The Time Traveler's Wife (movie)
The Time Traveler's Wife is a 2009 American romantic fantasy drama movie. It was produced by Brad Pitt, Nick Wechsler and Dede Gardner and was directed by Robert Schwentke. The movie was released on August 14, 2009. The movie received mixed reviews with a 38% on Rotten Tomatoes which is rotten and is also rated as a 45% out of 100% by Metacritic. The movie is based on the 2003 novel with the same name.
Paul (movie)
Paul is a 2011 British-American science fiction comedy movie. It was produced by Nira Park, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. It was directed by Greg Mottola. The movie was released on February 14, 2011 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States on March 18, 2011. It is set in Nevada and was filmed in New Mexico. The movie received positive reviews with a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes which is fresh.
Megamind
Megamind is a 2010 animated, science fiction-comedy movie that was produced by Lara Breay and Denise Nolan Cascino. Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld were executive producers. The movie was directed by Tom McGrath. The movie was released in Russia on October 28, 2010 and on November 5, 2010 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews from critics but it was positively welcomed from audience who praised its story, characters, humor, soundtrack, animation, emotional weight and message, even becoming an animated cult during the years. There is also a video game based on the movie with the same name.
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica; pronounced PA-TRIK ah-LOY-shus YOO-ing), also known as Pat Ewing, is a Jamaican-American retired NBA basketball player. He is originally from the nation of Jamaica, not Jamaica, Queens. He is an 11 time NBA All-Star. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. His jersey number 33 was retired by the New York Knicks. He is currently an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic. Ewing is considered one of the greatest centers in the game's history and one of the greatest players who did not win an NBA championship during their career. However, he did win an NCAA championship in 1984 as a member of the Georgetown Hoyas, and this team is generally regarded as one of the greatest college men's basketball teams of all time. Furthermore, Ewing is considered one of the greatest college players of all time. He was nicknamed Big Pat and Hoya Destroya. Ewing's Knicks played Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls four different times in the playoffs; 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993. Ewing's son, Patrick Ewing, Jr., also briefly played in the NBA.
Black Swan (movie)
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological drama thriller movie set in New York City. It was produced by Ari Handel, Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer and Brian Oliver and directed by Darren Aronofsky. The movie was released in Italy on September 1, 2010 and on December 3, 2010 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with a 88% on Rotten Tomatoes which is "certified fresh" and has a 79 rating out of 100 on Metacritic. The movie is based on the ballet, Swan Lake. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for the movie.
Darren Aronofsky
Darren S. Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American movie director. His best known movies that he has directed are "Requiem for a Dream", "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan". He attended Harvard University where he graduated in 1991 and majored in social anthropology. He is Jewish and has Ukrainian and Russian descent. He will be directing "Bond 25" and it will star Daniel Craig as 007, Clive Owen and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is an Scottish actor, comedian and late night television host. He hosted "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" from 2005-2014 on CBS. He also hosted Shark Week in 2010 on the Discovery Channel. He became an American citizen on 1 February 2008.
He currently hosts "Celebrity Name Game" on Syndication. He also hosts "Join or Die with Craig Ferguson" on History.
Hall Pass (movie)
Hall Pass is a 2011 American romantic comedy movie that was produced by Charles B. Wessler, Bradley Thomas and Benjamin Waisbren and was directed by Farrelly brothers: Bobby & Peter. The movie was released on February 25, 2011. The movie received mixed reviews with a 37% on Rotten Tomatoes which is rotten and Metacritic rated the movie 47% out of 100.
Edgar Martínez
Edgar Martínez (born January 2, 1963) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. Martínez played for 18 years for the Mariners before retiring in 2004.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (simply Indraprastha University or IP) () is a public university, located in Delhi, India. It is a teaching as well as recognising university, which recognises more than 120 colleges of Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) and has 15 schools and centres on its campus. It is one of the best universities of India. This is the only university of India and first in Asia which has received Platinum Technology Award in Geneva, Switzerland presented by association "Otherways Management and Consulting" (OMAC), a Paris based international organisation.
Mechsonic Racing is a student project from HMR Institute of Technology and Management, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. It has students from different engineering streams. Mechsonic Racing design and build formula type race cars under “college design series”, organized by the “Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE)” to compete in FORMULA STUDENT events worldwide.
Ford's Theater
Ford's Theater is a building in Washington, D.C.. It is most well known as the place where Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth during the play "Our American Cousin". It is called Ford's Theater because it was run by a man named Ford during the American Civil War. The building has been rebuilt several times. Before the Civil War, it was used as church. After the Civil War, it was used as a museum, warehouse and office. It is now a National Historic Site.
Vince Prudente
Vince Prudente (born November 18, 1937, Connellsville, Pennsylvania) is an American trombonist, pianist, arranger, composer, and music teacher. He has played with Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Woody Herman.
In April 1972 Prudente joined the Duke Ellington band as a trombone player. He played on a number of Ellington recordings including "Duke Ellington's Third Sacred Concert - The Majesty Of God", recorded in Westminster Abbey in 1973. He played on three songs on the "Ellington Suites", recorded between 1959 and 1972, and released in 1987. He also played on "Mendoza" from the album "Up In Duke's Workshop", recorded in 1972 and released in 1992. In 1973 he played on "Duke Ellington in Sweden".
After Ellington's death in 1974, the Duke Ellington Orchestra continued to play and record under the leadership of Duke's son, Mercer Ellington. Prudente played on the Duke Ellington Orchestra's first album without Duke Ellington, "Continuum", recorded in 1974 and 1975. Larry Ridley was also a member of the orchestra, and Prudente played with his jazz sextet in 1994 and 1995.
He has also played trombone on Phyllis Hyman's 1998 album, "One On One". Prudente plays trombone with Jim Hobbs and The Fully Celebrated Orchestra's album,
"Lapis Exilis".
In 2004 Prudente took part in the Ellington Reunion Project, when 18 former members of Ellington's orchestra got together to perform two concerts.