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Nerdist Industries Nerdist Industries, LLC is part of the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. Nerdist Industries was founded as a sole podcast (The Nerdist Podcast) created by Chris Hardwick but later spread to include a network of podcasts, a premium content YouTube channel, a news division (Nerdist News), an...
Course of the Force Course of the Force, founded in 2012, is a partnership between Lucasfilm, Nerdist Industries, Machinima and Octagon (Sports Agency). The partnership's primary event is an Olympic-style lightsaber relay along the California coast.
Chloe Dykstra Chloe Frances Dykstra (born September 15, 1988) is an American actress, cosplayer, and model. She produces and co-hosts a web series "Just Cos" for the Nerdist Industries' YouTube channel and is a cast member of the SyFy show" Heroes of Cosplay". She is also a freelance game journalist for a number of web...
Nerdist News Nerdist News is a Nerdist-branded pop culture newsletter launched in February 2012. It was founded and operated by Nerdist Industries' CEO, Peter Levin, and its CCO, Chris Hardwick. It is hosted by Jessica Chobot.
Bobby Mehta Siddharth N. "Bobby" Mehta was former CEO and vice chairman of HSBC North America. Mehta served as an Advisor of TransUnion since December 31, 2012. Mehta serves as consultant of TransUnion. He served the chief executive officer and president of TransUnion from August 2007 to December 31, 2012, and Transuni...
The Nerdist Podcast The Nerdist Podcast is a weekly interview show "about what it really means to be a nerd" hosted by Chris Hardwick, usually accompanied by Jonah Ray and Matt Mira. The audio podcasts are typically an hour in length and include conversations with notable comedians or entertainers, sometimes at their o...
The Drop-In (podcast) The Drop-In is an At Will Radio podcast hosted by Will Malnati. In each episode, Malnati has a candid conversation with an interesting person in popular culture or leader in entertainment, hospitality and business. Guests have included Chris Hardwick (CEO at Nerdist Industries), Sebastian Stan ("C...
Chris Hardwick Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician. He is the chief executive officer of Nerdist Industries, the digital division of Legendary Entertainment. He currently hosts "Talking Dead",...
Jessica Chobot Jessica Chobot (born Jessica Lynn Horn; July 7, 1977) is an American on-camera host and writer. She has hosted the IGN shows "IGN Strategize" and "Weekly Wood", which also runs on Xbox Live; she previously worked as presenter of the IGN Daily Fix. Since 2013 she is the host of Nerdist News and "Nerdist N...
Maltin on Movies Maltin on Movies is a podcast launched in 2014, on Nerdist Industries, following a 2010 to 2014 television-broadcast movie review show on the ReelzChannel hosted by film critic Leonard Maltin.
Randall Cunningham II Randall Cunningham II, sometimes Randall Cunningham, Jr., (born January 4, 1996) is an American collegiate high jumper for the USC Trojans Men's track & field team who will be a senior during the 2017–18 school year. He was a high jumper and quarterback at Bishop Gorman High School. He is a five-t...
Ken Rose (gridiron football) Kenny Frank Rose (born June 9, 1962) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Rose graduated from Christian Brothers High School (Sacramento, California). He attended the Unive...
Nevada Union High School Nevada Union High School (NU) is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of California's capital, Sacramento. Situated between Nevada City and Grass Valley, the school serves those two incorporated cities and a large surrounding community. The Nevada Union High School district covers a...
Vashti Cunningham Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She is the daughter of retired National Football League (NFL) quarterback Randall Cunningham, niece of retired NFL fullback Sam Cunningham, and the younger sister of Randall Cunningham II. H...
Luke Urban Louis John "Luke" Urban (March 22, 1898 – December 7, 1980) was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. He played four seasons of professional American football in the National Football League and two years of Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves. Urban was also a college football coach, a college...
List of multi-sport athletes A multi-sport athlete is an athlete who competes at a high level in two or more different sports. Most athletes play two or more sports from a young age – especially in high school – before deciding to concentrate on just one sport.
Guo Jie Guo Jie (; January 16, 1912 – November 15, 2015) was a Chinese Olympic athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he was eliminated before reaching the final of the men's discus throw event. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Guo was inspired to attend the Olympics after hearing about ...
David Masur Masur graduated from Columbia High School in 1980. He was a multi-sport athlete at Columbia, playing on the basketball and lacrosse team. He had his greatest success as a three-year starter on the Columbia soccer team, winning the Group IV state championship his junior and senior seasons. He was a Parade Al...
Adam Thielen Adam John Thielen (born August 22, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Thielen was a multi-sport athlete in high school. He played college football at Minnesota State University and signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent i...
Randall Cunningham Randall Wade Cunningham (born March 27, 1963) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played in the NFL for 16 seasons, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. Cunningham is also known for his tenure with the Minnesota Vikings. He is the younger brother of ...
Gem Archer Colin Murray "Gem" Archer (born 7 December 1966) is an English musician, best known as a member of the English rock bands Oasis, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. He is also known for his work with Heavy Stereo. He joined Oasis as rhythm guitarist in November 1999, and handled lead guitar for...
Imagine (John Lennon song) "Imagine" is a song written and performed by English musician John Lennon. The best-selling single of his solo career, its lyrics encourage the listener to imagine a world at peace without the barriers of borders or the divisions of religion and nationality, and to consider the possibility th...
5:55 5:55 is the second album by French musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It is also her first album release in twenty years. Charlotte collaborated on the album with French duo Air, English musician Jarvis Cocker, and Irish singer-songwriter Neil Hannon, as well as Radiohead's main producer Nigel Godrich. "Th...
Sharon Gannon Sharon Gannon (born July 4, 1951 in Washington, D.C.) is a yoga teacher, animal rights advocate, musician, author, dancer/choreographer and painter. Along with David Life, she is the co-founder of the Jivamukti Yoga Method which contributed to the exponential rise in popularity of yoga in the west during ...
We Laughed "We Laughed" is a three-track single by English musician Billy Bragg as part of the Rosetta Life project. The single was released in 2005 in the UK and peaked at No. 11. It also reached No. 38 in Ireland in 2006. For the three songs on the single, Bragg collaborated with three patients of Trimar Hospice in W...
Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New is a compilation album by English musician Phil Collins. The album was released by Atlantic Recording Corporation and Rhino Entertainment on 28 September 2004. The album was released only a few months after the box set "The Platinum Colle...
No Plan (EP) No Plan is an extended play, comprising songs written and recorded by English musician David Bowie, released posthumously on 8 January 2017. The release coincided with what would have been Bowie's 70th birthday, almost a year after his death. "No Plan" compiles the original songs written for Bowie's Broadw...
List of songs recorded by Syd Barrett English musician Syd Barrett recorded many songs during his short career as a musician. One of the founding members of English rock band Pink Floyd, he was the dominant force of the band in their early years, writing most of the material found on their first album, "The Piper at th...
Who Can See It "Who Can See It" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1973 album "Living in the Material World". The lyrics reflect Harrison's uneasy feelings towards the Beatles' legacy, three years after the group's break-up, and serve as his statement of independence from expectations raised...
See Yourself "See Yourself" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1976 album "Thirty Three & 1/3". Harrison began writing the song in 1967, while he was a member of the Beatles, in response to the public outcry surrounding bandmate Paul McCartney's admission that he had taken the hallucinogenic...
Fred Doherty Frederick "Doc" Doherty (June 15, 1887 – February 12, 1961) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Doherty played hockey for several professional ice hockey teams from 1908 until 1916, including a stint with the Toronto Ontarios in the National Hockey Association (NHA). He also played in the Mariti...
Travis Richards Travis John Richards (born March 22, 1970) is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. Richards graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota in 1988. Richards was a member of the University of Minnesota Gophers hockey program before making his professional debut during the...
20th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 20th National Hockey League National Hockey League All-Star Game was played in Montreal Forum on January 18, 1967, where the host Montreal Canadiens defeated a team of all-stars from the remaining NHL teams 3–0. It was the first, and to date, only time a shutout occurred in...
National Hockey League All-Star Game The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: "Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey" ) is an exhibition ice hockey game that is traditionally held during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), with many of the League's star players playing against e...
57th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 57th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, home of the Montreal Canadiens, in conjunction with the Montreal Canadiens centennial celebrations on Sunday evening, January 25, 2009. The game was held between two teams, each repre...
60th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 60th National Hockey League All-Star Game was an exhibition ice hockey game played on January 25, 2015. The game was held in Columbus, Ohio, for the first time, at Nationwide Arena, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. The team captains were chosen by NHL Hockey Operations: N...
NHL All-Star Skills Competition The NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition, originally known as the National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition, is an event on the night preceding the All-Star Game. Started at the 41st National Hockey League All-Star Game in Pittsburgh in 1990, the NHL uses the event to showc...
List of Stanley Cup champions The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. Inscribed the "D...
44th National Hockey League All-Star Game The 44th National Hockey League All-Star Game was the last NHL All-Star Game to take place at the Montreal Forum on February 6, 1993. Before the start of the Game, there was a tribute to Mario Lemieux, who was in attendance but could not play due to his treatments for Hodgkin's...
Ryan Johansen Ryan Johansen (born July 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up, he played minor hockey in the Greater Vancouver area until joining the junior ranks with the Penticton Vees of the British Colu...
Rebel Highway Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge". The impetus for the ser...
Sal Mineo Salvatore Mineo, Jr. (January 10, 1939February 12, 1976), was an American film and theatre actor, known for his performance as John "Plato" Crawford opposite James Dean in the film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his roles in "Rebel W...
Rebel Without a Pause "Rebel Without a Pause" is a song by hip hop group Public Enemy and the first single from their 1988 album, "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". The title is a reference to the 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause".This is also the first song to sample Funky Drummer.
Jim Backus James Gilmore Backus (February 25, 1913 – July 3, 1989) was an American radio, television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles were the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of "The Alan Young Show", Joan Davis' character's husband (a...
Corey Allen Corey Allen (June 29, 1934 – June 27, 2010) was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He may be best known for playing the character Buzz Gunderson in Nicholas Ray's "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955).
My Teenage Daughter My Teenage Daughter, later Teenage Bad Girl, is a 1956 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland. The screenplay concerns a mother who tries to deal with her teenage daughter's descent into delinquency. It was intended as a British respons...
Casey Braxton Casey Braxton is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera "Home and Away", played by Lincoln Younes. Casey made his first on-screen appearance on 17 February 2011. Younes was about to go travelling when he auditioned for the role of Casey. He changed his plans upon winning the ro...
Stewart Stern Stewart Henry Stern (March 22, 1922 – February 2, 2015) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), starring James Dean.
Jack Grinnage Jack Grinnage (born January 20, 1931) is an American actor with a film and television career spanning seven decades. Born in Los Angeles, Grinnage made his first television appearances in 1954. The following year, he played as Moose – one of three teenage rebels who chase James Dean – in "Rebel Without a ...
The Cheers The Cheers were an American rock and roll vocal group, that had a string of hits in the mid-1950s starting with "(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'." which hit number three on the U.S. chart in 1954. This was the first hit written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to chart on the Pop charts in the United States, and...
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) Season one (Book One: Water) of "", an American animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Studios, aired 20 episodes from February 21, 2005 to December 2, 2005. The series was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman...
Bolin (The Legend of Korra) Bolin (愽林 , Bó Lín ) is a major fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series "The Legend of Korra", which aired from 2012 to 2014. The character and the series, a sequel to "", were created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. He is voiced by P. J. Byrne. Bolin ...
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 2) Season Two (Book Two: Earth) of "", an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 20 episodes from March 17, 2006 to December 1, 2006. The season was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whit...
Kuvira General Kuvira (古維拉 , Gǔ Wéi Lā ) is a fictional character and a character in "The Legend of Korra", created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Introduced in the third season of the series, she becomes the main antagonist of the fourth season. Kuvira was created with similar characteristics to the p...
Zaheer Zaheer is a major recurring character in Nickelodeon's animated television series "The Legend of Korra" (a sequel to ""). While he serves as the main antagonist of "Book Three: Change", his actions have lingering effects on Avatar Korra and the series' plot in the following book. The character was created by Mic...
The Legend of Korra The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network from 2012 to 2014. It was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as a sequel to "", which aired from 2005 to 2008. Animated in a style strongly influenced by anime, the seri...
List of The Legend of Korra episodes "The Legend of Korra" is an American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. A sequel to "", the series first aired on Nickelodeon in 2012. Like its predecessor, the series is set in a fictional world inspired by Asian and Inuit cultures, a...
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) Season Three (Book Three: Fire) of "", an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 21 episodes from September 21, 2007 to July 19, 2008. The season was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack...
Iroh General Iroh (艾洛 , Aì Luò ) is a fictional character in Nickelodeon's animated television series "". Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the character was voiced by Mako Iwamatsu in season one and season two and, due to Mako's death, by Greg Baldwin, in season three and the sequel series "The L...
List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes "" is a 61-episode American animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. It first aired on February 21, 2005, on Nickelodeon with a one-hour series premiere and concluded its run with a two-hour TV movie on July 19, 2008. The "Avatar: The...
List of Dexter episodes "Dexter" is an American television drama that was broadcast on the premium cable channel Showtime from October 1, 2006 to September 22, 2013. A total of 96 episodes of "Dexter" were broadcast over eight seasons. The series is based on characters created by Jeff Lindsay for his "Dexter" series of...
The British Invasion (Dexter) "The British Invasion" is the twelfth episode and finale of the second season, and twenty-fourth overall episode, of the American television drama series "Dexter", which first aired on 16 December 2007 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Daniel Cerone (based on a s...
Dexter (TV series) Dexter is an American television crime drama mystery series that aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013. Set in Miami, the series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Polic...
Michael C. Hall Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor, known for his roles as Dexter Morgan, a serial killer and blood spatter analyst, in the Showtime TV Network series "Dexter", and as David Fisher in the HBO drama series "Six Feet Under". In 2010, Hall won a Golden Globe Award and a Scree...
The Damage a Man Can Do "The Damage a Man Can Do" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television drama series "Dexter", which first aired on November 16, 2008 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Scott Buck and directed by Marcos Siega. In the episode, assistant district at...
Vince Masuka Vincent "Vince" Masuka (Masuoka in the books) is a fictional character in the Showtime television series "Dexter" and the novels by Jeff Lindsay upon which the series is based. On television he is portrayed by Korean-American C. S. Lee. Masuka is the Miami Metro Police lead forensic science investigator; h...
Sage Kirkpatrick Sage Kirkpatrick is an actress probably best known for playing Dexter Morgan's mother, Laura Moser, in the Showtime TV drama series, "Dexter".
Darkly Dreaming Dexter Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a 2004 novel by Jeff Lindsay, the first in his series about serial killer Dexter Morgan. It formed the basis of the Showtime television series "Dexter" and won the 2005 Dilys Award and the 2007 Book to TV award.
It's Alive! (Dexter) "It's Alive!" is the second season premiere and thirteenth overall episode of the American television drama series "Dexter", which first aired on September 30, 2007 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Daniel Cerone and was directed by Tony Goldwyn. In the episode, which tak...
Hello, Dexter Morgan "Hello, Dexter Morgan" is the 11th and penultimate episode of the fourth season of Showtime TV series, Dexter, which aired on December 6, 2009. The police team attempt to get Christine Hill to talk while Dexter frames another man in order to get Arthur Mitchell, the Trinity Killer, all to himself.
Lance Krall Lance Krall (born December 9, 1970 in Monterey, California) is an American comedian and actor, television writer, director, and producer of Vietnamese descent. He became well known after his portrayal as "Kip" in the role in faux-reality show "The Joe Schmo Show". He went on to create and star in "The Lance...
Matt Kennedy Gould Matt Kennedy Gould (born October 4, 1975) is an American former television personality. He rose to prominence in 2003, when he was the protagonist of "The Joe Schmo Show", a fake reality show in which, unbeknownst to him, all the participants but Gould were actors portraying broad reality show partic...
List of The Joe Schmo Show episodes "The Joe Schmo Show" is an American reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series premiered in the United States on Spike on September 2, 2003. The show's third season premiered on January 8, 2013.
Stone Stanley Entertainment Stone Stanley Entertainment is an American film and television production company, founded in 1990 by David G. Stanley and Scott A. Stone as Stone Stanley Productions. Since then, Stone Stanley has produced several television programs, most notably "Shop 'til You Drop", "Loveline", "Legends ...
Rhett Reese Rhett Reese is an American film producer, television producer and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, his credits include "Clifford's Really Big Movie", "Cruel Intentions 3". He has collaborated with Paul Wernick, writing the films "Zombieland", "", and "Deadpool". Together they also created the reality series...
Gretchen Palmer Gretchen Palmer (born December 16, 1961) is an American television and film actress. She has had recurring roles in television series such as "The Joe Schmo Show" and "The Parkers", and has appeared in films including "Fast Forward", "Crossroads", "The Malibu Bikini Shop", "Red Heat", "When Harry Met Sa...
Robert Belushi Robert James Belushi (born October 23, 1980) is an American actor. In films, he is best known for his work on "Sorority Row", "One Small Hitch", and "Valentine's Day". On television, he is best known as Allen ("The Buddy") on the of Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show" and Linus the Bartender on the ninth and...
Free Radio (TV series) Free Radio is a television show, created by Lance Krall and Rory Rosegarten. The show originated on VH1, but has also played on Comedy Central, and Super Channel (Canada). It stars Lance Krall, prominent for his role on "The Joe Schmo Show", and Anna Vocino, who also starred with Krall on "The La...
The Joe Schmo Show The Joe Schmo Show is a reality television hoax show created by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. The series is broadcast in the U.S. on the cable network Spike. The show's premise is that a target person or persons are led to believe that they are contestants on a reality television show; in reality, al...
Ralph Garman Ralph Garman (born November 17, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and radio host best known as the host of "The Joe Schmo Show", for his voice work on the Fox animated series "Family Guy", and as the entertainment reporter and impressionist for the "Kevin and Bean" morning show on Los Angeles radio sta...
Take 21 Take 21, previously Toronto Student Film Festival or TSFF, is an annual event for youth to showcase their talent in a variety of short film genres. Take 21 has attracted film makers from several different countries. Prizes have focused on work experiences in the industry, scholarships to film making programmes,...
Three are Three Three are Three (Spanish: Tres eran tres) is a 1955 Spanish comedy film directed by Eduardo García Maroto. In three separate segments it parodies different film genres.
The Importance of Being Icelandic The Importance of Being Icelandic is a 1998 documentary film by the filmmaker Jon Gustafsson (born in Iceland and living in Canada) that traces the steps of three Icelandic Canadians on a different quest of discovering their Icelandic heritage by going to Iceland. In addition to their ...
Jackie Lou Blanco Jacqueline Lourdes Blanco-Davao (born February 11, 1964) is a Filipina actress and aerobic instructor of Filipino descent. During the 1980s and the 1990s, she appeared in different film genres including "Hihintayin Kita sa Langit", (1991), "Si Aida, Si Lorna, o Si Fe", (1989) "Misis mo, Misis ko", (19...
Poetical Refugee Poetical Refugee (French: La Faute à Voltaire ) is a 2000 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, starring Sami Bouajila, Élodie Bouchez and Bruno Lochet. It was Kechiche‘s debut feature film and was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for best first film, winning seven award...
Music composition and composers in Pristina Music composition and composers in Pristina refers to music composition and composers who have left their mark in Pristina. The importance of Kosovan Folklore on the different genres, their development and their popularity. As referring to genres as a categorization would not...
Film laboratory A film laboratory is a commercial service enterprise and technical facility for the film industry where specialists develop, print, and conform film material for classical film production and distribution which is based on film material, such as negative and positive, black and white and color, on diffe...
Buddy film The buddy film is a film genre in which two (or on occasion, more than two) people—often both men— are put together. The two often contrast in personality, which creates a different dynamic onscreen than a pairing of two people of the opposite gender. The contrast is sometimes accentuated by an ethnic differ...
The Five Obstructions The Five Obstructions is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is that von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and m...
Parody film A parody film is a subgenre of comedy film that parodies other film genres or films as pastiches, works created by imitation of the style of many different films reassembled together.
Party switching in the United States In the United States politics, party switching is any change in party affiliation of a partisan public figure, usually one who is currently holding elected office. Use of the term "party switch" can also connote a transfer of held power in an elected governmental body from one party...
Hungarian Communist Party The Party of Communists in Hungary (Hungarian: "Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja" ), renamed Hungarian Communist Party ("Magyar Kommunista Párt" ) in October 1944, was founded on November 24, 1918, and was in power in Hungary briefly from March to August 1919 under Béla Kun and the Hungarian S...
Australian federal election, 1972 Federal elections for the House of Representatives were held in Australia on 2 December 1972, and were won by the Australian Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam. Labor won 67 of the 125 seats contested and defeated the Liberal Party led by Prime Minister William McMahon and Coalition part...
Swedish general election, 1982 General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 1982. They saw the return of the Swedish Social Democratic Party to power after six years in opposition, the longest period in opposition by the Social Democrats since the 1910s. The center-right coalition of Thorbjörn Fälldin had earl...
Tefik Mborja Tefik Selim Mborja (1888-1954) was an Albanian politician and lawyer. He served as the general secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party during the Second World War.
United Bermuda Party The United Bermuda Party (UBP) was a political party in Bermuda. It represented itself as centrist party in favour of a moderate social and fiscal agenda. Having held power in Bermuda's House of Assembly continuously from 1968 to 1998, the 47-year-old party officially ceased operations on 30 June 2...
Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1967 The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) was held in February 1967. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led coalition under the leadership of C.N. Annadurai won the election defeating the Indian National Congress (Congress). Anti-H...
Confederation of Mexican Workers The Confederation of Mexican Workers (Spanish: "Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM)" ) is the largest confederation of labor unions in Mexico. For many years, it was one of the essential pillars of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
Bal'arab bin Himyar Bal'arab bin Himyar (died 1749) was one of the rival Imams during the civil wars in Oman in the final years of the Yaruba dynasty. He was elected Imam in 1728, holding power in the interior of Oman while his cousin, Saif bin Sultan II, held power on the coast. In 1737 he renounced his claim after be...
People's Socialist Republic of Albania Albania ( , ; Albanian: "Shqipëri/Shqipëria" ; Gheg Albanian: "Shqipni/Shqipnia, Shqypni/Shqypnia" ), officially the People's Socialist Republic of Albania (), was a socialist state that ruled Albania from 1946 to its fall in 1992. From 1946 to 1976 it was known as the People's Re...