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Oxenford, Queensland
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Oxenford is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Oxenford had a population of 9,007, the suburb is bordered to the north by the Coomera River, the Pacific Motorway forms the eastern boundary. The western edge of the suburb is bordered by the Coomera River. Movie World and WetnWild Water World are located within Oxenfords boundaries, a train station on the South Coast railway line was used until 1964 when the line closed. No station was built in Oxenford for the modern Gold Coast railway line, work on the road south to Southport was undertaken in 1928. University of Queensland, Queensland Places, Oxenford Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch official site
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Queensland
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Queensland is the second-largest and third-most-populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west, to the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. Queensland has a population of 4,750,500, concentrated along the coast, the state is the worlds sixth largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 km2. The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australias third largest city, often referred to as the Sunshine State, Queensland is home to 10 of Australias 30 largest cities and is the nations third largest economy. Tourism in the state, fuelled largely by its tropical climate, is a major industry. Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, the first European to land in Queensland was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606, who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa. In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain. The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 by Governor Arthur Phillip at Sydney, New South Wales at that time included all of what is now Queensland, Queensland was explored in subsequent decades until the establishment of a penal colony at Brisbane in 1824 by John Oxley. Penal transportation ceased in 1839 and free settlement was allowed from 1842, the state was named in honour of Queen Victoria, who on 6 June 1859 signed Letters Patent separating the colony from New South Wales. The 6th of June is now celebrated statewide as Queensland Day. Queensland achieved statehood with the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the history of Queensland spans thousands of years, encompassing both a lengthy indigenous presence, as well as the eventful times of post-European settlement. The north-eastern Australian region was explored by Dutch, Spanish and French navigators before being encountered by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770, the Australian Labor Party has its origin as a formal organisation in Queensland and the town of Barcaldine is the symbolic birthplace of the party. June 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of its creation as a colony from New South Wales. The Aboriginal occupation of Queensland is thought to predate 50,000 BC, likely via boat or land bridge across Torres Strait, during the last ice age Queenslands landscape became more arid and largely desolate, making food and other supplies scarce. This led to the worlds first seed-grinding technology, warming again made the land hospitable, which brought high rainfall along the eastern coast, stimulating the growth of the states tropical rainforests. In February 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed near the site of what is now Weipa and this was the first recorded landing of a European in Australia, and it also marked the first reported contact between European and Aboriginal Australian people. The region was explored by French and Spanish explorers prior to the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of the United Kingdom on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming Eastern Australia, including Queensland, the Aboriginal population declined significantly after a smallpox epidemic during the late 18th century
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Geographical coordinates
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Warner Bros.
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Entertainment Inc. – colloquially known as Warner Bros. or Warner Bros. It is one of the Big Six major American film studios, Warner Bros. is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America. The companys name originated from the four founding Warner brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, Jack, the youngest, was born in London, Ontario. The three elder brothers began in the theater business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania. In the beginning, Sam and Albert Warner invested $150 to present Life of an American Fireman and they opened their first theater, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1903. When the original building was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the current building owners, the owners noted people across the country had asked them to protect it for its historical significance. In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, in 1912, Harry Warner hired an auditor named Paul Ashley Chase. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, in 1918 they opened the first Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Sam and Jack produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert, along with their auditor and now controller Chase, handled finance and distribution in New York City. During World War I their first nationally syndicated film, My Four Years in Germany, on April 4,1923, with help from money loaned to Harry by his banker Motley Flint, they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. The first important deal was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwoods 1919 Broadway play, The Gold Diggers, however, Rin Tin Tin, a dog brought from France after World War I by an American soldier, established their reputation. Rin Tin Tin debuted in the feature Where the North Begins, the movie was so successful that Jack signed the dog to star in more films for $1,000 per week. Rin Tin Tin became the top star. Jack nicknamed him The Mortgage Lifter and the success boosted Darryl F. Zanucks career, Zanuck eventually became a top producer and between 1928 and 1933 served as Jacks right-hand man and executive producer, with responsibilities including day-to-day film production. More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director, lubitschs film The Marriage Circle was the studios most successful film of 1924, and was on The New York Times best list for that year. Despite the success of Rin Tin Tin and Lubitsch, Warners remained a lesser studio, Sam and Jack decided to offer Broadway actor John Barrymore the lead role in Beau Brummel. The film was so successful that Harry signed Barrymore to a contract, like The Marriage Circle. By the end of 1924, Warner Bros. was arguably Hollywoods most successful independent studio, as the studio prospered, it gained backing from Wall Street, and in 1924 Goldman Sachs arranged a major loan
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Village Roadshow Theme Parks
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Village Roadshow Theme Parks is a division of Village Roadshow Limited which operates theme parks and attractions in Australia and the United States of America. The Sydney Attractions Group Pty Ltd was formerly part of Village Roadshow Theme Parks, however, the two other companies involved in the venture were American multinational media corporation AOL Time Warner and fellow publicly listed Australian firm Village Roadshow Limited. The joint venture known as Warner Village Theme Parks was led by Chief Executive Officer John Menzies, prior to the formation of the company, Menzies was Managing Director of Sea World. In 1992, Pivot Leisure sold its stake of the Sea World Property Trust to AOL Time Warner. In April 2001, AOL Time Warner and Village Roadshow Limited announced plans to acquire the remaining 31. 6% of Sea World Property Trust that they did not already own and this would also mean the ownership of Warner Village Theme Parks would lie entirely with the two firms. However, the bid failed as the two firms were only able to acquire 85. 65% of the trust, just shy of the 90% required for compulsory acquisition. A second takeover bid of Sea World Property Trust was put forward in December 2001 and this bid was ultimately successful, with compulsory acquisition beginning in February 2002, and the delisting of the Sea World Property Trust from the Australian Securities Exchange in April 2002. Warner Village Theme Parks remained a joint venture between Time Warner and Village Roadshow until Village took full ownership of the group in 2006, Time Warner continues to provide a licence to the Warner Bros. brand. The group was renamed Village Roadshow Theme Parks, the group also owns the Sea World Resort, located next to the Sea World theme park. Previously known as Sea World Nara Resort, in April 2008, Village Roadshow Theme Parks proposed African Safari World, an amusement park and zoo to replace the Werribee Open Range Zoo,32 kilometres southwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This was followed by the proposal to acquire and redevelop Aussie World into WetnWild Aussie World, in June 2008, the proposal for African Safari World was rejected by the Victorian Government for a variety of reasons. In September 2009, the plans for WetnWild Aussie World were cancelled, in late 2008, Sydney Attractions Group was purchased by Village Roadshow after months of discussions. This included the acquisition of Sydney Aquarium, Sydney Tower and Sydney Wildlife World, the company further expanded its interests in local attractions in 2009, with the purchase of Oceanworld Manly in Australia and Kelly Tarltons Underwater World in New Zealand. In December 2010, they announced that they would sell approximately $115 million worth of assets to Merlin Entertainments, in September 2010, Village Roadshow announced that they would be expanding the WetnWild chain by opening a water park in Sydney. In 2008, Village Roadshow expanded into the market, with the acquisition of the Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park in the United States. The park was rebranded to WetnWild Hawaii the following year, at around the same time, the company also purchased WaterWorld Safari, investing $30 million in the park relaunched as WetnWild Phoenix. Village Roadshows ownership of WetnWild Hawaii was short-lived, the park was sold to CNL Lifestyle Properties for an undisclosed sum in 2009. Village Roadshow Theme Parks, however, continued to operate the park on a lease which concluded in November 2013, on 4 October 2012, it was announced that Village Roadshow Theme Parks would be opening WetnWild Las Vegas in May 2013
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Amusement park
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An amusement park or theme park is a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events in a location for the enjoyment of large numbers of people. Theme parks, a type of amusement park, are usually much more intricately themed to a certain subject or group of subjects than normal amusement parks. Amusement parks evolved from European fairs and pleasure gardens, which were created for peoples recreation, Worlds fairs and expositions were another influence on the development of the amusement park industry. In common language, the theme park and amusement park are often synonymous. However, a park can be regarded as a distinct style of amusement park. A theme park has landscaping, buildings, and attractions that are based on one or more specific themes or stories. The amusement park evolved from three earlier traditions, the oldest being the periodic fair of the Middle Ages - one of the earliest was the Bartholomew Fair in England, the worlds oldest amusement park appeared in the Continent. Bakken at Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, opened in 1583, a wave of innovation in the 1860s and 1870s created mechanical rides, such as the steam-powered carousel, and its derivatives. This inaugurated the era of the modern funfair ride, as the classes were increasingly able to spend their surplus wages on entertainment. The second influence was the pleasure garden, one of the earliest gardens was the Vauxhall Gardens, founded in 1661 in London. By the late 18th century, the site had a fee for its many attractions. It regularly drew crowds, with its paths being noted for romantic assignations, tightrope walkers, hot air balloon ascents, concerts. Although the gardens were designed for the elites, they soon became places of great social diversity. Public firework displays were put on at Marylebone Gardens, and Cremorne Gardens offered music, dancing, prater in Vienna, Austria, was opened in 1766. The concept of a park for amusement was further developed with the beginning of the worlds fairs. The first World fair began in 1851 with the construction of the landmark Crystal Palace in London, the purpose of the exposition was to celebrate the industrial achievement of the nations of the world and it was designed to educate and entertain the visitors. American cities and business saw the worlds fair as a way of demonstrating economic. The Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, Illinois was an precursor to the modern amusement park
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Gold Coast, Queensland
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Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately 66 kilometres south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. With a census-estimated 2016 population of 638,090, The Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, making it the largest non-capital city, the first settlement in what is now South East Queensland was as a penal colony at Redcliffe. The Gold Coast region remained uninhabited by Europeans until 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach. The hinterlands red cedar supply attracted people to the area in the mid-19th century, later in 1875, Southport was surveyed and established and grew a reputation as a secluded holiday destination for wealthy Brisbane residents. The Gold Coast region grew significantly after the establishment of the Surfers Paradise hotel in the late 1920s and it is also the major film production hub for Queensland. Gold Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, lieutenant James Cook became the first European to note the region when he sailed along the coast on 16 May 1770 in the HM Bark Endeavour. Captain Matthew Flinders, an explorer charting the continent north from the colony of New South Wales, escaped convicts from the Moreton Bay penal settlement hid in the region. The region remained uninhabited by Europeans until 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach. The hinterlands red cedar supply attracted people to the area in the mid-19th century, a number of small townships developed along coast and in the hinterland. The western suburb of Nerang was surveyed and established as a base for the industry, by 1873, the town reserve of Burleigh Heads had also been surveyed and successful land sales had taken place. Southport quickly grew a reputation as a holiday destination for wealthy Brisbane residents. Gold Coast was originally known as the South Coast, however, inflated prices for real estate and other goods and services led to the nickname of Gold Coast from 1950. South Coast locals initially considered the name Gold Coast derogatory, however, soon the Gold Coast simply became a convenient way to refer to the holiday strip from Southport to Coolangatta. As the tourism grew into the 1950s, local businesses began to adopt the term in their names. The area was proclaimed a city less than one year later, in 2007, Gold Coast overtook the population of Newcastle, New South Wales to become the sixth largest city in Australia and the largest non-capital city. The Gold Coast is approximately covered by forests of various types. This includes small patches of near-pristine ancient rainforest, mangrove-covered islands, of the plantation pine forests that were planted in the 1950s and 1960s, when commercial forest planting for tax minimisation was encouraged by the Commonwealth government, tiny remnants remain. Gold Coast City lies in the southeast corner of Queensland, to the south of Brisbane, the Albert River separates Gold Coast from Logan City, a suburban area of Brisbane
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Time Warner
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Time Warner Inc. is an American multinational media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is currently the third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, after Comcast. It was also once the worlds largest media conglomerate, Time Warner was first founded in 1990 with the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications, Time Warner currently has major operations in film and television, with a limited amount in publishing operations. Among its most popular assets are HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, CNN, DC Comics, and as of August 2016, Hulu, owning 10%. In the past, other divisions of Time Warner included Time Inc. AOL, Time Warner Cable, Warner Books and Warner Music Group, all of these operations were either sold to other investors or spun off as independent companies from 2004 to 2014. On October 22,2016, AT&T announced its intent to acquire Time Warner for $108.7 billion, Time Warner consists of three divisions, Home Box Office Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Warner Bros. Home Box Office Inc. operates the namesake HBO premium television service as well as sister service Cinemax, hBO- and Cinemax-branded channels are currently available in over 70 countries around the world, and HBO programming is licensed to other television networks in over 150 countries. In 2012, HBO was the #1 premium pay television service in primetime television, in 2013, the network received five Golden Globes and 23 primetime Emmy Awards. HBO’s programming includes the airing of feature films, HBO Documentary Films, HBO original films, the network has developed content distribution platforms, like HBO GO and Max GO to help support and deliver programming to users via online and mobile devices. In 2011, Cinemax launched its first original series, Strike Back. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. operates international news, entertainment, animation, young adult, Turner brands include CNN, HLN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, truTV, Turner Sports, and more. Turners brands and sub brands reach broad domestic and international audiences, in addition to television network programming, Turner manages digital sports entities, including bleacherreport. com NBA. com, PGA. com and NCAA. com. Turner Sports produces sports programming and content for the Turner Networks, Turner Sports’ television line-up includes NBA and MLB games, the NCAA Tournament Games, and the PGA Championship. Turner operates PGA. com and related properties of the PGA under agreements with the PGA. Pictures Group grossed 4.3 billion dollars at the box office. Home Video is the leader with a 21% market share in total DVD
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Costumed character
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A costumed character wears a costume that usually covers the performers face. These range from theme park walk-around or meetable characters, the mascots of corporations, schools, some costumes cover the performers face, others, especially those in theme parks, may leave the performers face visible. Marvel Comics characters can be found in all of their parks, except for in Florida, great Wolf Resorts - feature characters of characters like Wiley, Violet, Sammy, Oliver, Rachel and Brinley. Universal Park and Resorts - feature a variety of characters from dozens of movies, TV shows, six Flags parks — feature Time-Warners Looney Tunes cartoons, DC Comics superhero characters, and Scooby-Doo characters. Seaworld Parks and Resorts - Outside of their original characters like Shamu and they also own the shows own theme park, Sesame Place. Other theme parks, as well as international expositions and fairs, costumed characters are intended to add to the fantasy experience by enabling visitors to encounter and interact with fictional characters, such as mascots for a company or organization. The characters are portrayed by employees in costume, some of the costumes merely consist of clothing and makeup, while those for non-human characters generally conceal the performer entirely and include a full-head/body mask. At the largest theme parks, popular costumed characters are accompanied by one or more assistants in regular park uniforms, who handle customer service, security. This minimizes the necessity for performers to break character to deal with those kinds of issues, when a performer really needs a break, they simply give a prearranged signal, and their handler will then assure patrons the character will be back momentarily. All theme park operators that present costumed characters enforce strict character performance regulations so that performers are never out of character by visitors. In the case of more elaborate costumes, they are never seen with their head off, a related rule is that performers costumed as the same character are supposed to avoid being seen side-by-side by the public. The Japanese name for costumed performers is kigurumi, the name comes from the Japanese verb kiru and noun nuigurumi. Japans kawaii aesthetic means that mascots are used for promotional purposes. These mascots are often constructed with an appearance that is more chibi than Western mascots, with a head that encompasses the performers entire upper body. Other mascots more greatly resemble anime characters, animegao is a type of kigurumi used to portray anime or cartoon characters. The face of the performer is fully covered with a mask. Animegao costumes are used both in professional shows and by cosplayers, sometimes called dollers, who make custom masks of various characters. It is still a minor part of the cosplay scene in Japan, though around 2005, it began attracting attention in other countries, including the United States, Canada
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Batman
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Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, originally named the Bat-Man, the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the Worlds Greatest Detective. Batmans secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist, after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne as a child, he swore vengeance against criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself physically and intellectually and crafts a bat-inspired persona to fight crime, Batman operates in the fictional Gotham City, with assistance from various supporting characters, including his butler Alfred, police commissioner Gordon, and vigilante allies such as Robin. A large assortment of villains make up Batmans rogues gallery, including his archenemy, Batman became popular soon after his introduction in 1939 and gained his own comic book title, Batman, the following year. As the decades went on, differing interpretations of the character emerged, the late 1960s Batman television series used a camp aesthetic, which continued to be associated with the character for years after the show ended. Various creators worked to return the character to his dark roots, the success of Warner Bros. live-action Batman feature films have helped maintain the publics interest in the character. The character has also intrigued psychiatrists, with trying to understand the characters psyche. In 2015, FanSided ranked Batman as number one on their list of 50 Greatest Super Heroes In Comic Book History. Kevin Conroy, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Anthony Ruivivar, Jason OMara, Batman has been portrayed in both film and television by Lewis Wilson, Robert Lowery, Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, and Ben Affleck. In early 1939, the success of Superman in Action Comics prompted editors at National Comics Publications to request more superheroes for its titles, in response, Bob Kane created the Bat-Man. Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that Kane had an idea for a character called Batman, I went over to Kanes, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with kind of. Reddish tights, I believe, with boots, with a small domino mask, swinging on a rope. He had two wings that were sticking out, looking like bat wings. And under it was a big sign, the bat-wing-like cape was suggested by Bob Kane, inspired by Leonardo Da Vincis sketch of an ornithopter flying device as a child. Finger suggested giving the character a cowl instead of a domino mask, a cape instead of wings. Finger said he devised the name Bruce Wayne for the secret identity, Bruce Waynes first name came from Robert Bruce. Wayne, being a playboy, was a man of gentry, I searched for a name that would suggest colonialism
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Austin Powers (character)
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Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers. He is the protagonist of Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember. He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod culture and hippie culture of the 1960s who, the series humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism. Austin Powers was a seen as a parody of James Bond and being influenced by Harry Palmer. The character of Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy for free love, his use of obscure impressions, Myers, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs formed the faux British 1960s band Ming Tea after Myers Saturday Night Live stint in the early 1990s. The band members all performed under pseudonyms with 1960s personas, Myers adopted the pseudonym and character of Austin Powers. This group made a number of club and television performances in character. Myers then-wife, Robin Ruzan, encouraged him to write a film based on Austin Powers, obituaries of Simon Dee, the radio and television presenter, stated that his Sixties grooviness made him the inspiration for the character. Mike Myers has claimed his father was the inspiration behind Austin Powers, video Games, Austin Powers, Austin Powers Pinball, Austin Powers, Welcome to my Underground Lair, Austin Powers, Oh Behave. and Austin Powers, Operation Trivia. HBO purchased the rights to produce a series based on the Austin Powers films in 1999. Despite announcing plans for a thirteen episode season, HBO ultimately shelved the project, Austin Powers has been used for advertising numerous products and endorsements, such as Pepsi Cola. He also appears in the videos for Madonnas Beautiful Stranger, Beyoncés Work It Out. In 2010, he was voted #23 in Entertainment Weeklys list The 100 greatest characters of the last 20 years
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Marilyn Monroe
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Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Famous for playing comic dumb blonde characters, she one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s. Although she was an actress for only a decade, her films grossed $200 million by the time of her unexpected death in 1962. She continues to be considered a popular culture icon. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Monroe spent most of her childhood in foster homes, while working in a factory in 1944 as part of the war effort, she was introduced to a photographer from the First Motion Picture Unit and began a successful pin-up modeling career. The work led to short-lived film contracts with Twentieth Century-Fox and Columbia Pictures, after a series of minor film roles, she signed a new contract with Fox in 1951. Over the next two years, she became an actress with roles in several comedies, including As Young as You Feel and Monkey Business. Monroe faced a scandal when it was revealed that she had posed for photos before becoming a star, but rather than damaging her career. Although she played a significant role in the creation and management of her public image throughout her career, she was disappointed at being typecast and underpaid by the studio. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project, when the studio was still reluctant to change her contract, Monroe founded a film production company in late 1954, she named it Marilyn Monroe Productions. She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying acting at the Actors Studio. In late 1955, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. After a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop and acting in the first independent production of MMP, The Prince and her last completed film was the drama The Misfits. Monroes troubled private life received much attention and she struggled with substance abuse, depression, and anxiety. She had two highly publicized marriages, to retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, both of which ended in divorce and she died at the age of 36 on August 5,1962, from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Los Angeles. Although Monroes death was ruled a suicide, several conspiracy theories have been proposed in the decades following her death. Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1,1926, Gladys, the daughter of two poor Midwestern migrants to California, was a flapper and worked as a film negative cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. When she was fifteen, Gladys married a man nine years her senior, John Newton Baker and she filed for divorce in 1921, and Baker took the children with him to his native Kentucky
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Scooby-Doo (character)
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Scoobert Scooby Doo is the eponymous character and protagonist of the animated television franchise of the same name created in 1969 by the American animation company Hanna-Barbera. Scooby-Doo is a male Great Dane and lifelong companion of amateur detective Shaggy Rogers, writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo, Where are You. for Hanna-Barbera for CBSs 1969-70 Saturday morning cartoon schedule. By the time the series was pitched to the network as Whos S-S-Scared. in early 1969, silverman came up with the name from the syllables doo-be-doo-be-doo in Frank Sinatras hit song Strangers in the Night. Veteran H-B voice artist Don Messick was the voice of Scooby. Premiered on CBS on September 13,1969, at 10,30 a. m. EST and its final first-run episode aired on October 31,1970. In most incarnations of the series, Scooby is regarded as a unique Great Dane dog who is able to speak in broken English, other incarnations, such as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, present talking dogs as quite common in the larger fictional universe. In recent years, Scooby is able to speak in sentences and has more dialogue. He consistently shows about the level of intelligence as his friends, while also being subject to the same knack for clumsiness. As an adult canine, Scooby is usually treated as a mix of a pet, in all versions of the character, Scooby and Shaggy share several personality traits, mostly being cowardly and perpetually hungry. Yet their friends encourage them to go after the costumed villains, the biscuit-like dog treat or cookie snack is usually shaped like a bone or, in later versions of the cartoons, Scoobys dog tag. However, Scoobys inherent loyalty and courage do often force him to take a more heroic stance even without any prodding, Scooby is also extremely ticklish, and this is seen in many of the television series and movies. Scooby has a speech impediment and tends to pronounce most words as if they begin with an R, however, in most iterations, he keeps his sentences relatively short, usually using charades for anything longer than three or four words. His catchphrase, usually howled at the end of production, is Scooby-Dooby-Doo. Messick is also known for providing the voice of the dogs Astro on The Jetsons, Scooby is brown from head to toe with several distinctive black spots on his upper body and does not seem to have a melanistic mask. He is generally a quadruped but displays bipedal human characteristics occasionally, Scooby also has opposable thumbs and can use his front paws like hands. He has a nose and wears an off-yellow, diamond-shaped-tagged blue collar with an SD and has four toes on each foot. Unlike other dogs, Scooby only has one pad on the sole of each of his feet, Scooby has a fully prehensile tail he can use to swing from or press buttons. Both his head and tail are malleable and useful as an aid or creating a distraction
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Looney Tunes
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Looney Tunes is an American animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969 during the golden age of American animation, alongside its sister series Merrie Melodies. Coyote and the Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil, and many others and these characters themselves are commonly referred to as the Looney Tunes. From 1942 to 1964, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters, many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in various other television shows, movies and advertisements. The most popular Looney Tunes character, Bugs Bunny, is regarded as an icon and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Several Looney Tunes films are regarded as some of the greatest animated cartoons of all time, in the beginning, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies drew their storylines from Warners vast music library. From 1934 to 1943, Merrie Melodies were produced in color and Looney Tunes in black, after 1943, both series were produced in color and became virtually indistinguishable, varying only in their opening theme music and titles. Both series made use of the various Warner Bros. cartoon characters, in 1929, to compete against Walt Disneys Mickey Mouse short cartoons, WB became interested in developing a series of animated shorts to promote their music. They had recently acquired Brunswick Records along with four music publishers for US $28 million and were eager to promote this material for the sales of sheet music, Warner made a deal with Leon Schlesinger to produce cartoons for them. Schlesinger hired Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman to produce the first series of cartoons, Schlesinger was impressed by Harmans and Isings 1929 pilot cartoon, Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid. The first Looney Tunes short was Sinkin in the Bathtub starring Bosko, when Harman and Ising left Warner Bros. in 1933 over a budget dispute with Schlesinger, they took with them all the rights of the characters and cartoons they had created. In 1935 they debuted the first major Looney Tunes star, Porky Pig, Beans was the star of the next Porky/Beans cartoon Golddiggers of 49, but it was Porky who emerged as the star instead of Beans. The ensemble characters of I Havent Got a Hat, such as Oliver Owl, and twin dogs Ham and Ex, were given a sampling of shorts. Beans was later phased out when his popularity declined, leaving Porky as the star of the Schlesinger studio. The debuts of other memorable Looney Tunes stars followed, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Bugs initially starred in the color Merrie Melodies shorts and formally joined the Looney Tunes series with the release of Buckaroo Bugs in 1944. Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color Looney Tunes with the 1942 cartoon The Hep Cat, the final black-and-white Looney Tunes short was Puss n Booty in 1943 directed by Frank Tashlin. The inspiration for the changeover was Warners decision to only the color cartoons in the Blue Ribbon Classics series of Merrie Melodies. Schlesinger sold his interest in the studio in 1944 to Warner Bros. and went into retirement. During the mid-late 1960s, the shorts were produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, the change in the introductory title cards was possibly to reflect the switch in the animation style of the shorts themselves
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House of Wax (2005 film)
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House of Wax is a 2005 American-Australian horror thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and stars Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton and Jared Padalecki. It is a remake of the 1953 film of the same name. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in US theaters on May 6,2005 and it grossed $70 million worldwide and has a 25% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes. In 1974, a woman makes a wax mask as one of her sons eats breakfast and her husband enters with another son. After being strapped and taped into his chair, he scratches his mothers hand, then she slaps the child across the face. In 2005, Carly Jones, her twin brother Nick, her boyfriend Wade, her best friend Paige, Paiges boyfriend Blake, when night falls, the group sets up camp. A stranger in a pickup truck visits their campsite, shines his lights, the next morning, Wade discovers that his fan belt is broken. Carly and Paige wander into the woods, and Carly falls down a hill, the two arrive at Ambrose, which is virtually a ghost town. Unable to find an attendant at the gas station, they wander into the church, there, they meet a mechanic named Bo, who offers to sell them a fan belt after the funeral. While waiting for the services to end, Carly and Wade visit the wax museum, the gas station does not have the right size fan belt, so they follow Bo to his house. Wade is knocked out by Bos twin brother, Vincent, outside, Carly realizes Bo is the one who visited them the night before, after noticing his cars broken headlight. She runs to the church for help, but finds that it is populated only by wax sculptures, Bo captures Carly and brings her to the cellar of the gas station, where she is restrained. Meanwhile, Wade is stripped naked and strapped to a chair to be covered in wax, Nick, Dalton, Paige, and Blake realize they will not arrive at the game in time and turn around. Nick and Dalton arrive in Ambrose to find Carly and Wade, Nick visits the gas station, where he questions Bo about Carlys whereabouts. When she tries to gain Nicks attention, Bo cuts off the tip of Carlys finger, Nick fends off Bo and frees Carly. Meanwhile, Dalton finds Wade, who is alive but unable to move due to the wax. Attempting to peel off the wax, Dalton realizes that he is unintentionally removing Wades skin in the process, Vincent finds Dalton and slashes Wades face with a machete, killing him. After a chase through the museum, Vincent catches Dalton and decapitates him, at the campsite, Vincent kills Blake and chases Paige to a sugar mill, where he kills her
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Scooby-Doo (film)
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Scooby-Doo is a 2002 American comedy horror mystery film. Based on the long-running Hanna-Barbera animated television series of the same name, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Matthew Lillard and Rowan Atkinson. It is the first installment in the Scooby-Doo live-action film series, the plot revolves around Mystery Incorporated, a group of four young adults and a dog who solve mysteries. After a two-year disbandment, the group reunites to investigate a mystery on a horror resort. Filming took place in and around Queensland on a budget of $84 million, the film was released on June 14,2002, and grossed $275 million worldwide. Reggae artist Shaggy and rock group MxPx performed different versions of the Scooby-Doo, the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster, a ride based on the film, was built in Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Australia in 2003 and this is the final time William Hanna served as the executive producer before dying of throat cancer on March 22,2001. A sequel, Scooby-Doo 2, Monsters Unleashed, was released on March 26,2004, the Mystery Begins, which first aired on Cartoon Network on September 13,2009 and Scooby-Doo. Curse of the Lake Monster, which aired on Cartoon Network on October 16,2010. The members of Mystery, Inc. solve the case of the Luna Ghost at the Wow-O-Toy Factory, however, long-time friction between Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, and Velma Dinkley finally boils over and the gang break up, leaving Shaggy Rogers and his dog Scooby-Doo heartbroken. Two years on, Shaggy and Scooby are invited to solve a mystery on the popular resort Spooky Island, at the airport, the five members of Mystery, Inc. unexpectedly reunite. Fred has become a celebrity, Velma works for NASA. However, while Shaggy and Scooby are thrilled with the reunion, on the flight over, Shaggy falls in love with a girl named Mary Jane, who loves Scooby Snacks, but is allergic to dogs. Upon arriving at the island, the gang meet Mondavarious, who claims the visiting tourists have been cursed into a brainwashed state, Velma attends a ritualistic performance hosted by N’Goo Tuana and his henchman, Zarkos, a famous luchador. N’Goo claims the island was ruled by ancient demons til Mondavarious built the resort. Due to a misunderstanding when talking to a voodoo priest, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby venture into the resort’s ghost ride, meeting Fred and Velma inside. Fred and Velma come across a school designed to educate inhuman creatures about human culture. The gang flee to the hotel, but an army of demons attack, kidnapping Fred, Velma, Mondavarious and other tourists, while Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, and Mary Jane escape
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Peter Pan (2003 film)
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Peter Pan is a 2003 American-British-Australian adventure fantasy film released by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Revolution Studios. It was the first authorized and faithful film or television adaptation of J. M. Barries play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldnt Grow Up in half a century, after Disneys version in 1953. P. J. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play, lynn Redgrave plays a supporting role as Aunt Millicent, a new character created for the film. Contrary to the traditional stage casting, the featured a young boy in the title role. Since the first stage production of the story, the role has usually been played by a woman. Two subsequent animated adaptations have featured a voice actor as Peter Pan. This film was the first live-action theatrical release with a boy playing the part, the casting of a single actor to play both George Darling and Captain Hook follows a tradition also begun in the first staging of the play. Peter Pan received positive reviews critics, but was a box office bomb, grossing $48.5 million in the United States. Life is disrupted when their Aunt Millicent intervenes, the very idea terrifies the children. Wendy daydreams about having seen Peter in the night, and along with the familys nurse dog Nana, as a punishment, Mr. Darling chains Nana outside and declares it time for Wendy to grow up. Peter visits the nursery again looking for his shadow, which Nana had bitten off, after being acquainted, Wendy sews his shadow back on and is enchanted by Peters tales of his adventures in Neverland. She asks Peter if she can kiss him, but because he not know what a kiss is. He returns the kiss by plucking an acorn from his shirt, Peter invites her to be mother to his gang of Lost Boys. She asks to bring her brothers, John and Michael, to which Peter agrees and he grabs Tinker Bell and shakes fairy dust on the children and tells them to think of happy thoughts. Nana, having escaped her chain, leads Mr. and Mrs. Darling back home, the Children fly over London and then to Neverland. They spy on Captain Hooks ship from a cloud, the pirates spot them and attack with their cannons. One knocks Wendy far away and the other causes Michael and John to fall towards the island below, Peter tells Tinker Bell to find Wendy and take her back to the hideout while he gets the boys. But Tinker Bell reaches the hideout without Wendy and out of jealousy, the boys learn the truth and confess to Peter but Wendy is revealed not to have been killed as the arrow hit the acorn necklace hung around her neck
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Ghost Ship (2002 film)
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Ghost Ship is a 2002 American-Australian horror film directed by Steve Beck. The film was shot in Queensland, Australia and Vancouver, British Columbia and it stars an ensemble cast featuring Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington and Karl Urban. Despite its title, the film is unrelated to the 1952 film of the same name, in May 1962, aboard the Italian ocean liner SS Antonia Graza, dozens of wealthy passengers dance to the song Senza Fine sung by Francesca, an Italian singer. A young girl, Katie Harwood, sits alone until the captain offers to dance with her. Elsewhere, a hand presses a lever that unravels a thin wire cord from a spool, the spool snaps and the wire whips across the dance floor, bisecting the dancers. Forty years later, at a bar, a salvage crew — Captain Sean Murphy, Maureen Epps, Greer, Dodge, Munder. Jack Ferriman, a Canadian weather service pilot, approaches them, because the ship is in international waters, it can be claimed by whoever brings it to port. The crew sets out on the Arctic Warrior, an ocean salvage tugboat, the ship is the Antonia Graza, which was believed to be lost at sea. As they prepare to tow it, they discover it contains a quantity of gold. After a series of events, the group decides to abandon the salvage effort but take the gold. The tugboat explodes as its engine is restarted, killing Santos, left with no other option, the group begins repairing the Antonia Graza. Greer encounters Francesca, who seduces him into betraying the fiancée he has ashore, Captain Murphy enters the captains cabin and finds his ghost. The captain explains that they recovered the gold from a cruise ship. Murphy is shown a picture of the survivor, whom he recognizes and he rushes to tell the others, but begins hallucinating and sees everyone as the ghost of the burned Santos, who provokes him into a murderous rage. The others think Murphy has gone mad and lock him in the fish tank. Epps meets Katies ghost, who reveals what happened on the Graza, the sole survivor of the Lorelei convinced the Grazas crew to murder the passengers for the gold. Once the passengers were killed, the turned on one another, soon, only a single officer was left. Another man, the mastermind behind the massacre, then killed Francesca by mystical means, the man is revealed as Jack Ferriman, who is actually a demonic spirit
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The Condemned
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The Condemned is a 2007 American action film written and directed by Scott Wiper. The film stars Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Tory Mussett, Madeleine West, the film centers on ten convicts who are forced to fight each other to the death as part of an illegal game which is being broadcast to the public. The Condemned was filmed in Queensland, fight choreography was coordinated by Richard Norton, who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes. A sequel titled The Condemned 2 starring Randy Orton was released in 2015, the film was produced by WWE Films and distributed by Lionsgate on April 27,2007. Jack Conrad is awaiting execution in a corrupt Salvadoran prison and he is purchased by a wealthy television producer and transported to a deserted island in the South Pacific along with nine other condemned criminals similarly purchased from prisons around the world. They are offered the opportunity to avoid punishment and win back their freedom by fighting to the death in an illegal game to be filmed. A bomb is placed on the ankle of every contestant, each featuring a 30-hour countdown timer, the winner will have the bomb removed and be given their freedom as well as a pocket full of cash as the prize. Ian Breckel, the producer, is aiming for online ratings that equal or beat the latest Super Bowl reception of 40 million television viewers, as the broadcast progresses, FBI agents discover Conrads real identity as Jack Riley after a tip from one of Conrads former classmates. Conrad is discovered to be a former Delta Force operative who was captured on a Black ops mission to El Salvador after bombing a building controlled by drug dealers. Conrads girlfriend Sarah becomes aware of the situation and watches the show at the bar she works at as it unfolds. Ewan McStarley and Saiga team up to remove the competition, while Yasantwa uses her wiles to trick others to their death. After seeing the shows broadcast tower before the show, Conrad infiltrates the tower and calls Sarah, after the other seven contestants have died, Conrad is left alone against McStarley and Saiga. He stabs Saiga, and McStarley flees, eventually, a helicopter drops a shotgun down to McStarley, who uses it to hunt down Conrad. After Conrad falls into a stream, McStarley runs into the cameraman and his armed guard dressed in suits while searching for Conrad. When McStarley and Conrad meet again, Conrad ends up rolling over a cliff, Conrad is presumed dead by the fall, and McStarley is declared the winner. As McStarley is being driven to the tower to collect his prize. After he meets McStarley and de-activates his bomb, he tells him that he not receive his prize money. Breckel and McStarley fixed the game in his favor in exchange for his freedom, McStarley takes an MP5 from one of the guards, and kills the tech team in the building, one by one, even though they truthfully did not know that Breckel was abandoning them all
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Fortress (1992 film)
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Fortress is a 1992 Australian-American science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Bros. The story takes place in a dystopian future, the main character in the movie, John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen B. Brennick are sent to a security prison because they are expecting a second child. It was followed by a sequel, Fortress 2, Re-Entry in 2000, the film was a financial success, but critical reviews were mixed. In a dystopian 2017, ex-army officer John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen are attempting to cross the Canada–United States border to Vancouver to have a second child. Strict one-child policies forbid a second pregnancy, even after their firstborn has died, a guard notices and raises the alarm. Brennick is caught, believing Karen to have escaped, and sentenced to 31 years at the Fortress, to maintain discipline all inmates are implanted with Intestinators which induce severe pain or death as a form of physical control and mental conditioning. The prison is co-run by Director Poe, who oversees Zed-10, John learns his wife has been captured and is held in another level with his unborn child who, being illegal, is now officially owned by Men-Tel and will be confiscated at birth. Stiggs has a friend, Maddox, who intimidates John and the two are involved in a brawl which culminates with Maddox being shot by a security turret. John manages to grab Maddoxs Intestinator and gives it to D-Day before he is away to be subjected to a mind-wipe procedure as punishment. Poe, infatuated with Karen, tells her if she lives with him he will treat John well. Poe is revealed to be a cyborg, powerfully enhanced by Men-Tel cybernetics, four months later, a heavily pregnant Karen manages to use her access to the prison computer in Poes quarters to help John by restoring him from his mind-wiped state. Karen steals a map and gives it to Abraham to give to John. D-Day dismantles Maddoxs Intestinator and uses a component to pull out the others Intestinators. During their next work shift Johns group puts their Intestinators in an air-duct and stage a brawl, causing Zed to trigger the devices, Poe promptly flushes the duct with steam and sends in Strike Clones, networked cyborgs armed with flamethrowers and machine guns. Stiggs surrenders and gets shot dead, but the rest of the kill a Strike Clone, steal its weapon. Zed alerts Poe of Karens actions and he reveals to her that her child, like all MenTel-owned babies, will be extracted in a fatal Caesarean to be made a cyborg. Abraham and Karen resist, but are powerless against the cyborg Poe, hijacking one of the gun turrets and using it as an elevator, Johns group travels to Zeds control room
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Village Roadshow Studios
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Village Roadshow Studios are a set of film studios located in Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The studios are owned by Village Roadshow and consist of nine sound stages as well as a range of production facilities. The studio commenced in June 1991 and is one of three studios in Australia, the others being Fox Studios and Docklands Studios Melbourne. The studios have been home to countless films, telemovies. Recent productions include San Andreas, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Scooby-Doo and House of Wax, TV productions have included Terra Nova, BeastMaster and the Lost World series. Village Roadshow Studios opened in 1986 and was built by DEL. Village Roadshow purchased the company DEL and took over the facility in 1988, the Studios were built before Movie World in 1991 and they are adjacent to the Warner Bros. Despite their physical proximity and operational links, the studios and theme park are separate entities, the theme park, and the studios management have no involvement with productions and, as such, do not recommend cast, crew or extras. This is done independently by the production, Movie World staff are often involved in productions filmed at the studios. The studios are not open to the public and as the productions are independently owned. In June 2004, a fire in Sound Stage 8, during the production of House of Wax, destroyed the sound stage, in addition to producing a variety of television shows and films, the studios have also been used by the adjacent Warner Bros. When the two opened in 1991, a Studio Tour was run from Warner Bros. Movie World throughout the areas of the Village Roadshow Studios before returning to the Movie Magic Special Effects Show. In 2011, both Sound Stage 1 and 2 were utilised for the parks annual halloween event, Fright Nights. The Saw and Zombie Apocalypse mazes were housed in these studios throughout October, in 2018, some sound stages will be used for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and play host to sports such as boxing and table tennis. Temporary spectator seating will be installed for a total of 6,200 people for the two sports, sports on the Gold Coast, Queensland Official website
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Police Academy Stunt Show
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The Police Academy Stunt Show was a slapstick comedy stunt show located at the Australian Warner Bros. Movie World Germany and Warner Bros and we need recruits of that calibre. Suggesting that the show takes place after the events of the film series, starting in 1991, it was the most popular show in the theme park, up until its closure in 2008. The show was also one of the longest-running stunt shows in the world. A pre-show entertainer, known as Mad Mike, would perform interactive pranks, movie World marketed the show as insane, crazy and catastrophic and an all-action, all-live stunt expose featuring awesome highfalls, huge explosions and sensational car chases. and crashes. Since the show is live and each one is different, some points of the plot may or may not apply, the show described below is the Australian version. The show begins with the silk stocking gang, a criminal duo, escaping from prison and stealing a police motorcycle. Following that, the Proctor emerges and gives a monologue about the stunts in the performance. Following the recruitment, four green cadets and the commissioner emerge for the morning ceremony and this is preceded by a series of car stunts, with the cadets driving a police car, souped-up hot rod and a golf buggy. Cadet Verbinski wishes to pass an urgent letter to the commissioner, the commissioner reads the letter, informing him about the silk stocking gangs intentions. The recruits from the audience are called upon and are positioned around the set. The silk stocking gang then suddenly appears on top of the roof, Rodney is accidentally shot, and falls from his second floor post onto a disguised cushion. The cadet responsible is then reprimanded for the action, two other cadets then climb up the scaffolding to reach the silk stocking gang who have successfully robbed the nearby payroll building. A slapstick confrontation follows, ending in one cadet being kicked off the top of the second floor, he/she lands in a disguised cushioned dumping container, and emerges unscathed later. In the meantime, the uses a portable toilet, but it is accidentally lifted into the air by a crane. The two culprits return to the motorcycle and a car chase follows, with Rodney being roughed up quite a bit. The sidecar detaches, but the remaining criminal wields explosives that scare the cadets and he first puts a bomb into an armoured vehicle, which explodes and flips over. He then passes a bomb to one cadet, who almost throws it into the audience, the commissioner orders the cadets to transport Rodney to a safe place, and they choose the tool shed
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Disneyland
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Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17,1955. It is the theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the attraction on the property, its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s. Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland after visiting various amusement parks with his daughters in the 1930s and 1940s. He initially envisioned building a tourist attraction adjacent to his studios in Burbank to entertain fans who wished to visit, however, after hiring a consultant to help him determine an appropriate site for his project, Disney bought a 160-acre site near Anaheim in 1953. Construction began in 1954 and the park was unveiled during a televised press event on the ABC Television Network on July 17,1955. Opened in 2001, Disney California Adventure Park was built on the site of Disneylands original parking lot, Disneyland has a larger cumulative attendance than any other theme park in the world, with over 650 million guests since it opened. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 16.2 million guests, according to a March 2005 Disney report,65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort, including about 20,000 direct Disney employees and 3,800 third-party employees. To all who come to this place, Welcome. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the facts that have created America, with the hope that it will be a source of joy. The concept for Disneyland began when Walt Disney was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon. While watching them ride the merry-go-round, he came up with the idea of a place where adults and their children could go and have fun together and he may have also been influenced by his fathers memories of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Another likely influence was Benton Harbor, Michigans nationally famous House of Davids Eden Springs Park, Disney visited the park and ultimately bought one of the older miniature trains originally used there, the colony had the largest miniature railway setup in the world at the time. His ideas evolved to a play park with a boat ride. The initial concept, the Mickey Mouse Park, started with an 8-acre plot across Riverside Drive and his designers began working on concepts, though the project grew much larger than the land could hold. Disney hired Harrison Price from Stanford Research Institute to gauge the proper area to locate the theme based on the areas potential growth. Based on Prices analysis, Disney acquired 160 acres of groves and walnut trees in Anaheim
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Universal Studios Hollywood
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Universal Studios Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the Universal City county island area of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use and its official marketing headline is The Entertainment Capital of LA. It was initially created to offer tours of the real Universal Studios sets and is the first of many full-fledged Universal Studios Theme Parks located across the world, woody Woodpecker is the official mascot for Universal Studios Hollywood. Outside the theme park, a new, all-digital facility near the Universal Studios backlot was built in an effort to all of NBCUniversals West Coast operations into one area. As a result, the current home for KNBC, KVEA, in 2013, the park hosted 6,148,000 guests, placing it 17th in the world and 9th among North American parks. From the beginning, Universal had offered tours of its studio, there was also a chance to buy fresh produce, since then-rural Universal City was still in part a working farm. This original tour was discontinued in around 1930, due to the advent of sound coming to Universal. Universal Studios Hollywoods back lot has been damaged by nine times throughout its history. The first was in 1932 when embers from a brush fire were blown toward the back lot causing four movie sets to be destroyed. Seventeen years later in 1949 another brush fire caused the destruction of one building. In 1957, the New York street film studio set was destroyed by a fire causing half a million dollars in damage. Ten years later, in 1967, twice as much damage was done when the Little Europe area and it also destroyed the European, Denver and Laramie street sets. In 1987, the portion of Spartacus Square was destroyed along with street sets. As with the 1957 fire, this was suspected to be the result of an arsonist, just three years later another deliberate fire was started in the back lot. The New York Street set, the Ben Hur set and the majority of Courthouse Square were destroyed, in 1997, the seventh fire occurred at the back lot. A portion of the Courthouse Square was again destroyed, though most survived, the most damage was done on June 1,2008 when a three alarm fire broke out on the back lot of Universal Studios. The fire started when a worker was using a blowtorch to warm asphalt shingles being applied to a facade, aerial news footage captured the Courthouse building surviving fire for the third time in its history, with only the west side of it being slightly charred. Over 516 firefighters from various local fire departments, as well as two helicopters dropping water, had responded to the fire, fourteen firefighters and three Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies sustained minor injuries
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Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Disneys Hollywood Studios, originally Disney-MGM Studios, is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, based on an idea by Marty Sklar, Randy Bright, and Michael Eisner, the park opened on May 1,1989, and was the third of four theme parks built at Walt Disney World. To increase public interest and the variety of representation within the park, Disney entered into a licensing agreement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The parks current name took effect in 2008, with the removal of the MGM-branding throughout the park, the parks icon was originally the Earffel Tower from the parks opening until 2001 when the Sorcerers Hat—a stylized version of the magical hat from Fantasia—was erected in the parks central hub. It then served as the icon until its removal in January 2015. The tower was removed in April 2016. Currently, the park remains without an official designated icon, although both the Great Movie Ride and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror are represented as such in marketing materials. In 2015, the park hosted approximately 10.8 million guests, ranking it the fifth most-visited theme park in North America and we welcome you to a Hollywood that never was—and always will be. A team of Walt Disney Imagineers led by Marty Sklar and Randy Bright had been given an assignment to two new pavilions for Epcots Future World section. The brainstorming sessions led to Wonders of Life and Great Movie Ride pavilions, the latter was to look like a soundstage backdrop, with a movie theater-style entrance in the middle and would have sat between the Land and Journey Into Imagination pavilions. In 1988, MGM/UA responded by filing a lawsuit that claimed Disney violated the agreement by operating a working movie, when the park first opened, the only two attractions were the Studio Backlot Tour and The Great Movie Ride. Disney later filed a countersuit, claiming that MGM/UA and MGM Grand, on October 23,1992, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis B. The 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park opened in 1993 at the Las Vegas site, on August 9,2007, Walt Disney World President Meg Crofton announced that Disney-MGM Studios would be re-branded as Disneys Hollywood Studios, effective January 7,2008. On March 12,2015, during a shareholders meeting. Disneys Hollywood Studios is divided into six themed areas, the parks original layout featured a large Hidden Mickey, which was visible in aerial photographs of the park and on the parks early guide maps. Construction and other changes have eliminated much of this image. Hollywood Boulevard, inspired by the street in Los Angeles, serves as the main entrance and operates in the same vein as Main Street. It is lined with themed streetscape facades and venues selling Disney merchandise, guests enter through the main entrance gate, which resembles the Pan-Pacific Auditorium
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Premier of Queensland
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The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the Premier is the leader of the party with a majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of Queensland, the incumbent Premier of Queensland since the 2015 election is Annastacia Palaszczuk of the Australian Labor Party. Under section 42 of the Constitution of Queensland the Premier and other members of Cabinet are appointed by the Governor and are responsible to Parliament. The text of the Constitution assigns to the Premier certain powers, such as the power to assign roles to Assistant Ministers, although ministerial appointments are the prerogative of the Governor of Queensland, in normal circumstances the Governor will make these appointments under the advice of the Premier. A re-elected government will be resworn, with adjustments to the ministry as determined by the Premier, the Premier has an office in the Executive Annexe of Parliament House, Brisbane, which is normally used while Parliament is sitting. At other times the Premiers ministerial office is in 1 William Street, before the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only, before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and disorganised by modern standards. As of February 2015, six former premiers are alive, the oldest being Russell Cooper, the most recent premier to die was Wayne Goss, on 10 November 2014. List of Premiers of Queensland by time in office Government of Queensland Politics of Queensland
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Wayne Goss
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This is 34th Premier of Queensland. For the makeup artist and YouTube personality, please see Wayne Goss, Wayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier in over 32 years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as Chairman of the Queensland Art Gallery and he was born at Mundubbera, Queensland, and grew up at Inala where he was educated at Inala State High School and the University of Queensland. Goss entered state politics as an Australian Labor Party MLA in 1983 for the district of Salisbury and, from 1986 onwards. Along with others, Goss was a key figure in the 1970s-1980s Civil liberties fight against the Bjelke-Petersen Government, Goss was elected Leader of the Opposition in March 1988. Goss led Labor into the 1989 state election against the National Party government of Russell Cooper, the Queensland Nationals were still reeling from revelations of the rampant corruption of longtime premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and polls showed Labor had its best chance of winning power in years. Labor had been in opposition since 1957, and last made a bid for government in 1972. Cooper had toppled Bjelke-Petersens immediate successor, Mike Ahern, in a September party-room coup, Goss seized on National ads arguing that his plans to decriminalise homosexuality would result in gays flooding into Queensland. He replied with ads painting Cooper as a reactionary and a carbon copy of Bjelke-Petersen. Goss and Labor won a majority government at the 1989 election, scoring a 24-seat swing. This was fueled by a massive Labor wave that swept through Brisbane, Labor won all but five of the capitals 36 seats. His election win, which ended 32 years of Coalition/National Party rule, was seen as the end of the Bjelke-Petersen era, once installed in office, he presided over the implementation of many of the reforms of the landmark Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption. Goss won a term at the 1992 state election, maintaining the same 19-seat majority he won in 1989 over the National Party. Before the 1995 election the Goss Government announced a plan to clear sensitive bushland for an alternative to one of south-east Queenslands major roadways. This prompted the Greens Party to do something it had never done before, it recommended that its supporters not give their preference, on voting ballots. Partly as a result of this, as well as the unpopularity of Gosss management style and growing anger at the federal Labor government. Notably, it lost several seats in Brisbanes Bayside area, known as the seats because of the passion stirred up by a belief that the new road would destroy the habitat of koalas. This seemingly allowing Labor to salvage a knife-edge majority of one seat, after the 1995 election, Labors majority hung on the Townsville seat of Mundingburra, which had been won by Labors Ken Davies by only 12 votes over the Coalitions Frank Tanti
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Clint Eastwood
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Clinton Clint Eastwood Jr. is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring icon of masculinity. For his work in the Western film Unforgiven and the sports drama Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor. Eastwoods greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel, the war drama biopic American Sniper set box office records for the largest January release ever and was also the largest opening ever for an Eastwood film. Eastwood received considerable praise in France for several films, including some that were not well received in the United States. Eastwood has been awarded two of Frances highest honors, in 1994 he became a recipient of the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in 2000, Eastwood was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Since 1967, Eastwood has run his own company, Malpaso. Starting in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a non-partisan office, Eastwood was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. May 31,1930, in San Francisco, California, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr. and he has one younger sister, Jeanne Bernhardt. Eastwood is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry and he is descended from Mayflower passenger William Bradford, and through this line is the 12th generation of his family born in North America and the 13th generation to live in North America. His family moved often as his father worked at jobs along the West Coast, settled in Piedmont, California, the Eastwoods lived in a very wealthy part of town, had a swimming pool, belonged to the country club, and each parent drove their own car. Clint attended Piedmont Junior High School, shortly before he was to enter Piedmont High School, he rode his bike on the schools sports field and tore up the wet turf, this resulted in his being asked not to enroll. Clint graduated from the airplane shop, I think that was his major, joked classmate Don Kincaid. Another high school friend, Don Loomis, echoed I dont think he was spending much time at school because he was having a pretty good time elsewhere. I think what happened is he just went off and started having a good time, I just dont think he finished high school, explained Fritz Manes, a boyhood friend two years younger than Eastwood, who remained associated with him until their falling out in the mid-1980s. Biographer Patrick McGilligan notes that high school records are a matter of strict legal confidentiality. Eastwood worked at a number of jobs, including lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, forest firefighter, Eastwood has said that he tried to enroll at Seattle University but was then drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. He always dropped the Korean War reference, hoping everyone would conclude that he was in combat, actually, hed been a lifeguard at Fort Ord in northern California for his entire stint in the military, commented Eastwoods former longtime companion, Sondra Locke
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Mel Gibson
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Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson AO is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born in Peekskill, New York, and moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia and he studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a company which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called. Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama Gallipoli, the film also helped to earn Gibson the reputation of a serious, versatile actor. He later directed and produced the successful and controversial, biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ. He received further critical notice for his work of the action-adventure film Apocalypto. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, the sixth of eleven children, and the son of Hutton Gibson, a writer. One of Gibsons younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor, because of his mother, Gibson retains dual Irish and American citizenship. Mel was twelve years old at the time, Gibson was educated by members of the Congregation of Christian Brothers at St Leos Catholic College in Wahroonga, New South Wales, during his high school years. Gibson gained very favorable notices from critics when he first entered the cinematic scene. In 1982, Vincent Canby wrote that Mr. Gibson recalls the young Steve McQueen, I cant define star quality, but whatever it is, Mr. Gibson has it. Gibson has also likened to a combination Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart. Gibsons roles in the Mad Max series of films, Peter Weirs Gallipoli, later, Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including human dramas such as Hamlet, and comedic roles such as those in Maverick and What Women Want. He expanded beyond acting into directing and producing, with, The Man Without a Face, in 1993, Braveheart, in 1995, The Passion of the Christ, in 2004, jess Cagle of Time compared Gibson with Cary Grant, Sean Connery, and Robert Redford. Connery once suggested Gibson should play the next James Bond to Connerys M. Gibson turned down the role, Gibson studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. The students at NIDA were classically trained in the British-theater tradition rather than in preparation for screen acting. As students, Gibson and actress Judy Davis played the leads in Romeo and Juliet, and Gibson played the role of Queen Titania in an experimental production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. After graduation in 1977, Gibson immediately began work on the filming of Mad Max, but continued to work as a stage actor, and joined the State Theatre Company of South Australia in Adelaide
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Goldie Hawn
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Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, director, producer, and occasional singer, who rose to fame on televisions Rowan & Martins Laugh-In. She is the mother of actors Oliver Hudson, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell and she founded The Hawn Foundation in 2003. Hawn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the role in the 1980 film Private Benjamin. She is set to star in her first film in 15 years with a role in Snatched. Hawn was born in Washington, D. C. the daughter of Laura, a jewelry shop/dance school owner, and Edward Rutledge Hawn and she was named after her mothers aunt. Her father was a Presbyterian of German and English descent, her mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Hungary, and Hawn was raised Jewish. Hawn has often said to descend from Edward Rutledge, the youngest signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Hawn began taking ballet and tap dance lessons at the age of three, and danced in the corps de ballet of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of The Nutcracker in 1955. She made her debut in 1961, playing Juliet in a Virginia Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo. By 1964, she ran and taught in a ballet school, in 1964, Hawn made her professional dancing debut in a production of Can-Can at the Texas Pavilion of the New York Worlds Fair. She began working as a professional dancer a year later and appeared as a dancer in New York City. Her next role, which brought her to international attention, was as one of the regular cast members on the 1968–1973 sketch comedy show, Rowan & Martins Laugh-In. On the show, she would break out into high-pitched giggles in the middle of a joke. Noted equally for her attitude as for her bikini and painted body. Her Laugh-In persona was parlayed into three film appearances in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Cactus Flower, Theres a Girl in My Soup. After Hawns Academy Award win, her career took off. She starred in a string of average and successful comedies starting with Theres a Girl in My Soup, $. She continued proving herself in the league with the 1974 satirical dramas The Girl from Petrovka and The Sugarland Express
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Kurt Russell
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Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor. He began acting on television in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, in the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company where, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studios top star of the 1970s. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood. A and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for the television film Elvis, also directed by Carpenter. Russell starred in films, including Overboard, Tombstone, Stargate, Death Proof. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Russell is the son of actor Bing Russell and he has three sisters, Jill, Jamie and Jody. In 1969, he graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in southern California and his sister Jill is the mother of baseball player Matt Franco. On April 24,1963, Russell guest starred in the ABC series Our Man Higgins and he played Peter Hall in the 1963 episode Everybody Knows You Left Me on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry The Eleventh Hour. Later, he played the character in the ABC western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. In NBCs The Virginian, he played the mistaken orphan whose father was an outlaw played by Rory Calhoun who was still alive, Russell played a similar role as a kid named Packy Kerlin in the 1964 episode Blue Heaven for the western series Gunsmoke. He appeared in five episodes of Daniel Boone in various roles, at age 13, Russell played the role of Jungle Boy on an episode of CBSs Gilligans Island, which aired on February 6,1965. He guest-starred on ABCs western The Legend of Jesse James, in 1966, Russell played a 14-year-old Indian boy, Grey Smoke, adopted by the Texas Rangers in the episode Meanwhile, Back at the Reservation of the NBC western series Laredo. In the story line, he works for a gang, but the Rangers take him under their wing. In 1966, Walt Disney wrote Kurt Russell on a piece of paper as his final words, in January 1967, Russell played Private Willie Prentiss in the episode Willie and the Yank, The Mosby Raiders in Walt Disneys Wonderful World of Color. While filming the Sherman Brothers theatrical film musical The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, flippen and Tom Tryon appeared in the episode Charade of Justice of the NBC western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan. In a March 1966 episode of CBSs Lost in Space entitled The Challenge, he played Quano, in 1971, he co-starred as a young robber released from jail, alongside James Stewart in Fools Parade. Later, he guest-starred in an episode of Room 222 as an high school student who assumed the costumed identity of Paul Revere to warn of the dangers of pollution. In 1966, Russell was signed to a contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he became, according to Robert Osborne. Russell, like his father, had a baseball career, while in the field turning the pivot of a double play early in the season, the incoming runner at second base collided with him and tore the rotator cuff in Russells right shoulder
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Film studio
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The majority of firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented space from other companies. The largest film studio in the world is Hengdian World Studios, in Zhejiang and he distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters, penny arcades, wax museums, and fairgrounds. The pioneering Thanhouser film studio was founded in New Rochelle, New York in 1909 by American theatrical impresario Edwin Thanhouser, the company produced and released 1,086 films between 1910 and 1917, successfully distributing them around the world. The first film ever, Million Dollar Mystery, was released by the Thanhouser company in 1914. In the early 1900s, companies started moving to Los Angeles, although electric lights were by then widely available, none were yet powerful enough to adequately expose film, the best source of illumination for motion picture production was natural sunlight. Some movies were shot on the roofs of buildings in Downtown Los Angeles, early movie producers also relocated to Southern California to escape Edisons Motion Picture Patents Company, which controlled almost all the patents relevant to movie production at the time. The first movie studio in the Hollywood area was Nestor Studios, in the same year, another 15 independents settled in Hollywood. Other production companies eventually settled in the Los Angeles area in such as Culver City, Burbank. Five large companies, 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Paramount Pictures, smaller studios operated simultaneously with the majors. Together with smaller outfits such as PRC TKO and Grand National, the Big Fives ownership of movie theaters was eventually opposed by eight independent producers, including Samuel Goldwyn, David O. Selznick, Walt Disney, Hal Roach, and Walter Wanger. In 1948, the government won a case against Paramount in the Supreme Court. This decision, reached after years of litigation, hastened the end of the studio system. By the 1950s, the components of a typical major film studio had become standardized. Movement in and out of the studio is normally limited to specific gates, Studio premises generally feature multiple sound stages along with an outside backlot, as well as offices for studio executives and production companies. There is normally a studio commissary, which is the term in the film industry for what other industries call a company cafeteria. With the growing diversification of studios into such fields as video games, television, theme parks, home video and publishing, instead the studios transformed into financing and distribution entities for the films made by their affiliated production companies. With the decreasing cost of CG and visual effects, many studios sold large chunks of their once massive studio spaces or backlots to private real-estate developers. Century City in Los Angeles was once part of the 20th Century Fox backlot, in most cases portions of the backlots were retained and are available for rental by various film and television productions
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Tour guide
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In 18th century Japan, a traveler could pay for a tour guide or consult guide books such as Kaibara Ekkens Keijō Shōran. In Europe, tourist guides are represented by FEG, the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations, in Europe, the tourist guiding qualification is specific to each and every country, in some cases the qualification is national, in some cases it is broken up into regions. In all cases it is embedded in the educational and training ethic of that country, eN15565 is a European Standard for the Training and Qualification of Tourist Guides. In Australia, tour guides are qualified to a minimum of Certificate III Guiding and they belong to a couple of organisations, notably the Professional Tour Guide Association of Australia and Guides of Australia. Qualities of a guide, travel expert in travel industry Notes Salazar. Tourism and glocalization, ‘Local’ tour guiding, annals of Tourism Research,32, 628-646. Touristifying Tanzania, Local guides, global discourse, annals of Tourism Research,33, 833-852. Asian tourism redefining the roles of Asian tour guides, envisioning Eden, Mobilizing imaginaries in tourism and beyond. The Professional Guide, Dynamics of Tour Guiding, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold,1993. Ruitenberg, Claudia W. Learning by Walking, Non-Formal Education as Curatorial Practice, international Journal of Lifelong Education 31, no. The Tour Guide, Walking and Talking New York, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press,2011. City Tour Guides, Urban Alchemists at Work, city & Community 9, no.2. World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations lobuche peak climbing in Nepal
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Movie Magic Special Effects Show
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Movie Magic Special Effects Show was a live show at the Warner Bros. Movie World amusement park at Oxenford, Gold Coast, Queensland, the show opened with the park in 1991 as part of a larger studio tour. The studio tour closed first followed by the show in 2005, the Superman Escape station building was the former home to the Movie Magic Special Effects Show. The show would run several times throughout a normal operating day, groups of guests would be admitted from the queue on the edge of Main Street and would be instructed to walk a short distance to the nearby soundstage. Before entering the soundstage, the presenter would choose several volunteers from the audience to assist in the showcase of special effects. With the volunteers rushed to the back of house, the rest of the guests were admitted into the first room, the first volunteer would be required to dress up as Superman and demonstrate the use of Chroma key technology on a blue screen. A second example of technology was showcased by blending clips of a high rise with those of a volunteer walking along a plank on the ground. The second room showcased sound effects, the several volunteers would be involved in the creation of sound effects using a variety of objects around the room to a scene from one of the Lethal Weapon movies. In the third and final room, guests would view recreations of some of the items from Memphis Belle, the show concluded with guests returning to Main Street
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Warner Bros. Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure
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Classics & Great Gremlins Adventure was a dark ride located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, and Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, the ride has been replaced with the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster and Van Helsings Factory in the two parks respectively. On 3 June 1991, Warner Bros, Movie World opened to the public. One of its attractions was the Warner Bros. A duplicate of the Australian attraction opened with Warner Bros, Movie World Germany in June 1996. Movie World in Australia announced that they would be closing the attraction to make way for a new set to open in 2002. On 17 June 2002, the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster opened in the location of Warner Bros, in Germany, the Gremlins Invasion remained open until the closure of Warner Bros. The park reopened the following year as Movie Park Germany, however, in mid-2011, the ride was replaced with Van Helsings Factory, a Gerstlauer Bobsled roller coaster. Movie World in Australia, many elements of the ride still exist to this day, the original facade for the attraction exists behind Scooby-Doo Spooky Coasters Spooky Island castle facade. Two of the theatres that were used in the pre-show exist adjacent to the replacement rides queue, finally, the unload station still exists and is used as an evacuation path from the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster. Riders would queue for the Warner Bros, classics & Great Gremlins Adventure on the outside of the show building. Groups of riders would be admitted into the building labelled Warner Bros, inside guests would be ushered into one of several movie theatres. Here, the riders would watch some outtakes from various Warner Bros. films such as Batman Returns before the screening was interrupted as the Gremlins had taken over. After exiting the theatre up to 20 riders board a vehicle which navigates its way throughout the film archive in order to escape the Gremlins. They are taken for a trip throughout various sets before exiting the building and being unloaded. Riders would exit past two crashed police cars, similar to those used in the Police Academy Stunt Show, there is a slight difference between the two different rides that existed, during the ride at Warner Bros. The Great Gremlins Adventure at Parkz Information about the ride at Germany at Gremlins Online
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Roxy Theatre (Warner Bros. Movie World)
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The Roxy Theatre is a movie theatre located within Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, the theatre shows a 4D film during the general operating day of the theme park which is currently Looney Tunes 4D starring ROAD RUNNER & WILE E. COYOTE. A replica exists at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, Germany, the first Roxy Theatre was installed at Warner Bros. Movie World ahead of the opening on 3 June 1991. A replica was built at Movie Park Germany. In 2005, the theatre underwent a refurbishment which included the installation of 4D motion seats. The Roxy Theatre is located in Main Street at Warner Bros, guests queue outside the theatre and enter a preshow room before they see their film. The preshow room then leads into the theatre which seats 320 people. The seats which have motion capabilities were designed by FX Illusions, a number of premieres have occurred at Warner Bros. These include, Fools Gold Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Get Smart Nims Island Looney Tunes 4D starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote is currently showing Warner Bros
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Kids' WB Fun Zone
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Kids WB Fun Zone is a themed area of Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia based on the Looney Tunes cartoons, the area was originally named Looney Tunes Village and was renamed in late 2007 when two new rides were added. At the same time, the Australian Kids WB TV show began filming at the theme park, visitors can also meet and greet Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the other Looney Tunes characters. The area currently known as Kids WB Fun Zone opened with Warner Bros, Movie World as Looney Tunes Land. At the time, the attractions were the Looney Tunes Studio Tour, Speedy Gonzalez Tijuana Taxis, Looney Tunes Musical Revue. Movie World renamed the area Looney Tunes Village and added new rides including Marvin the Martians Rocket Ride, Taz Hollywood Cars, Tweety and Sylvester Carousel. The addition of rides, forced the removal of the playground. On 26 December 2000, the Road Runner Rollercoaster opened on the site of the Looney Tunes Musical Revue. The Looney Tunes Musical Revue was relocated to a portion of land near the adjacent Village Roadshow studio complex where part of Superman Escape now stands, Movie World added the Looney Tunes Splash Zone. In late 2007, the area was renamed Kids WB Fun Zone to tie in with the filming of the Australian Kids WB TV show at the park, at the same time, the Looney Tunes Carousel and Sylvesters Pounce n Bounce opened. Also, Tweety and Sylvester Carousel was renamed Tweety and Sylvester Cages to avoid confusion between it and the newly added Looney Tunes Carousel, the removal of Marvin the Martians Rocket Ride in 2010 was followed by the Looney Tunes River Ride the following year. Movie World originally planned to open the Mini Cars Driving School, the ride would have allowed children to drive their own cars around a miniature version of the theme park. The ride would have been located in the Kids WB Fun Zone where the Looney Tunes River Ride once stood, the plans to build the ride were reportedly put on hold due to Village Roadshow reallocating the investment towards an expansion of Sea Worlds Polar Bear Shores. Looney Tunes Musical Revue was a show featuring Looney Tunes characters. The show began in 1991 and was relocated in 2000 to a location where Superman Escape currently stands, when Superman Escape was constructed in 2005 the show was relocated again before ending and being replaced with Looney Tunes - Whats Up Rock. Looney Tunes River Ride was a boat ride where guests would be taken on a journey to help find Bugs Bunny. The ride opened with the park in 1991 and closed in 2011 to make way for a new attraction, Marvin the Martians Rocket Ride was a Zamperla Crazy Bus themed to a rocket ship. Theming around the ride related to Duck Dodgers as seen in one of the cartoons, the ride was plagued with a variety of maintenance issues and was removed in 2010
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Looney Tunes River Ride
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Looney Tunes River Ride was a dark boat ride at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, a near-duplicate, named Looney Tunes Adventure, existed at Warner Bros. The ride in Australia opened with the park on 3 June 1991, the German ride opened in 1996 and was closed in 2004 before being replaced by Ice Age Adventure. The Looney Tunes River Ride opened with the Warner Bros, Movie World on 3 June 1991 as the Looney Tunes Studio Tour. It was one of four attractions in the Looney Tunes Land section of the park, in December 1997, the rides name was changed to Looney Tunes River Ride alongside the launch of Looney Tunes Village. In 1996, Looney Tunes Adventure opened with Warner Bros, the ride was very similar to the version that opened in Australia with the primary difference being references to Australia were changed to Germany. Movie World in Germany was acquired by StarParks and this acquisition resulted in various Warner Bros. licensed properties being removed from the park including DC Comics and Looney Tunes. The following year, Movie Park Germany opened with Looney Tunes Adventure being rethemed to Ice Age Adventure, in early January 2011, Warner Bros. Movie World announced that the ride would close on 14 February 2011 until further notice, towards the end of the month, the closing date was re-announced to be 1 February 2011. On 1 February 2011, the ride was permanently closed and it was later confirmed that the Looney Tunes River Ride would be replaced with a new attraction. The ride began with riders queuing outside a white colourbond show building decorated as a movie studio and they would then be led into a room by a guide where they were welcomed to Hollywood. Guests were then informed that they would be taken on a tour of the studio where the latest Looney Tunes movie was being shot, however, Bugs Bunny had dug a hole into the centre of the earth down to Australia, resulting in the production to cease. The guests would walk into another room where the guide would show them a light which indicates the production status. Since production had stopped, the guests would proceed through a door to the next room. This room was filled with animatronic Looney Tunes characters looking down a hole in the ground, guests were told that Bugs Bunny had dug a hole through the middle of the earth to Australia. Riders then were moved into a giant earth drill where they were transported through the Earth to come out at Australia. Guests would then get on 4 boats, each with 4 rows of 4 seats each before being taken through an animatronics filled ride with a drop towards the end. Then guests go past another scene identical to the one with the animatronics looking down the hole, the boats stop at the unloading station and the guests are unloaded whilst Porky Pig delivers his signature line, Thats all Folks
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Zamperla
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Antonio Zamperla S. p. A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966. It is best known for creating family rides, thrill rides, the company also makes smaller coin-operated rides commonly found inside shopping malls. Zamperla builds roller coasters, like the powered Dragon Coaster, Mini Mouse, Zig Zag, in 2006, Zamperla announced Motocoaster, a motorcycle-themed roller coaster. Rights to some of S. D. C. s rides were handed to Zamperla after the company went bankrupt in 1993, in 2005 the founder of the company, Mr. Another famous Zamperla project is Kernwasser, north of Düsseldorf, an ex nuclear power station turned into an amusement park
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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension is a 3-D Looney Tunes film which is currently being shown at Drayton Manor Theme Park. It was formerly an attraction at Warner Bros, Movie World, Movie Park Germany and Six Flags Great America. The movie was the first computer animated movie viewed with 3D glasses to be produced in the world, on Boxing Day,1997, the film opened at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast in Australia, the attraction opened at the Roxy Theatre in Main Street. It mixed the old art of anaglyphic or polarized film, in 1997, it was simultaneously screened at the cinema in the Warner Bros. During scenes when Daffy Duck spoke, the audience was sprinkled with water, a large minted token embossed with Marvin the Martian was given on entrance, and could be redeemed for merchandise. One year later the film began showing at the Pictorium at Six Flags Great America, though, the much larger screen size of the Pictorium suggests that there may differences from the original film seen in Australia. The version in the Pictorium started showing in 2006 and ceased two years later in May 2008, in 2011, Drayton Manor announced that they would be replacing Happy Feet 4-D Experience with Marvin the Martian in 4D. Marvin the Martian began showing at the start of the season on 19 March 2011, later in 2011 this video was released on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Volume 1 Blu-ray. The film is based around the two Looney Tunes characters Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck, while scanning the universe for signs of hostility, Marvin hears something that sounds like a threat from Earth. Daffys preparation for his role as a dreaded Martian fighter causes the confusion. The film is accompanied by special effects including water and wind which would correspond to screen
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Road Runner Rollercoaster
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The Road Runner Rollercoaster is a Vekoma Junior Coaster which opened on 26 December 2000 at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, the 335-metre ride features an incline of 13 metres and reaches a top speed of 45.9 km/h. The ride has a restriction of 100 centimetres. This ride is themed to Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, the Road Runner Rollercoaster opened on 26 December 2000. The rides opening forced the relocation of the Looney Tunes Musical Revue to a location in Main Street near the Movie Magic Special Effects Show, riders are seated in one of two themed trains. The trains are themed to Acme fireworks with Wile E. Coyote on the front, each train features 8 cars which seat 2 people each. Riders are restrained by lap bars and these trains cater for approximately 1000 riders per hour. Riders join the queue from the Kids WB Fun Zone, the queue weaves its way under the lift hill before looping around an area within the rides footprint. After exiting the station, the train turns right and is taken up a wheel lift hill to a height of 13 metres. A small drop follows the lift hill that leads into two downward helices. The train then dips diagonally under the hill before elevating and approaching the back end of the station. The train then runs parallel with the lift hill before entering two separate helices and entering the brake run. The train then returns to the station where riders dismount and exit back into the Kids WB Fun Zone, enchanted Airways Flight of the Hippogriff Official website Road Runner Rollercoaster at the Roller Coaster DataBase Media related to Road Runner Rollercoaster at Wikimedia Commons
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Wild West Falls Adventure Ride
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Wild West Falls Adventure Ride is an 8-seater flume ride at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia, the ride features geysers, mine shafts, a ghost town and an inevitable drop as the climax of the ride. The drop is the largest of its kind in Australia, the ride has since been replicated at Parque Warner Madrid as the Rio Bravo, which opened in 2002. Wild West Falls Adventure Ride was originally scheduled to be named Rio Bravo, the rides name was then changed to Wild Wild West after the film of the same name starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The mountain peak was destroyed before being placed in position in an accident prior to opening, the ride officially opened to the public on 26 December 1998. Wild Wild West had its name changed to Wild West Falls Adventure Ride in 2001 due to a licensing dispute. Despite this, a video shown in the queue for the ride despicting scenes from various classic Warner Bros. westerns as well as Wild Wild Wests trailer and music video, remains in use. The ride was closed in December 2003 when an after hours fire caused significant damage to the top of the ride, after repairs and modifications, it was reopened a few weeks later. In 2002, a ride called the Rio Bravo opened at Parque Warner Madrid. Riders enter a queue next to the Rio Bravo merchandise shop, the indoor queue weaves around a series of wild-west-themed items. During peak periods, a queue can be opened which is located south of the normal queue. With or without the extended queue, riders pass through an unused pre-show room before arriving at the ride station. Throughout the load and unload station riders must mount and dismount the boat while it is moving at a slow speed along a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt can be stopped for those who need assistance in boarding. Guests are loaded into one of several 8-person boats which seat pairs of riders across 4 rows, the first section of the ride is slow water channel the weaves its way towards the first lift hill. At the top of the hill riders are slowly rotated on a turntable. The 2 bandits shoot the machine until a backwards drop takes riders into a faster section of whitewater rapids. This heavily themed section includes an Indian settlement, a wild-west ghost town, the boat ascends the second lift hill to the top of the mine. A distressed miner warns the riders to escape before the mine explodes, a second turntable rotates riders to face the final drop
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