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Svetlana (Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Светлана; Belarusian: Святла́на; Ukrainian: Світла́на) is a common Slavic female name, deriving from the Russian word свет svet, which translates into English as "light", "shining", "luminescent", "pure", "blessed", or "holy", depending upon context. The name was coined by Alexander Vostokov and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballade, first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries. In 2000 it ranked 389th in popularity in South Australia.
In the Russian Orthodox Church Svetlana is used as a Russian translation of Photina (derived from φως (phos), meaning "light" in Greek), the Samaritan woman at the Jacob's well in John 4.
Etymologically, similar names to this are Lucia (of Latin word origin, meaning "light"), Claire (meaning "light" or "clear" in French), Roxana (of Old Persian origin, literally: "little shiny star" or "light"), or Shweta in Sanskrit which means "white" or "pure" or "lovely" or "lovable" and is another name for Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge & Learning.
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She is the only female player to have won over $35 million in prize money.
Her 27 Grand Slam titles places her ninth on the all-time list: 13 in singles, 12 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously and only the fifth woman in history to do so. She was also the first woman, along with sister Venus Williams, to hold all four Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously since Martina Hingis did so in 1998. Her 13 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list. Williams ranks fourth in Grand Slam women's singles titles won during the open era, behind Steffi Graf (22 titles) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (18 titles each). She has won more Major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles than any other active player, male or female.
Actors: Dominic Dierkes (actor), Brett Gelman (actor), Elsa Ramo (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Meloni (actor), Josh Fadem (actor), D.C. Pierson (actor), Robert L. Seigel (miscellaneous crew), Zahn McClarnon (actor), Todd Sklar (director), Todd Sklar (actor), Todd Sklar (writer), Laura Ramsey (actress), Todd Sklar (producer), Brock Williams (producer), Jon Gabrus (actor),
Plot: When Jim - a disenchanted yet highly popular college professor - learns of his fathers death, he must track down his deadbeat brother Dave and deliver him to the funeral. Upon arrival, they both learn that they've each inherited one half of the family's vacation home in Branson, Missouri, and in order to sell the house - which they both badly need the money from - they'll need to travel down to Branson, and the ensuing trip both fixes their house, as well as their relationship.
Keywords: based-on-short-film, brother-brother-relationship, death-of-father, estranged-siblings, sibling-rivalryActors: Dusan Djokovic (producer), Boris Jager (actor), Janko Cekic (actor), Miljana Popovic (actress), Ana Stankovic (actress), Mihajlo Vitezovic (writer), Jovana Arsic (actor), Mihailo Suljagic (editor), Slobodan Stepic (actor), Luka Tabasevic (actor), Nevena Avramovic (actress), Mina Korac (producer), Devon Jokic (director),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (producer), Sigurður Sigurjónsson (actor), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (writer), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (director), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (producer), Olaf de Fleur Johannesson (editor), Jóhann G. Jóhannsson (actor), Gísli Örn Garðarsson (actor), Björn Thors (actor), Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir (actress), Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir (actress), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (actor),
Plot: When a foreign mafia decides to take control of the Icelandic drug market, a police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Maksim Matveyev (actor), Aleksey Bobrov (editor), Irina Loseva (actress), Igor Voynarovskiy (actor), Yuliya Aleksandrova (actor), Zhora Kryzhovnikov (writer), Zhora Kryzhovnikov (director), Aleksandr Alyabev (actor), Andrey Pershin (producer), Egor Koreshkov (actor), Aleksandr Ivankov (actor), Aleksey Alekseev (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Fausto Brizzi (writer), Fausto Brizzi (director), Giuseppe Cederna (actor), Bruno Zambrini (composer), Elide Cortesi (miscellaneous crew), Claudio Bisio (actor), Fulvio Lucisano (producer), Marco Martani (writer), Francesco Pannofino (actor), Nancy Brilli (actress), Armando De Razza (actor), Daniel McVicar (producer), Fabio De Luigi (actor), Emilio Solfrizzi (actor), Massimiliano Bruno (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Scott Walker (actor), Todd H. Mathus (actor), Emilee Edwards (actress), Shermagne Umali (actress), Jimmy Flowers (actor), J.C. Marquez Pulita (actor), Paul C. Hemmes (director), Paul C. Hemmes (editor), Paul C. Hemmes (actor), Paul C. Hemmes (producer), Paul C. Hemmes (writer), William E. Johnson III (producer), Neal Welty (actor), Alan Brown (composer), Kim Wagner-Hemmes (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Aleksey Serebryakov (actor), Viktor Lebedev (composer), Boris Frumin (director), Boris Frumin (writer), Anatoli Petrov (actor), Yuli Nikolin (writer), Sergey Umanov (actor), Galina Sementsova (producer), Valentina Mikhalyova (producer), Yevgeni Volkov (producer), Lev Karakhan (producer), Ekaterina Reshetnikova (actress), Olga Albanova (actress), Yuri Lebedev (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Adam Carolla (producer), Tom Kenny (actor), Adam Carolla (producer), Colin Quinn (actor), Dave Sheridan (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (producer), Toby Huss (actor), Adam Carolla (actor), Dane Cook (actor), Carson Daly (actor), Bobcat Goldthwait (actor), Johann Benét (actor), Jimmy Kimmel (actor), Jimmy Kimmel (producer), Jimmy Kimmel (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Robert Miano (actor), Sonny Landham (actor), Lenny Rose (actor), Robert Axelrod (actor), Norman Thaddeus Vane (producer), Norman Thaddeus Vane (director), Norman Thaddeus Vane (writer), George Peck (actor), Reinhard Schreiner (editor), Reinhard Schreiner (producer), Jeffrey Silverman (composer), Michele Hess (actress), Larry Blank (composer), Max Goldberg (actor), Christopher Cho (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Nikita Mikhalkov (actor), Yelena Maksimova (actress), Vladimir Pitsek (actor), Venyamin Basner (composer), Aleksandr Lebedev (actor), Nikolay Sergeev (actor), Lyusyena Ovchinnikova (actress), Nikolay Pogodin (actor), Tatyana Konyukhova (actress), Valentin Zubkov (actor), Konstantin Voynov (director), Stanislav Korenev (actor), Yevgeni Burenkov (actor), Leonid Chubarov (actor), Nikolai Smirnov (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,