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Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator (e.g. one passenger stealing from others on the same vessel). The term has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents.
Piracy is the name of a specific crime under customary international law and also the name of a number of crimes under the municipal law of a number of States. It is distinguished from privateering, which is authorized by national authorities and therefore a legitimate form of war-like activity by non-state actors. Privateering is considered commerce raiding, and was outlawed by the Peace of Westphalia (1648) for signatories to those treaties.
Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. Historically, offenders have usually been apprehended by military personnel and tried by military tribunals.
Cœur de pirate (French for "Pirate Heart") is the stage name for Béatrice Martin (born September 22, 1989), a singer-songwriter from Quebec, Canada. In a report broadcast on the French second public channel, she explained she "chose such a name not to appear as an isolated musician, but to get a band identity from the start".
She started playing the piano when she was only three years old, and later played as a keyboardist in the post-hardcore band December Strikes First when she was 15 years old. After a brief stint as keyboardist for Bonjour Brumaire, she released her debut album Cœur de pirate in 2008 on Grosse Boîte. The album was subsequently nominated for Francophone Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards.
She attracted wider media attention in February 2009 when Francis Vachon, a photographer from Quebec City, used her song "Ensemble" as the soundtrack to a popular YouTube video depicting his baby son playing with toys, leading to coverage on Good Morning America.
In March 2009, Martin started an English side-project called Pearls, but hasn't taken it any further since then. She was seen performing with Jay Malinowski in May 2010 on Q, and talked about collaborating with him in the future.
Kanye Omari West ( /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American musician, film director and fashion designer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative album, Watch the Throne with Jay-Z in 2011, which is the duo's first collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of 2012, West has won a total of eighteen Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. All albums have been very commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of July 2011, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000 and "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000 placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.
Actors: Amante Pulido (actor), Cris Aquino (miscellaneous crew), T.A. Acierto (director), Vic Tiro (actor), T.A. Acierto (writer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (editor), Rodolfo Aves Jr. (producer), Robert Nunes (producer), Jill Palencia (actress), Robert Nunes (actor), Vanessa Ulgado (producer), Desiree Pe-Beasley (producer), Marti San Juan (actor),
Plot: Romy and Peewee are teenage orphans in the Philippines with an unusual job; they loot the cemeteries and steal precious belongings left for the dead. The townspeople are fed up with their disrespect for the dead that a hefty reward awaits for their capture. Desperate to flee the town, the sail to a desolated island only to encounter a greater foe - THE UNDEAD, victims of contagious alien virus that were unleashed from an ancient meteorite discovered by the obsessed American Scientist named William Seabrook. Trapped on an island and left with nothing to defend themselves, the grave bandits must use their wits to battle the swarm of flesh eating ghouls!
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Amante Pulido (actor), Cris Aquino (miscellaneous crew), T.A. Acierto (director), Vic Tiro (actor), T.A. Acierto (writer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (editor), Rodolfo Aves Jr. (producer), Robert Nunes (producer), Jill Palencia (actress), Robert Nunes (actor), Vanessa Ulgado (producer), Desiree Pe-Beasley (producer), Marti San Juan (actor),
Plot: Romy and Peewee are teenage orphans in the Philippines with an unusual job; they loot the cemeteries and steal precious belongings left for the dead. The townspeople are fed up with their disrespect for the dead that a hefty reward awaits for their capture. Desperate to flee the town, the sail to a desolated island only to encounter a greater foe - THE UNDEAD, victims of contagious alien virus that were unleashed from an ancient meteorite discovered by the obsessed American Scientist named William Seabrook. Trapped on an island and left with nothing to defend themselves, the grave bandits must use their wits to battle the swarm of flesh eating ghouls!
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Amante Pulido (actor), Cris Aquino (miscellaneous crew), T.A. Acierto (director), Vic Tiro (actor), T.A. Acierto (writer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (producer), T.A. Acierto (editor), Rodolfo Aves Jr. (producer), Robert Nunes (producer), Jill Palencia (actress), Robert Nunes (actor), Vanessa Ulgado (producer), Desiree Pe-Beasley (producer), Marti San Juan (actor),
Plot: Romy and Peewee are teenage orphans in the Philippines with an unusual job; they loot the cemeteries and steal precious belongings left for the dead. The townspeople are fed up with their disrespect for the dead that a hefty reward awaits for their capture. Desperate to flee the town, the sail to a desolated island only to encounter a greater foe - THE UNDEAD, victims of contagious alien virus that were unleashed from an ancient meteorite discovered by the obsessed American Scientist named William Seabrook. Trapped on an island and left with nothing to defend themselves, the grave bandits must use their wits to battle the swarm of flesh eating ghouls!
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror,Actors: Jeff Larson (writer), Jeff Larson (actor), Jeff Larson (producer), Jeff Larson (editor), Jeff Larson (director), Bryan Adams (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Bryan Adams (writer), Scott Souders (actor), Scott Souders (actor), Scott Souders (actor), David Farquharson (actor), David Farquharson (writer), Scott Souders (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Short,Actors: Mischa Barton (actress), Deuandra T. Brown (actress), David Spade (actor), Adrienne Bailon (actress), Zac Efron (actor), Kristen Bell (actress), Adam Sandler (actor), Jessica Alba (actress), Wilmer Valderrama (actor), Jennifer Aniston (actress), Dane Cook (actor), Nick Lachey (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Rachael Leigh Cook (actress), Sandra Bullock (actress),
Genres: Family,Actors: Sunshine Dizon (actress), Mel Kimura (actress), Rico Roman (actor), Amy Austria (actress), Allan Paule (actor), Dennis Trillo (actor), Dingdong Dantes (actor), Eddie Gutierrez (actor), Zoren Legaspi (actor), Dingdong Dantes (actor), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Paolo Contis (actor), Michael De Mesa (actor), Carmina Villaroel (actress), Iza Calzado (actress),
Plot: The spectacular film saga begins where the groundbreaking tele-fantasy ends... Aguiluz and Alwina's plan for a peaceful life as mortals is disrupted when their boat to the realm of man is caught in a violent storm. They wash up on separate shores, a young man and woman living without memories of who they are, and living separate lives. Aguiluz is adopted by a humble farmer and Alwina becomes the surrogate daughter of a wealthy family and is engaged to be married. But when Ravenum is resurrected by Pirena, his evil army wreaks havoc on Abila, threatening the survival of the entire Mulawin race. Their fate now hinges on the valor of two of its two greatest champions, Aguiluz and Alwina. But will remember who they are before it is too late?
Keywords: accident, adopted-daughter, amnesia, based-on-tv-series, bird, dragon, good-versus-evil, man-against-nature, storm, surrogate-motherActors: William S. Gilbert (writer), Arthur Sullivan (composer), Richard Suart (actor), Alan Spencer (director), Donald Maxwell (actor), Jill Pert (actress), Gaby Santinelli (actress), Lucy Fussell (actress), Ben Newhouse-Smith (actor), Ben Newhouse-Smith (actor), Mark Siney (actor), Mark Siney (actor), Anthea Kempston (actress), Richard Barrowclough (actor), Kate Brian (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Geoff Freeman (miscellaneous crew), William S. Gilbert (writer), Jo Cameron Brown (actress), Linda Ronstadt (actress), Anne V. Coates (editor), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Kevin Kline (actor), George Rose (actor), Angela Lansbury (actress), Louise Gold (actress), Maggie Unsworth (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Burrill (producer), Tim Bentinck (actor), Arthur Sullivan (composer), Tilly Vosburgh (actress),
Plot: This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta of the same name, with parts of other of their operettas stirred in. Frederick has fallen in love with sweet innocent Mabel. Yet his vocation is an impediment to their union. Perhaps the situation can be rectified by his old nurse, Ruth, who made a dreadful blunder years before. A highlight is the song/dance A Policeman's Lot is Not a Happy One.
Keywords: based-on-play, family-relationships, filmed-opera, gilbert-and-sullivan, orphan, pirateActors: Chuck Roberson (actor), Patrick Allen (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Jack Lambert (actor), Anthony Caruso (actor), James Craven (actor), Alan Mowbray (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), William Bendix (actor), Al Haskell (actor), Richard Egan (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Carl Harbaugh (actor), Dick Wessel (actor), Torin Thatcher (actor),
Plot: In 1674, "reformed" pirate Sir Henry Morgan is a high official in Jamaica, but Edward Maynard hopes to win a large reward by proving Morgan still dabbles in piracy. Maynard goes undercover as ship's surgeon with a Morgan henchman...who's been supplanted by notorious Blackbeard himself. Also on the ship is Edwina Mansfield, seemingly a damsel in distress, to whom there's much more than meets the eye.
Keywords: adventure-hero, alcoholic, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, brawl, buried-alive, cannon, character-name-in-title, color-in-titleActors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Edward Cecil (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Arthur Aylesworth (actor), A.S. 'Pop' Byron (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Ed Brady (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), James Burke (actor), Lane Chandler (actor),
Plot: In the War of 1812, the British have sacked Washington and hope to capture New Orleans, where pirate Jean Lafitte romances blueblooded Annette de Remy and openly sells his loot in a pirates' market. But he never attacks American ships. Can the British bribe Lafitte to help them? Can Lafitte persuade American authorities of his loyalty? Will a love triangle between Annette and pretty Dutch girl Gretchen (survivor of a pirates' prize) bring about Lafitte's undoing?
Keywords: american-flag, andrew-jackson, argument, aunt, barataria-bay-louisiana, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, battle-of-bladensburg, battle-of-new-orleans, bayou