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Sziget Festival
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The Sziget Festival is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. It is held every August in northern Budapest, Hungary, on Óbudai-sziget, more than 1,000 performances take place each year. It also has a party train service that transports festivalgoers from all over Europe. The second event, labeled Eurowoodstock, was headlined by performers from the original Woodstock festival, by 1997 total attendance surpassed the 250,000 mark, reaching an all-time peak in 2016 with 496,000 visitors from 95 countries. It is now being labeled as a European alternative to the Burning Man festival due to its unique features. In 2011, Sziget was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent, the festival is a two time winner at the European Festivals Awards in the category Best Major European Festival in early 2012 and 2015. In 2002, Sziget branched out to Transylvania when its organizers co-created a new annual festival there titled Félsziget Fesztivál that soon became the largest of its kind in Romania, in 2007, the organizers co-created Balaton Sound, an electronic music festival that quickly gained popularity. Following the end of the Communist era in 1989, the formerly lively summer festival scene in Budapest faced a crisis due to a loss of governmental funding. A group of artists and rock enthusiasts proposed the Sziget event as a way to bridge this gap, the festival was started in 1993, originally called Diáksziget. This first event was organised by fans in their spare time and ran well over budget. From 1996 to 2001 it was sponsored by Pepsi and renamed Pepsi Sziget and it has been called Sziget Fesztivál since 2002. A comprehensive survey was done and published on the risktaking behaviour, the survey revealed amongst others that the last sexual encounter of 9. 4% of its participants was unprotected. Sziget Festival is notable in that it acts from many different genres. 2006 saw, among others, a stage, a jazz tent. The festival is popular with west Europeans, around 50% of visitors come from outside Hungary, with the largest group coming from the Netherlands. Many also come from the UK, Germany, Italy, France, being located on an island, some festival goers have tried to enter by swimming across the Danube or by paddling across in inflatable rafts. The organisers very much discourage these attempts as it is due to the tricky nature of the fast-flowing Danube river. In 2008, Sziget Festival lasted from 11 to 18 August, as well as Iron Maiden, R. E. M
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Budapest
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Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary, one of the largest cities in the European Union and sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. It has an area of 525 square kilometres and a population of about 1.8 million within the limits in 2016. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the Danube river with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, the history of Budapest began with Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. Hungarians arrived in the territory in the 9th century and their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–1242. The re-established town became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century, following the Battle of Mohács and nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, the region entered a new age of prosperity, and Budapest became a global city after its unification in 1873. It also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a power that dissolved in 1918. Budapest was the point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Republic of Councils in 1919, the Battle of Budapest in 1945. Budapest is an Alpha- global city, with strengths in arts, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research, and tourism. Its business district hosts the Budapest Stock Exchange and the headquarters of the largest national and international banks and it is the highest ranked Central and Eastern European city on Innovation Cities Top 100 index. Budapest attracts 4.4 million international tourists per year, making it the 25th most popular city in the world, further famous landmarks include Andrássy Avenue, St. It has around 80 geothermal springs, the worlds largest thermal water system, second largest synagogue. Budapest is home to the headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the European Police College, over 40 colleges and universities are located in Budapest, including the Eötvös Loránd University, Central European University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Budapest is the combination of the city names Buda and Pest, One of the first documented occurrences of the combined name Buda-Pest was in 1831 in the book Világ, written by Count István Széchenyi. The origins of the names Buda and Pest are obscure, according to chronicles from the Middle Ages, the name Buda comes from the name of its founder, Bleda, brother of the Hunnic ruler Attila. The theory that Buda was named after a person is also supported by modern scholars, an alternative explanation suggests that Buda derives from the Slavic word вода, voda, a translation of the Latin name Aquincum, which was the main Roman settlement in the region. There are also theories about the origin of the name Pest. One of the states that the word Pest comes from the Roman times. According to another theory, Pest originates from the Slavic word for cave, or oven, the first settlement on the territory of Budapest was built by Celts before 1 AD
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Harrogate
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Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its attractions include its spa waters. Nearby is the Yorkshire Dales national park and the Nidderdale AONB, Harrogate grew out of two smaller settlements, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate, in the 17th century. Since 2013, polls have consistently voted the town as the happiest place to live in Britain, Harrogate spa water contains iron, sulphur and common salt. The town became known as The English Spa in the Georgian era, in the 17th and 18th centuries its chalybeate waters were a popular health treatment, and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town. Harrogate railway station and Harrogate bus station in the town centre provide transport connections, Leeds Bradford International Airport is 10 miles south-west of Harrogate. The main roads through the town are the A61, connecting Harrogate to Leeds and Ripon, Harrogate is also connected to Wetherby and the A1, by the A661. The town motto is Arx celebris fontibus, which means a citadel famous for its springs, the name Harrogate is first attested in the 1330s as Harwegate, Harougat and Harrowgate. The origin of the name is uncertain and it may derive from Old Norse hǫrgr a heap of stones, cairn + gata street, in which case the name presumably meant road to the cairn. Another possibility is that the means the way to Harlow. The form Harlowgate is known from 1518, and apparently in the rolls of Edward II. In medieval times Harrogate was a place on the borders of the township of Bilton with Harrogate in the ancient Parish of Knaresborough, and the parish of Pannal, also known as Beckwith with Rossett. The part within the township of Bilton developed into the community of High Harrogate, both communities were within the Royal Forest of Knaresborough. In 1372 King Edward III granted the Royal Forest to his son John, Duke of Lancaster, Harrogates development is owed to the discovery of its chalybeate and sulphur rich spring water from the 16th century. The medicinal properties of the waters were publicised by Edmund Deane and his book, Spadacrene Anglica, or the English Spa Fountain was published in 1626. In the 17th and 18th centuries further chalybeate springs were discovered in High Harrogate, the two communities attracted many visitors. A number of inns were opened for visitors in High Harrogate in the 17th century In Low Harrogate the Crown was open by the mid 18th century, in accordance with an Enclosure Act of 1770, promoted by the Duchy of Lancaster, the Royal Forest of Knaresborough was enclosed. The Enclosure Award of 1778 clarified ownership of land in the Harrogate area, under the Award 200 acres of land, which included the springs known at that time, were reserved as a public common, the Stray, which has remained public open space
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North Yorkshire
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North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and larger ceremonial county in England. It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber, created by the Local Government Act 1972, it covers an area of 8,654 square kilometres, making it the largest county in England. The majority of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors lie within North Yorkshires boundaries, the largest settlements are York, Middlesbrough, Harrogate and Scarborough, the county town, Northallerton, has a population of 16,832. The area under the control of the county council, or shire county, is divided into a number of local government districts, Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, the changes were planned to be implemented no later than 1 April 2009. This was rejected on 25 July 2007 so the County Council, the largest settlement in the administrative county is Harrogate, the second largest is Scarborough, while in the ceremonial county, the largest is York. The largest urban area within the county is the Middlesbrough built-up area sub-division of Teesside. Uniquely for a district in England, Stockton-on-Tees is split between North Yorkshire and County Durham for this purpose, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Redcar and Cleveland boroughs form part of the North East England region. The ceremonial county area, including the authorities, borders East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria. The geology of North Yorkshire is closely reflected in its landscape, within the county are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as national parks. Between the North York Moors in the east and the Pennine Hills in the west lie the Vales of Mowbray, the Tees Lowlands lie to the north of the North York Moors and the Vale of Pickering lies to the south. Its eastern border is the North sea coast, the highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 736 metres. The two major rivers in the county are the River Swale and the River Ure, the Swale and the Ure form the River Ouse which flows through York and into the Humber estuary. The River Tees forms part of the border between North Yorkshire and County Durham and flows from upper Teesdale to Middlesbrough and Stockton and to the coast, North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county that operates a cabinet-style council, North Yorkshire County Council. The full council of 72 elects a council leader, who in turn appoints up to 9 more councillors to form the executive cabinet, the cabinet is responsible for making decisions in the County. The county council have their offices in the County Hall in Northallerton, the county is affluent and has above average house prices. Unemployment is below average for the UK and claimants of Job Seekers Allowance is also very low compared to the rest of the UK at 2. 7%, agriculture is an important industry, as are mineral extraction and power generation. The county also has high technology, service and tourism sectors. This is a chart of trend of gross value added for North Yorkshire at current basic prices with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling
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Synth-pop
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Synth-pop is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late-1970s to the mid-1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestras success opened the way for bands such as P-Model, Plastics. The development of polyphonic synthesizers, the definition of MIDI. This, its adoption by the acts from the New Romantic movement, together with the rise of MTV. Synth-pop is sometimes deployed interchangeably with electropop, but electropop may also denote a variant of synth-pop that places emphasis on a harder. In the late 1980s duos such as Erasure and Pet Shop Boys adopted a style that was successful on the US dance-charts. Some artists and bands were criticised for gender bending, Synth-pop was defined by its primary use of synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers, sometimes using them to replace all other instruments. Borthwick and Moy have described the genre as diverse but, many synth-pop musicians had limited musical skills, relying on the technology to produce or reproduce the music. The result was often minimalist, with grooves that were woven together from simple repeated riffs often with no harmonic progression to speak of. Early synth-pop has been described as eerie, sterile, and vaguely menacing, using droning electronics with little change in inflection, common lyrical themes of synth-pop songs were isolation, urban anomie, and feelings of being emotionally cold and hollow. Synthesizers were increasingly used to imitate the conventional and clichéd sound of orchestras, thin, treble-dominant, synthesized melodies and simple drum programmes gave way to thick, and compressed production, and a more conventional drum sound. Lyrics were generally optimistic, dealing with more traditional subject matter for pop music such as romance, escapism. According to music writer Simon Reynolds, the hallmark of 1980s synth-pop was its emotional, at times operatic singers such as Marc Almond, Alison Moyet and Annie Lennox. Because synthesizers removed the need for groups of musicians, these singers were often part of a duo where their partner played all the instrumentation. Later synth-pop saw a shift to a style influenced by other genres. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, the portable Minimoog, which allowed much easier use, particularly in live performance was widely adopted by progressive rock musicians such as Richard Wright of Pink Floyd and Rick Wakeman of Yes
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Polydor Records
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Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a relationship with Universals Interscope Geffen A&M label. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom, Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon GmbH. The Polydor label was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig, during World War I on 24 April 1917, Polyphon-Musikwerke AG acquired the German Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft record plant and company from the German government. The German state was taken over Grammophon and the British holdings as enemies property during World War I, Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Polyphon-Grammophon-Konzern group. It was used as a label since 1924. The British and German branches of the Gramophone Company were so departed during World War I, in turn, Deutsche Grammophon records exported from Germany were released on the Polyphon Musik and Polydor labels. The new foreign branches were founded for example into Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Polydor became a popular music label in 1946, while the new Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft label was to become a classical music label in 1949. The previously used label, Grammophon, was disbanded, DGG gave, with an agreement dated 5 July 1949, an exclusive license from 1 July 1951 to use the Nipper-dog with gramophone to the original owners company Electrola, the German branch of EMI. In 1970, Polydor acquired the Hong Kong-based Diamond Records, which had owned and founded by the local Portuguese merchant Ren da Silva in the late 1950s. In 1972, The Grammophon-Philips Group reorganized to create PolyGram, the Polydor label continued to run as a subsidiary label under the new company. The name PolyGram is a portmanteau of Polydor and PhonoGram, into the 1980s, Polydor continued to do respectable business, in spite of becoming increasingly overshadowed by its PolyGram sister label Mercury Records. Polydor took over management of British Deccas pop catalog, A&R manager Frank Neilson was able to score a major top ten hit in March 1981 for the label with Do The Hucklebuck by Coast to Coast as well as signing Ian Dury and Billy Fury to the company. In 1984, the name was parodied in the rockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. By the early 1990s, Polydor had begun to underperform, in 1994, as Island Records recovered from its sales slump, PolyGram dissolved most of PLG into it. Meanwhile, Polydor Records and Atlas Records merged, briefly called Polydor/Atlas, in 1995, Polydor/Atlas became simply Polydor Records again. Over the next few years, Polydor tried to keep itself afloat with new artist signings, new releases, in 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and absorbed into its Universal Music Group. Today, in America, the Polydor Records name and logo is used on reissues of older material from its 1960s and 1970s heyday
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Coleford, Gloucestershire
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Coleford is a small market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the centre of the Forest of Dean district. The population at the 2011 census was 8,359, there are two electoral wards in Coleford. Their total area and population equal that quoted above, Coleford was originally a tithing in the north-east corner of Newland parish. The settlement grew up at a ford through which charcoal and iron ore were probably carried, by the mid 14th century hamlets called Coleford and Whitecliff had grown up along the road in the valley of Thurstans brook. Coleford had eight or more houses in 1349 and was described as a street in 1364, in 1642 the commander of a parliamentary garrison in Coleford started a market in the town because the nearest chartered market, in Monmouth, was under royalist control. Coleford saw some action during the English Civil War, at Coleford their progress was impeded by a troop of Parliamentarians under Colonel Berrowe, aided by a disorderly group of country people. A skirmish ensued, during which the market-house was burnt, and Major-General Lawley, Colonel Brett was then put in command of the foot, Lord John Somerset continuing at the head of the horse. Following the restoration, a market was granted in 1661, much building took place within the town and by 1710 it was reckoned to have 160 houses. Among the older surviving buildings in the place the Old White Hart Inn dates from the 17th century. In the late 18th century and the early 19th the town also expanded along its other streets, the Angel inn, which had opened by the 1650s, was re-fronted or rebuilt around 1800. For many years it housed an office and in the mid 18th century it was the towns principal coaching inn and it was used for public meetings. The number of houses increased as the town grew in importance and in 1830 there were seven or eight inns, most of them in the market place. The market house was rebuilt on a scale in 1866. A much larger church was built on a hillside overlooking the town, expansion of the town continued in piecemeal fashion throughout the 20th century with both council and private development. Traffic congestion in the place was eased by the demolition of the town hall in 1968. Iron production in Coleford dates to the Middle Ages, this produced large quantities of material or cinders. Some formed prominent mounds, which by the late 17th century were being re-worked to provide iron-ore for the furnaces which were more efficient by that time, the medieval ironworks were moveable forges operating on the royal demesne woodland of the Forest of Dean
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Monmouth Comprehensive School
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Monmouth Comprehensive School is a comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11–18, situated in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales. The school was established in 1903 when it was known as William Jones Elementary School and this sandstone building is at the west end of the site and was built for the Haberdashers Company. This was probably designed by Henry Stock, new buildings were built at the end of the war in what has been described as an undemonstrative style. In September 1947 it became Monmouth Secondary Modern School, before changing to its current name in September 1977, at that time further classroom blocks were built at the north east end of the site. The school has Monmouth Leisure Centre in its grounds, currently the school has approximately 1600 students and offers a diverse curriculum across all Key Stages. The school runs an extensive and diverse programme of enrichment activities and after school clubs, especially in music, drama. The current headteacher is Vaughan Davies, the present school buildings range in date from the early 20th century to the present day. The buildings have given names chosen by the students, based on mythical creatures, Phoenix, Pegasus, Gryphon, Sphinx, Dragon. The school teaches Welsh as the subject has been compulsory in Wales since the Welsh Language Act of 1993, however, in 2009 there were still students being sent to John Kyrle High School in Ross-on-Wye, England where the Act does not apply. At the same time another bus brought children from Ross to the school where they would learn Welsh. 1903, J. D. Gregory 1906, R. Bradbury M. A.1908, C. J. Powell M. A.1926, J. E. Protheroe B. A.1955, W. H. Sparkes B. Sc. 1966, J Alderton B. A.1984, D. A. L Every B. A. M. Ed, F. R. G. S2001, Mrs C. J Anderson M. A.2011, Mr T. Davies B. A. Monmouth Leisure Centre is within the grounds of the school, the school is well represented at all age groups in sports including rugby, football, hockey, cricket and netball. The Year 11 rugby league team were crowned Carnegie Schools Welsh champions, many students represent the county and national teams. The school also has the fully comprehensive school rowing club in England. Many students compete in national championships with some gaining international recognition, the school has been recognised for sporting achievement. Three students were chosen as Olympic Ambassadors and two are Olympic Torch bearers in 2012, Monmouth Comprehensive School runs a range of after school clubs and academies aimed at providing students with an opportunity for extended learning. These activities are designed to supplement the curriculum and enable students to learn to lead their lives through exploring what motivates them, clubs include Japanese, equine academy, fencing, cookery and many more
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Hereford College of Arts
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Hereford College of Arts is an art school based in the West Midlands, UK, and is the only specialist college in the region dedicated to the Arts. It offers courses in further and higher education fields, in Art & Design, Music and Performing Arts. The College has two campuses, Folly Lane is home to College-level courses and the former Royal National College for the Blind building on College Road is home to University-level courses. The BA Artist Blacksmithing Course is the one of its kind in the UK. Students at HCA exhibit their work regularly, and the College welcomes thousands of visitors every year to its annual Summer Show, many students are selling their work before they graduate, via commissions, live briefs and their own practises. Music and Performing Arts students stage regular productions based at the College, students attend regular specialist shows and conferences and have good links with external companies to further activities. The college was founded in 1851 and was known as Herefordshire College of Art & Design, the name changed to incorporate the inclusion of Music and Performing Arts. In 2012, a new Arts Space and main entrance for Folly Lane was unveiled, providing much needed social, café, designed by Hewitt Studios and constructed by Keir Moss, the contemporary and innovative space was funded entirely from college reserves. Landscaped gardens and outdoor areas are integrated into the design and this highly functional space has already hosted a number of exhibitions and events as well as being enjoyed on a day-to-day basis by students and staff. Its kitted out with striking café furniture, soft seating and tables, flexible exhibition panels, wi-fi access, in June 2013 HCA acquired the former Royal National College building on College Road. Olly Alexander- The Riot Club actor and lead singer of Years and Years Hereford College of Education http, //www. hca. ac. uk College website
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Guys and Dolls
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Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The premiere on Broadway was in 1950 and it ran for 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Guys and Dolls was conceived by producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin as an adaptation of Damon Runyons short stories and these stories, written in the 1920s and 1930s, concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld. Runyon was known for the dialect he employed in his stories, mixing highly formal language. Frank Loesser, who had spent most of his career as a lyricist for movie musicals, was hired as composer, George S. Kaufman was hired as director. When the first version of the book, or dialogue, written by Jo Swerling was deemed unusable, Feuer. Loesser had already much of the score to correspond with the first version of the book. Burrows would recall as follows, Frank Loessers fourteen songs were all great, later on, the critics spoke of the show as integrated. The word integration usually means that the composer has written songs that follow the story line gracefully, well, we accomplished that but we did it in reverse. The character of Miss Adelaide was created specifically to fit Vivian Blaine into the musical, when Loesser suggested reprising some songs in the second act, Kaufman warned, If you reprise the songs, we’ll reprise the jokes. A pantomime of never-ceasing activities depicts the hustle and bustle of New York City, three small-time gamblers, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, argue over which horse will win a big race. The band members of the Save-a-Soul Mission, led by the pious and beautiful Sergeant Sarah Brown, call for sinners to Follow the Fold, Nicely and Bennys employer, Nathan Detroit, runs an illegal floating crap game. Due to local policeman Lt. Brannigans strong-armed police activity, he has only one likely spot to hold the game. However, the owner, Joey Biltmore, requires a $1,000 security deposit, Nathan hopes to get $1,000 by winning a bet against Sky Masterson, a gambler willing to bet on virtually anything. Nathan proposes a bet which he believes he cannot lose, Sky must take a doll of Nathans choice to dinner in Havana, Sky agrees, and Nathan chooses Sarah Brown. At the mission, Sky claims he wants to be saved and he offers Sarah a deal, He will bring the mission one dozen genuine sinners if she will accompany him to Havana the next night. Sarah rebuffs him, telling him that she plans to fall in love with an upright, Sky replies that he plans on being surprised when he falls in love
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The New York Times
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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18,1851, by The New York Times Company. The New York Times has won 119 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, the papers print version in 2013 had the second-largest circulation, behind The Wall Street Journal, and the largest circulation among the metropolitan newspapers in the US. The New York Times is ranked 18th in the world by circulation, following industry trends, its weekday circulation had fallen in 2009 to fewer than one million. Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The New York Times has long been regarded within the industry as a newspaper of record. The New York Times international version, formerly the International Herald Tribune, is now called the New York Times International Edition, the papers motto, All the News Thats Fit to Print, appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page. On Sunday, The New York Times is supplemented by the Sunday Review, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine and T, some other early investors of the company were Edwin B. Morgan and Edward B. We do not believe that everything in Society is either right or exactly wrong, —what is good we desire to preserve and improve, —what is evil, to exterminate. In 1852, the started a western division, The Times of California that arrived whenever a mail boat got to California. However, when local California newspapers came into prominence, the effort failed, the newspaper shortened its name to The New-York Times in 1857. It dropped the hyphen in the city name in the 1890s, One of the earliest public controversies it was involved with was the Mortara Affair, the subject of twenty editorials it published alone. At Newspaper Row, across from City Hall, Henry Raymond, owner and editor of The New York Times, averted the rioters with Gatling guns, in 1869, Raymond died, and George Jones took over as publisher. Tweed offered The New York Times five million dollars to not publish the story, in the 1880s, The New York Times transitioned gradually from editorially supporting Republican Party candidates to becoming more politically independent and analytical. In 1884, the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland in his first presidential campaign, while this move cost The New York Times readership among its more progressive and Republican readers, the paper eventually regained most of its lost ground within a few years. However, the newspaper was financially crippled by the Panic of 1893, the paper slowly acquired a reputation for even-handedness and accurate modern reporting, especially by the 1890s under the guidance of Ochs. Under Ochs guidance, continuing and expanding upon the Henry Raymond tradition, The New York Times achieved international scope, circulation, in 1910, the first air delivery of The New York Times to Philadelphia began. The New York Times first trans-Atlantic delivery by air to London occurred in 1919 by dirigible, airplane Edition was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening. In the 1940s, the extended its breadth and reach. The crossword began appearing regularly in 1942, and the section in 1946
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Casio
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Casio Computer Co. Ltd. is a multinational consumer electronics and commercial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Its products include calculators, mobile phones, digital cameras, electronic musical instruments and it was founded in 1946, and in 1957 released the worlds first entirely electric compact calculator. Casio was a digital camera innovator, and during the 1980s and 1990s. Casio was established in April 1946 by Tadao Kashio, an engineer specializing in fabrication technology. Kashios first major product was the pipe, a finger ring that would hold a cigarette. Japan was impoverished immediately following World War II, so cigarettes were valuable, after seeing the electric calculators at the first Business Show in Ginza, Tokyo in 1949, Kashio and his younger brothers used their profits from the yubiwa pipe to develop their own calculators. Most of the calculators at that time worked using gears and could be operated by using a crank or using a motor. Toshio possessed some knowledge of electronics, and set out to make a calculator using solenoids, the desk-sized calculator was finished in 1954 and was Japans first electro-mechanical calculator. Another distinguishing innovation was the use of a display window instead of the three display windows used in other calculators. In 1957 Casio released the Model 14-A, sold for 485,000 yen, the worlds first all-electric compact calculator,1957 also marked the establishment of Casio Computer Co. Ltd. In the 1980s, its budget electronic instruments and its line of home electronic musical keyboard instruments became popular. The company also became known for the wide variety and innovation of its wristwatches. It was one of the earliest manufacturers of quartz watches, both digital and analog and it also began selling calculator watches during this time. In the 1970s and 80s, Casio was known for its electronic calculators, today, Casio is most commonly known for making durable and reliable digital watches. The G-Shock range of shock resistant watches is popular, with the 1983 G-Shock DW-5600C being highly sought-after by collectors, Casio made a variety of digital watches with in-built games in the 1980s and 90s, which were highly popular at the time. Casio also makes products for local markets, including a Prayer Compass watch designed to help Muslims pray on time, note, This is a list of selected calculators. Figures in parentheses imply approximate year of introduction, note, This is a list of selected models. Wiki collection of works on Casio
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Skins (UK TV series)
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Skins is a British teen drama that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues such as families, mental illness, adolescent sexuality, gender, substance abuse, death. Each episode generally focuses on a character and the struggles they face in their life. The episodes are named after the featured character, the show was created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures, and premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. The show went on to be a success as well as a ratings winner within its target demographic. Over its initial run, Skins proved to be atypical of ongoing drama series in that it replaced its primary cast every two years. Plans for a film spin-off were first discussed in 2009, instead, a specially-commissioned seventh and final series of the show was broadcast in 2013, featuring some of the cast from its 2007–10 run. The shows name comes from the rolling papers known as skins. Tony Stonem is an attractive, intelligent and popular boy and his manipulative ways often go unnoticed by many, and are a catalyst for the majority of the events in the series. Sid Jenkins is Tonys best friend, but has an entirely opposite personality and he lacks confidence, is socially uneasy and struggles with school work. Tonys girlfriend is Michelle Richardson, a girl who can never stay angry at his mischievous behaviour for long, outwardly, Michelle appears shallow, vain and conceited, but she works hard, has a strong interest in French and Spanish, and is very emotionally mature. She is friends with Cassie Ainsworth, a girl who suffers from an eating disorder. Cassie attempts to hide her own struggles with mental health while her flamboyant parents ignore her in favour of their new baby, Chris Miles is the party animal of the group. He has a home life, he lost his brother to a hereditary subarachnoid haemorrhage at a young age. He has a crush on his psychology teacher Angie, Jal Fazer is a sensible girl with a talent for playing the clarinet. Her runaway mother has left Jal with her famous musician father and she is best friends with Michelle. Maxxie Oliver is openly gay and has a passion for dance and he is portrayed as attractive, seductive and talented, and is well accepted by most of his friends and family. His best friend Anwar Kharral has a slightly off-the-wall personality, and is known for his silly antics, appearing only in the second series, Lucy, better known as Sketch, is a quiet and scheming Welsh girl who is polite yet unnerving
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YouTube
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005, Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, YouTube now operates as one of Googles subsidiaries. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old, YouTube earns advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, Hurley had studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. YouTube began as a venture capital-funded technology startup, primarily from an $11.5 million investment by Sequoia Capital between November 2005 and April 2006, YouTubes early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. The domain name www. youtube. com was activated on February 14,2005, the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23,2005, and can still be viewed on the site, YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005. The first video to reach one million views was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho in November 2005. Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site grew rapidly, and in July 2006 the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day, and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The site has 800 million unique users a month and it is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. The choice of the name www. youtube. com led to problems for a similarly named website, the sites owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www. utubeonline. com, in October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13,2006. In March 2010, YouTube began free streaming of certain content, according to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. On March 31,2010, the YouTube website launched a new design, with the aim of simplifying the interface, Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman commented, We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter. In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two times per day. This increased to three billion in May 2011, and four billion in January 2012, in February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube was watched every day
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The Guardian
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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper, known from 1821 until 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, the Scott Trust became a limited company in 2008, with a constitution to maintain the same protections for The Guardian. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than to the benefit of an owner or shareholders, the Guardian is edited by Katharine Viner, who succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. In 2016, The Guardians print edition had a daily circulation of roughly 162,000 copies in the country, behind The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper has an online UK edition as well as two international websites, Guardian Australia and Guardian US, the newspapers online edition was the fifth most widely read in the world in October 2014, with over 42.6 million readers. Its combined print and online editions reach nearly 9 million British readers, notable scoops include the 2011 News International phone hacking scandal, in particular the hacking of murdered English teenager Milly Dowlers phone. The investigation led to the closure of the UKs biggest selling Sunday newspaper, and one of the highest circulation newspapers in the world, in 2016, it led the investigation into the Panama Papers, exposing the then British Prime Minister David Camerons links to offshore bank accounts. The Guardian has been named Newspaper of the Year four times at the annual British Press Awards, the paper is still occasionally referred to by its nickname of The Grauniad, given originally for the purported frequency of its typographical errors. The Manchester Guardian was founded in Manchester in 1821 by cotton merchant John Edward Taylor with backing from the Little Circle and they launched their paper after the police closure of the more radical Manchester Observer, a paper that had championed the cause of the Peterloo Massacre protesters. They do not toil, neither do they spin, but they better than those that do. When the government closed down the Manchester Observer, the champions had the upper hand. The influential journalist Jeremiah Garnett joined Taylor during the establishment of the paper, the prospectus announcing the new publication proclaimed that it would zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious Liberty. Warmly advocate the cause of Reform, endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of Political Economy and. Support, without reference to the party from which they emanate, in 1825 the paper merged with the British Volunteer and was known as The Manchester Guardian and British Volunteer until 1828. The working-class Manchester and Salford Advertiser called the Manchester Guardian the foul prostitute, the Manchester Guardian was generally hostile to labours claims. The Manchester Guardian dismissed strikes as the work of outside agitators –, if an accommodation can be effected, the occupation of the agents of the Union is gone. CP Scott made the newspaper nationally recognised and he was editor for 57 years from 1872, and became its owner when he bought the paper from the estate of Taylors son in 1907. Under Scott, the moderate editorial line became more radical, supporting William Gladstone when the Liberals split in 1886
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Owen Jones (writer)
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Owen Jones is a British columnist, author, commentator and political activist with a democratic socialist perspective. He writes a column for The Guardian and for the New Statesman, formerly, Jones was a contributor to The Independent. Jones was born in Sheffield and grew up in Stockport, Greater Manchester and his father was a local authority worker and trade-union shop steward, and his mother is an IT lecturer at Salford University. He describes himself as a fourth-generation socialist, his grandfather was involved with the Communist Party, Jones is a weekly columnist for The Guardian after switching from The Independent in March 2014. His work has appeared in the New Statesman, the Sunday Mirror, Le Monde diplomatique and he has made television appearances as a political commentator, including several BBC News shows, Sky News, Channel 4 News, ITVs Daybreak and BBC Ones Question Time programme. Jones writes from a perspective, Andrew Neather has cited his Chavs. He is a member of the National Advisory Panel for the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, Jones is a feminist, a republican and a supporter of Unite Against Fascism, speaking at conferences organised by them. In 2011, Jones first book, Chavs, The Demonization of the Working Class, he discusses stereotypes of sections of the British working class and the use of the pejorative term chav. The Independent on Sunday named Jones as one of its top 50 Britons of 2011, Jones second book, The Establishment, And How They Get Away With It, was published in September 2014. Jones has received attention as a significant commentator of the left, in November 2013 he delivered the Royal Television Societys Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture, Totally Shameless, How TV Portrays the Working Class. He is both insider, reporting back to us about what they think, and outsider, as shocked, Jones said that, I think these riots are being manipulated by the government. People are understandably angered and scared, but what this government is doing – is using this to justify attacks on people who are on benefits, weve seen attacks on single parents, this idea of fatherless families which are made responsible. Weve recently seen attacks on liberty and even these attacks on social media to be closed down. Justice needs to be proportionate to the crime, if you take away all forms of income and all forms of housing from people, than what reason not to be involved in criminality. That becomes their only means of survival, starkeys comments were widely condemned, including by Jones himself, claiming that multiculturalism and ethnic groups have nothing to do with what happened. This led to him being called a jackal on Fox News Channels The Five. He has partially accepted the moniker himself, describing it as being among his best accomplishments and commenting that Ill take braying jackal, on 5 January 2017, Jones wrote, Allegations of Russian interference in the US elections are undoubtedly alarming, but there’s a double standard at play. Meddling in foreign democracies only becomes a problem when the US is on the receiving end, the US has interfered with impunity in the internal affairs of so many other countries
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Summerhill (TV series)
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Summerhill is a British childrens television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School. Written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East and it was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three childrens BAFTA awards, Best Drama, Best Writer and Breakthrough Talent. It won the awards for writer & breakthrough nominations, the series was also shown on BBC One, and as a feature-length film on BBC Four. Summerhill at BBC Programmes Summerhill at the Internet Movie Database
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Bright Star (film)
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Bright Star is a 2009 British-French-Australian biographical fiction romantic drama film based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny and it was directed by Jane Campion, who wrote the screenplay inspired by Andrew Motions biography of Keats, Motion served as a script consultant on the film. The film was in the competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. The films title is a reference to a sonnet by Keats titled Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art, in 1818 Hampstead, the fashionable Fanny Brawne is introduced to poet John Keats through the Dilke family. The Dilkes occupy one half of a house, with Charles Brown —Keats friend, roommate. Though Fannys flirtatious personality contrasts with Keats notably more aloof nature, she begins to pursue him after she has her siblings, Samuel and Toots and her efforts to interact with the poet are fruitless until he witnesses her grief for the loss of his brother, Tom. While spending Christmas with the Brawne family, Keats begins to open up to Fannys advances, Keats begins to give poetry lessons to Fanny, and it becomes apparent that their attraction is mutual. Fanny is nevertheless troubled by Keats reluctance to pursue her, for which her mother surmises, Mr Keats knows he cannot like you, he has no living and it is only after Fanny receives a valentine from Brown that Keats passionately confronts them and asks if they are lovers. Brown, who sent the valentine in jest, warns Keats that Fanny is a mere flirt playing a game, Fanny, hurt by Browns accusations and by Keats lack of faith in her, ends their lessons and leaves. The relationship comes to an end when Brown departs with Keats for his summer rental. Though Fanny is heartbroken, she is comforted by Keats love letters, when the men return in the autumn, Fannys mother voices her concern that Fannys attachment to the poet will hinder her from being courted. Fanny and Keats secretly become engaged, Keats contracts tuberculosis the following winter. He spends several weeks recovering until spring and his friends collect funds so that he may spend the next winter in Italy, where the climate is warmer. After impregnating a maid, Brown is unable to accompany Keats, Keats manages to find residence in London for the summer, but he is taken in by the Brawne family following an attack of his illness. When his book sells with moderate success, Fannys mother gives Keats her blessing to marry Fanny once he returns from Italy, the night before he leaves, he and Fanny say their tearful goodbyes in privacy. Keats dies in Italy the following February of complications from his illness, in the last moments of the film Fanny cuts her hair in an act of mourning, dons black attire, and walks the snowy paths outside that Keats had walked many times in life. It is there that she recites the love sonnet he had written for her, Bright Star, Keats was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death. During his lifetime his poems were not generally received by critics
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Academy Awards
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The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname Oscar. The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS, the awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26,2017, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, the ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th, the first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16,1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel, the cost of guest tickets for that nights ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the industry of the time. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes, winners were announced to media three months earlier, however, that was changed for the second ceremony in 1930. Since then, for the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11,00 pm on the night of the awards. The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, so the Academy agreed to give him the prize earlier, this made him the first Academy Award winner in history. With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, for the first six ceremonies, the eligibility period spanned two calendar years. At the 29th ceremony, held on March 27,1957, until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award. The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies always end with the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy also awards Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, see also § Awards of Merit categories The best known award is the Academy Award of Merit, more popularly known as the Oscar statuette. The five spokes represent the branches of the Academy, Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers. The model for the statuette is said to be Mexican actor Emilio El Indio Fernández, sculptor George Stanley sculpted Cedric Gibbons design. The statuettes presented at the ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Tormented (2009 British film)
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Tormented is a 2009 British comedy horror and slasher film starring Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean and newcomer Tuppence Middleton. Tormented was co-produced by BBC Films, Pathé, Slingshot Studios, Forward Films, and Screen West Midlands, the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and it earned £284,757 on a £700,000 budget. Tormented was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28 September 2009 by MPI Home Video, head girl Justine Fielding is escorted out of Fairview High School by the police, as other pupils look on. Five days earlier, Justine is reading at the funeral of unpopular and she starts to talk about him, when Mullets equally unpopular friend, Jason Banks, stands up in church and angrily calls her a hypocrite because she did not really know him. He is then thrown out by the sadistic PE teacher, later on, Justine is talking to her friend Helena when school heart-throb Alex decides to invite her to a party that his popular friends, Bradley, Tasha, Khalillah, Sophie and Marcus, are having. At the party, when Justine arrives, Tasha tells Jez and he begins to rap about her in an unflattering manner. When Alex tells him to stop, he is thrown out of the party by Bradley. Later, Alex and Justine go to one of the bedrooms, meanwhile, Bradley, Tasha, Khalillah, Marcus and Sophie all receive insulting and degrading text messages from Mullets number. During this, someone puts on a costume and grabs a chainsaw, before heading up to Alex. It is Bradley, who is pranking them, Jez goes to the cemetery and urinates on Mullets grave. He is stabbed with a crucifix by Mullet. Justine admits that she didnt even know who he was, at school, the headmaster mentions that Jez never came home. Bradley threatens Nasser, the leader of the schools emo clique, Justine is persuaded to hang around with the popular crowd, as well as tells Helena that she wont be able to make it to her DVD night. She finds a bear in her locker and assumes it is from Alex. He asks her on another date after this, which she agrees to and she goes to see Jason and he tells her that Mullet was in love with her and hands her his suicide note. While she is reading the note, a teacher tells her that she make a great pupil at Oxford University. In the schools recording studio, Nasser is then attacked and sees Mullets ghost, the ghost increases the volume of Nassers music and forces him to listen, rendering him deaf. He is taken to the ambulance, yelling to everyone, Mullets back, Bradley believes Jason is sending them
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Enter the Void
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Enter the Void is a 2009 English-language French drama film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. The film is shot from a viewpoint, which often floats above the city streets. Noé labels the film a psychedelic melodrama, Noés dream project for many years, the production was made possible after the commercial success of his previous feature film, Irréversible. Enter the Void was primarily financed by Wild Bunch, while Fidélité Films led the actual production, with a mix of professionals and newcomers, the film makes heavy use of imagery inspired by experimental cinema and psychedelic drug experiences. Principal photography took place on location in Tokyo, and involved many complicated crane shots, co-producers included the visual effects studio BUF Compagnie, which also provided the computer-generated imagery. The films soundtrack is a collage of pop and experimental music. A rough cut premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, but post-production work continued, a cut-down version was released in the United States and United Kingdom in September 2010. The critical response was divided, positive reviews described the film as captivating and innovative, while negative critics called it tedious. The film performed poorly at the box office, next, Alex meets Oscar at the apartment and they leave so that Oscar can deliver drugs to his friend Victor. They arrive at a bar called The Void, Oscar enters alone and sits down with a distressed Victor, who mutters Im sorry before they are swarmed by police officers. Oscar seals himself in a stall and attempts to flush his drugs. When the flush does not work, he yells through the door that he has a gun, in response, a police officer opens fire and hits Oscar, who falls to the floor. Oscars viewpoint rises and looks at his body from above, afterwards, a disembodied Oscar floats over Tokyo and witnesses the aftermath of his death. He shows up at Lindas apartment and apologizes for having had her brother killed and this angers Linda, who repeatedly screams that Victor should just go kill himself. The perspective now hovers high above Tokyo and enters an airplane, the view then drops to Linda and Alex, who take a taxi to a Tokyo love hotel and have sex. The perspective moves among hotel rooms and observes several other couples having sex in various positions, each couple emanates a pulsating electric-like pink glow from their genitals. Oscar enters Alexs head and witnesses the sex with Linda from Alexs point of view and he then travels inside Lindas vagina to witness Alexs thrusting, then observes his ejaculation and follows the semen into the fertilization of his sisters ovum. The final scene is shot from the perspective of a baby being born to Oscars mother, the cinematic experience itself is the main focus of the film, but there is also a central theme of emptiness
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Bush Theatre
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The Bush Theatre is based in Shepherds Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 and has become one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. The Bush strives to create a space which nurtures, develops and showcases the best of new artists and it was established by a maverick actor, Brian McDermott, who used to tour the Fringe. The venue, despite its fame and massive output, was intimate, the first production was an adaption of The Collector by John Fowles, directed by John Neville and starring Annette Andre and Brian McDermott. Throughout 1992, the Bush Theatre celebrated 20 years at the frontier of new writing, what has held the Bush together for 20 years. Blind faith, youthful commitment and a belief in new writing, above all, perhaps. The relocation took place in 2011 and opened with the Sixty-Six Books project and this was a celebration of the anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, which used 66 different writers, many of whom were veterans of the Bush. That same year, Artistic Director Josie Rourke announced her departure from the Bush to take up the position of Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, the Board appointed Madani Younis as her successor from January 2012. In 2013, newly appointed Madani Younis programmed the theatres most successful season to date, in March 2017, following a landmark year of taking plays into the communities of West London, the Bush Theatre will return home following a £4. 3m revitalisation of the venue. The year-long redevelopment was driven by the aim of realising Artistic Director Madani Younis’ vision for a theatre that reflected the diversity, upon reopening, the building will be more sustainable and entirely accessible, with a new entrance, front-of-house area and exterior garden terrace to the main street. Following the 2016/17 redevelopment, the Bush Theatre now has two spaces, The Theatre, which is a reserved seating venue with a maximum capacity of 180. It has remained in its location and can be configured in a thrust. The Studio, is an unreserved seating venue with a capacity of 70 and is a home for emerging artists. Similarly, this space can be configured in a thrust, end on or in the round layout, the Bush is a proud champion of playwrights with a keen interest in those voices not often heard and reflecting the contemporary culture of London, the UK and beyond. The Department receives nearly 2000 scripts a year from new and established all of which are read. The Bush has won over 100 awards, and developed a reputation for touring its acclaimed productions nationally and internationally. Close-Up Magic,40 Years at the Bush Theatre, the Bush Theatre Retrieved December 2014 Bush Theatre at the Shepherds Bush Blog Retrieved December 2014
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Mercury Fur
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Mercury Fur is a play written by Philip Ridley which premiered in 2005. Set against the backdrop of a dystopian London, the focuses on a party at which the torture. It is Ridleys fifth adult stage play and premiered at the Plymouth Theatre Royal, moving to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005. The original production was directed by John Tiffany as part of the This Other England season of new writing by Paines Plough and Theatre Royal, Plymouth in England. The part of Elliot was played by Ben Whishaw, who had become famous the previous year as the youngest modern Hamlet in Trevor Nunns production at the Old Vic Theatre in London. The play is the first entry in Ridleys unofficially titled Brothers Trilogy, being followed by Leaves of Glass, Ridley dedicated the play to his agent Rod Hall before he was murdered in May 2004. Mercury Fur is set in a version of Londons East End. The protagonists are a gang of youths surviving by their wits and they deal the butterflies, selling them to their addicted customers from locations such as the now burnt-out British Museum. Their main source of income, however, is holding parties for wealthy clients in which their wildest, most amoral fantasies are brought to life. The play, during nearly two uninterrupted hours, centres on a party which revolves around the murder of a child. The gang ultimately has to face the question of how far they are willing to go to save the people they love. Elliot - Aged 19, he is the facilitator in preparing the parties as well as being the chief dealer in butterflies which he sells in an ice cream van. He however has only taken one, meaning he has retained all his memories from before the butterflies arrived. He hurls a great deal of abuse at Darren but also shows genuine love for him. Darren - Aged 16, he is Elliot’s brother and assistant and he is addicted to the butterflies which have resulted in him having memory loss. Naz - A young looking 15-year-old orphan who is a customer of Elliots. He like many of the characters has severe memory loss through butterfly addiction. He happens across the party by accident and wants to help the gang, Party Piece - A ten-year-old Pakistani boy
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The Old Red Lion, Islington
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The Old Red Lion is a pub and fringe theatre, at Angel, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre was founded in 1948 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club, the pub was Grade II listed in 1994 by Historic England. The pub in itself is one of the oldest in London, having first been built in 1415 in what was then the village of Islington in open countryside. A house called Goose Farm and some cattle pens were the only structures to adjoin it. In the late 18th century Chester Road became notorious for highwaymen, at this time descriptions state that the Old Red Lion was a small brick house with three trees in its forecourt, visited by William Hogarth, Samuel Johnson and Thomas Paine. The Old Red Lion was rebuilt in 1899, designed by Eedle and Myers and this gave the pub the nickname the In and Out, since taxi passengers could avoid paying their fare by entering it through one door and disappearing through the other. In 1979 a small studio theatre opened on the pubs first floor, under artistic director Charlie Hanson, it became a place for actors, directors, designers, writers and technicians to experiment. After the Kings Cross fire in 1987, the theatre was threatened with closure due to the tightening of fire regulations, new artistic director Ken McClymont raised funds to keep the theatre from closing. Nina Raine, winner 2006 Most Promising Playwright Award, staged her first show Rabbit at the Old Red Lion Theatre March/April 2006, the pub is a popular venue for celebrities, including Jude Law, Dido, John Hurt are all known regulars when in the area. The cast of HBO series Game of Thrones also regularly visited when working in London and it also the main pub for the Capital Canaries, the official London fan club for Norwich City F. C. The literary department reads over 1,000 scripts each year, Charlie Hanson Ken McClymont Melanie Tait Helen Devine Henry Filloux-Bennett Nicholas Thompson Stewart Pringle Old Red Lion Theatre won the Dan Crawford Pub Theatre Award for 2006
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Peter Pan
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Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. In addition to two works by Barrie, the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise. These include a 1953 animated film, a 2003 dramatic/live-action film, a TV series and many other works. J. M. Barrie first used Peter Pan as a character in a section of The Little White Bird, an adult novel where he appears as a seven-day-old baby in the chapter entitled Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. He returned to the character of Peter Pan as the centre of his play entitled Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Up. Barrie later adapted and expanded the story line as a novel, published in 1911 as Peter. Barrie never described Peters appearance in detail, even in his novel, leaving it to the imagination of the reader, in the play, Peters outfit is made of autumn leaves and cobwebs. His name and playing the flute or pipes suggest the mythological character Pan, Barrie mentions in Peter and Wendy that Peter Pan still had all his first teeth. He describes him as a boy with a beautiful smile, clad in skeleton leaves. Traditionally, the character has been played on stage by an adult woman. In the original productions in the UK, Peter Pans costume was a tunic and dark green tights. This costume is exhibited in Barries Birthplace, the similar costume worn by Pauline Chase is displayed in the Museum of London. Early editions of adaptations of the story also depict a red costume but a green costume becomes more usual from the 1920s, and more so later after the release of Disneys animated movie. In the Disney films, Peter wears an outfit consists of a short-sleeved green tunic and tights apparently made of cloth. He has pointed ears, brown eyes and his hair is red. In Hook, the character is played as an adult by Robin Williams, with eyes and dark brown hair, in flashbacks to him in his youth. In this film his ears appear pointed only when he is Peter Pan and his Pan attire resembles the Disney outfit. In the live-action 2003 Peter Pan film, he is portrayed by Jeremy Sumpter and his outfit is made of leaves and vines
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Peter and Alice
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The production was directed by Michael Grandage and was performed by Judi Dench as Alice and Ben Whishaw as Peter. The play sees enchantment and reality collide as this brief encounter lays bare the lives of two characters. Ben Whishaw as Peter Llewelyn Davies Judi Dench as Alice Liddell Nicholas Farrell as Lewis Carroll Derek Riddell as J. M. M, barrie, Christoper Leveaux for Peter Pan, Arthur Llewelyn Davies, Reginald Hargreaves and Michael Llewelyn Davies, Pamela Merrick for Alice Liddell Hargreaves. Reviews for the production were positive for the play, charles Spencer in The Telegraph wrote, It’s a beautiful and searching play that will live long in the memory. Libby Purves in The Times wrote A meeting of two childhood muses, played by Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw, breaks your heart open, however, there was some criticism of the play. Henry Hitchings in The Evening Standard wrote, this is a piece that uses lush language to compensate for its lack of real dynamism
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Ben Whishaw
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Benjamin John Ben Whishaw is an English actor. He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films starting with Skyfall, and was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2014 film, Paddington. Whishaw was born in Clifton, Bedfordshire, and was brought up there and in Langford, the son of Linda, who works in cosmetics, and Jose Whishaw and his father is of French, German and Russian descent, and his mother is of English background. He has a twin, James. Whishaw is not the original surname. He first rose to prominence as a member of the Bancroft Players Youth Theatre, Big Spirit and he attended Henlow Middle School and then Samuel Whitbread Community College in Shefford. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2003 and it was adapted into a physical theatre piece by the group and taken to the 1995 Edinburgh Festival, where it garnered five-star reviews and great critical acclaim. As the lead in Trevor Nunns 2004 production of Hamlet at the Old Vic, Whishaw received highly favourable reviews and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and the Ian Charleson Award. The role was shared with Al Weaver in an arrangement that saw Whishaw playing all nights except for Mondays. Nunn is reported to have made this arrangement due to the youth of the two playing the lead, to relieve some of the pressure on each. It was Whishaw, however, who featured most prominently in the marketing materials and his film and television credits include Layer Cake and Chris Morriss 2005 sitcom Nathan Barley, in which he played a character called Pingu. He was named Most Promising Newcomer at the 2001 British Independent Film Awards for My Brother Tom and he also played Keith Richards in the Brian Jones biopic Stoned. In the spring of 2005, Whishaw received lots of attention for his role as a dealer in Philip Ridleys controversial stage play Mercury Fur. In Perfume, Whishaw played Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a perfume maker whose craft turns deadly, the film was released in Germany in September 2006 and in US theaters in December 2006. In the same year, Whishaw worked on Pawel Pawlikowskis abandoned The Restraint of Beasts. some trace of her, at the end of 2009 he starred in Cock, a new play by Mike Bartlett at the Royal Court Theatre. In 2009 he also starred as the poet John Keats in the film Bright Star, in February 2010, Whishaw made a successful off-Broadway debut at MCC Theater in the American premiere of the awarding-winning play The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell. He played Ariel in Julie Taymors 2010 film adaptation of The Tempest, and was featured in The Hour, a BBC Two drama series. In 2012 Whishaw appeared as Richard II in the television film Richard II, also in 2012, he appeared as part of the ensemble cast of the science-fiction drama film Cloud Atlas
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Judi Dench
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Dame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA, known as Judi Dench, is an English actress and author. Dench made her debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she performed in several of Shakespeares plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she branched into film work. She drew strong reviews for her role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. Over the next two decades, Dench established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She achieved success in television during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and she has also received the BAFTA Fellowship and the Special Olivier Award. In June 2011, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute, Dench is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Dench was born in Heworth, North Riding of Yorkshire and her mother, Eleanora Olive, was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor, was born in Dorset, England, and later moved to Dublin and he met Denchs mother while he was studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. Dench attended The Mount School, a Quaker independent secondary school in York and her brothers, one of whom was actor Jeffery Dench, were born in Tyldesley, Lancashire. Her niece, Emma Dench, is a Roman historian and professor previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University. In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the period, primarily through her work in theatre. She has more than once been named one in polls for Britains best actor. Through her parents, Dench had regular contact with the theatre and her father, a physician, was also the GP for the York theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Actors often stayed in the Dench household, during these years, Judi Dench was involved on a non-professional basis in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in the 1950s. In 1957, in one of the last productions in which she appeared during this period, she played the role of the Virgin Mary, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens. Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in school as her brother Jeff attended the Central School of Speech
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Cassie Ainsworth
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Cassandra Cassie Ainsworth is a fictional character in the television series Skins, portrayed by Hannah Murray. Shes thin, shes blonde, she says wow a lot, the shows producers and writers described her centric episode in an interview with The Independent as being about how she gets through her day without eating. One reviewer described Cassie as being as pale as Hamlets Ophelia, the viewer is reintroduced to Cassie five years after series two in Pure, in which she is shown to have changed in many ways. She avoids social contact with her co-workers and flatmates, and refuses to take drugs when offered them, there is a drawing which strongly resembles Cassie posted at the front of Sophias room. This could be a made by the producers of the show. It seems as though every single shred of joy and wonder from her youth has been tarnished, consumed and rejected by the realities of adulthood. At the beginning of the first series, Cassie is recently discharged from hospital after a suicide attempt off-screen and her best friend Michelle Richardson arranges for her to take Sid Jenkins virginity at a party. She postpones her plans after discovering Sid loves her, the first series ends with her meeting up with Sid on the night she moves away. In the second series, Cassie is in a relationship with Sid. After Sids father Mark dies, Sid travels to Scotland to meet her as Cassie simultaneously travels back to Bristol to meet Sid, frustrated at Cassies disappearance and emotionally confused by his fathers death, Sid begins a relationship with Michelle. After Sid becomes aware of her actions, he confronts her about her promiscuity, apologises for dating Michelle, Cassies subplot in the last three episodes of series 2 focuses on her friendship with Chris. She and Sid are back together, and tells him she will love him forever, however, she witnesses Chris suffering from two subarachnoid haemorrhages, the second fatal. She is traumatized and flees to New York City, there, she meets a kind young Iowan named Adam, with whom she forms a strong platonic friendship when he offers her a place to stay in his apartment. He later leaves the apartment to find his ex-girlfriend at Cassies suggestion and, distraught, the ultimate scene of the second series depicts Sid wandering through Times Square looking for her and ends with him turning to look inside the diner. Cassie is briefly referred to by Doug in series 6 when he mentions to Liv that he danced for a girl to help her get through an exam. However he does not mention her by name, Cassie is revisited five years later in series 7 in a feature-length episode, Pure. It is revealed that Sid did indeed find her and that the pair spent several years travelling around America, after ending the relationship, she moved back to England, though she moves into a shared flat in London instead of heading back to her hometown. She works as a waitress in a café, and later discovers a website titled Oblivion, Cassie Ainsworth on the official E4 Skins site Cassie Ainsworth at the Internet Movie Database Cassie Ainsworth on Myspace
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God Help the Girl (film)
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God Help the Girl is a 2014 British musical drama film written and directed by Stuart Murdoch of the band Belle and Sebastian. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 18 January 2014, the film opened the Generations section at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2014. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Amplify acquired the rights of the film. It was released theatrically and Video on demand on 5 September 2014 in the United States, Eve escapes from the psychiatric hospital where she is being treated for anorexia nervosa and makes her way to Glasgow, hoping to become a musician. At a gig, she meets James, a lifeguard and aspiring songwriter and he introduces her to his guitar student Cassie, and the three become friends. Eve meets Anton, the arrogant singer of Wobbly-Legged Rat, a Glasgow band attracting attention from a radio station. She gives him a tape of her music to pass on, James convinces Eve she needs bass and drums to finish her songs. They and Cassie form a band, God Help the Girl, Anton admits he never gave Eves tape to the radio producers, saying she needs better production and musicianship, and they argue. James discovers Eves relationship with Anton and becomes distanced from her, feeling alone, Eve takes drugs and returns to hospital. She tells James she plans to attend college in London. After God Help the Girl performs their final concert, the station play Eves tape. The next day, she leaves for London, emily Browning as Eve Olly Alexander as James Hannah Murray as Cassie Pierre Boulanger as Anton God Help the Girl received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 68% of 40 reviews have given the film a positive review, dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that God Help the Girl is a slender exercise in self-conscious charm. David Fear of Esquire praised it as rife with the kind of giddy thrills, jonathan Romney of Film Comment Magazine said that its easy to categorize Murdochs film as a vanity project, but if it is, its a very honest one. David DArcy of Screen International said the film has a soft whimsy that connects to a time before video clips put editing rhythms into overdrive, with God Help the Girl, he proves to be a predictably literary and musical filmmaker. Its not funny or clever, or even musically very interesting, rodrigo Perez of Indiewire wrote, A major gaffe, God Help The Girl finds a great artist taking on a huge challenge and stumbling painfully on its ambition almost every step of the way. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a musical that feels like one long B-side. Murdoch responded to Sahims article on Twitter, writing, God knows Ive yearned to know and love women and men of many nations, official website God Help the Girl at the Internet Movie Database God Help the Girl at Rotten Tomatoes
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Stuart Murdoch (musician)
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Stuart Lee Murdoch is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. Murdochs parents made him take piano lessons during his childhood, and even though he claims not to have enjoyed them at the time, he says he now appreciates this decision vastly. Apart from early musical activities at school, Murdoch first became publicly involved in music as a radio DJ for Subcity Radio at the University of Glasgow. Whilst at university at the end of the 1980s, he became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and was unable to work for seven years. Murdoch said that the isolation of these years is what led to his becoming a songwriter, That was a big desert at the time, from that, these songs started coming out, these melodies where I could express what I was feeling. In early 1995, Murdoch had largely recovered from his illness and began to look for fellow musicians to form a band and this was also when he began living above a church hall and working as its caretaker, a position he maintained until 2003. In 2004 he told The Guardian, Im not actually a Christian with a capital C, but I had this time when I found myself singing all these old hymns in my kitchen and I couldnt work out why I was doing it. Then one Sunday morning I got up, looked at my watch and it just felt like you were coming home. Twelve years later, Ive never left, murdochs interest in faith has been perceptible in his lyrics over the term of the band. Belle and Sebastians first album included lines about reading the Gospel to yourself, regarding If You Find Yourself Caught in Love, Murdoch told Gross, At the time I was writing it I thought, well, should I be so overt. Because Ive often couched any religious overtones within characters in the past, and then I just thought, come on, youve been doing this for years, why not. Why not just be a bit more straightforward, sexually ambiguous lyrics in Belle & Sebastians music have prompted Murdoch to confirm his heterosexuality in the press, calling himself straight to the point of boring myself. Murdoch has voiced support for gay marriages and he married long-time girlfriend Marisa Privitera on 26 November 2007 in New York City. Marisa is on the cover of Belle and Sebastians DVD Fans Only and their eldest son, Denny, was born in May 2013. Second son Nico was born in November 2016, Murdoch was diagnosed with colour blindness at an early age and does not drink. I like a Scotch whisky but Im allergic to alcohol, would you believe and its only in the last couple of years. I got eczema and one of the things I had to do to get rid of it was give up alcohol, in 2009, Murdoch contributed the song Another Saturday to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night, produced by the Red Hot Organization. In 2010, Murdoch published his first memoir, The Celestial Café, over 2012–2013, Murdoch wrote and directed the musical feature film God Help the Girl, being released internationally and online in 2014
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Belle and Sebastian
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Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released 9 albums to date, much of their work had been released on Jeepster Records, but they are now signed to Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and Matador Records in the United States. Though often praised by critics, Belle and Sebastian have enjoyed limited commercial success. Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1996 by Stuart Murdoch, as the band had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, Belle and Sebastian were allowed to record a full-length album, which was titled Tigermilk. Murdoch once described the band as a product of botched capitalism, the band took their name from the television adaptation of the French novel Belle et Sébastien. Tigermilk was recorded in three days and originally only one thousand copies were pressed on vinyl and these original copies now sell for up to £400. After the success of the album, Belle and Sebastian were signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996 and If Youre Feeling Sinister. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and is considered the bands masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister, Sarah Martin joined the band, following this a series of EPs were released in 1997. The first of these was Dog on Wheels, which contained four tracks recorded before the real formation of the band. In fact, the only band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke. It charted at No.59 in the UK singles chart, the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen, the EP narrowly missed out on the UK top 40, peaking at No.41. The last of the 1997 EPs was Octobers 3, the EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached No.32 in the charts, thus becoming the bands first top 40 single. The band released their third LP, The Boy with the Arab Strap in 1998, during the recording of the album, long-time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member. The This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP followed later that year, in 1999 the band was awarded with Best Newcomer at the BRIT Awards, upsetting better-known acts such as Steps and 5ive. That same year, the band hosted their own festival, the Bowlie Weekender, Tigermilk was also given a full release by Jeepster before the band started work on their next LP. The result was Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, a stand-alone single, Legal Man, reached No.15 and gave them their first appearance on Top of the Pops
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God Help the Girl
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The project has released a self-titled album, an EP and several singles. Central to the project is a film, featuring songs from the projects recorded releases. The film was released in 2014, however, contrary to the earlier work of Belle and Sebastian, female vocalists play the main role in the project. The songs themselves also tell about the problems of young girls entering adult life, the author of the project God Help the Girl is Stuart Murdoch, lead singer of the Glasgow-based Scottish indie pop group Belle and Sebastian. Thinking about this project, he started writing new songs which were shelved for the time being, after time the idea of arranging them in a logical whole. Looking for performers for his songs, Murdoch placed an advertisement in a magazine in Glasgow in 2004. Brittany Stallings and Dina Bankole from the US were chosen out of about 400 applications, eventually Funny Little Frog was sung in the project by Brittany Stallings, with Dina Bankole performing some of the other pieces. The main discovery of the turned out to be Catherine Ireton. Catherine Ireton comes from Limerick in Ireland, she was studying Drama, there she was the vocalist in the pop-jazz group elephant, with whom she published the album In the Moon in 2004. The singer agreed and moved to Scotland in the same year and she joined the project along with other vocalists, singing and recording demos of nearly all the songs. Catherine Ireton appeared on the sleeve of the EP The White Collar Boy as early as 2006 even though she did not perform any songs on it. Finally she appeared as the vocalist in the single Come Monday Night and then in the main album God Help the Girl, out of 14 pieces on the album, Catherine Ireton performs in 10 songs. The film of the name was shot in Glasgow during 2012. It was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014 in the World Cinema Dramatic section, the film was awarded a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. The latter featured the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the above pieces include only part of the music material which has been recorded within the project so far. These similarities are all the visible that some of the songs were taken directly from the bands repertory and were performed earlier by Murdoch himself. She also has many love and other personal problems – she has just absconded from the psychiatric ward, the problems, however, do not look dramatic in the songs in the form as they were written by Murdoch and are performed by the vocalists. Most of the pieces are cheerful in tone, with elements of irony and self-irony, even the more reflective songs, like Come Monday Night, have a cheerful and catchy tune
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The Riot Club
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The Riot Club is a 2014 British drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wades 2010 play Posh. The film stars Max Irons, Sam Claflin and Douglas Booth and it is set among the Riot Club, a fictional all-male, exclusive dining club at Oxford University. Alistair and Miles, both with aristocratic connections, start their first year at Oxford University, Alistair takes the club in more of a competitive fashion and ends up hating Miles. After hiring a prostitute who refuses to perform oral sex, Alistair takes Miles phone and texts Lauren without Miles knowing. Miles attempts to stop them, by calling for an ambulance, alistairs skin is then found underneath Chris fingernails, meaning they can arrest and charge him. Though Alistair is at first aggressively dismissive of Jeremys proposed assistance, Alistair is brought around when Jeremy offers the boy a position in his office, the film concludes with Alistair leaving the meeting with Jeremy, a smug smile on his face as he walks down the street. Max Irons as Miles Milo Richards - A first-year history student who joins the Riot Club, Miles possesses the honourable title which implies that his father is either an Earl, Baron or Viscount. Miles is politically left and becomes disillusioned and frustrated with the actions of his club mates, Sam Claflin as Alistair Ryle - A first-year history student whose brother, Sebastian, was considered a legendary member of the Riot Club. Alistair is politically right, leading to conflict and rivalry with Miles. Alistair attended Harrow School, unlike his brother, who attended Eton College and his uncle, Jeremy, was previously a member of the Riot Club. Holliday Grainger as Lauren - A Northern first-year student from a middle class/working class family who enters into a relationship with Miles at the start of the film. Freddie Fox as James Leighton-Masters - The president of the club, Natalie Dormer as Charlie - An escort hired by Harry. Gordon Brown as Chris - Owner of the pub where the club has their dinner, jessica Brown Findlay as Rachel - Daughter of Chris and a waitress at his pub. Sam Reid as Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt - An older student whose family and he attended Westminster with Miles and although they did not socialize, Miles remembers Hugo composing limericks in Latin, something which is implied got him bullied. Hugo is homosexual, and has a romantic interest in Miles, ben Schnetzer as Dimitri Mitropoulos - An older student of Greek heritage who seems to act as the clubs primary bankroll. It is also suggested that Dimitri is nouveau riche and he appears to have a close friendship with Guy Bellingfield, though it is the very same member who constantly mocks Dimitri and his heritage. Matthew Beard as Guy Bellingfield - An older student who makes no secret of his desire to succeed James as president of the club and he is close friends with Dimitri, though he often makes jokes about his Greek heritage. He presents himself as very enthusiastic with little to no regard for any serious matters, tom Hollander as Jeremy Villiers MP - Harrys uncle and a successful Conservative MP
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Sam Claflin
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Samuel George Sam Claflin is an English actor. He is known for portraying Finnick Odair in the The Hunger Games film series, Philip Swift in Pirates of the Caribbean, On Stranger Tides and Will Traynor in Me Before You. Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the third of four sons of Mark, an officer, and Sue Claflin. He has two brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph, who is also an actor. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, as a child, he had an interest in football. He played throughout his childhood until he broke his ankle, an injury that he felt would prevent him from playing professionally, after some persuasion from his parents and a teacher with whom hed made an impression during his high school play at Costessey High School, he pursued acting. He was a member of the Norwich City School of Excellence, in 2003, he took up Performing Arts at Norwich City College, before going on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2009. Claflin made his debut in 2010, when he appeared on the television miniseries The Pillars of the Earth as Richard. In March 2011, he was cast as Thomas in The Seventh Son, a adaptation of The Spooks Apprentice. For the film, he received a nomination in the 17th Empire Awards for Best Male Newcomer, in 2012, he appeared as Jack in the 6-episode series White Heat. Later that year, he played a role in the 2012 film Snow White. He received a nomination in the 2012 Teen Choice Awards for the category Best Movie Breakout, also in 2012, he was cast in the lead role in Hammer Films The Quiet Ones, which was filmed in mid-2013 and was released in April 2014. On 22 August 2012, Lionsgate announced that Claflin had been cast as Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games film series, starting with The Hunger Games, director of Catching Fire, Francis Lawrence, stated of Claflins performance during filming, Finnicks an interesting character. At first he feels like a bit of a flirt and theres a bit of sexual tension. Its one of the reasons I really hired him in the first place was that its where his character goes in the couple of stories. The film was released in November 2013 to general acclaim and Claflins portrayal of Finnick received positive reviews, Claflin reprised the role in The Hunger Games, Mockingjay – Part 1, released in November 2014, and Part 2, released in November 2015. In February 2013, it was announced that Claflin was cast as Alex in the adaptation of Cecelia Aherns novel Where Rainbows End, distributed as Love. The following month, he starred in the TV film Mary and Martha as Ben, in 2016, Claflin reprised his role as William, Snow Whites childhood friend, in several scenes of the sequel The Huntsman, Winters War
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Max Irons
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Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Max Irons is an English-Irish actor and model. He is known for his roles in Red Riding Hood, The White Queen, The Host, Irons was born in Camden, London, the son of English actor Jeremy Irons and Irish actress Sinéad Cusack. He is a grandson of actors Cyril Cusack and Maureen Cusack and his brother is photographer Samuel Irons. Irons attended the Dragon School in Oxford, Oxfordshire, then Bryanston School in Dorset, Irons suffered from dyslexia through his school years and his father discouraged him from going into an acting career. While first starting off in acting, Irons worked as a barman, in 2011, Irons played Henry in Catherine Hardwickes Red Riding Hood. He was chosen to play Jared Howe in the 2013 film adaptation of The Host, in the 2013 television series The White Queen, Irons took the lead role of Edward IV of England. The series, based on Philippa Gregorys bestselling historical novel series The Cousins War, was broadcast weekly on BBC One, Irons appeared in 2014 film The Riot Club, the film adaptation of Posh. In 2016, he starred in the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun as Howard Carter, Irons has modelled for companies including Burberry and Mango. As of 2012, he was on a contract for Macys I. N. C. Collection for Fall/Winter 2012 as reported on 15 August 2012 by The Huffington Post, in 2015, he was named one of GQs 50 best-dressed British men. Max Irons at AllMovie Max Irons at the Internet Movie Database
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Douglas Booth
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Douglas John Booth is an English actor. He first came to public attention following his performance as Boy George in the BBC Two film Worried About the Boy and he also starred in the BBC adaptations of Great Expectations and Christopher and His Kind. In 2013, Booth starred in Carlo Carleis film adaptation of Romeo, in 2014, he appeared in Darren Aronofskys Noah and Lone Scherfigs The Riot Club, and in 2015, co-starred in The Wachowskis Jupiter Ascending. Booths father is of English descent, and his mother is of Spanish and his older sister, Abigail, is a Chelsea School of Art graduate. Booth was raised in Greenwich but moved to Sevenoaks, Kent at the age of ten, Booth is severely dyslexic and found it very hard to read or write up until the age of ten, he remains a really slow reader. He struggled at school, having to put in double or triple the amount of effort as everyone else and he played the trumpet as a child. Booth developed an interest in drama at the age of twelve, after starring in a production of Agamemnon. I thought, I rather like being the centre of attention and this is where I want to be. By the age of thirteen, he was involved with the National Youth Theatre, Booth joined the Curtis Brown acting agency at the age of fifteen. He won his first professional acting role at the age of sixteen and quit his AS levels in drama, media studies, Booths first professional role was in the childrens adventure film From Time to Time, directed by Julian Fellowes and starring Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall. Following the films release, Booth signed to the UTA talent agency for American-based representation and he then had a minor role as Prince Eustace in the Channel 4 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, a medieval saga filmed in Budapest with Ian McShane and Donald Sutherland. Booth rose to prominence in 2010 following his performance as the pop star Boy George in the BBC Two drama Worried About the Boy and he underwent a physical transformation for the role, shaving off his eyebrows and wearing heavy makeup. Booth met Boy George during filming, with the singer remarking, Theres something about him that reminds me of me when I was 17. Mike Higgins of The Independent declared Booth a discovery, Moving, witty, Booth next played the role of Pip in the BBC One adaptation of Charles Dickens Great Expectations, alongside Gillian Anderson and Ray Winstone. Broadcast over the Christmas period, the miniseries was a ratings success. Mike Hale of The New York Times dismissed Booth as a CW-style actor whose exceptionally pretty face doesnt convey much beyond puzzlement, also in 2011, Booth appeared in the BBC film Christopher and His Kind, which explored novelist Christopher Isherwoods formative years in Thirties Berlin. He played Heinz, a German street-sweeper who became the lover of Matt Smiths Isherwood, in 2012, Booth starred opposite Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore in the teen drama LOL. He witnessed the paparazzi interest surrounding co-star Cyrus during filming, It was bizarre and, interestingly, filmed in 2010, when Booth was seventeen, the movie received a very limited theatrical release and unfavourable reviews
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Penny Dreadful (TV series)
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Penny Dreadful is a British-American horror drama television series created for Showtime and Sky by John Logan, who also acts as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes. The show was pitched to several US and UK channels. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 28,2014, the series premiered on Showtime on May 11,2014, the first in an eight-episode season. After the third-season finale on June 19,2016, series creator John Logan announced that Penny Dreadful had ended as the story had reached its conclusion. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century British fiction publication with lurid, reeve Carney as Dorian Gray, a charismatic man who is ageless and immortal. Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray, an explorer of the African continent. Eva Green as Vanessa Ives, an enigmatic, quietly driven heroine who proves herself a force to be reckoned with as she battles powerful, relentless forces from the underworld. Rory Kinnear as the Creature, a creation Frankenstein abruptly abandoned, billie Piper as Brona Croft/Lily Frankenstein, an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her brutal, violent past. Danny Sapani as Sembene, a mysterious ally of Sir Malcolm. Harry Treadaway as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an arrogant, reclusive young doctor whose ambition, josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler, a charming, brash and daring American man of action with uncanny marksmanship, who detests violence, and is more complicated than he likes to admit. Helen McCrory as Evelyn Poole, a professional spiritualist known by the alias Madame Kali who is secretly the leader of a coven of witches called Nightcomers. Simon Russell Beale as Ferdinand Lyle, an eccentric Egyptologist, patti LuPone as Dr. Florence Seward, an alienist or early psychotherapist treating Vanessas depression Wes Studi as Kaetenay, an Apache with a connection to Ethan, who becomes an ally to Sir Malcolm. Introduced in season 1 Olivia Llewellyn as Mina Harker, Sir Malcolms daughter, alex Price as Proteus, a new creation of Dr. Frankensteins, named after the literary character of the same name, who was killed by the Creature. Lorcan Cranitch as Inspector Goldsworthy, by the London police, robert Nairne as the Vampire, an evil creature who leads a cabal of undead and the abducted Mina Harker. Olly Alexander as Fenton, a vampire minion, graham Butler as Peter Murray, Sir Malcolms son, who died accompanying his father on one of his expeditions. Noni Stapleton as Gladys Murray, Sir Malcolms estranged wife and mother of Mina, alun Armstrong as Vincent Brand, the leader of a troupe of actors in residence at the Grand Guignol. Hannah Tointon as Maud Gunneson, an actress at the Grand Guignol, gavin Fowler as Simon, Mauds partner who mistreats the Creature. David Warner as Abraham Van Helsing, a haematologist and colleague of Frankenstein, stephen Lord as Warren Roper, a Pinkerton agent hired to bring Ethan back to the United States
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South by Southwest
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South by Southwest is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987, and has continued to grow in scope and size every year. In 2011, the conference lasted for 10 days with SXSW Interactive lasting for 5 days, Music for 6 days, SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. SXSW Music is the largest music festival of its kind in the world, SXSW Music offers artist-provided music and video samples of featured artists at each festival via their official YouTube channel. The music event has grown from 700 registrants in 1987 to over 28,000 registrants, SXSW Film and SXSW Interactive events have grown every year, most recently bringing over 51,000 registrants to Austin every March. Bands must cover their own expenses for travel and lodging at the event, All performers are offered a cash payment or a wristband package that allows access to all music events. SXSW Film Conference spans five days of conference panels and sessions, programming consists of keynote speakers, panels, workshops, mentor sessions and more, with expert filmmakers and industry leaders. In 2015, the SXSW Film Conference programmed over 250 sessions with 735 speakers, the SXSW Film Festival runs nine days, simultaneously with the SXSW Film Conference, and celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent both behind and in front of the camera. The SXSW Film Awards, which occur on the last day of the Film Conference, honor films selected by the Feature, in 2015, the SXSW Film Festival programmed 150 feature films and 106 short films, selected from 7,361 submissions. Past notable world premieres include Furious 7, Neighbors, Chef,21 Jump Street, The Cabin in the Woods, Bridesmaids and Insidious, and the TV series Girls, Silicon Valley and Penny Dreadful. SXSW Interactive is focused on emerging technology, a focus which has earned the festival a reputation as a ground for new ideas. The festival includes a show, speakers, parties. According to a festival organizer Louis Black, SXSW Interactive has probably been the biggest of its kind in the world since 2007, Louis Meyers, a booking agent and musician, was also brought on board. Black came up with the name, as a play on the name of the Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest, the event was first held in March 1987. The organizers considered it an event and expected around 150 attendees to show up, but over 700 came. Meyers left Austin and the festival in the early 1990s, but Black, Barbaro, singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked was the keynote speaker at the 1992 South by Southwest. In 1993, SXSW moved into the Austin Convention Center, where it is still held, in 1994, SXSW added a component for film and other media, named the SXSW Film and Multimedia Conference. Johnny Cash was the keynote speaker and that year, the three brothers of the band Hanson were brought to SXSW by their father in order to perform impromptu auditions for music executives, in the hopes of getting industry attention
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Nina Simone
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Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Simone employed a range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel. Born in North Carolina, the child of a preacher. With the help of the few supporters in her hometown of Tryon, North Carolina, Waymon then applied for a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she was denied despite a well-received audition. Waymon became fully convinced this rejection had been due to her race. Years later, two days before her death, the Curtis Institute of Music bestowed on her an honorary degree, to make a living, Eunice Waymon changed her name to Nina Simone. The change related to her need to disguise herself from family members and she was told in the nightclub that she would have to sing to her own accompaniment, and this effectively launched her career as a jazz vocalist. Simone recorded more than forty albums, mostly between 1958, when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue, and 1974, and had a hit in the United States in 1958 with I Loves You, Porgy. Simones musical style fused gospel and pop with music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach. Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in North Carolina and raised in Tryon, the sixth of eight children in a poor family, she began playing piano at age three, the first song she learned was God Be With You, Till We Meet Again. Demonstrating a talent with the instrument, she performed at her local church, but her concert debut, a classical recital, was given when she was 12. Simone later said that during this performance, her parents, who had taken seats in the front row, were forced to move to the back of the hall to make way for white people. She said that she refused to play until her parents were moved back to the front, Simones mother, Mary Kate Waymon, was a Methodist minister and a housemaid. Simones father, John Divine Waymon, was a handyman who at one time owned a dry cleaning business, Simones music teacher helped establish a special fund to pay for her education. Subsequently, a fund was set up to assist her continued education. With the help of this scholarship money she was able to attend Allen High School for Girls in Asheville, North Carolina. After her graduation, Simone spent the summer of 1950 at the Juilliard School, as a student of Carl Friedberg, discouraged, she took private piano lessons with Vladimir Sokoloff, a professor at Curtis, but never re-applied to the institution. She took a job as an assistant, but also found work as an accompanist at Arlene Smiths vocal studio
