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Which team won Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010? | Super Bowl XLIV (2010) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The AFC champion Indianapolis Colts and the NFC champion New Orleans Saints meet for the championship of the National Football League. Stars: a list of 39 titles created 31 Oct 2011 a list of 2703 titles created 12 Jun 2012 Title: Super Bowl XLIV (2010– ) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Super Bowl XLIII (TV Movie 2009) Sport The NFC champion Arizona Cardinals and the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers meet for the championship of the National Football League. Stars: James Harrison, Santonio Holmes, Edgerrin James Super Bowl XLVI (TV Movie 2012) Sport The NFC champion New York Giants and the AFC champion New England Patriots meet for the championship of the National Football League. Director: Drew Esocoff Super Bowl XLII (TV Special 2008) Sport The NFC champion New York Giants and the AFC champion New England Patriots meet for the championship of the National Football League. Director: Artie Kempner Super Bowl XLV (TV Special 2011) Sport The AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFC champion Green Bay Packers meet for the championship of the National Football League in Arlington, Texas. Stars: Christina Aguilera, Cameron Diaz, John Travolta Super Bowl XLVII (TV Special 2013) Sport The AFC champion Baltimore Ravens and the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers play for the championship of the National Football League in New Orleans, Louisiana. Director: Mike Arnold Super Bowl XXXVIII (TV Special 2004) Music | Sport Patriots vs. Panthers - Halftime show with Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and the breast exposure that stole the show from an excellent game! Director: Sam Irvin Super Bowl XXXIV (TV Movie 2000) Sport The culmination of the 1999 NFL season between the St.Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans. Director: Roger Goodman Super Bowl XXXVII (TV Movie 2003) Sport The 37th edition of the AFC-NFC World Championship Game featured the Oakland Raiders, with a long history of Superbowl triumph, and the upstart Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team with a long ... See full summary » Director: Drew Esocoff Super Bowl XXXII (TV Movie 1998) Sport The defending champion Green Bay Packers take on John Elway and the Denver Broncos. Stars: Allen Aldridge, Steve Atwater, Steve Bono Super Bowl XLI (TV Special 2007) Sport The NFC champion Chicago Bears and the AFC champion Indianapolis Colts meet for the championship of the National Football League. Director: Mike Arnold Super Bowl XL (TV Special 2006) Sport The Seattle Seahawks take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan for Super Bowl XL! Director: Drew Esocoff Edit Storyline The AFC champion Indianapolis Colts and the NFC champion New Orleans Saints meet for the championship of the National Football League. 7 February 2010 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Super Bowl 44 See more » Filming Locations: New Orleans Saints win on the most watched program ever! Super Bowl XLIV 9 February 2010 | by tavm (Baton Rouge, La.) – See all my reviews Looks like I'm the first one to review what is now the most watched TV program ever! (Sorry, M*A*S*H series finale.) Having read about the Saints nearly unbroken season-having lost only the last three regular season games-and watched the last few minutes of the final playoff game in the store where I worked at (actually, I watched the replay since I heard some cheers when it actually occurred) when Garrett Hartley kicked that overtime field goal that ensured his New Orleans team got to the Super Bowl, I was so stoked to watch that game I DVRed it since I had to work at that store again (This time, since it was on CBS and not Fox, they couldn't get the reception so I ending up listening to some parts in the break room on |
Which Red Bull driver was Formula One 2010 World Champion? | Red Bull Red Bull Next Previous Enlarge 1 / 8 Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull Racing RB12 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB12 at Formula One World Championship, Rd21, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Race, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sunday 27 November 2016. © Sutton Images Race winner Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium with the champagne. Formula One World Championship, Rd7, Canadian Grand Prix, Race Day, Montreal, Canada, Sunday 8 June 2014. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing RB10. Formula One World Championship, Rd13, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy, Practice, Friday 5 September 2014. (L to R): Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing RB10 and race winner Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing celebrate on the podium with the champagne. Formula One World Championship, Rd7, Canadian Grand Prix, Race Day, Montreal, Canada, Sunday 8 June 2014. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull Racing in parc ferme at Formula One World Championship, Rd17, Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying, Suzuka, Japan, Saturday 8 October 2016. © Sutton Images Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB10. Formula One World Championship, Rd2, Malaysian Grand Prix, Practice, Sepang, Malaysia, Friday 28 March 2014. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB11 and Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Red Bull Racing RB11 battele at Formula One World Championship, Rd2, Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday 29 March 2015. © Sutton Motorsport Images Race winner Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen (NED) Red Bull Racing celebrate with the trophies at Formula One World Championship, Rd16, Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday 2 October 2016. © Sutton Images Next Previous Enlarge 1 / 9 World Champion Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing celebrates with the team. Formula One World Championship, Rd20 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 25 November 2012. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB9 makes a pit stop. Formula One World Championship, Rd11, Belgian Grand Prix, Race Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday, 25 August 2013. © Sutton Images Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing RB8 crosses the line to win the race. Formula One World Championship, Rd16, Korean Grand Prix, Race, Korea International Circuit, Yeongam, South Korea, Sunday 14 October 2012. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB8. Formula One World Championship, Rd15, Japanese Grand Prix, Practice, Suzuka, Japan, Friday 5 October 2012. Race winner and 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme. Formula One World Championship, Rd 19, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Race, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sunday 14 November 2010. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB5. Formula One World Championship, Rd 12, Belgian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Friday 28 August 2009. BEST IMAGE Race winner Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull Racing celebrates with a back flip into the Red Bull Energy Station pool. Formula One World Championship, Rd 6, Race, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, Sunday 16 May 2010. BEST IMAGE David Coulthard (GBR) Red Bull Racing RB3. Formula One World Championship, Rd 5, Monaco Grand Prix, Practice Day, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, Thursday 24 May 2007. DIGITAL IMAGE BEST IMAGE A team photograph for Red Bull Racing. Formula One World Championship, Rd 18, Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Interlagos, Brazil, 20 October 2006. DIGITAL IMAGE BEST IMAGE Info Close Red Bull had already been a long-term sponsor in Formula One racing before formally entering as a works team following the acquisition of Jaguar in November 2004. The scale of success that followed over the next decade has been staggering. A first podium arrived in 2006 courtesy of David Coulthard, but it was in 2009 that the team really hit their stride, claiming six victories en route to second in the constructors' standings. Over the next four seasons they were a tour de force, claiming consecutive drivers' and constructors' doubles between 2010 and 2013, with Sebastan Vettel |
Who was the 2010 MotoGP champion? | Jorge Lorenzo: 2010 MotoGP World Champion 0 Jorge Lorenzo: 2010 MotoGP World Champion Third place in the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday secured the Fiat Yamaha rider his first ever premier class title. Jorge Lorenzo’s route to MotoGP glory has been paved with record-breaking achievements, and first began with an encounter with minicross competitions aged just three. Lorenzo competed in this format in addition to trial, minimoto and junior motocross in his native Mallorca over the next few years, then followed up a 50cc Copa Aprilia title by entering the Spanish Championship with special permission, aged just thirteen. Setting a record unlikely to ever be broken, Lorenzo subsequently became the youngest ever rider to enter a World Championship race. Turning fifteen – the minimum age for Grand Prix participation back then - on the second day of practice for the 2002 Spanish race at Jerez, he made his debut onboard a Derbi 125cc at a track where he would enjoy much success over the next few years. In just his second season he took his first Grand Prix victory at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where his impressive “round the outside” overtaking manoeuvre on Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa won him the nickname “Por Fuera”. In 2004 he sealed a further three triumphs, before making the move up to the 250cc category a year later and taking four poles and six podiums in his maiden season. 2006 was to be the coming-of-age year for the Mallorcan, who switched to Aprilia machinery and immediately became the favourite for the World Championship. He justified the hype with an impressive eight victories, equalling the pole position record in the process with ten, and lifting the title in an emotional final race of the year at Valencia. Another dominant year in 2007 saw Lorenzo retaining the quarter-litre title, with all nine of his victories coming from pole. At just twenty years old, he was a two-time 250cc World Champion and took on his biggest challenge to date by signing for the Yamaha factory team in MotoGP alongside Valentino Rossi. Lorenzo made an immediate impact in the premier class with a stunning first five races. He took pole on his debut - becoming the first man to do so since Max Biaggi ten years previously - and finished second in an astounding performance in Qatar. He followed up the feat with pole at the next two races, becoming the first rider to go ‘three from three’ in his rookie season and turning both top spots into podium finishes. Unfortunately his debut MotoGP season in 2008 was also marred by a few big crashes and injuries, including two broken ankles in China that eventually forced the debutant out of action for his home race in Catalunya. However he regained his fitness and confidence in the latter part of the season, and picked up the pace to finish fourth overall and become Rookie of the Year. Lorenzo went from strength to strength last year, pushing his colleague and fierce rival Rossi all the way for the title. Their battle at Catalunya was a season highlight, and Lorenzo picked up four wins as part of a 12-podium haul for the year, with five pole positions as well. Ultimately he was unable to wrest the title from Rossi’s grip, but his challenge was becoming ever stronger. 2010 has seen Lorenzo’s star rise even further, and he was finally able to shake off the ‘inconsistent’ tag by scoring podium finishes in the first twelve races of the season, winning seven of them in the process. He has taken pole on six occasions this season, and qualified on the front row of the grid for every race except one. Still aged just 23, he becomes only the second World Champion from Spain in the premier class after Alex Crivillé, and having signed with the factory Yamaha team for two more seasons is a guarantee to be challenging for more honours in the years to come. Title-winning statistics for Jorge Lorenzo: – Jorge Lorenzo becomes the second Spanish rider to win the MotoGP world title – the other was Alex Crivillé in 1999. – He is the first Spanish rider to win world titles in both the 250cc class and |
Who replaced David Tennant as Doctor Who in January? | Doctor Who? Unknown actor Matt Smith, 26, announced as David Tennant's replacement | Daily Mail Online Doctor Who? Unknown actor Matt Smith, 26, announced as David Tennant's replacement comments A virtually unknown 26-year-old who once had ambitions to become a professional footballer has been unveiled as the 11th Doctor Who. Matt Smith will be the youngest-ever actor to play the 903-year-old Time Lord, in a casting move that caught most fans by surprise. He said yesterday he was ‘flabbergasted’ to be picked to replace David Tennant, and ‘hadn’t slept’ since being told just before Christmas. Doctor Who? Matt Smith is to replace David Tennant as the new Doctor in the hit BBC sci-fi drama He said: ‘Doctor Who has the iconic status of Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes, and I’m taking that on. That’s my responsibility and it’s exciting. Nerve-racking, but exciting.’ Born and brought up in Northampton, Smith played football at the Nottingham Forest and Leicester City youth academies until a back injury at the age of 16 forced him to quit. His drama teacher at Northampton School for Boys, Jerry Hardingham, got him one of his first stage roles but remembers: ‘He was so self-effacing he wasn’t sure if he would be good enough.’ Haven't I seen you before? Smith appeared alongside Tennant's former assistant Billie Piper in the BBC drama Ruby In The Smoke He added: ‘His success is no surprise to those who worked with him. Matt was always a likeable lad and very popular with his peers.’ RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Smith is probably best known for the BBC2 political drama Party Animals, in which he played researcher Danny Foster. He also worked with Doctor’s companion Billie Piper in the 2006 TV adaptation of The Ruby In The Smoke. He appeared in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys at the National Theatre in London, and alongside Christian Slater in Swimming with Sharks in the West End. Unexpected choice: Unknown stage actor Matt Smith, 26, talks about his new role Two of the productions in which he featured - That Face and On the Shore of the Wide World - won Laurence Olivier Awards. Smith will begin filming the new series in the summer, for transmission in spring 2010. That will give him time to win over fans, dubbed Whovians, some of whom were unenthusiastic at the news of the Doctor’s latest regeneration. One devotee who posted on the BBC’s message boards said: ‘Toddler in the Tardis! He is far, far, far too young. What is this obsession with going younger and younger?' Exciting, but nerve-wracking: Smith can't wait to begin creating the new Doctor His new role is likely to make Smith something of a heartthrob, but the actor already has a girlfriend in Brazil, whom he met on a recent trip to South America. Speculation about the new Doctor’s identity had been feverish since David Tennant announced in October that he was standing down. Black actor Paterson Joseph had been the bookies’ favourite, but some fans had backed Billie Piper to be the first female Doctor. The BBC kept the actor’s identity top secret until it a special episode of its spin-off show Doctor Who Confidential last night. Only six people, including the actor and his agent, knew he had been cast. David Tennant is a tough act to follow At a photoshoot on Christmas Eve, even the stylist and photographer were not told what the picture was about, and the Tardis was digitally inserted in the background later. Smith said keeping quiet had proved a challenge. 'I've been with my flat mate, watching the TV, and Doctor Who is on. And I'm thinking "I've got something I would like to share...".' The decision to cast Smith – who is three years younger than Peter Davidson was when he signed up in 1981 – fell to executive producers Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger. Moffat, who created TV comedy dramas Press Gang and Coupling, said: ‘The Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe.' He said he had originally |
In April, the BBC announced that who would be replacing Adrian Chiles on the One Show for Fridays, which ultimately led to him quitting the BBC for a four-year deal with ITV? | From the North...: I Always Wanted To Be Free I Always Wanted To Be Free The latest Absolutely Fabulous revival will lead BBC1's festive line up, it has been announced. The Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley sitcom, which has been revived for two twentieth anniversary specials, is expected to feature in the channel's Christmas Day schedule alongside Doctor Who, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing. Personally, yer actual Keith Telly Topping has never found Ab Fab quite as thigh-slappingly amusing as many other people but, it is very popular, admittedly. David Jason's first new BBC comedy in twenty years, The Royal Bodyguard, will also be broadcast over the winter period. Despite The Royle Family taking a break this Christmas, actress Sue Johnston will still be seen on BBC1 in one-off comedy Lapland. Elsewhere, Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson and David Suchet star in an adaptation of Great Expectations, while Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Christopher Eccleston lend their considerable talents to The Borrowers. or, rather, Fry and Eccleston lend their considerable talents and Wood lends her 'n talent what-so-bloody-ever' to the gig. Can't stand that full-of-her-own-importance woman and her wretched, laugh-free comedy. Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have revealed what most of us kind of expected anyway, that they are 'in the dark' about the much-talked-about-but-don't-hold-your-breath proposed movie adaptation. It was reported last week that Harry Potter director David Yates is hoping to make a 'radical' film reboot of the BBC's popular family SF drama. 'I have absolutely no idea what it will be about,' Smith told host Fearne Cotton on her Radio 1 show. 'We're not really anything to do with it.' The actor added that he had 'no clue' the film was in development until it was announced, explaining that both he and co-star Gillan had 'read [the news] in the paper. There's always rumours about a Doctor Who film,' suggested Gillan, who plays companion Amy Pond. 'I remember them saying that Johnny Depp was going to be the Doctor a couple of years ago.' Both actors went on to say that they 'doubt' they will appear in any potential Doctor Who film. That is, of course, if such a project were ever to see the light of day. Which, this blogger still considers to be highly unlikely. As my old mate Peter Linford recently noted, 'you can accurately age Doctor Who fans by how many different unmade Doctor Who movie proposals they can remember!' British TV productions have won five awards at the International Emmys in the US, including best actress for Julie Walters. She was honoured for her BAFTA-winning portrayal of Mo Mowlam in Channel Four's Mo, a biopic about the late politician. Christopher Eccleston was named best actor for his role in Jimmy McGovern's Accused on BBC1, which also won best drama series. Each episode told the story of a character who ends up in court. Eccleston played a plumber who found twenty thousand smackers in the back of a cab but was arrested after it turned out the money was forged. Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne won best arts programme. The series, about a group of teenagers training to star in a new opera for the world renowned Glyndebourne opera house, was produced by Twenty Twenty Television for BBC2. Twenty Twenty also won the non-scripted entertainment award for The World's Strictest Parents, which aired on BBC3. Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at the ceremony, which was hosted by actor Jason Priestley at the Hilton hotel in New York. The singer presented an honorary prize to American Idol's executive producer, Nasty Nigel Lythgoe, another British export. Albeit, one that we're somewhat less proud of than, say, Julie Walters or Chris Eccleston. Gaga said Lythgoe was her favourite TV executive - he returned the compliment, describing her as 'the most creatively talented woman in showbusiness right now.' Do you two need a room, or what? Chile won its first international Emmy for children's programme, What Is Your Dream? Belgium won best comedy series for Benidorm Bastards, a controversi |
Which singer was given an eight-week sentence for crashing his car into a branch of photographic store Snappy Snaps while under the influence of cannabis in July. | George Michael jailed for eight weeks for drug driving - BBC News BBC News George Michael jailed for eight weeks for drug driving 14 September 2010 Close share panel Media captionThe BBC's Lizo Mzimba: ''He actually seemed shocked'' George Michael has been given an eight-week sentence for crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis. He was also fined £1,250 at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court in London and given a five-year driving ban. The 47-year-old singer was arrested in July in Hampstead, north London after driving his Range Rover into a branch of photographic store Snappy Snaps. Last month he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis. The singer was told then that his offences were "a serious matter" and that he could face imprisonment. Michael is expected to serve four weeks in prison. The pop star was greeted by a horde of photographers as he arrived at court earlier. In 2007 he admitted another charge of driving while unfit through use of drugs at Brent Magistrates Court in London. Michael was found slumped at the wheel of his car in the early hours of 4 July having crashed it into the store frontage. He was arrested and taken to Hampstead police station, where he was found to be carrying cannabis cigarettes. Michael shot to fame as half of pop duo Wham! before embarking on a successful career as a solo artist. GEORGE MICHAEL'S LEGAL HISTORY April 1998 Arrested in LA for "engaging in a lewd act" in a public toilet. Ordered to pay a $810 fine and 80 hours community service. February 2006 Arrested for possession of Class C drugs. Cautioned and released. June 2007 Charged with driving while unfit through drugs. Given a two-year driving ban and 100 hours community service. September 2008 Arrested for possession of Class A and C drugs. Cautioned and released. August 2010 Charged with driving under the influence of drugs and possession of Class B drugs. Given six-month interim driving ban until sentencing. September 2010 Sentenced to eight weeks in prison, fined £1,250 and given a five-year driving ban. George Michael's brushes with the legal system The singer - whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou - has made no secret of his long-time use of cannabis. The BBC's Lizo Mzimba was in court and said Michael had "gasped" when his sentence was passed down. Earlier his barrister said the singer was trying to get his life back on track and had started writing new material. "For the first time in many years he has started writing again," said Mukul Chawla QC. "His creativity, so long hampered by his drug dependence, is re-emerging." District Judge John Perkins told the singer he had taken a "dangerous and unpredictable mix" of prescription drugs and cannabis. "I accept entirely that you have shown remorse for the offence, that you are ashamed of it, that you admitted it," he added. "With regret," however, he said he had no alternative in this case but to give him a custodial sentence. "It does not appear that you took proper steps to deal with what is clearly an addiction to cannabis," he told the singer. |
On which Australian TV show in September, was the wrong winner accidentally announced during its live final? | Wrong winner announced on Australian model show - BBC News BBC News Media playback is unsupported on your device Wrong winner announced on Australian model show 29 September 2010 Last updated at 11:48 BST TV show Australia's Next Top Model announced the wrong winner during the live final of its sixth series. Presenter Sarah Murdoch crowned Kelsey Martinovich the winner before interrupting her acceptance speech to say there had been a mistake and the real winner was, in fact, 18-year-old Amanda Ware. |
In November, which film (full title) broke UK box office records; Biggest 3-day opening, biggest single day in ticket sales and biggest Friday, Saturday & Sunday openings? | HARRY POTTER FINALE $475.5M PHENOM! Magically Shatters Records For Biggest Domestic & International & Global Cume | Deadline HARRY POTTER FINALE $475.5M PHENOM! Magically Shatters Records For Biggest Domestic & International & Global Cume North American box office SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM: 9TH UPDATE: As Warner Bros Pictures President of Domestic Distribution Dan Fellman gushed about all the records being set, “These numbers are amazing.” Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2 flew to $92.1M in the U.S. and Canada Friday (including that record-setting $43.5M from midnight showings) and $44.2M Saturday and an estimated $33.6M Sunday helped by higher 3D ticket prices. Friday crushed the record for best single-day box office, best Friday box office. But the wizards didn’t break the Saturday record of $51.3M set by 2D-only Spider-Man 3 on its second day of release. However, HP‘s franchise finale definitely shatterered the biggest 3-day weekend ever with $168.5M to beat the other gold standard 2D-only Dark Knight‘s $158.4M. And the good news just kept coming. Part 2 scored an overall CinemaScore of ‘A’. Overseas, the franchise finale grossed $307M with 34M admissions from over 20K screens in 59 countries. That’s the biggest international opening weekend of all time ahead of $260.4M’s Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 which is a 3D-to-3D comparison. Approximately 45% of the total screen count was 3D and accounted for about 61% of the box office. Led by record-breaking grosses in the UK ($36.6M) and Australia ($26.7M), all markets have performed exceedingly well, including Germany ($25.7M), France ($23.9M) and Japan ($21.5M). Globally, it also broke the IMAX opening weekend record with a worldwide gross of $23.5M, which includes setting a new record in North America with $15.5M. That makes for a worldwide total of $475.5M, yet another record besting the previous crown holder $394M set by 2D-only Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. Warner Bros President of International Distribution, Veronika Kwan-Rubinek“Harry Potter is truly a cultural phenomenon the world over. Whether in German, French, Japanese, Russian, or any language, international audiences have embraced the Harry Potter films over the years, with the powerful finale punctuating just how special the property is. We congratulate everyone associated with the films on this monumental achievement.” Added Fellman: “These numbers are amazing, but they are only part of the story. It is impossible to quantify how thrilled and grateful we all are that both critics and audiences — especially loyal Harry Potter fans — continue to support the film. This is the culmination of an extraordinary decade, and a reflection of the hard work and dedication of many, many people on both sides of the camera, beginning with the brilliant J.K. Rowling, as well as producer David Heyman. We applaud them all.” Here’s the TOP 10: 1. Harry Potter/Hallows, Pt 2 – 3D (Warner Bros) NEW [4,375 Theaters] Friday $92.1M, Saturday $42.8M, Weekend $168.5M International $307M, Worldwide Cume $475.5M 2. Transformers 3 – 3D (Paramount) Week 3 [3,917 Theaters] Friday $6.3M, Saturday $9.8M, Weekend $21.2M, Cume $302.8M First movie of the year to gross $300M at the domestic box office. 3. Horrible Bosses (New Line/Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,134 Theaters] Friday $5.4M, Saturday $6.9M, Weekend $17.6M (-38%), Cume $60M Excellent hold… 4. Zookeeper (Sony) Week 2 [3,482 Theaters] Friday $3.8M, Saturday $5.1M, Weekend $12.3M (-39%), Cume $42.3M Great hold… 5. Cars 2 – 3D (Disney) Week 4 [3,249 Theaters] Friday $2.4M, Saturday $3.4M, Weekend $8.3M, Cume $165.3M After picking up another international weekend of $12.4Min release in 28 territories representing 44% of the international market, the global cume is now $311.9M. 6. Winnie The Pooh (Disney) NEW [2,405 Theaters] Friday $2.9M, Saturday $2.6M, Weekend $8M What a shame, considering it received an ‘A-‘ CinemaScore and 91% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. 7. Bad Teacher (Sony) Week 4 [2,659 Theaters] Friday $1.6M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $5.2M, Cume $88.5M 8. Larry C |
Haggis is a national delicacy of which country? | What is a Haggis? Electric Scotland's Classified Directory What is a Haggis ? A haggis is a small animal native to Scotland. Well when I say animal, actually it's a bird with vestigial wings - like the ostrich. Because the habitat of the haggis in exclusively mountainous, and because it is always found on the sides of Scottish mountains, it has evolved a rather strange gait. The poor thing has only three legs, and each leg is a different length - the result of this is that when hunting haggis, you must get them on to a flat plain - then they are very easy to catch - they can only run round in circles. After catching your haggis, and dispatching it in time honoured fashion, it is cooked in boiling water for a period of time, then served with tatties and neeps (and before you ask, that's potatoes and turnips). The haggis is considered a great delicacy in Scotland, and as many of your compatriots will tell you, it tastes great - many visitors from the US have been known to ask for second helpings of haggis! The noise haggis make during the mating season gave rise to that other great Scottish invention, the bagpipes. Many other countries have tried to establish breeding colonies of haggis, but to no avail - it's something about the air and water in Scotland, which once the haggis is removed from that environment, they just pine away. A little known fact about the haggis is its aquatic ability - you would think that with three legs of differing lengths, the poor wee beastie wouldn't be very good at swimming, but as some of the Scottish hillsides have rather spectacular lakes on them, over the years, the haggis has learned to swim very well. When in water, it uses its vestigial wings to propel itself forward, and this it can do at a very reasonable speed. Haggis are by nature very playful creatures, and when swimming, very often swim in a group - a bit like ducks - where the mother will swim ahead, and the youngsters follow in a line abreast. This is a very interesting phenomenon to watch, as it looks something like this : __--- / / / / /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ / / The long neck of the mother keeping a watchful eye for predators. This does however confuse some people, who, not knowing about the haggis, can confuse it with the other great indigenous Scottish inhabitant, the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie as she's affectionately known, who looks more like this : __--- / / / / \\ /-\ /-\ /-\ /-\ / / From a distance, I'm sure you'll agree, the tourist can easily mistake a family of haggis out for their daily swim, as Nessie, this of course gives rise to many more false sightings, but is inherently very good for the tourist industry in Scotland. The largest known recorded haggis (caught in 1893 by a crofter at the base of Ben Lomond), weighed 25 tons. In the water, haggis have been known to reach speeds of up to 35 knots, and therfore coupled with their amazing agility in this environment, are extremely difficult to catch, however, if the hunter can predict where the haggis will land, a good tip is to wait in hiding on the shore, beacuse when they come out of the water, they will inevitably run round in circles to dry themselves off. This process, especially with the larger haggis, gives rise to another phenomenon - circular indentations in the ground, and again, these have been mistaken by tourists as the landing sites of UFOs. I hope this clears up some of the misconceptions about the Haggis, that rare and very beautiful beastie of the Scottish Highlands (and very tasty too). I have included here as much factual material as possible, although there are many gaps in this subject, and some of the information has to be mere speculation. No-one has as yet been able to ascertain the sex of captured Haggis, and partially because o |
Madeira Wine is a product of which country? | Madeira : The Whisky Exchange FREE UK standard delivery on orders over £100 Madeira Madeira is a fortified wine made on a small volcanic island in the Atlantic about 500 miles from the coast of Portugal of which it is a province. The styles of wine produced vary from dry to lusciously sweet and the best examples can age for more than a century. Discover more » Madeira Traditionally, Madeira wine is made from one of the following four ‘noble’ varieties: Sercial, Verdelho, Bual and Malvasia, although blends and commercial styles are made using the Tinta Negra Mole variety or American hybrid varieties. These four primary grapes all produce quite different styles of wine which range from dry to sweet. Due to the production methods for Madeira, once it’s opened, it has the benefit of lasting for many months without losing quality. Madeira is exceptionally long lasting – once opened, a bottle will stay drinkable for several months Madeira is a fortified wine, although the time of fortification varies depending on the variety. Sercial and Verdelho are fermented until almost dry then fortified, whereas Bual and Malvasia are fortified early in the fermentation to retain a certain level of sweetness. The method now commonly used to age Madeira is partially due to ships transporting the wine across the sea. Sailors found that the wines tasted better after a long journey at sea, with the Madeira sitting in wooden casks and being slowly heated by the sun. After a while, winemakers came up with a technique to replicate this ageing process called the estufa system. Styles Standard Blend Due to the rarity of the four noble varieties, much of the Madeira produced is made up from Tinta Negra Mole, or American hybrid varieties. Many of the blends labelled as Dry, Medium, or Sweet come from a blend of these American hybrids. Sercial Serial is a very slow-ripening grape, often only getting to around 10% abv. In its youth, the wine is tart, dry and acidic. The ageing and fortification is what provides the real depth of flavour in these wines, providing flavours of almonds, nuts, dried fruit, citrus and fruit cake, but countered with a streak of acidity. Verdelho A quicker ripening grape than Sercial, Verdelhos tend to be medium-dry. Characteristically, these wines are high in acidity and and are nutty and smoky, with flavours like lemon drops, orange and grapefruit. Bual This variety ripens quicker than Sercial and Verdelho, and the wines are usually medium-sweet wine, but again, are balanced with fresh acidity. Bual Madeiras typically show notes of dark, rich fruits, raisin, Christmas cake and candied peel. Malmsey From the Malvasia variety, this is the sweetest style of Madeira, but the sweetness doesn’t dominate, thanks to the balancing acidity. This acidity and its resilience to oxidisation means these can last more than a century either in cask or bottle. Terms Solera Wines Now a prohibited method of ageing, these are Madeiras aged using the solera method, more traditionally seen in sherry production. Some old bottlings can still be found, however. Colheita Colheitas are essentially a young frasqueira (vintage) from a single year and aged for a minimum of five years in cask, except for Sercial, which is aged for seven years. Frasqueira The official term for vintage Madeira; these wines must come from a single year’s harvest, and are aged for a minimum of 20 years, although many are aged for much longer. Did you know? Madeira was used to toast the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In mainland Portugal, the Sercial grape is known as Esgana Cao, which means ‘dog strangler’. Vintage Madeira is so resilient of oxidation that many ships stored the bottles upright to avoid a potentially tainted cork from damaging the wine. Typical Character and Style of Madeira Hazelnut |
In which country did chop suey originate? | Chop Suey - History of chop suey, facts about its American origin An extensive selection of free magazines and other publications CHOP SUEY - History and Origin Chop suey consists of small pieces of meat, chicken or shrimp stir-fried with celery, onions, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, mushrooms and/or other vegetables, and served over rice, usually with soy sauce. Chop suey is supposedly not Chinese, but is a Chinese American dish which originated in the mid to late 19th century, either with Chinese laborers working on the U.S. transcontinental railroad, Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, or Chinese ambassador Li Hung Chang’s cooks while he was visiting New York. More recent information suggests that it originated in the Toisan region of China. Legend and History Legend has it that, while he was visiting New York City, Chinese ambassador Li Hung Chang's cooks invented the dish for his American guests at a dinner on August 29, 1896. Composed of celery, bean sprouts, and meat in a tasty sauce, the dish was supposedly created to satisfy both Chinese and American tastes. The Chinese diplomat was trying to create good relations with the U.S. And you know the old saying, "The way to a person's heart is through his or her stomach!" But is this legend true? Whether or not the tale is entirely true, Li Hung Chang definitely influenced the creation of chop suey. When Chang visited the U.S. in August 1896, cheering Americans lined the streets hoping to catch a glimpse of this important visitor and his famous yellow jacket. Children decorated their bicycles with yellow streamers to catch the ambassador's attention. As the guest of honor at grand feasts and elegant banquets, Chang declined the fancy food and champagne that was offered to him and ate only meals specially prepared by his personal chefs. In reality, chop suey was probably not invented by Li Hung Chang's chefs, but America's fascination with this royal visitor from Asia and his team of personal chefs gave rise to new interest in Chinese cooking. After 1896, Americans began to visit Chinese restaurants in large numbers for the first time. A chop suey fad swept big cities such as New York and San Francisco. Questioning the origins of the chop suey story, scholars suspect restaurant owners used the popular ambassador's name to inspire interest in a Chinese dish adapted for Americans. Newspaper owners used the same strategy to sell more papers. The New York Journal took advantage of Li Hung Chang's popularity to claim in an advertising poster, "Li Hung Chang Never Misses the Sunday Journal." Library of Congress, America's Library Website |
Red Stripe beer comes from which country? | Judge: Beer Drinkers Can’t Sue Red Stripe For “Jamaican Style” Beer Brewed In The U.S. – Consumerist fun with labels labels red stripe beer lawsuits Just because something is made in another country’s style, does that mean it has to actually be produced in that foreign land? Not necessarily, a judge said recently in dismissing a potential class action lawsuit accusing Red Stripe of false advertising, among other things, because its “Jamaican style lager” has been made right here in the United States since 2012. U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz said beer drinkers can’t sue Diageo-Guinness for labeling its Red Stripe brew with terms like “Jamaican Style Lager” and “The Taste of Jamaica,” despite the fact that it’s produced in Latrobe, Pa., by City Brewing Co., reports Courthouse News Service . The two plaintiffs had sued claiming they bought Red Stripe because of those labels, and were seeking class certification and damages for false advertising, unfair competition, business law violations, and negligent and intentional misrepresentation. “(T)he Court finds that a reasonable customer would not be misled by the visible packaging into believing that Red Stripe is brewed in Jamaica with Jamaican ingredients,” Moskowitz wrote in dismissing the complaint without prejudice. “The mere fact that the word ‘Jamaica’ and ‘Jamaican’ appear on the packaging is not sufficient to support a conclusion that consumers would be confused regarding the origin and ingredients of the beer.” In his ruling he cited Forschner Group, Inc. v. Arrow Trading Co. , in which the Second Circuit held that the phrase “Swiss Army knife cannot fairly be read to mean “made in Switzerland.” Moskowitz concluded that although the plaintiffs can’t state a claim for deception or misrepresentation based on the Red Stripe bottle labels or packaging for the 12-packs or 6-packs, they can amend their complaint to assert claims based on other facts, and file it again within 15 days. Red Stripe was first brewed in Jamaica starting in 1938, and was imported to the U.S. starting in 1985. The company that owned the rights before Diageo-Guiness moved production to Pennsylvania in 2012. |
From which country does Stella Artois come? | Stella Artois | Beer Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Stella Artois Logo 2015 Stella Artois brewery in Leuven Stella Artois is a 5.2% ABV global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for "star." [1] Although Belgium is best known internationally for its ales, the so-called "table beers," the bottom-fermented pilsner lagers such as Stella Artois head the list for domestic consumption, making up almost 75% of Belgian beer production. Stella is promoted as an international brand by its brewer, InBev . In its home market of Belgium, however, it is marketed, priced and sold as a regular lager. It is brewed in Belgium and the United Kingdom , as well as other countries, including Australia . Much of the Stella Artois exported from Europe is currently produced at the InBev Brewery in Belgium, and packaged in the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany . The Anno 1366 on the Stella Artois logo refers to the origin of brewing in the city of Leuven. The city's tax records dated 1366 mention the existence of a local brewpub called Den Hoorn, ('Hoorn' in Flemish meaning 'Horn' in English, as is represented in the logo on the beer label). The name Artois was coupled to the brewery in 1708, when new owner Sebastian Artois achieved the title of Master Brewer . The frame that surrounds the name Stella Artois on the label refers to the traditional style of window frame found in Flemish architecture. Stella Artois is available on draught and in several packaged sizes, including a 275 ml bottle, 284 ml bottle, a 330 ml bottle, a 440 ml can, a 50cl can, a pint size can known as "La Grande Biere" (568 ml), 66 cl bottle, 70 cl bottle and a 1-liter bottle. Contents 1366 - Records of taxes exist on Leuven's Den Horen Brewery, a brewery that is still in existence today. 1708 - Sebastian Artois becomes the master brewer at Den Horen. 1717 - Sebastian Artois gives his name to the brewery. 1926 - Stella Artois was launched initially as a seasonal beer especially for the Christmas holiday market. 1930 - The first Stella Artois beer is exported to the European market. 1960 - 1 million hectoliters of Stella Artois is produced annually for the first time. 1993 - InBev open a new fully automated brewery in Leuven. 2006 - Total production volume reaches over 10 million hectoliters annually. Advertising Edit For some time, Stella Artois' advertising slogan in the United Kingdom was "Reassuringly Expensive". The UK television advertising campaigns became known for their distinctive style of imitating European cinema and their leitmotiv inspired by Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino. The campaigns began with a series of adverts based on Jean de Florette, moving on to other genres including war movies, silent comedy and even surrealism (for which the slogan was changed to "Reassuringly Elephants"). They have used notable movie directors such as Jonathan Glazer, and their aim was to portray the drink in a context of sophisticated European culture. During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater". [2] In Belgium, Stella Artois is promoted as Mijn thuis is waar mijn Stella staat and Chez moi, c'est près de ma Stella (My home is where my Stella is). Interestingly, in Belgium, Stella is sold as a regular lager and does not enjoy the more flattering reputation it has abroad. Stella Artois is also brewed in Abbotsford, Melbourne by Carlton & United Beverages for the Australian market under license from InBev. Stella Artois has had a long association with film. Dating back to 1994 (in the UK), the beer has organized a range of events as well as TV sponsorship of Channel 4 films and a website. Most recently the beer brand has adopted the new identity - Studio Artois. Stella Artois has been a primary sponsor of the film festivals at Cannes and Sundance. In May 2008, an advertisi |
Who was the first woman in the Bible? | What does the Bible say about the woman Lilith? What does the Bible say about the woman Lilith? Save Subscribe While the name Lilith does not even appear in the Bible, some have suggested that she was Adam’s first wife. The Genesis account records that Eve was formed from one of Adam’s ribs. Both were created on the same day ( Gen. 1:26-28 ). That evening, God presented her to Adam and they were married. Further proof of the fallacy of Lilith lies in the meaning of Eve’s name: “mother of all living” ( Gen. 3:20 ). Besides Adam, no other human beings existed. The concept of Lilith comes from Gnostic legends. Gnostics misinterpreted many parts of the Bible. They based their false concepts on myth and legend, as is the case with Lilith. The Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines Lilith as: A female figure who in rabbinic legend is Adam’s first wife, is supplanted by Eve, and becomes an evil spirit; A famous witch in medieval demonology. There is no authority or validity in the idea that Adam had a wife prior to the creation of Eve. Lilith is a rabbinic legend with roots in medieval demonology. The Bible is the source of authority and clearly states that Eve was Adam’s “first wife.” Next Question & Answer: |
Athlete Florence Griffith Joyner was commonly known by what nickname? | Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Griffith Joyner The World's Fastest Woman™ Florence Griffith Joyner One of the most memorable moments of the 20th century was when Florence Griffith Joyner became an Olympic track and field champion during the 1988 Seoul games. Read More World Records Flo Jo earned two world records, one in the 100 Meter, and the 200 Meter. Both in 1988. |
Who was the first female governor of Alaska? | Sarah Palin Biography (State Governor) Best known as: John McCain's vice-presidential candidate in 2008 Name at birth: Sarah Louise Heath Sarah Palin, the first female governor of Alaska, was John McCain 's running mate in the U.S. presidental elections of 2008. Sarah Palin was born in Idaho but moved to Alaska with her family when she was three months old. Two accomplishments from her youth have become especially well known: she played point guard for Wasilla High School's 1982 championship team, and she placed second in the Miss Alaska contest of 1984. After attending four different colleges, she earned a journalism degree from the University of Idaho in 1987, then returned to Alaska and married Todd Palin , her high school boyfriend, in 1988. After a few stints as a TV sportscaster in Anchorage, Sarah Palin joined the Wasilla city council in 1992, then served as the city's mayor from 1996-2002. She was sworn in as Alaska's first woman governor on December 4, 2006, after running a campaign based on ethics and clean government. Two years later, in a surprise selection, Arizona senator John McCain made her the Republican Party's first female candidate for vice president. She and McCain were defeated by the Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden , but that didn't slow Palin's apparent ambition for the spotlight. She stayed in the public eye throughout the beginning of 2009, making high-profile trips out of Alaska. In a surprise move, she resigned on July 26, 2009, in the middle of her first term as governor, handing power over to Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell. Sarah Palin started a new career as a highly-paid public speaker and Obama critic. She published a memoir, Going Rogue (2009), and starred in her own reality show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, which ran for eight episodes in 2010-11. She also became a paid commentator for Fox News in 2010; Fox News announced that they had "parted ways" in January of 2013. She launched her own "channel" for videos in July of 2014. And though she didn't run for president herself in 2016, she endorsed the Republican candidacy of Donald Trump in January of that year. Extra credit: Days after her nomination as vice-president in 2008, Sarah Palin announced that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol , was pregnant. Sarah Palin said Bristol would marry the father of the child, Levi Johnston , but Bristol Palin and Johnston later broke up. Their son Tripp, Sarah Palin’s first grandchild, was born in December of 2008… Wasilla is located 35 miles north of Anchorage. The city population was 7028 people in September 2008, according to the city’s website… Sarah Palin’s high school basketball nickname was “Sarah Barracuda”… The Palins have five children: son Track (b. 1989), daughters Bristol (b. 1990), Willow (b. 1994), and Piper (b. 2000), and son Trig (b. 2008). The dates were confirmed in a two-page health history published by her doctor, Cathy Baldwin-Johnson… Trig Palin, who has Down Syndrome, was born while Sarah Palin was governor… Track Palin joined the US Army Reserves in 2007, and spent a year on a tour of duty in Iraq in 2008. Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. |
The Edward and Mrs Simpson affair rocked the world in 1936. What was the first name of Mrs Simpson? | Wallis and Edward Story.htm His Majesty King George V THE PLAY The story begins with Wallis Simpson's Presentation at Court in 1931, where she arrogantly presents her credentials in the song I'm Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, followed by her quickly deposing the Prince of Wales' former mistress Lady Thelma Furness. During Wallis' first visit to Edward's home Fort Belvedere, Noel Coward plays a snipit of this own very telling song If Love Were All . On an open invitation to cocktails, the Prince of Wales unexpectedly appears at the Simpson home in Bryanston Court where he crosses the line between friendship and more in the obssessive song Lost In The Blue. More frivolous partying at Fort Belvedere slithers into the fast-paced song Trend Setters where as international fashion icons we find they are so shallow that the only thing that matters is that they are the people everyone wants to be, and the people that everyone wants to see! The exposure of Wallis' dark side is revealed to King George V and the Royal Family, through the China Dossier, by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and his proffering of ideas on how to rid England of Mrs. Simpson, by calling upon all of the famous murderers and murderesses of history to come and do away with her in the comic ditty She's Got To Go (They Poison Popes Don't They?) ... all of which comes to naught following King George V's untimely demise. From the Proclamation of Accession of King Edward VIII, and his bartering of Wallis with husband Ernest Simpson in time for Wallis to, hopefully, be crowned Queen of England, and Wallis' self-proclaiming anthem - Going To Be Queen! To the fateful Nahlin Cruise where the world becames aware of their disastrous affair, and King Edward becomes a dangerous political dablatant amongst Eastern Europe's and Asia Minor's potentates in the song Positively Perfect Holiday Trip! His Majesty King Edward VIII Proclamation of Accession of His Majesty King Edward VIII Prince of Wales with Lady Thelma Furness and His Caim Terriers Cora and Jaggs at York Cottage c1930 1936 The Year of the Three Kings - George V, George VI and Edward VIII His Royal Highness the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Wallis' preliminary divorce comes through, and without wasting a moment King Edward pops the Mogul emerald engagement ring that evening, after which Wallis reiterates her right to be Queen, as being ordained, in the reprise of I'm Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson. Their Suggested Morganatic marriage proposal is refused by Parliament and the Dominions. Crisis! The silence of the British press on their affair breaks! Drop Mrs. Simpson, marry her and the government will resign bringing about a possible fascist regime in England - or abdicate! Meanwhile, in the vein of Osbert Sitwell's infamous essay and poem - Rat Week - about changing sides and allegiances, getting out while one still can and still save face, we find Lady Emerald Cunard and Lady Sybil Colefax singing the scathing double entendre diatribe Last Two Rats, in which Wallis Simpson is the sinking ship they need to abandon! Hoping desperately to crawl, unnoticed, aboard the about to be launched ship of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, so to speak! Wallis flees to France. As the Cross Channel Ferry departs En |
What is the name of the Peter Griffin's wife in Family Guy? | 'Family Guy' Characters 'Family Guy' Characters By Nancy Basile Updated August 09, 2016. The Family Guy characters are what keeps the cartoon one of FOX's biggest hits. From the patriarch, Peter Griffin, down to a brainiac baby, and including their neighbors, the Family Guy characters are a funny bunch. Following is a list of Family Guy characters, with pictures and bios. Peter Griffin. FOX Peter Griffin Peter Griffin ( Seth MacFarlane ) is the central character of Family Guy. He and his family live in Quahog, Rhode Island. Speaking with a thick New England accent, he operates as if he is smarter than everyone else, but in reality he's clueless. He spends his free time drinking at the Drunken Clam with his buddies, Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe. Peter has worked for various companies, including the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery and the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory (no doubt modeled after Hasbro, which is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island). Also, Peter has a long history of fighting with a large, yellow chicken. continue reading below our video Profile of Family Guy 'Family Guy' Lois Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Lois Griffin Lois Griffin (Alex Borstein, Mad TV) is Peter's wife. She comes from the wealthy Pewterschmidt family and married Peter against their wishes. Lois is an accomplished piano player and singer. She's considered to be very attractive, which is proven by Quagmire's not-so-subtle advances toward her, as well as her short-lived career as a model ( "Model Misbehavior" ). She may be more sophisticated than Peter, but we have seen occasionally that she shares his low brow humor and lustfulness. 'Family Guy' Stewie Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Stewie Griffin Stewie Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) may be a baby, but he is as diabolical as the worst villain. He is highly intelligent, but he's still very attached to his teddy bear, Rupert. He has schemed many times to destroy Lois, but has failed at every attempt. In early seasons, it was insinuated that Stewie is homosexual. In recent seasons, the writers have become more obvious with his sexual leanings, though the humor is usually couched in Stewie's complete ignorance of his own comments. 'Family Guy' Brian Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Brian Griffin Brian (Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffin family's dog. He seems to be the wisest and most sensible of all the characters, regardless of the fact that his still urinates on the carpet in Lois' presence. Yes, that's right, he is in love with Lois. Brian has had a girlfriend, Jillian, and enjoys the occasional martini. He and Stewie are usually pitted against each other, or drawn together, by extreme circumstances, such as a road trip to find Brian's mother (the former) or recruitment into the military (the latter). Brian can often be found singing duets with Stewie. Family Guy - Meg Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Meg Griffin Meg Griffin ( Mila Kunis , That 70s Show) is the only daughter of Peter and Lois. She is frequently the butt of the family's jokes. She is considered to be unattractive and a loser. She and Peter bonded when his driver's license was revoked and she chauffered him around town. She was given a chance to shine as a star in " Don't Make Me Over ." Also, she has a crush on Luke Perry. 'Family Guy' Chris Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Chris Griffin Chris Griffin (Seth Green) is Peter and Lois' eldest son. He's not terribly bright, but he is a talented artist ("The Son Also Draws") and rock singer ("Saving Private Brian"). He admires his father and follows blindly into many of Peter's misadventures. Also, he fears the crazy monkey in his closet. Quagmire. Twentieth Century Fox Quagmire Glenn Quagmire (Seth MacFarlane) has only one thing on his mind and it isn't ice fishing. He stalks every woman he comes across, paying special attention to Lois, his next-door neighbor. Quagmire successfully wooed Cleveland's wife in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire." He even made a move on Meg when she turned 18 in "Meg and Quagmire." Since the series debuted we've learned that Quagmire has father issues and he's an airlin |
Which actress has won more Best Actress Oscars than anyone else? | CBBC Newsround | THE OSCARS | Oscar facts Oscar facts Walt Disney has won more Oscars than anyone else. He was nominated for 64, and won 26! The actor or actress with the most Oscars is Katharine Hepburn, who starred in old-time classics like The Rainmaker and The African Queen. She won four best actress Oscars The youngest ever Oscar winner is actress Tatum O'Neal who was 10 when she won best supporting actress for the film Paper Moon Only three films have even won all top five Oscars - Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and Writing. They are: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs During World War II, the winners were given Oscar statues made of plaster instead of the usual golden ones, to mark the war effort The most Oscars ever won by a single film is 11. That's happened three times, with Ben Hur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The Return of the King is the only film ever to have won every single Oscar it was nominated for. |
In Greek mythology, who was the mother of Oedipus? | Oedipus Oedipus See More Oedipus Pictures > Oedipus was a king in Greek mythology, ruling over the city of Thebes . He was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta . Not knowing, he married his mother and had four children with her, Polynices , Eteocles , Antigone , and Ismene . It all started when King Laius decided to consult the Oracle at Delphi to learn if he and his wife would ever have children. The prophecy given was that any son that was born out of their union would kill them. After a while, Jocasta got pregnant and eventually gave birth to a baby boy. To avoid the prophecy, Laius told his servants to pierce the baby's ankles, so that he would not be able to crawl; that's how the baby got the name Oedipus , meaning swollen foot. Jocasta then gave the baby to one of their shepherds, telling him to leave the baby in the mountains to die. The shepherd, unable to do this, handed the baby over to another shepherd, who then brought it at the court of King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth . The royal couple, also childless, decided to adopt the poor baby and raise him as their own. When Oedipus grew up, he was told by someone that Polybus and Merope were not his real parents. Deciding to investigate this matter, Oedipus ended up in Delphi , to consult the Oracle. There, he was told that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Upon hearing this, Oedipus thought that the prophecy meant Polybus and Merope, and decided not to return to Corinth . Instead, he started walking towards the city of Thebes . On his way there, he came across King Laius , his biological father, on a chariot, as he was on his way to the Oracle once again. Oedipus and Laius ' charioteer started quarreling over who had the right of way. The quarrel ended up with Oedipus killing the charioteer and his father, thus unknowingly fulfilling the first half of his prophecy. Later, he met a monster called Sphinx , who plagued the region of Thebes , destroying crops and killing travellers who did not answer its questions. The Sphinx asked Oedipus the same question it asked the rest; what walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night? No one had ever answered the question correctly before, and the Sphinx had killed and eaten all of them. Oedipus thought carefully and eventually gave the correct answer; man, who crawls on all fours as a baby; he walks on two legs as an adult; and needs a walking stick when old. The Sphinx , not bearing that its riddle had been answered correctly, killed itself by falling off the rock it was sitting on. When Oedipus reached Thebes , he was accepted with honours by Creon , Jocasta 's brother and his uncle, who served as a temporary king after Laius ' death. Creon had said that anyone who would kill the Sphinx would become king and would marry Jocasta . Thus, the second part of the prophecy was fulfilled and Oedipus rose to the throne of Thebes , marrying his mother. Oedipus and Jocasta had four children, Eteocles , Polynices , Antigone and Ismene . Years later, pestilence was brought upon the city of Thebes , so Oedipus sent Creon to the Oracle at Delphi to get a consultation. Creon learned that it all happened because the killer of Laius had not been taken to justice. Oedipus cursed the killer of Laius , and asked the prophet Tiresias to find out who the killer was. Tiresias was forced to say that it was Oedipus who killed the former king, and that he also did not know who his true parents were. Oedipus and Creon went into a heated argument, and Jocasta intervened and recounted the story of her son and how he had supposedly died. At that moment, a messenger from Corinth entered the court and informed everyone that Polybus had died. Oedipus was initially relieved, thinking Polybus was his real father and that the prophecy had failed to become true, but he said he would not attend the funeral, in order to avoid meeting his mother and maybe causing the second part of the prophecy to materialise. The messenger then explained to him that he was in fact adopted and that Polybus and Merope were not |
Who was lead singer of The Bangles? | Susanna Hoffs Susanna Hoffs Nationality: United States Executive summary: Lead singer of The Bangles The main voice for one of the most popular girl groups of the 1980s, Susanna Hoffs emerged from a family with its foot already in the door of the entertainment industry -- her mother being film writer and director Tamar Simon Hoffs. Both Susanna and her brothers were given an early start in their musical training courtesy of an uncle who had worked as a musician for performers such as Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt . At the age of eight she began playing the guitar, but interests in dance and acting competed for her attention up until her years at University, when she chose to make music her focus and formed the band The Psychiatrists with her two siblings. As the 70s came to a close, Hoffs decided it was time to move on and start a band of her own. An ad in the LA free paper The Recycler led her to sisters Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson , and, after a meeting that indicated a great deal of musical compatibility, the three decided to consolidate their talents. In their original trio configuration Vicki handled the bass duties, with Debbi on drums, Susanna on guitar and all contributing vocals; eventually bassist Annette Zalinskas was brought on board and Vicki moved to lead guitar. The group moved through a succession of names before arriving at the one under which they would earn their fame: starting with Colours (appropriate to their love of 60s psychedelic pop) they later changed over to The Supersonic Bangs, which was soon shortened to just The Bangs. Using this name, they established a reputation for themselves on the LA club circuit, as well as releasing the self-produced 7" single Getting Out Of Hand on their own Downkiddie imprint. Before long the interest of IRS Records founder Miles Copeland was aroused, and a deal with the subsidiary Faulty Products was arranged. Now calling themselves The Bangles (due to the pre-existence of another band called The Bangs), the quartet managed only a five-song EP (released in 1982) before Faulty kicked the metaphorical can, leaving them stranded on the verge of a popular breakthrough. At this time Zalinskas defected to Blood On The Saddle, to be replaced by former lead singer for The Runways Michael Steele . A new home (and a more commercial sound) was found with corporate bigshots Columbia, and once again Hoffs and her bandmates set off down the yellow brick road with the debut full-length All Over the Place (1984). By the following year's A Different Light (and with some assistance from Prince ) The Bangles were at the top of the charts and one of the most popular bands of their time. In the midst of this golden era, Susanna took a starring role in Tamar Simon Hoffs' comedy The Allnighter (1987) -- in fact, the third time she had worked in one of her mother's films (although previously only in support roles). The venture was not particularly well-received, but the music side of Hoff's career remained unaffected, her band's cover of Simon and Garfunkel 's Hazy Shade Of Winter making a more successful appearance in the feature Less Than Zero that same year and giving them another run on the charts. The personal popularity of the singer also resulted in her own signature series guitar model, manufactured by the Rickenbacker company (her name would later be used again on an acoustic model issued by Taylor). By the time of their third album Everything (1989), the four Bangles were feeling the strain of their celebrity. Although the new album was as well received as the previous two (reaching the #1 slot yet again), by the end of the year Hoffs and Steele had made the decision to move on. Much of the conflict was due to the disproportionate attention paid to Hoffs, and the singer accordingly had the most visible career after the band's demise. Her first solo effort When You're a Boy was subsequently released by Columbia in 1991; while by no means a flop, the album did not do nearly as well as had been anticipated. When label pressure to simply regurgitate the style of her past |
Which US President was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth? | Booth's Reason for Assassination | Teachinghistory.org Booth's Reason for Assassination Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln? What kind of gun did he use? Answer On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth became the first person to assassinate an American president when he shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater in Washington. Using a .44 caliber derringer pistol—a small, easily concealed handgun—Booth fired a single shot (timed so that that the audience’s laughter would mask the report) into Lincoln’s brain at point-blank range before jumping to the stage and escaping into the night. After a two-week manhunt, Federal troops cornered Booth in a barn in Maryland, where a Union soldier shot him in the neck. Booth died two hours later. A member of a famous acting family (many considered Booth’s father, Junius Brutus Booth, the finest Shakespearean actor of his generation, and Booth’s older brother, Edwin is commonly named among the greatest American actors of all time), John Wilkes Booth enjoyed a phenomenally successful stage career during the Civil War: by 1864, he earned $20,000 a year, at a time when the average Northern family earned around $300 annually. A Marylander by birth, Booth was an open Confederate sympathizer during the war. A supporter of slavery, Booth believed that Lincoln was determined to overthrow the Constitution and to destroy his beloved South. After Lincoln’s reelection in November 1864, Booth devised a plan to kidnap the president and spirit him to Richmond, where he could be ransomed for some of the Confederate prisoners languishing in northern jails. Booth enlisted a group of friends from Washington to aid him in his attempt. That winter, Booth and his conspirators plotted a pair of elaborate plans to kidnap the president; the first involved capturing Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater and lowering the president to the stage with ropes. Booth ultimately gave up acting to focus on these schemes, and spent more than $10,000 to buy supplies to outfit his band of kidnappers. Neither of the kidnapping plans bore fruit—the second, a ploy on March 17 to capture Lincoln as he traveled in his carriage collapsed when the president changed his itinerary—and several of Booth’s conspirators ultimately left the group. Now, by God, I’ll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make On the evening of April 11, the president stood on the White House balcony and delivered a speech to a small group gathered on the lawn. Two days earlier, Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, and after four long years of struggle it had become clear that the Union cause would emerge from the war victorious. Lincoln’s speech that evening outlined some of his ideas about reconstructing the nation and bringing the defeated Confederate states back into the Union. Lincoln also indicated a wish to extend the franchise to some African-Americans—at the very least, those who had fought in the Union ranks during the war—and expressed a desire that the southern states would extend the vote to literate blacks, as well. Booth stood in the audience for the speech, and this notion seems to have amplified his rage at Lincoln. “That means nigger citizenship,” he told Lewis Powell, one of his band of conspirators. “Now, by God, I’ll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make.” Three days later Booth made good on his promise. Upon learning that Lincoln and his wife intended to see the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater with commanding general Ulysses S. Grant, Booth used his actor’s connections there to gain access to the president’s box. Finally rejecting the notion of kidnapping, Booth now planned to assassinate the president along with top officials his administration: besides Lincoln and General Grant, Secretary of State William Seward and Vice President Andrew Johnson were to be killed the same night by other members of Booth’s gang. Booth appears to have plotted the murders in the belief that the simultaneous assassination |
Who was assassinated on the Ides of March? | The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered - Mar 15, 44 B.C. - HISTORY.com The Roman leader Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times by a mob of mutinous senators in 44 B.C. Could he possibly have survived long enough to utter his famous last words? Crime The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered Share this: The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered Author The ides of March: Julius Caesar is murdered URL Publisher A+E Networks Julius Caesar, the”dictator for life”of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed as many as sixty noblemen, including Caesar’s own protege, Marcus Brutus. Caesar was scheduled to leave Rome to fight in a war on March 18 and had appointed loyal members of his army to rule the Empire in his absence. The Republican senators, already chafing at having to abide by Caesar’s decrees, were particularly angry about the prospect of taking orders from Caesar’s underlings. Cassius Longinus started the plot against the dictator, quickly getting his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus to join. Caesar should have been well aware that many of the senators hated him, but he dismissed his security force not long before his assassination. Reportedly, Caesar was handed a warning note as he entered the senate meeting that day but did not read it. After he entered the hall, Caesar was surrounded by senators holding daggers. Servilius Casca struck the first blow, hitting Caesar in the neck and drawing blood. The other senators all joined in, stabbing him repeatedly about the head. Marcus Brutus wounded Caesar in the groin and Caesar is said to have remarked in Greek, “You, too, my child?” In the aftermath of the assassination, Antony attempted to carry out Caesar’s legacy. However, Caesar’s will left Octavian in charge as his adopted son. Cassius and Brutus tried to rally a Republican army and Brutus even issued coins celebrating the assassination, known as the Ides of March. Octavian vowedrevenge against the assassins, two years later Cassius and Brutuscommitted suicide after learning that Octavian’s forces had defeated theirs at the Battle of Philippa in Greece. Antony took his armies east, where he hooked up with Caesar’s old paramour, Cleopatra. Octavian and Antony fought for many years until Octavian prevailed. In 30 B.C., Antonycommitted suicide. Octavian, later known as Augustus, ruled the Roman Empire for many more years. Related Videos |
According to William Shakespeare, who killed Duncan? | SparkNotes: Macbeth: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Macbeth - Macbeth is a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis who is led to wicked thoughts by the prophecies of the three witches, especially after their prophecy that he will be made thane of Cawdor comes true. Macbeth is a brave soldier and a powerful man, but he is not a virtuous one. He is easily tempted into murder to fulfill his ambitions to the throne, and once he commits his first crime and is crowned King of Scotland, he embarks on further atrocities with increasing ease. Ultimately, Macbeth proves himself better suited to the battlefield than to political intrigue, because he lacks the skills necessary to rule without being a tyrant. His response to every problem is violence and murder. Unlike Shakespeare’s great villains, such as Iago in Othello and Richard III in Richard III, Macbeth is never comfortable in his role as a criminal. He is unable to bear the psychological consequences of his atrocities. Read an in-depth analysis of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth - Macbeth’s wife, a deeply ambitious woman who lusts for power and position. Early in the play she seems to be the stronger and more ruthless of the two, as she urges her husband to kill Duncan and seize the crown. After the bloodshed begins, however, Lady Macbeth falls victim to guilt and madness to an even greater degree than her husband. Her conscience affects her to such an extent that she eventually commits suicide. Interestingly, she and Macbeth are presented as being deeply in love, and many of Lady Macbeth’s speeches imply that her influence over her husband is primarily sexual. Their joint alienation from the world, occasioned by their partnership in crime, seems to strengthen the attachment that they feel to each another. Read an in-depth analysis of Lady Macbeth. The Three Witches - Three “black and midnight hags” who plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies. Their predictions prompt him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality. The play leaves the witches’ true identity unclear—aside from the fact that they are servants of Hecate, we know little about their place in the cosmos. In some ways they resemble the mythological Fates, who impersonally weave the threads of human destiny. They clearly take a perverse delight in using their knowledge of the future to toy with and destroy human beings. Read an in-depth analysis of The Three Witches. Banquo - The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne. Like Macbeth, Banquo thinks ambitious thoughts, but he does not translate those thoughts into action. In a sense, Banquo’s character stands as a rebuke to Macbeth, since he represents the path Macbeth chose not to take: a path in which ambition need not lead to betrayal and murder. Appropriately, then, it is Banquo’s ghost—and not Duncan’s—that haunts Macbeth. In addition to embodying Macbeth’s guilt for killing Banquo, the ghost also reminds Macbeth that he did not emulate Banquo’s reaction to the witches’ prophecy. King Duncan - The good King of Scotland whom Macbeth, in his ambition for the crown, murders. Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler. His death symbolizes the destruction of an order in Scotland that can be restored only when Duncan’s line, in the person of Malcolm, once more occupies the throne. Macduff - A Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth’s kingship from the start. He eventually becomes a leader of the crusade to unseat Macbeth. The crusade’s mission is to place the rightful king, Malcolm, on the throne, but Macduff also desires vengeance for Macbeth’s murder of Macduff’s wife and young son. Malcolm - The son of Duncan, whose restoration to the throne signals Scotland’s return to order following Macbeth’s reign of terror. Malcolm becomes a serious challenge to Macbeth with Macduff’s aid (and the support of England). Prior to this, he appears weak and uncertain |
Which ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan was assassinated in December 2007? | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was Assassinated - 2007 Crime Magazine by Michael Thomas Barry On December 27, 2007, Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan and the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country was assassinated. A polarizing figure at home and abroad, Bhutto had spent three decades struggling to stay afloat in the murky waters of Pakistani politics. To many of her supporters, she represented the strongest hope for democratic and egalitarian leadership in a country unhinged by political corruption and Islamic extremism. Born in 1953 to a wealthy landowning family, Bhutto grew up in the privileged world of Pakistan’s political elite, receiving degrees from Harvard and Oxford. Her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founded the populist-leaning Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in 1967. He then served as president and prime minister from 1971 to 1977, when he was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq and charged with authorizing a political opponent’s murder. Her father’s overthrow and subsequent execution in April 1979 thrust a young Benazir Bhutto into the political spotlight. She and her mother, Nusrat, whom she succeeded in 1982 as the PPP’s chairperson, spent several years in and out of detention for protesting her father’s arrest and actively campaigned against General Zia. In August 1988, Zia died in a plane crash; three months later, Bhutto won the general election and formed a government, becoming the first woman, and, at 35, the youngest person to head a Muslim state in modern times. Dismissed in 1990 after less than half a term as prime minister, she was reelected in 1993 and served again until 1996. Both times, she was removed from office by the sitting president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990 and Farooq Leghari in 1996, amid charges of corruption and incompetent governance. After her second dismissal from office, Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, faced allegations of various forms of financial misconduct, including accepting multimillion-dollar kickbacks and laundering money through Swiss banks. Zardari spent eight years in prison, while Bhutto lived in exile in London and Dubai with the couple’s three children. In 2007, under pressure from Bhutto’s supporters within the U.S. government, President Pervez Musharraf granted amnesty to Bhutto, Zardari and other Pakistani politicians with pending graft charges. On October 18th of that year, despite a spate of death threats from Islamic militants, Bhutto returned to Pakistan with plans to participate in the 2008 general election. On the day of her arrival, she narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack on her convoy that killed at least 136 people and injured more than 450. On December 27, 2007, as Bhutto was waving to a crowd at a PPP rally in Rawalpindi, a gunman opened fire on her bulletproof vehicle. A bomb then exploded near the car, killing more than 20 people and wounding 100 others, including Bhutto. She was pronounced dead later that night and buried the next day in her hometown of Gardi Khuda Bakhsh, next to her father's grave. The exact cause of her death remains in dispute: A subsequent investigation by Britain's Scotland Yard ruled that Bhutto died of head injuries caused by the force of the explosion, while the PPP maintained that she died from gunshot wounds. Bhutto’s death sparked widespread violence across Pakistan, with riots and demonstrations leading to violent police crackdowns. The political turmoil caused international fears of instability in a nuclear-armed nation already embroiled in a fight against Islamic extremists. In the weeks and months following Bhutto's death, Pakistani moderates and Western leaders waited anxiously to see who would emerge as her successor. Zardari, who had taken the helm of the PPP after his wife’s assassination, was elected president of Pakistan in September 2008. In the month following Bhutto’s murder, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Pakistani officials named Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani militant with links to al-Qaeda, |
Which war hero and escapee from Colditz was assassinated in 1979? | Fury over Channel 4 insult to MP Airey Neave killed by the IRA | Daily Mail Online comments Channel 4 is facing furious demands to axe a controversial drama that hijacks a real terrorist murder of a senior Tory MP for entertainment. The family of Airey Neave are fighting to ban the fictional thriller, which uses genuine news footage of the car bomb that killed him in the Commons car park, from being aired tomorrow. Producers of the drama Utopia pretend that his 1979 death was perpetrated by a secret MI5 cell, when in fact he was murdered by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), an IRA splinter group. Close: Margaret Thatcher with her friend and advisor Airey Neave at a 1978 press conference Slurs: Airey Neave is shown drinking and plotting in Channel 4's Utopia His devastated family – who were not consulted by the channel – last night said they were intending to take action after learning how the prime-time series had fictionalised the atrocity ‘in the name of entertainment’ as well as falsely depicting him as a debauched and conniving figure. The drama muddies the line between fact and fiction, drawing heavily on debunked conspiracy theories that Mr Neave – a war hero who escaped Colditz – was assassinated by the Government. The programme includes genuine footage showing the blood-stained wreckage of Mr Neave’s car, paramedics racing to save his life and Margaret Thatcher’s reaction to news of the murder of her close ally and confidant, lending the fiction a veneer of credibility. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Mr Neave’s youngest son William, 60, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I am upset and I would dearly like to protect my father’s reputation from lies and fabrication. 'It seems that when somebody dies, people can say whatever they like. We would love to stop it from airing.’ Norman Tebbit – a close friend and colleague of Airey Neave who himself survived an IRA bomb – said: ‘To attack a man like that who is dead and cannot defend himself is despicable.’ In the first episode of Utopia’s second series, which airs tomorrow at 10pm, Mr Neave – played by Blackadder’s Tim McInnerny – is portrayed as a hard-drinking double-dealer who connives with spies. Downing red wine over lunch, he is seen striking a murky deal with the security services to bring down Jim Callaghan’s Government by silencing a prominent Labour MP – by whatever means necessary. Real murder: Airey Neave's bomb-damaged car on the ramp of the Commons car park Report: Daily Mail front page of the attack in 1979 William, a Lloyd’s underwriter who was 26 when his father was murdered, added: ‘I don’t know why Channel 4 would want to make such sensationalist claims when they are just not true. 'The suggestion that my father was a drinker is particularly upsetting and utterly dishonest. After his heart attack in 1959, he gave up drinking altogether. We may well have to take action over this.’ William’s brother Patrick, 66, branded the drama an ‘utter travesty and a cynical, money-making exercise’, adding: ‘Who do these people think they are, reinventing history for the purpose of entertainment? To show real-life footage of my father’s death is in incredibly poor taste, real in-the-gutter stuff. ‘We will be sending a very terse message of disapproval to the head of Channel 4. They didn’t even have the courtesy to contact us about this. That is the very least they should have done. ‘This is nothing more than propaganda. Channel 4 is watched by people in their 20s and 30s. They will think this mock history is the truth. That is monstrous and wrong.’ Patrick’s wife Elizabeth, 61, added: ‘This is appalling – we all want to get it stopped. My father-in-law was a dear and able man. He was not a drinker and he was most certainly not killed by MI5. 'We will do all that we can to shut this series down. Frankly, it is disgusting that anyone would think that slurring a man’s character and reputation in the so-called name of entertainment is remotely appropriate.’ A hero's burial: Patrick, left, and William Neave grieve with their mother Diana at Airey's |
Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald? | Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald - Nov 24, 1963 - HISTORY.com Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald Share this: Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald Author Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald URL Publisher A+E Networks At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. On November 22, President Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in an open-car motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas. Less than an hour after the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald killed a policeman who questioned him on the street. Thirty minutes after that, he was arrested in a movie theater by police. Oswald was formally arraigned on November 23 for the murders of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. On November 24, Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. A crowd of police and press with live television cameras rolling gathered to witness his departure. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby emerged from the crowd and fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver. Ruby, who was immediately detained, claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action. Some called him a hero, but he was nonetheless charged with first-degree murder. Jack Ruby, originally known as Jacob Rubenstein, operated strip joints and dance halls in Dallas and had minor connections to organized crime. He also had a relationship with a number of Dallas policemen, which amounted to various favors in exchange for leniency in their monitoring of his establishments. He features prominently in Kennedy-assassination theories, and many believe he killed Oswald to keep him from revealing a larger conspiracy. In his trial, Ruby denied the allegation and pleaded innocent on the grounds that his great grief over Kennedy’s murder had caused him to suffer “psychomotor epilepsy” and shoot Oswald unconsciously. The jury found him guilty of the “murder with malice” of Oswald and sentenced him to die. In October 1966, the Texas Court of Appeals reversed the decision on the grounds of improper admission of testimony and the fact that Ruby could not have received a fair trial in Dallas at the time. In January 1967, while awaiting a new trial, to be held in Wichita Falls, Ruby died of lung cancer in a Dallas hospital. The official Warren Commission report of 1964 concluded that neither Oswald nor Ruby were part of a larger conspiracy, either domestic or international, to assassinate President Kennedy. Despite its seemingly firm conclusions, the report failed to silence conspiracy theories surrounding the event, and in 1978 the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in a preliminary report that Kennedy was “probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy” that may have involved multiple shooters and organized crime. The committee’s findings, as with those of the Warren Commission, continue to be widely disputed. Related Videos |
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria caused what cataclysmic world event? | Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated - Jun 28, 1914 - HISTORY.com Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated Publisher A+E Networks In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914. The great Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck, the man most responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871, was quoted as saying at the end of his life that “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.” It went as he predicted. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Ottoman territories in the turbulent Balkan region that were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908 to the indignation of Serbian nationalists, who believed they should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation. The date scheduled for his visit, June 28, coincided with the anniversary of the First Battle of Kosovo in 1389, in which medieval Serbia was defeated by the Turks. Despite the fact that Serbia did not truly lose its independence until the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448, June 28 was a day of great significance to Serbian nationalists, and one on which they could be expected to take exception to a demonstration of Austrian imperial strength in Bosnia. June 28 was also Franz Ferdinand’s wedding anniversary. His beloved wife, Sophie, a former lady-in-waiting, was denied royal status in Austria due to her birth as a poor Czech aristocrat, as were the couple’s children. In Bosnia, however, due to its limbo status as an annexed territory, Sophie could appear beside him at official proceedings. On June 28, 1914, then, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open car, with surprisingly little security, when Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at their car; it rolled off the back of the vehicle and wounded an officer and some bystanders. Later that day, on the way to visit the injured officer, the archduke’s procession took a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse, where one of Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, happened to be loitering. Seeing his opportunity, Princip fired into the car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range. Princip then turned the gun on himself, but was prevented from shooting it by a bystander who threw himself upon the young assassin. A mob of angry onlookers attacked Princip, who fought back and was subsequently wrestled away by the police. Meanwhile, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie lay fatally wounded in their limousine as it rushed to seek help; they both died within the hour. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slav nationalism once and for all. As Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention–which would likely involve Russia’s ally, France, and possibly Britain as well. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun. Related Videos |
Andrey Lugovoy is wanted by British police on suspicion of the murder of whom? | Andrey Lugovoy | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Born in 1966 in Baku, Lugovoy attended the elite Soviet military command academy in Moscow. [2] [3] In 1987, Lugovoy joined the KGB's 9th directorate which provided security for top state officials. He was a platoon commander for five years and then served as a commander in the Kremlin regiment's training company. In 1991 he was transferred to the Federal Protective Service of Russia until his resignation at the end of 1996. During this time he provided security for Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar , the head of the presidential administration Sergey Filatov and Foreign Minister Andrey Kozyrev . Lugovoy went on to work in the private security business. For several years he was head of security at the private television company ORT , then owned by now fugitive tycoons Boris Berezovsky and Badri Patarkatsishvili . In 2001, Lugovoy was arrested and charged with organizing the escape of Nikolai Glushkov , a former deputy director-general of Aeroflot arrested in 2000 on fraud charges. Alexander Litvinenko poisoning Main article: Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko Lugovoy met with Litvinenko on the day Litvinenko fell ill (November 1, 2006). Litvinenko died later in November from radiation poisoning caused by polonium-210 , and on May 22, 2007 British officials charged Lugovoy with Litvinenko's murder, announcing they would seek his extradition from Russia . Russia declined to extradite Lugovoy, citing that extradition of citizens is not allowed under the Russian constitution. Russia said that they could take on the case themselves if Britain provided evidence against Lugovoy but that Britain has not handed over any evidence. The head of the investigating committee at the General Prosecutor's Office said Russia has not yet received any evidence from Britain on Lugovoy. "We have not received any evidence from London of Lugovoy's guilt, and those documents we have are full of blank spaces and contradictions." [4] Lugovoy had visited London at least three times in the month before Litvinenko 's death and met with him four times. Lugovoy met with Litvinenko on the day he fell ill (November 1). Traces of polonium-210 have been discovered in all three hotels where Lugovoy stayed after flying to London on October 16, in the Pescatori restaurant in Dover Street , Mayfair, where Lugovoy is understood to have dined before November 1, and aboard two aircraft on which he had travelled. [5] [6] He was treated at a Moscow hospital for suspected radiation poisoning but declined to say whether he had been contaminated with polonium-210, the substance that led to Litvinenko's death on November 23, 2006. [7] Lugovoy accused British intelligence agents of being behind the killing, and claimed MI6 had tried to recruit him to spy on Russia. [8] On October 27, 2007, the Daily Mail, citing unnamed "diplomatic and intelligence sources", stated that Litvinenko was paid about £2,000 per month by MI6 at the time of his murder. [9] Timeline of Lugovoy involvement in Litvinenko poisoning Edit On November 30, 2006, Georgian tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili described Lugovoy as a "close friend" with whom he had been working for thirteen years. He said he hoped Lugovoy was innocent, but added that there is "no such thing as a former KGB agent." On December 4, 2006, Lugovoy visited a hospital in Moscow for medical tests. On December 9, 2006, Lugovoy was released from the hospital and declared to be in "satisfactory condition." [7] On January 26, 2007, The Guardian reported that the British government was preparing an extradition request asking that Lugovoy be returned to the United Kingdom to stand trial for Litvinenko's murder. [10] On February 5, 2007, Boris Berezovsky told the BBC that on his deathbed, Litvinenko said that Lugovoy was responsible for his poisoning. [11] On May 22, 2007, British officials said they had called for an arrest warrant against Andrey Lugovoy in Litvinenko's death. [12] On May 28, 2007 the British Foreign Office formally submitted a request for Lugovoy's extradition to the Russ |
Which famous person did Mark Chapman kill in December 1980? | Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on John Lennon's Killer John Lennon’s Killer Says Why He Did It (17th September, 2010) The man who killed former Beatle John Lennon has told prison authorities why he did it. Mark David Chapman, 55, explained his reasons to his parole board on September 7th. It is the first time he has given any explanation for murdering Lennon on the steps of the rock legend’s apartment in New York on December 8th, 1980. He said: "I felt that by killing John Lennon I would become somebody, and instead of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies.” He added: "I made a horrible decision to end another human being's life for reasons of selfishness, and that was my decision at that time.” Chapman thought that by killing someone famous he would achieve "instant notoriety and fame." Chapman is serving a sentence of 20 years to life for shooting Lennon. He was first eligible for parole in 2000 but prison officials decided not to release him. His next parole hearing will be in August 2012. He hopes that talking about his crime will help him get released. He revealed that his deepening belief in God while in prison has made him a better person. He admitted that he understands why members of the public want to keep him locked up forever. Another new revelation is that Chapman had other famous people on his hit list, including actress Elizabeth Taylor and former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He chose John Lennon because he was “more accessible”. He said: "I found out what building he was at and went there." WARM-UPS 1. JOHN LENNON: Walk around the class and talk to other students about John Lennon. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring. former / the Beatles / prison authorities / explanation / rock legend / notoriety / fame / parole / crime / belief in God / being a better person / locked up / hit list / accessible Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. BEING SOMEBODY: How could you do it? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again. Instant fame WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. The man who killed former Beatle John Lennon has told prison ____________ why he did it. Mark David Chapman, 55, explained his reasons to his parole ____________ on September 7th. It is the first time he has given ____________ explanation for murdering Lennon on the steps of the ____________ legend’s apartment in New York on December 8th, 1980. He said: "I felt that by killing John Lennon I would become somebody, and ____________ of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies.” He added: "I made a horrible ____________ to end another human being's life for reasons of selfishness, and that was my decision at that ____________.” Chapman thought that by killing someone famous he would achieve "____________ notoriety and fame." deepening LISTENING Listen and fill in the gaps The man who killed former Beatle John Lennon ______________________ why he did it. Mark David Chapman, 55, explained his reasons to his parole board on September 7th. It is the first time ______________________ for murdering Lennon on the steps of the rock legend’s apartment in New York on December 8th, 1980. He said: "I felt that by killing John Lennon ______________________, and instead of that I became a murderer and murderers are not somebodies.” He added: "______________________ to end another human being's life ______________________, and that was my decision at that time.” Chapman thought that by killing someone famous he would achieve "______________________." Chapman is serving a sentence of ______________________ shooting Lennon. He was ______________________ in 2000 but prison officials decided ______________________. His next parole hearing will be in August 2012. He hopes that talking about his crime wil |
Which famous TV cowboy was played by Clayton Moore? | Clayton Moore - The Wild West Clayton Moore Wild West ShowBiz Cowboys Clayton Moore TV Cowboy: Clayton Moore was TV's "The Lone Ranger" from 1949-56 and starred in 221 episodes. He missed one season when he was replaced by another actor after a studio salary dispute. His famous cry: "Hi, Ho, Silver" (the name of his horse - often as he sped away). Moore also starred in a number of films for Republic Pictures as well as two "Lone Ranger" films in 1956 and 1958. He was born in 1914 in Chicago and was part of a flying trapeze act in a traveling circus. He moved to Hollywood in 1938, worked as a stuntman and extra and played the bad guy in some films with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. After the TV series ended, Moore remained under contract to portray the "masked man" for Dodge car commercials. Then in 1979 a court ordered him to stop wearing the trademark mask and Moore was forced to make special appearances in a pair of sunglasses. He is remembered for the deep resonant voice behind the mask. Copyright © 1999-2016 thewildwest.org. |
What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang? | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - IMDb IMDb 7 January 2017 5:00 AM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) Approved | Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC "No Small Parts" IMDb Exclusive: 'Edge of Seventeen' Star Hailee Steinfeld Hailee Steinfeld has received critical acclaim for her role in the coming-of-age comedy The Edge of Seventeen . What other roles has she played over the years? Don't miss our live coverage of the Golden Globes beginning at 4 p.m. PST on Jan. 8 in our Golden Globes section. a list of 44 titles created 21 Sep 2011 a list of 35 titles created 26 Dec 2013 a list of 22 titles created 09 Feb 2014 a list of 24 titles created 9 months ago a list of 43 titles created 2 weeks ago Title: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 4 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards » Videos A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison. Director: Stuart Rosenberg In Chicago in September 1936, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker. Director: George Roy Hill Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director: John Sturges After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. Director: David Lean Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Director: Clint Eastwood Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. Director: Sergio Leone A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge. Director: Sergio Leone An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino The story of T.E. Lawrence , the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. Director: David Lean A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. Director: Roman Polanski Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Director: John Huston A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Edit Storyline Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia". Based on the exploits of the historical characters. Written by John Vogel <[email protected]> You never met a pair like Butch and The Kid. See more » Genres: 24 October 1969 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Conrad Hall was not pleased with the night shots in the film, such as the one in which a man is selling bicycles down on the street. He thought t |
Who played the Ringo Kid in the film Stagecoach? | Stagecoach (1939) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Director: Ernest Haycox (original story), Dudley Nichols (screen play) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Watch the video Related News a list of 46 titles created 03 Mar 2014 a list of 26 titles created 28 May 2015 a list of 39 titles created 11 months ago a list of 26 titles created 10 months ago a list of 40 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Stagecoach " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos A Civil War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from an Indian tribe. Director: John Ford A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. Director: John Ford Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son. Directors: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson Stars: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. Director: Howard Hawks At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe. Director: John Ford A Western retelling the tale of the Shoot-out at the OK Corral. Director: John Ford Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. Director: John Ford A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act. Director: George Stevens A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande must deal with murderous raiding Apaches, his son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years. Director: John Ford A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love. Director: John Ford A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. Director: Fred Zinnemann An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Director: Sam Peckinpah Edit Storyline A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others. Written by Andrew Hyatt <[email protected]> See All (71) » Taglines: Danger holds the reins as the devil cracks the whip ! Desperate men ! Frontier women ! Rising above their pasts in a West corrupted by violence and gun-fire ! See more » Genres: 3 March 1939 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Höllenfahrt nach Santa Fé See more » Filming Locations: Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording) Color: Did You Know? Trivia John Ford loved the Monume |
Which real life law enforcer did Henry Fonda play in the film My Darling Clementine? | My Darling Clementine Movie Review (1946) | Roger Ebert Tweet "What kind of town is this?” Wyatt Earp asks on his first night in Tombstone. “A man can't get a shave without gettin' his head blowed off.” He gets up out of the newfangled barber's chair at the Bon Ton Tonsorial Parlor and climbs through the second-story window of a saloon, his face still half lathered, to konk a gun-toting drunk on the head and drag him out by the heels. Advertisement Earp ( Henry Fonda ) already knows what kind of town it is. In the opening scenes of John Ford's greatest Western, “My Darling Clementine” (1946), he and his brothers are driving cattle east to Kansas. Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan leave their kid brother James in charge of the herd and go into town for a shave and a beer. As they ride down the main street of Tombstone, under a vast and lowering evening sky, gunshots and raucous laughter are heard in the saloons, and we don't have to ask why the town has the biggest graveyard west of the Rockies. Ford's story reenacts the central morality play of the Western. Wyatt Earp becomes the town's new marshal, there's a showdown between law and anarchy, the law wins and the last shot features the new schoolmarm--who represents the arrival of civilization. Most Westerns put the emphasis on the showdown. “My Darling Clementine” builds up to the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral, but it is more about everyday things--haircuts, romance, friendship, poker and illness. At the center is Henry Fonda's performance as Wyatt Earp. He's usually shown as a man of action, but Fonda makes him the new-style Westerner, who stands up when a woman comes into the room and knows how to carve a chicken and dance a reel. Like a teenager, he sits in a chair on the veranda of his office, tilts back to balance on the back legs and pushes off against a post with one boot and then the other. He's thinking of Clementine, and Fonda shows his happiness with body language. Advertisement Earp has accepted the marshal's badge because when he and his brothers returned to their herd, they found the cattle rustled and James dead. There is every reason to believe the crime was committed by Old Man Clanton ( Walter Brennan ) and his “boys” (grown, bearded and mean). An early scene ends with Clanton baring his teeth like an animal showing its fangs. Earp buries James in a touching scene. (“You didn't get much of a chance, did you, James?”) Then, instead of riding into town and shooting the Clantons, he tells the mayor he'll become the new marshal. He wants revenge, but legally. The most important relationship is between Earp and Doc Holliday ( Victor Mature ), the gambler who runs Tombstone but is dying of tuberculosis. They are natural enemies, but a quiet, unspoken regard grows up between the two men, maybe because Earp senses the sadness at Holliday's core. Holliday's rented room has his medical diploma on the wall and his doctor's bag beneath it, but he doesn't practice anymore. Something went wrong back East, and now he gambles for a living, and drinks himself into oblivion. His lover is a prostitute, Chihuahua ( Linda Darnell ), and he talks about leaving for Mexico with her. But as he coughs up blood, he knows what his prognosis is. The marshal's first showdown with Holliday is a classic Ford scene. The saloon grows quiet when Doc walks in, and the bar clears when he walks up to it. He tells Earp, “Draw!” Earp says he can't--doesn't have a gun. Doc calls for a gun, and a man down the bar slides him one. Earp looks at the gun, and says, “Brother Morg's gun. The other one, the good-lookin' fellow--that's my brother, Virg.” Doc registers this information and returns his own gun to its holster. He realizes Earp's brothers have the drop on him. “Howdy,” says Doc. “Have a drink.” Advertisement Twice Doc tells someone to get out of town, and twice Earp reminds him that's the marshal's job. Although the Clantons are the first order of business, Doc and Earp seem headed for a showdown. Yet they have a scene together that is one of the strangest and most beautiful in all of John F |
In which American State did the Gunfight at the OK Corral take place? | O.K. Corral: A Gunfight Shrouded in Mystery By Casey Tefertiller and Jeff Morey Cowboy Billy Clanton still lay dying, his face contorted with pain, when the press began the difficult task of piecing together the details of an October 1881 street battle in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. In later years it would become known as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Richard Rule, veteran city editor of the Tombstone Nugget, helped carry Clanton into the house where the young man would pass into history, then returned to the streets to go to work. With the canny eye of an experienced newsman, Rule began collecting the details of the gunfight, interviewing witnesses and trying to get a handle on what transpired during that fateful half minute and what led up to the battle. It would be a model of frontier journalism and vital to future understanding of perhaps the most debated event of the American frontier. The saga of the O.K. Corral has been told repeatedly and from many perspectives, often with fictional intrusions and biased analysis. Now, for the first time in 120 years, we may have an authentic understanding of the events that led to the gunfight and what actually occurred in the streets of Tombstone — with a great deal of help from Richard Rule. Read More in Wild West Magazine Subscribe online and save nearly 40%!!! Through the tense summer of 1881, emotions had grown explosive. Bands of rustlers roamed the backcountry, stealing cattle mostly in Mexico or from Mexican ranchers in Arizona and New Mexico territories and then selling them to apparently legitimate ranchers for resale. The Clanton and McLaury families owned ranches reputed to be headquarters for receiving stolen cattle. This great cattle scam drew little ire from an American population more interested in acquiring wealth in the rich new mining areas than investigating international relations. In addition, Mexico had assessed high taxes on alcohol and tobacco, and smugglers came to southern Arizona Territory to purchase the goods cheaply for resale south of the border. The cash- and jewel-laden smugglers provided an easy target for American bandits. As that fateful year of 1881 progressed, the situation changed. The Mexican government dropped taxes on alcohol and tobacco and then lodged numerous protests with federal and territorial officials to try to stop the outlawry against Mexican citizens. Territorial Governor John C. Frémont, the old pathfinder and the first Republican presidential candidate in 1856, suggested in February that the territorial Legislature fund a state militia to ride against the outlaws and stop the rustling. Legislators hooted down the visionary plan. The Mexican government built a series of forts along the border and began to fight back against the American outlaws. American rustlers George Turner and Alfred McAllister were killed in Mexico during a raid on May 13. Back on the U.S. side of the border, citizens also began to grow agitated over outlawry, particularly because of what happened on March 15. Three robbers that day attempted to intercept a stagecoach traveling from Tombstone to Benson, Arizona Territory. Driver Eli ‘Budd’ Philpot and passenger Peter Roerig were killed. Jim Crane, William Leonard and Harry Head were identified as the robbers. With Frémont’s militia plan discarded, there was little to counter the rustling and other crimes that gripped southern Arizona Territory. Cochise County Sheriff John Behan and his deputies were charged with battling the rustlers, who became known as the ‘Cowboys.’ But Behan was at best ineffective and at worst crooked. His deputy Billy Breakenridge would tell how he deputized Cowboy leader ‘Curly Bill’ Brocius (or ‘Curley Bill’ Brocious) and used him to help collect taxes. And Wells, Fargo detective James Hume was quoted as saying, ‘Even the sheriff of the county?is in with the cowboys and he has got to be or his life would not be worth a farthing.’ The federal government was represented by U.S. Deputy Marshals Virgil Earp and Leslie Blackburn, with Earp in charge of most of the fieldwork, bac |
Known as Wild Bill, what were J. B. Hickok's real first names? | 6/12/2006 • Wild West James Butler Hickok, the renowned ‘Wild Bill,’ remains perhaps the most famous of all Western gunfighters. His exploits as a Civil War operative, frontiersman and peace officer have been celebrated often in print, in movies, and on television. But, despite all this attention through the years, we know very little about the man himself. Vintage photographs, haunting and mysterious, span the mist of time. We wonder, who was Wild Bill Hickok? The man who became marshal of Abilene, Kan., on April 15, 1871, was a frontier dandy. He stood 6 foot 3 in his custom-made boots. His riveting gray eyes, set off by a drooping mustache, seemed to look right through people. Beneath the black hat with the sweeping brim, blond hair tumbled to his shoulders, and a Prince Albert frock coat showed off broad shoulders and a narrow waist. Hickok dazzled many women, including George Armstrong Custer’s wife, Libbie. There were even rumors of an affair. In any case, Libbie Custer wrote the following about him in her 1890 book Following the Guidon: ‘Physically, he was a delight to look upon. Tall, lithe, and free in every motion, he rode and walked as if every muscle was perfection, and the careless swing of his body as he moved seemed perfectly in keeping with the man, the country, the time in which he lived. I do not recall anything finer in the way of physical perfection than Wild Bill when he swung himself lightly from his saddle, and with graceful, swaying step, squarely set shoulders and well poised head, approached our tent for orders. He was rather fantastically clad, of course, but all seemed perfectly in keeping with the time and place. He did not make an armory of his waist, but carried two pistols. He wore top-boots, riding breeches, and dark blue flannel shirt, with scarlet set in front. A loose neck handkerchief left his fine firm throat free. I do not all remember his features, but the frank, manly expression of his fearless eyes and his courteous manner gave one a feeling of confidence in his word and in his undaunted courage.’ But most striking of all, at least to some people, were the two Navy Colts resting in a red sash around Hickok’s waist, their ivory handles turned forward for the underhand or ‘twist’ draw. Some Westerners may have been fooled by the fancy dress, but most understood the promise of the twin Colts. The man was deadly in a confrontation. He moved with cat-easy grace, had lightning reflexes, and shot with great accuracy using either hand. Above all, he was absolutely cool and composed in pressure situations-fine attributes to have in 1871 Abilene, which may well have been the toughest town in the West. The famed ‘Bear River’ Tom Smith had been an exceptional marshal, but he was shot from ambush late in 1870. So Abilene went after the man with the biggest reputation of all, J.B. Hickok. While Hickok delighted in amusing family and friends with accounts of the ‘hundreds’ of men he had gunned down, his reputation, both real and imagined, did serve him well as a lawman. He ruled Abilene from the card tables of the Alamo Saloon, telling his deputies to come and get him if he was needed. Despite the many hard cases in the boisterous cow town, few challenged him. Did Hickok deserve his reputation? Yes and no. He became famous, maybe even more famous than the president, because Eastern publishers wanted to sell magazines to a public hungry for tales of the Wild West. The glorification of Wild Bill Hickok began in Springfield, Mo., on July 21, 1865, when he killed gunman Dave Tutt. Some said the two men fought over a card game, while others attributed the duel to competition for the attention of a woman named Susannah Moore. Colonel Albert Barnitz, the army post commander in Springfield, reported that both men fired simultaneously and that Tutt was’shot directly through the heart.’ Another version had Hickok drawing first, but then waiting for Tutt to shoot. After Tutt missed, Hickok rested his gun on his left arm to steady it and then shot him. Regardless of who fired when, Hickok established himse |
Who played English Bob in the film Unforgiven? | Movie Review - - Review/Film: Unforgiven; A Western Without Good Guys - NYTimes.com Review/Film: Unforgiven; A Western Without Good Guys By VINCENT CANBY Published: August 7, 1992 TIME has been good to Clint Eastwood. If possible, he looks even taller, leaner and more mysteriously possessed than he did in Sergio Leone's seminal "Fistful of Dollars" a quarter of a century ago. The years haven't softened him. They have given him the presence of some fierce force of nature, which may be why the landscapes of the mythic, late 19th-century West become him, never more so than in his new "Unforgiven." As written by David Webb Peoples and directed by Mr. Eastwood, "Unforgiven" is a most entertaining western that pays homage to the great tradition of movie westerns while surreptitiously expressing a certain amount of skepticism. Mr. Eastwood has learned a lot from his mentors, including the great Don Siegel ("Two Mules for Sister Sara" and "The Beguiled," among others), a director with no patience for sentimentality. The time is the 1880's. The principal setting is Big Whiskey, a forlorn hamlet in that vast American no-man's land of high plains edged by mountains, somewhere between St. Louis and San Francisco but not on any map. Late one night a couple of cowboys are on the second floor of the saloon with the girls. Suddenly one of the cowboys whips out his knife and slashes the face of Delilah, the prostitute he's with. It seems that she made a rude comment about his anatomy. Instead of arresting the cowboys, Little Bill Daggett, the sheriff, allows them to get off with the understanding that they hand over six horses to the saloon keeper. Strawberry Alice, the victim's best friend, is outraged. "We may be whores," she says, "but we aren't horses." Alice, Delilah and the other girls pool their savings and offer a bounty of $1,000 to anybody who will murder the cowboys. Thus "Unforgiven" becomes an epic about the revenge of whores. It's not sending up the women. Rather it's equating Old Western codes of honor with the handful of men who set out to collect the bounty, motivated in varying degrees by economic necessity, greed and half-baked notions of glory. Chief among the bounty hunters is the aging Bill Munny (Mr. Eastwood), a widower trying to support his two young children on an unsuccessful hog farm. Munny has been keeping to himself in recent years. He's still trying to live down his notorious career as a gun-crazy outlaw, a man who used to shoot women, children -- anybody -- just for the hell of it. There is something creepy about him now, especially about the way he keeps harping on how his wife "saved" him, his distaste for violence and his need to be true to his pledge never to pick up a gun again. He has something of the manner of the mild-mannered clerk who comes into the office on Monday morning and shoots everyone in sight. When a young fellow who styles himself the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) asks Munny to join him to win the bounty, Munny at first refuses. Then he changes his mind, apparently because he is desperately hard up, but with Munny you can't be sure. Along the way to Big Whiskey, they are joined by Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), who rode with Munny in the outlaw days and appears to trust him. Also en route to Big Whiskey for the same purpose is English Bob (Richard Harris). He's a dandyish former outlaw who, when first seen, is aboard a train, reading about the assassination of President James A. Garfield and explaining to anyone who will listen why America would be better off with a king. His admiring companion is W. W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek), whom English Bob introduces as "my biographer," the author of a penny dreadful about the outlaw titled "The Duke of Death." Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) is ready for the bounty hunters as they arrive in Big Whiskey. He immediately spots English Bob as he gets off the stagecoach, gives him a sadistic beating and throws him in jail. Mr. Harris, who has a tendency to overpower his roles, has never been finer, funnier or more restrained than he is as Engl |
Which tribe did Crazy Horse lead? | Crazy_Horse Crazy Horse When I think back of the stories that I have heard about how the Native American Indians were driven from their land and forced to live on the reservations one particular event comes to my mind. That event is the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It is one of the few times that the Oglala Sioux made history with them being the ones who left the battlefield as winners. When stories are told, or when the media dares to tamper with history, it is usually the American Indians who are looked upon as the bad guys. They are portrayed as savages who spent their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American government was forced to take the land from these savage Indians. We should put the blame where it belongs, on the U.S. Government who lied, cheated, and stole from the Oglala forcing Crazy Horse, the great war chief, and many other leaders to surrender their nation in order to save the lives of their people. In the nineteenth century the most dominant nation in the western plains was the Sioux Nation. This nation was divided into seven tribes: Oglala's, Brule', Minneconjou, Hunkpapa, No Bow, Two Kettle, and the Blackfoot. Of these tribes they had different band. The Hunkpatila was one band of the Oglala's (Guttmacher 12). One of the greatest war chiefs of all times came from this band. His name was Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse was not given this name, on his birth date in the fall of 1841. He was born of his father, Crazy Horse an Oglala holy man, and his mother a sister of a Brule' warrior, Spotted Tail. As the boy grew older his hair was wavy so his people gave him the nickname of Curly (Guttmacher 23). He was to go by Curly until the summer of 1858, after a battle with the Arapaho's. Curly's brave charged against the Arapaho's led his father to give Curly the name Crazy Horse. This was the name of his father and of many fathers before him (Guttmacher 47). In the 1850's, the country where the Sioux Nation lived, was being invaded by the white settlers. This was upsetting for many of the tribes. They did not understand the ways of the whites. When the whites tore into the land with plows and hunted the sacred buffalo just for the hides this went against the morale and religious beliefs of the Sioux. The white government began to build forts. In 1851, Fort Laramie was built along the North Platte river in Sioux territory (Matthiessen 6). In 1851, the settlers began complaining of the Indians who would not allow them to go where they wanted. U.S. Agents drew up a treaty that required the Indians to give safe passage to the white settlers along the Oregon Trail. In return the government promised yearly supplies of guns, ammunition, flour, sugar, coffee, tobacco, blankets, and bacon. These supplies were to be provided for fifty-five years. Ten thousand Sioux gathered at the fort to listen to the words of the white government and to be showered with gifts. In addition the treaty wanted the Indians to allow all settlers to cross their lands. They were to divide the plains into separate territories and each tribe was not to cross the border of their territory. The treaty also wanted no wars to be waged on other tribes. They wanted each Indian nation to choose a leader that would speak for the entire nation. Many Indians did not like this treaty and only after weeks of bribery did the whites finally convince a sizable group of leaders to sign. The Oglala's were among those who refused (Matthiessen 6). This Treaty however did not stop the trouble between the Indians and the settlers. The Indians however, did not cause violent trouble, they would perhaps approach a covered wagon to trade or extract gifts of food. The most daring warrior might make away with a metal pot or pan but nothing violent like the books and movies lead us to believe (Matthiessen 7). The straw that broke the camels back took place on August 17, 1854 when the relations between the Indians and Whites were shattered. Among the settlers heading west was a group of Mormons |
Which singer starred in 1970 film 'Gunfight'? | Johnny Cash - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Music Department | Actor Johnny Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Carrie Cash (Rivers) and Raymond Cash. He made his first single, "Hey Porter", for Sun Records in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Columbia Records. He had long periods of drug abuse during the 1960s, but later that decade he successfully fought his addiction with the help of singer June ... See full bio » Born: a list of 36 people created 03 Jun 2013 a list of 21 people created 21 Nov 2013 a list of 22 people created 11 Jul 2015 a list of 27 people created 13 Aug 2015 a list of 24 people created 4 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Johnny Cash's work have you seen? User Polls 5 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Known For 2016 Blue Line Station ("Girl from the North Country") 2016 Gintberg på kanten (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - Australien (2016) ... (performer: "Ring of Fire") 2016 Mafia III (Video Game) (performer: "Folson Prison Blues (Live)", "Ring of Fire" - uncredited) / (writer: "Folson Prison Blues (Live)" - uncredited) 2016 Preacher (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) The Walking Dead (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) - East (2016) ... (performer: "It's All Over" - uncredited) / (writer: "It's All Over" - uncredited) - Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Episodes 1-5 (2016) ... ("Ring of Fire") The Blacklist (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2014 - 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) - The Director (No. 24): Conclusion (2016) ... (performer: "God's Gonna Cut You Down" - uncredited) - The Good Samaritan (No. 106) (2014) ... (performer: "The Man Comes Around" - uncredited) / (writer: "The Man Comes Around" - uncredited) 2015 Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Oh Pretty Woman") Master of None (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - Nashville (2015) ... (performer: "There You Go") / (writer: "There You Go") 2015 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC (TV Movie) (performer: "Get Rhythm") / (writer: "Get Rhythm") Seriesly (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - Thunderball (2015) ... (performer: "Thunderball Thunderball") / (writer: "Thunderball Thunderball") 2015 The Voice (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - The Way In (2015) ... (performer: "Rock Island Line" - uncredited) 2015 Entourage (performer: "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky") 2015 Zum Teufel mit der Wahrheit (TV Movie) (performer: "Personal Jesus" - uncredited) WPC 56 (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2013 - 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - Walk the Line (2015) ... (performer: "I Walk the Line" - uncredited) / (writer: "I Walk the Line" - uncredited) - Sink or Swim (2013) ... (performer: "Get Rhythm" - uncredited) 2015 Pop Gold (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Hellraisers (2015) ... (performer: "A Boy Named Sue (Live)") 2015 Der Metzger und der Tote im Haifischbecken (TV Movie) (performer: "I'm Leaving Now", "I See a Darkness", "The Mercy Seat" - uncredited) 2015 Gotham (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - What the Little Bird Told Him (2015) ... (performer: "God's Gonna Cut You Down" - uncredited) 2014 Marked (TV Short) (performer: "Ringing The Bells For Jim") 2014 Brows Held High (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Gerry Redux! (2014) ... (writer: "Folsom Prison Blues" - uncredited) - Dynamic Duos Night (2014) ... ("Ring of Fire") 2014 The Affair (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - 1 (2014) ... (performer: "Jackson" - uncredited) The Marty Stuart Show (TV Series) (writer - 13 episodes, 2008 - 2014) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) - Me and J.R. (2014) ... (performer: "The Orange Blossom Special", "Custer", "Hurt", "Rusty Cage") / (writer: "Hey Porter", "Country Boy", "Luther Played the Boogie Woogie', "Give My Love to Rose", "Cry! Cry! Cry!") - Brandy Clark (2014) ... (writer: "I Still Miss Someone", "Ragged Old Flag" - uncredited) - The Cast (2014) ... (writer: "Hey, Porter" - uncredited) - Stonewall Jackson |
Alec Guinness played Sid Stratton in The Man in the White Suit' in a film made as part of which famous studio's comedy classics. | Why do our spies keep telling us everything? | David Mitchell https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/25/mi6-spies-recruitment-justification-austerity-david-mitchell <p>The alarming news that MI6 plans to recruit 1,000 more staff makes me hanker for the days when they just kept things to themselves</p><p>Despite being an enthusiastic consumer of spy films and novels, I’ve never much fancied being an actual spy. Physical cowardice is part of the reason – I don’t like the sound of all the piranha tanks, gun fights, torture by sleep deprivation or polonium-laced sushi (depending on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/26/classic-spy-novels-top-10">genre</a>) – but that’s not the main deterrent. After all, popular culture makes it clear there are plenty of espionage jobs that don’t involve anything more challenging than ducking under some police tape in a cashmere overcoat. That’s the sort of spy I’d dream of being, if I dreamed of being a spy which I’m surprised to find I don’t. The suit-and-tie, office-with-a-rooftop-view, “How can we stop them realising we’ve realised that they’ve realised we realise?” kind.</p><p>Which isn’t to say I don’t want to be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/22/le-carre-call-for-the-dead">George Smiley</a>: I absolutely do want to be George Smiley. I just don’t want to be any of the people he’s based on. I’d be thrilled to pretend to be a spy, with lots of people watching and applause at the end. What I’m not tempted by is the long career, wrestling with terrible secrets, mind-bending complications and soul-crushing compromises, while not being able to get credit when it went well, sympathy when it went horribly or a huge pile of money if I happened to be good at it.</p><p>Maybe this time it was a belt shampoo bomb? A mace made out of plastic cutlery embedded in a Frederick Forsyth novel?</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/21/mi6-recruit-digital-internet-social-media">MI6 to recruit hundreds more staff in response to digital technology</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/25/mi6-spies-recruitment-justification-austerity-david-mitchell">Continue reading...</a> MI6 Oscar Isaac surprises audience at Letters Live event in London https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/14/oscar-isaac-surprises-audience-at-letters-live-event-in-london <p>The actor made a guest appearance to read aloud correspondence from his Star Wars forebear Sir Alec Guinness</p><p>The actor Oscar Isaac made a surprise appearance at a Letters Live event on Sunday to read out correspondence written by his Star Wars forebear Alec Guinness, in which he called his co-star Harrison Ford a “languid young man”.</p><p>Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi, wrote that he was not enjoying the production of the 1977 film, Star Wars: A New Hope – the first of the films to be made.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/14/oscar-isaac-surprises-audience-at-letters-live-event-in-london">Continue reading...</a> Letters Live Doctor Zhivago review – vehement storytelling still conjures great romance https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/26/doctor-zhivago-review-vehement-storytelling-still-conjures-great-romance <p>With real contemporary relevance, this 50th anniversary rerelease reminds us it’s impossible not be swept along by David Lean’s epic film</p><p>David Lean’s epic and yet daintily detailed movie version of Boris Pasternak’s forbidden novel, adapted by Robert Bolt, is now on rerelease for the 50th anniversary. Zhivago conjures grand romance and a gigantic, almost panoptic vision of the Russian landscape; Lean and Bolt pay tribute to a Tolstoyan ambition in Pasternak’s samizdat novel, and also to a real contemporary relevance: the story of a suppressed writer.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/13/in-praise-of-brief-encounter-doctor-zhivago">Loved but not lost: David Lean’s Brief Encounter and Dr Zhivago</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2 |
What is the first bridge that the boats pass under in the Oxford - Cambridge boat race? | Boat race: Oxford v Cambridge – as it happened | Niall McVeigh | Sport | The Guardian The Boat Race Boat race: Oxford v Cambridge – as it happened Oxford raced away to win the 2014 race by 11 lengths, the biggest margin of victory since 1973, following a Cambridge error early in the race which gave the Dark Blues a decisive advantage Oxford compete during the Boat Race. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA Sunday 6 April 2014 13.30 EDT First published on Sunday 6 April 2014 12.00 EDT 6.25pm BST 11 lengths That was the distance between the crews - the biggest winning margin since 1973. In rowing terms, this was a pretty hefty drubbing. Credit to Cambridge though, who kept fighting when the race was clearly lost. It's emerged also that Luke Juckett had his rigger damaged in an early incident, making him unable to row effectively. That may explain the enormous gap between the two boats by the time they reached Mortlake. Cambridge were close to their opponents at that point, and claimed that there was a collision - replays suggest that Juckett may have simply 'caught a crab' - losing control of his oar as the waters were stirred around him. Oxford were imperious, however, and Cambridge paid the price for a perhaps unavoidably aggressive start. It's unlikely the pre-race favourites would have been stopped. Thanks for reading. Goodbye. Updated at 6.39pm BST 6.20pm BST As Cambridge trailed over the finish line, Ian Middleton raises an arm to formally lodge an appeal. Umpire Richard Phelps has a word with the young cox under Chiswick Bridge, and puts him pretty firmly in his place. "You were in their water, they weren't in your water" is roughly the gist. The result is declared, and Middleton drifts off, slightly chastened. 6.18pm BST OXFORD WIN THE 2014 BOAT RACE! That was never in doubt, following the clash of oars close to Craven Cottage. Well done to the Dark Blues, who were clearly superior and defend their win last year. Their time: 18.36. Not lightning fast, but more than quick enough. Updated Oxford pass the Stag Brewery, now almost ten lengths clear... 6.16pm BST Around a twenty second gap as the two crews pass under Barnes Bridge. The Cambridge crew are visibly weary, but they are at least still fighting for pride. The boats are now passing an area of Mortlake where, sporting a hangover and on a day when the waterwas high, I once accidentally walked into the Thames. 6.13pm BST Oxford go past the bandstand, still with an almighty lead. They move over to the Middlesex bank in search of deep, fast water. To be honest, they could probably swim home from here. 6.12pm BST Potential controversy ahoy It now appears there was a slight clash of oars - it's being replayed extensively, as the race is all but over. Cambridge may have grounds for complaint, and it's likely they will appeal. That said, Cambridge had received a ticking off from the umpire, so it seems unlikely the incident can be pinned on Oxford alone. 6.11pm BST Here's an impossibly exotic e-mail from Nick Coghlan: Following from Juba, South Sudan, on the Nile; it is curfew time here but we are keenly supporting the Dark Blues. Looks like you might be in luck, Nick. 6.10pm BST It's been a relatively slow race so far, with both crews well behind record pace, but Oxford have looked superior bar a brief flurry from the light blues at the start. Cambridge cox Ian Middleton is trying to urge his men on, bellowing "swing through" in a bracing Scottish brogue. It's making little difference, though - Oxford are disappearing over the horizon. 6.08pm BST Ten minutes in, and Oxford continue to row serenely into open water. They can choose their path along the remainder of the course, and are now passing Chiswick Eyot, scene of Trenton Oldfield's intervention in 2012. No such japery today. 6.07pm BST Replays suggest there may not have been clear contact between the boats, but Cambridge caught a rogue wave by pushing Oxford too close. It may have been the only way that Cambridge were going to win, but they got a touch too fired up, and now they look well out of it. They'd been warned. |
What is the capital of Jamaica? | Capital of Jamaica Capital of Jamaica The capital of Jamaica is Kingston. If you look at the map of Jamaica , you will discover that the parish of Kingston is actually very small. Indeed it is the smallest parish in Jamaica and popularly referred to as "downtown". So small is it that the parish to the north, east, and west, St. Andrew is often loosely referred to as the capital as well. Many Jamaicans who say they live in Kingston actually live in St. Andrew. It is this combination of Kingston and St. Andrew (even the local government bodies are merged) that results in Kingston being regarded as the largest city in Jamaica. When one refers to the corporate area, it is to Kingston and St. Andrew. The pictures of Jamaica you see below, are the works of well known photographer Jeremy Francis , one of Paul's two photo shoot partners (the other being Franz Marzouca ) for the photos he has offered featuring Kingston and St. Andrew landmarks. You will recall from your visit to Port Royal that Kingston was born after Port Royal was destroyed by earthquake. Kingston grew rapidly in importance and later became the capital of Jamaica. Now Port Royal is a part of the city of Kingston and its Plumbpoint Lighthouse guides ships into our famous Kingston harbour. The centre of Kingston is a hub of activity. There is the centre of legal enterprise, with the Supreme Court dominating King Street, the terminus for the buses that come into the city from all over the island, St. William Grant Park and Ward Theatre making up the area known as Parade. Click on Pictures to Enlarge Built in 1912 after the 1907 eathquake which stole the lives of thousands of Kingstonians and demolished buildings, the Ward Theatre was a gift from Colonel C. J. Ward. Further north or uptown is New Kingston, the nerve centre of business and entertainment in the corporate area. At night the clubs in New Kingston are the places to party. Another well known national monument is Devon House. A haven to visitors and locals alike, Devon House is reputed to have been owned by Jamaica's first black millionaire, George Stiebel. There you can enjoy a beautifully resotred mansion, gourmet meals, Jamaican arts and crafts and our famous Devon House Ice (S)cream. The capital of St. Andrew is Half Way Tree, the shopping hub of the corporate area. A variety of malls and stores abound along this busy thoroughfare famous for its clock tower which replaced an old cotton tree. The tree, the source for this place name, according to the National Library of Jamaica , was halfway between the English soldiers' camp in Greenwich, St. Andrew and their fort in Spanish Town. The Athlete stands tall in front of the National Stadium, St. Andrew, stomping ground of Jamaica's champion track stars. Inspired by the performance of our quartet in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, sculptor Alvin Marriott created this masterpiece. Not far away another of his works, the bronze scuplture of our beloved legend, Bob Marley, takes centre stage. Time magazine designated his One Love as song of the century. We leave you with a well known landmark in another capital city. Thirteen miles out of Kingston the current capital of Jamaica is Spanish Town formerly St. Jago de la Vega the old capital of Jamaica. It bears many reminders of our Spanish and English government. Here is a memorial to English naval officer George Rodney, known as the Rodney Memorial. |
New York is made up of five boroughs - Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, The Bronx and which other? | New York Boroughs- Tour America Blog Read More NEW YORK BOROUGHS New York City is like no other city in the world! It is made up of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough has unique attractions to offer to all tourists. We have made a list of must do’s in each distinctive borough. MANHATTAN The iconic images of yellow taxis and flashing lights in New York come from the streets of Manhattan. Manhattan may be the smallest borough, but that certainly doesn’t mean it has the least things to do! The Upper East Side has museums galore, Central Park Zoo and luxury dining. Find culture and charm in the Upper West Side with small local shops and historic architecture. Harlem is the home of soul food and jazz clubs in New York, while Lower Manhattan is home to the financial district and of course the 9/11 memorial and museum. From cobblestone streets in the West Village to Times Square in Midtown with it’s Broadway shows, there is so much to see! BROOKLYN Visit this diverse, exciting borough for parks, food, roller coasters and scenic views! You can get there on the subway which takes 5 minutes from Midtown Manhattan or if why not walk downtown and take a stroll over the brooklyn bridge to get there. Wander through Prospect Park and maybe catch a free concert while you’re there. Go to Brooklyn Heights for the scenic tree lined streets and the view of the Manhattan Skyline. Park Slope is the place for family friendly cafes, vintage bookstores and record stores. Gorilla Coffee is an escape from the chain coffee stores you find on every corner, serving organic fair-trade coffee roasted in Brooklyn.Finally, head to Coney Island for cultural attractions and the world famous Cyclone Roller Coaster. QUEENS If you want a break from the busy Manhattan, then Queens is the perfect place to visit. See brilliant conceptual art, taste food from around the world, and see baseball games and tennis matches. Queens is the place to go for cuisine from around the globe. Find Mexican in Corona, Indian and East Asian in Jackson Heights and Flushing, Greek in Astoria and, if you’re feeling homesick, Irish in Woodside. Or if you just want a drink, we recommend you take a trip to the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria. MoMA PS1 is the oldest and largest non profit Art Institution in the USA. Visit here to see contemporary, unique and experimental art exhibitions. For sport fans, there are two must see locations! The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre and the New York Mets at Citi Field are both located in Queens. THE BRONX Famous for being the birthplace of hip hop, the greenest of all the boroughs and home to the the largest metropolitan wildlife sanctuary in the United States, The Bronx is a great place for tourists. First stop at The Bronx should be the world famous Yankee Stadium. Maybe enjoy an Italian meal after on Arthur Avenue, The Bronx’s Little Italy. Bronx Zoo is for people of all ages! See penguin and sea lion feedings, ride a camel and hop on the wild asia monorail for a wild experience. There are walking tours, such as SusanSez NYC Walkabout, and bus tours, such as The Real Bronx Tours, for those who want to see The Bronx like a local! STATEN ISLAND The Staten Island Ferry is used by many tourists to take a picturesque photograph of the Manhattan skyline from a distance and see the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. But this free ferry takes you on an exciting island trip full of historic architecture, stunning views, parks and many family-friendly attractions. When you arrive on Staten Island, first see the 9/11 memorial and then go fishing along the pier. Get a bus to Staten Island Zoo and then hike through some of Staten Islands 9.300 acres of parkland. Each borough has enough personality to be a city on its own! If you are thinking of going on a New York Holiday to visit these boroughs, why not call us to book on 01-8173535. Enquiry Form |
Of which regal title is Princess Anne the seventh holder? | Anne, Princess Royal - YouTube Anne, Princess Royal Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 25, 2014 Anne, Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ QSO GCL (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third in the line of succession, behind her mother and elder brother. She rose to second after her mother's accession, but after the birth of two younger brothers, six nieces and nephews, and one grand-nephew, she is currently 11th in line. The seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, Anne is known for her charitable work, being the patron of over 200 organisations, and she carries out about 500 royal engagements and public appearances per year. She is also known for equestrian talents; she won two silver medals (1975) and one gold medal (1971) at the European Eventing Championships, and was the first member of the British Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games. She is married to Timothy Laurence, has two children from her previous marriage to Mark Phillips, and has three granddaughters. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category |
How many is there in a bakers dozen? | Why Is a Baker's Dozen 13? | Mental Floss Why Is a Baker's Dozen 13? filed under: Big Questions , Origins , Food Like us on Facebook The next time you get the gift of an extra doughnut added to your dozen, thank crooked 13th-century bakers for the bonus treat. In the 1260s, British breadmakers were notorious for shorting customers with skimpy loaves. King Henry III was so irked by the problem that he implemented a new law to standardize the weight of a loaf—selling puny loaves could result in beatings or jail time. Since bakers wanted to stay on the right side of the law, one common trick was to give 13 loaves to any customer buying a dozen. Even if the loaves were light, the extra would cover the shortfall. It was an easy fix for bakers, and since low-carb diets were still seven centuries away, customers rejoiced. |
No.617 RAF Sqaudron is better known as what? | RAF - Bomber Command No.617 Squadron Bomber Command No.617 Squadron No. 617 Squadron Motto: "Aprés moi, le deluge" ("After me, the flood"). Badge: On a roundel, a wall in fesse, fracted by three flashes of lightning in pile and issuant from the breach, water proper. Authority: King George VI, March 1944. The squadron was formed on 21st March 1943, at Scampton, near Lincoln, under the command of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who had distinguished himself as an outstanding bomber and night-fighter pilot during the early war years. He was granted the unprecedented privilege of selecting crews from other squadrons of Bomber Command to fly Lancasters on a special, highly-secret operation. Gibson himself was not told for some weeks that the task was no less than the breaching of the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams, which stored more than 300 million tons of water vitally important to German industry. For the dams raid-known as Operation Chastise-No. 617 put up 19 Lancasters, each modified to carry a special mine designed expressly for the purpose by Dr. Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrong. To breach the dams the mines had to be released from precisely 60 feet, at a speed of exactly 220 m.p.h. (or, in the case of the Sorpe Dam, from the lowest practicable height and at 180 m.p.h.). The first Lancaster took off from Scampton shortly before 9.30 p.m. on 16th May 1943, and Wing Commander Gibson's aircraft, the first to attack the Möhne Dam, released its mine at 28 minutes past midnight. Half an hour later, just after the fifth Lancaster had attacked, Gibson radioed back to England the prearranged code-word Nigger, indicating that the dam had been breached. (Nigger was the name of Gibson's black Labrador dog, beloved of all the squadron, who was killed by a car the day before the raid and buried at Scampton.) The remaining aircraft of the Möhne formation then flew on to the Eder Dam. The first two mines failed to breach the dam, but shortly before 2am, when the third Lancaster had attacked, Gibson signalled the code-word Dinghy, indicating success with the second part of the operation. Other aircraft attacked the Sorpe and Schwelme Dams but did not succeed in breaching them. Of the 19 Lancasters which took off for the dams raid with their 133 men, eight did not return. Five crashed or were shot down en route to their targets. Two were destroyed while delivering their attacks and another shot down on the way home. Two more were so badly damaged that they had to abandon their missions. For his gallantry in this raid, Wing Commander Gibson-who afterwards wrote a vivid account of the whole operation in his book Enemy Coast Ahead-received the Victoria Cross and 32 other members of the squadron were also decorated. (In August 1943, Gibson relinquished command of the squadron and visited America with Winston Churchill. Gibson failed to return from an attack on Rheydt, Germany, on 19/20th September 1944, when he was flying as master bomber-in a Mosquito of No. 627 Squadron-to direct the bombing of a force of Lancasters.) In one operation No. 617 Squadron-known from this time onwards as the "Dam Busters" had become famous and the decision was made to keep it in existence as a precision-bombing unit. It was re-equipped with Lancasters of the standard type (B.I and IIIs) and returned to operations on 15/16th July 1943, with a raid on two power stations in Northern Italy. All the aircraft landed at Blida in North Africa. On the return journey, on 24/25th July, Leghorn was attacked. In August the squadron moved to Coningsby and on 15/16th September 1943, the Dortmund-Ems canal was attacked, the 12,000 lb. HC (high-capacity) bomb being used for the first time. Like the dams raid, this operation cost the squadron very heavy casualties; out of a total force of eight Lancasters despatched, only three returned. On the following night the Antheor viaduct on the French-Italian border was attacked. The viaduct was again attacked in November. In the early part of 1944, No. 617 made a series of pin-point attacks against factories in France which were reluctantly |
Who scored the first ever Golden Goal in the 1998 World Cup? | ContiSoccerWorld -World Cup Episode 1998<br>The “Golden Goal” makes its FIFA World Cup debut World Cup Episode 1998 The “Golden Goal” makes its FIFA World Cup debut Anthony Carbone is not a name that stands out among the ranks of famous international football players, but nevertheless he holds a special position in the history of the world’s most popular sport. For it was Australian Carbone who scored the first ever “Golden Goal”. It was in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U20 Junior World Cup on March 13, 1993, when he scored the winning goal to help Australia beat Uruguay 2-1. It happened in the 99th minute of their encounter in Brisbane, with Carbone leading the hosting Australians into the semi-finals. The match was over immediately the goal was scored, but the result is still listed as going to full extra time in the official match report of the International Football Association, FIFA ( click here for the official match report ). Members of the ruling FIFA Board initiated the “Golden Goal” system after numerous proposals from experts had been put before them. The FIFA World Cup for 20-year-olds in Australia became the guinea pig competition. The match between Australia and Uruguay was the only tournament match settled by a Golden Goal. The “Golden Goal” regulation stipulated that a match in extra time ended the moment the first goal hit the back of the net. The team that had scored were the winners. With this immediate ending, opponents had no opportunity to equalise. The “Golden Goal” in football was seen as a twin to “Sudden Death” in ice hockey, but only lasted a relatively short time. “Sudden Death”, with its meaning of immediacy coming with a decisive goal beyond the 90 minutes, was given a more heartening name in football. Like Emmanuel Petit (left) against Pedro Sarabia, France had a difficult time against outsiders Paraguay in Lens. Blanc scored the winning goal in the 113th minute. (Photo: Perenyi/Augenklick) The “Golden Goal” made its FIFA debut in senior football at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. On their road to the title, France defeated Paraguay in the second round with a “Golden Goal” from Laurent Blanc (113th minute). Altogether four such “Golden Goals” have been registered at FIFA World Cup finals. After the premiere in 1998, three matches were decided in this way at the 2002 FIFA World Cup: Senegal defeated Sweden 2-1 (Henri Camara 104th), and South Korea beat Italy 2-1 (Jung Hwan Ahn 117th) in the second round; Turkey beat Senegal 1-0 (Lihan Manzis 94th) in the quarter-finals with what became the last “Golden Goal” in FIFA World Cup history. Laurent Blanc scored the first Golden Goal in a FIFA World Cup. The French captain made it 1-0 against Paraguay in the second round of the 1998 finals. (Foto: Kunz/Augenklick) In all FIFA competitions, this rule was applied 33 times in official international matches till 2002. Germany’s women’s team won the FIFA World Cup title in 2003 with a header from Nea Kuenzer, giving them a 2-1 (101st) victory over Sweden in the final in Los Angeles. The most spectacular “Golden Goals” in the men’s events were scored at UEFA European Championships. Twice the title was decided this way. In 1996, Germany won with the first ever such goal in senior men’s events, for a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic at Wembley. Scorer Oliver Bierhoff (95th) became world famous as a result (link to Bierhoff/German stars). Four years later France achieved the European title with a goal from David Trezeguet (103rd). Zinedine Zidane had previously ensured France’s participation in the final when converting a penalty for hand ball (117th) in the semis. The unpopular “Golden Goal“ rule was changed to a “Silver Goal” after 2002 in the men’s events, later followed by the juniors and women. The procedure for this was: If a match in the knock-out stage was tied after 90 minutes, a 15-minute extra time followed. The team leading at the end of that extra period were the winners. If the score was still tied a second 15-minutes followed. If there was still no winner a penalty shoot-out decided the ma |
What is the Capital City of Latvia? | Riga The Capital Of Latvia | E.A.T. Riga Tours Guide Riga The Capital Of Latvia Riga is the Capital of Latvia, rich in architecture, culture and a plentiful array of attractions, Riga is by far one of the most amazing capital cities in Europe and well worth visiting. This can be seen in the increase in visitors to Riga year on year since entering the EU. The capital city is home to around 700,000 inhabitants making it a very pleasant sized city to spend time in. Riga was created around 800 years ago, so it is a fairly new city but that in no way reduces the huge amount of history one will find. Riga is a charming place to begin your trip to Latvia, with all of the things you would expect from a modern capital city, great food, live music, performances, the opera, theatrical events, great art nouveau architecture, wild nightlife, shopping and a rich history. It has a huge amount of museums that will help you to get to know some of the local culture and history, we highly recommend the occupation museum and the war musuem. Many visitors to Latvia will get stuck in the capital city but there is much more beyond the beauty of Riga. Even if your stay in Latvia is short you could quite well take the opportunity to make a day trip out to some of the more undiscovered areas of this beautiful land known as a Latvia. Latvia as a country destinantion is often overlooked with many people simply staying in the capital Riga but it has much on offer outside of the metropolitan, bustling city. Latvia is the home of many beautiful landscapes, vast forests, fantastic beaches, out door activities and an intriguing culture that makes it the perfect place to have a holiday and not just a weekend visit to its capital. It would be a crime for us not to encourage people to leave the city! Latvia’s rich natural beauty is one of the finest in all of Europe and many out door activities such as horse riding, camping, bungee jumping, canoeing, fishing, hunting, sailing, cycling, treking are often overlooked by visitors. If you are an outdoors person then really take the time to look in to some of the outdoor options that are on offer. Feel free to get in touch or look at our outdoor activties in Latvia. Any special requests regarding outdoor activities we may be able to find a solution for you, after all, we love the wild ourselves and will be more than happy to share our knowledge! We recommended the following destinations when you wish to escape the capital. Jurmala |
Who was British Primeminister between 1880 - 1885? | British Prime Ministers - 1859-1892 British Prime Ministers - 1859-1892 Conservative The period 1847 to 1859 was one of ministerial instability. Disputes between the Liberals, under Lord John Russell and Vicomte Palmerston, the foreign minister, undermined the Liberal position, and in 1852 the Conservatives, under the leadership of Derby, returned to power. In 1853, however, the free trade Conservatives joined the Liberals, overthrew Derby, and placed in office a coalition ministry under Aberdeen. This government maintained itself until 1855, when, by reason of discontent aroused by his management of England's part in the Crimean War, Aberdeen resigned and was succeeded by Palmerston, at the head of another Liberal ministry. Foreign difficulties drove Palmerston from office early in 1858, and the establishment of a second Derby ministry marked a brief return of the Conservatives to control. Vicomte Palmerston, Liberal Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and 1859-1865, did not become PM until he was 71, making him the oldest prime minister in history to take up the office for the first time. His premiership was dominated by foreign events, making him a truly global statesman. A vivacious aristocrat well known in society circles, Palmerston was first elected at the age of 26. Over the next four-and-a-half decades, he built up an impressive long record of ministerial service. He served first under Tory prime ministers as Junior Lord of the Admiralty and then, for two decades, as Secretary for War. During that period, Palmerston was chiefly known as a man of fashion, a junior minister without influence on the general policy of the cabinets he served. Around 1830, Palmerston defected from the Tories to the Whigs because of his support for Catholic emancipation and parliamentary reform. Earl Grey made him Foreign Secretary, a position in which he excelled, although he was headstrong and independent rather than instinctively diplomatic. Highly patriotic, Palmerston did not shirk from threatening the use of force in the national interest. Palmerston became prime minister himself in 1855 when Lord Aberdeen was blamed for the disasters of the Crimean War. Palmerston successfully ended the war, and served as the Prime Minister for eight years despite his old age. In his first term, 1855-58, Palmerston had a chance to put his foreign experience into practice. He responded successfully to the Indian mutiny of 1857, supporting a lenient approach in the face of British calls for hard treatment. In February 1858 he introduced the Government of India Bill to transfer the administration of India from the East India Company to the Crown. Palmerston was out of office for a year and a half. During that time he helped to form the Liberal Party in 1859. He returned to government as PM a few days later. The Liberal Party was the successor of the old Whig party, representing the political party opposed to Toryism or Conservatism, and claiming to be the originators and champions of political reform and progressive legislation. The term came into general use definitely as the name of one of the two great parties in the state when Mr Gladstone became its leader, but before this it had already become current coin, as a political appellation, through a natural association with the use of such phrases as "liberal ideas," in the sense of "favourable to change," or "in support of political freedom and democracy." Its old watchword, "Peace, retrenchment and reform," indicated its tendency to avoidance of a "spirited" foreign policy, and to parsimony in expenditure. A defensive naval policy was central to the conditions definitely adopted by Lord Palmerston's Government in 1860, only ten years before the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. A Royal Commission then solemnly decided that the English Channel, Britain's main sea frontier, should not be defended. Cruisers were to be placed on the trade routes, some sort of naval force was to be maintained in the Mediterranean, but the main reliance of this island people for safety in time of war was to be placed on |
Gordon Sumner is better known as whom? | Beyonce, Spielberg, and Sting: 33 Interesting People Who Wrote Big Checks to Hillary Clinton - ABC News ABC News Beyonce, Spielberg, and Sting: 33 Interesting People Who Wrote Big Checks to Hillary Clinton By Liz Kreutz Jul 16, 2015, 2:41 PM ET 0 Shares Star Getty Images Ben Affleck introduces Hillary Clinton during the annual Clinton Global Initiative award ceremony on Sept. 25, 2013 in New York. 0 Shares Email Hillary Clinton ’s presidential campaign may be lagging when it comes to small dollar donations, but she has had no problem collecting cash from big-name celebrities, tech tycoons and business execs. According to a New York Times’ review of her most recent campaign fundraising report, only one-fifth of those who contributed to her $47.5 million fundraising haul between April 1 and the end of June gave $200 or less. But the list of prominent backers who cut her hefty checks is long and includes names like director Stephen Spielberg, Univision owner Haim Saban and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg -- all of whom have already thrown their support behind the Democratic presidential candidate and opened their wallet too. Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump: 'Basta! Enough!' Here is a list of some of the most interesting and high-profile donors who have contributed to Clinton's campaign: Anthony Weiner: The former New York congressman who was involved in two sex scandals and is married to top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, contributed $550 worth of office supplies and furniture to the campaign. Beyonce Knowles: Queen B attended a fundraiser for Clinton in May and donated $2,700. Jason LaVeris/Getty Images Beyonce poses in the press room at the 57th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center, Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. Steven Spielberg: The uber famous director and producer donated $2,700. Sting : Under his real name, Gordon Sumner, the rocker better known as “Sting” donated $1,350. Leonardo di Caprio: The 40-year-old “Wolf of Wall Street” star wrote a $2,700 check. Kenneth Cole: Fashion designer Kenneth Cole, and his wife Maria Cuomo Cole (sister of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ), hosted a fundraiser for Clinton in early July. Glenn Close : The "Fatal Attraction" actress donated $2,700 to Clinton’s campaign and attended a fundraiser for her last month. Anna Wintour: Vogue’s editor-in-chief, a longtime Clinton supporter, contributed $2,700. Haim Saban: Known as Clinton’s mega-donor, the billionaire and owner of Univision hosted a fundraiser for Clinton at his Beverly Hills home in May. Bob Riha Jr/Getty Images Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen in this file photo with Cheryl and Haim Saban, June 29, 2003, at the Saban Research Institute in Hollywood, Calif. Barbra Streisand: Babs chipped in $2,700. Trudy Busch Valentine: The daughter of brewing magnate, August Busch Jr, hosted a fundraiser for Clinton at the Busch Family Estate’s historic Grant’s Farms in Missouri in late June. Tobey Maguire : In addition to a $2,700 donation, the 40-year-old actor and his wife, Jen Meyer, hosted a fundraiser for Clinton at their Los Angeles home in June. Gary Hirshberg: The chairman of Stonyfield Farm, the organic yogurt producer, hosted a fundraiser for Clinton at their home in New Hampshire in early July. Stonyfield Organic Stonyfield Organic's low fat strawberry yogurt is seen in this undated file photo. Tony Bennett: The jazz legend donated to Clinton’s campaign and attended a fundraiser for her in New York City in April. Chris Colfer: The “Glee” star proved he’s a Clinton super fan with a $5,400 check, maxing out for both the primary and general election cycle. Olivia Wilde: The “O.C.” actress contributed $2,700 and appeared at a fundraiser for Clinton last month at Terminal 5 in NYC. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen : The Olsen twins each donated $2,700 to Clinton and attended Clinton’s very first campaign fundraiser in New York City in April. Pic: Mary Kate and Ashley (!) leaving @HillaryClinton 's first fundraiser today in NYC pic.twitter.com/pyUQ7HnZwo — Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) April 28, 2015 Richard Perry: The owner of Barneys, and his fashion-designer wife |
Who won the 2002 FA Cup? | KryssTal : Football (FA Cup) FA Cup founded as knockout tournament for amateur clubs 1883 First FA Cup win by professional club (Blackburn Olympic) 1884 First club from outside England to reach the final (Queen's Park) 1889 League began - First FA Cup / League double (Preston North End) 1897 Second FA Cup / League double (Aston Villa) 1901 Only FA Cup win by non-league club since League began (Tottenham Hotspur) 1923 FA Cup final moved to Wembley 1927 Only FA Cup win by a club from outside England (Cardiff City) 1946 Two-legged ties for one season after the end of World War 2 1961 Third FA Cup / League double (Tottenham Hotspur) 1971 Fourth FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 1986 Fifth FA Cup / League double (Liverpool) 1993 First FA Cup / League Cup double (Arsenal) 1994 Sixth FA Cup / League double (Manchester United) 1996 7th FA Cup / League double (Manchester United) 1998 8th FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 1999 Unique FA Cup / League / European Cup treble (Manchester United) 2001 FA Cup final moved to Cardiff while Wembley rebuilt Unique treble of FA Cup / League Cup / UEFA Cup (and Second FA Cup / League Cup double) (Liverpool) 2002 10th FA Cup / League double (Arsenal) 2005 First FA Cup final decided on penalties (Arsenal) 2006 Second consecutive FA Cup final decided on penalties (Liverpool) 2007 FA Cup final returned to Wembley The third FA Cup / League Cup double (Chelsea) |
What is the english translation of Carpe Diem? | Literal Translation of Carpe Diem and Habeas Corpus Carpe Diem and Habeas Corpus: Literal Translation of Common Latin Phrases written by: John Garger • edited by: Rebecca Scudder • updated: 9/13/2013 Carpe Diem and Habeas Corpus are two of the most common Latin phrases in English. Learn the literal translations and meanings of the Latin phrases Carpe Diem and Habeas Corpus. slide 1 of 4 There is no doubt that Latin carries with it a certain air of sophistication, education, and class. Ironically, this air is due to the use of the Latin language long after it was considered a dead language, i.e. one that was no longer spoken as a primary language of a people. The roots of Latin’s association with education and science began in the mid-second millennium, when knowledge started to proliferate to the masses through printed material and literacy was on the rise. About this time, the modern university was born, which eventually eliminated the mentorship model of education. Latin, the primary language of the church and all things academic, naturally became associated with education and science throughout Europe. Today, Latin survives as a throwback to this tradition in the many phrases and mottoes used by universities and institutions. Many Latin phrases are also used in everyday language. slide 2 of 4 Carpe Diem This popular Latin phrase has been popularized in books, movies, and other media, but the original source of this phrase is ancient; It is from Horace’s (65-8 BC) Odes, a collection of his poems. The original line reads: Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. (seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow.) From a student’s perspective, “Carpe diem" is a simple construction consisting of a verb in the imperative mood and a noun in the accusative case . “Carpe" is from the third conjugation verb “carpo" (carpere, carpsi, carptum) meaning to “pluck" or “divide." However, Horace’s use of the word, given the complete sentence above, was metaphorically intended to imply enjoyment or fulfillment. Hence, the word is often translated as “seize" to avoid confusion had a literal translation been used instead. Certainly “pluck the day" makes no literal sense in English. Recall that third conjugation verbs form the present imperative simply by taking the present stem of the verb. In this case, the stem of the verb “carpo" is “carpe." To pluralize this phrase, recall that the plural imperative is formed by dropping the –e and adding –ite. In this case, we would have “carpite." (As a technical note, it is not that the –e is dropped as it is that the –e changes to an –i– with the addition of the –te to indicate that the command is intended for two or more people). “Diem" is simply the accusative singular of “dies" meaning “day." It is in the accusative case because it is acting as a direct object of the action of the sentence; it is indicating what the listener or reader should seize. Recall that since the imperative mood indicates a command, it is always considered to be in the second person. There are no first or third person imperative mood forms because commands are given directly to the listener or reader. What “carpe diem" is really saying is: Hey, you (singular)! Seize the day! As a side note, the word “carpo" meaning to pluck or divide is the derivative of the word “carpal" in “carpal tunnel." The carpal tunnel is a passageway through which nerves of the hand pass. It is here that we see how the literal meaning of “carpo", to divide, also finds its way into English. slide 3 of 4 Habeas Corpus In legal terms, a habeas corpus is an action that protects an individual from unlawful detention. It prevents an agency from holding an individual without reason. Like many legal terms, habeas corpus is derived from Late (or New) Latin , not the Classical Latin most often taught in high schools and colleges. Nevertheless, its form is exactly like that of Classical Latin and serves to illustrate two important grammatical constructions. A literal translation of habeas corpus found in many lega |
New York is made up of five districts, Manhattan, Richmond, Brooklyn, Bronx and which other? | Area of New York City - The Physics Factbook Area of New York City Standardized Result "New York City." The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001. Mahwah, NY: World Almanac Education Group, 2001. "Area: 308.9 sq. mi." 800 km2 "Area: City-368 sq. mi.(953 km2). Metropolitan area (excluding inland water)-1,148 sq. mi. (2,973 km2). Consolidated metropolitan area (excluding inland water)-10,457 sq. mi. (27,084 km2)" 953 km2 "New York City." World Book Encyclopedia.New York: World Book, Inc., 1964. "New York City is made up of five boroughs: Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond. They lie at the mouth of the Hudson River in the southeastern corner of the state of New York. Together they cover an area of about 319 square miles." 826 km2 NYC Dept. of City Planning-Land Use Facts . New York City Department of City Planning, 27 May 2002. "New York City's land area covers 321 square miles, over 205,000 acres. Excluding streets and major bodies of water, almost 6.9 billion square feet of land (over 150,000 acres) are available for use." 645 km2 County Quickfacts from the US Census Bureau . US Census Bureau, 27 May 2002. "Kings: 71 sq. miles New York: 23 sq. miles Queens:109 sq. miles Richmond 58 sq. miles" 785 km2 New York City is the largest city in the United States with a population exceeding seven million people. It is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. New York City is located on the eastern coast of the United States, at the mouth of the Hudson River. New York City is made up of five boroughs, separated by various waterways. Brooklyn and Queens occupy the western portion of Long Island, Staten Island and Manhattan are islands, and the Bronx is attached to mainland New York State. In 1624, the Dutch West India Company sent the first settlers to Manhattan. The island was bought from Native Americans for approximately $24. In 1647, under the government of Peter Stuyvesant, the city began to prosper. The city was named New Amsterdam. England gained control and renamed it New York. By 1989, New York City incorporated all five boroughs. For decades New York City was the first place immigrants stepped foot on US soil at Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty greeted them as they arrived in New York Harbor. New York City is the financial capital of the world, with its headquarters, the New York Stock Exchange, on Wall Street. Manhattan is also the headquarters of the United Nations and home of the Statue of Liberty. New York City contains world-renowned universities including Columbia University and NYU. Broadway, New York's theater district is the most famous in the world. New York is famous for its skyscrapers such as the Empire State building and formerly the World Trade Center. The land area of New York City includes the five boroughs and several surrounding islands, including Ellis Island, Governor's Island, Riker's Island, Randall's Island, and Roosevelt Island. Jordan Levine -- 2002 |
Which European city has the highest mileage of canals in the world? | The world's most magical canal cities - Travel - Destination Travel | NBC News The world's most magical canal cities Venice gets the publicity, but many other places rival Italy's city for waterways Below: + - Everyone swoons over Venice's celebrated canals and bridges — but did you know that there are dozens of other canal cities across the globe that are known as the "Venice of" their respective locations? (Think "the Venice of the North," "the Venice of the East," even "the Venice of Mali.") Sure, there's only one real Venice, but these other watery cities offer plenty of charms of their own, from riverfront palaces to classical Chinese pagodas — and even gondola rides! Read on to learn about eight of our favorite canal cities around the globe. Don't miss these Travel stories Report: Airlines collecting $36.1B in fees this year Delft, Netherlands Fun Fact: The 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer lived in this serenely beautiful Dutch city, and his well-known "View of Delft" captures its picturesque buildings and canals. What to Do: Delft is perfect for strolling. Wander along the canals and cobblestone streets to see sights like the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church, dating to 1510) and the Oostpoort, the only remaining gate from the city's ancient walls. Should You Check or Ship Your Bags? Suzhou, China Fun Fact: Suzhou's historic district, filled with narrow canals, historic pagodas and exquisite gardens, is protected by the government of China; no skyscrapers may be built here. What to Do: Evening boat tours are one of the most romantic ways to experience Suzhou's canals and bridges. By day, wander through the city's many classical gardens, which are collectively recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Advertise Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fun Fact: Fort Lauderdale is located on the Intracoastal Waterway, a 3,000-mile network of bays, inlets, sounds and canals that runs along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. What to Do: You don't need to go all the way to Italy to take a traditional gondola ride — you can also do it right here in Fort Lauderdale (see GondolaMan.com for details). You can also zip around this sunny city by water taxi or take a sightseeing boat tour. Birmingham, England Fun Fact: Birmingham has more miles of canals than Venice. What to Do: Birmingham's historic canals — once vital to the city's commerce during the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century — are now primarily a tourist attraction. You can walk along the towpaths, eat lunch at a waterfront restaurant, browse the shops along the canals or take a sightseeing cruise. WPA Pool / Getty Images British Prime Minister David Cameron runs along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, a main tourist attraction. Alappuzha, India Fun Fact: Alappuzha (traditionally known as Alleppey) is the gateway to the backwater region of Kerala, on India's southwestern coast. "Snake boat" races are held here every summer, featuring long, narrow boats propelled by as many as 100 local rowers. What to Do: Take a boat tour or stay in a traditional houseboat and explore the region's rivers, lagoons and canals. These tranquil waters are lined with palms and offer a glimpse into local industries like shrimp farming and coir making (coir fibers are harvested from coconuts and used to produce rope, floor mats and other products). Gold Coast, Australia Fun Fact: Gold Coast is best known for its spectacular beaches, but the city also has some 250 miles of canals — lined with thousands of waterfront homes. What to Do: Thrill seekers can go jetboating through Gold Coast's waterways at speeds up to 50 miles per hour (see JetboatExtreme.com.au). Too fast for your blood? Try a kayaking excursion or take a dinner cruise. Report: Airlines collecting $36.1B in fees this year Fun Fact: The fourth-largest city in the Western African nation of Mali, Mopti is situated on three islands linked by dikes. What to Do: Spend some time observing the goings-on at Mopti's lively port, where locals build boats and unload cargo that's freshly arrived from elsewhere in Mali. Then arrange |
Which river forms much of the border between England and Scotland? | Did You Know? - Border Between Scotland and England Did You Know? - Border Between Scotland and England The border between Scotland and England stretches for 108 miles (174 kilometres) between the Solway Firth along the Cheviot Hills and the river Tweed, to the North Sea. Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans, ran further south than this, from Carlisle on the river Eden to the river Tyne in the east. The town of Berwick on Tweed, at the mouth of the Tweed, changed hands between Scotland and England 13 times between 1147 and 1482 before finally becoming part of England. Despite being in England, the football (soccer) team in Berwick (Berwick Rangers) plays in the Scottish League, the only English team to do so. Use the "Back" button on your browser or click here to return to the Index of "Did You Know?" Where else would you like to go in Scotland? Links Pages |
In which European country is the city of Strasbourg? | Strasbourg Travel Guide and Travel Information °C France Set on the Franco-German border, and at various times a part of both countries, Strasbourg has more claim than most to be the symbolic heart of modern Europe . Over the centuries, the culture of the city and of the entire Alsace region has been shaped by Germany as much as by France . The result is a fascinating blend of influences on everything, from the architecture and cultural scene, to the language and food. And despite past hostilities, the Alsace thrives thanks to the strong collaborative links between the two countries. The most potent symbol of this is the Jardin des Deux Rives just east of Strasbourg, an international 60-hectare (148-acre) garden straddling the border and the Rhine, linked by a friendship bridge. Today, Strasbourg mixes medieval charm with a dynamic, contemporary and international feel. At its heart is Grand Île, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed island in the River Ill. It’s a fortified medieval town packed with ancient relics, from Place Kléber (the main square) to Place Gutenberg. This area is lively throughout the year, from the warm summer months when everyone congregates on the café terraces, to December, when stallholders sell glühwein and festive handicrafts at Christmas markets. At the centre of the island, soaring over everything, is the gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral, notable for its pink sandstone façade and unique tower. And nearby La Petite France is the medieval quarter’s stunning crown jewel. Its picturesque bridges and canals, half-timbered houses and charming narrow streets contrast sharply with the modern clean-cut lines of the European institutions in the northeast of the city. Culturally, Strasbourg boasts an Opera House, National Theatre and a Conservatory of Music, and hosts various music and cinema festivals. Academically, it has one of France’s largest universities, with over 42,000 students, while environmentally it welcomes cyclists and pedestrians alike, and has an extensive public transport network. That network extends well beyond the urban area, and TGV high speed trains connects Strasbourg to other cities across Europe, reaffirming its pivotal role as a capital of Europe, and a guardian of human rights. You may also be interested in: |
What is the largest of the Greek islands? | The Largest of Greece's Islands The Largest of Greece's Islands The Largest of Greece's Islands But size doesn't always matter when it comes to Greek islands Karpathos. Nancy Ayers, used by permission By deTraci Regula Updated August 15, 2016. Greece boasts thousands of islands - but only about 200 of them are inhabited or visited by tourists. The biggest Greek islands have the advantage - most of them have been inhabited and developed since ancient times. If you fear ever getting claustrophobic on a Greek island, here are the ones likely to give you some room to wander without ever getting on a ferry. Top 20 Largest Greek Islands 1 75 195 And, since it missed the "Top 20" list by only a square kilometer, we're adding one more as a "special bonus island" : continue reading below our video Before Your Road Trip, Watch This 21 75 square miles 194 square km The largest Greek island group is the Cyclades or Cycladic islands , also spelled Kyklades, with about two hundred small islands circling the twenty or so larger, better-known islands such as Mykonos and Santorini . Then there is the Dodecanese Island group, with twelve main islands (dodeka means twelve) and many islets, followed by the Ionian Islands , the Aegean Islands , and the Sporades . The Ionians are few in number but consist of several of the largest islands in Greece. The big island of Crete is not part of any island group, though it does have a number of satellite islands including Gavdos , which is considered to be the southernmost point of Europe. What's the Smallest Greek Island? This is much harder to determine. There are many rocky outcroppings in Greece which don't logically count as "islands" but may show up on some lists. Even "smallest inhabited" is hard to determine since privately-owned islands can be minuscule, with just a single family residence. One island that would show up on most "smallest" lists of visitable islands would be little Levitha , inhabited by a single family who runs the sole taverna, but it is visited during the summer by yachters as it offers safe harbors in all four directions. The tiny islet of Rho off the coast of Turkey was inhabited by a bold Greek woman nicknamed "The Lady of Rho" who used to vigorously raise the Greek flag every morning until she finally passed away at an advanced age. |
In which country is Transylvania? | Romania Map / Geography of Romania / Map of Romania - Worldatlas.com Print this map Inside the so-called "Cave of Bones" in Romania, the oldest human remains on the continent of Europe were discovered; archeologists dated the some 42,000 years old. In an attempt to expand its territory further north, the Roman Empire reached the Danube River in southeastern Europe in 100 AD, and established the new province of Roman Dacia. As the Roman Empire began its decline in the late 2nd century, Dacia was invaded by the Goths, an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin. Over the next five centuries a wide variety of migrating people crossed through. In the 8th century, the Avars, a highly organized nomadic confederacy of mixed origins conquered the land, and ruled the remaining Slavic serfs in the Transylvania region until the 8th century. In the High to Late Middle Ages, from the Black Sea coastal areas through the mountainous central, and to the western borders of what is now modern-day Hungary and Serbia , Romania was occupied by an assortment of nomadic peoples. By the middle of the 16th century, Hungary , and most of the Balkan Peninsula including Romania's historical regions of Moldavia (northeast), Transylvania (central) and Wallachia (in the south) were under varied levels of Ottoman (Turkish) control. Near the end of the 17th century, a league of factions (including the Hapsburg) organized by Pope Innocent XI, was sent to free Hungary from Ottoman rule and reinstate the Catholic Church. That effort stretched into Romania, and in 1699, Transylvania became a territory of the Habsburgs' Austrian empire. The Habsburgs were one of the most important aristocratic royal houses of Europe , best known for being the origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740. Within a few short years the Hapsburg's occupied other small parts of Moldavia and Wallachia. The European Revolutions of 1848 were a series of political upheavals throughout the continent. They were caused by widespread dissatisfaction with leadership; the demands of the working classes and a growing upsurge of nationalism in individual countries and regions. It was the first (and only) Europe -wide collapse of traditional authority. During the revolutions tens of thousands of people were killed and many more forced into exile, and within one year, the powerful reactionary forces (of royalty) had won out and the revolutions collapsed. After the failed 1848 Revolution, Romanians wanted to form a single state, but that struggle was squelched by the Austria - Hungary empire, as it kept the Romanians firmly in control, even in parts of Transylvania where Romanians constituted a local majority. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition led by the Russian Empire and numerous Balkan countries, Romania fought on the Russian side, and that was a good decision. Within the 1878 Treaty of Berlin between the two warring parties, Romania was recognized as an independent state (principality) by Russia and some other European powers of the day. To make the deal Romania ceded some land along its eastern border to Russia. Prev Page 1/2 Next Page See Also |
Which country do the Faroe Islands belong to? | Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page The rugged Faeroe Islands (18 in all), are in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 250 miles (402 km) directly north of Scotland. First settled by the Norwegian Vikings, these islands, politically connected to Denmark since the 14th Century, have enjoyed home rule since 1948, and continually strive for full sovereignty. Many of the inhabitants live in and around the Thorshavn area, the administrative capital and largest city in the islands. With very little cultivated land, sheep raising is a significant business, and in fact, the name Faeroe Islands is said to mean "Sheep Islands." Fishing, and offshore oil finds help diversify the economy. Ferries and shipping companies link the islands to the European mainland, and tourism is a growing business. The Faeroe Island's maps and information pages are currently being revised, and will be posted soon. Quick Facts and Figures Official Name Faeroe Islands (alt. Faroe, or Føroyar) a self governing territory of Denmark, claimed in 1380 Administrative Capital Torshavn Latitude/Longitude 62º 00' N, 7º 00' W Official Currency Danish Krone Population 46,345 Land Area 1,399 sq km (540 sq miles) Landforms Similar to Iceland, the Faeroes are lava based islands with elevated coastal cliffs and some elevated peaks. The highest point (on Eysturoy) rises to 2,894 ft. (882m) Grass grows along the base of local mountains, but few trees survive because of the relentless North Atlantic winds. Maps |
The name of which European capital city is derived from the names of two towns on either bank of its main river? | List of national capital city name etymologies | WikiLists | Fandom powered by Wikia List of national capital city name etymologies 4,458pages on This list covers English language national capital city names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Some of these etymologies are uncertain. The former capitals also have their etymologies listed on this article. Contents: 22x20px Afghanistan : Kabul (1774-present): Many scholars have argued that the city's name comes from the Kamboja tribe. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is also known in classical writings as Kophes or Kophene. The name could also be derived from Sanskrit कुब्ज "kambuja" meaning "hump-backed" or "crooked." Kandahar (1747-1774): There are many theories about the origin of the name Kandahar: 1. It is believed to have derived from the Pashto pronunciation of Alexandria, which is "Iskanderiya". [6] 2. The name could be derived from the name of the city of Gandahar [7] . 3. It's interesting to know that the word قند "kand" or "qand" in the local languages (Persian and Pashto) means "sweet" and هر "har" may be short for شهر "shahar" which means city or town. And the ancient word- Gandh derived from Gandhar also means a sweet nice smell. This probably has to do with the city being known for producing fine grapes, pomegranates, apricots, melons and other sweet fruits.[1] 4. The name could be derived from two PIE words: kand=wall and har=mountain or stone leading to understand a city made of stones or fortress with stone wall. these words are still used in Indo-Pakistan today by Nomadic Bagga and Sansi tribes. 22x20px Albania : Tirana : There are several hypotheses for the origins of Tirana's name ... Tirana thought that comes from the word Theranda, mentioned in ancient sources Greek and Latin, which locals called The Rana, since the field was formed as result of solid materials that brought water from the surrounding mountains. Tirana comes from Tirkan. Tirkan has been a fortress on the mountain slope of Dajti. Still exist the ruins of this ancient castle dating back to beginning of the first century before the birth of Christ, which is thought to have tower that was Byzantium historian Prokop (shek.VI), calls the tower of Tirkanit. Tirana comes from old Greek Tyros (Τύρος) which means dairy. In area of Tirana, trade of dairy products made by shepherds surrounding areas. Tirona Tirana or as called in the dialect of the country, has its origins by the way how called the people of this country. Given that the population located in this area come mainly from the mountains of the area around it by locals they called "The Ronen" (the fallen). Even today, in everyday language, for families who come from mountainous areas used the expression "have fallen (eg) in Durres "(or elsewhere). (J. N. Priska) For the first time mentioned the name of Tirana in 1418 in a document Venice. Durrës (1914-1920): via Latin Dyrrachium and Greek Δυρράχιον Dyrrachion meaning "bad spine" or "difficult ridge." The city's former name is Epidamnos Επίδαμνος meaning "The Damned" and is a cognate with Latin damnum meaning "loss" or "harm." 22x20px Angola : Luanda / Loanda: The place name comes from the root word Luanda lu-ndandu. The prefix lu, originally a plural forms of the Bantu languages, is common in the names of parts of coast of river basins or wetlands (examples: Luena, Lucala Lobito) and in this case, refers to the sandbank surrounded by the sea. Ndandu means value or traded and alludes to the exploitation of small shells collected the island of Luanda and which constituted the currency in the ancient Kingdom of Congo and much of the West African coast, known zimbo or njimbo. As the Mbundu people shaped the pronunciation of place names in various regions of his manner of speaking, eliminating some sounds when they did not alter the meaning of the word, Lu-ndandu went to Lu-andu. The word in Anglicization process, became the female, since it referred to an island, and resulted in Luanda. [8] Huambo : Etymology |
What spirit is used to make Daquari? | The Best Rum for a Daiquiri | Serious Eats The Best Rum for a Daiquiri 6 Your choice of rum matters when it comes to daiquiris. [ Photographs: Jennifer Hess ] In these hot, muggy times, the thoughts and hearts of drinkers turn to the perfect hot-weather drink: the daiquiri. Now, when I say daiquiri, I'm not talking about anything fruity or frozen. I mean the original, the classic: the simple sour of rum, lime juice, and either simple syrup or sugar. I usually like mine bone-dry. I'll usually mix one with 2 ounces of rum, either 3/4 or 1 ounce of lime, and a couple of barspoons of superfine sugar. Then I shake the hell out of it on ice to dissolve the sugar and pour it into a chilled coupe glass. Back in February I started exploring the best ingredients to use in a Negroni . I'm now on a similar mission for the daiquiri. This drink is easy to test. Lime juice is lime juice (a slight oversimplification since there are a few lime varieties out there, but bear with me), and white sugar is white sugar. But the rums, oh the rums. That's where you can have some fun. The Rums I've had great daiquiris made with dark rums, but in general, when I want a daiquiri, I'm looking for refreshment. I want something deliciously bright and crisp and sharp. Dark rums tend to be rich and smooth and mellow. That's what I want when I'm drinking a Mai Tai or a rum Old Fashioned, but it's not what I want when I want a daiquiri. But which white rum is best in this classic drink? I put five to the test to find out. Bacardi Superior (about $14 for 750 mL). I'm guessing you're familiar with this white rum from Puerto Rico. I think anyone who's had a daiquri has at one time had a Bacardi daiquiri, and I wanted to see how it would fare in a blind tasting. Flor de Caña (about $15 for 750 mL). A bright, crisp white rum from Nicaragua. Flor is a go-to for sipping and cocktails, plus it's pretty affordable and widely available. Rhum Barbancourt (about $18 for 750 mL). This white rum from Haiti is made from freshly pressed sugar cane, using a pot still. Though it's made in a manner similar to an agricole-style rum, it doesn't have the sort of abiding funk you expect from agricole. Rhum Clément Premiére Canne (about $30 for 750 mL). A rich white agricole from Martinique. Unlike the Barbancourt, Rhum Clément Premiére Canne has a potent funk that reaches your nose the moment you open the bottle. Ron Diplomatico Blanco (about $33 for 750 mL). A 6-year-old rum from Venezuela that is filtered to remove the barrel coloration. Get Mixing! Several variables in each daiquiri remained the same: Proportions. Each drink was 1 ounce rum, 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice, and 1 teaspoon simple syrup. Ice. I weighed the ice to make sure it was the same for each drink. Glassware. Though I normally serve daiquiris in coupe glasses, I don't own enough of them right now to test five drinks, so I used V-shaped cocktail glasses instead. Technique. I shook each drink over fresh ice, to chill and properly dilute it, and then strained it into a glass. My wife and I were both blind-tasting the daiquiris. To ensure that neither one of us knew which glass was which, I used the following method: I mixed each drink and poured each one into a glass. I designated the drinks as A, B, C, D, and E, and then took them out to my wife in the living room. I kept a note on my phone saying which drink was which. While I was in the kitchen, my wife shuffled the drinks, so that I wouldn't know which one was which. So she knew where A, B, C, etc. were on the table, but she didn't know what was in each glass. I knew what was in each glass, but I didn't know where A, B, C, etc. were. Because the rums were clear and the proportions of each ingredient were the same in each drink, we didn't notice any color variations in the drinks. The Results Does the rum you use in a daiquiri change the drink's flavor? You bet. A great daiquiri should marry the rum and lime flavors, without either flavor overpowering the other. A citrusy-tasting rum can be delicious, but in a daiquiri, it can leave you with a drink that's ov |
Which country has the largest Malt Whisky distillery in the world? | Information on whisky and whiskey producing regions the world - whiskyforeveryone.com Rest of the world Did you know? Whisky and whiskey is currently being produced in 23 countries worldwide and drunk in over 200 countries worldwide Whisky regions Whisky and whiskey are now produced all over the world. Each country and each distillery has its own unique style and character. From light and fresh to bold and smoky - there is a style to suit everyone. Knowing a little about the history, location and distilling techniques of a distillery can make the drinking experience more enjoyable and make selecting and buying a whisky a less daunting experience. For those of you in love with the 'water of life' it is a great place to start planning your next holiday. Scotland - the home of malt The historical origins of whisky can be much argued about, but the true spiritual home of the much loved spirit cannot. Scotland is the leading world producer of malt whisky with over 80 distilleries currently in operation. In addition to this, there are around 25 further distilleries that have been mothballed, decommissioned, closed or demolished within the last 30 years. Stocks from these closed distilleries are dwindling as the years pass, but if you add their whisky to the millions of litres produced in Scotland every year then you end up with a lot of whisky! The country is split in to six whisky producing regions - Speyside, Highlands, Lowlands, Campbeltown, the islands and Islay. Each region has its own general style, although there are exceptions in all cases. Speyside is the one of the smaller regions in geographical terms but has the highest concentration of operating distilleries, with just over 30. In contrast, Campbeltown only has two remaining distilleries. The majority of the islands only have one distillery on them with the major exception being Islay, which has eight distilleries. Many distilleries still use traditional techniques that have been in use for over two centuries. in scotland, whisky is more than just a drink or an industry. It is a national icon and forms part of the history and fabric of this proud nation. All around the world - differences to be embraced There are currently over 20 other countries producing whisky around the globe apart from scotland. Demand for whisky is growing throughout the world and this has resulted in distilleries popping up in some surprising places. The second largest producer, behind Scotland, is America and the third largest is Japan. Ireland is the other traditional powerhouse in the whisky world and comes in fourth place. These four countries are where the majority of the world's whisky is made but other places are joining the party. Whisky is currently being distilled in a number of countries around Europe, India, Canada, Australia and various others. Most producers are small and experimental, using new techniques of production and maturation, leading traditionalists to question 'is this really whisky?'. Whisky is technically anything distilled from malted barley or grain and matured for a minimum of three years, so you can decide for yourself. Be prepared for new flavour sensations and experiences. © 2011 Whisky for Everyone |
What is the flavour of `Ouzo`? | The Best Way to Drink Greek Ouzo - Serving Suggestions By Lynn Livanos Athan Updated November 02, 2016. Want to learn more? Like how to Drink Ouzo ? See an updated article, click here: OPA! Let's Talk About Ouzo There is an old Greek saying that "ouzo makes the spirit" and this is especially true in Greece. The Greek spirit or kefi (KEH-fee) is found in hearty food, soulful music, and the love of lively conversation. A glass of chilled ouzo is the perfect companion to all of these things. Most people would agree that ouzo is Greece's most popular alcoholic drink. No other beverage is as uniquely Greek or as closely linked to a culture as ouzo is to Greece. In fact, in 2006, the Greek government won the exclusive rights to use the product name ouzo. Taste: Clear and silky, with a distinct licorice flavor, ouzo is distilled from the must or remnants of grapes pressed for wine. It can be flavored with spices like anise, mint, mastic, and coriander. Potent and fiery, it is not a drink for the faint of heart. It has an alcohol content of about 40% (depending on the brand) but also a high sugar content that delays the release of the alcohol into your system. continue reading below our video BBQ Side Dishes: The 411 Drinkers are advised to use caution because the effects of ouzo will sneak up on you. Origin: The island of Lesvos (Mytilini) prides itself as the hub of ouzo production and is widely known to have some of the best ouzo in Greece. Recipes for distilling ouzo may be similar from location to location, however, you will find that these are often closely guarded family secrets. Brands of Ouzo: Ouzo brands tend to have followings like soccer teams, and foster the same type of loyalty in their dedicated fans. Some of the better-known brands available outside of Greece are: Ouzo 12, Sans Rival, Ouzo Barbayianni, and Ouzo Mini. In Greece, brands such as Plomari, Tinarvou, and Kefi are also widely enjoyed. Serving: Ouzo is customarily served neat - no ice. The Greeks will add iced water to dilute the strength causing the liquid to turn an opaque, milky white. If you add the ice directly to the ouzo, you will create unsightly crystals on the surface of your drink. There is a technical explanation for this emulsion that according to ScienceDaily.com is known as "the ouzo effect." Most Greeks would scoff at the idea of ouzo being mixed with anything but water - so to avoid embarrassment, skip the usual mixers and stick with water if you need to dilute it. One manufacturer even recommends that you serve ouzo in a narrow glass so that the nose is protected from the inebriating fumes that may come off of your drink. Drinks and Food: Greeks love this drink so much that there are countless ouzo bars across Greece called ouzeries (ooh-zeh-REE-es). These are casual places that specialize in many different types of ouzo, but even more importantly are popular for their tantalizing array of appetizers known as mezethes (meh-ZEH-thes). These savory small plates of food are an essential component of the social side of ouzo drinking. Despite its strong flavor, ouzo compliments many different types of food and the meze menu will often be long and varied. In a typical ouzeri , patrons will linger over their drinks and food, sipping slowly and nibbling at their plates. The conversation becomes more and more robust and the noise level escalates. The unhurried pace and animated dialogues are quintessentially Greek and the mark of a great parea (pah-REH-ah), or gathering. Not Just for Drinking: Ouzo can be used in cooking to add a distinct anise flavor to most any dish. Greeks will use ouzo in many recipes from seafood marinades to cookies. Others believe that ouzo (or more specifically anise) has healing properties and will use ouzo to ease an upset stomach or relieve a headache. Parents of teething babies will often rub a bit of ouzo on their infants' gums to soothe their discomfort. Next time you enjoy a glass, remember the customary toast is stin uyeia sou (steen ee-YEE-ah soo) - to your health! |
Which evergreen tree's berries are used to flavour gin? | Juniper defines Gin. An indepth look at the spirit's core botanical Written by Gin Foundry If you want to really understand gin, it’s important to get to know juniper. We would compare it to understanding the influence of casks for whisky fans, grapes for winos or dilution of ice for bartenders. Juniper is such an important aspect of gin that quite literally, it is not only the primary botanical used in gin but by law, it needs to be the predominant flavour in anything seeking to be classified as gin. The aroma and taste of juniper is – or at least should be – the signature note in any gin, both on the nose and on the palate. Even the name Gin itself is derived from either the French genièvre or the Dutch jenever, which both mean juniper. We’re about to go all green fingered on you all, so bear with us for a while – there is a point to this… Juniper shrubs vary in size and shape, are evergreen and are usually low spreading bush type plants. They are a low maintenance plant to grow and while they prefer an acidic pH soil, they don’t have a problem in soil pHs that are not acidic either. We’ve heard of Juniper shrubs being used for groundcovers, border plantings and understand that they are especially helpful in preventing soil erosion, weed control and planting on difficult parts of a landscape. From our own experience with them – we know that juniper shrubs are quite drought tolerant and perform well enough in rock gardens too. If this wasn’t enough, most varieties of juniper require very little pruning, if any. It is therefore not surprising to hear that depending on your taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper and they are found in most countries in the Northern hemisphere. They are amazing plants. In fact, “Common Juniper” has one of the largest geographic range of any woody plant in the world. Occurring from Western Alaska throughout Canada and Northern USA, in coastal areas of Greenland, Iceland, throughout Europe and in Northern Asia and Japan. It was once widespread in Europe, except for some low-lying areas around the Mediterranean and it even occurs in small patches of North Africa. It’s amazing to think that juniper occurs at varying elevations and at its southernmost extent it has been recorded at altitudes of up to 3,500 metres. If this was a grape, wine makers would be going crazy over it. Given we all understand that soil, climate and growing conditions all affect grapes and that this has resulted in the term “terroir’ used to define wine regions, styles etc… why should it be so different in juniper bushes and as a result in gin? If you interested in this, an interesting Gin to seek out is Origin as it is available in 6 different varieties, where the juniper is the only thing to change as it has been selected from different terroirs. While juniper occurs in patches in England and throughout most of Scotland, it is only really common in the Highlands. Two subspecies can be found in Scotland, of which the erect, shrubby form is most widespread. In the UK, few specimens grow taller than 5 meters but in other countries it has been known to grow up to 10m high. In the Highlands, juniper is more abundant in the drier, Eastern part of the country. Interestingly for you horticulturists out there, the bark is brown on young plants, but turns grey as it gets older. The flavour profile of young, green berries is dominated by pinene (resinous, woody pine notes) and as they mature this piney, resinous character is joined by greener citric notes. The outer scales of the berries are relatively flavourless, so the berries are almost always at least lightly crushed before being used as a spice. This matters less with making gin as during the maceration period, the alcohol will permeate through the skin relatively easily regardless. Juniper berries are primarily used dried as opposed to fresh in gin production, but their flavour and odour is at their strongest immediately after harvest and declines during the drying process and subsequent storage. Because of its vast geographic global range, juniper i |
From what fruit is the French cordial syrup of Grenadine made? | Grenadine Grenadine Grenadine © Denzil Green Grenadine is a non-alcoholic syrup that is used to flavour and sweeten drinks and desserts. It used to be made from pomegranates, or a mix of pomegranates and red currants. Today it is usually made with other, mixed fruit juices, and artificially flavoured and coloured. Red Grenadine is the most popular fruit syrup. It is used in many cocktails, and even used in children's bar drinks, such as Shirley Temples. You just use one or two dashes in mixed drinks, as the sweetness can easily overwhelm a drink. You can buy Grenadine in bottles at most stores. Green Grenadine Green Grenadine is coloured green, but tastes the same as Red Grenadine. Cooking Tips You can make your own Red Grenadine, but given that the cost of pomegranates is way more than a bottle of grenadine, it's difficult to know why you would. Substitutes For Green Grenadine, you can substitute crème de menthe, though of course that will add a mint taste in addition to the green colour. Language Notes The name "Grenadine" comes from the French word for a pomegranate, "grenade." Fruit Syrups |
What is added to tomato juice to make a Bloody Maria? | 5 Ways to Make a Bloody Mary - wikiHow Simple Bloody Mary 1 Cover the rims of a few glasses with lime juice. Just run one lime wedge around the rims of the glasses. 2 Dip the rims of the glasses in coarse salt. The salt will stick to the lime juice and will coat the rims. 3 Combine the ingredients in a tumbler. Place 4 oz. of vodka, 1 cup of tomato juice, 2 dashes of Worcestershire sauce, 3 tbsp. of lemon juice, 2 oz. of dill pickle juice, a dash of Tabasco sauce, 1/2 tsp. horseradish sauce, 1/2 tsp. celery salt, 1 tsp. lemon juice, and a dash of pepper in a tumbler. 4 Shake all the ingredients in the tumbler. This will combine them well. Shake the tumbler for at least 15-20 seconds. 5 If this question (or a similar one) is answered twice in this section, please click here to let us know. Video Learn how to make a Bloody Mary Cocktail Drink Tips Have fun with this drink. It's all about experimentation. You can put many other things in it, such as Old Bay spice, Frank's Red Hot and any other kinds of hot sauce you may have. See what flavor combinations you like best, and really make this drink your own. To make a Virgin Mary, omit any alcohol. Could use tonic water in place of alcohol to cut the tomato juice. If you keep your celery in a jar with a bit of vodka and thin tomato juice in the fridge for a few days, it will draw the liquid up into itself and become a flavored garnish. To make a Bloody Maria, replace the vodka with tequila. To make a Bloody Caesar, replace the tomato juice with Clamato juice, or if no Clamato is available, add a dash of clam juice. A drink made with the commercially available "Bloody Mary Mix" is not nearly as tasty as one made with the recipe above. Making your Bloody from scratch each time or in small batches is part of the fun of drinking them. Don't drink and drive. |
Which Hollywood actor starred in 142 of his 153 films, having had more leading roles than any other actor. | Christopher Lee - Biography - IMDb Christopher Lee Biography Showing all 217 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (157) | Personal Quotes (45) | Salary (3) Overview (5) 6' 5" (1.96 m) Mini Bio (1) Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it be Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), or Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer Horror film, The Mummy (1959). Lee was born in 1922 in London, England, where he and his older sister Xandra were raised by their parents, Contessa Estelle Marie (Carandini di Sarzano) and Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a professional soldier, until their divorce in 1926. Later, while Lee was still a child, his mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George St.-Croix (nicknamed Ingle), who was a banker. Lee's maternal great-grandfather was an Italian political refugee, while Lee's great-grandmother was English opera singer Marie (Burgess) Carandini. After attending Wellington College from age 14 to 17, Lee worked as an office clerk in a couple of London shipping companies until 1941 when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Following his release from military service, Lee joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their "Charm School" and playing a number of bit parts in such films as Corridor of Mirrors (1948). He made a brief appearance in Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet (1948), in which his future partner-in-horror Peter Cushing also appeared. Both actors also appeared later in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their horror films together. Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s. He struggled initially in his new career because he was discriminated as being taller than the leading male actors of his time and being too foreign-looking. However, playing the monster in the Hammer film The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) proved to be a blessing in disguise, since the was successful, leading to him being signed on for future roles in Hammer Film Productions. Lee's association with Hammer Film Productions brought him into contact with Peter Cushing, and they became good friends. Lee and Cushing often than not played contrasting roles in Hammer films, where Cushing was the protagonist and Lee the villain, whether it be Van Helsing and Dracula respectively in Horror of Dracula (1958), or John Banning and Kharis the Mummy respectively in The Mummy (1959). Lee continued his role as "Dracula" in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe. With his own production company, Charlemagne Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1973) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). By the mid-1970s, Lee was tiring of his horror image and tried to widen his appeal by participating in several mainstream films, such as The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), and the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). The success of these films prompted him in the late 1970s to move to Hollywood, where he remained a busy actor but made mostly unremarkable film and television appearances, and eventually moved back to England. The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Lee played Count Dooku again in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of |
Tom Cruise plays a naval lawyer in which 1992 film? | A Few Good Men (1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) R | Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders. Director: From $7.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 27 titles created 29 Jan 2011 a list of 25 titles created 29 Jul 2011 a list of 31 titles created 26 Jul 2013 a list of 33 titles created 14 Nov 2015 a list of 43 titles created 5 months ago Title: A Few Good Men (1992) 7.6/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 19 nominations. See more awards » Videos When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him. Director: Cameron Crowe As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Director: Tony Scott A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side. Director: Sydney Pollack A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level. Director: Tony Scott A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love. Director: Roger Donaldson The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. Director: Oliver Stone Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. Director: Michael Mann An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle. Director: Edward Zwick A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Director: Neil Jordan A dramatization of the 20 July assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade German Army officers against Hitler during World War II. Director: Bryan Singer An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Director: Brian De Palma Edit Storyline In this dramatic courtroom thriller, LT Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague. Kaffee is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey's Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway to represent him. Also on the legal staff is LTJG Sam Weinberg. The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a "CODE RED". Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren't tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup. In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something's fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee. Written by Matt Curtolo <[email protected]> See All (82) » Taglines: In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth. Genres: Rated R for language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 11 December 1992 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Cuestión de honor See more » Filming Locations: First film ro |
Who was the British actor who won an Oscar for his part in 'The Bridge over the River Kwai'? | Bridge on the River Kwai; the true story Bridge on the River Kwai Tamarkan, Thailand. c. 1945. Train crossing the wooden bridge which spanned the Mae Klong River (renamed Kwai Yai River in 1960). Begun in October 1942, using prisoner of war (POW) labour, it was completed and operational by early February 1943. Both the wooden and the adjacent steel bridge were subjected to numerous air raids between January and June 1945. POW labour was used to repair the wooden bridge on each occasion. Tamarkan is fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), or five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi. (Donor A. Mackinnon) Tamarkan, Thailand. c. October 1945. Located fifty five kilometres north of Nong Pladuk (also known as Non Pladuk), 359 kilometres south of Thanbyuzayat, and five kilometres north of Kanchanaburi (Kanburi). The photograph shows the two bridges built by the Japanese, using prisoner of war (POW) labour, which spanned the Mae Klong river (renamed Kwa Yai river in 1960).The wooden trestle bridge was completed in February 1943, and the steel bridge in April 1943. This eleven span bridge had been dismantled by the Japanese and brought to Tamarkan from Java in 1942. Both bridges wee subjected to numerous attacks by Allied aircraft during the period December 1944 to June 1945. One span of the steel bridge was destroyed in a raid mid February 1945. Two more spans were dropped during raids between April and June 1945. (cont'd below) Aerial photograph of the Bridge over the River Kwai, Thailand, severely damaged by aerial bombing. The Bridge on the River Kwai, the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), the memorable, epic World War II adventure/action, anti-war drama, was the first of director David Lean's major multi-million dollar, wide-screen super-spectaculars (his later epics included Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965)). The screenplay was based upon French author Pierre Boulle's 1954 novel of the same name. [Boulle was better known for his screenplay for Planet of the Apes (1963).] Although he received sole screenplay credit, other deliberately uncredited, blacklisted co-scripting authors (exiled Carl Foreman - who scripted High Noon (1952) - and Michael Wilson) had collaborated with him, but were denied elibigility. They were post-humously credited years later, in late 1984, in a special Academy ceremony. [When the film was restored, the names of Wilson and Foreman were added to the credits.] Col. Shears (Alec Guinness) in The Bridge on the River Kwai. [The film's story was loosely based on a true World War II incident, and the real-life character of Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey. One of a number of Allied POW's, Toosey was in charge of his men from late 1942 through May 1943 when they were ordered to build two Kwai River bridges in Burma (one of steel, one of wood), to help move Japanese supplies and troops from Bangkok to Rangoon. In reality, the actual bridge took 8 months to build (rather than two months), and they were actually used for two years, and were only destroyed two years after their construction - in late June 1945. The memoirs of the 'real' Colonel Nicholson were compiled into a 1991 book by Peter Davies entitled The Man Behind the Bridge.] The film was the number one box-office success of the year (the highest grossing film) and it won criti |
With which actor did John Travolta exchange faces in the movie Face Off? | Face/Off (1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a face-transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a ruthless terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same criminal impersonates the cop. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 46 titles created 02 Dec 2011 a list of 22 titles created 25 Dec 2011 a list of 35 titles created 31 Mar 2012 a list of 30 titles created 25 Mar 2013 a list of 28 titles created 23 Sep 2014 Search for " Face/Off " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 21 nominations. See more awards » Videos Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the passengers seize control. Director: Simon West A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco. Director: Michael Bay A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life. Director: Dominic Sena A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. Director: Jan de Bont Two hip detectives protect a murder witness while investigating a case of stolen heroin. Director: Michael Bay An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent. Director: Andrew Niccol A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime. Director: Tony Scott Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida. Director: Michael Bay An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job to work in New York City for a high-end law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date. Director: Taylor Hackford A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed LAPD detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way. Director: Brett Ratner Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he - an ex-soldier - works from hiding to defeat them. Director: Wolfgang Petersen Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam. Director: Brett Ratner Edit Storyline Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal. Written by John Wiggins In order to catch him, he must become him. See more » Genres: Rated R for intense sequences of strong violence, and for strong language | See a |
Who played Popeye in the movie of the same name? | Popeye - Trailer - YouTube Popeye - Trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 4, 2012 Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive's hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he's large. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee' Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his dad, Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). Director Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want. License |
Dustin Hoffman played a character suffering from Autism in which Film? | Autism on film: can cinema get it right? | Film | The Guardian Film blog Autism on film: can cinema get it right? Variety critic Leslie Felperin responded to her son's diagnosis by watching every movie about autism she could find Rain Man ... cinema's most famous portrait of an autist – starring Dustin Hoffman, right, as savant Raymond Babbitt – is also one of its least accurate Monday 4 April 2011 11.24 EDT First published on Monday 4 April 2011 11.24 EDT Share on Messenger Close Some parents go into understandable denial when confronted with the evidence that their child is on the autism spectrum, and some become consumed with a zealous need to seek a cure or ameliorate the symptoms with therapies. Given my profession, my way of dealing with our three-year-old son's diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition (ASC) has been to try and understand the condition as best I could through reading books and watching movies about people with autism. So for the last two years, my husband Tom and I have been working our way – frequently in tears, sometimes laughing with recognition – through as many features and documentaries about people with the condition as we could source. It seems to me from where I'm sitting (on the sofa and in the cinemas) that there are far more, and many more varied, cinematic depictions of autism than there ever were before. No doubt this has something to do with the fact that, now, the condition is much more frequently diagnosed. We started our home autism film festival, naturally enough, with Barry Levinson's Oscar-winner Rain Man . For many people – myself included – this was their first exposure to the notion of autism, and back in 1988 I was rather impressed with it. Now, having been a film critic for 20-odd years, and more importantly after learning so much about ASC, the film seems deeply flawed – both aesthetically (it's more mawkish and slow-moving than I remembered) and in terms of how it treats the condition, promulgating as it does the very misleading notion that people with autism are likely to be savants with incredible memory skills, when the vast majority of them aren't. Even more irksome is the way the main function of the story's autistic character, played by Dustin Hoffman, is to serve as a vehicle for delivering redemption – and, due to aptitude at card counting , a big bag of blackjack money to Tom Cruise as his shallow, car-dealer brother. Several other films have deployed autistic characters in a similar way – as quasi-holy innocents whose narrative function is to inspire those around them to be better people. There's Nell (1994), for example, in which Jodie Foster's autistic backwoods woman helps Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson, playing her doctors, fall in love. Snow Cake (2006), in which Sigourney Weaver's high-functioning autistic inspires Alan Rickman to get over grief for his dead son, is slightly less cringe-inducing than Nell, thanks largely to Weaver's more credible, tics-and-all portrait. But something has seemed to shift seismically in the last five years or so, and people on the spectrum can now feature as proper protagonists, with the condition no longer their only defining characteristic. In the case of Bollywood megahit My Name Is Khan (2010), Shahrukh Kahn's title character's Muslim faith is just as important, and as much an engine for the film's baroque melodrama, as the fact that he has Asperger's syndrome , a form of high-functioning autism. Adam (2009) is a far from perfect romantic drama, but at least it shows Hugh Dancy's eponymous "aspie" hero trying to have a sexual relationship with a neurotypical woman (ie someone not on the spectrum) rather than just inspiring others to fall in love. Of the recent crop of features about people on the spectrum, one of the strongest is biopic Temple Grandin , a made-for-HBO movie (it screened on Sky Atlantic on Sunday night) about arguably the world's most famous person with ASC. Based extensively on her own autobiographical writings, the film follows Grandin (played as an adult by Claire Danes) through her childhood a |
Which film star has a statue in Leicester Square? | Leicester Square - London Landmarks - High Definition (HD) YouTube Video - YouTube Leicester Square - London Landmarks - High Definition (HD) YouTube Video Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 17, 2012 Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street , to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west. The park at the centre of the Square is bound by Cranbourn Street, to the north; Leicester Street, to the east; Irving Street, to the south; and a section of road designated simply as Leicester Square, to the west. It is within the City of Westminster, and about equal distances (about 400 yards / 370 metres) north of Trafalgar Square, east of Piccadilly Circus, west of Covent Garden, and south of Cambridge Circus. The Square is named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, who purchased four acres (1.6 hectares) in St. Martin's Field in 1630; by 1635, he had built himself a large house, Leicester House, at the northern end. The area in front of the house was then enclosed, depriving inhabitants of St Martin in the Fields parish of their right to use the previously common land. The parishioners appealed to King Charles I, and he appointed three members of the Privy Council to arbitrate. Lord Leicester was ordered to keep part of his land (thereafter known as Leicester Field and later as Leicester Square) open for the parishioners. The area was developed in the 1670s. It was initially fashionable and Leicester House was once residence of Frederick, Prince of Wales but by the late 18th century, the Square was no longer a smart address and began to serve as a venue for popular entertainments. By the 19th century, Leicester Square was known as an entertainment venue, with many amusements peculiar to the era, including Wyld's Great Globe, which was built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and housed a giant scale map of the Earth. Several hotels grew up around the square, making it popular with visitors to London. The Alhambra, a large theatre built in 1854, dominated the site, to be joined in 1884 by the Empire Theatre of Varieties. The square remains the heart of the West End entertainment district today. In the middle of the Square is a small park, in the centre of which is a 19th century statue of William Shakespeare surrounded by dolphins. The four corner gates of the park have one bust each, depicting Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist; Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy; John Hunter, a pioneer of surgery; and William Hogarth, the painter. The most recent addition is a statue of film star and director Charlie Chaplin. On the pavement are inscribed the distances in miles to countries of the former British Empire. Leicester Square is the centre of London's cinema land, and one of the signs marking the Square bears the legend "Theatreland". It is claimed that the Square contains the cinema with the largest screen and the cinema with the most seats (over 1600). The square is the prime location in London for world leading film premières and has seen blockbusters including Harry Potter and James Bond film series, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and animation films such as Shrek; and co-hosts the London Film Festival each year. Source: |
Which actress was in both the 60s and 90s versions of The Thomas Crown Affair? | The Thomas Crown Affair Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 82 out of 101 people found the following review useful: A classy piece of work from Finland 9 January 2004 Forget all the explosions, car chases, crazy villains, special effects... The Thomas Crown Affair is not an action movie. It´s not even a thriller. Instead, it´s a well-done cat-and-mouse movie that´s smart, entertaining and very sexy. If you had to use one word to describe the film it would have to be sophisticated. The movie might appeal more to mature audiences as both the leading man and the leading lady are over 40 years old. Pierce Brosnan can obviously do other roles beside James Bond, but the role of Thomas Crown is at least somewhat similar to 007. Both guys "enjoy women" and are very suave. Overall, Brosnan gives a solid performance and is overshadowed only by Rene Russo who simply oozes sexuality and class. She is simply perfect in her role and though she´s twice as old as I am I find her a real knockout. Not only is she extremely hot, but also a very talented and charismatic actress. A perfect combination! The classy dance scene between Brosnan and Russo belongs to the most sexually-charged scenes in history and the following love-making scene manages to be both sexy and stylish. Usually nude scenes in Hollywood movies seem somehow "uneasy", but in this movie the scene is done in real style and with sensual music the atmosphere is sizzling. Who would want a disposable bimbo like Britney Spears when you could have a real class-act woman like Rene Russo? I would also like to mention Bill Conti whose simple yet refined music is simply outstanding. Just listen to the music during the scene in which Crown and Banning go glider flying... You can just close your eyes and listen to this wonderful music. Now I have to find the soundtrack for this film! I guess I should mention that I´ve never seen the original Thomas Crown, but now I don´t even have to bother as its updated version is a true pleasure to watch. I have nothing negative to say about it so just go get this film on DVD and enjoy! Was the above review useful to you? 76 out of 92 people found the following review useful: "Thomas" is the "Crown" Jewel for your collection... SEE IT! from Attleboro, MA 4 May 2001 This DVD was an impulse buy, pure and simple. My wife and I like Pierce Brosnan, and I have enjoyed Renee Russo's other works, so what did I have to lose? Only my mind! This film was positively one of the most enjoyable, nail-biting, suspenseful romantic capers ever made. A remake of the steamy 1968 Steve McQueen flick updated to the sleek and self-referential 90s, "Thomas Crown" features Brosnan as the title character - a bored billionaire businessman in the business of "acquisitions". For a thrill, he heists an extremely valuable Monet from the New York Museum right under the noses of security guards, cops, and about a thousand unsuspecting museum-goers. Renee Russo is the very sexy, very worldly Catherine Banning, whose insurance company underwrites the painting - and she is determined to get it back at any cost... But the cost just may be her soul as she woos, and then falls under the spell of the enigmatic Crown. Will Russo discover the location of the Monet? Will she rat out Thomas Crown? Or is Crown manipulating her affections like Bobby Fisher manipulates the pieces on a chess board? What we have here is a high-speed chase film whose vehicle is clever dialog, rich and exotic direction, and more than a little sexual tension! Brosnan, as Crown, is ever the cool Brit charmer whose every word and action are as calculated as the movements of a Rolex. Russo smoulders every time she appears on screen. And when the two of them get together, the chemical reaction is pure dynamite. Dennis Leary has a nice bit as a streetwise NYPD detective on the case, who dispenses advice to Russo's Banning, and watches her begin to spiral out of control. His role here most likely resulted in the deserved attempt at a television series on ABC ("The Job"). The action in the film moves |
Who played the part of Annie Porter in the 2 Speed films? | Annie Porter | Die Hard scenario Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia She was portrayed by Sandra Bullock . Speed Edit The morning after Los Angeles SWAT operatives Jack Traven and his partner Harry Temple are honored for their heroics with dealing with a revenge-driven extortionist, who held an elevator full of innocents hostage with explosives and seemingly killed himself, Jack witnesses the destruction of a Santa Monica Transit commuter bus, which kills its driver, who was also his friend. Answering a nearby ringing payphone, Jack discovers the bomber had faked his death and had a backup plan. The bomber informs him that another bus is rigged with a bomb that will activate when the bus exceeds 50 miles per hour and then will detonate when it falls below that, demanding a $3.7 million ransom to deactivate the device, and warns that he will set it off himself if Jack tries to remove the passengers. We then see Annie trying to catch the bus, driven by her friend Sam, who tells her that he doesn't allow cigarettes on his bus. She puts it out and gets in just in time, sitting right in front of an obnoxious Wisconsin tourist named Larry, who annoys her so much that she takes the gum out of her mouth and acts like she found it on her seat so she can get away from him. She then sits next to an old woman named Helen who makes small talk by saying that she likes the bus because it is more relaxing than having to sit through stressful traffic. Annie responds that she misses her car. At this time, Jack races to catch up to the bus and manages to get on, but only after it passes 50 miles per hour. Annie sees Jack and tells Sam not to let him on. While Jack explains the situation to the driver Sam, a paranoid passenger, thinking Jack is there to arrest him, threatens Jack with a gun and fires, striking Sam in the arm by accident while being subdued. Annie takes over as Sam is cared for while Jack restrains the paranoid passenger and informs the rest of the situation. With advice from the police, Jack has Annie drive the bus off the busy freeway, through city streets, and eventually onto an incomplete 105 Freeway devoid of traffic. The police soon arrive to escort the bus, while news helicopters fly overhead and report on the story. Jack, with the help of the passengers, is able to describe the bomb on the undercarriage to Harry; Harry focuses on a cheap gold watch that is part of the bomb's mechanism. Jack convinces the bomber to allow them to offload Sam to a police flatbed truck to get medical attention; but Helen, who cannot stand to stay on the bus any longer, attempts to follow. Unfortunately, the bomber sees Helen trying to escape and detonates a smaller bomb under the bus's stairs, sending her to the pavement where she is crushed by its tires. Jack assumes the bomber is monitoring the situation, and has the trailing helicopters cleared out. The police discover that the incomplete freeway has a gap in an overpass, and Jack directs Annie to go at full speed, allowing them to clear it. Shortly after, he sees they are close to Los Angeles International Airport, and directs Annie to it; its tarmac will give them enough clear space to drive while the news helicopters cannot enter the airspace. Jack, after getting off the bus, then sends himself under the bus via a cart towed from a vehicle leading the bus to try to defuse the bomb with Harry's verbal help to no avail, but Harry's team soon discover the identity of the bomber: Howard Payne, a former police officer who worked on Atlanta's bomb squad, and was forced to retire in 1989 after an explosion caused him to lose a finger. With this knowledge, Harry gets his team to track down Payne's Los Angeles address while telling Jack to stay put. However, debris on the tarmac cause the cart to become unsteady, and Jack's only recourse is to puncture the side of the gas tank with a screwdriver to avoid falling under the bus. The passengers use a floor panel to rescue Jack in time. Meanwhile, Harry and his team arrive at Payne's home, but it is rigged with explosives which go off, killing th |
Which singer / actress played the character 'mayday' in the James bond film 'A view to a kill' | May Day | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia May Day: "And I thought that creep loved me!" James Bond: "You're not the only one he double-crossed." ―May Day and James Bond. [src] May Day is a fictional bodyguard and enforcer employed by Max Zorin and acts as the secondary antagonist of the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill . An original character, created specifically for the film, she was portrayed by actress Grace Jones . The character also appeared in the 1985 video-game adaption of the film, as well as the games The Duel (1993), GoldenEye 007 (1997) and Nightfire (2002). Film biography May Day is the henchwoman and lover of chief villain Max Zorin. She is portrayed as the head of an all-female group of guards for Zorin and the secondary antagonist. She also has superhuman strength; in one scene, she lifts a man over her head with no apparent effort. She first appears in the film wearing a red nun-like suit when she was trying to steady Zorin's horse, Pegasus . Early in the film, she kills Bond 's French contact using a poisoned stage prop. Bond then goes on a chase to try to track her down. She first climbs the Eiffel Tower, with Bond in pursuit, and then parachutes from the structure. Bond then tries to follow her in a car, but she eventually gets away. May Day and Bond next encounter one another at Zorin's horse farm during his annual thoroughbred sale. May Day then sleeps with Bond but shortly afterwards, she kills Bond's MI6 companion Sir Godfrey Tibbett while he is taking a Rolls-Royce through a car wash, She also participates in attempting to drown Bond in said car, later kills his CIA contact Chuck Lee , and participates in the murder of Zorin's stooge at San Francisco City Hall, Howe . Zorin's ultimate "business plan" is eventually revealed as an operation to monopolize the American computerchip market. To this purpose, he prepares to flood a mine near Silicon Valley which he is using in his scheme to destroy the region. After infiltrating the mine and learning the details of the plan, Bond and companion Stacey Sutton try to escape, but May Day, Jenny Flex and Pan Ho take up pursuit. Sutton gets away, but when Zorin floods the mine, Bond and May Day are swept away by the floodwaters. May Day realizes that Zorin abandoned her to die, and she and Bond put aside their differences for the sake of survival. Once the waters start to subside, the two proceed to the fault where Zorin has set a bomb whose detonation would cause a massive earthquake that would lead to the flooding of Silicon Valley. May Day uses her strength to help Bond recover the bomb and put it on a handcar to send it out of the mine. However, the brakes on the car unexpectedly activate, blocking the car, so May Day decides to stay on the car and hold the brakes open. Bond tries to get her to jump and save herself, but she defies him, giving him one last request, "Get Zorin for me!" As Zorin and his remaining henchmen are sitting in an airship over San Francisco Bay, looking at the culmination of their plan, they suddenly see May Day exiting the mine with the bomb. Upon noticing the blimp, May Day casts Zorin a last defiant stare. The bomb then explodes, killing her; but foiling Zorin's master plan. Her last request is subsequently fulfilled when Zorin slips off the Golden Gate Bridge in his final confrontation with Bond. Gallery Add a photo to this gallery Trivia Despite being one of the, arguably, evilest villains, she is one of the few to change sides and become an ally, along with Pussy Galore in Goldfinger and Jaws in Moonraker. |
Who played the title role in the film Shirley Valentine? | Shirley Valentine (1989) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in ... See full summary » Director: a list of 46 titles created 13 Mar 2011 a list of 48 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 41 titles created 21 Mar 2014 a list of 31 titles created 19 Jan 2015 a list of 24 titles created 16 Mar 2015 Search for " Shirley Valentine " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. But when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light. Written by Kathy Li No one thought she had the courage. The nerve. Or the lingerie. Genres: 30 August 1989 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Shirley Valentine - Auf Wiedersehen, mein lieber Mann See more » Filming Locations: Breakthrough film role of English actress Pauline Collins . See more » Goofs In the US version of the film, when Gillian encounters Shirley choosing underwear for her holiday the phrase "garter belt" is dubbed over the words "suspender belt". See more » Quotes Shirley Valentine : Hiya Wall. [to the camera] Shirley Valentine : Well what's wrong with that? There's a woman three doors down talks to her microwave. Talking to a microwave! Wall, what's the world coming to ? (New York, NY) – See all my reviews I certainly had no trouble relating to Shirley Valentine. In fact, in a lot of this movie, I thought she was talking straight from my head. She sees the humour in all the humdrum b.s. of life, and comes out triumphant. Excellent job by director Lewis Gilbert in adapting one-woman show into a movie that did not feel the least bit claustrophobic. Highly imaginative. I've seen it 3 times now, and will watch again the next time it's on: 10/10. 24 of 26 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes |
Who was the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar? | First Black woman wins Oscar for best actress | African American Registry First Black woman wins Oscar for best actress Halle Berry Date: Sun, 2002-03-24 *On this date in 2002, the first Black woman won the Academy Award for best actress. Halle Berry received the honor for her role in "Monster’s Ball" the award left the star in tears and unable to speak for nearly a minute. "This moment is so much bigger than me," she finally choked out, ticking off the names of other Black actresses. Given the sign to wrap up her acceptance speech at the 74th annual Oscars, she protested, "This is 74 years here; I’ve got to take this time." Berry went on to say "This moment is for all the nameless, faceless women of color who now have a chance because this door tonight has been opened." On the same night, Black actor Denzel Washington won for Best Actor from the movie “Training Day,” making him the second African-American to win such an award from the Academy of Fine Arts award. After receiving the award, Washington mentioned: "Forty years I’ve been chasing Sidney (Poitier). They finally give it to me, and they give it to him the same night." Reference: |
Who plays Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider movies? | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ( 2001 ) PG-13 | Video game adventuress Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Visit IMDb Picks Related News a list of 31 titles created 23 Mar 2011 a list of 31 titles created 18 May 2011 a list of 36 titles created 19 Nov 2011 a list of 33 titles created 06 Oct 2012 a list of 46 titles created 03 Dec 2014 Title: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) 5.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 4 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Videos Adventuress Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box before an evil scientist and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her. Director: Jan de Bont A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Director: Phillip Noyce A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities. Director: Timur Bekmambetov The mummified body of Imhotep is shipped to a museum in London, where he once again wakes and begins his campaign of rage and terror. Director: Stephen Sommers A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown. Director: Chuck Russell An American serving in the French Foreign Legion on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens a mummy. Director: Stephen Sommers A retired master car thief must come back to the industry and steal 50 cars with his crew in one night to save his brother's life. Director: Dominic Sena Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Stars: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal. Director: McG A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Director: Doug Liman Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action. Director: Martin Campbell A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness. Director: Guillermo del Toro Edit Storyline A member of a rich British aristocratic family, Lara Croft is a "tomb raider" who enjoys collecting ancient artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. worldwide, and doesn't mind going through death-defying dangers to get them. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, and foreign languages - and does them all in tight outfits. Well, the planets of the solar system are going into planetary alignment (Which occurs every 5,000 years), and a secret society called the Illuminati is seeking an ancient talisman that gives its possessor the ability to control time. However, they need a certain clock/key to help them in their search, and they have to find the talisman in one week or wait until the next planetary alignment to find it again. Lara happens to find that key hidden in a wall of her mansion. The Illuminati steal it, and Lara gets an old letter from her deceased father telling her about the society's agenda (Her father was also the one who hid the key). Now, she ... Written by Vampirok Born into Wealth. Groome |
Who is Warren Beatty's famous sister? | Warren Beatty - Biography - IMDb Warren Beatty Biography Showing all 119 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (84) | Personal Quotes (17) | Salary (9) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, and actor, and few have evidenced so high a level of integrity in a body of work. In Rules Don't Apply (2016), he writes, produces, directs and stars in. Only Beatty and Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) have been nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an actor, a director, a writer, and a producer for the same film. Beatty is the only person ever to have done it twice, for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and again for Reds (1981). Beatty has been nominated 15 times by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and 8 films he has produced have earned 53 Academy nominations. In 1982 he won the Academy Award for Directing and in 2000 was given the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award. He was awarded Best Director from the Directors Guild of America and Best Writer three times from the Writers Guild of America. He has received the Milestone Award from the Producers Guild, the Board of Governors Award from the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Award from the Costume Designers Guild, the Life Achievement Award from the Publicists Guild, and the Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award from the Art Directors Guild. The National Association of Theater Owners has honored him as Director of the Year, as Producer of the Year and as Actor of the Year. He has won 16 awards from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics, the National Board of Review, and the Golden Globes. In 1992, he was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France; in Italy he received the David di Donatello award in 1968 and again in 1981 and its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998; in 2001, he received the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Sebastian International Film Festival; in 2002, he received the British Academy Fellowship from BAFTA; and in 2011, he was awarded the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. In December 2004, Beatty received The Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, D.C. In addition, he is the recipient of the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, the HFPA Cecile B. DeMille Award and many others. Politically active since the 1960's, Beatty campaigned with Robert F. Kennedy in his 1968 presidential campaign. That same year he traveled throughout the United States speaking in favor of gun control and against the war in Vietnam. In 1972 he took a year off from motion pictures to campaign with George McGovern. In 1981, Beatty was a founding board member of the Center for National Policy. He is a founding member of The Progressive Majority, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has participated in the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. Beatty serves on the Board of Directors of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of The Scripps Research Institute for several years. He has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from the Americans for Democratic Action, the Brennan Legacy Award from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law, and the Philip Burton Public Service Award from The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. In multiple forums he has addressed campaign finance reform, the increasing disparity of wealth, universal health care and the need for the Democratic Party to return to its roots. In March of 2013, he was inducted into the California Hall of Fame. Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia. He and his wife, Annette Bening , live in Los Angeles and have four children. - IMDb Mini B |
Who won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film Sophie's Choice? | Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s Choice - Dec 08, 1982 - HISTORY.com Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s Choice Share this: Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s Choice Author Meryl Streep stars in Sophie’s Choice URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1982, Sophie’s Choice, starring the actress Meryl Streep as a Holocaust survivor, opens in theaters. Directed by Alan J. Pakula (All The President’s Men, The Pelican Brief) and based on a 1979 novel of the same name by William Styron, Sophie’s Choice co-starred Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. The “choice” in the film’s title refers to a terrible decision Streep’s character is forced to make, about which of her two children will live or die while in a concentration camp. Streep went on to win a Best Actress Oscar for Sophie’s Choice, firmly establishing herself as one of the greatest actresses of her generation in Hollywood. To date, she has received more Academy Award nominations than any other actor in history. Streep, who was born on June 22, 1949, in Summit, New Jersey, studied drama at Vassar College and received a master’s degree in fine arts from the Yale University School of Drama. She made her big-screen debut with a small role in 1977’s Julia, starring Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Streep received her first Academy Award nomination, in the Best Supporting Actress category, for her second film, 1978’s The Deer Hunter. The Vietnam War-era drama co-starred Robert DeNiro and Christopher Walken. Streep won her first Academy Award, in the Supporting Actress category, for 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer, co-starring Dustin Hoffman and Justin Henry. In the film, which also earned Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Hoffman), Streep played a woman who leaves her husband and young son in order to find herself. Two years later, she was again nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role in The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), with Jeremy Irons. The year after Streep won an Oscar for Sophie’s Choice, she received her third Best Actress nomination for her performance as a whistle blower at a nuclear power plant in Silkwood (1983), with Cher and Kurt Russell. Streep, who became known for her ability to change her accent and appearance to fit her roles, was nominated for Best Actress again for 1985’s Out of Africa, with Robert Redford; 1987’s Ironweed, with Jack Nicholson; and 1988’s A Cry in the Dark, which features the now-famous line “The dingo’s got my baby.” During the 1990s, she racked up four more Best Actress Oscar nods, for Postcards from the Edge (1990), with Shirley MacLaine; The Bridges of Madison County (1995), with Clint Eastwood; One True Thing (1998), with Renee Zellweger and William Hurt; and Music of the Heart (1999), with Angela Bassett and Gloria Estefan. Streep received her record-breaking 13th Oscar nomination, more than any other performer, for her supporting role in Adaptation (2002). More recently, Streep received her 17th Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2012), which also earned Streep her third Oscar win. Streep, who has been married to sculptor Don Gummer since 1978, has four children. Her daughter Mamie Gummer has followed in her mother’s footsteps and become an actress, appearing in such movies as 2007’s Evening and 2008’s Stop-Loss. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Get This Day In History every morning in your inbox! |
From which film does the saying ''Hasta la vista, baby" come? | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Quotes - IMDb Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options John Connor : No, no, no, no. You gotta listen to the way people talk. You don't say "affirmative," or some shit like that. You say "no problemo." And if someone comes on to you with an attitude you say "eat me." And if you want to shine them on it's "hasta la vista, baby." The Terminator : Hasta la vista, baby. John Connor : Yeah but later, dickwad. And if someone gets upset you say, "chill out"! Or you can do combinations. The Terminator : Chill out, dickwad. John Connor : Great! See, you're getting it! The Terminator : I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. Cigar Biker : You forgot to say please... The Terminator : Pain causes it? John Connor : No, it's when there's nothing wrong with you, but you hurt anyway. You get it? John Connor : Todd and Janelle are dicks, but I've gotta warn them. You got a quarter? [the Terminator smashes into the coin bin and hands John a quarter] John Connor : Yeah. Is everything all right? Are you guys okay? Janelle Voight : Sure, honey, everything's okay. Are you all right? John Connor : Yeah, I'm fine. Janelle Voight : John, it's late. Honey, I was beginning to worry about you. If you hurry home, we can sit down and have dinner together. I'm making beef stew. John Connor : [holds his hand over the phone] Something's wrong. She's never this nice. Janelle Voight : John, where are you? Todd Voight : [hearing Max barking outside] What the hell is that goddamn dog barking at? Todd Voight : [shouting at Max] Hey! Shut up you worthless piece of shit! John Connor : [to himself] The dog's really barking... Todd Voight : Thought you were gonna tell the kid to get rid of that fucking mutt. Janelle Voight : [uses her arm to kill Todd] John, honey, it's late. Please don't make me worry. John Connor : [to Terminator, hand over the phone] Could it already be there? Janelle Voight : Honey, are you okay? The Terminator : [takes the phone from John and impersonates his voice] I'm right here. I'm fine. Janelle Voight : Are you sure? Are you sure you're all right? The Terminator : [to John; normal voice] What's the dog's name? The Terminator : [impersonating John's voice] Hey Janelle, what's wrong with Wolfie? I can hear him barking. Is he all right? Janelle Voight : Wolfie's fine, honey. Wolfie's just fine. Where are you? The Terminator : [hangs up the phone] Your foster parents are dead. |
Which actress said: 'When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better'? | Mae West - Wikiquote Mae West Jump to: navigation , search Why don't you come up sometime and see me? When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better. When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it as the title of her autobiography (1953). Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune. She Done Him Wrong (1933) Beulah, Peel me a grape. I'm No Angel (1933) I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported. I'm No Angel (1933) When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better. I'm No Angel (1933) Interview in Life magazine (18 April 1969) It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men. I'm No Angel (1933) Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before. Klondike Annie (1936) Sometimes quoted as: "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."' A man in the house is worth two in the street. Belle of the Nineties When women go wrong, men go right after them. She Done Him Wrong One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right! My Little Chickadee I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time. Myra Breckinridge To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches! Myra Breckinridge I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night Sextette To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said — 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film. Sextette When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity. Quoted in "For Women, Monologues They Haven't Heard" by Susan Pomerance, Dramaline Publications (1985) Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. #149 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you. #684 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne I've been in more laps than a napkin. #685 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. #832 in The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (2006) by Robert Byrne I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs. |
From which film comes the line 'Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?' | The Graduate (1967) - "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" - YouTube The Graduate (1967) - "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 5, 2009 The famous scene from The Graduate. Category |
In which film would you hear the famous line That's not a knife - this is a knife? | Crocodile Dundee (1986) - Quotes - IMDb Crocodile Dundee (1986) Quotes Showing all 25 items Teenage Mugger : [Dundee and Sue are approached by a black youth stepping out from the shadows, followed by some others] You got a light, buddy? Teenage Mugger : [flicks open switchblade] And your wallet! Sue Charlton : [guardedly] Mick, give him your wallet. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : [chuckles] That's not a knife. [he pulls out a large bowie knife] [he and his friends run off] Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : [to Sue] Just kids having fun. You all right? Sue Charlton : [relieved] I'm always all right when I'm with you, Dundee. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Richard Mason : New York City, Mr. Dundee. Home to seven million people. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : That's incredible. Imagine seven million people all wanting to live together. Yeah, New York must be the friendliest place on earth. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : Well, you see, Aborigines don't own the land.They belong to it. It's like their mother. See those rocks? Been standing there for 600 million years. Still be there when you and I are gone. So arguing over who owns them is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog they live on. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Sue Charlton : That croc was going to eat me alive. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : Well, I wouldn't hold that against him. Same thought crossed my mind once or twice. Sue Charlton : [smiling in slightly bashful amusement, while still allowing herself a little quiet satisfaction from Mick's compliment that she looks "delectable enough to eat"] Good night, Mick. Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Neville Bell : [Mick has just snuck up on Nev and is holding his knife to Nev's throat] Ah, Mick! You frightened shit out of me! Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : So I oughta, mate. Sneaking up on a man when he's rendering first aid to a lady. Neville Bell : Ah, is that what you were doing? Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : [seeing a woman's shapely bare foot and lower leg seductively appear around the doorway to the washroom, and then sighing with relief after seeing that it's only Sue playfully teasing him] For a minute there, uh, "room-service" took on a whole new meaning. Sue Charlton : Is it dead? Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : [looks at the crocodile with his knife in its skull] Well, if it isn't, it'll be a helluva job skinning the bastard. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : I was sorta married once - - nice girl, good cook, biiig chest. Then I went walkabout, and when I came back, she'd gone. Sue Charlton : How long were you gone? Sue Charlton : Weren't you afraid? Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : Of dying? Nah. I read The Bible once. You know God and Jesus and all them apostles? They were all fishermen, just like me. Yeah, straight to heaven for Mick Dundee. Yep, me and God, we'd be mates. [they continue along the way followed by Mick after he had been attacked and injured by a crocodile] Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : Hasn't she got any mates? Sue Charlton : You're right. I guess we could all use more mates. I suppose you don't have any shrinks at Walkabout Creek. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : Nah - - back there, if you got a problem, you tell Wally. And he tells everyone in town... brings it out in the open... no more problem. Neville Bell : Oh no, you can't take my photograph. Sue Charlton : Oh, I'm sorry, you believe it will take your spirit away. Neville Bell : No, you got lens-cap on it. Sue Charlton : How does he find his way in the dark? Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : He "thinks" his way. A lot of people believe that they're telepathic. [Sounds of branches breaking, splashing] Neville Bell : OOOOh, God, I hate the bush. Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee : [Mick brings stuffed croc up to the bar after making his grand entrance] Two beers, Ida. One for me, and one for me mate. Ida : [laughing] One for yo |
Credits on all Bond films finish with which same four words? | SPECTRE Reviews - Metacritic 10 kaleb Nov 6, 2015 Spectre is by far one of the best bond films ever so far. It is amazing and exciting and leave me wondering if the series can continue after it i for one would be ok if the series ended but on the other hand if the writes could think of a way to continue on james bond will return with daniel craig one more time 27 of 67 users found this helpful2740 9 vgmkyle Jan 3, 2016 SPECTRE is SKYFALL's equal. Some may disagree, but it's one of the better Bond films not just because of Craig, and a great female lead -- but because it combines everything that is good about Bond in the first place without the need of just gadgets to progress what happens in the storyline. 0 of 1 users found this helpful01 8 Lone_Wolf_Sones Aug 7, 2016 Spectre didn't reach the same heights that Skyfall did in my eyes; but it is still a solid Bond film in its own right. Skyfall afterall was the film that finally sold me on Craig as Bond. It was a pleasant surprise seeing a classic Bond nemesis return as well. Spectre cleverly ties together all of the Craig Bond films in a way other Bond films have never done. Craig's films have a continuity all their own and should Craig reprise the role forSpectre didn't reach the same heights that Skyfall did in my eyes; but it is still a solid Bond film in its own right. Skyfall afterall was the film that finally sold me on Craig as Bond. It was a pleasant surprise seeing a classic Bond nemesis return as well. Spectre cleverly ties together all of the Craig Bond films in a way other Bond films have never done. Craig's films have a continuity all their own and should Craig reprise the role for another film I look forward to seeing where they go next.… Expand 0 of 0 users found this helpful00 6 43in2014 Nov 23, 2015 Do you remember how dull Quantum of Solace (or as I call it, Question of Sports) was? In that film, Bond had disobeyed orders and went about doing his own thing. He went from Place A to Place B and so on, following a trail, killing one person then another and another, found out one of MI5 employee is a double agent and he ultimately dies. Crucially, he saved a girl, not your typical 20th century dumb bond girl but a strong-willed girl who is outDo you remember how dull Quantum of Solace (or as I call it, Question of Sports) was? In that film, Bond had disobeyed orders and went about doing his own thing. He went from Place A to Place B and so on, following a trail, killing one person then another and another, found out one of MI5 employee is a double agent and he ultimately dies. Crucially, he saved a girl, not your typical 20th century dumb bond girl but a strong-willed girl who is out for revenge, he asked her if she knows what's it like to kill a person, they go into an seemingly empty desert, end up blowing up some villains' place, etc. Well, if you have seen that film, there's not really a point to see this one! What an utter waste of $250m to repeat the same dull stuff again. If you need further proof of the laziness, two of the three writers of the Question of Sports have returned with copies of their previous script to do some minor editing and then submit as a new film! Score: 3/5 (No half score) (Save your money and watch it on TV)… Expand 0 of 1 users found this helpful01 6 Ripper89 Nov 23, 2015 SPECTRE isn't a bad film, but the plot and the role of the main villain are incredibly week. The action is good, the acting isn't bad, but this movie is not as good as Skyfall. Sad way to say goodbye to Daniel Craig as James Bond, as he suits the role perfectly in my opinion. 2 of 3 users found this helpful21 5 Hanshall Dec 6, 2015 This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If I had to sum up the film in one word, that word would be: soulless. It's baffling to really understand how Spectre went wrong, but I think I've managed to find some root causes. On paper it has the potential to be on of the better films, and the retention of the majority of the Skyfall team should have delivered a polished, and concise movie about the introduction of Bond |
Which actress, upon splitting with her partner said, At least I can wear high heels now"? | Pantyhose in TV commercials – The ActSensuous blog ActSensuous Robin Maryland, president, ActSensuous Longtime readers here know I’ll come up with just about any excuse to shine the spotlight on pantyhose. Hey, that’s my job ya know. Case in point: The movie, Suicide Squad (the latest in the DC Comics films series), which appears to feature its main character, Harley Quinn, wearing fishnet pantyhose (pretty much throughout), was No. 1 for a second weekend in a row (Aug. 5 to Aug. 14), pulling in $222.6 million, according to Box Office Mojo. This, after posting an August-record $133.7 million opening. So far, Suicide Squad has earned $466 million globally. Notice above I wrote “appears” to feature its main character wearing fishnet pantyhose. That’s because I haven’t actually seen the movie yet. Actress Margot Robbie plays Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. Still, there are many promotional photos out there, in which Australian actress Margot Robbie wears some red or purple briefs over torn fishnet pantyhose. While I am not a huge fan of fishnets, my philosophy (as you’ve read here for years) is: Any kind of pantyhose are better than “bear” legs. I don’t know much about Margot Robbie. Check that … I don’t know anything about Robbie. In fact, until I saw the TV ads for Suicide Squad and looked up the cast, I hadn’t heard of her. So, I don’t know whether or not she’s really very pantyhose friendly, but a quick Google search seems to indicate, well, not exactly. To her credit though, earlier this year, Robbie was photographed after landing in London from a flight out of Los Angeles, wearing a black skort (combination of skirt and shorts) with sheer black pantyhose. Also, in a photo from Suicide Squad, it looks as if Robbie might have on sheer nude pantyhose during an interview scene, in which she wears a more business-like outfit with a white lab coat (below left). At least on this occasion, Margot Robbie arrives earlier this year at Heathrow Airport in London, England. At least on this occasion, Margot Robbie arrives earlier this year at Heathrow Airport in London, England. I say she might be wearing because the picture isn’t in the highest resolution and the lighting is a bit dim. Anyway, I hope she’s wearing in that scene. As the chances of my actually going to see Suicide Squad are slim to you-must-be-joking, if you see this movie, please tell me whether Robbie is wearing in that scene. Since I have no one who would be interested in seeing this film with me, I will wait until it arrives on the DirecTV movie channels. Oh, and if I did go out to see this movie, I of course, would be wearing a dress, heels and sheer nude pantyhose. Rio Olympics Female athletes of China participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony in Brazil. I was happy to see that, once again, the ladies of the China delegation wore sheer nude pantyhose during the Parade of Nations ceremony at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. I didn’t see the delegations of Japan or Korea, but a Google search showed that those nations’ women did not wear pantyhose. In all fairness though, that could be because their ladies wore slacks and blazers. Haaaaaaa All the U.S. delegation members wore white slacks and blue blazers. Still, I love that China treats the Olympics ceremonies as a formal occasion, and the ladies always wear skirts, pumps and sheer nude pantyhose. United Emirates For some time now, I’ve noticed during ATP and WTA tennis tournaments when the camera pans the crowd, there are a couple of beautiful ladies in skirt suits standing at each of the entrances/exits throughout the different stadiums. They are always wearing sheer nude or suntan pantyhose and look quite awesome. They are the flight attendants or air hostesses of United Emirates Airlines. According to About.com, “Emirates is the national airline of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates city-state that has become the Middle East’s luxury playground.” Lately, the Emirates air hostesses themselves are becoming luxuriously legendary. Check out this awesome video I stumbled upon a |
Which actor said My Mama always said, 'Life was like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get." | 20 Classic Forrest Gump Quotes in Honor of the Film's 20th Anniversary 20 Classic Forrest Gump Quotes in Honor of the Film's 20th Anniversary July 1, 2014 – 3:05 PM Which Country Star was the First to Ever Perform at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn? Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Forrest Gump sat on that bench and told us that “life is like a box of chocolates?” On July 6, 1994, the slow, but sweet character played by Tom Hanks entered theaters—and our hearts. Besides being a blockbuster, the film was also critically acclaimed, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture that year, along with 13 other Oscar nominations. Paramount will re-release Forrest Gump in IMAX theaters Sept. 5th. To hold you over until then, we’ve rounded up 20 of our favorite quotes from the film. “Stupid is as stupid does.” – Forrest Gump “My mama always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.'”-Forrest “Run, Forrest! Run!”- Jenny Curran “You have to do the best with what God gave you.” – Mrs. Gump “My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” – Forrest “Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t.” – Forrest “Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you’re ever in trouble, don’t be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away.” -Jenny “What’s normal anyways?”-Forrest “Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.”- Forrest Bubba: My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue, but people call me Bubba. Just like one of them ol’ redneck boys. Can you believe that? Forrest: My name’s Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. “Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There’s shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That, that’s about it.” -Bubba “Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company [Apple computer]. So then I got a call from him, saying we don’t have to worry about money no more. And I said, that’s good! One less thing.” -Forrest “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I’d just run across the great state of Alabama. And that’s what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going.” – Forrest Forrest: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. [he stops and turns around] Young Man Running: Quiet, quiet! He’s gonna say something! Forrest: I’m pretty tired… I think I’ll go home now. “I never thanked you for saving my life.” -Lieutenant Dan Forrest: What’s my destiny, Mama? Mrs. Gump: You’re gonna have to figure that out for yourself. “One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months. We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain… and big ol’ fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways. And sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath. Shoot, it even rained at night…” -Forrest “Bubba was my best good friend. And even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner. Bubba was going to be a shrimping boat captain, but instead, he died right there by that river in Vietnam.” -Forrest “Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots.” -Forrest “The best thing about visiting the President is the food! Now, since it was all free, and I wasn’t hungry but thirsty, I must’ve drank me fifteen Dr. Peppers.” -Forrest |
What is the anniversary gemstone for the 9th year of marriage? | Anniversary Jewelry: Gemstones By Year - Anniversary Gemstones - TheNest.com Anniversaries Anniversary Jewelry: Gemstones by Year Gems and previous metals don't just look beautiful; they represent distinct virtues and promote unique healing qualities. Here are the traditional anniversary gemstones by year. Who says it's all about diamonds, anyway? 1st Anniversary: Gold and Pearl Photo by Thinkstock / The Nest Gold is precious and pure, which is why it represents the first wedding anniversary. It also symbolizes wealth – something to aspire to down the line! Pearl symbolizes purity and wisdom. It also comes in many different colors and shapes, much like the varied nature of relationships. 2nd Anniversary: Garnet and Rose Quartz Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Garnet, with its fiery red color, represents passion and intimacy – qualities firmly established by your second year of marriage. It’s believed to boost your sex drive – and your professional drive! Rose quartz, an opaque pink stone, enhances love, warmth and acceptance and is thought to provide inner peace and stress relief. 3rd Anniversary: Pearl and Jade Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Pearl symbolizes purity and wisdom. It also comes in many different colors and shapes, much like the varied nature of relationships. Jade -- a green stone that’s treasured in China for its health -- and wealth-enhancing qualities – is also thought to nurture wisdom, inner peace and good fortune. 4th Anniversary: Blue Topaz and Amethyst Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Blue topaz is thought to foster success, creativity and humility. Amethyst, a translucent purple stone, represents tolerance and forgiveness. It is thought to eradicate negative feelings. 5th Anniversary: Sapphire and Turquoise Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Deep blue sapphire is associated with faithfulness: one of the reasons it’s such a popular anniversary – and even engagement -- gem stone. It also symbolizes truth and sincerity. Opaque turquoise has long been used for protection and cherished by Native Americans for its healing qualities. It also represents courage and truth. 6th Anniversary: Amethyst and Garnet Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Amethyst, a translucent purple stone, represents tolerance and forgiveness. It is thought to eradicate negative feelings. Garnet, with its fiery red color, represents passion and intimacy – qualities firmly established by your second year of marriage. It’s believed to boost your sex drive – and your professional drive! 7th Anniversary: Onyx and Lapus Lazuli Photo by Thinkstock / The Nest Black onyx is thought to promote happiness and stability. It’s a protective stone and will help ward off negativity in your marriage. Lapus lazuli -- a deep blue, marbled stone -- is also a protective gem stone, and represents friendship, truth and harmony. 8th Anniversary: Tourmaline and Aventurine Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Tourmaline comes in many different colors, including pink, black, green and yellow. Each diverse stone has its own distinct properties, but in general, tourmaline helps promote openness and reduce stress. It is also thought to enhance love and friendship. Aventurine is a quartz stone that’s most commonly green, but also exists naturally in several other colors. It is thought to help quell anxiety and promote balance. It’s represents luck and chance. 9th Anniversary: Lapus Lazuli and Tiger Eye Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest Lapus lazuli -- a deep blue, marbled stone -- is also a protective gemstone, and represents friendship, truth and harmony. Tiger Eye is so called because its swirly amber color resembles that of an actual tiger's eye. It's believed to promote balance, strength and confidence. 10th Anniversary: Diamond and Blue Sapphire Photo by Shutterstock / The Nest The diamond is the hardest and most valuable of all gem stones. It represents many things; among them: Wealth, abundance, bravery, love and harmony. Deep blue sapphire is associated with faithfulness: one of the reasons it's such a popular anniversary -- and even engagement -- gemstone. It |
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What material is made primarily from the shell of the Hawksbill turtle? | Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Texas Status Endangered, Listed 6/02/1970 Description The hawksbill sea turtle is a small to medium sized turtle with shell lengths up to 36 inches. They are known for their beautiful brown shell, mottled with dark and light spots and streaks, which was once commonly used to make tortoiseshell jewelry. Life History Hawksbill sea turtles are the most tropical of all sea turtles. Hawksbill turtles nest primarily at night, but there are reports of daytime nesting, usually on uninhabited beaches. Although sea turtles are subject to predation throughout their life cycle, predation is particularly high during the first two years of life. The eggs are eaten by ghost crabs, raccoons, skunks, opossums, mongooses, and dogs. Hatchlings are preyed upon by mammals, sea birds, crabs, and carnivorous fishes. Predation continues to be high until the turtles are big enough to avoid being swallowed. Sharks are a formidable predator throughout the life cycle of the hawksbill. This carnivorous turtle has a highly variable diet consisting mostly of invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, crustaceans, sea urchins, and molluscs. In captivity, adults reach sexual maturity between 3 and 5 years of age, although wild turtles may take much longer to reach maturity. They can live as long as 30 - 50 years. Adults mate off the nesting beaches every 2 to 3 years during the nesting period, generally April through November. Female hawksbill turtles nest alone or sometimes in small groups. As with other sea turtles, females return to lay their eggs on or near the same beach where they hatched. Scientists believe that sea turtles navigate by using their own innate global positioning system. Hatchlings are born with the ability to navigate using the earth's magnetic field. The females may nest several times during a season, laying as many as 200 soft, round white eggs per nest. The eggs incubate in the sand for 47 to 75 days. The incubation period is longer when the weather is cool. Hatchlings emerge from the nest mostly at night, race quickly to the surf and swim hurriedly toward the open ocean. Nesting occurs in numerous places in the tropics. In the Americas, these include the beaches of theYucatan Peninsula, southern Cuba, Costa Rica, islands of the Caribbean such as Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, and Grenada, northeastern Brazil, and Pacific coasts of Mexico and Panama. Habitat Hawksbill turtles live in clear offshore waters of mainland and island shelves. They are more common where coral reef formations are present. Hawksbill turtles nest on sandy beaches, often in the proximity of coral reefs. Distribution Hawksbill sea turtles are found primarily in warmer waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans from Japan to Australia and the British Isles to southern Brazil. They are also found in the southern waters of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. In Texas, the hawksbill is found in the Gulf of Mexico and occasionally on the Texas coast. Other The hawksbill's brightly colored, thick scutes covering the carapace (top of the shell) are the source of "tortoise-shell" which has been used for centuries to make jewelry. Handicrafts made of tortoise-shell appear in many ancient cultures, in places like China, Ceylon, India, Oceania, and Rome. With the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) restrictions, international trade in tortoise-shell has significantly decreased, but harvest of the turtle for its shell is still a threat to its survival in some areas of the world. The meat and eggs of the hawksbill have long been a source of food for people, although the meat is considered toxic in some areas due to the food items consumed. Human exploitation of the nesting grounds and pollution pose long term threats to its survival. In the past, hawksbill sea turtles were often killed in large shrimp trawl nets. Today, turtle excluder devices (TED's) pulled by shrimp boats help reduce mortality from |
In the 70s series the Return of the Saint, what type of car did the title character drive? | The Saint and Leslie Charteris FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions a. Books: Leslie Charteris wrote 50 English language books detailing the Saint's adventures. These fifty titles are comprised of 19 full-length novels, 48 novelettes or novellas, and 95 short stories (94 in the UK, where "The Uncritical Publisher" was left out of all editions of "The Saint Intervenes"). To muddy the situation, many of the 50 titles underwent title changes, and most of the short stories and novelettes have been repackaged into various anthologies and compilations over the years. The linguistic qualification regarding "English language" is required as Charteris also wrote a further 40 adventures in French which have never been translated into English-although some have been translated into Dutch. A detailed list of the English adventures, plus many of the anthologies and non-Saint books by Leslie Charteris, can be found at http://www.saint.org/books.htm b. Films: The best remembered films are the series of black and white movies that were made during the Golden Age of Hollywood by RKO. Between 1938 and 1953, with the help of Louis Hayward , George Sanders and Hugh Sinclair , they made nine movies. Two French films were made by different French production companies in the 1960s. Charteris disliked these so much that he stopped them from being shown in any English-language territories. Copies of both films do exist in their native country but on viewing only go to emphasize the extremely high quality of every other Saint production. Two two-part stories from the Roger Moore TV series, and one two-parter from the Ian Ogilvy series, have been shown as films on a very limited theatrical basis, but very often crop up as TV movies. Val Kilmer played Simon Templar in the 1997 Paramount film, The Saint. c. Television: The first TV series, starring Roger Moore , ran between 1962 and 1969. They made 118 hour long episodes: 71 in black and white and 47 in color. Two of these stories ("The Fiction Makers" and "Vendetta for the Saint") were two-parters and subsequently were released as films on a limited basis. The second series, with Ian Ogilvy as the Saint, ran in the late 1970s. They made 24 hour-long episodes. One story, a two parter called "Collision Course", was packaged into a feature length movie called "The Saint and the Brave Goose". The third series, with Simon Dutton taking over the halo, was made in the late 1980s. There were 6 two-hour films. There was a failed one-hour pilot made and shown in 1987, with Australian Andrew Clarke as Simon Templar. Those who've seen it do their best to forget it. Further information on all the TV shows, and a detailed episode listing can be found at http://www.saint.org/sttv.htm d. Radio: The Saint debuted on the radio in 1940, when Terence De Marney starred in six episodes, adapted from the original Charteris stories, for Radio Athlone. These six episodes were later repeated on the British Forces Band. In 1945 the Saint came to American radio. Edgar Barrier made 13 episodes for NBC. Later that years Brian Aherne made 13 episodes for CBS. Vincent Price took over the halo in 1947, making 51 episodes for CBS. In July 1948 the show moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System where he made a further 47 episodes. The show moved to NBC in 1950 where Price made a final batch of 44 episodes. Barry Sullivan also starred as the Saint for two episodes whilst the show was at NBC. Tom Conway took over the role in May 1951 and starred in 23 episodes as Simon Templar before the show finished in October that year. 3 chapters of the Immortal Works were adapted for radio and broadcast on Radio Sottens, a Swiss based French language radio channel, in July 1949. From 1953 to 1957 Tom Meehan starred as Simon Templar on Springbok Radio (South Africa). The show, which was sponsored by Lever Brothers, was adapted from the books by Tom Meehan and producer Yolande DHotman. In the mid 1960s The Saint appeared as a one off dramatization for the Lux Radio Theatre (South African version). In 1979/71 the Saint returned to South African radio with |
Instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for this 1963 film? | Henry Mancini ~ The Pink Panther Theme ~ 1963 - YouTube Henry Mancini ~ The Pink Panther Theme ~ 1963 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on May 3, 2012 "The Pink Panther Theme" is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Original Music Score. The cartoon character created for the opening credits of the movie by David DePatie and Friz Freleng was animated in time to the tune.The soloist of this song was Plas Johnson. RCA Records released the tune as a single in 1964; it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards. It was featured in the opening credits of all The Pink Panther films, with the exception of A Shot in the Dark, and Inspector Clouseau. "Various-The Pink Panther Theme (From The Pink Panther)", sound recording administered by: SME Music Copyrights may be held by one or more of the following: Mirisch-G & E Productions, Inc. (PWH) Liberty Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. United Artists Corporation "The AUDIO content does not belong to me. I do not profit from these Videos and/or Slideshows. I do not own copyrights of the images, which are from free websites. This is strictly for Educational use and Commentary purposes." "No copyright is claimed in [the music] and to the extent that material may appear to be infringed, I assert that such alleged infringement is permissible under fair use principles in U.S. copyright laws. If you believe material has been used in an unauthorized manner, please contact the poster." Copyright Disclaimer--"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." Category |
Conjoined twins are also known as what? | How Are Conjoined Twins Formed? By Pamela Prindle Fierro - Reviewed by a board-certified physician. Updated June 30, 2016 Conjoined Twins FAQ: How Do Conjoined Twins Form? Answer: Conjoined twins are an extremely rare type of twins, specifically a form of monozygotic twins. Monozygotic -- also known as identical -- twins form when a single fertilized egg splits into two embryos. This split can happen anytime after fertilization; as more time passes, the twins are more likely to share commonalities. Conjoined twins develop and are born with a physical connection. Like all monozygotic twins, conjoined twins are always same sex (either both boys or both girls). It is estimated that seventy percent of conjoined twins are female. Theories About How Conjoined Twins Form Conjoined twins remain a rare and mysterious phenomenon. Just as it is not known what causes monozygotic twinning , it is not known exactly why conjoined twins form, and there is disagreement as to how they form. Two theories have been presented. Fission Theory of Conjoined Twinning First, If the split occurs more than twelve days post conception, the embryos may not fully divide and the embryo may form with an anatomical connection, producing conjoined twins. This is described as the "fission theory." It is not known why the zygote divides, or why the process is interrupted so that the embryo remains connected and develops as conjoined twins. Fusion Theory of Conjoined Twinning Another theory regarding conjoined twinning is known as the "fusion" or "collision" theory. It suggests that stem cells from one twin adhere to like stem cells from the other twin, fusing together and developing conjoinedly. Again, there is no identified explanation for why this would happen. The amount of connectivity between conjoined twins varies and determines the expected outcome for the individuals. Some conjoined twins are merely connected with a narrow band of skin and tissue, while others share complicated connections of vital organs and systems that impair their function. Nearly half of conjoined twins are born stillborn and about a third survive for less than a day after birth. However, surgical separations of conjoined twins have produced many successful cases where both individuals are able to enjoy long, healthy lives. Some examples are Carl and Clarence Aguirre in 2003, Jade and Erin Buckles in 2004, Kendra and Maliyah Herrin in 2006, and A’zhari and A’zhiah Jones in 2013. What are the Risk Factors For Conjoined Twins? It is difficult to identify risk factors for the occurrence of conjoined twins in a pregnancy, as there is uncertainty about how and why they occur to begin with. Monozygotic twinning is not associated with genetic or hereditary factors, nor influenced by some of the causes of dizygotic twinning , such as advanced maternal age or fertility treatments. Although it's been suggested that environmental factors may have an impact, especially in less developed countries, there is a lack of conclusive evidence identifying specific factors. What are the Symptoms of Conjoined Twins? There are no specific symptoms for conjoined twins, although some of the general signs and symptoms of a multiple pregnancy may arouse suspicion. Conjoined twins are identified in pregnancy via ultrasound. Further assessment and diagnostics can be obtained with imaging technology such as MRI . Conjoined twins, also known as Siamese twins, are a rare type of monozygotic (identical) twins. Find more answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Conjoined Twins . Sources: Spencher, R. "Theoretical and analytical embryology of conjoined twins: part I: embryogenesis." Clinical Anatomy,Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2000, pg. 36-53. Quigley, C. Conjoined Twins: An Historical, Biological and Ethical Issues Encyclopedia, McFarland & Company (2003). Continue Reading |
What is the fourth book of the old testament? | Chapter 1: What Is the Old Testament? Chapter 1 - What Is the Old Testament? THE Old Testament is a collection of selected writings composed and edited by members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the twelfth century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era. It includes such diverse materials as prophetic oracles, teachings of wise men, instructions of priests and ancient records of the royal courts. Some material is historical, some is legendary; some is legalistic, some is didactic. For the most part the literature was written in Hebrew, but a few passages were written in Aramaic, a kindred language which came into common usage among the Jews during the post-Exilic era (after the sixth century B.C.). The Aramaic portions include Dan. 2:4b-7:28; Ezra 4:8-6:18, 7:12-26; Jer. 10:11; and one phrase in Gen. 31:47 "Jegar-sahadutha," translated "Heap of Witness." The term "Old Testament,"1 or more properly "Old Covenant," is a Christian designation, reflecting the belief of the early Christian Church that the "new covenant" mentioned in Jer. 31:31-34 was fulfilled in Jesus and that the Christian scriptures set forth the "new covenant," just as the Jewish scriptures set forth the "old covenant" (II Cor. 3:6-18; Heb. 9:1-4). Jewish scholars prefer the term "Tanak," a word formed by combining the initial letters of the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible: Torah (Law), Nebhiim (Prophets), and Kethubhim (Writings). The Bible, as we know it today, is the end product of a long process of writing, editing and selecting of literature primarily concerned with Jewish religious concepts, and, as such, it has a long literary history. It cannot be assumed that a group of men composed writings echoing what they thought God was dictating. The Bible reflects historical situations, human events, men's reactions to these happenings, and the belief that God was also involved in events. The literary history of the Bible can be said to have begun in the time of Solomon when two men, or groups of men, produced what was to become the nucleus of the Old Testament. One concentrated on the story of David, drawing, no doubt, from court records and other sources, to produce a rather matter-of-fact and intimate account of David's rise to power, the weaknesses and strengths of the man and his family, and the successful coup by which his son, Solomon, gained the throne. The other writer or writers delved into the oral and written traditions of the past to enrich the understanding of the present. Stories of patriarchal ancestors, songs and folk-tales of the tribes, explanations concerning the origin of the world, and accounts of the action of God in the affairs of men, were gathered and woven into a saga explaining how the nation Israel came to be, and how God, who had acted in the past on behalf of his chosen people, was acting in the present and could be counted upon to act in the future. The theologized tradition or "sacred history," as it has been called, was probably utilized in the festivals and cultic rites of the temple. But the writing did not stop in the tenth century. New events and new monarchs required the extension of national history, and a developing theology saw new facets of the relationship believed to exist between God and the nation. Some materials were undoubtedly discarded over the years, for the Bible reflects selectivity of materials, as we shall see. Study of the sacred literature and new historical events developed new insights and resulted in the addition of new materials. an extension of the creation narrative, detailed genealogies to account for various nations, and new traditions about the patriarchs to explain how history had developed. Even David's story was reinterpreted as David became, more and more, the prototype of the ideal king and, ultimately, of the Messiah. Other literary forms were added: sermonic utterances of the prophets, teachings from the schools of the wise men, devotional hymns of the temple, parables, and material related to the nation's understanding of itself and its divine purpose. Differing th |
In 1982, who became the first poet to win a Pulitzer Prize posthumously? | Sylvia Plath: Quotes, Early Life, College Years, Career and Marriage, Death, Journals and Letters, Poetry, the Bell Jar, Hughes Controversy, Legacy, Bibliography, Sources, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Sylvia Plath Quotes more � � less "And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.""Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing a complex, vital interweaving of both.""But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.""Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.""How frail the human heart must be - a mirrored pool of thought.""I am too pure for you or anyone.""I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.""I talk to God but the sky is empty.""I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.""If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.""Is there no way out of the mind?""Kiss me and you will see how important I am.""Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.""The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.""There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.""Widow. The word consumes itself." Early Life more � � less Plath was born during the Great Depression on October 27, 1932 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, to Aurelia Schober Plath, a first-generation American of Austrian descent, and Otto Emile Plath, an immigrant from Grabow, Germany. Plath's father was a professor of biology and German at Boston University and author of a book about bumblebees. Plath's mother was approximately twenty-one years younger than her husband. They met while she was earning her master's degree in teaching and took one of his courses. Otto had become alienated from his family because he chose not to become a Lutheran minister, as his grandparents had intended him to be. In April 1935, Plath's brother Warren was born. The family moved to Winthrop, Massachusetts in 1936 and Plath spent much of her childhood on Johnson Avenue. Raised a Unitarian Christian, Plath experienced a loss of faith after her father's death, and remained ambivalent about religion throughout her life Plath's mother, Aurelia, had grown up in Winthrop, and her maternal grandparents, the Schobers, had lived in a section of the town called Point Shirley, a location mentioned in Plath's poetry. While living in Winthrop, eight-year-old Plath published her first poem in the Boston Herald's children's section. In addition to writing, she showed early promise as an artist, winning an award for her paintings from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 1947. Otto Plath died on November 5, 1940, a week and a half after Plath's eighth birthday, of complications following the amputation of a foot due to untreated diabetes. He had become ill shortly after a close friend died of lung cancer. Comparing the similarities between his friend's symptoms and his own, Otto became convinced that he, too, had lung cancer and did not seek treatment until his diabetes had progressed too far. Otto Plath was buried in Winthrop Cemetery; visiting her father's grave prompted Plath to write the poem Electra on Azalea Path. After her husband's death, Aurelia Plath moved her children and her parents to 26 Elmwood Road, Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1942. College Years more � � less In 1950, Plath attended Smith College. She dated a Yale senior named Dick Norton during her junior year. Norton, upon whom the character of Buddy in The Bell Jar is |
In which year did a terrorist group kill eleven hostages at the Olympic Games? | Munich Massacre Munich Massacre 1970 - 1979 Munich Massacre One of the eight Palestinian terrorists comprising the Black September group stands on a balcony of the Olympic Village during a standoff after they kidnapped nine members of the Israeli Olympic team and killed two others on Sept. 5, 1972 in Munich. (Getty Images/Stringer) Updated January 21, 2016. What Was the Munich Massacre? The Munich Massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games. Eight Palestinian terrorists killed two members of Israeli Olympic team and then took nine others hostage. The situation was ended by a huge gunfight that left five of the terrorists and all of the nine hostages dead. Following the massacre, the Israeli government organized a retaliation against Black September, called Operation Wrath of God. Dates: September 5, 1972 Also Known As: 1972 Olympics Massacre Stressful Olympics The XXth Olympic Games were held in Munich, Germany in 1972. Tensions were high at these Olympics, because they were the first Olympic Games held in Germany since the Nazis hosted the Games in 1936 . The Israeli athletes and their trainers were especially nervous; many had family members who had been murdered during the Holocaust or were themselves Holocaust survivors. The Attack The first few days of the Olympic Games went smoothly. continue reading below our video The Massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics On September 4, the Israeli team spent the evening out to see the play, Fiddler on the Roof, and then went back to the Olympic Village to sleep. A little after 4 a.m. on September 5, as the Israeli athletes slept, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist organization, Black September, jumped over the six-foot high fence that encircled the Olympic Village. The terrorists headed straight for 31 Connollystrasse, the building where the Israeli contingent was staying. Around 4:30 a.m., the terrorists entered the building. They rounded up the occupants of apartment 1 and then apartment 3. Several of the Israelis fought back; two of them were killed. A couple of others were able to escape out windows. Nine were taken hostage. Standoff at the Apartment Building By 5:10 a.m., the police had been alerted and news of the attack had begun to spread around the world. The terrorists then dropped a list of their demands out the window; they wanted 234 prisoners released from Israeli prisons and two from German prisons by 9 a.m. Negotiators were able to extend the deadline to noon, then 1 p.m., then 3 p.m., then 5 p.m.; however, the terrorists refused to back down on their demands and Israel refused to release the prisoners. A confrontation became inevitable. At 5 p.m., the terrorists realized that their demands were not going to be met. They asked for two planes to fly both the terrorists and the hostages to Cairo, Egypt, hoping a new locale would help get their demands met. The German officials agreed, but realized that they could not let the terrorists leave Germany. Desperate to end the standoff, the Germans organized Operation Sunshine, which was a plan to storm the apartment building. The terrorists discovered the plan by watching television. The Germans then planned to attack the terrorists on their way to the airport, but again the terrorists found out their plans. Massacre at the Airport Around 10:30 p.m., the terrorists and hostages were transported to the Fürstenfeldbruck airport by helicopter. The Germans had decided to confront the terrorists at the airport and had snipers waiting for them. Once on the ground, the terrorists realized there was a trap. Snipers started shooting at them and they shot back. Two terrorists and one policeman were killed. Then a stalemate developed. The Germans requested armored cars and waited for over an hour for them to arrive. When the armored cars arrived, the terrorists knew the end had come. One of the terrorists jumped into a helicopter and shot four of the hostages, then threw in a grenade. Another terrorist hopped into the other helicopter and used his machine gun to kill the remaining five hostages. The snip |
Which 1946 film was an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's crime novel of the same name? | \ The Big Sleep (1946) Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, the 1946 adaptation of Chandler’s 1939 novel of the same name might stand as the most iconic and well-known of all the Chandler adaptations. And as if the combination of Bogie and Bacall wasn’t enough, William Faulkner, Jules Furthman, and Leigh Brackett co-wrote the screenplay. An interesting piece of trivia: Brackett also helped write The Empire Strikes Back, making her the link between Marlowe and Darth Vader. |
Which influential German philosopher wrote 'Being and Time'? | Martin Heidegger (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Martin Heidegger First published Wed Oct 12, 2011 Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism, although his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification. His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy. They have also had an impact far beyond philosophy, for example in architectural theory (see e.g., Sharr 2007), literary criticism (see e.g., Ziarek 1989), theology (see e.g., Caputo 1993), psychotherapy (see e.g., Binswanger 1943/1964, Guignon 1993) and cognitive science (see e.g., Dreyfus 1992, 2008; Wheeler 2005; Kiverstein and Wheeler 2012). 1. Biographical Sketch Martin Heidegger was born in Messkirch, Germany, on September 26, 1889. Messkirch was then a quiet, conservative, religious rural town, and as such was a formative influence on Heidegger and his philosophical thought. In 1909 he spent two weeks in the Jesuit order before leaving (probably on health grounds) to study theology at the University of Freiburg. In 1911 he switched subjects, to philosophy. He began teaching at Freiburg in 1915. In 1917 he married Elfride Petri, with whom he had two sons (Jörg and Hermann) and from whom he never parted (although his affair with the philosopher Hannah Arendt, his student at Marburg in the 1920s, is well-known). Heidegger's philosophical development began when he read Brentano and Aristotle, plus the latter's medieval scholastic interpreters. Indeed, Aristotle's demand in the Metaphysics to know what it is that unites all possible modes of Being (or ‘is-ness’) is, in many ways, the question that ignites and drives Heidegger's philosophy. From this platform he proceeded to engage deeply with Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and, perhaps most importantly of all for his subsequent thinking in the 1920s, two further figures: Dilthey (whose stress on the role of interpretation and history in the study of human activity profoundly influenced Heidegger) and Husserl (whose understanding of phenomenology as a science of essences he was destined to reject). In 1915 Husserl took up a post at Freiburg and in 1919 Heidegger became his assistant. Heidegger spent a period (of reputedly brilliant) teaching at the University of Marburg (1923–1928), but then returned to Freiburg to take up the chair vacated by Husserl on his retirement. Out of such influences, explorations, and critical engagements, Heidegger's magnum opus, Being and Time (Sein und Zeit) was born. Although Heidegger's academic and intellectual relationship with his Freiburg predecessor was complicated and occasionally strained (see Crowell 2005), Being and Time was dedicated to Husserl, “in friendship and admiration”. Published in 1927, Being and Time is standardly hailed as one of the most significant texts in the canon of (what has come to be called) contemporary European (or Continental) Philosophy. It catapulted Heidegger to a position of international intellectual visibility and provided the philosophical impetus for a number of later programmes and ideas in the contemporary European tradition, including Sartre's existentialism, Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics, and Derrida's notion of ‘deconstruction’. Moreover, Being and Time, and indeed Heidegger's philosophy in general, has been presented and engaged with by thinkers such as Dreyfus (e.g., 1990) and Rorty (e.g., 1991a, b) who work somewhere near the interface between the contemporary European and the analytic traditions. A cross-section of broadly analytic reactions to Heidegger (positive and negative) may be found alongside other responses in (Murray 1978). Being and Time is discussed in section 2 of this article. In 1933 Heidegger joined the Nazi Party and was elected Rector of Freiburg University, where, depending on whose account one believes, he either enthusiastically implemented the Nazi policy of bringing |
Which American society magazine merged into Vogue in 1936? | A brief history of Vanity Fair from its 1914-1936 run with notes for collectors. A brief history of Vanity Fair from its 1914-1936 run with notes for collectors. Home → The Magazines → A brief history of Vanity Fair from its 1914-1936 run with notes for collectors. Conde Nast’s Vanity Fair under Frank Crowninshield 1914-1936 Back issues of Vanity Fair are as enjoyable to page through today as they were at the time of original publication. Oversized and perfect bound with slick pages filled with black and white photographs and colorful paintings, with text from the likes of Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, D.H. Lawrence and so many more, every page is an adventure into the history of early twentieth century American culture. Publisher of Vogue Conde Nast had purchased a competitive title called Dress which he would couple with another purchase titled Vanity Fair. This had been a British publication which Nast had paid $3,000 for in 1913. Nast combined his two purchases into Dress and Vanity Fair that same year, and quickly realized that his new publication was a failure after just four issues. He happened upon Frank Crowninshield who would become editor with the fifth issue of the retitled Vanity Fair, a post he would hold until the magazine’s 1936 demise. Crowninshield, nationally known as a supporter of the 1913 Armory Show in New York, would bring his ideas about art and culture to the new publication. Crowninshield explains his personality, which was also the personality of Vanity Fair: “My interest in society–at times so pronounced that the word ‘snob’ comes a little to mind–derives from the fact that I like an immense number of things which society, money, and position bring in their train: paintings, tapestries, rare books, smart dresses, dances, gardens, country houses, correct cuisine, and pretty women” (Tebbel 257). Americans would come to learn of Picasso, Matisse and Gauguin through the pages of Vanity Fair, they would read Dorothy Parker, enjoy the photography of Edward Steichen and the humourous yet eerie caricatures of Miguel Covarrubias. A complete history, as well as a more complete listing of its contributors over the years, can be found on Vanity Fair’s own site in the article The One-Click History . Vanity Fair would cover art, theater, literature, sport, film for the “smart” crowd, an elite audience which would stifle its circulation and ultimately suffocate the publication when the world turned dark under the cloud of the Depression and coming War in the 1930’s. Competition in its hey day came from H.L. Mencken’s Smart Set and American Mercury as well as Harold Ross’s New Yorker. It’s layout was precursor to the coming photojournalistic publications beginning with LIFE Magazine. And it’s death was not permanent as it was successfully revived in 1983 and continues to be published today. But as the busy covers shown on this page illustrate, the Vanity Fair of Conde Nast and Frank Crowninshield was a true original, consisting of Crowninshield’s vision and the contributions of a host of artistic giants, the likes of which no budget could bring together today for successful replication. Each vintage issue is to be treasured, and so they are as copies are not so easily found by the collector. Even with a circulation of just 85,000-99,000 at its height, issues were surely saved and treasured by its audience, but at the same time it’s been 70 years since Vanity Fair’s 1936 merge into Vogue, and so time has taken its toll upon the population of available issues. Collectible issues without especially notable contents are sold for $20-$40 depending upon condition with more valuable and especially coveted issues being those containing portraits by Man Ray, Edward Steichen, writing by Dorothy Parker, e.e. cummings, Ernest Hemingway, and covers by Covarrubias. Quite honestly though each issue of Vanity Fair that I have seen does boast some and often multiple reasons to be collected. [phpbay]Vanity Fair, 15, 280, “bound”, “”, “”, 49[/phpbay] Sources: |
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