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Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals, but is also found in other animals.
The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair. Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth, hair types and hair care, but hair is also an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein, notably keratin. In many human societies, women predominantly grow the hair on their head long while men cut theirs short.
The word "hair" often refers to two distinct structures:
Hair fibers have a structure consisting of several layers. Starting from the outside:
Each strand of hair is made up of the medulla, cortex, and cuticle. The innermost region, the medulla, is not always present and is an open, unstructured region. The highly structural and organized cortex, or middle layer of the hair, is the primary source of mechanical strength and water uptake. The cortex contains melanin, which colors the fiber based on the number, distribution and types of melanin granules. The shape of the follicle determines the shape of the cortex, and the shape of the fiber is related to how straight or curly the hair is. Asian hair typically has a round fiber and is quite straight. Oval and irregularly shaped fibers are generally more wavy or even curly. The cuticle is the outer covering. Its complex structure slides as the hair swells and is covered with a single molecular layer of lipid that makes the hair repel water. The diameter of human hair varies from 17 to 180 micrometers (0.00067 to 0.0071 in).
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Actors: Erik Feig (producer), Angelo Vacco (miscellaneous crew), Adam Shankman (producer), John Archer Lundgren (actor), Aaron Zigman (composer), David Linck (miscellaneous crew), Cristhian Andrews (actor), Peter Gallagher (actor), Ron Shimshilashvili (actor), Marc Macaulay (actor), Eric Ladd (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Booko (miscellaneous crew), Justin Begnaud (miscellaneous crew), Ricou Browning Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Michael James 'Scotty' Scott (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The Mob sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew in elaborate, cutting-edge flash mobs, called "The Mob". When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands-of people, Emily must work together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.
Keywords: arrest, art-gallery, audition, city-council, dance, dance-club, dance-company, dance-instructor, dancer, father-daughter-relationshipActors: Petre Arsovski (actor), Jordanco Cevrevski (actor), Tony Naumovski (actor), Ky Evans (actor), Nikola Ristanovski (actor), Djordji Jolevski (actor), Sasko Kocev (actor), Alisija Ferro (miscellaneous crew), Senko Velinov (actor), Slavisha Kajevski (actor), Gorast Cvetkovski (actor), Igor Angelov (actor), Visar Vishka (actor), Pavel Jech (writer), Igor Stojcevski (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,Actors: Ellie Land (actor), Samuel Blain (producer), Samuel Blain (producer), Samuel Blain (director), Samuel Blain (editor), Russell Blain (actor), Lynda Blain (actress), Frankie Reeds (actor), Patricia Charters (actor), Samuel English (actor), Paul Hudson (actor), Emily Johnston (actor),
Plot: In Dreams is a profound and experimental documentary focusing on the weirdest and most vivid dreams of normal individuals. After numerous interviews, five of the most imaginative and outstanding interviews were selected for the documentary. The film is a combination of live action and computer-generated imagery, replacing each actors face with a representation of their mind.
Genres: Animation, Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Ellie Land (actor), Samuel Blain (producer), Samuel Blain (producer), Samuel Blain (director), Samuel Blain (editor), Russell Blain (actor), Lynda Blain (actress), Frankie Reeds (actor), Patricia Charters (actor), Samuel English (actor), Paul Hudson (actor), Emily Johnston (actor),
Plot: In Dreams is a profound and experimental documentary focusing on the weirdest and most vivid dreams of normal individuals. After numerous interviews, five of the most imaginative and outstanding interviews were selected for the documentary. The film is a combination of live action and computer-generated imagery, replacing each actors face with a representation of their mind.
Genres: Animation, Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Monique Dupree (actress), Adam Shankman (producer), Marc C. Geschwind (miscellaneous crew), Kathy Najimy (actress), Bear McCreary (composer), Naeem Uzimann (actor), Erik Feig (producer), Stephanie Angel (miscellaneous crew), Peter Conboy (actor), John Jillard Sr. (actor), Harry Shum Jr. (actor), Carol McConnaughey (miscellaneous crew), Chas Scherer (actor), David Nicksay (producer), Mark Blum (actor),
Plot: A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), team up with NYU freshman Moose (Sevani), and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Keywords: 3-d, 3-dimensional, 3d-in-title, auction, boom-box, brother-sister-relationship, college, college-student, contest, danceActors: Quentin Lee (actor), Chris Dinh (actor), Timo Chen (actor), Grace Su (editor), Grace Su (producer), Gina Hiraizumi (actress), Becky Wu (actress), Karin Anna Cheung (director), Karin Anna Cheung (writer), Nadine Truong (actress), Karin Anna Cheung (producer), Joe Ho (actor), Lanny Joon (actor), Jon Maxwell (actor), Narhee Ahn (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Anne Fletcher (producer), Channing Tatum (actor), Erik Feig (producer), Aaron Zigman (composer), Christina Hwang (miscellaneous crew), Allyn Camp (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Adam Shankman (producer), Alison Faulk (actress), Harry Shum Jr. (actor), Paul Fahrenkopf (actor), Matthew Dillon Noonan (miscellaneous crew), Paul Fahrenkopf (actor), David Nicksay (producer), Michyl-Shannon Quilty (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Following the death of her parents, teen-aged Andie West is living with her mother's best friend, Sarah. Andie, who doesn't care about school, is trying to figure out where she fits in in life. The only thing she loves is dancing with her street crew, the 410, led by Tuck. The 410 are the most notorious of the street crews in Baltimore and are wanted by the police for their acts of vandalism and public mischief. Sarah threatens to send Andie to live with relatives in Texas unless she cleans up her act, which includes ending her association with the 410 and trying harder at school. Andie's neighborhood friend, Tyler Gage, convinces Andie to audition for entry into the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA), an institution which ended up turning his life around for the better. Andie passes the audition but isn't sure she fits in there. The school's director, Blake Collins, isn't sure she fits in there either. Blake is a brilliant dancer but looks for conformity to his way. After learning that Andie's absences from rehearsals are due to her new association with MSA, Tuck kicks her out of the 410. Chase Collins, a dance student at MSA, convinces Andie to start her own street dance crew using all the dance misfits from MSA i.e. those that don't conform to Blake's way of thinking. Chase feels like he's one of those misfits being Blake's brother and living in his shadow. This new association brings up a few conflicts within Andie, as her new dance crew tries to gain respect on the streets, especially among her old and judgmental friends, and as she and the crew try to hide the fact of what they're doing from Blake, who ultimately threatens expulsion from the school of anyone participating in the illegal street competitions.
Keywords: audition, dance, dance-contest, death-of-parent, fund-raiser, high-school, high-school-student, kissing-in-the-rain, no-opening-credits, number-in-titleActors: Gaël Maleux (actor), Daniel Henry (editor), Daniel Henry (writer), Daniel Henry (director), Wendell Pinto (actor), Anne Dethier (actress), Christian Maquet (actor), Wendell Pinto (actor), Jean-Pierre Burette (actor), Alain Glat (actor), Vincent Kelner (actor), Françoise Defraigne (actress), Michèle Hendrix (actress), Albert Budo (writer), Hugo Van de Plas (actor),
Plot: Summer 1870 : Baroness Clotilda dei Lucanigro and her cousin Gesualda are in church in their small Napolitan village. Outside the church a bunch of beggars can be found. A bouncing football crosses the frame. Spectator was cheated on : they just discovered the first scenes of a film being shot for the Belgian Television. The two ladies stop their acting. The director shouts « cut ! » Certain is a tension on the shooting : one of the actors (Gaël) hasn't yet arrived in Italy, and the planning may have to be reconsidered. Also the film is being shot in Piedmont with a Napolitan background, which historically is a non-sense and villagers don't approve. Eric, the actor impersonating a priest, has a crush on Paolo, a young Italian boy who is always around with his girlfriend. Little by little, Eric will seduce Paolo and open his mind to his real himself. But Gaël won't come, and the films must stop : everybody is to go back to Brussels. Paolo stays in his village, but his life has changed.
Genres: Short,Actors: Steve Buscemi (actor), James Le Gros (actor), Peter Dinklage (actor), Dermot Mulroney (producer), Robert M. Sertner (producer), Dermot Mulroney (actor), Catherine Keener (actress), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Kevin Corrigan (actor), Norman Fields (actor), Norman Fields (actor), Ellen Lutter (costume designer), Elizabeth Zagrany (miscellaneous crew), Kim Yu (miscellaneous crew), Marcus Viscidi (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Anthony Redman (editor), Kristi Frankenheimer (miscellaneous crew), Victor Argo (actor), Abel Ferrara (director), Leonard L. Thomas (actor), Kimberly Edwards (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Redman (actor), Jesse Long (actor), Madonna (actress), James Russo (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor), Ante Novakovic (miscellaneous crew), Rachel Aberly (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Eddie Israel is a moviemaker. He is beginning the shooting of "The mother of mirrors", starring Francis Burns and Sarah Jennings. "The mother of mirrors" is the story of the last night of a couple falling into decay. Eddie is very demanding with the actors, and the heavy atmosphere of the film acts upon the daily life of the protagonists.
Keywords: divorce, drugs, film-in-film, filmmaking, independent-film, psychological-drama