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Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 Matsuhisa Nobuyuki; born March 10, 1949) is a celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with South American (Peruvian) ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso.
Nobu was born in Saitama, Japan. When he was just seven years old, his father died in a traffic accident and he and his two older brothers were raised by his mother. After graduating from high school, he worked at the restaurant Matsue Sushi in Shinjuku, Tokyo for seven years, and was invited by a regular customer who was a Peruvian entrepreneur of Japanese descent to open a Japanese restaurant in Peru. In 1973 at age 24, he moved to Peru (Lima) and opened a restaurant with the same name of Matsuei in partnership with his sponsor. Nobu was unable to find many of the ingredients he took for granted in Japan and had to improvise, and it was here that he developed his unique style of cuisine that incorporated Southern American ingredients into Japanese dishes.
Robert De Niro (pronounced /dəˈnɪəroʊ/; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973. In 1974, he played the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
His critically acclaimed, longtime collaborations with Martin Scorsese began with 1973's Mean Streets, and earned De Niro an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991). In addition, he received nominations for his acting in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978) and Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990). Also in 1990, his portrayal as Jimmy Conway in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas earned him a BAFTA nomination.
He has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: New York, New York (1977), Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999) and Meet the Parents (2000). De Niro directed A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). He has received accolades for his esteemed career, including the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Kanye Omari West ( /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American musician, film director and fashion designer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative album, Watch the Throne with Jay-Z in 2011, which is the duo's first collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of 2012, West has won a total of eighteen Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. All albums have been very commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of July 2011, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000 and "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000 placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.
Actors: David Mathews (actor), Jeff James Monson (director), Hannah Ryan (actress), Hannah Ryan (actor), Erin Rooke (miscellaneous crew), Erin Rooke (actor), Brian Morelan (writer), Brian Morelan (director), Brian Morelan (editor), Lila Parks (actor), Leon Potter (actor), Lila Parks (producer), Ryan Martin (miscellaneous crew), Leon Potter (miscellaneous crew), Ryan Martin (actor),
Plot: Thirty-something Bob lives downstairs in his mom's house, works in fast food and has one friend. His greatest accomplishment is making it to master in a fighter-style video game, permitting him a game companion, Kimiko, which turns out to be real. Kimiko is impressed with Bob as 'great warrior', but when she starts to discover he is not very important in his own world, her enthusiasm fades.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Tokuma Nishioka (actor), Katsuhisa Namase (actor), Masahiro Takashima (actor), Eriko Satô (actress), Hitomi Kuroki (actress), Naoto Takenaka (actor), Arata Furuta (actor), Mitsuki Tanimura (actress), Kôji Yamamoto (actor), Noriko Nakagoshi (actress), Masaki Kyômoto (actor), Takashi Matsuo (actor), Naohito Fujiki (actor), Yuriko Yoshitaka (actress), Kaho (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Mike McNamara (actor), Joyce Porter (actress), Chad Wheeler (actor), Matt Brookens (director), Matt Brookens (writer), J. Scott (actor), Meiko Taylor (actress), Leena Kurishingal (actress), Greg Brookens (actor), Matthew M. Jones (producer), John LaFlamboy (actor), John Turk (actor), Keith Compton (actor), Jake Hames (actor),
Plot: INSPIRE AN ARTIST, RUIN HIS LIFE - The peace of the mall movie theater is about to be shattered! Jack, a stagnated painter, must train new theater employee Marcus, a rage filled, motorcycle-riding martial artist. Marcus hits on Jack's actress girlfriend Sharon, and really gets the goat of comic-loving sci-fi geek, Nick. More tensions flare when Jack's boss announces a coveted career launching painting contest. Turns out that Marcus studies the art of Ninja under the diabolical, pastrami-loving Nobu. After dishing out a nasty kung fu beat down, Nobu decrees that until Marcus can demonstrate his creativity, he will never earn his black belt. With a psychotic need to prove himself boiling up, Marcus latches onto the words of his hero, zombie film maven George Romano: "Great art comes from great pain." Suddenly, Sharon and Marcus are in bed together and Jack has found some gut wrenching inspiration to paint with. Wowed by his friend's new zest for art, Nick presses Jack to begin illustrating his comic book about sexy women and swamp dwelling ape-men. This deviation from painting burns up Marcus, who believes he is establishing his legacy through Jack's art. Donning ninja garb, Marcus sets out to further "inspire" Jack. What follows is a bloody trail of betrayal, murder and maiming that only a ninja can inflict. Now, painting in a frenzy, Jack must fight not only for his art, but his life. Be ready for one shocker of an ending!
Keywords: art, ninja, pain, zombieActors: Ken Mitsuishi (actor), Riki Takeuchi (actor), Masao Komatsu (actor), Kengo Kôra (actor), Yui Ichikawa (actress), Ryôhei Abe (actor), Aoi Nakamura (actor), Yôko Mitsuya (actress), Satoshi Nikaido (actor), Takahiro Hôjô (actor), Ichirô Hashimoto (actor), Mayuko Arisue (actress), Yoshitaka Mori (director), Yoshitaka Mori (editor), Yoshitaka Mori (writer),
Genres: Drama, Sport,Actors: Marshal Hilton (actor), Marshal Hilton (producer), Eiji Inoue (actor), Rikio (actor), Koji Fueta (actor), James Krenzke (director), James Krenzke (editor), James Krenzke (producer), James Krenzke (writer), Clint Saiki (actor), Luke Lin (actor), Dylan Seal (actor), Big Mike (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Ling (actress), Michelle Chien (producer),
Plot: Homeless, destitute and forgotten, War Veteran and unwitting father Joseph Gray is plucked from the streets by a wealthy and shady Japanese business man. As repayment for his new master's kindness, Joseph must take care of the dirty work that results from his new masters criminal enterprises. For Joseph, killing was always easy, until he is confronted with the realization that he is not only expendable, but that his beloved master Aniki has set in motion an act of betrayal that will shake Joseph's sense of trust, loyalty and family to his core, with violent and tragic consequences.
Genres: Action, Drama, Short,Actors: Alison Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Alison Cohen (miscellaneous crew), Andrea F. Cannistraci (miscellaneous crew), Eva Z. Cabrera (miscellaneous crew), Francis Ford Coppola (producer), Fred Roos (producer), Anna Faris (actress), Sofia Coppola (writer), Sofia Coppola (director), Bill Murray (actor), Giovanni Ribisi (actor), Scarlett Johansson (actress), Sofia Coppola (producer), Anita Ekberg (miscellaneous crew), Maureen Duffy (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Bob Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting photographer. Bored and weary, Bob and Charlotte make ideal if improbable traveling companions. Charlotte is looking for "her place in life," and Bob is tolerating a mediocre stateside marriage. Both separately and together, they live the experience of the American in Tokyo. Bob and Charlotte suffer both confusion and hilarity due to the cultural and language differences between themselves and the Japanese. As the relationship between Bob and Charlotte deepens, they come to the realization that their visits to Japan, and one another, must soon end. Or must they?
Keywords: actor, actress, adultery, advertisement, advertising, agent, airhead, airplane, alienation, american-abroadActors: Peter Abrams (producer), Vittorio Duse (actor), Steve Purcell (director), Robert L. Levy (producer), Ashley Olsen (actress), Mary-Kate Olsen (producer), Ashley Olsen (producer), Mary-Kate Olsen (actress), Sherwood Jones (editor), Brahm Wenger (composer), Julian Stone (actor), Natan Zahavi (producer), Matt Patresi (actor), Melora Harte (miscellaneous crew), Archie Kao (actor),
Plot: Leila and Charli Hunter are in Rome to participate in a Summer Intern Program. After they begin their jobs, they are immediately fired due to careless mishaps. But Derek Hammond, who owns the company, decides to re-instate Leila and Charli. But while in Rome, Leila and Charli find true romance that will take them joyriding to see the sights throughout the city of Rome.
Keywords: fashion, fashion-designer, female-protagonist, intern, photo-shoot, photography, rome-italy, sister-sister-relationship, teenage-protagonist, theftActors: Shinji Aoyama (director), Masatoshi Nagase (actor), Jun Murakami (actor), Ryô Iwamatsu (director), Alex Cox (director), Gô Rijû (director), Alex Cox (writer), Shigeru Izumiya (actor), Teruyuki Kagawa (actor), Sadao Abe (actor), Dan Wool (composer), Gakuryu Ishii (director), Kyôko Koizumi (actress), Shunsuke Matsuoka (actor), Takenori Sentô (producer),
Genres: Mystery,Actors: Nicollette Sheridan (actress), George S. Clinton (composer), Brad Krevoy (producer), Soon-Tek Oh (actor), Nicollette Sheridan (actress), Steven Stabler (producer), Chris Rock (actor), Billy Connolly (actor), John Farley (actor), Kevin P. Farley (actor), Robin Shou (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Will Sasso (actor), Susan Bierbaum (miscellaneous crew), Dennis Dugan (director),
Plot: Following a ship wreck, a baby is rescued by a clan of Ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own. But Haru, as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy Ninja. However, the good-natured and persevering Haru, in his own bumbling way, and with some help from Gobei, manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end.
Keywords: amateur-sleuth, arm-sling, arrest, ashes, axe, beverly-hills-california, bikini-girl, birthday-card, blindfold, blondeActors: Mitsuko Kusabue (actress), Tatsuo Endô (actor), Takuya Fujioka (actor), Rikiya Yasuoka (actor), Yukiyo Toake (actress), Rino Katase (actress), Shigeru Kôyama (actor), Ken Mitsuishi (actor), Hiroaki Murakami (actor), Kôji Takada (writer), Riki Takeuchi (actor), Shingo Yanagisawa (actor), Isamu Ichida (editor), Yutaka Nakajima (actress), Gorô Kusakabe (producer),
Genres: ,Standing in a shadow of true love Wishing that the
other side would really be gone
Hoping for the worst that would be best for me Hoping
that the other side would never see
That I´m Fallen to gutter of long dark road Running to
harbour for long gone boat
Buried in six feet of cold hard soil Trying to keep it
real
When I´m with you Im here and everywhere
But my heart is somewhere else I will try to make it
last
Heartache will soon be past Pick your number next in
line
Maybe now I will be fine NOT
Waiting for the bullet to split my head Maybe then I
would be fine when buried and dead
Nothing really changes the way I feel It´s like now I
don´t have soul, but my body will stay
And I´m fallen to gutter of long dark road Running to
harbour for long gone boat
Buried in six feet of cold hard soil Trying to keep it
real
When I´m with you I´m here and everywhere
But my heart is somewhere else I will try to make it
last
Heartache will soon be past Pick your number next in
line
Maybe now I will be fine NOT
And I´m fallen to gutter of long dark road Running to
harbour for long gone boat
Buried in six feet of cold hard soil Trying to keep it
real
When I´m with you I´m here and everywhere
But my heart is somewhere else I will try to make it
last
Heartache will soon be past Pick your number next in
line