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A woman (/ˈwʊmən/), pl: women (/ˈwɪmɨn/) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights". Unlike men, women are typically capable of giving birth.
The Old English wifman meant "female human" (werman meant "male human". Man or mann had a gender neutral meaning of "human", corresponding to Modern English "one" or "someone". However in around 1000AD "man" started to be used more to refer to "male human", and in the late 1200s began to inevitably displace and eradicate the original word "werman"). The medial labial consonants coalesced to create the modern form "woman"; the initial element, which meant "female," underwent semantic narrowing to the sense of a married woman ("wife").
A very common Indo-European root for woman, *gwen-, is the source of English queen (Old English cwēn primarily meant woman, highborn or not; this is still the case in Danish, with the modern spelling kvinde, as well as in Swedish kvinna), as well as gynaecology (from Greek γυνή gynē), banshee fairy woman (from Irish bean woman, sí fairy) and zenana (from Persian زن zan). The Latin fēmina, whence female, is likely from the root in fellāre (to suck), referring to breastfeeding.
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.
Justin Drew Bieber ( /ˈbiːbər/ BEE-bər, born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian Pop/R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid. Bieber's debut single, "One Time", was released in 2009 and peaked in the top twenty in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut album, the seven-track EP My World, followed in November 2009, and was soon certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
Actors: Kais Nashif (actor), Omar Robert Hamilton (writer), Omar Robert Hamilton (director), Omar Robert Hamilton (editor), Mohanad Yaqubi (producer), Salwa Nakkara (actress), Louis Lewarne (producer), Ziad Shehade (miscellaneous crew), Hussam Ghosheh (actor), Salma Shamel (miscellaneous crew), Maya Abu Alhayyat (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Spike Alkire (writer), Spike Alkire (director), Spike Alkire (editor), Spike Alkire (actor), Jake Kelley (writer), Jake Kelley (actor), Breck McGough (writer), Breck McGough (composer), Brooke Alkire (actor), John Castillo (actor),
Genres: Drama, Horror, Short, Thriller,Actors: Paula Wilson (actress), M. Asli Dukan (producer), M. Asli Dukan (director), Jeanine T. Abraham (actor),
Plot: A young pregnant woman escapes from her corporate sponsor to seek freedom for herself and her unborn child and to set in motion a plan to bring down the autonomous organization. When she meets an immigrant shop owner with everything to lose, will she be turned in or helped to achieve her goal or will the armed agents of the omnipresent organization catch up with them both first?
Genres: Short,Actors: Kirsty Meares (actress), Anne Hamilton (editor), Anne Hamilton (writer), Anne Hamilton (director), Anne Hamilton (producer), Anne Hamilton (writer), Jenny Atwood (actress), Kate Adams (actor),
Plot: I woman in her sixties is drinking her self to death. The two waitresses who serve at the bar she frequents debate whether they should let her stay for another drink or send her home. One waitress worries that she will end up like the older woman.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Tatsuma Kyono (producer), Tatsuma Kyono (director), Tatsuma Kyono (editor), Megumi Ageishi (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Marc Chambers (director), Mike Cioffi (actor), Marc Chambers (writer), Mike Cioffi (writer), Marc Chambers (producer), Mike Cioffi (producer), Noah Kaufman (actor), Seena Akita (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Henco J. (writer), Henco J. (director), Henco J. (actor), Henco J. (producer), Lize Jacobs (producer), Nadia van Den Heever (editor), Markus Marais (actor), Josina Junero Barros Alfeus (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Carlos Cardona (editor), Carlos Cardona (writer), Carlos Cardona (actor), Carlos Cardona (director), Gregg Prosser (producer), Gregg Prosser (actor), Ron Marino (actor), Michael A. Russo (actor), Dustin Williams (producer), P.J. Griffin (writer), Luke Martino (actor), John Secret (actor), Brittany Minnes (actress), Rose Addusti (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Hafid Abdelmoula (actor), Hafid Abdelmoula (producer), Hafid Abdelmoula (writer), Hafid Abdelmoula (composer), Hafid Abdelmoula (director), Hafid Abdelmoula (editor), Trudel Abdelmoula (actor), Trudel Abdelmoula (producer), Sean Hobbs (writer), Sean Hobbs (actor), Mounir Abdelmoula (actor), Yasmine Abdelmoula (actor), Jihad Abdelmoula (composer),
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Jesse Atlas (editor), Kurt Caceres (actor), Moe Irvin (actor), Eva Minemar (producer), Eva Minemar (writer), Eva Minemar (director), Lynn Adrianna (actor), Danny Roman (producer), Tony Lepore (producer), Tony Lepore (producer), Kurt Heinzman (actor), Esthero (composer),
Genres: Drama, Drama, Short, Short,