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Brisbane ( /ˈbrɪzbən/) is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of approximately 2.1 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, approximately 23 km (14 mi) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River valley between the bay and the Great Dividing Range. While the metropolitan area is governed by several municipalities, a large portion of central Brisbane is governed by the Brisbane City Council, which is by far Australia's largest Local Government Area by population. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
Brisbane is named after the river on which it sits, which, in turn, was named after Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. The first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony at Redcliffe, 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the Brisbane central business district, in 1824. That settlement was soon abandoned and moved to North Quay in 1825. Free settlers were permitted from 1842. Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859.
Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈfeːdəʁɐ]) (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP No. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks from 2 February 2004 to 18 August 2008. Federer has occupied the #1 ranking for 285 overall weeks, one week short of the record 286 weeks held by Pete Sampras. As of 28 May 2012, he is ranked World No. 3. Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam and one of three (with Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to do so on three different surfaces (clay, grass, and hard courts). He is the only male player in tennis history to have reached the title match of each Grand Slam tournament at least five times and also the final at each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 Tournaments. Many sports analysts, tennis critics, and former and current players consider Federer to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 23 career Grand Slam tournament finals, including a men's record ten in a row, and appeared in 18 of 19 finals from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open, the lone exception being the 2008 Australian Open. He holds the record of reaching the semifinals or better of 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments over five and a half years, from the 2004 Wimbledon Championships through the 2010 Australian Open. At the 2012 Australian Open, he reached a record 31st consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. During the course of his run at the 2012 French Open in Roland Garros, Federer eclipsed Jimmy Connors long standing record of 233 match wins in Grand Slam tournaments when he defeated Adrian Ungur in a second round match.
Actors: George S. Clinton (composer), Sharon Cingle (miscellaneous crew), Audrey Wasilewski (actress), Jennifer Beals (actress), Corbin Bleu (actor), Alex L. Worman (miscellaneous crew), Kristen Stewart (actress), James Le Gros (actor), Robert Harvey (actor), John Carroll Lynch (actor), Sam Robards (actor), Dawn C. Dreiling (miscellaneous crew), Laurent Marchand (miscellaneous crew), Dave Kasubowski (miscellaneous crew), Robert Lepucki (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This is the story of a twelve-year-old named Maddy. Maddy and her adventurous father have always shared a love for mountain climbing. Their hobby, however, has a disastrous effect when a devastating accident on Mount Everest injures his spine, paralyzing him forever--unless he gets a very expensive operation. Determined to procure the money to pay for his surgery, Maddy decides to recruit two of her friends, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz kid, to help her pull off a risky heist. They plan to break into the local super-high-tech bank, which holds a vault suspended 100 feet off the floor, and get to its safe. To complicate matters even further, Maddy's mother works as the security chief at that very bank. Regardless of what obstacles she faces, Maddy is determined to get to the funds her father needs, by using the amazing climbing skills he taught her.
Keywords: animal-cruelty, architect, aspiring-actor, bank-heist, bank-manager, bank-robbery, bank-vault, bed, big-brother, brother-brother-relationshipActors: Gary Coleman (actor), Norman Lear (producer), Norman Lear (writer), Deborah Nadoolman (costume designer), David Hollander (actor), Christopher Gardner (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Olivier Hussenot (actor), Billy Kearns (actor), Alexandra Stewart (actress), Joëlle Bernard (actress), Henri Crémieux (actor), Dominique Zardi (actor), Gabrielle Doulcet (actress), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Michel Duchaussoy (actor), Lucien Raimbourg (actor), Jacques Rispal (actor), André Dussollier (actor), Charles Vanel (actor), Liza Braconnier (actress), Jean-Marie Arnoux (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Chuck Hamilton (actor), James Griffith (actor), Willis Bouchey (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Jack Elam (actor), Gavin Gordon (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), Peter Falk (actor), Jerome Cowan (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Glenn Ford (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor),
Plot: Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.
Keywords: affection, apple, apple-seller, bootlegging, christmas, cinderella, class-differences, comedy-of-manners, deception, dowagerActors: Oscar Micheaux (actor), Oscar Micheaux (producer), Oscar Micheaux (director), Oscar Micheaux (writer), Oscar Micheaux (writer), Byron Shores (actor), Clarence Brooks (actor), Alice B. Russell (actress), Alice B. Russell (miscellaneous crew), Alice B. Russell (producer), Alec Lovejoy (actor), Laura Bowman (actress), Willie 'The Lion' Smith (actor), 'Slick' Chester (actor), Lionel Monagas (actor),
Plot: A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Keywords: african-american, based-on-novel, based-on-true-story, murder, remakeActors: H.M. Walker (writer), Eddie Baker (actor), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Harry Bernard (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Otto Fries (actor), Billy Gilbert (actor), Donald Haines (actor), Dell Henderson (actor), Hal Roach (miscellaneous crew), Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins (actor), Harry Lucenay (miscellaneous crew), Charles Levin (miscellaneous crew), George 'Spanky' McFarland (actor), Richard C. Currier (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Hal Roach (miscellaneous crew), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Harry Bernard (actor), Otto Fries (actor), Donald Haines (actor), Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins (actor), H.M. Walker (writer), Robert F. McGowan (director), Richard C. Currier (editor), Charles Levin (miscellaneous crew), Harry Lucenay (miscellaneous crew), Lyle Tayo (actress), May Wallace (actress), Robert F. McGowan (producer), Hal Roach (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,