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A wig is a head covering made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber that is worn for fashion or other reasons, including cultural tradition and religious observance. The word wig is short for periwig and first appeared in the English language around 1675.
Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness; a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair. Wigs may also be used as an article of apparel, or to fulfill a religious obligation. Actors often wear costume wigs in order to portray characters.
The ancient Egyptians wore wigs to shield their shaved, hairless heads from the sun. They also wore the wigs on top of their hair using beeswax and resin to keep the wigs in place. Other ancient cultures, including the Assyrians,Phoenicians, Jews in ancient Israel,Greeks and Romans, also used wigs as an everyday fashion.
In Korea, gache were popular among women until it was banned in the late 18th century, while wigs were rarely used in China and Japan except in the traditional theatre.
Long hair is a hairstyle where the hair is allowed to grow to considerable length. Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in some cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair.
Males having short, cut hair is in many cultures viewed as being under society's control, such as while in the military or prison or as punishment for a crime, while males having long hair signifies being outside of the mainstream. Long lustrous female hair is rated attractive by both men and women across cultures. The prevalence of trichophilia (hair partialism or fetishism) is 7% in the population, and very long hair is a common subject of devotion in this group.
Humans, horses, and orangutangs are among the few species that may grow their head hair very long. Humans are believed to have lost their fur 2.5–3 million years ago when transitioning from a forest habitat to the open savanna, as an effect of natural selection, since this development made it possible to run fast and hunt animals close to the equator without getting overheated. An exception was however head hair, which was kept to provide thermal insulation of the scalp from the sun, to protect against ultra-violet radiation exposure, and also to provide cooling (when sweat evaporates from soaked hair). The ability to grow straight hair, has been observed among Homo sapiens sub-groups in less sunny regions further away from the equator. Relative to kinky Afro-textured hair, straight hair allows more UV light to pass to the scalp (which is essential for the production of vitamin D, that is important for bone development).
Actors: John Gilligan (actor), Karl J. Arana (actor), Jonez Cain (actress), Steve Tanabe (actor), M. Shawn Cunningham (writer), M. Shawn Cunningham (producer), M. Shawn Cunningham (director), Valentina Lugo (actress), Reginald Garner (actor), Amanda P. Doss (actress), Melanie Victor (actress), Michael Grayson (actor), Derick Hale Jr. (actor), Yazmina Kay (actress), Melanie Victor (actress),
Plot: When Wig, (The Lords of Mischief) chases down a young woman named Regina and kills her, it puts under immediate investigation by Sgt. Mike Laws (Cops), only because Regina (an informant) had jokingly said before that if she was ever murdered, WIG would be the one to do it. This single killing opens the floodgates of betrayal, lies, deceit, murder and will test the limits of respect and loyalty between the 5 crews.
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Michael Jai White (actor), Ron Yuan (actor), Bokeem Woodbine (actor), Ron Yuan (director), Ron Yuan (writer), James Lew (actor), Michael Jai White (writer), Ron Yuan (producer), Michael Jai White (producer), Teddy Chen Culver (actor), Jerry Ying (actor), Darryl Chan (actor), Jen Sung (actor), Arnold Chon (actor), Sonny Sison (actor),
Plot: After the brutal murder of his partner, an undercover detective must recover a book of codes. Time is of the essence as the culprits ready to leave. Armed with only three bullets, he must go against eight fully armed assassins to obtain the book. The battle of wits, brawn and bullets begins . . .
Keywords: assassin, book, number-in-title, two-word-title, undercover-detectiveActors: Pat Fraley (actor), Chip Bent (actor), Rob Verdery (actor), Shawn Forry (director), Shawn Forry (editor), Shawn Forry (producer), Shawn Forry (writer), Caroline Gross (costume designer), Tracey Rooney (actress), Harris Fellman (actor), Stacey Bunch (actress), Allison Kramer (actress), Jody Ammerman (actress), Dennis Kelley (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer VanGoethem (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Dorothée Berryman (actress), Alan Fawcett (actor), Veronica Ferres (actress), Greta Scacchi (actress), Lorraine Bracco (actress), Shauna Shapiro Jackson (miscellaneous crew), Molly Parker (actress), John Malkovich (actor), Francesca Chamberland (costume designer), Dominique Fortin (editor), Claude Léger (producer), Andrée Pelletier (writer), Gabriella Cristiani (editor), Gabriella Cristiani (director), René Malo (producer),
Plot: In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover's wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies' room, one backstage at a play that's about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.
Keywords: actress, adultery, bathroom, boyfriend, cheat, dressing-room, extramarital-affair, female-stockinged-feet, female-stockinged-legs, independent-filmActors: Doug Bradley (actor), Michael Cowan (producer), Jason Piette (producer), José Truchado (actor), Robert Englund (actor), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer), Stephen Marcus (actor), Mapi Galán (actress), Edward Tudor-Pole (actor), Mabel Karr (actress), Lisa Vick (miscellaneous crew), Nigel Whitmey (actor), Melinda Clarke (actress), Christopher Figg (producer),
Plot: This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station with the loot from a heist while her boy friend does prison time. A meteorite crashes near the station transforming the woman into an alien being with a gigantic voracious tongue and her poodles are transformed into four drag queens. The whole thing grows even weirder as her boy friend escapes from prison and also encounters the meteorite, as does a mute Nun who is converted into a sexy drum majorette. Pursued by the prison officials who are after him, the whole group eventually come into conflict.
Keywords: alien, b-movie, cult, desert, drag-queen, meteor, nun, poodle, possession, prisonActors: William Shakespeare (writer), Luc Philips (director), Herbert Flack (actor), Herbert Flack (actor), Max Schnur (actor), Hans Royaards (actor), Frans Maas (actor), Frans Maas (actor), Walter Rits (actor), Jos Geens (actor), Jet Naessens (director), René Verheezen (actor), Netty Vangheel (actress), Dolf Verspoor (writer), Annie Van Lier (actress),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Kitty Courbois (actress), William Shakespeare (writer), Hans Croiset (actor), Henk van Ulsen (actor), Ko van Dijk (actor), Walter van der Kamp (director), Ramses Shaffy (actor), Allard van der Scheer (actor), Jacques Commandeur (actor), Petra Laseur (actress), Peter Oosthoek (actor), Ellen Vogel (actress), Bert van der Linden (actor), Hetty Verhoogt (actress), Albert Mol (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,What's that on your head?
A wig
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A wig
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A wig
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A wig
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Fred's gotta cheap toupee
Keith's gotta big bouffant on
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On the neon, neon side of town
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Phyllis has a wig
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Bubba's gotta big bouffant on
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On the neon, neon side of town
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Hey I bought my wig at the Diana shop with a purse to match!
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Did something crawl in your wig and die?
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That one looks like she's got a skunk sittin' on top of her head!
Craig bought his wig at a thrift store, you know why?
Why?
'Cause he didn't want toupee!
On the neon, neon side of town
On the neon, neon side of town
What's that on your head?
A wig
What's that on your head?
A wig
I say, what's that on your head?
A wig
What's that on your head?
A wig
Wig, wig, wig, wig, wig, wig, wig, wig
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I like to call my wig "Primadonna"
You should hear what it calls you!
I look like cotton candy.
They got so many flies on her wig, she needs a bug zapper!
I want to go and get a moose on your head!