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Coriolanus_(film) | Coriolanus is a 2011 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Coriolanus , starring Ralph Fiennes in his directorial debut . |
Céline | Céline , or sometimes Celine , is a French female given name , of Greek origin , meaning `` moon '' ( See also Selina ) . Céline was frequently given as a first name in honour of two Gallo-Roman saints closely associated with the beginnings of the French nation : Saint Céline of Laon , mother of St Rémy , and Saint Céline of Meaux , a companion of St Geneviève ; the feast day for both is 21 October . In addition it is notable for one of the sisters of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux , Céline Martin , who also became a nun . |
Cook_Like_A_Pro | `` Cook Like A Pro '' is a show by Ina Garten . The show is a continuation of her show Barefoot Contessa . It 's focused on chef skills and will feature celebrity guests . It begins airing on May 28 , 2017 . |
Cultural_depictions_of_Henry_IV_of_England | Henry IV of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times . |
Culture_of_Rome,_Italy | The Culture of Rome , Italy refers to the arts , high culture , language , religion , politics , libraries , cuisine , architecture and fashion in Rome , Italy . Rome was supposedly founded in 753 BC and ever since has been the capital of the Roman Empire , one of the main centres of Christianity , the home of the Roman Catholic Church and the seat of the Italian Republic . Due to its historical and social importance , Rome is often nicknamed the Caput Mundi , or `` capital of the world '' . |
Crimes_and_Misdemeanors | Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 American existential comedy-drama film written , directed by and co-starring Woody Allen , alongside Martin Landau , Mia Farrow , Anjelica Huston , Jerry Orbach , Alan Alda , Sam Waterston and Joanna Gleason . Although a failure at the box office , the film was met with critical acclaim , and it was nominated for three Academy Awards : Woody Allen , for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay , and Martin Landau , for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . In several publications , Crimes and Misdemeanors has been ranked as one of Allen 's greatest films . |
Criticism_of_reality_television | The reality television genre , and specific reality television shows , have been subject to significant criticism since the genre first rose to worldwide popularity in the 1990s . Much of the criticism has centered on the use of the word `` reality '' , and such shows ' attempt to present themselves as a straightforward recounting of events that have occurred . Critics have argued that reality television shows reflect reality in ways that are deceptive or even fraudulent through misleading editing , coaching participants on what to say and how to behave , generating storylines ahead of time , and staging or re-staging scenes for the cameras . Other criticisms of reality television shows include that they are intended to humiliate or exploit participants ( particularly on competition shows ) , that they make celebrities out of untalented people who do not deserve fame , and that they glamorize vulgarity and materialism . Actor and filmmaker Gary Oldman described it as `` the museum of social decay '' , while journalist Ted Koppel questioned whether reality television marked `` the end of civilization '' . |
Daenerys_Targaryen | Daenerys Targaryen is a fictional character in George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels , as well as the television adaptation , Game of Thrones , where she is portrayed by Emilia Clarke . In the novels , she is a prominent point of view character . She is one of the series ' most popular characters . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Daenerys ( along with her older brother , Viserys ) is one of the last confirmed members of House Targaryen who , until fifteen years before the events of the first novel , had ruled from the Iron Throne for nearly three hundred years . She subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Clash of Kings ( 1998 ) and A Storm of Swords ( 2000 ) . Daenerys was one of a few prominent characters not included in 2005 's A Feast for Crows , but returned in the next novel A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) . In the story , Daenerys is a young woman in her early teens living in Essos across the narrow sea . Knowing no other life than one of exile , she remains dependent on her abusive older brother , Viserys . The timid and meek girl finds herself betrothed to Dothraki horse lord Khal Drogo , to ensure Viserys an army for his return to Westeros and recapture of the Iron Throne . Despite this , her brother loses the ability to control her as Daenerys finds herself adapting to life with the khalasar and emerges as a strong , confident and courageous woman . She becomes the heir of the Targaryen dynasty after her brother 's death and plans to reclaim the Iron Throne herself , seeing it as her birthright . A pregnant Daenerys loses her husband and child , but soon helps hatch three dragons from their eggs , which regard her as their mother , providing her with a tactical advantage and prestige . Over time , she struggles to maintain control of her dragons , which grow dangerous . She also acquires an army with which she conquers the cities of Yunkai , Astapor and Meereen , determined to end slavery and injustice there . Despite her strong moral compass , she is capable of dealing ruthlessly with her enemies , particularly the slave masters . Well received by critics and fans alike , Clarke received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Daenerys in the HBO series in 2013 , 2015 , and 2016 . She has also earned numerous other nominations and accolades for her portrayal . |
County_(United_States) | In the United States , an administrative or political sub-division of a state is a county , which is a region having specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority . The term `` county '' is used in 48 U.S. states , while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs respectively . Most counties have subdivisions which may include municipalities and unincorporated areas . Others have no further divisions , or may serve as a singular consolidated city-county . Some municipalities are in multiple counties ; New York City is uniquely partitioned into multiple counties/boroughs . The U.S. federal government uses the term `` county equivalent '' to describe non-county administrative or statistical areas that are comparable to counties . Louisiana parishes ; the organized boroughs of Alaska ; the District of Columbia ; and the independent cities of the states of Virginia , Maryland , Missouri , and Nevada are equivalent to counties for administrative purposes . Alaska 's Unorganized Borough is divided into 11 census areas that are statistically equivalent to counties . As of 2013 , the United States has 3,007 counties and 137 county equivalents for a total of 3,144 counties and county equivalents . The number of counties per state ranges from the 3 counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas . Counties have significant governmental functions in all states except Rhode Island and Connecticut , where county governments have been abolished but the entities remain for administrative or statistical purposes . The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has removed most government functions from eight of its 14 counties . The county with the largest population , Los Angeles County ( 10,170,292 ) , and the county with the largest land area ( San Bernardino County ) border each other in Southern California ( however four Boroughs in Alaska are larger in area than San Bernardino ) . |
Da_Vinci's_Demons | Da Vinci 's Demons is a historical fantasy drama series that presents a fictional account of Leonardo da Vinci 's early life . The series was conceived by David S. Goyer and stars Tom Riley in the title role . It was developed and produced in collaboration with BBC Worldwide and was shot in Wales , United Kingdom . The series has been distributed to over 120 countries . The show follows Leonardo as he is implicated in the political schemes of the Medici and Pazzi families and their contrasting relationships with the Catholic Church . These events occur alongside Leonardo 's quest to obtain the Book of Leaves as he finds himself entangled with a cult known as the Sons of Mithras . The series premiered in the United States on Starz on April 12 , 2013 , and its second season premiered on March 22 , 2014 . The series was renewed for a third season , which premiered on October 24 , 2015 . On July 23 , 2015 , Starz announced that the third season would be the show 's last . However Goyer has left it open for a miniseries return . |
Dan_Smith_(singer) | Daniel Campbell `` Dan '' Smith ( born 14 July 1986 ) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer . He is the lead singer , record producer , songwriter and founder of the British rock band Bastille . The band formed in 2010 and gained mass popularity in 2013 when the song `` Pompeii '' was released . The band released their second album , Wild World in September 2016 . |
Cyber_Sunday_(2007) | Cyber Sunday ( 2007 ) was the fourth annual Cyber Sunday professional wrestling pay-per-view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was presented by Fathead and took place on October 28 , 2007 , at the Verizon Center in Washington , D.C. . The most important feature of Cyber Sunday is the ability for fans to vote online through WWE.com on certain aspects of every match . The main match on the SmackDown ! brand was Batista versus The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship , which Batista won by pinfall after executing a Batista Bomb . The special guest referee , which was either Stone Cold Steve Austin , John `` Bradshaw '' Layfield , or Mick Foley . The predominant match on the Raw brand was for the WWE Championship between Randy Orton and the fans ' choice of either Shawn Michaels , Jeff Hardy , or Mr. Kennedy . The voting for the event started on October 9 , 2007 , and ended during the event . Most of the existing feuds continued after the event . Notably , Shawn Michaels would continue to feud with Randy Orton over the WWE Championship , which led to a match at Survivor Series for the championship , which Orton won . After losing to Batista , Undertaker challenged Batista to a Hell in a Cell match at Survivor Series for the World Heavyweight Championship , which Batista won after Edge interfered . Edge then became a part of the feud and it became a Triple Threat match at Armageddon for the World Heavyweight Championship , which Edge won . After beating Umaga in a Street Fight , Triple H faced off against Umaga in a Survivor Series match . Triple H 's team won the match and their feud ended . The event had 194,000 buys , down from the Cyber Sunday 2006 figure of 228,000 buys . |
Damon_Wayans_Jr. | Damon Kyle Wayans Jr. ( born November 18 , 1982 ) is an American actor , writer and stand-up comedian , most widely known for starring as Brad Williams in the ABC sitcom Happy Endings and as Coach in the Fox sitcom New Girl . In 2014 , he starred in the comedy film Let 's Be Cops and provided the voice of Wasabi in Big Hero 6 . He is the oldest son of actor-comedian Damon Wayans and nephew of Keenen Ivory Wayans , Shawn Wayans , Kim Wayans and Marlon Wayans . |
Crystal_Castles_II | Crystal Castles II is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles , released on May 24 , 2010 by Fiction Records and Last Gang Records . The album was initially scheduled for release on the June 7 , 2010 ; however , the release dates were moved forward after the album leaked online , thus a digital version of the album was released on April 23 , 2010 . On April 25 , 2011 , the album was reissued digitally under the title ( II ) , which replaced the original version of `` Not in Love '' with the version featuring Robert Smith . |
Culture_Club | Culture Club are an English band that was formed in 1981 . The band comprised Boy George ( lead vocals ) , Roy Hay ( guitar and keyboards ) , Mikey Craig ( bass guitar ) and Jon Moss ( drums and percussion ) . They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s . Culture Club sold more than 50 million records worldwide , including 7 million records awards RIAA certificate in the United States . The band had several international hits with songs such as `` Do You Really Want to Hurt Me '' , `` Time ( Clock of the Heart ) '' , `` Church of the Poison Mind '' , `` Karma Chameleon '' , `` Victims '' , `` It 's a Miracle '' , `` The War Song '' , `` Move Away '' , and `` I Just Wan na Be Loved '' . Boy George 's androgynous style of dressing caught the attention of the public and the media . The group , supporters of the synth pop genre , made numerous forays into reggae and showed a strong propensity for the subgenre of ballads . Their second album , Colour by Numbers , sold more than 10 million copies worldwide . It appeared on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s and is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . Ten of their singles reached the US Top 40 , where they are associated with the Second British Invasion of British new wave groups that became popular in the US due to the cable music channel MTV . Culture Club 's music combines British new wave and American soul with Jamaican reggae and also other styles such as calypso , salsa and country . In 1984 , Culture Club won Brit Awards for Best British Group , Best British Single ( `` Karma Chameleon '' ) , and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist . They were nominated the same year for the Grammy Award for Pop Vocal by Group or Duo but the English rock band The Police won the award . The band were also nominated for a Canadian Juno Award for International Album of the Year . In January 1985 , Culture Club were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist , and in September 1985 , they were nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Art Direction for their video `` It 's a Miracle '' . In 1987 , they received another nomination for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist In the UK they amassed twelve Top 40 hit singles between 1982 and 1999 , including the number ones `` Do You Really Want To Hurt Me '' and `` Karma Chameleon '' , the latter being the biggest selling single of 1983 , and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 . `` Time ( Clock of the Heart ) '' is included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll . |
Craggy_Island | The fictional Craggy Island was the primary setting for the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted . |
Corinne_Griffith | Corinne Mae Griffith ( November 21 , 1894 -- July 13 , 1979 ) was an American film actress , producer and author . Dubbed The Orchid Lady of the Screen , she was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Divine Lady . Shortly after the advent of sound film , Griffith retired from acting and became a successful author and businesswoman . A biographical film about her life was released in 1963 titled Papa 's Delicate Condition , based on her memoir and focusing on the relationship between her and her father . |
Daniel_Pearl_(cinematographer) | Daniel Pearl , A.S.C. ( born 1951 in The Bronx , New York ) is an American cinematographer who has worked on many feature films , over 400 music videos and more than 250 commercials . He is known for his cinematography work on various horror films , including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) and its 2003 remake , Aliens vs. Predator : Requiem ( 2007 ) , Friday the 13th ( 2009 ) , and The Boy ( 2016 ) . After gaining a master 's degree at University of Texas at Austin , Pearl met Tobe Hooper in a film lab . After receiving some advice from the cinematographer about filters , Hooper later invited him to work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , saying that `` it 's really important that I have a Texan shoot this film . '' He won the first MTV cinematography award for `` Every Breath You Take . '' He filmed the Michael Bay-directed `` I 'd Do Anything for Love ( But I Wo n't Do That ) '' , which he cites as `` one of my personal all-time favorite projects ... I think the cinematography is pure , and it tells a story about the song . '' Michael Bay would later produce the 2003 Chainsaw remake . |
Daddy's_Home_2 | Daddy 's Home 2 is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Sean Anders , from a screenplay by Anders and John Morris . It stars Will Ferrell , Mark Wahlberg , Linda Cardellini , John Cena , John Lithgow and Mel Gibson . It is a sequel to the 2015 film Daddy 's Home . It is scheduled to be released on November 10 , 2017 , by Paramount Pictures . |
Dan_Henderson | Daniel Jeffery Henderson ( born August 24 , 1970 ) is an American retired mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler , who last competed as a middleweight and light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He was the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion and was the last Welterweight ( 80 kg ) and Middleweight ( 95 kg ) champion of Pride Fighting Championships . He was the first mixed martial artist to concurrently hold two titles in two different weight classes in a major MMA promotion . At the time of his retirement after UFC 204 , he was the oldest fighter on the UFC roster . |
Convair_B-58_Hustler | The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight . The aircraft was designed by Convair engineer Robert H. Widmer and developed for the United States Air Force for service in the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) during the 1960s . It used a delta wing , which was also employed by Convair fighters such as the F-102 , with four General Electric J79 engines in pods under the wing . It carried five nuclear weapons ; four on pylons under the wings , and one nuclear weapon and fuel in a combination bomb/fuel pod under the fuselage , rather than in an internal bomb bay . Replacing the Boeing B-47 Stratojet medium bomber , it was originally intended to fly at high altitudes and supersonic speeds to avoid Soviet fighters . The B-58 received a great deal of notoriety due to its sonic boom , which was often heard by the public as it passed overhead in supersonic flight . The introduction of highly-accurate Soviet surface-to-air missiles forced the B-58 into a low-level-penetration role that severely limited its range and strategic value , and it was never employed to deliver conventional bombs . This resulted in only a brief operational career between 1960 and 1970 when the B-58 was succeeded by the smaller , swing-wing FB-111A . |
Cultural_depictions_of_Æthelred_the_Unready | Cultural depictions of Æthelred the Unready have generally been less than flattering . |
Crown_dependencies | The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea , and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel . They are independently administered jurisdictions , and do not form part of either the United Kingdom or the British Overseas Territories . They are self-governing possessions of the Crown ( defined uniquely in each jurisdiction ) . Internationally , the dependencies are considered `` territories for which the United Kingdom is responsible '' , rather than sovereign states . As a result , they are not member states of the Commonwealth of Nations . However , they do have relationships with the Commonwealth , the European Union , and other international organisations , and are members of the British -- Irish Council . They have their own teams in the Commonwealth Games . They are not part of the European Union ( EU ) , although they are within the EU 's customs area . As the Crown dependencies are not sovereign states , the power to pass legislation affecting the islands ultimately rests with the government of the United Kingdom . However they each have their own legislative assemblies , with the power to legislate on many local matters with the assent of the Crown ( Privy Council , or in the case of the Isle of Man in certain circumstances the Lieutenant-Governor ) . In each case , the head of government is referred to as the Chief Minister . |
Country_Club_(album) | Country Club is the debut album of American country music artist Travis Tritt , released in 1990 by Warner Bros. . Records . The tracks `` Country Club '' , `` I 'm Gon na Be Somebody '' , `` Help Me Hold On '' , `` Drift Off to Dream '' , and `` Put Some Drive in Your Country '' were released as singles . Of these , `` Help Me Hold On '' was a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts ; all the other singles except for `` Put Some Drive in Your Country '' reached Top Ten . |
Danny_Dare | Danny Dare ( March 20 , 1905 , New York City -- November 20 , 1996 , Tarzana , Los Angeles , California ) was an American choreographer , actor , director , writer , and producer of the stage , screen , and film . Dare began his career in the 1920s as an actor on the New York stage , making his Broadway debut in 1923 in the musical Dew Drop Inn . He then performed on the vaudeville circuit , where he also gained experience as a choreographer , comedy sketch writer , and eventually a producer . In 1927 he portrayed Ronnie Webb in the musical The Five O'Clock Girl , also serving as the show 's assistant choreographer . He soon became highly busy as a choreographer on Broadway , serving in that capacity for such shows as The Little Show ( 1929 ) , Sweet Adeline ( 1929 ) Sweet and Low ( 1930 ) , You Said It ( 1931 ) , and Tattle Tales ( 1933 ) . In 1931 he produced the play Sentinels and later produced , directed , and wrote the book for the musical Meet the People ( 1940 ) . Dare 's talents as a choreographer drew the attention of executives at Paramount Pictures and he was offered a contract with the studio in 1929 . He went on to choreograph several films with the company including Let 's Go Places ( 1930 ) , Such Men Are Dangerous ( 1930 ) , Not Damaged ( 1930 ) , Wild People ( 1932 ) , Three Cheers for Love ( 1936 ) , Start Cheering ( 1938 ) , Hit Parade of 1941 ( 1940 ) , Panama Hattie ( 1942 ) , and most notably Holiday Inn ( 1942 ) . The last film he choreographed was Road to Utopia in 1946 . In 1938 Dare turned to directing for the first time with the film The Main Event . He never directed another film , but he was active as a television director during the 1950s with the shows Damon Runyon Theater and How to Marry a Millionaire . He also produced a total of eight films between 1945 and 1952 . |
Convivio | Convivio ( -LSB- komˈviːvjo -RSB- ; The Banquet ) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307 . This unfinished work of Dante consists of four trattati , or `` books '' : a prefatory one , plus three books that each include a canzone ( long lyrical poem ) and a prose allegorical interpretation or commentary of the poem that goes off in multiple thematic directions . The Convivio is a major stage of development for Dante , very different from the visionary world of the Vita nuova ( although like the earlier work it too is a medium for the author 's evolving sense of artistic vocation and philosophical-spiritual quest ) . This difference is reflected in how the two works use the prosimetrum format : in the Vita Nova there is a complex interrelation and intertwining between the prose and the poetry , while in the Convivio large blocks of prose have an autonomous existence apart from the poems ; the content of the poetry is not amplified or edited in the prose so much as commented upon prosaically , to serve as points of departure for the various subjects that the Convivio discusses . Dante himself tells us that the prose of the Convivio is `` temperate and virile , '' in contrast to the `` fervid and passionate '' prose of the Vita Nova ; and that while the approach to this in the work of his youth was `` like dreaming '' the Convivio approaches it subjects soberly and wide awake , often modeling its style on Scholastic authors . The Convivio is a kind of vernacular encyclopedia of the knowledge of Dante 's time ; it touches on many areas of learning , not only philosophy but also politics , linguistics , science , and history . The treatise begins with the prefatory book , or proem , which explains why a book like the Convivio is needed and why Dante is writing it in the vernacular instead of Latin . It is one of Dante 's early defenses of the vernacular , expressed in greater detail in his ( slightly earlier ) linguistic treatise De vulgari eloquentia ( On Eloquence in the Vernacular ) . Books 2 and 3 form a unit , both focusing on Dante 's new love after the death of Beatrice -- his love for Lady Philosophy , `` the most beautiful and dignified daughter of the Emperor of the universe , '' as he calls her . Book 2 discusses allegory and Lady Philosophy ( in connection with the canzone Voi che 'n tendendo il terzo ciel movete -LSB- You who move the third heaven with an act of the intellect -RSB- , which opens the book ) , and also brings such subjects as astronomy , angelology , and the soul 's immortality . Book 3 is a hymn of praise for philosophy , launched by an allegorical interpretation of Dante 's great canzone Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona ( Love , who speaks to me in my mind ) . In this book , Dante asserts that true philosophy can not arise from any ulterior motives , such as prestige or money -- it is only possible when the seeker has a love of wisdom for its own sake . Book 4 is by far the longest of the Convivio , and is noticeably distinct from the two books that precede it . The subject of book 4 is the nature of nobility . It opens with the longest canzone of the Convivio , Le dolci rime d'amor ( Those sweet poems of love ) , which is explicitly about gentilezza or nobility , as well as a condemnation of avarice , asserting that reason and the spirit of acquisition are mutually incompatible . The first half of book 4 's thirty chapters are dedicated to debunking the false idea of nobility as an inherited trait , one restricted to the aristocracy , while the final fifteen chapters delineate what true nobility consists of -- the perfection of a thing according to its nature -- and how nobility manifests in people at various stages of life . The Convivio , in its autobiographical passages and in the trajectories of its lines of thought , gives us a rich portrait of Dante himself , of great importance for an understanding of his work as a whole , especially the Divine Comedy . |
Daario_Naharis | Daario Naharis is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 2000 's A Storm of Swords , Daario Naharis is the commander of the Stormcrows from the continent of Essos . He subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) . Daario is portrayed by Ed Skrein and then Michiel Huisman in the HBO television adaptation . |
Crown_of_Louis_XV_of_France | The Crown of Louis XV is the sole surviving crown from the French ancien regime among the French Crown Jewels . |
Dana_Delany | Dana Welles Delany ( born March 13 , 1956 ) is an American film , stage , and television actress , producer , presenter , and health activist . Delany has been active in show business since the late 1970s . Following small roles early in her career , Delany garnered her first leading role in 1987 in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sweet Surrender and achieved wider fame in 1988 -- 1991 as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach , for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards ( 1989 , 1992 ) . She received further recognition for her performances in the films Light Sleeper ( 1992 ) , Tombstone ( 1993 ) , Exit to Eden ( 1994 ) , The Margaret Sanger Story ( 1995 ) , Fly Away Home ( 1996 ) , True Women ( 1997 ) , and Wide Awake ( 1998 ) . Since the mid-1990s , Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation . In the 2000s , Delany returned to television with a string of short-lived television series beginning with Pasadena ( 2001 ) , Presidio Med ( 2002 -- 2003 ) , and Kidnapped ( 2006 -- 2007 ) . From 2007 to 2010 , Delany played Katherine Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives . In the 2010s , from 2011 to 2013 , Delany played the lead role of Megan Hunt on the ABC drama series Body of Proof . In 2014 , she began her co-starring role as Crystal Harris in the Amazon drama series Hand of God , which has been ordered to full series by Amazon Studios in October 2014 . Most recently , in 2015 , she had a recurring guest role in the short-lived FX sitcom The Comedians as Julie , the wife of Billy Crystal , playing a fictionalized version of himself . On July 23 , 2015 , the series was cancelled after one season . Delany is also a voice actress . She played Lois Lane in the DC animated universe as well as in The Batman animated series . In an interview , she said she loves to play `` complicated characters '' . |
Culinary_Revolution | The Culinary Revolution was a movement during the late 1960s and 1970s , growing out of the Free Speech Movement , when sociopolitical issues began to profoundly affect the way Americans eat . The Culinary Revolution is often credited to Alice Waters , the owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley , California ; however , such claims are sometimes contested and the movement attributed to collaborations of other individuals . The mantra of using fresh , local , and seasonal ingredients at Waters 's Chez Panisse , as well as other similar `` New American cuisine '' restaurants , has greatly changed food served in restaurants and at home , thus creating California Cuisine and a broader movement in the cuisine of the United States . |
Dan_Brown | Daniel Gerhard `` Dan '' Brown ( born June 22 , 1964 ) is an American author of thriller fiction who wrote the 2003 bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code . Brown 's novels are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour period , and feature the recurring themes of cryptography , keys , symbols , codes , and conspiracy theories . His books have been translated into 52 languages , and as of 2012 , sold over 200 million copies . Three of them , Angels & Demons ( 2000 ) , The Da Vinci Code ( 2003 ) , and Inferno ( 2013 ) , have been adapted into films . Brown 's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs , and as a result , have generated controversy . Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian , though he is on a ` constant spiritual journey ' himself , and says that his book The Da Vinci Code is simply `` an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate '' and suggests that the book may be used `` as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith . '' |
Cupid | In classical mythology , Cupid ( Latin Cupīdō -LSB- kʊˈpiː.doː -RSB- , meaning `` desire '' ) is the god of desire , erotic love , attraction and affection . He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars . He is also known in Latin as Amor ( `` Love '' ) . His Greek counterpart is Eros . Although Eros is generally portrayed as a slender winged youth in Classical Greek art , during the Hellenistic period he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy . During this time , his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power : a person , or even a deity , who is shot by Cupid 's arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire . In myths , Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion . He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche , when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love . Although other extended stories are not told about him , his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios , such as `` Love conquers all '' and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid . In art , Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores , or amorini in the later terminology of art history , the equivalent of the Greek erotes . Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition . In the 15th century , the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto . Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages , when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love . In the Renaissance , a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings . In contemporary popular culture , Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love , often as an icon of Valentine 's Day . |
Dan_Castellaneta | Daniel Louis `` Dan '' Castellaneta ( -LSB- ˈdæn_ˌkæstələˈnɛtə -RSB- born October 29 , 1957 ) is an American actor , voice actor , comedian and screenwriter . Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons , he also voices many other characters on the show , including Abraham `` Grampa '' Simpson , Barney Gumble , Krusty the Clown , Sideshow Mel , Groundskeeper Willie , Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman . Castellaneta has also had roles in several other television programs , including the live-action sitcom Sibs , The Adventures of Dynamo Duck , and the animated series Back to the Future : The Animated Series , Earthworm Jim , Aladdin , Hey Arnold ! , Rugrats , Futurama , and Darkwing Duck . In 1999 , he appeared in the Christmas special Olive , the Other Reindeer and won an Annie Award for his portrayal of the unscrupulous federal agent known only as the Postman . Castellaneta has also released a comedy CD , I Am Not Homer , and wrote and starred in a one-person show titled Where Did Vincent van Gogh ? |
Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart | The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through the 1980s . Designed as the so-called `` Ultimate Interceptor '' , it proved to be the last dedicated interceptor in U.S. Air Force service to date . It was gradually retired during the 1980s , with the QF-106 drone conversions of the aircraft being used until 1998 under the Pacer Six Program . |
D._B._Weiss | Daniel Brett Weiss ( born April 23 , 1971 ) is an American author , screenwriter , producer , and director . Along with his collaborator David Benioff , he is best known as screenwriter , executive producer , and sometimes director of Game of Thrones , the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin 's series of books A Song of Ice and Fire . His 2003 debut novel , Lucky Wander Boy , is themed around video games . |
Constitution_of_the_Roman_Empire | The Constitution of the Roman Empire was an unwritten set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent . After the fall of the Roman Republic , the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor . Beginning with the first emperor , Augustus , the emperor and the senate were theoretically two co-equal branches of government . In practice , however , the actual authority of the imperial Senate was negligible , as the emperor held the true power of the state . During the reign of the second emperor , Tiberius , many of the powers that had been held by the Roman assemblies were transferred to the Senate . The powers of an emperor existed by virtue of his legal standing . The two most significant components to an emperor 's power were the `` tribunician powers '' tribunicia potestas and the proconsular imperium , or the power to command . The tribunician powers gave the emperor authority over Rome itself and the civil government , while the proconsular powers gave him authority over the provinces and the army . While these distinctions were clearly defined during the early empire , eventually they were lost , and the emperor 's powers became less constitutional and more monarchical . The traditional magistracies that survived the fall of the republic were the Consulship , Praetorship , Plebeian Tribunate , Aedileship , Quaestorship , and Military Tribunate . Any individual of the senatorial class could run for one of these offices . If an individual was not of the senatorial class , he could run for one of these offices if he was allowed to run by the emperor , or otherwise , he could be appointed to one of these offices by the emperor . |
DS2 | DS2 ( abbreviation of Dirty Sprite 2 ) is the third studio album by American rapper Future . It was released on July 17 , 2015 , by A1 Recordings , Freebandz and Epic Records . It serves as the sequel to his breakout mixtape , Dirty Sprite ( 2011 ) . The album was supported by three singles : `` Fuck Up Some Commas '' , `` Where Ya At '' featuring Drake , and `` Stick Talk '' . DS2 received generally positive reviews from critics , and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2015 by several publications . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , and it earned 151,000 units in its first week . In January 2016 , the album sold 344,000 in the United States . In May 2016 , the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . |
César,_Duke_of_Vendôme | César de Bourbon , Légitimé de France ( 3 June 1594 -- 22 October 1665 ) was the son of Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées , and founder of the House of Bourbon-Vendome . He held the titles of 1st Duke of Vendôme , 2nd Duke of Beaufort and 2nd Duke of Étampes , but is also simply known as César de Vendôme . Through his daughter , Élisabeth de Bourbon , César was a great-great-great-grandfather of Louis XV of France , merging thereafter to the French royal line . César de Bourbon is also an ancestor of Juan Carlos I of Spain , of Albert II , King of the Belgians , of Henri , Grand Duke of Luxembourg , and of Vittorio Emanuele , Prince of Naples , a pretender to the Italian throne . |
Creedence_Clearwater_Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival , often informally abbreviated to Creedence or CCR , was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s . The band consisted of lead vocalist , lead guitarist , and primary songwriter John Fogerty , his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty , bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford . Their musical style encompassed the roots rock , swamp rock , and blues rock genres . Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins , they played in a Southern rock style , with lyrics about bayous , catfish , the Mississippi River , and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography , as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War . The band performed at 1969 's famed Woodstock Festival . After four years of chart-topping success , the group disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972 . Tom Fogerty had officially left the previous year , and his brother John was at odds with the remaining members over matters of business and artistic control , all of which resulted in subsequent lawsuits between the former bandmates . Fogerty 's ongoing disagreements with Saul Zaentz , owner of their label Fantasy Records , created further protracted court battles . As a result , John Fogerty refused to perform with the two other surviving former members at CCR 's 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Creedence Clearwater Revival 's music is still a staple of U.S. radio airplay ; the band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone . Rolling Stone ranked the band 82nd on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time . |
Czar_(political_term) | Czar , sometimes spelled tsar , is an informal title for certain high-level officials in the United States and the United Kingdom . Political czars can run or organize governmental departments , and may devote their expertise to a single area of work . The `` czars '' have various official titles which may include the terms adviser , director , administrator , or diplomatic envoy , but such titles are often quite long or awkward sounding . In the United States , czars are generally executive branch officials appointed by the President either with Senate approval or without it . Some appointees outside the executive branch are called czars as well . Specific instances of the term are often a media creation . In the United Kingdom , the term is more loosely used to refer to high-profile appointments who devote their skills to one particular area . |
Crocodile_Dundee_II | Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American adventure and comedy film . It is a sequel to Crocodile Dundee ( 1986 ) and was followed by Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles ( 2001 ) . Actors Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton , respectively ; here shown opposing a Colombian drug cartel . The film was directed by John Cornell and shot on location in New York City and Northern Territory , Australia . It cost $ 14 million to make . |
Corporate_headquarters | Corporate headquarters is the part of a corporate structure that deals with important tasks such as strategic planning , corporate communications , taxes , law , marketing , finance , human resources , and information technology . Corporate headquarters takes responsibility for the overall success of the corporation and ensures corporate governance . It is sometimes referred to as the head office , which is the location where the executives of a business work and where many of the key business decisions are made . Generally , corporate headquarters acts as a core when the business is operating . The corporate headquarters includes : the CEO ( chief executive officer ) as a key person and their support staff such as the CEO office and other CEO related functions ; the `` corporate policy making '' functions : Include all corporate functions necessary to steer the firm by defining and establishing corporate policies ; the corporate services : Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services , provided based on specialized knowledge , best practices , and technology to serve internal ( and sometimes external ) customers and business partners ; the interface : Reporting line and bi-directional link between corporate headquarters and business units . Most other divisions and branches report to the corporate headquarters and staff may visit there periodically for training or other instructions '' ( Kimberly : 2014 : 22 ) . The corporate services are often relocated into a separate legal entity called shared services center . |
César_(film) | César is a 1936 French film , written and directed by Marcel Pagnol . It 's the final part of his Marseille trilogy , which began with the film Marius and was followed by Fanny . Unlike the other two films in the trilogy , César was not based on a play by Pagnol , but written directly as a film script . In 1946 Pagnol adapted the script as a stage play . |
DMX_(music) | DMX , a Mood Media company , is a `` multi-sensory '' branding agency based in Austin , Texas . DMX also provides music for cable and satellite television networks worldwide , including DirecTV and DStv in Africa . |
Crème_de_violette | Crème de violette , also known as liqueur de violette , is a generic term for a liqueur with natural and/or artificial violet flower flavoring and coloring with either a brandy base , a neutral spirit base , or a combination of the two . The taste profile and aroma are distinctly floral and sweet , and to many reminiscent of the violet candies popular in the early to mid 20th century . Its known production dates back to the early 19th century when it was served with dry vermouth or alone as a cordial . One well-regarded brand is Benoit Serres Liqueur de Violette . However , it is reportedly very difficult to obtain even in France . Benoit Liqueur de Violette is made with a neutral spirit base with a smaller portion of Armagnac added to it . After crème de violette had been all but unavailable in the United States for decades , in mid-2007 Haus Alpenz began importing the Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette , which is made from Queen Charlotte and March violet flowers from the Alps . Since then , other brands of crème de violette have arrived on the US market . Crème de violette is the forerunner to the liqueurs Parfait d'Amour and the American variation , Creme Yvette , both of which are decidedly different with pronounced vanilla and/or citrus flavors . When crème de violette is not available it is possible to use the Parfait Amour or creme Yvette to replicate the violet color in a drink , though the taste profile is quite different . It is considered a core ingredient in the Aviation cocktail . The rarity of crème de violette appeared as a plot element in an episode of The Avengers in 1965 entitled `` Two 's A Crowd '' . |
DJ_Play_a_Love_Song | `` DJ Play a Love Song '' was the second single ( third in the U.S. ) off Jamie Foxx 's second album , Unpredictable . The song features rapper Twista and was produced by Polow da Don , while the video for the song co-stars America 's Next Top Model winner Eva Pigford . |
Create_(TV_network) | Create is an American digital broadcast television network owned by American Public Television ( APT ) . The network , broadcasts how-to , DIY and other lifestyle-oriented instructional programming 24 hours a day . It is distributed through digital subchannel affiliations with public television stations -- generally those that are members of the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) , as well as through carriage on the digital tiers of certain cable television providers through a local affiliate of the network . Create was launched on January 10 , 2006 , and developed as a result of PBS ' announcement of the closure of its similarly formatted lifestyle network , PBS YOU . |
César_Award | The César Award is the national film award of France . It is delivered in the ceremony and was first awarded in 1976 . The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Ministry of Culture . The nationally televised award ceremony is held in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris each year in February . It is an initiative from the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma which was founded in 1975 . The César Award is considered the highest film honor in France , the French film industry 's equivalent to the Molière Award for theatre , and the Victoires de la Musique for music . In cinema , it is the French equivalent of the Academy Award in the United States , the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom and the AACTA Awards in Australia . The award was created by Georges Cravenne , who was also the creator of the Molière Award for theatre . The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini ( 1921 -- 1998 ) who created it . The 42nd César Awards ceremony took place on 24 February 2017 . Elle , directed by Paul Verhoeven , won the award for Best Film . |
Dalek | The Daleks ( -LSB- ˈdɑːlɛks -RSB- ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who . The Daleks were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial The Daleks , in the shells designed by Raymond Cusick . Drawing inspirations from the real-life example of the Nazis , the Daleks are merciless and pitiless cyborg aliens , demanding total conformity , bent on conquest of the universe and the extermination of what they see as inferior races . Their catchphrase , `` Exterminate ! '' , is a well-recognised reference in British popular culture . Within the programme 's narrative , the Daleks were engineered by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war between his people , the Kaleds , and their enemies the Thals . With some Kaleds already badly mutated and damaged by nuclear war , Davros genetically modified the Kaleds and integrated them with a tank-like , robotic shell , removing their every emotion apart from hate . His creations soon came to view themselves as the supreme race in the universe , intent on purging the universe of all non-Dalek life . Collectively they are the greatest enemies of Doctor Whos protagonist , the Time Lord known as The Doctor . Later in the programme 's run , the Daleks acquired time travel technology and engaged the Time Lords in a brutal Time War affecting most of the universe , with battles taking place across all of history . They are among the show 's most popular villains and their various returns to the series over the years have typically been widely reported in the television press . |
Céline_(1992_film) | Céline is a 1992 French drama film directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau . It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival . |
Convoy_commodore | Convoy commodore was the title of a civilian put in charge of the good order of the merchant ships in the British convoys used during World War II . Usually the convoy commodore was a retired naval officer or a senior merchant captain drawn from the Royal Naval Reserve . He was aboard one of the merchant ships . The convoy commodore was distinguished from the commander of the convoy 's escort , always a naval officer . Noted commodores include : Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax . Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer . Admiral Lachlan Donald Ian Mackinnon . Survived his ship sinking and was rescued after a prolonged period in the cold waters of the North Atlantic ; his health was damaged permanently . Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse who went down with his ship when it was torpedoed en route to South Africa . Admiral Sir Studholme Brownrigg who went down with his ship , SS Ville de Tamatave , on 24 January 1943 in a violent storm . Admiral Eric Gascoigne Robinson , V.C. who served for three years . Retired exhausted . Captain Harry Charles Birnie , of the Cunard Line . Died commanding Convoy SC 121 . |
Construction_paper | __ FORCETOC __ Construction paper ( sugar paper ) is a tough , coarse , coloured paper . The texture is slightly rough , and the surface is unfinished . Due to the source material , mainly wood pulp , small particles are visible on the paper 's surface . It is used for projects or crafts . The origin of the term `` sugar paper '' lies in its use for making bags to contain sugar . It is related to the `` blue paper '' used by confectionery bakers from the 17th century England onwards ; for example , in the baking of Regency ratafia cakes ( or macaroons ) . The animated cartoons Blue 's Clues and South Park ( initially ) were made using construction paper and stop motion . |
Corey_J._Hodges | Corey James Hodges ( born December 14 , 1970 in St. Petersburg , Florida ) is an African-American preacher and a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune Newspaper . He is a regular host of the television program This week in the Word which airs weekly on Utah 's KTMW . Hodges is currently the pastor of New Pilgrim Baptist Church , a multicultural Christian fellowship in Salt Lake City , Utah that has membership from over 30 different nations and holds weekly services in both English and Spanish . His church is affiliated with both the National Baptist Convention , USA , Inc. and the Southern Baptist Convention . Pastor Hodges served six years as the president of the Intermountain General Baptist Convention Inc. . The convention consists of three states : Utah , Idaho , and Wyoming . He is the founder of the New Pilgrim School of Fine Arts that offers instruction in Music , Dance and Theatre.In 2006 , Hodges was appointed to serve on the Initiative on Utah Children in Foster Care ( IOU ) board by Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine M. Durham . He previously served on the Governor 's Olene Walker Board of Economic Development . Hodges is a 2006 recipient of the Community of Peace Award given to outstanding citizens who model peace and make a personal commitment towards making Salt Lake County a community of peace . In 2009 , he received the City of Taylorsville , Utah citizen 's award and in 2010 , Utah Governor Gary Herbert presented him with an award for his outstanding service to the Utah community . Pastor Hodges is also the 2010 recipient of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch Albert B. Fritz Civil Rights/Humanitarian Worker of the Year Award . On July 14 , 2007 Hodges wrote a column for The Salt Lake Tribune titled , `` Women face many difficulties leaving abusive spouses , '' in which he stated that Fox News Channel commentator Bill O'Reilly blamed Nancy Benoit and Jessie Davis for their deaths . O'Reilly retorted by calling Hodges ' claim an `` outrageous lie '' on the July 16 O'Reilly Factor `` Most Ridiculous Item of the Day . '' Hodges responded with another column in the Salt Lake Tribune on July 21 titled , `` Perhaps I misunderstood O'Reilly 's comments about murders , '' in which he argued that his statements were `` probably more accurately characterized as a misinterpretation rather than a lie . '' On his July 23 show , O'Reilly again said that Hodges statements were a `` flat out lie . '' Hodges holds an associates and bachelor 's degree in Business Administration and Marketing and a Masters of Arts in Divinity from Regent University in Virginia Beach , Virginia . He is working on a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Ecclesiastical Leadership and Practice at Regent University School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship , Virginia Beach , Virginia . |
Cultural_influence_of_Star_Trek | Star Trek is one of the most culturally-influential television shows , and is often regarded as the most influential science fiction TV series in history . The original series , which aired in the late 1960s , has since spawned five successor series and thirteen movies , a plethora of merchandise , and a multibillion-dollar industry collectively known as the Star Trek franchise . The franchise is owned by CBS Television Studios , which now owns television properties previously held by Paramount Pictures , the studio that produced Star Trek for many decades ; CBS Paramount continues to hold DVD rights to the TV series , and the rights to produce feature films . Two films have been inspired by the cultural influence of Star Trek : Galaxy Quest , and Free Enterprise . |
Cowboy_diplomacy | Cowboy diplomacy is a term used by critics to describe the resolution of international conflicts through brash risk-taking , intimidation , military deployment , or a combination of such tactics . It is criticized as stemming from an overly-simple , dichotomous world view . Overtly provocative phraseology typically centralizes the message . One of the earliest known applications of the term was in 1902 , when it was used by Jackie Lawlor from Westford , Massachusetts and the American press to describe U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt 's foreign policies . Roosevelt had at the time summarized his approach to international diplomacy as `` Speak softly and carry a big stick '' , an adage that was engraved on a bronze plaque on Donald Rumsfeld 's office desk in the Pentagon and has set the modern precedent . The term has since also been applied to the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush . |
Daniel_Díaz_(cyclist) | Daniel Ricardo Díaz ( born 7 July 1989 ) is an Argentine road bicycle racer for . In 2012 , he came in second place of the general classification of the Tour de San Luis . He was originally third , but Alberto Contador 's results were later voided , which also awarded him the fifth stage of that race since he had finished second behind Contador . In January 2013 , Díaz won the overall classification of the Tour de San Luis , besting second-placed Tejay van Garderen by 33 seconds . He earned the leader 's jersey after the mountainous stage 5 , where he finished second behind his teammate Emmanuel Guevara . He managed to hold on to his lead until the end of the seven-stage race , scoring another second place on the sixth stage finishing atop the Mirador del Sol , 2 seconds behind Alberto Contador , who placed a strong attack in the closing kilometer . |
Curb_Your_Enthusiasm | Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO that premiered on October 15 , 2000 . The series was created by Larry David , who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself . The series follows Larry in his life as a semi-retired television writer and producer in Los Angeles and later New York City . Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife , Cheryl ; Jeff Garlin as his manager , Jeff ; and Susie Essman as Jeff 's wife , Susie . Curb Your Enthusiasm often features guest stars , and many of these appearances are by celebrities playing versions of themselves fictionalized to varying degrees . The plots and subplots of the episodes are established in an outline written by David , and the dialogue is largely improvised by the actors ( a technique known as retroscripting ) . As with Seinfeld , which David co-created , the subject matter in Curb Your Enthusiasm often involves the minutiae of American daily social life , and plots often revolve around Larry David 's many faux pas and his problems with certain social conventions and expectations , as well as his annoyance with other people 's behavior . The character has a hard time letting such annoyances go unexpressed , which often leads him into awkward situations . The series was developed from a 1999 one-hour special , Larry David : Curb Your Enthusiasm , which David and HBO originally envisioned as a one-time project . The special was shot as a mockumentary , where the characters were aware of the presence of cameras and a crew . The series itself is not a mock documentary but is shot in a somewhat similar , cinéma vérité-like style . Curb Your Enthusiasm has received high critical acclaim and has grown in popularity since its debut . It has been nominated for 38 Primetime Emmy Awards , and Robert B. Weide received an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode `` Krazee Eyez Killa '' . The show won the 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy . After Season 8 finished in 2011 , the series went on an indefinite hiatus . In June 2016 , after a five-year absence , it was announced the series would return for a ninth season , scheduled to premiere in 2017 . |
Daniel_Brühl | Daniel César Martín Brühl González ( -LSB- ˈbʁyːl ˈgɔnt͡s.aˌləs -RSB- ; born June 16 , 1978 ) is a German actor . He began his work at a young age in a German soap opera called Forbidden Love in 1995 . In 2003 , his starring role in the German film Good Bye , Lenin ! received wider recognition and critical acclaim which garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and the German Film Award for Best Actor . Brühl has worked in both European and American productions in several different languages . He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences with his breakout role of Fredrick Zoller , a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino 's Inglourious Basterds , and appeared in films such as The Bourne Ultimatum , The Fifth Estate and A Most Wanted Man . Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush . In 2016 , Brühl made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America : Civil War , portraying Helmut Zemo . |
Cutthroat_Kitchen | Cutthroat Kitchen is a cooking show hosted by Alton Brown that premiered on the Food Network on August 11 , 2013 . It features four chefs competing in a three-round elimination cooking competition . The contestants face auctions in which they can purchase opportunities to sabotage one another . Each chef is given $ 25,000 at the start of the show ; the person left standing keeps whatever money he/she has not spent in the auctions . The show is in its fifteenth season as of November 2016 . The series shares some basic elements with other four-chef , three-round elimination-style competitions on Food Network including Chopped and Guy 's Grocery Games . Numerous Cutthroat Kitchen contestants have competed on these shows . |
Daniel_Webster | Daniel Webster ( January 18 , 1782October 24 , 1852 ) was an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives , representing New Hampshire ( 1813 -- 1817 ) and Massachusetts ( 1823 -- 1827 ) , served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts ( 1827 -- 1841 and 1845 -- 1850 ) and was twice the United States Secretary of State , under Presidents William Henry Harrison and John Tyler ( 1841 -- 1843 ) and Millard Fillmore ( 1850 -- 1852 ) . He and James G. Blaine were the only two people to serve as Secretary of State under three presidents . Webster also sought the Whig Party nomination for President three times : in 1836 , 1840 and 1852 . Born in Salisbury , New Hampshire , Webster was one of the most highly regarded courtroom lawyers of the era and shaped several key U.S. Supreme Court cases that established important constitutional precedents that bolstered the authority of the federal government . As a diplomat he is best known for negotiating the Webster -- Ashburton Treaty of 1842 with Great Britain ; it established the border between the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains . Webster entered politics during the era of the Second Party System , which was the political system in the United States from about 1828 to 1854 , characterized by rapidly increasing voter interest and personal loyalty to parties . Webster was an outstanding spokesman for American nationalism with powerful oratory that made him a key Whig leader . He spoke for conservatives and led the opposition to Democrat Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . He was a spokesman for modernization , banking , and industry , but not for the common people who composed the base of his opponents in Jacksonian democracy . `` He was a thoroughgoing elitist , and he reveled in it , '' says biographer Robert Remini . Chiefly recognized for his Senate tenure , Webster was a key figure in the institution 's `` Golden days '' . Webster was the Northern member of the `` Great Triumvirate '' , with his colleagues Henry Clay from the West ( Kentucky ) and John C. Calhoun from the South ( South Carolina ) . His `` Reply to Hayne '' in 1830 has been regarded as one of the greatest speeches in the Senate 's history . As with his fellow Whig Henry Clay , Webster wanted to see the Union preserved and civil war averted . They both worked for compromises to stave off the sectionalism that threatened war between the North and the South . Webster 's support for the Compromise of 1850 , devised in part by Clay , proved crucial to its passage . In 1957 , a Senate committee selected Webster as one of the five greatest U.S. Senators with Clay , Calhoun , Robert La Follette , and Robert A. Taft . |
Cooter_(30_Rock) | `` Cooter '' is the fifteenth episode of the second season of 30 Rock and the thirty-sixth episode of the series . It was written by series ' creator Tina Fey and was directed by one of the season 's producers , Don Scardino . The episode first aired on May 8 , 2008 , on the NBC network in the United States . `` Cooter '' follows Jack Donaghy 's ( Alec Baldwin ) attempt to get fired from his new job in politics ; Liz Lemon 's ( Fey ) pregnancy scare and decision to adopt a baby ; Tracy Jordan 's ( Tracy Morgan ) creation of a pornographic video game ; and Kenneth Parcell 's ( Jack McBrayer ) aspiration to be an NBC page at the Beijing Olympics . The episode is an unofficial season finale , due to the season being shortened by the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike . `` Cooter '' received positive review from critics , and several considered it to be among the series ' best episodes . Several critics noted that Liz had a pregnancy scare the same week that Fey 's film Baby Mama was released , possibly used as cross promotion . The episode was watched by 5.61 million American viewers on its original broadcast , and was nominated for two awards , winning one . |
Crosstalk_(comedy) | Crosstalk , also known by its Chinese name xiangsheng , is a traditional Chinese comedic performing arts , and one of China 's most popular cultural elements . It is typically in the form of a duo dialogue between two performers , but much less often can also be a monologue by a solo performer ( similar to most western stand-up comedy ) , or even less frequently , a group act by multiple performers . The crosstalk language , rich in puns and allusions , is delivered in a rapid , bantering style , typically in the Beijing dialect ( or in Standard Chinese with a strong northern accent ) . The acts would sometimes include singing , Chinese rapping and musical instruments . Canadian crosstalk comedian Dashan ( Mark Rowswell ) says the closest equivalent in English would be Abbott and Costello 's `` Who 's on First ? '' sketch . |
Da_Vinci_Schools | Da Vinci Schools operate four small , college-preparatory K-12 public charter schools located at the corners of Hawthorne , El Segundo , Manhattan Beach , and Redondo Beach in Los Angeles , California , United States , in close proximity to leading aerospace and high tech companies , design firms , and major universities . Da Vinci Schools are dedicated to preparing students for college completion and 21st century jobs through an interdisciplinary real-world , project-based `` learn by doing '' curriculum that exceeds state content standards and California 's `` a-g '' university admissions requirements . Da Vinci signature programs and practices include : a small and personalized learning environment where every student is known , seen and valued ; strategic public-private partnerships with many industry , higher-ed , and education innovator leaders ; a Work Experience Program in which high school students gain on-the-job , real-world work experience ; and an Early College Program in which students take college classes for credit ( at no cost to families ) while they simultaneously earn their high school diploma . Established in 2009 as independently governed and operated charter schools , Da Vinci Schools have earned a reputation for hands-on learning and a new public-private partnership model where industry helps to define the real-world skill sets needed to prepare students for jobs in today 's global economy . Dr. David Brown , the former executive director of the WASC Accrediting Commission , said `` Da Vinci Schools are among the very finest I 've seen . '' In 2010 , California 's top educator , former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell , said Da Vinci Schools should be a `` model for other public schools in the state . '' The Los Angeles Times reported that Da Vinci Schools offer a teaching model that would make Leonardo da Vinci proud . Ninety-eight ( 98 % ) of Da Vinci graduates have completed the necessary coursework for admission to a University of California or Cal State campus . Da Vinci graduates have been accepted to every UC and CSU , and to Stanford , MIT , Yale , Columbia , Brown , Princeton , Dartmouth , Purdue , USC , LMU , and many other prestigious private and public universities across the nation . During the 2014-15 school year , Da Vinci Schools served approximately 1,375 students from 82 different zip codes . Da Vinci Schools are fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges ( WASC ) and are a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools . |
Courtney_Love_filmography | Courtney Love is an American musician and actress who began her professional career in film in 1986 with a supporting role in Alex Cox 's Sid and Nancy ( 1986 ) ; she had prior studied film with experimental director George Kuchar at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1984 , and appeared in one of Kuchar 's short films . After pursuing music and having a successful career as the frontwoman of alternative rock band Hole , Love also had intermittent roles in films , most notably receiving critical attention for her performance as Althea Flynt in Miloš Forman 's 1996 biopic The People vs. Larry Flynt , which earned her a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Actress , as well as awards from the Boston , Chicago , New York , and Los Angeles film critics associations . Love later appeared among an ensemble cast in 200 Cigarettes ( 1998 ) , as well as in a leading role in Man on the Moon ( 1999 ) alongside Jim Carrey , for which she received critical recognition . She later appeared in several independent films and short subjects as well as the thriller Trapped ( 2002 ) alongside Charlize Theron and Kevin Bacon , and Julie Johnson ( 2001 ) , for which she received an award for Best Actress at Los Angeles ' gay and lesbian Outfest film festival . Love has also appeared in a multitude of documentary films as both an interviewee as well as in archival and live footage , including the Sonic Youth documentary subject 1991 : The Year Punk Broke ( 1992 ) ; Not Bad for a Girl ( 1995 ) , which focused on women in alternative music ; and Hit So Hard ( 2011 ) , which documented the life of Love 's bandmate , drummer Patty Schemel . In July 2014 , it was confirmed that Love would be joining the cast of the FX series Sons of Anarchy for the show 's seventh and final season in a recurring role ; this marked Love 's debut role in a television series . Subsequent television work included appearances on the ABC-TV nighttime soap Revenge as well as the hit Lee Daniels drama Empire . Love 's acting renaissance is set to continue in 2017 , with a role in the James Franco-helmed indie feature The Long Home . Additionally , she continues her work in television with a part in a forthcoming Shakespeare anthology series A Midsummer 's Nightmare . |
Country_Club_(2018_TV_series) | Country Club is an upcoming Disney animated television series that will premiere on Disney XD in 2018 . The series is created by Chris and Shane Houghton , who originally worked on Nickelodeon 's Harvey Beaks . The series will focus on Cricket Green , a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his family . Cricket 's curiosity and enthusiasm leads his wildly out of place family on epic journeys and into the hearts of his new neighbors . Emmy Award-winning director Rob Renzetti ( creator of My Life as a Teenage Robot , supervising producer for Gravity Falls and executive producer of the 2017 reboot of DuckTales ) serves as executive producer and the Houghton brothers serve as co-executive producers . |
D12 | D12 , an initialism for The Dirty Dozen , is an American hip hop group from Detroit , Michigan . D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States , United Kingdom , and Australia . D12 was formed in 1996 , and achieved mainstream success after Eminem rose to international fame . The original lineup consisted of the members and their alter egos . This is where Slim Shady came from . D12 released the album Devil 's Night in 2001 and D12 World in 2004 , spawning numerous hits such as `` Fight Music '' , `` Purple Pills '' , `` My Band '' , `` How Come '' and `` Shit on You '' throughout that period . Since 2006 , Eminem 's hiatus and the death of the member Proof resulted in them being less active in subsequent years . |
Cult | The term cult usually refers to a social group defined by its religious , spiritual , or philosophical beliefs , or its common interest in a particular personality , object or goal . The term itself is controversial and it has divergent definitions in both popular culture and academia and it also has been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study . In the sociological classifications of religious movements , a cult is a social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices , although this is often unclear . Other researchers present a less-organized picture of cults on the basis that cults arise spontaneously around novel beliefs and practices . The word `` cult '' has always been controversial because it is ( in a pejorative sense ) considered a subjective term , used as an ad hominem attack against groups with differing doctrines or practices . Groups said to be cults range in size from local groups with a few members to international organizations with millions . Beginning in the 1930s , cults became the object of sociological study in the context of the study of religious behavior . From the 1940s the Christian countercult movement has opposed some sects and new religious movements , and it labelled them as cults for their `` un-Christian '' unorthodox beliefs . The secular anti-cult movement began in the 1970s and it opposed certain groups , often charging them with mind control and partly motivated in reaction to acts of violence committed by some of their members . Some of the claims and actions of the anti-cult movements have been disputed by scholars and by the news media , leading to further public controversy . The term `` new religious movement '' refers to religions which have appeared since the mid-1800s . Many , but not all of them , have been considered cults . Sub-categories of cults include : Doomsday cults , political cults , destructive cults , racist cults , polygamist cults , and terrorist cults . Governmental reactions to cult-related issues have also been a source of controversy . |
Daniel_Craig | Daniel Wroughton Craig ( born 2 March 1968 ) is an English actor . He trained at the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991 , before beginning his career on stage . His film debut was in the drama The Power of One ( 1992 ) . Other early appearances were in the Disney family film A Kid in King Arthur 's Court ( 1995 ) and the biographical film Elizabeth ( 1998 ) , as well as in the historical war drama television series Sharpe 's Eagle ( 1993 ) and the action-adventure drama series Zorro . Cast as the fictional British secret agent James Bond in October 2005 , his first film in the role , Casino Royale , was released internationally in November 2006 . Craig 's appearances in the British television film Love Is the Devil : Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon ( 1998 ) , the indie war film The Trench ( 1999 ) , and the drama Some Voices ( 2000 ) attracted the film industry 's attention . This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film Lara Croft : Tomb Raider ( 2001 ) , the crime thriller Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) , the crime thriller Layer Cake ( 2004 ) , and the Steven Spielberg historical drama Munich ( 2005 ) . Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play the role of Ian Fleming 's James Bond in the official film series , taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005 . Although his casting was initially greeted with scepticism , his debut was highly acclaimed and earned him a BAFTA award nomination , with Casino Royale becoming the highest-grossing in the series at the time . Quantum of Solace followed two years later . Craig 's third Bond film , Skyfall , premiered in 2012 and is currently the highest-grossing film in the series , was the highest-grossing film in the UK until 2015 and the fifteenth highest-grossing film of all time . Craig 's fourth Bond film , Spectre , premiered in 2015 . In 2006 , he joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Since taking the role of Bond , he has continued to star in other films , including the World War II film Defiance ( 2008 ) , science fiction Western Cowboys & Aliens ( 2010 ) , and the English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson 's mystery thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( 2011 ) . Craig also made a guest appearance as Bond in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games , alongside Queen Elizabeth II . As of 20 February 2017 , Craig is the second longest serving James Bond , surpassed only by Roger Moore . |
Daniel_Kahneman | Daniel Kahneman ( -LSB- ˈkɑːnəmən -RSB- דניאל כהנמן , born March 5 , 1934 ) is an Israeli-American psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making , as well as behavioral economics , for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ( shared with Vernon L. Smith ) . His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory . With Amos Tversky and others , Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases ( Kahneman & Tversky , 1973 ; Kahneman , Slovic & Tversky , 1982 ; Tversky & Kahneman , 1974 ) , and developed prospect theory ( Kahneman & Tversky , 1979 ) . In 2011 , he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers . In the same year , his book Thinking , Fast and Slow , which summarizes much of his research , was published and became a best seller . He is professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School . Kahneman is a founding partner of TGG Group , a business and philanthropy consulting company . He is married to Royal Society Fellow Anne Treisman . In 2015 The Economist listed him as the seventh most influential economist in the world . |
Dan_Starkey_(actor) | Dan Griff Starkey ( born 27 September ) is a Welsh actor from Swansea known for making numerous appearances in the BBC One science-fiction TV series Doctor Who . He has portrayed a number of different Sontaran characters , most notably Strax , who has come across the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor , played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi respectively . |
Coughee_Brothaz | The Coughee Brothaz ( formerly known as the Odd Squad ) is a Southern hip-hop trio consisting of Devin the Dude , Jugg Mugg and Rob Quest . Their first album , Fadanuf Fa Erybody !! was released on February 1 , 1994 under Rap-A-Lot Records . The album is considered by Scarface to be the label 's finest release . Having been out of print for many years , Fadanuf Fa Erybody !! is heavily sought after by fans . The album can now however , be digitally purchased over iTunes music store , where a chopped and screwed version of the album is included . The group later became known as Coughee Brothaz and released the albums Waitin ' Our Turn in 2007 and Fresh Brew in 2011 . The album was mainly produced by Robert `` Rob Quest '' McQueen and Carlos `` DJ Styles '' Garza with additional production by Mike Dean and N.O. Joe . |
Crumbsuckers | Crumbsuckers was an American crossover thrash band originally formed by bass player Gary Meskil in 1982 , in his home town of Baldwin , Nassau County , New York . Crumbsuckers amalgamated thrash and hardcore punk sounds and themes , making an immediate impact on the wider scene with their 1986 debut album , Life of Dreams . Though the band was supported by its fanbase and fellow artists , Crumbsuckers second album , Beast on My Back , failed to deliver on expectations , despite the musicianship displayed on the recording . The departure of lead vocalist Chris Notaro in 1988 started the band 's gradual decline , despite the Crumbsuckers attempts to create a new identity . Even so , the band had already firmly cemented themselves as pioneers of the crossover thrash movement . Crumbsuckers played its latest reunion show ( with Chris Notaro on vocals ) at the 2015 Black N ' Blue Bowl Festival at Webster Hall ( formerly the Ritz ) in New York City on Sunday 17 May 2015 . |
Cooking_Channel_(Canada) | Cooking Channel is a Canadian English language Category B cable and satellite specialty channel and a localized version of the United States cable channel of the same name that is owned by Corus Entertainment . Dedicated to programming related to food and cooking , its branding is licensed from Scripps Networks Interactive ; Corus and Scripps partner on sister network Food Network . The channel previously operated as SexTV : The Channel , and W Movies ( a spin-off of W Network focusing on female-centric movies ) . |
Crewman | Crewman is a generic term for a crew member serving in the operation of an aircraft , naval vessel , or train . The term may also refer to individuals serving in a military capacity on weapon system platforms , such as those operating a tank . In some science fiction ( most notably Star Trek ) , crewman is the lowest military rank on board a spacecraft , analogous to seaman in many real world navies . The term `` crewman '' may also be used interchangeably with the non-gender specific form as `` crewperson '' or `` crewmember '' . |
Da_Vinci_(song) | `` Da Vinci '' is a song by the American rock band Weezer . It was released as the third single from the band 's ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End on November 18 , 2014 . |
Count_of_Boulogne | The Count of Boulogne is a historical title in the kingdom of France . The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the center of the county of Boulogne during the ninth century . Little is known of the early counts , but the first held the title during the 11th century . Eustace II of Boulogne accompanied William I of England ( the Conqueror ) during the Norman Conquest in 1066 and fought on his side at the Battle of Hastings . His son , Eustace III , was a major participant in the First Crusade with his younger brothers , Geoffrey and Baldwin ( who later became king of Jerusalem ) . After Baldwin 's death the throne was offered to Eustace , who was reluctant and declined ; the throne was then offered to Geoffrey . Count Renaud of Boulogne obtained the title by abducting and marrying Countess Ida in 1190 , and later gained title to Dammartin and Aumale . An early friend of King Philippe II Augustus , he turned against the king by joining the forces of the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 ( where he was defeated , captured , imprisoned and committed suicide ) . Boulogne came under nominal royal control in 1223 , when it passed to Philippe Hurepel ( `` spiked hair '' , the son of Philippe II ) . Hurepel participated in the Albigensian Crusade in 1226 and later revolted in 1229 against Blanche of Castile . He was slain by Count Dietrich V of Cleaves in 1234 , according to sources , after accidentally killing Count Florent IV of Holland in a tournament . The county reverted to the crown and was passed to Adelaide of Brabant , wife of William III of Auvergne . Boulogne was attacked and besieged a number of times during the Hundred Years ' War , repeatedly passing between the English and French . In 1477 Bertrand VI of La Tour gave the county to Louis XI , who incorporated the county into France . Boulogne remained part of France , except for a brief period of English rule under Henry VIII . William I of Blois ( c. 1137 -- 11 October 1159 ) was Count of Boulogne ( 1153 -- 1159 ) and Earl of Surrey jure uxoris ( 1153 -- 1159 ) . He was the third son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne . |
Dan_Kemp | Daniel `` Dan '' Kemp ( November 29 , 1927 -- January 11 , 2000 ) was an American actor best known for his guest-starring roles in several television westerns between 1969 and 1971 . Kemp was born in San Diego , California . He was a son of actor Carroll Kemp , from an old Cornish family . His first role was as `` Nick '' in the 1968 episode `` A Few Miles West of Nowhere '' on the NBC adventure series , I Spy , starring Robert Culp and Bill Cosby . His first western role followed the next year as the character Clem Watson in `` Lightfoot '' on ABC 's The Big Valley as well as High Chaparral . In 1970 , he appeared as a police lieutenant in the episode `` Beware the Wiles of the Stranger '' on Raymond Burr 's NBC series Ironside . He appeared twice in 1970 in different roles on the NBC western The High Chaparral . In 1970 , he also played the role of Vittorio in the film Cry Blood , Apache . On November 30 , 1970 , he played the outlaw Lucas McCabe in the episode `` McCabe '' of CBS 's Gunsmoke . Mitch Vogel played his teenage son , Dobie , who , because of hatred over the father having deserted him and his late mother , turns McCabe over to authorities to be hanged . Ultimately Marshal Matt Dillon obtains McCabe on a lesser offense and the father and son reconcile , but McCabe goes to prison as his son waits for his return . In 1971 , Kemp played Al Gorman in the `` Exit from Wickenburg '' episode of ABC 's Alias Smith and Jones . Kemp appeared twice on NBC 's Bonanza , as Jim Hale in `` The Silence at Stillwater '' ( 1969 ) and as Bolton in `` The Reluctant American '' ( 1971 ) . He also appeared in 1971 in the episode `` No Pockets in the Shroud '' of CBS 's detective series Cannon , starring William Conrad . In 1973 , he played the outlaw Joe Meehan in the John Wayne film , Cahill U.S. Marshal . His last role was as a judge in the 1979 television movie , Undercover with the KKK . Kemp died in Nevada City , California , at the age of seventy-two . |
Dabangg | Dabangg ( Fearless ) is a 2010 Indian action film directed by Abhinav Kashyap , and produced by Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions . Arbaaz 's elder brother Salman Khan stars in the lead role , with Sonakshi Sinha ( in her acting debut ) , Arbaaz Khan , Om Puri , Dimple Kapadia , Vinod Khanna , Anupam Kher , Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill featuring in supporting roles , while Sonu Sood plays the main antagonist . The film marks the debut of Arbaaz as a producer and Kashyap as a director . Malaika Arora appears in the item number `` Munni Badnaam Hui '' . Dabangg is set in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh , and tells the story of a corrupt but fearless police officer , Chulbul Pandey , and his troubled relationship with his stepfather and half-brother . Made with a budget of 300 million and marketed at 120 million , Dabangg was shot primarily in the town of Wai in Maharashtra , while other major scenes were shot in the United Arab Emirates . Dabangg was released during Eid on 10 September 2010 in nearly 2100 cinemas worldwide . It opened to generally positive reviews , and went on to gross 2.15 billion worldwide . It is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010 and one among the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time . Dabangg has won several awards -- the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and six Filmfare Awards , including Best Film and Best Female Debut ( Sinha ) . It was later remade in Tamil as Osthe , and in Telugu as Gabbar Singh . A sequel , titled Dabangg 2 was released in 2012 . |
DJ_Jayceeoh | Jacob Charles Osher , ( born June 6 , 1982 ) , more popularly known as Jayceeoh , is an American DJ , record producer and world renowned turntablist . He is the founder of label imprint , `` Super 7 Records '' . |
Dancing_with_the_Stars_(U.S._TV_series) | Dancing with the Stars is an American dance competition television series that premiered on June 1 , 2005 , on ABC . It is the US version of the UK series Strictly Come Dancing . The show is hosted by Tom Bergeron , alongside Erin Andrews , who became co-host in season 18 . Lisa Canning was co-host in season 1 , Samantha Harris co-hosted seasons 2 through 9 and Brooke Burke-Charvet in seasons 10 through 17 . The series has been renewed through its twenty fifth season on May 12 , 2017 . The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer . Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges ' points and audience votes . The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges ' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains . |
Dan_Healy_(soundman) | Dan Healy is an audio engineer who often worked with the American rock band the Grateful Dead . He succeeded Alembic and Owsley `` Bear '' Stanley as the group 's chief sound man after the Wall Of Sound in 1974 and subsequent band hiatus through 1975 . A favorite amongst Deadheads for many years , he helped to introduce a tapers section at Grateful Dead concert to allow audience recording of live concerts . Healy would sometimes provide direct output from the soundboard for the tapers to directly patch into their recorders . He was a pioneer in rock sound system innovation , and helped Bear along with Ron Wickersham of Alembic design the Dead 's `` Wall of Sound '' concert sound system . He also helped perfect the ultra-matrix soundboard setup which was used by the Dead from 1986 through 1990 . Some fans and collectors of the band 's live recordings deem this setup to be the band 's best-sounding , and most practical . Healy has also undertaken record production duties on occasion , such as when he produced the 1960s San Francisco psychedelic band The Charlatans ' eponymous debut album . He is listed as co-producer and engineer on Mother Earth 's debut album `` Living with the Animals '' ( 1968 ) . Healy was also the bass player for Hoffman 's Bicycle ( later ) that played the Bay Area for 18 months from the Summer of 1968 . |
DMX_(rapper) | Earl Simmons ( born December 18 , 1970 ) , professionally known as DMX , is an American rapper , record producer , and actor . In 1999 , DMX released his best-selling album ... And Then There Was X , which included the hit single `` Party Up ( Up in Here ) '' . He has been featured in films such as Belly , Romeo Must Die , Exit Wounds , Cradle 2 the Grave and Last Hour . In 2006 , he starred in the reality television series DMX : Soul of a Man , which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network . In 2003 , DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled , E.A.R.L. : The Autobiography of DMX . |
Convair_B-36_Peacemaker | The Convair B-36 `` Peacemaker '' was a strategic bomber built by Convair and operated solely by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) from 1949 to 1959 . The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built . It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built , at 230 ft ( 70.1 m ) . The B-36 was the first bomber capable of delivering any of the nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal from inside its four bomb bays without aircraft modifications . With a range of 10000 mi and a maximum payload of 87,200 lb , the B-36 was capable of intercontinental flight without refuelling . Entering service in 1948 , the B-36 was the primary nuclear weapons delivery vehicle of the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) until it was replaced by the jet-powered Boeing B-52 Stratofortress from 1955 . All but five examples were scrapped . |
Crashing_(U.S._TV_series) | Crashing is an American television comedy series created by Pete Holmes , and executive produced by Holmes and occasional series director Judd Apatow . The first season aired on the HBO network in the United States from February 19 to April 9 , 2017 . The semi-autobiographical show revolves around Holmes ' character Pete , a young comedian who pursues a career in stand-up comedy after his wife cheats on him , leaving him homeless . Several comedians play themselves in recurring roles including Artie Lange and T. J. Miller , while others have guest appearances . After Holmes successfully pitched the idea of the show to Apatow , he completed a script of its pilot episode which HBO picked up for filming in September 2015 , with Apatow as director . The success of the pilot led HBO to give the green-light to the first season in January 2016 . After four episodes had aired , HBO renewed the series for a second season . |
Curse_of_the_ninth | The curse of the ninth is a superstition connected with the history of classical music . In essence , it is the belief that a ninth symphony is destined to be a composer 's last ; i.e. that the composer will be fated to die after writing it , or before completing a tenth . To those who give credence to the notion , a composer who produces a ninth symphony has reached a decisive landmark -- and to then embark on a tenth is a challenge to fate . This folk-notion persists in popular journalism , and is not supported in musicology or `` serious '' music criticism . Though composers can indeed be found who died after achieving nine symphonies ( the most famous example perhaps being Ludwig van Beethoven ) , nine is not a statistically predominant total in the history of the symphony . In addition , while some very prominent composers ( e.g. Schubert , Dvořák , Spohr , Bruckner , Mahler , and Vaughan Williams ) are regularly adduced as examples , several of them are only credited with having `` composed nine symphonies '' as a result of error or oversimplification ( see below ) . |
Cripples,_Bastards,_and_Broken_Things | `` Cripples , Bastards , and Broken Things '' is the fourth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones , which first aired on May 8 , 2011 . It was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Brian Kirk . In this episode Lord Eddard Stark , the new Hand of the King , investigates the sudden death of his predecessor . Jon Snow , Eddard 's bastard son , defends a new recruit who has just joined the rangers at `` the Wall . '' Exiled prince Viserys becomes increasingly frustrated as the Dothraki horde he needs to invade Westeros and win back his crown continues to linger at Vaes Dothrak . The episode ends with Eddard 's wife Catelyn arresting Tyrion Lannister on suspicion of attempting to murder her son Bran . The title comes from the original book , spoken by Tyrion after he provides Bran Stark with a saddle design that will allow him to ride despite his paraplegia : `` I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things . '' Critical reaction to the episode was mostly positive , with critics citing the Night 's Watch scenes at the Wall as highlights , as well as Michelle Fairley 's performance as Catelyn Stark in the final scene of the episode with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister . In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 2.5 million in its initial broadcast . |
Dan_Quayle | James Danforth `` Dan '' Quayle ( born February 4 , 1947 ) is an American politician and lawyer . He was the 44th Vice President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush . He was also a U.S. Representative ( 1977 -- 81 ) and U.S. Senator ( 1981 -- 89 ) from the state of Indiana . A native of Indianapolis , Indiana , Quayle spent most of his childhood living in Paradise Valley , Arizona , a suburb of Phoenix . He married Marilyn Tucker in 1972 and obtained his J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1974 . He practiced law in Huntington , Indiana , with his wife before his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1976 , aged 29 . In 1980 Quayle won election to the Senate . In 1988 , Vice President George H. W. Bush , the Republican Party nominee for the presidency , chose Quayle as his vice presidential running mate . The Bush/Quayle ticket won the 1988 election over Democrats Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen . As vice president , Quayle made official visits to 47 countries and was appointed chairman of the National Space Council . He secured re-nomination for vice-president in 1992 , but Democrat Bill Clinton and his vice presidential running mate , Al Gore , defeated the Bush/Quayle ticket . In 1994 , Quayle published his memoir entitled Standing Firm but declined to run for public office in this time period because he was suffering from phlebitis . He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 , but withdrew and supported George W. Bush . In 2016 , he endorsed Jeb Bush and after that he supported Donald Trump for president . Quayle and his wife reside in Paradise Valley , Arizona . Quayle is the chairman of global investments at Cerberus Capital Management . |
Countdown_(Star_Trek:_Enterprise) | `` Countdown '' is the 23rd episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : Enterprise and is the 76th overall episode . It first aired on May 19 , 2004 , on the UPN network within the United States . Set in the 22nd century , the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship , Enterprise , registration NX-01 . Season three of Enterprise features an ongoing storyline that follows an attack on Earth by aliens called the Xindi , a group of aliens that did not appear in preceding series . In this episode , Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) convinces the Xindi-Aquatics to aid him in his fight against the Xindi-Reptilians and Insectoids alliance to prevent Earth 's destruction by their superweapon . In the midst of a battle between the two Xindi factions , an away team is sent to rescue Ensign Hoshi Sato ( Linda Park ) , previously captured by the Reptilians . However , the superweapon departs for Earth , with Archer in pursuit on board a Xindi vessel . `` Countdown '' was the first collaboration between writers André Bormanis and Chris Black , and was directed by former Star Trek : Voyager actor Robert Duncan McNeill . It was shot over eight days , with additional sets built for the Xindi-Reptilian vessel and the interior of the superweapon . Critics praised the change in the dynamic between Major Hayes ( Steven Culp ) and Malcolm Reed ( Dominic Keating ) . Roughly 3.5 million viewers watched `` Countdown '' on its first broadcast . |
Courtney_Love | Courtney Michelle Love ( born Courtney Michelle Harrison ; born July 9 , 1964 ) is an American singer , actress , writer , and visual artist . Prolific in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s , Love has enjoyed a career that spans four decades . She rose to prominence as the frontwoman of the alternative rock band Hole , which she formed in 1989 . Love has drawn public attention for her uninhibited live performances and confrontational lyrics , as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Kurt Cobain . The daughter of Hank Harrison and psychotherapist Linda Carroll , Love had an itinerant early life . She spent her formative years in San Francisco and Portland , Oregon , where she was in a series of short-lived bands before being cast in two films by British director Alex Cox . After forming Hole in 1989 , she received substantial attention from underground rock press for the group 's debut album , produced by Kim Gordon . Hole 's second release , Live Through This ( 1994 ) , gave her high-profile renown with critical accolades and multi-platinum sales . In 1995 , Love returned to acting , earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Althea Leasure in Miloš Forman 's The People vs. Larry Flynt ( 1996 ) , which established her as a mainstream actress . The following year , she saw further mainstream success with the release of Hole 's third album , Celebrity Skin ( 1998 ) , which was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards . Love continued to work as an actress into the early 2000s , appearing in big-budget pictures such as Man on the Moon ( 1999 ) and Trapped ( 2002 ) , before releasing her first solo album , America 's Sweetheart , in 2004 . The next few years were marked by publicity surrounding Love 's legal troubles and drug addiction , which resulted in a mandatory lockdown rehabilitation sentence in 2005 while she was in the process of writing a second planned solo album . That project became Nobody 's Daughter , which was released in 2010 as a Hole album but without any other members of the original lineup . Between 2014 and 2015 , she released two solo singles and returned to acting in the network series Sons of Anarchy and Empire . Love has also had endeavors in writing , co-creating and co-authoring three volumes of a manga , Princess Ai , between 2004 and 2006 , as well as a memoir , Dirty Blonde : The Diaries of Courtney Love ( 2006 ) . In 2012 , she premiered an exhibit of mixed media visual art titled And She 's Not Even Pretty . |
Creative_Commons | Creative Commons ( CC ) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share . The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public . These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve , and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators . An easy-to-understand one-page explanation of rights , with associated visual symbols , explains the specifics of each Creative Commons license . Creative Commons licenses do not replace copyright , but are based upon it . They replace individual negotiations for specific rights between copyright owner ( licensor ) and licensee , which are necessary under an `` all rights reserved '' copyright management , with a `` some rights reserved '' management employing standardized licenses for re-use cases where no commercial compensation is sought by the copyright owner . The result is an agile , low-overhead and low-cost copyright-management regime , profiting both copyright owners and licensees . Wikipedia uses one of these licenses . The organization was founded in 2001 by Lawrence Lessig , Hal Abelson , and Eric Eldred with the support of Center for the Public Domain . The first article in a general interest publication about Creative Commons , written by Hal Plotkin , was published in February 2002 . The first set of copyright licenses was released in December 2002 . The founding management team that developed the licenses and built the Creative Commons infrastructure as we know it today included Molly Shaffer Van Houweling , Glenn Otis Brown , Neeru Paharia , and Ben Adida . In 2003 the Open Content Project , a 1998 precursor project by David A. Wiley , announced the Creative Commons as successor project and Wiley joined as CC director . Matthew Haughey and Aaron Swartz also played a role in the early stages of the project . As of January 2016 there were an estimated 1.1 billion works licensed under the various Creative Commons licenses . As of March 2015 , Flickr alone hosts over 306 million Creative Commons licensed photos . Creative Commons is governed by a board of directors . Their licenses have been embraced by many as a way for creators to take control of how they choose to share their copyrighted works . |
Crisis_camp | A crisis camp is a BarCamp gathering of IT professionals , software developers , and computer programmers to aid in the relief efforts of a major crisis such as those caused by earthquakes , floods , or hurricanes . Projects that crisis camps often work on include setting up social networks for people to locate missing friends and relatives , creating maps of affected areas , and creating inventories of needed items such as food and clothing . Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake , many crisis camps were set up around the world , often under the name `` Crisis Camp Haiti '' , to help with the relief effort . Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , the Crisis Commons volunteer community was mobilized and part of the effort is being coordinated by Japanese students at U.S. universities . |
David_Copperfield_(1969_film) | David Copperfield is a 1969 British American international co-production television film directed by Delbert Mann based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens adapted by Jack Pulman , who later went on to adapt the Roman saga I , Claudius for BBC Television . The film was made in the UK for 20th Century Fox Television with some exteriors filmed in Suffolk . Some interior scenes were filmed at The Swan Hotel in Southwold . The film starred Robin Phillips in the title role and Ralph Richardson as Micawber . Among other well-known actors and actresses featured , some in cameo parts were Richard Attenborough , Laurence Olivier , Susan Hampshire , Cyril Cusack , Wendy Hiller , Edith Evans , Michael Redgrave and Ron Moody . |
Darling_Violetta | Darling Violetta is a dark wave band based in Hollywood , California . Their name is taken from the salutation used by Bela Lugosi in letters to his mistress , Violetta Napierska . The band released their first EP Bath-Water-Flowers in 1997 , though this work is commonly considered an album by most sources . Two songs were performed by the band in the episode `` Faith , Hope & Trick '' of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( season 3 , episode 3 ) , `` Blue Sun '' from Bath-Water-Flowers and `` Cure '' from The Kill You EP . The following year , the band , with producer Holly Knight , composed and recorded the theme for Angel , the spinoff series from Buffy . |
Democratic_ideals | Democratic ideals is a theorical phrase meaning either personal qualities or standards of government behavior that are felt to be essential for the continuation of a democratic policy . Advocates for causes across the political spectrum use this phrase in attempting to engage in persuasion , particularly by contrasting some situation which has been allowed to continue for pragmatic or social reasons , but which those advocating an opportunity , and that equality is a democratic ideal . Other times , advocates of one political outlook or another will use the phrase to energize support among their constituencies , despite knowing that their political opponents use precisely the same phrase to do precisely the same thing . Frequently the importance of human rights is listed as a central democratic ideal , as well as instilling in military and civilian governmental personnel the attitudes and methods which will prevent their actions from infringing on those rights . Democratic ideals are often cited as a reason for patriotism , for example Woodrow Wilson 's argument that America needed to enter World War I in order to make the world `` safe for democracy '' . |
De_Divinatione | Cicero 's De Divinatione ( Latin , `` Concerning Divination '' ) is a philosophical treatise in two books written in 44 BC . It takes the form of a dialogue whose interlocutors are Marcus ( speaking mostly in Book II ) and his brother Quintus . Cicero concerns himself in some detail with the types of divination , dividing them into the `` inspired '' type ( Latin furor , Gk . mania , `` madness '' ) , especially dreams , and the type which occurs via some form of skill of interpretation ( i.e. , haruspicy , extispicy , augury , astrology , and other oracles ) . Book I deals with Quintus ' apology of divination ( in line with his essentially Stoic beliefs ) , while Book II contains Marcus ' refutation of these from his Academic philosophical standpoint . It is notable as one of posterity 's primary sources on the workings of Roman religion . It also includes a fragment of Cicero 's poem on his own consulship . |
Dessa | Margret Wander ( born May 23 , 1981 ) , better known by her stage name Dessa , is an American rapper , singer , spoken word artist , writer and record executive . She is a member of the indie hip hop collective Doomtree . |
Death_Wish_II | Death Wish II is a 1982 crime thriller action film directed by Michael Winner . It is the first of four sequels to the 1974 film Death Wish . In Death Wish II , architect Paul Kersey ( Charles Bronson ) moves to Los Angeles with his daughter ( Robin Sherwood ) . After his daughter is murdered at the hands of several gang members , Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante . Unlike the original , in which he hunts down every criminal he encounters , Kersey only pursues his family 's attackers . The sequel makes a complete breakaway from the Brian Garfield novels Death Wish and Death Sentence , redefining the Paul Kersey character . The sequel was produced by Cannon Films , which had purchased the rights to the Death Wish concept from Dino De Laurentiis . Cannon executive Menahem Golan planned to direct the film , but Winner returned on Bronson 's insistence . The soundtrack was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page . Death Wish II was released in the United States in February 1982 by Filmways Pictures but like the original , Columbia Pictures handled the international release and Paramount Pictures via Trifecta Entertainment & Media handles the television rights . It earned $ 16.1 million during its domestic theatrical run . |
Dick_Carson | Richard Charles `` Dick '' Carson ( born June 4 , 1929 ) is an American television director . He is a five-time Emmy Award winner , having directed shows including The Tonight Show , Wheel of Fortune , and The Merv Griffin Show . He moved to Norfolk , Nebraska in 1934 with his family , and graduated from Norfolk High School in 1947 . Carson later attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and joined the United States Navy . He is the younger brother of Johnny Carson . |
Debunker | A debunker is a person or organization who attempts to expose or discredit claims believed to be false , exaggerated , or pretentious . The term is often associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as UFOs , claimed paranormal phenomena , cryptids , conspiracy theories , alternative medicine , religion , or exploratory or fringe areas of scientific or pseudoscientific research . According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary , to `` debunk '' is defined as : `` to expose the sham or falseness of . '' If debunkers are not careful , their communications may backfire -- increasing an audience 's long-term belief in myths . Backfire effects can occur if a message spends too much time on the negative case , if it is too complex , or if the message is threatening . |
Die_Hard_2 | Die Hard 2 ( sometimes referred to as Die Hard 2 : Die Harder ) is a 1990 American action film and the second entry in the Die Hard film series . It was released on June 29 , 1990 . The film was directed by Renny Harlin , written by Steven E. deSouza and Doug Richardson , and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane . The film co-stars Bonnie Bedelia ( reprising her role as Holly McClane ) , William Sadler , Art Evans , William Atherton ( reprising his role as Richard `` Dick '' Thornburg ) , Franco Nero , Dennis Franz , Fred Thompson , John Amos , and Reginald VelJohnson , returning briefly in his role as Sgt. Al Powell from the first film . The screenplay was written by Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson , adapted from Walter Wager 's novel 58 Minutes . The novel has the same premise but differs slightly : A cop must stop terrorists who take an airport hostage while his daughter 's plane circles overhead . He has 58 minutes to do so before the plane crashes . Roderick Thorp , who wrote the novel Nothing Lasts Forever , upon which Die Hard was based , receives credit for creating `` certain original characters '' , although his name is misspelled onscreen as `` Roderick Thorpe '' . As with the first film , the action in Die Hard 2 takes place on Christmas Eve . McClane is waiting for his wife to land at Washington Dulles International Airport when terrorists take over the air traffic control system . He must stop the terrorists before his wife 's plane and several other incoming flights that are circling the airport run out of fuel and crash . During the night , McClane must also contend with airport police , maintenance workers , and a military commander , all of whom do not want his assistance . The film was preceded by Die Hard and followed by Die Hard with a Vengeance in 1995 , Live Free or Die Hard in 2007 and A Good Day to Die Hard in 2013 . |