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Michael ( /ˈmaɪkəl/) is a given name that comes from the Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל (Mikha'el), derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? (Hebrew pronunciation: [mi kəmo ʔelohim]) meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick. In Russian language, it is Mikhail and Mykhailo in Ukrainian.
Female forms of Michael include Michèle, Michelle, Michaela, Mechelle, Micheline, and Michaelle, although Michael is occasionally seen as a female name, with women named Michael including actresses Michael Learned and Michael Michele. Another form is Mychal, which can either be a male or female name. Surnames that come from Michael include Carmichael, Dimichele, MacMichael, McMichael, Micallef, Michaelson, Mikhaylov, Mykhaylenko, Michaels and Mitchell.
The name first appears in the Bible, Numbers 13:13, where Sethur the son of Michael is one of twelve spies sent into the Land of Canaan. The Archangel Michael, referred to later in the Bible (Daniel 12:1), is considered a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church. 29 September is the feast day of the three archangels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions. In doing so he has twice equaled the record eight medals of any type at a single Olympics achieved by Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. His five gold medals in individual events tied the single Games record set by compatriot Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics; his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972. Phelps' Olympic medal total is second only to the 18 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold. Phelps also holds the all-time record for most gold Olympic medals, at 14.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Actors: Lauren Hart (actress), Medeya Aaron (producer), Medeya Aaron (writer), Medeya Aaron (director), Medeya Aaron (editor), Katie Orjonikitze (producer), Nino Namitcheishvili (actor), Aaron Nasimov (actor), Bella Robertson (actor), Ariel Aaron (actor), Alyssa Timush (actor), Milena Mirsaeva (actress), Nicole Sparkle (actor), Benjamin Bonta (actor), Aaron Gelfenboym (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: David Saucedo (actor), Amir Levi (actor), Jamie Mehess (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Mehess (producer), Ed Zajac (actor), James E. Hurd Jr. (actor), David Abramsky (actor), Tommy Lukas (actor), Matt Watkins (editor), Matt Watkins (director), Matt Watkins (writer), Rachel Speth (actress), Kelly Keyser (actress), Nich Kauffman (actor), Peter Wassell (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Giuseppe Piva (writer), Giuseppe Piva (writer), Michele Basso (actor), Giuseppe Piva (editor), Giuseppe Piva (director), Gianpiero Aceto (actor), Massimo Barberi (actor), Andrea Bernini (writer), Andrea Bernini (writer), Alex Harris (composer), Elisa Tibussi (actress), Letizia Giangualano (actress), Davide Scaravaggi (miscellaneous crew), Sara Giacobbe (actress), Flavio Micheli (actor),
Plot: The road is a game reserve. Something dark and subtle melts with routine violence, replacing pain with chaos. Two men, two women, two stories that are about to slip away, except that the executioner becomes the insect between the claws of a curious cat. This is the night of Angelica.
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Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Andrew Martin-Smith (producer), Andrew Martin-Smith (editor), Andrew Martin-Smith (director), Andrew Martin-Smith (writer), Bronwen Roach (miscellaneous crew), Bronwen Roach (actress), Mike Ablett (producer), Bronwen Roach (producer), Mike Ablett (actor), Kaylan Worsnop (producer), Andrew Kilgour (composer), Stephanie Nikolaidis (actress), Mark Freeland (composer), Darren Hall (actor), Sanela Saric (actress),
Plot: In highschool, Sean wrote a teleplay for a hit TV series that was bought and played on a major network. Haied as a talented and ambitious young writer, he quickly rose to the status of local celebrity. All his family and friends predicted he'd go on to do great things. Now, five years later, Sean's friends have moved on to university and he's still living at home with his parents. Wandering the streets of Toronto, alone on Christmas Eve, he meets Alice, a young drifter running from an abusive boyfriend. They're drawn together despite their different backgrounds and, over the course of a night, learn to draw from each other's special strengths. Together, they work to conquor the hurt and fear that's been holding them back from moving on with their lives.
Keywords: canada, christmas, digital, one-word-title, peter-pan, street-kid, toronto-ontario-canada, writerActors: Peter Anthony Fields (director), Peter Anthony Fields (editor), Peter Anthony Fields (producer), Evonne Fields-Gould (producer), Evonne Fields-Gould (writer), Bruce Jennings (composer), Bruce Jennings (actor), Robert Abrams (actor), Eudi Tracey (actress), Eudi Tracey (producer), Elizabeth Gould (miscellaneous crew), Aja Martin (actress), Krissy Gasbarre (actress), Nicholas Hardaway (actor), Max Chernin (miscellaneous crew),
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