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Scott Speer
Scott Speer (born June 5, 1982) is an American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist. Life and career Speer was born in San Diego, California. At age 23, he was signed with ''HSI Productions'', and in 2006 Speer received the MVPA Award for ''Directorial Debut of the Year'' for the music video of "Stars (Switchfoot song), Stars" by Switchfoot. In 2007 he won his first MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in México, for his work with "Bella Traicion" by the Mexican people, Mexican pop music, pop sensation Belinda (entertainer), Belinda. In June 2007, he directed a three-part video series for Ashley Tisdale. These videos included "He Said She Said (Ashley Tisdale song), He Said She Said", "Not Like That" and "Suddenly (Ashley Tisdale song), Suddenly" released on her DVD ''There's Something About Ashley''. In 2009, he again directed music videos for Tisdale for "It's Alright, It's OK (Ashley Tisdale song), It's Alright, It's OK" and "Crank It Up (Ashley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth most populous city in the United States and the county seat, seat of San Diego County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, fifth most populous county in the United States, with 3,338,330 estimated residents as of 2019. The city is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches and parks, long association with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center. San Diego is the List of municipalities in California, second largest city in the U.S. state, state of California, after Los Angeles. Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego is frequently referred to as the "Birthplace of California", as it was the first site vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suddenly (Ashley Tisdale Song)
"Suddenly" is a single from Ashley Tisdale's debut album '' Headstrong'', the song was released in Germany on May 2, 2008, as her fourth single there. The song was not released in the United States, and was her debut album's final single. Composition The song is written by Tisdale and Janice Robinson and is produced by Guy Roche. She performed the song the first and only time at the '' 75th Rockefeller Christmas Tree'' on New York City, United States. ''Music Beat'' moderately positively reviewed the song, though they claim Tisdale's vocals are not strong enough for a big ballad. Music video The video was directed by Scott Speer and released on November 6, 2007 as the last part of the '' There's Something About Ashley'' DVD. In the video Tisdale appears singing in a fictitious concert front of a white background. It also shows moments of the DVD in the process of recording, in this part Kara DioGuardi makes a cameo, Tisdale in different moments of her life and also during the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video Director
A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act. On November 8, 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist, song, and record company credits, because music videos had increasingly become an auteur's medium. "The case for the director as music video author is strong. It is the music video director who has principal control of everything that is added to the pre-existing recorded sound text."Robert J. Thompson and Gary Burns, eds. (1990). ''Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process'', p.177. . Directors, including Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and F. Gary Gray, have gone on to direct feature films, continuing a trend that had begun earlier with directors such as Lasse Hallström and David Fincher. The most expensive video of all time was directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realm (film)
A realm is a community or territory over which a sovereign rules. The term is commonly used to describe a monarchical or dynastic state. A realm may also be a subdivision within an empire, if it has its own monarch, e.g. the German Empire. Etymology The Old French word ''reaume'', modern French ''royaume'', was the word first adopted in English; the fixed modern spelling does not appear until the beginning of the 17th century. The word supposedly derives from medieval Latin ''regalimen'', from ''regalis'', of or belonging to a ''rex'' (king). The word ''rex'' itself is derived from the Latin verb ''regere'', which means "to rule". Thus the literal meaning of the word ''realm'' is "the territory of a ruler", traditionally a monarch (emperor, king, grand duke, prince, etc.). Usage "Realm" is particularly used for those states whose name includes the word ''kingdom'' (for example, the United Kingdom), as elegant variation, to avoid clumsy repetition of the word in a sentence ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exorcism
Exorcism () is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power. The practice is ancient and part of the belief system of many cultures and religions. Buddhism The practice of reciting or listening to the Paritta began very early in the history of Buddhism. It is a Buddhist practice of reciting certain verses and scriptures from Pali Canon in order to ward off misfortune or danger. The belief in the effective spiritual power to heal, or protect, of the '' Sacca-kiriyā'', or asseveration of something quite true is an aspect of the work ascribed to the ''paritta''. Several scriptures in the Paritta like Metta Sutta, Dhajagga Sutta, or Ratana Sutta can be reci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Angel
A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people played a major role in Ancient Judaism. In Christianity, the hierarchy of angels was extensively developed in the 5th century by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The theology of angels and tutelary spirits has undergone many changes since the 5th century. The belief is that guardian angels serve to protect whichever person God assigns them to. The idea of a guardian angel is central to the 15th-century book ''The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage'' by Abraham of Worms, a German Cabalist. In 1897, this book was translated into English by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), a co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, who styled the guardian angel as the Holy Guardian Angel. Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the founder of the eso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step Up Revolution
''Step Up Revolution'' (released in some countries as ''Step Up 4: Miami Heat'') is a 2012 American 3D dance film directed by Scott Speer (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Amanda Brody. It serves as a sequel to ''Step Up 3D'' and the fourth installment in the ''Step Up'' film series. The film stars Ryan Guzman, Kathryn McCormick, Misha Gabriel, Cleopatra Coleman, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, Tommy Dewey, and Peter Gallagher. ''Step Up Revolution'' was released in the United States on July 27, 2012, by Summit Entertainment, through conventional 2D and 3D formats. It became the first film in the series to not be co-produced by Touchstone Pictures nor distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and the first film to be released by Summit after being acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment in January 2012. The film received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, '' Step Up: All In'', was released on August 8, 2014, in the United States. Plot In Miami, Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers
''The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'', commonly called ''The LXD'', is a 2010–2011 American web series that premiered on Hulu. The series follows two groups of rival dancers: The Alliance of the Dark, who are the villains, and The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, the heroes, who discover they have superpowers referred to as "the Ra" through their dance abilities. The entire story takes place over hundreds of years, beginning in the 1920s, up to the year 3000. The series was created, directed, and produced by Jon M. Chu, who says he was inspired to create it by Michael Jackson's " Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal" music videos and by the dancers he met while filming the movie '' Step Up 2: The Streets''.Chu also directed ''Step Up 3D''. The series was choreographed by Christopher Scott and Harry Shum, Jr., with assistant choreography by Galen Hooks. Members had a wide variety of specialties, including hip-hop, krumping, contemporary, tricking, popping, b-boying, jazz, tap, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Sundance Film Festival
The 2003 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16 to January 26, 2003. ''American Splendor'', a biopic of comic-book author Harvey Pekar, won the grand-jury prize. Steve Zahn and Maggie Gyllenhaal presented the awards in a ceremony televised live on the Sundance Channel. Unseasonably warm weather attracted record numbers of attendees, among them musician Bob Dylan. Non-competition features Midnight * ''Dysfunktional Family'' * '' Girls Will Be Girls'' * ''The Hebrew Hammer'' * '' Nightstalker'' * ''Rolling Kansas'' * ''Spun'' * '' Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator'' Awards * Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – '' Capturing the Friedmans'' * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – ''American Splendor'' * Audience Award: Documentary – ''My Flesh and Blood'' * Audience Award: Dramatic – ''The Station Agent'' * Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – '' All the Real Girls'' * Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth – '' What Alice Found'' * Special Jury Prize for Performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beat (2003 Film)
The Beat is a 2003 drama written and directed by Brandon Sonnier and was screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. At 20 years of age, Sonnier was the youngest director to have a feature film debut at the Sundance Film Festival. The previous record was held by Robert Rodriguez for El Mariachi. With limited release on Showtime, Black STARZ, and Encore in 2005, the film became an underground hip hop cult-classic, supported by a cast of internationally recognized rap artists such as Chino XL, Tak (Styles of Beyond) and Coolio, as well as Def Poetry Jam's Steve Connell. The film's star, Rahman Jamaal also wrote and produced the film's hip hop soundtrack. Plot Philip Randall Bernard a.k.a. "Flip" (Rahman Jamaal) is faced with the decision to join the police force, or attempt to live his dream of becoming a Hip Hop/spoken word artist. The film shows both of Flip's possible futures. Cast *Rahman Jamaal * Jazsmin Lewis *Gregory Alan Williams *Brian McKnight *Steve Connell *Jermaine Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by ''Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group , a January 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilty Pleasure (Ashley Tisdale Album)
''Guilty Pleasure '' is the second studio album by American recording artist Ashley Tisdale. It was released on June 11, 2009, by Warner Bros. Records. The lead single from the album, " It's Alright, It's OK", premiered on ''On Air with Ryan Seacrest'' and was officially released on April 14, 2009. The album debuted at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 25,000 copies in its first week. The second single from ''Guilty Pleasure'', " Crank It Up" was released on October 16, 2009, in Europe. The song Switch was featured in the 2009 film Aliens In The Attic. The album ranked #7 on Billboard's reader poll for album of the decade and best album of 2009. Background and release In April 2008, she said that she has recorded a few songs for the album and she would fully focus on the album after filming ''High School Musical 3''. Tisdale has noted that the songs in the album have a message and a story that anyone can relate to, and hoped to reveal her "edgier" side with more mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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