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In the United States social conservatives tend to be in the Republican Party and are usually also Christian Conservatives. There are also Americans who are social conservatives for other reasons than religion.
In Canada, social conservatives are known as the Blue Tories.
Some people, such as Mary Wollstonecraft, George Orwell, and Stephen Leacock, have supported left-wing politics on many issues. However, they were socially conservative on issues like abortion, for Wollstonecraft and Orwell, or feminism, for Leacock.
Blue Tory
A Blue Tory is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada who is a social conservatives. They are the opposite of the Red Tories.
Stephen Harper is sometimes called a Blue Tory.
Red Tory
Red Tories are members of the Conservative Party of Canada who support left-wing policies on issues like capital punishment, homosexual marriage and abortion but who are still conservative because they want low taxes and small government and have libertarian beliefs.
The people in the Conservative Party of Canada who disagree with them are called Blue Tories.
John Diefenbaker and Joe Clark were Canadian Prime Ministers who were Red Tories.
New Super Mario Bros. (disambiguation)
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Roland Matthes
Roland Matthes (17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer. He won four European championships and three world championships. He won Olympic gold medals at the 1968 and 1972 and at the World Aquatics Championships in 1973 and 1975.
Matthes died on 20 December 2019 of a heart attack, aged 69.
Claudine Auger
Claudine Auger (born Claudine Oger; 26 April 1941 – 18 December 2019) was a French actress and model. She was born in Paris. Auger was best known for her role as Bond girl, Dominique "Domino" Derval, in the James Bond movie "Thunderball" (1965). She won the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.
Auger died of a long-illness on 18 December 2019 in Paris at the age of 78.
Steina and Woody Vasulka
Steina Vasulka (born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir in 1940) and Woody Vasulka (born Bohuslav Vasulka on 20 January 1937 – 20 December 2019) are early known figures of video art. They are known for producing work since the early 1960s.
The couple met in the early 1960s and moved to New York City in 1965, where they began showing video art at the Whitney Museum and founded The Kitchen in 1971. Steina and Woody both became Guggenheim fellows: Steina in 1976, and Woody in 1979.
Woody died on 20 December 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 82.
Ramachandra Babu
K. Ramachandra Babu (15 December 1947 – 21 December 2019) was an Indian award-winning cinematographer of over 125 movies. Babu was born in Maduranthakam, Tamil Nadu, India. His best known works were "Dweepu", "Chamaram" and "Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha".
Babu died on 21 December 2019 of a heart attack at the age of 72.
Gold is a British pay television channel from the UKTV network, that was launched on 1 November 1992 as UK Gold before it was rebranded UKTV Gold in 2004 apart from Dave, Alibi, and W from 2 August 2019.
Lennart Andersson
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Jonschwil
Niederbüren
Niederhelfenschwil
Niederhelfenschwil is a municipality in Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Niederhelfenschwil has an area of
The municipality is to the north of the Thur river between Bischofszell and Wil. It includes the villages of Lenggenwil, Niederhelfenschwil and Zuckenriet as well as the hamlets of Dägetschwil, Dietenwil and Enkhüseren.
Niederhelfenschwil borders the following municipalities: Niederbüren, Oberbüren and Zuzwil (Canton of St. Gallen); Bischofszell, Kradolf-Schönenberg and Wuppenau (Canton of Thurgau).
Bronschhofen
Oberbüren
Zuzwil, St. Gallen
Eschenbach, St. Gallen
Eschenbach is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel joined together to become the municipality called Eschenbach.
Schänis
St. Gallenkappel
St. Gallenkappel was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel joined together to become the municipality called Eschenbach.
Weesen
Goldingen
Goldingen was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel joined together to become the municipality called Eschenbach.
Gommiswald
Gommiswald is a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Ernetschwil and Rieden joined together to become the municipality called Gommiswald.
Thal, St. Gallen
Thal is a village and municipality in Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides the village of Thal itself, the municipality also includes the villages Altenrhein, Buechen, Buriet and Staad.
St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport is in the municipality.
Rapperswil, St. Gallen
Rapperswil (Swiss German: or ; short: "Rappi") was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is at the east side of the Lake Zurich (Zürichsee). As of 31 December 2006, 7,601 people lived there.
On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become the new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.
Uznach
Ernetschwil
Ernetschwil was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former Ernetschwil and Rieden joined together to become the municipality called Gommiswald.
Worms (movie)
Worms () is a 2013 Brazilian stop motion animated adventure fantasy family comedy film directed by Paolo Conti and Arthur Nunes. It is the first Brazilian stop-motion animated film. It was released in Brazil on December 20, 2013.
When Junior, a worm who is eleven years old or twelve years old who is protected too much, accidentally goes up to the surface, he has to go back home, which could be dangerous for him.
Balloon (2019 movie)
Dareema Caddo
Emmet County, Michigan
Emmet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,694. The county seat is Petoskey.
Alcona County, Michigan
Alcona County is a county on the northern point on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The county seat is Harrisville. In 2010, 10,942 people lived in the county.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician and composer. He was the drummer for the British rock band "The Police". He has written music for movies and video games, and music for ballet, opera and orchestra. According to MusicRadar, Copeland's "distinctive drum sound and uniqueness of style have made him one of the most popular drummers to ever get behind a drumset."
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of "The Police" in 2003, the "Modern Drummer" Hall of Fame in 2005, and the "Classic Drummer" Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2016, Copeland was ranked 10th on "Rolling Stone"s "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time". He is also known for composing soundtracks for the "Spyro" video game series.
List of Prime Ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
This article lists the Prime Ministers of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (abbreviated FB&H; Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian: "Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine" (FBiH) / Федерација Босне и Херцеговине (ФБиХ), ) is one of the two political entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is made up of 10 cantons with their own governments. It is sometimes known by the shorter name Federation of B&H.
Mustafa Mujezinović
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Ahmed Gaid Salah (; 13 January 1940 – 23 December 2019) was a senior leader in the Algerian People's National Army. In 2004, he was appointed by then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to chief of staff of the army. On 15 September 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense.
Salah died at a military hospital in Algiers of a heart attack on 23 December 2019 at the age of 79.
Ted Lepcio
Thaddeus Stanley "Ted" Lepcio (July 28, 1929 – December 11, 2019), was an American professional baseball utility infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins.
Lepcio died on December 11, 2019 in Dedham, Massachusetts at the age of 90.
Jack B. Farris
Jack Brodie Farris (December 5, 1935 – December 14, 2019) was a United States Army Lieutenant General. He commanded the military ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury, the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983; at the time of his retirement in 1991 he was Deputy Commander of the United States Pacific Command in Hawaii.
Ricardo de Aparici
Ricardo de Aparici (23 June 1940 – 19 December 2019) was an Argentinian politician. He was Governor of the province of Jujuy between 1987 and 1990. He was born in Buenos Aires.
Aparici died from a fall in Buenos Aires on 19 December 2019 at the age of 79.
Jan de Laval
Jan Patrik de Laval (28 March 1948 — 19 December 2019) was a Swedish actor. He was born in Västrum, Sweden. He was known for his roles in "Skilda världar" and "Rederiet".
Laval died on 19 December 2019 in Stockholm at the age of 71.
Zilda Cardoso
Zilda Cardoso (4 January 1936 – 20 December 2019) was a Brazilian actress. She was best known for her many comedic roles in TV shows such as "Praça da Alegria", "A Praça é Nossa" and "Escolinha do Professor Raimundo". She was born in São Paulo.
Cardoso died on 20 December 2019 in her São Paulo apartment of emphysema at the age of 83.
Lloyd Morrisett
Lloyd N. Morrisett Jr. (born November 2, 1929) is an American psychologist, educator and philanthropist. He is one of the founders of the Sesame Workshop and was an important figure for the creation of "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company".
Lizzo
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and flutist.
Lizzo released two studio albums—"Lizzobangers" (2013), and "Big Grrrl Small World" (2015). In 2014, "Time" named her one of fourteen music artists to watch. Lizzo's first major-label EP, "Coconut Oil", was released in 2016.
In 2019, she became popular after her third studio album, "Cuz I Love You", which peaked inside the top five of the "Billboard" 200. The album spawned two singles: "Juice" and "Tempo". Lizzo's 2017 single "Truth Hurts" became a viral hit, topping the "Billboard" Hot 100 two years after its release.
Lizzo has been nominated for Best New Artist and received eight nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for the deluxe version of "Cuz I Love You" and Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Truth Hurts".
Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis
Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (5 September 1934 – 22 December 2019), better known as Bira, was a Brazilian musician and bassist. He was best known for being a member of the house band of the talk shows Jô Soares Onze e Meia, broadcast on SBT, and Programa do Jô.
Bira died on 22 December 2019 from a stroke, aged 85.
Jô Soares
José Eugênio "Jô" Soares (born January 16, 1938) is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician.
In 1970, Soares started working at Rede Globo.
In 1988, Soares moved to SBT, where he hosted a talk-show, "Jô Soares Onze e Meia" ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty"), until 1999. In 2000, Soares began hosting "Programa do Jô", and hosted the program until 2016.
His first novel "O Xangô de Baker Street" was published in 1995 and has been translated in several languages.
Thor Bjarne Bore
Thor Bjarne Bore (10 January 1938 – 22 December 2019) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. He was born in Molde, Norway. He was the editor-in-chief of "Romsdals Budstikke" from 1966 to 1970, "Vårt Land" from 1974 to 1983 and "Stavanger Aftenblad" from 1983 to 1999.
He also worked in "Vårt Land" from 1964 to 1966 and 1970 to 1974.
Bore was the chair of Norwegian Church Aid from 2000 until his death. He was also a member of Stavanger city council for the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2011.
Bore died in Stavanger, Norway of pneumonia on 22 December 2019, aged 81.
Édison Realpe
Édison Gabriel Realpe Solís (13 April 1996 – 22 December 2019) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played for L.D.U. Quito.
Realpe began his career with Guayaquil City in 2014.
On 31 January 2018, Realpe was loaned out to L.D.U. Quito for the 2018 season. After the loan spell ended, he signed permanently for the club.
Realpe was killed in a car accident near Esmeraldas at the age of 23.
Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Esmeraldas () is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and capital of the Esmeraldas Province.
Esmeraldas is well known around Latin America given the large number of locals that have historically played in the Ecuadorian national football team.
Emanuel Ungaro (13 February 1933 – 22 December 2019) was a French fashion designer.
Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Ungaro Uomo, in 1973, and his first perfume, "Diva", 10 years later in 1983. Ungaro was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show held on November 28, 1973. Later followed the perfumes "Senso" (1987), "Ungaro" (1991) and "Emanuel Ungaro For Men" (1991).
Ungaro died in Paris on 22 December 2019 at the age of 86.
Manfred Stolpe
Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was a German politician. He was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2002 until 2005. From 1990 until 2002, he was Minister President of Brandenburg. Stolpe was born in Stettin (Szczecin).
Stolpe was diagnosed with colon and male breast cancer in 2009. He died on 29 December 2019 in Potsdam of liver cancer at the age of 83.
Werner Klumpp
Werner Klumpp (12 November 1928 – 8 January 2021) was a German politician. He was a German politician of the FDP. After the death of Franz-Josef Röder he was the interim Minister President of the Saarland from 26 June 1979 to 5 July 1979. He was born in Baiersbronn, Baden-Württemberg.
Klumpp died on 8 January 2021, aged 92.
Erwin Teufel
Erwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU. He was born in Zimmern ob Rottweil, Germany. He was known for his political partnership with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991.
Teufel was Minister President of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1996/97.
Berndt Seite
Harald Ringstorff
Wolfgang Clement
Wolfgang Clement (7 July 1940 – 27 September 2020) was a German politician. Clement was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the 7th Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 May 1998 to 22 October 2002 and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour from 2002 to 2005.
Clement died of lung cancer in Bonn, Germany on 27 September 2020 at the age of 80.
Bernhard Vogel
Bernhard Vogel (; born 19 December 1932) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU. He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003.
He is the only person to have been head of two different German federal states. He is the longest governing Minister President of Germany. He was the 28th and 40th President of the Bundesrat in 1976/77 and 1987/88.
Tino Chrupalla
Malu Dreyer
Maria Luise Anna "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician (SPD). Since 13 January 2013, she has been the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate. She is the first woman to hold this office. She was the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office.
In late 2017, SPD members elected Dreyer to the party’s national leadership for the first time as a vice chair.
Norbert Walter-Borjans
Norbert Walter-Borjans (born 17 September 1952) is a German economist and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He has been leader of the SPD since December 2019 and has minister of finance of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017.
Saskia Esken
Saskia Esken ("née" Hofer, born 28 August 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as leader of the party since December 2019. She is a member of the Bundestag since 2013.
Gesine Schwan
Gesine Schwan (born 22 May 1943) is a German political science professor. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The party has nominated her twice as a candidate for the federal presidential elections. On 23 May 2004, she was defeated by the Christian Democrat Horst Köhler. On 23 May 2009, Köhler beat her again to win his second term.
Kurt Biedenkopf
Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (born 28 January 1930) is a German politician. He was the 1st Minister President of the Free State of Saxony (one of Germany's federal states) from 1990 until 2002. He was the 54th President of the Bundesrat in 1999/2000. He was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Werner Münch
Dr. Werner Münch (born 25 September 1940) is a German politician (CDU).
He became the first Financial Minister of this state since refounding of same after the reunification under the 1st Minister-President Gerd Gies. After Gies had to resign already in 1991 Münch was elected as 2nd Minister-President of Saxony Anhalt from 4 July 1991 to 28 November 1993.
On 25 February 2009 Münch quit membership of the CDU after 37 years and became a critic of Angela Merkel.
Wolfgang Böhmer
Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician (CDU). He was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He was President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He has been a critic of Angela Merkel.
Björn Engholm
Björn Engholm (born 9 November 1939) is a Lübeck born German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1988 to 1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany between 1991 and 1993..
Josef Duchac
Michael Müller (politician)
Michael Müller (born 9 December 1964) is a German politician. He is the Mayor of Berlin since 11 December 2014. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
He was President of the Bundesrat from November 2017 until October 2018, which made him deputy to the President of Germany.
Walter Momper
Walter Momper (born 21 February 1945) is a German politician. He was the Governing Mayor of Berlin (West Berlin 1989–1990, reunited Berlin 1990–1991). He was President of the Bundesrat in 1989/90. He was at the opening of the Brandenburg Gate on 22 December 1989 and, on 3 October 1990, became the first mayor of a reunited Berlin.
Eberhard Diepgen
Henning Scherf
Hans-Ulrich Klose
Hans-Ulrich Klose (born 14 June 1937) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party. Klose was the First Mayor (German: "Erster Bürgermeister") of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981 and was President of the Bundesrat in 1979/80.
Klaus von Dohnanyi
Alfons Pawelczyk
Alfons Pawelczyk (born 26 February 1933) is a German politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. He was a Hamburg state minister of the Interior and second mayor in Hamburg.
Pawelczyk was lieutenant colonel of the German federal armed forces and member of the German federal parliament from 1969 to 1980.
Hans-Jürgen Krupp
Hans-Jürgen Krupp (born 15 April 1933) is a German politician and economist. He was the President of the University of Frankfurt. He was a representative of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and state minister in Hamburg. In 1988 Krupp became state minister of Finance, and in 1991 state minister for Economic Affairs and second mayor of Hamburg.
Shankha Ghosh
Shankha Ghosh (5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was a Bengali Indian poet and critic. In 2011, he was honored with the Padma Bhushan. He taught at Bangabasi College, City College (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at Jadavpur University, all in Kolkata. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992.
He has won a number of prestigious awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016. His pen name is "kuntak".
Ghosh died on 21 April 2021 in Kolkata from COVID-19, aged 89.
White Christmas (movie)
White Christmas is a 1954 American musical movie starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. It was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor. It has songs by Irving Berlin, including the title song, "White Christmas". This was a new version of the song sung by Crosby in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn".
The movie was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision. This is a widescreen process developed by Paramount. It used twice the surface area of the then standard 35mm film. This large-area negative was used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints.
The word "film" is sometimes used instead of "movie". They are the same thing.
The movie starts on Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in Europe. It is World War II. Crosby and Kaye play two U.S. Army soldiers. Crosby plays Captain Bob Wallace and Kaye plays Private First Class Phil Davis. Bob is a Broadway entertainer, Phil wants to be a professional entertainer. They perform "White Christmas". Their commanding officer, Major General Thomas F. Waverly is being relieved of his command. He arrives for the end of the show and says goodbye.
After the performance everyone is forced to take cover from an aerial bombing. A bomb knocks over a Wwall. Bob is too busy shouting orders to notice. Phil pushes him out of the way and injurs his arm. Bob later visits Phil at a field hospital and thanks him for saving his life. Phil shows Bob a duet he wrote and asks to perform with him back in New York City. Feeling obligated by Phil's heroism, Bob agrees.
After the war, Bob and Phil make it big in nightclubs, radio, and then on Broadway, eventually becoming successful producers. They mount their newest hit musical titled "Playing Around". The same day they receive a letter from "Freckle-Faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy," their mess sergeant from the war, asking them to look at an act that his two sisters are doing.
They go to the club to watch the "Sisters" act. Phil notices that Bob likes Betty, played by Rosemary Clooney. Phil likes her sister Judy, played by Vera-Ellen. Betty and Judy join Bob and Phil at their table. Phil dances with Judy. Phil and Judy hit it off. Bob and Betty do not get on. They have a minor argument about how Bob thinks that everyone has an "angle" in show business.
Judy and Betty are headed for the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, where they are booked to perform over the holidays. Due to a disagreement with their landlord the girls have to leave. Phil gives the sisters his and Bob's sleeping-room on the train. They delay the sheriff by imitating the girls' and sing their song, "Sisters". Bob and Phil board later and Bob is extremely upset that they have to stay up all night in the club car on their way to NYC. They are joined by Betty and Judy, who thank them profusely for the tickets and convince them to come with them to Pine Tree.
When the train arrives in Pine Tree, there isn't any snow. Bob and Phil discover that the inn is run by their former commanding officer, General Waverly. Waverly has invested all of his savings into the lodge. It is failing because there's no snow and no guests. To bring business to the inn, Bob and Phil bring the entire cast and crew of their musical "Playing Around". They add in Betty and Judy to the rehearsals. Bob and Betty's relationship blooms and they spend a good deal of time together.
Bob discovers the General's request to rejoin the army has been rejected. Bob calls Ed Harrison an old army buddy. Ed is now a successful variety show host. They arrange a televised invitation to all the men formerly under the command of the General to come to the inn on Christmas Eve as a surprise. Harrison suggests they put the show on national television to generate free advertising for Wallace and Davis. Bob insists that it must have nothing to do with their business.
Nosy housekeeper Emma Allen has been listening, but she has only heard the part about free advertising, not Bob's rejection of the idea. She thinks that her boss will be seen as a pitiable figure on TV and tells Betty. Betty is shocked. The misunderstanding causes Betty to ignore a baffled Bob. While this is happening, Judy becomes convinced that Betty will never take on a serious relationship until Judy is engaged or married. She pressures a reluctant Phil to announce a phony engagement, but the plan backfires when Betty abruptly departs for New York City to take a job offer.
After rehearsals are complete, Phil and Judy reveal to Bob that the engagement was phony. Bob still doesn't know the real reason Betty left. He goes to New York for "The Ed Harrison Show". He tries to convince Betty to come back. Bob sees Betty's new act and tells her the truth about the engagement. He is called away by Ed Harrison before he finds out what is really bothering her.
Back at the Inn, Phil fakes an injury to distract the General so he won't see the broadcast of Bob's announcement. In the broadcast, Bob invites veterans of the 151st Division to come to Pine Tree, Vermont, on Christmas Eve. Betty sees it on TV and realizes she was wrong. She returns to Pine Tree in time for the Christmas Eve show, but only tells Judy. The whole division comes into Pine Tree secretly. When the General enters the lodge, he is greeted by his former division, who sing a rousing chorus of "The Old Man". Just as the following song ends, the snow starts to fall.
In the finale, Bob and Betty declare their love for one another. So do Phil and Judy. The background of the set is removed to show the snow falling. Bob, Betty, Phil and Judy perform "White Christmas". Everyone raises a glass, and toasts, "May your days be merry and bright; and may all your Christmases be white."
All songs were written by Irving Berlin. The centerpiece of the film is the title song. This was first used in "Holiday Inn" where it won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1942.
"Count Your Blessings" earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
The song "Snow" was originally written for "Call Me Madam" with the title "Free". The melody was kept but the lyrics were changed to be more appropriate for a Christmas movie.
The song "What Can You Do with a General?" was originally written for an un-produced project called "Stars on My Shoulders".
It was not possible to issue an "original soundtrack album" of the film, because Decca Records controlled the soundtrack rights, but Clooney was under exclusive contract with Columbia Records. Consequently, each company issued a separate "soundtrack recording": Decca issuing "Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas," while Columbia issued "Irving Berlin's White Christmas." On the former, the song "Sisters" and all of Clooney's vocal parts were recorded by Peggy Lee. On the latter, the song was sung by Rosemary Clooney and her own sister, Betty.
Crosby and Kaye recorded another Berlin song ("Santa Claus") for the opening WWII Christmas Eve show scene, but it was not used in the final film. Their recording of the song survives and can be found on the Bear Family Records 7-CD set called "Come On-A My House".
"White Christmas" was intended to reunite Crosby and Fred Astaire for their third Irving Berlin showcase musical. Crosby and Astaire had previously co-starred in "Holiday Inn" (1942) – where the song "White Christmas" first appeared – and "Blue Skies" (1946). Astaire declined the project after reading the script and asked to be released from his contract with Paramount. Crosby also left the project shortly thereafter, to spend more time with his sons after the death of his wife, Dixie Lee. Near the end of January 1953, Crosby returned to the project, and Donald O'Connor was signed to replace Astaire. Just before shooting was to begin, O'Connor had to drop out due to illness and was replaced by Danny Kaye, who asked for and received a salary of $200,000 and 10% of the gross. Financially, the film was a partnership between Crosby and Irving Berlin, who shared half the profits, and Paramount, which got the other half.
A scene from the film featuring Crosby and Kaye was broadcast the year after the film's release, on Christmas Day 1955, in the final episode of the NBC TV show "Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950–1955).
Berlin suggested a movie based on his song in 1948. Paramount put up the $2 million budget and only took 30% of the proceeds.
Principal photography took place between September and December 1953. The film was the first to be shot using Paramount's new VistaVision process, with color by Technicolor. It was one of the first to feature the Perspecta directional sound system at limited engagements.
Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" was not impressed: "...the use of VistaVision, which is another process of projecting on a wide, flat screen, has made it possible to endow "White Christmas" with a fine pictorial quality. The colors on the big screen are rich and luminous, the images are clear and sharp, and rapid movements are got without blurring—or very little—such as sometimes is seen on other large screens. Director Michael Curtiz has made his picture look good. It is too bad that it doesn't hit the eardrums and the funnybone with equal force."
"Variety" liked it: ""White Christmas" should be a natural at the box office, introducing as it does Paramount's new VistaVision system with such a hot combination as Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and an Irving Berlin score...Crosby and Kaye, along with VV, keep the entertainment going in this fancifully staged Robert Emmett Dolan production, clicking so well the teaming should call for a repeat...Certainly he "(Crosby)" has never had a more facile partner than Kaye against whom to bounce his misleading nonchalance."
"White Christmas" was enormously popular with audiences, earning $12 million in theatrical rentals – equal to $ today – making it the top moneymaker of 1954 by a wide margin and the highest-grossing musical film of all-time. Overall, the film grossed $30 million at the domestic box office.
There was a US theatrical re-release by Paramount in 1961.
"White Christmas" was released in the US on VHS in 1986 and again in 1997. The first US DVD release was in 2000. It was re-released in 2009, with a Blu-ray in 2010. There was a US issue 4-disc "Diamond Anniversary Edition" in 2014. This collection contains a Blu-ray with extras, two DVDs with the film and extras, and a fourth disc of Christmas songs on CD. These songs are performed individually by Crosby, Clooney, and Kaye.
A stage adaptation of the musical, titled "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" premiered in San Francisco in 2004 and has played in various venues in the US, such as Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles, Detroit and Louisville.
The musical played a limited engagement on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre, from November 14, 2008 until January 4, 2009. The musical also toured the United Kingdom in 2006 - 2008. It headed to the Sunderland Empire in Sunderland from November 2010 to January 2011 after a successful earlier run in Manchester and has continued in various cities with a London West End run at the end of 2014.
Caution (Mariah Carey album)
Caution is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on November 16, 2018, through Epic Records. Carey collaborated with Ty Dolla Sign, Slick Rick, Blood Orange and Gunna on the album's songs and worked with a variety of producers. It is her first studio album in four years, "Caution" was praised upon release and appeared on several year-end lists and to promote the album Carey went on the Caution World Tour
K. Michelle
Kimberly Michelle Pate (born March 4, 1984), who uses the stage name, K. Michelle, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. K. Michelle is well known for appearing in the first two seasons of "Love & Hip Hop". She became famous through her songs "V.S.O.P.", which managed to peak at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first album, "Rebellious Soul", was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the US "Billboard" 200, and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. There were three other successful singles from the album: "Can't Raise a Man", "I Don't Like Me" and "A Mother's Prayer". K. Michelle later appeared in a musical film called "Rebellious Soul: The Musical". She was featured on rapper Lil Boosie's remix of his single "Show The World".
At the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards, K. Michelle won the award for Best New Artist. On March 5, 2016, she released the lead single from her second major-label album, "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?", titled "Love 'Em All". At the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards, K. Michelle won the award for Best New Artist. On March 5, 2016, she released the lead single from her second major-label album, "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?", titled "Love 'Em All". "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014 as the second single from the album. She has also released two other albums, "More Issues Than Vogue" in 2016 and "Kimberly: The People I Used to Know" in 2017.
In 2017, she became engaged to dentist Kastan Sims, who appeared in her reality television series "K. Michelle: My Life", after dating since 2016. In 2018, she released the single "Save Me" and announced that she was working on a new album.
Masked tree frog
The masked tree frog, New Granada cross-banded tree frog, Tarraco treefrog, or Central American smilisca ("Smilisca phaeota") is a frog that lives in Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high in the hills as 3300 meters above sea level.
This frog is called the masked tree frog because it has dark skin around its eyes so it looks like it is wearing a black mask. The black mask covers their eyes, which helps them hide from predators.
This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. The frog sleeps on top of large leaves, in ferns, or inside rolled-up leaves. Scientists think this frog eats insects and other animals without spines. This frog can change color. It can be tan during the day and turn green at night.
The male frog sits next to a small pool of rainwater and sings "wrauk" for the females. The females lay 2000 eggs at a time, which float on the surface of the water. The tadpoles grow into frogs quickly before the rainwater dries up.
Amden
Amden is a municipality in See-Gaster, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Amden has an area of . It is on a terrace above the north shore of the Lake Walen. The Seerenbach Falls is the highest waterfall in Switzerland, located in Amden.
Benken, St. Gallen
Schmerikon
Kaltbrunn
Rieden, Switzerland
Rieden was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities Rieden and Ernetschwil joined together to become a municipality called Gommiswald.
Jona was a municipality in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Rapperswil and Jona joined together to become a new municipality called Rapperswil-Jona.
Krisztián Zahorecz
Krisztián Zahorecz (28 October 1975 – 21 December 2019) was a Hungarian football player. He was born in Szarvas, Hungary. He played for Kaposvári Rákóczi FC, Nagykanizsai SC, Debreceni VSC, Egri FC, Szolnoki MÁV FC, Kecskeméti TE, Kaposvári Rákóczi FC and Bajai LSE. His career lasted from 1998 through 2011.
Zahorecz died on 21 December 2019 of an illness at the age of 44.
Bentley Kassal
Bentley Kassal (February 28, 1917 – December 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician. He worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. He was a New York State Assemblyman from 1957 through 1962. Kassal was born in New York City. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Kassal died on December 16, 2019 in New York City at the age of 102.
Jürgen Kühling
Jürgen Kühling (April 27, 1934 – December 16, 2019) was a German judge and politician. He was a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany between 1989 and 2001. He was born in Osnabrück, Germany.
Kühling died on December 16, 2019 in Hamburg at the age of 85.
Cameron Monaghan
Cameron Riley Monaghan (born August 16, 1993) is an American actor and model. Monaghan is best known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama series "Shameless". He has also appeared as the Joker on the Fox crime series "Gotham".
Viagra Boys
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm.
The band started in 2015. Some members came from other Swedish punk bands, Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes and Nitad.
In 2018, they released their first album called "Street Worms". Nils Hansson, a journalist at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter gave the band a good review. He liked their musical style and sense of humor. He rated the album a five out of five.
Makhnovia
Makhnovia, also called the Free Territory of Ukraine, existed from 1918 to 1921. It was formed in an attempt to create a stateless anarchist society. This took place during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917 to 1921. "Free soviets" and libertarian communes were set up and operated under the protection of Nestor Makhno's Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army.
Makhnovia was established when Huliaipole was captured by Makhno's forces on 27 November 1918. Huliapole became the territory's de facto capital. The Ukrainian peasants refused to pay rent to the landowners and "...seized the estates and livestock of the pomeshchiks, kulaks, monasteries and State holdings: in so doing, they always set up local committees to manage these assets, with an eye to sharing them out among the various villages and communes."
Russian forces of the White movement under Anton Denikin occupied part of the region and formed a temporary government of Southern Russia in March 1920. In late March 1920, Denikin's forces were pushed back by Makno's forces and the Red Army. Makhnovia was disestablished in 1921 when Makhno and 77 of his men escaped. Remnants of the Black Army would continue to fight until late 1922.
Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla (February 22, 1973 – December 23, 2019) was a Mexican luchador enmascarado. He worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His real name is not known as is traditional in lucha libre for masked wrestlers. "Niebla" is Spanish for "fog". Mr. Niebla worked for CMLL from the early 1990s until 2007, and again from 2008 until his death in 2019.
Mr. Niebla died from complications of a blood infection on December 23, 2019 at the age of 46.
Diane Edith Watson (born November 12, 1933) is an American politician and psychologist. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She was a member of the Los Angeles Unified School Board (1975–78). She was a member of the California Senate from 1978 to 1998, and the U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia from 1999 to 2000.
William P. Curlin Jr.
William Prather Curlin Jr. (born November 30, 1933) was an American politician. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1971 through 1973.
He was in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957.
He was a member of the Kentucky General Assembly from 1968 to 1971 as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Ed Foreman
Edgar Franklin "Ed" Foreman, Jr. (born December 22, 1933) is an American politician and motivational speaker. For one term, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives as the only Republican from Texas's 16th congressional district from 1963 to 1965 and again from 1969 to 1971 in New Mexico's 2nd district.
Portales, New Mexico
Portales is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 12,280 at the 2010 census.
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Roosevelt County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,846. Its county seat is Portales.
No Fun at All
No Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band started in summer 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The original members were: Mikael Danielsson (guitar), Jimmie Olsson (vocals, drums) and Henrik Sunvisson (bass guitar). The name came from the Sex Pistols' version of The Stooges' song "No Fun" and the name of the band Sick of It All. The group released their albums on the Swedish label Burning Heart Records outside the United States. In the U.S., No Fun at All's albums were released by Theologian Records and later by Epitaph Records.
In 1993, Jimmie Olsson left the band to work on his other band Sober. No Fun at All then added three new members: Ingemar Jansson (vocals), Krister Johansson (guitar) and Kjell Ramstedt (drums). In 1999, Sunvisson left No Fun at All. Danielsson switched from guitar to bass guitar and Stefan Neuman, from Tribulation, joined to play guitar. On November 11, 2001, after ten years together, the band quit. But, since 2004, No Fun at All has play some reunion concerts.
Jesse &amp; Joy
Jesse & Joy () is a Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by brother and sister Jesse (born December 31, 1982, as Jesse Eduardo Huerta Uecke) and Joy (born June 20, 1986, as Tirzah Joy Huerta Uecke), in Mexico City. The duo have released four studio albums, one live album and one EP on Warner Music Latin. They have won a Best Latin Album Grammy Award and six Latin Grammy Awards in many categories.
In 2019, Joy gave birth to her daughter Noah and came out as a lesbian. She is married to her wife Diana Atri.
Variety (magazine)
Jehan Sadat
Jehan Sadat (, "Jihān as-Sadāt"; born 29 August 1933) is an Egyptian politician, researcher and feminist. She was the First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981.
Noor Ali Tabandeh
Noor Ali Tabandeh (, 13 October 1927 – 24 December 2019) also known by the title Majzoub Ali Shah, was the spiritual leader or "Qutb" of the Ni'matullahi (Sultan Ali Shahi) Gonabadi Order in Iran, which is the largest Sufi order in Iran. He was born in Beydokht, Gonabad, Iran. He was known for his support of human and social rights of Iranians and was under house arrest because of his activism.
Tabandeh died on 24 December 2019 at a Tehran hospital of an illness at the age of 92.
David Rice Atchison
David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807January 26, 1886) was an American Democratic politician. He was a United States Senator from Missouri. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years.
He is best known for the claim that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849 through noon on Monday—he may have been Acting President of the United States. This, however, has been dismissed by nearly all historians, scholars, and biographers.
Gower, Missouri
Gower is a city in Buchanan and Clinton counties in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 1,526 at the 2010 census.
Plattsburg, Missouri
Plattsburg is a city and county seat of Clinton County, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,319.
Clinton County, Missouri
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 20,743. Its county seat is Plattsburg. The county was organized January 2, 1833 and named for Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York.
Buchanan County, Missouri
Buchanan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 89,201. Its county seat is St. Joseph. It is named for James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States.
Platte County, Missouri
Platte County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 89,322. Its county seat is Platte City.
Platte City, Missouri
Platte City is a city in Platte County, Missouri within the United States. The population was 4,691 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County. The city is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Cass County, Missouri
Cass County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 99,478. Its county seat is Harrisonville.
Harrisonville, Missouri
Harrisonville is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,019 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Cass
County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Barney &amp; Friends
Barney & Friends is an American children's television series that is mostly targeted at children ages 2–6. It was created by Sheryl Leach and produced by HIT Entertainment. It premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series is about Barney, a purple anthropomorphic "Tyrannosaurus rex" who gives educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, optimistic attitude.
The last episode aired on November 2, 2010. Reruns aired on Sprout from 2005 until 2015, and have aired since December 17, 2018 under Sprout's new name Universal Kids.
Shirley Douglas
Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. She was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Her career began in 1950 and she retired in 2013. She played Mrs. Starch in the 1962 movie "Lolita". Her father was Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas.
Douglas was married to Donald Sutherland from 1966 through 1970. They had three children, including Kiefer Sutherland.
Douglas died in Toronto of pneumonia-related problems three days after her 86th birthday on April 5, 2020.
George Clark Hearn Jr. (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and singer. In 1980, he became the lead in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" opposite Dorothy Loudon. He played Sir Dinidan in a national tour of "Camelot". In 1985, Hearn starred as Long John Silver in an Edmonton production of "Pieces of Eight".
In 2004, Hearn returned to Broadway for the first time in four years, starring as the Wizard in the Broadway musical "Wicked", remaining until May 29, 2005.
In 1984, he won a Drama Desk Award. In 1985, Hearn won an Emmy Award. He has won two Tony Awards (1984, 1995).
Essex, New York
Essex is a town in Essex County, New York, United States overlooking Lake Champlain. The population was 671 at the 2010 census. The town is named after locations in England.
Kenneth Braithwaite
Kenneth John Braithwaite II (born 1960) is an American politician, businessman and military personnel. He was the 77th United States Secretary of the Navy from May 2020 to January 2021. He was the United States Ambassador to Norway from February 8, 2018 to May 29, 2020.
President Donald Trump said on November 24, 2019, that he would nominate Braithwaite to serve as the United States Secretary of the Navy. His nomination was confirmed on May 29, 2020.
He is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy Reserve.
He is seen as a possible candidate for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania in the 2022 election.
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's ninth largest city.
Wanda Ventham
Timothy Carlton
Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (born 4 October 1939), known professionally as Timothy Carlton, is an English actor.
He is best known for his sitcom roles in "Executive Stress", "Keeping Up Appearances" and "Next of Kin". His best known movie roles are "Baby Love" (1968), "The Breaking of Bumbo" (1970), "That Lucky Touch" (1975), "High Road to China" (1983) and "Parting Shots" (1999).
Derren Nesbitt
Derren Nesbitt (born Derren Michael Horwitz; 19 June 1935) is an English actor and writer. Nesbitt's movie career began in the late 1950s. He is well-remembered for his role as Major von Hapen in the 1968 movie "Where Eagles Dare".
In January 1973, Nesbitt was charged with assault after hitting his first wife, Anne Aubrey, multiple times after discovering she was having an affair.
Anne Aubrey