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City Limits Magazine
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City limits are the defined boundary of a city. City Limits may also refer to: * ''City Limits'' (magazine), a magazine in London * ''City Limits'' (New York magazine), a New York City investigative journalism magazine founded in 1976 * ''City Limits'' (TV series), a Canadian television series * ''City Limits'' (1934 film), a 1934 American comedy film * ''City Limits'' (1985 film), a 1985 film * ''City Limits'' (2004 film), a 2004 crime film * ''City Limits'', a 1961 album by The Wilburn Brothers * ''City Limit'', album by Billy Ocean Leslie Sebastian Charles, (born 21 January 1950), better known by his stage name Billy Ocean, is a British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British R&B singer-son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits
City limits or city boundaries refer to the defined boundary or border of a city. The area within the city limit can be called the city proper. Town limit/boundary and village limit/boundary apply to towns and villages. Similarly, corporate limit is a legal name that refers to the boundary of municipal corporations. In some countries, the limit of a municipality may be expanded through annexation. United Kingdom In the UK, city boundaries are more difficult to define, since British cities are defined as any town or local authority area, regardless of area or population size, that has been granted letters patent as a royal prerogative. In smaller cities, such as Wells (pop. approx. 10,000) or Gloucester (pop. approx. 100,000), the boundary will be that governed by the city council, though in certain cases such as Carlisle, this may include large rural and even uninhabited areas which are largely distinct from the main settlement. In the case of larger cities, such as Birmingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (magazine)
''City Limits'' magazine was an alternative weekly event listings and arts magazine for London, founded in 1981 by former staff members of the weekly London listings magazine '' Time Out'', after its owner Tony Elliott abandoned running ''Time Out'' on its original equal pay principles. ''City Limits'' was edited in its prime by jazz writer John Fordham and former '' Oz'' writer Nigel Fountain. The magazine continued to be run as a co-operative for most of its existence, then underwent a chaotic final period of three owners within two years before it finally ceased publication in 1993. Among other journalists, it launched the careers of Melissa Benn, Kim Newman and Suzanne Moore. It was also an early site for the writings of Matt Preston and the art critic Matthew Collings Matthew Collings (born 1955) is a British art critic, writer, broadcaster, and artist. He is married to Emma Biggs, with whom he collaborates on art works. Education Born in London in 1955, Collings studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (New York Magazine)
''City Limits'' is a nonprofit news organization based in New York City. Since 1976, ''City Limits'' has published in-depth reporting on civic issues affecting the city's low- and moderate-income communities. Focused on civic issues related to housing, education, criminal justice, the environment, economic and government policy, City Limits publishes in-depth news and analysis daily. History ''City Limits'' was founded in February 1976 as a newsletter and resource for advocates in New York City's housing rehabilitation movement. The publication would expand to become an investigative monthly magazine that covered other major policy issues over the next three decades, establishing the Center for an Urban Future in 1996 as a research institution dedicated to exploring policy solutions that were featured in City Limits' reportage. In 2009, ''City Limits'' was acquired by the Community Service Society of New York The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) is an independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (TV Series)
''City Limits'' is a Canadian television series, which aired on Citytv and later MuchMusic in the 1980s and 1990s."Catching up with old VJs: Much Music alumni create new careers". ''Ottawa Citizen'', December 24, 2002. The program premiered on CITY-TV in 1983, as an overnight series on Friday and Saturday nights. Hosted by Christopher Ward,"Rock music and CITY go together". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 25, 1984. the series originally featured a cross-genre mix of interviews, music news, comedy sketches and music videos, and was essentially the prototype for MuchMusic's overall format. During this era, Mike Myers made several appearances on the program as Wayne Campbell, the character he would later take to ''Saturday Night Live'' in the ''Wayne's World'' sketches. After MuchMusic debuted in 1984, the program initially continued as a daily magazine series on the network, but soon became a weekly series with its daily mandate taken over by ''Rockflash''. As a weekly series, its foc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (1934 Film)
''City Limits'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Frank Craven, Sally Blane, Ray Walker and Claude Gillingwater. ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed August 9, 2015. It was remade in 1941 as '' Father Steps Out''. Plot In a variation of , J.B. Matthews () president of a railroad, is getting sick of doctors, wh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (1985 Film)
''City Limits'' is a 1985 post-apocalyptic action film written and directed by Aaron Lipstadt and is based on a story by Lipstadt & James Reigle. The film stars Darrell Larson, John Stockwell, Kim Cattrall, Rae Dawn Chong, John Diehl, Pamela Ludwig, Tony Plana, Robby Benson, Dean Devlin, and James Earl Jones. Plot In the near future a mysterious plague kills almost every adult and leaves behind "a world of orphans". Some fortunate few are raised by the surviving adults, including Lee ( John Stockwell), who is taken in and raised by Albert (James Earl Jones) on his remote farm. Fifteen years later, Lee sets out for the nearby ruins of Los Angeles in the hopes of joining the Clippers, a famous motorcycle gang. Lee follows a convoy of trucks into a fenced off building, where he is noticed by Bolo (Norbert Weisser), who is overseeing operations. When workers begin to converge on Lee he flees on his motorcycle. After defending himself against and fleeing from a hostile group of bike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Limits (2004 Film)
''City Limits'' ( it, Dentro la città) is a 2004 Italian crime film written and directed by Andrea Costantini and starring Edoardo Leo. It won the award for best production at the 2005 Brooklyn Film Festival. Plot Commissioner Aldo Chessari is sent to direct a police detachment on the outskirts of Rome, a temporary station in a hot area where he is entrusted with few means and few men. His deputy, Lorenzo Corsi, a young man just out of the Academy, collides with the corrupt and deformed reality of real life. The small police station appears to be a frontier outpost, a punitive destination where recruits and hotheads have been assigned. Chessari would like a quiet department, routine operations, stalking and wiretapping and no fuss that could affect his chances of career advancement. But his men, a group of mavericks, do not stop in front of the rules imposed by power, even reaching the limit of legality. Cast *Edoardo Leo as Deputy Commissioner Lorenzo Corsi * Elisabetta Cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wilburn Brothers
The Wilburn Brothers were an American country music duo from the 1950s to the 1970s, consisting of brothers Virgil Doyle Wilburn (1930–1982) and Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn (1931–2003). Biography The brothers were born in Hardy, Arkansas. They first attracted attention as child performers, beginning in 1937, in an act called The Wilburn Children;Diekman 2007, p. 17. Roy Acuff discovered them and brought them to the Grand Ole Opry in 1940. Due to federal child labor laws, the Wilburns were forced to leave the Opry after six months. After growing up, they continued to travel and were regulars on the similar ''Louisiana Hayride'' program in Shreveport from 1948Hefley 1992, p. 177. until 1951. After the family act disbanded, and the brothers served stints in the US Army during the Korean War, they continued in 1953 as The Wilburn Brothers touring with Faron Young and Webb Pierce.Carlin 2003, p. 429. They signed with Decca Records in May 1954, and had their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
