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Coordinates: 53°42′N 1°22′W / 53.70°N 1.37°W / 53.70; -1.37
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies less than two miles south-west of Pontefract and in 2001 had a population of 14,175, although after recent housing development the population is thought to be closer to 20-25,000.
Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
In 1848, the opening of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole railway line through Featherstone, provided the basis for large scale coal mining in Featherstone, by opening up new markets in the South of England and Europe. Coal had been mined at Featherstone since the 13th century and remains of bell pits can still be seen to the north of Park Lane at North Featherstone.
Like many surrounding areas, Featherstone grew around coal mining, and was the site of a miners' strike in 1893. During the strike the town came to national attention when soldiers fired on striking miners, killing two. A distinctive sculpture marking the centenary of the Featherstone Massacre stands in the shopping precinct and a large mural depicting the town's heritage can be seen at the town's main crossroads. Ackton Hall Colliery was the first pit to close following the end of the miners' strike and this could not be contested as geological difficulties had made it impossible for the pit to continue production.
Michelle Featherstone is a British American singer-songwriter. Born in Chester, England, and raised in Cambridge, England, Featherstone now resides in Hollywood, California. She began studying piano and composing original music at the age of nine. She has received awards from the Royal Academy of Music for piano and violin and the Bishops Award for voice.
Featherstone didn't initially intend to pursue a career in music. As an Art History major and Anthropology minor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, Pennsylvania, she found herself managing the Walt Disney-Tishman Collection of African Art after graduation in a somewhat frustrating role:
After about 18 months at Disney's Imagineering arm, Featherstone decided that "corporate America" wasn't for her and made the decision to reconnect with her musical roots while working as a waitress in Southern California. Indeed, it was during one of her waitress jobs that she just happened to play a few songs on the piano while the scheduled performers were on a break, that the audience's reaction was so overwhelmingly positive that she realized that music was something that she needed to seriously pursue.
Actors: Julie Walters (actress), James McAvoy (actor), Maggie Smith (actress), Jim Cummings (actor), Hulk Hogan (actor), Emily Blunt (actress), Dolly Parton (actress), Michael Caine (actor), Stephen Merchant (actor), Ozzy Osbourne (actor), Jason Statham (actor), Patrick Stewart (actor), Matt Lucas (actor), Richard Wilson (actor), Elton John (producer),
Plot: Garden gnomes Gnomeo (voice of McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Blunt) have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
Keywords: 3-d, 3-dimensional, ampersand-in-title, based-on-play, blue, character-name-in-title, color-separation, color-war, family-relationships, flamingoActors: Eamonn Cleary (miscellaneous crew), Poll Moussoulides (miscellaneous crew), Susan Holmes (producer), Alan Walsh (actor), Lindsay Campbell (miscellaneous crew), Lorcan Berney (miscellaneous crew), Grant Bobbett (miscellaneous crew), Zeke Lawless (miscellaneous crew), Mark Stern (producer), Vicki Kisner (miscellaneous crew), Tadhg Conway (miscellaneous crew), Davin Ransom (actor), Jacqui Leahy (miscellaneous crew), Lucie Nunan (miscellaneous crew), Valerie Joyce (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning young pickpockets. Now, they've been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook to snatch a priceless, some believe, magical treasure which transports them to another world. Neverland is a realm of white jungles and legendary mysteries of eternal youth, where unknown friends and enemies snatched from time welcome the new travelers with both excitement and trepidation. These groups include a band of 18th century pirates led by the power-mad Elizabeth Bonny, and the Native American Kaw tribe led by a Holy Man, which has protected the secret of the tree spirits from Bonny and her gang for ages, and that has meant war. But as the fight to save this strange and beautiful world becomes vital, Hook, Peter, and the ragamuffin lost boys consider that growing old somewhere in time could be less important than growing up, right here in their new home called Neverland.
Keywords: 18th-century, 1900s, adoptive-father-adopted-son-relationship, alchemist, american-indian, amnesia, antique-shop, betrayal, blindfolded, boyActors: Masahiko Nishimura (actor), Sumiko Fuji (actress), Makoto Fujita (actor), Yû Aoi (actress), Masato Hara (producer), Yoshiko Tanaka (actress), Robert Lesser (actor), Gregory Pekar (actor), Richard Neil (actor), Yutaka Takenouchi (actor), Takashi Kako (composer), Cellin Gluck (producer), Takashi Koizumi (writer), Takashi Koizumi (director), Ippei Sasaki (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: John Venable (actor), Rob Schneider (actor), Louis Mandylor (actor), Sinbad (actor), Larry Miller (actor), Fred Dalton Thompson (actor), Robert Loggia (actor), Mark Hanson (actor), Andrew Lauer (actor), Hector Elizondo (actor), Jason Bateman (actor), Scott Bakula (actor), Allan Graf (actor), Bill Conti (composer), Mace Neufeld (producer),
Plot: Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule. With fewer players than most teams, the makeshift team must overcome obstacles that the best teams in the country couldn't deal with. Using a 34 year old quarterback, a female placekicker and a gang of misfits, Ed "Straight Arrow" Genero must take his team to play the number one Texas Colts.
Keywords: american-football, co-ed, college-football, college-sports, football, kicked-in-the-groin, reference-to-edward-scissorhands, reference-to-jiminy-cricket, sports-team, teacher-student-romanceActors: Richard Hunt (miscellaneous crew), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Jerry Juhl (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Jim Henson (producer), Jim Henson (director), Joe Raposo (composer), Gordon Thomson (actor), Carl Banas (actor), John Lovelady (actor),
Plot: Enchanted by an evil witch, a beautiful princess is forced to speak only in nonsense phrases. One day, she finds a small frog who can understand what she says. The frog claims to really be a prince, also enchanted by an evil witch. Together they must try to break their spells.
Keywords: fairy-tale, frog, independent-film, ogre, the-muppets, witchActors: Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Jon Stone (writer), Jim Henson (director), Joe Raposo (composer), Belinda Montgomery (actress), Robin Ward (actor), Joyce Gordon (actress), Tom Whedon (writer), John Ross (producer),
Plot: Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's fairy godmother had help from monsters, a prince pretending to be a gardener, and none other than Kermit the Frog.
Keywords: back-scratcher, character-name-in-title, fairy-godmother, fairy-tale, frog, glass-slipper, magic, monster, prince, the-muppetsActors: John Thaw (actor), Angela Allen (miscellaneous crew), Jack Gold (director), Ian Holm (actor), Carl Davis (composer), David Warner (actor), Peter Vaughan (actor), Nicol Williamson (actor), Barry Jackson (actor), Geoffrey Hughes (actor), John McGrath (writer), John McGrath (writer), Barbara Jefford (actress), Otto Plaschkes (producer), Donald Gee (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Hank Mann (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Sam Ash (actor), George Melford (actor), Jimmie Dundee (actor), Edward Earle (actor), William Haade (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Oliver Hardy (actor), George Lloyd (actor), Robert Emmett Keane (actor), Allan Lane (actor), Stan Laurel (actor), Nestor Paiva (actor),
Plot: The boys operate a ballet school (appearing in drag) and try to help a young inventor sell his idea, to get in the good graces of his girl's father. In their efforts, they get involved with a gang of insurance racketeers. All ends well.
Keywords: airport, amusement-park, antique-clock, auction, ballet, bank, cross-dressing, dance-teacher, double-decker-bus, ethicsActors: John Bleifer (actor), Louis Mercier (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Robert Cummings (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), James Conaty (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Alan Dinehart (actor), William Edmunds (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Leonid Kinskey (actor), George Davis (actor), Torben Meyer (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,