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Gary Mitchell (born 3 May 1965) is a Northern Irish playwright. By the 2000s, he had become "one of the most talked about voices in European theatre ... whose political thrillers have arguably made him Northern Ireland's greatest playwright".
From a working-class, loyalist background, Mitchell's first foray into writing was for Radio 4. His first play was produced by Tinderbox but Mitchell's first major theatre success was the production (by Connall Morrison) of his In A Little World of Our Own at the Peacock, a gripping and unflinching portrayal of loyalist culture. It won The Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play in 1997, and it later went to Belfast as part of an Abbey Theatre tour. The following year the Peacock Theatre produced his As The Beast Sleeps.
He was writer-in-residence at the Royal National Theatre, London in 1999.
His works have also premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre. Force of Change won the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award (£30,000) for Most Promising Playwright.
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.
Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks (1968). Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially a poor seller; Moondance (1970), however, established Morrison as a major artist, and he built on his reputation throughout the 1970s with a series of acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and the Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.
Actors: Gene Roddenberry (writer), Tim Russ (director), Tim Russ (actor), Chase Masterson (actress), Nichelle Nichols (actress), Justin R. Durban (composer), Alan Ruck (actor), Daamen J. Krall (actor), William Wellman Jr. (actor), Walter Koenig (actor), Ethan Phillips (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Celeste Yarnall (actress), Grace Lee Whitney (actress),
Plot: It is the year 2306. Thirteen years have passed since Captain James T. Kirk was swept away by the Nexus, after saving the crew of the Enterprise-B. The remaining crew members of the original USS Enterprise have gone their separate ways. Captain Nyota Uhura and Captain Pavel Chekov, along with Captain John Harriman of the Enterprise-B, come together for a special dedication in honor of Kirk's Enterprise. Their reunion is cut short when they receive a distress call from a mysterious planet, that presses the three friends to embark on a mission that will change their lives forever.
Keywords: 24th-century, star-trekActors: Virginia Madsen (actress), Mary Lynn Rajskub (actress), Ty Olsson (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Robert Patrick (actor), Vincent Gale (actor), Brenda Crichlow (actress), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (actor), Eric Keenleyside (actor), David Lewis (actor), Harrison Ford (actor), Paul Bettany (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Armyan Bernstein (producer), Bruce Berman (producer),
Plot: With his family held for ransom, the head security executive for a global bank is commanded to loot his own business for millions in order to ensure his wife and children's safety. He then faces the demanding task of thwarting the kidnapper's grand scheme, which makes him look guilty of embezzlement.
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Plot: Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace Garry. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further is when Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.
Keywords: airport, alcoholism, all-girl-orchestra, autograph-seeker, bar, bartender, bedtime-story, brown-derby, cigarette-smoking, convertibleI forget how much I need you until I run away
Chasing after things I think I want when they’re only in the way
And somehow I manage to forget that I’ll only hurt myself
Away from your presence, pretending I was someone else.
I rain down praises on my own head
Then look in the mirror and see I’m all wet
But you’re my redeemer, my one true friend.
You’re the only hope I know
And though I may not always act like it I do want you to know.
You are everything to me
And if you take away your love, God I can’t even breathe.
The life I live is the grace that you give
‘cause you died to set me free.
You are my peace, and without you I’m incomplete
My Jesus, you’re everything, you’re everything to me.
I’m so glad that you can use me in spite of my own flaws
‘cause I know that if you couldn’t I’d be no good to you at all.
So I won’t be afraid of trouble, ‘cause I know you’ll bring me through.
I won’t be ashamed to stumble, ‘cause you’ll teach me to rely on you.
I’m just not brave enough to be strong.
But I’m rejoicing in the knowledge that you knew that all along.
Teach me to be strong Lord. Show me how to obey your commands.
Thank you for seeing who I could be instead of seeing who I am.
You’ve looked beyond my faults and seen my endless need.
You’re everything. You’re everything to me.
You are everything to me
And if you take away your love, God I can’t even breathe.
The life I live is the grace that you give
‘cause you died to set me free.
You are my peace, and without you I’m incomplete
My Jesus, you’re everything.
(You are the joy, the love that I need
my Jesus, you’re everything.)