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Martha of Bethany (Aramaic מַרְתָּא Martâ) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She is the middle child of her family with Lazarus being the eldest and her sister Mary Magdalene the youngest. She was witness to Jesus' resurrection of her brother, Lazarus.
The name Martha is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μαρθα, itself a translation of the Aramaic מַרְתָּא Martâ, "The mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מר "master". The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD. 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form Marthein.
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha. The two sisters are contrasted: Martha was "cumbered about many things" while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen "the better part", that of listening to the master's discourse. The name of their village is not recorded, nor any mention of whether Jesus was near Jerusalem:
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in the 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Lyrically, Waits' songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", performed by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Martha Stewart (née Kostyra; August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, magazine publisher, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising, and electronic commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, is the publisher of the Martha Stewart Living magazine, and her syndicated talk show, Martha, is broadcast throughout the world.
In 2004, Stewart was entangled in the ImClone insider trading affair and there was speculation that the incident would effectively be the end of her media empire. She began a comeback campaign in 2005 and her company returned to profitability in 2006. Stewart rejoined the board of directors of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in 2011 and became chairman of her namesake company again in 2012.
Martha Stewart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to middle-class Polish American parents, Edward "Eddie" Kostyra (c. 1912 – 1979) and Jadwiga Martha Ruszkowski Kostyra (b. September 16, 1914, Buffalo, New York – d. November 16, 2007, Norwalk, Connecticut). She lived in Jersey City until the age of 3, when her family moved to Nutley. She was raised in Nutley along with her five siblings. She took the name "Grace" for her confirmation name before graduating from Nutley High School.
Actors: Tadahisa Yoshida (composer), Noah Edward (editor), Noah Edward (producer), Brett Newton (producer), Noah Edward (director), Amanda Glassman (writer), Jessica Jean (actress), Jami Ferreira (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Elizabeth Daily (actress), Ernest Thompson (director), Ernest Thompson (actor), Ernest Thompson (writer), Kristi Lynn (actress), Sophia Gilberto (miscellaneous crew), Hunter Wilichoski (actor), Melissa McMeekin (actress), Morgan Murphy (actor), Morgan Murphy (producer), Johnny Lee Davenport (actor), Jamie Sharps (editor), Dee Cooke (actress), Pamela Lambert (actress), Heidi Gennaro (actress),
Plot: Jeremiah Ward, a hot shot New York money manager, turns off the highway, straight into his past. In rural New Hampshire, he discovers confusing clues and ghostly reminders of not only people he knew forty years ago, but of the person he once was: an idealist, a visionary, whose clarity grew dimmer with each acquisition and every brilliant move on the career chess board. Exit 22-A seems to represent a portal connecting him with the values and virtue left behind, but it turns out to be much more. Melody, the daughter he never knew, has created the entire artifice, the road map and the cast of characters, determined to test Jeremiah's true convictions and to change his life. And, in doing so, saves it.
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Cassidy Gard (actress), Eric Colton (actor), Susyn Elise Duris (actress), Elena L Perez (miscellaneous crew), Bart Tangredi (actor), Zachary Mason (producer), Jason O'neil Hudson (actor), Daniel McDonald (actor), Michael Philpot (costume designer), Jonny Rodgers (actor), Sharon Waich B. (director), Sharon Waich B. (writer), Josh Bross (actor), Adi Dardik (actor), Robert Palmer Watkins (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Diane Barrientos (actress), David Daniel Hudson (actor), Michael Emmons (writer), Michael Emmons (editor), Michael Emmons (writer), Michael Emmons (director), Michael Emmons (producer), Linda S. Johnson (actor), Meg Lehman (actress), Carrie Emmons (actor), Chris Serieno (actor),
Plot: Define Love is a short film about a teenage boy who lives an entirely managed life curtesy of his mother, Maggie. When push comes to shove Peter blames his mother for his inability to function in everyday life however Peter soon discovers things are not always as they appear.
Genres: Drama, Family, Mystery, Short,Actors: Stephen O'Connor (actor), Antonio DiLoreto (actor), Antonio DiLoreto (actor), Matthew Frankowski (actor), Matthew Frankowski (actor), Dayten Pottruff (actor), Ryan Mickleboro (actor), Normand Castanos (actor), Nick Cabral (actor), Eric Gundel (actor), Nelson McFadyen (actor), Daniel Armstrong (actor), Joel Bereket (actor), Colin Cooper (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Maria Natapov (costume designer), Maria Natapov (miscellaneous crew), Joshua Koopman (producer), Joshua Koopman (actor), Joseph Laraja (editor), Joseph Laraja (director), Joseph Laraja (producer), Joseph Laraja (actor), Kevin Harrigan (producer), Kevin Harrigan (actor), Kevin Harrigan (writer), Najwa Rosdi (actress), Dakota Shepard (actress), Shelly Whittle (actor), John Albano (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Lav Diaz (producer), Lav Diaz (editor), Lav Diaz (director), Lav Diaz (writer), Kristine Kintana (miscellaneous crew), Kristine Kintana (actress), Dante Perez (actor), John Elbert Ferrer (actor), Willy Fernandez (actor), Edward Porta (actor), Lois Goff (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Kamala Lopez (miscellaneous crew), Anne Lockhart (miscellaneous crew), Sidney J. Furie (director), Robert Clotworthy (miscellaneous crew), Richard Gibbs (composer), Kay Lenz (miscellaneous crew), Jackée Harry (actress), Anne Lockhart (actress), Andre Morgan (producer), Rodney Dangerfield (actor), Albert S. Ruddy (producer), Chuck McCann (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Jeannetta Arnette (actress), Isis Mussenden (costume designer),
Plot: Chester Lee must take on the coaching duties of his company's employee daughters soccer team in order to impress his boss. Desperate for success, he enlists the aid of a "ringer", his fiancées son! Wackiness ensues.
Keywords: boy-dressed-as-a-girl, boy-dressed-as-girl, cross-dressing, dressing-room, forbidden-love, girls'-soccer, mother-son-relationship, soccer, sports-team, stepfather-stepson-relationshipActors: Ivan Koval-Samborsky (actor), Mary Kid (actress), Conrad Wiene (director), Mizi Griebl (actress), Aribert Mog (actor), Paul Askonas (actor), Alice Hetsey (actress), Fritz Zoreff (writer), El' Dura (actor), Christian Holt (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Joe Evans (actor), Joe Evans (writer), Joe Evans (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,I must be saving these days
I have no money to save
I must save health and strength
Enough to last me for a long while
I must save my nerves
And my thoughts and my mind
And the fire of my spirit
I must be saving the tears that flow
I shall need them for a long, long while
I must save endurance for these stormy days
There is so much, (strengthen me)
I need in my life, (so I'll see)
Warmth of feelings and a kind of heart
These things I lack, of these I must be saving
All these, the gifts of God
I wish to keep
How sad I should be