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13100 | The Blitz | On 14 October, the heaviest night attack to date saw 380 German bombers from Luftflotte 3 hit London. Around 200 people were killed and another 2,000 injured. British anti-aircraft defences (General Frederick Alfred Pile) fired 8,326 rounds and shot down only two bombers. On 15 October, the bombers returned and about 9... |
13116 | History of South Africa | Like the Dutch before them, the British initially had little interest in the Cape Colony, other than as a strategically located port. The Cape Articles of Capitulation of 1806 allowed the colony to retain ``all their rights and privileges which they have enjoyed hitherto '', and this launched South Africa on a divergen... |
13102 | Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics | One athlete from Victoria, a British colony which later formed part of Australia, competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Edwin Flack was born in England and was resident in London in 1896, but spent most of his life in Australia and so is considered an Australian athlete by the International Olympic Co... |
13103 | Richard Blanshard | Blanshard was born in London to a wealthy mercantile family, and after reading law at Cambridge University, served in the army in British India. At the age of 32, a personal connection helped secure Blanshard the post of colonial governor of Vancouver Island. Although the commission was dated in July, 1849, Blanshard d... |
13116 | Lagos Colony | Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry. Oba Dosunmu of Lagos (spelled ``Docemo... |
13116 | British Empire | The independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America in 1783 after the American War of Independence caused Britain to lose some of its oldest and most populous colonies. British attention soon turned towards Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. After the defeat of France in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792 -... |
13106 | Benjamin Pine | Born in 1809 in London, Benjamin Pine was educated in Brighton and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a career officer in the British Colonial Service. From 1850 to 1855, he was Lieutenant-Governor of Natal Colony, and from March 1857 until 17 April 1858 was Governor of the Gold Coast. |
13120 | Stamp Act 1765 | The Stamp Act of 1765 (short title Duties in American Colonies Act 1765; 5 George III, c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the Thirteen Colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed re... |
13116 | British Empire | Political boundaries drawn by the British did not always reflect homogeneous ethnicities or religions, contributing to conflicts in formerly colonised areas. The British Empire was also responsible for large migrations of peoples. Millions left the British Isles, with the founding settler populations of the United Stat... |
13116 | Colony of Vancouver Island | The Colony of Vancouver Island, officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies, was a Crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia. The united colony joined Canadian Confederation, thus becoming part of Cana... |
13110 | British Empire | In 1603, James VI, King of Scots, ascended (as James I) to the English throne and in 1604 negotiated the Treaty of London, ending hostilities with Spain. Now at peace with its main rival, English attention shifted from preying on other nations' colonial infrastructures to the business of establishing its own overseas c... |
13111 | James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon | James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730 – 22 March 1802) was an Irish landlord, merchant, politician and peer of the realm. The second son of Alderman Nathaniel Alexander of Derry, he was the effective founder of the Caledon family, and certainly the founder of its fortune. |
13112 | Red Deer River | Red Deer River Red Deer River in Drumheller, Alberta Country Canada Physical characteristics Main source Sawback Range, Red Deer Lakes 2,200 m (7,200 ft) 51 ° 31 ′ 56 ''N 116 ° 02 ′ 31'' W / 51.53221 ° N 116.04201 ° W / 51.53221; - 116.04201 (Red Deer River origin) River mouth South Saskatchewan River near Empr... |
13113 | Humberview Secondary School | Humberview Secondary School (formerly The Humberview School, or Humberview Senior Public School) is a high school in Bolton, Caledon, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the four secondary schools in Caledon, the others being Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School in Caledon East, Ontario, St. Michael Catholic Secondary Sc... |
18973 | Ishikari River | It originates from Mount Ishikari in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and flows through Asahikawa and Sapporo. Major tributaries of the river include the Chūbetsu, Uryū, Sorachi and Toyohira rivers. Until 40,000 years ago, it flowed into the Pacific Ocean near Tomakomai. Lava from the volcanic Shikotsu mountains dammed t... |
13115 | Melbourne | Founded by free settlers from the British Crown colony of Van Diemen's Land on 30 August 1835, in what was then the colony of New South Wales, it was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837. It was named "Melbourne" by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke, in honour of the British Prime Minister of th... |
13116 | Hugo Dewar | Hugo Dewar (9 August 1908 – June 1980) was a Trotskyist activist influential in founding many of the early British Trotskyist groups. |
13117 | Ross Douglas | Ross Douglas is a Canadian voice actor with Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is most well-known for voicing Clockwerk and Jean Bison in the "Sly Cooper" series, Daniel O'Connell in "Master Keaton", and Kageyama in the "Black Lagoon" series. |
13118 | History of the Canadian dollar | During the mid-19th century, there was a policy disagreement between the British and the colonial governments. The British wanted all the colonies to continue to use sterling, to facilitate trade within the Empire. The Canadian colonies, both in the east and British Columbia, increasingly favoured linking their currenc... |
13119 | Salem witch trials | The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused, nineteen of which were found guilty and executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man was pressed to death... |
13120 | Convicts in Australia | The British government began transporting convicts overseas to American colonies in the early 18th century. When transportation ended with the start of the American Revolution, an alternative site was needed to relieve further overcrowding of British prisons and hulks. Earlier in 1770, James Cook charted and claimed po... |
13206 | Grown Ups (film) | In 1978, five childhood friends win their junior high school basketball championship. Afterwards, they celebrate at a rented lake house. The friends' coach, whom they nickname ``Buzzer ''(Blake Clark), encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game. Thirty years later, Lenny (Adam Sand... |
13176 | Michaela Watkins | Michaela Suzanne Watkins (born December 14, 1971) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for starring on the Hulu series "Casual" and on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Trophy Wife", as well as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" from 2008 to 2009. She has also recurred on television series such as "The ... |
13181 | Here Comes the Boom | Here Comes the Boom is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, co-written, produced by and starring Kevin James. It was also written by Allan Loeb and Rock Reuben with music by Rupert Gregson-Williams. The film co-stars Henry Winkler and Salma Hayek. It was produced by Happy Madison Productions. The film ... |
13124 | Carlito's Way | John Leguizamo as Benny Blanco. Leguizamo completed the main cast as ``Benny Blanco from the Bronx '', an up - and - coming gangster who is determined to exceed Carlito's reputation but lacks any sense of ethics. |
13125 | Leslie Carrara-Rudolph | Leslie Carrara - Rudolph is known for performing the fairy Abby Cadabby on the PBS Kids show Sesame Street, for which she was nominated for a 2009 Emmy Award for best performer in a children's series. She is also known for her puppeteer role as Ginger on Playhouse Disney's Johnny and the Sprites. She performed the mupp... |
13171 | Goli Soda | Baradwaj Rangan wrote "The signature achievement of "Goli Soda" is its ruthless unmasking of how hollow most of our masala movies are, and how, with a little imagination, just a little, you can make a film which does not insult the audience" and went on to state, "I will be very surprised if there's a more entertaining... |
13177 | The Rocky Horror Show | The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through to the early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scie... |
13185 | Shakalaka Boom Boom | "Shakalaka Boom Boom" attracted negative reviews from top critics of India. Mayank Shekhar of "Hindustan Times" rated the film with 1 out of 5 stars. Shakti Salgaokar of DNA gave movie a one and half stars and wrote in his review, "It's simple — sexual innuendo, potshots at popular films, bad mimicry, foreign locations... |
13185 | Greetings from the Shore | Greetings From The Shore is a 2007 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Greg Chwerchak. The movie has played over 60 festivals, winning over 20 awards. It had its American theatrical release on September 12, 2008, on a limited basis. |
13130 | Invader Zim | On April 4, 2017, Nickelodeon announced that they had green - lit a 66 - minute television film based on the series with three teaser trailers being released in a span of the following four days. Jhonen Vasquez will be returning as executive producer as well as cast members Richard Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Andy Berman, a... |
13171 | Southwest Human Development | Southwest Human Development was founded in 1981 with six staff members, a small budget of $150,000 and a single support program, serving 175 families. By 1988, the organization had grown to 120 staff members and a budget of $3.5 million. By 1993 it grew to about 230 staff members with a budget of $6.7 million, and by 1... |
13132 | The Cowboy Cop | The Cowboy Cop is a 1926 silent romantic Western produced by Robertson-Cole and released through Film Booking Offices of America, better known as FBO. The young female lead is played by Jean Arthur. |
13133 | Beverly Hills Cop (soundtrack) | Beverly Hills Cop is the soundtrack to the 1984 action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop. It was released on December 4, 1984 (1984 - 012 - 04) by MCA Records, successor - in - interest to Paramount's old record division, the Famous Music Group (specifically Paramount Records). The soundtrack was mastered by Greg Fulginiti... |
13134 | Omega Cop | Omega Cop is a 1989 film starring Adam West, Ron Marchini, Stuart Whitman, and Troy Donahue. It was also released under the title "John Travis: Solar Survivor". This film was also written and produced by Ronald L. Marchini, and executive-produced by his wife, Jo Anne Marchini. Omega Cop was followed by a sequel, "Karat... |
13135 | Janice Meredith | Janice Meredith, also known as "The Beautiful Rebel", is a silent film starring Marion Davies, released in 1924 and based on the book and play of the same name written by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose. The play opened at the end of 1900 and was the first starring vehicle for stage actress Mary Mannering. ... |
13136 | Die Hard | Bruce Willis as John McClane, a streetwise New York cop who has come to Los Angeles to reconcile with his wife Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, a German mastermind and the leader of the terrorists Alexander Godunov as Karl, Hans's savage main henchman Bonnie Bedelia as Holly Gennero - McClane, John's estranged wife Reginal... |
13137 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Kevin James and Nick Bakay. It is the sequel to 2009's , and stars James as the eponymous mall cop, Paul Blart, along with Neal McDonough, David Henrie, and Daniella Alonso. |
13138 | Mall Cops: Mall of America | Mall Cops: Mall of America is an American reality television series that follows the work of the security team at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the second largest mall in North America. The series was originally just a special one-hour event, however due to the popularity TLC decided to commission a tw... |
13139 | Jason Costello | Jason Costello (previously Jasmine Costello) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by Victoria Atkin. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 2 August 2010 and was introduced by series producer Paul Marquess as a member of the yet to be established Cost... |
13140 | Kalakalappu | Kalakalappu () (English: "Humour") is a 2012 Indian Tamil comedy film co-written co-produced and directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Kushboo Sundar. It features Vimal, Shiva, Anjali, Oviya and Santhanam in lead roles and music composed by Vijay Ebenezer. It was originally titled "Masala Cafe", but was later ... |
13141 | Eternity (1990 film) | Eternity is a 1990 American drama film directed by Steven Paul and written by Jon Voight with Paul and his mother Dorothy Koster Paul. The theme of the movie is reincarnation. |
13142 | The Grand Tour | On 11 July 2017 a teaser trailer for series 2 was released featuring a Mercedes AMG GT R, Ripsaw EV - 2, McLaren 720S, Bugatti Chiron, Audi TTRS, Rimac Concept One, a Grumman American AA - 5 light aircraft and an armoured personnel carrier visiting the Dubai Mall. The trailer closes with Richard Hammond setting off up ... |
18433 | Birchwood Mall | Birchwood Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Fort Gratiot Township, outside the city of Port Huron, Michigan, United States. It is owned and managed by Brookfield Properties Retail Group, the second-largest mall owner in the United States. The Mall features more than 100 stores, a ten-screen movie theater run... |
13144 | Ragini MMS 2 | Ragini MMS 2 is a 2014 Indian erotic horror film directed by Bhushan Patel and co-produced by Jayasinh Gupta and Sunil Maurya Pradhaan under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. The movie is the sequel to the 2011 horror movie "Ragini MMS". "Ragini MMS 2" features Sunny Leone and Saahil Prem in lead roles in a... |
13145 | Stanley (1956 TV series) | Stanley is an American situation comedy starring Buddy Hackett, Carol Burnett, and the voice of Paul Lynde. It aired on NBC-TV from September 24, 1956 to March 11, 1957 during the 1956–1957 television season. It was produced by Max Liebman, who previously produced Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows", co-sponsored by Amer... |
13146 | The Mall of Monroe | The Mall of Monroe, formerly known as Frenchtown Square Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan, just outside the city of Monroe, Michigan. Opened in 1988, the mall features more than thirty tenants, including a movie theater and Pat Catan's as its lone anchor store. The mall is mana... |
13186 | The Exile (1947 film) | The Exile (1947) is a adventure romantic film directed by Max Ophüls, and produced, written by, and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. Rita Corday (billed as "Paule Croset") played the romantic interest. According to Robert Osborne, the primary host of Turner Classic Movies, María Montez had a stipulation in her contract... |
13187 | Nine Days that Changed the World | Nine Days that Changed the World is a 2010 documentary film produced by Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista that centers on the role played by Pope John Paul II in the fall of Communism in Europe and the rise of labour union Solidarity. |
13149 | Paul Mantz | Albert Paul Mantz (August 2, 1903 -- July 8, 1965), known as Paul Mantz, was a noted air racing pilot, movie stunt pilot and consultant from the late 1930s until his death in the mid-1960s. He gained fame on two stages: Hollywood and in air races. |
13187 | God's Law and Man's | God's Law and Man's is a lost 1917 silent film drama direct by John H. Collins and distributed by Metro Pictures. It starred Collins's wife Viola Dana. The story comes from a novel by Paul Trent, "A Wife by Purchase". |
13200 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Maggie Smith as Agatha Rose Doherty (née Brown), the owner of the shop at which Mrs. Green works. She is baby Aggie from the first film grown up. |
13152 | Sau Crore | Sau Crore () is a 1991 Indian film starring, produced and directed by Dev Anand. It also debuts newcomers Fatima Sheikh and Raman Kapoor. The movie is based on the story of Indian Badminton Player Syed Modi, who was shot dead on 28 July 1988 in Lucknow as he came out of the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium after a practice ses... |
13153 | Galate Samsara | Galate Samsara () is a 1977 Indian Kannada language comedy film directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by C. Jayaram. It stars Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Rajinikanth and Manjula in the lead roles. It also stars Dwarakish, Dr. K S Ashwath, Balakrishna and Vajramuni in supporting roles. The movie is a remake of Tamil movie "Vee... |
13185 | Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song) | A variety of artists have recorded the song, including: Rufus Thomas, Mae West, Shadows of Knight, CCS, Dr. Feelgood, Tony Joe White, Disco Tex and the Sex - O - Lettes, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters (whose version was chosen in 2014 as the theme song for NCIS: New Orleans, and... |
13187 | Sonny & Cher | Sonny & Cher was an American duo of entertainers made up of husband-and-wife Sonny Bono and Cher in the 1960s and 1970s. The couple started their career in the mid-1960s as R&B backing singers for record producer Phil Spector. |
13156 | Top Hat | Top Hat is a 1935 American screwball musical comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) to win her affection. The film also featur... |
13164 | Krush Groove | Krush Groove is a 1985 American film by Warner Bros. that was written by Ralph Farquhar and directed by Michael Schultz (who also produced the movie, along with George Jackson and Doug McHenry). This film is based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and up-and-coming record producer Russell Simmons (renamed Russell... |
13198 | Sylvia Fine | Sylvia Fine (August 29, 1913October 28, 1991) was an American lyricist, composer, and producer, and the wife of the comedian Danny Kaye. She and her future husband grew up within blocks of each other in Brooklyn, but they did not meet until 1939. |
13159 | One Girl's Confession | One Girl's Confession is a 1953 low-budget film noir released by Columbia Pictures. The movie stars Cleo Moore and was written, produced, and directed by Hugo Haas who also plays a supporting part in the film. |
13160 | Singh Is Bliing | Singh Is Bliing is a 2015 Bollywood action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva. It was produced by Ashvini Yardi and Jayantilal Gada under the banners of Grazing Goat Pictures and Pen India Pvt. Ltd. The movie was a partial copy of the Korean movie "My Wife Is a Gangster 3" and the film features Akshay Kumar, Amy Jacks... |
16962 | In the Name of the People (2000 film) | In the Name of the People is an American television movie drama. It was released in 2000 by CBS Productions and Jaffe/Braunstein Films. The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was based on the play by Tim Boland. |
13162 | Pandari Bai | Pandari Bai (8 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films, mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Raj... |
13163 | Verna Hillie | Verna Hillie (May 5, 1914 – October 3, 1997) was an American film actress. First recruited into movie acting by a contest, she went on to star in films for Paramount Pictures and other studios through the 1930s, before retiring from acting in the early 1940s. |
13181 | Shamitabh | The movie received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Srijana Mitra Das of Times of India gave it 3.5 stars out of 5 and stated, "Shamitabh has a doubly dramatic act - but less emotion". Indian Express gave the movie 2 stars. Rajeev Masand of IBNLIVe gave the movie 2.5 stars stating "The promising film comes undon... |
13165 | The Mirror of the World | The Mirror of the World (German: Der Weltspiegel) is a 1918 German silent film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Adolf Klein, Fritz Richard and Gertrude Welcker. It was the directoral debut of Pick who had been a prominent actor of the 1910s but had set up his own production company Rex-Film to take advantage of the b... |
13166 | Indru Poi Naalai Vaa | Indru Poi Naalai Vaa () is a 1981 Tamil film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. A coming-of-age story of three carefree teenagers, complete with bell bottoms and thick-framed goggles of the 1980s, the film attained cult status among viewers. "Chashme Buddoor" had similar story with this movie. The 2003 Hindi film "N... |
13167 | Nina, the Flower Girl | Nina, the Flower Girl is a lost 1917 silent drama film produced by D. W. Griffith through his Fine Arts Films and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. The film starred Bessie Love, an up-and-coming ingenue actress. It also marked the final acting role for Elmer Clifton, who was by then moving on to directing full-... |
13168 | Bob Hope filmography | This is a selection of films and television appearances by British-American comedian and actor Bob Hope. Although Hope began his career in 1919 with a brief stint as a boxer, Hope began his acting career in 1925 in various vaudeville acts and stage performances, before making his film debut in 1934 in the film short "G... |
16937 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé further expanded her acting career, starring as blues singer Etta James in the 2008 musical biopic, Cadillac Records. Her performance in the film received praise from critics, and she garnered several nominations for her portrayal of James, including a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and... |
13170 | Z Film Festival | The Z Film Festival was a microcinema media showcase that was created by the filmmaker Usama Alshaibi and launched on December 1, 2000, at the Heaven Gallery in Chicago, USA. The following year, his wife, Kristie Alshaibi, teamed up with Usama as director and programmer for the Z Film Festival. In 2001, the Z Film Fest... |
13171 | Rob De Luca | Rob De Luca is an American bassist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. De Luca is best known for playing in UFO and as a founding member of Spread Eagle. He has also toured with Sebastian Bach, OF EARTH and Helmet. |
13172 | How to Be a Latin Lover | On June 5, 2015, it was announced that Eugenio Derbez and Benjamin Odell's Santa Monica - based production shingle 3Pas Studios and Televisa / Lionsgate joint venture Pantelion Films had bought an untitled original comedy script from Chris Spain and Jon Zack, with Lionsgate releasing under its first look deal. On Octob... |
13173 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | Achala Sachdev and Sushma Seth were cast as Yash and Nandini's mothers, respectively. The film also featured Johnny Lever as Haldiram (a shopkeeper in Chandni Chowk), Himani Shivpuri as Haldiram's wife, Jibraan Khan as Krish Raichand (Rahul and Anjali's son), Amar Talwar as Mr. Kapoor (Yash's friend and Naina's father)... |
13174 | Real Rob | Real Rob is an American sitcom created by Rob Schneider. The series premiered on December 1, 2015, on Netflix. The series follows the everyday life of Rob, including his real-life wife Patricia and daughter Miranda. On July 27, 2016, the series was renewed by Netflix for a second season, which premiered on September 29... |
14127 | Josh Flagg | He is an original cast member on the show "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" on the Bravo television network. The show follows young real estate agents in Los Angeles as they sell high-end homes. Flagg has been recognized by "The Wall Street Journal" as one of the top-ranked agents in California and nationally by sal... |
13176 | The Devil's Rejects | The Devil's Rejects is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie, and the sequel to his 2003 film "House of 1000 Corpses". The film is centered on the run of three members of the psychopathic antagonist family from the previous film, now seen as villainous protagonists, with Sid Haig, Bill Moseley,... |
17667 | Dan Fitzsimons | Dan Fitzsimons (born February 26, 1969) is an American screenwriter who has written a miniseries and two television movies. He co-wrote the miniseries "Blackout" (2012) and wrote the TV movie "Desolation Canyon" (2006). He received the story credit for "Ring of Death" (2008) and was an associate producer for the horror... |
13178 | Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker song) | ``Boom Boom ''is a song written by American blues singer / guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded in 1961. Although a blues song, music critic Charles Shaar Murray calls it`` the greatest pop song he ever wrote''. ``Boom Boom ''was both an American R&B and pop chart success in 1962 as well as placing in the UK Singles ... |
13179 | Johan Kling | Johan Kling (born Carl-David Johan Natt och Dag, 7 August 1962, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and novelist. His debut movie, "Darling" (2007), won the award for best Swedish film. |
13212 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch (disambiguation) | When the series finished its fourth season, several secondary characters left the show, including Martin Mull and Nate Richert. Richert, who played Sabrina's boyfriend Harvey since the first season, was cut in order to give the show a more ``grown - up look ''as Sabrina was about to attend college. The decision was lat... |
13181 | Jay Baruchel | Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (/ ˈbæruːʃɛl /; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He played Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy television series Man Seeking Woman and played the lead character in Judd Apatow's comedy series, Undeclared. He is known for his voice role as Hiccup Horrendou... |
13205 | Bryant Reeves | Bryant Reeves (born June 8, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player. Reeves spent his entire career with the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies, playing with the team from 1995 until 2001. He was nicknamed "Big Country" by his college teammate Byron Houston after Reeves was amazed following his first airplan... |
13183 | Charlie Day | Charles Peckham Day (born February 9, 1976) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, and musician. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. On film, he is known for his role as Dale in the films Horrible Bosses (2011) and its 2014 sequel, as well as for his roles i... |
13184 | Chakpikarong | Chakpikarong is a town and subdivision of Chandel district of Manipur state in northeastern India. The Anaal tribe is the majority in this region. Its history is deeply rooted with the history of the state. The literacy rate have boomed up in the recent years as transportation have developed. |
13185 | Jay Baruchel | Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (/ ˈbæruːʃɛl /; born April 9, 1982) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. He played Josh Greenberg in the FXX comedy television series Man Seeking Woman and played the lead character in Judd Apatow's comedy series, Undeclared. He is known for his voice role as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock I... |
13186 | Jonathan Foreman (journalist) | He is the son of Academy-Award winning screenwriter and film producer Carl Foreman (1914–1984), who moved to England to work after being blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio bosses during the hysteria of the McCarthy era. He is the elder brother of the best-selling biographer Amanda Foreman. |
13187 | Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl | Pumuckl is a red-haired Kobold and descendant of the Klabautermänner. He is invisible to people around him except for the master carpenter Eder with whom Pumuckl lives. He's also known in some parts of the world, especially in Asia as Adib. Pumuckl is one of the most popular characters in children's entertainment in Ge... |
13188 | Margarita Muñoz | Sofía Margarita Muñoz Parra (September 18, 1987, Pitalito, Colombia) is a Colombian model and actress who has participated in soap operas for television networks like Caracol TV, RCN, TV Azteca, Televisa and Telemundo. She is ranked as one of the most beautiful young actresses and international revelations. She has bee... |
13740 | Adult contemporary music | One big impetus for the development of the AC radio format was that, when rock and roll music first became popular in the mid-1950s, many more conservative radio stations wanted to continue to play current hit songs while shying away from rock. These middle of the road (or "MOR") stations also frequently included older... |
13190 | Private Hell 36 | The picture was one of the last feature-length efforts by Filmakers, a company created by producer Collier Young and his star and then-wife Ida Lupino. |
13191 | Phase 10 | One player is chosen to be the dealer (alternately, the deal can rotate to the left after each hand). The dealer shuffles the deck and deals 10 cards, face down, one at a time, to each player. Players hold their 10 cards in hand so that the other players can not see them. The remaining deck is placed face - down in the... |
13192 | Meadowlark Lemon | Lemon first applied to the Globetrotters in 1954 at age 22, finally being chosen to play in 1955. In 1980, he left to form one of his Globetrotters imitators, the Bucketeers. He played with that team until 1983, then moved on to play with the Shooting Stars from 1984 to 1987. In 1988, he moved on to ``Meadowlark Lemon'... |
13193 | Lee Sullivan | Lee Terrence Sullivan (born 6 March 1971) is the drummer for the London-based alternative rock band Bôa. Lee is the son of Terence Sullivan, the drummer for the rock band Renaissance and his wife, Christine Sullivan. He plays drums, piano and percussion. At the age of seven, Lee first performed with father on stage at ... |
13194 | The Chosen One (2010 film) | The Chosen One is a 2010 comedy-drama film directed by and starring Rob Schneider as a car salesman facing a midlife crisis with the aid of native Colombian shamans. It also stars Steve Buscemi as his gay Buddhist brother. |
13195 | Hop Around | Hop Around is the fourth studio album by Dee Dee Ramone, released in 2000. The album features, among others, producer Chris Spedding on keyboards and guitar, drummer Billy Rogers, who notably played with Johnny Thunders and the Ramones, and Ramone's wife Barbara on bass and vocals. |
13196 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 American romantic comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. The film is based on the French play, "La huitième femme de Barbe-Bleue", by Alfred Savoir and the English translation of the play by Charl... |
13197 | Space Race | Most of the novice pilots on the early missions would command the later missions. In this way, Project Gemini built up spaceflight experience for the pool of astronauts who would be chosen to fly the Apollo lunar missions. |
13198 | Rikrok | Rikrok was born in London on 17 June 1972. His parents migrated from Jamaica to England in the late-1950s in search of greater economic opportunities. Regarding his Jamaican influences during childhood, Rikrok noted "[when I was growing up it was pretty much Jamaican people who came over... My father was a big reggae f... |
13199 | Stan Allen | Stan Allen is an American architect, theorist and former dean of Princeton University School of Architecture. He received a B.A. from Brown University, a B.Arch. from Cooper Union and an M.Arch. from Princeton University. He has worked in the offices of Richard Meier and Rafael Moneo, and was formerly the director, wit... |
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