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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".
Costello has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male. In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus in St Mary's Hospital, London, the son of Lilian Alda (née Ablett, b. 1927, Liverpool) and Ross MacManus (1927–2011), a musician and bandleader. He is of Irish heritage. Costello lived in Twickenham, attending Hounslow Secondary Modern School, which is now St Mark's Catholic Secondary School, in neighbouring Hounslow. With a musically inclined father (who was a jazz trumpeter and sang with The Joe Loss Orchestra), Costello's first broadcast recording was alongside his dad in a television commercial for R. White's Lemonade (I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker). His father wrote and sang the song; Costello provided backing vocals. The advertisement won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival.
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Plot: The Amber Baptist is about a modern-day Christ who is only able to perform miracles via the medium of his own urine. The world is AIDS and trouble free; until one day, a young woman decides to teach him a lesson about what it means to be human.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: James Noble (actor), Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe (writer), Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe (producer), Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe (editor), Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe (director), Gary Betsworth (producer), Joseph J. DePasquale (producer), Damien Langan (actor), Amelia Arnold (miscellaneous crew), Enrique Rivera (producer), Allen Swerdlowe (producer), Joanna Keylock (actress), Kimberley Lowden (actor), Matt Speno (composer), Ali Bauman (actor),
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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Barbara Perez (actress), Troy Bynum (actor), Johnny Skreli (actor), Lou Borenstein (writer), Lou Borenstein (editor), Lou Borenstein (director), Lou Borenstein (producer), Lou Borenstein (composer), Lou Borenstein (writer), Lou Borenstein (actor), Paul Murdock (writer), Paul Murdock (writer), Clayton Fletcher (actor), Paul Murdock (actor), Paul Murdock (director),
Plot: Paul is a struggling stand-up comedian. Lou is a struggling writer. When they get together, they struggle even more. Whether they're trying to find their big break or just make a few extra bucks, their outrageous stories somehow keep them coming back for more.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Aneta Walkowska (producer), Aneta Walkowska (writer), Aneta Walkowska (director), Ashley Gonzales (editor), Alison Hensley (actor), Timothy Hilton (actor),
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Keywords: independent-filmActors: Mathieu Demy (actor), Luc Moullet (actor), Melvil Poupaud (actor), Julie Gayet (actress), Chiara Mastroianni (actress), Antoine Desrosières (director), Antoine Desrosières (actor), Antoine Desrosières (writer), Simon Reggiani (actor), Frédéric Robbes (producer), Liliane Dreyfus (actress), Camila Mora-Scheihing (actress), Aurélia Thiérrée (actress), Jérôme Estienne (actor), Catherine Bonetat (editor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,