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Rugbrød Rugbrød (] ) (Danish style rye bread) is a very common bread in Denmark. "Rugbrød" usually resembles a long brown extruded rectangle, no more than 12 cm high, and 30–35 cm wide, dependent upon the bread pan in which it is baked. The ingredients typically include rye flour, cracked or chopped rye kernels and see...
Microbial food cultures Microbial food cultures are live bacteria, yeasts or moulds used in food production. Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs. Used by humans since the Neolithic period (around 10 000 years BC) fermentation helps to preserve perishable foods and to improve their n...
Ghouta Ghouta (Arabic: غوطة دمشق‎ ‎ / ALA-LC: "Ghūṭat Dimashq") originally described the oasis formed by the Barada river around the site where Damascus, Syria, was founded. Starting in ancient times, canals dug by the inhabitants of Damascus irrigated land on either side of the Barada, increasing the size of the Ghout...
Jun (drink) “Jun” (] ) or “Xun” is an effervescent fermented health tonic roughly similar to kombucha but feeding on green tea and raw honey rather than black tea and concentrated sugar. So little credible information exists about Jun that even its most basic characteristics are in dispute: some claim its true definiti...
Pajottenland The Pajottenland (in English occasionally Payottenland) is a distinct region within the Flemish Brabant province of Belgium. The region is located west-southwest of Brussels. The Pajottenland is predominantly farmland, with occasional gently rolling hills, and lies mostly between the rivers Dender and Zenn...
Communicourt Communicourt is a legal services company, based in Halesowen in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. It is one of the two companies providing Non-Registered Intermediaries for defendants in the United Kingdom. The company provides legal intermediaries outside the schemes run by the Ministry of Justice scheme...
Lambic Lambic is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels and in Brussels itself at the Cantillon Brewery. Lambic beers include gueuze and kriek lambic. Lambic differs from most other beers in that it is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria native to the Zenne ...
Mess kit A mess kit is a collection of silverware and cookware used during camping and backpacking, as well as extended military campaigns. There are many varieties of mess kits available to consumers, and militaries commonly provide and have historically provided them to their troops.
Glenwood Canyon Glenwood Canyon is a rugged scenic 12.5 mi canyon on the Colorado River in western Colorado in the United States. Its walls climb as high as 1300 ft above the Colorado River. It is the largest such canyon on the Upper Colorado. The canyon, which has historically provided the routes of railroads and high...
Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper In physical cosmology, the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, or αβγ paper, was created by Ralph Alpher, then a physics PhD student, and his advisor George Gamow. The work, which would become the subject of Alpher's PhD dissertation, argued that the Big Bang would create hydrogen, helium and heavier ele...
Berkeley High Jacket The Jacket is the student newspaper serving the roughly three thousand students of Berkeley High School, California. The paper is published every other Friday and is usually sixteen pages long, with only the front, back, and two middle pages in color. There are five sections in the paper: news, opi...
Quasi-algebraically closed field In mathematics, a field "F" is called quasi-algebraically closed (or C) if every non-constant homogeneous polynomial "P" over "F" has a non-trivial zero provided the number of its variables is more than its degree. The idea of quasi-algebraically closed fields was investigated by C. C. ...
Edward Teller Edward Teller (Hungarian: "Teller Ede" ; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who was born in Hungary, and is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he claimed he did not care for the title. He made numerous contributions to nuclea...
Ylem Ylem is a term that was used by George Gamow, his student Ralph Alpher, and their associates in the late 1940s for a hypothetical original substance or condensed state of matter, which became subatomic particles and elements as we understand them today. The term "ylem" was actually resuscitated (it appears in Webs...
Gilman Paper Company The Gilman Paper Company was a paper producer that was started in the 1880s by Isaac Gilman in Gilman, Vermont. In the 1940s his son Charles Gilman built an additional mill in St. Mary's, Georgia. The company was capable of producing 2.6 million pounds of paper per day, employed 1,100 workers and 1...
Kate Gordon (energy analyst) Kate Gordon is an American lawyer, urban planner, non-profit advisor, and leader in the “green jobs” and climate risk movement. She is currently an independent consultant and Senior Advisor at the Paulson Institute, where she provides strategic support on issues related to climate change an...
Bethe–Salpeter equation The Bethe–Salpeter equation (named after Hans Bethe and Edwin Salpeter) describes the bound states of a two-body (particles) quantum field theoretical system in a relativistically covariant formalism. The equation was actually first published in 1950 at the end of a paper by Yoichiro Nambu, but ...
Semi-empirical mass formula In nuclear physics, the semi-empirical mass formula (SEMF) (sometimes also called Weizsäcker's formula, or the Bethe–Weizsäcker formula, or the Bethe–Weizsäcker mass formula to distinguish it from the Bethe–Weizsäcker process) is used to approximate the mass and various other properties of a...
N. J. Rao N. J. Rao has done B.Tech (Hons.) and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Roorkee. He served over 34 year's at IIT Roorkee / University of Roorkee at Chemical Engineering Department and Department of Paper Technology. He worked for several yea...
Ali Eren Balıkel Ali Eren Balıkel was born on 27 July 1979, in Adana and grew up in the ancient Kilikya region of Turkey. As the fourth child of a civil servant father and a housewife, Ali Eren moved to Mersin with his family due to the business of his father. He completed his primary, secondary and high school educati...
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives, including the Silwan necropolis, is the most ancient and most important cemetery in Jerusalem. Burial on the Mount of Olives started some 3,000 years ago in the First Temple Period, and continues to this day. The cemetery contains about 70,000 ...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe that was published in 1968. The book is remembered today as an early – and arguably the most popular – example of the growing literary style called New Journalism. Wolfe presents an as-if-firsthand account of the experienc...
Here's the Thing Here's the Thing is a public radio show and podcast interview series hosted by actor Alec Baldwin. On October 24, 2011, New York City's WNYC released the first episode of Baldwin's podcast, a series of interviews with public figures including artists, policy makers and performers. "Here's the Thing" wa...
Index Magazine index Magazine was a prominent New York City based publication with in-depth interviews with prominent figures in art and culture. It was created by Peter Halley and Bob Nickas in 1996, running until late 2005. Covering the burgeoning Indie culture of the 1990s, index regularly employed such rising photo...
Heroes' Acre, Pretoria The Heroes' Acre (Afrikaans: "Die Heldeakker" ; Dutch: "De Heldenakker" ) is a section of Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. It was established in 1867, and contains the graves of renowned citizens and public figures. It is the burial place of a number of historical figures includi...
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", also known as the "Black Paternoster", is an English language prayer and nursery rhyme traditionally said by children as they go to bed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1704. It may have origins in ancient Babylonian prayers and was being used in a Ch...
Matthew Stadlen Matthew Stadlen (born 7 December 1979) is an English radio and television presenter, producer and writer. He has presented weekend early mornings on LBC since the start of October, 2016. He previously presented the BBC interview series "Five Minutes With...", putting questions to the likes of Elle Macph...
900 series (bowling) A 900 series refers to three consecutive perfect games bowled by an individual bowler. A 300 is a perfect score in one game, thus a player's score would be 900 in a series of three consecutive games (the typical number of games in a single league session). To achieve the feat, a bowler would have t...
The Alienist The Alienist is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, including Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. The sequel to the novel ...
Chapter II (Ashanti album) Chapter II is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ashanti, released by Murder Inc. and Island Def Jam on July 1, 2003 in the United States. The album involves production by Irv Gotti and Chink Santana and features a guest appearance by Ja Rule. "Chapter II" spawned three singles in...
Rock wit U (Awww Baby) "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" is a song by American R&B singer Ashanti. It was released in May 2003 as the lead single from her second studio album, "Chapter II". The song peaked at number two on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and became her first international hit from her second album, reaching number...
Chink Santana Andre Parker, known by his stage name Chink Santana, is an American R&B musician and producer from Washington, D.C. His achievements include co-producing "Ashanti", the award-winning debut album from the singer of the same name. He also worked on her follow-up, "Chapter II," and has recently co-written an...
Like a Virgin (album) Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records. Following the success of her self-titled debut album, Madonna wanted to become the record producer of her next album. However, her label was not ready to give her the...
Capítulo II: Brinca Capítulo II: Brinca (English: "Chapter II: Jump") is the second studio album by Mexican-American recording artist DJ Kane. It was released on September 13, 2005 by EMI Latin.
Girl (Pharrell Williams album) Girl (stylized as G I R L) is the second studio album by American singer and record producer Pharrell Williams. The album was released on March 3, 2014, through Williams' label i Am Other and Columbia Records. "Girl" was Williams' first studio album since his 2006 debut, "In My Mind". It ...
Anthony Hamilton (musician) Anthony Cornelius Hamilton (born January 28, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album "Comin' from Where I'm From" (2003), which featured the title track single "Comin' from Where I'm From" and the follow-up "...
FutureSex/LoveSounds FutureSex/LoveSounds is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Justin Timberlake. It was released on September 8, 2006 by Jive Records and its affiliated label of the Zomba Group of Companies. During a two-year hiatus, Timberlake resolved his feelings on being unable to record an...
Chapter II (Benga album) Chapter II is the third studio album by British record producer Benga. The album was released on 6 May 2013 through Sony Music. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 93.
Guillotine IV (The Final Chapter) 'Guillotine IV (The Final Chapter)' is the second single from Falling in Reverse's third album "Just Like You". It is the fourth and final installment of the Guillotine series, which was started by Escape the Fate when former lead singer Ronnie Radke was in the band. The first song tit...
Ruby Buckton Ruby Buckton is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera "Home and Away", played by Rebecca Breeds. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 20 June 2008. Ruby was created by executive producer Cameron Welsh. When she was first introduced she appeared to hide her problem...
All Good Things (Come to an End) "All Good Things (Come to an End)" is a song by Canadian-Portuguese singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album "Loose" (2006). It was written by Furtado, Tim "Timbaland" Mosley, Chris Martin, and Nate "Danja" Hills. The song was released as the album's third European single in Nov...
Yellow (Coldplay song) "Yellow" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, "Parachutes" (2000). The song's lyrics are a reference to the band's lead singer Chris Martin's unrequited love.
Princess of China "Princess of China" is a duet recorded by British rock band Coldplay and Barbadian singer Rihanna for Coldplay's fifth studio album "Mylo Xyloto". The song was written by band members Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin, along with Brian Eno, and is influenced by the music ge...
Slideling Slideling is the third solo album by British singer-songwriter Ian McCulloch and was released in 2003. The album features guest appearances by Coldplay singer Chris Martin, who provides backing vocals and piano on "Sliding" as well as piano on "Arthur"; Coldplay lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, who plays guitar...
Gravity (Embrace song) "Gravity" is the 2004 lead single from "Out of Nothing", the fourth album by English rock band Embrace. Written by Coldplay, the song was first performed live by that group in 2002. Ultimately, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin gave the song to Embrace, although Coldplay released their own version i...
Homecoming (Kanye West song) "Homecoming" is a song by American hip-hop recording artist and record producer Kanye West. It was included as the twelfth song on the track-listing of his third studio album "Graduation" (2007). The track was produced by West with Warryn Campbell and features a guest appearance from Chris ...
Blame Game "Blame Game" is a song by American hip-hop recording artist Kanye West from his fifth studio album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010). The song features recording artist John Legend and was produced by West, Justin Franks, and Mike Dean. The song features a hip hop skit provided by comedian Chris Ro...
Torch song A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affected the relationship. The term comes from the saying, "to carry a...
Shiver (Coldplay song) "Shiver" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. British record producer Ken Nelson and Coldplay produced the track for their debut album "Parachutes". Lead singer Chris Martin admitted that "Shiver" was written for a specific woman, from whom the media has generated several speculations. The so...
Bridge over Troubled Water (song) "Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was released as the follow-up single to "The Boxer" in January 1970. The song is featured on their fifth studio album, "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970). Compos...
Australian Idol Australian Idol was an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the "Idol" franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program "Pop Idol", which was created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller. Austral...
Jessica Mauboy discography Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy has released three studio albums, one live album, two soundtrack albums, one extended play, and thirty-five singles (including one charity single). Mauboy was the runner-up on the fourth season of "Australian Idol" in 2006, and subsequently sign...
Rain (Anthony Callea song) "Rain" is the second song released by "Australian Idol" series two runner-up Anthony Callea, and features on his self-titled debut album "Anthony Callea" (2005). It was released as a double A-side set features the song plus his recording of Simon & Garfunkel's song "Bridge over Troubled Water...
Angels Brought Me Here "Angels Brought Me Here" (aka "Faith Has Brought Me Here") is a pop song performed by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. It was released in Australia on 24 November 2003 as the lead single from his debut album "Just as I Am" (2003). The song was written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid for Network ...
Wes Carr Wesley Dean "Wes" Carr (born 14 September 1982), also recording as Buffalo Tales, is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for winning the sixth season of "Australian Idol" in 2008. He released his first studio album, "Simple Sum", independently in 2008 shortly before entering "...
Introducing Stan Walker Introducing... Stan Walker is the debut studio album by season seven "Australian Idol" winner, Stan Walker. It was released through Sony Music Australia on 7 December 2009. The album contained the selected songs Walker performed during the top twelve on "Australian Idol", as well as the two orig...
My Little Town "My Little Town" is a 1975 song by the American duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was written by Paul Simon, who produced the track along with Art Garfunkel and Phil Ramone. Although the song would not appear on any of the duo's albums until later, it was included on both the solo releases for Simon ("Still Craz...
Roses in the Snow Roses in the Snow is the seventh album by country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1980. While Harris' previous release, 1979's "Blue Kentucky Girl", featured traditional, straight-ahead country (as opposed to the country-rock of her prior efforts), "Roses in the Snow" found Harris performing ...
List of songs recorded by Jessica Mauboy Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy has recorded songs for a live album, three studio albums, non-album singles and an extended play, some of which were collaborations with other artists. After she became the runner-up on the fourth season of "Australian Idol" in 200...
Children of Jazz Children of Jazz is a lost 1923 American comedy silent film directed by Jerome Storm and written by Harold Brighouse and Beulah Marie Dix. The film stars Theodore Kosloff, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Cain, Eileen Percy, Irene Dalton and Alec B. Francis. The film was released on July 8, 1923, by Paramount Pi...
Machuca Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government until shortly after General Augusto Pinochet's military coup in 1973, the film tells the story of two pupils: Gonzalo Infante comes from rich family with European background, w...
Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the "Chilean New Song", the Nueva canción chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music which would extend its sphere of infl...
The Girl Dodger The Girl Dodger is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Jerome Storm and written by J.G. Hawks. The film stars Charles Ray, Doris May, Hallam Cooley, Jack Nelson, and Leota Lorraine. The film was released on February 23, 1919, by Paramount Pictures.
The Vamp (1918 film) The Vamp is a lost 1918 silent film wartime comedy-drama directed by Jerome Storm and starring Enid Bennett and Douglas MacLean. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince with distribution through Paramount Pictures.
Violeta Went to Heaven Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: Violeta se fue a los cielos ) is a 2011 Chilean biopic about singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, directed by Andrés Wood. The film is based on a biography by Ángel Parra, Violeta's son with Luis Cereceda Arenas. He collaborated on the film.
The Busher The Busher is a 1919 American drama film directed by Jerome Storm featuring Colleen Moore, and produced by Thomas H. Ince. The film still exists and is available on DVD from Kino Video, running 55 minutes. There is an alternate edition available from Grapevine Video. This version runs 63 minutes, including a...
Courtin' Wildcats Courtin' Wildcats is a 1929 comedy-western film directed by Jerome Storm and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. It is based on the short story "Courtin' Calamity" by William Dudley Pelley. It was distributed through the Universal Pictures. The film was a hybrid type with part talking and part music...
The Good Life (2008 film) The Good Life (Spanish: "La buena vida" ) is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Andrés Wood and written by Mamoun Hassan. The film won the 2008 Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film.
The Egg Crate Wallop The Egg Crate Wallop is a 1919 American silent comedy film starring Charles Ray and featuring actress Colleen Moore. The film was directed by Jerome Storm and Thomas H. Ince was its producer.
Marie Wilt Marie Wilt (also Maria Vilda and Marie Liebenthaler) (30 January 1833 – 24 September 1891) was an Austrian dramatic coloratura soprano. Possessing a wide vocal range with a significant amount of power and flexibility, Wilt sang a wide repertoire that encompassed the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Ger...
Richard Bonynge Richard Alan Bonynge ( ) (born 29 September 1930) is an Australian conductor and pianist. He is the widower of Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland. Bonynge conducted virtually all of Sutherland's operatic performances from 1962 until her retirement in 1990.
Caterina Mancini Caterina Mancini (November 10, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano, primarily active in Italy in the 1950s.
Sylvie Valayre Sylvie Valayre (born 1964, Paris) is a French operatic soprano known for her versatile interpretations of lyric, spinto, and dramatic coloratura soprano parts. She sings grueling roles like Abigaille, Lady Macbeth or Turandot as well as lighter pieces like Giordano's Maddalena, Cio-Cio San (Madama Butter...
Joan Sutherland Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (7 November 192610 October 2010) was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.
Rebeka Bobanj Rebeka Bobanj (born June 5, 1981 in Subotica) is a Hungarian dramatic coloratura soprano.
Desirée Rancatore Desirée Rancatore (born 1977 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano with an active career on the opera and concert stages of Europe.
Isabella Colbran Isabella Angela Colbran (2 February 1785 – 7 October 1845) was a Spanish opera singer known in her native country as Isabel Colbrandt. Many sources note her as a dramatic coloratura soprano but some believe that she was a mezzo-soprano with a high extension, a soprano sfogato. She collaborated with ope...
Nino Machaidze Nino Machaidze (Georgian: ნინო მაჩაიძე; born 1983, Tbilisi) is a Georgian Lyric Dramatic coloratura soprano.
Nadine Koutcher Nadine Koutcher (Belarusian: Надзея Кучар , born 1983) is a Belarusian opera singer. A dramatic coloratura soprano, she was the winner of the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.
Shuttleworth Foundation The Shuttleworth Foundation was established in January 2001 by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth as an experiment with the purpose of providing funding for people engaged in social change. While there have been various iterations of the foundation, its structure and how it invests in ...
Canonical (company) Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based privately held computer software company founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Canonical employs staff in more than 30 countries and maintains offices in Londo...
Thawte Thawte Consulting (pronounced "thought") is a certificate authority (CA) for X.509 certificates. Thawte was founded in 1995 by Mark Shuttleworth in South Africa. As of December 30, 2016, its parent company, Symantec Group is collectively the third largest public CA on the Internet with 17.2% market share.
STS-95 STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter "Discovery". It was the 25th flight of "Discovery" and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981. It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project M...
Beijing GNU/Linux User Group The Beijing GNU/Linux User Group (BLUG) was founded in Beijing on November 19, 2002 and has since met at least monthly without exception. Awarded Best SFD 2007 event (1 of 3), Golden Bull 2008 by CSDN as a technology driving group and Best LUG of the Month by Linux Format early 2008. The Be...
Pedro Duque y Cornejo Pedro Duque y Cornejo (1677–1757) was a Spanish Baroque painter and sculptor of the Sevillian school of sculpture, a disciple of his grandfather Pedro Roldán.
Inktank Storage Inktank Storage is the lead development contributor and financial sponsor company behind the open source Ceph distributed file system. Inktank was founded by Sage Weil and initially funded by DreamHost and Mark Shuttleworth.
Ravi Naidoo Ravi Naidoo is the recipient of the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for innovation in design education. He is the founder of Interactive Africa, a Cape Town based media and project management company responsible for the First African in Space mission with Mark Shuttleworth, and the marketing bid to host the 2010...
Pedro Duque Pedro Duque Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions.
Impi Linux Impi Linux was a South African Linux distribution which focused on the enterprise and government sector. The project name originally referred to Impi meaning group of warriors in the Zulu language. In September 2005, Mark Shuttleworth invested R10 million in return for 65% of Impi Linux.
List of Faten Hamama's awards and nominations Throughout Faten Hamama's career, she has received numerous accolades for best actress, and was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival’s Prix International for her role in 1950's "Your Day Will Come". She received her first award in 1951 for her role in "I'm the Past", whic...
Giona Ostinelli Giona Ostinelli (born March 12, 1986) is a Swiss–Italian composer who resides and works in Los Angeles. He has written scores for over 30 feature films that premiered at Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes International Film Festival, South by Southwest Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, F...
Carlo Buccirosso Carlo Buccirosso (1 May 1954 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian actor, film director and comedian best known for his roles in Il divo (2008), Un'estate ai Caraibi (2009) and Un ciclone in famiglia (2006-2008), The Great Beauty (2013).
Chasing Shakespeare Chasing Shakespeare is a 2013 film directed by Norry Niven, and starring Danny Glover, Ashley Bell, and Graham Greene. The premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival Festival in April 2013, and was opening night film at the Breckenridge Film Festival, The Montreal Black Film Festival, The 3...
The Rebound (documentary) The Rebound (originally titled "The Rebound: A Wheelchair Basketball Story)" is an award-winning 2016 documentary sports film directed by Shaina Koren Allen, starring adaptive athletes Mario Moran, Jeremie "Phenom" Thomas, Orlando Carrillo and the Miami Heat Wheels wheelchair basketball team. ...
Dante's Inferno (2007 film) Dante's Inferno is a 2007 comedy film performed with hand-drawn paper puppets on a toy theater stage. The film was adapted from the book "Dante's Inferno" by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders (Chronicle Books, 2004), which is a modern update of the canticle "Inferno" from Dante Alighieri's epic...
The King of Kong The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film. Highlighting the popular 1981 arcade game "Donkey Kong", it follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the world high score for the arcade game from Billy Mitchell, whom the film presents as reigning champion. The film premie...
Un'estate ai Caraibi Un'estate ai Caraibi is a 2009 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It stars Gigi Proietti, Enrico Brignano, Carlo Buccirosso, Biagio Izzo, and Martina Stella.
Alex Kruz Alex Kruz (born November 30, 1978) is an American actor known for roles in television, theater and film. He was born in New Jersey, his father is a Native American Indian of the Kañari (Quichua) Nation. He is best known for his role in the film "" as Jake Red Cloud and "Tom in America". He has received Best A...
Quiet Riot - Well Now You're Here Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back is a 2015 documentary film about Los Angeles-based heavy metal and hair metal band Quiet Riot. The film was directed by former actress Regina Russell Banali. It premiered January 29, 2015, on Showtime and was screened out of competi...
Fred Gehrke Clarence Fred Gehrke (April 24, 1918 – February 9, 2002) was an American football player and executive. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Cardinals from 1940 through 1950. To boost team morale, Gehrke designed and painted th...