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Will Kemp (actor, Born 1977)
William Kemp (born 29 June 1977) is an English actor and dancer. His stage names are Will and James Dean of Ballet. Life and career Kemp was born in Hertfordshire, England. The eldest of three, Will has two younger sisters. His father, Barry, an architect and mother, Rosalind. Will grew up in King’s Langley and schooled at Rudolf Steiner. Trained at the Royal Ballet School, at age 17 he was accepted at dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP). He won the lead role of The Swan in Matthew Bourne's ''Swan Lake'' from 1997 to 2000 in both London and Broadway. In 2002 he could be seen dancing to " Stuff Like That" in a Peter Lindbergh-directed commercial for Gap's "For Every Generation" campaign and in 2004, he appeared alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in two Francis Lawrence-directed spots, "Color" and "Shine", for Gap's "How Do You Share It" campaign. He famously turned down a lucrative modelling contract with Giorgio Armani, citing not wanting to be confused as a model ...
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The Streets
The Streets is an English musical project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project was founded in the early 90s in Birmingham, while Skinner was still a teenager; however, no music would formally eventuate until the early 2000s. In the initial run of The Streets, the project released five studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living'' (2006), ''Everything Is Borrowed'' (2008) and ''Computers and Blues'' (2011). The Streets also released a string of successful singles during this time, which reached the Top 40 on the UK Singles chart – including "Has It Come to This?", " Fit but You Know It", "Dry Your Eyes" (the project's only number-one single), "When You Wasn't Famous" and " Prangin' Out". After disbanding The Streets in 2011, Skinner pursued several other musical projects before ultimately reviving the moniker in 2017. A mixtape, ''None of Us Are Getting Ou ...
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West End Theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.Christopher Innes"West End"in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 1194–1195, Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre represents the highest level of Theatre of the United Kingdom, commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. Prominent screen actors, Cinema of the United Kingdom, British and World cinema, international alike, frequently appear on the London stage. There are approximately 40 theatres in the West End, with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, opened in May 1663, the oldest theatre in London. The Savoy Theatre—built as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan—was entirely lit by electricity in 1881. Society of London Theatre, The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) announced that 201 ...
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Stromboli (Pinocchio)
Mangiafuoco ( ; , literally "Fire-Eater") or Mangiafoco is a fictional character who appears in Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian book ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (''Le avventure di Pinocchio''), serving as a secondary antagonist before redeeming himself. Role He is the theatre director and puppet-master of the Great Marionette Theatre, portrayed as gruff and imposing, but capable of showing kindness and easily moved to compassion, which he expresses by sneezing: after initially wanting Pinocchio to be burned as firewood for ruining one of his puppet shows, he eventually sets him free and gives him five gold coins to give to his father Geppetto. In the novel Mangiafuoco is described as...a large man so ugly, he evoked fear by simply being looked at. He had a beard as black as a smudge of ink and so long that it fell from his chin down to the ground: enough so that when he walked, he stepped on it. His mouth was as wide as an oven, his eyes were like two red tinted lanterns with the ...
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Great Performances
''Great Performances'' is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is produced by the PBS member station WNET in New York City (originally in conjunction with KQED (TV), KQED/San Francisco, WTTW/Chicago, Maryland Public Television, South Carolina ETV and KERA-TV/Dallas/Fort Worth). The series is the longest-running performing arts anthology on television and has won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society. History ''Great Performances''' predecessor, ''New York Playhouse'', premiered on October 7, 1972, with a production of ''Antigone (Anouilh play), Antigone''. In 1973, Exxon and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting provided grants to create ''Theater in America'', which reran the ''New York Playhouse'' and some ''NET Playhouse'' pr ...
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Stormbound
''Stormbound'' () is a 1950 Italian crime melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Constance Dowling, Andrea Checchi and Aldo Silvani. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. It earned 64 million lire at the box office.''Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959'' p.349 Synopsis Barbara, an American journalist, travels to Italy to interview outlaw Rol with whom she falls in love. Cast *Constance Dowling as Barbara *Andrea Checchi as Rol *Aldo Silvani as Marco *Bianca Doria as Maria *Tino Buazzelli as Sergeant *Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ... as Stefano * Paola Quattrini as Nina * Amedeo Girardi References Bibliography * Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano: ...
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Slumber (film)
''Slumber'' is a 2017 British supernatural horror- thriller film directed by Jonathan Hopkins and co-written by Richard Hobley and Hopkins. It stars Maggie Q, Kristen Bush, Sam Troughton, Will Kemp, William Hope and Sylvester McCoy. It was released on 1 December 2017, by Vertical Entertainment. Plot Dr. Alice Arnolds is a respected sleep therapist and neurologist, but beneath her composed exterior, she carries the trauma of a horrifying childhood event, her younger brother died mysteriously while sleepwalking. She found him dead at the base of the stairs, his eyes wide open in terror. Though it was ruled an accident, Alice has never truly accepted that explanation. Now an adult, Alice works at the Whittingham Sleep Clinic, where she conducts overnight studies on patients suffering from parasomnias. She is logical, clinical, and deeply skeptical of anything not grounded in science. Alice is introduced to the Morgan family, father Charlie, mother Sarah, teenage daughter Em ...
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Quest For Power
A quest is a journey toward a specific mission or a goal. It serves as a plot device in mythology and fiction: a difficult journey towards a goal, often symbolic or allegorical. Tales of quests figure prominently in the folklore of every nation and ethnic culture. In literature, the object of a quest requires great exertion on the part of the hero, who must overcome many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrative, not of the character). The object of a quest may also have supernatural properties, often leading the protagonist into other worlds and dimensions. The moral of a quest tale often centers on the changed character of the hero. Quest objects The hero normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return home. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in their life, or something that was stolen away fro ...
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Petals On The Wind
''Petals on the Wind'' is a novel written by V. C. Andrews in 1980. It is the second book in the Dollanganger series. The timeline takes place from the siblings' successful escape in November 1960 to the fall of 1975. The book, like the others in the series, was a number one best-seller in North America in the early 1980s. In 2014, it was adapted into a Lifetime original movie. Plot Immediately after the events of ''Flowers in the Attic'', Cathy, Chris and Carrie travel to Florida after escaping Foxworth Hall. Still weak from the effects of the poison that killed her twin brother Cory, Carrie gets sick on the bus. When they reach Clairmont, South Carolina, Henrietta "Henny" Beech, a mute African-American woman, rescues the children and takes them to the home of her employer, 40-year-old widower Dr. Paul Sheffield. At first the children refuse to reveal their identities, but once Cathy is convinced that Paul genuinely cares and might be able to help them, she tells him their ...
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of River Avon, Warwickshire, Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including William Shakespeare's collaborations, collaborations, consist of some Shakespeare's plays, 39 plays, Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays List of translations of works by William Shakespeare, have been translated into every major modern language, living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18 ...
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Miguel Y William
''Miguel y William'' ( ''Michael and William'') is a 2007 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Inés París and starring Elena Anaya, Juan Luis Galiardo and Will Kemp. The film depicts a fictional meeting between William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes in the early seventeenth century and their rival love for a woman. The dialogue is a mixture of Spanish and English. Cast * Elena Anaya - Leonor * Juan Luis Galiardo - Miguel de Cervantes * Will Kemp - William Shakespeare * Josep Maria Pou - Duque * Geraldine Chaplin - Dueña * Malena Alterio - Magdalena * Miriam Giovanelli - Consuelo * Jorge Calvo - Sancho * Carolina Lapausa - Juana * Óscar Hernández - Médico * José Luis Torrijo - Prior * Juan Fernández - Iniesta * Fernando Conde - Padre Leonor * Roberto Cairo - Cómico director * María Parra - Petronila * Javier Aller - Bufón * Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut producer known for its hot dogs, bologna sausage, bologna, bacon, ha ...
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Brothers Of The Head
A brother (: brothers or brethren) is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a family, familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familial relationships. A full brother is a first degree relative. Overview The term ''brother'' comes from the Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr, which becomes Latin language, Latin ''frater'', of the same meaning. Sibling warmth or affection between male siblings has been correlated to some more negative effects. In pairs of brothers, higher sibling warmth is related to more risk taking behaviour, although risk taking behaviour is not related to sibling warmth in any other type of sibling pair. The cause of this phenomenon in which sibling warmth is only correlated with risk taking behaviours in brother pairs still is unclear. This finding does, however, suggest that although sibli ...
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Mindhunters
''Mindhunters'' is a 2004 crime slasher film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Kathryn Morris, LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Patricia Velásquez, Clifton Collins Jr., Christian Slater, and Val Kilmer. It was written by Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin with an uncredited rewrite by Ehren Kruger. Unusually, the last country to receive this film was the United States in 2005, because of the film's distribution rights being changed from 20th Century Fox to Dimension Films. In the film, a group of FBI profilers in training are tasked with tracking a serial killer to pass their exam. But they find themselves targeted by an actual killer. The team suspect that one of their members is their enemy, hiding among them. Plot Profiler Jake Harris is the instructor of the Mindhunters, a group of FBI agents training as profilers. His training approach consists of assigning them variants of real investigations, including sets, props, and actors, to play out each scenario. Alongside H ...
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