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Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
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.
Actors: Scott C. Brown (actor), Basil Shadid (writer), Basil Shadid (miscellaneous crew), Basil Shadid (actor), Basil Shadid (editor), Basil Shadid (producer), Justin Minich (actor), William Maria Rain (director), William Maria Rain (actor), Devin Martha Rodger (actress), Tobi Hill-Meyer (actor), Brittany Alsot (miscellaneous crew), Lowell Deo (actor), Stephen Anunson (actor), Stephen Anunson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Lucas and Lincoln just got engaged. Marriage equality may soon be legal, and Lucas will have everything he wants-a career and a stable home with Lincoln. Meanwhile, Lincoln is leading a major account at his advertising firm-one that will rehabilitate the image of conservative company Big Corp by having its CEO grandstand for the marriage equality campaign. The approach could secure loyal "pink money" for Big Corp and launch Lincoln's career. It's the opportunity of a lifetime, but Lincoln senses something isn't right. When he picks up a free-spirited hitchhiker named Raccoon, Lincoln inadvertently enters a world of art and activism. New concepts of freedom and stability are revealed to him, awakening the artist inside him. However, his new-found radical politics quickly jeopardize his work, his relationship and the struggle for marriage equality, leaving everyone asking, "What is the face of equality and what is the price?"
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Kim Estes (actor), Kim Estes (producer), Barbara Kerr Condon (actress), Amy Weber (actress), Amy Weber (producer), Sean Galuszka (actor), Larry Marko (actor), Olivia Dunkley (actress), Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett (actress), Bryna Weiss (actress), Robert Mann (miscellaneous crew), Philip Bulcock (actor), Kyle Prohaska (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Flood (actor), Nathan Reid (actor),
Plot: Fueled by revenge, Michael sets up a meeting with Clef Robie, the man who murdered his wife and child 6 years ago. His plans of killing him come to a standstill when two gunmen rob the diner. Michael takes matters into his own hands when he shoots them and holds the entire diner hostage until he kills his target.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Peter Leon (writer), Peter Leon (editor), Peter Leon (director), Clinton James Austin (actor), J. Patrick Ohlde (actor), J. Patrick Ohlde (writer), Katie Mullaly (actress), Tony McMillen (actor), Albert Varela (actor), Charles Lynch (actor), Mikal Mullaly (actor), Daniel Samson (actor), Jamie Eldredge (actor), Jeffrey Stephenson (actor), Jake Hoyer (actor),
Plot: L.A. underground is the story of Dead retina, a Los Angeles Rock band that just recorded their first record, the only problem is their record label has just gone out of business and the studio is holding their master tapes hostage until the band is able to come up with $15,000. They're only solution insight is to participate in illegal underground boxing to try to earn the money themselves.
Keywords: boxing, los-angeles-california, tucson-arizonaActors: James Karen (actor), Susan Blakely (actress), Tina Pavlides (producer), Pauley Perrette (actress), Mark Cirillo (actor), Alex Boling (actor), Barrie Wild (actor), Greg O'Connor (composer), Marc Saltarelli (editor), Marc Saltarelli (director), Marc Saltarelli (producer), Andy Martinez Jr. (actor), Elizabeth Pan (actress), Jessica Kiper (actress), Derek Long (actor),
Plot: On the morning of his annual gay pride party, Stephen is forced to take in his homophobic father who had disowned him over 20 years ago. Now suffering from Alzheimer's dementia, the father gets a crash course in all things gay from Stephen's eclectic mix of friends. Seeds of their turbulent relationship come to light as does hope that the two can move past their fears, accept and forgive one another.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Short,Actors: Wendy Anderson (actress), Dean Evans (editor), Jeff Beesley (producer), Jeff Beesley (writer), Jeff Beesley (director), Deborah Day (producer), Doug Patterson (producer), Jud Laing (producer), Jake Roberts (actor), Bradley Turton (actor), William Butler (actor), Ashly MacDiarmid (actress), Duncan MacDiarmid (actor), Elizabeth Raum (composer), Jenifer Bender (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Jeffrey Wylie (director), Mr. Dan (actor), Patricia Cotter (actress), John Copeland (actor), Darryl Carlton (actor), Mona Mansour (actress), Christian Satresugui (actor), Steven Mounts (actor), Robert Ring (actor), Tim Bennett (actor), Scott Vandrick (actor), Angie Gibbs (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: Robert Miano (actor), Sonny Landham (actor), Lenny Rose (actor), Robert Axelrod (actor), Norman Thaddeus Vane (producer), Norman Thaddeus Vane (director), Norman Thaddeus Vane (writer), George Peck (actor), Reinhard Schreiner (editor), Reinhard Schreiner (producer), Jeffrey Silverman (composer), Michele Hess (actress), Larry Blank (composer), Max Goldberg (actor), Christopher Cho (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Akira Toriyama (writer), Kai-Ping Cheung (producer), Ching Kang Yao (writer), San Peng (actor), Chun-Liang Chen (producer), Chun-Liang Chen (director), Ricky Wong Ga Kui (producer), Ying Hung Chiu (actor), Kam Tao (actor), Zhong Yu Huang (actor), Tung-Chuen Cheng (actor), Jeannie Tse (actress), Grand Cheung (editor), Long-Sheng Jiang (actor), Ruan-Feng Su (actor),
Plot: The evil alien King Horn has attacked the planet Earth in search of the seven magic Dragon Pearls in order to to conquer mankind and rule the universe. He begins his plan by acquiring two of the Pearls, along with kidnapping Sparkle, a guardian of one of the Pearls. Sparkle's grandson, the Monkey Boy, now sets out on a quest to stop the King, picking up a ragtag band of comrades: the tech-savvy Y-Tou, a fat shape-shifter named Piggy, the rogue bandit Westfoot, and the aged but perverted Turtle Hermit. This gang is the only hope against the King... if they don't steal the Pearls for themselves.
Keywords: based-on-comic, manga, remakeActors: Howard Rosenman (producer), Howard Rosenman (writer), Peter Brown (producer), Dorian Harewood (actor), Joel Schumacher (writer), Eugene Jackson (actor), Philip Michael Thomas (actor), Marie Kenney (miscellaneous crew), Beryl Vertue (producer), Irene Cara (actress), Sam O'Steen (director), Lonette McKee (actress), Lester Wilson (miscellaneous crew), Paul Lambert (actor), Mary Alice (actress),
Plot: Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem become singers. Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs, while Sparkle (Irene Cara) ends up being the one who gets famous. This film tells of how drugs ruin Sister's relationships and eventually end her life. It is also about the relationship between Sparkle and Stix (Philip Michael Thomas).
Keywords: african-american, alcoholism, backstage, blaxploitation, concert, domestic-violence, drug-addiction, drugs, fame, female-nudityActors: David Smith (director), J. Gunnis Davis (actor), Joseph Kilgour (actor), Cullen Landis (actor), Percy Marmont (actor), George C. Pearce (actor), Alice Calhoun (actress), Alice Calhoun (actress), C. Graham Baker (writer), Maxine Elliott Hicks (actress), Jeanne Carpenter (actress), May Foster (actress), Kitty Bradbury (actress), Fred Behrle (actor), James W. Harkins Jr. (writer),
Plot: Shortly after being made the executor of a wealthy man's estate, a man murders his benefactor. He then makes a play for the widow, who rebuffs him. To escape his arduous pursuit, she takes her little daughter on a trip but dies in an auto accident. The daughter is rescued but disappears. Her grandparents spend years looking for her, as does the executor who killed her father--if she's found she'll inherit the estate and he won't get a penny. He aims to see that she's never found, and if she is he plans to see that she doesn't live long enough to make a claim to the estate.
Keywords: heiress, melodrama, murder