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Nicholas or Nikolas or Nicolas or Nickolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), a compound of νίκη nikē 'victory' and λαός; laos 'people', that is, victory of the people. The name became popular through Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, the inspiration for Santa Claus. The customary English version of spelling "Nicholas", using an "h", first came into use in the 12th century and has been firmly established since the Reformation, though "Nicolas" is occasionally used.
In the United States, Nicholas – and its variations – was the 17th most popular male name given to babies in 2006. Roughly 0.7151% of the baby boys born that year, or 15,414, were given that name. It is decreasing in popularity, from a high in 1997, when 27,248 males in the United States were given the name Nicholas. That year was the most popular year for Nicholas since 1880, when U.S. records were kept for given names.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its derivatives are especially popular in maritime regions, as St. Nicholas is considered the protector saint of seafarers.
Jason Thomas Mraz (/məˈræz/; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in the San Diego coffee shop scene in 2000. In 2002, he released his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)". With the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z, in 2005, Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and was an international commercial success primarily due to the hit "I'm Yours". The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his first top ten single, and spent a then-record 76 weeks on the Hot 100. His fourth album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, his highest-charting album to date.
Mraz has won two Grammy Awards and received two additional nominations, and has also won two Teen Choice Awards, a People's Choice Award and the Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. He has earned Platinum and multi-Platinum certifications in over 20 countries, and has toured in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and parts of Africa. As of July 2014, Mraz has sold over seven million albums, and over 11.5 millions digital singles. His musical style, from rhythmic feeling to his use of nylon string guitars, has been heavily influenced by Brazilian music.
Actors: Fanny Bellavance (miscellaneous crew), Bart Van Langendonck (producer), Corentin Lobet (actor), Michel Corriveau (composer), Astrid Whettnall (actress), François Arnaud (actor), Stéphanie Van Vyve (actress), Thijs Van Nuffel (editor), Adonis Danieletto (actor), Ismaël Saidi (writer), Ismaël Saidi (director), Reda Chebchoubi (actor), Audrey Devos (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Richard Jenkins (actor), Terrence Howard (actor), André Des Rochers (miscellaneous crew), Ann Roth (costume designer), Amy Adams (actress), Anita Surendran (miscellaneous crew), Anne Archer (actress), Jennifer Hudson (actress), Peter Pamela Rose (miscellaneous crew), Cary Brokaw (producer), Maddie Corman (actress), Aaron L. Gilbert (producer), Margot Hand (producer), Robert Bogue (actor), Joshua Shull (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Nick Apostolides (actor), Jonathan Thomson (actor), Sara Murphy (actress), John Chase (producer), John Chase (writer), John Chase (director), Herbert Von Schild (actor), Forrest Lancaster (actor), Zeen Rachidi (editor), Kate Franz (actor), Michael Worthley (composer), Alexandra Pell (writer),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Robert Nolan (actor), Nathan Fleet (composer), Charles Lo Manto (actor), Tara Boire (producer), Pamela Farrauto (actress), Derrek Peels (actor), Pamela Bayne (editor), Philippe Buckland (actor), Matthew Willson (actor), Bruce Pringle (actor), Rachel MacMillan (actress), Maria Duplaga (costume designer), James Marino (actor), Robbin MacDonald (actor), Julian Nicholson (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: P.J. Haines (miscellaneous crew), Bob Corff (miscellaneous crew), Radha Mitchell (actress), George A. Romero (writer), George A. Romero (producer), Mark Isham (composer), Frank Hoyt Taylor (actor), Mark Oliver (actor), Alex Van (actor), Lynn Lowry (actress), Wilbur Fitzgerald (actor), Glenn Morshower (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Shaun O'Rourke (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Kravitz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival.
Keywords: ambiguous-ending, ambulance, american-midwest, anti-military, army, arson, assault-rifle, atomic-explosion, autopsy, bare-chested-maleActors: Paulo Pires (actor), Lúcia Moniz (actress), José Wallenstein (actor), Nicolau Breyner (actor), Ricardo Pereira (actor), Ana Padrão (actress), Ruy de Carvalho (actor), Pedro Lima (actor), Pêpê Rapazote (actor), Fátima Lopes (actress), Piotr Adamczyk (actor), Piotr Adamczyk (producer), Sofia Grilo (actress), José Carlos Malato (actor), Luis Filipe Borges (actor),
Plot: Nicholas celebrates his 40th birthday in his country house, with some friends. He has everything he ever wished for, but, on that night, he will end up dead, on his swimming pool. From that moment on, a dead Nicholas wonders how his life would be if he had made a different choice, ten years ago. We then follow two stories: on one hand the police, trying to solve the mystery of Nicholas' death and on the other, Nicholas himself, living a different life. A second life.
Keywords: black-bra, car-crash, drowning, drugs, fashion-model, female-nudity, film-casting, flashback, harassment, high-lifeActors: Tristan Aronovich (actor), Tristan Aronovich (composer), Tristan Aronovich (writer), Tristan Aronovich (producer), Jodi Nelson (actress), Chad Christopher (actor), Theo Ogunyode (actor), Jason Bonduris (actor), Larry Boothby (actor), Gary G. Schneider (actor), Dorit Avganim (actress), Lorin Shamos (actor), Stuart Ortiz (editor), Stuart Ortiz (director), Alexander Sack (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Wolfgang Völz (actor), Fred Willard (actor), Terrence Stone (actor), Rufus Beck (actor), Robert Hays (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), Michael Sorich (actor), Richard Cansino (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Hannes Jaenicke (actor), Tony Pope (actor), Bob Papenbrook (actor), Danny Mann (actor), Mari Devon (actress), Danny Mann (actor),
Genres: Animation, Family,Actors: Joan Lluís Bozzo (director), Joan Lluís Bozzo (writer), Roger Pera (actor), Anna Rosa Cisquella (producer), Anna Rosa Cisquella (writer), Miquel Periel (writer), Mercè Paloma (costume designer), Sergi Albert (actor), David Cuspinera (actor), Ferran Frauca (actor), Carlos Gramaje (actor), Òscar Roig (composer), Marisa Gerardi (actress), Rosa Serra (actress), Lulú Palomares (actress),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Murray Alper (actor), Rand Brooks (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Roddy McDowall (actor), Gil Perkins (actor), Wesley Barry (producer), Edward J. Kay (composer), Wesley Barry (director), Ace Herman (editor), Harry Lauter (actor), Kate Drain Lawson (actress), Fred Krone (actor), Bob Peoples (actor), Kristine Miller (actress), Phyllis Parker (writer),
Genres: Drama,There's a chain that is controlling what you do
There's a sin in the beliefs you love.
But again you just see what you want to
Live in a hell, keep it inside
So no one can see it.
All the good thoughts don't have sense to a life in vain.
Faith, it can't remember your face.
I'm seeking the respect that I never had for myself.
Your rise and fall
Is what you deserve
You'll die a liar
Chasing your pathetic truth
Here no one can stand the pride
That you exposed with so much light.
You abused it.
That's why I'll take mine
You'll find something to say too.
So it was proven your nothing new
Denied by pardon
Taste the weight
Of abandonment
An empty shell renewed
By cursed desires
That will bring it to nowhere.
You waited till the end
Hoping to be absolved.
There's no sorrow to feel, to see.
I know you said
It was to feel
To see
What was left,
Left of my scene.
This is my last scene.
Waste, waste the promise of the pure.
Burning remembrance of the gone
Give a motive to the wreck
You've taken the null and braced regress.
If I
Move now
I'll be
Seen clearly
Starving (all along)
Enough to
Remind me
I'm so far, so far away
'cause I can take all
And burn it with my sins.
Bless the livings that have a dream
Souls awakened for the wills for the purposes
Drop the guilt of all the misdeeds
There's a vision, it's to bear
It's to realize
There's a meaning in the burden
Put commitment in the time that's been gifted you
Ban the languished unconsciousness
Grant the knowledge, it's for them
It's for everyone.
Time stands still while failure rises here