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Sergeant (normally abbreviated to Sgt) is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent.
In most armies[clarification needed] the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section). In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank, corresponding to a four-man fireteam leader.
More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for instance staff sergeant, sergeant first class, master sergeant, first sergeant and sergeant major. The spelling serjeant is used in a few regiments of the British Army.
In most non-naval military or paramilitary organizations, the various grades of sergeant are non-commissioned officers (NCOs) ranking above privates and corporals, and below warrant officers and commissioned officers. The responsibilities of a sergeant differ from army to army. There are usually several ranks of sergeant, each corresponding to greater experience and responsibility for the daily lives of the soldiers of larger units.
Kanye Omari West ( /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American musician, film director and fashion designer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative album, Watch the Throne with Jay-Z in 2011, which is the duo's first collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of 2012, West has won a total of eighteen Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. All albums have been very commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of July 2011, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000 and "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000 placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.
Actors: Rich Bokides (miscellaneous crew), Max Perlich (actor), Norman Reedus (actor), Mads Koudal (actor), Jack Sojka (producer), Dave Gist (miscellaneous crew), Nick Jameson (actor), David Carradine (actor), Jack Donner (actor), Udo Kier (actor), Billy Drago (actor), David Cohen (actor), Evan Evans (producer), Evan Evans (composer), Evan Evans (editor),
Plot: A Medieval Knight resurrects to fulfill his vow and bestow a blood-thirst vengeance upon the kindred spirits of those who betrayed him long ago. In the course of one night, identities will be revealed, destinies met, and a poetic justice of the macabre maniacally served.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: Jessica Cameron (actress), Amber Newman (actress), Amber Marie Bollinger (actress), Mark Burchett (writer), Mark Burchett (director), Mark Burchett (producer), Eric Chatterjee (writer), Eric Chatterjee (actor), Royce Freeman (writer), Royce Freeman (writer), Gregory Patrick Agnew (actor), Jenny Wallace (actress), Duffy Hudson (actor), Shana Rae (actress), Nikk Hearn-Sutton (composer),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Coréon Dú (writer), Coréon Dú (writer), Coréon Dú (producer), André Banza (editor), Gregório Sousa (miscellaneous crew), Freddy Costa (actor), Correia Adão (actor), Antonio Duarte (director), Neide Van Dunem (actor), Tatiana Oliveira (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Richard Riehle (actor), Kenny Rogers (actor), Jack Lilley (actor), Darrell Larson (actor), Larry Levinson (actor), Scott Paulin (actor), Geoffrey Lewis (actor), Martin Kove (actor), Brett Cullen (actor), David S. Cass Sr. (actor), Bruce Boxleitner (actor), Stephen Bridgewater (actor), Lincoln Lageson (actor), Anne Carr (actress), Loni Anderson (actress),
Plot: Brady Hawkes has to run to his son's rescue once again in this continuation of the Gambler stories. Jeremiah is now a young man who has become involved with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Brady pursues the gang in order to get Jeremiah out of the gang before he gets in too much trouble with the law.
Keywords: based-on-song, gambler, sequelActors: Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Robert Swink (editor), Saeed Jaffrey (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Lesley-Anne Down (actress), John Rhys-Davies (actor), Nadim Sawalha (actor), Martin Benson (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Tutte Lemkow (actor), Behrouz Vossoughi (actor), Maurice Ronet (actor), William Hootkins (actor), Victoria Tennant (actress), James Cossins (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Gregg Berger (actor), Jack Riley (actor), Randee Lynne Jensen (actress), Mark L. Rosen (producer), Eric Christmas (actor), Dana Ashbrook (actor), John De Bello (editor), John De Bello (writer), John De Bello (actor), John De Bello (actor), John De Bello (producer), John De Bello (director), Costa Dillon (writer), Costa Dillon (costume designer), Costa Dillon (actor),
Plot: After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent veggies and put a stop to their murderous spree. Included in this crack team are a lieutenant who never goes anywhere without his parachute, an underwater expert who's never out of his scuba gear, and a master of disguise who conceals his appearance by dressing as a black Adolf Hitler.
Keywords: alien, army, b-movie, biker-race, campy, car-accident, cult-film, disaster, exclamation-point-in-title, female-athleteActors: Leonard Rosenman (composer), Don Siegel (director), Henry Blanke (producer), James Coburn (actor), Harry Guardino (actor), Bob Newhart (actor), Simon Prescott (actor), Don Haggerty (actor), Chuck Hicks (actor), Bobby Darin (actor), L.Q. Jones (actor), Fred Cavens (actor), Louis J. Gasnier (actor), Howard A. Smith (editor), Steve McQueen (actor),
Plot: World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
Keywords: 1940s, alcoholic, american, american-soldier, anti-hero, army, artillery-fire, assault, attack, barActors: Heck Allen (writer), Harry Shannon (actor), Howard Jackson (composer), Claude Akins (actor), Chief Yowlachie (actor), Burt Kennedy (writer), William H. Ziegler (editor), Ray Danton (actor), Gordon Douglas (director), Warren Oates (actor), John Russell (actor), Nesdon Booth (actor), Marjorie Best (costume designer), Clint Walker (actor), Edd Byrnes (actor),
Plot: A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.
Keywords: 1870s, american-indian, arapaho-tribe, arrow-in-back, based-on-novel, captive, fur-trapper, missouri-river, montana, mountain-manActors: Cyril Ring (actor), Glenn Strange (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), Walter Reed (actor), Eddie Dew (actor), James Ellison (actor), James Burke (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Eddie Hart (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor), Richard Martin (actor), George Melford (actor), Kent Taylor (actor),
Genres: Drama, War,Actors: Francis L. Sullivan (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Hayden Stevenson (actor), George P. Breakston (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Robert Adair (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Alan Hale (actor), Forrester Harvey (actor), Phillips Holmes (actor), Henry Hull (actor), Thomas R. Mills (actor), Jackie Searl (actor), Lloyd Whitlock (actor),
Plot: Nine year-old orphan 'Pip' Pirrip lives with his harridan older sister and her hen-pecked but good-natured blacksmith husband Joe Gargery in rural, Regency-Period Britain. While visiting his mother's grave near the moors, Pip is set upon by Abel Magwitch, an escaped convict from a prison ship whose intimidating appearance causes Pip to steal food and drink from the Gargeries on his behalf. Although Magwitch had initially threatened Pip, a bond quickly forms between the hardened criminal and the boy, so when the convict is recaptured, he admits to stealing the food, but does not implicate his young accomplice. Shortly thereafter Pip receives an invitation from Mrs. Havisham, a wealthy recluse living in a crumbling mansion to play with her niece Estella. He finds her haughty and cruel but becomes attracted to her beauty as his visits continue. Some time later the Gargeries receive a visit from the condescending lawyer Mr. Javers, who offers Pip an education and allowance that will allow Pip to be free of the grinding poverty of rural England and give him access to the opportunity and sophistication that only London can offer, all at the expense of an anonymous benefactor. As Pip grows to be a young man, he naturally contemplates his sponsor's identity and wonders if it may be the wealthy Miss Havisham.
Keywords: 19th-century, adoptive-father, based-on-novel, benefactor, blacksmith, boat-chase, charles-dickens, christ-figure, convict, escaped-convict