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Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist. On 29 August 2011 she released her debut album Vows, which peaked in the top 5 in both New Zealand and Australia, and number 14 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Kimbra is featured on the 2011 single, "Somebody That I Used to Know", by Gotye, which has reached number 1 in over 20 countries including New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom and United States.
Kimbra Lee Johnson was born on 27 March 1990 and grew up in Hamilton, New Zealand. Her father, Ken Johnson, was the head doctor at the University of Waikato's student health centre and her mother was a nurse. Kimbra attended Hillcrest High School, rising to prominence as a musician after competing in the national schools' competition Rockquest for three years running, where she was awarded second place in 2004 when aged 14-years-old. At the age of 10, Kimbra had begun writing songs, at 12-years-old Ken bought her a guitar and "after a few years of lessons, she was on stage, performing with her guitar tutor (she was never taught to sing)". Kimbra made her first music video, "Smile", for the children's TV show What Now. Kimbra was a member of the Hillcrest High Jazz choir, Scat, and her teacher, Sue Radford described her as "a very talented young person in a range of different areas".
Miami Horror are an Australian indietronica band from Melbourne, Victoria with a disco-house throwback style. Miami Horror can refer to its producer, Benjamin Plant, or its four-piece live incarnation.
Miami Horror take influence from dance-pop artists of the 1970s and 1980s such as Prince, E.L.O., New Order and Michael Jackson, as well as progressive rock acts such as Todd Rundgren, Supertramp and Pink Floyd, and combine it with modern production techniques.
In 2007 under the moniker Miami Horror, Plant started with a series of remixes, both bootleg and official that included Stardust's "Music Sounds Better with You" and Tegan and Sara's "Walking with a Ghost", along with contemporary Australian acts such as the Midnight Juggernauts and Grafton Primary.
Plant began his music career early on, producing music at home from a young age, often DJing at house parties and regular weekly Melbourne club nights such as Streetparty and Third Class. He since remixed Pnau, The Presets, Bloc Party, Datarock and The Dirty Secrets in 2008. Miami Horror has also collaborated with Melbourne electropop group Gameboy/Gamegirl in 2007 and produced the Golden Ghetto Sex EP which featured the single "Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp", a one-off single that became a leftfield hit in the music blogosphere the same year.
Actors: Zoe Saldana (actress), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Ashton Kutcher (actor), Carl Ciarfalio (actor), Betty Thomas (producer), Peter Tolan (writer), David Krumholtz (actor), Richard Lawson (actor), Archie Hahn (actor), Robert Curtis Brown (actor), Bernie Mac (actor), Richard T. Jones (actor), Mike Epps (actor), Jennifer Hamilton (miscellaneous crew), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Percy and Marilyn are renewing their vows for their anniversary, and their daughter Theresa brings her boyfriend Simon for them to meet. Unbeknownst to her parents, the kids plan to announce their engagement during the weekend. The Jones family is Black; Theresa neglects to tell them Simon is White. Race complicates Percy's general mistrust of any boyfriend, so he instigates an investigation of Simon, discovering he's recently lost his job and hasn't told Theresa. Mistrust rears its ugly head, and in the process of Theresa and Simon's argument, Marilyn and Percy fall out. What can the men do to cross the divide between each other and between men and women? Will anyone be exchanging vows?
Keywords: african-american, argument, bank, banking, bare-chested-male, bed, boxer-shorts, cart-racing, caucasian, dancingActors: Julia Faye West (actress), Joshua Bevier (actor), Mike Stanley (actor), Darrell Mapson (actor), Brandon Gibson (actor), Annabella Gutman (actress), Joan Marlowe (actress), Tony Tarantino (actor), James Hergott (producer), James Hergott (writer), James Hergott (director), James Hergott (actor), Allie Moss (actress), James Hergott (editor), Katie Soo (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Brooke Lewis (actress), Brooke Lewis (producer), Johnny Williams (actor), Jack Brand (actor), Jack Jozefson (actor), Ryan Spahn (actor), Tracy Weisert (actress), Gina St. John (actress), Velvet Rhodes (actress), Jeff G. Peters (composer), Kimbra Westervelt (actress), Denise Smith (producer), Nancy Sexton (composer), Rob McCarthy (producer), Rob McCarthy (director),
Plot: CIRCUIT RIDERS is a wicked spoof of the controversial pay-to-audition acting workshops. In what Daily Variety called "one of Hollywood's best kept dirty little secrets," struggling actors continue to pay thousands of dollars per year to be seen by film and television casting directors, all in the hope of landing that one-line "he-went-that-a-way! role on television. CIRCUIT RIDERS spares no one, taking a poke at actors and casting directors alike. We follow Lori Horhind, assistant casting director for a hot new television series "Malibu Surfer Cops." Lori gives an "educational" workshop to some grizzled character actors, along with a few first-time actors just off the bus. Lori, a failed actress herself, but now on a power trip, learns a bitter truth as she rides the casting director "circuit." CIRCUIT RIDERS is a comedy that makes a point.
Genres: Comedy, Short,