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Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity or object of worship through deliberate communication. Prayer can be a form of religious practice, may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and worship/praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing sins or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others.
Most major religions involve prayer in one way or another. Some ritualize the act of prayer, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a restriction on who is permitted to pray, while others teach that prayer may be practiced spontaneously by anyone at any time.
Andrea Bocelli, OMRI, OMDSM (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa boˈtʃɛlli]; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a football accident.
Since winning the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1994, Bocelli has recorded thirteen solo studio albums, of both pop and classical music, two greatest hits albums, and eight complete operas, selling over 75 million records worldwide. Thus, he is the biggest-selling solo artist in the history of classical music and has caused core classical repertoire to "cross over" to the top of international pop charts and into previously uncharted territory in popular culture.
In 1998, he was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1999, his nomination for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards marked the first, and so far only time a classical artist had been nominated in the category, since Leontyne Price, in 1961.The Prayer, his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film The Quest for Camelot, won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. With the release of his classical album, Sacred Arias, Bocelli captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, as he simultaneously held the top 3 positions on the US classical albums charts. Six of his albums have since reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200, and a record-setting 8, have topped the classical albums charts in the United States.
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC OQ, (French pronunciation: [selin djɔ̃] ( listen); born March 30, 1968), is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the English-language album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.
Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada.
Actors: Luigi Illica (writer), Giuseppe Giacosa (writer), Victorien Sardou (writer), Steve Eveleigh (editor), Bryn Terfel (actor), Angela Gheorghiu (actress), Jonas Kaufmann (actor), Antonio Pappano (actor), Jonathan Haswell (director), Paul Brown (costume designer), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (actor), Royal Opera Chorus (actor), Royal Opera Chorus (actor), Jeremy White (actor), Duncan Macfarland (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Music,Actors: Filipe Araujo (producer), Filipe Araujo (editor), Filipe Araujo (director), João Lopes Marques (producer), João Lopes Marques (actor), João Lopes Marques (writer), Tamara Kandelaki (producer), Darejan Bregvadze (actress), Ia Bagration-Mukhraneli (actress), Apolon Chachiashvili (actor), Irakli Ghutidze (actor), Petre Kochakidze (actor), Sergo Tvalchrelidze (actor), Irina Atoev (actress), Eduard Atoev (actor),
Plot: Entirely filmed in Georgia, "Iberiana" is a short film where fictional narrative borders documentary and performance while adopting a thesis that dates back to Ancient Greece. Because some still believe the Iberian Peninsula had its genesis in the Caucasus, a Basque painter tries to find its roots traveling through the other Iberia: the oriental one.
Keywords: caucasus, georgia-europe, iberiaActors: Filipe Araujo (producer), Filipe Araujo (editor), Filipe Araujo (director), João Lopes Marques (producer), João Lopes Marques (actor), João Lopes Marques (writer), Tamara Kandelaki (producer), Darejan Bregvadze (actress), Ia Bagration-Mukhraneli (actress), Apolon Chachiashvili (actor), Irakli Ghutidze (actor), Petre Kochakidze (actor), Sergo Tvalchrelidze (actor), Irina Atoev (actress), Eduard Atoev (actor),
Plot: Entirely filmed in Georgia, "Iberiana" is a short film where fictional narrative borders documentary and performance while adopting a thesis that dates back to Ancient Greece. Because some still believe the Iberian Peninsula had its genesis in the Caucasus, a Basque painter tries to find its roots traveling through the other Iberia: the oriental one.
Keywords: caucasus, georgia-europe, iberiaActors: Robin Zamora (actor), Robin Zamora (producer), Michael Clark (actor), Michael Clark (producer), Michael Clark (writer), Michael Clark (director),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Jeremy Sisto (actor), Michael A. Goorjian (miscellaneous crew), Michael A. Goorjian (editor), Michael A. Goorjian (director), Mark Twain (writer), Tim Sullivan (actor), Thomas Dekker (actor), Marco Sanchez (writer), Marco Sanchez (producer), Susan Farese (actress), Anthony Fitzgerald (actor), Chris Ferreira (composer), Noah Veneklasen (producer), Jennifer Austin (miscellaneous crew), Reno Ursal (actor),
Plot: Outraged by American military intervention in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, Mark Twain wrote a short story called "The War Prayer" in 1905. Harper's Bazaar Magazine rejected the piece, as did Twain's own publisher. Even his family and friends feared it was 'sacrilegious', and the story remained unpublished until 1923...thirteen years after his death. "I don't think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth."
Keywords: outrageActors: Rona Doron (costume designer), Lionel Hicks (composer), John Koutselinis (composer), Catherine Fletcher (editor), Amit Gicelter (writer), Amit Gicelter (director), Mussa Zhalka (actor), Omer Ninyo (miscellaneous crew), Hila Ofer (actress), Zvika Büchsenspanner (producer), Edward A. Lee (producer), Edward A. Lee (actor), Christopher Moss (composer), Ashraf Farack (actor), Adi Geva (actress),
Plot: Jerusalem 1929, set against the backdrop of one of the harshest Arab attacks on the Jews in British Mandatory Palestine. Seven-year-old Haya goes with her mother, Leah, to the market to buy groceries for the Sabbath. Forgetful of the late hour and unaware of the events brewing, they find themselves trapped in riots, in a local Arab spice store. Thanks to Halil the kind-hearted storekeeper, Leah is offered a chance to save her daughter and perhaps herself as well.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Cao Guimarães (editor), Cao Guimarães (writer), Cao Guimarães (director), Vânia Catani (producer), Lucas Bambozzi (editor), Lucas Bambozzi (writer), Lucas Bambozzi (director), Lucas Bambozzi (producer), Beto Magalhães (editor), Beto Magalhães (director), Augusto César Sampaio Fiorelli (actor), Teruo Koizumi (actor), Severino Rodrigues de Lima (actor), Amadeus Ferreira Paulino (actor), José Roberval Pereira (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: E.T.A. Hoffmann (writer), Marius Petipa (miscellaneous crew), George Ogilvie (miscellaneous crew), Virginia Lumsden (director), Virginia Lumsden (producer), Kristian Fredrikson (costume designer), Arthur Saint-Leon (miscellaneous crew), Charles Nuitter (writer), Maina Gielgud (miscellaneous crew), Greg Shears (producer), William Akers (miscellaneous crew), Peggy Van Praagh (miscellaneous crew), Ian McRae (miscellaneous crew), Ian McRae (miscellaneous crew), Francis Croese (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: ,Actors: Aoi Nakajima (actress), Kumiko Akiyoshi (actress), Rei Okamoto (actress), Miyako Yamaguchi (actress), Keizô Kanie (actor), Nenji Kobayashi (actor), Kôjirô Kusanagi (actor), Kazuko Shirakawa (actress), Yuichi Minato (actor), Jinpachi Nezu (actor), Sumie Sasaki (actress), Kôen Okumura (actor), Sumiko Hidaka (actress), Michiko Ikeda (producer), Gô Awazu (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Martin Fric (director), Frantisek Cerný (actor), Alois Dvorský (actor), Eman Fiala (actor), Václav Menger (actor), Theodor Pistek (actor), Josef Rovenský (actor), Jan W. Speerger (actor), Václav Trégl (actor), Zdenka Baldová (actress), Ella Nollová (actress), Nikolai Gogol (writer), Václav Menger (writer), Vlasta Burian (actor), Frantisek Kreuzmann (actor),
Plot: Vlasta Burian appears in a town of Czarist Russia impersonating an Inspector General, and he is entertained lavishly by the local political-hacks and peasants seeking his favor for whatever they are advocating or need fixed. Burain is involved in a series of comical situations as he takes everything he can gets his hands on while the peasants, who must plead for the betterment of their conditions, are left on the outside-looking-in. He makes his escape just as the real Inspector General is set to appear, but those-in-need will be no better off when the real McCoy shows up then they were with Burian.
Keywords: 1890s, alias, based-on-play, crook, czar, escape, exposure, governor-general, greed, impersonation