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The Greatest Showman


writing, ""The Greatest Showman" is a concoction, the kind of film where all the pieces click into place, yet at an hour and 45 minutes it flies by, and the link it draws between P.T. Barnum and the spirit of today is more than hype." Richard Roeper of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 3/4 stars, saying, "With all that corn and cheese and old-timey sentiment, "The Greatest Showman" ends up scoring some very timely social arguments. P.T.
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Barnum himself would have approved the dramatic sleight of hand." Steve Persall of "Tampa Bay Times" gave the film an 'A', and said, ""The Greatest Showman" is the feel-good movie the holiday season needs," while William Bibbiani of IGN gave "The Greatest Showman" a score of 7.9/10, and called the film, "wildly entertaining." Britton Peele of "The Dallas Morning News" said, "The story is interesting and the beats are well-acted, but
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of "Radio Times" called it "A joyously uplifting potpourri of visual resplendence, stylish choreography and solid gold magic, one engineered to approximate the lavish spectacle the movie musical once offered." Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com gave it 3.5/4, stating ""The Greatest Showman" is an unabashed piece of pure entertainment punctuated by memorable songs." Douglas Davidson of CLTure called the film, "An undeniable spectacle with a infectious soundtrack, a movie that dazzles and delights." James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film a 3/4 score
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place, and again finished fourth in its seventh week, this time grossing $7.8million (a drop of just 18%). It is the 14th highest-grossing film that never reached first place at the American box office. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 243 reviews, and an average rating of 5.93/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Greatest Showman" tries hard to dazzle the audience with a Barnum-style sense of wonder – but
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The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


was the top-selling album of the week, but did not top the "Billboard" 200 due to TEA units and SEA units. By February 7, 2018, the soundtrack was a breakout hit at number 1 on the UK album charts and number 2 in the United States. On February 8, 2018, "Stereogum" published an article stating that "statistically speaking, "The Greatest Showman" is by far the most popular album of the year so far." By February 27, it was the top
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The Greatest Show


"The Greatest Show" is a song by performed by Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya for the film "The Greatest Showman" (2017). It is the opening track from "" (2017). The song starts from the logos: 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment and Chernin Entertainment, and then the start of the movie for short. In the end, the song was longest. Despite not being released as an official single, "The Greatest Show" was the 18th biggest song
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Raging Bull


"The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", taking votes from 10,000 readers, 150 film makers, and 50 film critics in which "Raging Bull" was placed at number 11. It was also placed on a similar list of 1000 movies by "The New York Times". In 2010, "Total Film" selected the film as one of "The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time". FilmSite.org, a subsidiary of American Movie Classics, placed "Raging Bull" on their list of the 100 greatest movies
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The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the film "The Greatest Showman". It was released in full on December 8, 2017 by Atlantic Records. The first pre-order release was on October 26, 2017, with two promotional singles: "The Greatest Show" and "This Is Me". A third, "Rewrite the Stars", followed on November 17, 2017. "This Is Me" was released on December 8, 2017, as the album's official lead
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The Graham Norton Show" on February 9, 2018. Later she performed on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on February 21, 2018. She also performed the song at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony on March 4, 2018. Loren Allred performed "Never Enough" live at "Church by the Glades" on April 16, 2018. Hugh Jackman opened the 2019 Brit Awards with "The Greatest Show". Notes Notes Credits adapted from the liner notes of "The Greatest Showman". The Greatest Showman: Reimagined is
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Hugh Jackman


in the 2016 film "". In 2017, he reprised the character for the final time in the third Wolverine film, "Logan." Jackman's performance and the film were critically acclaimed and it is regarded as one of the greatest superhero films of all-time. For his 17-year spanning long performance as Wolverine, Jackman topped "The Hollywood Reporter"'s Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time list. That year, he also starred as P. T. Barnum in the musical "The Greatest Showman". He received
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it's the musical numbers that make "The Greatest Showman"." Jackie K Cooper of "HuffPost" gave the film a score of 10/10 and wrote, "You will be overwhelmed by the music and magic that explode on the screen. The film has a message that should resonate with today's world concerning acceptance and courage." Hugh Armitage of "Digital Spy" said, ""The Greatest Showman" is a broad and solid crowd-pleaser. An undemanding spectacle for all the family." Alan Jones
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List of UK top-ten albums in 2018


as a member of the group Destiny's Child. However "Everything Is Love" marked their chart debut as a combined act. Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "A Star Is Born", "", "The Greatest Showman", "Mamma Mia!" and "". "The Greatest Showman" Cast had the best-selling album of the year with "The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". The album spent weeks in the top 10
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Glennis Grace


, episode of June 27, 2018, Grace sang Whitney Houston's ""Run to You"". Grace received 'Yes' votes from all four judges and went on to the next round, where she performed ""Nothing Compares 2 U"" from Prince. She received rave reviews from the judges and earned a place in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Grace sang """" from the film "The Greatest Showman" to reach the semifinals. In the second semifinal, she performed the Kate Bush
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The Greatest Showman


the film a negative review, criticizing the songs and characters and saying "There's idiotic, and there's magnificent, but "The Greatest Showman" is that special thing that happens sometimes. It's magnificently idiotic. It's an awful mess, but it's flashy. The temptation is to cover your face and watch it through your fingers, because it's so earnest and embarrassing and misguided – and yet it's well-made." In a negative review for "The Hollywood Reporter", David Rooney wrote
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Luna (singer)


the drama "The King in Love", titled "Could You Tell Me". On October 16, 2017, it was announced that she would be in the musical "The Last Kiss", also titled Rudolf in other countries, Luna will play the role of Rudolf's lover Mary Vetsera. On November 17, she collaborated on a global version of the main track "This Is Me", from the movie "The Greatest Showman", along with singers and influencers from 18 different countries. Luna released a
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The Shirtless Violinist


"Never Enough" from "The Greatest Showman". In September 2016, Olshefski organized a charity challenge. At the end of a video he encouraged videos to post a picture of themselves giving to a local charity on social media for a chance to be featured in an upcoming music video. Olshefski's music sometimes includes gay themes, such as his music video based on the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid". Other examples include music from "Star Wars", "Cinderella" and "Moana". In 2018
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Cecil B. DeMille


January 1959. On January 21, 1959, DeMille died of a heart attack. DeMille's funeral was held on January 23 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He was entombed at the Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now known as Hollywood Forever). After his death, notable new outlets such as "The New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", and "The Guardian" honored DeMille as "pioneer of movies", "the greatest creator and showman of our industry", and "the founder of Hollywood
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The Greatest Showman


The Greatest Showman" was released alongside "", and was projected to gross around $21million from 3,006 theaters over its first six days. It took in $2.5million on its first day and $2.1million on its second. Over the three day weekend, it grossed $9million (for a six-day total of $19million), finishing fourth at the box office, behind "", "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and "Pitch Perfect 3". In its second weekend, the film grossed $
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Disco, Years & Years and Jess Glynne, and Zac Brown Band among others.. "The Greatest Showman" held its premiere on December 8, 2017, aboard the RMS "Queen Mary 2", while it was docked in New York City. The film was then released in the United States on December 20, 2017. As with Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast", a sing-along version of the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2018. The film had a
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jukebox features. "The Greatest Showman" spent 219 days in release, closing on July 26, 2018, having grossed $174.3million in the United States and Canada, and $260.7million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $435million, against a production budget of $84million. It is the third-highest grossing musical ever in North America and also the third-highest globally, and "Deadline Hollywood" estimated the film would turn a profit of $50–100 million. In the United States and Canada, "
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, and said, "The film has show-stopping well-choreographed numbers with catchy tunes," and Calvin Wilson of "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" called the film "highly enjoyable." Carl Kozlowski of "Pasadena Weekly" gave the film an 'A', calling it "Groundbreaking & grandly innovative." Sean P. Means of "The Salt Lake Tribune" gave "The Greatest Showman" 3.5/4 stars, stating, "A strong cast give emotional power to this romanticized, tune-filled biography.
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The Greatest Showman


" Manuela Lazic of "Little White Lies" gave it 4/5, saying, ""The Greatest Showman" deserves to become a Christmas classic. The film's severe romanticism and ridiculous but affecting enthusiasm make it irresistibly life-affirming." Pete Hammond of "Deadline Hollywood" gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and called it, "A fantasia of song and dance, a joyous exercise in pure entertainment that is made for the holiday crowd." Conversely, Mick LaSalle of the "San Francisco Chronicle" gave
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Laurence Mark


Laurence Mark (born ca. 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American producer of such acclaimed hit films as "Julie & Julia", "Dreamgirls", "I, Robot", "As Good as It Gets" and "Jerry Maguire". Mr. Mark most recently produced "The Greatest Showman", the movie musical starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson, and directed by Michael Gracey which grossed over $425 million
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The Greatest Showman


2017, aboard the RMS "Queen Mary 2". It was released in the United States on December 20, 2017, by 20th Century Fox, seven months after Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ceased to exist, and grossed over $434million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest grossing live-action musical of all time. "The Greatest Showman" received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the performances, music, and production value, but criticism for its artistic license, with some reviewers calling it
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1, equalling the record set by Adele's "21". , the album has spent the sixth most time at number one at 28 non-consecutive weeks, matching the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". On November 16, 2018, a remix album was also released, "The Greatest Showman: Reimagined", which features covers of songs from the soundtrack by musicians including James Arthur and Anne-Marie, Sara Bareilles, Kelly Clarkson, Kesha, Pink, Panic! At the
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The Greatest Showman


the shrill blast of nothing that is "The Greatest Showman"? Ask first-time director Michael Gracey, who cut his teeth on commercials and music videos without ever mastering the crucial knack of building snippets of musical comedy and drama into a satisfying whole." Justin Chang of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote that the film's failures "are rooted in something deeper: a dispiriting lack of faith in the audience's intelligence, and a dawning awareness of its own aesthetic hypocrisy. You've rarely seen a more straight
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The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack


by Atlantic Records. It debuted at number 71 on "Billboard" 200, and later stayed at number one for two weeks. On January 7, 2018, the soundtrack had been on the top of the "Billboard" 200 for two weeks, reaching its top in its fourth week of availability. It had sold 106,000 copies at that point. In its third week, it attained the number two slot. "The Greatest Showman" beat that week's top album in traditional album sales (70,000 vs. 65,000) and
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The Greatest Showman


rehearsals for the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon compared host Jackman to Barnum. After Jackman expressed interest in a Barnum project, Mark and Condon approached Jenny Bicks, a writer for the ceremony. She and Condon wrote "The Greatest Showman". The project was first announced in 2009, with Jackman already set for the title role. In August 2011, Michael Gracey was chosen to direct. In 2013, Fox hired lyricists Pasek and Paul to write the songs. On June 15, 2016
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Working with Lemons


4, 2017. Starring Mia Bagley and Cooper Johnson who tap dance through the street, the cover "highlight[ed] the witty jabs in the lyrics" by having it performed by 11-year-olds according to "Deseret News" reviewer Danielle Christensen. The children wore clothes that matched those in the movie with Bagley wearing a yellow dress and Johnson wearing a wool suit. Working with Lemons uploaded a cover of "A Million Dreams" from "The Greatest Showman" film on February 1, 2018, starring Mia Bagley and Cooper
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Police Story (1985 film)


master showman who wants to dazzle in every moment, big or small... A stunt near the end gets repeated at full length three times, from three different angles; this would seem like a display of narcissism if it weren’t one of the greatest stunts in the history of movies, right up there with the collapsing house in "Steamboat Bill, Jr." and the final fall in "Sharky’s Machine"". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 24
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Northwood High School (Saltville, Virginia)


of about 20 members as of 2019. It is under the direction of Erica Johnson. The band has won numerous awards in 2018 including 1st Places in Percussion, Colorguard, and Drum Major. The band also received an "Excellent Rating" at the 2018 VBDOA State Marching Assessment. The Band's 2019 show is entitled "The Greatest Show" with music from the film "The Greatest Showman". Art NorthwoodHigh School offers Art I-V (1-5) and is taught by Tammy Carter. Theatre In 2016
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The Greatest Showman


The Greatest Showman is a 2017 American musical biographical drama film directed by Michael Gracey in his directorial debut, written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon and starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, and Zendaya. Featuring 9 original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the film is inspired by the story of P. T. Barnum's creation of the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the lives of its star attractions. Principal photography began in New York City in November 2016. The film premiered on December 8,
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Fame (1980 film)


"Fame" at #51 on its "100 Years...100 Songs" list. In 2006, AFI placed the film on its "100 Years...100 Cheers" list, where it was ranked #92. That same year, the film was a nominee for AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals. The film also ranked #42 on "Entertainment Weekly"s list of the "50 Best High School Movies". In 2014, "IndieWire" added the song "Fame" to its list of "The 20 Greatest Movie
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Louis Cyr


: Sebastian Miller, Bienkowski, or Cyclops (who could genuinely bend coins), August Johnson, and Richard Pennell, plus continually challenging, without success, Eugen Sandow, with a genuine diamond studded belt to be awarded to the winner, should such an event ever take place. It never did. Sandow was an astute showman, but no fool, and avoided any such challenges throughout his esteemed career after early mistakes, like the time he was beaten by McCann. There was no doubt that Cyr was an unusual man
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Me" won Best Original Song – Motion Picture at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, and was nominated for Best Song at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and Best Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards. The album received positive reviews and has sold over 5.3 million copies worldwide. The album also won the Grammy Award for "Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media" at 61st Annual Grammy Awards. The first pre-order release was on October 26, 2017, with the soundtrack released in full on December 8, 2017,
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American Dad!


series, bringing the show to 13 seasons. At Comic-Con 2013 on July 20, Mike Barker revealed that an "American Dad!" movie—centering on Roger and set on his birth planet—may take place in the future. Barker did not announce any specifics as it relates to the nature and type of film he and the rest of the show's creators had in mind for the series; however, he strongly suggested that a movie is where the show's staff and creators would like to take things
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Take Me Out (song)


at it. In March 2005, "Q" magazine placed "Take Me Out" at number 41 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. In September 2005, the same magazine named it the 34th greatest track ever performed by a British band. "Q" made another list for its television channel, also named Q, of 100 greatest Indie Anthems, where "Take Me Out" featured on number 6. In May 2007, "NME" magazine placed "Take Me Out" on number 16 in
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Fantastic Planet


writer Stefan Wul. A working title while in development was "Sur la planète Ygam" ("On the Planet Ygam"), which is where most of the story takes place; the actual title ("The Fantastic/Savage Planet") is the name of Ygam's moon. The film was awarded the Grand Prix special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, and in 2016, it was ranked the 36th greatest animated movie ever by "Rolling Stone". In the distant future, the gargantuan blue
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List of vaudeville performers: L–Z


Great Depression, vaudeville's pulse quickly weakened. Just as historians mark the date of the "birth" of vaude, the date of its death is marked as well. New York's Palace Theatre on Broadway, was the palace of vaudeville; a place where only the greatest of vaude's performers performed. On November 16, 1932, the last vaudeville bill was played there and the Palace became a full-time movie house. Vaudeville did continue to struggle on, but it never again reached the heights attained in 1915
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Logan (film)


never know. At the moment, honestly, if I really did have them there, I probably wouldn't have said this is the last. It just feels like this is the right time [to leave the character]." Amid rumors of Disney's prospective acquisition of 20th Century Fox's film division, it was revealed such a deal would indeed allow the X-Men related characters to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During press for "The Greatest Showman", Jackman addressed his earlier statements and whether he
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Birdman (film)


of dance where everyone would hopefully try to peak all at the same moment." The locations sometimes placed restrictions on the takes too; the live Times Square sequence was shot only twice since they did not want to attract the attention of tourists. Whenever shooting was taking place there was pressure on everyone involved, but the cast had a positive experience. Norton said that normally in movie production half the people can "check out" due to repetitive aspects, but during the shooting of "Birdman" "everybody's on,
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Casa Loma


. TV show "Hemlock Grove" was also filmed there as well as "" and related "Shadowhunters" Exterior shots of the building were used in the Gothic TV Show, Strange Paradise. It is also the filming location of the TV movie "re-imagining," "", where scenes that take place at Dr. Frank N. Furter's castle and the movie theatre where the audience participation and Ivy Levan's performance of "Science Fiction Double Feature" take place were filmed (a movie theatre marquee was placed at
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The Greatest Showman


be together, but she rejects him despite her feelings for him ("Rewrite the Stars"). As Barnum takes Lind on a US tour, Charity feels isolated from her husband as she stays home with their daughters ("Tightrope"). While on tour, Lind begins falling in love with Barnum. When he refuses her advances, she threatens to quit and orchestrates a kiss with him at the end of her last show, which is photographed by the press ("Never Enough (Reprise)").
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Why Did I Get Married Too?


Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" graded the film a D, writing in her review: "It's a contradiction in terms to think of the phenomenally successful, prolific entertainment showman Tyler Perry as lazy, but there's no other description for this particular product: Terribly shot and crudely assembled." Scott Wilson concurred, stating: "Why Did I Get Married Too? lacks the underlying goodwill of some of his better work and plays like a gift wrapped present to his detractors." Wilson graded the movie 1.5/5 stars
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Gayle Rankin


Gayle Rankin is a Scottish actress, best known as Sheila the She-Wolf in the TV series "GLOW". She also played the role of Queen Victoria in "The Greatest Showman". Rankin trained at the Juilliard School in New York City, the first Scot to win a place there. In 2012, Rankin made her acting debut in "". In 2017, Rankin began appearing on "Glow", as Shelia the She-Wolf. It premiered on June 23, 2017, on Netflix. It
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RoboCop


verging on sadism". He did, however, praise "some cracking jokes and special effects", concluding by calling it "almost admirable." In 2007, "Entertainment Weekly" named the film the 14th greatest action film of all time, and Complex rated it as the 19th best action film of all time in 2016. In 2008, it was selected by "Empire" magazine as one of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", placing at #404. "The New York Times" also
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Circus


Leo" (1997), Leo's son Lune is captured and placed in a circus, which burns down when a tiger knocks down a ring of fire while jumping through it. "The Greatest Showman", a musical film loosely based on the life of P. T. Barnum, was released in 2017. The TV series "Circus Humberto", based on the novel by Eduard Bass, follows the history of the circus family Humberto between 1826 and 1924. The setting of the HBO television series "Carnivàle", which
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Mobile cinema


arrival of TV ended these mobile cinemas however they will be remembered for bringing cinema to people in isolated areas some who had never seen talking movies. Most of the films shown were about 8 years old and had been bought by the show people who some had up to 5 weeks stock in hand showing for 2 hours a night , even though the showman owned the films they did not have the permission to show them to the public without paying excise duty each time they were shown needless to say they did not so every now
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The Greatest Showman


. They live a humble life; though Charity is happy, Barnum craves more. Barnum loses his job as a clerk at a shipping company after the company goes bankrupt, and returns home for Caroline's birthday ("A Million Dreams (Reprise)"). In a daring risk, he takes out a large loan from a bank, deceiving them into accepting his former employer's lost ships as collateral. He uses this loan to set up Barnum's American Museum in downtown Manhattan, an attraction showcasing various wax models
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The Greatest Showman


Barnum returns home to find his circus on fire, caused by a fight between the protesters and the troupe. Carlyle runs into the burning building, believing that Wheeler is still inside, and suffers serious injuries before being rescued by Barnum. Barnum gets word from a sympathetic Bennett that the culprits have been caught and that Lind has canceled her tour after her and Barnum's "scandal". Barnum's mansion is foreclosed upon and Charity takes their daughters to her parents' home. Devastated by his selfishness, Barnum retreats to a
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List of UK top-ten albums in 2018


were both released in 2018 but did not reach their peak until 2019. "Christmas" by "Michael Bublé" was originally released in 2011, launched a new chart run in 2017, reaching a peak on its latest run in 2018 and again in 2019. "Dua Lipa" by Dua Lipa was the only album from 2017 to reach its peak in 2018. Twelve artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2018. Anne-Marie, Calum Scott, First Aid Kit, "The Greatest Showman" Cast and
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Paul Sparks


(2012), "Parkland" (2013), "Stealing Cars" (2015), "Thoroughbreds" (2017), and "The Greatest Showman" (2017) . Sparks was born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Michael "Mike" Sparks, a high school football coach, and Jane (née Ellis), an elementary school teacher. He attended Marlow High School, where his father coached, graduating in 1990. While attending school in Marlow, Paul was a part of the Marlow Outlaw
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List of UK top-ten singles in 2018


being from "The Greatest Showman", this entry was part of "" soundtrack. The original version was sung by Zac Efron and Zendaya in the film. Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa had the best-selling single of the year with "One Kiss". The song spent 12 weeks in the top 10 (including eight weeks at number-one), sold over 1,200,000 copies and was certified 2x platinum by the BPI. "God's Plan" by Drake came in second place, while George Ezra's "
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Loren Allred


the first week of the live playoffs, tying for 13th place. In 2014, she was a member of recording ensemble for a film musical being developed by the Broadway songwriting team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. After working on early demos, she was cast as the singing voice of Rebecca Ferguson's Jenny Lind on the project "The Greatest Showman". The film soundtrack was successful, going platinum and topping the Billboard albums chart in January 2018. The same month, Allred's featured song, "Never Enough,
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Mulan (Disney character)


Disney Princess movie made up until that point where the female character solely takes control over her own destiny without the aid of a mighty Prince." In 2012, CNN's Stephanie Goldberg recognized Mulan as one of Disney's bravest and most heroic animated heroines to-date in her article ""Brave"'s Merida and other animated heroines," writing, "Mulan bent traditional gender roles when she took her father's place in the Chinese army." The Georgia Institute of Technology ranked Mulan the fourteenth greatest Disney character of
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II


Baywatch" along with Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron, and directed by Seth Gordon. The film was released on May 25, 2017. He also played WD Wheeler, a smart hand-to-hand acrobat partner, in the musical film "The Greatest Showman" (2017), which also starred Efron, as well as with Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, and Zendaya, about American showman P.T. Barnum. In 2018, he starred in the road trip drama film "Boundaries", along with Vera Farmiga and Christopher
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Taxi Driver


organization. "Empire" also ranked him 18th in its "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll, and the film ranks at No. 17 on the magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. "Time Out" magazine conducted a poll of the 100 greatest movies set in New York City. "Taxi Driver" topped the list placing at No. 1. Schrader's screenplay for the film was ranked the 43rd greatest ever written by the Writers Guild of America. By contrast, Leonard Maltin
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Young People's Christian Union


cost for the production of the literature having been covered by a bequest from the late entertainer and showman, P.T. Barnum, and other donations. The national level Post Office Mission leadership encouraged local Unions to maintain literature tables or racks in the vestibule of their churches. Local societies were additionally encouraged to find public places such as railway stations where literature could be made available to the public. Unioners were implored that “Through the Post Office Mission everyone who takes up the work becomes a heralder of the truth.” Interest and support
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Air (visual novel)


the abandoned train station in town. "Air" story revolves around three girls whose lives are connected to the same man. In the first story arc, Dream, Yukito Kunisaki is a showman traveling across Japan, continuing his late mother's search for the "girl in the sky". The story opens on Monday, July 17, 2000, when Yukito comes across a small seaside town where the story takes place. On his first day in town, Yukito tries to earn money by putting on a mysterious puppet show
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The Avengers (2012 film)


carrier deck to the point where it lifts off. Evil Eye Pictures composited digital backgrounds into shots filmed against a greenscreen for scenes taking place inside the Helicarrier. Colin Strause of Hydraulx said, "We did the opening ten minutes of the movie, other than the opening set-up in space" including Loki's arrival on Earth and subsequent escape from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base. Luma Pictures worked on shots featuring the Helicarrier's bridge and incorporated the graphic monitor displays that were developed by Cantina Creative. Fuel VFX completed shots taking place
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Flor Silvestre


Flor Silvestre's performances there were noticed by a showman who hired her as part of his touring company. The showman and his company toured Torreón, in northern Mexico, where Flor Silvestre was the opening act of the touring company's headliner, the famous Argentine tango singer Hugo del Carril. Flor Silvestre's family was experiencing financial problems at the time, and she sang at banquets and other places in order to win more money and help her parents. In December 1945, Flor Silvestre performed at Guadalajara's Coliseo Olímpico and was
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Projectionist


variety theatres as part of the "bill", which began towards the end of the first decade of the twentieth century. Before the emergence of purpose-built movie theaters, film projectors in venues such as fairgrounds, music halls and Nickelodeons were usually operated by a showman or presenter, in the same way as a lanternist. The light source for most projectors in the early period was limelight, which did not require an electricity supply. Between approximately 1905 and 1915, two factors combined to transform the role of the projectionist
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly


collection in the September 2007 issue, and in their poll of "The 500 Greatest Movies", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" was voted in at number 25. In 2014, "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" was ranked the 47th greatest film ever made on "Empire"s list of "The 301 Greatest Movies Of All Time" as voted by the magazine's readers. It was also placed on a similar list of 1000 movies by "The New York Times". In 2014,
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Charles Cruft (showman)


of the first show to be named after Cruft was in 1891, when "Cruft's Greatest Dog Show" was held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, with part of the deal to hold the show at that location was to restrict the venue to only allowing Cruft to run dog shows at the location. He designed the logo himself, the head of a Saint Bernard surrounded by a collar with a crown on top. He introduced a system where competitors would pay to enter their dogs, and make additional payments if
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Nancy Fish


an annuity of $40,000. The large size of the legacy displeased Barnum's children. As a widow, she applied for and received an American passport and travelled Europe before returning to the United States. On 4 July 1893, she unveiled the statue of her late husband at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. Fish does not appear as a character in the 2017 Barnum-inspired musical film "The Greatest Showman", despite in reality being his wife during some of the film's events. In 1894, Fish visited Egypt where
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The Greatest Showman


local bar where his troupe find him and explain that despite their disappointments, they still consider themselves a family that needs him. An inspired Barnum resolves to start a new show and not let ambition overtake his loved ones anymore ("From Now On"). Carlyle wakes in a hospital with Wheeler by his side. Barnum finds Charity and they mend their relationship. Barnum is faced with the financial difficulty of rebuilding the circus, but the recovering Carlyle steps in, offering to use his share of the circus's profits to
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The Turkish Gambit (film)


by the governor of Viddin Yusuf Pasha after winning a wager. The scene where Varvara and Fandorin flew in the balloon never took place in the book and Varvara had no role in discovering the weaknesses of the Turkish defenses. The scene in the cave with the Lieutenant Luntz did not take place in the book. The character of the homosexual Luntz was created for the movie. The homosexual nature of Kazanzaki is never alluded to in the film. In fact, Fandorin was never once shot at by Anwar Effendi in the book.
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The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)


the 2000s, saying: "...the coherence in his films is not between the pages of a script; it's between shots, and his greatest asset (both to himself and to cinema as a whole) is his ability to construct scenes out of shots that take place across great distances of space or time, as in his two best movies: Déjà Vu (much of whose running time consists of characters watching a past event through a sort of time machine) and his remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123
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Jaanam


Jaanam is a 1992 Bollywood film directed by Vikram Bhatt. It stars Rahul Roy and Pooja Bhatt in the lead roles. It has a critically and publicly acclaimed soundtrack by Anu Malik. This movie was a remake of cult classic "Bobby (1973 film)" by showman Raj Kapoor. Paradise Builders is owned by Dhanraj, who lives a very wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Radha; son, Rajan; and daughter, Anjali. His aim is to take possession of the nearby village, which is now occupied by fishermen
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Aparajito


list of "100 Great Movies" of all time. In 2005, "The Apu Trilogy" was included in "Time" magazine's All-TIME 100 Greatest Movies list. Smaran Ghosal who played the role of adolescent "Apu", at the age of 14, did only one more film, documentary "Rabindranath Tagore" (1961), also made by Ray, where he played young Rabindranath Tagore. Smaran died in 2008 in Kolkata, at the age of 64. "Aparajito" was preceded by "
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Pasek and Paul


City of Stars", and "The Greatest Showman". Their work on original musical "Dear Evan Hansen" has received widespread critical acclaim and earned them the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Both artists are graduates of the University of Michigan and winners of the American Theatre Wing's 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, which honors achievement by composers, lyricists and librettists. Pasek and Paul started working together as freshmen at the University of Michigan where they completed their BFA degrees in musical theatre in December 2006. Both got "background
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April Meservy


Games (where they won team gold and individual bronze medals for their performance). Meservy's rendition soon reached the Top 40 on iTunes. In 2018, Meservy released an EP, "The Good-Morrow". In 2019, Meservy will star as Charity Barnum, alongside Sam Humphrey, Chelsea Caso, Martha Nichols, Mishay Petronelli, Luciano Acuna Jr., and David Osmond in a special production of The Greatest Showman featuring live performances set to film footage. In 2007, Meservy started an independent music label, Forêt d'Musique
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The Late Late Toy Show


just 204 tickets being available which are issued via a random lottery. There were more than 140,000 applications for the show in 2017. On 19 November a trailer was released and was shown for the first time on RTÉ One that evening after the Six One weather bulletin. The show was streamed live worldwide on the RTÉ Player, where anyone anywhere in the world could watch live as it was not Geo-blocked. The theme for the show was based on the film "The Greatest Showman" and included 200 young performers and
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Where's Charley?


was directed by David Butler. Some scenes in the movie were filmed in Oxford, England (where the story takes place), yet the movie makes almost no attempt to take advantage of these authentic locations. The film's cast starred Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Horace Cooper repeating their stage roles, and Robert Shackleton as Jack Chesney, Mary Germaine as Kitty Verdun, and Howard Marion-Crawford as Sir Francis Chesney. The movie ends with each of the principal cast members taking a curtain call. As of 2018
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Goodfellas


"Channel 4" placed "Goodfellas" at #10 in their 2002 poll "The 100 Greatest Films". "Empire" listed "Goodfellas" at #6 on their "500 Greatest Movies Of All Time". "Total Film" voted "Goodfellas" #1 as the greatest film of all time. "Premiere" listed Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito as #96 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time," calling him "perhaps the single most irredeemable character ever put on
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Sarge Boyd Bandshell


the Works Progress Administration costing $10,000 and taking 111 man months to complete. In addition to the Municipal Band concerts, the historic bandshell, which has often been described as the "centerpiece" of Owen Park, has been used for weddings, church services, speeches, plays, movies, festivals, fairs, and other types of public gatherings. In 1992 it was dedicated to master showman :Donald I. "Sarge" Boyd whose half century of musical contributions to the city have had a profound impact on virtually everyone who
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The Lady Eve


2012, the movie ranked #110 on "Sight and Sound"'s critics' poll and #174 on the directors' poll, as selected by the British Film Institute. "The Lady Eve" was listed by "Time" magazine as one of the "All-TIME 100 Movies". The film was 59th on "Entertainment Weekly's" list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. FilmSite.org, a subsidiary of American Movie Classics, placed "The Lady Eve" on their list of the 100 greatest
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Project Alpha


the room as possible to avoid distractions. Randi also offered his services to watch the experiments as a control, noting that a conjurer would be an excellent person to look for fakery. Phillips did not take Randi up on the offer because of the skeptic's reputation of being "a showman rather than an unprejudiced critic" and his perceived hostility towards psychic claimants. In his letters, Randi even told the researchers that the subjects were fake, but the researchers did not check out their backgrounds. Throughout the early phases of the
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Clerks


film magazine "Empire" listed "Clerks" as the 4th greatest independent film. The film is also No. 33 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies. In 2008, "Entertainment Weekly" ranked it 13th on "The Cult 25: The Essential Left-Field Movie Hits Since '83" and 21st on "The Comedy 25: The Funniest Movies of the Past 25 Years". Also in 2008, "Empire" named it one of their "500 Greatest Movies of All-Time" placing it 361st on
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Peter Kürten


to have "picked up an 18-year-old girl at the Alleestraße" and persuaded her to accompany him to the Hofgarten, where he claimed to have engaged in sex with the girl before strangling her to death with his bare hands. No contemporary records exist to corroborate Kürten's claims. If this attack did take place, the victim likely survived this assault. Nonetheless, Kürten later stated that, via his committing this act, he had proven to himself that the greatest heights of sexual ecstasy only could be achieved in this
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A Place in the Sun (film)


and Canadian box office, and earned critical acclaim in 1951. Upon seeing the film, Charlie Chaplin called it "the greatest movie ever made about America". The film's acclaim did not completely hold up over time. Reappraisals of the film find that much of what was exciting about the film in 1951 is not as potent in the 21st century. Critics cite the soporific pace, the exaggerated melodrama, and the outdated social commentary as qualities present in "A Place in the Sun" that are not present in the
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American Crime (TV series)


nominations, including another for Outstanding Limited Series, with Huffman and Taylor being both nominated for Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie and King receiving a second win for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. The first season takes place in Modesto, California, where a war veteran becomes the victim of a home invasion gone wrong and the lives of four people are forever changed after each one is connected to the crime. The second season takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the co-captains of a private school's
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Plastilina Mosh


, all joined by a similar idea and concept. The most notable singles were "Peligroso Pop" and "Te lo juro por Madonna". The band took a break in 2005 and 2006. During these years, the band did songs for two movie soundtracks "Puños Rosas" and "La mujer de mi hermano", where Rosso appeared. They also did release "Tasty", a compilation of Greatest Hits and B-sides, complemented by the release of a DVD. It was promoted by the single "
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Thomas Aspinwall Davis


the head of Linden Park, until it was moved to 29 Linden Place in 1906. In 1985 it was added to the List of Registered Historic Places in Brookline. In the runup to the 1844 election Davis was nominated for mayor at a convention chaired by the showman Moses Kimball, who was best known for exhibiting a stuffed mermaid with P.T. Barnum. At this time a candidate for mayor needed a majority to be elected, and if no candidate received a majority of the vote a new election was held. A candidate did
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Greg Wells


2018. Wells donates three annual music scholarships to the Humber College Music Program where he attended in Toronto. Wells also gives away a new drum kit from his Instagram and Twitter account every 3 months to people around the globe who want drums but don't own any, and partners with Roland Corporation to give away a keyboard every three months. Wells has received three Grammy nominations for his work with Katy Perry, Mika, and the soundtrack to "The Greatest Showman". Wells received the Pensado Giant Award at the 2017 Pensado
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Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie


in their displays. The audience also find out how Otway's Hit campaign inspires Jon Morter to try to get Rage Against the Machine the coveted Christmas number one in 2009. Otway explains how the success of "Bunsen Burner" goes to his head and he embarks on putting together an ambitious world tour. Otway explains his ambition to do the "greatest world tour ever" and charters his own jet to take him, his band and 300 fans to places like New York City, Las Vegas, Tahiti and Sydney. He
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Kylo Ren


"Return of the Jedi", or 29 years before "The Force Awakens". Kylo Ren is also mentioned in the 2017 novel "", which takes place before "The Force Awakens". Driver won a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal. In January 2018, Kylo was voted seventh greatest movie villain of all time by the readers of "Empire". Many reviewers complimented Ren's conflicted nature and depth, as well as his costume design, and noted there were many places the character
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Renigunta (film)


Renigunta is a 2009 Indian Tamil action crime thriller film written and directed by R. Panneerselvam and starring Johnny. Renigunta speaks about young criminals and explores the reasons that instigate them to commit crime. The movie was a sleeper hit success. The movie takes its name from the city of Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh where part of the action takes place. It was dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh in 2012. The film was remade in Kannada as "Mandya to Mumbai" (2016). The movie begins in Madurai where
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Zac Brown Band


was recorded for their eighth studio album, "Sonic Highways". The track was recorded at Southern Ground Studios in Nashville. In 2016, Zac Brown formed a side-project, Sir Rosevelt, that released several singles and announced an album that was released December 15, 2017. Brown also appeared in a 2016 episode of "Treehouse Masters" on Animal Planet. Zac Brown Band re-recorded the song "From Now On" from "The Greatest Showman", as part of a compilation album, "The Greatest
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The Greatest Showman


the circus ("The Greatest Show (Part 1)"). As a child, Barnum and his tailor father Philo work for the Hallett family. He becomes infatuated with their daughter Charity and we see him making her laugh. Though Charity is being sent to finishing school, Barnum reassures her that they will not be separated. The two keep in touch through letters until they meet again in adulthood ("A Million Dreams"), eventually marrying and raising two daughters, Caroline and Helen, in New York City
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The Shawshank Redemption


. In the United Kingdom, readers of "Empire" magazine voted the film as the best of the 1990s, the greatest film of all time in 2006, and it placed number four on "Empire"s 2008 list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" and their 2017 list of "The 100 Greatest Movies". In March 2011, the film was voted by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra listeners as their favorite film of all time. It regularly appears on "Empire"s top 100 films, was named
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Back to the Future


run it again. The film ranked number 28 on "Entertainment Weekly"s list of the 50 Best High School Movies. In 2008, "Back to the Future" was voted the 23rd greatest film ever made by readers of "Empire". It was also placed on a similar list by "The New York Times", a list of 1000 movies. In January 2010, "Total Film" included the film on its list of "The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time". In 2007, the film was selected
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Edgar Wallace


John Lanson or Johnny in the Wallace script. Captain Englehorn appears in Wallace's treatment, where he is much more domineering. Danby G. Denham is a promoter and a P. T. Barnum type showman who is looking for a giant ape to bring back to Madison Square Garden or the Polo Grounds to exhibit as a sideshow. The movie retains the Barnum theme when Denham, who evolved into Carl Denham in the Rose and Creelman treatment, refers to Kong as "the eighth wonder of the world", echoing Barnum's style of
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Art Bell


Bell as a master showman, noting that he called his show "absolute entertainment" and expressly said he did not necessarily accept every guest or caller's claims, but only offered a forum where they would not be openly ridiculed. Bell was one of only a few talk show hosts who did not screen incoming calls, but this changed in 2006. On the October 31, 2006 edition of "Coast to Coast AM," (renamed for the night to "Ghost to Ghost AM"), Bell was asked why
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A Bay of Blood


You Did Last Summer" and their respective sequels." According to Gary Johnson, ""Twitch of the Death Nerve" is one of the most imitated movies of the past 30 years. It helped kick start the slasher genre… [Bava’s] influence still resonates today (although somewhat dully) in movies such as "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Scream" and "Urban Legend"." It was listed at #94 in IndieWire's "The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All-
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Dirty Harry


A section of the Philippine police force ordered a print of the film for use as a training film. Since its release, the film's critical reputation has grown in stature. "Dirty Harry" was selected in 2008 by "Empire" magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. It was placed similarly on The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made list by "The New York Times". In January 2010 "Total Film" included the film on its list of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.
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Truman Capote


friend. Did you ever read her book, "To Kill a Mockingbird"? I'm a character in that book, which takes place in the same small town in Alabama where we lived. Her father was a lawyer, and she and I used to go to trials all the time as children. We went to the trials instead of going to the movies." After Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and Capote published "In Cold Blood" in 1966, the authors became increasingly distant from each other
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Side by Side (film festival)


. However, the event did not pass without incidents. Before the presentation of the book "Malchik — otets muzhchiny" by Igor Kon, correspondents of NTV and a group of nationalists led by Roman Zentsov showed up in the hall where a discussion was to take place. The festival organizers accused the NTV correspondents of an attempt to create a scandal. Outside the competition program a retrospective of German cinema from the Weimar Republic was shown: "Different from the Others" - the first gay movie in the history of cinema,
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James L. Brooks


] as they struggle mightily to connect with one another is funny, painful, beautiful, and basically truthful—a triumph for everyone involved." It also ranked 140 in "Empire" 2008 list of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Brooks cast Jack Nicholson in both "Terms of Endearment" and "As Good as It Gets" with the actor taking an Academy Award for each role. Brooks did not direct and write a film again for seven years until 2004's "Spanglish". Filming took
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Raj Kapoor


Raj Kapoor (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Indian cinema. Born at Kapoor Haveli in Peshawar to actor Prithviraj Kapoor he was a member of the Kapoor family which produced several Bollywood superstars. Kapoor is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of cinema. and known as "the greatest showman of Hindi cinema". He received multiple accolades, including 3 National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. The Filmfare Lifetime
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