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Jean-Georges Noverre (29 April 1727 – 19 October 1810) was a French dancer and ballet master (choreographer). He is considered the creator of the ballet d'action. He performed or held posts across Europe. His first great success was the ballet Les Fêtes Chinoises. Other ballets include Jason et Médée, La Toilette de Venus, Les Jalousies du sérail, La dour corsaire and Le Jaloux sans rival. He expressed his views on dance in the book Lettres sur la danse et les ballets in 1756 (published in 1760). The French Revolution reduced Noverre to poverty. He died in 1810.

1727 births
1810 deaths
French choreographers
French ballet dancers
French writers
William Windom (September 28, 1923 – August 16, 2012) was an American movie, radio, stage, voice, and mostly television actor who's career has lasted for 56 years. Windom is mostly known for his roles in popular television series such as; Matt Decker in Star Trek, as Dr. Seth Hazlitt in Murder, She Wrote, Glen Morley in The Twilight Zone, and is also known for his voice as Puppetino in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night.

Early life
Windom was born on September 28, 1923 in New York City, New York to Isobel Wells (née Peckham) and Paul Windom.

Personal life
Windom was married to Carol Keyser from 1947 until they divorced in 1955. Secondly he married Barbara Joyce from 1958 until they divorced in 1963. Thirdly he married Barbara Goetz from 1963 until they divorced in 1968. Fourthly he married Jacqulyn Hopkins from 1969 until they divorced in 1974. Lastly he married Patricia Tunder from 1975 until his death in 2012.

Death
Windom died on August 16, 2012 from congestive heart failure in his home in Woodacre, California, he was 88 years old.

References

Other websites

1923 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from congestive heart failure 
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American radio actors
American stage actors
Actors from New York City
Emmy Award winning actors
is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture.

History
Kōra taisha was founded in the fifth century.  It is mentioned in the Engishiki.

It was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Chikugo Province and it is one of four in Fukuoka Prefecture.

In 1915, the shrine was recognized in the system of State Shinto.  It was one of six most highly ranked, nationally significant shrines or .

References

Other websites

 Kōra Taisha homepage 

Shinto shrines
Fukuoka Prefecture
Gamepro was an American video game magazine. It focuses on anything to do with video games (such as the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii), PCs and even mobile devices (such as the PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, iPhone). Gamepro Media had owned and published the monthly magazine issue and the official website Gamepro.com. The company was also a partly-owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), a technology media, events and research company.

The very first issue of Gamepro was originally published in April 1989. It was a monthly magazine and had its last headquarters based in Oakland, California from June 2002 through May 2015. The official website of the magazine launched in 1998. It was updated daily and had included several game articles, news, previews, reviews, game screenshots and gaming videos on various video games, video game console system platform hardware and video game software development upon in the entertainment gaming industry. The official website also included various user forums, game reviews and other interesting game blogs as well. The official website's headquarters was then and formerly based in San Francisco from May 1998 through May 2002.

Gamepro is currently now-defunct as a magazine and a website.

Gamepro would only then now become part of the PC World website, covering on the latest and most recently developed video games in the entertainment video gaming industry, and to which is now currently being run by the new PC World staff.

Other websites 
 Gamepro.com: Official Gamepro website

American magazines
Monthly magazines
1989 establishments in California
2015 disestablishments in the United States
2010s disestablishments in California
This is a list of magazines that focuses on music. Topics included in these magazines are about the music industry and news related to musicians, musical instruments, upcoming or newly released albums and songs.

A
Alternative Press
Artrocker

B
Bass Player
Big Cheese
The Big Takeover
Billboard
Black Velvet
Blender
Blunt
Blues Revue
bma
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
Blitz
Blue Jean
Beat Magazine

C
Cadence
Circus
Chamber Music America (magazine)
Clash
CMJ New Music Monthly
CMJ New Music Report
Country Weekly
Creem
Cross Rhythms
Cyclic Defrost

D
Decibel
Diapason
DJ Magazine
Drum Media

E
Electronic Musician

F
Filter
The Fly

G
Gamut: The Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
Goldmine
Guitar Player
Guitar World
Guitarist

H
Hit Parader
HM, formerly Heaven's Metal
huH

I
ILikeMusic
Industrialnation
Instrumentalist

J
Journal of Music Theory

K
Kickass Music Women
Kerrang!
Keyboard
Kmag

L
 Limelight

M
Magnet
Metal Hammer
Mixmag
Mojo

N
New Musical Express (NME)

O
Outlaw
OffBeat
Orkus

P
Paste
Perspectives of New Music

Q
Q

R
Ray Gun
Relix
Resident Advisor
Revolver
Rhythm
Rock-A-Rolla
Rock Sound
Rolling Stone
RSQ

S
Screamer
Sandman
Shindig!
The Score Magazine
Select
Signal to Noise
The Situation
Smash Hits
Sonic Seducer
Sound on Sound
Sounds
SpexSPINThe SourceTTerrorizerTheory and PracticeTop 40 Music MagazineTop of the PopsTotal GuitarTrouser PressUUncutURBUnder the RadarVVibeWWax PoeticsThe WireXXLR8RXXLZZillo''

Music-related lists
This is a list of magazines that are of interest to men. Topics included in these magazines are men's health, fashion and style, new technology and gadgets, sports, and magazines that features women on their cover such as pornographic magazines for men. There are also LGBT-related magazines for gay men.

General male audience

Ethnic men's magazines

African/Afro-Caribbean American men's magazines
Black Enterprise
King (U.S.)
Smooth (U.S.)

Latin American men's magazines
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Hombre
Open Your Eyes
Donjuan (magazine) (Colombia)Soho (magazine) (Colombia)
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Arab men's magazine
 Arrajol

Gay male magazines

Lads' mags

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Pornographic magazines

Sports magazinesSportsnetSports Illustrated Runner's WorldGuns and AmmoOutdoorsHiker's WorldNature's World''

Magazines
Lists
Berlin is a city on the  Androscoggin River in Coos County, New Hampshire. It was first settled in 1823-1824 by William Sessions and Cyrus Wheeler. It was Incorporated as a city in 1897 and ccording to the United States census of 2010, has a population of  10,051.

Notable people
 Gaston Allaire, music educator and composer in Canada
 Michael Durant, US Army Night Stalkers pilot, shot down and held prisoner after the Battle of Mogadishu[15]
 George Hawkins, the victim of a bad skin graft that led to the celebrated "Hairy Hand" case of Hawkins v. McGee[citation needed]
 James H. Horne, athletic director and coach at Indiana University
 Earl Silas Tupper (1907–1983), inventor of Tupperware
 Bob Whitcher, pitcher with the Boston Braves

References 

Cities in New Hampshire
1820s establishments in New Hampshire
Wendy Schaal (born July 2, 1954) is an American actress. She starred in Seth MacFarlane's animated series American Dad! She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently not married. Her father was actor Richard Schaal. Valerie Harper is her former step-mother.

Filmography

Animated television
The Fairly OddParents – Additional voices
American Dad! – Francine Smith
Powerpuff Girls – Woman Walla, Imaginary Rabbit

Other websites

 

1954 births
Living people
American television actors
American movie actors
American voice actors
Actors from Chicago
Comedians from Chicago
Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver, Jr. (December 21, 1908 – March 15, 2002) was an American radio advertising executive, who became president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been well-known for his commercial broadcasting's format and philosophy as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment. He was married to Elizabeth Inglis from 1942 until his death in 2002, they had two children; a son Trajan Victor Charles and a daughter Sigourney Weaver.

Weaver was born in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1908. He was the son of actor/director Sylvester Laflin Weaver, Sr. (1874-1964) and actress Eleanor Isabel Dixon (1879-1966), Sylvester Jr.'s grandfather was Peter Laflin Weaver (1841-1912), a businessman, his great-grandfather was Henry Laflin Weaver (1808-1894), also a businessman, his great-great-grandfather was Charles Laflin Weaver (1708-1816), a manufacturer, Sylvester, Jr. died on March 15, 2002 in his home in Santa Barbara, California from natural causes, he was 93 years old.

References

Other websites
 The Museum of Broadcast Communications (formal bio) 
 Television Heaven (brief bio) 
 Pat Weaver: Television Advertising Visionary (biographical essay) 
 "NBC (Radio) Monitor" tribute
 Sylvester Weaver  interviewed by Mike Wallace on The Mike Wallace Interview
 Laflin & Rand Powder Company 

1908 births
2002 deaths
Deaths from natural causes
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Emmy Award winners
Rhinatrematidae is the family of neotropical tailed caecilians or beaked caecilians. They are found in the equatorial countries of South America.

They are usually said to be the most primitive of the caecilian families.  They have many features other groups do not. For example, they still have a tail, and the mouth is not to the back on the underside of the head. They lay their eggs in small holes in the soil. The larvae have external gills.  They live in seepages until they change into adults. The adults live in moist soil and leaf litter.

Taxonomy
There are nine species in two genera.

Family Rhinatrematidae
 Genus Epicrionops - Beaked Caecilians
 Epicrionops bicolor - Two-coloured Caecilian (Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia).
 Epicrionops columbianus - El Tambo Caecilian (Colombia).
 Epicrionops lativittatus - Eastern Peru Caecilian (Peru).
 Epicrionops marmoratus - Marbled Caecilian (Ecuador).
 Epicrionops niger - Black Caecilian (Guyana, Venezuela, and possibly Brazil).
 Epicrionops parkeri - Parker's Caecilian (Colombia).
 Epicrionops peruvianus - Marcapata Valley Caecilian (Peru).
 Epicrionops petersi - Peters' Caecilian (Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Brazil and Colombia).
 Genus Rhinatrema
 Rhinatrema bivittatum - Two-lined Caecilian (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname).
 Rhinatrema shiv - Shiv’s Rhinatrema (Guyana).

References

 Nussbaum, Ronald A. and Mark Wilkinson (1989). "On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians." Herpetological Monographs, (3), 1-42

 Frost, Darrel R. 2004. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 3.0 (22 August, 2004). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
 AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2004. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Available: http://amphibiaweb.org/. Retrieved 26 August 2004

Caecilians
Emily Jacir (, born 1970 in Bethlehem) is a Palestinian artist. She uses movies, photography, video and performance art. Her work was first shown in 1994. Since then, it has been shown in exhibitions around the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. It is held in museums in Italy, Palestine, England, San Francisco, and several museums in New York.

Jacir won the Golden Lion for artists under 40 () at the Venice Biennale in October 2007. She also won the Prince Claus Award in 2007. In 2008, the won the annual Hugo Boss Prize.

References

More reading 
 Memories in exile , Columbia University

 Emily Jacir: Artist Profile at IMEU.net 

1970 births
Living people
Palestinian people
People from Bethlehem
Photographers
Neon Trees is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah. Neon Trees has four members in the band; the current band members are Tyler Glenn, Chris Allen, Branden Campbell and Elaine Bradley.

The band was formed in 2005 by band members and neighbours at the time; Tyler Glenn and Chris Allen. The bands name originates from the lighted trees on the In-N-Out Burger signs.

They released an EP titled "Start a Fire" in 2009 and it was limited to one pressing of 600 units and was only available for sale at shows in their late 2009. They released their debut album "Habits" on March 16, 2010, under Mercury and Def Jam Recordings. They are currently signed to Mercury Records and Def Jam Recordings. They released their second studio album "Picture Show" on April 17, 2012. They released their third album, "Pop Psychology", on April 22, 2014.

Discography 
So far as of 2014, Neon Trees have released three albums and one EP:

Albums
Habits (2010)
Picture Show (2012)
Pop Psychology (2014)
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me (2020)

EPs
Becoming Different People 2006
Start a Fire (2009)
iTunes Live from SoHo (2010)
iTunes Live: SXSW (2011)

Other websites 
Official website

2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American new wave bands
American pop music groups
American rock bands
Musical groups from Utah
Provo, Utah
Musical groups established in 2005
Victor Ponta (b. 20 September 1972, Bucharest) is a Romanian politician. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) from February 2010 until July 2015 when he resigned. On 7 May 2012, he became Prime Minister of Romania. He resigned on 4 November 2015

He studied law in Bucharest, finishing in 1995. He was PSD's candidate for the Romanian presidential elections in 2014, but since then has left the Social Democratic Party and created his own party which he called the Pro Romania Party.

References

Sources
Victor Ponta's official site

Prime Ministers of Romania
1972 births
Living people
Politicians from Bucharest
A game controller is a device used to play video games.

Types of game controllers

Gamepad 
A gamepad, also known as a joypad, is a common type of game controller. They are held in both hands with thumbs and fingers used to press buttons on the gamepad. Gamepads can have a number of action buttons with one ore more control sticks. Gamepads is part of playing a video game console. A player must use a gamepad in order to play any video game. Gamepads were first used on early computers.

On a Nintendo gamepad, the action buttons are colored with letters (A, B, X, Y). There is a start and a select option on the gamepad. On the left of the gamepad, there are arrows which the player uses to move in the video game.

Paddle 
A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons. The wheel is used to control movement in a video game. The paddle was not liked by many gamer's. This type of controller was used on the Atari 2600 and Indy 500.

Joystick 

A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. A popular variation of the joystick used on modern video game consoles is the analog stick.

The joystick has been the principal flight control in the cockpit of many aircraft, particularly military fast jets, where centre stick or side-stick location may be employed. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones.

Other websites 
 An article about pioneering games and controllers designed for disabled gamers
 Simulation game controller comparison.
Florin Georgescu (born 25 November 1953, in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician. He is the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finances. He finished the University of Finances in 1976.

1953 births
Living people
Politicians from Bucharest
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 22 September 1968, Iași) is a Romanian politician, historian and diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2007 and director of SIE from 2007 to 2012. He was Prime-minister of Romania from 9 February 2012 until 9 May 2012.

Education
He learned at Mathematics-Physics high school "Costache Negruzzi" from Iași.

References

1968 births
Living people
Romanian diplomats
Romanian historians
Prime Ministers of Romania
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama movie. The movie's story was about an entrepreneur, Chris Gardner, and his time while he was homeless. The movie's director was Gabriele Muccino. The movie starred Will Smith. He played Gardner in the movie. Smith's son, Jaden Smith also starred in the movie. He played Gardner's son, Christopher Jr.

Release dates

Cast 
 Will Smith as Chris Gardner
 Jaden Smith as Christopher Gardner Jr.
 Thandie Newton as Linda Gardner
 Brian Howe as Jay
 Dan Castellaneta as Alan Frakesh
 James Karen as Martin Frohm
 Kurt Fuller as Walter Ribbon
 Takayo Fischer as Mrs. Chu

Music 
The soundtrack of the movie was released on January 9, 2007.

References

Other websites 

 
 
 
 

2006 movies
American drama movies
American biographical movies
Columbia Pictures movies
Movies set in San Francisco
English-language movies
The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) is independent of any other public authority. It has, according to the Romanian Constitution, the guardian of constitutional rule. This means the court has the power to make decisions, if the meaning of official laws is questioned (or challenged). This could happen if the laws are written so that they might harm the rights and freedoms of the Romanian people.

Judges
 Augustin Zegrean (from 2007), President  2010.
 Iulia Motoc (from 2010) 
 Mircea Stefan Minea (from 2010) 
 Petre Lăzăroiu (from 2008)
 Mona Pivniceru (from 2013)
 Valer Dorneanu (from 2013)
 Daniel Morar (from 2013)
 Valentin-Zoltán Puskás (from 2007)
 Tudorel Toader (from 2006)

Former judges (from 2013)
 Ion Predescu (from 2004 to 2013)
 Aspazia Cojocaru (from 2004 to 2013) 
 Acsinte Gașpar (from 2004 to 2013)

References

Courts (law)
Dwight Filley Davis (July 5, 1879 - November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He was the founder of the  international tennis competition "Davis Cup".

He served as United States Secretary of War from 1925 to 1929.

Davis died at his home in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 1945, after a six-month illness.

References

1879 births
1945 deaths
American male tennis players
American military personnel of World War I
American Olympians
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Harvard University alumni
History of tennis
Politicians from Missouri
Sportspeople from St. Louis, Missouri
United States Secretaries of War
Josef Blatter, mostly known as Sepp Blatter, (born 10 March 1936) is a Swiss association football administrator.  He is best known as the 8th President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). He served as president from 1998 until his resignation in 2016. He replaced the popular João Havelange. His presidency ended when he was banned from FIFA on 21 December 2015. He officially left office after Gianni Infantino replaced him on 26 February 2016.

Early life
Blatter was born in Visp, Switzerland. He studied at the University of Lausanne.

President of FIFA (1998-2016)
Blatter was elected President of FIFA on 8 June 1998 succeeding João Havelange. He was re-elected in 2002, 2007,  2011 and 2015.  But on 2 June, just days after being re-elected, he announced that he would resigned after a new president would be elected due to corruption accusations. On 8 October 2015, Blatter and other top FIFA officials were suspended amid the investigation.

On 21 December 2015 it was announced that Blatter would be banned for a period of eight years amid the corruption case. He left office on 26 February 2016 after Gianni Infantino replaced him.

Personal life
Blatter was married to Liliane Biner, but the marriage didn't last. Then he married Barbara Käser in 1981. The couple divorced in 1991. Then he married Graziella Bianca in 2002. The couple divorced in 2004. He was in a relationship with Ilona Boguska from 1995 through 2002. He is now in a relationship with Linda Barras as of 2014. Blatter has one daughter, Corinne.

Blatter lives in Zürich, Switzerland with Boguska and his daughter.

Honors
 Order of the Companions of OR Tambo, South Africa
 Order of the Rising Sun, Japan

References

Other websites

 FIFA President's page on official website of FIFA 

1936 births
Living people
Swiss sportspeople
Valais
Presidents of FIFA
Tracy Austin (born 12 December 1962, in Palos Verdes, California) is a former American tennis player. She is youngest ever US Open female singles champion and the youngest person to become a member in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

References 

1962 births
American female tennis players
Living people
Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California
US Open (tennis) champions
World No. 1 tennis players
Ally Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American movie and television actress who was once tied to the Brat Pack in the 1980s. She was born and raised in New York City. Notable movies in which she starred include: The Breakfast Club, Short Circuit and WarGames. The actress was born in New York City. Her father is of Irish Catholic background; her mother is Jewish.

Other websites 
 

Actors from New York City
American movie actors
American television actors
Writers from New York City
1962 births
Living people
Royal Mail Ship (RMS) is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.

History 
In the early 19th century, the British Admiralty provided RMS service.

The designation "RMS" has been used since 1840.

In 1850 contracts were awarded to private companies. Having the title "RMS" was seen as a mark of quality and a competitive advantage, because the mail had to be on time.

List of RMS ships

 HMHS Britannic
 RMS Carpathia
 RMS Laconia
 RMS Lusitania 
 RMS Queen Elizabeth 
 RMSQueen Elizabeth 2 
 RMS Queen Mary
 RMS Queen Mary 2
 Titanic
RMS Empress of Ireland

References 

Ships
Postal services in the United Kingdom
Royal Medical Society (RMS) is the oldest medical society in the United Kingdom.

The RMS is a British professional society engaged in the moving forward of medical knowledge.

History
It was called "the Medical Society" when it was established in 1737.  The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1778.  

RMS is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The society has members throughout the world.

Notable members
This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
Charles Darwin
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Lister

Related pages 
 List of Royal Societies

References

Other websites
RMS website

1737 establishments
Medical
18th-century establishments in Great Britain
1730s establishments in Europe
Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is a British and international scientific society.  RMS promotes the scientific field which uses microscopes.

Publications
 Journal of Microscopy
 infocus Magazine
 Royal Microscopical Society Microscopy Handbooks

Related pages 
 List of Royal Societies

References

Other websites
Royal Microscopical Society
Journal of Microscopy
infocus Magazine

1839 establishments in Europe
Organisations based in the United Kingdom
Microscopical
1830s establishments in the United Kingdom
Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the forename Agnes. It may refer to:
 
Agnieszka Radwańska (born 1989), WTA Tour top 10 Polish tennis player
Agnieszka Włodarczyk (born 1980), Polish actress and singer

Given names
Subotica ( ) is a city in northern Serbia. It is in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is the northern most city in Serbia. 

The Serbian language is the most employed language in daily life, but Hungarian is also used by almost one third of the population in their daily conversations. Both languages are also widely employed in commercial and official signage

References

Cities in Serbia
Contraband is an American action crime thriller movie. It was directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It stars Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. The movie is a remake of the 2008 Icelandic movie Reykjavík-Rotterdam which starred Kormákur. Contraband was released on January 13, 2012 in the United States by Universal Pictures. Filming took place in New Orleans, Louisiana and Panama City. Contraband was released to DVD on April 24, 2012 with a rating of R.

Release Dates

Cast

Mark Wahlberg as Chris Farraday
Kate Beckinsale as Kate Farraday
Ben Foster as Sebastian Abney
Caleb Landry Jones as Andy
Giovanni Ribisi as Tim Briggs
Lukas Haas as Danny Raymer
J. K. Simmons as Captain Redmond Camp
Diego Luna as Gonzalo
Robert Wahlberg as John Bryce
Jaqueline Fleming as Jeanie Goldare
William Lucking as Bud Farraday
David O'Hara as Jim Church

References

Other websites 

2012 crime movies
2012 thriller movies
2010s crime thriller movies
2010s action movies
American crime thriller movies
2010s American action movies
British crime movies
British thriller movies
British action movies
French crime movies
French thriller movies
French action movies
Universal Pictures movies
Movies directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Joyful Noise is a 2012 musical movie. The movie stars Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, and Jeremy Jordan. The screenplay was written and directed by Todd Graff. The music was by Mervyn Warren who used gospel music in the movie. Joyful Noise was released in the United States on January 13, 2012.

Plot 
Two women are forced to work with each other after a budget cut threatens to shut down a small town choir.

Cast
 Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill
 Dolly Parton as G. G. Sparrow
 Keke Palmer as Olivia Hill, Vi's daughter and Randy's love interest
 Jeremy Jordan as Randy Garrity, Sparrow's grandson and Olivia's love
 Dexter Darden as Walter Hill, Vi's son
 Courtney B. Vance as Pastor Dale
 Kris Kristofferson as Bernard Sparrow, G. G's late husband
 Angela Grovey as Earla, the choir's choreographer
 Paul Woolfolk as Manny, a young guitarist with an interest in Olivia
 Francis Jue as Ang Hsu, a choir member who is attracted to Earla
 Jesse L. Martin as Marcus Hill, Vi Rose's estranged husband
 Andy Karl as Caleb, a choir member whose family loses its business
 Dequina Moore as Devonne, a talkative choir member
 Roy Huang as Justin, Earla's second lover
 Judd Lormand as Officer Darrel Lino
 Ivan Kelley Jr. as the soloist of the Our Lady of Perpetual Tears choir
 Kirk Franklin as Baylor Sykes, the choir leader for a rival church
 Karen Peck as competition host, lead singer "Mighty High"

Box Office
The movie gross to USD$11.2 million on its opening weekend. It became the number four movie that week. It grossed $30,932,113 to date.

Other websites

References 

American musical movies
Warner Bros. movies
Movies about autism
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British-American crime movie. It was directed by Lynne Ramsay. It was based on Lionel Shriver's novel of the same name. The movie was developed in 2005 but due to money problems it was not filmed until April 2010.

Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of Kevin. Throughout the movie she tries to understand why her son is a sociopath and murderer. The movie premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2011. We Need to Talk About Kevin was released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012.

Cast
 Tilda Swinton as Eva Khatchadourian
 John C. Reilly as Franklin Plaskett
 Ezra Miller as Kevin Khatchadourian
 Jasper Newell as six-eight-year-old Kevin
 Rocky Duer as infant Kevin
 Ashley Gerasimovich as Celia Khatchadourian
 Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Wanda
 Alex Manette as Colin

Box office
As of April 19, 2012, We Need To Talk About Kevin has grossed $1,656,241 in North America, along with $4,300,250 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $5,956,491.

References

Other websites 
 
 
 
 
 

2011 crime movies
2011 drama movies
2010s crime drama movies
American crime drama movies
Antisocial personality disorder in fiction
British crime drama movies
English-language movies
Movies based on books
American independent movies
Haywire is a 2011 action thriller movie. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Gina Carano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, and Michael Fassbender.

Haywire was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 1, 2012.

Cast
 Gina Carano as Mallory Kane
 Michael Fassbender as Paul
 Ewan McGregor as Kenneth
 Bill Paxton as John Kane
 Channing Tatum as Aaron
 Antonio Banderas as Rodrigo
 Michael Douglas as Coblenz
 Michael Angarano as Scott
 Mathieu Kassovitz as Studer
 Eddie J. Fernandez as Barroso
 Anthony Brandon Wong as Jiang
 Tim Connolly as Jason
 Maximino Arciniega as Gomez
 Aaron Cohen as Jamie
 Natascha Berg as Liliana
 Fergal O'Halloran as Hotel Clerk

Box office 
Haywire was released on January 20, 2012. It grossed USD$18.9 million on its opening weekend. It grossed to $32.4 million in total.

References

Other websites 

 
 
 
 

2011 movies
American crime thriller movies
American spy movies
American action movies
Irish movies
English-language movies
Martial arts movies
Movies directed by Steven Soderbergh
Morgan Paull (December 15, 1944 – July 17, 2012) was an American actor. He was mostly known for his role as Holden in the Ridley Scott movie Blade Runner.

Early life and career
Paull was born on December 15, 1922 in New York City, New York. Paull's career began in 1970 in the movie Patton. His career would last until his retirement in 1996.

Personal life
Paull was married to Gaye Huston from 1965 until they divorced in 1976. He was married to Carmen Paull from 1976 until they divorced in 1996. He was married to April Paull from 1990 until they divorced. He was married to Jenny Elam from 2004 until his death in 2012.

Paull had 2 daughters.

Death
Paull died on July 17, 2012 from Stomach cancer in his home in Ashland, Oregon, he was 67 years old.

Movies
Patton (1970)
Fools' Parade (1971)
Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
Dirty O'Neil (1974)
Murph the Surf (1975)
Mitchell (1975)
The Last Hard Men (1976)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
The Swarm (1978)
Norma Rae (1979)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Fade to Black (1980)
Blade Runner (1982)
Surf II (1984)
GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)
Out Cold (1989)
Uncle Sam (1996) (video)

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Randolph Cady (September 8, 1915 – June 8, 2012) was an American movie and television actor best known for his recurring and popular role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in three American television series during the 1960s — Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies.

Cady was born on September 8, 1915 in Susanville, California. Cady was married to Shirley Cady from 1940 until her death in 2008. Cady had 2 children. Cady died on June 8, 2012 in his home in Wilsonville, Oregon from natural causes, aged 96.

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is a Japanese Shinto shrine in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

History
The shrine was established in the ninth century. Shiogama jinja was one of two the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) for the Mutsu Province.  When Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture were create in the Meiji period, the shrine continued to be the ichinomiya for the same area.

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  Guide to the Cultural Properties of Shiogama City 
  Introduction to Shiogama Jinja 

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Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American movie and television actor best known for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider. He had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western Night of the Serpent (La notte dei serpenti – 1969). Askew began his career in the 1967 Otto Preminger movie Hurry Sundown and his career would last until his retirement in 2005. Askew was born in Macon, Georgia. Askew died on March 29, 2012 from lung cancer in his home in Portland, Oregon, he was 80 years old. Askew was never married.

Movies
Hurry Sundown (1967)
The Happening (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Will Penny (1968)
The Green Berets (1968)
The Devil's Brigade (1968)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972)
The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972)
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Slipstream (1973)
Posse (1975)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Wanda Nevada (1979)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Bialy smok (1987)
Frank & Jesse (1994)
The Newton Boys (1998)
Frailty (2001)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) (documentary)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

Television
 Big Love ... Hollis Green

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Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American movie director and producer, theatre director, and actor.

Early life
Preminger was born on December 5, 1905 in Vyzhnytsia, Wiznitz, Austria–Hungary (present Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine) to Jews Markus and Josefa Preminger.

Career
After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature movies in a 50 year career. He rose to fame for his stylish movie mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works.  Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959) and gay (Advise & Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles.

Personal life
Preminger was married to Marion Mill from 1932 until they divorced in 1946. Secondly he married Mary Gardner from 1951 until they divorced in 1959. Lastly he married Hope Bryce from 1971 until his death in 1986.

Death
Preminger died in New York City, New York on April 23, 1986, from lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease, he was 80 years old. He was cremated and is buried in the Azalea Room of the Velma B. Woolworth Memorial Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

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 Cinema Retro: Keir Dullea Recalls Starring in Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing
 Literature on Otto Preminger

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Esther Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American former swimmer and actress. She starred in movies in her career. She later became a businesswoman.

Early life
She was born in Inglewood, California.

Death
Williams died in her sleep on June 6, 2013 in her Los Angeles home.

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 The Golden Years 
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 The Shelf: Review of The Esther Williams Collection, vol. 1
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Anthony Bate (August 31, 1927 – June 19, 2012) was an English actor.
 
He is possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People.
 
Bate's other credits include: Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint, The Avengers, Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost and Midsomer Murders.

Bate was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England on August 31, 1927 to Hubert George Cookson Bate and to Cecile Marjorie Canadine. Bate was educated at the King Edward VI School, Stourbridge and at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His career would begin in 1953 and would last until his retirement in 2005.

Bate lived in London, England. Bate was married to Diana Fay from 1954 until his death in 2012, together they had 2 children. Bate died in Newport, Isle of Wight from a short illness, he was 84 years old.

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Christina Pickles (born 17 February 1935) is an English movie, stage, and television actress, best known for her long-running role of Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the hospital drama St. Elsewhere, for which she was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Pickles is also known as for playing Ross Geller's mother (alongside Elliott Gould) in the hit comedy sitcom Friends. She was born in Yorkshire, England. She is currently not married.

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is a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

History
In the pre-modern period, Obama was the main port and capital of Wakasa Province.

In the Edo period, Obama was the capital of the Obama Domain.

In 1871, the Obama Domain become Obama prefecture after the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures. Later, the merger was repeated and in 1951 the present city of Obama was established.

Geography

Surrounding municipalities
 Fukui Prefecture
 Ōi
 Wakasa
 Shiga Prefecture
 Takashima

Climate
Obama has a humid subtropical climate with warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Obama is 14.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2005 mm with September as the wettest month.The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.4 °C, and lowest in January, at around 3.8 °C.

Population
From Japanese census data,

Specialities 
Traditional Crafts

 Wakasa-nuri (Wakasa Lacquer Ware)

Wakasa Lacquer uses a "polishing" technique that involves coating on many layers of lacquer. Wakasa Lacquer made over several months’ time by coating the finest lacquer some ten-odd times, applying a pattern with shells, eggshells, and gold leafs, and polishing it with stones and charcoal.

 Wakasa-menouzaiku (Wakasa Agate Work)

Wakasa agate work is the root of precious stone work of Japan. Wakasa agate works carved through unique technique is the greatest of precious stone arts. Wakasa agate work is made by applying heat to the rough stone to make it red, and deciding the shape of carving taking into consideration the scratches on the natural stone and long-lasting polishing work.

Foods

 Heshiko

Since Obama is facing the sea of Japan, it has a lot of fish. Heshiko is a traditional dish that uses a salted blue-skin fish, and it can be preserved for a long time.

 Yopparaisaba
Yopparaisaba uses mackerel that was raised on sake lees.

Omizuokuri 
Omizuokuri is an event that is held on every March second by Jinguji-Temple. In this event, they put purified water in the depth of Unose.Ten days after this event, an event called Omizutori is held in Nigatsu-do Hall in Nara Prefecture, and the water comes from Jinguji-Temple is drew up on Nigatsu-do Hall.

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Ike Turner (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter and recording artist. He recorded many hit records, most of which were done with his wife Tina Turner. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, although he later moved to St. Louis, Missouri then to California. He died of an accidental cocaine overdose in San Diego.

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Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family television series. It stars Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence. It first aired on ABC Family on August 17, 2010. The show follows local politician Mel Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) and Joe Longo (Joey Lawrence). Mel hires him to take care of her niece and nephew after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.

The show has been renewed by ABC Family for a second season of fifteen episodes. They began airing on May 30, 2012. The show is ranked number one on Cable TV's telecast at 8 o'clock for people ages 18–34, 18-49 and 12-34. On August 17, 2012, ABC Family renewed the show for a third season. It premiered in Spring 2013. The fourth series begins in October 2014.

On May 24, 2011, Shout! Factory released Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part One on DVD in Region 1. It includes special features and a sneak peek of the rest of season one episodes, bloopers and interviews with the cast. On October 4, 2011, Shout! Factory released Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part Two on DVD in Region 1. It included the rest of the episodes of the first season in a 2-disc set.

What is the show about? 
Mel Burke (Melissa Joan Hart) lives in Toledo, Ohio. She is a politician there. Her sister and brother-in-law ran a Ponzi scheme. The sister is in prison and the brother-in-law is on the run. This leaves her niece Lennox and her nephew Ryder without their parents to take care of them. Mel takes them into her home. However, Joe Longo (Joey Lawrence) used to work for Mel's brother-in-law and lost everything he had including his car, money, house and his wife who left him. He tries to find a job. Mel finds it hard to handle her own life including parenting her niece and nephew. She hires Joe to become the family's new male nanny, or "manny".

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Herbert Lom (Herbert Karel Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru, September 11, 1917 – September 27, 2012) was a Czech-English movie, stage, and television actor who was based London, England in the United Kingdom since 1939 until his retirement in 2009.

In a career lasting more than 60 years he appeared in character roles, usually playing villains early in his career and professional men in later years. He is best known for his role as (former) Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movie series. Lom retired in 2009.

Lom was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) on September 11, 1917 to Karl ze Schluderpacheru and to Olga (née Gottlieb). He was raised in London, England. Lom was married three times. He was married to Dina Shea from 1948 until they divorced in 1971. Lom had three children. Lom was friends with actor Peter Sellers.

Lom died on September 27, 2012 in his sleep in his London, England home from natural causes, aged 95. Lom died just 16 days later from his 95th birthday.

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The Satanic Bible is a book by Anton LaVey. The Church of Satan considers it their main text. It is a collection of essays that detail the core principles of Satanism. It is not a book about worshiping Satan. Satan in The Satanic Bible is just a symbol of freedom from the restrictive rules of Christianity and other right-hand path religions. The Satanic Bible teaches that God and the Devil do not exist, and encourages people to worship themselves instead.

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Don Louis Agrati (June 8, 1944 – June 27, 2012), better known as Don Grady, was an American television, and movie actor, composer, and musician. He was best known both as one of Mickey Mouse's original Mouseketeers, and as Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons. His sister was also an actress, billed as Lani O'Grady. Their father was Lou A. Agrati. Their mother was a talent agent, known as Mary Grady. 

Grady was born in San Diego, California on June 8, 1944. Grady was married two times; first to Julie Boonisar from 1976 until they divorced in 1979. Lastly he was married to Virginia Lewsader from 1985 until his death in 2012. Grady died on June 27, 2012 in his home in Thousand Oaks, California from cancer. He was 68 years old.

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George Murdock (June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American television and movie actor.

Among his most famous characters for movies and TV were Lt. Scanlon, the oily Internal Affairs officer in Barney Miller,  Dr. Salik in Battlestar Galactica TV series and his appearance in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, directed by William Shatner, who called him "a wonderful actor". Murdock career would begin in 1961 until his death in 2012.

Murdock was born on June 25, 1930 in Salina, Kansas. Murdock was never married and had no children. Murdock died on April 30, 2012 in a hospital in Burbank, California from complications from cancer, he was 81 years old.

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Doris Singleton (Dorthea Singleton; September 28, 1919 – June 26, 2012) was an American movie and television actress. She was best known for her role as Carolyn Appleby in I Love Lucy. Her career lasted for 31 years until her retirement in 1986. 

Singleton was born in New York City, New York on September 28, 1919. Singleton was married to Charles Issacs from 1941 until his death in 2002. They had no children. 

Singleton died on June 26, 2012 in her home in Los Angeles, California from natural causes. She was 92 years old.

Movies
 Affair in Reno (1957)
 Voice in the Mirror (1958)
 Amelia Earhart (1976)
 Deadly Messages (1985)

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