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Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), sometimes incorrectly referred to as John Merrick, was an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the Elephant Man. He became well known in London society after he went to live at the London Hospital. Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life. His skin appeared thick and lumpy, he developed an enlargement of his lips, and a bony lump grew on his forehead. One of his arms and both feet became enlarged and at some point during his childhood he fell and damaged his hip, resulting in permanent lameness. When he was 11, his mother died and his father soon remarried. Merrick left school at 12, and had difficulty finding employment. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home. In late 1879, aged 17, Merrick entered the Leicester Union workhouse.
In 1884, after four years in the workhouse, Merrick contacted a showman named Sam Torr and proposed that Torr should exhibit him. Torr agreed, and arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named the Elephant Man. After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop on Whitechapel Road which was rented by showman Tom Norman. Norman's shop, directly across the street from the London Hospital, was visited by a surgeon named Frederick Treves, who invited Merrick to be examined and photographed. Soon after Merrick's visits to the hospital, Tom Norman's shop was closed by the police and Merrick's managers sent him to tour in Europe.
Kathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna (born November 17, 1987) is a Dominican American pop singer. DeLuna has a soprano vocal range. Her debut single, "Whine Up", reached the top ten in Belgium and France, peaked inside the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Her debut album, 9 Lives, was released in 2007. It peaked at number fifty-eight on the Billboard 200 and charted within the top twenty of Belgium and Poland. In 2008, DeLuna began work on her second studio album, Inside Out. It was released in Belgium in 2010, peaking at number sixteen.
In 2007, DeLuna won "Best New Artist" at the Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2007 awards. In 2008, she won "Best New Artist" and "Best Urban Artist" at the TMF Awards. DeLuna's single, "Whine Up", won the award for "Latin Dance Club Play Track Of The Year" at the 2008 Latin Billboard Music Awards. She also won a Casandra Award in 2008 for "Best International Artist".
Kat DeLuna was born on November 17, 1987, in the Bronx borough of New York City, USA. At a young age, DeLuna and her family moved to the Dominican Republic. When she was 12, DeLuna performed onstage and was heard by Milly Quezada who commended her vocals. Friends and family recognized her talent at an early age, but it was not until she moved back to the United States at age 14, to Newark, New Jersey, that DeLuna realized her potential as a singer. She attended Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Newark, and was taught by Nicholas Straus. DeLuna then attended the Newark Arts High School, which was the only school she applied to. While there, DeLuna and her friends formed an R&B group called Coquette. DeLuna had a tough upbringing and was raised in poverty. She spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and Billie Holiday records, which she imitated daily on her karaoke machine.
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.
Cyrus recorded music for the soundtracks, Hannah Montana (2006) and Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), released by Walt Disney Records. With the success of the Hannah Montana franchise she established herself as a teen idol. In 2007, Cyrus signed to Hollywood Records to pursue a solo career. She embarked upon the Best of Both Worlds Tour the same year, in which she performed as both herself and in character as Hannah Montana. The tour was eventually turned into a high-grossing concert film titled Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008). In July 2008, Cyrus released her first solo album, Breakout (2008), which was commercially successful.
She began her foray into film by providing the voice of "Penny" in the animated film Bolt (2008). Cyrus earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her performance of Bolt's theme song, "I Thought I Lost You". She also reprised her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). The Hannah Montana: The Movie' soundtrack introduced her to new audiences within country and adult contemporary markets.
Actors: Chris Spencer (actor), Eric Tomosunas (producer), Claire Doré (miscellaneous crew), Jason Suhrke (miscellaneous crew), Kym Whitley (actress), Don Abernathy (miscellaneous crew), Clifton Powell (actor), Keith David (actor), John Salley (actor), Kevin Hart (actor), Don Abernathy (actor), David Alan Grier (actor), Christopher DeMaci (actor), Donnell Rawlings (actor), Lester Speight (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Joe McClean (producer), Joe McClean (editor), Joe McClean (director), Joe McClean (actor), Joe McClean (writer), Sarju Patel (actor), Sarju Patel (producer), Bruna Matsin (actress), Phillip Kelly (actor), Dane Bowman (actor), Chas Mitchell (actor), Meghan Anderson (costume designer), Barry Finnegan (actor), Travis von Cartier (composer), Jon Thomas (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: David Hartman (actor), David Hartman (writer), David Hartman (editor), David Hartman (director), David Hartman (writer), David Hartman (actor), David Hartman (actor), Mike Baker (actor), Mike Baker (actor), Mike Baker (miscellaneous crew), Kathleen Hartman (actress), Kathleen Hartman (miscellaneous crew), Bryan Baugh (actor), Bryan Baugh (actor), Bryan Baugh (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Charles Martin Smith (actor), Peter Bernstein (composer), Robert Hays (actor), Charles Martin Smith (director), Peter Weller (actor), Kay Tong Lim (actor), James Mitchell (editor), Peter Shepherd (producer), Terry Dresbach (costume designer), Dom Magwili (actor), Michael Butler (writer), Dennis Shryack (writer), Hussein Abu Hassan (actor), Lylie Almedia (miscellaneous crew), Raymond Wagner (producer),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy,Actors: Ron Wood (actor), Craig Pryce (director), Craig Pryce (actor), Craig Pryce (writer), Craig Pryce (producer), Eric Bryson (actor), Randy Pearlstein (actor), Gary Zubeck (editor), James Knapp (actor), David Wiechorek (writer), Angelo Celeste (actor), David Wiechorek (actor), Frank Quinlan (actor), Peter Szkoda (actor), Danny Wengle (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Marshall Harvey (editor), Timothy Carey (actor), Danny DeVito (actor), Gerrit Graham (actor), Patrick Macnee (actor), Paul Reubens (actor), Joe Santos (actor), Tim Thomerson (actor), Rhea Perlman (actress), Jonathan Dana (producer), Alain Silver (producer), Danny DeVito (director), Jim Mulholland (writer), Bruce Kimmel (actor), Bruce Kimmel (director),
Plot: VINCE D'ANGELO is a low life, Congressman from New Jersey who'll stop at nothing to get elected to the U.S. Senate. With his sleazy, below-the-belt campaign tactics, he's hell-bent on destroying his opponents reputations and getting himself and his wife to the top of the heap in Washington D.C. In "SCHOOL, GIRLS, & YOU," it's the 1950's -- and strait-laced Everdale University is about to go "coed". In order to prepare it's student body for the onslaught of "females" on campus, they present this hard-hitting educational film. Wally Bile is the "wrong-way" role model with Science Professor, Dr. Bloom. Dr. Bloom explains the vital "do's and don'ts" on dating women, and the all-important "warning signs" and "danger signals" to look out for when close-encountering the opposite sex.
Keywords: comma-in-title, four-word-title, number-in-title, period-in-title, sketch-comedyActors: Chris Warfield (actor), Chris Warfield (actor), John Hayes (actor), Michael Pataki (actor), Michael Pataki (actor), Chuck McCann (actor), Chuck McCann (actor), John Hayes (actor), Chuck McCann (actor), George 'Buck' Flower (actor), John F. Goff (actor), John F. Goff (actor), John Hayes (actor), Patrick Wright (actor), Chris Warfield (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Stan Laurel (actor), Jimmy Horan (actor), Percy Helton (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Vince Barnett (actor), Eugene Jackson (actor), John Hart (actor), Phil Arnold (actor), Jim Davis (actor), John Dennis (actor), Robert Clarke (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Robert Lowery (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Its a beautiful ting,wen yuh dancing
Dance to di rythm chakka chakka everybady now
Dance to di rythm chakka chakka everybady
Dance to di rythm chakka chakka everybady now
Dance to di rythm chakka chakka
If yuh tink yuh bad if yuh tink yuh bad
if yuh tink yuh bad walk wid di chakka
if yuh tink yuh bad if yuh tink yuh bad
if yuh tink yuh bad walk wid di chakka
a bet yuh seh yuh caan run wid di chakka eeen
a bet yuh seh yuh caan run wid di chakka eeen
mix up di summer bounce wid di chakka eeen
ding dong badda dance wid di chakka eeen
weddi weddi get jiggy wid di chakka eeen
get mad part di crowd wid di chakka eeen
mek mi se yuh do di clear wid di chakka eeen
chakka chakka chakka chakka chakka chakka
[chorus]
Do di chakka chakka gal dance it ooy
caan do di dance dont chance it ooy
bran new dance advance it ooy
elephant man ah endorse it ooy
yuh nuh si di dance yuh caan si ooy
if yuh nuh bathe den yuh nasty ooy
knock im out nuh mek im just pass yuh ooy
none ah dem nuh inna ur class