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Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.
Billy Collins (born William James Collins March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004-2006.
Collins was born in New York City to William and Katherine Collins. Katherine Collins was a nurse who stopped working to raise the couple's only child. Mrs. Collins had the ability to recite verses on almost any subject, which she often did, and cultivated in her young son the love of words, both written and spoken. Billy Collins attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains and received a B.A. (English) from the College of the Holy Cross in 1963; he received his M.A. and Ph.D in English from the University of California, Riverside. His professors at Riverside included Victorian scholar and poet Robert Peters. In 1975 Collins founded The Mid Atlantic Review with his good friend and co-editor, Michael Shannon.
Actors: William Thomas Jones (actor), Chris Gann (actor), Mark Daniel Dunnett (composer), Bryan Kent (actor), Ryan Caldwell (actor), J.R. Craig (producer), J.R. Craig (actor), David Reiter (writer), David Reiter (producer), David Reiter (producer), David Reiter (director), David Reiter (editor), Aryè Rapini (actor), Cait Bliss (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jeff Rose (actor), Adam Boyer (actor), Owen Smith (producer), Joy Chapman (writer), Joy Chapman (producer), Joy Chapman (director), James Sutton (actor), Lexi Johnson (actress), Lisa Winters II (actress), Luke Garmon (actor), Parks Stamper (actress), Samuel Hodge (actor), Jacob Velcoff (actor), Kody Brown (actor), Josh Garmon (actor),
Plot: This is the third film in The Sugar Creek Gang series. Finally the first day of Sugar Creek's highly anticipated revival celebration arrives! But for some of the town's residents, the morning begins on a sour note... which leads to sour thoughts and the possibility of sour plans. The gang anticipates the upcoming evening's events together with a swim in the creek... until the bullies show up. After a water scuffle, Big Bob Till tips off the gang to the possibility that the celebration might be in great jeopardy. Upon arrival at the revival, the gang members don their thinking caps and scour the area searching for clues. Join the gang in their race against nightfall to discover if there's any truth to Big Bob's threat... before the threat comes true! Look for the other films in the five part Sugar Creek Gang DVD series to complete your collection: Swamp Robber, The Great Canoe Fish, Secret Hideout, and Teacher Trouble!
Genres: Adventure, Family,Actors: Jeff Rose (actor), Owen Smith (producer), Owen Smith (writer), Owen Smith (composer), Owen Smith (director), Joy Chapman (writer), Joy Chapman (producer), Lexi Johnson (actress), Lisa Winters II (actress), Emily Jordan (actress), Luke Garmon (actor), Samuel Hodge (actor), Parks Stamper (actress), Jacob Velcoff (actor), Kody Brown (actor),
Plot: This is the fourth film in The Sugar Creek Gang series. The gang races through the swamp only to stumble upon previously unexplored territory that leads them right into the middle of a mystery. As if the puzzling new discoveries aren't enough, Poetry's lamb causes mischief in the schoolhouse and gets everyone into hot water with Miss Lilly. When things calm down, the gang plans an overnight stay in a cave near the cemetery, but Tom Till has been keeping a secret that is sure to shake things up. Matters get even more interesting when Old Man Paddler appears and reveals the truth behind the gang's secret hideout! Look for the other films in the five part Sugar Creek Gang DVD series to complete your collection: Swamp Robber, The Great Canoe Fish, Revival Villains, and Teacher Trouble!
Keywords: boy, cave, cemetery, friend, friendship, gang, group-of-friends, hideout, independent-film, lambActors: Jeff Rose (actor), Owen Smith (producer), Joy Chapman (producer), Nelson Bonilla (actor), Lexi Johnson (actress), Emily Jordan (actress), Luke Garmon (actor), Samuel Hodge (actor), Parks Stamper (actress), Levi Bonilla (actor), Josh Garmon (actor), Jay St. Onge (actor), Jacob Velcoff (actor), Kody Brown (actor), Drew Dyer (actor),
Plot: This is the fifth film in The Sugar Creek Gang series. The Sugar Creek Gang suddenly becomes the opposite of teacher's pets when the new substitute, Mr. Black, comes to town. A wrongful accusation gets Bill into trouble with his parents and creates more questions in his head than answers. Why does Mr. Black keep taking pictures of people, who poisoned Mr. Black's beautiful horse, and will those beech switches in the classroom actually be used on the gang? How do a barn full of pigeons, a ladder, a new book, and a baseball game lead to a fire in the schoolhouse on Sunday afternoon? To find out, join the Sugar Creek Gang as they try to avoid trouble with the teacher! Look for the other films in the five part Sugar Creek Gang DVD series to complete your collection: Swamp Robber, The Great Canoe Fish, Revival Villains, and Secret Hideout!
Keywords: boy, church, false-accusation, girl, independent-film, pigeon, student, substitute-teacher, teacherActors: Bernard Hill (actor), Michael Poole (producer), Craig Conway (actor), Amber Sealey (actress), Sarah Hadland (actress), Bernard Gallagher (actor), Jason Stevens (actor), Mark Fox (editor), Malcolm Scates (actor), Graham Padden (actor), Priyanga Burford (actress), Nicholas White (producer), Nicholas White (writer), Nick White (writer), Nicholas White (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jeff Rose (actor), Owen Smith (producer), Owen Smith (composer), Joy Chapman (director), Joy Chapman (writer), Joy Chapman (editor), Joy Chapman (producer), James Sutton (actor), Lexi Johnson (actress), Lisa Winters II (actress), Emily Jordan (actress), Luke Garmon (actor), Samuel Hodge (actor), Parks Stamper (actress), Jacob Velcoff (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: Jeff Rose (actor), Adam Boyer (actor), Owen Smith (director), Owen Smith (writer), Owen Smith (producer), Owen Smith (editor), Joy Chapman (producer), James Sutton (actor), Lexi Johnson (actress), Lisa Winters II (actress), Emily Jordan (actress), Luke Garmon (actor), Parks Stamper (actress), Samuel Hodge (actor), Jay St. Onge (actor),
Plot: Bill Collins' relaxing afternoon at Sugar Creek turns into more than he bargained for when Poetry stumbles upon a disguise hidden in the swamp. Reports of a bank robber on the loose soon surface, and as the gang investigates they discover a map that leads to more than just treasure. During a campout near the hollow tree the kids must survive an encounter that leaves them wondering if a nearby cabin is really abandoned. If they can piece together the clues that confront them, mystery and adventure await the gang in their own backyard!
Keywords: 1950s, alcoholic, bank-robber, children, friendship, gang, map, prayer, swampActors: Gabriel Dell (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor), David Gorcey (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Huntz Hall (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Bobby Jordan (actor), Joe Kirk (actor), Leo Gorcey (actor), Sidney Miller (actor), Ernest Morrison (actor), Jack Mulhall (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor),
Plot: Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), brother of co-leader Danny (Bobby Jordan), becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby (Billy Gilbert), a henchman of Luke Manning (Guinn Williams), knows something about the murder.
Keywords: african-american, baseball, brother-brother-relationship, chase, chinese-restaurant, cigarette-smoking, deception, east-side-kids, escape, false-accusationActors: Cliff Clark (actor), Henry Roquemore (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Matty Fain (actor), Eddie Parker (actor), Preston Foster (actor), Al Hill (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Noel Madison (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), David Newell (actor), Oscar O'Shea (actor), George Ovey (actor), Robert Strange (actor),
Plot: FBI Agent Bill Collins (Preston Foster) is assigned to stop a counterfeit sweepstakes tickets racket and meets Linda Parker (Irene Hervey), hotel cigar-stand attendant, who sells lottery tickets but is unaware they are counterfeit, as is Jerry Howard (Chick Chandler), who delivers them to her concealed in cigar boxes. On Bill's instructions, they gain the confidence of Duncan (Noel Madison), chief lieutenant of the crime syndicate, and obtain positions in his office in order to get information on the chief, called Mr. X by Duncan.
Keywords: counterfeit, fbiActors: Darryl F. Zanuck (writer), Clyde Cook (actor), Robert Dudley (actor), Gus Leonard (actor), Montagu Love (actor), Warner Oland (actor), Johnnie Walker (actor), Helene Costello (actress), Michael Curtiz (director), Anthony Coldeway (writer), Julanne Johnston (actress), Louis Silvers (composer), Hugh Allan (actor), Owen Francis (writer), Jack Jarmuth (writer),
Genres: Drama,