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Brilliant Star
Brilliant may refer to: Music * ''Brilliant'' (album), a 2012 album by Ultravox * Brilliant (band), a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s * "Brilliant" (song), a song by D'espairsRay * Brilliant Classics, Dutch classical music record label *''Brilliant!'', a 1989 album by Kym Mazelle Places * Brilliant, British Columbia, a community in Canada *Brilliant, Alabama, a town in the U.S. *Brilliant, New Mexico * Brilliant, Ohio, a town in the U.S. Ships * ''Brilliant'' (schooner), a schooner at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut * * – one of nine vessels by that name * – one of two vessels by that name Other uses *Brilliant.org, an educational website * Brilliant (diamond cut) * brilliant (typography), the typographic size between diamond and excelsior * ''Brilliant'' (film), a 2004 TV film *''Brilliant!'', 1995/96 art show of Young British Artists in Minneapolis and Houston *'' The Fast Show'' or ''Brilliant!'', a BBC series *Brilliant, a 1950s cartoon character in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant (album)
''Brilliant'' (stylised as ''Brill!ant'') is the eleventh and final studio album by British synth-pop band Ultravox, released on 25 May 2012 by Chrysalis Records. It is the group's first studio album in 18 years, and the first in 28 years from the "classic" Ultravox line-up of Midge Ure, consisting of Billy Currie, Warren Cann and Chris Cross (the last being 1984's ''Lament''). The title track was released as its lead single, and premiered on 17 April 2012 on BBC Radio 2. ''Brilliant'' debuted at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 6,100 copies in its first week. It received mixed reviews from critics. Background Ure said in 2012: "We did get along on the reunion tour brilliantly and decided to make an album. It is such a weird thing to do what we did, to lock yourself away like we did in Canada, with no one else around. It was just Billy, Chris and I. Warren had commitments in Los Angeles and he didn't have to be part of it until later on. We were in the middle of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant (film)
''Brilliant'' is a 2004 Canadian thriller film directed by Roger Cardinal, and starring Erika Eleniak and Bruce Boxleitner. Plot Elizabeth Braden (Deborah Kelly) is a promising medical student working with renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Dietrich (Boxleitner) on a high-tech research facility. Their work consists of finding a drug that would enhance memory. However, Elizabeth wakes up one day realizing that seven days have been stolen from her own memory. To find out what happened, she seeks the help of her friend, Ricky (Eleniak) and her lover, Joel (Matthew Boylan). But she soon realizes that there is nobody she can trust. Filming The film was shot through several locations on Quebec, Canada. Some of the locations used for the film were John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Mirabel International Airport in Montreal, Oka Beach in Oka, and the city of Mirabel. Cast * Erika Eleniak as Ricky Smith * Bruce Boxleitner as Dr. Dietrich Release The film was released in Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brillant (other)
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Brillant may refer to: People *Félix Brillant (born 1980) *Dany Brillant (born 1965) *Edmond Wilhelm Brillant (1916–2004) *Jean Brillant (1890–1918) *Pierre-Luc Brillant (born 1978) Places *Montigné-le-Brillant, Mayenne, France *Val-Brillant, Quebec Other * French ship ''Brillant'' (1815) *'' Les Brillant'', a French language Canadian sitcom *Voigtländer Brillant, a twin-lens reflex camera See also *Brilliance (other) Brilliance may refer to: *Brilliance (gemstone), a measure of the light performance of gemstone diamonds *Brilliance (graphics editor), a bitmap graphics editor for the Amiga *Brilliance (synchrotron light), the quality of an x-ray source * ''Bril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant Dadashova
Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( az, Brilliant Süleyman qızı Dadaşova ; born 15 September 1959Бриллиант Дадашева подтверждает свое турецкое гражданство 23 saylı Nəsimi-Səbayıl seçki dairəsi üzrə seçicilərin daimi siyahısı or 1965, according to other sources) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Brilliant
Lawrence Brilliant (born May 5, 1944) is an American epidemiologist, technologist, philanthropist, and author, who worked with the World Health Organization from 1973–1976 helping to successfully eradicate smallpox. Brilliant, a technology patent holder, has been the CEO of public companies and venture backed start-ups. He was the inaugural Executive Director of Google.org, the charitable arm of Google established in 2005, and the first CEO of Skoll Global Threats Fund, established in 2009 by eBay founder Jeff Skoll to address climate change, pandemics, water security, nuclear proliferation, and conflict in the Middle East. Brilliant currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Ending Pandemics, and is also on the boards of the Skoll Foundation, Salesforce.org, The Seva Foundation, and Dharma Platform. Early life and education Brilliant was born in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Joe Brilliant, was a philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is the grandson of Jewish immigrant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredda Brilliant
Fredda Brilliant (7 April 1903 – 25 May 1999) was a Polish sculptor and actress, born in Łódź, Poland. She worked in a variety of media and is recognized as an accomplished sculptor, writer, actor, singer and script writer. Throughout her career she traveled extensively working in England, USA, Australia, India, Poland and Russia. Brilliant sculpted some of the greatest figures of her time including Jawaharlal Nehru, V.K. Krishna Menon, Indira Gandhi, U.S. President John F Kennedy, and Buckminster Fuller. She also sculpted her husband, the writer Herbert Marshall. Her writing credits include ''Biographies in Bronze'' (1986), ''The Black Virgin'' (1986), ''Women in power'' (1987) and ''Truth in Fiction'' (1986). Brilliant's most famous work is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi which is the centerpiece of the park in Tavistock Square, London, UK. Early career Fredda Brilliant emigrated with her Jewish parents to Melbourne, Australia in 1924. The Brilliant family were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (born 9 December 1933) is an English-born American author and cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Pot-Shots'', single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975. Life and career Brilliant was born in London, England. He attended Hendon County School, London, in the 1940s–50s. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a PhD in history in 1964 and taught on a " floating university", an educational cruise ship that traveled around the world in the mid-60s. He later taught at a community college in Bend, Oregon. During the "Summer of Love" in San Francisco in 1967, Brilliant gave daily lectures near the Haight Street entrance of Golden Gate Park. He released a live album recorded in Golden Gate Park in 1967 on a small Hollywood, California, record label, Dorash Enterprises (Dorash LP-1001). The album, ''Ashleigh Brilliant in the Haight-Ashbury'', is quite rare today. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliodoxa
''Heliodoxa'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. Taxonomy The genus ''Heliodoxa'' was introduced in 1850 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''hēlios'' meaning "sun" and ''doxa'' meaning "glory" or "magnificence". The type species was subsequently designated by Charles Lucien Bonaparte as the violet-fronted brilliant. The genus contains ten species: * Gould's jewelfront, ''Heliodoxa aurescens'' * Brazilian ruby, ''Heliodoxa rubricauda'' * Fawn-breasted brilliant, ''Heliodoxa rubinoides'' * Violet-fronted brilliant, ''Heliodoxa leadbeateri'' * Velvet-browed brilliant, ''Heliodoxa xanthogonys'' * Black-throated brilliant, ''Heliodoxa schreibersii'' * Pink-throated brilliant, ''Heliodoxa gularis'' * Rufous-webbed brilliant, ''Heliodoxa branickii'' * Empress brilliant, ''Heliodoxa imperatrix'' * Green-crowned brilliant, ''Heliodoxa jacula'' References Heliodoxa, Hummingbirds Taxonomy articles created by Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Tracy
''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the ''Detroit Mirror'', and it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1977,webpage notes villains and includes short bio of Chester Gould. and various artists and writers have continued it. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, including Dick Tracy (1990 film), ''Dick Tracy'' in which Warren Beatty played the lead in 1990. Tom De Haven praised Gould's ''Dick Tracy'' as an "outrageously funny American Gothic", while Brian Walker described it as a "ghoulishly entertaining creation" which had "gripping stories filled with violence and pathos".Walker, Brian. ''The Comics: The Complete Collection''. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2011. (pp. 189-191, 226-231, 259, 370) Comic strip Creation and ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fast Show
''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams (actor), Mark Williams, John Thomson (comedian), John Thomson, Arabella Weir and Caroline Aherne. Other significant cast members included Felix Dexter, Paul Shearer, Rhys Thomas (comedian), Rhys Thomas, Jeff Harding (actor), Jeff Harding, Maria McErlane, Eryl Maynard, Colin McFarlane and Donna Ewin. Loosely structured and reliant on character sketches, running gags and many catchphrases, its fast-paced "blackout gag, blackout" style set it apart from traditional sketch series because of the number and relative brevity of its sketches; a typical half-hour TV sketch comedy of the period might have consisted of nine or ten major items, with contrived situations and extended setups, whereas the premiere episode featured 27 sketches in 30 minutes,Dewhurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant!
''Brilliant!'' was a group exhibition of contemporary art held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA between 22 October 1995 and 7 January 1996. The exhibition then traveled to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas - where it was on view between 17 February and 14 April 1996. Theme and content The exhibition sought to showcase a burgeoning group of English artists now known as the YBAs. The Walker's press material, defining the criteria for selection of artists in the exhibition, says: The artists chosen for the exhibition have become increasingly visible over the past six years in self-promoted, renegade exhibitions and publications that have cropped up throughout London. Their aesthetically diverse and provocative artworks are united by a shared interest in ephemeral materials, unconventional presentation, and an anti-authoritarian stance that lends their objects a youthful, aggressive vitality. Exhibited artists * Henry Bond * Glenn Brown * Jake and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant (typography)
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout printing's history. Since the 18th century, the size of a point has been between 0.18 and 0.4 millimeters. Following the advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s and 1990s, digital printing has largely supplanted the letterpress printing and has established the DTP point (DeskTop Publishing point) as the ''de facto'' standard. The DTP point is defined as of an international inch () and, as with earlier American point sizes, is considered to be of a pica. In metal type, the point size of the font describes the height of the metal body on which the typeface's characters were cast. In digital type, letters of a font are designed around an imaginary space called an '' em square''. When a point size of a font is specified, the font is scaled so that its em square has a side length of that particu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
