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Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a city and unitary authority in south east Wales. It is located on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn estuary, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Cardiff. It is the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 141,300 (2007 estimate).
Newport has been a port since medieval times, when a castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and gained its first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern valleys of South Wales. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. It was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists.
During the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, but Newport remained an important manufacturing and engineering centre. It was granted city status in 2002. It is the home of the University of Wales, Newport, and the Newport Gwent Dragons rugby union regional team, and hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010.
Goldie Lookin Chain is a comedic rap music group based in Newport, South Wales. The group produces humorous, controversial and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the ‘chav’ culture and life in Newport and south Wales in general.
Many of the songs contain references to places and hang-outs local to Newport. Much of the humour comes from the adoption of hip-hop style and language, adapted into the local South Wales vernacular, partly to poke fun at "chav culture". Their music also satirises gangsta rap by highlighting the disparity between the band's deliberately unglamorous image, and the media hype and glamour usually associated with gangsta rap.
The group recorded 6 albums before gaining a major record deal and were signed to the East/West record label, the home of rock band The Darkness. Rumours suggest that GLC was signed after record label bosses heard The Darkness playing GLC tracks whilst on tour (source: BBC Radio 1 - GLC Documentary). GLC went on to support The Darkness in the latter stages of their UK tour.
Actors: John Anton (actor), Michael Mili (actor), Sam Logan Khaleghi (director), Sam Logan Khaleghi (actor), Sam Logan Khaleghi (producer), Sam Logan Khaleghi (writer), William C. Fox (actor), Jason Waugh (actor), Tevis R. Marcum (actor), D.B. Dickerson (actor), Robert Emmett Young (actor), Marius Iliescu (actor), Christian Roux (actor), Carlton Byrd (actor), John Tynan Jr. (actor),
Plot: Deception, Corruption and Betrayal are all part of A Thieves' Game - Set in Detroit, a street hustler makes an unlikely alliance with a rising police lieutenant to solve the mystery behind his own fathers death until he discovers it was his fathers' partner in the police force who took him out.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance,Actors: Sheila Nevins (producer), Paul Hecht (actor), Martin P. Robinson (miscellaneous crew), Joseph Bologna (actor), Martin P. Robinson (miscellaneous crew), Pam Arciero (miscellaneous crew), Renée Taylor (actress), Tony Danza (actor), Paul Hecht (actor), Lou Diamond Phillips (actor), Peter Jacobson (actor), Peter Jacobson (actor), Peter Jacobson (actor), John Hoffman (producer), Eden Riegel (actress),
Genres: Documentary, Family, Short,