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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company.Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.”
The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues and barrelhouse, and stride piano styles.
Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the hell ever put so many styles together and made it work?"
Actors: Luis Robledo (editor), Luis Robledo (producer), Luis Robledo (writer), Luis Robledo (director), Barbara Carrillo (producer), Susan Diol (producer), Leslie Lluvet (actress), Veronica Aleman (actress),
Genres: Mystery, Short,Actors: Sunny Vachher (actor), Toshi Toda (actor), Shawn Tira (miscellaneous crew), Akiko Shima (actress), Perry Smith (actress), Chris Andrew Ciulla (actor), Yuki Matsuzaki (actor), Sam Carmichael (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Dickinson (director), Patrick Dickinson (writer), Elliott Williams (producer), Kyla Plewes (editor), Michael Keith Allen (actor), Jean Altadel (actress), Al Chenault (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Yoshi and his wife Aiko are Japanese-Americans living in Los Angeles. They used to love to walk in the woods together, but now Aiko suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and Yoshi is reduced to life as a full-time caretaker. His love for Aiko is not enough, though, to make him an effective caretaker, and he comes into conflict with his son over the best way to deal with the increasingly difficult Aiko.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Blanche Baker (actress), Keith Collins (actor), Keith Collins (producer), Frederick Trevino (producer), Jana Mattioli (producer), Jana Mattioli (director), Greg Jackson (producer), Greg Jackson (actor), Cassandra McManus (miscellaneous crew), Robert Borneman (producer), Steve Wolf (producer), Steve Wolf (actor), Elissa Goldstein (actress), Elissa Goldstein (writer), Julia Weldon (actress),
Plot: The last time Helen entered The Cup Coffeehouse, she broke up with her bi-sexual boyfriend whose gay side was suddenly overshadowing his straight side as he flirted with Jamie, the flamboyant male waiter, right in front of her. She is now entering the Cup enticed by her own sexual curiosity. She has been dating Pike, the infamous dyky waitress, and has come to visit her at work. Jamie can't help but warn Pike to not get too whipped by the "straight girl." The last time Gayle entered The Cup, she was informed that her daughter Stephanie was a lesbian. She was introduced to Stephanie's girlfriend Mary Ann and her unconventional reaction to all of this abrupt new information was astonishing. Gayle was not upset by her daughter's sexual orientation but rather very disappointed that Mary Ann was too boring and not nearly alternative enough to make her daughter's choice trendy. Gayle is now introducing the rainbow flag-flying coffee shop to Harold, a wealthy gay real estate broker. Jamie is instantly and surprisingly attracted to this older sugar daddy. Pike is freaked out when Mary Ann,with whom she has had a meaningless one night stand with, enters The Cup while Helen is there. Drama ensues as anger, jealousy, unexpected attraction and too much female as well as male estrogen explodes. What follows is a comedy of love-triangle errors made up of the most unusual combinations.
Keywords: bisexual, bisexuality, coffee, coffeehouse, creep, dike, drag, drag-queen, gay, heterosexualityActors: Blanche Baker (actress), Keith Collins (producer), Keith Collins (actor), Frederick Trevino (producer), Jana Mattioli (producer), Jana Mattioli (director), Jana Mattioli (writer), Greg Jackson (producer), Cassandra McManus (miscellaneous crew), Robert Borneman (producer), Steve Wolf (producer), Steve Wolf (actor), Julia Weldon (actress), Kelly Feustel (producer), Joyce Borneman (producer),
Plot: Stephanie's mother, Gayle, is anything but laid-back. Though she loves her daughter, she often expresses it the only way she knows how: by completely micromanaging her life. Which is why this particular afternoon at the coffee shop might be tricky. After all, Stephanie has brought her mother here to not only tell her she's a lesbian, but to introduce Gayle to her new girlfriend, Mary Ann. Gayle's reaction to her daughter's news isn't exactly a surprise, nor is what her daughter expected. Enlisting the advice of the coffee shop staff, Gayle must come to terms with the afternoon's events, and try to set aside her judgments...sort of.
Keywords: birds, bisexual, cheating, coffee, coffeehouse, digital, emmy-award, gay, glbt-issues, homosexualActors: John Hawkinson (actor), John Hawkinson (producer), John Hawkinson (producer), John Hawkinson (writer), Dan John Miller (actor), Philip Foster (miscellaneous crew), Philip Foster (producer), Kevin Carrico (producer), Kevin Carrico (director), Kevin Carrico (editor), Alexey Lamansky (actor), Chris Messina (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Smith Jordan (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A man returns to his basement apartment having just been rejected by the object of his desire, an angelic diner waitress named Mary Ann, and he sits down at his computer to record what might be his final entry of an ongoing video blog. "The Vanishing Point" is a short film narrative chronicling the final hours of a man's obsession. It's a dark comedy exploring a man's longing for beauty past, his quest to find that beauty in the present and the horror that he faces when he is unable to recapture it.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Jamie Bernadette (actress), Luis Anguiano (actor), Afdhere Jama (director), Afdhere Jama (writer), Afdhere Jama (producer), Antonio Reed (actor), Mohamed Riyale (editor), Ajibike Adekoya (actor), Marina Keller-Helzberg (producer), Steven Toeteberg (composer), Togba Norris (actor), Tingting Yu (actress), Mario Sullivan (actor), Raj Preetam (actor), Eli Marrs (actor),
Plot: 'Apart' follows several entangled lives in Los Angeles: Mario, a young man who feels rejected by an older man named Saleheddine; John, a jaded hustler and drug dealer who keeps happiness at bay, and who works closely with Christine, the wife of Saleheddine; Dre, Saleheddine's best friend, who is left astonished by the sudden break up with his girlfriend; and Mannu, whose lover, Dre's brother, dies overseas.
Keywords: california, drug-dealer, gay, gay-interest, gay-kiss, gay-lead-character, gay-relationship, hustler, interracial-relationship, kissActors: Jennifer Adams Kelley (actress), Jennifer Adams Kelley (actress), Robert Warnock (actor), Steven Warren Hill (actor), Steven Warren Hill (editor), Mark Christensen (actor), Philip Kelley (actor), Philip Kelley (actor), Jeff Sparrow (actor), Jeff Sparrow (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Don Pepot (actor), Lotlot De Leon (actress), Romy Romulo (actor), Ramil Rodriguez (actor), Romeo Rivera (actor), Alicia Alonzo (actress), Palito (actor), Joaquin Fajardo (actor), Philip Gamboa (actor), Ramon Christopher (actor), Mario Escudero (actor), Eddie Gutierrez (actor), Berting Labra (actor), Ruffa Gutierrez (actress), Flora Gasser (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance,Actors: Gene Hackman (actor), Lalo Schifrin (composer), Sissy Spacek (actress), Lee Marvin (actor), Don Record (miscellaneous crew), Gregory Walcott (actor), Hugh Gillin (actor), Michael Ritchie (director), Joe Wizan (producer), Charlsie Bryant (miscellaneous crew), Angel Tompkins (actress), Carl Pingitore (editor), Elton MacPherson (miscellaneous crew), Howard Platt (actor), Robert Dillon (writer),
Plot: A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves.
Keywords: business, chase, collector, cornfield, corruption, county-fair, drug-dealing, extortion, fairground, farmActors: Helen Dickson (actress), Donald Curtis (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), Conrad Nagel (actor), Hayden Rorke (actor), Jim Hayward (actor), Nestor Paiva (actor), David Janssen (actor), Anthony Jochim (actor), Charles Drake (actor), Alex Gerry (actor), Jack Lomas (actor), Joseph Mell (actor), Forbes Murray (actor), Virginia Grey (actress),
Plot: Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She's been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Her children no longer live with her full-time but come home every weekend. She's not unhappy but also doesn't realize how bored she is. Her friend Sara Warren encourages he to get a television set to keep her company but she doesn't want that either. She develops a friendship with Ron Kirby who owns his own nursery and comes every spring and fall to trim her trees. Ron is much younger than she and their friendship soon turns to love. Her circle of friends are surprised that she is seeing such a younger man and she might be prepared to overlook that - Ron certainly doesn't care about the differences in their ages - but when her son and daughter vehemently object, she decides to sacrifice her own feelings for their happiness. Over time however, she realizes that her children will be spending less and less time with her as they pursue their own lives an re-evaluates her decision.
Keywords: age-difference, bachelor, christmas, class-differences, compassion, country-club, deer, engagement, falling-from-height, family-disapprovalMary-Ann, I'm really crazy about you, deed I am
I just can't live without you, Mary-Ann
Mary-Ann
Mary-Ann
My life was built around you
Stars and sand, your eyes were pools of laughter, Mary-Ann