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American Girl is an American line of 18-inch dolls released in 1986 by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray nine– to eleven–year–old girls of a variety of ethnicities. They are sold with accompanying books told from the viewpoint of the girls. Originally the stories focused on various periods of American history, but were expanded in 1995 to include characters and stories from contemporary life. A variety of related clothing and accessories is also available. Pleasant Company was founded in 1986 by Pleasant Rowland, and its products were originally purchasable by mail order only. In 1998, Pleasant Company became a subsidiary of Mattel. The company has been awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award eight times.
The Historical Characters line of 18-inch dolls were initially the main focus of Pleasant Company. This product line aims to teach aspects of American history through a six–book series from the perspective of a nine– to eleven–year–old girl living in that time period. Although the books are written for an eight- to thirteen-year-old target audience, they endeavor to cover significant topics such as child labor, child abuse, poverty, racism, slavery, alcoholism, animal abuse, and war in manners appropriate for the understanding and sensibilities of their young audience.
Bonnie Leigh McKee (born January 20, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, formerly signed to Reprise Records. She released her debut album Trouble in 2004, which was a minor success. The single "Somebody" was included in the soundtrack to the 2004 comedy film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!. As a songwriter McKee has enjoyed success writing international hit singles for Katy Perry ("California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and "Part of Me"), Taio Cruz ("Dynamite") as well as Britney Spears ("Hold It Against Me").
McKee was born in Vacaville, California, and spent her formative years in the Seattle area. Upon moving to Seattle, she joined the Seattle Girls Choir. She toured Europe in 2000 as a member of its top Prime Voci choir, including a concert in Rome at the request of Pope John Paul II. She recorded two albums with the choir, including "Jackson Berkey Meets The Seattle Girls' Choir" and "Cantate 2000".
McKee's youth was somewhat unconventional. She attended the private high school, The Bush School, but amid failing most of her classes, and at the requests of parents concerned with the influence McKee would have on her classmates, she was kicked out before she could finish her freshman year. However, the week after her expulsion, The Bush School did allow her to participate in a program in which she spent a week in a recording studio with her classmates. This demo contained several songs that ended up on her album Trouble, including the title track and "When it All Comes Down", the latter being inspired by her rejection from the school.
Actors: Kamala Lopez (director), Courteney Cox (actress), Kamala Lopez (writer), Alanna Ubach (actress), Kamala Lopez (actress), Sherry Stringfield (actress), Saye Yabandeh (actress), Lia Chapman (actress), Joel Marshall (producer), Claire Dodin (actress), Annet Mahendru (actress), Aida Rodriguez (actress), Mary Elise Hayden (actress), Mariah Bonner (actress), Drew Ann Rosenberg (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Kamala Lopez (director), Courteney Cox (actress), Kamala Lopez (writer), Alanna Ubach (actress), Kamala Lopez (actress), Sherry Stringfield (actress), Saye Yabandeh (actress), Lia Chapman (actress), Joel Marshall (producer), Claire Dodin (actress), Annet Mahendru (actress), Aida Rodriguez (actress), Mary Elise Hayden (actress), Mariah Bonner (actress), Drew Ann Rosenberg (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Ajith Kumar (actor), Sulabha Deshpande (actress), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Sridevi (actress), Jim Dobson (miscellaneous crew), Mehdi Nebbou (actor), Chris J. Cullen (actor), Dena Greenbaum (miscellaneous crew), Marc I. Daniels (actor), Amit Trivedi (composer), Sunil Lulla (producer), Adil Hussain (actor), Shindo Ki Rodriguez (actor), Beth Katehis (actress), Nate Steinwachs (actor),
Plot: The story of a quiet, sweet tempered housewife who endures small slights from her well educated husband and daughter everyday because of her inability to speak and understand English. She is resourceful and open-minded but somehow these traits don't get noticed by them. Then one day on a trip to visit her sister in Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and meets a host of new people who teach her to value herself beyond the narrow perspective of her family.
Keywords: african-immigrant, airplane, bad-english, broken-english, catholic, catholic-priest, chinese, chinese-american, chinese-girl, chinese-immigrantActors: Kamala Lopez (director), Courteney Cox (actress), Kamala Lopez (writer), Alanna Ubach (actress), Kamala Lopez (actress), Sherry Stringfield (actress), Saye Yabandeh (actress), Lia Chapman (actress), Joel Marshall (producer), Claire Dodin (actress), Annet Mahendru (actress), Aida Rodriguez (actress), Mary Elise Hayden (actress), Mariah Bonner (actress), Drew Ann Rosenberg (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Kamala Lopez (director), Courteney Cox (actress), Kamala Lopez (writer), Alanna Ubach (actress), Kamala Lopez (actress), Sherry Stringfield (actress), Saye Yabandeh (actress), Lia Chapman (actress), Joel Marshall (producer), Claire Dodin (actress), Annet Mahendru (actress), Aida Rodriguez (actress), Mary Elise Hayden (actress), Mariah Bonner (actress), Drew Ann Rosenberg (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Anne LaBarbera (actor), Anne LaBarbera (editor), Anne LaBarbera (writer), Stephen Samson (actor), Willem van Heemstra (writer), Willem van Heemstra (actor), Tom Bishop (actor), Tom Bishop (producer), Christopher Brooks (producer), Tom Bishop (writer), Christopher Brooks (writer), Tom Bishop (director), Tom Bishop (editor), James Cowland (composer), Daniel Pacey (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Arnoldo Foà (actor), Marisa Merlini (actress), Massimo Bonetti (actor), Raimondo Crociani (editor), Franca Scagnetti (actress), Daniela Poggi (actress), Luca Ward (actor), Antonio Petrocelli (actor), Giorgio Colangeli (actor), Fabio Sartor (actor), Luciano Federico (actor), Paolo Maria Scalondro (actor), Francesco Venditti (actor), Vanni Corbellini (actor), Antonio Di Pofi (composer),
Genres: ,Actors: Henrik Schildt (actor), Åke Fridell (actor), Birger Lensander (actor), Stig Järrel (actor), Douglas Håge (actor), Börje Mellvig (actor), Per-Axel Arosenius (actor), John Elfström (actor), Elof Ahrle (actor), Carl Deurell (actor), Arthur Fischer (actor), Siegfried Fischer (actor), Erik Forslund (actor), Ivar Wahlgren (actor), Ludde Juberg (actor),
Plot: The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. After paying all his unpaid bills in the morning, he has no money left for a ticket to Buenos Aires.
Keywords: based-on-novelActors: Sol M. Wurtzel (producer), Eugene Forde (director), Joel Friedkin (actor), William Gould (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), Darrell Calker (composer), Jean Fenwick (actress), Louis Mercier (actor), Albert Petit (actor), Otto Reichow (actor), Ralf Harolde (actor), Emmett Vogan (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Richard Travis (actor), William F. Claxton (editor),
Plot: Johnny Vickers is a US government agent operating in London. Vickers puts a tail on the double agent Marcel Grandet, with whom he'd worked during World War II. Grandet has during this war a fortune in jewels stolen. With these jewels Grandet intends to finance a neo-Nazi movement. Posing as a fellow fascist, Travis is able to infiltrate the villains. But will Vickers be able to return the stolen jewels and save his own skin?
Keywords: spyActors: Lew Davis (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Benny Bartlett (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Vernon Dent (actor),
Plot: As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.
Keywords: american-politics, baseball, character-name-in-title, christmas, club, convention, diner, father-figure, hoax, hoboWell she was an american girl
Raised on promises
She couldnt help thinkin that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, an d if she had to die
Tryin she had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an american girl
It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin in the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night