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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
"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 J. O'Neill (actor), Kelly Weaver (miscellaneous crew), Steven Shea (producer), Julie Anne (actress), Jose Zambrano Cassella (composer), Jose Zambrano Cassella (editor), Sara Jean Underwood (actress), Bruster Phoenix Sampson (actor), Addison Bryan (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Steven Giordano (actor), Haley Boyle (actress), Jason Sutton (director), Jason Sutton (writer), Jason Sutton (producer), Amber Norell (producer),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Bill Duke (producer), Kenya Cagle (writer), Vinny Vella (actor), Kenya Cagle (director), Kenya Cagle (producer), Drew Henriksen (actor), Matthew L. Imparato (actor), Monet Dunham (actress), Beth Katehis (actress), Robert J Nesi (actor), Steven Komito (actor), Christian Barber (actor), Tenisha Parham (producer), Nathalie Bryant (actress), Luana Claxton Fredericks (producer),
Plot: This film, The Jose Lucas Story, is said to be based on a fictionalized account of a particular string of criminal exploits, leading to the arrest, conviction, incarceration, and too sudden death of one, Jose Lucas, a local Brooklyn kid whose early life reads like a Dicken's novel, and ends like a classic Shakespearean tragedy. He's convicted and given a 23-year prison sentence for having been a perpetrator in a notorious day-time jewelry heist in toney, downtown Georgetown, Washington, DC.(2005) Lucas had managed to be caught on a security camera with his homeboy Lex (the one who actually used the gun, shot the shop's jeweler, and managed also, to be un-masked on camera) by design of the other two culprits, Robert and 'E," who when arrested later, in another robbery, make a deal with the DA to escape the heavy sentences given Jose and Lex (who got 24 years as the shooter) by giving them up. The film attempts to get at the story behind that conviction, which many believed resulted in a grossly unfair sentence. After having accepted that Jose has lost in court, they had hoped to fight the verdict; Jose's defense did file and lose several appeals. They had settled into the reality that most residents-of- color in Brooklyn find themselves: that of having a loved one incarcerated.
Keywords: american-gangster, casino, public-enemy, puerto-rico, sopranosActors: Kenya Cagle (director), Kenya Cagle (producer), Kenya Cagle (producer), Kenya Cagle (writer), Beth Katehis (actress), Shaan Davis (producer), Shaan Davis (writer), Shaan Davis (director), Frank Amoruso (actor), Tenisha Parham (producer), James Lentini (actor), Charity Burton (actress), Stephanie Walker (writer), Gail Rorant (producer), Luana Claxton Fredericks (producer),
Plot: Indy director Kenya Cagle's at it again, he's put another urban story on film On time and on budget! The finest actors and professionals came from all over the world to participate in this amazing cinematic achievement. And where does he get these hot bodies!!!??? Was the talent included or sold separately, because this cast was incredible, script well written, cinema-tog was first rate. Black Heart describes more than the one character's soul, its a metaphor for life in a small geography of one neighborhood in Brooklyn. Its one relationship that tilts (or pisses) into the wind and everyone gets a little splash. We meet Shane a type one diabetic with goals and dreams. He falls in love with the evil but beautiful Sasha.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance,Actors: Michael Brandon (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), John Henshaw (actor), Donald Sinden (actor), John Thomson (actor), Norman Wisdom (actor), Steve Evets (actor), Rodney Litchfield (actor), Mali Evans (editor), Craig Cheetham (actor), Paul Brannigan (actor), Paul Brannigan (writer), Paul Brannigan (director), Paul Brannigan (producer), John Churnside (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime,Actors: Bob Barr (actor), Robert Watson (composer), Nathan Chiaravalle (editor), Mateo Trujillo-Hobbs (miscellaneous crew), Adam Watson (writer), Adam Watson (writer), Adam Watson (director), David Hildreth (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Loewith (miscellaneous crew), Jaqueline Gaston (actor), Nick Ehst (writer), Matthew Klausen (writer), Hugh Wolf (actor), Candee Lewis (producer),
Plot: In this moving drama, we meet Bill, an old man who wants desperately to reconnect with his estranged son, but horrifying visions and inexplicable nightmares haunt him endlessly. Bill, with the help of his wife, must unravel the mystery behind the nightmare or risk losing his son and forever remain 'The Lost One'.
Keywords: alzheimer's-disease, dementia, elderly, family-relationships, surrealismActors: Rachel Cachia (editor), Rachel Cachia (writer), Rachel Cachia (director), Rachel Cachia (writer), Rachel Cachia (producer), Mark Mifsud (actor), Abigail Mallia (editor), Carlos Debattista (producer), Abigail Mallia (producer), Carlos Debattista (writer), Carlos Debattista (writer), Carlos Debattista (writer), Abigail Mallia (writer), Abigail Mallia (writer), Abigail Mallia (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Kathy Griffin (actress), Fred Willard (actor), Pamela B. Green (miscellaneous crew), Lance Bass (actor), Lance Bass (producer), Brian Peck (miscellaneous crew), Brian Peck (actor), Stewart Copeland (composer), Randal Kleiser (director), Jarik Van Sluijs (miscellaneous crew), Amanda Bynes (actress), Joey Kern (actor), Marilyn Giardino (miscellaneous crew), Alfonso Ribeiro (actor), Brian O'Shea (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance,Actors: Cathy Weseluck (actress), Paul Dobson (actor), Shô Hayami (actor), Masami Kikuchi (actor), Terry Klassen (actor), Richard Newman (actor), Osamu Saka (actor), Kenji Kawai (composer), Lynda Boyd (actress), Miki Itô (actress), Teryl Rothery (actress), Minami Takayama (actress), Venus Terzo (actress), Emi Shinohara (actress), Minami Takayama (actress),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,Actors: Venus Terzo (actress), Paul Dobson (actor), Shô Hayami (actor), Masami Kikuchi (actor), Terry Klassen (actor), Richard Newman (actor), Osamu Saka (actor), Cathy Weseluck (actress), Lynda Boyd (actress), Miki Itô (actress), Teryl Rothery (actress), Minami Takayama (actress), Minami Takayama (actress), Emi Shinohara (actress), Michie Tomizawa (actress),
Genres: Animation, Comedy,Actors: Michael Parks (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Angela Allen (miscellaneous crew), James Mason (actor), Jack Davies (writer), Andrew V. McLaglen (director), Jack Davies (writer), Anthony Perkins (actor), George Baker (actor), Elliott Kastner (producer), David Hedison (actor), Faith Brook (actress), Jack Watson (actor), Jeremy Clyde (actor), Tim Bentinck (actor),
Plot: A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy mysogynistic eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other options available, the British Government reluctantly accepts his help.
Keywords: ailurophilia, androgyny, anti-feminism, based-on-novel, cat-lover, closeted-homosexual, commando, effeminacy, extortion, hijack