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Mother Nature (sometimes known as Mother Earth) is a common personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form of the mother. Images of women representing mother earth, and mother nature, are timeless. In prehistoric times, goddesses were worshipped for their association with fertility, fecundity, and agricultural bounty. Priestesses held dominion over aspects of Incan, Algonquian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Slavonic, Germanic, Roman, Greek, Indian, and Iroquoian religions in the millennia prior to the inception of patriarchal religions.
The word nature comes from the Latin word, natura, meaning birth or character (see nature (innate)). In English its first recorded use, in the sense of the entirety of the phenomena of the world, was very late in history in 1266; however natura, and the personification of Mother Nature, was widely popular in the Middle Ages and as a concept seated between the properly divine and the human, it can be traced to Ancient Greece - though Earth or Eorthe in the Old English period may have been personified as a goddess and the Norse also had a goddess called Jord Earth.
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. After receiving Golden Globe Awards and Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias (1989) and Pretty Woman, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich (2000). Her films My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Mystic Pizza (1988), Notting Hill (1999), Runaway Bride (1999), Valentine's Day (2010), The Pelican Brief (1993), Ocean's Eleven (2001), and Ocean's Twelve (2004) have collectively brought box office receipts of over $2.4 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts.
Roberts had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2005 to 2006. Her fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile (2003). As of 2010, Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.
Actors: Alexandre Cormier (editor), Mathieu Coderre (writer), Mathieu Coderre (writer), Samuel Orange (actor), Mathieu Coderre (director), Dominic Brazeau (composer), Carl Beauséjour (producer), Jean-Daniel Beauchesne (actor), Adrien Clavet (actor), Maxime Gougeon (actor), Julie Barrette (actor),
Plot: Guided by the teachings of nature, a young 'Earth's child' is learning the balance of life. Despite his journey fraught with obstacles, a strong desire to live in communion with nature dwells within him, devoting his life to the creation of a fantastic garden.
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Grace Baine (writer), Grace Baine (actress), Echevarria Ivan (producer), Echevarria Ivan (director), Echevarria Ivan (editor), Chandler Baine (actress), Hannah Baine (actress),
Genres: Short,Actors: Bruno Marino (producer), Barry Flatman (actor), Katharine Jane Reid (miscellaneous crew), Paul Amos (actor), Jon Cor (actor), Jenni Burke (actress), David Fradkin (editor), Tommy King (writer), Tommy King (producer), Tommy King (director), Miranda Morris (miscellaneous crew), Jay McCarrol (composer), Krysta Carter (actress), Ashley Park (miscellaneous crew), James Gallagher (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Short,Actors: Kelly L. King (producer), Steven Doxey (editor), Steven Doxey (producer), Steven Doxey (writer), Steven Doxey (composer), Steven Doxey (director), Tye Nelson (actor), Grace Baine (actress), Rosie Ward (actress), John Lucchetti (composer), Mike Wiest (composer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jason Lytle (producer), Jason Lytle (composer), D.G. Balazs (director), D.G. Balazs (producer), D.G. Balazs (writer), D.G. Balazs (miscellaneous crew), D.G. Balazs (writer), Dennis Helton (producer), Jeremy Acker (actor), Dennis Helton (actor), Jeremy Acker (producer), Jerome Lytle (producer), Brian Metcalf (actor), Christopher Endsley (actor), Melinda Mendoza (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Family, Romance,Actors: Paul Rudd (actor), David Wain (actor), Joe Lo Truglio (actor), Zach Galifianakis (actor), Michael Ian Black (actor), Michael Showalter (actor), Sam Rockwell (actor), Josh Hamilton (actor), Joe Lo Truglio (actor), Joe Lo Truglio (actor), Bradley Cooper (actor), Joe Lo Truglio (actor), Bradley Cooper (actor), Elizabeth Banks (actress), Joe Lo Truglio (actor),
Plot: STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black. Though the three have made a living performing at comedy clubs, they are perhaps best known for their home-made short films. The STELLA SHORTS have garnered cult success because of their nonsensical plotlines, absurd dialogue, graphic sexual humor, sporatic violence, and sheer hilarity. This DVD showcases the trio's first twenty-three adventures, each one more bizarre and hysterical than the last. Highlights include: a game of whiffleball that goes terribly awry, an expedition to the South Pole (?) to meet Santa Claus, an edge-of-your-seat moustache-growing contest, a twisted "whodunit"-style murder mystery, and much, much more.
Keywords: absurd-humor, absurdism, actor-playing-himself, alternative-comedy, angel, audition, baby, bad-guy, based-on-sketch-comedy, beatingActors: TJ Cummings (actor), Eric Masterson (actor), Tony Pounds (actor), Vince Vouyer (actor), Allysin Chaynes (actress), Kira Kener (actress), Taylor St. Clair (actress), Toni Brooks (producer), David Stanley (writer), David Stanley (director), Tony Pounds (miscellaneous crew), Thomas Guide (miscellaneous crew), Diego Scazzi (editor), Sexual (actress), Skot (actor),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Charles Arthur Berg (producer), John Walcutt (producer), Alexa Sheehan (actress), Jennifer Massey (actress), Hilary Shepard (actress), Dave Fennoy (actor), Jill Ferguson (miscellaneous crew), Marjorie Lovett (actress), Sybil Azur (actress), Bronwen Jones (composer), Lauren Birkell (actress), Dian Kobayashi (actress), Shana Weissman-Mintz (costume designer), Camille Langfield (actress), Camille Langfield (actress),
Plot: Ophelia is a bimbo living with her father and brother in the L.A. Valley. Her Dad expects nothing from her, except to clean the house. Her boyfriend Hamilton seems supportive, but Ophelia experiences troubling nightmares. In them, she reenacts scenes from her favorite film, TITANIC...but Hamilton is encouraging her to jump off the railing ("Go ahead, the water's warm!") and pushing her off the driftwood. Ophelia, like her Shakespearean namesake, can't swim and has a pathological fear of water after her mother drowns . One day, Ophelia's brother Larry brings home a broomstick he stole from "some witch." The family is startled when a real witch shows up on their doorstep demanding the broom, which Ophelia has broken. A new magic broomstick from Denmark costs $7,500. The witch demands either Dad sell his beloved pickup truck, or hand over his daughter. For Dad, it's no contest, and the witch takes Ophelia away on an upright vacuum cleaner into the night. Ophelia becomes the witch's apprentice and undergoes a detox from years of booze, cigarettes and junk food. The Witch is an herbalist belonging to a Council of Superheroines comprising of the Chocolatier, who makes magic chocolates for pre-menstrual women; the Librarian, a fount of knowledge; and Mother Nature, 4.5 billion years old and sick from endless pollution. The Council has such huge financial problems in these post-feminist times, their chances of raising the money for a new broom seem slim. Having forsaken automobiles to help Mother Nature, the Council is dependent on the broom to navigate Los Angeles - public transportation is lousy and the vacuum cleaner just won't cut it. What will happen to all the women in L.A. who are being harassed, underpaid, and charged more for dry cleaning? To make matters worse, there's a villainous counterpart for each Superheroine; Cosmetic Chick; The Doucher, a marketer of "feminine protection" products; The Hag; Virginia Svelte, the cigarette-promoting leader of the pack; and Ophelia's best friend Tina, who is transformed into "Bitch on Wheels," graduating from Rollerblades to a Mercedes. The villains have corporate America on their side and are out to send the womens' movement packing. Ophelia is given an Instinct Doll by the Superheroines that talks and gives her good but tough advice. Ophelia is then kidnapped by Virginia Svelte and brought to the Babepad, where the villains enjoy a cushy existence. When Virginia Svelte drowns her Instinct Doll in the toilet, Ophelia loses touch with reality and runs home, only to have another dream in which her drowned mother tells her to wake up. Ophelia goes through a variation on all those terrible movie makeovers: she takes off her makeup, puts on her glasses and lo! She can finally see! Ophelia is rechristened "ESTROGEN WOMAN" by the Superheroines, and must somehow get them a new broom, prepare for the big showdown with Hamilton and the villains, and learn to swim.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Brad Armstrong (director), Christy Canyon (actress), Jenteal (actress), Chasey Lain (actress), Dyanna Lauren (actress), Janine Lindemulder (actress), Nikki Tyler (actress), Alexis Christian (actress),
Genres: Adult,