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A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.
In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.
The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing around 1 kg. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first to be commercially available. In the twenty years from 1990 to 2011, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 5.6 billion, penetrating the developing economies and reaching the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Charlize Theron (American English pronunciation: /ʃɑrˈliːs ˈθɛrən/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʃɐrˈlis tron]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African actress and fashion model. She started her acting career in the United States and rose to fame in the late 1990s following roles in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), becoming the first African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for her performance in North Country (2005). Theron became a US citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship.
Theron was born in Benoni, in the then Transvaal Province of South Africa, the only child of Gerda (née Maritz; who has also called herself Gerta) and Charles Theron (born 27 November 1947).Second Boer War figure Danie Theron was her great-great-uncle. Her ancestry includes French, German, and Dutch; her French forebears were early Huguenot settlers in South Africa. "Theron" is an Occitan surname (originally spelled Théron) pronounced in Afrikaans as [tron], although she has said that the way she pronounces it in South Africa is [θron]. She changed the pronunciation when she moved to the U.S. to give it a more "American" sound.
Jessica Chastain is an American theater, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, and The Tree of Life. She broke out in 2011 with seven films premiering. She won over 35 critics awards and was widely named as breakout star. For her role in the film The Help she received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2012, she was named to the list of Time 100 most influential people of the world.
Chastain was born and raised in Northern California. She is one of five children. Her mother is a vegan chef, and her father (one source says stepfather) is a firefighter. Chastain is also vegan herself. She grew up as Jessica Howard, and later took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. Chastain had a "blue collar" upbringing around San Francisco.
She graduated from El Camino High School in Sacramento in 1995 and attended Sacramento City College, where she was a member of the debate team (1996–1997). In 1998, she appeared as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet staged by TheatreWorks, a professional theater company in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Actors: Ed Glaser (director), Ed Glaser (producer), Ed Glaser (editor), Tim Ekkebus (actor), Arin Hanson (actor), Noah Antwiler (actor), Eric W. Sizemore (actor), Rory O'Boyle (actor), Stuart Ashen (actor), Andy Dallas (actor), Lindsey Z. Briggs (actress), Kevin Folliard (writer), Peter A. Davis (actor), Jennifer Zahn (actress), Jake Kaufman (composer),
Plot: In this sequel to the acclaimed videogame comedy PRESS START, the evil sorcerer Count Vile has returned from Hades for a new bid at global domination. With original champions Zack and Sam already in his clutches, it's up to their estranged, ultraviolent comrade Lin-Ku and the bubbly, positive-thinking Princess Xanna to save them - and the world - from disaster.
Keywords: digit-in-title, intentionally-misspelled-title, number-in-title, sequelActors: John Dilworth (actor), John Dilworth (producer), John Dilworth (writer), John Dilworth (director), Jody Gray (composer), William Hohauser (editor), William Hohauser (producer), Alexandra Pineiro (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Short,Actors: Aaron Lee Syrett (miscellaneous crew), Mike Staheli (miscellaneous crew), Tony Gardner (miscellaneous crew), Mike Staheli (miscellaneous crew), Todd Bridges (actor), Barbara Harris (miscellaneous crew), Doug Jones (actor), Michael Flynn (actor), Kath Soucie (actress), F. Murray Abraham (actor), Frank Gerrish (actor), Aidan Gillen (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Nina Siemaszko (actress), Andrew Langton (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon discovers the source of Rubin's power: a caged creature called a "Darkling," which possesses the power to create incredible wealth for the person who will pledge unending "companionship." Now, as Jeff sinks further and further into the blackness of a soul sold to the devil, he will discover there is a high price to pay for the fulfillment of his dreams. The cast of this USA Network Original Movie includes Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Star Trek: Insurrection) and sultry Nina Siemaszko (Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue).
Keywords: baby, cage, car, car-accident, car-crash, car-mechanic, classic-car, creature, death-of-mother, death-of-wifeActors: John Flaus (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), Randall Berger (actor), Richard Wolstencroft (actor), Richard Wolstencroft (writer), Richard Wolstencroft (director), Jon Hewitt (director), Jon Hewitt (editor), Jon Hewitt (actor), Jon Hewitt (producer), Jon Hewitt (writer), Paul Moder (actor), Phil Motherwell (actor), Colin Savage (actor), Big Bad Ralph (actor),
Plot: Three vampires wander the streets of Melbourne killing, screwing and taking drugs. They decide to carry out a heist, stealing three million and attracting the attention of various psychotics, who chase them through a blood spattered odyssey into the Melbourne underground.
Keywords: cult-film, exploitation, independent-filmIt's the oldest cell phone in the world, yea yea yea
Heavy as a brick with a cord that curls, yea yea yea
But its alright when I call my baby
Love the sound of the voice and I don't mean maybe
It's the oldest cell phone in the land
So big and heavy that it hurts my hand