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The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Sialia of the thrush family (Turdidae). Bluebirds are one of the few thrush genera in the Americas. They have blue, or blue and red, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar and there is no noticeable difference in size between sexes.
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Bluebirds are territorial, prefer open grassland with scattered trees.(similar to many species of woodpecker). Bluebirds can typically produce between two and four broods during the spring and summer (March through August in the Northeastern United States). Males identify potential nest sites and try to attract prospective female mates to those nesting sites with special behaviors that include singing and flapping wings, and then placing some material in a nesting box or cavity. If the female accepts the male and the nesting site, she alone builds the nest and incubates the eggs.
Predators of young bluebirds in the nests can include snakes, cats and raccoons. Non-native and native bird species competing with bluebirds for nesting locations include the Common Starling, American Crow, and House Sparrow, which take over the nesting sites of bluebirds, killing young and smashing eggs and probably killing adult bluebirds.
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of the Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), he has been described by Guinness World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and with Lennon formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. After leaving the Beatles, he began a solo career and later formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
According to the BBC, his Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists—more than any other song. Wings' 1977 release, "Mull of Kintyre", became one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK, and he is "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history, according to Guinness. As a songwriter or co-writer, he is included on thirty-one number one titles on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2012 he has sold over 15.5 million RIAA certified units in the United States.
Actors: Jon Kamen (producer), Justin Wilkes (producer), John Tartaglia (actor), John Tartaglia (actor), John Tartaglia (actor), Brian d'Arcy James (actor), Sutton Foster (actress), Rachel Slansky (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Cody (actress), David Lindsay-Abaire (writer), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), Christopher Sieber (actor), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), Jason Moore (director),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Josias Tschanz (actor), Arthur Wilinski (editor), Arthur Wilinski (actor), Arthur Wilinski (producer), Arthur Wilinski (producer), Arthur Wilinski (writer), Arthur Wilinski (director), Jacob Troy (actor), Jonathan Cenzual Burley (actor), Annika Beaulieu (actress), Jean Marc Burger (actor), Alessio Giottoli (actor), Nucio Inocenzi (actor), Cesare Riatti (actor), Cecilia Genovese Sabbianera (actress),
Plot: It's 1912 on the unforgiving foothills of the Andes. All of Argentina was looking for gold. But when the gold runs out, these fortune seekers turn on each other for survival, love and whatever bounty they can get. Shot on the beautiful Pampas of Argentina, The Coyote's Moon is an entirely new twist on the Western as we know it.
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Western,Actors: Shaun Robertson (editor), Shaun Robertson (producer), Shaun Robertson (writer), Shaun Robertson (director), Amy Telford (actress), Davy Simmons (actor), Shaun Robertson (actor), Shaun Robertson (actor), Kate Pymm (actress), Steven Winnie (actor), Brian Joseph (actor), Kamil Mylinski (actor), Daniel Spiller (actor), Maria Carter (actress), Matty Young (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Marius Petipa (miscellaneous crew), Ross MacGibbon (producer), Ross MacGibbon (director), Frederick Ashton (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Dowell (miscellaneous crew), Martin Harvey (actor), Ninette de Valois (miscellaneous crew), Oliver Messel (costume designer), Christopher Wheeldon (miscellaneous crew), Monica Mason (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Saunders (actor), Ricardo Cervera (actor), Lauren Cuthbertson (actress), Genesia Rosato (actress), Marianela Nuñez (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Timothy Spall (actor), Julie Andrews (actress), James Marsden (actor), Fred Tatasciore (actor), John Rothman (actor), Amy Adams (actress), Kevin Cannon (actor), Jeff Bennett (actor), Patrick Dempsey (actor), Matt Servitto (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Don Abernathy (actor), David Boston (actor), Susan Sarandon (actress), Jodi Benson (actress),
Plot: The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Keywords: 2000s, african-american, animal, apple, aquarium, ball-the-dance, barefoot, bicycle, bird, black-americanActors: Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Joe Spinell (actor), Michael Pataki (actor), Michael Keaton (actor), Basil Hoffman (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), Ron Howard (actor), Pat Corley (actor), Kevin Costner (actor), Clint Howard (actor), Beau Billingslea (actor), Ron Howard (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), Shannen Doherty (actress), Henry Winkler (actor),
Plot: A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night as their brothel. Against his better judgement, he gets talked into the idea, only to find that it's more than his boss that has objections to this bit of entrepreneurship.
Keywords: alka-seltzer, bite-mark-on-butt, broken-doorbell, business, cartoon-on-tv, cash-in-coffee-can, cheat-with-chocolate, christmas-party, christmas-tree, corpseActors: Ned Dowd (miscellaneous crew), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Melinda Dillon (actress), Swoosie Kurtz (actress), Paul Newman (actor), Tom Bronson (costume designer), Michael Ontkean (actor), Strother Martin (actor), M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Lindsay Crouse (actress), Macon McCalman (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), Ned Dowd (actor), Marvin Weldon (miscellaneous crew), Ruth Santarone (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Located in the US Rust Belt, Charlestown is home of the hapless Chiefs, a losing Federal League hockey team whose games are poorly attended. To make money, the team's unknown owner makes its manager, Joe McGrath, do cheesy publicity much to the players' chagrin. Rumors abound among the players that if the local mill closes, the team will fold. Just before the official announcement is made, the team's aging player/coach, Reggie Dunlop, does get wind that the mill is indeed closing and that this season will be the team's last. Beyond efforts to reconcile with his wife Francine, who loves Reggie but doesn't love his career, Reggie begins to focus on how to renew interest in the team for a possible sale as he knows if the team folds, his hockey career is over. Without telling anyone of his plan, he begins a rumor that the owner is negotiating a sale with a city in Florida. He also decides that "goon" hockey - most especially using the untapped talents of the recently acquired childlike but quietly menacing Hanson brothers - is the way to renew local interest. It works as the team begins to attract new fans, sell out games, sell out away games attended largely by their groupies, and win, which does fuel the rumor of a sale. The one team member who doesn't like this new style is Ned Braden, a college graduate who plays the game solely because he loves it. His hockey career is against the wishes of his tomboyish wife, Lily, who hates everything about Charlestown and being a hockey wife. Reggie's goal of winning the league championship and having the team sold takes a turn when he finally meets the team's owner and discovers the owner's motivations. Ned, with his own views of what is right and wrong in hockey, may come up with an unexpected way to achieve all their goals.
Keywords: 1970s, airborne-vehicle, alcoholism, ambulance, arguing-with-a-referee, bare-butt, bare-chested-male, beauty-parlor, booster-club, bouncing-breastsActors: Eddie Albert (actor), Charlotte Flemming (costume designer), E.T.A. Hoffmann (writer), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer), Eddie Albert (actor), Anneliese Schönnenbeck (editor), Marius Petipa (miscellaneous crew), Heinz Liesendahl (director), Kurt Jacob (writer), Kurt Jacob (miscellaneous crew), Edward Villella (actor), Edward Villella (actor), Margot Werner (actress), Lev Ivanov (miscellaneous crew), Hannes Winkler (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Eddie Albert (actor), Charlotte Flemming (costume designer), E.T.A. Hoffmann (writer), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer), Eddie Albert (actor), Anneliese Schönnenbeck (editor), Marius Petipa (miscellaneous crew), Heinz Liesendahl (director), Kurt Jacob (writer), Kurt Jacob (miscellaneous crew), Edward Villella (actor), Edward Villella (actor), Margot Werner (actress), Lev Ivanov (miscellaneous crew), Hannes Winkler (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Frank Tashlin (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Cupid (who looks suspiciously like Elmer Fudd) is on the prowl around the farm. With his ever-accurate arrows (which have their tips replaced with suction cups for safety's sake), he spreads love to sometimes unwilling recipients. But when he sets his sights on Daffy, the duck wants no part of it. When Elm...erm...Cupid fires the largest arrow at his disposal at the hapless duck, Daffy falls for the nearest hen...who happens to be the main squeeze of the cock of the walk...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, cupid, evil-smile, looney-tunes, reference-to-daffy-duck, reference-to-elmer-fudd, surrealism