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Xerxes is a male name. Most notably, it may refer to Xerxes I of Persia (reigned 485–465 BCE). It may also refer to:
Enrique Iglesias (born Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler; May 8, 1975) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and occasional actor, popular in both the Latin market and the Hispanic American market in the United States. He is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Within five years of beginning his musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his crossover into the mainstream English language market before the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 22 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 55 number-one hits on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance. Billboard also named Enrique the number two Latin artist of the years 1986–2011 (Luis Miguel taking the first spot).
Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas from the Greek αλέξω alexo "to defend, help" + ανήρ aner "man"), was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until the age of 16. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history's most successful commanders.
Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II of Macedon, to the throne in 336 BC after Philip was assassinated. Upon Philip's death, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. He was awarded the generalship of Greece and used this authority to launch his father's military expansion plans. In 334 BC, he invaded Persian-ruled Asia Minor and began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew the Persian King Darius III and conquered the entirety of the Persian Empire. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River.
Actors: Ramzi Abed (producer), James Duval (producer), Hollie Stevens (actress), Elissa Dowling (actress), Lorielle New (actress), Rena Riffel (actress), Twink Caplan (actress), James Duval (actor), Sean Cain (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Jeff Dylan Graham (actor), Ford Austin (actor), Mary Jane (actress), Ramzi Abed (writer), Rena Riffel (producer),
Plot: A catatonic serial killer is put under a deep hypnosis in order to free his last victim, and revive him into coming to terms with the sadistic sexual acts he is responsible for. An amnesiac detective searching for a serial killer, finds out he is the prime suspect. Criminal psychiatrists and psychologists watch and listen to the mysteries unfold.
Keywords: coma, disassociation, dream, erotica, hypnosis, murder, neo-noir, one-word-title, psychologist, psychologyActors: Patrick Frost (actor), Roger Newcombe (actor), Rie Natalenko (writer), Stanislaw Karpinski (director), Stanislaw Karpinski (writer), Stanislaw Karpinski (miscellaneous crew), Jim Corcoran (miscellaneous crew), Anna Steen (actress), Christopher Collins (editor), Beverley Karpinski (producer), Daniel Willoughby (actor), Christopher Collins (producer), Beverley Karpinski (producer), Ross Thompson (actor), Michael Scott (actor),
Plot: The First War for the West, a time when history became legend. The Greco-Persian War has given us some of the most iconic moments in history such as Leonidas and the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the Marathon Run and a huge legacy today in politics and many other areas. However, other than the 3 days of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, the remainder of the 49 year war between Persia and Greece has been almost completely overlooked, and has never appeared in a documentary. It covers the full story from the Ionian Revolt (497BC) to the Peace of Callias (449BC) also known as the Peace of Kimon, and includes a detailed introduction, the birth of Democracy and the aftermath and the legacy of the period.
Genres: Documentary, Drama, History, War,Actors: Cerise (actress), George Layton (actor), Travis Aaron Wade (actor), Amiée Conn (actress), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (composer), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (writer), Laurie Leggio (costume designer), Laurie Leggio (producer), Luke Dennis (actor), Laurie Leggio (producer), Kacey Leggio (actress), Laurie Leggio (producer), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (writer), Laurie Leggio (director), Xerxes Khashaya Afshar (director),
Plot: A champion fighter chooses a life of solitude after being badly beaten shortly after winning his match. Surrounded by his paintings and past memories, in the darkness he sits typing pages for his book with only a candle of light and a bottle of wine by his side. His quiet life is thrown into disarray when a woman in danger shows up at his door. Her plight stirs a deep passion in him that takes him by surprise. Driven by the need to set things right, he sets off to find the men who are responsible.
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Constantine (writer), James Constantine (director), Don Davenport (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Wood (composer), Gus Papakostas (actor), Clytan Gusman (actor), Stu Harty (producer), John Tucker (producer), Ron Lewis (actor), Douglas Lively (actor), Don Lowe (actor), Curtis Lyon (actor), Pat Cochran (actor), Steve Stilson (actor), Gene Suzuki (actor),
Plot: You're an adopted orphan teenager in a violent world. After the sorrow you've known, your chief desire is to marry, raise a happy family and live a quiet life. Because of your astounding beauty, the future seem to offer you all the love your heart could hold. Suddenly your peaceful dreams are shattered when the king of the civilized world throws the mother of all feasts. In a drunken display of bravado he commands the queen to display herself before his princes. She refuses. Suddenly the Persian empire is without a queen. Thus begins the greatest beauty pageant history as the king's servants scour the entire civilized world for a lovely young virgin fit to replace the displaced queen. You go into hiding. You dress as a servant and try to look plain. but all to no avail, for the fame of your beauty is too large to hide. There is pounding at your door and suddenly your dreams no longer matter. You are wrenched from the arms of the only one who loves you for more than your astounding charms and you find yourself the person God as chosen.
Genres: Drama,Actors: John Abraham (actor), Kurush Deboo (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Shernaz Patel (actress), Arjun Bhasin (costume designer), Todd Woody Richman (editor), Jeff Goldman (miscellaneous crew), Shahnaz Vahanvaty (costume designer), Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal (actress), Shiamak Davar (miscellaneous crew), Sohrab Ardeshir (actor), Shruti Desai (miscellaneous crew), Imaaduddin Shah (actor), Sooni Taraporevala (producer), Sooni Taraporevala (writer),
Plot: A delightful comedy about two Parsi families in Mumbai - one headed by a lunatic religious extremist, the other by a liberal newspaper editor. Told from the point of view of 10 year old Xerxes a soulful soccer-mad Parsi boy whose fervent wish is that his idol Zinedine Zidane visit Bombay. Though his mother died in childbirth, Xerxes hopes that she can still see him and affect miracles from her place up there. His older brother Art is a starry-eyed cartoonist whose wild fantasies come to life in surprising ways. Their father Khodaiji, a self-proclaimed protector-of-the-faith, thrives on the attentions (and donations) of hopeful believers. The brothers love to hang out at the home of their father's arch rival, Pressvala, the publisher of a liberal community newspaper. Art burns with unrequited love for Pressvala's oldest daughter, while Xerxes incurs the wrath of the younger daughter, who resents the attention her family showers on the motherless boy. But the real fireworks begin when Pressvala writes a scathing critique of would-be prophet Khodaiji and public reaction is loud and widespread. As the two households intermingle, their differences become hilariously apparent and life becomes complicated for everyone.
Keywords: bigger-dreams, brother-brother-relationship, child's-point-of-view, child-protagonist, childhood, childhood-innocence, ethnic-neighborhood, football, footballer, parsiActors: Kevin Sorbo (actor), Carmen Electra (actress), Jim Piddock (actor), Jay Oliver (actor), Chaz Smith (actor), Jim Piddock (actor), Method Man (actor), Martin Klebba (actor), Robin Atkin Downes (actor), Ken Davitian (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Elton LeBlanc (actor), Phil Morris (actor), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Arnon Milchan (producer),
Plot: The heroic Spartan king Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag bunch of 13 Spartan misfit warriors to defend their homeland against thousands of invading Persians whom include the Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Autobots, and an ugly hunchbacked Paris Hilton and a shaved-head Brittany Spears.
Keywords: american-idol, ancient-greece, angelina-jolie, archery, bare-butt, battle, beard, beefcake, beheaded, bench-pressActors: Naveen Andrews (actor), Roshan Seth (actor), Vinay Pathak (actor), Bharat S. Shah (miscellaneous crew), Naseeruddin Shah (actor), Rahul Bose (actor), Prithvi Zutshi (actor), Shishir Sharma (actor), Dale Bhagwagar (miscellaneous crew), Shivkumar Subramaniam (actor), Nagesh Bhonsle (actor), Priya Krishnaswamy (editor), Sunil Shende (actor), Angad Paul (producer), Kaizad Gustad (writer),
Plot: Krishna alias Kris Sahani lives in New York, U.S., but decides to travel to his homeland in order to act in a movie. While Ricardo Fernandes leaves Sydney, Australia to travel to Bombay in search of his missing brother, Roger. And finally, Zeres Mistry, from London, England, also travels to Bombay to find his true love. The paths of all three Non-resident Indians cross in the taxi ride to Colaba, and they decide to stick together in their search for an apartment. They do succeed in finding one, owned by a seemingly gay landlord, Pesi Shroff, who openly and lovingly eyes a visibly uncomfortable Zeres. Things do not go well for Kris as well as he is asked by Filmmaker, Don Mastana, to act in a movie that is slated to be the worst movie in Bollywood history. Ricardo finds himself at the mercy of the local police, who make it clear to him that they have better things to do than look for his missing brother. It is only a matter of time before the hapless trio to realize that their respective hopes, dreams and aspirations are soon to turn to hopelessness and nightmares - from which there is no escape.
Keywords: bombay-india, city-name-in-title, expatriate, gay-interest, homosexualActors: Peter Sturm (actor), Erika Pelikowsky (actress), Dieter Franke (actor), Rolf Ludwig (actor), Joachim Tomaschewsky (actor), Adolf Peter Hoffmann (actor), Eberhard Esche (actor), Fritz Hofbauer (actor), Josef Stauder (actor), Helmut Schiemann (director), Eugen Eschner (actor), Frantisek Palka (actor), Mattias Braun (writer), Gisela Schmidt (editor), Fried Eichel (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Diane Baker (actress), Zannino (actor), Ralph Richardson (actor), Dimos Starenios (actor), Richard Egan (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), Charles Fawcett (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Donald Houston (actor), John Crawford (actor), Yorgos Moutsios (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), David Farrar (actor), Kostas Baladimas (actor), Gian Paolo Callegari (writer),
Plot: Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.
Keywords: 5th-century-b.c., ambush, ancient-greece, armor, army, arrow, battle, battle-of-thermopylae, battlefield, best-friendActors: John Slater (actor), Tony Quinn (actor), Charles Paton (actor), Kynaston Reeves (actor), John Laurie (actor), Wally Patch (actor), Joss Ambler (actor), Gerald Case (actor), Frank Atkinson (actor), Alfie Bass (actor), Roy Ward Baker (actor), Roddy Hughes (actor), Laurence Hanray (actor), Anthony Holles (actor), Ralph Truman (actor),
Genres: Short,