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Portland, Maine
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Portland is the largest city in the U. S. state of Maine, with a population of 66,881 as of 2015. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to half a million people. The Old Port district is frequented by tourists, while Portland Head Light is also a destination, the city seal depicts a phoenix rising from ashes, which is a reference to the recoveries from four devastating fires. Portland was named for the English Isle of Portland, and the city of Portland, Oregon was in turn named after Portland, Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Machigonne. Portland, Maine was named for the English Isle of Portland, the first European settler was Capt. Christopher Levett, an English naval captain granted 6,000 acres in 1623 to found a settlement in Casco Bay. The settlement failed, and the fate of Levetts colonists is unknown, the explorer sailed from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to meet John Winthrop in 1630, but never returned to Maine. Fort Levett in the harbor is named for him, the peninsula was first permanently settled in 1632 as a fishing and trading village named Casco. When the Massachusetts Bay Colony took over Casco Bay in 1658, in 1676, the village was destroyed by the Abenaki during King Philips War. During King Williams War, a party of French and Native allies attacked. On October 18,1775, Falmouth was burned in the Revolution by the Royal Navy under command of Captain Henry Mowat, following the war, a section of Falmouth called The Neck developed as a commercial port and began to grow rapidly as a shipping center. In 1786, the citizens of Falmouth formed a town in Falmouth Neck and named it Portland, after the isle off the coast of Dorset. Portlands economy was greatly stressed by the Embargo Act of 1807, which ended in 1809, and the War of 1812, in 1820, Maine became a state with Portland as its capital. In 1832, the capital was moved north to Augusta, in 1851, Maine led the nation by passing the first state law prohibiting the sale of alcohol except for medicinal, mechanical or manufacturing purposes. The law subsequently became known as the Maine law, as 18 states quickly followed, on June 2,1855, the Portland Rum Riot occurred. In 1853, upon completion of the Grand Trunk Railway to Montreal, the Portland Company manufactured more than 600 19th-century steam locomotives. Portland became a 20th-century rail hub as five rail lines merged into Portland Terminal Company in 1911. Following nationalization of the Grand Trunk system in 1923, Canadian export traffic was diverted from Portland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the 20th century, icebreakers later enabled ships to reach Montreal in winter, drastically reducing Portlands role as a winter port for Canada. On June 26,1863, a Confederate raiding party led by Captain Charles Read, entered the harbor at Portland, more than 10,000 people were left homeless
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Clockwise: Portland waterfront, the
Portland Observatory on
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Old Port, Congress Street, the Civil War Memorial in Monument Square, and winter light sculptures in Congress Square Plaza.
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Gun recovered from
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Longfellow Square (c. 1906)
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A panoramic view of Portland from across Back Cove
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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Child actor
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Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, in the United States, the activities of child actors are regulated by the governing labor union, if any, and state and federal laws. Some projects film in remote locations specifically to evade regulations intended to protect the child, longer work hours or risky stunts prohibited in California, for example, might be permitted to a project filming in British Columbia. US federal law specifically exempted minors working the Entertainment Business from all provisions of the Child Labor Laws, any regulation of child actors is governed by disparate state law. Due to the presence of the entertainment industry in California. Being a minor, an actor must secure an entertainment work permit before accepting any paid performing work. The child does his/her schoolwork under the supervision of a teacher while on the set. Many child actors never got to see the money they earned because they were not in charge of this money, jackie Coogan earned millions of dollars from working as a child actor only to see most of it squandered by his parents. In 1939, California weighed in on this controversy and enacted the Coogan Law which requires a portion of the earnings of a child to be preserved in a savings account called a blocked trust. Some people also criticize the parents of actors for allowing their children to work. The child actor may experience unique and negative pressures when working under tight production schedules, large projects which depend for their success on the ability of the child to deliver an effective performance add to the pressure. Many actors careers are short-lived and this is true of child actors. Peter Ostrum, for example, is now a successful large-animal veterinarian after a starring role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, shirley Temple became a public figure and diplomat. Jenny Lewis, formerly of Troop Beverly Hills, is a indie rock musician. In Poland, child actor identical twin brothers Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński became very successful politicians, at one time Lech being President, there are child actors who have achieved successful thespian careers into adulthood. V. In many cases, the failure to retain stardom and success and exposure at a young age has caused many child actors to lead adult lives plagued by troubles, bankruptcy. Examples include the cast members of the American sitcom Diffrent Strokes, which starred child actors Todd Bridges, Gary Coleman, Plato went on to pose for Playboy magazine and was featured in several softcore pornography films. She was arrested twice for armed robbery and forging prescriptions, and died in May 1999 from an overdose of prescription medication, Coleman famously sued his parents for misuse of his trust fund and, although awarded over $1,000,000, filed for bankruptcy in 1999
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High Society (musical)
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High Society is a musical comedy with a book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Some updated or new lyrics were provided by Susan Birkenhead, the musical is based on Philip Barrys 1939 stage comedy, The Philadelphia Story and the subsequent 1956 musical film adaptation, High Society, which features Porters songs. The musical includes most of the featured in the movie. It premiered on Broadway in 1998 and has since been revived, another musical adaptation of the story had opened in London in 1987 with a different book by Richard Eyre. The plot centers on pretentious Oyster Bay socialite who is planning to wed an equally pretentious executive when her ex-husband arrives to disrupt the proceedings. Act I Glamorous but pretentious Oyster Bay, Long Island socialite Tracy Samantha Lord is planning a lavish June 1938 wedding to an equally pretentious executive, George Kittredge. Guests include her mother, grumpy little sister, Dinah, and absent-minded Uncle Willy, Willy is hosting a party for the wedding guests that evening, the night before the wedding. Tracys unwelcome ex-husband and neighbor, C. K, Dexter Haven, sails up to the estate in his yacht. Dexter informs Tracy and her family that tabloid reporters Mike Connor, Dexter invited them to stop Spy from publishing an exposé of Tracy’s father Seth, who is estranged from Tracys mother because he is having an affair with a dancer, Tina Mara. Dexter tries to convince the suspicious Dinah of his good intentions, when Mike and Liz arrive, Tracy and Dinah do not let on that they know of the reporters charade. Tracy pretends that Uncle Willie is her father, but when her father arrives, Dexter confronts Tracy about their relationship, leaving her confused, suddenly George seems so pompous. She also is finding Mike to be sweet and remembers some good times with Dexter on his yacht and she starts drinking champagne before the party at Uncle Willies even begins. Act II After the party, Tracy is still drinking champagne, Dinah hurries to Dexters house, finding him packing for a trip. She calls him a coward and informs him that Tracy is drinking champagne, after many farcical comings and goings back at the estate, George reminds Tracy of their wedding the next day, warns her about her behaviour and stomps away. Mike tells Tracy that George is not good enough for her and he kisses her, and she tipsily invites him to go skinny dipping in the pool. Dexter and Dinah return to witness other romantic entanglements unfolding between Seth and his wife and Uncle Willy and Liz, who really loves Mike, as soon as Tracy gets in the water, the champagne catches up with her, and Mike puts her innocently in her bed. In the morning, Tracy realizes that she was in the pool with Mike and, her memory hazy, fears that she love to him, ruining her wedding. All works out in the end, however, with Tracy’s parents reuniting, the blackmail threat quashed, Mike realizing that he is really in love with Liz, since the wedding is already scheduled and paid for, Dexter steps up and all ends happily
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Tony Award
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The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at a ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre, several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards are named after Antoinette Tony Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, the rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wings Tony Awards, which applies for that season only. It also forms the fourth spoke in the EGOT, that is someone who has won all four awards, the Tony Awards are also considered the equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award in the United Kingdom and the Molière Award of France. From 1997 to 2010, the Tony Awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June and broadcast live on CBS television, except in 1999, in 2011 and 2012, the ceremony was held at the Beacon Theatre. From 2013 to 2015, the 67th, 68th, and 69th ceremonies returned to Radio City Music Hall, the 70th Tony Awards were held on June 12,2016 at the Beacon Theatre. The 71st Tony Awards will be held on June 11,2017, as of 2014, there are 24 categories of awards, plus several special awards. Starting with 11 awards in 1947, the names and number of categories have changed over the years, some examples, the category Best Book of a Musical was originally called Best Author. The category of Best Costume Design was one of the original awards, for two years, in 1960 and 1961, this category was split into Best Costume Designer and Best Costume Designer. It then went to a category, but in 2005 it was divided again. For the category of Best Director of a Play, a category was for directors of plays. A newly established non-competitive award, The Isabelle Stevenson Award, was given for the first time at the ceremony in 2009. The award is for an individual who has made a contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian. The category of Best Special Theatrical Event was retired as of the 2009–2010 season, the categories of Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Musical were retired as of the 2014-2015 season. Performance categories Show and technical categories Special awards Retired awards The award was founded in 1947 by a committee of the American Theatre Wing headed by Brock Pemberton. The award is named after Antoinette Perry, nicknamed Tony, an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who died in 1946. As her official biography at the Tony Awards website states, At Jacob Wilks suggestion, proposed an award in her honor for distinguished stage acting, at the initial event in 1947, as he handed out an award, he called it a Tony
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Designed by
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Camp (2003 film)
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Camp is a 2003 independent musical film, written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp. The film is based on Graffs own experiences at a camp called Stagedoor Manor. The film centers on the experiences of several teenagers at Camp Ovation, the campers are a mishmash of youngsters from different backgrounds, dealing with different issues, but all feel most comfortable while performing. School is out, and the campers reunite as they prepare to board the buses to Camp Ovation, shy, self-conscious Ellen Lucas happily greets her friends, recovering from an embarrassing situation where she desperately tried to land a prom date, and ended up asking her brother. Nerdy Fritzi Wagner attempts to befriend icy diva Jill Simmons, returning camper Jenna Malloran laments that her parents forced her to have her jaw wired shut in order to lose weight. Upon arrival to Camp Ovation, the settle in. Ellen converses with her friend Michael Flores, a gay teenager who was beaten by his classmates after showing up to his junior prom in drag. The campers are struck dumb with the arrival of Vlad Baumann, a new camper who is, as a staff member marvels. Camp Ovation puts on a new play or musical every two weeks, Vlad and Ellen bond after rehearsal one day and flirt a bit. However, soon afterward, Vlad is seduced by the conceited Jill, feeling guilty, Vlad comforts Ellen and the two begin to inch toward a relationship. The camp enlists a guest counselor for the summer, composer Bert Hanley, frustrated with his lack of recent success, he is now a grumpy alcoholic and shows up two days late at Camp Ovation. He constantly drinks on the grounds and is very irritated by Vlad. Jill shares a cabin with Fritzi, who is still catering to her every whim, however, after Fritzi is caught washing Jills underwear, Jill expresses her disgust with Fritzi and kicks her out of the cabin. The usually meek Fritzi becomes filled with borderline psychotic rage, as Jill vomits during her performance of The Ladies Who Lunch, Fritzi shows up in costume and takes her place mid-song. She reveals herself to be a talented and passionate actress, Michael is rooming with Vlad, on whom he has developed a crush. Vlad convinces Michael to invite his parents to his next play, though his mother tells him they will come, Michael notices mid-performance that they did not. He is found later by Vlad, who explains that he too has his share of problems, though Vlad is a seemingly normal, all-American teenager, he reveals to Michael that he suffers from an acute type of OCD, for which he is medicated. Hanley is angered after hearing Vlad play one of his songs, Vlad follows a drunken Hanley back to his room and berates him for his cruel speech
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The Twilight Saga (film series)
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The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. The films star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, the series has grossed over $3.3 billion in worldwide receipts and consists, to date, of five motion pictures. The first installment, Twilight, was released on November 21,2008, the second installment, New Moon, followed on November 20,2009, breaking box office records as the biggest midnight screening and opening day in history, grossing an estimated $72.7 million. The third installment, Eclipse, was released on June 30,2010, the series was in development since 2004 at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation of Twilight that differed significantly from the novel was written. Three years later, Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the film, a two-part adaptation of Breaking Dawn began shooting in November 2010 with November 18,2011, and November 16,2012, release dates. Twilight was in development for three years at Paramount Picturess MTV Films, during which time a screen adaptation differing significantly from the novel was written. For example, the script transformed Bella into a star athlete, the idea of seeing a scene converted correctly, specifically the meadow scene, convinced Meyer to sell the rights. In seeing the script, she was frightened that she had made the wrong decision, when Summit Entertainment reinvented itself as a full-service studio in April 2007, it successfully acquired the rights to the novel. Erik Feig, President of Production at Summit Entertainment, guaranteed a close adaptation to the book, the company perceived the film as an opportunity to launch a franchise based on the success of Meyers book and its sequels. Meyer felt that Summit was open to letting her be a part of the film, Catherine Hardwicke was hired to direct the film, and soon afterward, Melissa Rosenberg was selected to be the films structural base as the writer of the film. Rosenberg developed an outline by the end of August and collaborated with Hardwicke on writing the screenplay during the following month, was a great sounding board and had all sorts of brilliant ideas. Id finish off scenes and send them to her, and get back her notes, because of the impending WGA strike, Rosenberg worked full-time to finish the screenplay before October 31. In adapting the novel for the screen, she had to condense a great deal, some characters were left out, and others were combined. Meyer, the author, and Hardwicke, the director, had a relationship while developing Twilight. Hardwicke wanted to embrace the experience and make the characters in the come to life. She would call Meyer after changing a scene slightly, which surprised the author because, Meyer, a natural pessimist, was waiting for the worst but, instead, called her experience in the books film adaptation the best I could have hoped for. Kristen Stewart was on the set of Adventureland when Hardwicke visited her for a screen test. Hardwicke did not initially choose Robert Pattinson for the role of Edward Cullen, Meyer allowed Pattinson to view a manuscript of the unfinished Midnight Sun, which chronicles the events in Twilight from Edwards point of view
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(Left to right) Director Chris Weitz, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson attending the photocall for New Moon on November 10, 2009, in Paris, France
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Stephenie Meyer
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Stephenie Meyer is an American young adult fiction writer and film producer, best known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained recognition and sold over 100 million copies. Meyer was the author of 2008 and 2009 in America, having sold over 29 million books in 2008. Twilight was the book of 2008 in US bookstores. Her annual earnings exceeded $50 million, in 2010, Forbes ranked her as the No.59 most powerful celebrity with annual earnings of $40 million. Stephenie Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut as the second of six children to Stephen and she was raised in Phoenix, Arizona with five siblings, Seth, Emily, Jacob, Paul, and Heidi. Meyer attended Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, where her former English teacher remembered her as bright and she attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she received a BA in English in 1997. Meyer met her husband, Christian, when she was 4 years old in Arizona, Christian Meyer, formerly an auditor, has now retired to take care of the children. Meyer is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she has stated that she is straight-laced about her beliefs, Meyer had no experience as a writer of any kind and had never even written a short story before Twilight. Before becoming an author, Meyers only professional work was as a receptionist in a property company, Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2,2003. The dream was about a girl and a vampire who was in love with her. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the draft of what became Chapter 13 of the book, in a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a complete novel, though she never intended to publish Twilight and was writing for her own enjoyment. Her sisters response to the book was enthusiastic and she persuaded Meyer to send the manuscript to literary agencies, of the 15 letters she wrote, five went unanswered, nine brought rejections, and the last was a positive response from Jodi Reamer of Writers House. Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in a 2003 auction, by November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company. Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies and it reached No.5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Childrens Chapter Books within a month of its release, and later rose to #1. Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries, the novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editors Choice. Following the success of Twilight, Meyer expanded the story into a series with three books, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list, after the release of Eclipse, the first three Twilight books spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list
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Meyer at the 2012
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Meyer on her book tour for Eclipse in 2007
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Academy Award
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The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS, the awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26,2017, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, the ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th, the first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16,1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel, the cost of guest tickets for that nights ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the industry of the time. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes, winners were announced to media three months earlier, however, that was changed for the second ceremony in 1930. Since then, for the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11,00 pm on the night of the awards. The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, so the Academy agreed to give him the prize earlier, this made him the first Academy Award winner in history. With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, for the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. At the 29th ceremony, held on March 27,1957, until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award. The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies always end with the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy also awards Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, see also § Awards of Merit categories The best known award is the Academy Award of Merit, more popularly known as the Oscar statuette. The five spokes represent the branches of the Academy, Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers. The model for the statuette is said to be Mexican actor Emilio El Indio Fernández, sculptor George Stanley sculpted Cedric Gibbons design. The statuettes presented at the ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered a performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of award for her role in Anthony Adverse. Initially, winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded instead of statuettes. Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944, however, winners received full-sized statuettes, currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS, winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy. Since its inception, the award has given to 78 actresses. Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the most awards in this category with two awards each, despite winning no awards, Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions, more than any other actress. As of the 2017 ceremony, Viola Davis is the most recent winner in category for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences. In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of release in Los Angeles County. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto Press, inside Oscar, The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards. New York, United States, Ballantine Books, oscars. org Oscar. com The Academy Awards Database
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Alice Brady won for her performance in 1937's
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Hattie McDaniel won in 1939 for her role as Mammy in
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Teresa Wright won for her role in 1942's
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Up in the Air (2009 film)
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Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn. The story is centered on corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham and his travels, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Danny McBride also star. Filming was primarily in St. Louis, Missouri, which substituted for a number of other cities, several scenes were filmed in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas and Miami. Reitman promoted Up in the Air with personal appearances at festivals and other showings. The Los Angeles premiere was at the Mann Village Theater on November 30,2009, Paramount scheduled a limited North American release on December 4,2009, broadening the release on December 11,2009, with a wide release on December 23,2009. The National Board of Review and the Washington D. C, area Film Critics Association named Up in the Air the Best Picture of 2009. It received six Academy Award nominations, but did not win in any category and he also gives motivational speeches, using the analogy Whats in Your Backpack. to extol the virtues of a life free of burdensome relationships with people as well as things. A frequent flyer, Ryan relishes his travels, and desires to become the seventh, during his travels, he meets another frequent flyer named Alex, and they begin a casual relationship. Ryan is called back to his companys offices in Omaha, Nebraska, Natalie Keener, a young and ambitious new hire, promotes a program designed to cut costs by conducting layoffs via videoconferencing. Ryan raises concerns that the program could be seen as detached and apathetic and he then plays the role of a fired employee to demonstrate her inexperience. Ryans boss assigns him to bring Natalie on his round of terminations to show her the ropes. As they travel together, Natalie questions Ryans philosophies on life, particularly on relationships and love, during the trip, Natalie is shattered when her boyfriend unceremoniously dumps her by text message, and Ryan and Alex try to comfort her. On the test run, the earlier concerns Ryan raised prove valid, one laid-off person breaks down in tears before the camera, instead of returning immediately to Omaha, Ryan convinces Alex to accompany him to his younger sisters wedding. He learns that the reason the couple had him take photos of a picture of them in various places was because they cannot afford a honeymoon. When the groom gets cold feet, Ryans older sister talks Ryan into using his skills to persuade the groom to go through with the wedding. Although this runs counter to Ryans personal philosophy, he argues that the important moments in life are rarely unshared. The wedding goes off without any further hitches, Ryan begins having second thoughts about his life and philosophies. As he starts delivering his Whats in Your Backpack, speech at a convention in Las Vegas, he realizes he no longer believes it, and walks off the stage
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Pitch Perfect
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Pitch Perfect is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore. The plot follows Barden Universitys all-girl a cappella group, The Barden Bellas, as they compete against another a cappella group from their college to win Nationals, the film is loosely adapted from Mickey Rapkins non-fiction book, titled Pitch Perfect, The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory. Filming concluded in December 2011, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the film premiered in Los Angeles on September 24,2012. Released on September 28,2012 in the United States, the received positive reviews from critics. It became a hit and earned over $115 million worldwide. It is the first film in the series and was followed by two sequels, Pitch Perfect 2 and Pitch Perfect 3. At a 2011 national a cappella competition, Barden Universitys all-female a cappella group and they are publicly humiliated, losing the competition. After some persuasion from Chloe Beale the co-leader of the Bellas along with Aubrey, Aubrey does not initially approve of recruiting Beca, but yields nonetheless due to a desperate need for members and Becas talent. Beca joins alongside a group of women who do not fit the Bellas typical mold, Cynthia-Rose, Stacie Conrad, Lilly Onakuramara. Jesse is also revealed to have joined the Bellas all-male rival group, the Treblemakers, in spite of their old set list, the group manages to place second, which sends them to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, disaster strikes for Beca when the Treblemakers cause an uproar with an old a capella group after the competition, the Bellas try to intervene, but Beca accidentally smashes a window with the trophy, which alerts a police officer standing outside who then arrests her. This infuriates Beca, which turns her budding friendship with Jesse sour, in the meantime, Beca suggests to the Bellas to try to be more daring, but Aubrey insists that they will win with the repertoire the group has always used in the past. Even though the audience seemed to enjoy Becas remix, the Bellas come in third in the competition behind the Treblemakers, Aubrey becomes furious with Beca, who in turn quits, with the Bellas losing on their chance to advance due to their third place ranking. They re-form after spring break, with the exception of Beca. During rehearsals, Chloe stands up against Aubreys stubbornness, the group starts to fall apart, which sparks a fight. Meanwhile, Beca tries to apologize to Jesse, which he declines, Beca then apologizes to the Bellas for her actions during the semi-finals and asks to have another chance, which Aubrey eventually allows. After having a group heart-to-heart conversation, the Bellas decide to adopt Becas more modern, Aubrey and Chloe relinquish their leadership to Beca. Meanwhile, Treblemakers leader Bumper leaves after being offered a job as a singer for John Mayer
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Theatrical poster with the original release date
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Pitch Perfect 2
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Pitch Perfect 2 is a 2015 American comedy film directed and co-produced by Elizabeth Banks and written by Kay Cannon. It is a sequel to the 2012 film Pitch Perfect and the installment in the Pitch Perfect series. The film centers on the fictional Barden University and The Bellas and it was released on May 15,2015 by Universal Pictures. The film grossed over $287 million and surpassed the gross of the original film in five days. A sequel, Pitch Perfect 3, is set to be released on December 22,2017, three years after winning the previous competition, the Barden Bellas are now led by Beca Mitchell and three-time super senior Chloe Beale. The Bellas have become ICCA champions each of three years. Beca makes a deal to allow the Bellas to be reinstated should they win the World Championship of a cappella, freshman Emily Junk begins her college career, hoping to follow in her mother Katherines footsteps by being a Bella. At orientation, she watches an a cappella performance by the Treblemakers, Benjamin Benji Applebaum, Jesses best friend, overhears Emily, leading to a crush on her. The Bellas learn that German a cappella group, Das Sound Machine, have replaced the Bellas on their victory tour, additionally, Beca has started an internship at a recording studio, Residual Heat, something only Jesse knows. Emily goes to the Bellas sorority house to audition for them because of their absence from the auditions, when she sings her unfinished song Flashlight, she succeeds in joining the Bellas. The next day at the warmups, the Bellas chance of winning end in disaster when the performance makes John and Gail question the Bellas identity, in order to regain harmony and sync, Chloe takes them to a retreat led by former leader Aubrey Posen. She starts a debate with Chloe over herself being the only one thinking about life beyond the Bellas. To prove to her boss that she can produce music well, the group realizes that they may not see each other after graduation and regain harmony by singing Cups. At the studio, Emily and Beca present their song to Becas boss, in which he envies their talent, the senior Bellas graduate and they all head off to Copenhagen for the World Finals, with Jesse and Benji to cheer them on. They perform a version of Flashlight with Aubrey, Katherine. The Bellas win the championship and repair the damaged legacy, as the senior Bellas leave Barden, they give Emily a belated proper initiation with Fat Amy showing her how to do the last tradition, christening the house by sliding down the staircase. In a mid-credits scene, Bumper performs on The Voice, he chooses Christina as his coach, anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell, the senior leader of the Bellas, known for creating the unique modern-day sound of the Bellas. She is a record producer and is now an intern at Residual Heat
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Anna Kendrick reprised her role in the sequel.
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50/50 (2011 film)
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50/50 is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Levine, written by Will Reiser, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston. The film is inspired by Reisers own experience with cancer. Adam Lerner is a 27-year-old public radio journalist in Seattle with girlfriend and artist Rachael, of whom best friend, while Kyle is brash and outspoken, Adam is more introverted and mild-mannered. After experiencing harsh pains in his back, Adam is diagnosed with schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma, a malignant tumor in his spine and he sees on the Internet that survival is 50/50. After Adam reveals this, his mother, Diane, who nurses her Alzheimers-stricken husband Richard, offers care for him but Adam rejects. However, she is uncomfortable during his treatments and is late to pick him up since he doesnt drive. She also gets him a racing greyhound, Skeletor, as a pet. Throughout Adams struggle, Kyle attempts to maintain his morale, helping Adam shave his head, while on a date, Kyle sees Rachael with another man at a gallery, forcing her to confess, Adam then breaks up for good. He starts to follow Kyle, using his illness to pick up two women at a bar. Meanwhile, Adam skeptically begins going to a young, inexperienced therapist, Katherine McKay, although their relationship and sessions begin unevenly, he slowly begins to open up to her. After she drives him home one of his chemo sessions. She helps Adam understand his mothers situation and that even loved ones feel just as much stress as the patient, during treatments, Adam befriends Alan and Mitch, two older cancer patients also undergoing chemotherapy, who offer advice and smoke marijuana with him. After Mitch dies, Adams fear of his death and future surface as hes subsequently informed that he needs to undergo surgery. The night before, Adam argues with a drunk Kyle, demanding to drive even though he cant, after a near miss, Adam breaks down and berates Kyle for seemingly not taking him seriously and using it for his own gain. Adam calls Katherine and tells her that he wishes he had a girlfriend like her, the next day, Kyle drops Adam off, who embraces Kyle for being a good friend and apologizes for the previous night. After Adam says his farewells to family, he undergoes the surgery, during the wait, Katherine goes to the waiting room and inadvertently meets Adams family and Kyle. After the surgery, Kyle, Diane, and Katherine are told that although the bone degradation was worse than they had thought, the tumor was removed successfully, and that Adam would recover. Some time later, Adam is getting ready for a date with Katherine, while Kyle encourages him, the doorbell rings and Adam lets Katherine inside
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End of Watch
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End of Watch is a 2012 American crime drama film written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Miguel Zavala, the film focuses on their day-to-day police work, their dealings with a certain group of gang members, and their personal relationships. Ayer, who had several police procedural films previously, wanted the film to focus more on the friendship between partners and honest police work rather than corruption. Gyllenhaal, Peña, and other cast members underwent a training program to prepare for their roles as police officers. Filming took place in Los Angeles in August 2011 with a budget of $7 million, the film premiered on September 8,2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in American theaters on September 21, grossing over $57 million at the box office. The film was received by critics and received a number of accolades. Brian Taylor and Miguel Zavala are close friends and partners in the Newton Division of the Los Angeles Police Department in South Central Los Angeles, Taylor, a former US Marine, is recording their police activities for a film project. Upon responding to a disturbance call, Tre, a Bloods gang member, yells racist insults at Zavala. Zavala beats and arrests him, but wins Tres respect for not charging him with assault, later that night, Tre and his fellow Bloods gang members are attacked by a group of Sureños in a drive-by shooting and one of Tres friends is killed. Taylor and Zavala are awarded the Medal of Valor after rescuing three children from a house fire, upon further investigating a house, they arrest a man who is also in possession of several ornate firearms, and is guarding a cell full of human trafficking victims. When ICE agents arrive, one agent informs the officers that the house is tied to the Sinaloa Cartel, around this time, Taylor begins dating a woman named Janet, and Zavalas wife Gabby gives birth to their first child. One night, Taylor and Zavala respond to a call from their fellow officer, Sook and he leads them to Sook, who is being savagely beaten nearby. After arresting the culprit, the officers learn that Van Hauser is not returning to patrol, Taylor marries Janet, and at their wedding Zavala tells Taylor that, should anything happen to him, he will take care of Janet. The next day, the officers perform a check on an elderly woman. In her house, they discover drugs, dismembered corpses, unbeknownst to them, a cartel member has green-lit the officers, and the gangsters from the earlier drive-by begin following them. On patrol the officers encounter Tre, who out of respect for Zavala, warns them that the plan to have them killed. Shortly after Janet gets pregnant, the officers are baited into chasing a reckless driver into an apartment complex and they fight their way into an alley, where Taylor is shot in the chest. As Zavala desperately attends to his partner, the assassins arrive and shoot him several times in the back, Police backup eventually arrives and the gangsters are killed after refusing to surrender
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Jake Gyllenhaal (left) and Michael Peña (right) undertook five months of intensive training to prepare for their roles in the film.
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Michael Peña (left) and David Ayer promoting the film at the 2012
San Diego Comic-Con International
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Into the Woods (film)
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Into the Woods is a 2014 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall, and adapted to the screen by James Lapine from his and Stephen Sondheims Broadway musical of the same name. Ultimately, the characters are forced to rectify the consequences of their actions, principal photography commenced in September 2013, and took place entirely in the United Kingdom, including at Shepperton Studios in London. Into the Woods held its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on December 8,2014. A Baker and his Wife wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon the Bakers family by a Witch who found the Bakers father robbing her garden when his mother was pregnant. The Bakers father also stole some beans which caused the Witchs mother to punish her with the curse of ugliness, the Witch later tells the Baker that she asked him to do this task for her because she is not allowed to touch any of the objects. After a series of failed attempts and misadventures, the Baker, the characters debate the morality of handing Jack over. In the process, Red Riding Hoods Mother and Grandmother, Jacks Mother, the characters blame each other for their individual actions that lead to the tragedy, ultimately blaming the Witch for raising the beans in the first place. She curses them for their inability to accept their individual responsibilities and disappears into the ground, the characters lure the Giants Wife into stepping in the tar pit where she ultimately trips and falls to her death. The Giants Wife is killed, and the move forward with their ruined lives. The Baker, thinking of his Wife, is determined to be a good father, Cinderella decides to leave the Prince and help the Baker, and Jack and Red Riding Hood, now orphans, are living with the Baker and Cinderella. The Baker comforts his son after he begins to cry by telling a story as the ends with the Witchs moral, meaning that children can change due to the parents actions. Thus, the film does slightly differ from the stage production, meanwhile, many of the songs in the film have slightly different lyrics than their stage counterparts due to the slight tweaking of storylines. Other changes include a reduction of the significant role of the Mysterious Man. Also, the character of the Narrator is deleted, and the film is narrated by the Baker. The minor role of Cinderellas Father was cut, and he is mentioned as deceased. Due to the films compressed storyline, Rapunzels pregnancy is eliminated, Rapunzels ultimate fate is also changed, rather than being killed by the giant, she refuses to cooperate with her mother and flees with her prince. Similarly, much of the violence and sexual content is slightly toned down from the original musical. The death of Jacks Mother is less violent in the film, on stage, early attempts of adapting Into the Woods to film occurred in the early 1990s, with a script written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
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Rapunzel's tower under construction at
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English people
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The English are a nation and an ethnic group native to England, who speak the English language. The English identity is of medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD, England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom. Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become England along with the later Danes, Normans, in the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England was succeeded by the Kingdom of Great Britain. Over the years, English customs and identity have become closely aligned with British customs. The English people are the source of the English language, the Westminster system and these and other English cultural characteristics have spread worldwide, in part as a result of the former British Empire. The concept of an English nation is far older than that of the British nation, many recent immigrants to England have assumed a solely British identity, while others have developed dual or mixed identities. Use of the word English to describe Britons from ethnic minorities in England is complicated by most non-white people in England identifying as British rather than English. In their 2004 Annual Population Survey, the Office for National Statistics compared the ethnic identities of British people with their national identity. They found that while 58% of white people in England described their nationality as English and it is unclear how many British people consider themselves English. Following complaints about this, the 2011 census was changed to allow respondents to record their English, Welsh, Scottish, another complication in defining the English is a common tendency for the words English and British to be used interchangeably, especially overseas. In his study of English identity, Krishan Kumar describes a common slip of the tongue in which people say English, I mean British. He notes that this slip is made only by the English themselves and by foreigners. Kumar suggests that although this blurring is a sign of Englands dominant position with the UK and it tells of the difficulty that most English people have of distinguishing themselves, in a collective way, from the other inhabitants of the British Isles. In 1965, the historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote, When the Oxford History of England was launched a generation ago and it meant indiscriminately England and Wales, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and even the British Empire. Foreigners used it as the name of a Great Power and indeed continue to do so, bonar Law, by origin a Scotch Canadian, was not ashamed to describe himself as Prime Minister of England Now terms have become more rigorous. The use of England except for a geographic area brings protests and this version of history is now regarded by many historians as incorrect, on the basis of more recent genetic and archaeological research. The 2016 study authored by Stephan Schiffels et al, the remaining portion of English DNA is primarily French, introduced in a migration after the end of the Ice Age
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"The Arrival of the First Ancestors of Englishmen out of Germany into Britain": a fanciful image of the Anglo-Saxon migration, an event central to the English
national myth. From A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence by
Richard Verstegan (1605)
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A reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon burial chamber at
Sutton Hoo,
East Anglia.
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King Harold II of England (right) at the Norman court, from the
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Irish people
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The Irish people are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture. Ireland has been inhabited for about 9,000 years according to archaeological studies, for most of Irelands recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland, the people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities, including Irish, Northern Irish, British, or some combination thereof. The Irish have their own customs, language, music, dance, sports, cuisine, although Irish was their main language in the past, today the huge majority of Irish people speak English as their first language. Historically, the Irish nation was made up of kin groups or clans, there have been many notable Irish people throughout history. After Irelands conversion to Christianity, Irish missionaries and scholars exerted great influence on Western Europe, the 6th-century Irish monk and missionary Columbanus is regarded as one of the fathers of Europe, followed by saints Cillian and Fergal. The scientist Robert Boyle is considered the father of chemistry, famous Irish writers include Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker and James Joyce, notable Irish explorers include Brendan the Navigator, Robert McClure, Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean. By some accounts, the first European child born in North America had Irish descent on both sides, many presidents of the United States have had some Irish ancestry. The population of Ireland is about 6.3 million, but it is estimated that 50 to 80 million people around the world have Irish forebears, historically, emigration from Ireland has been the result of conflict, famine and economic issues. People of Irish descent are mainly in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom. There are also significant numbers in Argentina, Mexico and New Zealand, the United States has the most people of Irish descent, while in Australia those of Irish descent are a higher percentage of the population than in any other country. Many Icelanders have Irish and Scottish Gaelic forebears, in its summary of their article Who were the Celts. The National Museum Wales notes It is possible that genetic studies of ancient. However, early studies have, so far, tended to produce implausible conclusions from very small numbers of people and using outdated assumptions about linguistics, nineteenth century anthropology studied the physical characteristics of Irish people in minute detail. During the past 10,000 years of inhabitation, Ireland has witnessed some different peoples arrive on its shores, the ancient peoples of Ireland—such as the creators of the Céide Fields and Newgrange—are almost unknown. Neither their languages nor terms they used to describe themselves have survived, as late as the middle centuries of the 1st millennium the inhabitants of Ireland did not appear to have a collective name for themselves. Ireland itself was known by a number of different names, including Banba, Fódla, Ériu by the islanders, Iouerne and Hiverne to the Greeks, other Latin names for people from Ireland in Classic and Mediaeval sources include Attacotti and Gael
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Carrowmore tomb, circa 3000 BC
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Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish scientist and
father of chemistry, whose family obtained land in the plantations
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Finnian of Clonard imparting his blessing to the "
Twelve Apostles of Ireland "
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Irish Gaels in a painting from the 16th century
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Scottish people
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The Scottish people, or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland in the 9th century, and are thought to have been ethnolinguistically Celts. Later, the neighbouring Cumbrian Britons, who spoke a Celtic language, as well as Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons. In modern usage, Scottish people or Scots is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, the Latin word Scotti, originally the word referred specifically to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Considered archaic or pejorative, the term Scotch has also used for Scottish people. John Kenneth Galbraith in his book The Scotch documents the descendants of 19th-century Scottish pioneers who settled in Southwestern Ontario and he states the book was meant to give a true picture of life in the community in the early decades of the 20th century. People of Scottish descent live in countries other than Scotland. Scottish emigrants took with them their Scottish languages and culture, large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Canada has the highest level of Scottish descendants per capita in the world, Scotland has seen migration and settlement of many peoples at different periods in its history. The Gaels, the Picts and the Britons have their origin myths. The Venerable Bede tells of the Scotti coming from Spain via Ireland, Germanic peoples, such as the Anglo-Saxons, arrived beginning in the 7th century, while the Norse invaded and colonized parts of Scotland from the 8th century onwards. In the High Middle Ages, from the reign of David I of Scotland, there was emigration from France, England. Some famous Scottish family names, including bearing the names which became Bruce, Balliol, Murray. Today Scotland is one of the countries of the United Kingdom, culturally, these peoples are grouped according to language. Most of Scotland until the 13th century spoke Celtic languages and these included, at least initially, the Britons, as well as the Gaels and the Picts. Germanic peoples included the Angles of Northumbria, who settled in south-eastern Scotland in the region between the Firth of Forth to the north and the River Tweed to the south. They also occupied the south-west of Scotland up to and including the Plain of Kyle and their language, south-east of the Firth of Forth, then in Lothian and the Borders, a northern variety of Old English, also known as Early Scots, was spoken. The Northern Isles and some parts of Caithness were Norn-speaking, from 1500 on, Scotland was commonly divided by language into two groups of people, Gaelic-speaking Highlanders and the Inglis-speaking Lowlanders
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John Wayne was of
Presbyterian Scots-Irish or
Ulster-Scots descent.
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The Australian city of
Brisbane is named after Scotsman
Thomas Brisbane.
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Scottish English and
Scottish Gaelic are used on bilingual road signs throughout the Gaelic speaking parts of
Scotland, such as this one, seen in village of
Mallaig.
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Toronto International Film Festival
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The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Year-round, TIFF Bell Lightbox offers screenings, lectures, discussions, festivals, workshops, industry support, TIFF Bell Lightbox is located on the north west corner of King Street and John Street in downtown Toronto. In 2015,397 films from 71 countries were screened at 28 screens in downtown Toronto venues, welcoming an estimated 480,000 attendees, TIFF starts the Thursday night after Labour Day and lasts for eleven days. Founded in 1976, TIFF is now one of the most prestigious events of its kind in the world, in 1998, Variety magazine acknowledged that TIFF is second only to Cannes in terms of high-profile pics, stars and market activity. In 2007, TIME noted that TIFF had grown from its place as the most influential film festival to the most influential film festival. This is partially the result of TIFFs ability and reputation for generating Oscar buzz, the Toronto International Festival’s Grolsch People’s Choice Award — which is based on popular vote by Festival filmgoers — has emerged as a beacon of awards-season success. Founded by Bill Marshall, Dusty Cohl and Henk Van der Kolk and that first year,35,000 filmgoers watched 127 films from 30 countries presented in ten programmes. Piers Handling has been the director and CEO since 1994. TIFF was once centred on the Yorkville neighbourhood, but the Toronto Entertainment District later gained a level of prominence. TIFF is known for the celebrity buzz it brings to the area with international media setting up near its restaurants and stores for photos and interviews with the stars. In 2010, TIFF opened its permanent headquarters, TIFF Bell Lightbox, TIFF has grown, steadily adding initiatives throughout the years. TIFF Cinematheque and the Film Reference Library opened in 1990, the TIFF Kids International Film Festival launched in 1998. Film Circuit began exhibiting independent and Canadian films in under-serviced cities across Canada in 1994, the festival was founded in 1976 at the Windsor Arms Hotel by Bill Marshall, Henk Van der Kolk and Dusty Cohl. Beginning as a collection of the films from film festivals around the world. Ironically, however, Hollywood studios withdrew their submissions from TIFF due to concerns that Toronto audiences would be too parochial for their products, in 1994, the decision was made to replace the name Festival of Festivals with Toronto International Film Festival. From 1994 to 2009, the organization running TIFF was named Toronto International Film Festival Group. In 2009, the umbrella organization TIFFG was renamed to TIFF, in 2001, Perspective Canada, the programme that had focused on Canadian films since 1984, was replaced by two programmes, Canada First. A forum for Canadian filmmakers presenting their first feature-length work, featuring eight to 15 films, and Short Cuts Canada, in 2004, TIFF was featured as the site of murder mystery in the film Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, a comedy film starring Martin Short
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The festival is headquartered at TIFF Bell Lightbox, which opened in 2010.
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TIFF box office at the
Manulife Centre in 2006
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TIFF Bell Lightbox
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New York City Opera
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The New York City Opera is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013, and again since 2016 when it was revived, the opera company, dubbed the peoples opera by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, was founded in 1943. The companys stated purpose was to make accessible to a wide audience at a reasonable ticket price. It also sought to produce an innovative choice of repertory, the company was originally housed at the New York City Center theater on West 55th Street in Manhattan. It later became part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts at the New York State Theater from 1966 to 2010, in 2011, the company left Lincoln Center due to financial difficulties and moved its offices to 75 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan. In the 2011−12 and 2012−13 seasons, NYCO performed four operas at various venues in New York City, on October 1,2013, following an unsuccessful emergency fund-raising campaign, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The group, led by Roy Niederhoffer, a fund manager and former board member of the NYCO. The first opera was Puccinis Tosca, presented at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center in January 2016, Sills later served as the companys director from 1979 until 1989. More recent acclaimed American singers who have called NYCO home include David Daniels, Mark Delavan, Mary Dunleavy, Lauren Flanigan, Elizabeth Futral, Bejun Mehta, Robert Brubaker and Carl Tanner. NYCO has similarly championed the work of American composers, approximately one-third of its repertoire has traditionally been American opera, the companys American repertoire has ranged from established works to new works. The company has occasionally produced musicals and operettas, including works by Stephen Sondheim and Gilbert. The NYCO was founded as the New York City Center Opera, laszlo Halasz was the companys first director, serving in that position from 1943 until 1951. To this end, ticket prices during the companys first season were priced at just 75 cents to $2, at such prices the company was unable to afford the star billing enjoyed by the Metropolitan Opera. Halasz, however, was able to turn fact into a virtue by making the company an important platform for young singers. The companys first season opened in February 1944, and included productions of Giacomo Puccinis Tosca, Friedrich von Flotows Martha and Georges Bizets Carmen, all of them conducted by Halasz. Several notable singers performed with the company in the first season, including Jennie Tourel and Martha Lipton, in 1945, the company became the first major opera company to have an African American performer. This was in the production of Leoncavallos Pagliacci, with Todd Duncans performance as Tonio, lawrence Winters and Robert McFerrin were other notable African American opera pioneers to sing with the company during this period. The first African American woman to sing with the company was soprano Camilla Williams, Winters and Williams later went on to sing the title roles in the most complete recording made up to that time of Gershwins Porgy and Bess, for Columbia Masterworks Records in 1951
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New York State Theater, home of New York City Opera 1965–2011
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The New York State Theater auditorium as seen from the stage (now the David H. Koch Theater)
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Beverly Sills in 1956, photo by
Carl Van Vechten
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Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater
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Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and he has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater. He also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy, Sondheim has also written film music, contributing Goodbye for Now to Warren Beattys 1981 Reds. He wrote five songs for 1990s Dick Tracy, including Sooner or Later by Madonna, the composer was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. To celebrate his 80th birthday, the former Henry Millers Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15,2010, Cameron Mackintosh has called Sondheim possibly the greatest lyricist ever. Sondheim was born into a Jewish family in New York City and his father manufactured dresses designed by his mother. The composer grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and, after his parents divorced, on a farm near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. As the only child of parents living in the San Remo on Central Park West. When he lived in New York, Sondheim attended ECFS, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School known simply as Fieldston, Sondheim spent several summers at Camp Androscoggin. He traces his interest in theatre to Very Warm for May, the curtain went up and revealed a piano, Sondheim recalled. A butler took a duster and brushed it up, tinkling the keys, when Sondheim was ten, his father left his mother for another woman. Herbert sought custody of Stephen but was unsuccessful, Sondheim explained to biographer Secrest that he was what they call an institutionalized child, meaning one who has no contact with any kind of family. Youre in, though its luxurious, youre in an environment that supplies you with everything, No brothers and sisters, no parents, and yet plenty to eat, and friends to play with and a warm bed, you know. Sondheim detested his mother, who was said to be abusive and projected her anger from her failed marriage on her son, When my father left her. And she used me the way she used him, to come on to and to berate, beat up on, what she did for five years was treat me like dirt, but come on to me at the same time. She once wrote him a letter saying that the only ever had was giving him birth. When his mother died in the spring of 1992, Sondheim did not attend her funeral, when Sondheim was about ten years old, he became friends with James Hammerstein, son of lyricist and playwright Oscar Hammerstein II. The elder Hammerstein became Sondheims surrogate father, influencing him profoundly, Sondheim met Hal Prince, who would direct many of his shows, at the opening of South Pacific, Hammersteins musical with Richard Rodgers
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Sondheim circa 1976
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Hammerstein about 1940
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West Side Story original cast recording
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A Little Night Music
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A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night and its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozarts Serenade No.13 for strings in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The musical includes the popular song Send in the Clowns and it was adapted for film in 1977, with Harold Prince directing and Elizabeth Taylor, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down and Diana Rigg starring. The setting is Sweden, around the year 1900, one by one, the Quintet – five singers who comment like a Greek chorus throughout the show – enter, tuning up. Gradually, their vocalizing becomes an overture blending fragments of Remember, Soon and The Glamorous Life, the other characters enter waltzing, each uncomfortable with their particular partner. After they drift back off, the aging and severe Madame Armfeldt and her granddaughter, Fredrika. Madame Armfeldt tells the child that the summer night smiles three times, first on the young, second on fools, and third on the old, Fredrika vows to watch the smiles occur. Middle-aged Fredrik Egerman is a successful lawyer and he has recently married an 18-year-old trophy wife, Anne, a vain girl who is in love with Fredrik, but too immature to grasp the concept of marriage. The two have married for eleven months, but Anne still protects her virginity. Fredrik laments his inability to love to his wife. Meanwhile, his son Henrik, an older than his stepmother, is feeling extremely frustrated. He is a student and everyone is always teasing him. Anne is intrigued by him, but fails to understand his real meaning, Anne promises her husband that shortly she will consent to have sex. Annes maidservant Petra, an experienced and forthright girl, slightly older than the teen herself, offers her worldly, Desiree Armfeldt is a prominent and glamorous actress who is now reduced to touring in small towns. Madame Armfeldt, Desirees mother, has taken over the care of Desirees daughter Fredrika, Fredrika misses her mother, but Desiree continually delays going to see her, preferring, somewhat ironically, The Glamorous Life. She is performing near Fredriks home, and he brings Anne to see the play, while there, Desiree notices Fredrik, the two had been lovers years earlier. Anne, suspicious and annoyed because of Desirees amorous glances, demands that Fredrik take her home immediately, meanwhile, Petra has been trying to seduce Henrik. That night, as Fredrik remembers his past with Desiree, he out to see her
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original Broadway production poster
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Cast recording of 1995 National Theatre revival starring Judi Dench
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Rocket Science (film)
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Rocket Science is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jeffrey Blitz, and starring Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas DAgosto, Vincent Piazza, and Aaron Yoo. The film was shot over 30 days in Baltimore, Maryland and Trenton, Rocket Science premiered on January 19,2007 at the Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released on August 10. It was not a success, earning only US$756,000 from its $4.5 million budget. Reviewers praised Thompson and Kendricks performances and the parallels to real life, others believed that the film was deliberately quirky. It was nominated for Sundances Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and three Independent Spirit Awards, though it failed to win any of the Grand Jury Prizes at Sundance, Blitz won its Dramatic Directing Award. Hal Hefner is a student of Plainsboro, New Jersey with a pronounced stutter. Hal is riding the bus home one day when he is approached by Ginny Ryerson. Though Hal initially declines, he finds himself besotted with Ginny, Hal and Ginny begin to study for the upcoming tournament and form arguments on either side of whether the federal government should support the teaching of sexual abstinence in public schools. When Hal finds himself unable to talk during a debate, he runs out of the room and hides in the janitorial closet. Hal kisses her hopefully, and they make out, but she falls out of contact with him. Ginnys parents assure him that she is confident with the work they have already completed and that she will meet him on the day of the debate. On the day of the tournament, Coach Lumbly tells the team that Ginny has transferred to Townsend Prep for the remainder of her senior year. Struggling with his speech and his stutter, Hal calls his therapist, Hal and Heston finish the day without much success, while Ginny wins a trophy for First Place as an Individual Speaker, which inexplicably goes missing. Coach Lumbly asks Hal to leave the team, telling him that Ginny had never planned to debate as his partner and had recruited him as a cruel joke to damage the schools chances of winning. He breaks into Earls bedroom and takes a bottle of tequila, then rides with Heston to his friend Lewiss house. A drunken Hal drags Lewiss mothers cello across the street and throws it through Ginnys window just as she is arriving home with her new teammate, Ram. Later in the year, Hals mother breaks up with Hestons father, and Hal decides to seek out Ginny and return her trophy and she rejects his apology, and he travels to Trenton—the Big City—to find Ben, Ginnys former debate partner. Hal convinces Ben to debate him, and they register as a home-schooled team in the upcoming Policy Debate Championships
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Anna Kendrick learned debate strategies and studied with a college debate coach to prepare for the role
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Jeffrey Blitz drew from many of his own experiences as a stutterer when writing the script.
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A drab color palette was used to give the film a deadpan undertone.
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Twilight (2008 film)
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Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyers popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and it is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires. The project was in development for three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the projects stagnant development, Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novels storyline. Principal photography took 44 days and completed on May 2,2008, Twilight was theatrically released on November 21,2008, it grossed over US$393 million worldwide. It was released on DVD March 21,2009 and became the most purchased DVD of the year, the soundtrack was released on November 4,2008. Following the films success, New Moon and Eclipse, the two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year. Seventeen-year-old Isabella Bella Swan moves to Forks, a town on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, to live with her father. Her mother, Renée, is remarried to a minor league baseball player, Bella makes several friends at her new high school, but she is intrigued by the mysterious and aloof Cullen siblings. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school, after a week of absence from school, Edward comes back and talks to Bella normally. A few days later, Bella is nearly struck by a van in the parking lot. Edward saves her by covering a distance of over 30 feet. He subsequently refuses to explain his actions to Bella and warns her against befriending him, after much research, Bella concludes that Edward is a vampire. He eventually confirms this but says he and the other Cullens only consume animal blood, the pair fall in love, and Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch, is a doctor working in Forks. His wife is Esme, and Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Edward and Bellas relationship is soon put in jeopardy, when three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria, and Laurent—arrive in Forks. James, a vampire with incredible hunting instincts, is instantly intrigued by Edwards protectiveness over a human
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Edward and Bella in the meadow.
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Twilight (Meyer novel)
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Twilight is a young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It is the first book in the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella Bella Swan and she is endangered after falling in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. Additional novels in the series are New Moon, Eclipse, some praised the novels tone and its portrayal of common teenage emotions such as alienation and rebellion. Others criticized Meyers prose and argued the story was lacking in character development and it reached number five on the New York Times bestseller list within a month of its release and eventually reached first place. The novel was named one of Publishers Weeklys Best Childrens Books of 2005, the film adaptation, released in 2008, was a commercial success, grossing more than $392 million worldwide and making an additional $157 million in North American DVD sales as of July 2009. The book was the biggest-selling of 2008, in 2009, it was the second-biggest selling, losing only to its sequel New Moon, as of 2008, Twilight has been translated into 37 different languages. Bella Swan moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula to live with her father and her mother, Renée is traveling with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor league baseball player. Bella attracts much attention at her new school and makes friends quickly, a shy girl, she is dismayed by several boys competing for her attention. As Bella walks into the class, a fan blows her scent towards Edward, Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in biology class on her first day of school, but he seems repulsed by her, hurting her feelings in the process. He disappears for a few days, but warms up to Bella upon his return, Edward saves Bella, stopping the van with only his hand. Bella annoys Edward with questions about how he saved her life and she hears that Edward and his family are vampires who drink animal blood. She is told legends of the local Quilyeute people by a friend Jacob Black who she met during a camp out, disturbed by recurring nightmares, Bella researches about vampires. Convinced hes a vampire, she herself in the state of bewilderment. Bella is saved by Edward again in Port Angeles when she is almost attacked, driving a silver Volvo, Edward takes Bella to dinner and home. As they drive, she tells him of the stories that he is a vampire, Edward says he tried to stay away, finding her scent too desirable. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love and their relationship is affected when a nomad vampire coven arrives in Forks. James, a vampire who is intrigued by Cullens relationship with a human. The Cullen family try to separate Bella and Edward, and send Bella to Phoenix to hide in a hotel, James calls and claims to be holding her mother
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Cover of Twilight
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Bella Swan
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Isabella Marie Bella Swan is a character and the protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, in the film series, Bella is portrayed by actress Kristen Stewart. In Twilight, Bella moves to her fathers home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, however, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edwards wishes. She attracts the attention of three nomads, Victoria, James and Laurent. In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a form, comforts the distraught. She comes to care deeply for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward, at the end of Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn. On their honeymoon, she becomes pregnant by Edward and, due to the nature of her baby, Bella nearly dies giving birth to their daughter. Edward turns her into a vampire to save her life and she later faces problems from the Volturi. The premise for both the Bella Swan character and the Twilight series originated in a dream Stephenie Meyer had in which an average girl, were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. In this dream, the pair were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that and they were falling in love with each other while. The vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, the name Isabella was decided upon, Meyer explains, because after spending so much time with, I loved her like a daughter. Inspired by that love, I gave her the name I was saving for my daughter, Bellas positive reception at her new school in Forks, particularly her popularity with male characters, was modelled after Meyers real life move from high school to college. Meyer has said there are similarities between Bella and the title character of Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre, a novel which she has cited as an influence on the Twilight Saga. Twilight is about a 17-year-old girl named Bella Swan, who moves from her mothers home in Phoenix, Arizona, to live with her father in her birthtown of Forks, there, she becomes intrigued by a student, Edward Cullen. When Edward saves her life, he exhibits super-human qualities, Bella learns from family friend Jacob Black that Quileute legends say the Cullen family are vampires. Edward eventually admits to this truth, though his family hunts only animals, not humans, Bellas love and confidence in Edwards restraint is such that his warnings go unheeded, and on an outing with the Cullens she becomes the target of a sadistic vampire, James. With his familys help, Edward is able to save Bella from James predations, New Moon begins on Bellas eighteenth birthday
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The Marc Pease Experience
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The Marc Pease Experience is a 2009 comedy film directed by Todd Louiso and written by Louiso and Jacob Koskoff. The film stars Jason Schwartzman as Pease, Ben Stiller as Marcs former mentor, in high school, Marc Pease ran out on his performance as the Tin Man in a production of The Wiz, succumbing to his stage fright despite his mentor Mr. Jon Gribbles encouragement. Eight years later, he is dating Meg Brickman, a school senior who is bitter about being in the chorus. Marc is keen for Gribble to produce the tape for his a cappella singing group Meridian 8. Gribble, however, tries to avoid Marc, frustrated that Marc refuses to him alone because of the friendly advice he gave Marc eight years ago. Meg, meanwhile, begins to doubt Gribbles sincerity when he tells her what a terrific singer she is when she realizes that she is always in the chorus, questioning whether she even enjoys singing, she decides to quit. Marc drives to a performance with Meridian 8, where the way he can keep the group from splitting up is to lie that Gribble has given them the chance to record in a studio. After insisting that he should sing his Tin Mans song, he starts crying on stage and that night, the opening night of The Wiz, Marc is working as a chauffeur for a high school prom couple. After dropping them off and cutting off his frequently ridiculed ponytail and he unsuccessfully tries to discuss Meridian 8s demo with Gribble, who brushes him off, then learns from another bandmate that they are losing another member. After hearing the Tin Mans song from outside the auditorium, Marc goes inside, Marc confronts him about his empty promises for Meridian 8 to record in a studio. Gribble tells Marc that he is living as if he were in high school. As they fight, Marc accuses Gribble of denying Meg a main role as a means of revenge on him and he then goes backstage and breaks up with Meg because she is too young for him. Seeing that the actor of the Wiz has injured himself, Marc takes his cape, runs onto the stage, Meg runs away but decides that she loves singing and returns to the stage. Marcs performance is met with cheers from the audience, and he is overjoyed, one year later, having left exorcised his Wizard of Oz demons, Marc is working as a professional singer under the title The Marc Pease Experience. Ben Stiller as Mr. Jon Gribble, Marcs overzealous former mentor, Anna Kendrick as Meg Brickman, a high school senior, romantically involved with both Pease and Gribble. Final funding from Paramount Vantage and producer Michael London was received in early February, Anna Kendricks role in the film was announced in mid-April, after filming had begun. Principal photography began on March 12,2007 in the state of North Carolina, various locations around Wilmington and New Hanover County were used for filming, including Wilmingtons Eugene Ashley High School and the schools auditorium. Filming continued through March and into April, on the last day of shooting at Eugene Ashley High, Stiller presented the schools morning announcements
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Promotional film poster
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
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The Twilight Saga, New Moon, commonly referred to as New Moon, is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film based on Stephenie Meyers 2006 novel New Moon. It is the film in The Twilight Saga film series and is the sequel to 2008s Twilight. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the success of Twilight. Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg, who handed in a draft of the script during the opening weekend of Twilight. Filming began in Vancouver in late March 2009, and in Montepulciano, furthermore, New Moon opened with the third highest domestic opening weekend since 2002 grossing a total of $142,839,137. New Moon was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on March 20,2010 through midnight release parties, the film was well received by fans, but received generally negative reviews from critics. On her eighteenth birthday, Bella Swan wakes up from a dream in which she sees herself as an old woman and she expresses her distaste about growing older than her boyfriend Edward Cullen, a vampire who stopped aging physically at seventeen. Despite her lack of enthusiasm, Edwards adoptive family throw Bella a birthday party, while unwrapping a gift, Bella gets a paper cut. Edwards brother, Jasper, becomes overwhelmed by the scent of Bellas blood, realizing the danger that he and his family pose to Bella, Edward ends their relationship, and the Cullens leave Forks, Washington. After seeing a movie with Jessica, Bella sees a group of men on motorcycles and this reminds her of when Edward previously rescued her from an assault, and she sees his image warning her to keep away. Bella discovers that any thrill-seeking activities she engages in evoke Edwards preserved image and she is also comforted by Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who helps to ease her pain over losing Edward. When Jacob suddenly begins avoiding her, Bella discovers that he, and others of his tribe, are descended from a line of werewolves. Bella also learns that the werewolves are an enemy of vampires. Jacobs pack members are on constant alert for Victoria, a vampire seeking to avenge the death of her mate, James and they rescue Bella from Laurent, when he tries to kill her. With Jacob busy coming to terms with his nature, Bella again finds herself alone. Through a series of miscommunications, Edward believes that Bella has killed herself by jumping off a cliff into the ocean, distraught over her apparent suicide, Edward travels to Italy and attempts to provoke the Volturi to kill him by exposing himself as a vampire to humans. Alice, Edwards sister, and Bella travel to Italy to save Edward, Edward explains that he always loved Bella and only left to protect her
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Weitz at the New Moon Photocall in Paris, France, November 2009.
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Jacob's house as depicted in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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One of the scenes Tippett Studio was responsible for animating.
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