Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series. It aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States from August 10, 2007 to February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and SPACE in Canada. The series was developed by Peter Hume. It was not well received.
The series stars Eric Johnson as Steven "Flash" Gordon, Gina Holden as Dale Arden, Jody Racicot as Dr. Zarkov, John Ralston as Ming, and Anna van Hooft as Princess Aura.
Sixto Durán Ballén
Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (July 14, 1921 – November 15, 2016) was an American-born Ecuadorian political figure and architect. He served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978, and as President of Ecuador between 1992 and 1996. He served as congressman in 1984 and again in 1998.
Ballén was born Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez on July 14, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts. He married Josefina Villalobos in 1948.
He was elected mayor of Quito in 1970 and re-elected in 1974. In 1979 he ran as the PSC's presidential candidate, but was defeated by the populist Jaime Roldós Aguilera. In 1988 he ran again, but was eliminated in the first round.
After León Febres Cordero's faction inside the PSC succeeded in appointing Jaime Nebot as the party's presidential candidate in 1992, Durán Ballén and his supporters left the party to form the more right-wing Republican Union Party. Eventually, Durán defeated Nebot in the second round of the presidential election.
Ballén has two children. He was married to Josefina Villalobos. He lived in Quito. He was the oldest living former Ecuadorian president.
Ballén died on the night of November 15, 2016 at his home in Quito, aged 95.
The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part III is an 2013 American comedy movie directed by Todd Phillips. It marked the third and final installement of the trilogy.
Hut
Hut may refer to:
2013 Moore tornado
The 2013 Moore tornado was a very violent EF5 tornado that went through Moore, Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. It killed at least 23 people and hurt 377 others, and caused very heavy damage. It had winds of up to 210 miles per hour (340 km/h). This tornado reminded people of the similar tornado that struck Moore fourteen years before, in 1999.
The tornado started northwest of Newcastle, Oklahoma, at 2:56 PM local time (Central Daylight Time). The tornado lasted for 37 minutes, and it traveled more than 17 miles. It was also 1.3 miles in diameter at its worst. The tornado passed through the area of Moore with the highest amount of people. The tornado was similar in size, severity, and followed a similar path with a tornado that also struck the town in 1999.
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Tarzan Finds a Son! is a 1939 jungle adventure Tarzan movie. It is based on the fictional characters and concepts created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the fourth of the six MGM Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Johnny Sheffield makes his debut as Boy in this movie.
An airplane flying to Cape Town crashes in the jungle. Everyone is killed, except a baby. Cheeta rescues the baby. Tarzan and Jane adopt him. They name him "Boy". Five years later, a search party comes to the jungle looking for Boy. He is the heir to a fortune worth millions. Jane wants Boy to go back to civilization. In the end though, Boy stays with Tarzan and Jane in the jungle.
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Tarzan's Secret Treasure is a 1941 jungle adventure Tarzan movie. It is based on the fictional characters and concepts created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The movie is the fifth of the six MGM Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Johnny Sheffield plays Boy.
Two crooks find out that there is gold in the jungle. They kidnap Jane and Boy in order to make Tarzan show them the location of the treasure. Everyone is captured by natives. Tarzan comes to their rescue.
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 jungle adventure Tarzan movie. It is based on the fictional characters and concepts created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the sixth and last of the MGM Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Johnny Sheffield plays Boy. The first movie Tarzan, Elmo Lincoln, plays a circus worker.
Circus workers looking for lions in the jungle kidnap Boy. They take him back to the United States for their show. Tarzan, Jane, and Cheeta go to New York City in search of Boy. Tarzan finds the circus where Boy is being held captive. The circus elephants break free. They destroy the circus. Tarzan rescues Boy in the confusion. A judge grants Tarzan and Jane full custody of Boy.
Johnny Sheffield
Johnny Sheffield (April 11, 1931October 15, 2010) was an American child actor. He won the part of Boy in the 1939 movie "Tarzan Finds a Son!" after beating out more than 300 other children. He co-starred with Johnny Weissmuller in seven more Tarzan movies. He also played Bomba, the Jungle Boy in 12 movies between 1949 and 1955. He retired from acting after the twelfth and last Bomba movie. He went on to get a business degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He worked in contracting and real estate. He died of a heart attack after falling off a ladder while pruning a palm tree. He was married and had two sons and a daughter.
Wild haggis
Wild haggis ("Haggis scoticus") is a fictional creature. It is said that it is native to the Scottish Highlands. It is jokingly said to be the source of haggis.
Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms is a 1939 musical movie starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. It was directed by Busby Berkeley. The movie is about the children of vaudeville performers who want to prove to their elders that they can sing and dance on Broadway.
It is based on the 1937 Broadway musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Moss Hart. Most of the original music was cut for the movie. The song "Good Morning" by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown was written for the movie and was later featured in the Gene Kelly movie "Singin' in the Rain". A new finale called "God's Country" was prepared for the movie.
Garland and Rooney parodied Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor in a segment called "My Day". The segment was removed when Roosevelt died in 1945. "Babes in Arms" was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Mickey Rooney) and Best Music, Scoring (Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll).
Quicksand (movie)
Quicksand is a 1950 United Artists film noir (crime movie) starring Mickey Rooney. It tells of a garage mechanic's descent into crime after unwisely taking $20 from the garage's cash register to pay for a date.
Nuss Procedure
The Nuss Procedure is a surgical procedure to correct Pectus excavatum, as a birth defect also known as sunken chest syndrome. The procedure inserts a metal bar into the chest.
The vacuum bell has been improved as a nonsurgical method to finally treat pectus excavatum.
G-funk
G-funk (or gangsta funk), is a sub-genre of hip hop music. It is derived from West Coast gangsta rap. In the early 1990s it became the most popular genre of hip hop.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is the fourth-largest city in the state of Louisiana (after New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport). The original name was Vermilionville, as which it was founded around 1821. The name "Lafayette" comes from the name of a French military hero who fought alongside and aided the American Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 2010 the population was over one hundred and twenty thousand. The city lies in Lafayette Parish.
Comedy hip hop
Comedy hip hop (or Comedy rap) is a musical genre that combines hip hop and rapping with humor. While gangsta rap came with its dark and violent themes in the 1990s, comedy rap came with its very light and very humorous themes in the 1980s. Some notable artists include Eminem and Weird Al Yankovic. While very few rappers make comedy rap their focus, it still keeps its royalties with hip-hop.
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