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Paradise (Avestan/Old Persian: Pairi.daêza; Koine Greek: Παράδεισος Parádeisos; Arabic: فردوس Firdaws) is a religious term for a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness. It is often used in the same context as that of utopia.
Paradisaical notions are cross-cultural, often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both. In eschatological contexts, paradise is imagined as an abode of the virtuous dead. In Christian and Islamic understanding, Heaven is a paradisaical relief, evident for example in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus tells a penitent criminal crucified alongside him that they will be together in paradise. In old Egyptian beliefs, the other-world is Aaru, the reed-fields of ideal hunting and fishing grounds where the dead lived after judgment. For the Celts, it was the Fortunate Isle of Mag Mell. For the classical Greeks, the Elysian fields was a paradisaical land of plenty where the heroic and righteous dead hoped to spend eternity. The Vedic Indians held that the physical body was destroyed by fire but recreated and reunited in the Third Heaven in a state of bliss. In the Zoroastrian Avesta, the "Best Existence" and the "House of Song" are places of the righteous dead. On the other hand, in cosmological contexts 'paradise' describes the world before it was tainted by evil. So for example, the Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall from grace, and the perfect state that will be restored in the World to Come.
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".
Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.
Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008. Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records. He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.
Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 to a mother and a father serving in the military. His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. His parents' military service caused him to move regularly: Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School.
Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Craig Williams (actor), Lauro Chartrand (actor), Jay Floyd (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Himelstein (miscellaneous crew), Danny Elfman (composer), Jack Black (producer), Josef Brandmaier (miscellaneous crew), Jack Black (actor), Peter Stormare (actor), Mike White (writer), Linda Stanley (miscellaneous crew), Mike White (producer), Billy Weber (editor), Richard Bronskill (miscellaneous crew), Deborah J. Chesebro (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Nacho (Black) is a monastery cook, who spends his day feeding orphans and being overlooked by the monastery. When Sister Encarnación (Reguera) arrive at the monastery, Nacho realises that the only way to win her affection and to save the children, will be by competing as a Luchador wrestler.
Keywords: cafeteria, character-name-in-title, chef, corn, cult-film, frat-pack, lucha-libre, masked-wrestler, mexico, monasteryActors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Jacques Méthé (producer), Jacques Méthé (director), Sylvain Lebel (editor), Martin Bolduc (producer), Taras Shevchenko (actor), Guy Laliberté (writer), Jocelyn Barnabé (director), Philippe Leduc (composer), Nicolas Arnaud (actor), Mary Sanders (actress), Estelle Esse (actress), Mary Sanders (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor), Rebecca Jose (actress), Grigor Pahlevanyan (actor),
Plot: A grand procession and festive parade imagined by a clown with awesome acrobatics. A theatrical world of comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. Corteo reveals the strength and fragility of a clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us.
Genres: Documentary, Family, Musical,Actors: Earl Derr Biggers (writer), Warner Oland (actor), Edward Peil Sr. (actor), John G. Blystone (director), H.B. Warner (actor), Marian Nixon (actress), Thomas A. Curran (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Alex Troffey (editor), James Kirkwood (actor), Ralph Morgan (actor), Philip Klein (writer), Charles McNaughton (actor), William P. Carleton (actor), James Wang (actor),
Genres: Mystery,Actors: Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Raymond Hatton (actor), Fred Huntley (actor), Claire Du Brey (actress), Adolph Zukor (producer), Ouida Bergère (writer), George Fitzmaurice (director), Lucien Littlefield (actor), Walter Long (actor), Bert Lytell (actor), Arthur Rankin (actor), Robert St. Angelo (actor), Betty Compson (actress), Anne Cornwall (actress), Theodore Kosloff (actor),
Genres: Romance,