Stanley Kubrick's erotic thriller "Eyes Wide Shut" in 1999.
Ironbridge power stations The Ironbridge power stations (also known as the Buildwas power stations) refers to a series of two power stations which have occupied a site on the banks of the River Severn at Buildwas in Shropshire, England. The Ironbridge B Power Station was operated by E.ON UK but the site is now owned by Uniper. The station stands near the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, where the Industrial Revolution began. Originally powered by coal, they were converted to use 100% biomass fuel. Ironbridge B Power Station stopped generating electricity on 20 November 2015, with the decommissioning process expected to continue into 2017.
Kosovo A Power Station Kosovo A Power Station is a lignite power station with five units at Obilić, Kosovo. It is the second largest power station in Kosovo with capacity of 650 MW after Kosovo B Power Station. It is described as the worst single-point source of pollution in Europe and it is expected to be closed by 2017.