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Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrzej, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andrius, Andreas, Andreu, Anders, Antero and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names for boys in those countries. In Italian, the equivalent to "Andrew" is "Andrea", though "Andrea" is feminine in most other languages. Andrew is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew".
The word is derived from the Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas, itself related to Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός aner/andros, "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning "manly" and, as consequence, "strong", "courageous", and "warrior". In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew.
In 1990, the name Andrew was the seventh most popular name in Australia. In 1980, it was the 19th most common name, while in 1970, it was the 31st most common name. Andrew was the second most popular boys name in the Northern Territory in 1980. In Victoria, Andrew was the third most popular name for a boy in the 1970s.
Andrew Wegman Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Trained in the Suzuki method from the age of four, Bird graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1991 and Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in violin performance in 1996. That same year he self-released his first solo album, Music of Hair. Vastly different from his later work, this album showcased his violin skills and paid tribute to his fascination with both American and European folk traditions, as well as jazz and blues. Following this, his initial commercial exposure came through collaborative work with the band Squirrel Nut Zippers, appearing on three of their albums (Hot, Sold Out, and Perennial Favorites) between 1996 and 1998.
Taking on the role of bandleader, Bird released Thrills on Rykodisc in 1997 with his group Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, shortly followed by second album Oh! The Grandeur in 1998. Both albums were heavily influenced by traditional folk, pre-war jazz, and swing, with Bird relying on the violin as his primary musical instrument, as well as providing vocals along with his trademark verbose lyrics. The Bowl of Fire featured musicians from Bird's home town of Chicago, including Kevin O'Donnell, Joshua Hirsch, Nora O'Connor, Andy Hopkins, Jimmy Sutton, Colin Bunn, and Ryan Hembrey. During this period, Andrew Bird was a member of the jazz group Kevin O'Donnells Quality Six, for which he was the lead singer and violinist and contributed to arrangements and songwriting for the albums Heretic Blues (Delmark 1999) and Control Freak (Delmark 2000) (both Delmark albums were produced by Raymond Salvatore Harmon).
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success. At the age of nineteen she received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Criminal" from that album in 1998.
After Tidal, Apple released the critically acclaimed, though less commercially successful albums, When the Pawn... (1999) and Extraordinary Machine (2005). A perceived shelving of Extraordinary Machine was met with vocal protests from her fans, who campaigned against her record label in 2005. Apple's musical style contains elements of jazz and alternative rock.
Born in New York City, Apple is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart. Her older sister, Amber, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart. Her half brother Spencer is a director and directed the video for her single "Parting Gift." Her half brother Garett Maggart starred in the TV series The Sentinel. In addition, her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra. Apple was raped at the age of twelve, a trauma she would later allude to in songs such as "Sullen Girl."
Actors: Kelly McGillis (actress), Dale Dye (actor), Sean Bridgers (actor), Kenny Johnson (actor), Chris Cleveland (actor), Charles Huddleston (director), Charles Huddleston (writer), Meredith Jackson (actress), Emma Rayne Lyle (actress), Michele Martín (actress), Michele Martín (writer), Hunter Wentworth (miscellaneous crew), Brad Worch II (actor), Caleb Emery (actor), David Dickson Reynolds (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jon Endre Mørk (editor), Brady Corbet (actor), Brady Corbet (writer), Håkon Øverås (producer), Karin Julsrud (producer), Turid Øversveen (producer), Ryan Piotrowicz (miscellaneous crew), Schuyler Weiss (producer), Julie Christeas (producer), Corinne Kassor (miscellaneous crew), Tim Duff (producer), Gitte Witt (actress), Christopher Abbott (actor), Mike Mazzotta (editor), Andreas O'Donohue Villaggio (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A young couple, Kaia and Andrew, are renovating Kaia's secluded family estate. Their lives are violently disrupted upon the unexpected arrival of Kaia's sister, Christine, and her fiancé, Ira. Prior tensions and jealousies burgeon as new alliances form and childhood patterns resurface. As the days grow darker and the nights more disturbing, Kaia is forced to confront Christine's increasingly tangled perception of reality, which in turn may have begun to alter her own. When one of the four characters goes missing, the three left behind are flung into upheaval trying to fill in the blanks.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Illeana Douglas (actress), William Mapother (actor), Greg Grunberg (actor), Will Leon (actor), Craig Stuart Garfinkle (composer), Deborah Rombaut (actress), Luciana Lagana (actress), Assaf Cohen (actor), Gregory Graham (actor), Edward Joyce (actor), Louis Iacoviello (actor), Jennifer Goebel (actress), Tomas Johansson (actor), Cici Lau (actress), Osa Danam (actress),
Plot: It's Dark Here is the true story of Jason Tennies, an extremely gifted and accomplished young man -- a black belt in karate, a college student, a talented musician and most especially, the beloved only child of David and Linda. When Jason inexplicably and without warning suffers a schizophrenic break, his parents scramble desperately to get him the help he requires. In five short days, they must watch helplessly as their beloved son disappears before their eyes. As they endure this nightmare, they cannot help but reflect on happier times and what might have been while also facing the potential outcome for their family.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Breven Angaelica Warren (actress), Jim York (producer), Heath McKnight (producer), Herb Sennett (miscellaneous crew), Josh Medeiros (actor), Jared Adams (actor), Claudia Gonzales (writer), Marco Argiro (composer), Claudia Gonzales (director), Claudia Gonzales (editor), Claudia Gonzales (producer), Perry Meth (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jett Blakk (director), Jett Blakk (producer), Doug Jeffries (actor), Jett Blakk (writer), Johnny Deep (actor), Andy Hunter (actor), Ann Igma (editor), Andrew Addams (actor), Nick Piston (actor), Alan Gregory (actor), Fyerfli (actor), Bo Knight (actor), Tony Scalia (actor), Sean Steele (actor),
Plot: A warehouse owner is about to go out of business, until he decides to turn the place into a gay sex club at night, but the town mayor is determined to shut them down, unless he releases an order of condoms for the local planned parenthood organization.
Keywords: hardcore, sexActors: Anita Brandt-Burgoyne (editor), Joseph Conlan (composer), Betty White (actress), Tony Danza (actor), Lea Thompson (actress), Dana Dubé (miscellaneous crew), French Tickner (actor), Gwynyth Walsh (actress), Colin Cunningham (actor), Don MacKay (actor), Alvin Sanders (actor), Malcolm Stewart (actor), Alf Humphreys (actor), Violet Barisoff (miscellaneous crew), Margo MacPherson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jack Clayton can only escape after his partner in crime Harry Zordich messes up a Christmas sales department sore robbery in a Santa suit. Stuck in a rural small town, he finds himself forced to accept a menial job under the alias Oscar Burton as Santa in Sarah Gibson's nursery. Jack relaxes when invited in their home and proves a good substitute father for Sarah's frustrated fatherless daughter Noelle. Widow Emily Sutton's nostalgic Christmas shop completes his nostalgia, and becomes crucial when his ex-con cahoot turns up to plan a bank robbery. Sarah's admirer keeps warning the sheriff against 'Oscar', who meanwhile teaches the town how to fight off competition from the city mall.
Keywords: christmas, christmas-eve, christmas-tree, christmas-tree-lot, competition, criminal, escape, explosion, false-identity, father-figureActors: Jett Blakk (director), Doug Jeffries (actor), Jett Blakk (writer), Jett Blakk (producer), Jason Ridge (actor), Jason Ridge (actor), Ann Igma (editor), Peter O'Brian (actor), Rob Romoni (actor), Andrew Addams (actor), Paul Johnson (actor), Alex Leon (actor), Sal Correlli (actor), Jake Render (composer), Beau Boudreau (producer),
Plot: Jason owes the mob $50,000 in gamblind debts and has one day to pay it back, or hitman Ballsy will whack him. He discovers a long-lost identical twin and decides to switch places with him in the hopes that Ballsy will get them mixed up and kill his brother instead.
Keywords: gay, hardcore, sexActors: Carl Marotte (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), Craig Eldridge (actor), Bill Lake (actor), Dug Rotstein (miscellaneous crew), Kim Roberts (actress), Robert Michael Lewis (producer), Fred Eldridge (miscellaneous crew), Eve Crawford (actress), Shannon Lawson (actress), Eardley Wilmot (miscellaneous crew), Jay Ferguson (composer), Jason Beghe (actor), Park Overall (actress), Shane Daly (actor),
Plot: A mother searches for five years to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his kidnappers.
Keywords: based-on-true-story, boy, child-kidnapping, children, family-relationships, post-traumatic-stress, prayerActors: Barry Dignam (director), Barry Dignam (producer), Barry Dignam (writer), Frank Coughlan (actor), Sarah Pilkington (actress), Caroline Rothwell (actress), Katherina Fay (producer), Conor McKiernan (producer), Andrew Lovern (actor), Michelle Spillane (editor), Loclann Aiken (actor), Kevin McCarthy (writer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,