Cross Channel (film)

Cross Channel is a 1955 American drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Rex Rienits. The film stars Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Allen, June Ashley, Carl Jaffe and Peter Sinclair.
The film, made in 1954, was filmed in England with a mainly British cast (save for its American star) by a British subsidiary of Republic Pictures. It was released on September 29th, 1955.
Only the fact that the male romantic lead's profession is not that of a "private eye" precludes this picture from being categorised as a traditional "film noir". Its fast pace, high body-count, and thriller-genre subject matter — even the traditional romance sub-plot — all speak of the intention to make it as a B-picture "noir".
Plot.
Crime drama. 61 minutes, made in black-and-white. 1954.
A criminal gang are operating a smuggling racket, bringing stolen jewellery into England across the English Channel.
Gary Parker, an American from Texas, known informally as 'Tex', is skipper of a small sea-going motor launch and runs a business known as Parker Charter Service, a small operation consisting of Tex himself and a single employee, a burly (but whisky-soaked) deckhand named 'Soapy'.
Tex is hired to transport a passenger named Kerrick from Dover in Kent to a French trawler in the middle of the English Channel. But Kerrick deceives him into bringing back to England a packet of stolen jewellery, which he obtains from the French boat but pretends he had forgotten to mail before departing from Dover.
When Tex goes to the address on the packet, there he finds Hugo Platt, the consignee, is dead, murdered. As the police arrive, Tex escapes through the window, but Otto Dagoff - the dead man's partner - follows him back to the boatyard.
Dagoff tells him the jewellery was stolen in England, smuggled to Amsterdam, re-cut, then smuggled back into England. Dagoff accuses Tex of the murder, and blackmails him into sailing the next night to meet a ship in mid-Channel, the SS Cypriota, deliver the jewels to its captain, and bring back $20,000 in American currency.
The next night, Tex sets out to sea, but finds a stowaway on his boat - the supposedly dead Hugo Platt. Platt intends to murder him and scarper with the $20,000; so that, when Tex doesn't show up again, Dagoff will believe Tex has stolen his money, so will not be looking for Platt.
In a fight on the motor launch, Tex is thrown overboard by Platt; but he is picked up from the sea when it grows light, by a passing French fishing boat, 'The Blue Orchid', and is landed by the fishing boat in France.
The police send a man to the boat yard to interview Tex, but Soapy does not know when Tex will be returning.
Later, Tex telephones Soapy from France. Soapy reports the boat was found beached off Felixstowe, and that the cops have been tipped off about the diamonds. Tex then telephones Dagoff, and speaks to his assistant, Kitty. He warns her about Platt, expecting her to tell Dagoff; but unknown to him, Kitty is in cahoots with Platt.
In France, Tex falls in love with Jacqueline, the beautiful sister of Jean-Pierre, the skipper of the 'Blue Orchid'. And Tex finds the smuggler, Kerrick, on the 'Blue Orchid', attempting to play the same game with Jean-Pierre that he had used to deceive Tex. There is a fight, but Kerrick gets the drop on Tex. Tex nevertheless warns Kerrick that Hugo Platt is still alive and has tried to kill him, and that it is Hugo who has stolen the money.
Kerrick reports to Dagoff that Tex is still alive in France, at Port Solaire. A man comes to Port Solaire and shoots Tex, but he survives, and embarks on the 'Blue Orchid' for England. Jacqueline extracts the bullet, and nurses Tex on the voyage to England - which is quite lengthy due to the fishing which is done en route.
Kerrick now blackmails Hugo into giving him half of the stolen money - ten thousand dollars. But Hugo kills him instead, to avoid doing so.
Tex returns to Dover, and Soapy mentions that Kitty had called by with Hugo, and that they had tried to extort information from Soapy of Tex's whereabouts - information he didn't have. Tex realises that Kitty never passed on the phone message he gave her.
Hugo and Kitty make plans to flee together, to get clear of Dagoff. Soapy and Tex try to find Kerrick, but at his rooms they find Detective Sgt Burroughs instead, called in to investigate Kerrick's murder. Tex nearly gets arrested, but Soapy locks the door to the apartment as they run for it, so that the police can't follow.
Tex now goes to see Dagoff, to clear himself of suspicion. He knows he can call on the Captain of the SS Cypriota to identify Hugo as the man who was given the $20,000. But Kitty and Hugo intervene, and Hugo callously shoots Dagoff. In the ensuing fight between Hugo, Tex and Soapy, Kitty accidentally shoots and kills Hugo.
Finally, Tex is reunited in France with Jacqueline.


Lauren Pattison

Lauren Pattison is an English stand-up comedian from Newcastle.
Career.
Pattison was nominated for the best newcomer award at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival for her show "Lady Muck". Previous to that Pattison was a finalist in the 2016 BBC New Comedy Award and the Chortle Student Comedy Awards of 2015.
Having started doing comedy aged 18 after university Pattison supported Katherine Ryan on tour. Pattison has played at comedy festivals and toured in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
Pattison returned to the Edinburgh festival in 2018 with her show "Peachy".
In April 2019, Pattison began co-hosting the podcast Conversations Against Living Miserably with Aaron Gillies supported by Dave.
In September 2020 Pattison appeared as a featured performer alongside Mo Omar and Tom Lucy on the first episode of BBC Three's "Stand Up for Live Comedy" filmed in Bristol and hosted by Jayde Adams.


Nikola Dubois

Nikola Dubois (b1977) is an Australian actress who appeared on Neighbours.
Neighbours.
Dubois appeared as a recurring character on "Neighbours". She played the role of Kirsten Gannon in 2007–08. She was nominated in the "Best Bitch" category at the "2008 Inside Soap Awards".


Badsville

Badsville is a 2017 American-Canadian action drama film directed by April Mullen and starring Robert Knepper and Emilio Rivera.
Production.
According to the "Niagara Falls Review", Mullen expressed interest in directing the film after David Phillips showed her the script.
The film was shot in Southern California.
On November 3, 2016, it was announced that Epic Pictures acquired the distribution rights to "Badsville".


Fiorile

Fiorile is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
The title "Fiorile" allegedly is derived from the month of Floréal (April–May) in the French Republican Calendar. The film is also known as "Wild Flower".
Plot.
While travelling to visit their grandfather in Tuscany, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean but while he was distracted by her, Elisabetta's brother Corrado unintentionally stole the regiment's gold that Jean was guarding, causing Jean's death by firing squad and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the "Maledetti", the cursed ("Benedetti" means 'blessed'). The children's grandfather Massimo Benedetti is the last man to be directly affected by the curse but will he pass it onto them?


Scott Brown (bassist)

Scott George Brown is a Canadian bassist best known for being a member of the Canadian rock band Trooper. He has also done work with vocalist Paul Laine, both as a solo artist and with Danger Danger.
Brown joined Trooper in 1996 and has toured with the band ever since, making him one of the longest-running members in the band's history. Brown was featured when Trooper performed in the 2010 Olympics Victory Ceremonies in Vancouver, British Columbia on 21 February 2010. Coverage of the event was broadcast in Canada and around the world on networks such as CTV and MuchMusic.
Brown currently resides on Vancouver Island, and continues to perform with Trooper. When he is not touring with Trooper he performs solo and duo acoustic shows on Vancouver Island and throughout the lower mainland.


The Man Who Returned to Life

The Man Who Returned to Life is a 1942 American black-and-white drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Gordon Rigby and released by Columbia Pictures.
Plot.
David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the Jameson farm. Believed to be the remains of Jameson, Beth's brother, Clyde Beebe, is charged with the murder and sentenced to die. David returns to his home town in an attempt to exonerate Clyde.


Rodney Slater (musician)

Rodney Desborough Slater (born 8 November 1941 in Crowland, Lincolnshire) is a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, playing saxophones and other musical instruments (particularly winds).
He was a founder member, staying in the band until 1970. Slater appeared with the band when they reformed in 2006 performing with them at various shows over the next few years. He was also active in a side project Three Bonzos and a Piano with fellow Bonzos Roger Ruskin Spear and Sam Spoons as well as keyboard player Dave Glasson, Andy Roberts on guitar and occasionally 'Legs' Larry Smith.
In August 2017 Rodney Slater's Parrots released his debut album "Parrotopia!", which contained music, dialogue and recitations. The album contains his first works as a writer.
External links.
"Bonzo remnants running around", a 1970 "Rolling Stone" article by Charles Alverson; on Slater immediately after the end of the Bonzos.


Bec Hill

Bec Hill is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, actor, director, and YouTuber born in Adelaide who is now based in the UK.
She incorporates arts and crafts into her stand-up routines in something she calls paper-puppetry. Her "paper-puppetry" can be likened to pop-up books or the Japanese storytelling technique of Kamishibai.
In 2016, she was a co-host of Sky's "DC Fancast" and "DC Fancast: Unmasked" with Des Taylor and Rick Edwards. She has also appeared on several series of CBBC's panel show "The Dog Ate My Homework", and starred in the 2014 Sundance UK Grand Jury Prize-winning short film "Russian Roulette", directed by Ben Aston.
Her one-liners have featured in best-joke lists for media outlets such as "The Telegraph", Dave, "The Guardian", "The Independent", "Daily Record" and Buzzfeed. She has also appeared in a worst-joke list. She has also written for "The Amazing World of Gumball", "Bluestone 42" and "The Now Show". Her short animation directorial debut, "Scoring Pointes", aired on Disney XD in 2016.
In February 2021, she appeared on Channel 4's "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" (episode 5 from series 21) alongside Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner.
She hosts podcasts including A Problem Squared with Matt Parker, The DesignSpark Podcast, and Con Sessions.
She has also collaborated with Jay Foreman on three of his YouTube videos, entitled “Dinosaurs”, “Fiddle With Your Balls” and “Robot Olympics”.


A Son of the Sahara

A Son of the Sahara is a 1924 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and co-directed with René Plaissetty. It stars Claire Windsor and Bert Lytell. First National handled the distribution of the film.
Production.
"A Son of the Sahara" was shot on location in Algeria with an American cast.
Critical review.
Of the "Sheik" films of the 1920s, the plot of "A Son of the Sahara" was among the more racist in that Barbara, the European woman, completely rejects any romantic interest in Raoul until the very end of the film where it is established that he lacks any Arab ancestry and is fully French.
Preservation.
With no copies of "A Son of the Sahara" located in any film archives, it is a lost film. However, a trailer of the film survives in the Library of Congress.


The Billion Dollar Scandal

The Billion Dollar Scandal is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack and Gene Towne. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova, Frank Morgan, James Gleason, Irving Pichel and Warren Hymer. The film was released on January 7, 1933 by Paramount Pictures.


Hanns Lippmann

Hanns Lippmann (1890–1929) was a German film producer of the silent era. Lippmann set up Gloria-Film AG (later taken over by Ufa), and was closely associated with the director E.A. Dupont.


Justin Holborow

Justin Bevis (born 17 September 1996 in Sydney, Australia), better known as Justin Holborow, is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Harley Canning in Eleven's "Neighbours", Jack Stewart in "Reef Doctors", and as Griff in the TV adaptation of "Conspiracy 365".
Early life and education.
Holborow was born on 17 September 1996 in Sydney, Australia. His mother, Sarah Holborow, is a designer. He has one younger sister, Tahli Bevis.
Holborow moved to Bangkok at the age of 12, where he was educated at Harrow International School for over a year, where he played Bugsy in a production of Bugsy Malone, after which he moved back to Sydney with his mother and sister, where he was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. After being cast in Reef Doctors at the age of 14, he moved to Queensland, where he continued his education part-time. Holborow currently lives in Sydney.


Jack Little (songwriter)

Jack Little (born John Leonard; May 30, 1899 – April 9, 1956), (Another source gives his birth date as May 28, 1902.) sometimes credited Little Jack Little, was a British-born American composer, singer, pianist, actor, and songwriter whose songs were featured in several movies. He is not to be confused with the burlesque comedian also known as "Little" Jack Little, who stood 4'5".
Early years.
Little was born in the Silvertown section of London, but moved to the United States
when he was 9 years old, growing up in Waterloo, Iowa. He was educated in pre-med classes at the University of Iowa, where he played in and organized the university band.
Career.
Early in his career, Little worked at radio stations, including WSAI and WLW, both in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had a 15-minute daily program (originating from WLW) on NBC radio in the early 1930s.
Little toured the country with an orchestra, appearing in hotels, night clubs, and on radio. In one such touring appearance on radio, at WOC in Davenport, Iowa, Little "made a new endurance record for himself ... when he remained on the air three hours and sixteen minutes ... [and] sang fifty-one songs in answer to thousands of requests." He collaborated musically with Tommie Malie, Dick Finch, John Siras, and Joe Young.
In 1928 he joined ASCAP. From 1933–37, he recorded prolifically, starting on Bluebird, Columbia, and finally ARC, playing in a light society dance band style. He often worked with musical director Mitchell Ayres. His compositions include "Jealous, I Promise You, A Shanty in Old Shanty Town" and "You're a Heavenly Thing". Details of his chart success per Joel Whitburn are given below.
Recognition.
Little has a star at 6618 Hollywood Boulevard in the Radio section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.
Personal life.
He was married to Thea Hellman, who died in 1940; they had two children.
Death.
Little died April 9, 1956, at his home in Hollywood, Florida.


Bryan Josh

Bryan Josh (born 1967) is a multi-instrumentalist who is the founder of British progressive rock band Mostly Autumn. While primarily being the band's lead singer (previously with Heidi Widdop and Heather Findlay, and presently with Olivia Sparnenn) and lead guitarist, he has performed on many other instruments in the studio, which include the bass guitar, piano and keyboards. He, either alone or with other members of the band, has written a large percentage of the band's back catalogue. He also contributed to Mostly Autumn keyboardist Iain Jennings' solo album, "Breathing Space" where he played two guitar solos.
In November 2008, he released his first solo album "Through These Eyes" on Mostly Autumn Records. This features Mostly Autumn members Olivia Sparnenn and Gavin Griffiths, ex-Mostly Autumn member Henry Bourne and other guest musicians.
In 2009 he guested with Breathing Space, playing live with them. His position in the band was only temporary as they searched for a permanent replacement. Towards the end of the year he also played three live dates showcasing the material from "Through These Eyes". He was joined by Olivia Sparnenn (vocals/percussion), Chris Johnson (guitar/keyboards/vocals), Iain Jennings (keyboards), Patrick Berry (bass guitars) and Gavin Griffiths (drums). On 4 April 2010, Josh played his final concert as lead guitarist of Breathing Space.
On 21 June 2013 Josh married Mostly Autumn vocalist Olivia Sparnenn, and on 31 March 2017 they revealed that Sparnenn was pregnant with their first child.


The Girl in White

The Girl in White is a 1952 film drama directed by John Sturges. It is based on the memoirs of the pioneering female surgeon Emily Dunning Barringer.
Plot.
Her pregnant mother is in labor and in dire need of a doctor, but young Emily Dunning is new to the neighborhood and knows no one. When someone finally suggests a Dr. Yeomans, she is shocked to discover the doctor is a woman. It is the turn of the century in New York and times are changing, but as yet women are not being made welcome in the field of medicine. Emily is so impressed by Marie Yeomans that she decides to enroll in med school at Cornell.
Fellow student Ben Barringer is one of the few there who encourage Emily, and they also fall in love. Ben plans to continue his education at Harvard, but upsets Emily by asking her to abandon her studies and accompany him. Emily instead moves to New York, where she and Dr. Yeomans share an apartment. Hospitals deny her an internship until a reluctant Dr. Seth Pawling is persuaded to accept her, although he confines her mainly to ambulance duty. Ben, it turns out, has become an intern at the same hospital.
A patient is pronounced dead prematurely by a Dr. Graham, but is resuscitated by Emily, who exhausts herself for hours in the process. A nurse informs the press of Emily's heroic act, irritating Graham but impressing Pawling, who recognizes her determination and skills. When a typhoid epidemic breaks out, the need for doctors is so great that Dr. Yeomans is asked to help. She, too, earns the respect of the hospital's men, just before her weak heart gives out. Ben is leaving for Paris to continue his work, but Emily heeds her friend's advice to have a personal life as well as a professional one, so she promises Ben that their careers will not keep them apart.
Reception.
According to MGM records the film earned $904,000 in the US and Canada and $440,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $292,000.
Radio adaptation.
"The Girl in White" was presented on "Lux Radio Theatre" May 18, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred Allyson and Steve Forrest.


Edward Aczel

Edward Aczel is a British stand-up comedian known for his "anti-comedy" style of clumsy delivery presenting as uninterested and lacking belief in both his material and performing skills.
His 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, "Do I Really Have to Communicate with You?", was described by Zadie Smith in The New Yorker as "one of the strangest, and finest, hours of live comedy I’d ever seen". James Kettle in The Guardian called him "perhaps Britain's greatest living anti-comedian".
Winner of the 2008 Malcolm Hardee Award, he was the runner-up in the 2005 BBC New Comedy Awards and in Jimmy Carr's Comedy Idol (which was filmed for the extras on Jimmy Carr's 2005 live DVD).
His 2010 Edinburgh show featured in the BBC Comedy Collection.
In 2020, he appeared in an episode of the soap opera EastEnders.


Beekeeper (band)

beekeeper is a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their debut album, "BE KEPT", was released independently on September 15, 2010. It was recorded (in part) and mixed by Colin Stewart (The New Pornographers, Dan Mangan, Kathryn Calder) at The Hive Creative Labs. The first single from the album was "Sudden Cuckoo" and charted on numerous Canadian college radio stations, reaching No. 102 overall. The song has also been in rotation on CBC Radio 3.
Since 2011, beekeeper has toured multiple times in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, and opened for such acts as Menomena, NoMeansNo, and The Heartbroken.
In 2012, beekeeper released a single entitled "Take Me Back (To The Place)" on 7-inch vinyl. The vinyl also contains a B-side entitled "Bad Advice".
The members of beekeeper also play with Hey Ocean, Sidney York, and Katie Rox.
In June 2012, beekeeper was selected as one of the top 20 artists in British Columbia to participate in CKPK-FM's PEAK Performance Project.
In February 2013, beekeeper released their third recording, entitled "Shout At People".


All My Loving (film)

All My Loving (, meaning siblings) is a 2019 German drama film directed by Edward Berger. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.


Cole Howard (voice actor)

Cole Howard (born March 30, 1989) is a Canadian voice actor currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia. He voices for films, commercials, anime, cartoons, and video games. He was the voice lead in "Bob's Broken Sleigh". He is also known for his performances as Kosuke Ueki from "The Law of Ueki", Van Yamano from "Little Battlers Experience" and Lief from "Deltora Quest".
Awards and nominations.
Leo Awards 2016 - Best Performance in an Animation Program or Series° - Winner
Personal life.
In his spare time, he is into "Dungeons & Dragons", traveling, and rock climbing.


Don Ward (comedian)

Don Ward is a British comedy entrepreneur, producer and CEO of The Comedy Store which he co-founded in 1979 in London's Soho. In 2003, he was listed in "The Observer" as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and although he performed as a variety performer in the 1970s, he is not actually known as a comedian.
Owner of the London and Manchester Comedy Stores, he opened a branch in Leeds in 2002, but closed it after just eight months. The company now has clubs in Manchester and Mumbai. In 2001 he founded the Manchester Comedy Festival.
Ward started out as a stand-up himself, hosting rock and roll road shows with the stars of the day including Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, and Billy Fury. He is also co-executive producer of The Comedy Store series for Comedy Central.


Siegfried Hold

Siegfried Hold (1931 – 2003) was a German cinematographer. During the 1960s he shot a number of European western and adventure films, often co-productions between West Germany and other nations. He was the brother of the actress Marianne Hold. They were born in East Prussia, but towards the end of the Second World War they fled from the advancing Soviet forces and settled in Innsbruck.


Citizen Soldier (film)

Citizen Soldier is a 1976 drama film written and directed by Michael Elsey and starring Dean Stockwell. The film follows a suicidal Vietnam War veteran who finds happiness in a relationship with a young actress. It was distributed by Troma Entertainment. It was re-released in 1982 as a videocassette and again in 1984.


Dean Hagopian

Dean Hagopian is a Canadian actor, former radio personality and musician, voice actor and record producer of Armenian origin. Starting in the 1960s, Hagopian worked at numerous radio stations including CKOY in Ottawa, CFOX, where he worked the morning shift in 1967 and CJFM in Montreal. Before that, he was a member of the musical group The Staccatos, who later became The Five Man Electrical Band. Hagopian produced the first album made by the music group Rabble.


Simon Kendall

Simon Kendall is a Canadian rock musician and film composer. The longtime keyboardist for Doug and the Slugs, he won the Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for the film "Cadillac Girls", and was shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2001 for "Parting Glass", a song which he cowrote with Tom Landa and Geoffrey Kelly for the film "Lunch with Charles".
In 2005, Kendall joined with Rob Baker, Craig Northey, Doug Elliott and Pat Steward in the supergroup project Stripper's Union. He has also been a frequent session musician for Colin James, and with The Stellar Band of Neighbours, an occasional touring band whose members include Wyckham Porteous, Steven Drake, Kevin Kane and Johnny Fay.


Rebecca De Unamuno

Rebecca De Unamuno is an Australian actress and comedian. She has written and performed for a number of television comedy series, short films and stand up comedy shows. In 2013 she starred in "Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody".
Career.
In 2001, she started her career on the popular "The Glass House". She was part of the team that won the Improv World Cup at the Just For Laughs Festival in 2001 and was named Player of the Tournament. Between 2003 and 2004, she played various characters in "Big Bite", before its cancellation. She appeared in and wrote for the "Hamish & Andy Show" and "Kath & Kim". During 2003 to 2006, she guest appeared in "Comedy Inc." and in 2007, the show's final season, she became a main cast member. In 2009, she played as a teacher in "Thick as Thieves". She appeared on "The Chaser's War on Everything" during 2009.
She is a regular guest on Richard Glover's weekly comedy wrap-up Thank God It's Friday on 702 ABC Sydney.


Breezing Home

Breezing Home is a 1937 American drama film directed by Milton Carruth and starring Binnie Barnes, William Gargan, and Wendy Barrie.
Plot.
A racehorse trainer, Steve Rowan, is forced to sell one of his favorites, Galaxy, to a crooked bookie, Joe Montgomery. With the gambler unable to get directly involved, Gloria Lee, who is Joe's girlfriend, acts as the horse's official new owner when Galaxy is entered in a race.
Steve is still the trainer, but quits after Joe fixes the race by bribing a jockey to disrupt Galaxy's race. Steve leaves for California, where wealthy stable owner Henrietta Fairfax hires him to train Memento, her own top thoroughbred.
Gloria's guilt results in her following Steve out west. She needs to borrow $1,000 to race Galaxy, but is banished from the track when officials discover that Joe gave her the money. Henrietta is in love with Steve but realizes he has feeling for Gloria, permitting him to train Galaxy on her behalf in an upcoming stakes race, which Galaxy wins.


Briggitte Bozzo

Briggitte Bozzo (born August 19, 2001), is a Venezuelan actress.


The City of Failing Light

The City of Failing Light is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by George Terwilliger. It was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company.


The Boss of Big Town

The Boss of Big Town is a 1942 American film directed by Arthur Dreifuss.


Mavis Adjei

Mavis Adjei is a Ghanaian actress currently based in The Netherlands.
Early life and education.
Adjei hails from the diamond town of Akwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She had her Secondary education at Swedru Secondary School in the Central Region of Ghana from 1994 to 1996.
Career.
With over 25 films to her credit, her film roles include notable performances in "Amsterdam Diary", "Love & Politics", "Church Money", "Obaa pa", and many others. She also starred in numerous soap series in Ghana.
Personal life.
Adjei lives in the Netherlands with longtime boyfriend Geoffrey Osei-Bonsu, a popular TV Director/Business Executive with whom she has a daughter Tyra. In November 2008, she was reported as having given birth to a son.


Sonhos de Peixe

Sonhos de Peixe is a 2006 film by Kirill Mikhanovsky. It premiered on May 21, 2006 in the International Critic's Week competition (La Semaine de la Critique) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot summary.
In a village on the northeastern coast of Brazil, Jusce, 17, scrapes a living by diving 30 meters, with rudimentary equipment, for lobster. His "prize" at the end of a long day of risky work is sitting close to Ana, who lives with her mother and young daughter, as she savors the drama of urban sophisticates on her favorite soap opera.
Ana dreams of leaving the village to see the world. Jusce is content with the life he leads. The other fishermen, friends of Jusce's dead father, help him to buy and fit out his own fishing boat. One day an old friend, Rogério, returns from the big city to work giving dune buggy rides along the coast. The day Rogério gives Jusce a ride to Ana's place marks the beginning of their rivalry for Ana's attention. Jusce has to reinvent himself in order not to lose Ana to the adventurous life style of Rogério.
Awards.
"Sonhos de Peixe" has won three film awards:


Angeline Khoo

Angeline Khoo (, born 4 March 1986) is a Malaysian actress and singer. Her debut album titled 古代经典名曲 was in a group called 七仙女 (Seven Fairies) which consisted of Huang Mei Diao Opera songs. She was the youngest member out of the 7 members, being only 6 at that time. In late 2000, Angeline joined the girl group M-Girls and has released over 50 albums in her 20+ years in the music industry which was all mentioned in the Hisoing Interview in 2012.


George Cross (actor)

George W. Cross (c. 1873 - 12 August 1949) was an Australian actor and casting director. For many years he was a leading actor, producer and director on stage, including a stint in San Francisco. In the 1930s he was in charge of casting at Cinesound Productions where his discoveries included Jocelyn Howarth and Shirley Ann Richards.


Virginie Le Brun

Virginie Le Brun (born 7 June 1980) is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Dr. Gabrielle Jacobs in the TV series "Shortland Street". She is the daughter of French parents, vintners Adele and Daniel Le Brun.
She played Elizabeth Frankenstein, the wife of Victor Frankenstein, in Stuart Beattie's 2014 film, "I, Frankenstein".


The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts (later known as Malibu Run) is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960–1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely, who later replaced Larsen on midseason.
Synopsis.
The hour-long series focuses on the adventures of two Southern California divers, Drake Andrews (Larsen) and Larry Lahr (Slate), who made their living salvaging sunken wrecks. In January 1961, Larsen left the series due to health problems. His character rejoined the Navy and a new character, Mike Madison (Ron Ely), joined the cast. A month later, the format of the series was also changed with the show's characters, Larry and Mike, opening up a shop in Malibu. No longer encountering underwater dangers, storylines shifted to situations involved on land. To reflect the changes in the format, the series was retitled "Malibu Run".
The program was in competition with the short-lived "Hong Kong" on ABC and NBC's "Wagon Train". Unable to compete with NBC's highly rated "Wagon Train", the series was canceled after one season.
Cast.
Notable guest stars.
Dyan Cannon, Russ Conway, Donna Douglas, Peter Falk, Robert Knapp, Sam Levene, Audrey Meadows, Carroll O'Connor, Burt Reynolds, Sue Randall, Inger Stevens, Jane Withers, Keenan Wynn, James Coburn, Jim Davis, Larry Pennell and Ken Curtis, these two last actors, later of Ripcord fame. In the episode "The Double Adventure" Rue McClanahan makes a small appearance as a waitress in a diner.
Production notes.
Produced by Ivan Tors for Ziv-United Artists and the rights to this series are currently held by MGM Television.
Despite its short run, "The Aquanauts" was popular with the programmers at Buffalo TV station WNYP-TV, who at one point aired the series every day at the same time. Unfortunately, the station inadvertently played the "same episode" every day for two weeks until someone noticed.
Merchandising.
The TV show was also adapted into a comic book by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Dell Comics as part of their 4-Color series #1197.
A paperback novel was published dated February 1961 by Popular Library titled "The Aquanauts" by Daniel Bard and featuring Keith Larsen's character Drake Andrews. It is listed on the cover as Popular Giant G516 with a cost of 35 cents.


Blind Ambition (film)

Blind Ambition is an American drama film directed, produced and written by Bala Rajasekharuni. It stars Gulshan Grover, Christopher Atkins, Vanessa Angel, Deep Katdare, Michelle Massey and Bella Thorne. The film was released on March 8, 2014. The producers donated the proceeds to the India Center charity project.
Premise.
Sapna Shah (Michelle Massey) is a teenage Indian blind girl who runs a marathon as a tribute to the memory of her late mother.


Kelly Coffield Park

Kelly Coffield Park (born January 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for being an original cast member of the sketch comedy television series "In Living Color".
In 1997, Park had a supporting role in the short-lived Fox ensemble drama "413 Hope St." She has also appeared in feature films such as "Field of Dreams" (1989), "Quiz Show" (1994), "Jerry Maguire" (1996), "Rhinos" (1999), "Scary Movie" (2000), "The Specials" (2000), and "Undercover Brother" (2002; cameo appearance). Her latest film is "Bride Wars" (2009).
Park appeared on an episode of the TV series "Wings" and on the "Seinfeld" episodes "The Chinese Woman" and "The Pledge Drive" as "Noreen," whose relationships with men were regularly destroyed by Elaine Benes. Kelly has also made guest appearances on "My Wife and Kids" and "The Jamie Foxx Show".
She married Steve Park, another former cast member of "In Living Color", in 1999. They have a son, Owen, and a daughter, Eliza.


Gareth Williams (New Zealand actor)

Gareth Williams (born 13 July 1984) is a New Zealand born actor of television, film and theatre. He trained for a year with the Auckland Theatre Company at the prestigious Globe Theater in London. He then attained his Bachelor of Performing Arts at Toi: Whakaari Dramatic Arts College in 2006. Williams has since had television roles in Facelift (2007), This Is Not My Life (2009), Legend of the Seeker (2010), as well as some minor feature film roles.
He has gained recognition through musical theatre, receiving positive reviews for his role as William Kemmler in the Indian Ink production of The Dentist's Chair. Shannon Huse, reviewer for the New Zealand Herald, wrote "Gareth Williams is suitably cadaver scary as William Kemmler, the ghost of the first man to be executed by electric chair who haunts Albert. He gives a charismatic performance that includes two ghoulish songs."
He has also taken on such stage roles as Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (2010) and 'The Balladeer' in 'Assassins' (2010).
Williams landed the supporting role of Vettius in (2011).
Awards.
2010 – Best Comedy Show – Winner – Wellington Fringe Festival – "The Lonesome Buckwhips
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2010 – Billy T James Award – Nominee – "The Lonesome Buckwhips"
2009 – Best Newcomer – Winner – Metro Magazine


A Guy Could Change

A Guy Could Change is a 1946 American drama film starring Allan Lane and Jane Frazee. It was the final film of director William K. Howard.
Plot.
Newspaperman Michael Hogan finds himself alone with a newborn daughter to take care of, after his wife has died in child labor. Mike is devastated and has no idea how to raise little Nancy, but his sister Grace and her husband Bill agrees to relief him of his duties as a father, letting the girl live with them.
Nancy stays with Grace and Bill for eight years, while Mike lives the life of a bachelor, only contributing to his daughter's upbringing by paying an allowance. Feeling ashamed of her father's absence, Nancy concocts stories about him to share with her friends. At the same time, Mike is out with his friend George Cummings at a drive-in, trying to pick up a waitress named Barbara Adams, without success.
Grace tries to protect Nancy by telling her that her father is very busy at work and doesn't have the time to come see her. This makes Nancy act on her father's behalf, paying a visit to Mike's boss, McCarthy, demanding that her father get more time to spend with his daughter.
Mike doesn't give up on dating Barbara, returning to the drive-in, pretending to write an article about her workplace. He convinces her boss that she get the day off for an interview, and she reluctantly agrees to spend the day with him.
In spite of this, they get along fine, but when Mike eventually kisses Barbara, his boss turns up and scolds him for not spending time with his neglected daughter. Barbara changes her mind about Mike and decides to not see him again. Mike decides to try and spend some time with his daughter and takes her to the drive-in, where she meets Barbara.
Barbara quickly takes to Nancy and the three of them go bowling together. Mike and Barbara become a couple and all seems fine, until a bank robber Barbara helped get convicted through a testimony in court breaks out from prison. His name is Eddy, and he comes to town to get his revenge on Barbara. He finds out where she lives and arrives to her home with a gun.
Eddy shoots Barbara and gets into a fist fight with Mike. The police arrive and Eddy is killed by a bullet. Barbara is transported to the hospital. Soon Mike is informed that she will recover in full. Mike decides to marry her and starts planning for the wedding and his new life as a family father.


Melvinder Kanth

Melvinder Kanth is a documentary film-maker and actor who has appeared in several TV films and theatre in the United Kingdom and Singapore since 1996. He appeared in 2008's Kallang Roar the Movie as Captain of the Legendary Singapore national football team of the 1970s. Kanth trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England.


The Three-Sided Mirror

The Three-Sided Mirror () is a 1927 French drama film directed by Jean Epstein, starring Jeanne Helbling, Suzy Pierson and Olga Day. It tells the story of three women who remember their love affairs with the same young man. The film is based on Paul Morand's short story with the same title. It was shot during the summer of 1927. It premiered on 22 November the same year.
Reception.
The film received many compliments for its technical achievements upon the release. René Jeanne of "La Rumeur" wrote: ""The Three-Sided Mirror" is definitely the best film Mr. Epstein has given us in a long time, both because of the intelligence with which he has entered Mr. Paul Morand's thoughts, and the sensibility with which he has translated these thoughts into cinema."


Only the Brave Know Hell

Only the Brave Know Hell (released in the United States as The Ravagers) is a 1965 Filipino-American war drama film directed by Eddie Romero and co-written by Romero and Cesar Amigo, starring John Saxon, Fernando Poe Jr. and Vic Diaz. It was produced by Hemisphere Pictures, which consisted of Eddie Romero, Kane W. Lynn and Irwin Pizor. In the Philippines, the Filipino-language version was entitled Hanggang May Kalaban () and the English-dubbed version was entitled "Only the Brave Know Hell", both of which were released in February 1965, while in the United States, it was released as "The Ravagers" in December 1965.
The film is set in the Philippines during World War II. It is about a band of brave Filipino guerrillas who battle with the last remaining Japanese occupation forces.
The film was advertised as "the biggest war film ever filmed in the Philippines". Lead actress Bronwyn FitzSimons was the daughter of actress Maureen O'Hara.
It was one of several war movies Saxon made outside Hollywood.
Plot.
In the year 1945, The commandant of the Japanese forces occupying the Philippines is ordered to transport a shipment of gold bullion back to Japan. The Japanese soldiers take over a convent where the gold shipment is situated, and take a number of nuns and young girls prisoner in the process. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, one of the captive women is actually a female American agent named Sheila (Bronwyn FitzSimons), whom the Japanese have been looking to capture.
Kermit Dowling (John Saxon), an American army officer, together with an ex-convict named Gaudiel (Fernando Poe Jr.), leads a group of Filipino freedom fighters in an attack on the convent. Gaudiel finds himself attracted to Sheila. The guerillas beat the Japanese troops in a fierce battle and liberate the convent, saving the gold shipment.


Jill Summers

Honour Margaret Rosell Santoi Fuller, better known as Jill Summers (8 December 1910 – 11 January 1997), was an English music hall performer and comedian. Her career in entertainment lasted eighty years and in 1982 she achieved stardom as Phyllis Pearce, in Granada Television's long-running soap opera "Coronation Street". She left the programme in 1996, and died in January 1997 from kidney failure.
Early life and career.
Summers was born in Eccles, Lancashire. She first performed on stage aged six, in a comedy double act with her brother Tom. When her mother died when she was only 13, she went to work in a cotton mill. Later she ran a combined hairdresser's and newsagent's with her first husband (who was more than 20 years older than she was). He died only a few years into their marriage. Her Stage Name was derived from the weather when asked by an agent, her reply was "Jill Summers, the jill of a Summer's Day."
During World War II, she entertained troops as part of ENSA, and was known as "Lancashire Comedienne Jill Summers, the Pin-Up Girl of British Railways". Most of her variety material was written by her second husband, Dr Clifford Simpson-Smith, with whom she stayed married until his death in 1986. She became a comedian when she tripped up on stage and swore, which the audience lapped up.
Summers first appeared in "Coronation Street" (very briefly) in 1972, playing Bessie Proctor, a cleaner with Hilda Ogden. In 1982, she reappeared as Phyllis Pearce, a blue rinsed pensioner, forever lusting after pompous ex-serviceman Percy Sugden. She starred in the series until 1996, shortly before her death in 1997.
Other appearances by Summers include "Agatha" (alongside Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave), "Play For Today", "Sez Lez" (with "Les Dawson"), "Ready When You Are, Mr McGill", and performing a Victoria Wood scripted monologue in 1982's "Wood and Walters", as well as appearing in her TV play "Nearly A Happy Ending".
Death.
Summers died of kidney failure in January 1997. In their autobiographies, released in different years, former Coronation Street stars Jean Alexander, Bill Waddington, Lynne Perrie, Julie Goodyear and Amanda Barrie described Jill as a true professional actress who was witty, hilarious and outspokenly funny.


Jeffri Chadiha

"Jeffri Chadiha"' is an American sports journalist currently employed by NFL Media, having joined the Media arm of the NFL in August 2015. He previously worked for ESPN, frequently contributing to ESPN.com on the NFL. Prior to working for ESPN, he worked for Sports Illustrated, having started out at the Ann Arbor News and San Francisco Examiner. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 after transferring from the University of Wyoming.


Friend of the Family

Friend of the Family (also known as Elke's Erotic Nights or simply Elke) is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Edward Holzman, and starring Shauna O'Brien & Griffin Drew.
Plot.
A married couple, Linda and Jeff, are trying to get their relationship under control. They do not communicate with each other much; Jeff is a workaholic and Linda thinks he is cheating on her. Linda and Jeff are both having trouble talking to Jeff's two college-aged children, Montana and Josh, from his first marriage. They then meet Elke, the younger sister of one of Linda's old friends. Elke, who is free-spirited and sexually uninhibited, begins interacting with most of the members of the family, emotionally and romantically, with a new openness and communication between them as the unexpected result.
Reception.
"Friend of the Family" currently has no approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the Want-To-See is currently 62%. TV Guide gave the movie one out of five stars.
Sequel.
In 1996, an unrelated movie called "Passionate Revenge" was released with Shauna O'Brien. For marketing purposes it was rebranded a sequel entitled "Friend of the Family II" directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as Nicholas Medina). In this movie, Shauna O'Brien plays a femme fatale character named Linda.


Anytown (film)

Anytown is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Dave Rodriguez. The film has won three film awards. "Best Picture" at the Charleston International Film Festival, "Excellence in Filmmaking" at The Method Fest and "Best Screenplay" at the Long Island International Film Expo. "Anytown" also garnered a strong review from "Variety". The film was later released under the title American Bully.
It revolves around a story about the outcomes of war in Iraq and the effects on an individual.


Cynthia (film)

Cynthia is a 1947 American comedy-drama film starring Mary Astor, Elizabeth Taylor, and George Murphy. The film is based on the 1945 play "The Rich, Full Life" by Viña Delmar and was adapted by screenwriters Harold Buchman and Charles Kaufman.
Plot.
In school, baseball hero Larry Bishop (George Murphy) impresses a girl, Louise (Mary Astor), and they fall in love. Both coincidentally have dreams of traveling to Vienna, Austria someday to continue their education, Larry in medicine, Louise in music.
While still in college, Louise and Larry marry, Louise becomes pregnant, and they move to Larry’s hometown in Illinois, a small town called Napoleon. He takes a job in Dingle's hardware store and they raise their daughter, Cynthia (Elizabeth Taylor), who has chronic health problems and is quite frail. Fifteen years later, the Bishops are having trouble making ends meet, Larry can't afford to buy the home that they rent, and they no longer have any illusions about the adventurous lives they intended to lead.
Dr. Fred Jannings (Gene Lockhart), Larry’s brother-in-law, has been the family's physician since Cynthia's birth, and he strongly recommends against her doing any strenuous activities. Louise ignores this advice and lets Cynthia take a role in the school musical, but her health fails, causing Larry to be upset with his wife.
Cynthia falls for a classmate, Ricky Latham (James Lydon), in the meantime. Louise encourages them to go together to the school prom - Cynthia's first ever date, over her husband's objections. But as the bills and worries mount, Larry loses his patience and his job one day after his boss, J.M. Dingle (Harlan Briggs), objects to his coming late to work. After returning home, Larry tells Louise that they can now leave Napoleon and go to Chicago. But Louise has decided to use her money to buy the house, and Cynthia no longer wants to go either, because she is now going steady with Ricky. In the end, the family unites to embrace the future, satisfied when Larry's boss comes back, hat in hand, asking him to return to his job.
Reception.
According to MGM records, the film earned $1,206,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $442,00 in other markets, resulting in a loss of $280,000.


Francine Lewis

Francine Lewis (born 7 November 1975) is an English actress, model, television presenter and impressionist, best known for participating in the ITV talent show series "Britain's Got Talent" in 2013.
Biography.
Television.
She has been on several television shows such as "Loose Women" and "The Generation Game".
Lewis also appeared on the Channel 4 show "Very Important People", in which, alongside Morgana Robinson, she impersonated a host of celebrities.
"Britain's Got Talent".
Her audition saw her perform impressions of Stacey Solomon, Amy Childs, Katie Price, Holly Willoughby and Cheryl Cole and she was put through to the next round. When the judges selected whom to put through to the live shows, they said that Lewis and fellow contestants Alice Fredenham and Robbie Kennedy were "the three easiest yeses [they had] ever given". In the semi-final Lewis repeated Childs, Cole, Price and also included Dot Cotton, Sharon Watts, Sharon Osbourne, Nadine Coyle, Audrey Roberts and Deirdre Barlow. She won her semi-final, receiving 23.1% of the public vote to earn a place in the final on 8 June.
Her prior notable work caused problems when she auditioned for "Britain's Got Talent", as many thought that she was already too notable to enter a talent competition. Lewis however replied stating: "I've been out of it for such a long time and it's a show, it's a variety show, there's no where [else] for people like me. I have gone and stood on stage and did what I do best, it's a competition and there's a different generation out there."
Other work.
Lewis has been in numerous theatre performances, notably "Aladdin", "Bugsy Malone" and "Snow White". She had also appeared in Cinderella, Robin Hood and played the Wicked Stepmother in ‘’Snow White’’ recently.


Rafael Novoa (actor)

Rafael Novoa (born October 31, 1971, Bogotá, Colombia), is a Colombian actor


Everything Goes (film)

Everything Goes (stylized as everything goes) is a 2004 short film directed by Andrew Kotatko. It is based on the 1978 short story "Why Don't You Dance?" from Raymond Carver's 1981 collection "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The film stars Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish and Sullivan Stapleton. Everything Goes won the award for Best Short Film at the 2004 Inside Film Awards and was the only Australian film selected for the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2005.
Synopsis.
The film depicts the unlikely relationship that forms between a young couple (Cornish and Stapleton) looking to begin their future together and a lonely middle-aged man (Weaving) trying to rid himself of the past.
Reviews.
The film received positive reviews from critics. In an article on Australian cinema for Cinematical.com, respected American film critic Jeffrey M. Anderson praised "Everything Goes" as "everything a great short film can be" and noted that "Kotatko makes spectacular use of light and space, using Carver's words when necessary and conjuring up wordless images just as potent".


Pauline Newstone

Pauline Newstone is a Canadian voice actress.


Foreign Agent

 Foreign Agent is a 1942 American spy film directed by William Beaudine. It stars John Shelton, Gale Storm, and Ivan Lebedeff. A young woman in Hollywood foils the attempts of Axis spies to steal an invention.


James A. Contner

James Atwater Contner (born June 12, 1947) is an American film, television director and cinematographer. His work includes episodes of such television series as "Miami Vice", "Angel", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Firefly", "The X-Files" and "". He has also directed several films, including "One Hot Summer Night" (1998), and "Shark Swarm" (2008).


Cathe Friedrich

Cathe Friedrich, born July 20, 1964, is an American ACE certified group fitness instructor, personal trainer and entrepreneur from Glassboro, New Jersey. Since releasing her first fitness video in 1989, Friedrich has released over 190 fitness videos. For several years she has taught fitness classes on the now defunct FitTV. She is the co-owner of Four Seasons Health Club in Glassboro, New Jersey, where she regularly teaches fitness classes. In 2011 she was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame.


Francesca Gasteen

Francesca Gasteen is a Brisbane-based actress best known for playing the lead role in the 2010 film "Jucy", which was partly based on the real-life friendship between herself and co-star Cindy Nelson. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.


Viktor Kalev

Viktor Kalev () (born October 20, 1969) is a Bulgarian comedy actor and singer born in Zlatograd. He is well known on television, and he became famous in the TV show Kanaleto, afterwards working in the show Slavi's Show.


Bill Funt

Bill Funt, a producer and actor, is the son of acclaimed "Candid Camera" creator Allen Funt and brother of Peter Funt.


Darling Companion

Darling Companion is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan, written by Kasdan and his wife Meg, and starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Filming took place in Utah in 2010 and was released on April 20, 2012.
Plot.
Beth Winter (Keaton) rescues a lost dog from the roadside and names him Freeway. Her children have grown up and moved away, and her husband, Joseph (Kline), is distracted and self-involved. Beth forms a strong friendship with the dog and is deeply upset when, after her daughter's wedding, her husband loses the dog. They engage the service of a psychic gypsy to find the dog again.
In the end after finally giving up, the family boards an airplane. While flying over the mountains, Beth sees the dog and her husband fakes a ruptured appendix to have the pilot turn the airplane around. In one last attempt at a search, they scour the trees in the area Beth saw the dog, when at last Freeway appears in a field and runs to Beth, reunited at last, bringing the family closer together.
Reception.
"Darling Companion" received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box-office flop. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 21% based on 89 reviews, with an average rating of 4.46/10. Roger Ebert wrote "It is depressing to reflect on the wealth of talent that conspired to make this inert and listless movie."


A Kind of English

A Kind of English is a 1986 British drama film, directed by Ruhul Amin and written by Paul Hallam. It stars Lalita Ahmed, Jamil Ali, Afroza Bulbul, Badsha Haq and Andrew Johnson. The film is about a Bengali family living in London.
Reception.
"A Kind of English" was shown in festivals around the world and earned critical acclaim. The film was compared with early work of De Sica and Satyajit Ray.


Paul Chowdhry

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry (Punjabi: ਤਜਪੌਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਚੋਦਰੀ, born 21 August 1974), better known as Paul Chowdhry, is an English comedian of Indian Punjabi Jat Sikh descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series "Stand Up for the Week" as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. He was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on "8 out of 10 Cats" and "Comedy World Cup". In December 2012, he was one of the acts on an episode of "Live at the Apollo". In 2016, he was one of the contestants of the comedy show "Taskmaster". In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in "The Russell Howard Hour". In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series "Devils". He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.


The Marriage Playground

The Marriage Playground is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes, and written by Doris Anderson, J. Walter Ruben, and Edith Wharton. The film stars Mary Brian, Fredric March, Lilyan Tashman, Huntley Gordon, Kay Francis, William Austin, and Seena Owen. The film was released on December 21, 1929, by Paramount Pictures.


Walter Haag

Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama "The Heart of a Queen".


Ron Hughart

Ron Hughart is an American animation director. He has worked on several shows, including "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "Family Dog", "Futurama" and "American Dad!".
He also worked on "Ren & Stimpy" as a layout supervisor and timing director. Hughart currently works on "American Dad!" as co-supervising director with Brent Woods.
During his work on "Futurama", supervising director Rich Moore said that Ron had directed some of the best scenes of violence on the show. This was noted on the audio commentary of Raging Bender.


Lee H. Katzin

Lee H. Katzin (12 April 1935 - 30 October 2002) was an American film director.
Early life and education.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan, and became a TV director in the late 1960s, including episodes for "Bonanza, "and "Police Story." He also directed the 1971 feature film "Le Mans."
Career.
Starting in 1969, he did an array of theatrical films starting with "Heaven with a Gun" and other films like "The Break" and the cult classic "What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?" In 1972, he directed the film "The Salzburg Connection", which starred Barry Newman and Anna Karina.
In 1975, he directed the launch episode "", and other early episodes, of the Gerry Anderson live-action series "." He was the creator of the short-lived American science fiction television series "Man from Atlantis" in 1977 and the following year wrote the pilot episode for a comedy, "Zuma Beach "with "Halloween "director John Carpenter, although this was never commissioned as a series. He also directed many episodes of the 1980s television series "MacGyver."
He died of cancer at the age of 67 in 2002 in Beverly Hills, California.


Yoan Garneau

Yoan Garneau, also known as Yoan, (born May 10, 1995) is a Canadian pop, rock and country singer from Ferme-Neuve, Quebec. The winner of Season 2 of the reality television series "La Voix" in 2014, he released his self-titled debut album in 2015.
Garneau's father Sylvain is a country musician. Before his original audition for "La Voix", Garneau had difficulty deciding whether to audition with an original song or a cover of Billy Joe Shaver's "Live Forever", deciding only at the last minute to go with the Shaver cover.
His debut album "Yoan", released on March 25, 2015, features duets with Isabelle Boulay, his coach on "La Voix", and country singer Brett Kissel. The album features material in both English and French, mixing both original compositions and covers; its lead single is a cover of Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do".
The album debuted at #1 on "Billboard"s Canadian Albums Chart for the week of April 11, 2015, retaining that spot for the weeks of April 18 and April 25. In its first two months of release, the album sold approximately 90,000 copies.


Brigette Lundy-Paine

Brigette Lundy-Paine (born ) is an American actor, known for their portrayal of Casey Gardner on the television series "Atypical" and Billie Logan in "Bill & Ted Face the Music".
Personal life.
Born in , Brigette Lundy-Paine is the child of Laura Lundy and Robert Paine, who are both actors and directors, and has a younger brother. When Lundy-Paine was two years old, their family moved to Alameda, California. In 2012, they graduated from Encinal High School, where they were a cheerleader. They graduated from New York University in 2015.
On November 8, 2019, Lundy-Paine came out as non-binary, going by they/them pronouns. They have also been involved as an activist, including participating in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Career.
, Lundy-Paine was described as being "known for" their portrayal of Casey Gardner on the television series "Atypical". Lundy-Paine also co-founded the "vocal band" Subtle Pride, as well as "Waif Magazine", an art publication.


Ely Dagher

Ely Dagher is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and artist known for his short film "Waves '98".
Early years.
Previously he had received a Bachelors in graphic arts and illustration as well as a Bachelors in animation at the Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts in Lebanon.
Career.
Dagher's film "Waves '98" won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Lebanese film to ever receive the award.
In 2020 Dagher completed work on his first feature film, "The Sea Ahead" ("Al Bahr Amamakoum"), with post-production finishing a year afterwards in March 2021. The film is planned for release later in the year.


Only a Shop Girl

Only a Shop Girl is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Estelle Taylor, Mae Busch, Wallace Beery, William Scott, James Morrison, and Josephine Adair. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on December 15, 1922.
Preservation.
The film is now considered lost.


Beware of Bachelors

Beware of Bachelors is a 1928 American part-talkie pre-code comedy drama film produced and released by Warner Bros., and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The movie stars Audrey Ferris, William Collier Jr., Margaret Livingston, Clyde Cook, and George Beranger. The film was based on a short story by Mark Canfield (an alias for Darryl F. Zanuck).
Plot.
A young doctor (William Collier Jr.) is accused by his pretty wife (Audrey Ferris) of paying too much attention to one of his woman patients (Margaret Livingston) when she makes a pass at him. Ferris, assuming that her husband is having an affair, decide to have one herself with a perfumer, played by George Beranger. Wife and husband make up but they soon quarrel once again when the jealous wife finds her husband at a cafe with Livingston. Ferris decides to leave her husband and starts going out with Beranger to wild parties. Eventually, Ferris decides that she truly loves Collier and can't live without him. They are reconciled and Ferris returns to her husband.
Preservation status.
A 35mm copy of this film survives at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Washington, D.C., and a 16mm copy survives at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
References.
Notes


Rebel Love

Rebel Love is a 1985 drama film written and directed by Milton Bagby and starring Jamie Rose and Terence Knox. It was distributed by Troma Entertainment.
Set during the American Civil War, the film follows a Yankee war widow (played by Rose) who takes an injured Confederate spy (played by Knox) into her home out of pity, only to find herself falling in love with him.
The picture was shot on locations in Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama during the summer of 1983, with many scenes filmed at the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. The producers utilized local crews and talent as much as possible.
The film was a finalist in the 1985 USA Film Festival in Dallas. Despite a modest theatrical run, Rebel Love enjoyed a cable release on Showtime and was later distributed on video by Vestron. Rose, who started on television in the series Falcon Crest, went on to star in her own 1980s crime drama series, "Lady Blue". Knox, who first gained fame as the villainous Dr. Peter White on the series St. Elsewhere, later starred for three years as the lead character on the popular series Tour of Duty, a Vietnam War drama.


Melihate Ajeti

Melihate Ajeti (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелихате Ајети) (October 9, 1935 in Pristina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia March 26, 2005 in Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro) was a Kosovo-Albanian actress.
She was born and raised in Pristina and went to the acting school there. She later specialized in Paris (Comédie-Française). She was considered the number one theater actress of Pristina. She started acting when she was 16 years old, in 1951, at the "Teatri Krahinorë i Kosovës". She performed 180 main roles that showcased her talent and her great capacity as an actress: "Zullumqari", "Sikur të isha djalë", "Besa", "Vajza pa pajë", "Halili e Hajrija", "Hanka", "Zonja me kamelie", "Erveheja", "Anna Karenina", "Shtetrrethimi", "Hamlet", "Othello", "Antigone", "Macbeth", "Svinga e Gjallë", and "Vdekja e një mbretëreshe", among others.
She left indelible marks in Kosovar and Yugoslavian films as well: "Uka i Bjeshkëve të nemuna", "Buka", "Etja", "Trimi", "Era e Lisi", "Kur Pranvera vonohet", "Të ngujuarit", "E shtëna në ajër", "Përroi vërshues", "Migjeni", "Gjurmët e bardha", "Dorotej", and "Lepuri me 5 këmbë", among others.
She had a daughter from her 1953–1967 marriage with director Muharrem Qena. She died in Pristina on March 26, 2005 of a heart attack.


Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (also known as War Games, Old Soldiers Never) is a 1970 American drama-comedy film feature film directed by Hy Averback, produced by Fred Engel, and starring Brian Keith, Don Ameche, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette, Ivan Dixon, and Pamela Britton. The plot is a mixture of comic and dramatic elements and concerns the reactions of a number of World War II veterans to the contemporary US Army.
The title is derived from an American antiwar slogan from the hippie subculture during the Vietnam War era, popularized by Charlotte E. Keyes in her 1966 article for "McCall's" magazine titled "Suppose They Gave a War and No One Came".
Plot.
Col. Flanders commands a U.S. Army base in the South. To improve relations with the locals, he decides to throw a community dance. He gives the assignment to Warrant Officer Michael M. Nace, sergeants Shannon Gambroni and Jones, and a captain, Myerson.
A bigot named Billy Joe Davis is a big man in town, backed by Harve, a redneck sheriff. Harve considers a pretty barfly, Ramona, to be his girl, so when he catches Gambroni and her together, he has the sergeant placed under arrest for lewd conduct in public.
Nace is drunk and of no help. Jones, who is black, is refused a loan by Mr. Kruft, a banker in town, so in anger he decides to spring Gambroni from jail. Billy Joe retaliates by calling in his armed militia, so Nace steals a tank from the base and fights back. Harve takes three of the soldiers as his prisoners.
Nace and Jones (in the tank) manage to arrive at the town, where they wreak havoc by running over the stone statue of a Confederate war hero and ram-crash into the local jail, enabling Gambroni to break out.
By the time the dust settles, Col. Flanders and his men have arrived in town to save the day. The town mayor fires the sheriff for abuse of authority and the military men pledge to repair the damage caused by the tank.
Reception.
The film earned rentals of $630,000 in North America and $450,000 in other countries, recording an overall loss of $4,160,000.


Seder Anything

"Seder Anything" is the twenty-first episode of the second season of the CW television series "Gossip Girl". It premiered on CTV, Monday, 20 April 2009.
Plot.
Serena returns from her trip to Spain with Poppy and Gabriel. Blair makes a secret deal with Nate's grandfather. Dan takes a job to earn money for college.
Cultural references.
The episode title is derived from "Say Anything..." (1989), a romantic movie starring John Cusack and Ione Skye which was written and directed by Cameron Crowe.


Charlie Chamberlain

Charlie Chamberlain (14 July 1911 in Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada – 16 July 1972) was a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee, which ran from 1957 through 1969 on CBC Television.
He died in Bathurst, New Brunswick, the town where he was born, only two days after his 61st birthday. At the time, he had been appearing with Don Messer on independent TV station CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario, who picked up the show for some four years after it was cancelled by the CBC in 1969.
Life.
Chamberlain's mother was widowed early and to assist her around the home, he went to work in the lumber woods at the age of eight. In this setting was an extroverted young person who was eager to entertain. During WWI, he allegedly sang to the soldiers on passing trains. While riding a train himself, a friend of Don Messer's heard Charlie singing, and put him in touch with the fiddler who was looking for a vocalist. Charlie Chamberlain performed pretty much exclusively with Messer for the rest of his career.
Chamberlain is most often recalled as an incredible character, a huge man with huge appetites, who was notoriously generous, and quite freely shared his money with friends and neighbours. During the sixties, when Don Messer's Jubilee was one of the highest rated TV show in Canada, Charlie also worked pumping gas at a service station in Lakeside, NS.
Career.
Chamberlain was known as Messer's "Singing Lumberjack," and his vocal work is featured on many of the albums released by "Don Messer and His Islanders". Chamberlain is remembered as a showstopper, famed for his signature bowler hat and shillelagh.


Murder by Proxy

Murder by Proxy, released in the United States as Blackout, is a 1954 British film noir crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Dane Clark and Belinda Lee. The screenplay concerns a man who is offered money to marry a woman.
Plot summary.
Drunk and down-and-out Casey Morrow (Clark) in London is approached by a young and beautiful heiress, Phyllis Brunner (Lee), offering him much money if he will marry her. He accepts, but then wakes up the next morning in some other woman's apartment with blood on his coat from the murder of Brunner's father. Now he must unravel the mystery to clear his name, which leads him into a twisted labyrinth of encounters with various suspicious characters who seem to make his situation worse the more he learns.
Production.
The film was based on a novel "Murder by Proxy" which was published in 1952. It was the first movie in an eight picture contact between Hammer Films and Lippert Pictures.
Dane Clark's casting was announced in September 1953. He stayed on in England to make "Five Days".
Script supervisor Renee Glynne later recalled that Belinda Lee "was still very inexperienced at that time and I had to watch her quite carefully. She'd cross her legs the wrong way or turn her head at the wrong moment or come out with the wrong line, so I'd have to correct her and try to help her out. Dane obviously fancied her and got very cross with my professional interference'. He got quite nasty and was actually pushing me away from her." Glynne says she had to take medication "in order to survive the rest of the film. After that I had to give all my instructions to him through the director, Terry Fisher...after some shots he'd have to put his head under cold water because he was so enraged that I was even there. Eventually he realised how silly it all was and went down on his knees, tears streaming down his face, begging me to forgive him, But I still asked Tony Hinds to take me off the next film he was in."
Reception.
The "Monthly Film Bulletin"said "the treatment is sufficiently persuasive to bring a fair amount of excitement to the well tried material."
"Variety" called it "a gabby, overlong, import from England that has Dane Clark heading the cast as the only name known in the domestic market. Condition of the supporting feature mprket is such currently that the film will have no trouble getting bookings, even though it offers scant measure of entertain-ment... There’s nothing the players can do . with the plot as presented under the production helming of Michael Carreras, and Terence Fish-er's direction is deliberate to the extreme, even for a British offering."
"Filmink" called it "an entirely decent, unpretentious film noir; the age gap between the leads is annoying, but Lee is an ideal femme-fatale-or-isn’t-she?"


Haathi Ke Daant

Haathi Ke Daant is a 1973 Bollywood drama film directed by B.R.Ishara. The film stars Rakesh Pandey.


Commitments (film)

Commitments is a drama film released in 2001 on television by BET. The movie stars Allen Payne and Victoria Dillard, focusing on the relationship that grows between Fox Giovanni (Dillard) and Van Compton (Payne).


La folie du doute

La folie du doute is a 1920 French silent film directed by René Leprince.


Reimar Kuntze

Reimar Kuntze (27 January 1900 – 18 August 1949) was a German cinematographer. He worked on more than 100 film productions during his career.


All Inclusive (2008 film)

All Inclusive (Spanish: Todo incluido) is a 2008 Chilean-Mexican movie. The focus is a Chilean family staying at a Mexican resort. During their time at the resort, they each have experiences affecting their lives, and their problems become apparent.


Lonely Heart Bandits

Lonely Heart Bandits is a 1950 American drama film directed by George Blair and written by Gene Lewis. The film stars Dorothy Patrick, John Eldredge, Barbra Fuller, Robert Rockwell, Ann Doran and Richard Travis. The film was released on August 29, 1950, by Republic Pictures.
Plot.
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.


The House of Tears

The House of Tears is a lost 1915 silent film drama directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Emily Stevens who plays two roles. It was produced by B. A. Rolfe and distributed through Metro Pictures.


Gomti Ke Kinare

Gomti Ke Kinare is a 1972 Bollywood drama film directed by Saawan Kumar Tak in a directorial debut. The film stars Meena Kumari and Mumtaz. It was the last release of Meena Kumari, and was released posthumously. She shot the film through her failing health at the end of 1971, and was apprehensive whether she would be able to complete the filming. Eventually, she did with the last schedule on 29 December. However, despite the music score by R.D. Burman, the film failed at the box office.
Amitabh Bachchan was being considered (to play hero opposite Mumtaz) by Saawan Kumar and Meena Kumari. However, Mumtaz, who was close to the Khan brothers those days, recommended Sameer Khan, and the audience missed the golden opportunity to see Amitabh along with legendary Meena Kumari.
Plot.
Sameer lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay with his mother, Ganga, and maternal uncle, Nekiram. Nekiram works at a petrol pump, and his mother paints pictures and statuettes of Hindu deities. Sameer grows up, becomes an Engineer, and lands a job with Khosla Enterprises, which is run by Chairman Gopaldas Khosla, where he proves his abilities and is soon promoted as Chief Engineer, and gets a bungalow to live in as well as a fancy car. He meets with Roshni, the daughter of Gopaldas, both fall in love, and soon get engaged. His idyllic lifestyle is shattered when a rival businessman, Chaganmal, alleges that Sameer's mother was actually Gangabai, a Lucknow-based Courtesan, who was never married, and that Nekiram is not his maternal uncle.


Kianna Dior

Kianna Dior (born November 17, 1969) is a Canadian pornographic actress and producer.
Career.
Dior worked as an exotic dancer for four years, before making her porn debut in 1999. She adopted the stage name Kianna Dior in 2001.
On April 29, 2009, Christian Dior SE filed a domain name dispute against Dior's website address, which she won in WIPO arbitration in June.


Ott Aardam

Ott Aardam (born 1 July 1980) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor.
Early life.
Born and raised in Orissaare on the island of Saaremaa, he graduated from primary school in 1995 from Orissaare Gymnasium. In 1998, he graduated from secondary school from Saaremaa Gymnasium. Afterward, he moved to Tallinn and attended the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Drama School (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), studying under drama teacher and actor Elmo Nüganen, and graduating in 2002. Among his graduating classmates were Priit Võigemast, Karin Rask, Maria Soomets, Hele Kõre, Mart Toome, Evelin Võigemast, Elisabet Reinsalu, and Argo Aadli.
Acting career.
In 2002, shortly after graduation, Ott Aardam began an engagement as an actor at the Ugala theatre in Viljandi. He would work in this capacity until 2008. In April 2014, he began working as the Ugala theatre's creative director.
Aardam made his film debut in the 2002 Elmo Nüganen directed drama "Nimed marmortahvlil" (English: "Names in Marble"), based on the novel of the same name penned by Albert Kivikas in 1936 about the Estonian War of Independence fought in 1918–1920. This was followed by a role in the joint Estonian-Finnish comedy "Kinnunen" in 2007. In 2015, he appeared in the Margus Paju directed adventure film "Supilinna Salaselts", and in 2016 in the Triin Ruumet directed black comedy "Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse". In 2017, he appeared in the Priit Pääsuke-directed drama "Keti lõpp".
Since 2003, he has had a recurring role as Jaanus on the popular, long-running ETV series "Õnne 13". He has also made appearances as an actor in other television programs such as "Kättemaksukontor" and "Viimane võmm".
Personal life.
Aardam is married to actress Laura Peterson and they have three children.


African American Short Films

African American Short Films is an American television show. It is the only nationally televised program, in first-run syndication, featuring short films starring, produced, written or directed by African American filmmakers. The show has received several Telly Awards.
"African American Short Films" began airing in 2002 as a one-hour quarterly television special in first-run syndication. The program was created by veteran television producer Frank Badami.
Shorts.
The short film "Window", starring Louis Gossett, Jr. was included in the program in 2007.
The short film "Stuck for a Reason", starring actress, writer, producer Hillary Hawkins was included in the program in 2015.


Good Day for It

Good Day for It is a 2011 independent drama film starring Robert Patrick, Samantha Mathis, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, Robert Englund, and Hal Holbrook. It premiered at the Sonoma Film Festival on April 8, 2011.
Plot.
Unbeknownst to her mother, a girl is meeting in a roadside cafe with her estranged father who had to abandon the family about 15 years earlier. Her father was an assistant to a crime boss and robbed him to pay for the daughter’s medical treatment. Now, the boss and his thugs have been released from prison and coincidentally meet the girl and her father in the same cafe. They immediately recognize the father and want revenge.
Production.
Most of the filming took place at Memorytown, in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. There was also a scene filmed in Bangor, Pennsylvania. It had a budget of $2.5 million.


Sandy Johnson (director)

Sandy Johnson is a Scottish director who has directed episodes of "The Comic Strip Presents", "Inspector Morse", "A Touch of Frost", "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries", "Jonathan Creek" and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". His first full-length film was "Coast to Coast" (1987) written by Stan Hey and starring John Shea, Lenny Henry and Pete Postlethwaite. In Scotland he directed "Leaving" (1988), "The Gift" (1989) and "The Wreck on the Highway" (1990) starring Lynn Anderson.
In 1989 he directed "Defrosting The Fridge", written by Ray Connolly and starring Joe Don Baker.
In the 1990s he directed "Gone to the Dogs", "Gone to Seed" and "Roughnecks". In Australia he directed "Supernova" starring Rob Brydon. He directed the final two episodes of the first series of "Kingdom" and a 2007 episode of "The Last Detective".
In 2001 he directed "" starring Stephen Mangan and Alison Steadman, written by Sue Townsend.
In 2008 he directed "Love Soup", written by David Renwick and starring Tamsin Greig, and Series 2-7 of "Benidorm" (29 episodes from 2008 to 2015) written by Derren Litten.
In 1998 he won a BAFTA for Best Drama Series for "Jonathan Creek" and in 2009 won a BAFTA for "Harry & Paul" and in 2011 a third BAFTA for "Harry & Paul".
While studying drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art in the 1970s, he was also an actor. He played several roles with Strathclyde Theatre Group and on film including one of the Knights of Ni in Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
In 2013 he directed "Big Bad World (TV series)" for Comedy Central starring Blake Harrison, Rebecca Humphries, Seann Walsh and David Fynn and "The Spa (TV series)" written by Derren Litten, starring Rebecca Front.
In 2015 he directed the 8-part series "Cradle To Grave" written by Danny Baker and Jeff Pope, starring Peter Kay, Lucy Speed and Laurie Kynaston.
Johnson's father Alfred managed a hotel near Loch Lomond which was frequented by celebrities and film stars touring the UK. Betty Hutton stayed there when appearing at the Glasgow Empire in 1952, also the likes of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Glynis Johns, Richard Todd (whose Irish Wolfhounds were bigger than him), Jack Train, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Ralph Reader and Terence Rattigan.
In 1955 Johnson (aged 2) was introduced to Tyrone Power who was visiting Glasgow to present Ruchill Hospital with equipment funded by the Roosevelt Memorial (Polio) Fund.


Domingo Sapelli

Domingo Sapelli (1895–1961) was a Uruguayan stage and film actor. After emigrating to Argentina he appeared in around fifty films during his career.


Violet Benson

Violet Benson (born November 15, 1988), better known by her online alias and persona Daddy Issues, is a Russian-born American Internet personality. She is best known for running the popular Instagram account "Daddy Issues".
Early life.
Benson was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and later moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 14 once her family won the green card lottery. She also lived shortly in Israel. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California. Benson was voted class clown in high school and later attended California State University, Northridge where she studied accounting and business law. Benson graduated at the age of 20 and pursued a career in Accounting before becoming known as Daddy Issues.
Career.
Benson started her Daddy Issues Instagram account on July 5, 2014. Benson has earned over 4 million followers on Instagram and is known as one of the fastest growing accounts and one of the largest funny female accounts that even MTV took notice. Though best known for Instagram, Benson runs several other social media platforms which include a Daddyissues__ Twitter account, a DaddyissuesLA snapchat account, and a secondary instagram account under her own name.
Benson kept her identity a secret at first until August 31, 2015 due to a lack of self confidence, when she finally decided to reveal her identity via an exclusive interview with MTV. Before her big reveal, Benson served as a guest blogger for MTV during the pre-show coverage for the 2015 Video Music Awards and was later named "The Instagram Meme Queen" by Vanity Fair
Benson's Instagram stardom led to her signing with CAA.
Benson then launched her own website, which includes blogs, memes, videos, an advice column and in 2017 her own clothing brand,
Benson also partnered up with Facebook in 2017 to create her own show called "Top Five With Violet Benson", she then partnered up with Awesomeness in 2018 and created, wrote and starred in a youtube series called "How To Lose A Guy"
In 2019, Benson started her current podcast called, "Too Tired To Be Crazy", which is on every Thursday and is known for its female empowerment and self love advice.
Style of comedy.
Benson blogs, curates memes, creates original memes and creates funny videos where she makes fun of herself and the struggles of growing up in the 21st century that everyone can relate to.


The Great Jewel Robber

The Great Jewel Robber is a 1950 American drama film directed by Peter Godfrey and written by Borden Chase. The film stars David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, John Archer, Jacqueline deWit, Perdita Chandler and Stanley Church. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 15, 1950.
Plot.
Gerard Dennis (David Brian) is a suave, controlling character dependent on filching jewels in ingenious ways from their owners, often women whom he inveigles into his clutches by seducing them, in order to support himself. Relying mostly on conniving and trickery, he is not above also resorting to violence when necessary to enable him to escape apprehension by the law. He pulls off a series of amazingly clever seductions, heists and escapes from the police before one of his conquests, whom he had married, helps the police catch him, and the film ends with his being sentenced to prison for some 25 years, when he will be 55.


John Atkinson (actor)

John Atkinson is an Australian actor.
Biography.
Atkinson first appeared in the 1998-1999 Australian series "Breakers" as Steve Giordano. He later portrayed producer Les Markowitz in the fictionalized 2005 American television movie/docudrama "", based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera "Dynasty". Atkinson portrayed Roger McIvor in several episodes of the Australian television drama "McLeod's Daughters" between 2005 and 2007, and has appeared twice on the Australian medical drama "All Saints", in 2003 and 2007.
Atkinson later played Detective Parks in the 2007 American miniseries "The Starter Wife" and Stephen Mulroney in the 2008–2009 Australian soap opera "Out of the Blue".
He played psychopathic killer Derrick Quaid on "Home and Away" in 2009.


Toya (singer)

LaToya "Toya" Martin (born LaToya Lacole Rodriguez; July 22, 1983), better known by her mononym, Toya, is an American R&B singer from St. Louis, Missouri, best known for her 2001 song, "I Do!!", which reached number 16 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100.
Early life and education.
Toya was born LaToya Lacole Rodriguez on July 22, 1983, to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother. She was named after La Toya Jackson. She graduated from Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Career.
Toya’s career jump started when Courtney Benson and Tony Davis signed Toya to their production company, Hit City Music Group. The two also managed another St. Louis native, Hip Hop superstar Nelly. They took Toya to Arista Records, where then-label chief L.A. Reid signed her to a major record deal instantly. Toya’s first single "I Do!!" had major chart success. And led to her self-titled debut album later that same year, which landed on the Billboard 200. Her second single was 2002's "No Matta What (Party All Night)".
In January 2011, Toya announced via Twitter that she would like to record music again. In April 2013, she stated that she was attempting to record music again.
Personal life.
Toya is married to Tamaurice "Tee" Martin, the wide receivers coach for the Baltimore Ravens. On March 15, 2004, their son Kaden Martin was born. In 2012, Toya gave birth to a second child, another son Cannon, according to her via Twitter.


Matt Wright (comedian)

Matt Wright is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Newfoundland and Labrador. He is most noted for his 2019 comedy album "Existing Is Exhausting", which was a Juno Award nominee for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.


Mariana Dimitrova

Mariana Dimitrova () (1954–2005) was a Bulgarian actress born on May 28, 1954 in the small village of Kozarevetz, Veliko Turnovo region. She graduated from the Bulgarian film academy. Her second husband was the prominent Bulgarian director Eduard Zahariev. From 1997 to 2005 she lived in San Diego, California.
She played different roles in more than 30 Bulgarian movies, some of the most memorable ones in "Manly Times", "Ladies' Choice" and "My Darling, My Darling". She also took part in the Old Globe Theatre play "Pentecost" and in an episode of "Six Feet Under". She wrote two books published in Bulgaria: "American Syndrome" and "Curious Travelers". She committed suicide on June 1, 2005 by jumping from the eighth floor of a building.


W. G. Ross

William Gribbon Ross (31 July 1819 – 23 April 1881) was a Scottish actor and singer who became a popular entertainer in London in the mid-nineteenth century.
Ross was born in Glasgow, and his "early history as an unsuccessful and untalented actor is obscure", though one source states that he worked on newspapers in Glasgow. By the 1840s, he was in London, and became a regular performer at the Cyder Cellar in Covent Garden. His fame rested on one song, "Sam Hall", which had originated some years earlier as the story of a habitual criminal. He performed the song in character as a chimney sweep awaiting execution, "sitting astride a chair, the effect of his tattered clothes and bedraggled hat increased by the blackened clay pipe held between his teeth, which was removed only for purposes of expectoration, and for the greater emphasis of the oaths which bespatter the verses." The song was notorious for its refrain of "Damn your eyes!", sometimes replaced by a stronger expletive. Ross's performances drew large crowds, and were "unanimously held to possess a degree of power... for a number of years, a crowded room was assured whenever Ross was announced." The critic W. J. MacQueen-Pope said that "as a piece of characterisation of its kind, it is doubtful if it was ever excelled," and Henry Chance Newton described Ross as a "really comic comic singer and splendid character actor.. bringing down the house as he always did with his drolleries". Ross's performances were seen by Thackeray, who referred to them in his novel "Pendennis".
Ross performed other songs, some written by Charles Sloman, but they were much less successful. He also performed an impersonation of Richard III. By the 1850s, the craze for "Sam Hall" had diminished, and Ross returned to the regular stage, sometimes appearing in touring musical comedy shows. He died in Camden, London in 1881 (though one source gives 1876) and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.


Fashions for Women

Fashions for Women is a lost 1927 American drama silent film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Paul Armont, Jules Furthman, Percy Heath, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Léopold Marchand and George Marion, Jr.. The film stars Esther Ralston, Raymond Hatton, Einar Hanson, Edward Martindel, William Orlamond and Agostino Borgato. The film was released on March 26, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot.
A social comedy about a cigarette girl, Lulu, who falls in love with a count while finding success as a fashion model.


Alba (film)

Alba is a 2016 Ecuadorian drama film directed by Ana Cristina Barragán and starring Macarena Arias. It was selected as the Ecuadorian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Premise.
Alba, a painfully shy 11-year-old girl, struggles to fit in while living with her infirm mother and loner father.


Bruce Hopkins (actor)

Raymond Bruce Hopkins (born 25 November 1955) is an actor from New Zealand, most famous for his portrayal of Gamling in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy by Peter Jackson and for playing the voice of evil alien Choobo on "Power Rangers Ninja Storm". He also founded ActionActors, an actor-specific temporary employment agency, with Bruce Hurst.
Hopkins was born in Invercargill, the son of Colleen Marguerite and Bill Hopkins, a crayfisherman. He was a crayfisherman himself (as well as PE teacher) before dedicating himself to the performing arts. He has worked as a professional dancer, theater company actor, television and film actor, voice actor, and radio host.
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Aimee Horne

Aimée Rene Horne (born 11 May 1985) is an Australian actress, singer and voice-over artist. She has worked in film, theatre, radio and television and is an established voice-over artist. She is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Horne is best known for an epic seven month Australian tour of ‘Fawlty Towers Live’ playing ‘Polly’, directed by John Cleese and CJay Ranger
Horne has starred in productions for the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), Griffin Theatre and the ABC, as well as touring nationally for Company B (Belvoir) and Arts Radar. Aimee received a Sydney Theatre Award nomination for her role in the Tamarama Rock Surfers (TRS) production of "The Highway Crossing".
Horne has receive great critical acclaim, such as "the standout was definitely Aimee Horne as "the Client", delivering a blistering performance that seemed just as intense in seething silence as when mid-monologue" from Jack Teiwes in 2008 for her performance in the stage play "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields"


John T. Kretchmer

John T. Kretchmer is an American film and television director and television producer.
Biography.
Throughout his career, he has amassed a number of television credits, namely "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", ', "Angel", "Charmed", "The Twilight Zone", ', "Special Unit 2" (also a producer), "Dark Angel", "Psych", "Burn Notice", "Veronica Mars", ', ', "Moonlight", "Army Wives", "White Collar", "Forever", "Nancy Drew", "Walker" and other series.
Prior to a career in television, Kretchmer worked as an assistant director on a number of films such as "The In-Laws" (1979), "Baby Boom" (1987), "" (1988) and "Jurassic Park" (1993).


Mag Ruffman

Margaret "Mag" Ruffman (born February 28, 1957) is a Canadian comedian, actress and television host.
She has played roles in films such as "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Avonlea" and TV series "Road to Avonlea". She was reunited with Sarah Polley on the set of the Netflix show Alias Grace in 2017 when she played Diane.
Mag also creates and performs in the theatre. She created and performed as Ms. Eleanor Crumpacker in Dufferin Museum's 1919 Prohibition Halloween Dinner Theatre in 2019. Mag also wrote and performed in a one-woman show entitled Self-Help Cabaret on January 19, 2020.
In addition to her acting, Ruffman works on home improvement, hosting shows for W Network, Canada's women's network. She hosted "A Repair to Remember" in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, she launched a second series, "Anything I Can Do", a workshop show. Ruffman writes a weekly home improvement column, "ToolGirl", for the "Toronto Star". She published a collection of her ToolGirl columns as a book, "How Hard Can It Be?", in 2003.


Caning (film)

Caning (Cantonese: 打籐 Jyutping: "daa2 tang4") is a 1979 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Bowie Wu and Wong Man, and starring Chong Lee-Lee and Wai Wang.


A Private Scandal

A Private Scandal is a 1921 American drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and written by Eve Unsell. The film stars May McAvoy, Bruce Gordon, Ralph Lewis, Kathlyn Williams, Lloyd Whitlock, and Gladys Fox. The film was released on June 12, 1921, by Realart Pictures Corporation.


James Marshall (director)

James Marshall (born 1962) is a Canadian television producer and director best known for his work on the series "Smallville", "Dead Like Me" and "The O.C.".
"Smallville".
On the hit TV series "Smallville" James Marshall had an important role throughout the history of the show. As go-to-guy Greg Beeman stopped directing the high-profile "Smallville" episodes (due to his commitment to the Heroes TV series), series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar began to look to James Marshall, who first began directing on "Smallville" during the second half of the first season. After producing "Smallville" for many years, starting at season seven Marshall became an executive producer on the show. With this position Marshall began directing fewer episodes, and in season nine he directed no episodes, returning to the director's chair once in season 10.
Directing Credits.
Season One:
Season Two:
Season Three:
Season Four:
Season Five:
Season Six:
Season Seven:
Season Eight:
Season Ten:


Forbidden Melody

La melodía prohibida, translated into English in English reviews as Forbidden Melody, was a 1933 American Spanish language drama film directed by Frank Strayer, which stars José Mojica, Conchita Montenegro, and Mona Maris. The screenplay was written by Paul Perez and Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from a story by Eve Unsell. It was produced and distributed by Fox Films, which released it on September 13, 1933.


Guy A. Lepage

Guy A. Lepage (; born Guy Antoine Lepage, August 30, 1960) is a Canadian comedian, actor, talk-show host, and producer.
Career.
Lepage was one of the five founding members of the Quebec comedy group "Rock et Belles Oreilles" (which also included Yves Pelletier, Bruno Landry and André Ducharme), and remained with the group from 1981 to 1995.
Lepage became a popular media mogul and TV series director in Quebec in the early 2000s. He created and starred alongside Sylvie Léonard in the popular sitcom "Un gars, une fille" ("A guy, a girl"), and in the 2004 comedy film "Happy Camper (Camping sauvage)". He then followed up with the talk show "Tout le monde en parle" ("Everybody's Talking About It"), which is closely related to the popular show of the same name in France; most members of the show's panel were stand-up comics or talk-show hosts. In 2014, Maclean's magazine ranked him sixth in the list of the 50 most important people in Canada.


All Men Are Mortal (film)

All Men Are Mortal is a 1995 film directed by Ate de Jong and starring Irène Jacob, Stephen Rea, and Marianne Sägebrecht. It is based on the novel "All Men Are Mortal" (1946) by Simone de Beauvoir.


Act of Reprisal

Act of Reprisal is an American drama film directed by Erricos Andreou and Robert Tronson and starring Ina Balin, Jeremy Brett and Giannis Voglis. The film was produced in 1964, but was not released in theaters until 1991. The film depicts a romance set against the backdrop of Cypriot attempts to gain independence from Britain in the 1950s. It was also known as Antekdhikissi.


Little Treasure

Little Treasure is a 1985 American action drama film starring Margot Kidder, Ted Danson and Burt Lancaster. The film, written and directed by Alan Sharp, deals with the strained relationship between a bank robber father and his daughter, a stripper.
Plot.
Margot Kidder plays Margo, a stripper searching for her estranged, bank robber father (Burt Lancaster) in a remote part of Mexico. Along the way, Margo meets an American ex-pat drifter (Ted Danson), and together they search for her missing father and eventually his lost, buried fortune.
Production.
Kidder recalled feuding with Lancaster during the production and described Danson as "about as sweet a guy as you’re ever gonna meet. What you see is what you get. He’s lovely."
Reception.
Leonard Maltin gave the film one and a half stars.


Allegro barbaro (film)

Allegro barbaro is a 1979 Hungarian drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó.The film starring György Cserhalmi, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Lajos Balázsovits, Georgiana Tarjan, István Kovács in the lead roles.


Jason Bloom (director)

Jason Bloom is an American film and television director.
His film credits include the short film "Irving" (1995) starring James Belushi, "Bio-Dome" (1996) starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin, "Overnight Delivery" (1998) starring Paul Rudd and Reese Witherspoon and "Viva Las Nowhere" (2001) starring James Caan and Daniel Stern.
In television, he has directed episodes of "Soldier of Fortune, Inc.", "Veronica Mars" and "iZombie". Prior to directing, Bloom worked as a production assistant on the films "Action Jackson" (1988) and "K-9" (1989).