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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.
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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),
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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.
Keywords: 1990s, abortion, abortion-clinic, airport, alternative-history, ancient-history, androgyny, angel, anger, anniversaryActors: Takeo Watanabe (composer), Michiko Nomura (actress), Yûji Mitsuya (actor), Mari Okamoto (actress), Tsunehisa Itô (writer), Masao Takiyama (producer), Yukiko Nashiwa (actress), Shigeto Takahashi (producer), Stephen Cosgrove (writer),
Genres: ,Serendipity movie clips: http://j.mp/1J9IoHC BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/vV1ZCS Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: A couple experiences love at first sight and leaves it up to destiny to bring them back together again. FILM DESCRIPTION: After the long-delayed Town and Country, director Peter Chelsom turns in his second 2001 effort with this love-at-first-sight romantic comedy that revolves around fate, destiny, and chance. Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) are two New Yorkers already in relationships when they meet one another, each reaching for the last pair of cashmere gloves at a department store. Over coffee, they strike up an intimate conversation, and Jonathan thinks they should see each other again. Unconvinced, Sara arra...
A pair of black cashmere gloves cause Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) to share what can only be called a serendipitous moment. For more from Serendipity: http://miram.ax/serendipity In this scene: Sara (Kate Beckinsale), Jonathan (John Cusack) About Serendipity: In the course of one magical evening, Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) meet unexpectedly, but part when she decides that fate must determine their future. Years later, they are both engaged to others, but cannot give up the dream that - despite the time, distance and obstacles that conspire to keep them apart - they will one day meet again. Starring, in alphabetical order: Kate Beckinsale, John Corbett, John Cusack, Eugene Levy, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon Connect with Serend...
This movie is really close to my heart.
Music video by Lee DeWyze performing Sweet Serendipity. (C) 2010 RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Warning: Contains spoilers. video i made for my favorite movie of all time! =) SERENDIPITY (2001) starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale Could anyone please give me the guitar tabs of this song? Thank you! =) When You Know by Shawn Colvin When you know that you know who you love, you can't deny it. Or go back, or give up, or pretend that you don't buy it. When it's clear this time you've found the one, you'll never let him go 'cause you know and you know that you know. When you feel in your skin in your bones and the hollow Of your heart, there's no way you can wait till tomorrow. When there isn't any doubt about it once you come this close 'cause you know and you know that you know. You can feel love's around you like the sky 'round the moon This is how love has found you, ...
So Im searching youtube and I realize that no one did a video to this particular version of the song, which is featured in the movie, so I decided to be the first :) Maybe Im not, maybe someone else did do a video and I missed it..so if thats the case, sorry ~ dont wanna steal anyones thunder lol. Anywho, enjoy. Song: Waiting in Vain By: Annie Lennox (original song by Bob Marley) Movie: Serendipity ***I do not own any of the music, the movie or any of these characters.***
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[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)