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Serendipity means a "fortunate happenstance" or "pleasant surprise". It was coined by Horace Walpole in 1754. In a letter he wrote to a friend, Walpole explained an unexpected discovery he had made by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip. The princes, he told his correspondent, were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”.
The notion of serendipity is a common occurrence throughout the history of scientific innovation such as Alexander Fleming's accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, the invention of the microwave oven by Percy Spencer in 1945, and the invention of the Post-it note by Spencer Silver in 1968.
The word has been voted one of the ten English words hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company. However, due to its sociological use, the word has since been exported into many other languages.
The first noted use of "serendipity" (meaning pleasant surprise) in the English language was by Horace Walpole (1717–1797). In a letter to Horace Mann (dated 28 January 1754) he said he formed it from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, whose heroes "were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of". The name stems from Serendip, an old name for Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon), from Tamil Ceralamdivu, Sanskrit Simhaladvipa and Persian Sarandīp (سرندیپ). Parts of Sri Lanka were under the rule of Tamil kings for extended periods of time in history. Kings of Kerala, India (Cheranadu), were called Ceran Kings and divu, tivu or dheep, which means island. The island belonging to the Chera King was called Cherandeep, hence Sarandib by Arab traders.
Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University. She then appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996), and The Golden Bowl (2000), in addition to various stage and radio productions. She began to seek film work in the United States in the late 1990s and, after appearing in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999), she had a break-out year in 2001 with starring roles in the war film Pearl Harbor and the romantic comedy Serendipity. She built on this success with appearances in the biopic The Aviator (2004) and the comedy Click (2006).
Beckinsale appeared in the Underworld film series and has since starred in many action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), as well as Contraband, and Total Recall (all in 2012). She also makes occasional appearances in smaller dramatic projects such as Snow Angels (2007), Winged Creatures (2008), Nothing but the Truth (for which she earned a Critic's Choice Award nomination in 2008), and Everybody's Fine (2009). In January 2016, Beckinsale's film for Whit Stillman Love & Friendship premiered at the Sundance film festival.
Howard Kern "Howie" Day (born January 15, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself. He self-financed and self-released his first album, Australia, in 2000.
Day eventually signed a recording contract with major label Epic Records- in 2002 and has since re-released his debut as well as producing a follow-up, Stop All The World Now. Despite initially sluggish sales, Stop All The World Now was certified gold in early 2005 and has produced a number of singles, including the hits "She Says" and "Collide", Day's most successful to date. The track became Epic Records’ first platinum single, eventually selling 1.5 million downloads.
After a five-year tour before the release of Stop All The World Now followed by a three-year tour, Day took some time off and focused on writing music. Day released his Be There EP in May 2009 followed by Sound The Alarm, released on September 8, 2009.
Serendipity Official Trailer #1 - (2001) HD
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Actors: Karyn Ben Singer (producer), Karyn Ben Singer (writer), Karyn Ben Singer (director), Darin Maddox (actor), David Matz (actor), Sarah M. Hines (actress), Sarah M. Hines (producer), Jodi Bookout (actress), A.M. Sannazzaro (actor), Megan Rawley Hernandez (actress), Chris Hernandez (editor), Mizrain Aguirre (actor), Virginia L. Pedersen (miscellaneous crew), Alex Caparula (actor), Chipper Clark (actor),
Plot: When a package goes missing from his route, deliveryman Ned Whiteman begins his quest to track it down, only to find that the contents included an enchanted killer yeti hand. He must team up with, Judy Terracotta, security guard for life, in order to capture it before it attacks the entire town. Meanwhile, the original intended recipient of the package, Hilary Montegnya, engages in a series of diabolical schemes as she anxiously awaits the yeti hand's arrival.
Keywords: b-movie, security-guard, super-villainess, yetiActors: John Fox (actor), John Fox (miscellaneous crew), John Brumpton (actor), Jane Forbes (miscellaneous crew), Roland Dantes (actor), John Rodsett (producer), Wilbur Wilde (actor), Arthur Angel (actor), Salik Silverstein (director), Salik Silverstein (writer), Jacinta Stone (miscellaneous crew), Ross Wilson (actor), Henry Maas (actor), Mark Brandon Read (actor), Brett Southwick (editor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,Actors: Sticky Fingaz (actor), Scott Putman (producer), Eric Chase (editor), John Langley (producer), Mladen Milicevic (composer), Rafal Zielinski (director), Khalil Kain (actor), Courtney Peldon (actress), Ryan Spahn (actor), Andreas Olavarria (producer), Andreas Olavarria (actor), Julie Ann Emery (actress), Timothy Lee DePriest (actor), Kristen Miller (actress), Nate Dushku (actor),
Plot: Four young women and three young men, totally strangers to each other, are sent to an isolated house with the crew members of a reality show to stay living together for three months without any means of communication with the exterior, and in the end, the winner will get a prize of US$ 100,000.00. When the cameraman is found dead in a barn, the group becomes hysterical, since nobody knows who is trustful.
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Plot: An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.
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Genres: ,[Narrator: Michael Kiske]
[Backing vox: Robert Hunecke- Rizzo]
[Ainae Angel: Nicholas Westerman]
[Narrator:]
Years went by and Angels sighed
Young girls laughed and old men died
Lovers loved and people tried
To live amongst the shadows
Sunlight chased away the waste
But couldn't take away the taste
Of all that, taken in the haste
Of hatred's bite and swallows
[Chorus:]
But love will bloom even in gloom
And serendipity visits soon
Two fated souls bound for doom
Whose time is all but borrowed:
Then the Sun came to the one
Who'd make him come all but undone
If not for her, He might have won
But lost in all that mattered
She cast his soul in liquid gold
But those who know would have it told
She, too, was touched by his soul
And hand in hand they wandered
[Chorus]
[Angelic Ainae Choir:]
Shaena lithou tou risewr
Parotin lalae amer
Syrius oudeti ere
Kin Oriana vaetou
[translation:]
(All that's forbidden
Becomes a love song
Syrius about to fall
And Oriana waits)
[Narrator:]
The made love and all was said
Forever they would share a bed
But little did they know that dread
Was creeping up behind them
Days grow long and silence spawns
The eagerness to right all wrongs
And even though the darkness dawns
Brighter days will follow
[Chorus]
[Ainae Angel:]
Jewriaen amer
Yaetaen nouwr d'it amer
[translation:]
(Feel the love
Hold fast to the love)