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Oslo (English pronunciation: /ˈɒzloʊ/, OZ-loh,Norwegian pronunciation: [²ʊʃlʊ] ( listen) or [²ʊslʊ]) is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, the city was moved closer to Akershus Castle during the reign of King Christian IV and renamed Christiania in his honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 to 1925, when its original Norwegian name was restored.
Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some of which are amongst the world's largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural cities programme.
Alexander Igoryevich Rybak (Russian: Алекса́ндр И́горевич Рыба́к) or in Belarusian Alyaxandr Igaravich Rybak (Аляксандр І́гаравіч Рыбак), born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor. Representing Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, Rybak won the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision—with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. His debut album, Fairytales, charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a No. 1 position in Norway and Russia.
Rybak was born on 13 May 1986, in Minsk, Belarus—which at that time was the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union. When he was 4 years old, he and his family moved to Norway. Rybak was baptized and raised in the Orthodox religion. At the age of five, Rybak began to play the piano and the violin. His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performs alongside Pinchas Zukerman. He stated "I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation". Rybak bought a new apartment and lives now at Aker Brygge (Oslo, Norway).
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Actors: Kristen Nedopak (actress), Andy McCone (actor), Jerry Lloyd (actor), Danielle Reierson (actress), Svetlana Soutirina (actress), Jonathan Michael Tanner (producer), Jonathan Michael Tanner (writer), Jonathan Michael Tanner (editor), Jonathan Michael Tanner (producer), Jonathan Michael Tanner (actor), Jonathan Michael Tanner (director), Brent Brumbach (actor), Scott Robinson (actor), Devielle Johnson (actor), Machelle Allman (actress),
Plot: The dev team at Diviner software has just been notified that a hacker plans to exploit a hole in their software that would expose over one trillion dollars worldwide. Their weekends ruined can they come up with a fix in time and save their jobs before the Hacker tells everyone in the world how to exploit it?
Keywords: bank-heist, black-comedy, cyber-thriller, independent-film, office-space, social-commentaryActors: Christopher Lambert (actor), Yuji Okumoto (actor), Eddie Frierson (miscellaneous crew), Albert Pyun (director), Hoke Howell (actor), Ice-T (actor), June Christopher (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Rector (actor), Anthony Riparetti (composer), Tom Karnowski (producer), Gary Schmoeller (producer), Rodney Saulsberry (miscellaneous crew), Arnold F. Turner (miscellaneous crew), Thom Mathews (actor), Paul Rosenblum (producer),
Plot: A gangster boss (Ice-T) has a list of about 100 people who have screwed up at one point or another. Rather than outright killing them, he decides to have a little fun by putting all of them together in a high security prison, unarmed, and dumping bucketfulls of guns, ammo, and baseball bats on them and letting them kill each other. The final three who survive are given a prize of 10 million dollars. Let chaos reign.
Keywords: action-hero, anti-hero, assassin, baseball-bat, body-count, body-in-a-trunk, bodyguard, bomb, brawl, britishActors: Albert Pyun (director), Albert Pyun (writer), Anthony Riparetti (composer), Tom Karnowski (producer), Gary Schmoeller (producer), Paul Rosenblum (producer), Ken Morrisey (editor), Chad Stahelski (actor), Richard Cetrone (actor), Rick Wallace (actor), Jessica G. Budin (producer), Michael Halsey (actor), Michael Halsey (actor), Christopher Bates (miscellaneous crew), Sharon Bruneau (actress),
Plot: It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When the Cyborgs learn of the woman and the baby they list both for termination. To escape, she takes a stolen Cyborg ship and transports back in time to East Africa in 1980, where the mother is killed, but the baby is saved. It takes 20 years, but the Cyborg bounty hunter Nebula finally locates the girl, named Alex, and travels back in time to terminate her.
Keywords: action-heroine, cyborg, digit-in-title, direct-to-video-sequel-to-theatrical-movie, female-bodybuilder, independent-film, number-in-title, numbered-sequel, second-part, sequelActors: Daniel Duval (director), Daniel Duval (actor), Max Morel (actor), Myriam Boyer (actress), Louise Chevalier (actress), Daniel Duval (writer), Stéphane Bouy (actor), Jean-Pierre Delamour (actor), Hervé Lasseron (actor), François Chardeaux (actor), Maurice Vanderschueren (composer), Rémy Santarel (actor), Marc Leski (actor),
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