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Grandmaster or Grand Master may refer to:
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Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados), better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ—one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing.
He has been credited with the invention of the first crossfade by sourcing parts from a junkyard in the Bronx. It was initially an On/Off toggle switch from an old microphone that he transformed into a left/right switch which allowed him to switch from one turntable to another; switch from record one to record two.
Before this time DJs, like the first of them all, DJ Kool Herc, and then Afrika Bambaataa, would have to break up the party to pick up the needle and re-drop it on the record, or a new record; until Flash invented a new way to link one record to the other with the cross-fader. After this invention he went from being called Flash to Grandmaster Flash, having made a huge impact on the culture, he was repaid with this honorific name.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first hip hop/rap artists to be so honored.
"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.
Chandrasekhar (Mohanlal) is an IPS officer who lives some kind of a lonely life after being divorced from his wife, Deepthi (Priyamani), a leading criminal lawyer. He lost his sparkle as a police officer after his family breakdown. He lives in a dark and violent city but even when unlawful incidents take place around him, he withdraws himself from all responsibilities and is happy to live quietly. But, things change when he is made the head of the Metro Crime Stopper Cell in Kochi. In the initial days Chandrasekhar is his cool self, focusing more on household chores and the chessboard on his table. Things seem to change when he single-handedly saves three college girls abducted by a psychologically deviant guy. Chandrasekhar gets a congratulatory note from an anonymous man calling himself "Z" who challenges Chandrasekhar to figure out how he is going to bump off one target after the other. Chandrasekhar is forced to take up the investigation of the murders, which follows a mysterious alphabetical pattern. How Chandrasekhar sorts out who is the killer forms the later part of the story.
Keywords: beach, chess, detective, divorce, ex-husband-ex-wife-relationship, investigation, kidnapping, murder, murder-investigation, police
Actors: Paul Jagger (editor), Sebastian Peiter (producer), Sebastian Peiter (writer), Sebastian Peiter (producer), John Wate (director), John Wate (writer), Stephen Turnbull (actor), Richard Melman (producer), Jan Tilman-Schade (composer), Antony Cummins (actor), Inoue Shigeru (actor), Luis Nishio (actor), Yoshiro Murakami (actor), Chika Katou (actor), Tsunehiro Kabaya (actor),
Plot: For over a thousand years, the Samurai have been celebrated as an aristocratic warrior class. Exceptionally skilled and loyal until death, their very name has become a byword for honour and dignity. Now, for the first time on television, we reveal the unknown dark side of the Samurai - a fascinating tale of greed, treachery, extreme cruelty and violent death. Based on newly discovered Samurai war manuals, we reconstruct the life of a young peasant farmer who is press-ganged into a warlord's army. Driven by his love for a village girl of noble birth, young Masa quickly rises through the ranks from simple foot soldier to venerated Samurai commander. But his reward is to be one of betrayal, lies and finally forced suicide by his fellow Samurai. Interwoven with this dramatic story, two British historians track down remarkable new evidence from ancient war manuals that show the true, dark world of the Samurai. The drama documentary also features a living Samurai master and his students, as well as CG animation, stunning re-enactments, original costumes and historic locations.
Genres: History,Actors: Leo Fong (director), William Thomas Jones (actor), Leo Fong (writer), William Thomas Jones (actor), Lais Pedroso (actress), Gary Wasniewski (actor), Gary Wasniewski (director), Gary Wasniewski (actor), James Killebrew (actor), Catalina Catani (actress), Chuck Erickson (actor), Christopher Burr (actor), Lou Lollio (actor), Ziegler Juerg (actor), Ziegler Juerg (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Richard Szabó (miscellaneous crew), Beau Holden (miscellaneous crew), Andy Stephens (miscellaneous crew), Charles Heaphy (miscellaneous crew), Tucker Tooley (producer), Lucia Foster Found (miscellaneous crew), János Papp (miscellaneous crew), Ulrich Thomsen (actor), Stephen Graham (actor), Ryan Kavanaugh (producer), Ron Perlman (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Charles Roven (producer), Catherine Charlton (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A 14th century Crusader returns to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, a disgraced itinerant and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl. When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardises the knight's pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.
Keywords: 1300s, 14th-century, adventure-hero, ambush, animal-attack, axe-fight, b-horror, battering-ram, battle, battle-axeActors: Kurt Sinclair (actor), Glenn Hoeffner (actor), Mitch Yapko (actor), Trent (actor), Matt Tulve (actor), Matt Tulve (producer), Edgar Allan Poe IV (actor), Lisa Dalton (actress), Kai Cofer (actor), Kyle Bornheimer (actor), Avi K. Garg (actor), Julia Ling (actress), T.W. Leshner (actor), Ed Flanagan (actor), Melissa Cipollone (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Bruce Lee (actor), Michael Sealey (director), Michael Sealey (writer), Michael Sealey (producer), William Cheung (actor), William Cheung (writer), William Cheung (actor), Paul Maclaine (actor), Nick Wolff (producer), Nick Wolff (writer), Nick Wolff (director), Nick Wolff (editor), Alfredo Del Brocco (actor), Joshua Dransfield (miscellaneous crew), Peter Coulam (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: 36 years after the world lost the incomparable icon, Bruce Lee, his early friend and martial arts training partner, William Cheung, recorded his thoughts and fond reflections on the man he knew as 'Little Dragon'. Born in the same year as Bruce, by 1958 Grandmaster Cheung was spending his weekends training with and coaching Bruce Lee in preparation for his upcoming bouts in Western boxing. Today, Grandmaster Cheung teaches thousands of kung fu students in the same art that Bruce Lee began. This is his story of Bruce Lee.
Genres: Biography,Actors: Natalie Perrey (actress), Paul Bisciglia (actor), Jean Rollin (writer), Jean Rollin (writer), Serge Moati (writer), Serge Moati (writer), Serge Moati (writer), Michel Delahaye (actor), Jean Rollin (director), Bernard Musson (actor), Jean Rollin (writer), René-Jean Chauffard (actor), Jacques Robiolles (actor), Catherine Castel (actress), Philippe Druillet (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Wealthy and decadent industrialist Georges Radamante rules over a strange secret suicide cult and wants to achieve immortality by figuring out a way to share the biochemistry of a young mute orphaned vampire woman. Complications ensue when Radamante's son Pierre finds out what's going on and falls for the comely lass.
Keywords: blood, chateau, espionage, father-son-relationship, female-nudity, gothic, murder, mutant, secret-society, softcore