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An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.
In copyright law, there is a necessity for little flexibility as to what constitutes authorship. The United States Copyright Office defines copyright as "a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to authors of "original works of authorship". Holding the title of "author" over any "literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, [or] certain other intellectual works" give rights to this person, the owner of the copyright, exclusive right to do or authorize any production or distribution of their work. Any person or entity wishing to use intellectual property held under copyright must receive permission from the copyright holder to use this work, and often will be asked to pay for the use of copyrighted material. After a fixed amount of time, the copyright expires on intellectual work and it enters the public domain, where it can be used without limit. Copyright law has been amended time and time again since the inception of the law to extend the length of this fixed period where the work is exclusively controlled by the copyright holder. However, copyright is merely the legal reassurance that one owns his/her work. Technically, someone owns their work from the time it's created. An interesting aspect of authorship emerges with copyright in that it can be passed down to another upon one's death. The person who inherits the copyright is not the author, but enjoys the same legal benefits.
Neil Richard Gaiman ( /ˈɡeɪmən/; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Newbery Medal, and Carnegie Medal in Literature. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work.
Gaiman's family is of Polish and other Eastern European Jewish origins; his great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp before 1914 and his grandfather eventually settled in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores. His father, David Bernard Gaiman, worked in the same chain of stores; his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. He has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy. After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, Hampshire, where Neil was born in 1960, the Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town; one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, "Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. I’d say, 'I’m a Jewish Scientologist.'" Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist, and that like Judaism, Scientology is his family's religion.
Lisa Jewell (b. 19 July 1968, Middlesex Hospital, London) is a popular British author of chick lit fiction. Her books include Ralph's Party, Thirtynothing, After The Party, a sequel to Ralph's Party, and most recently The Making Of Us.
She was educated at St. Michael's Catholic Grammar School in Finchley, north London, leaving school after one day in the sixth form to do an art foundation course at Barnet College followed by a diploma in fashion illustration at Epsom School of Art & Design.
She worked in fashion retail for several years, namely Warehouse and Thomas Pink.
After being made redundant, Jewell accepted a challenge from her friend to write three chapters of a novel in exchange for dinner at her favourite restaurant. Those three chapters were eventually developed into Jewell's debut novel Ralph's Party, which then became the UK's bestselling debut novel in 1999.
Jewell is one of the most popular authors writing in the UK today, and in 2008 was awarded the Melissa Nathan Award For Comedy Romance for her novel 31 Dream Street.
Actors: Marianne Faithfull (actress), Harry Belafonte (actor), Colin Powell (actor), Marianne Faithfull (actress), Martin Luther King (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Kevin Macdonald (producer), Alrick Brown (actor), Tanner Hall (actor),
Plot: OnePeople is a documentary to celebrate Jamaica's global reach and significance in her 50th year and how that came to be. One aspect of the documentary is interviews the many Jamaicans who have excelled at home and in the diaspora. Some in the diaspora that were interviewed include the icon Harry Belafonte, essayist Malcolm Gladwell, General Colin Powell (Ret.), and many more. At home the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, the Most Honourable Edward Seaga, Michael Lee Chin, Yohan Blake, Rita Marley, Stephen Marley, Shaggy, Toots etc. OnePeople also explores the reciprocal link between Jamaica and the African continent, while showcasing user generated submissions that span the globe. This is a truly Jamaican documentary; conceptualized, directed, produced and edited 100% by Jamaicans... for the world!
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Marianne Faithfull (actress), Harry Belafonte (actor), Colin Powell (actor), Marianne Faithfull (actress), Martin Luther King (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Martin Luther King (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Jimmy Buffett (actor), Kevin Macdonald (producer), Alrick Brown (actor), Tanner Hall (actor),
Plot: OnePeople is a documentary to celebrate Jamaica's global reach and significance in her 50th year and how that came to be. One aspect of the documentary is interviews the many Jamaicans who have excelled at home and in the diaspora. Some in the diaspora that were interviewed include the icon Harry Belafonte, essayist Malcolm Gladwell, General Colin Powell (Ret.), and many more. At home the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, the Most Honourable Edward Seaga, Michael Lee Chin, Yohan Blake, Rita Marley, Stephen Marley, Shaggy, Toots etc. OnePeople also explores the reciprocal link between Jamaica and the African continent, while showcasing user generated submissions that span the globe. This is a truly Jamaican documentary; conceptualized, directed, produced and edited 100% by Jamaicans... for the world!
Genres: Documentary,Actors: James Rundel (editor), Danny Vinik (producer), Danny Vinik (writer), Danny Vinik (director), Calexico (composer), Charles Bowden (actor), Patti Keating (actress), Gustavo Lozano (actor), Doug Biggers (producer), Theodore Abrams (producer), Bob Oldfather (producer), Darren Clark (costume designer),
Plot: Flor de Muertos (Flower of the Dead) examines the cross-cultural collisions regarding death along the US and Mexico border, commencing with the Mexican celebration of the Dia de los Muertos and ending with the All Souls Procession when 20,000 locals turn out in skull face to rattle through the streets of downtown Tucson, Arizona, to remember, honor, and dance with the dead. Flor de Muertos - the Aztec Marigold, 'Cempasuchil'- the scent of marigolds forms a path the souls of the dead can follow back to the living on the annual Day of the Dead. Part documentary, part concert film, Flor, features acclaimed Americana/alternative band Calexico, playing a concert in the historic Rialto Theater to their hometown audience. Desert rat journalist Charles Bowden, who has roamed the borderlands in search of an elusive truth for decades, author Margaret Regan, artist Salvador Duran and others, comment on the insanity of American immigration policies, the blood flowing from an endless and un-winnable drug war, the uselessness of the word, 'closure', and the search for comfort in the resurgent Santa Muerte religion. Their collective voices, along with Calexico's penetrating music, make this beautifully shot documentary a mesmerizing and topical intellectual jam. The omnipresent border fence ultimately fails to divide the fertile cultural zone that is the border. Death is the great equalizing border we will all cross. With the furor over SB1070 and the border death toll climbing, this timely juxtaposition of the Day of the Dead with our immigration policies draws a line in the desert sand.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Frank Thornton (actor), David Croft (actor), Caroline Wright (producer), Frank Thornton (actor), Wendy Richard (actress), Wendy Richard (actress), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Russell T. Davies (actor), Alan Yentob (actor), John Howard Davies (actor), John Inman (actor), John Inman (actor), Nicholas Smith (actor), Nicholas Smith (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Robert Greenwald (director), Robert Greenwald (producer), Tom Hayden (actor), Tariq Ali (actor), Tariq Ali (actor), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (actress), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (actress), Robert Baer (actor), Devin Smith (miscellaneous crew), Steve Coll (actor), Phillip Cruess (editor), Ahmed Rashid (actor), Stephen Kinzer (actor), Dallas Dunn (producer), Andrew Bacevich (actor),
Plot: Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding the war. The film raises critical questions regarding Afghanistan. Segments of this documentary: Troops, Pakistan, Cost of War, Women of Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Security and Solutions.
Keywords: afghan-war, american-politics, armed-forces, central-asia, country-name-in-title, hillside, imperative-in-title, muslim, nato, occupied-countryActors: James Brown (actor), Michael Eric Dyson (actor), Michael Eric Dyson (actor), Kirk Fraser (producer), Kirk Fraser (director), Kirk Fraser (producer), Kirk Fraser (writer), Kirk Fraser (editor), Donnie Simpson (actor), Dan Shaughnessy (actor), John Thompson (actor), Marion Barry Jr. (actor), Jackie MacMullan (actress), Jackie MacMullan (actress), Michael Wilbon (actor),
Plot: From Legend to Tragedy. The name of former University of Maryland basketball superstar and Boston Celtics draft pick Len Bias still provokes powerful, and immediate responses, more than 20 years after his death. The most ambitious, comprehensive and uncompromising account of Bias' life and death is revealed in an explosive documentary, featuring interviews with his closest teammates, friends and family. For the first time, we hear first-hand accounts of what transpired during Bias' final hours from those who were with him at the time of his death. His heartbreaking fall from grace changed the game forever...on the court, where many considered him to be Michael Jordan's closest rival...and in the courtroom, where generations continue to face the harsh punishment of the nation's drug policies that were influenced by his controversial death. Len Bias is a must-see chronicling of how one man's meteoric rise to fame was derailed by a fatal decision that still echoes throughout sports and the criminal justice system.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Bob Hope (actor), William Holden (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), William Frawley (actor), Milton Berle (actor), Desi Arnaz (actor), Desi Arnaz Jr. (actor), Dann Cahn (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Maurice Chevalier (actor), Richard Crenna (actor), Robert Cummings (actor), Howard Duff (actor), Charles Boyer (actor), Rock Hudson (actor),
Plot: Retrospective honoring the 50th anniversary of the debut of "I Love Lucy," one of TV's pioneer programs. Along with clips from the original series, guests recalled memories and the impact the show had on American culture.
Keywords: actor, character-name-in-title, filmmaking, number-in-titleActors: Oleg Anofriev (actor), Aleksandr Belyavskiy (actor), Mikhail Boyarskiy (actor), Mikhail Boyarskiy (actor), Gennadiy Gladkov (composer), Alisa Feodoridi (miscellaneous crew), Larisa Dolina (actress), M. Trusova (editor), Arkadi Arkanov (writer), Vladimir Samsonov (director), Valentina Ignatyeva (actress), V. Lopukhova (miscellaneous crew), M. Smirnova (actress), G. Chuprina (miscellaneous crew), Igor Shkamarda (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Hasse Ekman (writer), Erik Baumann (composer), Hasse Ekman (producer), Gull Natorp (actress), Douglas Håge (actor), Helga Brofeldt (actress), Aurore Palmgren (actress), Sven Lindberg (actor), Hasse Ekman (actor), Carl Ström (actor), Lauritz Falk (actor), Astrid Bodin (actress), Margit Andelius (actress), Gunnar Björnstrand (actor), Hasse Ekman (director),
Plot: When Inga Brantemo goes on a business trip to Italy, her husband Bertil gets romantically involved with Christina Lovén, whose father is a book publisher. When Inga returns, Bertil has a difficult time trying to explain who the woman the neighbors saw in the Brantemo home was. Bertil is an author and it doesn't get easier when he and his wife gets invited to Christina's father to talk business.
Keywords: author, book-publisher, housemaid, venice-italy, written-and-directed-by-cast-memberActors: George Eldredge (actor), Jimmy Lloyd (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Chester Clute (actor), David Bond (actor), Sheldon Leonard (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Jack George (actor), William Haade (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Shemp Howard (actor), Earle S. Dewey (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor),
Plot: An actor/producer has an argument with his fiancée, and begins to court another girl whom he thinks is wealthy. She isn't, but she offers him $5,000 to marry her, in name only, as she is in danger of being deported from the United States. He does so. And then he begins to fall in love with her.
Genres: Comedy, Musical,