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A comet is an icy small Solar System body (SSSB) that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma (a thin, fuzzy, temporary atmosphere) and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred meters to tens of kilometers across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. Comets have been observed since ancient times and have traditionally been considered bad omens.
Comets have a wide range of orbital periods, ranging from a few years to hundreds of thousands of years. Short-period comets originate in the Kuiper belt, or its associated scattered disc, which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune. Longer-period comets are thought to originate in the Oort cloud, a hypothesized spherical cloud of icy bodies in the outer Solar System. Long-period comets plunge towards the Sun from the Oort cloud because of gravitational perturbations caused by either the massive outer planets of the Solar System (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), or passing stars. Rare hyperbolic comets pass once through the inner Solar System before being thrown out into interstellar space along hyperbolic trajectories.
Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Galaxy Quest, Jeepers Creepers, Dodgeball, Live Free or Die Hard, He's Just Not That into You, and Drag Me to Hell, and his personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign.
Long, the middle of three brothers, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut. His father, Raymond James Long, is a philosophy and Latin professor at Fairfield University, and his mother, Wendy Lesniak, is a former actress who has mostly appeared on stage. Long had a conservative Roman Catholic upbringing. His grandmother is Sicilian. His older brother, Damian, is a local stage actor as well as a teacher and theater director at Weston High School. His younger brother, Christian, appears in Justin's film Accepted as the school mascot. Long attended Fairfield College Preparatory School, a Jesuit school, and Vassar College, where he was a member of the sketch comedy group Laughingstock and starred in several plays, including Butterflies Are Free. Long worked at Sacred Heart University as an acting instructor/counselor for a children's theater group.
Actors: Catherine Pittman (miscellaneous crew), Cherie Smid (miscellaneous crew), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Robert Vince (writer), Cheryl Ladd (actress), Robert Vince (director), Audrey Wasilewski (actress), Robert Vince (producer), Obba Babatundé (actor), Richard Kind (actor), Jay Brazeau (actor), George Newbern (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Raymond W. Beal (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Elise Cox (actress),
Plot: An all-new Disney holiday classic is born - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Starring a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever - Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble - it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. Taking mischief to a whole new level, they begin granting joyful wishes to Pineville's boys and girls, but something goes terribly wrong - the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas around the world. From the creators of Disney Buddies, this magical, heartwarming tale is brimming with hope, cheer, and Christmas spirit.
Keywords: christmasActors: Patrika Darbo (actress), Robert Vince (producer), Tom McBeath (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Richard Riehle (actor), Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress), Peter New (actor), Eric Keenleyside (actor), Bill Cobbs (actor), Richard Kind (actor), Jason Connery (actor), Eddie Pepitone (actor), C. Ernst Harth (actor), Robert Vince (director), Robert Vince (writer),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Evan Chan (miscellaneous crew), Ken Hovgaard (miscellaneous crew), Robert Vince (writer), Luke Bradshaw (miscellaneous crew), Robert Vince (director), Claire Doré (miscellaneous crew), Richard Kind (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Tim Conway (actor), Ellie Harvie (actress), Tom Bosley (actor), George Wendt (actor), Robert Vince (producer), Annie Wilkinson (miscellaneous crew), Laurie Watt (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: At the North Pole, Father Christmas and his chief dog Santa Paws worry as the whole toys processing system is threatened by the weakening of its magical power source, the icicle drawing on Christmas spirit. When harshly rebuked Puppy Paws, wishing there was no Christmas and he a regular dog, runs away to Fernfield and joins the 5 Buddies siblings, power falls beneath minimum. Chief Elf Eli finds his trace and travels in an attempt to save his and the world's Christmas spirit, but the six puppies face misunderstandings and the grim dog catcher Stan Cruge.
Keywords: abduction, boy, bully, cage, christmas, dog, father-son-relationship, kidnapping, party, rescueActors: John O'Hurley (actor), Edie McClurg (actress), Fred Willard (actor), Gladys Knight (actress), Fred Willard (actor), David Lawrence (composer), Brenda Song (actress), Harland Williams (actor), Paul Rodriguez (actor), Fred Savage (actor), Dylan Sprouse (actor), Cole Sprouse (actor), Jonathan Prince (writer), Jonathan Prince (actor), Jonathan Prince (writer),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,Actors: Judge Reinhold (actor), Kevin Pollak (actor), Blu Mankuma (actor), David Krumholtz (actor), Gary Jones (actor), Michael Dorn (actor), Fred Keating (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Peter Boyle (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Bob Bergen (actor), Art LaFleur (actor), Wendy Crewson (actress), Jay Thomas (actor),
Plot: Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa's got problems (he's even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year's "naughty" list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it's up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.
Keywords: absent-father, airplane, american-football, animatronic, character-name-in-title, children, christmas, christmas-party, christmas-tree, cupidActors: Venus Terzo (actress), Michael Dobson (actor), Andrea Libman (actress), Paul Dobson (actor), Dean Cain (actor), Andrew Francis (actor), Terry Klassen (actor), Terry Klassen (actor), Joseph Lawrence (actor), Richard Newman (actor), Gerard Plunkett (actor), Lee Tockar (actor), Kathleen Barr (actress), Lynda Boyd (actress), Cathy Weseluck (actress),
Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Erica Shaffer (actress), Nikolai Kinski (actor), Fred Cobar (producer), Cameron Spencer (editor), Eva Langsdorff (actress), Joshua Davis (producer), Joshua Davis (director), Gil Ferrales (actor), Nathalie Olivia (actress), Monty Black (actor),
Plot: Scotland's west coast has the most dramatic coastline in Great Britain. There is Mull and Skye and many more smaller ones, all of exceptional beauty. The documentary covers not only the coastline but also some of the most interesting inner parts along the West Coast. Castles, beautiful gardens and breath taking landscape.
Genres: ,Actors: Richard Simmons (actor), Terry Klassen (actor), Colin Murdock (actor), Bob Newhart (actor), Jim Byrnes (actor), Paul Dobson (actor), Thomas Fritsch (actor), David Kaye (actor), Garry Chalk (actor), John Goodman (actor), Paul Dobson (actor), Matt Hill (actor), Matt Hill (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Lee Tockar (actor),
Plot: When Rudolph is born with a red nose he is bullied through out his younger years, but when Stormella closes her bridge of to the public and threaten to put Santa out of business for good this starts a chain of events that brings Rudolph from zero to hero don't miss it
Keywords: animal-in-title, animal-name-in-title, based-on-song, character-name-in-title, christmas, independent-film, rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeerActors: Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Kath Soucie (actress), Rob Paulsen (actor), Cam Clarke (actor), Jim Cummings (actor), Ginny McSwain (miscellaneous crew), Jim Latham (composer), Ken Pontac (director), Elise Robertson (miscellaneous crew), David Bleiman (editor), David Bleiman (director), Leopoldo Marino (miscellaneous crew), Ollie Green (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Ozzie's a temp in Santa's workshop, but he wants to become a permanent helper, so he begins to make points by showing Santa how computers and automation can help production. But when the reindeers walk out, Ozzie's going to have to figure out how to get them back and the true meaning of Christmas.
Keywords: christmas, christmas-in-danger, family-relationships, stop-motion, surrealismActors: Bruce Campbell (actor), Robert G. Tapert (producer), Ted Raimi (actor), Sam Raimi (producer), Joseph LoDuca (composer), Bruce Campbell (actor), Bruce Campbell (producer), Josh Becker (director), Josh Becker (writer), John Cameron (actor), George Aguilar (actor), Gary Jones (actor), Deborah Foreman (actress), Ida Gearon (miscellaneous crew), Robert Grossman (actor),
Plot: In the seedy part of Los Angeles, a man who writes poetry has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders. A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.
Keywords: agoraphobia, aluminum-foil, attempted-rape, baseball-bat, crazy-doctor, cult-film, depression, flashlight, garbage-truck, giant-spider