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Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American recording artist, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all-time. Houston was one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. She released seven studio albums and three movie soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification. Houston's crossover appeal on the popular music charts, as well as her prominence on MTV, starting with her video for "How Will I Know", influenced several African American female artists to follow in her footsteps.
Houston is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits. She is the second artist behind Elton John and the only female artist to have two number-one Billboard 200 Album awards (formerly "Top Pop Album") on the Billboard magazine year-end charts. Houston's 1985 debut album Whitney Houston became the best-selling debut album by a female act at the time of its release. The album was named Rolling Stone's best album of 1986, and was ranked at number 254 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Her second studio album Whitney (1987) became the first album by a female artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
Actors: Kevin Craig West (actor), Rose Byrne (actress), Eva Mendes (actress), Harris Yulin (actor), Ben Mendelsohn (actor), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Jim Powers (actor), Joseph Basile (actor), Robert Clohessy (actor), Ray Liotta (actor), Bradley Cooper (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Ryan Gosling (actor), Danielle Wilson (miscellaneous crew), Jim Powers (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt rider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines.
Keywords: 17-year-old, arrest, auto-shop, baby, backpack, bag-of-money, balisong, bank, bank-robber, bank-robberyActors: Ed Begley Jr. (actor), Alexandra Paul (actress), Jonathan Lynn (producer), Mary Shellogg (miscellaneous crew), Phil LaMarr (actor), Elena Rogovsky (miscellaneous crew), Rouslan Ovtcharoff (actor), Courtney Gains (actor), Elena Rogovsky (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Lynn (actor), Patrick Duffy (actor), Jesse H. Rivard (miscellaneous crew), Michael Ciesla (actor), Teresa Berkin (actress), Stanley Longstreet (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Whitney (a dude) loves Taylor (a chick), but it's a question who really wears the pants in their relationship (and if they're both committed to it). He cooks, cleans, irons and wants to bring their 4-year relationship toward a marriage after the death of his father; she wants to booze it up and continue playing the field (more or less) while lying about her activities to her strict and rigidly religious bible-quoting parents. Adding to this is Aldo, a male model and former prom date of Taylor's, who lives with them and does what he can to sabotage their relationship, aiming to have Taylor to himself. Can the Whitney-Taylor pairing succeed in a romantic comedy or is it destined to fall apart in a mild satire on gender roles?
Keywords: absent-mother, advertising, airport, apartment, banking, bar, bartender, bathtub, blender, bouquet-of-flowersActors: Bryan Dechart (actor), Lipica Shah (producer), Erin Darke (actress), Victoria Negri (actress), Myko Olivier (actor), Emily L. Harrold (producer), Elizabeth Kerin (writer), Elizabeth Kerin (director), Elizabeth Kerin (editor), Elizabeth Kerin (producer), Alex Goode (actor), Marc Geller (actor), Siena Brown (producer), Jessie Barr (actress), Scott Key (actor),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Marc Kunis (miscellaneous crew), Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Jim Wynorski (director), Beau Billingslea (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Kimberly A. Ray (producer), Jim Wynorski (producer), Marc McClure (actor), Cliff De Young (actor), Treat Williams (actor), Michael Dudikoff (actor), Tim Thomerson (actor), Robert Clotworthy (actor), William Zabka (actor), Steve Latshaw (writer),
Plot: A new reality-style game show, "Treasure Hunt" has invited a cast of contestants, including a Los Angeles cop who's joined to try and make up for an earlier PR blunder, to a tropical island to hunt for a buried treasure worth ten million dollars. Unbeknownst to the contestants, the game's host has struck a deal with the soldiers hired to guard the money, and does not really have the player's best interests, or even basic safety, at heart. Adding to the situation is a killer hurricane bearing down on the island. Who will walk away with the jackpot? Who will walk away at all?
Keywords: evil-man, hurricane, island, murder, reality-show, treasure-huntActors: Jonathan Goldsmith (composer), Don S. Davis (actor), David Hasselhoff (actor), Michael Gross (actor), Peter Sussman (producer), Deanna Milligan (actress), Scott Harper (miscellaneous crew), Ildiko Barritt (miscellaneous crew), Ildiko Barritt (miscellaneous crew), Nancy Eagles (miscellaneous crew), Paul Shapiro (director), Eric Birnberg (miscellaneous crew), Ben Cardinal (actor), Caldecot Chubb (producer), Gloria Davies (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Duncan is a murderous thief. When he jumps out of his plane, it crashes into the Rockies and produces an avalanche. A quiet family trapped inside their house will rescue him. They will have to survive the disaster and the madman.
Keywords: airplane-crash, avalanche, bound-and-gagged, diamond, murderer, rescue, rocky-mountains, snow, thief, tied-to-a-chairActors: Harold Minter (editor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Charles Sullivan (actor), Ben Welden (actor), Grant Withers (actor), Arthur T. Horman (writer), Stanley Wilson (composer), Adele Palmer (costume designer), R.G. Springsteen (director), Jimmy Ames (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Robert Hutton (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: George Meader (actor), Martin Milner (actor), Monte Blue (actor), John Beck (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Philo McCullough (actor), Frank Elliott (actor), Edmund Gwenn (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Fred Kelsey (actor), Douglas Kennedy (actor), Jimmy Lydon (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Thomas Martin (actor), Moroni Olsen (actor),
Plot: In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their wings, discovering girls and making money out of patent medicine selling. When it comes to light he has never been baptized and everyone starts insisting he must do so, it all starts to get a bit too much.
Keywords: baptism, based-on-novel, based-on-play, belief-in-hell, belief-in-the-afterlife, blockbuster, boy, brother-brother-relationship, businessman, catechismActors: Robert Middlemass (actor), George McKay (actor), Edward LeSaint (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Victor Jory (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Johnny Arthur (actor), Robert Gleckler (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Jonathan Hale (actor), Thurston Hall (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), James Millican (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime,Actors: Claude Cooper (actor), Edwards Davis (actor), Crauford Kent (actor), Sidney Morgan (writer), E. Lloyd Sheldon (writer), John Francis Dillon (director), George Cowl (actor), Macey Harlam (actor), Garry McGarry (actor), Justine Johnstone (actress), Mrs. Charles Willard (actress), Gertrude Hillman (actress), Lucy Parker (actress),
Plot: A beautiful young girl, Lola, is a dancer at a private club for wealthy men in New York City. Some of the club members make a bet that Lola can't seduce a young doctor, Jennings. Her attempt fails, and in order to find out why she follows him around and discovers that he runs a clinic on the city's poor Lower East Side. She begins to see the young doctor in a new light, and sets out to help him build the emergency hospital he's always wanted.
Keywords: broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, lower-east-side-manhattan-new-york-city, manhattan-new-york-city, melodrama, new-york-city, societyActors: Robyn Adair (actor), Virginia Kirtley (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), Burton L. King (director), Marc Edmund Jones (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,