Bench or The Bench can refer to:
Farah Khan (Hindi: फ़राह ख़ान, Urdu: فرح خان) (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Khan has since become a noted Hindi film director as well. In addition Khan has worked on international projects such as Marigold: An Adventure in India, Monsoon Wedding and the Chinese film Perhaps Love.
Khan's father Kamran was a successful stunt film-maker. Her mother Menaka is of Zoroastrian origin and is the sister of screenwriter Honey Irani and former child actor Daisy Irani. Farah's brother is comedian, actor and film director Sajid Khan. When their parents' marriage broke up, Farah and Sajid were shuttled between different homes. In May 2012 Farah Khan admitted to having had a tummy tuck.
Film personalities Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar are Farah's cousins.
Farah married Shirish Kunder, the editor of her film Main Hoon Na, on 9 December 2004. They have since worked together on each other's films, such as Jaan-E-Mann, Om Shanti Om, and Tees Maar Khan. Farah gave birth to triplets on 11 February 2008; one son, Czar, and two daughters, Diva and Anya.
Cyrus Sahukar (born on August 6, 1978) is an MTV India VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like Semi Girebaal and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting and spoofs.
Cyrus Sahukar was born in the military headquarters of MHOW, Indore. His father, Behram Sahukar, a colonel is a Parsi whereas his mother, Nimeran Sahukar, a writer, is a Punjabi, which gives him half Punjabi and half Parsi lineage. He has an elder sister, Preeti Philip, who is an artist. He grew up in Delhi and did his schooling from St Columba's.
Cyrus started doing theatre in school and acted in various school plays from the age of 6. He also used to sing in his school band, and by age 14, he was a part of Kiran Bedi’s ‘Literacy Mission Program,’ where the school students would perform plays and educational skits for the inmates of Tihar Jail. During the same period, he acted in a play which was a part of Barry John's Red Noses Club. The play was directed by Barry John and was called ‘Haroun and the Sea of Stories,’ based on a novel by Salman Rushdie.
Juan Carlos "Jake" Leveriza Cuenca (born December 30, 1987) is a Filipino actor and model, who started as a GMA talent center artist, and later transferred to ABS-CBN's talent center, Star Magic. He is also a football player who plays as a striker for Team Socceroo FC in the United Football League Division 2.
At the age of nine, Cuenca was discovered by a talent scout for Cosmo Modeling Agency. Soon after, he made several television and print commercials including endorsements for Safeguard, Coke and Globe Telecom. At age ten, he had a cameo role in the 1997 film Wansapanataym. It was followed by Takbo Barbara Takbo and Panday in 1998. All three films were under Star Cinema of ABS-CBN.
In 2003, he returned to show business under GMA Network and appeared in the youth-oriented drama series, Click, where he was picked to be on the cast in its Batch 2. When the show went defunct, Cuenca began portraying varied roles and was cast in Hanggang Kailan, Forever in My Heart and in the season 5 of Love to Love. In 2005, he starred as Kahlil in the fantasy series Encantadia. He appeared in the ninth season of Love to Love titled "Miss Match". In 2006, he starred as one of the wizards in the fantasy-themed television series, Majika, which became his last TV series on GMA.
Ernest Lorenzo Velasquez Dee, known as Enchong Dee is a Filipino actor, model, and swimmer. Dee is currently part of ABS-CBN's Star Magic group of contract artists. He played John Joseph "Jojo" Wenceslao in the 2009 TV series Katorse. He also plays the role of "Luis" in Maria Del Barrio.
He is the younger brother of actor and model, AJ Dee.
Enchong Dee was born in Naga City, Camarines Sur. He has two brothers, Angel James Dee, who is also an actor, while his other brother, Ice Dee, is a student in De La Salle University Manila- College of St. Benilde. He also has a younger sister.
Graduated from Naga Hope Christian School. He further pursued his swimming career at De La Salle University in Manila. Dee was part of the Philippine national swimming team and has participated in the SEA Games and 2006 Asian Games.[citation needed]
Dee's first TV appearance in television came in 2006 when he appeared in a Philippine talk show Home Boy as one of the guests. He caught the eye of a modeling agency and advertisers and soon he appeared in several advertising campaigns including Close Up, Bench, KFC and Timex. Dee’s landed several acting roles beginning in 2007 which have included Abt Ur Luv, Sineserye, Komiks, Your Song and My Girl.
Don't ask "Who" ask "Why?"
Plot
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner (Morales) and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.
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Sometimes trouble wears a badge.
Charlie Falon: You have the right to remain silent - so shut the fuck up! [to a criminal who just got handcuffed]
I know I must unfurl a finger. One by one. Knuckles
white. But this is one fight I just can’t win. When it’s
one sided it’s no fun and it’s not fair. So why can’t I
just let go? I need to take a step back. I’m giving more
Afraid of anyone looking to closely, too many chances to
fail. A landscape full of tiny holes, undetectable from a
distance. Upon closer inspection they might be big enough
for a finger or even a hand to poke through, rip down.
Time heals all wounds. And with time comes wisdom too. A
transition is an end or a new beginning. Two lines run
parallel, again at a crossroads. With strength not
betrayed by major muscle groups, and courage not improved
Pages gone missing, other just blank. Crumpled up
receipts. Feelings thrown away. Nothing left to say, and
it’s a fucking joke. Was everything just cliché? On the
surface it seems to be,
Want to get back to where I started. When did my glass
become half empty? Loss of control, Out of proportion.
Now I just want to get it back. Looking where it can’t be
found, with eyes turned out. Now I just want to get back.
Want to get back to where I started, because I don’t know
What I lack in speed, I make up with efficiency. Although
the former seems to be what matters to you. And though I
take up much less space, I’m the one who’s in your way?
Guess my digital response to your one note protest is as
primitive as my mode of transportation. Just press your
magic pedal, and fume into the sunset. I don’t want to
Like apples to oranges, both fruitful. Two eyes, two
ears, two ovaries too. That’s where we draw the line, and
it’s the differences that give us an excuse. No words to
resist. Can’t write without a thumb. How can she say she
doesn’t want this done? And every thirteen months, until
she’s no good, given what will only be taken away to the
same fate, or a veal crate. All for the precious by
product. If you wouldn’t want your mother, sister,
friend, as a milk and baby factory, don’t let it happen
in your name to a creature with two eyes, two ears, two
Desire to finish what is started, so it just never gets
off the ground. Is this stubborn circle a good way not to
fail, or just a means of trickery? Pressure coming from
outside and within. Is it real or imagined? Just don’t
Squint a little so the edges blur. What are you afraid
of? Gone the band shirts, pins, and patches. Just a sea
of skin and hair. Sure they will judge you; it’s an
extension of how you judge yourself. Your doubts and
insecurities only give it weight. How about this once,
just close your eyes, open your mouth, and let it all
Always thought that one is one, but I guess that’s not
the case, because now I know two does not equal four
wheels. Better step aside- where you’re going is not as
Thankful for the power of erasers and backspace. Words
written at a weak time, they are now meaningless. Those
spoken can’t be taken back. Hope to plug the holes in the
colander that lets everything wash away.Desperate to hold
Deodorant and Alzheimer’s? Deodorant and breast cancer?
Forget it. You’re over reacting. Research shows nine out
of ten consumers prefer the smell of chemicals to people,
Struggling to remember how I felt at the time. An
evolution of understanding that hasn’t progressed very
far. Sickening feeling that I should have seen it coming.
That I did, but didn’t want to see it coming. Does that
mean I could have done more? I think your mind was made
up. Another bystander. The movie you were playing, the
songs in your head. This was no reunion. No stars were
aligned that day. In a dream I saw you. You said you were
all alone. Sharp these words; they stayed with me. In the