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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2011.He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked #1 by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Blender included the former on their 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die.
Jay-Z co-owns the 40/40 Club, is part-owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets and is also the creator of the line Rocawear. He is the former CEO of Def Jam Recordings, one of the three founders of Roc-A-Fella Records, and the founder of Roc Nation. As an artist, he holds the record for most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200 with eleven. Jay-Z also has had four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100, one as lead artist.
Actors: Afam Okereke (director), Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde (actress), Uche Jombo (actress), Jim Iyke (actor), Sylvester Obadigie (producer), Nadia Buari (actress), David McKenzie (actor), Mary Rmi (actress), Joy Osawaru (actress), Sonny Chikezie (actor), Maureen Okoroafor (actress), Patience Emmanuel (actress), Kalu Collins (actor), Chisom Ezenwugo (actor), Tony Goodman (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Sean O'Bryan (actor), Paul Pape (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Silas Weir Mitchell (actor), Tom Berenger (actor), Norman Alden (actor), Robert F. Hoy (actor), Bruce Boxleitner (actor), Rick Gomez (actor), Jack Conley (actor), Lincoln Lageson (actor), George Fisher (actor), Charles Durning (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor), Richard Riehle (actor),
Plot: Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men's pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Shaeri Richards (writer), Shaeri Richards (producer), Shaeri Richards (director), Shaeri Richards (editor), Evan Martinez (actor), J.C. Alvarez (actress), J.C. Alvarez (producer), Sarah West (actress), Jordan Mandell (actor), Nathaniel Waggoner (actor), Nicki Cushing (actress), Astarius (actor), Peter Finch (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Christopher Franke (composer), Casper Van Dien (actor), Robin Smith (actor), Dustin Hoffman (producer), Edgar Rice Burroughs (writer), David Wicht (producer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), Ian Roberts (actor), Dieter Geissler (producer), Gianluca Nardulli (miscellaneous crew), Michael Lake (producer), Greg Coote (producer), Grant Swanby (actor), Steven Waddington (actor), Steven Waddington (producer),
Plot: On the eve of his wedding, John Clayton, Lord of Greystoke (better known as Tarzan), receives a message from the witch doctor Mugambe that his homeland is in danger. It turns out that a treasure hunter named Ravens is searching for the lost city of Opar, and is destroying the jungle and desecrating the villagers' burial grounds in the process. Only Tarzan can stop Ravens and set things right in the African jungle, but will Jane stand for her fiance being away for so long?
Keywords: aboriginal-tribe, adventure-hero, africa, african, axe, axe-fight, bare-chested-male, battle, boat, boat-captainActors: Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Mike Pniewski (actor), Robert Ridgely (actor), Michael Ensign (actor), Mel Brooks (actor), Stuart Pankin (actor), Eugene Jackson (actor), Billy Barty (actor), Carmine Caridi (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Paul Brinegar (actor), Matthew Faison (actor), Howard Morris (actor), Marianne Muellerleile (actress), Brian Thompson (actor),
Plot: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless woman.
Keywords: bet, betrayal, face-slap, greed, homelessness, hospital, mansion, poverty, satire, title-spoken-by-characterActors: Robert Lang (actor), Marion Kracht (actress), Kevin McNally (actor), Hans Caninenberg (actor), James Faulkner (actor), Hans Zander (actor), David Cunliffe (producer), Keith Richardson (producer), Brigitte Karner (actress), Bernard Hepton (actor), Friedhelm Lehmann (actor), Mike Moran (composer), Katharina Abt (actress), Michael Lees (actor), Seamus O'Neill (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Miles Malleson (actor), Marne Maitland (actor), Harry Locke (actor), Victor Maddern (actor), David Lodge (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Fred Griffiths (actor), Kenneth Griffith (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Martin Boddey (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Raymond Huntley (actor), John Glyn-Jones (actor), Brian Oulton (actor),
Plot: Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
Keywords: 10-downing-street, advertising, arab, aunt-nephew-relationship, bag-of-money, bribe, bribery, business-deal, cigar-smoking, class-differencesActors: Audie Murphy (actor), Sailor Vincent (actor), Herbert Lytton (actor), Bob Perry (actor), Carl Sklover (actor), Wally Rose (actor), Arthur Tovey (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), John McIntire (actor), Larry McGrath (actor), Charles Perry (actor), George Lynn (actor), Barbara Rush (actress), Sheila Bromley (actress),
Plot: A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, boxer, boxing, irish-american, jersey-city-new-jersey, new-jerseyActors: James Knight (actor), John Laurie (actor), Mervyn Johns (actor), Patrick Holt (actor), Edward Chapman (actor), Allan Jeayes (actor), George Carney (actor), Anton Diffring (actor), John Boxer (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), John Glyn-Jones (actor), Alf Goddard (actor), Stewart Granger (actor), Clive Brook (actor), Edward Lexy (actor),
Plot: Lt. Cranford lives the life of a playboy sportsman until the outbreak of war when he joins the Royal Navy and is assigned to convoy protection duties. The convoy is a part of the vital supply chain that is all that is allowing Britain to fight off the Nazi threat. A German battleship targets the convoy protection ships and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
Keywords: ealing, sea, world-war-twoActors: Anita Loos (writer), George Fawcett (actor), Sidney Franklin (director), Constance Talmadge (actress), John Emerson (writer), Templar Saxe (actor), Conway Tearle (actor), William Frederic (actor), Reginald Mason (actor), Willard M. Reineck (miscellaneous crew), Tom Cameron (actor), Mrs. Wensley Thompson (actress), Anthony Wharton (writer), Florence Hope (actress), Gertrude Doyle (actress),
Plot: A chorus girl hopes to rise to stardom and thus accepts the advances of a wealthy man. But she becomes fearful of her reputation and safety. In an attempt to escape the rake's attentions, she hides out with a disparate group of men who room in a house called "The Barn." There she learns that there is more to life than that found on the stage.
Keywords: bachelor, based-on-play, broadway-manhattan-new-york-city, chorus-girl, manhattan-new-york-city, new-york-city