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A mother (or mum/mom) is a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child. Because of the complexity and differences of a mother's social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to specify a universally acceptable definition for the term. The male equivalent is a father.
From Middle English moder, From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via late-Middle English matere. from Old English mōdor, from Proto-Germanic *mōdēr (cf. East Frisian muur, Dutch moeder, German Mutter), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (cf. Irish máthair, Tocharian A mācar, B mācer, Lithuanian mótė). Cognates include Common Slavic *mati (thence Russian мать (mat’)), Persian مادر (madar), Mycenaean Greek 𐀔𐀳𐀩 (ma-te-re), and Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ).
In the case of a mammal such as a human, a pregnant woman gestates a fertilized ovum. A fetus develops from the viable fertilized ovum or "embryo." Gestation occurs in the woman's uterus from conception until the fetus (assuming it is carried to term) is sufficiently developed to be born. The woman experiences labor and gives birth. Usually, once the baby is born, the mother produces milk via the lactation process. The mother's breast milk is the source of anti-bodies for the infant's immune system and commonly the sole source of nutrition for the first year or more of the child's life.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
Actors: Radha Mitchell (actress), Olenka Denysenko (miscellaneous crew), John Leguizamo (writer), Anita Surendran (miscellaneous crew), Ally Sheedy (actress), John Leguizamo (producer), Rosie Perez (actress), John Leguizamo (actor), Griffin Dunne (actor), Jonathan Gray (miscellaneous crew), Tomas Milian (actor), Yul Vazquez (actor), Paul Lazar (actor), Donna Mitchell (actress), Edward X. Young (actor),
Plot: JESSE SANCHEZ, an artist/comedian gives the performance of his life. During a New Year's party, Jesse fakes a suicide attempt wrapping a retractable dog leash around his neck, accidentally knocks himself out, and sinks into the waters of his bathtub. Jesse gets the chance to reflect, possibly for the last time, upon his life and love. Known for his envelope pushing performances, Jesse's near death experience bends reality to stage and back again. He takes the audience across the universe of his life's greatest love stories, his quest for fame and the connection both play in understanding who he is underneath it all. With a bump on his head and a bruise on his heart, Jesse finds his way, reconciling with the fates, emerging from the tub to return to the stage a new man...well, at least a man with one hell of a story to tell.
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Genres: ,Actors: Clifton Powell (actor), James Black (actor), Michael Colyar (actor), Glenn Plummer (actor), Choice Skinner (actor), Eric Chase (editor), Kristian Bernard (actor), Anthony Johnson (actor), Jack Guzman (actor), Frank Pinnock (producer), Kiyano La'vin (actor), Natalie Le Blanc (actress), Miles Grose (actor), Merlynne Williams (actress), Kennedy Goldsby (director),
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Plot: A man's face is visible in his bubble bath. He's Brian, thinking back to when he was five and his Chatty Cathy Halloween doll disappeared. The reverie becomes a meditation on his relationship with his mother, an acerbic, unhappy, wickedly profane character, abandoned by the lad's father. After dad leaves, mom chain smokes and develops emphysema. At 16, Brian sets out to lose his virginity; at his return at 4 a.m., mom confronts him. Once an adult, Brian calls her on rare occasions, and she sometimes calls him. Sons and mothers: is it love despite the spite?
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Plot: In a low-risk mental hospital near Rutland, Vermont, Vincent goes berserk days before he's to be released, kills four staff, and escapes. The next morning, just before the release of waters from the local dam, a couple named Scott and Terry decide to find some money Scott's brother stole and hid years before: the water will soon cover the spot, and Scott needs the money for an operation to correct a bone disease that's crippling him. Complicating things is the fact that Scott's older brother is the local chief detective, searching for Vincent. The two stories cross when Vincent takes Terry hostage as Scott faces drowning from the rising waters.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Rebecca Lord (actress), Veronica Hart (actress), Sally Layd (actress), Dave Hardman (actor), Anthony R. Lovett (actor), T.T. Boy (actor), Billy Glide (actor), John Decker (actor), Brian Surewood (actor), Brian Surewood (actor), Tony Tedeschi (actor), Vince Vouyer (actor), Alex Metro (actor), Jeanna Fine (actress), Kitten Natividad (actress),
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Plot: Fred Williamson stars as Stone, a Los Angeles-area private eye. After a movie star's funeral, the star's signature walking cane disappears. Stone discovers that the cane is somehow connected to a string of murders. Stone's investigation takes him onto a porn movie set and into a religious cult. A major subplot involves Stone's intermittent relationship with a young bisexual woman, and the tension therein.
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Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, african-american