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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.
A prolific author, Keller was well-traveled, and was outspoken in her anti-war convictions. A member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, she campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, socialism, and other radical left causes. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971.
Helen Adams Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her family lived on a homestead, Ivy Green, that Helen's grandfather had built decades earlier. Helen's father, Arthur H. Keller, spent many years as an editor for the Tuscumbia North Alabamian and had served as a captain for the Confederate Army. Helen's paternal grandmother was the second cousin of Robert E. Lee. Helen's mother, Kate Adams, was the daughter of Charles Adams. Though originally from Massachusetts, Charles Adams also fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, earning the rank of brigadier-general.
Khaled Bin Abdul Khaled (born November 26, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is an American record producer, radio personality, DJ, rapper & record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his debut album Listennn... the Album. He went on to release We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), Victory (2010), and We the Best Forever (2011). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South.
Khaled was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is of Palestinian descent and lives in Sunny Isles, Florida. Currently, he hosts the weeknight program TakeOver on Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR with fellow host K. Foxx; Khaled states that he has worked for the station professionally since 2003. Early in his career he dj'd for a south Florida regional station Power 96.5 FM. In 1998, Khaled worked as a "sidekick" for Miami rapper Luther Campbell for Campbell's Friday night WEDR radio show The Luke Show. In his albums, Khaled usually provides "shoutouts" that assert his representation of "the ghetto" and urges people to listen. From 2004 to 2006, Khaled assisted in the production of the hip-hop albums Real Talk by Fabolous, True Story by Terror Squad, All or Nothing by Fat Joe, and Me, Myself, & I by Fat Joe. Many of DJ Khaled's songs are known to entice the listener by hip hop chanting his name before the song starts. Khaled represents the Kendall area of Miami. He is Muslim. He is currently engaged to Nicole Tuck.
Actors: Ann Reinking (actress), Ann Reinking (miscellaneous crew), Chris Olsen (director), Chris Olsen (producer), Melissa Thodos (actress), Melissa Thodos (miscellaneous crew), Alissa Gigler (actress), Brian Hare (actor), Alissa Gigler (actress), Jessica Miller Tomlinson (actress), Jessica Miller Tomlinson (actress), Jon Sloven (actor), John Cartwright (actor), Josh Manculish (actor), Bruce Wolosoff (composer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Bill Doherty Jr. (actor), Brett Leigh (actor), Brett Leigh (miscellaneous crew), Brett Leigh (writer), Brett Leigh (producer), Brett Leigh (director), Brett Leigh (writer), Vanessa Leigh (actress), Michael R. West (producer), Michael R. West (writer), Michael R. West (writer), Michael R. West (actor), Michael R. West (producer), Michael R. West (director), Michael R. West (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Ann Magnuson (actress), Deborah Harry (actress), Isaac Mizrahi (actor), Saba (actor), James Lyons (editor), John Califra (composer), Lisa Dalton (actress), Kevin Kean Murphy (actor), Gita Reddy (actress), David Ilku (actor), Mark Morris (actor), Shelley Matulick (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Kijak (producer), Gila Zalon (actress), Richard Move (producer),
Plot: This film portrait of modern dance legend Martha Graham examines the creative process, as well as important events in Martha's pioneering career. Plays thematically with time and memory, using the actual words of Martha Graham who emerges as a passionate, controversial and egotistical modernist icon that she was.
Keywords: choreographer, modern-danceActors: Damir Andrei (actor), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Andrew Prine (actor), David Strathairn (actor), Jackie Richardson (actress), William Goldstein (composer), Patricia Gage (actress), Lucas Black (actor), Stewart Arnott (actor), Neville Edwards (actor), Maryann Brandon (editor), Peter M. Green (producer), Nadia Tass (director), Christopher Hargadon (costume designer), Alison Elliott (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Brian Nissen (writer), James Koford (editor), Jared F. Brown (producer), Richard Rich (director), Terry L. Noss (producer), Richard Rich (producer), Lex de Azevedo (composer), Elizabeth Daily (actress), Ray Porter (actor), Thomas J. Tobin (producer), Bernie Van De Yacht (miscellaneous crew), Seldon Young (producer), Therese Alexus (miscellaneous crew), Helena Collins-Liuag (miscellaneous crew), Gregory Daven (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: When Helen Keller was a young child, she contracted a high fever that left her sightless and unable to hear. Being the parents of a non-seeing and non-hearing child was a hardship on two loving parents who did all they could but seemed to do it in the wrong way. Out of desperation, they hired a young educator, Anne Sullivan, to teach and train the young Helen. Much to the parent's dismay, Sullivan was a strict and firm disciplinarian with the young, spoiled Keller girl. Sullivan and Helen Keller moved into a house not far down the lane from the main Keller house. There they began to develop a trust and relationship of love and respect for each other. This soon turned into an atmosphere that was ripe for learning without the interference of the Keller parents. Once Helen Keller began to put meaning with the finger spelling that she was doing, she began to learn many words at a rapid rate. Her world began to open and she was able to complete her education and continue advanced training at the university.
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: Henry Czerny (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Brenda Fricker (actress), John Bach (actor), Colin Fox (actor), John Kent Harrison (writer), John Kent Harrison (director), Jonathan Potts (actor), Lawrence Bayne (actor), Michael Horton (editor), Don Reynolds (producer), J.H. Wyman (actor), Pieter Kroonenburg (producer), Kim Todd (producer), Ian Watkin (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Patty Duke (actress), Raymond Katz (producer), Ruth Morley (costume designer), Melissa Gilbert (actress), Titos Vandis (actor), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Anne Seymour (actress), Bill McCamey (miscellaneous crew), Sandy Gallin (producer), Charles Siebert (actor), Diana Muldaur (actress), Fred Coe (producer), Paul Aaron (director), Hilda Haynes (actress), William Gibson (writer),
Plot: Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.
Keywords: based-on-play, blind-girl, blindness, deaf-girl, deaf-mute, deafness, dedicated-teacher, disability, handicap, power-struggleActors: John Anderson (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Martin Balsam (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Richard Benjamin (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Marlon Brando (actor), Marlon Brando (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Woody Allen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Sergio Tofano (actor), Roldano Lupi (actor), Anna Proclemer (actress), Cinzia De Carolis (actress), Enrico Urbini (actor), William Gibson (writer), Davide Montemurri (director), Bianca Toccafondi (actress), Clely Fiamma (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Patty Duke (actress), Anne Bancroft (actress), William F. Haddock (actor), Arthur Penn (director), Ruth Morley (costume designer), Victor Jory (actor), Andrew Prine (actor), Beah Richards (actress), Fred Coe (producer), Aram Avakian (editor), Maggie James (miscellaneous crew), John Bliss (actor), Inga Swenson (actress), Judith Lowry (actress),
Plot: Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th-century, alabama, anger, based-on-book, based-on-play, based-on-tv-movie, blind-girl, blindness, boston-massachusetts(Verse)
I’m from Miami, bitch
Yea that’s Miami streets
And all the haters wanna push us, try to give us heat
Baby we livin here, so drop the shit and drop the beat
Let’s party in my streets and leave the hotel room with dirty sheets
I know hoes bop, baby I’m ganho
They sayin girl you ain’t Jamaican, accent’s gotta go
And I say hell no, hell no
I got Jamaica in my lungs, this that good hydro
I got that Barbie flow, I’m feelin iry
Party rock and chill on the beach all day
Got karuna in my hands, got that iron in my blood
Got my toes in the sand and my God is the sun…
(Hook x2)
I’m shaking up the game, tryna test my luck
Living life every day by what comes up
Yea I’m working on some things, getting all worked up
I’m Helen Keller to the haters saying What? What? What?
Yea! Yea! Yea!
(Verse)
We in that heat wave, all people need to face
Or can I get paid?
This time ain’t all play
The girlies like yay, they like the heart race
White girl on a white girl’s face
And I’m around
We do it for the thrill thrill thrill
We ain’t got enough bills bills bills
So keep poppin em pills pills pills
I’m chillin in my booth, feet up, VIP
Bring my girls to the down party
Bro don’t touch me, I got my own money
If you wanna drink for free show my girls yo body
(Hook x2)
I’m shaking up the game, tryna test my luck
Living life every day by what comes up
Yea I’m working on some things, getting all worked up
I’m Helen Keller to the haters saying What? What? What?
Yea! Yea! Yea!
(Bridge)
My town likes to party all of the time
All of the time, take me down to prime
Get me a steak, if it’s bloody that’s fine
Got a roach in my pocket, took Mary Jane to dine
Let me clear my throat
Have a mushy babe
I hope ya don’t mind, mind
I’m on a fuckin boat
And I’m thirsty babe,
Pass me the champagne
(Hook x2)
I’m shaking up the game, tryna test my luck
Living life every day by what comes up
Yea I’m working on some things, getting all worked up
I’m Helen Keller to the haters saying What? What? What?