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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as whom he performed in various television series including Blankety Blank (1997–1999) and Lily Live! (2000–2001). He also appeared in the comedy sitcom Eyes Down (2003–2004) and presented several travel documentaries. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2 with his own Sunday evening show, Paul O'Grady on the Wireless produced by Malcolm Prince.
Born to a working class Irish migrant family in Birkenhead, O'Grady went through various jobs in his youth, including working in various bars, for the civil service and for social services, moving around the country to do so. It was whilst living in London in 1978 that he first turned his hand to drag, developing the character of Lily Savage based upon various female relatives of his.
Actors: Reese Witherspoon (actress), James Newton Howard (composer), Christoph Waltz (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Ilia Volok (actor), Kevin Halloran (producer), Ken Foree (actor), James Keane (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Robert Pattinson (actor), Tim Guinee (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), James Frain (actor), D.R. Farquharson (miscellaneous crew), Julie Adams (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless. Events lead him to joining the circus as their vet, working under their unstable boss August whose violent tendencies give everyone reason to be cautious around him, including his beautiful and quiet wife Marlena, whom August is very possessive of and who Jacob finds himself soon falling in love with.
Keywords: 1930s, abusive-husband, animal-abuse, animal-in-title, bad-temper, based-on-novel, big-top, brutality, circus, circus-horseActors: Peter Benson (actor), Ty Olsson (actor), Brian Markinson (actor), Peter Guber (producer), Bob Bedard (miscellaneous crew), Murray Ord (producer), Cybill Shepherd (actress), Patrick Sabongui (actor), Tom Cox (producer), Tara Howie (miscellaneous crew), Tom Carey (actor), George Lakes (miscellaneous crew), Emilie de Ravin (actress), BJ Harrison (actress), Joe Norman Shaw (actor),
Plot: Female police lieutenant Phoebe McNamara is a success as a hostage negotiator. She and their toddler daughter Carly live with her devoted, but agoraphobic mother, Essie. Disagreement of policy implementation by a uniformed cop during a hostage negotiation, leads to a grim feud with one of them, cocky Arnie Meeks. Captain David McVee and businessman-philanthropist Duncan Swift, her patient new boy friend, side with her and the assumption Meeks is behind a violence wave targeting her, but that proves dead-wrong.
Keywords: african-american, agoraphobia, alarm-bell, ambulance, anger, asian-american, assault, baltimore-maryland, bar, bare-chested-maleActors: Jack Bennett (actor), Jack Bennett (producer), Jack Bennett (writer), Jack Bennett (director), Jack Bennett (editor), Bryan Breau (actor), Seneca Haynes (actor), Cullen MacKay (actor), Elliott Wrenn (actor), Len Comaratta (actor), Michelle Dove (actress), Kate Celius (actress), Heather Kelley (actress), Mason Walker (actor), Megan Carney (actress),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Dale D. Moore (actor), Bill Parmentier (producer), Aaron Coffman (director), Aaron Coffman (writer), Aaron Coffman (editor), Libby Bibb (actress), Brian Harting (actor), Daniel Godsil (composer), Aidan McCarter (actor), Mark Asser (actor),
Plot: Stealing Home is the story of a single mother who must recapture the relationship she once had with her son over the course of a single weekend and come to terms with the role she now plays in his life. Sara has thought out every detail of what the weekend will be like with her son, Grady, and though the house of cards can be destroyed at any moment, a steady and delicate care is needed to sustain the structure for any length of time. Her plan, which consists of introducing Grady to the man she loves and who has helped her in her new life, goes wrong at every turn and she struggles to hold onto Grady and what they could have while at the same time battling to not destroy this new life she's created for herself. Grady, feeling as though the weekend would be about only he and his mother, fights all advances she makes to incorporate him into her new life. As he resists their fragile bond slowly grows weaker until the final confrontation that has been building in him for over a year comes bursting out. They realize that what they can have is something much stronger, based on love that only comes through shared pain. The life they create will not be built on stolen memories but on new experiences and a deep understanding that together they can create a new version of home.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Bruce Buffer (actor), David 'Shark' Fralick (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Tom Sizemore (actor), Gene LeBell (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (miscellaneous crew), Frank Shamrock (actor), Randy Couture (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Pamela Anderson (actress), Philip Tan (actor), Daric Gates (miscellaneous crew), P. David Miller (actor), Romeo Antonio (producer), Romeo Antonio (actor),
Plot: This action film follows the triumphs of a small town mixed martial artist whose good hearted actions, desire to be an MMA champion and the haunting visions of his parent's double murder lead him to a Cagefighting showdown; where he is forced to face his fears, defend his family name, fathers honor, and in the end risk his own life in the cage.
Keywords: action-violence, b-movie, chop-socky, fight, fighting, fighting-style, greco-roman-wrestling, martial-artist, martial-arts, martial-arts-masterActors: Jerry Wasserman (actor), Teryl Rothery (actress), John Tench (actor), Peter Allen (composer), Denis Corbett (miscellaneous crew), Gary Howsam (producer), Jason Bourque (miscellaneous crew), Denis Corbett (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Brown (producer), Rachel Hayward (actress), Christopher Shyer (actor), John A. Curtis (producer), John A. Curtis (producer), John B. Lowe (actor), Evan Tylor (producer),
Genres: Action,Actors: David Lowell Rich (director), Ralph Waite (actor), John A. Martinelli (editor), Gerald W. Abrams (producer), Pat Hingle (actor), John Aylward (actor), Susan Anspach (actress), Brad Davis (actor), Gerald I. Isenberg (producer), Fred Myrow (composer), Zoaunne LeRoy (actress), Albert Ruben (writer), Maury Cooper (actor), Peter Fisher (actor), Elayne Heilveil (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Norman Alden (actor), Royce D. Applegate (actor), John Forsythe (actor), Earl Holliman (actor), Ralph Meeker (actor), Jason Wingreen (actor), Anne Francis (actress), Leonard Goldberg (producer), Aaron Spelling (producer), Folmar Blangsted (editor), Eddie Firestone (actor), James Goldstone (director), Pitt Herbert (actor), Doris DeHerdt (miscellaneous crew), Ken Lauber (composer),
Plot: A man accidentially runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
Keywords: abc-movie-of-the-week, accident, automobile, corpse, hit-and-run, missing-person, search, small-townActors: Marshall Reed (actor), Fabian (actor), Marshall Reed (miscellaneous crew), Robert Tessier (actor), Robert Fuller (actor), Burt Topper (director), Burt Topper (writer), Burt Topper (producer), Mikel Angel (actor), Tony Russel (actor), Biff Elliot (actor), Kenneth G. Crane (editor), Michael Beck (actor), William Bonner (actor), Gus Peters (actor),
Plot: While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble from some other bikers who don't like the idea of his having the motorcycle or the girl.
Keywords: biker, death-of-friend, independent-film, motorcycle, motorcycle-gang, vietnam-veteranActors: Kane Richmond (actor), Larry Steers (actor), Ralph Byrd (actor), Joey Ray (actor), Eddie Dew (actor), Nigel Bruce (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Charles Flynn (actor), Charles Arnt (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Boyd Irwin (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Frank Meredith (actor), James Ellison (actor), Theodore von Eltz (actor),
Plot: The fascinating Grace Herbert has many years' experience as a professional gold-digger. Her finances at a low ebb, she finds her mature beauty less effective than of yore, and takes on impoverished 19-year-old Ellen Daley as an apprentice: "between your youth and my spirit, we can do it." The initially reluctant Ellen soon gets the hang of it. But after the cowboy she falls for proves to be a wealthy rancher, she feels an odd reluctance to mix business with pleasure...
Keywords: breach-of-promise, cattleman, chicago-illinois, classical-music, con-trick, concert, conductor, cowboy, deception, decolletage