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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance.
Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Both Clintons received law degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as Chair of the National Governors Association.
George Soros ( /ˈsɔroʊs/ or /ˈsɔrəs/;Hungarian: Soros György; Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]; born August 12, 1930, as Schwartz György) is a Hungarian-American business magnate,investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes. He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his US$1 billion in investment profits during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.
Between 1979 and 2011, Soros gave away over $8 billion to human rights, public health, and education causes. He played a significant role in the peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in Hungary (1984–89), and provided Europe's largest higher education endowment to Central European University in Budapest. Soros is also the chairman of the Open Society Institute.
Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary to a well-to-do, nonobservant Jewish family. His mother Elizabeth (also known as Erzebet), whom Tivadar married in 1924, came from a family that owned a thriving silk shop. His father Tivadar (also known as Teodoro) was a lawyer and had been a prisoner of war during and after World War I until he escaped from Russia and rejoined his family in Budapest. Tivadar was an Esperantist writer and taught George to speak Esperanto from birth. Soros later said that he grew up in a Jewish home and that his parents were cautious with their religious roots. Soros was thirteen years old in March 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. Soros took a job with the Jewish Council, which had been established during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Soros later described this time to writer Michael Lewis:
Actors: Craig Knitt (miscellaneous crew), Craig Knitt (actor), Darren Wiczek (director), Darren Wiczek (editor), Darren Wiczek (actor), Darren Wiczek (producer), Darren Wiczek (writer), Craig Larson (actor), Joseph Kraus (miscellaneous crew), Cameron Chapin (actor), Michael Detert (actor), Shawn Brantmeier (actress), Annamarie Sullivan (actress), Jason Adair (actor),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Roman Madyanov (actor), Sergey Selyanov (producer), Olga Khokhlova (actress), Vladimir Sychyov (actor), Igor Artashonov (actor), Aleksey Shemes (actor), Nikolay Boklan (actor), Dmitriy Kulichkov (actor), Viktor Suprun (actor), Kirill Safonov (actor), Kirill Boltaev (actor), Svetlana Stepankovskaya (actress), Oleg Protasov (actor), Giorgi Gurgulia (actor), Sergey Nasibov (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Bruno Bichir (actor), Demian Bichir (actor), Tomas Eskilsson (producer), John Kavanagh (actor), Pat Laffan (actor), James Cosmo (actor), Conor Slattery (miscellaneous crew), Uli Simon (costume designer), Jean-François Wolff (actor), Frankie McCafferty (actor), Donncha Crowley (actor), Morgan Bushe (producer), Jeanette McGrath (miscellaneous crew), Gast Waltzing (composer), Macdara Kelleher (producer),
Plot: The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Matthew Lillard (director), Abe Levy (editor), Bill Marchant (producer), Rachael Wegener (producer), Rachael Wegener (actress), Jared Abrahamson (actor), Arielle Tuliao (actress), Kyle Cossairt (writer), Whitney Underwood (actress), Dalton Grant (composer), Arielle Josephine (actress), Devon Copico (actress),
Plot: Hollywood Actor Matthew Lillard, Directs this Award winning film about the struggles of life when loved ones are posted to fight in the war. A heart moving in sight into the life of a lonely Military officers wife's life after her newly wed husband is posted for duty in Afghanistan . Heart chillingly real, with a warm supportive young talented cast to carry this film. Beautifully shot and lit. Sponsored by Phoniex One International Films .
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jon Kamen (producer), Jon Rekdal (composer), Zennia M. Barahona (producer), Derek Cianfrance (director), Noah Harlan (producer), David S. Merrill (miscellaneous crew), Greg Schultz (producer), Gregory Brunkalla (editor), Glenda Pannell (actress), Mimmye Goode (actress), Kirt Gunn (writer), Robert McDonough (actor), Jesper Gudbergsen (costume designer), Jesper Gudbergsen (actor), Emerson Able Jr. (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Christopher Dillon (producer), Christopher Dillon (editor), Christopher Dillon (director), Christopher Dillon (writer), Seith Mann (editor), Heather Zicko (actress), Manish Acharya (actor), Jason Moran (composer), Elise Greven (producer), Judiaann Woo (producer), Judiaann Woo (actress), Allison Batty (actress), Heather Ballantyne (actress), Jonathan Molitor (actor), Danger (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Ricky Tomlinson (actor), Johnny Vegas (actor), Wayne Docksey (miscellaneous crew), Imelda Staunton (actress), Elizabeth Tremblay (miscellaneous crew), Sean Barton (editor), David A. Hughes (composer), Michael Angelis (actor), Paul Barber (actor), Chris Patterson (miscellaneous crew), Vadim Jean (producer), Tom Georgeson (actor), Ian Puleston-Davies (actor), Jake Abraham (actor), Reece Noi (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family,Actors: Eddie Acuff (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Phil Brown (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Jerome Cowan (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), Otto Kruger (actor), Jack Overman (actor), Charles Wagenheim (actor), Paul Sawtell (composer), Harold Young (director), Fred R. Feitshans Jr. (editor), Phil Brown (miscellaneous crew), Morgan Cox (producer), M. Coates Webster (writer),
Plot: Once again Paula ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor. By this time, Paula's been brain damaged by experiences in the last film, so there's not much for her to do except wander around.
Keywords: ape, brain-surgery, disfigured-face, infatuation, kidnapping, lycanthropy, mad-doctor, medical-research, morgue, multiple-murdersActors: Eddie Acuff (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), William Hopper (actor), Douglas Kennedy (actor), Edward Norris (actor), Wedgwood Nowell (actor), John Ridgely (actor), Larry Steers (actor), Leo White (actor), Louise Bates (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Walter Abel (actor), Frank M. Thomas (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Larry Steers (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Vinton Hayworth (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor), Chester Morris (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Paul Stanton (actor), Anthony Warde (actor),
Plot: A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.
Keywords: based-on-play, central-park-manhattan-new-york-city, confession-of-crime, dancing, empire-state-building-manhattan-new-york-city, engagement, false-accusation, gangster, gunfire, gunshot-wound