Tathagata Mukherjee studied at the Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School, and thereafter studied drama at Rabindra Bharati University. He has done professional theater since 2005, during his childhood. He did three years "yatra" with Chapal Bhaduri.
List of presidents of Rwanda
This article lists the Presidents of Rwanda since the creation of the office in 1961 (during the Rwandan Revolution), to the present day. As specified in the constitution, the President functions as the head of state of Rwanda, and possesses broad executive powers. The officeholder is elected by popular vote every seven years, and appoints the Prime Minister and all other members of Cabinet.
A total of four people have served as President of Rwanda (not counting two Acting Presidents). The current President is Paul Kagame, since 24 March 2000.
Centron Corporation
Centron Corporation was a big industrial and educational movie production company. They specialized in classroom and corporate 16mm movies and VHS videocassettes.
It was created in 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas by Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser.
Harold "Herk" Harvey was a big director at Centron. His 1962 movie "Carnival of Souls" was created with some people from Centron. John Clifford, a Centron screenwriter wrote the script for "Carnival of Souls".
Centron won many awards for its movies. It is most famous for the Oscar nominated "Leo Beuerman".
Herk Harvey
Harold Arnold "Herk" Harvey (June 3, 1924 – April 3, 1996) was an American movie director, screenwriter, actor and movie producer.
Harvey was born in Windsor, Colorado. He grew up in Waverly, Illinois and in Fort Collins. Harvey came to Lawrence, Kansas in 1945 to study at the University of Kansas. He majored in theater. He acted in many college stage productions.
While teaching and directing at the University of Kansas, Harvey got into the film business as an actor. He acted in some of the movies being made by Centron Corporation of Lawrence. Centron was an independent industrial and educational movie production company. Harvey joined it in 1952. He was a film director, writer, and producer for over 30 years. They made many kinds of short industrial, educational, documentary, and government films.
Harvey wrote an article in the March 1956 issue of "American Cinematographer". It was about special effects and techniques that Centron had created.
He retired in 1985.
Harvey is best known for his only feature movie, "Carnival of Souls". It was a low budget 1962 horror film that had Candace Hilligoss. It was created and directed by Harvey for about $33,000. "Carnival of Souls" never got much public attention when was first released. However, it has since become a cult classic.
The Academy Film Archive preserved "Carnival of Souls" in 2012.
Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American independent horror movie. It was written, produced, and directed by Herk Harvey, and starring Candace Hilligoss. The story is about Mary Henry, a young woman who had a car accident. She moves to a new city, but she can't fit in. She becomes curious about the pavilion of an abandoned carnival. The director Harvey is also in the movie as a creepy stranger who follows her a lot.
It was filmed in Lawrence, Kansas and Salt Lake City. "Carnival of Souls" was filmed on a budget of $33,000.
"Carnival of Souls" was shown at the Main Street Theatre in Lawrence, Kansas, in September 1962. The US release of "Carnival of Souls" did not include a copyright on the prints, so the movie was automatically in the public domain.
"Complex Magazine" said "Carnival of Souls" was number 39 on its list of the 50 scariest movies ever made.
Leonard Maltin gave "Carnival of Souls" two-and-a-half out of four stars. He said the movie was an "eerie" and "imaginative low budget effort."
In 2012, the Academy Film Archive restored "Carnival of Souls".
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are very devoted to a work of culture. It is often called a cult classic. A movie, book, musical artist, television series or video game, among other things, has a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase. A common thing of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans it. They often say they are part of a community.
Many cult fans express their devotion with a level of irony when describing entertainment that falls under this realm, in that something is so bad, it's good. Sometimes, these cult followings are actually camp followings. Fans may become involved in a subculture of fandom. They may do this either through conventions, online communities or through activities such as writing series-related fiction. They may also make costumes, replica prop and model building, or creating their own audio or video creations from the formats and characters.
Cult movie
A cult film or cult movie, also called a cult classic, is a movie that has a cult following. Cult movies are known for their devoted, passionate fanbase. It may have an elaborate subculture that may do repeated viewings, quoting dialogue, and audience participation.
Takeover
In business, a takeover or acquisition happens when one company buys another company. The company that is the one buying is called the "acquirer" or the "bidder" and the one that is being bought is called the "target".
There are four types of takeovers: friendly, hostile, reverse, or back-flip takeovers. Friendly takeovers happen when the people in charge of the company agree with being taken over. Hostile takeovers happen when they don't agree. Reverse takeovers are when a private company takes over a .. Back-flip takeovers happen when the acquiring company becomes a part of the target company.
Extracurricular activity
An extracurricular activity or extra academic activity (EAA) is an activity, performed by students, that is not part of the normal curriculum of school, college or university education.
These activities are often voluntary (as opposed to mandatory), social, philanthropic, and often involve other people of the same age. Students and staff run these activities under faculty sponsorship. Activities created by students, such as independent newspapers, are also very common.
Student publication
A student publication is a type of media such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station that is created by students at a school. They often have news about their city and school, but they may also have news on national or international events too. Most student publications are either part of a curricular class or run as an extracurricular activity.
Ovillers-la-Boisselle
Ovillers-la-Boisselle is a commune. It is in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Nenzing
Nenzing is a market town in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.
João Gilberto
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira (10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is known for developing the music genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. He wrote the first bossa nova song, titled "Bim-Bom". Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim were helpful in making bossa nova popular. In 1964, Gilberto and American saxophonist Stan Getz released the album "Getz/Gilberto". The album won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
Gilberto was born in Juazeiro, Bahia. On 6 July 2019, he died after an illness at his apartment in Rio de Janeiro. He was 88.
Arman Kirakossian
Arman Kirakossian (; 10 September 1956 – 6 July 2019) was an Armenian diplomat and historian. At the time of his death in July 2019, he was Ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom since November 2018. He was also Ambassador of Armenia to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as Greece (1994–1999), the United States (1999–2005) and Austria (2011–2018). He was acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993.
Kirakossian was born in Yerevan. He died on 6 July 2019 in London, at the age of 62.