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The_Seafarers | The Seafarers is Stanley Kubrick 's fourth film and third short documentary , made for the Seafarers International Union , directed in June 1953 . There are shots of ships , machinery , a canteen , and a union meeting . The film was shot in color , and was supervised by the staff of The Seafarers Log , the union magazine . For the cafeteria scene in the film , Kubrick chose a long , sideways-shooting dolly shot to establish the life of the seafarer 's community ; this shot is an early demonstration of a signature technique that Kubrick would use in his feature films . Another such shot involves a group of seafarers walking across screen from a shaded area to a sunlit space as they approach the SIU Union hall . The film was `` discovered '' in 1973 by film scholar and filmmaker Frank P. Tomasulo , who arranged for a 16mm print of the documentary to be deposited in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress ' Motion Picture Division . The Seafarers was released on DVD in 2008 with audio commentary from directors Roger Avary and Keith Gordon , as well as an interview with one of Kubrick 's daughters . The short is also available as an extra on the 2012 release of Kubrick 's first full-length film Fear and Desire . |
Thespis_(opera) | Thespis , or The Gods Grown Old , is an operatic extravaganza that was the first collaboration between dramatist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan . No musical score of Thespis was ever published , and most of the music has been lost . Gilbert and Sullivan went on to become the most famous and successful artistic partnership in Victorian England , creating a string of comic opera hits , including H.M.S. Pinafore , The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado , which continue to be popular . Thespis premièred in London at the Gaiety Theatre on 26 December 1871 . Like many productions at that theatre , it was written in a broad , burlesque style , considerably different from Gilbert and Sullivan 's later works . It was a success , for a Christmas entertainment of the time , and closed on 8 March 1872 , after a run of 63 performances . It was advertised as `` An entirely original Grotesque Opera in Two Acts '' . The story follows an acting troupe headed by Thespis , the legendary Greek father of the drama , who temporarily trade places with the gods on Mount Olympus , who have grown elderly and ignored . The actors turn out to be comically inept rulers . Having seen the ensuing mayhem down below , the angry gods return , sending the actors back to Earth as `` eminent tragedians , whom no one ever goes to see '' . Gilbert would return to this theme twenty-five years later in his last opera with Sullivan , The Grand Duke , in which a theatre company temporarily replaces the ruler of a small country and decides to `` revive the classic memories of Athens at its best '' . Seasonal works like Thespis were not normally expected to endure , and apart from a benefit performance shortly after the original staging , Thespis was not performed again during its creators ' lifetimes . A renewed interest in the piece began in the 1950s , and numerous productions have been performed since , either with music taken from Sullivan 's other works , or with original music . |
The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film) | The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American horror mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard , written by Akiva Goldsman , and based on Dan Brown 's 2003 best-selling novel of the same name . The first in the Robert Langdon film series , the film stars Tom Hanks , Audrey Tautou , Ian McKellen , Alfred Molina , Jürgen Prochnow , Jean Reno and Paul Bettany . In the film , Robert Langdon , a professor of religious iconography and symbology from Harvard University , is the prime suspect in the grisly and unusual murder of Louvre curator Jacques Saunière . In the body , the police finds a disconcerting cipher and starts an investigation . A noted British Grail historian named Sir Leigh Teabing tells them that the actual Holy Grail is explicitly encoded in Leonardo da Vinci 's wall painting , The Last Supper . Also searching for the Grail is a secret cabal within Opus Dei , an actual prelature of the Holy See , who wishes to keep the true Grail a secret ; the revelation of this secret would certainly destroy Christianity . The film , like the book , was considered controversial . It was met with especially harsh criticism by the Roman Catholic Church for the accusation that it is behind a two-thousand-year-old cover-up concerning what the Holy Grail really is and the concept that Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were married and that the union produced a daughter . Many members urged the laity to boycott the film . Two organizations , the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei figure prominently in the story . In the book , Dan Brown claims that the Priory of Sion and '' ... all descriptions of artwork , architecture , documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate '' . The film grossed $ 224 million in its worldwide opening weekend and a total of $ 758 million worldwide , becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2006 behind Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest . It was followed by two sequels , Angels & Demons ( 2009 ) and Inferno ( 2016 ) . |
The_Man_with_the_Iron_Fists | The Man with the Iron Fists is a 2012 American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth . The film stars RZA , Russell Crowe , Cung Le , Lucy Liu , Byron Mann , Rick Yune , Dave Bautista , and Jamie Chung . Set in 19th century China , the story follows a series of lone warriors who are forced to unite to defeat a common foe and save their home of Jungle Village . Development began in 2005 when RZA shared his idea for the film with Roth . After nearly two years of development , Roth and RZA secured financial backing in May 2010 . Filming began in December 2010 on a $ 15 million budget and concluded by March 2011 . The film was shot in Shanghai and at other locations in China . RZA and Howard Drossin composed the film 's musical score , and RZA produced its soundtrack , which featured several new songs by various artists . A series of concerts featuring music from the soundtrack were held to promote the film . The film was released in North America on November 2 , 2012 . Critics were divided over the film 's homage to martial arts films , considering it well-choreographed and representative of the genre , but offering nothing original , and the direction was criticized for a lack of refinement . The performances of Crowe and Mann were well received . The film earned $ 19 million at the box office . |
The_Get_Em_Mamis | The Get Em Mamis is an Alternative Hip Hop group from the East Coast , United States . The duo consists of Roxzi and Symphony , both originally from Baltimore , Maryland . The Get Em Mamis first single `` When You See Us '' was featured on HBO hit series The Wire Season 4 and `` The Ooh Ahh Song '' was featured on HBO 's The Wire Season 5 '' . In 2008 Get Em Mamis single `` Cold Summer '' was ranked # 83 in Rolling Stone magazine 's Top 100 Singles of 2008 . Get Em Mamis `` Cold Summer '' also received an impressive four stars in Rolling Stones Download section in the May 2008 issue . They were the first female rap group from Baltimore , MD to be featured on Rolling Stones Top 100 Singles . |
The_Cobbler_(2014_film) | The Cobbler is a 2014 American magic realism comedy-drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and co-written by McCarthy with Paul Sado . The film stars Adam Sandler , Dan Stevens , Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi . It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released on March 13 , 2015 , by Image Entertainment . The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb . |
The_Legend_of_William_Tell | The Legend of William Tell is a 16-part television fantasy/drama series produced in 1998 by Cloud 9 Productions in New Zealand . The basic premise of the series -- a crossbow-wielding rebel defies a corrupt governor -- and the name of the title character were adopted from the traditional story , but the series was set in a fantasy world and featured supernatural themes . Described by executive producer Raymond Thompson as `` Star Wars on the planet Earth '' , this is a fantasy saga of bravery , magic , myth and romance . William Tell is the youthful leader of a band of young , ` brat pack ' outlaws , forever hunted by the forces of darkness , led by Xax and Kreel , who have usurped power in their homeland . The series of self-contained stories follows Will 's quest to restore young Princess Vara to her rightful place on the royal throne and defeat Xax and Kreel 's forces -- and by doing so , bring back peace and order to the Kingdom of Kale . There is action and adventure along the way , magic , creatures , mystery , intrigue -- but also much human drama and interplay among Will 's rebel band who must support each other in their quest . The group encounter a diverse range of people and situations on their journey -- some help the resistance movement , others are cohorts of Xax and Kreel . Filmed on location throughout New Zealand , the series makes use of natural scenery and has high production values . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Team_Hughes_vs._Team_Serra | The Ultimate Fighter 6 : Team Hughes vs. Team Serra is the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter , and premiered on September 19 , 2007 on Spike TV , after UFC Fight Night 11 . This season features only welterweight fighters ( 156 -- 170 lb ) . The teams are coached by then-UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra and former welterweight champion Matt Hughes . The coaches were to fight for the Welterweight title after the completion of the show , on December 29 at UFC 79 : Nemesis from the Mandalay Bay Events Center . However , due to an injury sustained by Serra , Hughes faced top contender Georges St-Pierre on the 29th , with St. Pierre defeating Hughes by submission in the second round and going on to challenge Serra for the undisputed welterweight title at a later date . Both coaches are participating in a series of TUF for the second time . Hughes was a coach on series 2 and Serra won the welterweight division on series 4 , thus earning the opportunity to face Georges St-Pierre at UFC 69 . Unlike in previous seasons , the winner of a match does not determine which team picks the next match . The teams alternate picking matches in the first round , regardless of results , and the team that has the most wins picks the fights for the quarterfinals . |
The_Prisoner_of_Zenda_(1979_film) | The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and adapted from the adventure novel by Anthony Hope , first published in 1894 . The novel tells the story of a man who has to impersonate a king , whom he happens to closely resemble , when the king is abducted by enemies on the eve of his coronation . An earlier adaptation of the story was made into a film in 1952 starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger , and directed by Richard Thorpe . The comedy was loosely adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais . It starred Peter Sellers , Lynne Frederick , Lionel Jeffries , Elke Sommer , Gregory Sierra , Jeremy Kemp and Catherine Schell . It has echoes of not only Hope 's book but also several other well-known novels , especially Dumas 's The Man in the Iron Mask . Sellers plays three roles : that of the Ruthenian King Rudolph V and the London cab driver Sydney Frewin who is brought in to portray the missing King with whom he shares an uncanny resemblance . Sellers also portrayed the aged King Rudoph IV at the start of the film , before he is killed in a hot air balloon accident . The score by Henry Mancini was a highlight of the film and gained some critical acclaim . It was also Quine 's final film as director before dying in 1989 . |
The_Eternal_Mask | The Eternal Mask ( German : Die ewige Maske ) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen , Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin . The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures . It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival . |
The_Great_Dictator | The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written , directed , produced , scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin , following the tradition of many of his other films . Having been the only Hollywood film-maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films , this was Chaplin 's first true sound film . Chaplin 's film advanced a stirring , controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler , Benito Mussolini , fascism , antisemitism , and the Nazis . At the time of its first release , the United States was still formally at peace with Nazi Germany . Chaplin plays both leading roles : a ruthless fascist dictator , and a persecuted Jewish barber . The Great Dictator was popular with audiences , becoming Chaplin 's most commercially successful film . Modern critics have also praised it as a historically significant film and an important work of satire . The Great Dictator was nominated for five Academy Awards -- Outstanding Production , Best Actor , Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ) , Best Supporting Actor for Jack Oakie , and Best Music ( Original Score ) . In his 1964 autobiography , Chaplin stated that he could not have made the film if he had known about the true extent of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at the time . |
The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1998_film) | The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American action drama film directed , produced , and written by Randall Wallace , and starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a dual role as the title character and villain , Jeremy Irons as Aramis , John Malkovich as Athos , Gerard Depardieu as Porthos , and Gabriel Byrne as D'Artagnan . The picture uses characters from Alexandre Dumas ' D'Artagnan Romances and is very loosely adapted from some plot elements of The Vicomte de Bragelonne . The film centers on the aging four musketeers , Athos , Porthos , Aramis , and D'Artagnan , during the reign of King Louis XIV and attempts to explain the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask , using a plot more closely related to the flamboyant 1929 version starring Douglas Fairbanks , The Iron Mask , and the 1939 version directed by James Whale , than the original Dumas book . Like the 1998 version , the two aforementioned adaptations were also released through United Artists . |
The_Prisoner_of_Zenda_(1952_film) | The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 film version of the classic novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the famous 1937 film version . This version was made by Loew 's and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman . The screenplay , attributed to Noel Langley , was nearly word-for-word identical to the one used in the 1937 version , which was by John L. Balderston , adapted by Wells Root , from the Hope novel and the stage play by Edward Rose , with additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart . The film stars Stewart Granger , Deborah Kerr , and James Mason ( with Louis Calhern , Robert Douglas , Jane Greer and Robert Coote ) . Alfred Newman 's 1937 music score was adapted by Conrad Salinger , since Newman was unavailable to work on the film ; and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg . The art direction was by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters and the costume design by Walter Plunkett . The silent film versions , The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1913 ) starred James K. Hackett and Beatrice Beckly and The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1922 ) starred Lewis Stone and Alice Terry . A comedy version The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1979 ) starred Peter Sellers and Lynne Frederick . |
The_Wolf_and_the_Lion | `` The Wolf and the Lion '' is the fifth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones , first aired on May 15 , 2011 . It was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Brian Kirk . The events of the episode primarily deal with Lord Eddard Stark 's investigations into the death of the previous Hand . In the city of King 's Landing , the Tourney of the Hand comes to an end while the various factions that plot for power are revealed to the viewer . This delicate balance is undone when news arrives that Tyrion Lannister has been arrested by Catelyn Stark . The title of the episode refers to the fact that the Starks , whose sigil is a wolf , may soon be at war with the Lannisters , whose sigil is the lion . With this episode the season hits its halfway mark and the action picks up considerably . Despite being a topic of discussion at King 's Landing , Daenerys and Jorah Mormont do not themselves appear in this episode . Jon Snow and all characters on the Wall are also absent , and Robb Stark does not appear in Winterfell scenes . Accordingly , Emilia Clarke , Iain Glen , Harry Lloyd , Richard Madden and Kit Harington all have their names omitted from the opening titles . The Eyrie appears as a new location between King 's Landing and Winterfell on the opening 's map . The episode was also particularly well-received critically , with multiple critics praising the omission of the Wall and Dothraki plotlines giving this episode a relatively more focused feel . In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 2.58 million in its initial broadcast . |
The_Thriving_Cult_of_Greed_and_Power | `` The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power '' is an article , written in 1991 by U.S. investigative journalist Richard Behar , which is highly critical of Scientology . It was first published by Time magazine on May 6 , 1991 , as an eight-page cover story , and was later published in Reader 's Digest in October 1991 . Behar had previously published an article on Scientology in Forbes magazine . He stated that he was investigated by attorneys and private investigators affiliated with the Church of Scientology while researching the Time article , and that investigators contacted his friends and family as well . Behar 's article covers topics including L. Ron Hubbard and the development of Scientology , its controversies over the years and history of litigation , conflict with psychiatry and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service , the suicide of Noah Lottick , its status as a religion , and its business dealings . After the article 's publication , the Church of Scientology mounted a public relations campaign to address issues in the piece . It took out advertisements in USA Today for twelve weeks , and Church leader David Miscavige was interviewed by Ted Koppel on Nightline about what he considered to be an objective bias by the article 's author . Miscavige alleged that the article was actually driven by the company Eli Lilly , because of Scientology 's efforts against the drug Prozac . The Church of Scientology brought a libel suit against Time Warner and Behar , and sued Reader 's Digest in multiple countries in Europe in an attempt to stop the article 's publication there . The suit against Time Warner was dismissed in 1996 , and the Church of Scientology 's petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States was denied in 2001 . Behar received awards in honor of his work on the article , including the Gerald Loeb Award , the Worth Bingham Prize , and the Conscience-in-Media Award . The article has had ramifications in the current treatment of Scientology in the media , with some publications theorizing that journalists are wary of the litigation that Time Warner went through . The article has been cited by Anderson Cooper on CNN , in a story on Panorama 2007 program `` Scientology and Me '' on the BBC , and has been used as a reference for background on the history of Scientology , in books from both the cult and new religious movement perspectives . |
The_Knick | The Knick is an American television drama series on Cinemax created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler and directed by Steven Soderbergh . The series follows Dr. John W. Thackery ( Clive Owen ) and the staff at a fictionalized version of the Knickerbocker Hospital ( the `` Knick '' ) in New York during the early twentieth century . Amiel and Begler write the majority of the episodes and are executive producers . Owen , Soderbergh , Gregory Jacobs , and Michael Sugar ( Anonymous Content ) are also executive producers . Steven Katz is the supervising producer and also writer , Michael Polaire is the producer and David Kirchner is the associate producer . The show premiered on Cinemax on August 8 , 2014 . On July 10 , 2014 , Cinemax renewed The Knick for a ten-episode second season , which premiered on October 16 , 2015 . In March 2017 , Cinemax announced the series was officially cancelled . |
The_Don_Killuminati:_The_7_Day_Theory | The Don Killuminati : The 7 Day Theory ( commonly shortened to The 7 Day Theory or Makaveli ) is the fifth and final studio album by American rapper Tupac Shakur . It was released on November 5 , 1996 , almost two months after his murder . Published under his new stage name Makaveli , on Death Row Records and Interscope Records , it was his first studio album to be posthumously released . The album was completely finished in a total of seven days during the first week of August 1996 . These are the last songs Shakur recorded before his fatal shooting on September 7 , 1996 . The album was originally scheduled for release in March 1997 , but as a result of his death , producer Suge Knight released it four months earlier . The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling 664,000 within its first week . By 1999 , it was certified 4 × platinum . The album was supported by three singles : `` Toss It Up '' , `` To Live & Die in L.A '' and `` Hail Mary '' . |
The_Good_Soldier_Schweik_(1960_film) | The Good Soldier Schweik ( German : Der brave Soldat Schwejk ) is a 1960 West German comedy film directed by Axel von Ambesser . Based on the satirical novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek it depicts the adventures of a simple Czech soldier during World War I. The film features Heinz Rühmann as the protagonist Schweik , and was nominated for the 1962 Golden Globe Awards . |
The_Meltdown_with_Jonah_and_Kumail | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is a stand-up comedy television series that currently airs on Comedy Central in the United States . It is hosted by stand up comedians Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani . It is filmed in the Nerdist Showroom at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles . It first aired on July 24 , 2014 . On February 17 , 2015 , Comedy Central announced that it had picked up The Meltdown for a second season . On November 20 , 2015 , Comedy Central renewed The Meltdown for a third season consisting of eight episodes . On September 23 , 2016 , it was announced that the third season will be its final season . |
Thermodynamics | Thermodynamics is a branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work . The behavior of these quantities is governed by the four laws of thermodynamics , irrespective of the composition or specific properties of the material or system in question . The laws of thermodynamics are explained in terms of microscopic constituents by statistical mechanics . Thermodynamics applies to a wide variety of topics in science and engineering , especially physical chemistry , chemical engineering and mechanical engineering . Historically , thermodynamics developed out of a desire to increase the efficiency of early steam engines , particularly through the work of French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot ( 1824 ) who believed that engine efficiency was the key that could help France win the Napoleonic Wars . Scottish physicist Lord Kelvin was the first to formulate a concise definition of thermodynamics in 1854 which stated , `` Thermo-dynamics is the subject of the relation of heat to forces acting between contiguous parts of bodies , and the relation of heat to electrical agency . '' The initial application of thermodynamics to mechanical heat engines was extended early on to the study of chemical compounds and chemical reactions . Chemical thermodynamics studies the nature of the role of entropy in the process of chemical reactions and has provided the bulk of expansion and knowledge of the field . Other formulations of thermodynamics emerged in the following decades . Statistical thermodynamics , or statistical mechanics , concerned itself with statistical predictions of the collective motion of particles from their microscopic behavior . In 1909 , Constantin Carathéodory presented a purely mathematical approach to the field in his axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics , a description often referred to as geometrical thermodynamics . |
The_Doctors_(1963_TV_series) | The Doctors is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1 , 1963 , to December 31 , 1982 . There were 5155 episodes produced , with the 5000th episode airing in May 1982 . The series was set in Hope Memorial Hospital in a fictional town called `` Madison . '' |
The_Mortal_Instruments | The Mortal Instruments is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by Cassandra Clare , the last of which was published May 27 , 2014 . The Mortal Instruments is chronologically the third series of a proposed five in The Shadowhunter Chronicles but it was the first one published . The book series has become one of the most popular within the young adult genre of paranormal romance/urban fantasy , but Clare did not originally intend to write the series for teens . When she began writing City of Bones , she did not view it as a young adult work , but first and foremost as a fantasy novel , where the main characters just happened to be teenagers . When she was approached by a publisher interested in aging up her characters , she ultimately decided that she `` wanted to tell a story about characters at that crucial life stage just between adolescence and adulthood , where your choices determine the kind of person you 're going to be rather than reflecting who you already are . '' The decision to launch her novels as Young Adult books has propelled Clare to the top of the Bestsellers list and has established The Shadowhunter Chronicles as some of the most popular works read by a largely young adult audience . The books are set in Brooklyn , New York . Clary Fray is just your ordinary , red haired , teenage girl , who dreams of being an artist . She has a best friend , Simon , and they are inseparable . One night , when Clary is about to go out with Simon , her mother is acting weird . When Clary gets back , her mother is gone . Clary adjourns on a treacherous journey , after finding out she 's not just an ordinary teenage girl after all . She 's a Shadowhunter . A breed of humans with angel blood , who fight demons while the rest of the world has no idea that the demons nor the Shadowhunters exist . Not only does Clary have enough trouble coming to terms with finding out about a whole other world containing people who fight demons , magical runes ( angelic symbols ) and downworlders ( vampires , werewolves , warlocks and faeries ) , but she also must try and decide between her best friend Simon , or Jace who is another Shadowhunter . Will Clary find her mother ? Will she decide to be with Simon or Jace ? And will she be able to find her memories , and understand who she really is ? |
The_Independent | The Independent is a British online newspaper . Established in 1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London , it was controlled by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in 2010 . The printed edition of the paper ceased in March 2016 . Nicknamed the Indy , it began as a broadsheet , but changed to tabloid ( compact ) format in 2003 . Until September 2011 , the paper described itself on the banner at the top of every newspaper as `` free from party political bias , free from proprietorial influence '' . It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues . The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards . In June 2015 , it had an average daily circulation of just below 58,000 , 85 per cent down from its 1990 peak , while the Sunday edition had a circulation of just over 97,000 . The last print edition of The Independent on Sunday was published on 20 March 2016 , with the main paper ceasing print publication the following Saturday , leaving only its digital editions . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Team_Bisping_vs._Team_Miller | The Ultimate Fighter : Team Bisping vs. Team Miller is the fourteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . The UFC and Spike held open tryouts on March 21 , 2011 , in Newark , New Jersey . The casting call went out for Bantamweight and Featherweight fighters . All fighters that applied and tried out for the show must have had at least three professional fights and have been at least 21 years of age . Some of the fighters that showed up for the tryouts included UFC veterans Din Thomas & Kit Cope , future UFC fighter Ian McCall , WEC veteran Wagnney Fabiano , and future Bellator tournament finalist Alexis Vila . Rumors had surfaced of Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping being possible coaches , though Jason Miller offered via Twitter to replace Sonnen if he is unable . Miller and Bisping were later confirmed as coaches by Dana White . |
The_Lovers_(1958_film) | The Lovers ( Les amants ) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeanne Moreau , Alain Cuny , and Jean-Marc Bory . Based on the novel Point de Lendemain by Dominique Vivant , the film is about a woman involved in adultery who rediscovers human love . The Lovers was Malle 's second feature film , made when he was 25 years old . The film was a box office hit in France when released theatrically gaining 2,594,160 admissions in France alone . The film was highly controversial for its depiction of allegedly obscene material when released in the United States . At the 1958 Venice Film Festival , the film won the Special Jury Prize and was nominated for the Golden Lion . |
The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1996_film) | The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The 34th Disney animated feature film , the film is based on Victor Hugo 's novel of the same name . The plot centers on Quasimodo , the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame , and his struggle to gain acceptance into society . Directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn , the film 's voice cast features Tom Hulce , Demi Moore , Tony Jay , Kevin Kline , Paul Kandel , Jason Alexander , Charles Kimbrough , David Ogden Stiers , and Mary Wickes in her final film role . Produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance , the film is considered to be one of Disney 's darkest animated films as its narrative explores such mature themes as infanticide , lust , damnation , genocide , and sin , despite the changes made from the original source material in order to ensure a G rating received by the MPAA . The musical score was written by Alan Menken , with songs written by Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz , who had previously collaborated on Pocahontas , released the year before . The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released on June 21 , 1996 to largely positive reviews and was a commercial success , grossing over $ 325 million worldwide and becoming the fifth highest-grossing release of 1996 . The film received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Menken 's musical score . A darker , more Gothic stage adaptation of the film , was rewritten and directed by James Lapine and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical in Berlin , Germany , as Der Glöckner von Notre Dame , and ran from 1999 to 2002 . A direct-to-video sequel , The Hunchback of Notre Dame II , was released in 2002 . |
Themis_family | The Themis or Themistian asteroid family is a Hirayama family ( having similar orbital elements ) of asteroids found in the outer portion of the asteroid belt , between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter . At a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun , it is one of the more populous asteroid families . It consists of a well-defined core of larger asteroids and a surrounding region of smaller ones . This core group includes ( and is named after ) the asteroid 24 Themis , discovered on April 5 , 1853 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis . Asteroids in the Themis family share the following orbital elements : semimajor axes between 3.08 AU and 3.24 AU orbital eccentricities between 0.09 and 0.22 orbital inclinations of less than 3 ° The Themis family is one of the largest and longest-recognized dynamical families of asteroids , and is made up of C-type asteroids with a composition believed to be similar to that of carbonaceous chondrites . To date , the Themis family comprises approximately 535 known asteroids . The major ones include : 24 Themis 62 Erato 90 Antiope 104 Klymene 171 Ophelia 222 Lucia 223 Rosa 316 Goberta 379 Huenna 383 Janina 468 Lina 492 Gismonda 515 Athalia 526 Jena 767 Bondia 846 Lipperta |
The_King_Kong_Show | The King Kong Show ( Japanese : キングコング ・ ００１ ／ ７親指トム ) is an American/Japanese anime series produced by Videocraft of the United States , and Toei Animation of Japan . It is the first anime series produced in Japan for an American company ( not counting Rankin/Bass ' previous Animagic stop motion productions , also animated in Japan ) . ABC ran the series in the US between September 10 , 1966 , and August 31 , 1969 . This series is an animated adaptation of the famous movie monster King Kong with character designs by Jack Davis and Rod Willis . In this series , the giant ape befriends the Bond Family , with whom he goes on various adventures , saving the world from monsters , robots , aliens , mad scientists and other threats . Included is a comical cartoon show called Tom Of T.H.U.M.B. , about a three inch tall secret agent for T.H.U.M.B. ( `` The Tiny Human Underground Military Bureau '' ) named Tom and his equally tiny Asian `` sidekick '' Swinging Jack , who are sent out in a variety of miniature vehicles by their bad-tempered boss , Chief Homer J. Chief , to foil the fiendish plots of M.A.D. ( Maladjusted , Antisocial and Darn mean ) , an evil organization made up of black-cloaked scientists out to destroy the world . ( Neither Tom 's nor Swinging Jack 's full names are ever revealed in any of the Tom Of T.H.U.M.B. installments . ) In Japan , the first two episodes were combined into a 56-minute special , titled , and was broadcast on NET ( now TV Asahi ) on December 31 , 1966 . The rest of the series , with the inclusion of Tom of T.H.U.M.B. , was broadcast on NET as King Kong & 001/7 Tom Thumb ( Kingu Kongu * 001/7 Oyayubi Tomu - キングコング ・ 001/7 親指トム ) , and aired on April 5 to October 4 , 1967 , with a total of 26 episodes . This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese company , Toho ( which already produced the hit King Kong vs. Godzilla in 1962 ) . This resulted in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster ( originally intended as a Kong film ) and King Kong Escapes , which was based on The King Kong Show . On November 15 , 2005 , Sony Wonder released 8 episodes ( two King Kong cartoons separated by a Tom of T.H.U.M.B. cartoon ) on two DVD releases . The pilot episode was included , in two parts , between the two DVDs . |
The_Daily_Show | The Daily Show is an American news satire and late-night talk show television program . It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central . Describing itself as a fake news program , The Daily Show draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories , political figures , media organizations , and often uses self-referential humor as well . The half-hour-long show premiered on July 21 , 1996 , and was first hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 17 , 1998 . Jon Stewart then took over as the host from January 11 , 1999 until August 6 , 2015 , making the show more strongly focused on politics and the national media , in contrast with the pop culture focus during Kilborn 's tenure . Stewart was succeeded by Trevor Noah , whose tenure premiered on September 28 , 2015 . Under different hosts , the show has been formally known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 until 2015 , and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah since 2015 . The Daily Show is the longest-running program on Comedy Central ( counting all three tenures ) , and has won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards . The program is popular among young audiences , with organizations such as the Pew Research Center suggesting that 74 % of regular viewers are between 18 and 49 , and that 10 % of the audience watch the show for its news headlines , 2 % for in-depth reporting , and 43 % for entertainment , compared with 64 % who watch CNN for the news headlines . Critics chastised Stewart for not conducting sufficiently hard-hitting interviews with his political guests , some of whom he may have lampooned in previous segments . Stewart and other Daily Show writers responded to such criticism by saying that they do not have any journalistic responsibility and that as comedians their only duty is to provide entertainment . Stewart 's appearance on the CNN show Crossfire '' picked up this debate , where he chastised the CNN production and hosts for not conducting informative and current interviews on a news network . |
The_Doctor,_the_Widow_and_the_Wardrobe | `` The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe '' is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . First broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2011 , it is the seventh Doctor Who Christmas special since the show 's revival in 2005 . It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Farren Blackburn . Internationally , the special was shown on BBC America in the United States and on Space in Canada the same day as the British broadcast , with ABC1 in Australia showing it one day later . In the special , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith ) is the caretaker of recently widowed Madge Arwell ( Claire Skinner ) and her children Lily ( Holly Earl ) and Cyril ( Maurice Cole ) during their holiday vacation away from the London Blitz . The Doctor plans to take them on a treat to a snowy planet through a portal in a present he has placed under the Christmas tree , but Cyril opens it before Christmas and wanders through . While looking for him , the others learn that the trees of the planet are about to be melted down with acid rain for energy . `` The Doctor , the Widow , and the Wardrobe '' marked the end of Piers Wenger 's tenure as executive producer , and the debut of Caroline Skinner in the same position . Adapting elements of C.S. Lewis 's children 's novel The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe , Moffat intended the episode to be the most `` Christmassy '' of the Doctor Who Christmas specials , while Blackburn felt there was `` magic '' in it . It was filmed in September and October 2011 , with some scenes taking place in an authentic Lancaster bomber . `` The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe '' was watched by 10.77 million viewers in the United Kingdom , making it the third most-watched programme on Christmas Day . Critical reception to the episode was mixed , and some felt that the high-profile comedic guest stars Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir were underused . |
The_Pickwick_Papers_(1913_film) | The Pickwick Papers is a 1913 American-British silent historical comedy film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring John Bunny , James Prior and Sidney Hunt . It is based on the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers . |
The_Pickwick_Papers_(1952_film) | The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 British black-and-white film based on the Charles Dickens classic . Both screenplay and direction were by Noel Langley . The film premiered at the Gaumont Cinema at Haymarket in London on 14 November 1952 . In 1954 Soviet Union paid # 10,000 for the distribution rights , and it became the first British film to be shown in Soviet Union after World War II , premiering on 29 July 1954 in a number of cities with a dubbed soundtrack . The film was followed by a Russian reprint of Dickens ' book in 150,000 copies a month later . |
The_Summer_Slaughter_Tour | The Summer Slaughter Tour is an annual heavy metal music tour held every year since 2007 . It originated in North America in 2007 and has toured in Canada in 2008 , Europe in 2008 , and Australia and New Zealand in 2009 . Billed as `` The Most Extreme Tour of the Year '' , Summer Slaughter has earned a reputation as being one of the few summer tours to cater exclusively to fans of extreme forms of metal music . Starting in 2012 , Summer Slaughter began to add more progressive metal bands to their lineups , seeing Between the Buried and Me co-headline with Cannibal Corpse . Periphery also played Summer Slaughter 2012 , and came back during Summer Slaughter 2013 , along with progressive metal bands Animals as Leaders and The Ocean . The focus on progressive metal that year was controversial , and death metal focused lineups returned in 2014 , seeing Morbid Angel headline . |
The_Screen_Room | The Screen Room was a 21-seat arthouse cinema in the Hockley Village area of Nottingham , England . The combination of a single screen and 21 person capacity led to it describing itself as `` the world 's smallest cinema '' , beating one in Australia which had 22 customer seats . Opened on 27 September 2002 , the cinema mainly screened cult films and world cinema . The building had previously housed a cinema which screened X-rated films . The Screen Room closed in 2011 . |
The_Good_Road | The Good Road is a 2013 Indian drama film written and directed by Gyan Correa . It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated . The film won the award for Best Gujarati film at the 60th National Film Awards . It is told in a hyperlink format , where several stories are intertwined , with the center of the action being a highway in the rural lands of Gujarat near a town in Kutch . The film is the first Gujarati film ever selected to represent India at the Oscars . |
The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(franchise) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of seven slasher films , comics , and a video game adaptation of the original film . The franchise focuses on Leatherface , who terrorizes unsuspecting visitors to its territory , and typically kills and cannibalizes them . The original film was released in 1974 , and was written and directed by Tobe Hooper , with additional writing credit going to Kim Henkel . Hooper and Henkel were involved in only three of the later films . The film series has grossed over $ 235 million at the worldwide box office , and ranks eighth in the United States box office in adjusted 2013 dollars when compared to other American horror series . |
The_Odd_Couple_II | The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968 's The Odd Couple . Written by Neil Simon ( who also produced ) , the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison . The film was the actors ' last together . It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a sequel in which all leads return . Each actor made only one more theatrical film after this : The Legend of Bagger Vance for Lemmon and Hanging Up for Matthau , in which neither actor played a leading role , both in 2000 . |
Theatre_of_Marcellus | The Theatre of Marcellus ( Theatrum Marcelli , Teatro di Marcello ) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome , Italy , built in the closing years of the Roman Republic . At the theatre , locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song . Today its ancient edifice in the rione of Sant ` Angelo , Rome , once again provides one of the city 's many popular spectacles or tourist sites . Space for the theatre was cleared by Julius Caesar , who was murdered before its construction could begin ; the theatre was so far advanced by 17 BC that part of the celebration of the ludi saeculares took place within the theatre ; it was completed in 13 BC and formally inaugurated in 12 BC by Augustus . The theatre was 111 m in diameter and was the largest and most important theatre in Ancient Rome ; it could originally hold between 11,000 and 20,000 spectators . It was an impressive example of what was to become one of the most pervasive urban architectural forms of the Roman world . The theatre was built mainly of tuff , and concrete faced with stones in the pattern known as opus reticulatum , completely sheathed in white travertine . However , it is also the earliest dateable building in Rome to make use of fired Roman brick , then a new introduction from the Greek world . The network of arches , corridors , tunnels and ramps that gave access to the interiors of such Roman theatres were normally ornamented with a screen of engaged columns in Greek orders : Doric at the base , Ionic in the middle . It is believed that Corinthian columns were used for the upper level but this is uncertain as the theatre was reconstructed in the Middle Ages , removing the top tier of seating and the columns . Like other Roman theatres in suitable locations , it had openings through which the natural setting could be seen , in this case the Tiber Island to the southwest . The permanent setting , the scaena , also rose to the top of the cavea as in other Roman theatres . The theatre fell out of use in the early 4th century and the structure served as a quarry for e.g. the Pons Cestius in 370 AD . However , the statues located inside the building were restored by Petronius Maximus in 421 and the remaining structure still housed small residential buildings . In the Early Middle Ages the theatre was used as a fortress of the Fabii and then at the end of the 11th century ( when it was known as templum Marcelli ) , by Pier Leoni and later his heirs ( the Pierleoni ) . This saved the complex from further destruction . The Savelli held it in the 13th century . Later , in the 16th century , the residence of the Orsini , designed by Baldassare Peruzzi , was built atop the ruins of the ancient theatre . By the 19th century , rises in the street level meant that almost half the ground floor was below it . Now the upper floors are divided into multiple apartments , and its surroundings are used as a venue for small summer concerts ; the Portico d'Ottavia lies to the north west leading to the Roman Ghetto and the Tiber to the south west . In the 17th century , the English architect Sir Christopher Wren explicitly acknowledged that his design for the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford was influenced by Serlio 's engraving of the Theatre of Marcellus . |
The_Time_Warrior | The Time Warrior is the first serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 15 December 1973 to 5 January 1974 . This serial introduced Elisabeth Sladen as new companion Sarah Jane Smith . It also marked the debut of the Sontarans . This serial also introduces the name of the Doctor 's home planet , Gallifrey . |
The_Rolling_Stones_concerts | Since forming in 1962 , the English rock band The Rolling Stones have performed more than two thousand concerts around the world , becoming one of the world 's most popular live music attractions in the process . In their early years of performing , the band would undertake numerous short tours of the United Kingdom and North America , playing in small - and medium-size venues to audiences composed largely of screaming girls . As time moved on , their audience base expanded ( in terms of both size and diversity ) and they would increasingly favour larger arenas and stadiums . For many years , the group would choose to play North America , Continental Europe , and the United Kingdom on a three-year rotating cycle . Many audio recordings exist of Rolling Stones concerts , both official and unofficial . Seventeen official concert albums ( eighteen in the US ) have been released by the band ; 6 of which were previously unreleased concert recordings released from 2011 -- 2012 , including the highly bootlegged Brussels Affair . Several of their concerts have also been filmed and released under a variety of titles , such as Stones in the Park which records the band 's performance at Hyde Park in 1969 . The most famous and heavily documented of all the band 's concerts was the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway in 1969 . For this concert , the biker gang Hells Angels provided security , which resulted in a fan , Meredith Hunter , being stabbed and beaten to death by the Angels . Part of the tour and the Altamont concert were documented in Albert and David Maysles ' film Gim me Shelter . As a response to the growing popularity of bootleg recordings , the album Get Yer Ya-Yas Out ! ( UK 1 ; US 6 ) was released in 1970 ; it was declared by critic Lester Bangs to be the best live album ever . The biggest concert the band gave was in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , during the `` Bigger Bang Tour '' , in 2006 . |
The_Goode_Family | The Goode Family is an American animated comedy series , which originally aired on ABC from May 27 , 2009 to August 7 , 2009 . The series was created by Mike Judge , and follows the life of an environmentally responsible , albeit obsessive , family . The series takes a comic look at contemporary society . Judge created the show along with former King of the Hill writers John Altschuler and David Krinsky . The show was cancelled after its first season . The series was released on DVD format on January 8 , 2013 by Shout ! Factory . |
The_Good_Guys_(comics) | The Good Guys is a comic book series that was published monthly by Defiant Comics from November of 1993 until July of 1994 . Written by Jim Shooter , Jan C. Childress , D. G. Chichester , and Mike W. Barr , the series ran for a total of 9 issues until Defiant ceased publication . It was odd for the time in that its characters were created via a `` talent search '' for interesting character concepts . |
The_Powerpuff_Girls | The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network . The show centers on Blossom , Bubbles , and Buttercup , three girls with superpowers , as well as their father , the brainy scientist Professor Utonium , who all live in the fictional city of Townsville , USA . The girls are frequently called upon by the town 's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers . McCracken originally developed the show in 1992 as a cartoon short entitled Whoopass Stew ! while in his second year at CalArts . Following a name change , Cartoon Network featured the first Powerpuff Girls pilots in its animation showcase program What a Cartoon ! in 1995 and 1996 . The series made its official debut as a Cartoon Cartoon on November 18 , 1998 , with the final episode airing on March 25 , 2005 . A total of 78 episodes were aired in addition to two pilot shorts , a Christmas special , and a feature film . In addition , a tenth anniversary special was made in 2008 . A CGI special was also made in 2014 without McCracken 's input . The series has been nominated for six Emmy Awards , nine Annie Awards , and a Kids ' Choice Award during its run . Spin-off media include an anime , three CD soundtracks , a home video collection , and a series of video games , as well as various licensed merchandise . The series has received generally positive reception and won four awards . On June 16 , 2014 , Cartoon Network announced that the series would be rebooted , which premiered in the United States on April 4 , 2016 . |
The_Good_Soldier_(2009_film) | The Good Soldier is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by American filmmakers Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys . Using interviews with five veterans from different generations of American wars , the film explores the definition of what being a ` good soldier ' really means . Howard Zinn , author of A People 's History of the United States and a former bombardier in World War II , served as an advisor to the filmmakers . |
The_Incredible_Robert_Baldick | The Incredible Robert Baldick is a 1972 BBC drama that formed part of the third season of Drama Playhouse , the BBC 's launching pad for potential series ( the first and second seasons had already seen pilot episodes make it to full runs with Codename , The Befrienders , The Regiment and The Onedin Line ) . It marked the return to the BBC drama department , for the first time in six years , of writer Terry Nation . His last completed piece of work for the BBC before this , had been his work on the Doctor Who story The Daleks ' Master Plan in 1965 . After that he had worked for ITV/ITC film series including The Avengers , The Saint , The Baron , The Champions and Department S. The pilot episode was entitled `` Never Come Night '' and was produced by Anthony Coburn , and directed by Cyril Coke . The drama was described as ` Victorian Gothic Suspense ' . Robert Baldick , played by Robert Hardy , was an eccentric dilettante scientist/detective , possessed of a personal steam locomotive , The Tsar , originally built for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia , complete with armour plating , bulletproof glass and an on-board laboratory . The programme was scheduled to be shown on Wednesday 6 September 1972 but , in the immediate aftermath of the Munich massacre , the production was removed at the last moment . The programme was finally shown on 2 October 1972 , but despite achieving 6.6 million viewers and mainly positive feedback - ( Clive James for example in The Observer ; `` The Incredible Robert Baldick should rate like mad : it 's a kind of take-home Hammer film wrapped in silver foil . The well-heeled hero is a piece of nineteenth-century fuzz dedicated to fighting evil in its more occult manifestations . He steams about in a special train . '' ) - the pilot did not lead to the BBC commissioning a full series . That honour went instead to Sutherland 's Law and The Venturers . |
The_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire_(film) | The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 American epic film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston , with a screenplay by Ben Barzman , Basilio Franchina and Philip Yordan . The film stars Sophia Loren , Stephen Boyd , Alec Guinness , James Mason , Christopher Plummer , Mel Ferrer , and Omar Sharif . The film was a financial failure at the box-office . Despite this , it is considered unusually intelligent and thoughtful for a film of the contemporary sword and sandal genre and also enjoys a 100 % `` Fresh '' rating at Rotten Tomatoes . It features the largest outdoor film set in the history of film , a m2 replica of the Roman Forum . The film 's name refers not to the final fall of the Roman empire , which did in fact survive for centuries after the period depicted in the film , but rather to the onset of corruption and decadence which led to Rome 's final demise . It deals extensively with the problem of imperial succession , and examines both the relationship between father and son on the background of imperial politics as well as the nature and limits of loyalty and friendship . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Brazil_4 | The Ultimate Fighter : Brazil 4 was an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . It was the eighth international series and the fourth to feature mainly Brazilian fighters . On October 29 , 2014 , it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Anderson Silva and Maurício Rua . Despite being coaches on the show , they were not expected to face each other at the end of the season . After Silva tested positive for anabolic steroids in a pre-fight drug test for UFC 183 , Dana White initially announced that Silva would remain on the show as a coach . Subsequently , Silva was pulled as one of the coaches and was replaced by Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira . The UFC held open tryouts for the show on October 27 , 2014 . The casting call was for Bantamweight and Lightweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights . The open tryout session drew more than 600 UFC hopefuls to Brazil 's Windsor Barra Hotel just two days after UFC 179 . It was also announced that for the first time in The Ultimate Fighter : Brazil 's history , filming would take place at Las Vegas . The cast was revealed on March 18 , 2015 . |
The_Good_Guy_(film) | The Good Guy is a 2009 romantic comedy film directed by Julio DePietro starring Alexis Bledel , Scott Porter , and Bryan Greenberg . |
The_Satan_Pit | `` The Satan Pit '' is the ninth episode of the second season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It is the second part of a two-part story , following `` The Impossible Planet '' . With the TARDIS seemingly lost , Rose and the remaining humans are trapped on the base with the possessed Ood , while the planet floats helplessly towards a black hole . Meanwhile , the Doctor is trapped in the heart of the impossible planet where he encounters the Beast , a creature implied to be the Devil himself . The episode was first broadcast on 10 June 2006 . |
The_Doctor_Dances | `` The Doctor Dances '' is the tenth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , which was first broadcast on 28 May 2005 . It is the second of a two-part story and saw Jack Harkness , played by John Barrowman , join the Doctor as a companion . The first part , `` The Empty Child '' , was broadcast on 21 May . Together with `` The Empty Child '' , it won the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form . |
The_Obama_Deception:_The_Mask_Comes_Off | The Obama Deception : The Mask Comes Off , or The Obama Deception , is an American political conspiracy theory film written and directed by radio talk show host and filmmaker Alex Jones . The film was released on March 12 , 2009 and distributed by Alex Jones Productions . |
The_Kilroys'_List | The Kilroys ' List is a gender parity initiative to end the `` systematic underrepresentation of female and trans * playwrights '' in the American theater industry . Gender disparity is defined as the gap of unproduced playwrights ' whose plays are being discriminated against based on the writer 's gender identification and intersectional identities of race , sexual orientation , ethnicity , socioeconomic class , age , and ability . Recent statistical research released in November 2015 , entitled The Count , gathered that 22 % of total surveyed professional productions from 2011-2013 annual seasons were written by women playwrights , 3.8 % of the total were written by women playwrights of color , and 0.4 % of the total were written by foreign women playwrights of color . 78 % of total surveyed professional productions were written by men playwrights . First released in June 2014 , The List is an annual collection of highly-recommended contemporary plays written by female and trans * identified authors , which are read or seen by an industry professional within the last twelve months.The List was established by the The Kilroys , a group of Los Angeles-based female-identified playwrights and producers who were tired of their plays remaining unproduced while artistic directors claimed `` We chose the best plays '' for their theater companies ' annual seasons . The namesake of The Kilroys originated from the World War II graffiti tag , `` Kilroy Was Here . '' The tagline for The Kilroys is `` We Make Trouble and Plays . '' The Kilroys members include : Zakiyyah Alexander , Bekah Brunstetter , Sheila Callaghan , Carla Ching , Annah Feinberg , Sarah Gubbins , Laura Jacqmin , Joy Meads , Kelly Miller , Meg Miroshnik , Daria Polatin , Tanya Saracho , and Marisa Wegrzyn . The List 2014 featured the Top 46 , a collection of 46 plays highly-recommended by selected Nominators . The Nominators consisted of a number of contemporary theater artists and administrators currently working in the theater industry . The 2015 List : The Top 7 % featured 53 plays . |
The_Little_Prince_(2015_film) | The Little Prince is a 2015 English-language French-Italian 3D animated fantasy adventure family drama film directed by Mark Osborne and based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry . It is the first adaptation as a full-length animated feature of The Little Prince . The film relates the story of the book using stop motion animation which is woven into a computer animated framing narrative about a young girl who has just met the book 's now-elderly aviator narrator who tells her the story of his meeting with the Little Prince in the Sahara Desert . The film stars the voices of Jeff Bridges , Rachel McAdams , Paul Rudd , Bud Cort , Marion Cotillard , Benicio del Toro , James Franco , Ricky Gervais , Paul Giamatti , Riley Osborne , Albert Brooks and Mackenzie Foy . It was produced by Dimitri Rassam , Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb , and written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti with music by Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey . The film premiered on 22 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out-of-competition screening , followed by a wide release in France on 29 July by Paramount Pictures . The US theatrical release was set for a release date of 18 March 2016 in RealD 3D , but was dropped mysteriously . Netflix later acquired the US distribution rights and released it on 5 August 2016 . The film has received positive reviews , earning praise for its style of animation and homage paid to the source material and earned $ 97.6 million on a $ 77.5 million budget , becoming the most successful French animated film abroad of all time . |
The_Tenors | The Tenors ( formerly known as The Canadian Tenors ) are a vocal group consisting of Victor Micallef , Fraser Walters and Clifton Murray . They perform operatic pop music that is a mixture of classical and pop , featuring songs such as `` The Prayer '' and Panis Angelicus from the former genre , and Leonard Cohen 's Hallelujah from the latter . Originating from Canada , Micallef from Toronto , Walters from Vancouver and Murray from Port McNeill , the Tenors have performed on more than 60 international television programs . They appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show with Celine Dion in 2010 , at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards , at the opening ceremonies of 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and on ITV ( TV network ) Diamond Jubilee Show at Windsor Castle for HM Queen Elizabeth II . The venues they have performed in include the Tel Aviv Opera House , and the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas . They also appeared on the 2009 and 2016 Grey Cup broadcasts and on CBC Television 's Holiday Festival of Ice . They have shared the stage with Sarah McLachlan , Neil Young , Paul Anka , Justin Bieber , Paul McCartney , Brian McKnight , David Foster , and Natalie Cole . Universal Music Group released their platinum-selling self-titled debut album and double-platinum holiday album , The Perfect Gift . The Tenors filmed a PBS special at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts that began airing in 2012 . The Canadian Tenors were renamed The Tenors in November 2012 in advance of their third album , Lead With Your Heart . Also in 2012 , The Tenors signed a US distribution deal with Verve Records . Lead With Your Heart went platinum in Canada in seven weeks . The album garnered a 2013 JUNO Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year and a JUNO nomination for the Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award for Bob Ezrin 's production of `` Forever Young . '' Lead With Your Heart was featured on Katie , Good Morning America , Access Hollywood , ET Canada , CNN Morning Live , e-Talk and FOX & Friends . In July 2016 , the Tenors announced that Remigio Pereira would no longer be performing with the group because he altered the lyrics to the Canadian national anthem at the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego -- from `` With glowing hearts we see thee rise , the True North strong and free , '' to `` We 're all brothers and sisters , all lives matter to the great . '' |
The_Invisible_Man_Returns | The Invisible Man Returns is a 1940 American horror science fiction film from Universal . It was written as a sequel to the 1933 film The Invisible Man , which was based on the novel The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells . The studio had signed a multi-picture contract with Wells , and they were hoping that this film would do as well as the first . It would be followed by the comedic The Invisible Woman later the same year . The screen play for the film was written by Lester Cole and Curt Siodmak ( as Kurt Siodmak ) . The film director was Joe May , who had previously directed The House of the Seven Gables . ( May 's native language was German , and he spoke little English . ) The cast of the film included Vincent Price ( in his first horror film role ) , Cecil Kellaway , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Nan Grey , Alan Napier and John Sutton . The film ran for 81 minutes in black-and-white with mono sound and holds an 89 % at Rotten Tomatoes . The production ran slightly over budget , costing $ 270,000 , but it returned good box office revenues . The special effects by John P. Fulton , Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgcock received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Special Effects . In the chronology styled documentary , Ted Newson 's 100 Years of Horror ( 1996 ) , Price recalls that the undressing of the scarecrow scene took several hours to shoot , for only three minutes of on screen time . The transparent effect was done with black velvet covering the actor . |
The_Paperboys_(Canadian_band) | The Paperboys ( sometimes billed and credited as Tom Landa and the Paperboys ) are a Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991 . The Paperboys blend Celtic folk with bluegrass , Mexican , Eastern European , African , zydeco , soul and country influences . The band has had a variety of members and line-ups since its original formation , with Landa remaining as the sole founding member , although veteran banjoist/bassist Cam Salay often returns as a guest performer . Known for consistently creating pop songs with melodic hooks , their music has been called versatile , with a wide range of influences , melding diverse musical influences more successfully than some other Irish rock bands have previously . Their first studio album , Late As Usual , was released in 1995 , with their most recent release being their seventh album , 2014 's At Peace With One 's Ghosts . Their first three studio albums have received Juno Award nominations , with 1997 's Molinos winning for the Roots and Traditional Album of the Year category , and also winning a West Coast Music Award the same year . Their album Postcards won a West Coast Music Award in 2000 . The Paperboys have their own record label and production companies , Stompy Discs and Stomp Productions , which they created to produce and market their work themselves , beginning with their first album . After the death of original drummer Paul Lawton , The Paperboys helped to finance a scholarship in his name . The band has also appeared in and scored award-winning international films . They are noted for their version of Bob Dylan 's `` All Along the Watchtower '' , which was part of a tribute album to Dylan 's 60th birthday . A staple at folk , roots , and bluegrass festivals in North America and Europe , The Paperboys have extensively toured both continents , performing in England , Germany , Switzerland , Norway , Scotland , Ireland , France , and Austria . Regularly featured on Canadian national television , The Paperboys have said in the past , `` We get paid for the travel time but play for free . '' |
The_Hunt_Club | The Hunt Club is the fourth studio album by Sector Seven . It was released in April 2010 by Bright Side Records . |
The_Notebook | The Notebook is a 2004 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks . The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s . Their story is narrated from the present day by an elderly man ( portrayed by James Garner ) telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident ( played by Gena Rowlands , who is Cassavetes ' mother ) . The Notebook received mixed reviews but performed well at the box office and received several award nominations , winning eight Teen Choice Awards , a Satellite Award and an MTV Movie Award . The film became a sleeper hit and has gained a cult following . On November 11 , 2012 , ABC Family premiered an extended version with deleted scenes added back into the original storyline . |
The_Exorcist_(film) | The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film , adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name , and starring Ellen Burstyn , Linda Blair , Max von Sydow , and Jason Miller . The film is part of The Exorcist franchise . The book , inspired by the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe , deals with the demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl and her mother 's attempts to win back her child through an exorcism conducted by two priests . The adaptation is relatively faithful to the book , which itself has been commercially successful ( earning a place on The New York Times Best Seller list ) . The film experienced a troubled production ; even in the beginning , several prestigious film directors including Stanley Kubrick and Arthur Penn turned it down . Incidents , such as the toddler son of one of the main actors being hit by a motorbike and hospitalized , attracted claims that the set was ` cursed ' . The complex special effects used as well as the nature of the film locations also presented severe challenges . The film 's notable psychological themes include the nature of faith in the midst of doubt as well as the boundaries of maternal love as a mother has to do whatever she can to save her child . The Exorcist was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 26 , 1973 . Though booked at first in only twenty-six theaters across the U.S. , it soon became a major commercial success . The film earned ten Academy Award nominations , winning Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay . It became one of the highest-grossing films in history , grossing over $ 441 million worldwide in the aftermath of various re-releases , and was the first horror film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . The film has had a significant influence on popular culture . Several publications have regarded it one of the best horror films in history . For example , it was named the scariest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly in 1999 , by Movies.com in 2010 , by viewers of AMC in 2006 , and by the editors of Time Out in 2014 . In addition , a scene from the film was ranked # 3 on Bravo 's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments . In 2010 , the Library of Congress selected the film to be preserved as part of its National Film Registry as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . On January 22 , 2016 , 20th Century Fox Television announced they were developing a television series of The Exorcist . It premiered on September 23 , 2016 . |
The_Great_Wall_(film) | The Great Wall is a 2016 monster film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon , who plays a European mercenary in China during the Song dynasty . He encounters the Great Wall of China and meets Chinese soldiers who defend against monsters . The Chinese -- US co-production also stars Jing Tian , Pedro Pascal , Willem Dafoe and Andy Lau . Principal photography for the film began on March 30 , 2015 , in Qingdao , China , and it premiered in Beijing on December 6 , 2016 . It was released by China Film Group in China on December 15 , 2016 , and in the United States on February 17 , 2017 , by Universal . The film received mixed reviews and grossed $ 332 million worldwide against its $ 150 million production budget and was deemed a box office disappointment , losing the studio about $ 75 million . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_A_Champion_Will_Be_Crowned | The Ultimate Fighter : A Champion Will Be Crowned ( also known as The Ultimate Fighter 20 ) is the twentieth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . This season is the first to feature only female fighters and was used to determine the first UFC Women 's Strawweight Champion . The series was officially announced by the UFC in December 2013 . The coaches were announced in February 2014 after Gilbert Melendez re-signed with the UFC and stated he would coach opposite the current UFC Lightweight Champion , Anthony Pettis . This move drew criticism from MMA critics and fans , as some felt it was establishing a significant delay in Pettis ' first title defense . This season aired on Fox Sports 1 . |
The_Punisher_(TV_series) | Marvel 's The Punisher , or simply The Punisher , is an upcoming American web television series created for Netflix by Steve Lightfoot , based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise , and is a spin-off of Marvel 's Daredevil . The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios , with Lightfoot serving as showrunner . The series revolves around Frank Castle , who uses lethal methods to fight crime as the vigilante `` the Punisher '' , with Jon Bernthal reprising the role from Daredevil . Ben Barnes , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Amber Rose Revah , Deborah Ann Woll , Daniel Webber , Jason R. Moore , Paul Schulze , Jaime Ray Newman , and Michael Nathanson also star . A television series centered on the Punisher received a put-pilot commitment at Fox in 2011 , but that project fell through . In June 2015 , Bernthal was cast as the character to appear in the second season of Daredevil . Development on a spin-off titled The Punisher began by January 2016 , before the second season of Daredevil was released . In April 2016 , Marvel and Netflix ordered the series , confirmed Bernthal 's involvement , and announced Lightfoot as executive producer and showrunner . Filming began in New York City in October 2016 , and concluded in April 2017 . The Punisher is scheduled to be released in 2017 . |
The_Oranges_(film) | The Oranges is an American romantic comedy directed by Julian Farino and starring Hugh Laurie , Leighton Meester , Catherine Keener , Oliver Platt , Allison Janney , Alia Shawkat , and Adam Brody . The film chronicles how two families deal with a scandal involving a married man and his friends ' daughter . Set in The Oranges area of Essex County , New Jersey , The Oranges was primarily filmed in New Rochelle , New York . It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10 , 2011 and was released by ATO Pictures in the United States on October 5 , 2012 . The film received mixed reviews upon its release . |
Third-generation_jet_fighter | The third-generation jet fighter was the class of fighters developed between the early 1960s to the 1970s . |
The_Wall_Street_Journal | The Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused , English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City . The Journal , along with its Asian and European editions , is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company , a division of News Corp. . The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online . The Wall Street Journal is the largest newspaper in the United States by circulation . According to the Alliance for Audited Media , the Journal had a circulation of about 2.4 million copies ( including nearly 900,000 digital subscriptions ) as of March 2013 , compared with USA Todays 1.7 million . The newspaper has won 40 Pulitzer Prizes through 2017 and derives its name from Wall Street in the heart of the Financial District of Lower Manhattan . The Journal has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8 , 1889 , by Charles Dow , Edward Jones , and Charles Bergstresser . The Journal also publishes the luxury news and lifestyle magazine WSJ . . |
The_Middle_(TV_series) | The Middle is an American sitcom about a middle-class family living in Indiana facing the day-to-day struggles of home life , work , and raising children . The show premiered September 30 , 2009 , on the ABC network and features Everybody Loves Raymond actress Patricia Heaton and Scrubs actor Neil Flynn . The Middle was created by former Roseanne and Murphy Brown writers Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline of Blackie and Blondie Productions . The show is distributed by Warner Bros. . Television Distribution and Blackie and Blondie Productions . The Middle has been praised by television critics and earned numerous award nominations . The series was renewed for a ninth season on January 25 , 2017 . |
The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(2003_film) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 American slasher film , and a remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . The fifth entry in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise , the film was directed by Marcus Nispel , written by Scott Kosar , and produced by Michael Bay . It was also co-produced by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper , co-creators of the original 1974 film . TCM is the first of many horror remakes to come from Michael Bay 's Platinum Dunes production company which also released the remakes The Amityville Horror , The Hitcher , Friday the 13th , and A Nightmare on Elm Street . Though met with negative reception from critics , the film was well received by fans , and grossed $ 107 million worldwide above its $ 9.5 million budget , making it a strong financial success . A prequel was released in 2006 , titled The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Beginning . |
The_Death_of_Poor_Joe | The Death of Poor Joe is a 1901 British short silent drama film , directed by George Albert Smith , which features the director 's wife Laura Bayley as Joe , a child street-sweeper who dies of disease on the street in the arms of a policeman . The film , which went on release in March 1901 , takes its name from a famous photograph posed by Oscar Rejlander after an episode in Charles Dickens ' Bleak House and is the oldest known surviving film featuring a Dickens character . The film was discovered in 2012 by British Film Institute curator Bryony Dixon , after it was believed to have been lost since 1954 . Until the discovery , the previous oldest known Dickens film was Scrooge , or , Marley 's Ghost , released in November 1901 . |
The_People_(1972_film) | The People is a 1972 television film , broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 22 , 1972 . It is mostly based on a novella by Zenna Henderson , `` Pottage '' , but also contains elements from her stories `` Ararat '' , `` Gilead '' , and `` Captivity '' . It stars Kim Darby , William Shatner , Diane Varsi and Dan O'Herlihy . |
The_Toxic_Avenger_Part_II | The Toxic Avenger Part II is a 1989 superhero comedy horror film released by Troma Entertainment . It was directed by Lloyd Kaufman and features The Toxic Avenger in an adventure to Japan to meet his father . The film has received cult status among a new audience almost a generation after it was first released . Go Nagai makes a cameo appearance and the film is also the debut of actor/martial artist Michael Jai White and musician/composer/performance artist Phoebe Legere . |
Theodore_Wilson | Theodore Rosevelt `` Teddy '' Wilson ( December 10 , 1943 -- July 21 , 1991 ) was an American stage , film , and television actor . Wilson is best known for his recurring roles as Earl the Postman on the ABC sitcom That 's My Mama , and Sweet Daddy Williams on the CBS sitcom Good Times . |
Thomas_A._Carlin | Thomas A. Carlin ( 1928 - 1991 ) was an American stage , television and film actor during the mid twentieth century . Carlin was married to the film and television actress Frances Sternhagen and had six children . During the 1950s and 60s , Mr. Carlin appeared in a number of Broadway plays , including `` Time Limit '' , `` A Thousand Clowns '' and `` The Deputy '' . In the 1960s and 70s , Mr. Carlin taught and directed at Pace University in Pleasantville , New York and at Rye High School . Carlin 's film credits include Ragtime , Caddyshack , and The Pope of Greenwich Village . He died at his home in the Sutton Manor section of New Rochelle , New York in 1991 at the age of 62 . |
The_Princess_and_the_Queen | The Princess and the Queen , or , the Blacks and the Greens is a novella by George R. R. Martin , published in the 2013 anthology Dangerous Women . Set in the Westeros of Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series , 200 years before the events of A Game of Thrones ( 1996 ) , it chronicles the `` continent-burning warfare '' ( called the `` Dance of Dragons '' ) that explodes between Targaryen Princess Rhaenyra and her stepmother Queen Alicent . The work is presented as the writing of the fictional Archmaester Gyldayn , also the `` author '' of Martin 's 2014 novella The Rogue Prince , a direct prequel to The Princess and the Queen . |
The_Horseman_on_the_Roof | The Horseman on the Roof ( Le hussard sur le toit ) is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez . Based on the 1951 French novel Le hussard sur le toit by Jean Giono , the film follows the adventures of a young Italian nobleman in France raising money for the Italian revolution against Austria during a time of cholera . The Italian struggle for independence and the cholera pandemic in southern France in 1832 are historical events . The film received César Awards in 1996 for Best Cinematography and Best Sound , as well as eight César Award nominations for Best Film , Best Costume Design , Best Actress , Best Director , Best Editing , Best Music , Best Production Design , and Most Promising Actress . |
The_Hustler_(film) | The Hustler is a 1961 American drama film directed by Robert Rossen from Walter Tevis 's 1959 novel of the same name , adapted for the screen by Rossen and Sidney Carroll . It tells the story of small-time pool hustler `` Fast Eddie '' Felson and his desire to break into the `` major league '' of professional hustling and high-stakes wagering by high-rollers that follows it . He throws his raw talent and ambition up against the best player in the country ; seeking to best the legendary pool player `` Minnesota Fats . '' After initially losing to Fats and getting involved with unscrupulous manager Bert Gordon , Eddie returns to try again , but only after paying a terrible personal price . The film was shot on location in New York City . It stars Paul Newman as `` Fast '' Eddie Felson , Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats , Piper Laurie as Sarah , and George C. Scott as Bert . The Hustler was a major critical and popular success , gaining a reputation as a modern classic . Its exploration of winning , losing , and character garnered a number of major awards ; it is also credited with helping to spark a resurgence in the popularity of pool . Real-life pool player Rudolf Wanderone , known at the time as `` New York Fats '' and `` Chicago Fats '' , claimed to be the real life inspiration for Gleason 's character , Minnesota Fats , and adopted the name as his own . |
The_Pillars_of_the_Earth_(miniseries) | The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries , adapted from Ken Follett 's novel of the same name . It debuted in the U.S. on Starz and in Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central on July 23 , 2010 . Its UK premiere was on Channel 4 in October 2010 at 9pm . In 2011 , the series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes , including Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television , Ian McShane for Best Actor and Hayley Atwell for Best Actress at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards . |
The_Merrick_&_Rosso_Show | The Merrick & Rosso Show is an Australian comedy television series which airs on The Comedy Channel , which premiered on 2 October 2008 . It is hosted by Tim Ross and Merrick Watts , who are better known as comedy duo Merrick and Rosso . Their breakfast radio show is broadcast on Nova 96.9 . The comedy duo have also previously hosted the television shows Merrick and Rosso Unplanned on the Nine Network and the The B Team for Network Ten . They also hosted Planet Merrick and Rosso and Super Planet Merrick and Rosso for The Comedy Channel . Merrick Watts has also appeared in the comedy series The Hollowmen and Thank God You 're Here . The show also appears on a six-day delay on FOX8 . On 28 January 2009 , The Comedy Channel approved a second season for the series , which began airing on 2 April 2009 . |
The_Cutie_Map | `` The Cutie Map '' , also known as `` Cutie Markless '' by Shout ! Factory and iTunes , is the collective name for the first and second episodes of the fifth season of the Canadian -- American animated television series My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic as well as the ninety-second and ninety-third episodes of the series overall . The two episodes focus on the group of Twilight Sparkle and her friends as they visit a village controlled by Starlight Glimmer , a unicorn who strives to achieve equality amongst all ponies by removing their cutie marks ( individual talents ) . Both episodes were written by Scott Sonneborn and M.A. Larson from a story by Meghan McCarthy . It is directed by Jayson Thiessen and co-directed by Jim Miller with Stephen Davis , Kirsten Newlands , and Sarah Wall as executive producers alongside Devon Cody as producer . It was first broadcast on Discovery Family on April 4 , 2015 , with both parts airing as an hour-long event . |
The_Ones_(30_Rock) | `` The Ones '' is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock . It was written by co-executive producer Jack Burditt , and directed by Beth McCarthy . The episode aired in the United States on April 23 , 2009 , on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) . Guest stars in this episode include Josh Casaubon , Salma Hayek , and Brian Williams . In the episode , Jack Donaghy ( Alec Baldwin ) goes shopping with Liz Lemon ( Tina Fey ) for an engagement ring for Elisa ( Hayek ) . Jack grows worried about whether he and Elisa 's potential marriage could survive in the real world , but Tracy Jordan ( Tracy Morgan ) counsels him on married life . Meanwhile , Elisa tells Liz that she is keeping a secret from Jack . A prank results in an injury back at TGS and Jenna Maroney ( Jane Krakowski ) falls in love with an attractive emergency medical technician ( Casaubon ) who comes to help . `` The Ones '' received generally mixed reception . According to the Nielsen ratings system , it was watched by 6.3 million households during its original broadcast , and received a 3.9 rating/6 share among viewers in the 18 -- 49 demographic . For her performance in this episode , Krakowski received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series . |
The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(film) | There have been several films that have had the title The Man in the Iron Mask , or that have been based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas , père , which was itself based on the 18th century legend of the Man in the Iron Mask . The plot often involves D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers and an identical twin brother of King Louis XIV of France , and it is considered a sequel to The Three Musketeers . La maschera di ferro ( 1909 ) , an Italian silent film The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1923 film ) , a German silent film directed by Max Glass The Iron Mask ( 1929 ) , an American silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1939 film ) , an American black-and-white film directed by James Whale , starring Louis Hayward , Joan Bennett , Warren William and Alan Hale ( as Porthos ) Lady in the Iron Mask ( 1952 ) , an American color film starring Louis Hayward , Patricia Medina and Alan Hale , Jr. ( as Porthos ) Le Masque de fer ( 1962 ) , an Italian/French film , starring Jean Marais The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1977 film ) , a British TV movie with Richard Chamberlain , Patrick McGoohan , Louis Jourdan , Jenny Agutter , Ian Holm , Ralph Richardson and Vivien Merchant The Fifth Musketeer also known as Behind the Iron Mask ( 1979 ) , an Austrian/West German film directed by Ken Annakin , with Ursula Andress , Beau Bridges , Cornel Wilde , Lloyd Bridges , José Ferrer , Olivia de Havilland , Rex Harrison and Alan Hale Jr. ( as Porthos ) ; remake of the 1939 film The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1985 ) , an Australian animated TV film The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998 film ) , a British/American film directed by Randall Wallace , with Leonardo DiCaprio , Jeremy Irons , John Malkovich , Gérard Depardieu and Gabriel Byrne The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998 ) , also known as The Mask of Dumas , an American film directed by William Richert , with Edward Albert , Dana Barron , Rex Ryon and Timothy Bottoms |
The_Grand_(film) | The Grand is an improv comedy film directed by Zak Penn. . The film has an ensemble cast including Ray Romano , Woody Harrelson , Chris Parnell , Werner Herzog , Jason Alexander , Dennis Farina , David Cross , Gabe Kaplan , Michael Karnow and Cheryl Hines along with several real Las Vegas poker stars . According to Penn , the film is styled after those of Christopher Guest , where each actor is given direction concerning their character , and the actors are left to improvise each individual scene . The plot of The Grand was somewhat more open-ended than Guest 's work , however . The focus of the film is a poker tournament played at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas between the characters in which real poker matches were played by the actors as the scenes were filmed . The film 's script did not specify the winner of the tournament , and the ending of the film was determined by the actual game played on set . The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival , and was distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment . The film opened in limited release in the United States on March 21 , 2008 , opened in wider release on April 4 , 2008 , and is now on DVD . |
The_Princess_and_the_Pea_(2002_film) | The Princess and the Pea is an animation film adaptation of the popular fairy tale `` The Princess and the Pea '' by Hans Christian Andersen . The film was directed by Mark Swan . It was released August 16 , 2002 as an American-Hungarian production of Feature Films for Families & Swan Productions . The script writers were Forrest S. Baker and Ken Cromar . The film won two Accolade Competition Awards of Excellence In 2003 and 2004 , both for the musical score by composer Alan Williams . The film was also nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2003 , in the category of `` Best Family Feature Film - Animation '' . |
The_Love_Club_EP | The Love Club EP is the debut extended play ( EP ) by New Zealand singer Lorde . At the age of 12 , she was discovered by Universal Music Group scout Scott MacLachlan , and began writing songs . In December 2011 , MacLachlan paired Lorde with producer Joel Little , and within three weeks , the pair had co-written and produced all 5 songs on the EP . In November 2012 , Lorde self-released the EP for free download via SoundCloud . On 8 March 2013 the record was commercially released by Universal Music Group and Virgin Records . An indie rock-influenced electronica album , The Love Club EP was well received by music critics , who praised its production and compared its style to works by Sky Ferreira , Florence and the Machine and Lana Del Rey . The release peaked at number two in New Zealand and Australia , and was certified platinum and septuple platinum in those two countries respectively . In the US , the record charted at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart and have sold 60,000 copies as of August 2013 . To promote The Love Club EP , Lorde performed during various concerts , and `` Royals '' was released as a single . |
The_King_of_Milu_Deer | The King of Milu Deer , also known as Finding the Milu King : The Magic Reel , is a 2009 Chinese computer-animated film . It is touted as the first 3-D animated Chinese film . The film was produced by CITV New Media Group , a private company , and cost 35 million yuan ( US $ 5.1 million to make . It was written by Zhang Zhi Yi and Wang Wei and directed by Guo Weijiao . The film took in 4 million yuan ( US $ 570,000 ) at the box office in its first week . It won Best Animated Film at the thirteenth Hua Biao Film Awards and was nominated at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Awards for the Best Animation Trophy . The theme song of the film was performed by Yisa Yu . |
The_Family_(1974_TV_series) | The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Paul Watson , and directed by Franc Roddam . It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary series , seen by many as the precursor to reality television . It was similar to an American documentary which had aired the previous year in 1973 ( but which had been filmed in 1971 ) , called An American Family . It followed the working-class Wilkins family of six ( led by Margaret and Terry , who divorced in 1978 ) of Reading , through their daily lives , warts and all , and culminated in the marriage of one of the daughters , which was plagued by fans and paparazzi alike . The show was the basis for two parodies : Monty Python 's Flying Circus , in their very last episode which aired 5 December 1974 , featured a sketch called `` The Most Awful Family in Britain 1974 '' ; and Benny Hill , on one of his 1975 specials , did a takeoff called `` That Family . '' Margaret remarried ( like her ex-husband ) and became Margaret Sainsbury ; she died of a reported heart attack in Berkshire on 10 August 2008 , aged 73 . Terry died on 31 October 2016 , at age 82 . The format was revived in 2008 ( see The Family ) . |
The_Departed_(The_Vampire_Diaries) | `` The Departed '' is the twenty-second and final episode of The Vampire Diaries 's third season , premiering May 10 , 2012 on The CW . During the episode , Elena remembers when life was simpler while the rest of her friends attempt to stay away from Alaric . In the episode 's initial airing , it garnered 2.53 million viewers . |
The_Paper_(TV_series) | The Paper is a reality television show on MTV . The show covers the lives of the Cypress Bay High School newspaper staff , focusing mostly on four senior editors . It is set in Weston , Florida . The series finale aired on May 26 , 2008 . The second season had been cast at a high school in Texas but midway into production the season became the TV series My Life As Liz . |
The_Return_of_the_Gangsta | The Return of the Gangsta is the sixth studio album by Coolio , released on October 16 , 2006 . The single `` Gangsta Walk '' features Snoop Dogg on guest vocals . Most songs on this album were released again on Coolio 's next album Steal Hear , which was released in 2008 . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Team_Rousey_vs._Team_Tate | The Ultimate Fighter : Team Rousey vs. Team Tate ( also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18 ) is the eighteenth U.S.-based installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . The series was officially announced by the UFC in March 2013 with the revelation that for the first time women will serve as coaches and the contestants will be both male and female . Women 's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was selected to coach against the winner of the Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano bout on the The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale in April 2013 . Zingano won the fight , but a few weeks prior to filming was removed from the coaching position due to an injury and replaced by Tate . The season was the first to air on Fox Sports 1 and debuted on September 4 , 2013 , and also the first time that it had been seen on BT Sport in the UK debuting on September 5 , 2013 at 11PM also . |
The_Rani_(Doctor_Who) | The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . She was played by Kate O'Mara . The Rani is a renegade Time Lady , an evil scientific genius whose villainy comes not from the usual variety of lust for power and suchlike , but from a mindset that treats everything ( including morality ) as secondary to her research ; she has been known to enslave entire planets such as Miasimia Goria in order to have a ready supply of experimental subjects and a place to carry out her experiments uninterrupted . Her major interest is in tinkering with other species ' biochemistry -- she was exiled from Gallifrey after some of her lab mice , as a result of an experiment , grew to enormous size and ate the President 's pet cat , and according to The Master , `` took a chunk out of him too '' . A past relationship between the Rani and the Doctor is hinted at but was never elaborated upon , although it is established they are the same age . The Rani was , like the Master , intended as a recurring foe of the Doctor , but only appeared in two serials , The Mark of the Rani ( 1985 ) and Time and the Rani ( 1987 ) , before Doctor Who went off the air in 1989 . The Rani also appeared as the principal villain in Dimensions in Time , a 1993 Doctor Who charity special created for Children in Need . She was intended to appear in another serial entitled Yellow Fever and How To Cure It , but the show was put on hiatus and the serial was cancelled . |
The_Graduate_(novel) | The Graduate is a 1963 novella by Charles Webb , who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College . It tells the story of Benjamin Braddock , who , while pondering his future after his graduation , has an affair with the older Mrs. Robinson , the wife of his father 's business partner . It was adapted into the highly successful 1967 movie The Graduate , directed by Mike Nichols and with Dustin Hoffman in the title role . Webb has stated he never felt comfortable with the attention the movie brought him because he felt it distracted from his status as a serious artist . He did not receive any royalties from the film and has stated he is glad it happened that way . On the episode of the AMC television show Movies That Shook the World devoted to the film adaptation , Webb revealed the identity of the real-life inspiration for Mrs. Robinson : Jane Erickson ( exact spelling unknown ) , the wife of an associate of Webb 's father . However , that was the extent of any similarity with the novel ; Webb denied having a relationship with her . A sequel titled Home School , which takes place ten years after the ending of the first novel , was published by Hutchinson in June 2007 . The book 's creation serves as the centerpiece of the 2005 film Rumor Has It ... |
The_Wars_of_the_Roses_(adaptation) | The Wars of the Roses was a 1963 theatrical adaptation of William Shakespeare 's first historical tetralogy ( 1 Henry VI , 2 Henry VI , 3 Henry VI and Richard III ) , which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England , a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses . The plays were adapted by John Barton , and directed by Barton himself and Peter Hall at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre . The production starred David Warner as Henry VI , Peggy Ashcroft as Margaret of Anjou , Donald Sinden as the Duke of York , Paul Hardwick as the Duke of Gloucester , Janet Suzman as Joan la Pucelle , Brewster Mason as the Earl of Warwick , Roy Dotrice as Edward IV , Susan Engel as Queen Elizabeth and Ian Holm as Richard III . The plays were heavily politicised , with Barton and Hall allowing numerous contemporaneous events of the early 1960s to inform their adaptation . The production was a huge critical and commercial success , and is generally regarded as revitalizing the reputation of the Henry VI plays in the modern theatre . Many critics feel The Wars of the Roses set a standard for future productions of the tetralogy which has yet to be surpassed . In 1965 , the BBC adapted the plays for television . The broadcast was so successful that they were shown again , in a differently edited form , in 1966 . In 1970 , BBC Books published the play scripts along with extensive behind-the-scenes information written by Barton and Hall , and other members of the Royal Shakespeare Company who worked on the production . |
The_Good_Guys_(2010_TV_series) | The Good Guys is an American action-comedy series about an old-school cop and a modern-day detective that premiered with a preview episode on Fox on May 19 , 2010 , and began airing regularly on June 7 of that year . The series stars Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark , a mustachioed , former big-shot detective with the Dallas Police Department , and Colin Hanks as Jack Bailey , a young , ambitious , by-the-book detective who has been assigned as Dan 's partner because of his snarky attitude . On December 15 , 2010 , The Good Guys was cancelled by Fox Television Studios . |
The_Only_Good_Indian | The Only Good Indian is a 2009 independent feature film directed by Kevin Willmott . The film was shot almost entirely in Kansas -- the only exception being a scene at Missouri 's Ha Ha Tonka State Park -- featuring locations such as the Monument Rocks and Fort Larned . Filming took place in 2007-2008 , and the movie premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival , subsequently showing at other film festivals . The film won Willmott `` Best Director '' honors at the American Indian Film Festival , as well as acting honors for Wes Studi and Winter Fox Frank in his debut as the Kickapoo youth . |
The_Perfect_Guy_(2015_film) | The Perfect Guy is a 2015 American romantic thriller film directed by David M. Rosenthal , produced by Tommy Oliver and written by Alan B. McElroy and Tyger Williams and stars Sanaa Lathan , Michael Ealy , Holt McCallany and Morris Chestnut . Ealy and Lathan also served as executive producers on the film . The Perfect Guy was released in North America on September 11 , 2015 . The film grossed $ 60.3 million against its budget of $ 12 million . |
The_Freshman_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer) | `` The Freshman '' is the first episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer . The episode was written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon . The narrative follows Buffy Summers as she attempts to fit into her new college environment at UC-Sunnydale . She first encounters several problems and struggles with her feelings of isolation . Willow is blossoming with Oz in the new environment , Xander is away , and Rupert Giles , who is currently unemployed , has his friend Olivia visiting . |
The_Man_Who_Lived_Twice | The Man Who Lived Twice is a 1936 American crime film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Ralph Bellamy , Marian Marsh and Thurston Hall . It was remade as Man in the Dark in 1953 . |
The_Rothschilds_(film) | The Rothschilds ( originally Die Rothschilds ) is a 1940 Nazi German propaganda film directed by Erich Waschneck . The film is also known as The Rothschilds ' Shares in Waterloo ( International recut version , English title ) . It portrays the role of the Rothschild family in the Napoleonic wars . The Jewish Rothschilds are depicted in a negative manner , consistent with the anti-Semitic policy of Nazi Germany . The 1940 film has a similar title and a similar plot to a 1934 American film , The House of Rothschild , starring George Arliss and Boris Karloff , that presented the Rothschilds in a more positive light . It is one of three Nazi-era German films that provide an antisemitic retelling of an earlier film . The others , both released in 1940 , bore titles similar to films released in 1934 : The Eternal Jew was a documentary-format film with the same title as the 1934 film and Jud Süss was a drama based on a 1934 film adaptation of a 1925 novel . |
The_Judas_Testament_(novel) | The Judas Testament is a 1994 novel by Daniel Easterman . The plot revolved around the discovery of an epistle in Moscow by a scholar of the Aramaic language , who becomes the unwitting pawn in a murderous struggle by various crypto-political forces to possess the scroll . The scroll is not the Gospel of Judas but an autobiography of the historical Jesus in his own hand . It is a `` Judas Testament '' in that its contents betrays the conventional image of Jesus as Christ and instead reveals him to have been a Judean religious figure known as the Teacher of Righteousness . Easterman 's ideas in this respect are taken directly from contemptorary scholarship in the quest for the historical Jesus and the debate about whether or not there is a relationship between Jesus and the Judean sect known as the Essenes . |
The_Gunman_(film) | The Gunman is a 2015 action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Don Macpherson , Pete Travis and Sean Penn , based on the novel The Prone Gunman ( French title : La position du tireur couché ) by Jean-Patrick Manchette . It stars Penn , with Idris Elba , Ray Winstone , Mark Rylance , and Javier Bardem appearing in supporting roles . The film is about Jim Terrier ( Penn ) , a mercenary who assassinates the Minister of Mining of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 on orders from multinational mining companies . Eight years after Terrier has retired from mercenary work , he and the people close to him become the targets of hit squads sent by a powerful multinational security firm , and he must fight to stay alive . The film was released on March 20 , 2015 by Open Road Films . It was a box office bomb , grossing just $ 24 million against its $ 40 million budget . |