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Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and edibles. People engaging in this practice are called street performers, buskers, street musicians, minstrels, or troubadours.
Street performance dates back to antiquity, and occurs all over the world.
Performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining. Performers may do acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, caricatures, clowning, comedy, contortions and escapes, dance, singing, fire eating, fire breathing, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime and a mime variation where the artist performs as a living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or recite poetry or prose as a bard, street art such as sketching and painting, street theatre, sword swallowing, and even put on a flea circus.
There have been performances in public places for gratuities in every major culture in the world, dating back to antiquity. This art form was the most common means of employment for entertainers before the advent of recording and personal electronics. Prior to that, a person had to produce any music or entertainment, save for a few mechanical devices such as the barrel organ, the music box, and the piano roll. Organ grinders were commonly found busking in the old days.
Steven Tyler (born Steven Victor Tallaricco; March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'" due to his high screams and his wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics. During his high-energy performances, he usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. In the 1970s, Tyler rose to prominence as the frontman of Aerosmith, which released such milestone hard rock albums as Toys in the Attic and Rocks. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler had a heavy drug and alcohol addiction, and the band's popularity waned.
He completed drug rehabilitation in 1986 and subsequently maintained sobriety for years, but had a relapse with prescription painkillers in the late 2000s, for which he successfully received treatment in 2009. After Aerosmith launched a remarkable comeback in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the albums Permanent Vacation, Pump, and Get a Grip, Tyler became a household name and has remained a relevant rock icon. As a result, he has since embarked on several solo endeavors including guest appearances on other artists' music, film and TV roles (including as a judge on American Idol), authoring a bestselling book, and solo work (including a Top 40 hit single in 2011). However, he has continued to record music and perform with Aerosmith, after more than 41 years in the band. He is included among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers. He was also ranked 3rd on Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. In 2001 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Aerosmith, and he was the presenter when AC/DC was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.
Actors: José Alvarez (actor), Erik McKay (actor), Andres Soto (composer), Jabari Gray (actor), Angela Lin (actress), Rich Chew (actor), Jordan Turchin (actor), Raushanah Simmons (actress), Jevyn Nelms (costume designer), Shalom Kolontarov (actor), Kay Copeland (actress), Kristina Williams (actress), Allen Leong (producer), Nick Grau (miscellaneous crew), Abigail Sanchez (actress),
Plot: Sarah, an aspiring filmmaker meets the man of her dreams. Charming, handsome, and wealthy, Reece becomes her world. As their story unfolds, Sarah is taken on a journey of heartbreak and forgiveness, exploring the meaning of her relationships both past and present.
Keywords: christian-theme, independent-film, romantic-tensionActors: Emilian Dechev (director), Zlateto Keremedchieva (actress), Lina Boycheva (actress), Emilian Dechev (editor), Zlateto Keremedchieva (producer), Diana Encheva (actress), Veselin Mezekliev (actor), Svobodey Ograjdenec (writer), Dima Nasteva (writer), Zornitsa Simidjiiska (actress), Dima Nasteva (actress), Svobodey Ograjdenec (actor), Steffany Budinova (actress), Ivaylo Andonov (actor), Yury Bojerianov (actor),
Plot: The life paths of 4 different personages are crossed by chance. A hooker, a bum, a rich guy and a pregnant mother, who should not give birth. Every one of them carries a memory of their past, which will be responsible for an upcoming dilemma. The dilemma is a choice between life and death, with no right answer. Each of the paths leads to a different outcome.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: David Dalton (actor), Tom Doyle (actor), Jimmy Lee Combs (actor), Ryan Franks (composer), Eli Berg (actor), Howard Lester (actor), Ray Keller (director), Ray Keller (writer), Ray Keller (actor), Ray Keller (producer), Charlie Lowrey (actor), Lily Duke (producer), Justin McQueede (actor), Francesca Palizzi (actress), Jonny Hayz II (actor),
Plot: Generosity is an in depth look at the issue of homelessness. Through five main characters, the film explores five very different perspectives and asks the viewer to "just how close is anyone to homelessness?" David is a straight-laced fellow who is successful at his job, has many friends and material wealth. After his mother takes ill and he is wrongly accused of embezzlement, his life quickly unravels and he finds himself out on the streets. Chloe is a tortured but spirited teenager who has run away from home. However, friends on the street do not prove reliable and she finds she must resort to the previously unimaginable in order to survive. Sam is charismatic, caring and anti-establishment. Having been homeless for many years, he offers respite to both David and Chloe, and mentors them in the ways of the street. Charlotte is an exhaustively optimistic TV news reporter who will go to any ends to help others and her career. Bob represents all that is wrong with corporate machinery. Driven by his innermost fears, he cuts a disastrous path through the lives of the other characters. In his blind pursuit of power, Bob demonstrates just how much we all have in common with those who must beg for a living. As their stories intertwine, the lines between who is begging, who is dependent and who is good start to blur.
Keywords: greed, homeless, homelessnessActors: Vasco Mendes (producer), Vasco Mendes (actor), Vasco Mendes (director), Vasco Mendes (editor), Vasco Mendes (writer), Luis Soares (actor), Rui Varejão Mendes (actor), Pedro Isidro (actor), Alexandre Braga (actor), João Pinto (actor), Vasco Reis (actor), Afonso Rosa (actor), Acúrsio Santos (actor), André Moura (actor), João De Sousa (actor),
Plot: In an uncertain future, a rich and eccentric couple ordered a son who's an android which lives only on music. The city's governor and his wife have a deaf daughter and in grief he forbids music all over the city. Music and silence come across each other.
Genres: Short,Actors: Puma Swede (actress), Cat Stone (miscellaneous crew), Ted Ferguson (actor), Benjamin R. Reder (miscellaneous crew), Noor Ahmed (miscellaneous crew), Adam M. Stone (miscellaneous crew), Sandy Parker (miscellaneous crew), Derek Wayne Johnson (actor), Veronica Rayne (actress), Kent Hamilton (miscellaneous crew), Traci Lords (actress), Jesse Bradford (actor), Yvette Yates (actress), Kendrick Hudson (miscellaneous crew), Robert C. Campion (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Tucker decides to take an impromptu trip to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. He drags his friend into a lie with his fiancée, gets him into trouble and then abandons him in order to pursue a hilarious carnal interest. Tucker is disinvited to the wedding, and in order to get back in, Tucker has to find a way to balance his narcissism with the demands of friendship.
Keywords: acrobatic-sex, aids, apology, arrogance, bachelor-party, bachelorette-party, bar, bare-breasts, based-on-novel, black-comedyActors: David Dwyer (actor), Asia Argento (director), Asia Argento (writer), Winona Ryder (actress), Jeremy Renner (actor), Ryan R. Johnson (producer), Ornella Muti (actress), Peter Fonda (actor), Jeremy Sisto (actor), Marilyn Manson (actor), Lydia Lunch (actress), Asia Argento (actress), Dylan Sprouse (actor), Billy Corgan (composer), Chris Hanley (producer),
Plot: The dysfunctional twenty-three years old Sarah takes her six year old natural son Jeremiah from the home of his beloved foster parents with the support of the social service to live with her. Along the years, the boy shares her insane and lowlife style and is introduced to booze and drugs and mentally, physically and sexually abused by Sarah, her lovers and her religiously fanatic family.
Keywords: 18-wheeler, autobiographical, based-on-true-story, bible, boy-dressed-as-girl, child-abuse, child-molestation, child-molester, child-rape, christianityActors: Will Keenan (producer), Will Keenan (actor), Dawn Mountain (miscellaneous crew), Dane DeHaan (actor), Zeke Zelker (director), Zeke Zelker (editor), Zeke Zelker (producer), Laura L. Cottrel (actress), Steve Schoenberg (writer), Stewart Brodian (actor), Pat Wilson (actor), Avi Setton (actor), Corena Chase (actress), Matthew M. Blum (producer), Christopher Crotty (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Music,Actors: Ronald Guttman (actor), David Zayas (actor), Judy Reyes (actress), Marlene Forte (actress), Marlene Forte (producer), Gary Perez (actor), Jeremiah Birkett (actor), Steve Silkensen (editor), Gordon Eriksen (director), Gordon Eriksen (writer), Al D. Rodriguez (actor), Heather Johnston (director), Heather Johnston (writer), Don Braden (actor), Don Braden (composer),
Plot: "Chasing a career in acting can be a drama in itself": 32-year-old New York actress faces conflict when her frustrated dreams collide with her earlier promise to quit the business and with the arrival of sudden, new-found hope for success.
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Genres: Drama,Actors: Sid James (actor), Victor Maddern (actor), Leslie Phillips (actor), Lance Percival (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), David Lodge (actor), Brian Oulton (actor), Jim Dale (actor), James Robertson Justice (actor), Frank Forsyth (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Eric Barker (actor), Erik Chitty (actor), Kenneth Williams (actor), Bob Todd (actor),
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Keywords: college, independent-film, london-england, student, teacher