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The Girls
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The Girls may be: Books * ''The Girls'' (Lansens novel), a 2005 novel by Lori Lansens * ''The Girls'' (Cline novel), a 2016 novel by Emma Cline * ''The Girls'', a 1921 novel by Edna Ferber Films * ''The Girls'' (1961 film), a Soviet comedy film * ''The Girls'' (1968 film), a Swedish drama film * ''The Girl'' (1987 film), a British-Swedish drama film Music * ''The Girls'' (musical), a musical based on ''Calendar Girls'' * The Girls (Seattle band), Seattle punk band * The Girls (1960s band), an American all-female band from the '60s * "The Girls" (Calvin Harris song), 2007 * "The Girls" (Blackpink song), 2023 See also * Girl (other) * Girls (other) Girls are young female humans. Girls or The Girls may also refer to: Film and television * ''Les Girls'', a 1957 musical directed by George Cukor * ''The Girls'' (1961 film), a USSR comedy directed by Yuri Chulyukin * ''The Girls'' (1968 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (Lansens Novel)
''The Girls'' is the second novel by Canadian novelist and screenwriter Lori Lansens. It was first published in 2005 by Knopf Canada. It is the life story of a pair of conjoined twins, Rose and Ruby Darlen, and is narrated by the twins themselves. Rose, a budding writer, also details key moments from the lives of their adoptive parents, Aunt Lovey and Uncle Stash. The girls are joined at the head (craniopagus), with Rose carrying her physically weaker and smaller sister on her right hip. According to the description of the condition at the start of the book, the girls are estimated to share 100 veins as well as skull bones. However, while their cerebral tissues are meshed, they have distinctly separate brains and so have different personalities. The book is set in the fictional small town of Leaford in Ontario, Canada, with the girls frequently travelling to nearby cities of Chatham, Windsor, and London. The girls also accompany their Uncle Stash to his native Slovakia S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (Cline Novel)
''The Girls'' is a 2016 debut novel by American author Emma Cline. It is loosely inspired by the Manson Family and the murder of actress Sharon Tate. The majority of the novel, set in 1969, focuses on 14 year old Evie Boyd, who, feeling isolated and unloved, spends her summer on a ranch with a group of teenage girls devoted to an aspiring musician named Russell Hadrick. Synopsis In the present day Evie Boyd is a middle-aged woman with few ties. An old friend of hers named Dan allows her to stay in his home as a caretaker while he's away on vacation. While there she thinks that house is being broken into and comes to realize it is only Dan's teenage son Julian and his girlfriend Sasha who have arrived unannounced. Julian does not remember Evie at first but eventually recalls that Evie was involved in a famous cult. This makes Evie recall the summer of 1969, when she was 14. It's 1969 and Evie's parents have divorced with Evie's father moving in with his young assistant, Tamar, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), ''Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cimarron'' (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), ''Giant'' (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and ''Ice Palace'' (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. Life and career Early years Ferber was born August 15, 1885, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a Hungarian-born Jewish storekeeper, Jacob Charles Ferber, and his Milwaukee, Wisconsin-born wife, Julia (Neumann) Ferber, who was of German Jewish descent. The Ferbers had moved to Kalamazoo from Chicago, Illinois in order to open a dry goods store, and her older sister Fannie was born there three years earlier. Ferber's father was not adept at business, and the family moved often during Ferber's childhood. From Kalamazoo, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (1961 Film)
''The Girls'' (a.k.a. ''Gals'', russian: Девчата, Devchata) is a 1961 Soviet romantic comedy-drama directed by Yuri Chulyukin based on a screenplay by Boris Bednyj. Plot Devchata is a romantic comedy set in an isolated Russian logging camp, in the late 1950s. A pig-tailed young girl, Tosya, arrives from school with a cooking degree, and joins a group of other women who work in jobs supporting the loggers. Tosya is assigned as a cook for the camp. Once in her dorm-like room, she cheerfully prepares herself a meal of tea and a giant loaf of bread slathered with jam; all of it from her roommates' food stockpile. When the four other girls return after a day at work, they are generally taken by Tosya's youth and good nature. However, one woman is upset that she is eating her food without permission, and a fight ensues. When the dorm-mate makes some rude comments, Tosya throws a boot at her head without hesitation. Tosya and her roommates go to the dancehall together. At first, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (1968 Film)
''The Girls'' ( sv, Flickorna) is a 1968 Swedish drama film directed by Mai Zetterling, starring Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom. It is a feminist reinvention of the ancient Greek play ''Lysistrata'' by Aristophanes, and revolves around a theatre group who set up the play. In 1996 a documentary on the making of the film, ''Lines From the Heart'', was made by director Christina Olofson. Plot Liz, Marianne, and Gunilla are three actresses who have been hired to perform in a touring production of ''Lysistrata''. Each woman faces challenges leaving their homes in order to tour. Marianne has left her married boyfriend and finds it difficult to leave her toddler in the hands of babysitters as she goes on tour. Liz's husband is having an affair and wants her to leave while Gunilla, a mother of four young children, is urged not to leave by her husband who wants her to stay at home to help with the children. Along the tour they are met with polite indifference as au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl (1987 Film)
''The Girl'' is a 1987 British-Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Franco Nero, Bernice Stegers and Christopher Lee. Plot A middle-aged man becomes involved with a much younger girl, leading to a scandal. Cast * Franco Nero ... Johan (John) Berg * Bernice Stegers ... Eva Berg * Clare Powney ... Pat * Frank Brennan ... Lindberg * Christopher Lee ... Peter Storm * Mark Robinson ... Hans * Derek Benfield ... Janitor * Clifford Rose ... General Carlsson * Rosie Jauckens ... Fru Carlsson * Lenore Zann ... Viveka * Heinz Hopf Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry. Early life and education Hopf was born in Gräbschen, Germany (now , part of Wrocław, Poland), the son of Elizabeth ( ... ... David * Mark Dowling ... Silenski * Pontus Platin ... Sandberg * Olle Björling ... The Host * Hanna Brogren ... The Housekeeper References External links * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (musical)
''Calendar Girls'' (previously titled ''The Girls'') is a musical with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and a book by Tim Firth. The musical is based on the 2003 film ''Calendar Girls'', which is in turn based on a true story. Synopsis Annie's husband John dies from leukaemia at an early age. Her close friend Chris, wants to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors' lounge in the hospital where John was treated. She hits upon the idea of printing a calendar featuring some of the members of the Knapely branch of the Women's Institute, discreetly posing nude while engaged in traditional WI activities, such as baking and knitting, in order to raise funds. Her proposal is initially met with great scepticism, but she eventually convinces ten women to participate in the project with her. They enlist one of the hospital workers, an amateur photographer named Lawrence, to help them with the calendar. Background The musical is based on the 2003 film ''Calendar Girls''. The film itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (Seattle Band)
The Girls are a new wave/punk pop band from Seattle, Washington that formed in the early 2000s. As of 2012, their members are lead vocalist/frontman Shannon Brown, guitarists Zache Davis and Vas Kumar, bassist Colin Griffiths, keyboardist Derek Mason, and drummer Elie Goral. Their sound has been compared to that of multiple '70's bands, including the Cars and the Voidoids. History The Girls released their self-titled debut album in 2004 on Dirtnap Records; soon afterward, the band fell apart, and every member left except Brown. In 2006, the band returned with Brown and an otherwise new lineup, and their second album, the Martin Feveyear-engineered ''Yes No Yes No Yes No'', was released on Dirtnap Records in 2008. To promote the album, they performed at that year's Bumbershoot on August 30. Name Despite their name, the Girls' members are all men, which has led to some guests to their shows being surprised that they are not an all-female band. Of these guests, Brown has said, "Dudes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (1960s Band)
The Girls were an American all-female band from Los Angeles, California, United States. They called themselves The Sandoval Sisters and The Moonmaids before ending up as The Girls in 1965, when they signed a recording contract with Capitol Records.Biography, The Girls website. The members were sisters. The group was formed of Rosemary (lead guitar), Diane (rhythm guitar), Sylvia (bass), and Margaret (drums and lead vocals) Sandoval. They released two with Capitol including a version of the biker song "Chico's Girl", written by Barry Mann and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (Calvin Harris Song)
"The Girls" is a song by Scottish musician Calvin Harris. It was released as the second single from his debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007), on 4 June 2007. "The Girls" was Harris' highest charting single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number three on 10 June 2007. A "bootleg" version of the song leaked on file sharing several months before ''I Created Disco'' was released. The song has been covered by electropop outfit Dragonette, who changed the main lyric to "The Boys". Music video The video features a group of women in brightly coloured wigs and underwear performing a dance routine around Harris. Track listings Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history In popular culture "The Girls" has often been associated with the fictional ''EastEnders'' characters Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell Roxanne "Roxy" Mitchell (also Slater) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, ''EastEnders'', portrayed by Rita Simons. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (Blackpink Song)
"The Girls" is a promotional single by South Korean girl group Blackpink for the original soundtrack of the mobile game ''Blackpink: The Game''. It was first made available in the game on August 23, 2023, before it was officially released two days later, through YG Entertainment and TakeOne Company. Written by various contributors, including the track producers Ryan Tedder and Lindgren along with group members Jennie and Rosé, it is a trap and EDM song driven by hip-hop leaning beats over Turkish flute sounds, with lyrics that discuss the importance of being independent and courageous in life. A physical version was also released on the same day, which peaked at number one on the Circle Album Chart with 160,460 sales in the first week. The song also reached the top 10 in Vietnam. Background On April 4, 2023, YG Entertainment revealed that the mobile game ''Blackpink: The Game'' would be launching in the second quarter of 2023, as well as an original soundtrack and music video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl (other)
A girl is a young female human. Girl or The Girl may also refer to: Film * ''Girl'' (1965 film), a Yugoslav film directed by Mladomir Puriša Đorđević * ''Girl'' (1994 film), an Australian film directed by Peter Thompson * ''Girl'' (1998 film), an American drama film starring Dominique Swain * ''Girl'' (2018 film), a Belgian drama film * ''Girl'' (2020 film), an American-Canadian thriller film * ''Girl'' (2023 film), a British drama film * ''The Girl'' (1987 film), a British-Swedish film directed by Arne Mattsson * ''The Girl'' (2000 film), a French-American romantic drama film directed by Sande Zeig * ''The Girl'' (2009 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Fredrik Edfeldt * ''The Girl'' (2012 independent film), a film starring Abbie Cornish * ''The Girl'' (2012 TV film), a British film directed by Julian Jarrold * ''The Girl'' (2014 film), a Chinese romantic comedy film Literature * Girl (comics), a set index article * ''Girl'' (UK comics), a comic publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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