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Ramona is a 1884 United States historical novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. It is the story of a Scots-Native American orphan girl in Southern California, who suffers racial discrimination and hardship. Originally serialized in the Christian Union on a weekly basis, the novel became immensely popular. It has had more than 300 printings, been made into four film versions. It has been performed annually as an outdoor play since 1923.
The novel's influence on the culture and image of Southern California was considerable. Its sentimental portrayal of Mexican colonial life gave the region a unique cultural identity; as its publication coincided with the arrival of railroad lines to the region, countless tourists visited who wanted to see the locations in the novel.
In Southern California, shortly after the Mexican-American War, a Scots-Native American orphan girl, Ramona, is raised by Señora Gonzaga Moreno, the sister of Ramona's deceased foster mother. Señora Moreno has raised Ramona as part of the family, giving her every luxury, but only because Ramona's foster mother had requested it as her dying wish. Because of Ramona's Native American heritage, Moreno does not love her. That love is reserved for her only child, Felipe Moreno, whom she adores. Señora Moreno still considers herself a Mexican, although California has been taken over by the United States. She hates the Americans, who have cut up her huge rancho after disputing her claim to it.
Scott Pilgrim is a series of graphic stories by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. The series is about 23-year-old Canadian Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto and plays bass guitar in the band Sex Bob-Omb. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her.
A film adaptation of the series titled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World starring actor Michael Cera in the title role was released in August 2010. A videogame of the same name developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade was released the same month.
Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley was inspired to create the series and eponymous character of Scott Pilgrim after listening to Canadian band Plumtree's 1998 single "Scott Pilgrim", a song then-Plumtree singer Carla Gillis describes as "positive, but...also bitter sweet." In particular, O'Malley was inspired by the lyric "I’ve liked you for a thousand years,".
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: Daniel Bartkewicz (actor), Massiel Hernandez (actress), Jenny Hill (actress), Alicia Lurker (editor), Alicia Lurker (writer), Alicia Lurker (costume designer), Alicia Lurker (director), Kaitlyn C. Burke (actress), Jillian Novello (actor), Dina Long (actor), Christine Bennett (actor), Ralph Seber (actor), Janise Stout (actor), Scott Lurker (writer),
Plot: Meet five girls that are Garden State, but not garden variety. Upon hearing that clove cigarettes were to be banned, five goth girls and a pug set out on a road-trip across two whole counties attempting to stock up on their most cherished accessory. These brave girls gave it their all, driving nearly twenty-five minutes a day and misplacing a dear friend in the process. Mischief and mayhem ensue as tempers run high, patience wears thin and all sanity and reason fall by the wayside. Cleverly written and solidly executed, this is the first feature film by Shinkix Productions.
Genres: Adventure, Comedy,Actors: Adam Intrator (actor), Adam Intrator (writer), Molly Mayo (director), Molly Mayo (producer), Allison Reitz (composer), Ashlyn Lanier (actor), Chase Lanier (actor), Catherine Laster (actor), Sam Lee (actor), River MacBride (actor), Thomas Patterson (actor), Maya Poole (actor), Jade Scott (actor), Davis Smith (actor), Mattie Thompson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance, Short,Actors: Patrick T. McGowan (actor), Daniel Margotta (producer), Danielle Kronenberg (actress), Elaine F. Liebmann (actor), Elaine F. Liebmann (actress), Michael Decicco (editor), Michael Decicco (producer), Michael Decicco (writer), Frank Orefice Jr. (writer), Michael Decicco (director), Chris Russell (actor), Joseph Molinaro (writer), Joseph Molinaro (producer), Matthew Smith (producer), Jasmin Gabrielle (actor),
Plot: BEDRIDDEN | short film | horrifying, thriller) After an accident, Larry becomes crippled, bedridden and a large burden for his parents. Just when it seems like things couldn't get any worse, dad takes off leaving his mother to fend for work while assigning an in-home nurse to care for her son. . . but this isn't just any nurse. This is the type of nurse who takes pleasure in torturing her patients.
Genres: Drama, Horror, Short, Thriller,Actors: Kelly Czarnik (producer), Zarah Rivera (actress), Richard Herd (director), Richard Herd (producer), Jorge Hoyos (actor), Gary Kephart (composer), Doug Midkiff (actor), Mary Bennett (actor), Kate Cotter (composer),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Julieta Egurrola (actress), Gael García Bernal (producer), Diego Luna (producer), Luisa Huertas (actress), Yibran Assaud (editor), Andrés Almeida (actor), Flor Eduarda Gurrola (actress), Luis Rábago (actor), Kyzza Terrazas (director), Kyzza Terrazas (writer), Teresa Rábago (actress), Gabriel Nuncio (producer), Anna Terrazas (costume designer), Natalia Beristáin (producer), Rodrigo Corea (actor),
Plot: Ray and Ramona are a young couple. They hate injustice of the social context they are part of. Each from their own niche - Ramona as a musician, Ray as an activist - try to fight for a more just world. Devoted to self-sabotage, Ray fails in his rebellion and drags Ramona into a downward spiral that culminates in act of poetic terrorism.
Keywords: activist, church, concert, explosion, musician, political-activist, scar, singerActors: Sam Berliner (producer), Sam Berliner (writer), Sam Berliner (director), Sam Berliner (editor), Jon Cooney (actor), Jon Cooney (composer), Elenore Toczynski (actress), Sarah Wodin-Schwartz (actor), Red Durkin (actor), Kellie Pine (actor), Maddox Pratt (actor), Carson Rader (actor), Darcy Allder (actor),
Plot: In their fight for the Gender Evolution Revolution, the Genderbusters drive around resolving the gender-binary dilemmas of folks all over San Francisco. This film will provide a positive voice for the trans, genderqueer, androgynous & gender-fluid folks not yet represented on screen, documenting our history, serving as a call to action to be recognized and respected by society at large, and forcing our culture to evolve.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Sharee Washington (director), Sharee Washington (writer), Sharee Washington (producer), Rhonda L. Washington (producer), Rhonda L. Washington (producer), Matthew Mercier (editor), Edward L. Cannon (producer), Paul Cannon (producer), Gregory White (actor), F. Jason Whitaker (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Washington (miscellaneous crew), Rhonda Washington (miscellaneous crew), Entuane Tyson (composer), Entuanette O'Garro (composer), Celina Fields (actor),
Plot: Steven and Ramona have been married three years and have been focused on their careers rather than starting a family. When Ramona's father unexpectedly dies and leaves a large inheritance, Ramona pursues a new career. Her husband also wants to start anew after a horrific incident causes him to reevaluate not only his career, but also the urgency in starting a family. With the possibility of uprooting their existing life for one to pursue their career to the other's dismay, Steven and Ramona have to make some decisions of epic proportion as their choice in career comes under fire and their faith is tested.
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Coréon Dú (director), Coréon Dú (miscellaneous crew), Coréon Dú (producer), Coréon Dú (producer), Coréon Dú (writer), Coréon Dú (composer), Rosa Silva (actress), Ademir Cavalcanti (director), Ademir Cavalcanti (producer), Christopher Hutchings (miscellaneous crew), Ademir Cavalcanti (editor), Sissi Bembom (producer), Felix Alvarez (miscellaneous crew), Felix Alvarez (actor), Sergio Neto (producer),
Genres: Musical, Short,Actors: Shreyas Talpade (actor), Mangala Kenkre (actress), Shilpa Mehta (actress), Pramod Singh (actor), Iqbal Raj (director), Iqbal Raj (writer), Rajesh Sabharwal (actor), Rahul Mahendale (actor), Lata Sabharwal (actress), Nikhil Mathur (producer), Anamika Goel (actor), Ali Raza Namdar (actor), Faraha Khan (actress), Dhananjay Kale (composer), Sonika Kapoor (actor),
Plot: Raghu More comes from a middle-class family in Bombay, India. He is successful in getting admitted in a decent college, where he gets to make new friends - Pannalal Patel, and Balkrishna Mani (alias Black Money). But the one he would really like to be introduced is the savvy and gorgeous and seemingly untouchable Ramona. He does get to meet and talk with her - once dressed as a transvestite; the second time foolishly proposing to marry her, only to find out that he was part of a bet; and third when he accepts the blame for one of her wrong actions. Ramona starts to notice him when he speaks for Sex Education during a college debate - which was unfortunately interrupted by his dad. Watch as comical events unfold as Raghu attempts to improve his image - from the "sidey, "geeky", and "vernac" to the more prestigious "Roger Moore", and discover new meanings of old college slang viz. "Gilhey Shikwe (Wet complaints).
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bernard Behrens (actor), Jesse Vint (actor), Olivia d'Abo (actress), Allan Rich (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Jesse Vint (director), Jesse Vint (writer), Marco Rodríguez (actor), Larry Pennell (actor), Anne Ramsey (actress), Brenda Bakke (actress), Brenda Bakke (actress), Vanessa Angel (actress), Donna Spangler (actress), Angus Duncan (actor),
Plot: Soap star and playboy John Ripley was bouncing from bed to bed when he met Jackie. The beautiful cover girl was the newest client of his agent and best friend Russ Wilder. After falling for Jackie, John can't stop his old ways and loses her when he's caught in an compromising position. Things get get worse and after bottoming-out John realizes Jackie was the best thing he ever had. He starts back on the long road to recover his fame, fortune and most of all Jackie.
Keywords: actor, afterlife, agent, beach, beauty, billboard, convertible, courtroom, cover-girl, dog