HOME
*





American Heart (TV Series)
American Heart may refer to: * ''American Heart'' (film) directed by Martin Bell (1993) * "American Heart" (song) by Faith Hill (2012) * ''American Heart'' (album) by Adrenalin (1984) *''American Heart'', 2017 novel by Laura Moriarty See also *'' American Hearts'', album by A.A. Bondy * American Hearts (card game), an alternative name for Black Lady * Heart of America (other) {{dab ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


American Heart (film)
''American Heart'' is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Bell and starring Jeff Bridges and Edward Furlong. It was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in a number of categories and won in the Best Male Lead category. Plot Jack Kelson has just been released from prison in Seattle after serving a five-year sentence for robbing a jewelry store. His 14-year-old son Nick, whose mother has been dead for many years, is in desperate need of a father and arrives at the prison to meet him, but he is rebuffed. Nick persists on tagging along with Jack and the two take up residence at a cheap hotel. Over time, the two settle into a push-and-pull relationship. Jack tries to resist the pleas of his ex-partner Randy to return to robbery and finds a job downtown as a window washer. He also makes a phone call to a woman named Charlotte and they meet up at the hotel. It is revealed Charlotte had been writing letters to Jack while he was incarcerated, through the prison's publication ''Ame ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


American Heart (song)
"American Heart" is a song written by Jim Beavers and Jonathan Singleton, and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released on September 30, 2012, as the second single from a planned seventh studio album titled ''Illusion''. However, the album was scrapped, and by 2017, Hill had left her record label. The song was announced on her Twitter account and distributed for airplay the following day. For the Twitter debut, Hill responded to questions hashtagged #askfaith prior to her weekly performance on ''NBC Sunday Night Football'' that night. Prior to the official release, many local radio stations posted samples of her song or official music video on their websites. Content ''USA Today'' critic Elysa Gardner compared it to Dierks Bentley's "Home" when selecting it as the song of the week on October 1, 2012. Billy Dukes of the country music news website Taste of Country described the song as "a thick production made accessible by the wonder of Hill’s voice", ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


American Heart (album)
''American Heart'' is a studio album by American band Adrenalin. It was released in 1984 by Rocshire Records. The only single was "Faraway Eyes" (#28 in the U.S. Rock Tracks). Track listing ;A Side ;B Side Chart performance Album Singles References Adrenalin (band) albums 1984 albums Albums produced by Vini Poncia {{1980s-rock-album-stub ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Laura Moriarty (novelist)
Laura Moriarty (born December 24, 1970, Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American novelist. Early life and education Moriarty was born in Honolulu in 1970. She earned a degree in social work before earning an M.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Kansas. She was the recipient of the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Career According to Moriarty, her debut novel (''The Center Of Everything'') was deeply influenced by a reading of Carl Sagan's ''The Demon-Haunted World''. Other writers who have had a deep influence on Moriarty include Margaret Atwood, Tobias Wolff, and Jane Hamilton. Her favorite short story writer is Lorrie Moore. Kirkus controversy In 2017, Kirkus Reviews removed its starred review of Moriarty's novel '' American Heart'' on account of the book's "white point of view" and "public concern" about the novel's alleged "white savior narrative", as described by editor-in-chief Claiborne Smith in interviews with ' ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


American Hearts
''American Hearts'' is the first solo album by A.A. Bondy, released in 2007. Track listing "Killed Myself When I Was Young" by was featured in an episode of Season 4 of the television series '' Friday Night Lights'' and included on the ''Friday Night Lights Vol. 2'' soundtrack The song "World Without End" was featured in an episode of the 5th season of ''Friday Night Lights''. Personnel *A.A. Bondy - vocals and guitars Production *Cover: detail from "History of America" by Ian Felice *Photo and Layout: Clare Felice References {{Authority control A. A. Bondy albums 2007 albums ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

American Hearts (card Game)
Black Lady is an American card game of the Hearts group for three to six players and the most popular of the group. It emerged in the early 20th century as an elaboration of Hearts and was initially also called Discard Hearts. It is named after its highest penalty card, the Queen of Spades or "Black Lady". It is a trick-avoidance game in which the aim is to avoid taking tricks containing hearts or the Black Lady. American author and leading bridge exponent, Ely Culbertson, describes it as "essentially Hearts with the addition of the queen of spades as a minus card, counting thirteen" and goes on to say that "Black Lady and its elaborations have completely overshadowed the original Hearts in popularity." The game is often called Hearts in America, although that is the proper name for the basic game in which only the cards of the heart suit incur penalty points. It is known by a variety of other names including American Hearts, Black Lady Hearts, Black Widow and Slippery Anne. In ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]