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Television is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions. It can refer to a television set, a television program, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium, for entertainment, education, news and advertising.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s. After World War II, an improved form became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of storage media such as VHS tape (1976), DVDs (1997), and high-definition Blu-ray Discs (2006) enabled viewers to watch recorded material such as movies. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through services such as Netflix, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.
John Clayton Mayer (/ˈmeɪ.ər/; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in nearby Fairfield. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but disenrolled and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived, two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs—refining his skills and gaining a following. After his appearance at the 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and then Columbia Records, which released his first EP, Inside Wants Out. His following two full-length albums—Room for Squares (2001) and Heavier Things (2003)—did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland".
Though Mayer started his career mainly performing acoustic rock, he began moving towards the blues genre that had originally influenced him as a musician. By 2005, he was collaborating with blues artists such as B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. Forming the John Mayer Trio, he released a live album in 2005 called Try!, and his third studio album Continuum in 2006. Both albums received wide critical acclaim, and Continuum earned Mayer a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change". That album was followed by Battle Studies in 2009, a return to pop, with a number-one grossing tour.
Seth Aaron Rogen (/ˈroʊɡən/; born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker, and comedian.
Rogen began his career performing stand-up comedy during his teenage years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in the series Freaks and Geeks. Shortly after he moved to Portland, Oregon for his role, Freaks and Geeks was officially cancelled after one season due to low viewership. Rogen later got a part on the equally short-lived sitcom Undeclared, which also hired him as a staff writer.
After landing his job as a staff writer on the final season of Da Ali G Show, for which Rogen and the other writers received an Emmy Award nomination, Rogen was guided by Judd Apatow toward a film career. Rogen was cast in a major supporting role and credited as a co-producer in Apatow's directorial debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. After Rogen received critical praise for his performance, Universal Pictures agreed to cast him as the lead in Apatow's films Knocked Up and Funny People. Rogen co-starred as Steve Wozniak in Universal's Steve Jobs biopic in 2015.
Randall Keith "Randy" Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor who has been employed by WWE since 2001, but is on hiatus due to injury as of February 2016. He is a 12-time world champion, having held the WWE World Heavyweight Championship eight times and the World Heavyweight Championship four times. He was the final holder of the World Heavyweight Championship.
Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and his uncle Barry Orton all competed in the professional wrestling business. Before being promoted to the main World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice.
Orton became a member of the stable Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which quickly led to a Intercontinental Championship reign, his first title with the company. He also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting and then physically attacking WWE Hall of Famers and wrestling veterans. At age 24, he became the youngest person ever to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. With this win, he departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, they held the World Tag Team Championship.
Jared Joseph Leto (/lɛtoʊ/) (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and director. After starting his career with television appearances in the early 1990s, Leto achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My So-Called Life (1994). He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine (1997). Leto played supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club (1999) and American Psycho (2000), as well as the lead role in Urban Legend (1998), and earned critical acclaim after portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He later began focusing increasingly on his music career, returning to acting with Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009). He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the documentary film Artifact.
Leto's performance as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, among numerous other accolades. Leto is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health. He is also known to be selective about his film roles.
Actors: Harry Locke IV (director), Harry Locke IV (writer), Harry Locke IV (composer), Josh Cruze (actor), Alain Azoulay (actor), Walter Banasiak (actor), Walter Banasiak (actor), Chris Weber (actor), Jude Lanston (actor), Nick LaBanca (actor), Nick LaBanca (actor), Tim Astor (miscellaneous crew), Samuel J. Paul (actor), Samantha Bowling (actress), Casey Larson (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Jamie Kennedy (actor), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Dave Sheridan (actor), Marilyn Giardino (miscellaneous crew), Phillip L. Rosen (miscellaneous crew), Angela Sarafyan (actress), Mikael Pogosyan (actor), Valerie McCaffrey (producer), Mikael Sharafyan (costume designer), Rc Daghighi Asli (miscellaneous crew), Vachik Mangassarian (actor), Tony Adler (miscellaneous crew), Gor Kirakosian (writer), Murisa Harba (actress), Gor Kirakosian (director),
Plot: A US Senator's son (Jaime Kennedy) who attempts to forget the break up of his fiancée, is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friends. A para-sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia, where he is accused of being a spy. It is there he meets a young woman (Angela Sarafyan) who helps him to escape from misfortune.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Harry Locke IV (director), Harry Locke IV (writer), Harry Locke IV (composer), Josh Cruze (actor), Alain Azoulay (actor), Walter Banasiak (actor), Walter Banasiak (actor), Chris Weber (actor), Jude Lanston (actor), Nick LaBanca (actor), Nick LaBanca (actor), Tim Astor (miscellaneous crew), Samuel J. Paul (actor), Samantha Bowling (actress), Casey Larson (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Heather Mitchell (actress), Tony Gibbs (miscellaneous crew), Brendan Cowell (actor), Josh Lawson (actor), William Zappa (actor), Burkhard von Dallwitz (composer), Matt Zeremes (actor), Peter Flaherty (actor), John Orcsik (actor), Des Monaghan (producer), Anni Browning (miscellaneous crew), Scott Warwick (miscellaneous crew), Kristin Voumard (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Sims (actor), Nicholas Eadie (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Leslie Phillips (actor), Les Dennis (actor), Dom Joly (actor), Yasmin Rais (miscellaneous crew), Tom Basden (actor), Tom Basden (actor), Daniel Teper (composer), Masashi Fujimoto (actor), Natalie Cassidy (actress), Natalie Cassidy (actress), Haruka Kuroda (actress), Susy Kane (actress), Susy Kane (actress), Susy Kane (actress), Colin Hoult (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Mikel J. Wisler (miscellaneous crew), Richard Fancy (actor), Kirk B.R. Woller (actor), Ken Meyer (miscellaneous crew), Frank Reynolds (editor), Robert Abramoff (producer), Richard Riehle (actor), Stephen Baldwin (actor), Victoria Jackson (actress), Shelly Desai (actor), Robert C. Yu (miscellaneous crew), K Callan (actress), Kevin Downes (actor), Wayne Grace (actor), Loren Lester (actor),
Plot: On Christmas Eve, Lefty is a homeless and unemployed alcoholic loser that will lose the right to see his son. In despair, he trades a gun and is ready to heist a convenience store and commit suicide. Eva is a lonely old lady estranged from her family that is ready to commit suicide. Kirk is the owner of a convenience store and gas station that feels stranded in his work. Mary is a mother that is raising her young son alone after the accident of her husband that has brain damage. Mitch is a youngster that belongs to a Christian group of youths that does not understand the reason why they should visit lonely old people of his community in the Christmas Eve. The lonely and depressed persons have their lives affected for good by minor acts of kindness and sympathy and Mitch realizes how important his assignment has made the difference.
Keywords: alone-on-christmas, brain-damage, car-trouble, christmas, christmas-carolling, christmas-eve, church, convenience-store, divorce, fired-from-the-jobActors: Rob Goodman (producer), Rob Goodman (actor), Jared Kaufmann (actor), Jared Kaufmann (producer), Michael Jacques (actor), Angelo Fierro (actor), Michael Jacques (actor), Camille Carida (actress), Dimitrios Rongakis (actor), Dimitrios Rongakis (producer), Agustin Rexach (editor), Russell LaFreniere (producer), Wing Armstrong (actor), Diane Jacques (director), Diane Jacques (writer),
Plot: What's the cure for a terminally lazy spouse? For one angry young wife, murder is the answer. She hires a hit man, but he turns out to be a cop. As she languishes behind bars, a rabid media circle like sharks as her shiftless husband attempts to woo her back.
Genres: ,Actors: Jeff Fahey (actor), Tony Nappo (actor), Paulino Nunes (actor), Bruce McFee (actor), R. Emerson John (miscellaneous crew), Nick Mancuso (actor), Carol Alt (actress), Patrick Gallagher (actor), Colin Brunton (producer), André van Heerden (director), André van Heerden (actor), Desmond Campbell (actor), James Binkley (actor), Paul Lalonde (writer), Paul Lalonde (producer),
Plot: This is the sequel to Apocolypse. In this movie Thorold Stone is still looking for his family. The Christians, whom the rest of the world has started to call The Haters, are being framed for many murders and terrorist acts. Thorold and his partner go to investigate the location of the detonator of one of these acts. They find a group of Christians holding a service. He arrests them and one of them hands him a disk from O.N.E. , One Nation Earth. He finds men in the building who aren't Christians. They chase them around and one of them is killed. Then he meets with Mr. Parker who works for Franco Malacousso. Parker shoots them both but Thorold doesn't die. He is then framed for the shooting of his partner and he goes to a computer programmer with the disk. Virtual Reality is used to bring the Day of Wonders to fruition. There is something odd about the cd that the woman gave Thorold because the programmer can't get access to it and they take it to the Christians headquarters. Further things develop and throughout the film there are repeated attempts to convert Thorold to Christianity. It isn't until he meets up with the Anti-Christ that he makes up his mind one way or the other. When they find out what the day of wonders is they try to destroy the program that will run it. Y
Keywords: 666, amazing-grace-hymn, antichrist, apocalypse, bible, bible-prophecy, blind-woman, christian, christian-film, christian-propagandaActors: Ellie Harvie (actress), George Johnson (producer), Alison Grace (editor), Christine Lippa (actress), Don Knodel (miscellaneous crew), Svend-Erik Eriksen (producer), Shawn Macdonald (actor), George Blondheim (composer), Scott Smith (miscellaneous crew), Tom Hoeverman (miscellaneous crew), Jane McGregor (actress), Beth Mercer (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Hagerman (miscellaneous crew), Jill Golick (writer), Myles Ferguson (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Ikuya Sawaki (actor), Kiyoyuki Yanada (actor), Ron Jeremy (actor), Kappei Yamaguchi (actor), Yuri Amano (actress), Kôji Tsujitani (actor), Shigeru Nakahara (actor), Shinya Ôtaki (actor), Steve Rassin (actor), Jericho (actor), Willie Dickersum (actor), Danielle (actress), Akira Hatta (writer), Takashi Asami (director), Dave Snow (actor),
Plot: Meet Kate, the voluptuous, virginal new recruit for the Federal Space Army Security Police. Although she's the newest detective in the galaxy police force, she's eager to prove her worth as an undercover agent. Her first assignment: to find the villains who have been snatching up and raping all of the young women of the desert planet Doune. Will she become their next victim? Can she keep her virtue intact while infiltrating their den of ill-repute? No mission is too dangerous, no disguise too skimpy, and no sexual exploitation too deviant, for our girl Kate to handle!
Keywords: anime, bare-breasts, breast-suckling, character-name-in-title, clitoris, dangerous-mission, defloration, desert-planet, drugs, eroticaWhen I'm at work, ya, I always rush right home for lunch
So I can check out what's up on the Flower Bunch
And when I'm walking through the front door at night
I gotta see who's winning on The Price is Right, oh
I never dreamed that I'd spend my days
Staring at some tube emitting cathode rays
I need my TV
What's happening in this world, I don't care at all
But it better not pre-empt Thursda Night Ice Hockey ball
I can't even come up with my own views
I'm taught how to think from the evening news, oh
I never dreamed that I'd spend my days
Staring at some tube emitting cathode rays
I need my TV
Everybody Sing
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Pissing me off here, can you do scumbagging this shit