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Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American recording artist, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the record label GOOD Music and creative content company DONDA. West is one of the most acclaimed musicians of the 21st century. He has attracted both praise and criticism for his work and his controversial, outspoken public persona.
Raised in Chicago, West first became known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing hit singles for musical artists such as Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, before pursing a solo career as a rapper. In 2004, he released his debut album The College Dropout, to widespread commercial and critical success, and founded record label and management company GOOD Music. He went on to explore a variety of different musical styles on subsequent albums that included the baroque-inspired Late Registration (2005), the electronic-tinged Graduation (2007), and the starkly polarizing 808s & Heartbreak (2008). In 2010, he released his critically acclaimed fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He collaborated with Jay-Z on Watch the Throne (2011), and released his sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. Following a series of recording delays and work on non-musical projects, West's seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016.
Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (born January 30, 1984), better known by his stage name Kid Cudi (/ˈkɪd ˈkʌdi/ KID KUD-ee, often stylized KiD CuDi), is an American recording artist and actor from Cleveland, Ohio. Cudi first gained major recognition following the release of his first official full-length project, a mixtape titled A Kid Named Cudi (2008). The mixtape caught the attention of American rapper-producer Kanye West, who subsequently signed Cudi to his GOOD Music label imprint in late 2008. Cudi has since gone on to launch his own record label imprints, the now-dissolved Dream On and current independent label, Wicked Awesome Records. Initially a rapper, Cudi has since added singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, music video director and film composer, to his repertoire.
As of 2015, Cudi has released five studio albums as a solo artist. In 2008, his debut single "Day 'n' Nite", led him to prominence, reaching the top five of the Billboard charts. Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009) was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2010, he released Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager, which was preceded by "Erase Me" and "Mr. Rager". Later in 2010, Cudi formed a rock band, now known as WZRD, with his long-time collaborator Dot da Genius, releasing one eponymous debut album, in early 2012. The album debuted at number one on the Top Rock Albums chart. In April 2013, Cudi released Indicud, which became his highest-charting album on multiple charts. In February 2014, Cudi unexpectedly released his fourth album, Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon, exclusively to digital retailers with no promotion.
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, are widely acclaimed, as are his essays on politics, literature, language, and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Orwell's work continues to influence popular and political culture, and the term Orwellian—descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices—has entered the language together with many of his neologisms, including, but not limited to, cold war, Big Brother, Thought Police, Room 101, memory hole, newspeak, doublethink, and thoughtcrime.
Actors: William Hootkins (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), Clarke Peters (actor), Lorelei King (actress), Kate Harper (actress), Henry Goodman (actor), Sandra Dickinson (actress), Sandy Nuttgens (composer), Andy Lucas (actor), Robert Jezek (actor), Mike Burton (editor), Peter Polycarpou (actor), Teddy Kempner (actor), Lachele Carl (actress), Buffy Davis (actress),
Genres: History,Actors: Luís Esparteiro (actor), Rui Luís (actor), Maria João Luís (actress), Lia Gama (actress), Pedro Efe (actor), Rui Morrison (actor), José Pinto (actor), James Flynn (producer), Augusto Portela (actor), Carla Chambel (actress), Raquel Maria (actress), Sofia Aparício (actress), Carlos César (actor), Zita Duarte (actress), Silvia Grabowski (costume designer),
Plot: This film about contemporary life in Lisbon concerns an Irish woman, Cathy, who dearly loves her Portugese lawyer husband Pedro. Though, unbeknownst to her, he engages in one tryst after another. Cathy soon finds herself trying to help a young delinquent get off heroin, while the youth's desperate mother joins a weird religious cult. In other segments, an elderly man is nearly driven mad with grief at the loss of his granddaughter in a train station, while a down-and-out jeweller ushers the young girl to a hotel room.
Keywords: adultery, aids, drugs, end-of-the-world, heroin-addict, social-worker, teenager, urbanActors: Julian Fellowes (actor), Meera Syal (actress), Clive Russell (actor), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Mark Benton (actor), Norman Bird (actor), James Fleet (actor), Neil Pearson (actor), Bill Thomas (actor), Douglas Henshall (actor), Geoffrey Whitehead (actor), Helen Baxendale (actress), Jo Thompson (costume designer), Guy Jenkin (director), Guy Jenkin (writer),
Plot: Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Pariliament of just one seat.
Keywords: satireActors: Mark Sayer-Wade (composer), Alex Giannini (actor), The Music Sculptors (composer), Christopher Fowler (writer), Tim Field (writer), Tim Field (producer), Jonathan Copestake (actor), Peter Chiang (writer), Alex Richardson (actor), Peter Chiang (director), Alex Richardson (actor), Russ Woolnough (editor), Juliet Bond (actress),
Plot: Mr. Packham runs a debt recovery service. One night, he delivers a package on his way home from work. As he leaves the underground car park in his smart new BMW, he accidently injures a homeless teenager. Realising that there are no witnesses, he revs his engine and drives away. But the city has a way of dealing with those who try to cheat fate...
Keywords: bmw, hit-and-run, parking-garage, parking-lot, trapped-in-a-buildingActors: Mick Audsley (editor), Bill Douglas (writer), Bill Douglas (director), John Young (actor), Joseph Blatchley (actor), Gerald James (actor), Paul Kermack (actor), Lennox Milne (actress), Sheila Scott (actress), Stephen Archibald (actor), Richard Craven (producer), Bob Settle (miscellaneous crew), Archie (actor), Jessie Combe (actress), Celia Southurst (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama,On doorsteps and in alleyways
I see these fools passed out
At any time of the day
Crashed out in a bed of piss
Empty bottle cradled in their arms.
So tell me
Who's job is it to tend these few people?
Back to self-sufficiency and respect
I turn my head it puts chills in my heart
If I give you some change to clear my mind
Would I have played my part?
There's a man who has a dream
But never seems to make it
'Cause everytime he gets some, someone tries to take it.
A second chance at life, no one will give him
In an alley wat is where he's livin'
You see him there you walk by laughing and smirking
Thinking to yourself it's only his fault, he ain't working.
That might be true but it's only half the story so
Kick back while we tell you his story.
He came back from the war a veteran
The only thing he learned to do was kill and shoot a gun.
That comes in handy when you're fighting a war
But when you came back to society you need much more.
So all he had was terror in his mind
No job skills so a job he couldn't find.
The only thing he had was memories
Of his friends being killed and crying and dying babies.
So he grabbled bottle for an escape
From all the mental torment that the war had made.
Now you're calling him a bum 'cause he can't get none
While you're sitting at home not willing to get some.
Sharing and caring is what he needs now
Some support for his marals, some help for his ego.
So he can go to the top where every man can
And all he really needs is a helping hand.
So tell me
Who's job is it to tend these few people?
Back to self-sufficiency and respect
I turn my head it puts chills in my heart
If I give you some change to clear my mind
Would I have played my part?
Cold dark and lonely
Broken and abused
Homeless hungry and hated
Forgotten
Only remembered on the streets