The film later spawned a franchise of sequels, dolls, an ongoing animated web series, merchandise and apparel, and more. The second movie titled "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks" was released theatrically on September 27, 2014. The third film titled "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games" was released on September 26, 2015 on Discovery Family. And the fourth film titled "My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree" was released on October 1, 2016 on Netflix.
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Carl "Doug" Engelbart (January 30, 1925 – July 2, 2013) was an American inventor. Engelbart was known for inventing the computer mouse in 1964.
Engelbart was born on January 30, 1925 in Portland, Oregon. He studied at Oregon State College and at the University of California, Berkeley. Engelbart was married to Ballard Engelbart from 1950 until her death in 1997. They had four children. Engelbart died on July 2, 2013 from kidney failure in Atherton, California, aged 88.
Nelson Mandela Square
Nelson Mandela Square is a shopping center in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was last known as Sandton Square. It was renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March 2004 after a 6-metre statue of Nelson Mandela was added on the square. The statue was created to honor the former South African president.
Pope Valentine
Pope Valentine (in ; 800 – 10 October 827) was head of the Roman Catholic Church for two months in 827.
Falaise
Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.
Falaise is located on the river Ante near Caen in France. The Ante river flows into the larger Dives river. Falaise is in the Normandy region of France.
Faliase is where William the Conqueror was born. William became Duke of Normandy when he was just a boy. He went on to become the first Norman king of England in 1066. Falaise was where many of the dukes of Normandy resided before William. It is where the Treaty of Falaise was signed in December 1174. It was a treaty between William I of Scotland, King of Scots, and the King of England Henry II Plantagenet.
The town is also the place where Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise, grandchild of Rashi held his court.
In modern times it is known for the battle of the "Falaise Pocket" during Operation Overlord in August 1944. Two German armies were surrounded by the Allied armies. About 10,000 German soldiers were killed. Over 50,000 were taken prisoner.
Much of Falaise was destroyed by Allied bombs. It was then captured by Canadian and Polish solders. Falaise was restored after the war.
Reddebeitz
Reddebeitz is a district of the city Lüchow in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located southeast of the city of Lüchow. The village consists mostly of farms with their residential and commercial buildings. West of the town the road runs towards Lüchow 248 and Salzwedel.
The village has about 39 inhabitants. Its name reflects a Slavic settlement.
Galaxian
Galaxian is an arcade video game released by Namco in 1979. In this game, the player controls a spaceship and shoots enemies coming down in different directions. A sequel, "Galaga", was released in 1981.
The game was a very popular game when it was released. It has been ported to many video game consoles such as the Atari 2600, the NES, and the Game Boy. It has also been featured in Namco video game collections such as "Namco Museum Remix" for the Wii.
Asteroids (video game)
Asteroids is an arcade video game released by Atari in 1979. In this game, the player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field. Every once in while, a flying saucer comes on the field. The goal is to destroy the asteroids and flying saucers, while not being hit by them.
The game was very popular, selling 70,000 arcade cabinets. It has been released on many video game consoles, including the Atari 2600, Game Boy Color, and Xbox 360.
Reaganomics
Reaganomics is a portmanteau word of "Reagan" and "economics" created by Paul Harvey. It refers to the economic policies created by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s and still widely practiced.
These policies are commonly used with supply-side economics, referred to as trickle-down economics by political enemies and free market economics by political advocates.
The four main ideas of Reaganomics were to reduce the growth of government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and tighten the money supply in order to reduce inflation.
Candy Clark
Candy Clark (born June 20, 1947) is an American model who became an actress. Clark has starred in over 50 movies and television series. She acted as Debbie Dunham in "American Graffiti". Clark played Kate in "Blue Thunder", a 1983 action movie. Candace June Clark was born in Norman, Oklahoma on June 20, 1947.
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The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama movie made by DreamWorks Animation. It is a movie adaptation for the Book of Exodus. It follows Moses' life from being a prince of Egypt to ultimate destiny about defending the Israelites. The movie was directed by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells and Steve Hickner. It featured songs written by Stephen Schwartz. The score was composed by Hans Zimmer. The voice cast for the movie had very popular Hollywood actors. During the musical part of the movie, professional singers replaced them for the songs. The exceptions were Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Ofra Haza (who sang her song in over seventeen languages for dubbing), Steve Martin and Martin Short.
The movie was nominated for best Original Musical or Comedy Score. The film's success led to the direct-to-video prequel "" (2000) and the development of a stage adaptation. It won Best Original Song at the 1999 Academy Awards for "When You Believe". The song's pop version was performed at the ceremony by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. The song was co-written by Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer. There were additional production by Babyface. The song was nominated for Best Original Song (in a Motion Picture) at the 1999 Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Outstanding Performance of a Song for a Feature Film at the ALMA Awards.
The movie was released on December 18, 1998. It was released on home video on September 14, 1999. The movie gross $218,613,188 worldwide. It became the second animated featured not released by Walt Disney Pictures to gross over $100 million in the United States. This was after, Paramount/Nickelodeon's "The Rugrats Movie". "The Prince of Egypt" became the top grossing non-Disney animated movie until 2000. The movie, "Chicken Run", took the number one spot. The movie remains the highest grossing traditionally-animated non-Disney movie until 2007. The movie, "The Simpsons Movie", took the number one spot. This is DreamWorks Animation's first movie and only traditionally animated movie to win an Oscar.
In Ancient Egypt, the Hebrews have become slaves and pray to return to the Promised Land ("Deliver Us"). Meanwhile, a female slave called Yocheved and her children, Miriam and Aaron, witness several male infants being ruthlessly taken and butchered by the soldiers of Pharaoh Seti I, who fears that an increase in Hebrew men would culminate in rebellion. Fearing for her own son's safety, she places him in a basket on the Nile. The basket arrives at Pharaoh's palace and Miriam witnesses her brother being taken in by Pharaoh's wife, who names him Moses.