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Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum for her 2002 album Under Construction. Elliott is known for a series of hits and diverse music videos, including "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)", "Hot Boyz", "Get Ur Freak On", "One Minute Man", "4 My People", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", and "Lose Control". In addition, she has worked extensively as a songwriter and producer for other artists, both alone and with her fellow producer and childhood friend Timbaland, with whom she received her first production credit on R&B singer Ginuwine's 1996's album Ginuwine...the Bachelor.
Elliott was born on July 1, 1971, in Portsmouth, Virginia. She is the only child of mother Patricia, a power-company coordinator, and father Ronnie, a Marine. At the age of four in 1975, she wanted to be a performer, though she knew no one took her seriously, as she was always the class clown. While her father was a Marine, the family lived in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in a mobile home. Elliott enjoyed school for the friendships she formed and had little interest in school work, though an IQ test classified her above average and she was able to jump two years ahead of her class. This made her feel increasingly isolated, so she purposely failed all her classes, eventually returning to her age-appropriate class. When her father returned from the Marines, they moved back to Virginia, where they lived in a vermin-infested shack.
Actors: Al Carretta (composer), Al Carretta (actor), Al Carretta (actor), Al Carretta (editor), Al Carretta (writer), Al Carretta (director), Al Carretta (producer), Katy Federman (actress), Chloe Rose Packer (actress), Leroy Osei-Bonsu (actor), Nicole Anderson (actor),
Plot: With his rescue mission approaching, white Zimbabwean farmer and ex-soldier John Smith locks himself in a panic room and slowly bleeds to death as the baying mob he has escaped from assemble outside. In the room with him is Terry, consular support from the British Foreign Office and the one man who might be able to change the outcome of things...
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dominique Spencer (actor), Mark Bridge (miscellaneous crew), Ben Tschirgi (actor), Samantha Southern (miscellaneous crew), Samantha Southern (miscellaneous crew), Samantha Southern (miscellaneous crew), Mark Bridge (director), Samantha Southern (director), Mark Bridge (miscellaneous crew), Mark Bridge (editor), Lucas Cullen (editor), Katie Shelton (producer), Caitlin Beylo (miscellaneous crew), Collin Diesenberg (editor), Corinne Beylo (actor),
Plot: Seeking to escape the flooded roads, two college boys retreat to an abandoned house after returning from a sporting event. Jacy (Ben Tschirgi) sees nothing more than a shelter, a place to stay the night. His best friend Allard (Dominique Spencer) is afraid there is something more to this strange house, and he may be right.
Keywords: suspenseActors: Allen Parker (actor), Allen Parker (writer), Allen Parker (director), Allen Parker (editor), Carey Parker (producer), Allen Parker Sr. (writer), Carey Parker (actor), Allen Parker Sr. (actor), Megan Fleming (actor), Grayson Williams (actor), Mechelle Dunn (actor), Matthew Glennon (actor), T. Winston Parker (actor), Chris Quillan (actor), Clark Brame (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Short,Actors: Kevin MacLeod (composer), Teresa Mason (actress), Kellyn Lindsay (actress), Robert Thayer (writer), Robert Thayer (director), Robert Thayer (producer), Robert Thayer (editor), Robert Nuzzie (actor), Dave Glass (actor), Amy Cavaness (actor), Jean Louis Marchand (actor), Robert Thayer (composer), Dale Elaine Rauch (actress), Robert Thayer (actor), Taylor Arion (editor),
Plot: Laura, Kellyn Lindsay, attempts to take her own life by crashing her small Cessna in the wilderness. Scott, Robert Nuzzie, lives in the wilderness to escape the ills of society and discovers Laura still alive with some cuts and a broken leg. As Scott cares for Laura and builds a raft to get Laura quickly to the nearest hospital, over 200 miles away, an impossible romance blossoms.
Keywords: suicide, teen-romance, teenagerActors: Myles Cranford (actor), Mike Jerome Putnam (actor), Kenny Wood (composer), Will Blagrove (actor), Michael Franklin (actor), J. Tyler Shaw (actor), Shannon Lynch (director), Shannon Lynch (writer), Shannon Lynch (writer), Phylicia Wissa (actress), Scott Crozier (miscellaneous crew), Mikel Miller (actor), Blair Sharné (actress), Randy May (actor), Randy May (actor),
Genres: Drama, History, Music, Short,Actors: Peter Cameron (actor), Enzo Tedeschi (editor), Lauren Batman (actor), Jessica Lockhart (writer), Jessica Lockhart (writer), Jessica Lockhart (director),
Plot: At twenty eight years old Missy has everything going for her; great looks, great job, fabulous wardrobe and a cute little art deco apartment in the heart of the inner city. But for all those blessings there is one thing she can't quite seem to get: the love of the man she loves. Then along comes Reaper, the Grim Reaper, and Missy's thoughts turn from love forever to life ever lasting.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Alden Dalia (miscellaneous crew), Alden Dalia (producer), Reid W. Connell (writer), Reid W. Connell (producer), Reid W. Connell (director), Reid W. Connell (editor), Jessica Bleakley (actor), Luke Murtha (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Josh Mann (actor), Khan Baykal (actor), Margarita Levieva (actress), Ryan Fenson-Hood (editor), Michael C. Freeland (actor), Billy Mack (editor), Jay Della Valle (composer), Anthony J. Caruso (actor), Jay Della Valle (actor), Kristofer Updike (actor), Armin Amiri (actor), Joshua Cary (actor), Andrew Platner (actor), Vinny De Vingo (actor), Logan Hunter (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Josh Mann (actor), Khan Baykal (actor), Margarita Levieva (actress), Ryan Fenson-Hood (editor), Michael C. Freeland (actor), Billy Mack (editor), Jay Della Valle (composer), Anthony J. Caruso (actor), Jay Della Valle (actor), Kristofer Updike (actor), Armin Amiri (actor), Joshua Cary (actor), Andrew Platner (actor), Vinny De Vingo (actor), Logan Hunter (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Timothy Scott (actor), Gary Oldman (actor), Tim Monich (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), David Dwyer (actor), Ed Grady (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Whitey Hughes (actor), Bob Hannah (actor), Wilbur Fitzgerald (actor), Matt Craven (actor), Kristi Frankenheimer (actress), Lee Wilkof (actor),
Plot: An American war hero attempts suicide and ends up in Chattahoochee State Mental Hospital. But he realizes that the doctors in the hospital are humiliating patients, and staff are murdering them.
Keywords: 1950s, 38th-parallel-korea, abuse, ambulance, anger, attempted-suicide-by-policeman, band, based-on-true-story, bathroom, beardMissy got off the bus one day
In a crowd of people, downtown LA
She looked around as if to say, 'I'm home'
But I'm home
I find someone to love
And some place to drink
And some time when I can just sit and think
And I don't mind if I catch the stink of these drones
Lord, of these drones
Just as long as I'm never alone
She had eyes as big as porcelain plates
And skin as thin as paper drapes
And she loved the Lord the way an apostate loves songs
And she'd sing to him before she went to sleep:
"I pray to you, my soul to keep
You're shepherd, then I'll be your sheep
Until dawn, oh until dawn
Well I'd follow you, even if it was wrong"
I met her one night at the coffee shop
Her face so bright, my heart just stopped
Hello my dear, I fear I'm not what I seem
Not what I seem
I should've become a better man
I should be more deserving than
The beggar, thief and courtesan I've been
Oh, that I've been
But I swear, I lie, I curse all of my dreams
But I swear there's still some good in me
And I think if you stuck around you'd see
All the honest attempts at integrity, I was had
Maybe if you helped me, I'd get it right
I lie awake every night, staring at the ceiling
Wondering why I feel so bad, why I feel so bad