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Pembroke Pines, Florida
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Pembroke Pines is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city had a population of 154,750 at the 2010 census, making it the second-most populous city in Broward County and it is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. Its official motto is Join Us - Progress With Us, Pembroke Pines was officially incorporated on January 16,1960. The road put through his land came to be known as Pembroke Road, when incorporating, the mayor suggested the name Pembroke Pines because of the pine trees growing near Pembroke Road. The first inhabitants of the area were American Indians who first appeared about 4,000 years ago, skeletal remains of animal hunters dating back about 10,000 years were found around Broward County, showing that perhaps human beings had lived in the area even earlier. The town started as agricultural land occupied by farms and grew after World War II as servicemen were retiring, including large eastern sections that were part of the Waldrep Dairy Farm. The first two subdivisions were called Pembroke Pines, one of the first homes in the city belonged to Dr. and Mrs. Walter Smith Kipnis, built in 1956. Dr. Kipnis was also the first mayor and it was then known as the Village of Pembroke Pines and was incorporated into a village in 1959. Builders contested the incorporation, so a legal battle ensued concerning the boundaries of the new municipality, City services were added in the 1960s with the building of the first fire department building near North Perry Airport. However, University Drive was the edge of habitable land for residents. In January 1960, Pembroke Pines held another election, and the became a city. This small property was less than a mile and was between Hollywood Boulevard and SW 72nd Avenue, and had the Florida Turnpike to the east. Pembroke Pines sought to give citizens involvement so they organized the Pembroke Pines Civic Association, the square-mile city was unable to expand due to North Perry Airport and the South Florida State Hospital. Joseph LaCroix, a developer, had his 320 acres of land north of Pines Boulevard annexed to the city and this gave a new pathway to proceed westward. In 1977, a security prison known as the Broward Correctional Institution was built in the northwestern part of town. In 1980, property from Flamingo Road to U. S.27 was incorporated into Pembroke Pines and this expansion included the property that is currently C. B. Smith Park as well as what was once the Hollywood Sportatorium and the Miami-Hollywood Motorsports Park. At this time, I-75 was extended through the city, the citys rapid population growth in the mid- to late 1990s was part of the effect of Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Thousands of southern Miami-Dade County residents moved northward to Broward County, the resulting boom ranked the City of Pembroke Pines third in a list of Fastest Growing Cities in the United States in 1999
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City of Pembroke Pines
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that the term "pop" refers to music performed by such artists as
the Rolling Stones (pictured here in a 2006 performance)
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According to several sources,
MTV helped give rise to
pop stars such as
Michael Jackson and
Madonna; and Jackson and Madonna helped make MTV.
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Hollywood Records
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Hollywood Records, Inc. is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, the label also releases Marvel Studioss soundtrack and compilation albums in conjunction with Marvel Music. At the time, the company was limited to the release of soundtracks from Touchstone, lawyer Peter Paterno was the first president of the label, until his resignation in 1993 because of the divisions lackluster sales. In 1997, Disney acquired Mammoth Records, in order to get a record label that could succeed. However, the acquisition of Mammoth was a failure and the label was closed and integrated to Hollywood in 2003. In 1998, the decided to form Buena Vista Music Group, integrating the operations of Walt Disney Records along with Hollywood, Lyric Street, Mammoth. Bob Cavallo, former manager of Earth, Wind & Fire and Prince was appointed as chairman of the group and this movement looked to organize the music operations of the company under a more integrated direction. The launch of Duffs career represents a new model for the record, utilising the synergies around the company, including important outlets like Disney Channel, Radio Disney. Duffs albums released under Hollywood proved to be successful including 2004s Hilary Duff. Their musical careers proved that the label had become a success, the label also continued to release soundtracks from films and TV shows, mainly those derived from Marvel Studios productions. In 2010, Hollywood absorbed the operations of country music label Lyric Street Records. In 2011, Queen left EMI for Universal-owned Island Records, with Hollywood continuing to remain the groups North American music distributor. In January 2012, after 14 years of a successful tenure, Bob Cavallo retired as chairman of the Group, since 2013, Hollywood Records also uses the brand name DMG Nashville to specialize in country music. The genre label was founded to provide music licensing for Bigger Picture Music Group, after Bigger Pictures closure in 2014, DMG Nashville released its first studio album, Lucy Hales Road Between. Hollywood Basic was Hollywood’s short-lived hip-hop subsidiary, run by Dave Funkenklein and it also released Shadows Legitimate Mix on the B-side of a single by the group Zimbabwe Legit in 1992. Although the BASIC Beats Sampler confirmed its release date for April 1992, other notable releases came from Organized Konfusion, its challenging second album, Stress, The Extinction Agenda, was widely acclaimed. The label was home of Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, although, following the shooting death of Charizma in 1993. This would later inspire Peanut Butter Wolf to found Stones Throw Records in order to make this music available, acts on Hollywood BASICs roster included Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf, Lifers Group, Organized Konfusion, Raw Fusion, Hi-C, and Zimbabwe Legit
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Hollywood Records
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My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)
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My Own Worst Enemy is an American television drama that aired on NBC in 2008. It premiered on October 13 and ended on December 15, after 9 episodes, the series was produced by Universal Media Studios. Jason Smilovic was the producer, David Semel was the director. The final episode ended with a cliff-hanger, and the plot lines ended without resolution. The series followed the life of American secret agent Edward Albright and his cover, Henry Spivey, Albright, played by Christian Slater, was implanted with a chip allowing his handlers to physically switch Albrights personality to that of his cover. However, in the episode, there was a malfunction which caused Albrights personalities to switch at random. Henry was then thrown into the dangerous life of Edward. Henry Spivey/Edward Albright – Henry is an efficiency expert living a humdrum life in the suburbs with a wife. Edward is an operative who speaks 13 languages, runs a four-minute mile, Henry and Edward are polar opposites who share only one thing in common—the same body. When the carefully constructed wall between them breaks down, Henry and Edward are thrust into unfamiliar territory where each man is out of his element. The first names match those of the two dueling spirits that shared a body in Robert Louis Stevensons novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll, Angie Spivey – A housewife who lives with her loving husband Henry Spivey and two children, Jack Spivey and Ruthy Spivey. Ruthy Spivey – Daughter and younger child of Henry and Angie Spivey, Jack Spivey – Son and older child of Henry and Angie Spivey. Mavis Heller – Edwards supervisor in the superspy organization, tom Grady/Raymond Carter – Raymond Carter is a superspy partner with Edward Albright. Tom Grady is Henry Spiveys friend, Dr. Norah Skinner – Dr. Skinner is the company therapist who helps the employees. At the end of the episode, it is discovered that she knows about Henry/Edwards secret and is currently carrying on an affair with Edward. Alistair Trumbull – Trumbull is the chief of operations for Project Janus and he is both cunning and devious, and he places very little faith in Edwards capabilities as he suspects he has broken. The first online review of the series said the show was a snappily written, another critic described the show as follows, The real fun comes from watching Slater’s sly performance. Metacritic gave the show a score of 61/100 based on 25 critic reviews, Internet video services such as Hulu, IMDb, and NBCs website offer free full episodes to persons within the United States
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Promotional image for My Own Worst Enemy.
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Big Love (TV series)
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Big Love is an American television drama series that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy, Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin, as well as a large supporting cast. The series premiered in the United States on March 12,2006, Big Love was a success for HBO, running for five seasons before concluding its run on March 20,2011. Big Love received widespread acclaim, and earned several major awards. The third season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, for acting, Chloë Sevigny won a Golden Globe Award for her supporting role, and Bill Paxton was nominated three times for his leading role. At the Emmys, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern, Mary Kay Place, creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television, Episodic Drama. The series left behind a legacy as one of televisions most complex studies of American family life and it has been the subject of seminal pieces in top academic journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Law and Contemporary Problems, and Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. Several publications listed the seriess first three seasons as among the best television of the decade 2000-09, and its season ranked among the best-reviewed scripted series of 2011. The show was co-created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, Olsen and Scheffer spent almost three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a fair, non-judgmental portrayal of polygamy in America. The theme song for the two seasons of the series was Home, by the band Engineers. During the first three seasons, God Only Knows, by The Beach Boys, played during the opening titles, the musical score for the series was composed by Anton Sanko. Mark Mothersbaugh composed music for the first season, while David Byrne was in charge of music during the second season, Bill Paxton as Bill Henrickson – Husband to Barb, Nicki, and Margene. He is a practicing polygamist and, at the end of season 4, is elected as a Utah Republican state senator, Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barbara Barb Henrickson – Bills first wife, mother of Sarah, Ben, and Tancy. Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette Nicki Grant – Bills second wife, Barbs former caretaker, and Roman Grants daughter, mother of Wayne and Raymond, Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene Margie Heffman – Bills third and youngest wife, mother of Lester, Aaron, and Nell. Amanda Seyfried as Sarah Henrickson – Bill and Barbs first daughter and she married Scott Quittman despite her parents initial reservations. Douglas Smith as Ben Henrickson – Bill and Barbs son, in the third season, he expresses his sexual attraction and love to Margene, his third mother, who pacifies him as she loves him as a son. He has stated his desire to follow The Principle—to practice polygamy, branka Katić as Ana Marković – Bills fourth wife. She and Bill marry, then she divorces the family, jolean Wejbe as Tancy Teenie Henrickson – Bill and Barbs younger daughter
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Big Love promotional photo featuring (from left to right)
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Bill Paxton,
Chloë Sevigny, and
Ginnifer Goodwin.
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Promotional poster for Season 1
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Disney Channel
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Disney Channels programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families during the 1980s, most of Disney Channels original programming is aimed at kids ages 9–16, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at children 8 years and under. As of January 2016, Disney Channel is available to approximately 93.9 million pay television households in the United States. The Disney Sunday Movie, a version of the Walt Disney anthology television series, began on the channel in 1986 concurrent with ABCs version until 1988 and NBCs The Magical World of Disney. Disney Channel Original Movies series of made for television movies started on August 23,1997 with Northern Lights supplanting the previous Disney Channel Premiere Films banner.2 million viewers. The Cheetah Girls films were also successful in terms of merchiandise. The first film in 2003 was the first made-for-TV movie musical in Disney Channels history, and had a worldwide audience of over 84 million viewers. The second movie was the most successful of the series, bringing in 8.1 million viewers in the U. S. Disney Junior – Disney Junior is a block that features shows targeted at children aged 3–9. Which debuted on February 14,2011, it airs Monday through Fridays from 8,00 a. m. –2,00 p. m. and weekends from 6,00 to 9,00 a. m. Disney Junior carries one of the few programs on Disney Channel that feature classic Disney characters as of 2013, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Other programs currently seen in this block include Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Sheriff Callies Wild West, Sofia the First, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Lion Guard and Doc McStuffins. C. Saturdays from 8, 00-11,00 p. m. and Sundays from 7, Saturday nights feature repeats of recent episodes of the channels original series or an occasional film telecast. Encores of the respective nights programs typically air between 11,00 p. m. and 2,30 a. m, Eastern/Pacific each night during that weekend. Out of This World Weekend – a weekend of shows having space themed episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows having mystery themed episodes. This was the first special weekend, Summer Adventure Weekend – a weekend of shows with vacation themed episodes. Flash Forward Weekend – a weekend of shows related to time travel, freaky Freakend – a weekend of shows featuring paranormal themed episodes. April Fuel Week – a week of shows featuring special episodes, Weekend – a weekend of shows featuring guest stars from other Disney Channel shows, occurs mostly in April. Programming seen during Disney Nighttime included older feature films, along with original concert specials, variety specials, mystery Night – ran each Tuesday evening starting at 9,00 p. m. Eastern/Pacific from 1990 to 1993, focused on mystery films from the 1930s to the 1960s
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Disney Channel's headquarters in
Burbank,
California as it appeared in the 2000s (the logo was later removed instead of being replaced with the 2002-era logo).
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Original logo used from April 18, 1983 to April 5, 1997; the wordmark (at bottom), based on The Walt Disney Company's 1986-2010 corporate logo, replaced a generic all-capital text logo in 1986. The "Mickey Mouse TV" served as the de facto primary logo, with the wordmark being used intermittently on-air.
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Blended (film)
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Blended is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, and written by Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera. It stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, with an ensemble cast featuring Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Terry Crews, Joel McHale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon and it was released on May 23,2014. The film marked the time for Sandler and Barrymore, after starring in The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates. Coraci also previously directed Sandler and Barrymore in The Wedding Singer and it also marked Sandlers first role in a Warner Bros. film. Divorcee Lauren Reynolds, who has two sons named Brendan and Tyler, meets Jim Friedman, a widower with three daughters Hilary, Espn, and Lou on a blind date. The date ends in a due to Jims clumsy and careless attitude. Jen then suggests to Lauren that she try on a black dress, Lauren tearfully begins lamenting that she should have tried dressing better when she was married to her ex-husband. This causes Jen to assert that her ex is a pig, meanwhile, Jim discusses his date with his co-worker, commenting that Lauren dressed like a principal which made him feel like he was more on a detention than a date. He declares that hed rather spend his time with his daughters than date again, when Hilary makes an appearance Jim affectionately calls her Larry which annoys her since people mistake her for a boy due to her tomboyish looks. Jim proposes a trip with family which Hilary opposes saying that her classmates are visiting places like Florida. Jim responds by saying that they did not have money to afford such a trip to which an upset Hilary agrees. After their encounter, Jim realizes that their cards were mixed up due to their exchanging their purchased items to avoid embarrassment. Unbeknownst to each other, Jim and Lauren both arrange to go on the vacation with their families. When they arrive in Africa the two families are surprised to see each other, things get more awkward when Jim and Lauren are given a romantic suite. Over time though, they begin to bond with each other, Jim is pleasantly surprised by her change of appearance and he and Lauren begin to warm up to each other as time passes. They inadvertently get together for a massage and have fun with each other. Afterwards, the girls prove their affection for Lauren, when Lou asks for her to put her to bed, Lauren does so and sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow, which, unknown to her, was the song Lous mom used to sing. The other girls pretend to sleep, while realizing how much they truly love Lauren and she returns this feeling when she maternally kisses each girls forehead as she says goodnight
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Theatrical release poster
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The DUFF
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The film stars Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Nick Eversman, Skyler Samuels, Bianca A. Santos, Allison Janney, and Ken Jeong. The film was distributed by Lionsgate and CBS Films and co-produced by Vast Entertainment, CBS Films and Wonderland Sound, the film was released on February 20,2015, by Lionsgate and CBS Films. It is the first film for which Lionsgate took over CBS Films distribution functions, Bianca is enjoying her senior year of high school in the suburbs of Atlanta with her two best friends, Jess and Casey, both of whom are significantly more popular than she is. She is also the neighbor and former friend of Wesley. She has a crush on guitar-playing Toby, and reluctantly attends a party hosted by mean-girl Madison, hoping to talk to him. The party turns out to be a disaster for her, as its there that Wesley unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the DUFF of her friend group, the Designated Ugly Fat Friend. The DUFF does not actually have to be ugly or fat, he explains, its just the person in a group who is less popular. People exploit the DUFF to get to the popular people, Bianca is insulted and devastated, but she soon realizes Wesley is right. The students in her school are only interested in her as a way to get to Jess. She takes her out on Jess and Casey and unfriends them on social media. Bianca later overhears Wesleys science teacher Mr. Fillmore telling Wesley that unless he passes the midterm, hes off the football team, which could cost him his football scholarship. Desperate to change her social standing and go on a date with Toby and they have a fun time at a mall, attempting a makeover by buying new clothes. This backfires when Madisons toady records Bianca playing around in her new clothes and they create a video ridiculing Bianca and post it online leading to the entire school mocking her. It also becomes clear that Madison feels possessive of Wesley, her on-again off-again boyfriend, Wesley tells Bianca not to let the video destroy her. Instead, he suggests she own it and just be upfront with Toby by talking directly to him, when Bianca sees Toby at school, she does ask him, and to her surprise he accepts. When Wesley becomes frustrated by the constant arguing between his parents, Bianca takes him to her spot in the forest, her think rock. They kiss, but joke about it and pretend it didnt mean anything, at Bianca and Tobys date at his house, she finds herself thinking about Wesley, but tries to brush it off. She ultimately discovers that Toby is Duffing her--spending time with her in order to connect with Jess and she confronts Toby, finally seeing him for the shallow and superficial jerk he is, and leaves in tears
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Theatrical release poster
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Perfect High
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Perfect High is a 2015 drama film produced by Lifetime and starring Bella Thorne, Daniella Bobadilla, Israel Broussard, and Ross Butler. The film premiered June 27,2015 on Lifetime, a young girl named Amanda is obsessed with dance. She dislocates her knee during a pep rally dance performance. She is rushed to a hospital where she is given the drug Hydrocodone for pain, upon returning to school, she is later approached by Riley, who asks her to share one of her pills with her. Amanda is suspicious, but gives her one anyways, later that week, Amanda starts dancing again, which makes Alexis a little jealous. While Amanda is waiting outside the school, Riley introduces Amanda to her boyfriend, Nate, Amanda ends up hanging out with the group. Although Amanda is hesitant at first, they convince her to share her prescription meds with them, Amanda ends up injuring her knee again and is given a renewed prescription of Hydrocodone. Amanda is upset when she sees Carson and Bridget together at school again and she begins spending more time with Riley who persuades her to go for Carson. While at an old ladys garage sale, they go into her house to use the bathroom and steal some Oxycodone from her room and run out. While under the influence of the drugs, Carson and Amanda kiss, unfortunately after her prescription runs out, she begins to feel sluggish and vomits due to withdrawal. Amanda ignores Carsons attempts to contact her until her birthday, where he approaches her while making an homage to her favorite movie, and presents a slideshow of them together in an attempt to have her forgive him. Amanda is still angry with him, but forgives him. Rick the dealer brings them drugs from Mexico to snort, claiming that its cheap Oxycontin and they snort the drugs and Amanda gets so high that she is slurring. She proceeds to black out, only regaining consciousness on her home when she almost crashes her car. She is later at Riley and Carsons house snorting the drug when they find out that theyve actually been snorting heroin. Riley, just brushes it off, and Amanda makes Carson promise not to do it again, after hearing her vomit during dinner, her mother suspects that she has an eating disorder and takes her to a doctor who prescribes her anti-anxiety medication. Amandas team decides to replace her solo with Alexis on the audition and she finds out that Carson and the others have been doing heroin again and fools herself into believing that it can get her through her dance audition. They go to Rick to trade Amandas anti-anxiety pills for heroin, the others are worried at first, but later decide to try it too
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Big Sky (film)
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Big Sky is a 2015 American drama thriller film directed by Jorge Michel Grau and starring Bella Thorne, Kyra Sedgwick, Frank Grillo, and Aaron Tveit. It was produced by The Archive and Papagjika Salloway Productions, Entertainment One gave it a limited release on August 14,2015. After their daughter Hazel turns 18, Dees ex-husband threatens to cut off child support unless Hazel will get treatment for her crippling agoraphobia, forced to take a van ride to the treatment center, Hazel struggles to enter the van. Though they have clashed over Dees hard-living lifestyle and Hazels neuroses, to accommodate Hazels fears, the treatment center allows her to travel in a box, where Hazel will be able to isolate herself from others and her environment. While traveling through the desert, half-brothers Pru and Jesse attack the van to kidnap a wealthy heiress, Pru, mentally damaged from head trauma by his abusive mother, reacts erratically and shoots Dee. Although exasperated by the violence, Jesse cleans up the scene of the crime by shooting everyone else but the heiress and Hazel. After Pru and Jesse leave, Hazel checks the others and finds her mother wounded, a map reveals a nearby reservation, which Hazel offers to travel to for help after applying first aid to Dee. After Hazel leaves, Dee finds a written by Hazel that lists all the reasons why Hazel believes her mother to hate her. Hazel slowly makes her way through the desert, forcing herself to concentrate on simple goals and her pill-taking ritual is disturbed by the dusty weather, and she must abandon some of her pills when they become too dirty for her to put in her mouth. She hallucinates the ghost of her sister, who she was unable to save in a drowning accident. When Jesse learns from a contact that one of the patients is agoraphobic, he realizes that it could not have been Dee. When he and Pru return to the van, they discover Hazels empty box, Dee, who has located a pistol in the van, takes Pru hostage. Meanwhile, Hazel runs into a junkie named Clete who quotes Aldous Huxley, Hazel eventually convinces Clete to help her, but his promised motorcycle turns out to have been disassembled. Despairing and not sure whether to further trust Clete as he begins to rant about women, Clete grabs it from her and in his craze pepper sprays himself, Hazel starts walking backwards away from him, trips on a rock and bumps her head. When Hazel wakes, she has rescued by a kindly couple who found her just outside the reservation. They contact the police for her and offer to take her back to her mother, on the trip, they meet a representative of the treatment center, who says he was dispatched to locate the missing van. He convinces Hazel to allow him to pick up her mother, despite the representatives protestations, the kindly couple follow behind him, reasoning that they can help protect her with their rifles. All converge on Dees location at approximately the time, where she is still holding Pru at gunpoint
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Theatrical release poster
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Famous in Love
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Famous in Love is an upcoming American drama television series based on the book with the same name, written by Rebecca Serle. Marlene King, Serle & King developed the novel into a series starring Bella Thorne. ABC Family, the name for Freeform, had picked up the pilot for fast-track development on March 19,2015. The pilot was shot in November 2015, Freeform greenlit the pilot on April 7,2016, Freeform announced on November 18,2016 that the series would premiere on April 18,2017. The whole season will be available on the Freeform website, app and on hulu, after its premiere. Paige Townsen, a college student, gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. She must now navigate her new star-studded life and undeniable chemistry with her two co-leads while uncovering the truth about what happened to a famous missing popstar. A young unknown, college student, who gets cast in the adaptation of a blockbuster book series. Within a month, Paige has traded the quiet streets of her hometown for a movie set on the shores of Maui. An actor who finds himself in complications with Jordan when the two share feelings for Paige, a troubled star, who lands the role of the other point in the movies famous love triangle. He and Rainer have a history, which is further heightened by the fact that both share chemistry with Paige. A down-to-earth guy from the Midwest with an edge who aspires to be a screenwriter/indie filmmaker, dePew replaced Jesse Henderson in the role from the original pilot. Rainers old friend, who competes for the role as Paige. Rainers smart and cunning mother, who is half of one of Hollywoods most powerful couples, confident and manipulative, she will do whatever it takes to make sure things go her way. A beautiful popstar, who disappears from the public eye. Rainers father, and a figure in Hollywood. An actress from New York City who causes some drama for Alexis
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Cubans
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Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a nation, home to people of different ethnic. As a result, some Cubans do not treat their nationality as an ethnicity but as a citizenship with various ethnicities, the majority of Cubans descend from Spaniards. The populations in the Spanish colonial era of Cuba, U. S occupation were, the largest urban populations of Cubans in Cuba are to be found in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Camagüey, Holguín, Guantánamo, and Santa Clara. According to Cubas Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas ONE2012 Census, the population was 11,167,325 including,5,570,825 men and 5,596,500 women, in the 2012 Census 64. 1% or 7,160,399 self-identified as white. The majority of the ancestry of European ancestry comes from Spain, during the 18th, 19th and early part of the 20th century especially, large waves of Canary Islanders, Galicians, Asturians and Catalans emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Other European nationalities which immigrated include, English, Scots, Russians, Poles, Portuguese, Romanians, Italians, Greeks, French, Germans and Irish. Central and Eastern European influence was mostly during the Cold War years and immigration from the British Isles was mostly in Pinar del Rio Province, there is a small remnant of a Jewish community. There is also significant ethnic influx from diverse Levantine peoples, especially Lebanese, Palestinians, in the 2012 Census 64. 1% or 7,160,399 self-identified as white. Afro-Cubans composed 9. 3% of the population in 2012, just over 1 million Cubans described themselves as Black, while 2.9 million considered themselves to be mulatto or mestizo. Thus a significant proportion of living on the island affirm some sub-Saharan African ancestry. Recently, many African immigrants have been coming to Cuba, especially from Angola, Cubans of East Asian origins made up 1. 02% of the population. They are mostly of Chinese, Japanese or Korean origins, the Chinese population in Cuba is descended mostly from indentured laborers who arrived in the 19th century to build railroads and work in mines. After the Industrial Revolution, many of these stayed in Cuba because they could not afford return passage to China. Of the Taínos the number of people claiming descent have not been formally recorded, most, however, live on the eastern part of the island. As a result, descendants of the Calusa, Tequesta, Timucua, the total population in the official 1953 Census was 5,829,029 people. Intermarriage between diverse groups is so general as to be the rule, Cubas birth rate is one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. Immigration and emigration have had effects on the demographic profile of Cuba during the 20th century
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Young woman and man standing in the street of Central
Havana.
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Cuban man
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Students of the Escuela Lenin
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A monument to
Taíno chief
Hatuey, considered to be "Cuba's First National Hero."
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Italians
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Italians are a nation and ethnic group native to Italy who share a common culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a native tongue. The majority of Italian nationals are speakers of Standard Italian. Italians have greatly influenced and contributed to the arts and music, science, technology, cuisine, sports, fashion, jurisprudence, banking, Italian people are generally known for their localism and their attention to clothing and family values. The term Italian is at least 3,000 years old and has a history that goes back to pre-Roman Italy. According to one of the common explanations, the term Italia, from Latin, Italia, was borrowed through Greek from the Oscan Víteliú. The bull was a symbol of the southern Italic tribes and was often depicted goring the Roman wolf as a defiant symbol of free Italy during the Social War. Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus states this account together with the legend that Italy was named after Italus, mentioned also by Aristotle and Thucydides. The Etruscan civilization reached its peak about the 7th century BC, but by 509 BC, when the Romans overthrew their Etruscan monarchs, its control in Italy was on the wane. By 350 BC, after a series of wars between Greeks and Etruscans, the Latins, with Rome as their capital, gained the ascendancy by 272 BC, and they managed to unite the entire Italian peninsula. This period of unification was followed by one of conquest in the Mediterranean, in the course of the century-long struggle against Carthage, the Romans conquered Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. Finally, in 146 BC, at the conclusion of the Third Punic War, with Carthage completely destroyed and its inhabitants enslaved, octavian, the final victor, was accorded the title of Augustus by the Senate and thereby became the first Roman emperor. After two centuries of rule, in the 3rd century AD, Rome was threatened by internal discord and menaced by Germanic and Asian invaders. Emperor Diocletians administrative division of the empire into two parts in 285 provided only temporary relief, it became permanent in 395, in 313, Emperor Constantine accepted Christianity, and churches thereafter rose throughout the empire. However, he moved his capital from Rome to Constantinople. The last Western emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed in 476 by a Germanic foederati general in Italy and his defeat marked the end of the western part of the Roman Empire. During most of the period from the fall of Rome until the Kingdom of Italy was established in 1861, Odoacer ruled well for 13 years after gaining control of Italy in 476. Then he was attacked and defeated by Theodoric, the king of another Germanic tribe, Theodoric and Odoacer ruled jointly until 493, when Theodoric murdered Odoacer. Theodoric continued to rule Italy with an army of Ostrogoths and a government that was mostly Italian, after the death of Theodoric in 526, the kingdom began to grow weak
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Amerigo Vespucci, the notable geographer and traveller from whose name the word
America is derived.
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Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the
New World.
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Laura Bassi, the first chairwoman of a university in a scientific field of studies.
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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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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
Bayeux Tapestry
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Welsh people
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The Welsh people or the Welsh are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Wales and the Welsh language. Prior to the 20th century, large numbers of Welsh people spoke only Welsh, the term Welsh people applies to people from Wales and people of Welsh ancestry perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins. Over 300,000 Welsh people live in London, the same etymological origin is shared by the names of various other Celtic or Latin peoples such as the Walloons and the Vlachs, as well as of the Swiss canton of Valais. The modern Welsh name for themselves is Cymry, and Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales and these words are descended from the Brythonic word combrogi, meaning fellow-countrymen. They thus carry a sense of land of fellow-countrymen, our country, the word came into use as a self-description probably before the 7th century. It is attested in a poem to Cadwallon ap Cadfan c. 633. Thereafter Cymry prevailed as a reference to the Welsh, until c.1560 the word was spelt Kymry or Cymry, regardless of whether it referred to the people or their homeland. During their time in Britain, the ancient Romans encountered tribes in present-day Wales that they called the Ordovices, the Demetae, the Silures and the Deceangli. The people of what is now Wales were not distinguished from the rest of the peoples of southern Britain, all were called Britons and spoke the common British language, a Brythonic Celtic tongue. Celtic language and culture seems to have arrived in Britain during the Iron Age, the claim has also been made that Indo-European languages may have been introduced to the British Isles as early as the early Neolithic, with Goidelic and Brythonic languages developing indigenously. The genetic evidence in this case would show that the change to Celtic languages in Britain may have occurred as a cultural rather than through migration as was previously supposed. The assumed genetic imprint of Neolithic incomers is seen as a cline, with stronger Neolithic representation in the east of Europe, when the Roman legions departed Britain around 400, a Romano-British culture remained in the areas the Romans had settled, and the pre-Roman cultures in others. According to Stephen Oppenheimer 96% of lineages in Llangefni in north Wales derive from Iberia, Genetic marker R1b averages from 83–89% amongst the Welsh. The people in what is now Wales continued to speak Brythonic languages with additions from Latin, the surviving poem Y Gododdin is in early Welsh and refers to the Brythonic kingdom of Gododdin with a capital at Din Eidyn and extending from the area of Stirling to the Tyne. John Davies places the change from Brythonic to Welsh between 400 and 700, offas Dyke was erected in the mid-8th century, forming a barrier between Wales and Mercia. The genetic tests suggested that between 50% and 100% of the population of what was to become England was wiped out. In 2001, research for a BBC programme on the Vikings suggested a strong link between the Celts and Basques, dating back tens of thousands of years. The UCL research suggested a migration on a huge scale during the Anglo-Saxon period and it appears England is made up of an ethnic cleansing event from people coming across from the continent after the Romans left, said Dr Mark Thomas, of the Centre for Genetic Anthropology at UCL
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William Morgan
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Sculpture of
Owain Glyndŵr, the last native Welsh person to hold the title
Prince of Wales.
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German people
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Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history. German is the mother tongue of a substantial majority of ethnic Germans. The English term Germans has historically referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages, before the collapse of communism and the reunification of Germany in 1990, Germans constituted the largest divided nation in Europe by far. Ever since the outbreak of the Protestant Reformation within the Holy Roman Empire, of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, roughly 80 million consider themselves Germans. Thus, the number of Germans lies somewhere between 100 and more than 150 million, depending on the criteria applied. Today, people from countries with German-speaking majorities most often subscribe to their own national identities, the German term Deutsche originates from the Old High German word diutisc, referring to the Germanic language of the people. It is not clear how commonly, if at all, the word was used as an ethnonym in Old High German, used as a noun, ein diutscher in the sense of a German emerges in Middle High German, attested from the second half of the 12th century. The Old French term alemans is taken from the name of the Alamanni and it was loaned into Middle English as almains in the early 14th century. The word Dutch is attested in English from the 14th century, denoting continental West Germanic dialects, while in most Romance languages the Germans have been named from the Alamanni, the Old Norse, Finnish and Estonian names for the Germans were taken from that of the Saxons. In Slavic languages, the Germans were given the name of němьci, originally with a meaning foreigner, the English term Germans is only attested from the mid-16th century, based on the classical Latin term Germani used by Julius Caesar and later Tacitus. It gradually replaced Dutch and Almains, the latter becoming mostly obsolete by the early 18th century, the Germans are a Germanic people, who as an ethnicity emerged during the Middle Ages. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire, around 300 independent German states emerged during its decline after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ending the Thirty Years War and these states eventually formed into modern Germany in the 19th century. The concept of a German ethnicity is linked to Germanic tribes of antiquity in central Europe, the early Germans originated on the North German Plain as well as southern Scandinavia. By the 2nd century BC, the number of Germans was significantly increasing and they began expanding into eastern Europe, during antiquity these Germanic tribes remained separate from each other and did not have writing systems at that time. In the European Iron Age the area that is now Germany was divided into the La Tène horizon in Southern Germany and the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany. By 55 BC, the Germans had reached the Danube river and had either assimilated or otherwise driven out the Celts who had lived there, and had spread west into what is now Belgium and France. Conflict between the Germanic tribes and the forces of Rome under Julius Caesar forced major Germanic tribes to retreat to the east bank of the Rhine, in Roman-held territories with Germanic populations, the Germanic and Roman peoples intermarried, and Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions intermingled. The adoption of Christianity would later become an influence in the development of a common German identity
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Germanic Kingdoms in Europe c. 500 AD
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Extent of
Holy Roman Empire in 972 (red line) and 1035 (red dots) with
Kingdom of Germany marked in blue
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18 January 1871: The proclamation of the
German Empire in the
Hall of Mirrors of the
Palace of Versailles.
Bismarck appears in white. The Grand Duke of Baden stands beside Wilhelm, leading the cheers. Crown Prince Friedrich, later
Friedrich III, stands on his father's right.
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Chelsea Handler
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Chelsea Joy Handler is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, and producer. She hosted the talk show Chelsea Lately on the E. network from 2007 to 2014. In May 2016, she began her new show, Chelsea. In 2012, Time placed her on the list of its 100 Most Influential People, Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey, the youngest of six children of Rita, a homemaker, and Seymour Handler, a used car dealer. Her American father is Jewish, her German-born mother, who came to the United States in 1958, was a Mormon and her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989, and battled the disease for over a decade before dying of it in 2006. Handler was raised in Reform Judaism and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony and she has said that while growing up she felt like an outsider, recalling, We lived in this nice Jewish neighborhood. Everyone had Mercedes and Jaguars, and I was going to school in a Pinto. Handler has two sisters and three brothers, her eldest brother, Chet, died in a accident in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming when she was 9 years old. At age 19, she moved from New Jersey to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting, at 21, Handler decided to pursue stand-up comedy after telling her story about a DUI to a class of other offenders, who found it funny. Handler was a member of the all-female cast of the Oxygen networks hidden camera/practical joke reality television series Girls Behaving Badly, other shows on which Handler has appeared include Weekends at the D. L. The Bernie Mac Show, My Wife and Kids, and The Practice and she is a regular commentator on E. and Scarborough Country, as well as a correspondent on The Tonight Show. She hosted the first episode of the reality TV show On the Lot, the show, produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett, was a competition for aspiring filmmakers vying for a chance at stardom. Handler was replaced by former Robin & Company entertainment anchor, Adrianna Costa, in April 2006, Handler began hosting The Chelsea Handler Show on E. which lasted two seasons. In 2007, Handler performed with Comedy Centrals Hour Stand-Up Comedy Tour across the United States and her stand-up comedy has also been televised on VH1s Love Lounge, Comedy Centrals Premium Blend, and HBOs broadcast of the Aspen Comedy Festival. She was a guest on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld and The View, and she co-hosted The View on August 2,2007, on August 18,2010, it was announced that Handler would be the host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. The announcement was surprising to many, including MTV representatives, who claimed that the decision was unexpected. This made Handler the second woman in the history of the VMAs to be the sole host of the ceremony, behind Roseanne Barr, the event took place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on September 12,2010. In July 2007, Handler began starring on her own half-hour, the show proved to be a hit by averaging more than a half-million viewers since its premiere and having clips on YouTube with more than one million views. In a 2008 interview, Handler said, The worse the guests are, the more pathetic they are, Chelsea Lately was broadcast weekdays on the E
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Handler at the
2012 Time 100
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Handler at LA Direct Magazine's "Remember to Give" Holiday Party in 2007
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Home-schooled
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Homeschooling, also known as home education, is the education of children inside the home. Home education is conducted by a parent or tutor. Many families that start out with a formal structure at home often switch to less formal ways of imparting education outside of school. Homeschooling is the commonly used in North America, whereas home education is more commonly used in the United Kingdom, elsewhere in Europe. Before the introduction of school attendance laws, most childhood education was imparted by the family or community. In several countries homeschooling, in the sense, is considered to be an alternative to attending public or private schools and is a legal option for parents. In other nations, homeschooling is considered illegal or restricted to conditions, as noted in the Homeschooling international status. According to the US National Household Education Surveys, about three percent of all children in the US were homeschooled in the 2011 and 2012 school year, and as of 2016, there are about 2.3 million home-schooled students in the United States. The studies found that of children,83 percent were White,5 percent were Black,7 percent were Hispanic. For much of history and in cultures, enlisting professional teachers was an option available only to the elite social classes. Thus, until recently, the vast majority of people, especially during early childhood, were educated by family members, family friends. The earliest public schools in modern Western culture were established in the early 16th century in the German states of Gotha and Thuringia. However, even in the 18th century, the majority of people in Europe lacked formal schooling, meaning they were homeschooled, tutored, in the middle colonies, the educational situation varied when comparing New York with New England until the 1850s. Formal schooling in a classroom setting has been the most common means of schooling throughout the world, especially in developed countries, since the early-, native Americans, who traditionally used homeschooling and apprenticeship, vigorously resisted compulsory education in the United States. Rushdoony was frequently called as a witness by the Home School Legal Defense Association in court cases. During this time, American educational professionals Raymond and Dorothy Moore began to research the academic validity of the rapidly growing Early Childhood Education movement. This research included independent studies by researchers and a review of over 8,000 studies bearing on early childhood education. They asserted that formal schooling before ages 8–12 not only lacked the anticipated effectiveness, the Moores published their view that formal schooling was damaging young children academically, socially, mentally, and even physiologically
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Frontispiece to Fireside Education,
Samuel Griswold (Goodrich).
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Lecture about
unschooling
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Sylvan Learning
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Sylvan provides personalized learning programs and primarily serves students in primary and secondary education. Sylvan Learning began in Portland, Oregon in 1979 at the Sylvan Hill Medical Center Building and it was founded by former school teacher W. Berry Fowler, who had also worked with the educational company The Reading Game. By 1983, Sylvan had dozens of franchises and moved its headquarters to Bellevue, in 1986, having over 500 franchises, Sylvan went public on the NASDAQ exchange and used funds to develop corporate learning centers in key cities. By July 1987, KinderCare, then based in Montgomery, AL, owned the majority of stock, most of the staff did not relocate. In 1991 the company was taken over by R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric, in 2003, Sylvan Learning was purchased by Apollo Management from Sylvan Learning Systems Inc. its parent company. In 2016, John McAuliffe was named as Chief Executive Officer, over 28 franchised centers located in multiple states closed between 2008 and 2012, some very suddenly. With these closings in mind, Sylvan has made efforts to work with franchisees to open more centers, at the end of 2014, over 25 franchisees stated they would open one new location in the following year. Sylvan Corporate also planned to open 200 locations in total, many of these new locations utilize a digital learning system called SylvanSync, which provides lessons on tablets with instructor oversight. The McDonaldization of Society, An Investigation into the Changing Character of Contemporary Social Life, thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press
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Sylvan Learning, Inc.
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American Cheerleader
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American Cheerleader is the first and largest national teen magazine dedicated to covering sideline and competitive cheerleading. It was founded in 1995 and is based in Memphis. Staff includes Editor-in-Chief Jackie Martin and Managing Editor Kim Conley, inspired by the popularity and competitive nature of cheerleading in the early 1990s, publishing executive Michael Weiskopf started a magazine to take advantage of its evolving culture. The first issue was published in New York in January 1995, special Collector’s Editions were produced in February 2005 and February 2010 to commemorate the magazine’s 10th and 15th anniversaries. Lifestyle Media, Inc. was acquired by Macfadden Performing Arts Media, varsity Spirit bought the magazine in 2012. American Cheerleader covers training tips for stunting and tumbling, tryout advice, team building activities, beauty, fashion, fitness and how to balance schoolwork, all issues feature a Cheerleader of the Month, Spotlight Squad and Awesome Athletes. Cheerleaders of the Month are recognized for their talent, academic achievement, american Cheerleader has also made its way into every sequel of the Bring It On films. Americancheerleader. com features current cheer news and trends, training tips, featured athletes and step by step videos of stunting, tumbling and cheer skills
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American Cheerleader
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Stuck on You (film)
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Conjoined twins Bob and Walt Tenor try to live as normally as possible. Outgoing and sociable Walt aspires to be a Hollywood actor, however, whereas shy, Walt gets a role in a local play. Bob stays as much as possible in the background, as he has a tendency to get stage fright, following the plays success, Walt decides to follow his dream to Hollywood and persuades his hesitant brother to go along for the ride. They rent an apartment in California and become friends with fellow aspiring actress April Mercedes and it is also the reason why Walt appears somewhat older than Bob. Walts efforts to find acting work in Hollywood are fraught with difficulty, Cher is upset that she has ended up starring in a prime-time TV show called Honey and the Beaze. She wants out of the deal, so she decides to hire Walt as her co-star, the producers, realizing Chers scheme, foil it by going forward with the production, compensating for Bobs presence by keeping him out of the camera frame and employing bluescreen effects. The show is a hit and Walt becomes famous. Walt arranges for May Fong to come to California, eventually however, when May discovers the twins in bed, she concludes that they are a homosexual couple rather than brothers. Although Bob shows May that they are indeed conjoined twins, May is nonetheless in even greater shock at the deception, Morty informs the twins that word has leaked about Walt and Bob being conjoined. Rather than hide this, the twins decide to embrace it, while Walt enjoys this success, he knows that Bob is unhappy because he misses May. Resolving that Bob needs to be independent from him in order to be happy, when Bob refuses, Walt, determined to convince him, begins acting wild and crazy until Bob can no longer take it. Walt starts to make a fool of himself by getting drunk and they eventually end up spending the night in jail for drunk driving, even though Walt was drinking, Bob is the one who suffers the hangover since their shared liver is mostly his. When they are released the morning, they get into a fight. On the night before the surgery, May shows up and apologizes to Bob for running out the way she did, Bob informs her that theyre getting separated, although she does not want them to, he knows that its best for them. At the hospital, May and April keep a vigil until learning from Ben Carson, a real-life neurosurgeon playing a cameo role, that the surgery was successful. Walt, for his part, loses his job when Honey and the Beaze is canceled due to low ratings and he is also emotionally devastated by Bobs absence. After having a talk with Cher about whats best for him. One year later, Walt and Bob are back in Oak Bluffs running the restaurant together, Bob and May have married, the twins simulate their former conjoinment with Velcro clothing that attaches them to one another
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Theatrical release poster
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The O.C.
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O. C. is an abbreviation of Orange County. The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled but tough young man from a home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy. Ryan and his foster brother Seth, an awkward yet quick-witted teenager. Ryan and Seth spend much time navigating their relationships with girl-next-door Marissa Cooper, Seths childhood crush Summer Roberts, storylines deal with the culture clash between the idealistic Cohen family and the shallow, materialistic, and closed-minded community in which they reside. The series includes elements of postmodernism, and functions as a mixture of melodrama, the series premiered with high ratings and was one of the most popular new dramas of the 2003–2004 television season. It was widely referred to as a pop cultural phenomenon and received positive reception from critics. However, ratings declined as the show went on, the low ratings led to its cancellation in early 2007, even after an online petition that gained over 700,000 signatures. The O. C. has been broadcast in more than fifty countries worldwide, the series has also been released on DVD, as well as on iTunes. Season 1 focuses on Ryan Atwoods arrival in Newport Beach to live with Sandy and Kirsten Cohen, a major theme of the first season is the culture shock Ryan feels as he adjusts from a life of domestic abuse and poverty to living in a superficial high-class society. He quickly befriends and bonds with Seth Cohen, and begins to have a relationship with Marissa Cooper. Although coming from different backgrounds, Ryan soon discovers that he deals with similar issues to his new peers, such as self-identity conflict. The relationship between Ryan and Marissa flourishes when he supports her through her parents divorce, as the show progresses, Ryan takes a very protective role over Marissa, showing Ryan to be a much more stable, controlled person than originally portrayed. Meanwhile, Sandy Cohen frequently comes into conflict with Caleb Nichol, Kirstens father, the second season of The O. C. continues to follow the tumultuous romantic relationships between Ryan and Marissa, Seth and Summer, and Sandy and Kirsten. and evolve the characters. Ryans character begins to grow when he stands up to Lindsay and convinces her to him to contribute. They later become involved romantically, creating extreme complications and relational shifts amongst the now Cooper-Nichol family, the Bait Shop becomes a prominent social destination for the teenage characters. A number of recurring characters are introduced, such as D. J, Lindsay Gardner, Zach Stevens, and Alex Kelly, with whom the main characters form a variety of relationships. Ryans brother, Trey Atwood, gets out of jail and threatens to bring Ryans old life into his new one, Sandy and Kirsten also face new conflicts after drifting apart during the summer. Season 2 ends with Marissa shooting Trey after Ryan confronts him for attempting to sexually assault Marissa, Season 3 creates many dynamic changes with regards to relationships and power within the characters society
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Series intertitle, seasons 3–4
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Season 1 cast of The O.C.
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Manhattan Beach was one of the primary filming locations for the show.
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The Bait Shop, which was the fictional concert venue that staged performances in the second and third season.
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Taylor Townsend (The O.C.)
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Taylor Townsend is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O. C. played by Autumn Reeser. Reeser was promoted to regular for the fourth season in light of cast member Mischa Bartons departure. Taylor is the daughter of Veronica Townsend, a sports agent. Her unnamed father left them when she was young, the only mention of her father is in episode 3. Taylor is highly intelligent, quick-witted and over-achieving and she is thought to be multi-lingual, speaking French, Spanish and Korean in several episodes, and narrating a majority of her valedictorian speech in Latin. Taylor does not get much attention from her mother and Reeser described her characters ambition as a result of troubles in her home life. Despite being an overachiever, Taylor is also desperately needy and starved of affection and is prone to becoming besotted and obsessed with any man who offers her help or affection. This is largely the result of the lack of a figure for much of her life. In season 4, she is seen in Summers room or at the Cohens house to escape her mothers constant put-downs. She was initially portrayed as a manipulative and conniving antagonist of the main characters, Taylor first appears in the third season, as Marissa Cooper is expelled from Harbor High School and thus barred from keeping her position as student social chair. Taylors gain is part of the fallout from Marissa having shot Trey Atwood in order to defend his brother and her boyfriend, Taylors power-grabbing encourages an otherwise reluctant Summer to seek the social chair position. Summers biggest test as social chair comes in organizing the school carnival, as she successfully coordinates the mix of rides, food. However, when Summer plans a Fall dance for the school, she is overshadowed by Taylor, who takes credit for it, at this particular dance, Summer follows Taylor and catches her kissing Dean Hess in his office. Though she tries to convince Seth of what shes seen, no one will believe her, Seth and Summer eventually convince Taylor to go to an area motel to meet with the Dean, only to surprise her when they answer the door and begin throwing out accusations. Threatening to tell everyone of the affair, Summer forces Taylor to tell Seths dad the truth, later, Sandy confronts Dean Hess and tricks him into believing that he has pictures of the two of them kissing on his Sidekick. In return for keeping quiet, Sandy tells Hess to let Ryan back into Harbor, despite being something of a socialite, Taylor is highly looked down upon by her classmates. During The Swells, classmates threw things at her after she organized a mandatory senior lock-in, Seth came to her rescue, unwittingly gaining Taylors affection in the process. Taylor, wanting to keep him for herself, refuses to allow a late Summer to come to the lock-in by pretending that she could not hear her and it is also in this episode that we learn why Taylor may be so conniving and manipulative
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Autumn Reeser as Taylor Townsend
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Christian Slater
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Christian Michael Leonard Slater is an American actor and producer. He made his debut with a leading role in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. He played an apprentice alongside Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose. In the 1990s, Slater starred in big budget films, including Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Interview with the Vampire, FernGully, The Last Rainforest, Broken Arrow. He was also featured in the cult film True Romance, since 2000, Slater has combined work in the film business with television, including appearances in The West Wing and Alias and starring in Breaking In and Mind Games. Slater was born in New York City, the son of Michael Hawkins, an actor known as Michael Gainsborough, and Mary Jo Slater. Slater has a maternal half-brother, Ryan Slater, who is also an actor and his great-uncle was radio personality Bill Slater. Although he played her characters brother in the movie The Legend of Billie Jean. He attended the Dalton School, the Professional Childrens School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, Slaters first television role was on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live when he was 8 years old. Following a run on Ryans Hope, he made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man, additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. In addition he has performed in Londons West End in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Slater made his big screen debut in 1985s The Legend of Billie Jean playing Billie Jean’s brother Binx. Though expected to be a big hit, the film fell short at the box office and his career improved with his role in The Name of the Rose alongside Sean Connery. Slater played Connerys apprentice monk while they investigated a series of murders at a Benedictine abbey, Slater followed this by playing Junior Tucker in Francis Ford Coppolas Tucker, The Man and His Dream, Gleaming the Cube and Beyond the Stars. Slaters career rose to new heights when he played the dark character J. D. in the 1989 film Heathers alongside Winona Ryder, Heathers was billed as the teen film of the late 1980s. Slater beat out other actors such as Brad Pitt for the part. In 1991, Slater was cast as Will Scarlett in the Hollywood big budget production of Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, the film was a commercial success, taking US$390 million worldwide, and Slater became one of the major A-list stars of the 1990s. With Slater being a big Star Trek fan, he accepted a role in Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country. The following year he starred in Kuffs, in his review of True Romance Roger Ebert awarded the movie 3 stars out of 4 and commented, the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating
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Slater at the
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Slater in 2004
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Taylor Lautner
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Taylor Lautner is an American actor, model and martial artist. Lautner is known for playing Jacob Black in The Twilight Saga film series based on the novels of the name by Stephenie Meyer. As a child, Lautner took up martial arts in Holland, in 2005, he appeared in the film Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and starred in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. He also starred in the 2011 action film Abduction, in 2010, he was ranked second on Glamours The 50 Sexiest Men of 2010 list, and fourth on Peoples Most Amazing Bodies list. Also in the year, Lautner was named the highest-paid teenage actor in Hollywood. Lautner was born on February 11,1992, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Deborah and his mother works for a software development company, while his father was a Midwest Airlines pilot. He has one sister named Makena. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Lautner has Austrian, English, German, Swiss-German, French, Irish, and Dutch heritage, Taylor grew up in Hudsonville, Michigan, a town near Grand Rapids. Lautner stated that when he was younger he was bullied in school because he was an actor and he commented, I just had to tell myself I cant let this get to me. This is what I love to do, and Im going to continue doing it. He took his first karate class at the age of six, a year later, he attended the national karate tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, where he met Michael Chaturantabut, the founder of Xtreme Martial Arts. Chaturantabut invited Lautner to a camp he held at University of California, Lautner trained with Chaturantabut for several years, earning his black belt by the age of eight, and winning several junior world championships. He appeared in an ISKA karate event televised on ESPN in 2003 that was later lampooned on the sports-comedy show Cheap Seats that first aired in 2006. In junior high, Lautner—who was involved in karate, baseball and hip-hop dance—won the award for Best Smile and he went to public school in Valencia, California at Valencia High School until his sophomore year. Chaturantabut, who portrayed the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. For a few years, the Lautners flew from Michigan to Los Angeles for auditions when his talent agency called, Lautner balanced karate and acting with being on the football and baseball teams at his school, and taking up jazz and hip-hop dance. After that became tiring, Lautner and his family decided to move to California for a month, to try it out, before moving to Santa Clarita, California, permanently in 2002. In his first months after moving to Los Angeles, Lautner appeared in television roles, small film roles
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Lautner at the 2009
Comic-Con International
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Lautner with
Twilight costars
Kristen Stewart and
Robert Pattinson at the
2009 MTV Movie Awards.
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Lautner at the
Abduction premiere, 2011.
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October Road (TV series)
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October Road is an American television drama that debuted on ABC on March 15,2007, following Greys Anatomy. It follows Nick Garrett who, after a decade, returns to his hometown, the show was created by André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg and Josh Applebaum, who also serve as the series executive producers. The second season of October Road premiered on Thursday, November 22,2007 at 10, 00PM Eastern/9, October Road completed airing its second season on ABC, but was not renewed for a third season. Upon hearing of the cancellation, the shows creators co-wrote a 10-minute series finale and filmed it with the cast, Nick Garrett left home ten years ago to go backpacking in Europe for a few weeks—and the brief trip ended up lasting for a decade. He left behind his girlfriend Hannah, best friend Eddie, Garrett is now a famous author and screenwriter living in New York City. Between the parties, social engagements, and living in a beautiful loft-style apartment and his agent books him to do a one-day writing seminar at the local college in his picturesque hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Nick is excited about coming home, but realizes the feeling isnt completely mutual although his family, Hannah has a son, Sam,10, and due to his age Nick questions if the child might be his biological son. Eddie is upset with Nick for walking out on their business plans, others are also upset with things Nick wrote in his book about the town. Nick will soon learn that it will be quite a readjustment coming home and he eventually wears down the college Dean by pleading for the job on her lawn late at night. She finally relents after he badly sings Where is Love, Nick seeks out the boy, Sam, but backs off when Hannah reproaches him. Nicks father also becomes convinced of Sams paternity when he sees the boy has similar eyes to those of the late wife. Nick eventually confronts Hannah with his belief about her boys paternity and she disputes his view, pointing out how common peanut allergies are by asking patrons at the local bar for a show of hands of those with the allergy. Nick and Hannahs feelings continue to develop, Hannah decides to break up with her boyfriend, prompting him to swear revenge on Nick. In the episodes to follow, Hannahs son, Sam, has a reaction to a birthday cake made of nuts. In the tense episode that follows, Nick and Hannah are observed behaving like a couple in love, in the season finale, Nick rushes to her house to proclaim his love for her. They almost kiss, but are interrupted by Sams supposed biological father, both Beautiful Girls and October Road were written by Scott Rosenberg, and semi-autobiographically based on his life and friends. October Road is loosely based on following the release of Beautiful Girls. Bryan Greenberg as Nicholson Nick Garrett, A young man with plans for the future and that was Nick Garrett before he left Knights Ridge
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The main characters (Left-to-Right): Phil, Janet, Sam, Eddie, Ray, Hannah, Nick, Bob, Owen, Aubrey, and Ikey.
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Eddie Latekka
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October Road is an American television drama that debuted on ABC on March 15,2007, following Greys Anatomy. It follows Nick Garrett who, after a decade, returns to his hometown, the show was created by André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg and Josh Applebaum, who also serve as the series executive producers. The second season of October Road premiered on Thursday, November 22,2007 at 10, 00PM Eastern/9, October Road completed airing its second season on ABC, but was not renewed for a third season. Upon hearing of the cancellation, the shows creators co-wrote a 10-minute series finale and filmed it with the cast, Nick Garrett left home ten years ago to go backpacking in Europe for a few weeks—and the brief trip ended up lasting for a decade. He left behind his girlfriend Hannah, best friend Eddie, Garrett is now a famous author and screenwriter living in New York City. Between the parties, social engagements, and living in a beautiful loft-style apartment and his agent books him to do a one-day writing seminar at the local college in his picturesque hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Nick is excited about coming home, but realizes the feeling isnt completely mutual although his family, Hannah has a son, Sam,10, and due to his age Nick questions if the child might be his biological son. Eddie is upset with Nick for walking out on their business plans, others are also upset with things Nick wrote in his book about the town. Nick will soon learn that it will be quite a readjustment coming home and he eventually wears down the college Dean by pleading for the job on her lawn late at night. She finally relents after he badly sings Where is Love, Nick seeks out the boy, Sam, but backs off when Hannah reproaches him. Nicks father also becomes convinced of Sams paternity when he sees the boy has similar eyes to those of the late wife. Nick eventually confronts Hannah with his belief about her boys paternity and she disputes his view, pointing out how common peanut allergies are by asking patrons at the local bar for a show of hands of those with the allergy. Nick and Hannahs feelings continue to develop, Hannah decides to break up with her boyfriend, prompting him to swear revenge on Nick. In the episodes to follow, Hannahs son, Sam, has a reaction to a birthday cake made of nuts. In the tense episode that follows, Nick and Hannah are observed behaving like a couple in love, in the season finale, Nick rushes to her house to proclaim his love for her. They almost kiss, but are interrupted by Sams supposed biological father, both Beautiful Girls and October Road were written by Scott Rosenberg, and semi-autobiographically based on his life and friends. October Road is loosely based on following the release of Beautiful Girls. Bryan Greenberg as Nicholson Nick Garrett, A young man with plans for the future and that was Nick Garrett before he left Knights Ridge
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The main characters (Left-to-Right): Phil, Janet, Sam, Eddie, Ray, Hannah, Nick, Bob, Owen, Aubrey, and Ikey.
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October Road intertitle
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Monk (TV series)
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Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the eponymous character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a police procedural series, the series was produced by Mandeville Films and Touchstone Television in association with Universal Television. The series debuted on July 12,2002, on USA Network and it continued for eight seasons, with the final season concluding on December 4,2009. Adrian Monk was a brilliant detective for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife, Trudy, was killed by a car bomb in a parking garage, in a later episode, he discovers the bomb was truly meant for Trudy. He later believes that Trudys death was part of a conspiracy that she had uncovered during her time as a journalist. Trudys death led Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown and he was then discharged from the force and became a recluse, refusing to leave his house for three and a half years. Until the final episode, Trudys death was Monks only unsolved case and he is finally able to leave the house with the help of his nurse, Sharona Fleming. Monks compulsive habits are numerous, and a number of phobias compound his situation, Monk has 312 fears, some of which are milk, ladybugs, harmonicas, heights, imperfection, claustrophobia, driving, food touching on his plates, messes and risk. He however had a breakthrough from claustrophobia later in the series, the OCPD and plethora of phobias inevitably lead to very awkward situations and cause problems for Monk and anyone around him as he investigates cases. These same personal struggles, particularly the OCPD, are what aid him in solving cases, such as his memory, specific mindset. In one episode entitled Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan, in another episode, he tries to conquer his fears by doing various activities which involved his phobias. Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randy Disher call on Monk when they have trouble with an investigation, Stottlemeyer is often irritated by Monks behavior but respects his friend and former colleagues amazing insight and observational abilities, as does Disher. Ever since childhood, Monks obsessive attention to detail allowed him to spot tiny discrepancies, find patterns, something someone says or does usually triggers Monk to make the connection. In his spare time, Monk continues to search for information about his wifes death and he dedicates his life to solving other murders because he feels this is fixing disorder in the world. He becomes especially intrigued when a woman is killed, or when someone is killed with some type of bomb, because this reminds him of Trudys murder. In the middle of three, Sharona decides to remarry her ex-husband and move back to New Jersey, prompting Mr. Monk to hire Natalie Teeger as his new assistant. Natalie is a widow and mother of a daughter, Julie. Monk discovers Natalie when she is involved in a murder case herself, in Mr. Monk, Monk has a brother Ambrose and a half-brother, Jack, Jr. whom Monk never knew about until his father tells him in season five
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Jason Gray-Stanford,
Traylor Howard and
Tony Shalhoub sign autographs at
Edwards Air Force Base after the season 4 episode "
Mr. Monk and the Astronaut ".
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Forget Me Not (2009 film)
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Forget Me Not is a 2009 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Tyler Oliver. Premiering on August 24,2009, the film had a theatrical released and stars Carly Schroeder, Cody Linley, Micah Alberti, Brie Gabrielle. The film opens with a girl crying and running through a graveyard. She makes it to her house and her parents ask her whats wrong, the girl responds, I dont remember. Years later, Sandy Channing and her brother, Eli, are students who attend a party at their friend T. J. s house. Everyone goes to the graveyard to play a game, a new girl their age joins them. They play a ghost version of Tag, and the new girl wins, the girl asks Sandy if she remembers her. Sandy tells her she does not, and the states, You will. The police arrive but are unable to find a body, there is a flashback to two girls playing The Game in the graveyard during the day, one is Sandy and the other is presumably the girl who jumped off this cliff. Sandy says she doesnt know any people, and the girl replies. She gives the flowers to Sandy proclaiming them best friends, to which Sandy replies, the next day, Layla and Chad have sex in Chads car, after which Chad tells Layla he wants to break up. Furious, Layla throws his class ring, which was hanging on her necklace, Chad drives off and leaves her alone. Layla goes into the lake to retrieve the necklace when she sees a girl in the water. She is then drowned by the girl, who is revealed to be an incarnation of the new girl who had disappeared the night before. Meanwhile, Chad arrives at Sandy and Elis house, and when Sandy mentions Layla, the rest of the group is waiting for T. J. to come so they can go on their spring break trip. T. J. is negotiating a deal to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend and he is soon killed by the now-demonic Layla. When Sandy mentions T. J. to her boyfriend Jake, he, Sandy then finds T. J. s contact information erased from her cell. The group stops at a store, with Lex distracting the cashier by having sex with him while everyone else steals liquor
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Theatrical release poster
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Big Love
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Big Love is an American television drama series that aired on HBO between March 2006 and March 2011. The show is about a fictional fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah that practices polygamy, Big Love stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, and Ginnifer Goodwin, as well as a large supporting cast. The series premiered in the United States on March 12,2006, Big Love was a success for HBO, running for five seasons before concluding its run on March 20,2011. Big Love received widespread acclaim, and earned several major awards. The third season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, for acting, Chloë Sevigny won a Golden Globe Award for her supporting role, and Bill Paxton was nominated three times for his leading role. At the Emmys, Ellen Burstyn, Bruce Dern, Mary Kay Place, creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television, Episodic Drama. The series left behind a legacy as one of televisions most complex studies of American family life and it has been the subject of seminal pieces in top academic journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Law and Contemporary Problems, and Michigan Journal of Gender & Law. Several publications listed the seriess first three seasons as among the best television of the decade 2000-09, and its season ranked among the best-reviewed scripted series of 2011. The show was co-created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, Olsen and Scheffer spent almost three years researching the premise of the show, with the intent of creating a fair, non-judgmental portrayal of polygamy in America. The theme song for the two seasons of the series was Home, by the band Engineers. During the first three seasons, God Only Knows, by The Beach Boys, played during the opening titles, the musical score for the series was composed by Anton Sanko. Mark Mothersbaugh composed music for the first season, while David Byrne was in charge of music during the second season, Bill Paxton as Bill Henrickson – Husband to Barb, Nicki, and Margene. He is a practicing polygamist and, at the end of season 4, is elected as a Utah Republican state senator, Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barbara Barb Henrickson – Bills first wife, mother of Sarah, Ben, and Tancy. Chloë Sevigny as Nicolette Nicki Grant – Bills second wife, Barbs former caretaker, and Roman Grants daughter, mother of Wayne and Raymond, Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene Margie Heffman – Bills third and youngest wife, mother of Lester, Aaron, and Nell. Amanda Seyfried as Sarah Henrickson – Bill and Barbs first daughter and she married Scott Quittman despite her parents initial reservations. Douglas Smith as Ben Henrickson – Bill and Barbs son, in the third season, he expresses his sexual attraction and love to Margene, his third mother, who pacifies him as she loves him as a son. He has stated his desire to follow The Principle—to practice polygamy, branka Katić as Ana Marković – Bills fourth wife. She and Bill marry, then she divorces the family, jolean Wejbe as Tancy Teenie Henrickson – Bill and Barbs younger daughter
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Big Love promotional photo featuring (from left to right)
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Bill Paxton,
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Promotional poster for Season 1
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Buddy comedy
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The buddy film is a film genre in which two people—often both men— are put together. The two often contrast in personality, which creates a different dynamic onscreen than a pairing of two people of the opposite gender, the contrast is sometimes accentuated by an ethnic difference between the two. The buddy film is commonplace in American cinema, unlike other film genres, it endured through the 20th century with different pairings. A buddy film portrays the pairing of two people, often the same sex, historically men, a friendship between the two people is the key relationship in a buddy film. The two people often come from different backgrounds or have different personalities, and they tend to one another. Through the events of the film, they gain a stronger friendship. Buddy films often deal with crises of masculinity, especially related to class, race, ira Konigsberg writes in the The Complete Film Dictionary, Such films extol the virtues of male comradeship and relegate male–female relationships to a subsidiary position. In buddy films, the two men are different, and their relationship with each other is challenged by events in the film. The two are different enough that one is aggravated by the other. The interaction between two men also differs from the interaction between a man and a woman, which shapes a films dynamics, robert Kolker writes in A Cinema of Loneliness, The buddy complex views sexuality as an obstacle to manly acts. But this denial of sexuality carries a covert admission of the possibilities of homosexuality, Kolker says the main characters typically have relationships with female secondary characters who are relegated to the background. In the 1962 Italian film Il sorpasso, the characters Roberto and Bruno spend time together, sergio Rigoletto writes, Their statements of emotional proximity are. Always quite oblique. in doing so they comply with the dominant social conventions according to which the love two men cannot be clearly spoken in films. While the characters do not have sex with women in the film, women in the film are secondary characters and possess traits that negatively contrast them with the male–male relationship. A female buddy film is similar to a buddy film except that the characters feature females. The cast may be mainly female depending on the plot, the female buddy film is a recent trend in mainstream cinema. Buddy films are often hybridized with other genres, such as road movies, Westerns, comedies. The threats to masculinity of the male–male relationship depend on the genre, women in comedies, the law in films about outlaw buddies, and criminals in action films about cop buddies
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Richard Pryor (left, pictured in 1986) and Gene Wilder (right, pictured in 1984)
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Laurel and Hardy in the 1939 film
The Flying Deuces. Laurel and Hardy were one of the first pairings, appearing in buddy films from the 1930s onward.
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Zendaya
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Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress, singer, and dancer. From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up as Rocky Blue and she has starred in two films and played one of the lead roles in the film Frenemies as Halley Brandon. She voiced Fern in the Pixie Hollow Games and she appeared in Good Luck Charlie as Rocky Blue and in a Good Luck Charlie and Shake It Up crossover title Charlie Shakes It Up. She appeared on PrankStars as herself in the episode Walk The Prank, farm as Sequoia Jones in the episode Creative ConsultANT. Zendaya signed a deal with Hollywood Records on August 8,2012 and she released a single from an independent label called Swag It Out and another single with Bella Thorne called Watch Me, which is featured on the Break It Down album. On March 20,2012, Zendaya released the song Something to Dance For as promotional single from Shake It Up, Zendaya was born in Oakland, California, the daughter of Claire Marie and Kazembe Ajamu. Her father is African-American, with Arkansan roots, her mother is white, with German, Zendaya began her professional career working as a fashion model for Macys, Mervyns and Old Navy. She was featured in an iCarly toys ad and she also appeared as a back-up dancer in a Sears commercial. In 2009, she was a performer in the Kidz Bop music video for its cover of the song Hot n Cold. She auditioned in November 2009 for the role of CeCe Jones to join the cast of Dance Dance Chicago, for her audition, she performed Michael Jacksons Leave Me Alone. In 2011 Zendaya release Swag It Out, an independent single. The song was composed by Bobby Brackins and produced by Glenn A. Foster and she also starred in the book trailer for From Bad To Cursed by Katie Alender. In the same year, she released Watch Me, featuring Bella Thorne, the song peaked at 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second season of Shake It Up was announced on March 16,2011, on June 5,2011, Shake It Up had a crossover episode with Good Luck Charlie. Zendaya hosted Make Your Mark, Ultimate Dance Off 2011 and her first movie role was in the 2012 film, Frenemies, a Disney Channel Original Movie. On February 29,2012, Something to Dance For was released as single for Live 2 Dance. For the soundtrack, Zendaya also recorded three songs, Made In Japan, Same Heart, and Fashion In Krytonite, released as promotional single. On September 2,2012, she signed to Hollywood Records, in October, Zendaya performed at the Teen Music Festival and at the Operation Smile benefit
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Zendaya at the premiere of Disney Channel's
Let It Shine in 2012
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Watch Me (Bella Thorne and Zendaya song)
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Watch Me is a song performed by American pop recording artists Bella Thorne and Zendaya. It was produced by Ben Charles, Aaron Harmon, and Jim Wes, who also co-wrote the song for Shake It Up, Break It Down and it was released as promotional single on June 21,2011 through Walt Disney Records. Musically, the song is prominent electropop that runs through a club-oriented beat, an original version of the song, sung by Margaret Durante, and is also included on the soundtrack. It is the single from the soundtrack performed by Bella Thorne. It peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs, the accompanying music video portrays Thorne and Zendaya in a building dancing with other people. Watch Me was a single released from the soundtrack Shake It Up, Break It Down. It was first heard on the seriess first episode under the original Margaret Durante version, the girls recorded the cover song in April 2011, as multiple pictures were tweeted and news outlets reported. The original song was heard in other episodes of Shake It Up. Bella Thorne and Zendaya enjoy the dancing and singing in the video, the video has lots of cuts/close-up shots of Zendaya and Bella singing to the song. On January 17,2015 the video reached 100 million views on VEVO, the clip begins with Bella Thorne and Zendaya at a photo shoot and they hear music playing. They see an abandoned warehouse and look through a broken window, inside, there is a group of dancers dancing to the music. They then exchange their dresses for colorful dance clothes, enter the warehouse, close-up shots of Bella and Zendaya singing the song are intercut throughout the video. The music video was released on June 17,2011, during the premiere of A. N. T
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"Watch Me" cover
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Billboard Hot 100
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The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play and online streaming, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is available on a real-time basis. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, as of the issue for the week ending on April 15,2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,061 different number one hits. The current number one song is Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, prior to 1955, Billboard did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the era in 1955, three such charts existed, Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1936. This chart ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country, Most Played by Jockeys was Billboards original airplay chart. It ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. On the week ending November 12,1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time, the Top 100 combined all aspects of a singles performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay. The Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. The week ending July 28,1958 was the publication of the Most Played By Jockeys and Top 100 charts. On August 4,1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a songs popularity is measured in the United States, the Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to the calculation of the Hot 100. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of radio airplay with Arbitron listener data. Hot Singles Sales, the top selling singles compiled from a sample of retail store, mass merchant and internet sales reports collected, compiled. The chart is released weekly and measures sales of commercial singles. With the decline in sales of singles in the US
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The Billboard logo
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Recording Industry Association of America
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The Recording Industry Association of America is a continental North and South American trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA says create, the RIAA headquarters is in Washington, D. C. The RIAA was formed in 1952 and its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3 rpm,45 rpm. Since 2001, the RIAA has spent $2 to $6 million each year on lobbying in the United States, the RIAA also participates in the collective rights management of sound recordings, and it is responsible for certifying Gold and Platinum albums and singles in the United States. Cary Sherman has been the RIAAs chairman and CEO since 2011, Sherman joined the RIAA as its general counsel in 1997 and became president of the board of directors in 2001, serving in that position until being made chairman and CEO. Mitch Glazier has been the RIAAs senior executive vice president since 2011 and he served as executive vice president for public policy and industry relations from 2000 to 2011. The past RIAA chairman and CEO is Mitch Bainwol, who served from 2003 to 2011 and he left in 2011 to become president and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The board of directors consists of 26 members of the board, the RIAA operates an award program for albums that sell a large number of copies. The program originally began in 1958, with a Gold Award for singles, the criterion was changed in 1975 to the number of copies sold, with albums selling 500,000 copies awarded the Gold Award. In 1976, a Platinum Award was added for one million sales, the awards are open to both RIAA members and non-members. Since 2000, the RIAA also operates a program for Latin music sales. Currently, a Disco De Oro is awarded for 30,000 units, the RIAA defines Latin music as a type of release with 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. In 2006, digital ringtones were added to branch of certification. In the same year, the RIAA introduced the Latin Digital Award for digital recordings in Spanish and this release format includes DVD and VHS releases, and certain live albums and compilation albums. The certification criteria is different from other styles. Gold,50,000 Platinum,100,000 Multi-Platinum,200,000 copies The RIAA opposes unauthorized sharing of its music, studies conducted since the association began its campaign against peer-to-peer file-sharing have concluded that losses incurred per download range from negligible to moderate. The association has commenced high-profile lawsuits against file sharing service providers and it has also commenced a series of lawsuits against individuals suspected of file sharing, notably college students and parents of file sharing children
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Recording Industry Association of America
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Frenemies (film)
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Frenemies is a 2012 teen comedy-drama television film and anthology based on the novel of the same name by Alexa Young which premiered on Disney Channel. It features an ensemble cast starring Bella Thorne, Zendaya, Stefanie Scott, Nick Robinson, Mary Mouser and features Connor Price, Jascha Washington, the film follows three pairs of teenage friends that go from friends to enemies and back again. The film was directed by Daisy Mayer and written by Dava Savel, Wendy Weiner, the Disney Channel Original Movie premiered on January 13,2012 in the United States and Canada. The story takes place involving three intertwined stories told by friends who all go to the same school. The first story focuses on how a kid and a dog who are best friends become frenemies, the second story focuses on how two BFFs become total frenemies over a senior editor job. The third and final story focuses on two lookalikes who swap lives with other, similar to The Prince and the Pauper. The first story focuses on a science whiz teenage boy at Waterbury High School named Jake Logan who is best friends with his dog, Murray. A popular girl named Julianne tries to come between them as she tries to get Murray out of her way as Murray sees right through her ruse, determined to get another A, she hatches a plan to get Murray out of her way for good. She steals Jake’s national prize certificate in molecular astrophysics from NASA, drenches it in her perfume, just like Julianne expected, Murray takes Jake’s NASA certificate into the bathroom and attempts to flush it. Jake, who is able to save his certificate, gets angry, Murray follows his command and runs away from home. A classmate named Savannah ONeal, who loves to skate board and has a crush on Jake, finds Murray, the next day, Jake starts to worry that Murray might not return, but manages to finish his and Juliannes science project. At school, Jake attempts to cool to impress his classmates. But when he discovers Juliannes scheme, Jake refuses to give her the project, Savannah uses this opportunity to expose Julianne’s ruse of using people to get A’s which results in Julianne being caught. Murray runs in and knocks over Julianne and the science project, although the project is destroyed, Jake is happy to see Murray and they become best friends again. The second story focuses on two female teens, Avalon Greene and Halley Brandon who created a web magazine called GeeklyChic. In the school library, Halley gets a call from her and Avalons favorite New York City publishing company, Burns Publications, Cherie invites them to go to the publishing company’s headquarters in the beautiful Manhattan, New York to ask them something that could change their lives. Cherie decides to let each of them write a cover article, at school, Avalon encounters with classmate Walker, who allows her to contact a French singer named Jean Frank. Now, the two decide to interview Jean after his first American sold-out concert which leads them to become frenemies
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TTYLXOX
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TTYLXOX is a song by American singer, model, and actress Bella Thorne from the soundtrack Shake It Up, Live 2 Dance. It was written and produced by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, the song was released on March 6,2012. The song was composed by the trio of songwriters and producers Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and it was released on iTunes in March 2012. The song was the single, along with Something to Dance For by Zendaya, from the soundtrack Shake It Up. The song debuted at number 98 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, Something To Dance For & TTYLXOX on YouTube
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Twitter
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Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, tweets, restricted to 140 characters. Registered users can post tweets, but those who are unregistered can only read them, users access Twitter through its website interface, SMS or a mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, United States, Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams and launched in July. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, in 2012, more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has described as the SMS of the Internet. As of 2016, Twitter had more than 319 million monthly active users. On the day of the 2016 U. S. presidential election, Twitter proved to be the largest source of breaking news, Twitters origins lie in a daylong brainstorming session held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, then a student at New York University. The original project name for the service was twttr, an idea that Williams later ascribed to Noah Glass, inspired by Flickr. The developers initially considered 10958 as a code, but later changed it to 40404 for ease of use. Work on the project started on March 21,2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 9,50 PM Pacific Standard Time, Dorsey has explained the origin of the Twitter title. we came across the word twitter, and it was just perfect. The definition was a short burst of inconsequential information, and chirps from birds, and thats exactly what the product was. The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as a service for Odeo employees. Williams fired Glass, who was silent about his part in Twitters startup until 2011, Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007. Williams provided insight into the ambiguity that defined this early period in a 2013 interview, With Twitter and they called it a social network, they called it microblogging, but it was hard to define, because it didnt replace anything. There was this path of discovery with something like that, where over time you figure out what it is, Twitter actually changed from what we thought it was in the beginning, which we described as status updates and a social utility. It is that, in part, but the insight we eventually came to was Twitter was really more of an information network than it is a social network, the tipping point for Twitters popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest Interactive conference. During the event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000, the Twitter people cleverly placed two 60-inch plasma screens in the conference hallways, exclusively streaming Twitter messages, remarked Newsweeks Steven Levy
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A blueprint sketch, c. 2006, by
Jack Dorsey, envisioning an
SMS -based
social network.
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Twitter's homepage as of August 2015 (only in select countries)
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Jack Dorsey, a co-founder and the chairman of Twitter, in 2009
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Twitter's San Francisco, California headquarters, as seen from a corner on Market Street
40.
Britney Spears
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Britney Jean Spears is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions, Spearss first and second studio albums. Baby One More Time and Oops. I Did It Again, became international successes, with the former becoming the album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks. Baby One More Time and Oops, I Did It Again broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her third studio album, Britney. She assumed creative control of her studio album, In the Zone. In 2007, Spearss much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus and her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released later that year, and spawned singles such as Gimme More and Piece of Me. Her erratic behavior and hospitalizations continued through the year, at which point she was placed under a still ongoing conservatorship. Spearss sixth studio album, Circus, included the international chart-topping single Womanizer and her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale, became her first to yield three top-ten singles in the United States. She released her studio album Britney Jean in 2013. Later that year, Spears began the four-year residency show, Britney, Piece of Me, in 2016, Spears released her ninth studio album, Glory. In 2017, she announced that her show would develop into a world tour, Britney. Spears is regarded as a pop icon and credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and she became the best-selling teenage artist of all time and garnered honorific titles including the Princess of Pop. In 2009, Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, the Recording Industry Association of America lists Spears as the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 34 million certified albums. She has sold 100 million albums and over 100 million singles worldwide making her one of the music artists of all time. According to Billboard Spears has sold about 22.38 million singles in digital downloads in US and is the fourth best-selling female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began. Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million. Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, the child of Lynne Irene Bridges and James Parnell Spears
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Spears at the
102.7 KIIS FM Wango Tango concert in
Carson, California, May 2013
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Spears performing at the NFL Kickoff Live, September 2003
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Spears performing during
The Onyx Hotel Tour on April 2004
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Spears performing "Freakshow" at
The Circus Starring Britney Spears, May 2009
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Kesha
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Kesha Rose Sebert is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to producer Dr. Lukes label Kemosabe Records and her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on American rapper Flo Ridas number-one single Right Round. Her debut album, Animal, and her first extended play, Keshas music and image propelled her to immediate commercial success, with Animal debuting as the number-one album in the United States. She also achieved two number-one singles, Tik Tok and We R Who We R, and a string of singles from the album. At the same time, she continued to write songs for other artists, Warrior, her second studio album, was released in 2012, spawning Keshas eighth top-ten single with Die Young, and her ninth and tenth Top 40 hits with CMon and Crazy Kids. Tik Tok is among the digital singles in history, selling over 14 million units internationally. Influenced by various genres and artists, Kesha primarily draws inspiration from music of the 1980s, Madonna, Queen, after experimenting with country, pop rock, and electronic music, Kesha stuck with the latter. Thematically, her music generally revolves around escapism, partying, individuality, supernatural moments, rebellion, Kesha has been involved with animal rights and LGBT activism. She has received awards and nominations, including her win for MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010. As of November 2013, she has sold over 33 million records in the United States and 60 million records worldwide. Her recorded output has been curtailed since 2013 due to a dispute with her former producer Dr. Luke. Kesha alleged physical and emotional abuse and employment discrimination against Dr. Luke, while Dr. Luke claims breach of contract, Kesha was born in Los Angeles, California. Pebe, a mother, struggled financially while supporting herself, Kesha. When Kesha was an infant, Pebe would often have to look after her onstage while performing, Kesha says she has no knowledge of her fathers identity, though she has speculated that he may be Mick Jagger. Her mother is of German and Hungarian descent, one of Keshas great-grandfathers was Polish. Pebe moved the family to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991 after securing a new publishing deal for her songwriting, Pebe frequently brought Kesha and her brothers along to recording studios and encouraged Kesha to sing when she noticed Keshas vocal talent. Kesha attended Franklin High School and Brentwood High School, but claimed that she did not fit in and she played the trumpet and later the saxophone in the marching band in school, and described herself in an interview with NPR as being a diligent student. After attaining a score on her SATs, she was offered a full scholarship at Barnard College
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Kesha at
Planes: Fire & Rescue premiere at
El Capitan Theatre in July 2014
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Kesha performing live during the
Get Sleazy Tour, her first headlining tour, in 2011
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Kesha performing on
Today in November 2012
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Adam Sandler
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Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He has ventured into more dramatic territory with his roles in Punch-Drunk Love, Spanglish, Reign Over Me, Sandler has released five comedy albums in his career. Theyre All Gonna Laugh at You. and What the Hell Happened to Me. are both certified double-platinum, in 1999, Sandler founded Happy Madison Productions. Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1966, to Judith Judy, a school teacher, and Stanley Sandler. His family is Jewish and descends from Russian and Israeli immigrants on both sides and he grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire after moving there at the age of six. He attended Manchester Central High School, as a teen, Sandler was in BBYO, a popular Jewish youth group. Sandler graduated from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts in 1988, early in his career, Sandler played Theo Huxtables friend, Smitty in The Cosby Show and the Stud Boy or Trivia Delinquent in the MTV game show Remote Control. After his film debut Going Overboard in 1989, Sandler performed in comedy clubs and he was discovered by comedian Dennis Miller, who caught Sandlers act in Los Angeles and recommended him to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler told Conan OBrien on The Tonight Show that NBC fired him, in 1993, Adam Sandler appeared in the film Coneheads with Chris Farley, David Spade, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, and Jane Curtin. In 1994, he co-starred in Airheads with Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi and he followed this film with Bulletproof, and the financially successful comedies Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer. He was initially cast in the bachelor-party-themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things but had to back out due to his involvement in The Waterboy, although his earliest films did not receive critical praise, he started to receive more positive reviews, beginning with Punch-Drunk Love in 2002. Roger Eberts review of Punch-Drunk Love concluded that Sandler had been wasted in earlier films with poorly written scripts, Sandler has moved outside the genre of slapstick comedy to take on more serious parts such as the aforementioned Punch-Drunk Love, Spanglish and Reign Over Me. He played a father figure in Big Daddy. He returned to more dramatic fare with Mike Binders Reign Over Me and he starred with Kevin James in the film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Sandler headlined You Dont Mess with the Zohan, the film was written by Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel, it was directed by Dennis Dugan. It marked as Sandlers first family film and first film under the Walt Disney banner, in 2009, Sandler starred in Judd Apatows third directorial feature Funny People. The film was released on July 31,2009, Sandler appeared in Grown Ups, alongside Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade
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Sandler at a ceremony to receive a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 2011
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Sandler at 2002
Cannes Film Festival
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Sandler's handprints and shoeprints in front of
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, 2008.
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Drew Barrymore
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Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, author, director, model and producer. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American stage and film actors, Barrymore began acting on television, and soon transitioned to film with roles in E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Irreconcilable Differences. Following a turbulent childhood that was marked by drug and alcohol abuse with two stints in rehab, she wrote her autobiography, Little Girl Lost and she appeared in a string of hit films, including Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Scream and Ever After. She has also co-starred with Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer,50 First Dates, Other acting credits include Music and Lyrics, Hes Just Not That Into You, Going the Distance and Miss You Already. Barrymore won the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens, Barrymore currently stars with Timothy Olyphant in the Netflix comedy series Santa Clarita Diet. She was named an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme, since then, she has donated over $1 million to the program. A recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Barrymore was born in Culver City, California, to actor John and Jaid, an aspiring actress. Barrymores mother was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany and her parents divorced in 1984, when she was nine years old. She is one of four children with a half-brother, John and her godfather is Steven Spielberg while her godmother is Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasbergs widow. Meanwhile, Barrymore is the god-daughter of director Steven Spielberg, Barrymore recounted in her 1989 autobiography, Little Girl Lost, early memories of her abusive father, who left the family when Barrymore was six months old. They never had anything resembling a significant relationship and seldom spoke to each other, Barrymore grew up on Poinsetta Place in West Hollywood until the age of 7, when she moved to Sherman Oaks. In her 2015 memoir Wildflower, she says she talks like a girl because she grew up in Sherman Oaks. She moved back to West Hollywood upon becoming emancipated at 14, Barrymore attended elementary school at Fountain Day School in West Hollywood and Country School. In the wake of her stardom, Barrymore endured a notoriously troubled childhood. Her nightlife and constant partying became a subject with the media. She was in rehab at the age of fourteen, where she spent eighteen months in an institution for the mentally ill, a suicide attempt, also at age fourteen, put her back in rehab, followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife. The stay was precipitated, Crosby said, because she needed to be some people that were committed to sobriety. Barrymore later described this period of her life in her autobiography, after a successful juvenile court petition for emancipation, she moved into her own apartment at the age of fifteen
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Barrymore at the
Blended Berlin premiere, May 2014
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Barrymore with President
Reagan, October 17, 1984
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Barrymore with
Corey Feldman at the 61st Academy Awards, March 29, 1989
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Barrymore at the 2007
Tribeca Film Festival
44.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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CSI, Crime Scene Investigation is a procedural forensics crime drama television series that premiered on CBS October 6,2000. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Ted Danson, the series concluded on September 27,2015, after 15 seasons, with a feature-length finale titled Immortality. The team is led by Gil Grissom, a socially-awkward forensic entomologist. Grissoms second-in-command, Catherine Willows, is a mother with a cops instinct. Born and raised in Vegas, Catherine was a stripper before being recruited into law enforcement, following Grissoms departure during the ninth season of the series, Catherine is promoted to Supervisor. After overseeing the training of new investigator Raymond Langston, Willows is replaced by D. B, Russell, and recruited to the FBI shortly thereafter. Russell is a man, a keen forensic botanist and a veteran of the Seattle Crime Lab. In the series season, Russell is reunited with his former partner Julie Finlay. During the 1990s, Anthony Zuiker caught producer Jerry Bruckheimers attention after writing his first movie script, Zuiker was convinced that there was a series in the concept, Bruckheimer agreed and arranged a meeting with the head of Touchstone Pictures. The studios head at the time liked the script and presented it to ABC, NBC and Fox executives. The head of development at CBS saw potential in the script, and the network had a pay-or-play contract with actor William Petersen. The networks executives liked the pilot so much that they decided to include it in their 2000 schedule immediately, airing on Fridays after The Fugitive. Initially it was thought that CSI would benefit from The Fugitive, which was expected to be a hit, formerly a co-production with the now-defunct Alliance Atlantis Communications, that companys interest was later bought by the investment firm GS Capital Partners, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. CBS acquired AACs international distribution rights to the program, though the non-US DVD distribution rights did not change, the series is currently in syndication, and reruns are broadcast in the U. S. on the Spike and TV Land cable networks. The show has aired in reruns on the USA Network since January 14,2011, the CSI catalog has been exclusive to the whole NBC Universal portfolio since September 2014. Occasionally, the cast would still shoot on location in Las Vegas, other California locations include Verdugo Hills High School, UCLAs Royce Hall, Pasadena City Hall, and California State University, Los Angeles. While shooting took place primarily at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, CSIs theme song was, since season one, Who Are You, written by Pete Townshend with vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey of The Who. In certain countries, to music licensing fees, a unique theme was used instead
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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Mostly Ghostly
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Mostly Ghostly is a series of books written by childrens horror author R. L. Stine. Its targeted audience is primarily middle school-aged youths ages 11-14, the book series has led to a film series. One Night in Doom House Little Camp of Horrors Ghouls Gone Wild, freaks and Shrieks Dont Close Your Eyes. The plot revolves around Max, an 11-year-old boy who ends up having the power to see ghosts and he meets two kids who are turned into ghosts named Nicky and Tara who are trying to find their parents. The ghosts make Max a deal, if he can help find out how they died and what happened to their parents. But they usually end up ruining things, nevertheless, Max still tries to help them solve the mystery, and the three encounter various villains and somewhat silly adventures. He is part psychic, because he is the person in his town that can see ghosts. Aside from being friends with ghosts, he is what most would refer to as a normal kid, in the first few books he is 11 years old, but then turns 12. He is very intelligent, but horrible at sports, and is unpopular at his middle school. He is subject to frequent taunting, Nicky Roland, A ghost boy that lost his ghost-catching parents when Phears escaped ghost prison and turned his family into ghosts and Taras brother. He did not seem to trust Max in the beginning, and he is 11 and a half years old. Tara Roland, A ghost girl that lost her parents when Phears escaped ghost prison and turned her family into ghosts. Like her brother, shes a friendly ghost and she instantly warmed up to Max, unlike her brother. She tries hard to help Max, but usually ends up making things worse, Colin Doyle, Maxs abusive older brother, who frequently picks on him and embarrasses him. He pranks Max every chance he gets and he is very popular, athletic, and muscular, and all the high school girls think he is attractive. His dad thinks that he is a riot when he embarrasses Max, unlike Max, he doesnt see ghosts like his parents. Mr. & Mrs. Roland, The parents of Nicky, after they captured Phears, he escaped and turned the Rolands into ghosts. Due to Phears, they are ghosts like their children, in the 4th book, Little Camp of Horrors, they reunite with their children, but leave for their continuous goal of destroying Phears
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The Mostly Ghostly Logo
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Ryan Ochoa
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Ryan Ochoa is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Lanny on the Disney XD series Pair of Kings, Ryan Ochoa was born in San Diego, California and is the younger brother of Rick Ochoa and the older brother of Raymond and Robert Ochoa. Ochoa had his first professional acting job at the age of 8, ryans film debut was in the 2007 film, Nostalgia as Ryan Zorn, the son of the main character. He appeared in the 2009 film, The Perfect Game as Norberto and he also played Tiny Tim in 2009s A Christmas Carol. Ochoa played the voice of the character of Rick in the animated film Astro Boy, Ochoa has appeared in the television show, iCarly, in the episodes iHurt Lewbert, iReunite with Missy, iTwins, iFind Lewberts Lost Love, iBloop, and iBeat the Heat. He co-starred as Lanny in the Disney XD series Pair of Kings and he is currently performing with his three brothers in the musical group Ochoa Boyz. Ryan Ochoa at the Internet Movie Database
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Ryan Ochoa (right) and his brother
Raymond at the 62nd Annual Mother Goose Parade in San Diego County, California in 2008
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Jersey (EP)
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Jersey is the debut solo EP by American singer and actress Bella Thorne, released on November 17,2014 by Hollywood Records. In March 2013, Thorne announced shed been signed to Hollywood Records, so I don’t want to be known as only one genre. ”On 28 March 2014, Thorne announced her debut album would be named as the single, and confirmed it will consist of eleven songs. In a Billboard article published on May 2,2014, it was revealed that the album would be called Call It Whatever, Thorne revealed the reason why the album took so long was because I really wanted to work on my voice. I never sang before, and I didnt want to put an album out that I wasnt proud of, I waited so that I could take a lot of vocal classes, so that I could work on my voice every day. Thorne confirmed that inevitable comparisons to former Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, Thorne described the sound of her album as having differentiation, and several songs being aimed at a variety of audiences. In an interview with Access Hollywood, she promoted the EP as very feminist, on October 23, Thorne announced a song from the EP, entitled One More Night. The following week, Thorne announced the track list along with a preview of Paperweight. Bella spoke about the direction in the form of its genres, saying Call It Whatever is my youngest-sounding song. I dont want to them, but my album is geared a little bit older. I have some more Indie type of songs, some hip-hop, some with an 80s feel, however, on October 15, Thorne announced that her full-length debut album would be scrapped in favor of an EP instead. Thorne later opened up about the reason her album never dropped — she says she had no intention of becoming a singer. Thorne told J-14 in April 2015, The reason why the album did not come out is because, look, I never wanted to really be an amazing singer. Honestly, I was tone deaf when I first got on the Channel, I literally auditioned for Shake It Up. and I was like, I dont sing and I dont dance. I have no idea why Im here, she said, no single was released, only the remix version of Call It Whatever was included in Jersey. Thorne promoted the EP for a one time, in the event Shall We Dance on Ice, in Bloomington, Illinois, on December 16,2014, when she performed Jersey. On October 28, Thorne posted a picture on her Facebook page from what is possibly behind the scenes of her album cover photoshoot which included the track list for the EP. Credits adapted from the notes of Jersey
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Jersey
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Call It Whatever (song)
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Call It Whatever is a song recorded by American recording artist Bella Thorne. It was co-written by Pär Westerlund, Rickard Göransson and Skyler Stonestreet, the Razor N Guido remix was included in her extended play Jersey. Thorne first heard the song while in Africa filming the movie Blended and she thought the song was fun upon hearing it for the first time and decided it would be a good match for her. Thorne spoke about the song saying Call It Whatever is my youngest-sounding song, Call It Whatever has been described as a classic autotune-assisted bubblegum pop anthem that is radio friendly and has reminiscences of previous Disney stars. The song is an upbeat, flirty pop tune with a playful nature, Thornes debut has been called mainstream and following in the footsteps of many Disney Channel stars before her. Lyrically, Thorne said the song is about a boy and a girl that didnt really know what to call so theyre calling it whatever because they dont care what anybody calls it. Alex Kritselis from Bustle. com gave a review, describing the song as hardly a masterpiece also saying In fact, in many ways. Thornes barely there vocals are absolutely dripping with auto-tune, at times, she barely even sounds human. And yet… the song is so damn catchy, Thorne gained a lot of comparisons to other Disney stars who started music careers similarly to Thorne. She denied the comparisons by saying I dont think about anything close to that, I dont think, Well, Miley went this way, and Selena went that way, so I have to go in the middle. My song is called Call It Whatever and you can call me whatever, if you like me or not like me. A music video for the song was filmed in early April 2014, the video was directed by Mickey Finnegan and premiered on Vevo on May 29. It shows Thorne dressed up as a waitress in the 1950s diner and she dances and serves food while trying to get the attention of her crush. As of August 2016, the music video holds 58 million views on YouTube. Despite months of the single becoming unsuccessful it finally made its debut on a US national chart on November 10,2014, Call It Whatever debuted on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number forty-seven on that date. After becoming the single from Thornes EP, Jersey, it quickly rose to its peak position of number ten during its seventh week. The song spent ten weeks on the chart before falling off the chart after the week of January 24,2015
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