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The_20/20_Experience_World_Tour | The 20/20 Experience World Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake . It was launched in support of his third and fourth studio albums , The 20/20 Experience ( 2013 ) and The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2 ( 2013 ) . The tour began on November 6 , 2013 in New York City , and concluded on January 2 , 2015 in Las Vegas . The 20/20 Experience World Tour grossed $ 231.6 million from 134 shows becoming the second highest-grossing tour of 2014 and one of the highest-grossing tours of the decade . This made Timberlake the highest-grossing solo touring artist of the year . It is also Timberlake 's most successful tour to date . Directed by Jonathan Demme , the space-age themed concert film -- titled Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids -- premiered on September 13 at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival . It showcases the final date of the 20/20 tour at Las Vegas ' MGM Grand Garden Arena . The streaming service Netflix announced its acquisition ahead of the film 's debut at film festival and released it on October 12 , 2016 . It was the final film to be directed by Demme before his death on April 26 , 2017 . |
Symphony_No._13_(Mozart) | Symphony No. 13 in F major , K. 112 , by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , was written in Milan during the autumn of 1771 . The symphony is in four movements , the second of which is scored for strings alone . The third movement minuet may have been written earlier , and then incorporated into the symphony -- the autograph manuscript shows the minuet copied in Leopold 's hand . Nicholas Kenyon describes Symphony No. 13 as the last in `` conventional mode '' -- thereafter `` we are in the beginnings of a different world . '' |
Television_network | A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content , whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers . Until the mid-1980s , television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early television networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier radio networks . |
The_Album_(The_Firm_album) | The Album is the only studio album by American hip hop supergroup The Firm . It was released on October 21 , 1997 by Aftermath Entertainment , Interscope Records and Columbia Records . The project was created by rapper Nas , his manager Steve Stoute and producers Dr. Dre and Trackmasters , who came up with the idea of forming a hip hop supergroup . The original line-up included Nas , AZ , Foxy Brown and Cormega who were all featured on the song `` Affirmative Action '' from Nas ' album It Was Written ( 1996 ) . However , Cormega later left the group due artistic differences between him and Nas , as well as contract disagreements with Stoute . He was replaced by Nature prior to recording of the album . The Album is a concept album that revolves around the themes of mafia and `` gangsta '' lifestyle . The songs on the album were mainly produced by Dr. Dre , Chris `` The Glove '' Taylor and Trackmasters ( as Poke and Tone ) , and feature guest vocals from Pretty Boy , Wizard , Canibus , Dawn Robinson , Noriega and Half-a-Mill . The Album received mixed reviews from the music critics , who criticized its mainstream pop-oriented sound rather than the members ' previous styles . In the United States , the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and also topped the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums chart . It also charted in other countries , such as Canada , France and the United Kingdom . The Album sold 147,000 copies in the debut week and has sold over 925,000 copies in the United States and was certified gold in Canada . Two singles were release from the album , with `` Firm Biz '' peaking at number twelve on the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Airplay and number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart . However , the album 's second single `` Phone Tap '' failed to chart . |
Ten_(2013_film) | Ten is a British action drama film , directed and written by Craig Wyting , starring Colin Burt Vidler , Claire Walmsley , Danny Howard . The film was mostly shot at the Hythe area of the town of Colchester . The film is loosely based on the author 's experiences as a soldier in the British Army , and examines how society treats former soldiers . The film was produced by previous winner of the Coup de Coeur at the Cannes Film Festival , Darren Cook of Scruffy Bear Pictures . The cast and crew volunteered their time to work on the production , with any money raised to be split between military charities , the Royal British Legion , the Invicta Foundation and 353 . |
The_Academical_Village_People | The Academical Village People ( AVP ) is an all-male a cappella group at the University of Virginia founded in 1993 by a group of people who vowed to `` never take themselves too seriously . '' They set themselves apart from other groups by being able to keep professional while maintaining their lax attitude , wild antics while performing , and their less traditional uniform of a garage mechanic style shirt . The name `` Academical Village People '' comes from Thomas Jefferson 's Academical Village at the university in Charlottesville , Virginia . As of 2017 , AVP , as it is often called for short , has released thirteen studio albums , including a greatest hits album , DECADEmical : Best of 1993-2003 , of its first ten years in existence . The group has recorded many notable performances such as opening for Dana Carvey and Girl Talk , performing for Reba McEntire at the White House , concerts at the Kennedy Center , and performances in such countries as England , Spain , and Scotland . |
Taprobane_Island | Taprobane Island , originally called `` Galduwa '' ( `` Rock Island '' in Sinhalese ) , is a private island with one villa , located just off the southern coast of Sri Lanka opposite the village of Weligama . The island was renamed after the old Greek word for Sri Lanka , by its most famous owner , the self-titled Count de Mauny Talvande ( born Maurice Talvande ) , who sighted it around 1925 after a long search for an earthly paradise . He built its villa and replanted the island to create a private eden . The islet passed on to the American author and composer Paul Bowles and then the Sri Lankan born former UN Chief Prosecutor Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva before it came to the ownership of the Australian businessman Geoffrey Dobbs . Notable people who stayed on Taprobane include Dutch author Peter ten Hoopen , who spent a month there in 1984 during civil unrest on the mainland , as well as Kylie Minogue , who composed a song about the island inspired by her stay titled `` Taprobane ( Extraordinary Day ) '' . It had inspired Jason Kouchak to compose `` Dark Island '' in his 1999 album Watercolours . The author Robin Maugham , who visited the Island as a young man , and in the mid-1970s , considered the unique beauty and harmony of the villa had become compromised after de Mauny 's death by partitioning and the loss of his furniture and fittings , and that the area itself had been despoiled by the construction of a new road along the mainland beach . Since then , and particularly after the 2004 tsunami , substantial further residential development on the adjoining mainland has occurred . |
The_Adventures_of_Paper_Peter | The Adventures of Paper Peter ( Ævintýri Pappírs Pésa ) is a 1990 Icelandic drama film directed by Ari Kristinsson . The film was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . |
Tasher_Desh | Tasher Desh ( English : The Land of Cards ) is a 2012 Bengali fantasy film directed by Q . The film has been described as a `` trippy adaptation '' of the Rabindrath Tagore play by Indian media . It features Soumyak Kanti DeBiswas , Anubrata Basu , Tillotama Shome , Rii , Joyraj Bhattacharjee , Tinu Verghese , and Immaduddin Shah in the lead roles . Tasher Desh made its international premiere on 11 November 2012 at the 7th Rome International Film Festival . The film is having its release in India on 23 August 2013 . |
Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre:_The_Next_Generation | Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation , originally The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre , is a 1994 American independent slasher film written and directed by Kim Henkel , and starring Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey . The plot follows four teenagers who encounter Leatherface and his maniacal family in backwoods Texas on the night of their prom . It is the fourth installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series , and also features uncredited cameo appearances from Marilyn Burns , Paul A. Partain , and John Dugan , all stars of the original film . Writer-director Kim Henkel had previously co-written the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) with Tobe Hooper ; the events of the previous two sequel films are addressed in the The Next Generations opening prologue as `` two minor , yet apparently related incidents '' which happened after the events of the original film . It was shot on location in rural areas outside of Austin , Texas in the summer of 1994 . The film was screened as The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 1994 and 1995 before being shelved by Columbia Pictures . Two years later , it was re-cut and released under the title Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation on August 29 , 1997 , after Zellweger and McConaughey had both become major Hollywood stars , but was a critical and financial failure . Though a full soundtrack was never released , a companion single featured in the film performed by star Robert Jacks and Debbie Harry was released on compact disc in 1997 . |
The_Bear_and_the_Maiden_Fair | `` The Bear and the Maiden Fair '' is the seventh episode of the third season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 27th episode of the series overall . The episode was written by George R. R. Martin , the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which the series is based , and was directed by Michelle MacLaren , her directorial debut for the series . The plot of the episode advances the storylines of Daenerys ' arrival to the city of Yunkai , the repercussions of the upcoming marriage of Tyrion Lannister and Sansa Stark , and Brienne 's fate at the ruined castle of Harrenhal . |
Terri_Welles | Terri Welles ( born Terri Knepper ; November 21 , 1956 ) is an American actress and adult model . She first appeared on the cover of the May 1980 issue of Playboy , wearing a flight attendant costume to illustrate a pictorial on stewardesses ( Welles was a United Airlines stewardess at the time ) . She subsequently appeared as a centerfold in the December 1980 issue and was named Playmate of the Year for 1981 . Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley . Welles was the inspiration for the `` Bobo Weller '' character in the film Star 80 . |
The_Authoritarian_Personality | The Authoritarian Personality is a 1950 sociology book by Theodor W. Adorno , Else Frenkel-Brunswik , Daniel Levinson , and Nevitt Sanford , researchers working at the University of California , Berkeley , during and shortly after World War II . The Authoritarian Personality `` invented a set of criteria by which to define personality traits , ranked these traits and their intensity in any given person on what it called the ' F scale ' ( F for fascist ) . '' The personality type Adorno et al. identified can be defined by nine traits that were believed to cluster together as the result of childhood experiences . These traits include conventionalism , authoritarian submission , authoritarian aggression , anti-intellectualism , anti-intraception , superstition and stereotypy , power and `` toughness '' , destructiveness and cynicism , projectivity , and exaggerated concerns over sex . Though strongly criticized for bias and methodology , the book was highly influential in American social sciences , particularly in the first decade after its publication : `` No volume published since the war in the field of social psychology has had a greater impact on the direction of the actual empirical work being carried on in the universities today . '' |
Texas's_22nd_congressional_district | Texas 's 22nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a largely suburban south-central portion of the metropolitan area . The district includes the majority of Fort Bend County , including most of the cities of Sugar Land , Missouri City , Rosenberg , Needville and the county seat of Richmond , as well as the county 's share of the largely unincorporated Greater Katy area west of Houston . In addition , the district also contains portions of northern Brazoria County including Pearland and Alvin , as well as a small portion of southeast Harris County centered on Friendswood . The district is currently represented by Republican Pete Olson , who has represented the district since defeating one-term incumbent Democrat Nick Lampson in the 2008 elections . Before 2006 , the district had been represented by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay since 1985 , and before that , former Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul briefly in 1976 and again from 1979 to 1985 . In 2006 , 52 % of poll respondents identified themselves as Republicans , 32 % as Democrats , and 16 % as independents . It is also the most self-described `` Evangelical Christian '' congressional district in the country , beating out Georgia 's 6th . |
Symphony,_K._74g_(Mozart) | The Symphony in B major `` No. 54 '' , K. Anh . 216/74g/Anh . C 11.03 , may have been written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1771 in Salzburg . The symphony is scored for two oboes or two flutes , two horns and strings . In contemporary orchestras , it was also usual to include bassoons and harpsichord if they were available in the orchestra to reinforce the bass line and act as the continuo . The duration is approximately 14 minutes . The symphony consists of the following movements : Allegro , Andante , Menuet , Allegro molto , The Alte Mozart-Ausgabe ( published 1879 -- 1882 ) gives the numbering sequence 1 -- 41 for the 41 numbered symphonies . The unnumbered symphonies ( some , including K. 74g , published in supplements to the Alte-Mozart Ausgabe until 1910 ) are sometimes given numbers in the range 42 to 56 , even though they were written earlier than Mozart 's Symphony No. 41 ( written in 1788 ) . The symphony K. 74g is given the number 54 in this numbering scheme . |
The_Broken_Man | `` The Broken Man '' is the seventh episode of the sixth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 57th overall . The episode was written by Bryan Cogman , and directed by Mark Mylod . In this episode , Sandor `` the Hound '' Clegane ( Rory McCann ) has joined the pacifist community of Brother Ray ( Ian McShane ) , a repentant soldier who nursed him back to health after he was left for dead by Arya Stark ( Maisie Williams ) . In the North , Jon Snow ( Kit Harington ) , Sansa Stark ( Sophie Turner ) and Davos Seaworth ( Liam Cunningham ) attempt to unite forces they believe are loyal to House Stark , but find it to be an uphill battle . In King 's Landing , Margaery Tyrell ( Natalie Dormer ) convinces her grandmother ( Diana Rigg ) to leave the capital , and Cersei Lannister ( Lena Headey ) seeks her help to defeat the Faith Militant , but is rejected . In the Riverlands , Jaime Lannister ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ) arrives and is unsuccessful in negotiating peace with the Blackfish ( Clive Russell ) . In Braavos , Arya books passage on a ship to Westeros , but is stabbed in the abdomen by the Waif ( Faye Marsay ) . `` The Broken Man '' garnered high praise from critics , who noted the long-awaited return of Sandor Clegane , the introduction of new characters such as Lyanna Mormont , and the siege of Riverrun as highlights of the episode . The title of the episode is a reference to a speech given by Septon Meribald , a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series , who was also used to create the character of Ray . In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 7.80 million in its initial broadcast . The episode earned a nomination at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Production Design for a Fantasy Program . |
Tha_Realest | Jevon Jones ( born October 11 , 1973 ) is an American rapper better known by his stage name Tha Realest , and formerly Tenkamenin The Vigilante ( or simply Tenkamenin ) . His debut album , Witness Tha Realest , was released on July 14 , 2009 , following numerous delays . Tha Realest is also known , often in a negative light , for his strikingly similar voice to deceased rapper and former label-mate , Tupac Shakur . Tha Realest is also a member of The Regime . |
Telephone_banking | Telephone banking is a service provided by a bank or other financial institution , that enables customers to perform a range of financial transactions over the telephone , without the need to visit a bank branch or automated teller machine . Telephone banking times are usually longer than branch opening times , and some financial institutions offer the service on a 24-hour basis . Most financial institutions have restrictions on which accounts may be accessed through telephone banking , as well as a limit on the amount that can be transacted . The types of financial transactions which a customer may transact through telephone banking include obtaining account balances and list of latest transactions , electronic bill payments , and funds transfers between a customer 's or another 's accounts . From the bank 's point of view , telephone banking minimises the cost of handling transactions by reducing the need for customers to visit a bank branch for non-cash withdrawal and deposit transactions . Transactions involving cash or documents ( such as cheques ) are not able to be handled using telephone banking , and a customer needs to visit an ATM or bank branch for cash withdrawals and cash or cheque deposits . Usually , statements regarding telephone banking are accessible online . |
The_Blood_Line | `` The Blood Line '' is the tenth and final episode of the fourth series and the last episode of the British science fiction television series Torchwood , and was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 9 September 2011 . In 2012 , creator Russell T Davies announced that the show will be on indefinite hiatus , citing personal reasons , making `` The Blood Line '' the default series finale . |
Ted_Robbins | Edward Michael `` Ted '' Robbins ( born 11 August 1955 ) is an English actor , television presenter and radio broadcaster and presents a Sunday morning show on BBC Radio Lancashire Ted has performed as a warm-up artist for numerous pre-recorded comedy shows that have been filmed before live studio audiences including Granada Television 's Wood and Walters and Birds of a Feather which he returned to for the new series in 2014 and will again for its second outing in 2015 , played the voice over in Catchphrase from 1994 to 1996 and returned in Roy Walker 's penultimate series in 1998 and 1999 , and the BBC 's Little Britain . He also starred in Peter Kay 's Phoenix Nights ( 2001 -- 02 ) for both series as Den Perry , the main `` villain '' and also the Governor in The Slammer . His most recent roles were in Benidorm in 2012 as Victor St. James . Also , Hank Zipzer in episode 8 playing Bob and Diddy Movies playing Vic Weinsteinberger . He guest starred as Barry Quid in Series 10 of Birds of a Feather and also in the comedy series The League of Gentlemen as Tony Cluedo , singer of Crème Brulee . On 31 January 2015 , Robbins suffered a heart attack and collapsed on stage , clutching his chest , during his solo sketch at the opening night of the Phoenix Nights Live tour at the Manchester Arena . His health has improved since then and he has lost two stone . Ted currently hosts the Friday afternoon show on BBC Radio Manchester . |
The_Carte_Organisation | The Carte Organisation was a putative organ of French resistance during the Second World War . It was the brainchild of André Girard , an artist who claimed to have at his command a secret army of hundreds of thousands of would-be résistants waiting to rise against the Germans once they were properly armed and led . Girard 's ` secret army ' existed mainly on paper and in the minds of a community of artists , musicians and students in the French Riviera . Realistically , the organisation extended no further than the group of people around Girard and his deputy Henri Frager , plus some other small groups . In November 1942 , a list of names and addresses of hundreds of potential Carte members , drawn up by Girard , fell into the hands of the Abwehr . An assistant of Girard named André Marsac was carrying the list by train from Marseille to Paris . While Marsac slept on the train , an Abwehr agent stole the briefcase which contained the list . This fact was to have implications for the British Special Operations Executive with which Carte became entangled . SOE agent Peter Churchill had arrived in January 1942 to evaluate the usefulness of the Carte network . He was impressed by the people he met but disagreements between Girard and Frager made it necessary for SOE to choose between them . Peter Churchill , having chosen Frager as preferable , took him to London in March 1943 to be briefed by SOE on his future role . There was no need . Carte was already doomed . On the same night , Francis Cammaerts arrived to take Peter Churchill 's place and subsequently made a much more realistic appraisal of Carte . The following day , André Marsac , from whom the Carte list had been stolen by the Abwehr , was arrested near the Champs Élysées by Hugo Bleicher , a sergeant in the Abwehr , and incarcerated in Fresnes prison . Bleicher , posing as an anti-Nazi colonel , convinced Marsac that he wished to defect , and the pair concocted an elaborate scheme involving the co-operation of Marsac 's assistant Roger Bardet , who was persuaded by letter to visit Marsac in prison . The outcome of Bleicher 's deception was the arrest on 16 April 1943 of Peter Churchill and Odette Sansom . A bonus was provided by Marsac , who supplied Bleicher with the addresses of some twenty circuits in Bordeaux , Strasbourg and Marseille . Roger Bardet had also been arrested , and was still useful to Bleicher . Henri Frager had returned to France to assume leadership of the new SOE Donkeyman circuit built on the remnants of Carte . Bardet , having been persuaded to betray Frager , was allowed to ` escape ' . Frager was taken in by the escape story . He also fell for Bardet 's offer to provide new forged identity papers for the British SOE agents working with him , and allowed photographs of the agents to be supplied to Bardet for that purpose . One of the agents was Vera Leigh . The ` forged ' papers were provided by the Germans . On 2 July 1944 Frager attended a rendezvous with Bleicher ( again posing as the anti-Nazi colonel ) , and was arrested . The meeting had been arranged by Bardet . Having obtained his liberty and sensing that Germany would lose the war , Bardet eventually rejoined the resistance movement . The Abwehr 's acquisition of Girard 's list in November 1942 would have further implications for other SOE agents not directly involved with Carte . Francis Suttill had been given a list of contacts provided by Carte , which he used . Andrée Borrel had been instructed to contact a family in Paris who were on the list , and two sisters of the same family ( arrested in April 1943 ) were known to several members of Suttill 's Prosper network , who used them to pass on letters and also held meetings in their home . |
Tatiana_Maslany | Tatiana Gabriele Maslany ( born September 22 , 1985 ) is a Canadian actress . She has starred in television series such as The Nativity , Being Erica , and Heartland . In 2013 , she won the ACTRA Award for her portrayal as Claire in the film Picture Day and the Phillip Borsos Award for her performance in the film Cas and Dylan . Other notable films starring Maslany are Diary of the Dead and Eastern Promises , the latter of which she narrated . Since March 2013 , Maslany has played the lead in the Canadian science fiction thriller series Orphan Black . She has received widespread critical acclaim for her performance , winning the Primetime Emmy Award ( 2016 ) , the TCA Award ( 2013 ) , two Critics ' Choice Television Awards ( 2013 & 2014 ) , and four Canadian Screen Awards ( 2014 -- 2017 ) , in addition to receiving a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination . After winning the award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards for her role on Orphan Black , Maslany became the first Canadian actor from a Canadian series to win an Emmy Award in a key dramatic category . |
Takir_(soil) | Takir ( Takyr ) ( Такыр , originally from Kazakh or another Turkic language ) meaning `` smooth , even , or bare '' , is a type of relief occurring in the deserts of Central Asia , similar to a salt flat in the southwestern United States . A takyr is usually formed in a shallow depressed area with a heavy clay soil , which is submerged by water after seasonal rains . After the water evaporates , a dried crust with fissures forms on the surface . The crust is often colonized by filamentous cyanobacteria . In Southwestern USA `` takyrs '' are known as `` playas '' or `` salt flats '' . In Arab countries as `` sabha '' . |
Symphony_No._8_(Henze) | The Eighth Symphony by the German composer Hans Werner Henze was composed in 1992 -- 93 . Using Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream as inspiration , it has a lighter theme than the major work it immediately follows , the Requiem of 1992 . Each movement is inspired by a short section of the play : the first derives in part from Puck 's line `` I 'll put a girdle round the earth / In forty minutes '' . Henze depicts Puck 's global journey in pitch variation : the East is middle C , the South Pole is the lowest notes in the modern symphony orchestra 's range , while the North Pole is naturally at the opposite end of the range . The second movement depicts Titania 's attempted seduction of Bottom , whilst the Adagio final movement takes Puck 's If we shadows have offended speech at the end of the play . It was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra , who commissioned the piece ( and to whom Henze dedicated it ) under Seiji Ozawa on 1 October 1993 . |
Teesri_Kasam | Teesri Kasam ( The Third Vow ) is a 1966 Hindi language drama film directed by Basu Bhattacharya . It is based on the short story Mare Gaye Gulfam by the Hindi novelist Phanishwarnath Renu . The film stars Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman . The duo Shankar-Jaikishan composed the film 's score . The film 's cinematography is by Subrata Mitra . Dialogues are by Phanishwarnath Renu and the screenplay by Nabendu Ghosh . Teesri Kasam is an unconventional film that portrays rural Indian society . It is the story of a naive bullock cart driver who falls in love with a dancer at nautanki , the popular folk theatre of the Bihar region . The film also deals with the issue of exploitation of women in the performing arts , especially in travelling folk theatre . The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 14th National Film Awards . |
Tests_of_general_relativity | At its introduction in 1915 , the general theory of relativity did not have a solid empirical foundation . It was known that it correctly accounted for the `` anomalous '' precession of the perihelion of Mercury and on philosophical grounds it was considered satisfying that it was able to unify Newton 's law of universal gravitation with special relativity . That light appeared to bend in gravitational fields in line with the predictions of general relativity was found in 1919 but it was not until a program of more accurate tests was started in 1959 that the various predictions of general relativity were tested to any further degree of accuracy in the weak gravitational field limit , severely limiting possible deviations from the theory . Beginning in 1974 , Hulse , Taylor and others have studied the behaviour of binary pulsars experiencing much stronger gravitational fields than those found in the Solar System . Both in the weak field limit ( as in the Solar System ) and with the stronger fields present in systems of binary pulsars the predictions of general relativity have been extremely well tested locally . The very strong gravitational fields that are present close to black holes , especially those supermassive black holes which are thought to power active galactic nuclei and the more active quasars , belong to a field of intense active research . Observations of these quasars and active galactic nuclei are difficult , and interpretation of the observations is heavily dependent upon astrophysical models other than general relativity or competing fundamental theories of gravitation , but they are qualitatively consistent with the black hole concept as modelled in general relativity . As a consequence of the equivalence principle , Lorentz invariance holds locally in non-rotating , freely falling reference frames . Experiments related to Lorentz invariance and thus special relativity ( that is , when gravitational effects can be neglected ) are described in Tests of special relativity . In February 2016 , the Advanced LIGO team announced that they had directly detected gravitational waves from a black hole merger . This discovery along with a second discovery announced in June 2016 tested general relativity in the very strong field limit , observing no deviations from theory . |
Tha_City_Paper | Tha City Paper is an American rapper . He is currently signed to the Ca $ hville Records record label . |
The_Block_(Israeli_TV_series) | The Block ( הבלוק HaBlock ) is the Israeli version of the Australian reality television show The Block , hosted by Haim Etgar . The show premiered on May 30 , 2009 , on Channel 10 . In the show , five couples are required to overhaul a totally wrecked apartment . They only have 200,000 NIS to use towards designing their apartment . |
The_American_Friend | The American Friend ( Der amerikanische Freund ) is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders , adapted from the novel Ripley 's Game by Patricia Highsmith . The film is of the neo-noir genre , and features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann , a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an assassin . The film uses a fairly unusual and `` natural '' language concept , meaning that Zimmermann speaks German with his family and his doctor , but English with Ripley and whilst visiting Paris . The film is essentially in English however . |
Synergy_(Extol_album) | Synergy is the third studio album by Norwegian Christian extreme metal band Extol . It was released in 2003 on Century Media , but was licensed to Solid State Records . With this album , the band shifted more towards a technical death/thrash sound . The Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Solheim performs guest vocals on `` Paradigms '' . The session guitarist Tore Moren plays guitar solo on `` Nihilism 2002 '' and the first solo on `` Psychopath '' . Samuel Durling of the death industrial band Mental Destruction performs distorted vocals on `` Emancipation '' . The album was recorded at Top Room Studios . It was produced by Børge Finstad and was mixed at Fagerborg Studios and Top Room Studios . Morten Lund mastered the album at Masterhuset AS . The album cover was painted by Hugh Syme , who has done work for such groups as Iron Maiden , Megadeth , Rush and Fates Warning . The band says that the cover picture `` illustrates the synergy effect of elements working together ( monk and Death ) and thus gaining strength beyond what the effect would be if all the elements would be working separately . '' Stephanie Sollow of Progressive World gave the album a very positive review , writing : `` Extol are very good at what they do , playing a very tight and intricately arranged form of progressive thrash metal , if you will . They transition easily between different meters , all while creating a heavy wall of sound though which a guitar lead or some dynamic cymbal work will poke through for its lead spot . '' |
Taj_Television | Taj Television India Private Limited is a full-service television concern , based in Noida and in Mumbai with eight regional offices across the sub-continent . It was established in January 2001 , and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises ( ZEEL ) . In November 2006 , ZEEL acquired Taj Television from Sharjah , UAE based Bukhatir Investments Ltd. . Currently , Taj Television is the holding company for Ten Sports network with channels like Ten Sports , Ten Cricket , Ten Action , Ten Golf in India . It is also India 's largest distribution agency with a suite of 49 leading television channels belonging to ZEEL , Zee Media Corporation Limited and Turner International India Private Limited ( Turner ) . Taj Television distributes ZEEL 's well-known brands like Zee TV , Zee Cinema , & TV , & pictures , Ten Sports , Zee Cafe , Zee Studio , Zing and Zindagi , also a powerful repertoire of regional language channels including Zee Marathi , Zee Bangla , Zee Telugu , Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil , besides the HD channels like Zee TV HD , & TV HD , Zee Cinema HD , Zee Studio HD and Ten HD . It also distributes channels belonging to the largest news network in India with two national and eight regional channels , including Zee News and Zee Business . Taj Television is also distributing the leading channels in the kid 's space and English movie segment , including HBO , Cartoon Network , Pogo , CNN and Warner Brothers as an authorized agent of Turner International India . |
TVB_Pearl | TVB Pearl is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited , and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade , is broadcast from TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O , in the Sai Kung District , which is in the Eastern region of Hong Kong 's New Territories . Apart from the use of English rather than Cantonese , TVB Pearl 's daytime output differs from TVB Jade 's in providing more serious programming , such as documentaries and news , and during peak viewing time it is much more reliant on overseas-made TV series and films . Occasionally , TVB Pearl also shows programmes in other languages ( but usually well outside peak viewing time ) , including Mandarin , Japanese and Korean . Established on 19 November 1967 , TVB Pearl broadcasts free of charge to over 2.1 million households in Hong Kong . The channel is operated by Television Broadcasts Limited or TVB , along with its sister channel TVB Jade . In 1991 , TVB Pearl began to broadcast in NICAM , a digital audio modulation system that provides a facility for stereo or bilingual or trilingual audio transmission . ( For the digital counterpart , multiple AC-3 streams are transmitted for the same purpose . ) With a compatible television , the viewer can receive audio in their choice of language ; typically , English and Cantonese . Chinese subtitles are available on most programmes after 18:20 . The transmission of TVB Pearl digital TV channel have been upgraded from SDTV to HDTV video format on 28 October 2012 at 02:50 . |
Ted_2 | Ted 2 is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and is a sequel to the 2012 film Ted . The film 's screenplay was written by MacFarlane , Alec Sulkin , and Wellesley Wild . The film stars Mark Wahlberg and MacFarlane , and follows Ted 's fight for his civil rights when authorities rule that he is a stuffed toy rather than a person . Ted 2 was released on June 26 , 2015 , by Universal Pictures . The film grossed over $ 216 million and received mixed reviews . |
Tenzin_(The_Legend_of_Korra) | is a major character in Nickelodeon 's animated television series The Legend of Korra , which aired from 2012 to 2014 . The character and the series , a sequel to Avatar : The Last Airbender , were created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko . He is voiced by J. K. Simmons . Tenzin 's father , Aang , was the Avatar who preceded Korra and kept world peace by preventing the Fire Nation from destroying the Earth Kingdom during the 100-year war , which occurred about seventy years before the beginning of The Legend of Korra . Tenzin 's mother , Katara , greatly assisted Aang in his efforts to save the Earth Kingdom from destruction . Tenzin is the youngest of the three offspring of Aang and Katara . |
Tai_Shan_(giant_panda) | Tai Shan ( , -LSB- tʰâiʂán -RSB- , also known as Butterstick after birth and before naming ) is a giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on July 9 , 2005 at 3:41 AM . He is the first panda cub born at the National Zoo to survive for more than a few days . |
The_Comcast_Network | The Comcast Network ( TCN ) is an American cable television network that is owned by the Comcast Corporation , through NBCUniversal ; it is carried mostly on Comcast cable systems in four states and 20 television markets in the Eastern U.S. from New Jersey to Virginia . The main focus of the network is on the Philadelphia area , although the channel attempts to structure its programs as national shows . Key markets include New Jersey , the Pennsylvania cities of Philadelphia , Pittsburgh and Harrisburg , Baltimore , Maryland , Washington , D.C. and Richmond , Virginia . The Comcast Network was launched on December 1 , 1996 as CN8 and now airs more than 90 hours a week of original programming from two to three studios in Philadelphia and Washington . The network 's programming and hosts have been recognized by the television industry with more than 370 regional Emmy Award nominations , with a network demographic for people over 40 years of age . The CN8 brand was discontinued on January 6 , 2009 , as part of a larger restructuring of the network in order to respond to low ratings as well as closing down in the New England market , where its primary market was Boston . The Philadelphia and Washington feeds have been split into separate networks solely branded as `` The Comcast Network , '' which will henceforth report to sister network Comcast SportsNet . Shows broadcast on the Comcast Network ) include : Phillies Nation TV Philadelphia Phillies replays Australian Rules Football Canadian Football League Southland Conference Football TCN has recently made the leap from linear television programming to video on demand content . Original programs are available on demand immediately following their live broadcast for viewing any time day or night for up to three days . In addition , special broadcast events are also made available on demand for up to two weeks following their original airtime . In an effort to ramp up its political coverage , Comcast Network offers local political coverage on demand as well . Political viewers have access to Candidates On Demand , the Philadelphia Mayoral Race , Political Conventions , Presidential Debates , and President Gerald Ford 's memorial services , among others . TCN Sports , a division of NBC Sports , produces and airs more than 200 local , regional and national sports events each year . These broadcasts include collegiate teams in football , basketball , ice hockey , soccer and lacrosse ; Varsity GameNight featuring regional high-school football and basketball match-ups and playoffs ; professional and amateur sports events including boxing , figure skating , gymnastics , baseball , tennis , rodeo ; and other events . TCN Philadelphia carries select minor league baseball games , generally from the Eastern League . TCN Philadelphia carries `` overflow '' games when at least two of the Philadelphia Phillies , Philadelphia Flyers , Philadelphia Union or Philadelphia 76ers play at the same time , with one of the games airing on either CSN Philadelphia or as of 2014 , NBC affiliate WCAU ( channel 10 ) . In Western Pennsylvania , the TCN broadcasts live and tape delayed collegiate sports of the University of Pittsburgh , branded as Pitt Panthers Television , on channel 188 or 210 . In addition , TCN Washington has carried Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards games when overflowing with Comcast SportsNet 's Mid-Atlantic networks as well . Within the last year , Comcast Network has made a big push to have more of a national presence , including the addition of a flagship studio in the Washington , D.C. market . Located on Capitol Hill , the studio hosts a variety of local and federal government leaders throughout the year . The network hired Robert Traynham as the Washington Bureau Chief for the network . Traynham hosts Roll Call TV with Robert Traynham , CN 's show that focuses on legislative issues throughout the D.C. area . Roll Call is the first show to originate from the network 's studio in the nation 's capital . |
The_North_Remembers | `` The North Remembers '' is the first episode of the second season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and its 11th episode overall . First aired on April 1 , 2012 , it was written by the show creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by returning director Alan Taylor . With a war on the horizon , the Seven Kingdoms are witnessing an ever-growing clash of kings . The boy king Joffrey Baratheon ( Jack Gleeson ) sits on the Iron Throne guided by cruelty and deceit , while his honorable counterpart Robb Stark ( Richard Madden ) of the North heads south to avenge his father 's death . Meanwhile , the late king Robert Baratheon 's estranged brother Stannis ( Stephen Dillane ) emerges as yet another claimant to the throne . A frantic search for King Robert 's bastard sons ensues , while the Queen sets to find the missing Arya Stark ( Maisie Williams ) in order to retrieve her lover and brother Jaime , now a captive to the Starks . `` The North Remembers '' received universal acclaim from critics , who noted Tyrion Lannister 's development as a key player as a highlight of the episode . In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 3.86 million in its initial broadcast . The episode introduced a number of new cast members , including Stephen Dillane 's Stannis Baratheon , Carice van Houten 's Melisandre and Liam Cunningham as `` the onion knight '' Davos Seaworth . It also featured a number of new locations , both fictional and real , most notably the city of Dubrovnik , Croatia , which served as the capital city of King 's Landing . It received a great amount of critical praise , with critics welcoming the new set of characters , which they saw as a great addition . The episode went on to win an American Society of Cinematographers for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in One-Hour Episodic Television Series . |
The_Mask_(film) | The Mask is a 1994 American superhero fantasy comedy film directed by Charles Russell , produced by Bob Engelman , and written by Mike Werb , loosely based on the comic series of the same name distributed by Dark Horse Comics . The film stars Jim Carrey , Peter Greene , Amy Yasbeck , Peter Riegert , Richard Jeni , Ben Stein , Joely Fisher , and Cameron Diaz in her film debut . It revolves around an unlucky bank clerk finding the Mask of Loki that grants him extraordinary cartoon-like superpowers , and causing havoc around an industrial city . The film was released on July 29 , 1994 by New Line Cinema , becoming a critical and commercial blockbuster , grossing over $ 351.6 million over a $ 23 million budget and receiving positive reviews . It cemented Carrey 's reputation as a dominant actor of the 1990s , and established Diaz long-term as a leading lady . Carrey was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role , and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects but lost to Forrest Gump . |
The_Dragon_Lives_Again | The Dragon Lives Again ( , originally released as Li san jiao wei zhen di yu men and also known as Deadly Hands of Kung Fu , is a martial arts fantasy comedy in which the soul of Bruce Lee ( played by Bruce Leung Siu-lung ) goes to the Underworld . The deceased Lee meets a number of pop-culture icons , including Dracula , James Bond , Zatoichi , Clint Eastwood , The Godfather , Laurel and Hardy , The Exorcist , and even 1970s soft-porn character Emmanuelle . Lee befriends The One-Armed Swordsman , Caine from TV 's Kung Fu , and Popeye . The film begins with the announcement , `` This film is dedicated to millions who love Bruce Lee . '' |
The_Get_Down | The Get Down is an American musical drama television series created by Baz Luhrmann and Stephen Adly Guirgis . It premiered its six-episode first part globally on August 12 , 2016 on Netflix . Produced by Sony Pictures Television , the series is set in the South Bronx section of New York City in the late 1970s and its title refers to parts of disco and R&B records that could be repeated using multiple turntables and were enjoyed most by dancers . A five-episode second part concluding the series was released on April 7 , 2017 . On May 24 , 2017 , Netflix cancelled the series after one season . |
The_Public_Enemy | The Public Enemy , released as Enemies of the Public in the United Kingdom , is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. . The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney , Jean Harlow , Edward Woods , Donald Cook , and Joan Blondell . The film relates the story of a young man 's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America . The supporting players include Beryl Mercer , Murray Kinnell , and Mae Clarke . The screenplay is based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs -- Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon -- who had witnessed some of Al Capone 's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago . |
Thomas_More | Sir Thomas More ( -LSB- mɔər -RSB- 7 February 14786 July 1535 ) , venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More , was an English lawyer , social philosopher , author , statesman and noted Renaissance humanist . He was also a councillor to Henry VIII , and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532 . He also wrote Utopia , published in 1516 , about the political system of an imaginary ideal island nation . More opposed the Protestant Reformation , in particular the theology of Martin Luther and William Tyndale . More also opposed the King 's separation from the Catholic Church , refusing to acknowledge Henry as Supreme Head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon . After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy , he was convicted of treason and beheaded . Of his execution , he was reported to have said : `` I die the King 's good servant , but God 's first . '' Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr . Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the `` heavenly Patron of Statesmen and Politicians . '' Since 1980 , the Church of England has remembered More liturgically as a Reformation martyr . The Soviet Union honoured him for the Communist attitude toward property rights expressed in Utopia . |
The_Green_Death | The Green Death is the fifth and final serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , first broadcast in six weekly parts from 19 May 1973 to 23 June 1973 . It was the last to feature Katy Manning as companion Jo Grant in Doctor Who . |
The_Omen | The Omen is a 1976 American-British supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner , and written by David Seltzer . The film stars Gregory Peck , Lee Remick , David Warner , Harvey Spencer Stephens , Billie Whitelaw , Patrick Troughton , Martin Benson , and Leo McKern . The first installment of The Omen franchise , The Omen concerns a young child substituted at birth by American Ambassador Robert Thorn unbeknownst to his wife , after their own son is stillborn . They are surrounded by mysterious and ominous deaths , unaware that the child , Damien , is the Antichrist . Released theatrically by 20th Century Fox in June 1976 , The Omen received acclaim from critics and was a commercial success , grossing over $ 60 million at the box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1976 . The film earned two Academy Award nominations , and won for Best Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith , his only Oscar win . A scene from the film appeared at # 16 on Bravo 's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments . The film spawned a franchise , starting with Damien : Omen II , released two years later . |
The_Good_Doctor_(2011_film) | The Good Doctor is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Lance Daly , and starring Orlando Bloom as the eponymous `` good doctor '' . |
The_X-Files_(season_2) | The second season of the science fiction television series The X-Files commenced airing on the Fox network in the United States on September 16 , 1994 , concluded on the same channel on May 19 , 1995 , after airing all 25 episodes . The series follows Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully , portrayed by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson respectively , who investigate paranormal or supernatural cases , known as X-Files by the FBI . The second season of The X-Files takes place after the closure of the department following the events of the first season finale . In addition to stand-alone `` Monster-of-the-Week '' episodes , several episodes also furthered the alien conspiracy mythology that had begun to form . Season two introduced several recurring characters -- X ( Steven Williams ) , an informant to Mulder ; Alex Krycek ( Nicholas Lea ) , Mulder 's partner-turned-enemy ; and the Alien Bounty Hunter ( Brian Thompson ) , a shape-shifting assassin . The storylines were widely affected by the pregnancy of actress Gillian Anderson ; it was decided that Scully would be kidnapped and abducted by aliens , explaining her absence and allowing her to appear comatose two episodes later , which ultimately added more intricacies to the mythology . The season earned seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations . The premiere `` Little Green Men '' , debuted with a Nielsen household rating of 10.3 and was viewed by 9.8 million households , marking a noticeable increase in viewership since the previous year . The series rose from number 111 to number 63 for the 1994 -- 95 television year . In addition , the show 's second season has generally received positive reviews from television critics . |
Thomas_Townsend_Brown | Thomas Townsend Brown ( March 18 , 1905 -- October 27 , 1985 ) was an American inventor whose research into odd electrical effects led him to believe he had discovered a connection between strong electric fields and gravity , a type of antigravity effect . For most of his life he attempted to develop devices based on his ideas , trying to promote them for use by industry and the military . He came up with the name `` Biefeld -- Brown effect '' for the phenomenon he had discovered and called the field of study electrogravitics . Instead of being an antigravity force , what Brown observed has generally been attributed to electrohydrodynamics , the movement of charged particles that transfers their momentum to surrounding neutral particles in air , also called `` ionic drift '' or `` ionic wind '' . In recent years Brown 's research has had an influence in the community of amateur experimenters who build `` ionic propulsion lifters '' powered by high voltage . There are still claims Brown discovered antigravity , an idea popular with the unidentified flying object ( UFO ) community and spawning many conspiracy theories . |
Theatre | Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers , typically actors or actresses , to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place , often a stage . The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture , speech , song , music and dance . Elements of art , such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality , presence and immediacy of the experience . The specific place of the performance is also named by the word `` theatre '' as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον ( théatron , `` a place for viewing '' ) , itself from θεάομαι ( theáomai , `` to see '' , `` to watch '' , `` to observe '' ) . Modern Western theatre comes , in large measure , from ancient Greek drama , from which it borrows technical terminology , classification into genres , and many of its themes , stock characters , and plot elements . Theatre artist Patrice Pavis defines theatricality , theatrical language , stage writing and the specificity of theatre as synonymous expressions that differentiate theatre from the other performing arts , literature and the arts in general . Modern theatre , broadly defined , includes performances of plays and musical theatre . There are connections between theatre and the art forms of ballet , opera ( which uses staged , costumed performances with singing and orchestral accompaniment ) and various other forms . |
The_Pebbles_and_Bamm-Bamm_Show | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is an American animated television series , produced by Hanna-Barbera , which originally aired for one season on CBS from September 11 , 1971 to January 1 , 1972 . With an ensemble voice cast of Sally Struthers , Jay North , Mitzi McCall , Gay Hartwig , Carl Esser and Lennie Weinrib , the show follows teenage Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as they encounter problems with growing up in the fictional town of Bedrock . The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is the first spinoff series of The Flintstones . After its cancellation in 1972 , various segments sharing the same title were broadcast on The Flintstone Comedy Hour , serving as a continuation of the show . Similar to Hanna-Barbera 's Josie and the Pussycats , it used contemporary rock music to attract more viewers . The 16 episodes have since had reruns broadcast on Boomerang often surrounded by interstitial cartoons and shorts . Critical response was mixed ; although noted for its popularity , it was also described as one of the worst moments of the Flintstones franchise . It has since been released on DVD as part of Warner Home Video 's `` Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection '' on a two disc set . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Team_Rampage_vs._Team_Forrest | The Ultimate Fighter : Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest was the seventh season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter , and premiered on April 2 , 2008 on Spike , after UFC Fight Night 13 . Unlike several other seasons which focused on two weight classes , season 7 featured only Middleweight fighters ( 171 -- 185 lb ) . UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson starred as a coach , opposite light heavyweight # 1 contender Forrest Griffin , who coached the opposing team . The two fighters fought for the UFC light heavyweight title after the completion of the series at UFC 86 at which time Griffin won becoming the new Light Heavyweight Champion . In a change from previous seasons , season 7 began with 32 fighters arriving at the UFC training center instead of the usual 16 . UFC president Dana White told the fighters that over the previous six seasons , he had become fed up with contestants not training and competing as hard as they could , or complaining about various issues on the show . His solution was for the fighters to earn their way into the house by winning a fight before the show even started . The first two episodes were a compilation of the entry fights . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Team_McGregor_vs._Team_Faber | The Ultimate Fighter : Team McGregor vs. Team Faber ( also known as The Ultimate Fighter 22 ) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . On July 12 , 2015 it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Conor McGregor and Urijah Faber . The coaches were not expected to face each other at the end of the season . The UFC held open tryouts for the show on March 29 , 2015 . The casting call was for Lightweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights . It was announced on July 12 by Dana White that 16 lightweights would be on the show -- eight from the United States , and eight from Europe . In August 2015 , the UFC officially announced the cast of this season , featuring 32 fighters competing in qualifying fights to enter the show . |
The_Good_Neighbour_(film) | The Good Neighbour ( Unter Nachbarn ) is a 2011 German film directed by Stephan Rick . It premiered in competition at the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival and was screened at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival and the Hof International Film Festival . The Good Neighbour was shot on location in Karlsruhe , Baden-Baden ( including the Waldenecksee ) and Mannheim , Germany . The thriller is Rick 's debut feature film . His previous work , the children 's TV series Allein gegen die Zeit , had been nominated for the German Television Award and the International Emmy Award . |
The_Puppy_Episode | `` The Puppy Episode '' is a two-part episode of the situation comedy television series Ellen . The episode details lead character Ellen Morgan 's realization that she is a lesbian and her coming out . It was the 22nd and 23rd episode of the series ' 4th season . The episode was written by series star Ellen DeGeneres with Mark Driscoll , Tracy Newman , Dava Savel and Jonathan Stark and directed by Gil Junger . It originally aired on ABC on April 30 , 1997 . The title was used as a code name for Ellen 's coming out so as to keep the whole episode under wraps . DeGeneres began negotiating with ABC in 1996 to have Morgan come out . When word of the negotiations got out , DeGeneres found herself at the center of intense speculation about when she or her character , or both , would come out . With DeGeneres hinting at her and her character 's coming out both off-screen and within the show , the rumors were confirmed when the episode went into production in March 1997 . Despite threats from advertisers and religious groups , `` The Puppy Episode '' was an enormous ratings success , won multiple awards and became a cultural phenomenon . Nonetheless , DeGeneres and her show quickly garnered criticism for being `` too gay '' ; the series was canceled after one more season and DeGeneres and guest star Laura Dern faced career backlash . |
The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth_(film) | The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille , shot in Technicolor , and released by Paramount Pictures . Set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , the film stars Betty Hutton and Cornel Wilde as trapeze artists competing for the center ring , and Charlton Heston as the circus manager running the show . James Stewart also stars in a supporting role as a mysterious clown who never removes his make-up , even between shows , while Dorothy Lamour and Gloria Grahame play supporting roles . In addition to the film actors , the real Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey 's Circus ' 1951 troupe appears in the film , with its complement of 1400 people , hundreds of animals , and 60 carloads of equipment and tents . The actors learned their respective circus roles and participated in the acts . The film 's storyline is supported by lavish production values , actual circus acts , and documentary , behind-the-rings looks at the massive logistics effort which made big top circuses possible . The film won two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Story , and was nominated for Best Costume Design , Best Director , and Best Film Editing . It also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Cinematography , Best Director , and Best Motion Picture -- Drama . |
The_Day_(Babyface_album) | The Day is the fourth studio album by R&B artist , Babyface . It was produced by the artist himself , and includes a handful of guest artist like Mariah Carey , Stevie Wonder , Kenny G , LL Cool J , Eric Clapton , and a reunion of hit 70s-80s trio Shalamar . At the 40th Grammy Awards in 1997 this album received four nominations including Album of the Year ( losing to Bob Dylan 's Time Out of Mind ) Best R&B Album ( losing to Erykah Badu 's Baduizm ) and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the second single ( and biggest hit ) `` Every Time I Close My Eyes '' ( losing to Elton John 's `` Candle in the Wind '' ) . Also the third single , a collaboration with Stevie Wonder titled `` How Come , How Long '' received a nod for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals . The singles `` This is for the Lover in You '' and `` Every Time I Close My Eyes '' both reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 4 in the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums . In 1997 , the album was certified 2 × Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . |
The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( original title in Män som hatar kvinnor in English : Men Who Hate Women '' ) is a psychological thriller novel by the late Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson ( 1954 -- 2004 ) , which was published posthumously in 2005 to become an international bestseller . It is the first book of the Millennium series . |
The_New_Classic | The New Classic is the debut studio album by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea . It was released on 21 April 2014 , by Def Jam Recordings in United States , Virgin EMI in United Kingdom and affiliated record labels in other countries . Azalea came to prominence , after releasing her debut mixtape Ignorant Art and subsequently aligning herself with American rapper T.I. and his Hustle Gang imprint . Azalea first mentioned plans for the album in December 2011 , but after numerous delays and label conflicts , Azalea eventually secured herself a record contract through Island Def Jam Music Group ( now defunct ) . Though generally categorized as a hip hop album , The New Classic also incorporates elements of other genres , such as EDM , dance-pop and trap music in its production . The album debuted inside the top five of several charts worldwide , and produced five singles . The album 's lead single , `` Work '' , performed well commercially , charting at number 17 in the UK charts and also eventually charting in Australia and the United States . The second single , `` Bounce '' , saw a similar success in the United Kingdom , peaking at number 13 . The third single , `` Change Your Life '' , peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart , her first UK Top 10 single , and also made appearances in the Australian Top 50 singles ( Azalea 's first to do so ) and on New Zealand and US charts . The fourth single , `` Fancy '' featuring British singer Charli XCX was an international success , reaching the top-five in Australia and the United Kingdom , and peaking at number one in New Zealand , the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and the Canadian Hot 100 . The fifth single , `` Black Widow '' featuring British singer Rita Ora , peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart , becoming her highest charting single as a lead artist on that chart , and also peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It won the Breakthrough Artist Release at the 2014 's ARIA Music Awards and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards . The album also garnered Azalea four Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist , Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for `` Fancy '' and Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards . The New Classic has been reissued in a repackaged version , titled Reclassified , as of November 2014 . |
The_OA | The OA is an American mystery drama web television series with science fiction , supernatural , and fantasy elements , which debuted on Netflix on December 16 , 2016 . Created and executive produced by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij , the series is their third collaboration . The series consists of eight episodes , all directed by Batmanglij , and is produced by Plan B Entertainment and Anonymous Content . In the series , Marling stars as a young woman named Prairie Johnson who resurfaces after having been missing for seven years . Prairie now calls herself `` The OA '' and can see , despite having been blind before her disappearance . The OA received generally favorable critical reception . The series ' directing , visuals and acting were often singled out . Reviews also ranged from highly positive to highly negative , with several reviewers drawing both favorable and unfavorable comparisons with Stranger Things , another science fiction series that debuted on Netflix earlier in the year . On February 8 , 2017 , Netflix renewed the series for a second season . |
The_Man_in_Black_(film) | The Man in Black is a 1949 British thriller film directed by Francis Searle and starring Betty Ann Davies , Sheila Burrell and Sid James . It was adapted by Hammer Film Productions from the popular British radio series Appointment with Fear featuring Valentine Dyall . Dyall ( The `` Man in Black '' of the radio series ) here provides the on screen introduction to the film , as `` The Story-Teller '' . |
The_New_Legend_of_Shaolin | The New Legend of Shaolin ( ; released in the United Kingdom as Legend of the Red Dragon ) is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wong Jing and Corey Yuen , and produced by Jet Li , who also starred in the lead role . The film was released in the Hong Kong on 3 March 1994 . This film showcases Hung Hei-kwun 's exploits as a rebel against the Qing government . This is one of two films in which Li and Miu Tse play a father-son duo , the other being My Father Is a Hero . |
The_Italian_Job | The Italian Job is a 1969 British caper film , written by Troy Kennedy Martin , produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson . Subsequent television showings and releases on video have made it well known in the United Kingdom . Its soundtrack was composed by Quincy Jones , and includes `` On Days Like These '' sung by Matt Monro over the opening credits , and `` Getta Bloomin ' Move On '' ( usually referred to as `` The Self-Preservation Society '' , after its chorus ) during the climactic car chase . Lead actor Michael Caine is among its singers . In November 2004 , Total Film named The Italian Job the 27th greatest British film of all time . The line `` You 're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off ! '' by Caine was voted favourite film one-liner in a 2003 poll of 1,000 film fans . The popularity of the film has led to parodies and allusions in other films and productions , including a 2003 remake . |
The_Man_Without_a_Face | The Man Without a Face is a 1993 American drama film starring and directed by Mel Gibson , in his directorial debut . The film is based on Isabelle Holland 's 1972 novel of the same name . Gibson 's direction received respectful reviews from most critics . |
The_Mercury_Summer_Theatre_on_the_Air | The Mercury Summer Theatre on the Air ( 1946 ) is a CBS radio drama series produced , directed by and starring Orson Welles . It was a short-lived summer radio series sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon , on Friday evenings at 10 p.m. ET lasting 15 episodes . It harked back to Welles 's earlier The Mercury Theatre on the Air ( 1938 ) and its successor , The Campbell Playhouse , but was not able to replicate its success . The series offered 30-minute adaptations of classic plays and novels , plus some adaptations of popular motion pictures , whereas the original had offered more depth in its 60-minute running time . Although the Mercury Theatre troupe had disbanded when Welles was fired from RKO studios in 1942 and the Mercury players were dismissed with him , this radio series offered a reunion of many Mercury personnel , including Richard Wilson ( who would direct the rehearsals ) and composer Bernard Herrmann , as well as familiar actors such as Agnes Moorehead and William Alland . |
The_Wharf_(Holdings) | The Wharf ( Holdings ) Limited , or Wharf in short , is a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong . As its name suggests , the company 's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing , and it was originally known as The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company , Limited . The company adopted its current name in 1986 . Major holder is Wheelock & Co. . Even today , the company is still the owner of the Star Ferry , although this icon of Hong Kong now forms a relatively small part of the company 's portfolio . The Five Flag Poles , a set of flag poles flying flags of the company , are a short walk from the Star Ferry 's Tsim Sha Tsui pier and form a local landmark and meeting point . In a more modern vein , the company owns two major flagship properties in the Harbour City and Times Square shopping centres in Hong Kong . Both owe their origins to the company 's transportation heritage , as they are respectively built on the site of the company 's original wharf , and on the site of the original depot of the Hong Kong Tramway ( owned 1974-2009 ) , a former subsidiary . Other holdings in Hong Kong include i-CABLE , Cable TV and Wharf T&T , and Modern Terminals.The company also holds many properties in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Kowloon . Wharf Holdings also owns operations and residential developments in Singapore through its Wheelock Properties subsidiary . Such properties include Wheelock Place and the former Seaview Hotel . On 26 July 2016 , it was announced that Wharf Holdings ( through Novel Colour Limited , a wholly owned subsidiary ) is investing RMB 150 million to form WWE & Company , a social mobile shopping platform technology company . |
The_Kung_Fu_Master_(TV_series) | The Kung Fu Master is a 1994 Hong Kong martial arts television series directed by Benny Chan and starring Donnie Yen as the titular protagonist . Produced by ATV , the series aired on its channel ATV Home from 16 August to 23 September 1994 . |
The_Untouchables_(1993_TV_series) | The Untouchables is an American crime drama series that aired for two seasons in syndication , from January 1993 to May 1994 . The series portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative squad in Prohibition-era Chicago and its efforts against Al Capone 's attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor . The series features Tom Amandes as Eliot Ness and William Forsythe as Al Capone , and was based on the 1959 series and 1987 film of the same name . |
The_Cleveland_Show | The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane , Richard Appel , and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy . The series centers on the Browns and Tubbs , two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown , Jr. , Roberta Tubbs , and Rallo Tubbs . Similar to Family Guy , it exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture . The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing the two animated series Family Guy and American Dad ! for the Fox Network . MacFarlane centered the show on Family Guy character Cleveland Brown , his new wife Donna Tubbs , his step-children Rallo and Roberta Tubbs , and his son Cleveland , Jr. , who , in the show , is depicted as an obese , soft-spoken teen , as opposed to his depiction as a younger , hyperactive child with average body weight on Family Guy . The series originally aired from September 27 , 2009 , to May 19 , 2013 , for a total of four seasons and 88 episodes . The Cleveland Show was nominated for one Annie Award , one Primetime Emmy Award , and two Teen Choice Awards , but received mixed-to-average reviews from media critics . The series was canceled after its fourth season . Cleveland has since returned to Family Guy , accompanied by the rest of the Brown-Tubbs family , as of the twelfth season episode `` He 's Bla-ack ! '' . |
The_Gift_(The_Jam_album) | The Gift is the sixth and final studio album by English mod revival band The Jam . It was originally released on 12 March 1982 by Polydor as the follow-up to The Jam 's critically and commercially successful 1980 album Sound Affects . The songs were largely recorded during 1981 to 1982 , assisted by Peter Wilson , and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother , more adult-oriented sound of the band 's later work . It was one of the band 's most successful studio albums , reaching No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart . After the album 's release , the Jam disbanded . The song `` Carnation '' was later covered by Liam Gallagher of Oasis and Steve Cradock of Ocean Colour Scene . A 2-disc deluxe edition was released in 2012 for the album 's 30th anniversary . |
The_Templar_Revelation | The Templar Revelation : Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ is a book written by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince and published in 1997 by Transworld Publishers Ltd in Great Britain , Australia and New Zealand . It proposes a fringe hypothesis regarding the relationship between Jesus , John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene , and states that their true story has been suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church through , among other tactics , the conscious selection of the texts that make up the canonical New Testament , their campaigns against heresy , and their propaganda against non-Christians . While researching the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci , including `` his part in faking the Turin Shroud '' which the authors document in their book `` Turin Shroud -- In Whose Image ? '' , they discover a number of signs of unorthodox Christian thinking in the imagery used to portray some of the central characters in the New Testament , especially John the Baptist . Some paintings examined for their unusual choice of imagery include the two versions of Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper . In the latter painting , they propose that the person in the painting seated , from a viewer 's point of view , to the left of Jesus is Mary Magdalene rather than John the Apostle , as most art historians identify that person . Furthermore , they point out that their body angles form the letter M , a reference to the Magdalene , and that she and Jesus are dressed in similar but oppositely colored clothes , a negative image of each other . They also mention a number of other signs : a mystery knife pointed at one of the characters , that Leonardo da Vinci himself is in the painting with his face pointing away from Jesus , and that Jesus is confronted by an admonishing hand to his right making `` the John gesture , '' an index finger pointing up . In trying to understand the significance of these unusual images they conducted research into what they term a `` thread of heresy '' that reaches back over 2000 years . They claim to find evidence for this occult tradition in such assorted subjects as The Knights Templar , the Cathars , Gnosticism , the Holy Grail , and the legends connected with southern France , and in particular the town of Rennes-le-Château . They utilise the historical and biblical scholarship of such people as Morton Smith , Hugh J. Schonfield , G.R.S. Mead , Frances A. Yates , and Geza Vermes on which to build their claims . Among their conclusions are the following : Jesus was a disciple of John the Baptist , and that John 's religious teachings were essentially that of the Egyptian mystery religion of Isis-Osiris-Horus . Jesus was initiated into the inner circle of John the Baptist , but was not selected to succeed him . Rather it was Simon Magus who was selected as John the Baptist 's successor . Mary Magdalene had a ritualized , `` sacred '' sexual relationship with Jesus , in keeping with their religious beliefs , and as his initiator into the sacred mysteries had an equal relationship to Jesus . Politics and religion were synonymous in ancient Israel , and Jesus was an astute and aggressive political competitor against John . The Jesus group may have been responsible for the death of John the Baptist . Jesus ' disciples were not initiated into the inner mysteries of his teachings . The term Christ had a different significance to the participants in the biblical drama than they do nowadays . To those in John the Baptist 's circle it would have referred to all who were baptized and initiated into the arcana of their belief system . Numerous images and stories in the canonical New Testament are in actuality adaptations of those found in other religious traditions , and are not unique . Jesus is one in a line of many dying-and-rising gods , who share many similar traits . The authors offer , but not claim , that perhaps Leonardo da Vinci was sending veiled messages through his art , which could be understood only by others who were open to their meaning . And while on the surface these paintings seem to be simple biblical depictions , they represent in fact his belief in the superiority of John the Baptist over Jesus . |
The_Girl_Who_Died | `` The Girl Who Died '' is the fifth episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was first broadcast on BBC One on 17 October 2015 . It is written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and directed by Ed Bazalgette . The episode is set in a `` little Viking village where all the warriors have just been slaughtered '' . The Doctor and Clara have 12 hours to train some farmers into warriors when Ashildr ( Maisie Williams ) declares war upon the Mire . |
The_Last_(audio_drama) | The Last is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It is part of the `` Divergent Universe '' saga which continued until The Next Life . |
The_Princess_and_the_Frog | The Princess and the Frog is a 2009 American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The 49th Disney animated feature film , the film is loosely based on the novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker , which is in turn based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale `` The Frog Prince '' . Written and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker , the film features an ensemble voice cast that stars Anika Noni Rose , Bruno Campos , Keith David , Michael-Leon Wooley , Jennifer Cody , and Jim Cummings , with Peter Bartlett , Jenifer Lewis , Oprah Winfrey , Terrence Howard , and John Goodman . Set in 1920s New Orleans , Louisiana , the film tells the story of a hardworking waitress named Tiana who dreams of owning her own restaurant . After kissing a prince who has been turned into a frog by an evil voodoo sorcerer , Tiana becomes a frog herself and must find a way to turn back into a human before it is too late . The Princess and the Frog began production under the working title The Frog Princess . It marked Disney 's return to traditional animation , as it was the studio 's first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range ( 2004 ) . Co-directors Ron Clements and John Musker , directors of Disney 's highly successful films The Little Mermaid ( 1989 ) and Aladdin ( 1992 ) , returned to Disney to direct The Princess and the Frog . The studio returned to a Broadway musical-style format frequently used during the Disney Renaissance , and features music written by composer Randy Newman , well known for his musical involvement in Pixar films such as A Bug 's Life ( 1998 ) , Monsters , Inc. ( 2001 ) , Cars ( 2006 ) , and the Toy Story trilogy ( 1995 , 1999 and 2010 ) . The film also marked the return of Disney animated musical films based on well-known stories since the Disney Renaissance . The Princess and the Frog opened in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 25 , 2009 , and in wide release on December 11 , 2009 . The film was successful at the box-office , ranking first place on its opening weekend in North America , and grossing $ 267 million worldwide . It received three Academy Award nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards : one for Best Animated Feature and two for its achievement in music ( Original Song and Original Score ) . It lost to Up and Crazy Heart , respectively . Some film critics and pundits regard The Princess and the Frog as a turning point for Walt Disney Animation Studios , and to have ignited the `` Disney Revival '' , playing a crucial role in the studio 's subsequent string of acclaimed animated films . |
The_Wars_to_Come | `` The Wars to Come '' is the first episode of the fifth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 41st overall . The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Michael Slovis , his directorial debut for the series . It aired on April 12 , 2015 . Prior to airing , this episode along with the remaining first four episodes of the season were leaked online . |
This_TV | This TV ( also known as `` This TV Network '' or `` this '' , and alternately stylized as `` thisTV '' ) is an American digital broadcast television network that is owned by ThisTV , LLC , a joint venture between the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of Tribune Media , and the MGM Domestic Television Distribution subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The network maintains a large programming emphasis on films ( those primarily sourced from the library of partial owner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ) , but also airs other limited general entertainment content in the form of classic television series and children 's programming . The network -- which broadcasts 24 hours a day in 480i standard definition -- is available in many media markets via broadcast television stations , primarily on their digital subchannels , and on select cable providers through carriage of a local affiliate ( primarily on digital tiers ) . This TV 's programming and business operations are headquartered at the Tribune Tower in Chicago ; MGM handles advertising sales for the network through its offices in New York City . |
The_Eichmann_Show | The Eichmann Show is a 2015 British BBC TV drama film produced by Laurence Bowen and Ken Marshall for Feelgood Fiction and directed by Paul Andrew Williams . It is based on the true story of how American TV producer Milton Fruchtman and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz came to broadcast the trial of one of the war 's most notorious Nazis , Adolf Eichmann in 1961 . |
Theory_of_everything | A theory of everything ( ToE ) , final theory , ultimate theory , or master theory is a hypothetical single , all-encompassing , coherent theoretical framework of physics that fully explains and links together all physical aspects of the universe . Finding a ToE is one of the major unsolved problems in physics . Over the past few centuries , two theoretical frameworks have been developed that , as a whole , most closely resemble a ToE . These two theories upon which all modern physics rests are general relativity ( GR ) and quantum field theory ( QFT ) . GR is a theoretical framework that only focuses on gravity for understanding the universe in regions of both large-scale and high-mass : stars , galaxies , clusters of galaxies , etc. . On the other hand , QFT is a theoretical framework that only focuses on three non-gravitational forces for understanding the universe in regions of both small scale and low mass : sub-atomic particles , atoms , molecules , etc. . QFT successfully implemented the Standard Model and unified the interactions ( so-called Grand Unified Theory ) between the three non-gravitational forces : weak , strong , and electromagnetic force . Through years of research , physicists have experimentally confirmed with tremendous accuracy virtually every prediction made by these two theories when in their appropriate domains of applicability . In accordance with their findings , scientists also learned that GR and QFT , as they are currently formulated , are mutually incompatible -- they can not both be right . Since the usual domains of applicability of GR and QFT are so different , most situations require that only one of the two theories be used . As it turns out , this incompatibility between GR and QFT is apparently only an issue in regions of extremely small-scale and high-mass , such as those that exist within a black hole or during the beginning stages of the universe ( i.e. , the moment immediately following the Big Bang ) . To resolve this conflict , a theoretical framework revealing a deeper underlying reality , unifying gravity with the other three interactions , must be discovered to harmoniously integrate the realms of GR and QFT into a seamless whole : a single theory that , in principle , is capable of describing all phenomena . In pursuit of this goal , quantum gravity has become an area of active research . Eventually a single explanatory framework , called `` string theory '' , emerged that intends to be the ultimate theory of the universe . String theory posits that at the beginning of the universe ( up to 10 − 43 seconds after the Big Bang ) , the four fundamental forces were once a single fundamental force . According to string theory , every particle in the universe , at its most microscopic level ( Planck length ) , consists of varying combinations of vibrating strings ( or strands ) with preferred patterns of vibration . String theory further claims that it is through these specific oscillatory patterns of strings that a particle of unique mass and force charge is created ( that is to say , the electron is a type of string that vibrates one way , while the up-quark is a type of string vibrating another way , and so forth ) . Initially , the term theory of everything was used with an ironic connotation to refer to various overgeneralized theories . For example , a grandfather of Ijon Tichy -- a character from a cycle of Stanisław Lem 's science fiction stories of the 1960s -- was known to work on the `` General Theory of Everything '' . Physicist John Ellis claims to have introduced the term into the technical literature in an article in Nature in 1986 . Over time , the term stuck in popularizations of theoretical physics research . |
The_Main_Event_Mafia | The Main Event Mafia ( abbreviated to MEM ) was a stable in the professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . Beginning in 2008 , the group included leader Kurt Angle , Sting ( who was the second leader before being ousted ) , Kevin Nash ( with Survivor : The Amazon winner Jenna Morasca ) , Booker T ( with his real-life wife Sharmell ) , Scott Steiner , Samoa Joe and Traci Brooks . All the male members of the stable were multiple time world heavyweight champions of multiple companies ( with the exception of Magnus , who would win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in December 2013 ) , TNA included , with extensive experience in main event matches . The MEM at one time held all the male titles TNA had to offer , with unsuccessful aspirations to acquire the TNA Knockouts Championship as well . The group formed in October 2008 and had been largely successful , with Sting and Kurt Angle being TNA World Heavyweight Champions , Booker T introducing a new championship into TNA called the TNA Legends Championship and declaring himself the first official champion , with Kevin Nash going on to win the belt as well and Booker T and Scott Steiner holding the TNA World Tag Team Championship . The group 's formation was the result of TNA introducing a new storyline in which the veterans began a rivalry with younger talent within the company who called themselves The TNA Front Line ; with the MEM being the villains of the storyline as the veterans modelling themselves after the Mafia , portrayed as being upset at the disrespect being shown by the younger wrestlers . In June 2013 , Sting announced the return of the Main Event Mafia , now as a heroic stable , in response to a year-long war between the TNA roster and the Aces & Eights . The group included past members of the original Mafia ( Sting , Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe ) and new members Magnus and Quinton `` Rampage '' Jackson . |
The_Gates | The Gates were a group of gates comprising a site-specific work of art by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude , known jointly as Christo and Jeanne-Claude . The artists installed 7,503 vinyl `` gates '' along 23 mi of pathways in Central Park in New York City . From each gate hung a panel of deep saffron-colored nylon fabric . The exhibit ran from February 12 , 2005 through February 27 , 2005 . According to Christo 's web site , all told , 7503 individual gates were installed . The books and other memorabilia distributed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude refer to the project as The Gates , Central Park , New York , 1979 -- 2005 in reference to the time that passed from the artists ' initial proposal until they were able to go ahead with it . The Gates were greeted with mixed reactions . Some people loved them for brightening the bleak winter landscape and encouraging late-night pedestrian traffic in Central Park ; others hated them , accusing them of defacing the landscape . It was seen as an obstruction to bicyclists , who felt that the gates could cause accidents , although cycling was not legal on those paths . The artists received a great deal of their nationwide fame as a frequent object of ridicule by David Letterman , as well as by Keith Olbermann , whose apartment was nearby . |
The_Good_Wife | The Good Wife is an American legal and political drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22 , 2009 , to May 8 , 2016 . The series focuses on Alicia Florrick , the wife of the Cook County State 's Attorney , who returns to her career in law after the events of a public sex and political corruption scandal involving her husband . The series , created by Robert and Michelle King , stars Julianna Margulies , Josh Charles , Christine Baranski , Matt Czuchry , Archie Panjabi , and Alan Cumming , and features Chris Noth in a recurring role . The executive producers are Ridley Scott , Charles McDougall , and David W. Zucker . The Good Wife is a heavily serialized show featuring several story arcs that carry over several episodes , as well as stand-alone procedural storylines that are concluded by the end of each episode . The serial plots have been especially showcased in its highly praised fifth season . This is a rarity among The Good Wifes broadcaster CBS , as most of its shows are procedural . The Good Wife won numerous prestigious awards , including five Emmys and the 2014 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama . The performances of the show 's cast have been particularly recognized , with Julianna Margulies 's role as Alicia Florrick receiving significant praise . The show has especially received wide acclaim for its insight on social media and the internet in society , politics and law . With the current climate of how television shows are written and produced , The Good Wife is considered by several critics to be network television 's last great drama producing a full 22 episode season while other and future acclaimed shows are in favor of shorter 6 -- 12 episode seasons . CBS announced in a promo aired during Super Bowl 50 , on February 7 , 2016 , that the show was ending with its seventh season . The final episode aired on May 8 , 2016 . |
The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series) | The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character The Hulk . The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as David Banner , Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk , and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee . In the TV series , Dr. David Banner , a widowed physician and scientist , who is presumed dead , travels across America under assumed names ( his false surnames always begin with the letter `` B '' , but he keeps his first name ) , and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret : in times of extreme anger or stress , he transforms into a huge , incredibly strong green creature , who has been named `` The Hulk '' . In his travels , Banner earns money by working temporary jobs while searching for a way to control or cure his condition . All the while , he is obsessively pursued by a tabloid newspaper reporter , Jack McGee , who is convinced that the Hulk is a deadly menace whose exposure would enhance his career . The series was originally broadcast by CBS from 1978 to 1982 , with 82 episodes over five seasons . The two-hour pilot movie , which established the Hulk 's origins , aired on November 4 , 1977 . It was developed and produced by Kenneth Johnson , who also wrote or directed some episodes . After the series ended , the fate of David Banner was a cliffhanger until 1988 . The filming rights were purchased from CBS by rival NBC . They produced three television films : The Incredible Hulk Returns ( directed by Nicholas J. Corea ) , The Trial of the Incredible Hulk and The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( both directed by Bill Bixby ) . Since its debut , The Incredible Hulk series has garnered a worldwide fan base . |
The_Da_Vinci_Treasure | The Da Vinci Treasure is a 2006 direct-to-video mystery film produced by American studio The Asylum , and directed by Peter Mervis . The film is considered to be a mockbuster of the film The Da Vinci Code , and both films were released within the same month . |
The_Runaway_Bride_(Doctor_Who) | `` The Runaway Bride '' is a special episode of the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who , starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor . It was produced as the Doctor Who Christmas special for 2006 , broadcast on 25 December , the second Christmas special after the previous `` The Christmas Invasion '' which introduced the third series while not actually being part of it . It features Catherine Tate as Donna , who appeared in the TARDIS at the end of the previous episode , `` Doomsday '' . |
The_Mummy_(2017_film) | The Mummy is a 2017 American action-adventure horror film directed by Alex Kurtzman and written by David Koepp , Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman , with a story by Kurtzman , Jon Spaihts and Jenny Lumet . It is a reboot of The Mummy franchise and the first installment in the Dark Universe film series . The film stars Tom Cruise , Annabelle Wallis , Sofia Boutella , Jake Johnson , Courtney B. Vance , Marwan Kenzari and Russell Crowe . The Mummy premiered at the State Theatre in Sydney , Australia on May 22 , 2017 and is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 9 , 2017 in 2D , 3D and IMAX 3D . |
The_X-Files_sources_and_analogues | The American Sci-Fi-Supernatural fiction franchise , The X-Files , created by Chris Carter uses inspirations and sources from other fictional media as well as many real-life paranormal cases that have been alleged/documented , though not necessarily proven to be true . The show 's creator Chris Carter stated : '' Many of our ideas spring from actual accounts , essays , pieces in journals that we expand by posting `` what if '' . |
The_Merchant_of_Venice_(1969_film) | The Merchant of Venice is a 1969 drama short film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare 's play of the same name . While actually completed , it is frequently cited as an unfinished film , though better described as a partially lost film due to the loss of film negatives . |
The_Return_of_the_Pink_Panther | The Return of the Pink Panther in DeLuxe Color and Panavision is the fourth film in The Pink Panther series , released in 1975 . The film stars Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Clouseau , returning to the part for the first time since A Shot in the Dark ( 1964 ) , after having declined to reprise the role in Inspector Clouseau ( 1968 ) . The film was a commercial hit and revived a previously dormant series . Herbert Lom reprises his role as Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus from A Shot in the Dark ; he remained a regular thereafter . The character of Sir Charles Lytton , the notorious Phantom , is now played by Christopher Plummer rather than David Niven ( as in The Pink Panther , 1963 ) , who was unavailable . The Pink Panther diamond once again plays a central role in the plot . |
The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film) | The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American biblical epic film produced , directed , and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille , shot in VistaVision ( color by Technicolor ) , and released by Paramount Pictures . The film is based on Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson , Pillar of Fire by J.H. Ingraham , On Eagle 's Wings by A.E. Southon , and the Book of Exodus . The Ten Commandments dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses , an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren , the enslaved Hebrews , and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai , where he receives , from God , the Ten Commandments . The film stars Charlton Heston in the lead role , Yul Brynner as Rameses , Anne Baxter as Nefretiri , Edward G. Robinson as Dathan , Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora , Debra Paget as Lilia , and John Derek as Joshua ; and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi , Nina Foch as Bithiah , Martha Scott as Yoshebel , Judith Anderson as Memnet , and Vincent Price as Baka , among others . Filmed on location in Egypt , Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula , the film was DeMille 's last and most successful work . It is a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title , and features one of the largest sets ever created for a film . The film was released to cinemas in the USA on 5 October 1956 and , at the time of its release , was the most expensive film ever made . In 1957 , the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture , winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ( John P. Fulton , A.S.C. ) . Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture ( Drama ) for his role as Moses . Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role as Rameses and his other roles in Anastasia and The King and I . It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made , grossing approximately $ 122.7 million at the box office during its initial release ; it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest-grossing film of the decade . According to Guinness World Records , in terms of theatrical exhibition it is the seventh most successful film of all-time when the box office gross is adjusted for inflation . In 1999 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . In June 2008 , the American Film Institute revealed its `` Ten Top Ten '' -- the best ten films in ten American film genres -- after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community . The film was listed as the tenth best film in the epic genre . Network television has aired the film in prime time during the Passover/Easter season every year since 1973 . The last credited actor in the movie still alive is Joanna Merlin . |
The_Devil's_Disciple | The Devil 's Disciple is an 1897 play written by Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw . The play is Shaw 's eighth , and after Richard Mansfield 's original 1897 American production it was his first financial success , which helped to affirm his career as a playwright . It was published in Shaw 's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans together with Captain Brassbound 's Conversion and Caesar and Cleopatra . Set in Colonial America during the Revolutionary era , the play tells the story of Richard Dudgeon , a local outcast and self-proclaimed `` Devil 's disciple '' . In a twist characteristic of Shaw 's love of paradox , Dudgeon sacrifices himself in a Christ-like gesture despite his professed Infernal allegiance . |
The_Good_Thief_(soundtrack) | The score to the movie The Good Thief '' was produced and arranged by Elliot Goldenthal ; whilst the score music is generally received favourably one major complaint is that it is too short and that the other tracks supersede Goldenthal 's scoring work , it contains eight pieces by him and other artists including Cheb Khaled , Serge Gainsbourg , Johnny Hallyday and Bono ; the song Bono covers is the Frank Sinatra song `` That 's Life '' , produced , with a string arrangement , by Goldenthal . The original score cues were performed by both The London Metropolitan Orchestra and The Irish Film Orchestra . |
The_Illuminati_Papers | The Illuminati Papers is a collection of essays and other works by Robert Anton Wilson first published in 1980 ( ISBN 1-57951-002-7 ) . The book expands upon characters and themes from his earlier The Illuminatus ! Trilogy ( written with Robert Shea ) and most of the essays are written from the point of view of the characters in Illuminatus ! Topics Wilson writes on cover politics , science , the future , hedonism and consciousness . The book 's essays and stories are illustrated with line drawings , message banners , cartoons , office memos and interviews . `` The RICH Economy '' presents Wilson 's economic thoughts on Basic income . In it Wilson synthesize several concepts and gives them the acronym RICH . An online version is available . The essay collection appears to recapitulate an idea presented in James S. Albus 's 1976 book : Peoples ' Capitalism : The Economics of the Robot Revolution , although Wilson proposes to prevent inflation through a gradual phase-in of a National Dividend rather than Albus ' idea of a mandatory savings plan . The Illuminati Papers is sometimes referenced as a sequel to Illuminatus ! as are other works such as Masks of the Illuminati and the Cosmic Trigger , and The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles series of books . The Schrödinger 's Cat trilogy is similar in length , writing style , plot devices and the use of parallel universes for the novel 's settings . |
The_Miracle_(1959_film) | The Miracle is a 1959 film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Carroll Baker and Roger Moore . It is a remake of the 1912 hand-colored , black-and-white film The Miracle , which was in turn a production of the 1911 pantomime play The Miracle written by Karl Vollmöller and directed by Max Reinhardt . The 1959 film version for Warner Bros. was shot in Technirama and Technicolor , with an original score by Elmer Bernstein . |
The_Magic_Flute_(2006_film) | The Magic Flute is Kenneth Branagh 's English-language film version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's singspiel Die Zauberflöte . The film is a co-production between France & the UK , produced by Idéale Audience and in association with UK 's The Peter Moores Foundation . In November 2005 , it was announced that , as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Mozart 's birthday , a new film version of The Magic Flute , set during World War I , was to be made , directed by Kenneth Branagh , with a translation by Stephen Fry . The film was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2006 , at the Venice Film Festival on 8 September of that year , and released in Switzerland on 5 April 2007 . It has played in many European countries . The film , with a soundtrack performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by James Conlon , is the first motion picture version of the opera specifically intended for cinemas . Ingmar Bergman 's 1975 film version was made for Swedish television and only later released to theatres . Branagh 's version was shot in Super 35 and released in anamorphic widescreen , while Bergman 's was filmed in Academy ratio for television sets of the 1970s . A DVD of the film was released in France in August 2007 with a bonus soundtrack CD ( lasting around 79 minutes ) and a `` Making of '' featurette ( 50 minutes ) . The film has also been released on DVD in the Netherlands ( in a three-disc set ) , Finland , Argentina , and Japan . Revolver Entertainment is giving the film a theatrical release in the United States in June 2013 , seven years after its premiere in Europe . |
The_Good_Fairy_(film) | The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film written by Preston Sturges , based on the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár as translated and adapted by Jane Hinton , which was produced on Broadway in 1931 . The film was directed by William Wyler and stars Margaret Sullavan , Herbert Marshall , Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen . Sturges ' screenplay diverges significantly from the Molnár play , and later became the basis for the book of the 1951 Broadway musical Make a Wish . In particular , Sturges added a movie-within-the-movie in which the actors communicate in one-syllable sentences . |
The_Murda_Show | `` The Murda Show '' is a 1993 song by West Coast rapper Spice 1 . The song originally appeared on the album , 187 He Wrote . It featured a guest appearance by fellow West Coast rapper MC Eiht , and this song would mark the beginning of a business relationship between the two rappers , and would be the first of many collaborations between the two over the years . Released at what was arguably the height of Spice 's career , the song peaked at # 50 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart . A music video was made for the song and the song would be released as a 12-inch single . A sequel song , entitled The Murder Show , Pt . 2 was later recorded by the two rappers in 2004 for their first collaboration album entitled The Pioneers . |
The_Rings_of_Akhaten | `` The Rings of Akhaten '' is the seventh episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who , first broadcast on BBC One on 6 April 2013 . It was written by Neil Cross and directed by Farren Blackburn . In the episode , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith ) takes his new companion Clara Oswald ( Jenna-Louise Coleman ) to the Rings of Akhaten , where several planets revolve around a larger one . They attend a religious festival where the young Queen of Years , Merry Gejelh ( Emilia Jones ) , is about to be sacrificed . Determined to save Merry , the Doctor and Clara come face-to-face with the parasite of Akhaten , who requires memories , stories , and items of sentimental value . Cross was asked to write the episode after the success of scripting and shooting `` Hide '' , a later episode . `` The Rings of Akhaten '' , as Clara 's first trip to an alien world , was intended to show the wonders of the universe instead of the Doctor getting his new companion trapped somewhere less glamorous , a trend that had been observed in the history of the programme . The episode also explores Clara 's backstory . Filmed entirely in-studio in late October 2012 , pre-made moulds were utilised for the many different aliens to save money . `` The Rings of Akhaten '' was watched by 7.45 million viewers in the UK and received a mixed reception regarding its emotion and plot . |
The_Magicians_(Grossman_novel) | The Magicians is a fantasy novel by the American author Lev Grossman , published in 2009 by Viking Press . It tells the story of Quentin Coldwater , a young man who discovers and attends a college of magic in New York . The novel received critical acclaim , and was followed by The Magician King in 2011 and 2014 's The Magician 's Land . The novels have been adapted as a television series that currently airs on Syfy . |
The_Sixth_Doctor:_The_Last_Adventure | The Sixth Doctor : The Last Adventure is a British audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Within the narrative of the series , the Doctor , its principal character , is a time-travelling alien known as a Time Lord , whose biological characteristics allow him to regenerate into a new form to circumvent an otherwise deadly experience ; the device has been used to allow for a change in lead actor every few years in the production of the televised series . The sixth such instance was depicted in 1987 in Time and the Rani , but due to the firing between seasons of actor Colin Baker , who had portrayed the Sixth Doctor , the event was given less screen time and explanation than other of the Doctor 's regenerations . Big Finish Productions producer David Richardson approached Baker in 2014 , after seeing `` The Time of the Doctor '' , which had depicted ( on television ) the regeneration of the Eleventh Doctor into the Twelfth : `` I felt very strongly that regeneration stories , and each Doctor 's final end , are very important to Doctor Who fans - these are stories that allow us to see the Doctor at his most courageous , making a sacrifice that only makes us love him more . '' Baker , who had been working with Big Finish since 1999 , agreed to participate , saying that his depiction of the Doctor `` did not benefit from '' the difficult circumstances the show faced in the 1980s , and that Big Finish 's work was `` the only reason -LSB- he had -RSB- agreed to bring -LSB- his -RSB- Doctor to an end '' . The audio drama consists of four one-hour episodes , each by a different author and each pairing the Doctor with a different companion and taking place at a different point in his life , but all unified by the presence of the villainous Valeyard , a potential future version of the Doctor introduced in Baker 's last television serial , The Trial of a Time Lord . Besides Baker , Michael Jayston and Bonnie Langford reprised their roles from The Trial of a Time Lord , respectively as the Valeyard and as the Doctor 's companion Mel . The Doctor -- Colin Baker The Valeyard -- Michael Jayston ( appears in all four episodes but is not credited for his cameo in The End of the Line ) |
The_Sin_of_Harold_Diddlebock | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is a 1947 comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges , starring the silent film comic icon Harold Lloyd , and featuring a supporting cast including Jimmy Conlin , Raymond Walburn , Rudy Vallee , Arline Judge , Edgar Kennedy , Franklin Pangborn , J. Farrell MacDonald , Robert Dudley , Robert Greig , Lionel Stander and Jackie the Lion . The film 's story is a continuation of The Freshman , one of Lloyd 's most successful movies . The Sin of Harold Diddlebock was Sturges ' first project after leaving Paramount Pictures , where he had made his best and most popular films , but the film was not successful in its initial release . It was quickly pulled from distribution by producer Howard Hughes who took almost four years to re-shoot some scenes and re-edit the film , finally re-releasing it in 1950 as Mad Wednesday -- but the reception by the general public was no better the second time around . A few critics consider this film a masterpiece of comedy . Lloyd was never to star in another film , turning instead to production , and releasing compilation films featuring his earlier silent film work . |
The_Mummy:_Tomb_of_the_Dragon_Emperor | The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American action-adventure fantasy film and is the third and final installment in the Mummy trilogy . The film stars Brendan Fraser , Jet Li , Maria Bello , John Hannah , Luke Ford , and Michelle Yeoh . The film was released in the United States on August 1 , 2008 . The film was directed by Rob Cohen , written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar , and produced by Stephen Sommers ( director of the previous two films ) , Bob Ducsay , Sean Daniel , and James Jacks . This film is set in China , departing from the previous Egyptian setting . |
The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1985_film) | The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1985 Australian made-for-television animated adventure film directed by Geoff Collins and produced by Burbank Films Australia . It is based on Alexandre Dumas ' novel of the same name . It was written by Keith Dewhurst . The plot takes place years after The Three Musketeers ( 1986 ) - even though the latter animated film was released one year later - , and it is known for a scene that displays a complex fireworks animation , as well for its bittersweet ending . The film consists of 53 minutes in length and features the voices of Colin Friels as King Louis XIV , Gwen Plumb as Péronne and John Meillon in the role of Porthos . It was produced by Tim Brooke-Hunt and originally premiered on television . The Man in the Iron Mask is nowadays considered to be in the public domain . |