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Genghis Khan (/ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ or /ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/,Mongol: [tʃiŋɡɪs xaːŋ] ( listen); 1162? – August 1227), born Temujin, was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations – especially in Khwarezmia. By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China.
Before Genghis Khan died, he assigned Ögedei Khan as his successor and split his empire into khanates among his sons and grandsons. He died in 1227 after defeating the Western Xia. He was buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia at an unknown location. His descendants went on to stretch the Mongol Empire across most of Eurasia by conquering or creating vassal states out of all of modern-day China, Korea, the Caucasus, Central Asian countries, and substantial portions of modern Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Many of these invasions resulted in the large-scale slaughter of local populations, which have given Genghis Khan and his empire a fearsome reputation in local histories.
Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and distinctive gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also greatly skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong's influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to "cross over," whose skin-color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. It allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man. While he rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, he was privately a strong supporter of the Civil Rights movement in America.[citation needed]
Actors: Julien Boisselier (actor), Michaël Abiteboul (actor), Fabio Zenoni (actor), Gustave de Kervern (actor), Elodie Frenck (actress), Bénédicte Teiger (miscellaneous crew), Asil Raïs (actor), Brice Fournier (actor), Cédric Vieira (actor), Gilles Galud (producer), Virgile Bramly (director), Virgile Bramly (writer), Jennifer Decker (actress), Laëtitia Trapet (actress), Yorick Kalbache (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Jd Adamopolous (editor), Kelley Palmer (actress), Jd Adamopolous (producer), Jd Adamopolous (writer), Jd Adamopolous (director), Jd Adamopolous (actor), Jason Michael Downing (producer), Jason Michael Downing (actor), Jason Michael Downing (director), Tony Lacy (actor), Brendan Teglia (director), Brendan Teglia (producer), Paul Dowdakin (actor), Christian Mata (actor), Alejandro Sierra (actor),
Plot: The increased gap between the rich and the poor, economic instability, greed, resources dwindling for those on the bottom, mindless citizens, the addiction for war, the inability to invest in education, the need to dumb down their own people for prosperity. Are these the ingredients that will lead to the destruction of a civilization? C.A. Shields thinks so. Which is why this one-time felon wants to get away from his homeland and journey to Laos. But the civilization that imprisoned C.A. has really affected his mentality. Which causes a lot friction between C.A. and the people who've come to help him out. Who knows if C.A. has the will to get to his destination before the flames that he foresees in his prophecy hits America.
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Genres: Drama,Actors: Robert Peters (actor), Robert Peters (director), Chris Ellis (actor), Robert Peters (producer), Denise Crosby (actress), Leslie Rogers (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Van Hanken (producer), Tom Rizzo (composer), Edward Ornelas (producer), Edward Ornelas (editor), Sue Bea Montgomery (producer), Paul Park (actor), Louis Aguilar (actor), Louis Aguilar (writer), Henry Morales (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Short,Actors: Tim Robbins (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Matt Craven (actor), Macaulay Culkin (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Kyle Gass (actor), Eriq La Salle (actor), Orson Bean (actor), Lewis Black (actor), John Capodice (actor), Jason Alexander (actor), Scott Cohen (actor), Sam Coppola (actor), Elizabeth Peña (actress), Pruitt Taylor Vince (actor),
Plot: New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.
Keywords: 1970s, angel, anxiety, apostrophe-in-title, army, auditory-hallucination, bare-butt, barefoot, bathtub, bloodActors: Diane Lane (actress), Charles Fox (composer), Kenny Rogers (actor), Michael Trikilis (producer), Daniel Petrie (actor), Daniel Petrie (director), Anthony Michael Hall (actor), Burt Reynolds (actor), Bob Hannah (actor), Erin Gray (actress), Kevin McCorkle (actor), Barry Corbin (actor), Terry Kiser (actor), Michael C. Smith (miscellaneous crew), Edward S. Feldman (producer),
Plot: Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn out to be six orphan children. He has no recourse to the law, for the corrupt local sheriff takes most of the proceeds of their thievery in exchange for not putting them in an orphanage. They are charming rogues who are in turn charmed by him. Disliking their arrangement with the sheriff, they stow away with him, and he finds himself becoming a reluctant stepfather. Thanks to their enthusiasm and incredible mechanical know-how, he begins to make a name for himself on the racing circuit. But the sheriff doesn't take kindly to losing his extra income...
Keywords: auto-mechanic, automobile-racing, bar, birmingham-alabama, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-brother-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, car, car-driver, childrenActors: Maurice Wright (editor), John Alderson (actor), Peter Graves (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Barry Sullivan (actor), Lindsley Parsons (producer), Jack London (writer), Paul Dunlap (composer), Jack DeWitt (writer), Rico Alaniz (actor), Harmon Jones (director), Thayer David (actor), Robert Gist (actor), Jack Grinnage (actor), Jack Orrison (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance,Actors: Max Wilmsen (actor), Franz Weber (actor), Hubert von Meyerinck (actor), Albert Florath (actor), Hans Adalbert Schlettow (actor), Erich Ponto (actor), S.O. Schoening (actor), Paul Rehkopf (actor), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (actor), Walter Lieck (actor), Jac Diehl (actor), Günther Lüders (actor), Günther Lüders (actor), Paul Heidemann (actor), Fita Benkhoff (actress),
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