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Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful without looking for it. The word has been voted one of the ten English words hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has been exported into many other languages.Julius H. Comroe once described serendipity as : to look for a needle in a haystack and get out of it with the farmer's daughter.
The first noted use of "serendipity" in the English language was by Horace Walpole (1717–1797). In a letter to Horace Mann (dated 28 January 1754) he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of". The name stems from Serendip, an old name for Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon), from Arabic Sarandib, from Tamil "Seren deevu" or from Sanskrit Suvarnadweepa or golden island (some trace the etymology to Simhaladvipa which literally translates to "Dwelling-Place-of-Lions Island"). Christophero Armeno had translated the Persian fairy tale into Italian, adapting Amir Khusrau's Hasht Bihisht of 1302.
Howard Kern "Howie" Day (born January 15, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself. He self-financed and self-released his first album, Australia, in 2000.
Day eventually signed a recording contract with major label Epic Records- in 2002 and has since re-released his debut as well as producing a follow up, Stop All The World Now. Despite initially sluggish sales, Stop All The World Now was certified gold in early 2005 and has produced a number of singles, including the hits "She Says" and "Collide", Day's most successful to date. The track became Epic Records’ first platinum single, eventually selling 1.5 million downloads.
After a five year tour before the release of Stop All The World Now followed by a three year tour, Day took some time off and focused on writing music. Day released his Be There EP in May 2009 followed by Sound The Alarm, released on September 8, 2009.
Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University. She then appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996) and The Golden Bowl (2000), in addition to various stage and radio productions. She began to seek film work in the United States in the late 1990s and, after appearing in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999), she had a breakout year in 2001 with starring roles in the war epic Pearl Harbor and the romantic comedy Serendipity. She built on this success with appearances in the bio-pic The Aviator (2004) and the comedy Click (2006).
Beckinsale became known as an action star following an appearance in 2003's Underworld and has since starred in many action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), and Underworld: Awakening (2012). She also makes occasional appearances in smaller dramatic projects such as Snow Angels (2007), Winged Creatures (2008), Nothing but the Truth (for which she earned a Critic's Choice Award nomination in 2008) and Everybody's Fine (2009). Her next onscreen appearance will be in the sci-fi action remake Total Recall, due for release in August 2012.
Actors: Karyn Ben Singer (producer), Karyn Ben Singer (writer), Karyn Ben Singer (director), Darin Maddox (actor), David Matz (actor), Sarah M. Hines (actress), Sarah M. Hines (producer), Jodi Bookout (actress), A.M. Sannazzaro (actor), Megan Rawley Hernandez (actress), Chris Hernandez (editor), Mizrain Aguirre (actor), Virginia L. Pedersen (miscellaneous crew), Alex Caparula (actor), Chipper Clark (actor),
Plot: When a package goes missing from his route, deliveryman Ned Whiteman begins his quest to track it down, only to find that the contents included an enchanted killer yeti hand. He must team up with, Judy Terracotta, security guard for life, in order to capture it before it attacks the entire town. Meanwhile, the original intended recipient of the package, Hilary Montegnya, engages in a series of diabolical schemes as she anxiously awaits the yeti hand's arrival.
Keywords: b-movie, security-guard, super-villainess, yetiActors: John Fox (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), John Brumpton (actor), Jane Forbes (miscellaneous crew), Roland Dantes (actor), John Rodsett (producer), Wilbur Wilde (actor), Arthur Angel (actor), Salik Silverstein (director), Salik Silverstein (writer), Jacinta Stone (miscellaneous crew), Ross Wilson (actor), Henry Maas (actor), Mark Brandon Read (actor), Brett Southwick (editor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,Actors: Sticky Fingaz (actor), Scott Putman (producer), Eric Chase (editor), John Langley (producer), Mladen Milicevic (composer), Rafal Zielinski (director), Khalil Kain (actor), Courtney Peldon (actress), Ryan Spahn (actor), Andreas Olavarria (producer), Andreas Olavarria (actor), Julie Ann Emery (actress), Timothy Lee DePriest (actor), Kristen Miller (actress), Nate Dushku (actor),
Plot: Four young women and three young men, totally strangers to each other, are sent to an isolated house with the crew members of a reality show to stay living together for three months without any means of communication with the exterior, and in the end, the winner will get a prize of US$ 100,000.00. When the cameraman is found dead in a barn, the group becomes hysterical, since nobody knows who is trustful.
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Jason Lee (actor), Janeane Garofalo (actress), Mark Joy (actor), Scott Mosier (actor), Ethan Suplee (actor), Kevin Smith (actor), Jason Mewes (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Bud Cort (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Chris Rock (actor), Alan Rickman (actor), George Carlin (actor), Alanis Morissette (actress), Salma Hayek (actress),
Plot: An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.
Keywords: 1990s, abortion, abortion-clinic, airport, alternative-history, ancient-history, androgyny, angel, anger, anniversaryActors: Takeo Watanabe (composer), Michiko Nomura (actress), Yûji Mitsuya (actor), Mari Okamoto (actress), Tsunehisa Itô (writer), Masao Takiyama (producer), Yukiko Nashiwa (actress), Shigeto Takahashi (producer), Stephen Cosgrove (writer),
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