query
stringlengths 11
614
| documents
sequencelengths 32
32
| scores
sequencelengths 32
32
|
|---|---|---|
Vera Farmiga has been dubbed as a scream queen. | [
"Vera Farmiga. Vera Ann Farmiga ( -LSB- fɑrˈmiːɡə -RSB- born August 6 , 1973 ) is an American actress , director and producer . She began her career on Broadway in the play Taking Sides ( 1996 ) . She made her television debut in the Fox fantasy series Roar ( 1997 ) , and her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise ( 1998 ) . Farmiga 's breakout role came in 2004 , when she portrayed a mother harboring a secret drug habit in the drama film Down to the Bone . She then co-starred in The Manchurian Candidate ( 2004 ) , The Departed ( 2006 ) , The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ( 2008 ) , and Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ) . She gained more critical acclaim for her role as Alex Goran in the 2009 comedy-drama Up in the Air , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress . She then had starring roles in Orphan ( 2009 ) , Source Code ( 2011 ) , and Safe House ( 2012 ) . Farmiga made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground ( 2011 ) , in which she also starred in the lead role . In 2013 , she portrayed paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the horror film The Conjuring , and reprised the role in the 2016 sequel The Conjuring 2 . From 2013 to 2017 , Farmiga starred as Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama-thriller series Bates Motel , for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination . This role , along with her roles in Joshua , Orphan , and the two Conjuring films , has dubbed her as a contemporary scream queen .",
"Vera Farmiga filmography. Vera Farmiga is an American actress , director , and producer who made her film debut in Joseph Ruben 's drama-thriller Return to Paradise ( 1998 ) . She had supporting roles in Joan Chen 's romantic drama Autumn in New York ( 2000 ) , the crime drama The Opportunists ( 2000 ) , and John Herzfeld 's action thriller 15 Minutes ( 2001 ) . Farmiga 's breakthrough role came in 2004 , when she was cast in Debra Granik 's drama Down to the Bone . For her performance , Farmiga won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead . She then starred in Jonathan Demme 's political thriller The Manchurian Candidate ( 2004 ) , and Wayne Kramer 's crime thriller Running Scared ( 2006 ) . Farmiga 's role in Martin Scorsese 's The Departed ( 2006 ) , which won the Academy Award for Best Picture , brought her to worldwide prominence , and she was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer . She subsequently had a lead role in Gina Kim 's romantic drama Never Forever ( 2007 ) . In 2008 , Farmiga starred in Mark Herman 's historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas , winning the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her performance . That same year , she appeared in Rod Lurie 's political drama Nothing But the Truth , for which she was nominated for the Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress . She then starred in Jaume Collet-Serra 's psychological thriller Orphan ( 2009 ) , and gained critical acclaim for her role in Jason Reitman 's comedy-drama Up in the Air ( 2009 ) , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2011 , Farmiga made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground , for which she was nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director and the Satellite Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture . Also in 2011 , she starred in Duncan Jones ' science fiction film Source Code . The following year , she appeared in Daniel Espinosa 's action thriller Safe House , and Christopher Neil 's comedy-drama Goats . In 2013 , Farmiga starred as Lorraine Warren in James Wan 's horror film The Conjuring , for which she was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance . The following year , she starred in David Dobkin 's drama The Judge . In 2016 , Farmiga reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in Wan 's horror sequel The Conjuring 2 , and co-starred in Ricky Gervais ' comedy satire Special Correspondents . From 2013 to 2017 , she starred in the A&E drama-thriller series Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates . Her performance in the role earned her the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television , and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ( 2013 ) , the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series ( 2013 -- 2015 ) , and the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama ( 2013 ) . Farmiga also served as a producer/executive producer from the series ' second season to its fifth and final season .",
"List of awards and nominations received by Vera Farmiga. Vera Farmiga is an American actress , producer and director . She garnered worldwide acclaim for her role in the 2009 film Up in the Air . This role earned Farmiga nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture , the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role , as well as many other nominations . In 2011 , she made her directing debut with the critically acclaimed drama film Higher Ground , for which she received multiple award nominations , including the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director and the Satellite Award for Best Actress -- Motion Picture . Since 2013 , she has starred in the A&E television series Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates . Her performance in the role has earned her a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television ( 2013 ) and a People 's Choice Award ( 2016 ) , and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ( 2013 ) , the Satellite Award for Best Actress -- Television Series Drama ( 2013 ) , the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama ( 2013 ) , and three nominations for the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series ( 2013 -- 2015 ) . Farmiga also served as a producer from the second season to its ending .",
"Taissa Farmiga. Taissa Farmiga ( -LSB- tɑː ` iːsə_fɑrˈmiːɡə -RSB- born August 17 , 1994 ) is an American actress . She began her career on film in the drama Higher Ground ( 2011 ) , and subsequently made her television debut in the FX series American Horror Story : Murder House ( 2011 ) . Farmiga made her stage debut in the Off-Broadway revival of the drama play Buried Child ( 2016 ) . Farmiga has since appeared in The Bling Ring ( 2013 ) , Mindscape ( 2013 ) , At Middleton ( 2013 ) , The Final Girls ( 2015 ) , 6 Years ( 2015 ) , In a Valley of Violence ( 2016 ) , and Rules Do n't Apply ( 2016 ) . She has voiced Raven in Justice League vs. Teen Titans ( 2016 ) and Teen Titans : The Judas Contract ( 2017 ) .",
"The Conjuring. The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes . It is the first film in The Conjuring franchise . Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga star as Ed and Lorraine Warren , paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of haunting . Their reports inspired The Amityville Horror . The Warrens come to the assistance of the Perron family ( Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor ) , who are experiencing increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971 . The Conjuring was released in the United States and Canada on July 19 , 2013 , and in the United Kingdom and India on August 6 , 2013 . The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $ 318 million worldwide from its $ 20 million budget , making it one of the highest-grossing horror films of all time . A sequel , The Conjuring 2 , was released on June 10 , 2016 , also to critical and huge commercial success .",
"Orphan (film). Orphan is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace . The film stars Vera Farmiga , Peter Sarsgaard , Isabelle Fuhrman , C. C. H. Pounder and Jimmy Bennett . The plot centers on a couple who , after the death of their unborn child , adopt a mysterious 9-year-old girl . Orphan was produced by Joel Silver and Susan Downey of Dark Castle Entertainment , and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran of Appian Way Productions . It is an American , Canadian , German and French co-production . The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 24 , 2009 by Warner Bros. . Pictures . Some critics compared Fuhrman 's performance as Esther to that of Linda Blair in The Exorcist and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed .",
"Scream (TV series). Scream is an American slasher television series developed by Jill Blotevogel , Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV and is based on the slasher film series of the same name created by Kevin Williamson . The series is produced by Dimension Television and MTV Production Development , and is filmed within Louisiana , in locations such as Baton Rouge and New Orleans as well as Chalmette High School . Blotevogel and Paglia originally served as showrunners during the first season before being replaced by Michael Gans and Richard Register in the second season , because of creative differences . The series is situated in the fictional town of Lakewood , where a string of murders take place . At the center of these murders is Emma Duval ( played by Willa Fitzgerald ) , a teenage girl who is somehow tied to the town 's dark past . The series premiered on June 30 , 2015 on MTV and concluded its first season on September 1 , 2015 . The series was officially picked up for a second season on July 29 , 2015 . It was announced the series would air a two-hour Halloween special on October 18 , 2016 . Though technically not a co-production , the series does air in rest of the territories globally as `` Netflix Original '' , due to Netflix having exclusive international distribution rights to the series . On October 14 , 2016 , MTV renewed the series for a third season to consist of 6 episodes , which will premiere in 2017 . On April 26 , 2017 , MTV announced that they were rebooting the series with the third season , with a new cast and setting . As part of the reboot process , it was revealed that Brett Matthews will be serving as the main showrunner . In addition , Queen Latifah , Shakim Compere and Yaneley Arty will be added as executive producers for the series under Flavor Unit Entertainment .",
"List of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Bates Motel , the American drama-thriller television series that debuted on A&E on March 18 , 2013 . The series stars Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in lead roles .",
"Scream queen. A scream queen ( a wordplay on screen queen ) is an actress who has become associated with horror films , either through an appearance in a notable entry in the genre as a frequent victim or through constant appearances as the female protagonist . Jamie Lee Curtis is noted as a seminal example for her performances in the popular slasher films of the Halloween franchise . In recent years , the male counterpart has been labeled a scream king .",
"Norma Bates (Psycho). Norma Bates is a fictional character created by Robert Bloch in his 1959 novel Psycho , and the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock , its sequels , and the prequel television series Bates Motel portrayed by Vera Farmiga . She is the mother and victim of serial killer Norman Bates . Although an important character , she only appears as a corpse and a voice in the films , and is not depicted as a living character until the 1990 prequel/sequel film Psycho IV : The Beginning originally portrayed by Olivia Hussey .",
"Scream (franchise). Scream is an American horror franchise created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven . Starring Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , and David Arquette , the film series grossed over $ 604 million in worldwide box-office receipts and consists of four motion pictures directed by Craven . The first series entry , Scream , was released on December 20 , 1996 and is currently the highest-grossing slasher film in the United States . The second entry Scream 2 was released on December 12 , 1997 followed by a third installment , Scream 3 , released February 4 , 2000 . Eleven years after the previous film , Scream 4 was released on April 15 , 2011 . The films follow Sidney Prescott , and her war against a succession of murderers who adopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and torment their victims . Sidney receives support in the films from town deputy Dewey Riley , reporter Gale Weathers , and film-geek Randy Meeks . A tv spin off of the series was released by MTV on June 30 , 2015 . The series follows different characters and new storylines , not connected to the film series . Williamson 's original script was bought by Miramax and developed under the Dimension Films label by Bob and Harvey Weinstein , who recruited Craven to direct , who in turn recruited composer Marco Beltrami to score the film . This team went on to be involved in each film in the series though Williamson was forced to take a smaller role for Scream 3 , writing only a brief plot outline due to his commitments to other projects , with Ehren Kruger replacing him as screenwriter . The series ' violence resulted in conflicts with the Motion Picture Association of America and news media concerning censorship resulting in a reduction of violence and gore in Scream 3 when the Columbine High School massacre brought increased focus on the media 's influence on society . Scream became notable for its use of established and recognizable actors which was uncommon for horror films at the time , yet has since become common in part due to Scream 's success . The series , particularly the first two films , has received significant critical acclaim . Scream has been credited with revitalizing the horror genre in the late 90s by combining a traditional slasher film with humor , awareness of horror film cliché and a clever plot . Scream was one of the highest-grossing films of 1996 and became , and remains , the highest grossing slasher film in the world . Its success was matched by Scream 2 which not only broke box-office records of the time , but was also argued by some critics to actually be superior to the original . Scream 3 fared worse than its predecessors , both critically and financially , with critics commenting that it had become the type of horror film it originally parodied in Scream . It did , however , receive some positive response , with claims that it was the perfect end to the trilogy . The film series has been the recipient of several awards including a Saturn Award for Best Actress and MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance for Campbell and Best Horror Film for Scream .",
"Typhoon Vera. Typhoon Vera , also known as the , was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959 , becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country . The storm 's intensity resulted in damage of unparalleled severity and extent , and was a major setback to the Japanese economy , which was still recovering from World War II . In the aftermath of Vera , Japan 's disaster management and relief systems were significantly reformed , and the typhoon 's effects would set a benchmark for future storms striking the country . Vera developed on September 20 between Guam and Chuuk State , and initially tracked westward before taking a more northerly course , reaching tropical storm strength the following day . By this point Vera had assumed a more westerly direction of movement and had begun to rapidly intensify , and reached its peak intensity on September 23 with maximum sustained winds equivalent to that of a modern-day Category 5 hurricane . With little change in strength , Vera curved and accelerated northward , resulting in a landfall on September 26 near Shionomisaki on Honshu . Atmospheric wind patterns caused the typhoon to briefly emerge into the Sea of Japan before recurving eastward and moving ashore Honshu for a second time . Movement over land greatly weakened Vera , and after reentering the North Pacific Ocean later that day , Vera transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on September 27 ; these remnants continued to persist for an additional two days . Though Vera was accurately forecast and its track into Japan was well anticipated , limited coverage of telecommunications , combined with lack of urgency from Japanese media and the storm 's intensity , greatly inhibited potential evacuation and disaster mitigation processes . Rainfall from the storm 's outer rainbands began to cause flooding in river basins well in advance of the storm 's landfall . Upon moving ashore Honshu , the typhoon brought a strong storm surge that destroyed numerous flood defense systems , inundating coastal regions and sinking ships . Damage totals from Vera reached US$ 600 million ( equivalent to US$ billion in ) . The number of fatalities caused by Vera remain discrepant , though current estimates indicate that the typhoon caused at least 4,000 deaths , making it the deadliest typhoon in Japanese history . Relief efforts were initiated by Japanese and American governments immediately following Typhoon Vera . Due to the inundation caused by the typhoon , localized epidemics were reported , including those of dysentery and tetanus . The spread of disease and blocking debris slowed the ongoing relief efforts . Due to the unprecedented damage and loss of life following Vera , the National Diet passed legislation in order to more efficiently assist affected regions and mitigate future disasters . This included the passage of the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act in 1961 , which set standards for Japanese disaster relief , including the establishment of the Central Disaster Prevention Council .",
"Grindhouse (film). Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written , produced , and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino . The double feature consists of two feature-length segments , Rodriguez 's Planet Terror and Tarantino 's Death Proof , and is bookended by fictional trailers for upcoming attractions ( though two of the trailers , Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun , have since been made into movies ) , advertisements , and in-theater announcements . The film 's title derives from the U.S. film industry term `` grindhouse '' , which refers to ( now mostly defunct ) movie theaters specializing in B movies , often exploitation films , shown in a multiple-feature format . The film stars Rose McGowan , Freddy Rodriguez , Marley Shelton , Michael Biehn , Jeff Fahey , Josh Brolin , Naveen Andrews , Fergie , Bruce Willis , Kurt Russell , Rosario Dawson , Tracie Thoms , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , and stuntwoman Zoë Bell , who plays herself . Rodriguez 's segment , Planet Terror , revolves around an outfit of rebels attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a rogue military unit , while Tarantino 's segment , Death Proof , focuses on a misogynistic , psychopathic stuntman who targets young women , murdering them with his `` death proof '' stunt car . Each feature is preceded by faux trailers of exploitation films in other genres that were developed by other directors . After the film was released on April 6 , 2007 , ticket sales performed significantly below box office analysts ' expectations despite mostly positive critic reviews . In much of the rest of the world , each feature was released separately in extended versions . Two soundtracks were also released for the features and include music and audio snippets from the film . The feature later found more success on DVD and Blu-ray . In several interviews , despite the box office failure , the directors have expressed their interest in a possible sequel to the film due to its critical acclaim and successful home media sales . Three spin-off films were later made , based on Grindhouse '' 's fake trailers : Machete , Machete Kills and Hobo with a Shotgun '' .",
"Scream Awards. The Scream Awards were an award show dedicated to the horror , sci-fi , and fantasy genres of feature films . Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors , the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres . In addition , comic books awards were also given and have been recently expanded . It is broadcast on Spike TV and has been branded in the past as the Spike TV Scream Awards . Subsequently , the show was relabeled simply Scream with the respective year , i.e. Scream 2009 . The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt , Cindy Levitt , and Casey Patterson . The Scream Awards ceremonies were cancelled following the 2011 Scream Awards .",
"Psycho (franchise). Psycho is an American horror franchise consisting of six films loosely based on the Psycho novels by Robert Bloch , namely Psycho , Psycho II , Psycho III , Bates Motel , Psycho IV : The Beginning , the 1998 remake of the original film , and additional merchandise spanning various media . The first film , Psycho , was directed by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock . Subsequently , another film related to the series was made : an Alfred Hitchcock biopic . Also , an independent documentary called The Psycho Legacy was released on October 19 , 2010 . It mostly focused on Psycho II , Psycho III and Psycho IV : The Beginning , but did cover the impact and legacy of the original film . A TV series , Bates Motel , aired on A&E between 2013 and 2017 , as a contemporary reboot to the first film set in a modern-day setting . It stars Freddie Highmore as a teenaged Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga as his mother Norma Bates . The films focus on the life of Norman Bates , a deeply disturbed young man who operates the Bates Motel . He has a mental instability that he ended up with a psychotic twisted personality and , as a result , occasionally kills people .",
"Scream (1996 film). Scream is a 1996 American slasher film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven . The film stars David Arquette , Neve Campbell , Courteney Cox , Matthew Lillard , Rose McGowan , Skeet Ulrich , and Drew Barrymore . Released on December 20 , 1996 , Scream follows the character of Sidney Prescott ( Campbell ) , a high school student in the fictional town of Woodsboro , California , who becomes the target of a mysterious killer known as Ghostface . The film combined black comedy and `` whodunit '' mystery with the violence of the slasher genre to satirize the clichés of the horror film genre popularized in films such as Halloween and Friday the 13th . The film was considered unique at the time of its release for featuring characters who were aware of real world horror films and openly discussed the clichés that Scream attempted to subvert . Based partly on the real life case of the Gainesville Ripper , Scream was inspired by Williamson 's passion for horror films , especially Halloween ( 1978 ) . The script , originally titled Scary Movie , was bought by Dimension Films and was retitled by the Weinstein Brothers just before filming was complete . The production faced censorship issues with the Motion Picture Association of America and obstacles from locals while filming on location . The film went on to financial and critical acclaim , earning $ 173 million worldwide , and became the highest-grossing slasher film in the US in unadjusted dollars . It received several awards and award nominations . The soundtrack by Marco Beltrami was also acclaimed , and was cited as '' -LSB- one -RSB- of the most intriguing horror scores composed in years . '' It has since earned `` cult status . '' Scream marked a change in the genre as it cast already-established and successful actors , which was considered to have helped it find a wider audience , including a significant female viewership . Scream was credited with revitalizing the horror genre in the 1990s , which was considered to be almost dead following an influx of direct-to-video titles and numerous sequels to established horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s . These sequels drew decreasing financial and critical success , as they exploited clichés upon which films in the genre had become reliant . Screams success spawned a series of sequels , though only Scream 2 , released in 1997 , achieved a level of commercial and critical success equal to the original film . In the years following the release of Scream , the film was accused of inspiring and even inducing violent crimes and murders .",
"Desperate Housewives. Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry , and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions . It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC , from October 3 , 2004 to May 13 , 2012 . Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner . Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily , George W. Perkins , John Pardee , Joey Murphy , David Grossman , and Larry Shaw . Set on Wisteria Lane , a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State , Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their late friend and neighbor who committed suicide in the pilot episode . The storyline covers 13 years of the women 's lives over eight seasons , set between the years 2004 -- 2008 , and later 2013 -- 2017 ( the story arc includes a five-year passage of time , as well as flashbacks ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s ) . They work through domestic struggles and family life , while facing the secrets , crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their -- on the surface -- beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood . The series features an ensemble cast , headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer , Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo , Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp , and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis . Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young , appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences . Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike . It won multiple Primetime Emmy , Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards . From the 2004 -- 05 through the 2008 -- 09 television seasons , its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series . In 2007 , it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide , with an audience of approximately 120 million and was also reported as the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries . In 2012 , it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide , which measured ratings across five continents ; it has held this position since 2006 . Moreover , it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010 , with $ 2.74 million per half an hour . The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list . In 2011 , it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season ; the series finale aired on May 13 , 2012 . By the end of the series , it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes .",
"Angi Vera. Angi Vera is a 1978 Hungarian drama film directed by Pál Gábor . The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . Vera Angi ( Vera Pap ) is an employee of a hospital in post-WWII Hungary . She complains to her superiors about the unsanitary conditions in the hospital . As her proletarian background fits in nicely with the new doctrine of the communist regime , she is sent to a six-month education course . While in the school , she falls in love with the teacher István André ( Tamás Dunai ) , while informers make conditions difficult for the students .",
"Higher Ground (film). Higher Ground is a 2011 American drama film directed by Vera Farmiga in her directorial debut . The film is an adaptation of the 2002 memoir This Dark World : A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost by Carolyn S. Briggs , who co-wrote the screenplay . The film follows Corinne Walker ( Farmiga ) and her vacillating relationship with Christianity . The cast also includes Joshua Leonard , John Hawkes , Donna Murphy , Norbert Leo Butz , and Bill Irwin . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23 , 2011 , where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize . It then screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 25 , 2011 , and received a limited release in the United States on August 26 , 2011 by Sony Pictures Classics .",
"Roar (U.S. TV series). Roar is an American fantasy adventure television series created by Shaun Cassidy and Ron Koslow . The series originally aired on the Fox network from July 14 until September 1 , 1997 . It is set in the year 400 AD , following a young Irish man , Conor ( Heath Ledger ) , as he sets out to rid his land of the invading Romans , but in order to accomplish this , he must to unite the Celtic clans . The series also starred Vera Farmiga , Lisa Zane , John Saint Ryan , and Sebastian Roché . Roar was cancelled after 8 episodes due to low ratings , and the final 5 episodes were not broadcast by the network until 2000 .",
"The Purge. The Purge is a 2013 American dystopian horror film written and directed by James DeMonaco and is the first installment in The Purge franchise . The film stars Ethan Hawke , Lena Headey , Adelaide Kane and Max Burkholder as a family held hostage during `` The Purge , '' an event during which all crime is legalized for 12 hours . Despite mixed reviews , the film was commercially successful , grossing $ 89.3 million , far surpassing its $ 3 million budget . It was the lowest budget film to hit the top of the box office charts since 1988 . A sequel , titled The Purge : Anarchy , was released worldwide on July 18 , 2014 to even greater success . A third movie , titled The Purge : Election Year , was released July 1 , 2016 . A fourth ( currently untitled ) movie is scheduled to be released on July 4 , 2018 .",
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film). The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ( released as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the United States ; see spelling differences ) is a 2008 British-American historical period drama based on the novel of the same name by Irish writer John Boyne . Directed by Mark Herman , produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films , and distributed by Miramax ( North America ) and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ( International ) , the film stars Vera Farmiga , David Thewlis , Asa Butterfield , and Jack Scanlon . It was released on 12 September 2008 in the United Kingdom . The Holocaust drama explores the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two 8-year-old boys ; Bruno ( Butterfield ) , the son of the camp 's Nazi commandant , and Shmuel ( Scanlon ) , a Jewish inmate .",
"2006 Scream Awards. The The Spike TV Scream Awards inaugurated an annual award show dedicated to the horror , science fiction , and fantasy genres of feature films . The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt , Cindy Levitt , and Casey Patterson . The 2006 ceremony was held on October 10 , 2006 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood , California . The ceremony was hosted by Grindhouse co-stars Rose McGowan , Marley Shelton and Rosario Dawson . Shock rocker Marilyn Manson presented the Scream Rock Immortal Award to Ozzy Osbourne . Rock groups My Chemical Romance and KoЯn performed .",
"Vera (TV series). Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name , written by crime writer Ann Cleeves . It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011 , and to date , seven series have aired . The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character , Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope . Vera is a middle-aged employee of the fictional Northumberland & City Police , who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons . She plods along in a constantly dishevelled state , but has a calculating mind , and despite her irascible personality , she cares deeply about her work and comrades . Vera forms a close relationship with both of her sergeants , Joe Ashworth ( David Leon ) and later , Aiden Healy ( Kenny Doughty ) .",
"Death Scream. Death Scream is a made-for-television film first aired in the United States on ABC on September 26 , 1975 . The film is loosely based on an actual event concerning the real-life account of `` a young woman whose murder was witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who did nothing to help and refused to cooperate with the police . '' The film had the working title of Homicide , and its rerun title was The Woman Who Cried Murder .",
"Felissa Rose. Felissa Rose Esposito , known simply as Felissa Rose ( born May 23 , 1969 ) , is an American actress , known for her role as Angela Baker in the 1983 cult classic slasher film , Sleepaway Camp , which she reprised in the film Return to Sleepaway Camp which was written and directed by Sleepaway Camp creator Robert Hiltzik . Rose has been given the title `` Scream Queen '' because of her involvement and success within the `` Horror '' film genre . She has over 75 film credits in total over the span of her film career . A few major credits in her film career would include The Perfect House 2012 , Silent Night , Zombie Night 2009 , Camp Dread 2014 , Zombie Killers 2015 , and now Death House and Garlic and Gunpowder 2017 . In 2016 , she produced the music videos for the metal band Slayer .",
"Academy Award for Best Actress. The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry . The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in 7th Heaven , Street Angel , and Sunrise . Currently , nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS ; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy . In the first three years of the awards , actresses were nominated as the best in their categories . At that time , all of their work during the qualifying period ( as many as three films , in some cases ) was listed after the award . However , during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930 , only one of those films was cited in each winner 's final award , even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots . The following year , this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film . Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937 , the category was officially limited to five nominations per year . One actress has been nominated posthumously , Jeanne Eagels . Only three film characters have been nominated more than once in this category . Elizabeth I of England ( two times by Cate Blanchett ) , Leslie Crosbie in The Letter , and Esther Blodgett in A Star is Born . Six women on the list have received an Honorary Academy Award for their acting ; they are Greta Garbo , Barbara Stanwyck , Mary Pickford , Deborah Kerr , Gena Rowlands , and Sophia Loren . Since its inception , the award has been given to 74 actresses . Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category , with four Oscars . Meryl Streep , who has a total of 20 Oscar nominations ( three wins ) , has been nominated in this category on 16 occasions , resulting in two awards . As of the 2017 ceremony , Emma Stone is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mia Dolan in La La Land .",
"Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Mary Elizabeth Winstead ( born November 28 , 1984 ) is an American actress and singer , best known for her scream queen roles in the horror films Final Destination 3 ( 2006 ) , Black Christmas ( 2006 ) , Death Proof ( 2007 ) , The Thing ( 2011 ) , Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter ( 2012 ) , and 10 Cloverfield Lane ( 2016 ) . She appeared as John McClane 's daughter Lucy in the fourth and fifth films in the Die Hard franchise ( 2007 , 2013 ) , Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ( 2010 ) , and Kate Hannah , an alcoholic struggling with sobriety in the Sundance drama Smashed ( 2012 ) . Her singing career started in 2013 , with her formation of the music duo Got a Girl with Dan the Automator .",
"Bates Motel (TV series). Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18 , 2013 to April 24 , 2017 . It was developed by Carlton Cuse , Kerry Ehrin , and Anthony Cipriano , and is produced by Universal Television and American Genre for the cable network A&E . The series , a contemporary prequel and reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock 's 1960 film Psycho ( based on Robert Bloch 's novel of the same name ) , depicts the lives of Norman Bates ( Freddie Highmore ) and his mother Norma ( Vera Farmiga ) prior to the events portrayed in the film , albeit in a different fictional town ( White Pine Bay , Oregon , as opposed to the film 's Fairvale , California ) and in a modern-day setting . Max Thieriot and Olivia Cooke both starred as part of the main cast throughout the series ' run . After recurring heavily in the first season , Nestor Carbonell was added to the main cast from season two onward . The series begins in Arizona with the death of Norma 's husband , after which Norma purchases the Seafairer motel located in a coastal Oregon town so that she and Norman can start a new life . Subsequent seasons follow Norman as his mental illness becomes dangerous , and Norma as she struggles to protect her son , and those around him , from himself . Bates Motel storylines ignore the timeline of the original film 's sequels and give alternate versions of many of the characters and events in the original film . The series was filmed outside Vancouver in Aldergrove , British Columbia , along with other locations within the Fraser Valley of British Columbia . A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series , opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season . On June 15 , 2015 , the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season , making Bates Motel A&E 's longest-running original scripted drama series in the channel 's history . The series ' lead actors , Farmiga and Highmore , received particular praise for their performances in the series , with the former receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and winning a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television . Bates Motel also won three People 's Choice Awards for Favorite Cable TV Drama , and for Favorite Cable TV Actress ( Farmiga ) and Actor ( Highmore ) .",
"Tiffany Shepis. Tiffany Shepis ( born September 11 , 1979 ) is an American actress from New York City , who has been involved in film-making since the age of 12 . She is popularly known as a `` scream queen '' in several horror films .",
"American Horror Story. American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk . Described as an anthology series , each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries , following a disparate set of characters and settings , and a storyline with its own `` beginning , middle , and end . '' Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events . The first season , retroactively subtitled Murder House , takes place in Los Angeles , California , during the year 2011 and centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants . The second season , subtitled Asylum , takes place in Massachusetts during the year 1964 and follows the stories of the patients and staff of an institution for the criminally insane . The third season , subtitled Coven , takes place in New Orleans , Louisiana , during the year 2013 and follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them . The fourth season , subtitled Freak Show , takes place in Jupiter , Florida , during the year 1952 and centers around one of the few remaining American freak shows . The fifth season , subtitled Hotel , takes place in Los Angeles during the year 2015 and focuses on the staff and guests of a supernatural hotel . The sixth season , subtitled Roanoke , takes place in Roanoke Island , during the year 2016 and focuses on the paranormal events that take place at an isolated farmhouse . The only actors to appear in all iterations of the show so far are Evan Peters , Sarah Paulson and Lily Rabe . The series is broadcast on the cable television channel FX in the United States . On November 10 , 2015 , the show was renewed for a sixth season , and premiered , for the first time out of October , on September 14 , 2016 . On October 4 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a seventh season , which is set to premiere in September 2017 . On January 12 , 2017 , the series was renewed for an eighth and ninth season . Although reception to individual seasons has varied , American Horror Story has been overall well received by television critics , with the majority of the praise going to the cast , particularly Jessica Lange , who won two Emmy Awards , a Golden Globe Award , and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances . Additionally , Kathy Bates and Lady Gaga won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award , respectively , for their performances . The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network , with its first season being the most-viewed new cable series of 2011 .",
"Boundaries (film). Boundaries is an upcoming Canadian-American road trip drama film written and directed by Shana Feste . It stars Vera Farmiga , Christopher Plummer , Lewis MacDougall , Bobby Cannavale , and Kristen Schaal . The film will be released in 2017 by Stage 6 Films ."
] | [
6.3828125,
-0.492431640625,
-3.099609375,
-6.265625,
-3.453125,
-4.4296875,
-2.7734375,
-6.05078125,
1.1328125,
-4.18359375,
-2.310546875,
-5.27734375,
-5.73046875,
-3.048828125,
-3.525390625,
-3.466796875,
-3.611328125,
-8.0703125,
-5.51171875,
-2.9375,
-4.921875,
-3.18359375,
-6.10546875,
-6.625,
-7.54296875,
-1.650390625,
-4.6875,
-3.02734375,
-1.0576171875,
-2.404296875,
-5.0234375,
-5.62890625
] |
Absolute Beginners starred David Bowie. | [
"Absolute Beginners (film). Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British rock musical film adapted from Colin MacInnes ' book of the same name about life in late 1950s London . The film was directed by Julien Temple , featured David Bowie and Sade , and Patsy Kensit in one of her first mainstream roles . The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival . Upon release , Absolute Beginners received immense coverage in the British media . At the time , the British film industry was perceived as being on the point of collapse ( with the recent failure of the film Revolution ) . However , the film was panned by critics and became a box office bomb . Some of the criticisms included stylistic anachronisms , such as the mini-skirt and decidedly 1980s music from the likes of The Style Council and Sade , the bowdlerisation of Kensit 's character ( Crepe Suzette had been depicted as a promiscuous `` negrophile '' in the book ) , and the casting of Bowie , who made it a condition of his musical contribution . Although the film was not a success , Bowie 's theme song was very popular in the UK and reached number two in the charts . The commercial failure of Absolute Beginners and another film released about the same time , The Mission , led to the collapse of Goldcrest , a major British film studio .",
"Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song). `` Absolute Beginners '' is a song written and recorded by David Bowie . It was the theme song to the 1986 film of the same name ( itself an adaptation of the book Absolute Beginners ) . Although the film was not a commercial success , the song became one of Bowie 's most successful 1980s singles . It was released on 3 March 1986 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart . It also reached the top ten on the main singles charts in 12 other countries , his last song to accomplish that . It was less successful in the US , peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Bowie performed it live on his Glass Spider and 2000 tours .",
"David Bowie. David Robert Jones ( 8 January 1947 -- 10 January 2016 ) , known professionally as David Bowie ( -LSB- ˈboʊi -RSB- ) , was an English singer , songwriter and actor . He was a figure in popular music for over five decades , becoming acclaimed by critics and other musicians for his innovative work . His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation , his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music . During his lifetime , his record sales , estimated at 140 million worldwide , made him one of the world 's best-selling music artists . In the UK , he was awarded nine platinum album certifications , eleven gold and eight silver , releasing eleven number-one albums . In the US , he received five platinum and seven gold certifications . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 . Born in Brixton , South London , Bowie developed an interest in music as a child , eventually studying art , music and design before embarking on a professional career as a musician in 1963 . `` Space Oddity '' became his first top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart after its release in July 1969 . After a period of experimentation , he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust . The character was spearheaded by the success of his single `` Starman '' and album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars , which won him widespread popularity . In 1975 , Bowie 's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as `` plastic soul '' , initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single `` Fame '' and the album Young Americans . In 1976 , Bowie starred in the cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth and released Station to Station . The following year , he further confounded musical expectations with the electronic-inflected album Low ( 1977 ) , the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno that would come to be known as the `` Berlin Trilogy '' . `` Heroes '' ( 1977 ) and Lodger ( 1979 ) followed ; each album reached the UK top five and received lasting critical praise . After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s , Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single `` Ashes to Ashes '' , its parent album Scary Monsters and Super Creeps , and `` Under Pressure '' , a 1981 collaboration with Queen . He then reached his commercial peak in 1983 with Let 's Dance , with its title track topping both UK and US charts . Throughout the 1990s and 2000s , Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles , including industrial and jungle . He also continued acting ; his roles included Major Celliers in Merry Christmas , Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) , the Goblin King Jareth in Labyrinth ( 1986 ) , Pontius Pilate in The Last Temptation of Christ ( 1988 ) , and Nikola Tesla in The Prestige ( 2006 ) , among other film and television appearances and cameos . He stopped concert touring after 2004 , and his last live performance was at a charity event in 2006 . In 2013 , Bowie returned from a decade-long recording hiatus with the release of The Next Day . He remained musically active until he died of liver cancer two days after the release of his final album , Blackstar ( 2016 ) .",
"Beginners. Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills . It tells the story of Oliver , a man reflecting on the life and death of his father , Hal , while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman , Anna , dealing with father issues of her own . The film is based on the true-life coming out of Mills 's father at the age of 75 , five years before his death . Beginners premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival , where the Los Angeles Times heralded it as a `` heady , heartfelt film '' with a cast who have `` a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts '' . Christopher Plummer received numerous accolades , including the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , for his performance .",
"Absolute Beginners. Absolute Beginners may refer to : Absolute Beginners ( novel ) , a 1959 novel by Colin MacInnes Absolute Beginners ( film ) , a 1986 rock musical film based on the novel Absolute Beginners : The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , the soundtrack album to the 1986 film Absolute Beginners `` Absolute Beginners '' ( David Bowie song ) , a 1986 single by David Bowie , title song from the above film `` Absolute Beginners '' ( The Jam song ) , a 1981 single by The Jam",
"List of awards and nominations received by David Bowie. David Bowie ( born David Robert Jones ) was a British musician and actor . He began his singing career under the name David Bowie in 1966 and won his first award in 1969 , when he won an Ivor Novello Award for the song `` Space Oddity '' . Bowie 's first hit album was Hunky Dory in 1971 which reached number three in the UK Albums Chart . Despite his next eleven studio albums all making the UK Top 10 -- including four number one albums -- he did not receive any more music awards or nominations until the early 1980s . He has since won eleven awards for his music , including : four BRIT Awards -- Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1984 and 2014 BRIT Awards , an Outstanding Contribution Award at the 1996 BRIT Awards and an Icon Award at the 2016 Brit Awards which was awarded to him posthumously ; two Grammy Awards -- Best Video , Short Form for the David Bowie video at the 1985 Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Grammy Awards ; and three MTV Video Music Awards -- Best Male Video for `` China Girl '' and a Video Vanguard Award at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards , and Best Overall Performance in a Video for `` Dancing in the Street '' at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards . Bowie began his acting career in the 1967 short film The Image . His first leading role was in the 1976 science fiction film The Man Who Fell to Earth , a role for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor at the 1976 Saturn Awards . He has also had an innovative presence on the Internet which led to his being awarded a lifetime achievement Webby Award in 2007 for `` pushing the boundaries of art and technology with his digital empire '' . He has won 14 awards from 52 nominations .",
"Emily Blunt. Emily Olivia Leah Blunt ( born 23 February 1983 ) is a British film and stage actress . Blunt made her professional debut in a 2001 London production of the play The Royal Family . Two years later , she appeared on screen for the first time in the 2003 television film Boudica ( Warrior Queen ) . Her performance in the 2004 drama film My Summer of Love garnered her the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer . For her performance in the TV film Gideon 's Daughter ( 2006 ) she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . The same year , she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture and a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Devil Wears Prada . In 2009 , Blunt received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year . She received more acclaim for portraying Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria ( 2009 ) , receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . 2009 also saw Blunt appear in the crime caper comedy Wild Target with Bill Nighy and Rupert Grint . She found commercial success for roles in the romantic science-fiction thriller The Adjustment Bureau ( 2011 ) , the science-fiction action thriller Looper ( 2012 ) , and the science-fiction military film Edge of Tomorrow ( 2014 ) . Blunt received her fourth and fifth Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ( 2012 ) and the musical fantasy Into the Woods ( 2014 ) in the Best Actress -- Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category . In 2016 , Blunt starred in the fantasy-action film The Huntsman : Winter 's War and The Girl on the Train , the latter based on the international best-selling novel of the same name , and a performance that earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role .",
"Les Bowie. Les Bowie ( November 10 , 1913 -- January 27 , 1979 ) was a Canadian-born special effects artist working mainly in Britain . Bowie began his career as a matte painter in 1946 . His work found places in classic films such as Great Expectations , Oliver Twist and The Red Shoes . He created his own company in 1951 and worked freelance on projects for relatively low-budget studios such as Hammer Films and Oakmont Productions . His films for Hammer included The Quatermass Xperiment ( 1955 ) , Dracula ( 1958 ) and The Kiss of the Vampire ( 1963 ) . His Oakmont films were Attack on the Iron Coast , Submarine X-1 and Mosquito Squadron . Bowie worked with Ray Harryhausen on Jason and the Argonauts , First Men in the Moon , One Million Years B.C. and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger . Notable non-Hammer films included The Day the Earth Caught Fire ( 1961 ) , Fahrenheit 451 ( 1966 ) Casino Royale ( 1967 ) and The Assassination Bureau ( 1969 ) . He was also one of a team to win an Academy Award for his work on the 1978 film Superman , specialising in mattes and composites .",
"David Bowie filmography. The late English musician and actor David Bowie ( 1947-2016 ) held leading roles in several feature films , including The Man Who Fell to Earth ( 1976 ) ( for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor ) , Just a Gigolo ( 1978 ) , Merry Christmas , Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ) , The Hunger ( 1983 ) , and Labyrinth ( 1986 ) , The Linguini Incident ( 1991 ) . Films in which he appeared in a supporting role or cameo include The Last Temptation of Christ ( 1988 ) and Zoolander ( 2001 ) . Bowie also appeared on several television series including Extras , Dream On , and the horror anthology series The Hunger . He won a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Special Class Special in 2003 for Hollywood Rocks the Movies : The 1970s with David Bowie ( AMC ) . Bowie was featured in a number of documentaries , films , and videos focusing on his career . He also appeared frequently in documentaries about other musicians .",
"Jake Gyllenhaal. Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal ( -LSB- ˈdʒɪlənhɑːl -RSB- ; born December 19 , 1980 ) is an American actor . A member of the Gyllenhaal family and the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner , Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in City Slickers ( 1991 ) , followed by roles in A Dangerous Woman ( 1993 ) and Homegrown ( 1998 ) . His breakthrough performance was as Homer Hickam in October Sky ( 1999 ) and he garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for playing the title character in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko ( 2001 ) , in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister , Maggie Gyllenhaal . He subsequently appeared in another indie film , The Good Girl ( 2002 ) and the climate fiction-disaster film The Day After Tomorrow ( 2004 ) , portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event . In 2005 , Gyllenhaal portrayed Anthony `` Swoff '' Swofford in Jarhead , Gwyneth Paltrow 's love interest in Proof , and Jack Twist in Ang Lee 's Brokeback Mountain . For his performance in Brokeback Mountain , he received critical acclaim and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role , the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture , and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Gyllenhaal received further recognition for roles in Zodiac ( 2007 ) , Brothers ( 2009 ) , Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time ( 2010 ) , Love & Other Drugs ( 2010 ) , for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy , Source Code ( 2011 ) , End of Watch ( 2012 ) , Prisoners , Enemy ( both 2013 ) , Nightcrawler ( 2014 ) , Southpaw ( 2015 ) and Nocturnal Animals ( 2016 ) . For Nightcrawler , his performance was widely acclaimed and received rave reviews from critics and he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama , the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role , and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role .",
"Elton John. Sir Elton Hercules John , ( born Reginald Kenneth Dwight ; 25 March 1947 ) is an English singer , pianist , and composer . He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967 ; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date . In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300million records , making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world . He has more than fifty Top 40 hits , including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums , 58 Billboard Top 40 singles , 27 Top 10 , four No. 2 and nine No. 1 . For 31 consecutive years ( 1970 -- 2000 ) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100 . His tribute single , re-penned in dedication to the late Princess Diana , `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' sold over 33million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts . He has also composed music , produced records , and has occasionally acted in films . John owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987 , and 1997 to 2002 . He is an honorary Life President of the club , and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club 's home stadium . Raised in the Pinner area of London , John learned to play piano at an early age , and by 1962 had formed Bluesology . John met his songwriting partner , Bernie Taupin , in 1967 , after they had both answered an advert for songwriters . For two years they wrote songs for other artists , including Lulu , and John also worked as a session musician for artists such as the Hollies and the Scaffold . In 1969 his debut album , Empty Sky , was released . In 1970 a single , `` Your Song '' , from his second album , Elton John , reached the top ten in the UK and the US , his first hit single . After decades of commercial chart success , John has also achieved success in musical theatre , both in the West End and on Broadway , composing the music for The Lion King ( film and musical ) , Aida and Billy Elliot the Musical . He has received five Grammy Awards , five Brit Awards -- winning two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the first Brits Icon in 2013 for his `` lasting impact on British culture '' , an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , a Tony Award , a Disney Legends award , and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 . In 2004 , Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era . In 2013 , Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists ( third overall behind the Beatles and Madonna ) . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 , is an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame , and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters , Composers and Authors . Having been named a Order of the British Empire in 1996 , John was made a Knight Bachelor by Elizabeth II for `` services to music and charitable services '' in 1998 . John has performed at a number of royal events , such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997 , the Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012 . He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s . In 1992 , he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a year later began hosting the annual Academy Award Party , which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry . Since its inception , the foundation has raised over . John , who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988 , entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005 , and after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014 , wed Furnish on 21 December 2014 . He continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements worldwide .",
"David Bowie (disambiguation). David Bowie ( 1947 -- 2016 ) was an English musician . David Bowie may also refer to :",
"Patrick Stewart. Sir Patrick Stewart OBE ( born 13 July 1940 ) is an English actor whose career has included roles on stage , television , and film in a career spanning almost six decades . Beginning his career with a long run with the Royal Shakespeare Company , he received the 1979 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Antony and Cleopatra on the West End . Stewart 's first major screen roles were in BBC-broadcast television and film during the mid-late 1970s , including Hedda , and the I , Claudius miniseries . In the 1980s , Stewart began working in American television and film , with roles such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek : The Next Generation and its successor films , as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men series of superhero movies , the lead of the Starz TV series Blunt Talk , and voice roles such as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in American Dad ! . He is a multiple time Golden Globe , Emmy , Screen Actors Guild and Saturn Award nominee . Having remained with the Royal Shakespeare Company , in 2008 Stewart played King Claudius in Hamlet on the West End and won a second Olivier Award . In 1993 , TV Guide named Stewart the Best Dramatic Television Actor of the 1980s . He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 December 1996 . In 2010 , Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama .",
"Barbra Streisand. Barbara Joan `` Barbra '' Streisand ( -LSB- ˈstraɪsænd -RSB- born April 24 , 1942 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and filmmaker . In a career spanning six decades , she has become an icon in multiple fields of entertainment and has been recognized with two Academy Awards , ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award , five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy , a Special Tony Award , an American Film Institute award , a Kennedy Center Honors prize , four Peabody Awards , the Presidential Medal of Freedom , and nine Golden Globes . She is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy , Grammy , Oscar , and Tony Award , and is one of only two artists who have also won a Peabody . Streisand is one of the best-selling music artists of all time , with more than 68.5 million albums in the United States and with a total of 145 million records sold worldwide making her the best-selling female artist among the top-selling artists recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America . After beginning a successful recording career in the 1960s , Streisand ventured into film by the end of that decade . She starred in the critically acclaimed Funny Girl , for which she won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress . Her other films include The Owl and the Pussycat , The Way We Were , and A Star Is Born , for which she received her second Academy Award , composing music for the love theme `` Evergreen '' , the first woman to be honored as a composer . With the release of Yentl in 1983 , Streisand became the first woman to write , produce , direct , and star in a major studio film . The film won an Oscar for Best Score and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical ; Streisand received the Golden Globe Award for Best Director , the first ( and to date only ) woman to win that award . The RIAA and Billboard recognize Streisand as holding the record for the most top 10 albums of any female recording artist : a total of 34 since 1963 . According to Billboard , Streisand holds the record for the female with the most number one albums ( 11 ) . Billboard also recognizes Streisand as the greatest female of all time on its Billboard 200 chart and one of the greatest artists of all time on its Hot 100 chart . Streisand is the only recording artist to have a number-one album in each of the last six decades , having released 53 gold albums , 31 platinum albums , and 14 multi-platinum albums in the United States .",
"Sofía Vergara. Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara ( -LSB- soˈfi.a βerˈɣaɾa -RSB- ; born July 10 , 1972 ) is a Colombian-American actress and model . Vergara rose to prominence while co-hosting two television shows for Spanish-language television network Univisión in the late 1990s . Her first notable acting job in English was in the film Chasing Papi ( 2003 ) . Subsequently , she appeared in other films , including Four Brothers ( 2005 ) and two Tyler Perry films : Meet the Browns ( 2008 ) and Madea Goes to Jail ( 2009 ) , receiving an ALMA Award nomination for the latter . Vergara 's success on television has earned her roles in films The Smurfs ( 2011 ) , New Year 's Eve ( 2011 ) , Happy Feet Two ( 2011 ) , The Three Stooges ( 2012 ) , Escape from Planet Earth ( 2013 ) , Machete Kills ( 2013 ) , Chef ( 2014 ) , and Hot Pursuit ( 2015 ) . In 2012 , 2013 , and 2016 , she was the top-earning actress on US television . Vergara stars on the ABC series Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett , for which she has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards , four Primetime Emmy Awards , and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards . In 2014 , she was ranked as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes .",
"Absolute Beginners (The Jam song). `` Absolute Beginners '' was a single released by The Jam on 16 October 1981 . Although it did not appear on any of the band 's studio albums , it reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart . The song was named after the Colin MacInnes novel of the same name . The book was one of songwriter Paul Weller 's favourites , being chosen by him when he appeared on Desert Island Discs . Tales From The Riverbank appeared as the B-side . The band 's record company Polydor later stated that they believed Tales From The Riverbank should have been released as the A-side . The music video to the song was filmed in the vicinity of Nomis studios , Shepherd 's Bush . The song also appeared on the soundtrack for the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank .",
"Death of David Bowie. On 10 January 2016 , English singer , songwriter and actor David Bowie died at his New York City apartment , having suffered from liver cancer for the previous 18 months . His death occurred two days after the release of his twenty-fifth studio album , Blackstar , which coincided with his 69th birthday . Fans and friends alike were surprised by the news as Bowie had kept his illness private . Makeshift memorials were created in London , New York City , Berlin , and other cities in which Bowie had lived ; sales of his albums and singles saw a significant increase . Many commentators noted Bowie 's impact on music , fashion and culture and wrote of his status as one of the most influential musical artists of all time , while numerous musicians and public figures also expressed their grief .",
"Where Are We Now?. `` Where Are We Now ? '' is the first single from David Bowie 's 24th studio album , The Next Day . The single was released on iTunes on 8 January 2013 , Bowie 's 66th birthday , along with a video by Tony Oursler , which was posted on Bowie 's website . According to producer Tony Visconti , the timing of the release was Bowie 's idea , and the single was simply `` dropped '' in iTunes for fans to discover , with no warning or fanfare . Upon its release , the song received significant news coverage , which allowed it to peak at number six on the UK Singles chart . This proved to be Bowie 's biggest hit since `` Absolute Beginners '' in 1986 and his last top ten hit before his death in January 2016 . The success of the song also meant that Bowie has had a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in five different decades ( 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s and 2010s ) , something which few other artists have managed to achieve .",
"Michael Caine. Sir Michael Caine , ( -LSB- keɪn -RSB- born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr. ; 14 March 1933 ) is an English actor and author . Renowned for his distinctive working class cockney accent , Caine has appeared in over 115 films and is regarded as a British film icon . He made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in a number of acclaimed British films , including Zulu ( 1964 ) , The Ipcress File ( 1965 ) , Alfie ( 1966 ) , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award , The Italian Job ( 1969 ) , and Battle of Britain ( 1969 ) . His most notable roles in the 1970s included Get Carter ( 1971 ) , The Last Valley , Sleuth ( 1972 ) , for which he earned his second Academy Award nomination , The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) , and A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) . He achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s , with Educating Rita ( 1983 ) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . In 1986 , he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen 's Hannah and Her Sisters . Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol ( 1992 ) . Having by that time practically retired from acting on the big screen , he enjoyed a career resurgence in the late 1990s , receiving his second Golden Globe Award for his performance in Little Voice in 1998 and receiving his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules the following year . Caine played Nigel Powers in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember , and Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan 's The Dark Knight Trilogy . He appeared in several other of Nolan 's films including The Prestige ( 2006 ) , Inception ( 2010 ) , and Interstellar ( 2014 ) . He also appeared as a supporting character in Alfonso Cuarón 's Children of Men and Pixar 's 2011 film Cars 2 . As of February 2017 , films in which he has starred have grossed over $ 3.5 billion domestically and over $ 7.8 billion worldwide . Caine is ranked as the twelfth highest grossing box office star . Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s ( the other one being Jack Nicholson ; Laurence Olivier was also nominated for an acting Academy Award in five different decades , beginning in 1939 and ending in 1978 ) . In 2000 , Caine was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema .",
"Young Americans (song). `` Young Americans '' is a single by English singer and songwriter David Bowie , released in 1975 . It is included in the album of the same name . The song was a massive breakthrough in the United States , where glam rock had never really become very popular outside the major cities . The song reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it his second biggest success there up until that point . In 2010 , the song ranked at # 486 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . In 2016 , it ranked at # 44 on Pitchfork 's list of the 200 best songs of the 1970s .",
"Eddie Redmayne. Edward John David Redmayne , ( -LSB- ` rɛdˌmeɪn -RSB- born 6 January 1982 ) is an English actor of stage and screen . Born and raised in Westminster , he studied history of art at Trinity College , Cambridge , after which he briefly dabbled with a modelling career . Redmayne began his professional acting career as a youth in West End theatre before making his screen debut in 1998 with guest appearances on television . His first film roles came in 2006 with Like Minds and The Good Shepherd , and he went on to play supporting roles in several films , including Savage Grace ( 2007 ) , Elizabeth : The Golden Age ( 2007 ) , and The Other Boleyn Girl ( 2008 ) . Redmayne also starred in the stage productions of Red ( 2009 -- 10 ) and Richard II ( 2011 -- 12 ) . The former won him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play . His film breakthrough came with the roles of Colin Clark in the biographical drama My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) and Marius Pontmercy in Tom Hooper 's musical Les Misérables ( 2012 ) . In 2014 , Redmayne portrayed English physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything , winning an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor . The following year , he played Lili Elbe , one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery , in Hooper 's The Danish Girl , which saw him nominated for Best Actor in the three aforementioned awards . In 2016 , he starred as Newt Scamander in the fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them .",
"Mr. Rice's Secret. Mr. Rice 's Secret is a Canadian family drama film recorded in 1998 and released in 2000 . It stars David Bowie as the title character , a mysterious man who leaves after death a series of clues to a 12-year-old boy with cancer , to help him appreciate life .",
"Kirsten Dunst. Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( -LSB- ˈkɪərstən -RSB- born April 30 , 1982 ) is an American actress . She made her film debut in Woody Allen 's short film Oedipus Wrecks for the anthology film New York Stories ( 1989 ) . At the age of twelve , Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) , a role for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year . After a recurring role in the third season of the NBC medical drama ER ( 1996 -- 97 ) as Charlie Chemingo and starring in films such as Wag the Dog ( 1997 ) , Small Soldiers ( 1998 ) , the 1998 English dub of Kiki 's Delivery Service ( 1989 ) , and The Virgin Suicides ( 1999 ) , Dunst began making romantic comedies and comedy-dramas , starring in Drop Dead Gorgeous ( 1999 ) , Bring It On ( 2000 ) , Get Over It and Crazy/Beautiful ( both released in 2001 ) . Dunst achieved fame for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man trilogy ( 2002 -- 07 ) . Since then , her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon ( 2004 ) , the science fiction romantic comedy-drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( 2004 ) and Cameron Crowe 's romantic tragicomedy Elizabethtown ( 2005 ) . She played the title role in Sofia Coppola 's biographical film Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) and starred in the comedy film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ) . She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier 's Melancholia ( 2011 ) . She starred in the second season of the television series Fargo in 2015 , playing the role of Peggy Blumquist , a hairdresser who gets mixed up in a war between two crime families . Her performance garnered widespread critical acclaim , leading to her winning the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress and being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . In 2001 , Dunst made her singing debut in the film Get Over It , in which she performed two songs . She also sang the jazz song `` After You 've Gone '' for the end credits of the film The Cat 's Meow ( 2001 ) .",
"Let's Dance (David Bowie album). Let 's Dance is the fifteenth studio album by David Bowie . It was originally released in April 1983 , three years after his previous album , Scary Monsters ( And Super Creeps ) . Co-produced by Chic 's Nile Rodgers , the album contains three of his most successful singles ; the title track , `` Let 's Dance '' , which reached No. 1 in the UK , US and various other countries , as well as `` Modern Love '' and `` China Girl '' , which both reached No. 2 in the UK . `` China Girl '' was a new version of a song which Bowie had co-written with Iggy Pop for the latter 's 1977 album The Idiot . It also contains a re-recorded version of the song `` Cat People ( Putting Out Fire ) '' , which had been a minor hit for Bowie a year earlier . Let 's Dance was nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 1984 but lost to Michael Jackson 's Thriller . It has sold 10.7 million copies worldwide , making it Bowie 's best-selling album . It is Bowie 's eighteenth official album release since his debut in 1967 , including two live albums , one covers album ( Pin Ups , 1973 ) , and a collaboration with the Philadelphia Orchestra ( 1977 ) . At one point Bowie described the album as `` a rediscovery of white-English-ex-art-school-student-meets-black-American-funk , a refocusing of Young Americans '' . Let 's Dance was also a stepping stone for the career of the Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan , who played on it . The album was released as a limited edition picture disc in 1983 . Critical reviews for Let 's Dance as an album have been mixed , although Rolling Stone later described it as `` the conclusion of arguably the greatest 14-year run in rock history '' . Bowie felt he had to continue to pander to the new mass audience he acquired with the album , which led to him releasing two further solo albums in 1984 and 1987 which , despite their relative commercial success , did not sell as well as Let 's Dance , were poorly received by critics at the time and subsequently dismissed by Bowie himself as his `` Phil Collins years '' . Bowie would form the hard rock and grunge-predecessor band Tin Machine in 1989 in an effort to rejuvenate himself artistically .",
"Patrick Swayze. Patrick Wayne Swayze ( -LSB- ˈsweɪziː -RSB- August 18 , 1952 -- September 14 , 2009 ) was an American actor , dancer , and singer-songwriter . Having gained fame with appearances in films during the 1980s , Swayze became popular for playing tough guys and romantic lead males , gaining him a wide fan base with female audiences , and status as a teen idol and sex symbol . He starred in films from a range of genres , including the drama The Outsiders ( 1983 ) as Darrel `` Darry '' Curtis , the oldest Curtis brother , the war film Red Dawn ( 1984 ) , the Vietnam rescue film Uncommon Valor ( 1984 ) , the classic hockey film Youngblood ( 1986 ) , post-war apocalyptic action film Steel Dawn ( 1987 ) , the romantic `` coming-of-age '' drama Dirty Dancing ( 1987 ) , the action Road House ( 1989 ) , the romantic fantasy/crime thriller Ghost ( 1990 ) , the action crime film Point Break ( 1991 ) , the comedy To Wong Foo , Thanks for Everything ! Julie Newmar ( 1995 ) , the action film Black Dog ( 1998 ) , the supernatural drama Donnie Darko ( 2001 ) , the drama Jump ! ( 2003 ) , the comedy drama `` 11:14 '' ( 2003 ) , and two ( 2 ) television series : 1985 's North and South and in 2009 , The Beast , his last acting role . During his career he received three Golden Globe Award nominations and was named by People magazine as its `` Sexiest Man Alive '' in 1991 .",
"David Bowie discography. English singer David Bowie ( born David Jones ) released 25 studio albums , 9 live albums , 51 compilation albums , 8 extended plays ( EPs ) , 128 singles , including 5 UK number one singles , and 4 soundtracks . Bowie also released 14 video albums and 72 music videos .",
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight). `` The Stars ( Are Out Tonight ) '' is a song by English musician David Bowie ; it serves as the second single from his twenty-fourth studio album The Next Day . The song 's official music video was released on 25 February 2013 and the song itself was released for digital download the following day . In the UK it joined BBC Radio 2 's Playlist in the B list in March 2013 , `` The Next Day '' was also the album on the week beginning 11 March , the week in which it was released . The song was released with `` Where Are We Now ? '' -- the album 's first single -- on a limited edition 7 '' 45 vinyl record on 20 April 2013 in celebration of Record Store Day . In December 2013 the song was nominated for a 2014 Grammy Award in the category ` Best Rock Performance ' .",
"One Direction. One Direction ( commonly abbreviated as 1D ) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London , composed of Niall Horan , Liam Payne , Harry Styles , Louis Tomlinson , and previously , Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015 . The group signed with Simon Cowell 's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition The X Factor in 2010 . Propelled to international success by social media , One Direction 's five albums , Up All Night ( 2011 ) , Take Me Home ( 2012 ) , Midnight Memories ( 2013 ) , Four ( 2014 ) , and Made in the A.M. ( 2015 ) , topped charts in most major markets , and generated hit singles including `` What Makes You Beautiful '' , `` Live While We 're Young '' , `` Best Song Ever '' , `` Story of My Life '' , and `` Drag Me Down '' . Their awards include six Brit Awards , four MTV Video Music Awards , eleven MTV Europe Music Awards , seven American Music Awards ( including Artist of the Year in 2014 and 2015 ) , and 27 Teen Choice Awards , among many others . According to Nick Gatfield , the chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment UK , One Direction represented a $ 50 million business empire by June 2012 . They were proclaimed 2012 's `` Top New Artist '' by Billboard . According to the Sunday Times Rich List , by April 2013 , they had an estimated personal combined wealth of # 25 million ( $ 41.2 m ) making them the second-wealthiest musicians in the UK under 30 years of age . In 2014 , Forbes listed them the second-highest earning celebrities under 30 , with the group earning an estimated $ 75 million from June 2013 to June 2014 . In June 2015 , Forbes listed their earnings at $ 130 million for the previous twelve months , and ranked them the fourth highest earning celebrities in the world . In 2016 Forbes ranked them the world 's second highest earning celebrities . After the release of Four , One Direction became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one . Their third album , Midnight Memories , was the biggest-selling album worldwide of 2013 despite being released in late November . The band 's Where We Are Tour in support of Midnight Memories and Four , was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014 , and the highest-grossing tour ever by a vocal group , generating $ 282 million . In 2014 , Billboard named One Direction Artist of the Year . The band is currently on a hiatus that began in January 2016 , allowing all members to pursue other projects .",
"Emma Stone. Emily Jean `` Emma '' Stone ( born November 6 , 1988 ) is an American actress . One of the world 's highest-paid actresses in 2015 , Stone has received numerous accolades , including an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award , a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards . She appeared in Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2013 and the Time 100 in 2017 , and is often described by the media as one of the most talented actresses of her generation . Born and raised in Scottsdale , Arizona , Stone began acting as a child , in a theater production of The Wind in the Willows in 2000 . As a teenager , she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother , and made her television debut in VH1 's In Search of the New Partridge Family ( 2004 ) , a reality show that produced only an unsold pilot . After small television roles , she won a Young Hollywood Award for her film debut in Superbad ( 2007 ) , and received positive media attention for her role in Zombieland ( 2009 ) . The 2010 teen comedy Easy A was Stone 's first starring role and earned her nominations for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress . This breakthrough was followed by a supporting role in the commercially successful romantic comedy Crazy , Stupid , Love ( 2011 ) , and then a co-starring role in the critically acclaimed drama The Help ( 2011 ) . Stone gained wider recognition for playing Gwen Stacy in the 2012 superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man , and its sequel in 2014 . She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of a recovering drug addict in the black comedy-drama Birdman ( 2014 ) . Her Broadway debut came in a revival of the musical Cabaret ( 2014 -- 2015 ) . Stone won an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award , and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for playing an aspiring actress in the highly successful musical film La La Land ( 2016 ) .",
"Academy Awards. The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the `` Academy Award of Merit '' , which has become commonly known by its nickname `` Oscar '' . The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953 . It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online . The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 89th Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2016 , were held on February 26 , 2017 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th .",
"David Bowie (box set). David Bowie ( often referred to as David Bowie Box or Bowie Box Set ) is a box set released by Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records . The box set includes expanded versions of all Sony-owned albums by David Bowie : Outside , Earthling , Hours , Heathen and Reality ( The three albums - Outside , Earthling , and Hours were originally issued on Virgin Records in America , but released by BMG internationally ) .",
"Christopher Plummer. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer ( born December 13 , 1929 ) is a Canadian theatre , film and television actor . After making his film debut in Stage Struck ( 1958 ) , Plummer went on to a successful film career , now spanning more than five decades . Some of his most notable film performances include : The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) , Battle of Britain ( 1969 ) , Waterloo ( 1970 ) , The Return of the Pink Panther ( 1975 ) , Murder by Decree ( 1979 ) , Dragnet ( 1987 ) , Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country ( 1991 ) , A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) , Nicholas Nickleby ( 2002 ) , National Treasure ( 2004 ) , The New World ( 2005 ) , Inside Man ( 2006 ) , Up ( 2009 ) , The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ( 2009 ) , and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( 2011 ) . In a career which includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts , Plummer is best known to film audiences as the aristocratic widower , Captain Georg von Trapp , in the musical film The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) , alongside Julie Andrews . Plummer has ventured into various television projects , including the miniseries The Thorn Birds ( 1983 ) . Plummer has notably portrayed several historical figures , including Arthur Wellesley , First Duke of Wellington in Waterloo ( 1970 ) , Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) , Mike Wallace in The Insider ( 1999 ) , and Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station ( 2009 ) . Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work , including an Academy Award , two Emmy Awards , two Tony Awards , a Golden Globe Award , a SAG Award , and a BAFTA Award . With his win at age 82 in 2012 for Beginners , Plummer is the oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award ."
] | [
6.3828125,
0.89404296875,
0.335205078125,
-4.859375,
1.9326171875,
-3.07421875,
-4.58203125,
-6.3046875,
-1.513671875,
-3.607421875,
-3.283203125,
-5.19140625,
-4.6328125,
-3.052734375,
-4.1640625,
-1.6376953125,
-4.8828125,
-2.115234375,
-4.2421875,
-4.78125,
-4.7890625,
-3.06640625,
-4.09765625,
-3.294921875,
-4.51953125,
-3.5703125,
-5.44140625,
-2.884765625,
-3.546875,
-2.79296875,
-5.6796875,
-3.33203125
] |
Neil Young is not a singer-songwriter. | [
"Neil Young. Neil Percival Young , ( born November 12 , 1945 ) , is a Canadian singer-songwriter , musician , producer , director and screenwriter . Young began performing in a group covering Shadows instrumentals in Canada in 1960 . In 1966 , after a brief stint with the Rick James-fronted Mynah Birds , he moved to Los Angeles , where he formed Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills , Richie Furay and others . Young had released two solo albums by the time he joined Crosby , Stills & Nash in 1969 , in addition to two as a member of Buffalo Springfield . From his early solo albums and those with his backing band Crazy Horse , Young has recorded a steady stream of studio and live albums , sometimes warring with his recording company along the way . Young 's often distorted electric guitar work , deeply personal lyrics and signature tenor singing voice transcend his long career . Young also plays piano and harmonica on many albums which frequently combine folk , rock , blues and other musical styles . Known to rip up live set lists , Young often plays acoustic versions of songs in one show and electric versions in others . His gritty guitar work , especially with Crazy Horse , earned him the nickname `` Godfather of Grunge '' and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam . More recently Young has been backed by Promise of the Real . Young directed ( or co-directed ) films using the pseudonym Bernard Shakey , including Journey Through the Past ( 1973 ) , Rust Never Sleeps ( 1979 ) , Human Highway ( 1982 ) , Greendale ( 2003 ) , and CSNY/D éjà Vu ( 2008 ) . He also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia ( 1993 ) and Dead Man ( 1995 ) . Young has received several Grammy and Juno awards . The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted him twice : as a solo artist in 1995 and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield . In 2000 , Rolling Stone named Young the 34th greatest rock 'n roll artist . He has lived in California since the 1960s but retains Canadian citizenship . He was awarded the Order of Manitoba on July 14 , 2006 , and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 30 , 2009 .",
"Neil Diamond. Neil Leslie Diamond ( born January 24 , 1941 ) is an American singer-songwriter , musician and actor . One of the world 's best-selling artists of all time , he has sold over 120 million records worldwide since the start of his career in the 1960s . With 38 songs in the Top 10 , he is the second most successful artist in the history of the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 10 charts . His songs have been covered internationally by many performers from a variety of musical genres . Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011 . Additionally , he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 and in 2011 was an honoree at Kennedy Center . On the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts , he has had eleven No. 1 singles : `` Cracklin ' Rosie '' , `` Song Sung Blue '' , `` Longfellow Serenade '' , `` I 've Been This Way Before '' , `` If You Know What I Mean '' , `` Desiree '' , `` You Do n't Bring Me Flowers '' , `` America '' , `` Yesterday 's Songs '' , `` Heartlight '' , and `` I 'm a Believer '' . `` Sweet Caroline '' is played frequently at sporting events , and has become an anthem for the Boston Red Sox .",
"Neil Young (album). Neil Young is the self-titled debut studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , which was his debut release as a solo artist following his departure from the band Buffalo Springfield . Released first on November 12 , 1968 , it was then partially remixed and re-released in January 1969 . In neither case did it appear on the Billboard 200 album chart .",
"Home Before Dark. Home Before Dark is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond . Released on May 5 , 2008 ; it was the artist 's second album for American Recordings . Home Before Dark received generally positive reviews from critics upon its release and topped the national albums charts in the United States , the United Kingdom , and New Zealand . It has since been accredited with album certifications in several regions . In May 2008 , at the age of 67 , Neil Diamond was the oldest performer to have a number one record . This mark was previously held by Bob Dylan in 2006 with his Modern Times album , released when he was 65 . However , Bob Dylan 's 2009 album , Together Through Life , earned Dylan that position again since Dylan released his most recent work at 67 years and 11 months unlike Diamond releasing Home Before Dark at 67 years and 3 months . The album is Diamond 's second to be produced by Rick Rubin , a producer of hip-hop and heavy metal music , who had discovered a talent for re-invigorating the careers of musicians when he produced Aerosmith and a string of albums with Johnny Cash . After Cash 's death , Diamond became the next artist to find his career given a shot in the arm , via Rubin 's production on his 2005 album 12 Songs . The album consists of original works and some remakes , and was mixed by Dana Nielsen . The orchestral parts were arranged and conducted by David Campbell",
"Moby Grape. Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s , known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music , blues , country , and jazz , together with rock and psychedelic music . They were one of the few groups of which all members were lead vocalists . The group continues to perform occasionally . Moby Grape 's success was significantly impeded by decades-long legal disputes with their former manager , Matthew Katz . Legal difficulties originated shortly after the group 's formation , when Katz insisted that an additional provision be added to his management contract , giving him ownership of the group name . At the time , various group members were indebted to Katz , who had been paying for apartments and various living costs prior to the group releasing its first album . Despite objecting , group members signed , based in part on an impression that there would be no further financial support from Katz unless they did so . Neil Young , then of Buffalo Springfield , was in the room at the time , and kept his head down , playing his guitar , and saying nothing . According to Peter Lewis , `` I think Neil knew , even then , that was the end . We had bought into this process that we should have known better than to buy into . '' The dispute with Katz became more acute after the group members ' rights to their songs , as well as their own name , were signed away in 1973 , in a settlement made without their knowledge between Katz and Moby Grape 's then manager ( and former producer ) , David Rubinson . It was also a settlement made at a time when Bob Mosley and Skip Spence were generally recognized as being legally incapacitated from the effects of schizophrenia . As described by Jeff Tamarkin , `` The Grape 's saga is one of squandered potential , absurdly misguided decisions , bad luck , blunders and excruciating heartbreak , all set to the tune of some of the greatest rock and roll ever to emerge from San Francisco . Moby Grape could have had it all , but they ended up with nothing , and less . ''",
"Neil Young (disambiguation). Neil Young ( born 1945 ) is a Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist . Neil Young may also refer to : Neil Young ( album ) , the debut album of Neil Young from 1969 Neil Young ( politician ) ( 1936 -- 2015 ) , former Canadian politician Neil Young ( judge ) , Australian judge Neil Young ( footballer , born 1944 ) ( 1944 -- 2011 ) , English football player Neil Young ( footballer , born 1973 ) , former English football player Neil Young ( footballer , born 1975 ) , former English football player Neil Young ( footballer , born 1979 ) , Australian football goalkeeper Neil Young , former Electronic Arts executive , became 2008 founder and CEO of ngmoco Young , Neil",
"Songwriter. A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers -- songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas and `` rock schools '' . A knowledge of modern music technology ( sequencers , synthesizers , computer sound editing ) , songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s . Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules . Since songwriting and publishing royalties can be substantial sources of income , particularly if a song becomes a hit record , legally , in the US , songs written after 1934 may be copied only by the authors . The legal power to grant these permissions may be bought , sold or transferred . This is governed by international copyright law . Professional songwriters can be employed to write either the lyrics or the music directly for or alongside a performing artist , or they present songs to A&R , publishers , agents and managers for consideration . Song pitching can be done on a songwriter 's behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax , the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters . Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity .",
"Prairie Wind. Prairie Wind is the twenty-seventh studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released on September 27 , 2005 . After dalliances with 1960s soul music ( Are You Passionate ? ) and rock opera ( Greendale , which spawned a Young-directed film of the same name ) , Prairie Wind featured an acoustic-based sound reminiscent of his earlier commercially successful albums Harvest and Harvest Moon . The album was in part inspired by the illness and recent death of his father , Canadian sportswriter and novelist Scott Young , and the album is dedicated in part to the elder Young . Young recorded the album in Nashville before undergoing minimally invasive surgery for an aneurysm in the spring of 2005 , and some of the songs on the album appear to be informed by Young confronting his own mortality . A premiere live performance of Prairie Wind was held in 18 -- 19 August 2005 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville . Here , Young held a two-night concert where songs from the album were performed . These concerts became the subject of a film directed by Jonathan Demme entitled Heart of Gold . Young debuted the album 's closing track , `` When God Made Me '' , at the Live 8 concert in Barrie , Ontario , Canada .",
"Living with War. Living With War , released on May 2 , 2006 , is the Grammy and Juno Award-nominated twenty-eighth studio album by the Canadian musician Neil Young . The album 's lyrics , titles , and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration ; the CTV website defined it as `` a musical critique of U.S. President George W. Bush and his conduct of the war in Iraq '' . Written and recorded over the course of only nine days in March and April 2006 , its lyrics are in line with the early 1960s albums of folk artists such as Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan , although they are set to what Young calls `` metal folk protest music '' courtesy of Young , bassist Rick Rosas , drummer Chad Cromwell and trumpet player Tommy Bray . The rhythm section of Cromwell and Rosas and Young 's `` Volume Dealers '' co-producer Niko Bolas were also at the core of Young 's 1989 album Freedom , which contained an angry criticism of Reagan-George H. W. Bush America . There are other links between the albums : Bray also performed on Freedom and Freedom '' 's hit single `` Rockin ' in the Free World '' also contained a quotation of a '' President Bush : `` a thousand points of light '' .",
"Harvest (Neil Young album). Harvest is the fourth album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released on February 1 , 1972 , on Reprise Records , catalogue MS 2032 . It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by noted guests David Crosby , Graham Nash , Linda Ronstadt , Stephen Stills , and James Taylor . It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks , and spawned two hit singles , `` Old Man '' , which peaked at # 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and `` Heart of Gold '' , which reached # 1 . It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States .",
"A Letter Home. A Letter Home is the thirty-fourth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young . It was released on April 19 , 2014 on Record Store Day by Third Man Records . The entire album , which consists of covers of classic songs by artists Bruce Springsteen , Bob Dylan , Willie Nelson , Gordon Lightfoot and others , was recorded in a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph vinyl recording booth at Jack White 's Third Man Records recording studio in Nashville , Tennessee . Of this method , White said , `` we were obfuscating beauty on purpose to get to a different place , a different mood . '' The opening spoken-word track , and other spoken lines throughout the album , were addressed to Edna `` Rassy '' Young , Neil 's mother who died in 1990 . A message on Young 's website described the album as `` an unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past recorded on ancient electro-mechanical technology captures and unleashes the essence of something that could have been gone forever '' .",
"Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Crosby , Stills & Nash ( CSN ) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash . They were known as Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young ( CSNY ) when joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young , who was an occasional fourth member . They were noted for their intricate vocal harmonies , often tumultuous interpersonal relationships , political activism , and lasting influence on US music and culture . Crosby , Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all three members were also inducted for their work in other groups ( Crosby for the Byrds , Stills for Buffalo Springfield and Nash for the Hollies ) . Neil Young has also been inducted as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield .",
"Landing on Water. Landing on Water is the fifteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young . The album was released on July 28 , 1986 , by Geffen Records . Several of the songs on the album were resurrected from Neil Young and Crazy Horse 's failed 1984 sessions - a set of sessions where , according to longtime producer David Briggs , the musicians `` played like monkeys '' . Landing on Water came after Young settled out of court with Geffen Records . Geffen sued Young for $ 3.3 million , on the grounds that Young 's mid - '80s records were non-commercial and musically uncharacteristic . Later , David Geffen would personally apologize to Young for the lawsuit and interfering with his work .",
"Singer-songwriter. Singer-songwriters are musicians who write , compose , and perform their own musical material , including lyrics and melodies . The genre began with the folk-acoustic tradition . Singer-songwriters often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song , typically using a guitar or piano .",
"Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is the second studio album by the Canadian musician Neil Young , released on Reprise Records catalogue RS 6349 . His first with his longtime backing band Crazy Horse , it peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum by the RIAA . The album is on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .",
"After the Gold Rush. After the Gold Rush is the third studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young and American rock band Crazy Horse . Released in September 1970 on Reprise Records , it is one of four high-profile albums released by each member of folk rock collective Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu . Gold Rush consists mainly of country folk music , along with the rocking `` Southern Man '' , inspired by the Dean Stockwell-Herb Bermann screenplay After the Gold Rush . After the Gold Rush peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart ; the two singles taken from the album , `` Only Love Can Break Your Heart '' and `` When You Dance I Can Really Love '' , made it to number 33 and number 93 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 . Despite a mixed initial reaction , it has since appeared on a number of `` greatest albums '' lists .",
"Neil Young discography and filmography. Neil Young 's discography and filmography contains the albums and films produced by Young . As of 2016 , most of Young 's work , both solo and group , is distributed by Warner Music Group . The only exceptions are his five albums for Geffen Records in the 1980s , which were once distributed by Warner , but are now distributed by Universal Music Group and the 2014 album A Letter Home .",
"Freedom (Neil Young album). Freedom is the eighteenth studio album by Canadian rock musician Neil Young , released on October 2 , 1989 . Freedom effectively relaunched Young 's career after a largely unsuccessful decade . After many arguments ( and a lawsuit ) , Young left Geffen Records in 1988 and returned to his original label , Reprise , with This Note 's for You . Freedom , however , brought about a new , critical and commercially successful album . This album was released in the United States as an LP record and a CD in 1989 .",
"Storytone. Storytone is the thirty-fifth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released on November 4 , 2014 on Reprise Records . The album was released in two formats : a single disc , which features orchestral and big band arrangements of the songs , and a deluxe edition which includes stripped-back recordings of the songs . Young subsequently released a third version of the album , Mixed Pages of Storytone , merging elements of both , later in the year . Storytone is the second studio album Neil Young released in 2014 , following the predominantly lo-fi release , A Letter Home .",
"Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey song). `` Young and Beautiful '' is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey used for the soundtrack to the drama film The Great Gatsby ( 2013 ) . It was released on April 23 , 2013 by Interscope Records as the lead single from the record . `` Young & Beautiful '' was co-written by Del Rey and the track 's producer , Rick Nowels ( with an uncredited assist from director Baz Luhrmann ) . Contemporary music critics lauded the single , calling it `` haunting '' and `` somber '' . Lyrically , `` Young & Beautiful '' follows a young lover 's apprehension about whether love can last . A music video , directed by Chris Sweeney and filmed by Sophie Muller , was released on May 10 , 2013 . The song was used in commercials to promote the new season of the MTV reality show Catfish . `` Young & Beautiful '' reached the top ten in Australia where it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . It was also top 10 hit on Serbian airplay chart , peaking at number 9 . In May 2013 , the song broke into the Billboard Hot 100 ; it peaked at 22 on the chart , making it Del Rey 's highest peak since `` Video Games '' peaked at 91 in 2012 . Shortly after , the song also peaked at 3 on the Hot Rock Songs chart . Del Rey and Nowels received accolades for their songwriting from various music and film awards , including nominations for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards , and Best Song at the 19th Critics ' Choice Awards . They eventually won the Best Original Song at the 18th Satellite Awards . On January 26 , 2014 , `` Young and Beautiful '' was announced as number 7 on the annual Triple J 's Hottest 100 in Australia .",
"Buffalo Springfield. Buffalo Springfield was an American-Canadian rock band , formed in Los Angeles in 1966 . Their original lineup included Stephen Stills ( guitar , keyboards , vocals ) , Dewey Martin ( drums , vocals ) , Bruce Palmer ( electric bass ) , Richie Furay ( guitar , vocals ) , and Neil Young ( guitar , harmonica , piano , vocals ) . Pioneering the folk rock genre , Buffalo Springfield , along with the Byrds , combined elements of folk and country music with British invasion influences into their early works . Their second studio album , Buffalo Springfield Again , marked their progression to psychedelia and hard rock . With a name taken from a steamroller , the group signed to Atlantic Records in 1966 and released their debut single `` Nowadays Clancy Ca n't Even Sing '' - a regional hit in Los Angeles . The following January , the group released the protest song they were most prominently known for , `` For What It 's Worth '' . After various drug-related arrests and line-up changes , the group decided to break up in 1968 . Stephen Stills went on to form the folk rock supergroup Crosby , Stills & Nash with David Crosby of the Byrds and Graham Nash of the Hollies . Neil Young had launched his successful solo career and reunited with Stills in Crosby , Stills , Nash & Young in 1969 . Furay , along with Jim Messina , went on to form the influential country-rock band Poco . The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 .",
"Peace Trail (album). Peace Trail is the 37th studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young , released on December 9 , 2016 on Reprise Records . Co-produced by Young and John Hanlon , the album was recorded at record producer Rick Rubin 's Shangri-La Studios . Described as a `` primarily acoustic '' album , Young recorded Peace Trail with drummer Jim Keltner and bass guitarist Paul Bushnell .",
"Neil Young Archives. The Neil Young Archives is a series of archival releases by singer-songwriter Neil Young which feature previously released as well as unreleased studio and live recordings . The project has been long in the making -- work began in the late 1980s . Throughout its development , Young himself has made several statements about the material included , release dates , and marketing that have proven false as the project is expanded upon to accommodate new releases or other relevant material . Young has said that there will be five volumes covering approximately 50 years . The archives are divided into several series . The main part is a series of box sets covering separate periods of the artist 's career . The Performance Series consists of individual releases of live material . Finally , there is the Special Edition series which will consist of previously unreleased albums . These different series also overlap ; since , for example , two volumes of the Performance Series are included on the first Archives box set release , but are also sold separately .",
"Rust Never Sleeps. Rust Never Sleeps is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young and American band Crazy Horse . It was released on July 2 , 1979 , by Reprise Records . Most of the album was recorded live , then overdubbed in the studio . Young used the phrase `` rust never sleeps '' as a concept for his tour with Crazy Horse to avoid artistic complacency and try more progressive , theatrical approaches to performing live .",
"Fork in the Road. Fork in the Road is the thirtieth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released April 7 , 2009 , on Reprise Records . The album was released on vinyl on July 26 , 2009 . The album was inspired by Young 's Lincoln Continental that had been retooled to run entirely on alternative energy , and Young 's background with the Lincvolt project he has been working on alongside mechanic Jonathan Goodwin . The project has been to develop a viable electric energy power system for automobiles . Young 's own 1959 Lincoln Continental will serve as their completed prototype . A documentary produced by Larry Johnson followed the electric car in its first long-distance trip to Washington , DC . In November 2010 the car started a fire which caused over a million dollars of damage to a warehouse and possessions of Young stored there . Young blamed the fire on human error and said he and his team were committed to rebuilding the car . `` The wall charging system was not completely tested and had never been left unattended . A mistake was made . It was not the fault of the car '' , he said . Young 's vocal performance on `` Fork in the Road '' was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance at the 52nd Grammy Awards , 2010 .",
"Decade (Neil Young album). Decade is a compilation by Neil Young , originally released in 1977 as a triple album , now available on two compact discs . It contains 35 of Young 's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976 , among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point . It peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart , and was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1986 .",
"Le Noise. Le Noise is the thirty-first studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released on September 28 , 2010 . The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Daniel Lanois , hence the titular pun ( although `` Lanois '' is pronounced `` Lan-wha '' ) . Lanois stated in an interview with Rolling Stone that `` We cut a couple of solo acoustic songs , but the rest is very electric '' and `` There 's no band , but I got in there with my sonics . '' On August 20 , Young posted to Facebook the release date for different formats ( including BD and an app for iPhone and iPad ) and revealed that it would be a solo album . A music video for the track `` Angry World '' was premiered on September 14 , 2010 . A music video for `` Hitchhiker '' was also premiered on September 17 , 2010 . The video for `` Love And War '' was released on September 20 , 2010 and the video for `` Walk With Me '' on September 22 , 2010 . The track `` Angry World '' won a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance .",
"Shania Twain. Shania Twain , OC ( -LSB- ʃəˈnaɪ.ə _ ˈtweɪn -RSB- born Eilleen Regina Edwards ; August 28 , 1965 ) is a Canadian singer and songwriter . Twain has sold over 85 million records , making her the best-selling female artist in the history of country music and one of the best-selling music artists of all time . Her success garnered her several honorific titles including the `` Queen of Country Pop '' . Twain 's second album , 1995 's The Woman in Me , brought her widespread success selling 20 million copies worldwide , spawning hits such as `` Any Man of Mine '' and earning her a Grammy Award . Twain 's third album , Come On Over , became the best-selling studio album of all time by a female act in any genre and the best-selling country album , selling around 40 million copies worldwide . Come On Over produced several singles , including `` You 're Still the One '' , `` From This Moment On '' and `` Man ! I Feel Like a Woman ! '' , and earned Twain four Grammy Awards . Her fourth and latest studio album , Up ! , was released in 2002 and , like her previous two albums , was also certified Diamond in the U.S. , spawning hits like `` I 'm Gon na Getcha Good ! '' and `` Forever and for Always '' . Twain has received five Grammy Awards , 27 BMI Songwriter awards , stars on Canada 's Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame , and an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame . She is the only female artist in history to have three consecutive albums certified Diamond by the RIAA . Altogether , Twain is ranked as the 10th best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era . In 2004 , Twain retired from performing and retreated to her home in Switzerland . In her 2011 autobiography , she cited a weakening singing voice as the reason for not performing publicly . When both her singing and speaking were affected , Twain consulted the Vanderbilt Dayani Center in Nashville . Specialists discovered lesions on her vocal cords and diagnosed her with dysphonia , all treatable with careful rehabilitation . In 2012 , Twain returned to the concert stage in her critically acclaimed show Still the One , exclusively at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace . In 2015 , Twain returned to the road for what she has billed as her farewell tour . The Rock This Country tour kicked off on June 5 , 2015 in Seattle , Washington and originally concluded in Fresno , California on August 23 but was extended to include additional dates and ended October 27 , 2015 in Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada .",
"Greendale (album). Greendale is the twenty-sixth studio album by Neil Young . Young and Crazy Horse 's Greendale , a 10-song rock opera , is set in a fictional California seaside town . Based on the saga of the Green family , the `` audio novel '' has been compared to the literary classics of Thornton Wilder 's Our Town and Sherwood Anderson 's Winesburg , Ohio for its complexity and emotional depth in exploring a small town in America . Greendale combines numerous themes on corruption , environmentalism and mass media consolidation . The album , concert , film and DVDs have produced a vast divergence of critical opinion ranging from being called `` amateur '' to being voted as one of the best albums of 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine music critics . The CD was originally released with a DVD of live `` Neil-only '' acoustic performance of the Greendale material from Vicar Street , Dublin , Ireland . The performance has since been made available as a stand-alone live album on digital download and streaming services such as iTunes and Amazon . In 2004 , the CD was released with a new DVD containing `` Inside Greendale , '' a documentary featuring in-studio performances of the album being recorded . A DVD-Audio version and box set vinyl LP version were also released , with both Advanced Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound mixes , and a video of `` Devil 's Sidewalk '' from the film . In late 2004 , the feature length DVD with actors lip-synching the material was released . Greendale was the last Neil Young album to feature Crazy Horse until 2012 's Americana , and his ninth with that band .",
"Ragged Glory. Ragged Glory is the nineteenth studio album by Canadian rock singer-songwriter Neil Young , and his sixth album with the band Crazy Horse . It was released by Reprise Records on September 9 , 1990 .",
"Taylor Swift. Taylor Alison Swift ( born December 13 , 1989 ) is an American singer-songwriter . One of the most popular contemporary female recording artists , she is known for narrative songs about her personal life , which has received much media attention . Born and raised in Pennsylvania , Swift moved to Nashville , Tennessee at age 14 to pursue a career in country music . She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house . Her eponymous debut album in 2006 peaked at number five on Billboard 200 and spent the most weeks on the chart in the 2000s . The album 's third single , `` Our Song '' , made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart . Swift 's second album , Fearless , was released in 2008 . Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles `` Love Story '' and `` You Belong with Me '' , Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States . The album won four Grammy Awards , with Swift becoming the youngest Album of the Year winner . Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album , Speak Now . It debuted at number one in the United States and the single `` Mean '' won two Grammy Awards . Her fourth album , Red ( 2012 ) , yielded the successful singles `` We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together '' and `` I Knew You Were Trouble '' . With her fifth album , the pop-focused 1989 ( 2014 ) , she became the first act to have three albums sell a million copies within one week in the United States . Its singles `` Shake It Off '' , `` Blank Space '' , and `` Bad Blood '' reached number one in the US , Australia , and Canada . The album received three Grammy Awards , and Swift became the first woman and fifth act overall to win Album of the Year twice . The 2015 eponymous concert tour for 1989 became one of highest-grossing of the decade . As a songwriter , Swift has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame . She is also the recipient of ten Grammy Awards , five Guinness World Records , one Emmy Award , 21 Billboard Music Awards , 11 Country Music Association Awards , eight Academy of Country Music Awards , and one Brit Award . Swift is one of the best-selling artists of all time , having sold more than 40 million albums -- including 27.1 million in the US -- and 130 million single downloads . She has appeared in Time 100 most influential people in the world ( 2010 and 2015 ) , Forbes top-earning women in music ( 2011 -- 2015 ) , Forbes 100 most powerful women ( 2015 ) , and Forbes Celebrity 100 ( 2016 ) . She was the youngest woman to be included in the third of these and ranked first in Celebrity 100 .",
"Silver & Gold (Neil Young album). Silver & Gold is the twenty-fourth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young , released on April 25 , 2000 . Many of these songs were written in the late 1990s , though the song `` Silver & Gold , '' which by his own estimation , he had been trying to get `` the take '' for around ten years , was written in 1981 . The album was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year -- Solo at the 2001 Juno Awards . The album art is a photo taken by Neil 's daughter Amber with the Game Boy Camera . The U.S. release uses HDCD encoding ."
] | [
3.205078125,
0.322509765625,
-0.205810546875,
-4.29296875,
-1.5673828125,
1.8681640625,
-4.38671875,
-2.076171875,
-2.474609375,
-2.11328125,
-1.7861328125,
0.755859375,
-1.83984375,
-2.263671875,
-2.640625,
-2.298828125,
-3.083984375,
-2.205078125,
-1.904296875,
-5.890625,
-2.716796875,
-1.0458984375,
-0.68701171875,
-0.92626953125,
-2.181640625,
-3.6796875,
-1.970703125,
-3.814453125,
-2.5078125,
-1.4873046875,
-1.546875,
-2.09765625
] |
Jeff Goldblum starred in a film. | [
"Jeff Goldblum. Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum ( -LSB- ˈɡoʊldbluːm -RSB- born October 22 , 1952 ) is an American actor who has received nominations for an Oscar , an Emmy , a Genie and a Drama Desk Award throughout his career and is best known for starring in the highest-grossing films of his era , Jurassic Park ( 1993 ) and Independence Day ( 1996 ) , as well as their respective sequels , The Lost World : Jurassic Park ( 1997 ) , Independence Day : Resurgence ( 2016 ) , and Jurassic World 2 ( 2018 ) . Goldblum starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1978 ) , The Big Chill ( 1983 ) and Into the Night ( 1985 ) before coming to the attention of wider audiences in David Cronenberg 's The Fly ( 1986 ) which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor . His other films include The Tall Guy ( 1989 ) , Deep Cover ( 1992 ) , Powder ( 1995 ) , The Prince of Egypt ( 1998 ) , Cats & Dogs ( 2001 ) , Igby Goes Down ( 2002 ) , The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ( 2004 ) , Adam Resurrected ( 2008 ) , Le Week-End ( 2013 ) and The Grand Budapest Hotel ( 2014 ) . He has been cast as Grandmaster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor : Ragnarok . He also starred in several TV series including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order : Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols .",
"Mad Dog Time. Mad Dog Time , also known as Trigger Happy , is a 1996 American ensemble cast crime comedy film written and directed by Larry Bishop and starring Jeff Goldblum , Richard Dreyfuss , Gabriel Byrne , Ellen Barkin , Diane Lane and Gregory Hines . The film is notable for the various cameo appearances , including the first , and final film appearance by Christopher Jones in over a quarter-century .",
"Gold (2016 film). Gold is a 2016 American crime adventure film directed by Stephen Gaghan and written by Patrick Massett and John Zinman . The film stars Matthew McConaughey , Édgar Ramírez , Bryce Dallas Howard , Corey Stoll , Toby Kebbell , Craig T. Nelson , Stacy Keach and Bruce Greenwood . The film is loosely based on the true story of the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal , when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in the jungles of Indonesia ; however , for legal reasons and to enhance the appeal of the film , character names and story details were changed . Principal photography began on June 29 , 2015 , in New York City , New Mexico and Thailand . The film had a limited release in the United States on December 30 , 2016 , before going wide on January 27 , 2017 . The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song .",
"Pittsburgh (2006 film). Pittsburgh is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film that follows American actor Jeff Goldblum as he attempts to secure a green card for his Canadian actor/singer/dancer girlfriend Catherine Wreford by appearing with her as the leads in a summer regional theatre production of The Music Man in Goldblum 's hometown of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The film features numerous other famous personalities portraying themselves , including Ed Begley , Jr. ( who had worked with Goldblum on Transylvania 6-5000 ) , Illeana Douglas ( who directed Goldblum in her own film Supermarket ) , Moby ( as Douglas 's boyfriend ) , Conan O'Brien and Craig Kilborn ( hosting Goldblum on their respective shows ) , Alanis Morissette , and Tom Cavanagh . Though some of the primary events of the story took place ( for example , Goldblum did perform The Music Man with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera at the Benedum Center , though that performance was staged solely for the film ) `` Pittsburgh '' was , with a few improvisational flourishes , totally scripted . Many of the deleted scenes included on the DVD release of the film are far more overtly comic than those the filmmakers chose to include in the finished product and make the fictional nature of the project more obvious .",
"Hideaway (film). Hideaway is a 1995 American horror film directed by Brett Leonard . It is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz , and stars Jeff Goldblum , Alicia Silverstone , Christine Lahti , Jeremy Sisto , and Rae Dawn Chong . In the film , Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident , only to be revived two hours later . After being revived , he experiences frightening visions . He begins to understand that he has become psychically connected to a serial killer , and that by cutting himself , he can actually induce the visions and see through the killer 's eyes . Unfortunately , the vision works both ways , and the killer can also see through his eyes . Birmingham band Godflesh make a cameo appearance during one of the film 's scenes .",
"Jeff Bridges. Jeffrey Leon Bridges ( born December 4 , 1949 ) is an American actor , singer , and producer . He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt ( 1958 -- 60 ) , with his father , Lloyd Bridges and brother , Beau Bridges . He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis `` Bad '' Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart , and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show ( 1971 ) , Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ( 1974 ) , Starman ( 1984 ) , The Contender ( 2000 ) , True Grit ( 2010 ) , and Hell or High Water ( 2016 ) . His other films include Tron ( 1982 ) , Jagged Edge ( 1985 ) , The Fabulous Baker Boys ( 1989 ) , The Fisher King ( 1991 ) , Fearless ( 1993 ) , The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) , Seabiscuit ( 2003 ) , Iron Man ( 2008 ) , Tron : Legacy ( 2010 ) , and The Giver ( 2014 ) .",
"Velvet Goldmine. Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 British-American drama film directed and co-written by Todd Haynes set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s ; it tells the story of the fictional pop star Brian Slade . Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design . The film utilizes a non-linear structure to interweave the vignettes of the various characters .",
"Gold (1974 film). Gold is a 1974 thriller film starring Roger Moore and Susannah York and directed by Peter R. Hunt . It was based on the 1970 novel Gold Mine by Wilbur Smith . Moore plays Rodney `` Rod '' Slater , General Manager of a South African gold mine , who is instructed by his boss Steyner ( Bradford Dillman ) to break through an underground dike into what he is told is a rich seam of gold . Meanwhile , he falls in love with Steyner 's wife Terry , played by York . In the United States , the film was only released as part of a double bill .",
"Mortdecai (film). Mortdecai is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson . The film is adapted from the novel series Mortdecai ( specifically its first installment Do n't Point that Thing at Me ) written by Kyril Bonfiglioli . It stars Johnny Depp in the title role and also features Gwyneth Paltrow , Ewan McGregor , Olivia Munn , Paul Bettany and Jeff Goldblum . Released by Lionsgate on January 23 , 2015 , Mortdecai was a box office bomb , grossing $ 47 million against its $ 60 million budget , and received overwhelmingly negative reviews .",
"The Fly (1986 film). The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg . Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox , the film stars Jeff Goldblum , Geena Davis and John Getz . Loosely based on George Langelaan 's 1957 short story of the same name , the film tells of an eccentric scientist who , after one of his experiments goes wrong , slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature . The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas , along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis . The film was released on August 15 , 1986 to massive acclaim by critics and audiences , with praise mainly regarding the special effects and Goldblum 's performance . It grossed $ 60.6 million at the box office against its nine-million-dollar budget , becoming the largest commercial success of Cronenberg 's career . Walas and Dupuis ' work on the film resulted in their winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup , the only film directed by Cronenberg to win an Oscar . A sequel , directed by Walas himself , was released in 1989 .",
"Blue Sunshine (film). Blue Sunshine is a 1978 American horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman and starring Zalman King , Deborah Winters , and Mark Goddard . The plot focuses on a series of random murders in Los Angeles , in which the only common link between the perpetrators is a mysterious strain of LSD that they had all taken years prior . Over the years , the film attracted a cult following , and was released on special edition DVD by Synapse Entertainment in 2003 .",
"Bad Company (1972 film). Bad Company is a 1972 American Western film directed by Robert Benton , who also co-wrote the film with David Newman . It stars Barry Brown and Jeff Bridges as two of a group of young men who flee the draft during the American Civil War to seek their fortune and freedom on the unforgiving American frontier . This acid western attempts in many ways to demythologize the American West in its portrayal of young men forced by circumstance and drawn by romanticized accounts to forge new lives for themselves on the wrong side of the law . Their initial eagerness to be outlaws soon abates , however , when the boys are confronted with the realities of preying on others in a nation ravaged by war and exploitation . The film is often credited with inspiring the name of the classic rock band of the seventies Bad Company .",
"Live Free or Die (2006 film). Live Free or Die is a 2006 American comedy film starring Aaron Stanford , Paul Schneider , Zooey Deschanel , Michael Rapaport , Judah Friedlander , Kevin Dunn , and Ebon Moss-Bachrach . It was written and directed by former Seinfeld writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin .",
"A Dog Year. A Dog Year is a 2009 American made-for-television comedy-drama film written and directed by first-time director George LaVoo and starring Jeff Bridges . It was originally broadcast on HBO on September 3 , 2009 . The film is based on the memoir by Jon Katz and adapted by LaVoo . The story centers on a man experiencing a midlife crisis whose world is turned upside down when he adopts a border collie crazier than he is .",
"Holy Man. Holy Man is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek , written by Tom Schulman , and starring Eddie Murphy , Jeff Goldblum , Kelly Preston , Robert Loggia , Jon Cryer , and Eric McCormack . The film was a critical and commercial failure .",
"Adam Resurrected. Adam Resurrected ( אדם בן כלב , translit . Adam Ben Kelev ) is a 2008 American-German-Israeli film , directed by Paul Schrader and adapted from Yoram Kaniuk 's novel of the same name published in Israel in 1968 ( the book 's original name literally means `` Man , son of a dog '' ) . Jeff Goldblum stars as the title character , alongside Willem Dafoe , Derek Jacobi and Ayelet Zurer . Several major German stars , including Moritz Bleibtreu , Veronica Ferres , Juliane Köhler and Joachim Król , play supporting roles .",
"Johnny Depp. John Christopher Depp II ( born June 9 , 1963 ) is an American actor , producer , and musician . He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor . He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street , becoming a teen idol . Depp has taken on the task of challenging himself to portray `` larger-than-life '' roles , starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone 's Vietnam War film Platoon in 1986 , then playing the title character in the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands ( 1990 ) . He later found box office success in the fantasy adventure film Sleepy Hollow ( 1999 ) , the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl ( 2003 ) and its sequels , the fantasy film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( 2005 ) , the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland ( 2010 ) and voicing the title character in the animated action comedy western Rango ( 2011 ) . He has collaborated on nine films with director , producer and friend Tim Burton . Depp is regarded as one of the world 's biggest film stars . He has gained worldwide critical acclaim for his portrayals of such people as screenwriter-director Ed Wood in Ed Wood , undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco , `` gonzo '' journalist Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , cocaine kingpin George Jung in Blow , author J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland , the Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann 's Public Enemies , and the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass. . Films featuring Depp have grossed over $ 3.2 billion at the United States box office and over $ 8 billion worldwide . His most commercially successful films are the Pirates of the Caribbean films , which have grossed $ 3 billion , Alice in Wonderland , which grossed $ 1 billion , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , which grossed $ 474 million , and The Tourist , which grossed $ 278 million . Depp has been nominated for major acting awards , including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor . Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The Curse of the Black Pearl . He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor , with earnings of $ 75 million . Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015 .",
"The Big Lebowski. The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American crime comedy film written , produced , and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen . It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey `` The Dude '' Lebowski , a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler . He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity , after which The Dude learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski was the intended victim . The millionaire Lebowski 's trophy wife is kidnapped , and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release ; but the plan goes awry when the Dude 's friend Walter Sobchak ( John Goodman ) schemes to keep the ransom money . Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi also star , with David Huddleston , John Turturro , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Sam Elliott , Tara Reid , David Thewlis and Flea appearing in supporting roles . The film is loosely inspired by the work of Raymond Chandler . Joel Coen stated : `` We wanted to do a Chandler kind of story -- how it moves episodically , and deals with the characters trying to unravel a mystery , as well as having a hopelessly complex plot that 's ultimately unimportant . '' The original score was composed by Carter Burwell , a longtime collaborator of the Coen brothers . The Big Lebowski was a disappointment at the U.S. box office and received mixed reviews at the time of its release . Over time , however , reviews have become largely positive , and the film has become a cult favorite , noted for its idiosyncratic characters , dream sequences , unconventional dialogue , and eclectic soundtrack . In 2014 , the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress , being deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . A spin-off based on Turturro 's character , titled Going Places , is currently filming , with Turturro also acting as writer and director .",
"Jeffrey D. Brown. Jeffrey D. Brown is an American film/television director film producer and screenwriter . He is best known for the directing , producing and writing the short film Molly 's Pilgrim for which he won an Academy Award in 1986 for Academy Award for Live Action Short Film . His other directing credits are the television series The Wonder Years , L.A. Law , Hooperman , Freshman Dorm , Baby Boom and an episode of CBS Schoolbreak Special . Brown has also produced and co-wrote the films Pontiac Moon ( 1994 ) starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen and Dream with the Fishes ( 1997 ) , both in collaboration with Finn Taylor . He directed the narrative feature film Sold ( 2014 ) based on Patricia McCormick 's novel Sold .",
"500 Days of Summer. 500 Days of Summer ( stylized as ( 500 ) Days of Summer ) is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber , and produced by Mark Waters . The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel , and employs a nonlinear narrative structure , with the story based upon its male protagonist and his memories of a failed relationship . As an independent production , the film was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures and premiered at the 25th Sundance Film Festival . It garnered favorable reviews and became a successful `` sleeper hit '' , earning over $ 60 million in worldwide returns , far exceeding its $ 7.5 million budget . Many critics lauded the film as one of the best from 2009 and drew comparisons to other acclaimed films such as Annie Hall ( 1977 ) and High Fidelity ( 2000 ) . The film received Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay awards at the 14th Satellite Awards and 25th Independent Spirit Awards , respectively , as well as two nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards : Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy and Best Actor -- Musical or Comedy ( Gordon-Levitt ) .",
"Treasure Planet. Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 27 , 2002 . It is the 43rd Disney animated feature film . The film is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson 's adventure novel Treasure Island and was the first film to be released simultaneously in regular and IMAX theaters . The film employs a novel technique of hand-drawn 2D traditional animation set atop 3D computer animation . The film was co-written , co-produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker , who had pitched the concept for the film at the same time that they pitched Disney 's other animated feature The Little Mermaid ( 1989 ) , the film is also an animated remake of the 1987 Italian mini-series Treasure Island in Outer Space . Treasure Planet features the voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Brian Murray , David Hyde Pierce , Martin Short , Roscoe Lee Browne , Emma Thompson , Laurie Metcalf , and Patrick McGoohan ( in his final film role ) . The musical score was composed by James Newton Howard , while the songs were written and performed by John Rzeznik . Despite positive critical reception , the film bombed in the United States box office , costing $ 140 million to create while earning $ 38 million in the United States and Canada and just shy of $ 110 million worldwide . It was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature .",
"Iron Man (2008 film). Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures . It is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The film was directed by Jon Favreau , with a screenplay by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway . It stars Robert Downey Jr. , Terrence Howard , Jeff Bridges , Shaun Toub and Gwyneth Paltrow . In Iron Man , Tony Stark , an industrialist and master engineer , builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero Iron Man . The film had been in development since 1990 at Universal Pictures , 20th Century Fox , or New Line Cinema at various times , before Marvel Studios reacquired the rights in 2006 . Marvel put the project in production as its first self-financed film , with Paramount Pictures as its distributor . Favreau signed on as director , aiming for a naturalistic feel , and he chose to shoot the film primarily in California , rejecting the East Coast setting of the comics to differentiate the film from numerous superhero films set in New York City-esque environments . Filming began in March 2007 and concluded in June . During filming , the actors were free to create their own dialogue because pre-production was focused on the story and action . Rubber and metal versions of the armors , created by Stan Winston 's company , were mixed with computer-generated imagery to create the title character . Iron Man premiered in Sydney on April 14 , 2008 , and was released in theaters on May 2 , 2008 . The film was a critical and commercial success , grossing over $ 585 million and garnering widespread critical acclaim . Downey 's performance as Tony Stark was particularly praised . The American Film Institute selected the film as one of the ten best of the year . It was also nominated for two Academy Awards for the Best Sound Editing and the Best Visual Effects . Two sequels , Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3 , were released on May 7 , 2010 , and May 3 , 2013 , respectively .",
"Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Miniseries or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year . The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30 , 1982 to Jane Seymour for her role on East of Eden . Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress -- Television Series Drama category before the creation of this category . Since its inception , the award has been given to 33 actresses . Sarah Paulson is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Marcia Clark on The People v. O. J. Simpson : American Crime Story . Ann-Margret , Judy Davis and Helen Mirren have won the most awards in this category , winning two times . Jessica Lange and Mirren have each been nominated for the award on seven occasions , the most within the category .",
"Crazy Heart. Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film , written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb . Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal . Other supporting roles are played by Colin Farrell , Robert Duvall , and child actor Jack Nation . Bridges , Farrell , and Duvall also sing in the film . The novel on which the film was based was inspired by country singer Hank Thompson . Bridges earned the 2009 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film . Filming took place during 2008 in New Mexico ( Albuquerque , Española , Galisteo , Santa Fe ) , in Houston , Texas , and in Los Angeles , California . Original music for the film was composed by T Bone Burnett , Stephen Bruton , Ryan Bingham and others . Bingham and Burnett received the 2009 Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing `` The Weary Kind '' , which Bingham also performed . The film was produced for $ 7 million by Country Music Television , and was originally acquired by Paramount Vantage for a direct-to-video release , but was later purchased for theatrical distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures . It opened in limited release in the U.S. on December 16 , 2009 . From its meager budget it amassed domestic earnings of $ 39.5 million plus $ 7.9 international for worldwide total of $ 47.4 million .",
"Blue Movie. Blue Movie ( stylized as blue movie ; also known as Fuck ) is a 1969 American film written , produced , and directed by Andy Warhol . Blue Movie , the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States , is a seminal film in the Golden Age of Porn and helped inaugurate the `` porno chic '' phenomenon in modern American culture . Further , according to Warhol , Blue Movie was a major influence in the making of Last Tango in Paris , an internationally controversial erotic drama film , starring Marlon Brando , and released a few years after Blue Movie was made . Viva and Louis Waldon , playing themselves , starred in Blue Movie .",
"Terms of Endearment. Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American comedy-drama film adapted from Larry McMurtry 's eponymous 1975 novel , directed , written , and produced by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine , Debra Winger , Jack Nicholson , Danny DeVito , Jeff Daniels , and John Lithgow . The film covers 30 years of the relationship between Aurora Greenway ( MacLaine ) and her daughter Emma ( Winger ) . The film received eleven Academy Award nominations and won five . Brooks won the Academy Awards for Best Picture , Best Director , and Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) while MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Nicholson won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . In addition , it won four Golden Globes : Best Motion Picture -- Drama , Best Actress in a Drama ( MacLaine ) , Best Supporting Actor ( Nicholson ) , and Best Screenplay ( Brooks ) .",
"Jeff Levy-Hinte. Jeff Levy-Hinte ( a.k.a. Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte ) is an American film producer . He serves as the President of Antidote International Films ( also known as Antidote Films ) , Inc. based in New York City . He produced The Kids Are All Right , co-written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko , which won the 68th Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture , Comedy or Musical , and Best Performance by an Actress for Annette Bening .",
"Jeff (film). Jeff ( also called The Jeffrey Dahmer Files ) is an independent documentary film about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest . The film was directed by Chris James Thompson and stars Andrew Swant as Dahmer in fictionalized re-enactment segments which are interwoven with interviews of the medical examiner assigned to the case ( Jeffrey Jentzen ) , the lead detective ( Pat Kennedy ) , and Dahmer 's next door neighbor ( Pamela Bass ) . The film premiered at the 2012 SXSW film festival where it received positive reviews and obtained sales representation from Josh Braun at Submarine Entertainment . The film also played at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto , the Independent Film Festival of Boston , and the Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore . The documentary was picked up by IFC Films who re-titled it The Jeffrey Dahmer Files . Jonathan Sehring , President of Sundance Selects/IFC Films , said : `` Chris James Thompson has made one of the creepiest documentaries of the year that lingers in the mind long after the film has ended . He 's approached the well-known subject of Jeffrey Dahmer in a new and inventive way that managed to completely unnerve us . '' The film was released theatrically and on Video On Demand through IFC on February 15 , 2013 , followed by a DVD release . The film was later released through Netflix , Hulu , Amazon , and Google Play . Jeff was shot in Milwaukee , Wisconsin on Super 16 mm film over the course of three years . It was executive produced by Chris Smith ( director of American Movie ) , Barry Poltermann , and Jack Turner . Chris Smith (filmmaker)",
"Mister Frost. Mister Frost is a 1990 supernatural thriller film starring Jeff Goldblum and directed by French filmmaker Philippe Setbon , who also co-wrote the screenplay with Derry Hall , Brad Lynch and Louise Vincent . It co-starred Kathy Baker and Alan Bates .",
"Into the Night (film). Into the Night is a 1985 American comedy-thriller film directed by John Landis , starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer . The film is notable for a large number of cameo appearances made by various filmmakers and directors , including Landis himself . The soundtrack features the songs `` Into the Night '' , `` In the Midnight Hour '' and `` Lucille '' , performed by B.B. King . While making this picture , director Landis was still caught up in the controversy and legalities surrounding his previous release , Twilight Zone : The Movie ( 1983 ) , during the filming of which a helicopter accident led to the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two child actors .",
"Blumhouse Productions. Blumhouse Productions is an American film and television production company , founded by Jason Blum . Blumhouse is mostly known for producing low-budget horror films , such as Paranormal Activity , Insidious , The Purge , Sinister , Split and Get Out . In 2014 , Blumhouse produced the Academy Award -- nominated drama film Whiplash , for which Blum was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture . The company currently has a 10-year first-look deal with the studio Universal Pictures .",
"Stay Hungry. Stay Hungry is a 1976 American comedy-drama film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines ( adapted from his 1972 novel of the same name ) . The story centers on a young Birmingham , Alabama , scion , played by Jeff Bridges , who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal . In order to close the deal , he needs to buy a gym building to complete a multi-parcel lot . When he visits the gym , however , he finds himself romantically interested in the receptionist ( Sally Field ) and drawn to the carefree lifestyle of the Austrian body builder `` Joe Santo '' ( Arnold Schwarzenegger ) who is training there for the Mr. Universe competition . Roger Callard , one of the top bodybuilders of that era , was quoted in a 1983 bodybuilding magazine regarding an event he experienced during the making of the film . `` The director was screaming over his megaphone , ` Please do not touch the bodybuilders ! ' People were rushing us , even scratching us ! '' Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for `` Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture '' for his portrayal of Joe Santo in Stay Hungry . Technically , it was not his debut role , since he had played Hercules ( as `` Arnold Strong '' ) in the 1969 film Hercules in New York and a hitman in Robert Altman 's 1973 film The Long Goodbye . It was , however , the first time his voice had been heard on film as Hercules was dubbed and the hitman character was deaf and mute ."
] | [
9.71875,
5.5625,
-3.1328125,
4.96875,
6.15625,
-5.74609375,
-2.93359375,
-4.5390625,
4.296875,
6.37890625,
-5.15625,
-3.529296875,
-4.96484375,
-4.30078125,
4.109375,
6.92578125,
-4.41796875,
-3.06640625,
-5.48046875,
-2.974609375,
-2.630859375,
-2.884765625,
-4.7890625,
-3.5078125,
-3.220703125,
-4.0078125,
-6.35546875,
-5.04296875,
6.5390625,
5.84765625,
-4.296875,
-3.716796875
] |
Sarah Michelle Gellar was in a movie. | [
"Sarah Michelle Gellar. Sarah Michelle Prinze ( née Gellar ; born April 14 , 1977 ) is an American actress , producer , and entrepreneur . After being spotted by an agent at the age of four in New York City , she made her acting debut in the made-for-TV movie An Invasion of Privacy ( 1983 ) . Gellar went on to appear in numerous television series and commercials . Her first leading part was in the 1992 miniseries Swans Crossing , for which she was nominated for two Young Artist Awards , and her television breakthrough came in 1993 , when she originated the role of Kendall Hart on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children , winning the 1995 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series . Gellar received widespread recognition for her portrayal of Buffy Summers on the WB series Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997 -- 2003 ) , which earned her five Teen Choice Awards , a Saturn Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination . The character was widely popular during the airing of the show and became recognized as one of the 100 greatest female characters in U.S. television . Gellar also gained significant attention for her appearances in the slasher movies I Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1997 ) and Scream 2 ( 1997 ) , and for her portrayal of Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions ( 1999 ) . She appeared as Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo ( 2002 ) , her biggest live action commercial success . In 2004 , Gellar reprised her role as Daphne in the sequel Scooby-Doo 2 : Monsters Unleashed and portrayed Karen Davis in the horror remake The Grudge , both of which grossed more than US$ 180 million worldwide . She subsequently appeared in smaller scale movies such as The Return ( 2006 ) and Southland Tales ( 2007 ) , and provided her voice for TMNT ( 2007 ) . Her later film credits include The Air I Breathe ( 2008 ) , Possession ( 2009 ) and Veronika Decides to Die ( 2009 ) . She headlined the short lived television series Ringer ( 2011 -- 2012 ) and The Crazy Ones ( 2013 -- 2014 ) , which co-starred Robin Williams . In October 2015 , Gellar co-founded Foodstirs , a food crafting brand and e-commerce startup selling baking kits for children .",
"Cruel Intentions. Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American romantic teen drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar , Ryan Phillippe , Reese Witherspoon , and Selma Blair . The film is an adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses , written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos in 1782 , but set among wealthy teenagers attending high school in modern New York City instead of 18th century France . The film started as an independent film with a small budget , and was later picked up by Columbia Pictures . It was released on March 5 , 1999 to mixed critical reviews , but was a box office success , earning $ 75 million worldwide . It was followed by two direct-to-video films : a prequel , Cruel Intentions 2 , and a sequel , Cruel Intentions 3 . In early 2016 , it was announced Cruel Intentions could receive a television series spin-off with Gellar set to reprise her role as Kathryn , as NBC ordered a pilot to a follow-up TV series , but the series was not picked up . On October 31 , 2016 , NBC announced that it had passed on the project , but Sony Pictures Television announced it was shopping the pilot with other networks .",
"I Know What You Did Last Summer. I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American slasher film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Jim Gillespie . The film is loosely based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan . The film also draws inspiration from the urban legend known as The Hook . The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt , Sarah Michelle Gellar , Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze , Jr. , with Anne Heche , Bridgette Wilson , and Johnny Galecki appearing in supporting roles . I Know What You Did Last Summer centers on four friends who are being stalked by a killer , one year after covering up a car accident in which they were involved . The film was directed by Jim Gillespie , from a screenplay written by Kevin Williamson , writer of Scream . I Know What You Did Last Summer received mixed reviews from critics , but was commercially successful , grossing over $ 125 million at the box office . It was also nominated for and won multiple awards . As a result , the film has been parodied and referenced in popular culture . The film was followed by two sequels , I Still Know What You Did Last Summer ( 1998 ) and the straight-to-DVD release I 'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer ( 2006 ) . Though the former film sees a continuation of the plotline established in its predecessor , the latter film establishes a new plotline and does not star any cast members from the previous two installments .",
"High Stakes (1989 film). High Stakes ( also known as Melanie Rose ) is a 1989 thriller-drama film starring Sally Kirkland , and features Sarah Michelle Gellar in a supporting role . Kathy Bates also has a minor role .",
"Happily N'Ever After. Happily N'Ever After is a 2007 German-American computer-animated fantasy family film directed by Paul J. Bolger , produced by John H. Williams , written by Rob Moreland and based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen . The title is the opposite of a stock phrase , happily ever after ; the name is contracted with an apostrophe between the N and the E . The film stars the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar , Freddie Prinze , Jr. , Andy Dick , Wallace Shawn , Patrick Warburton , Sigourney Weaver , and George Carlin in his final film appearance . The film was theatrically released on January 5 , 2007 by Lionsgate , and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 1 , 2007 by Roadshow Entertainment . The film earned $ 38 million on a $ 47 million budget . A direct-to-video sequel , Happily N'Ever After 2 : Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple , was released on March 24 , 2009 .",
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Jason Segel , Kristen Bell , Mila Kunis and Russell Brand . The film , which was written by Segel and co-produced by Judd Apatow , was released by Universal Studios . Filming began in April 2007 at the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu Island in Hawaii . The film was released for North American theaters on April 18 , 2008 and in the UK a week later on April 25 , 2008 . The story revolves around Peter Bretter , who is a music composer for a TV show that happens to feature his girlfriend , Sarah Marshall , in the lead role . After a five-year relationship , Sarah abruptly breaks up with Peter . Devastated by this event , he chooses to go on a vacation in Hawaii , in order to try to move forward with his life . Trouble ensues when he runs into his ex on the island as she is vacationing with her new boyfriend .",
"Simply Irresistible (film). Simply Irresistible is a 1999 American romantic comedy film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sean Patrick Flanery . It was directed by Mark Tarlov and was written by Judith Roberts .",
"Ice Princess. Ice Princess is a 2005 American figure-skating film directed by Tim Fywell , written by Hadley Davis from a story by Meg Cabot and Davis , and starring Michelle Trachtenberg , Joan Cusack , Kim Cattrall and Hayden Panettiere . The film focuses on Casey Carlyle , a normal teenager who gives up a promising future academic life in order to pursue her new-found dream of being a professional figure skater . The film was released on March 18 , 2005 . Ice Princess had an unsuccessful performance at the box office , grossing $ 24 million in the United States during its theatrical run against a production budget of $ 25 million . It did , however , inspire Zahra Lari , a Muslim in the United Arab Emirates , to take up the sport , become an Olympics 2018 hopeful , and inspire more freedom for women .",
"Fear (1996 film). Fear is a 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by James Foley and written by Christopher Crowe . It stars Mark Wahlberg , Reese Witherspoon , William Petersen , Alyssa Milano and Amy Brenneman . It revolves around an upper-middle class family whose seemingly perfect existence is threatened when their teenage daughter begins dating an attractive and mysterious young man , much to her father 's chagrin . The film was largely derided by critics upon its release , but became a sleeper hit in the spring of 1996 , grossing $ 20 million at the U.S. box office . It has since become a cult film , while at the same time launching teen idol status for its two young leads , who were romantically linked at the time of the film 's premiere . Wahlberg was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain .",
"Possession (2009 film). Possession is an 2009 American remake of the South Korean film Addicted . It is a psychological thriller film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace .",
"Accidental Love. Accidental Love is a 2015 American comedy film directed by David O. Russell ( under a pseudonym ) and written by Russell , Kristin Gore , Dave Jeser , and Matt Silverstein , from Gore 's novel Sammy 's Hill . The film stars Jessica Biel , Jake Gyllenhaal , Catherine Keener , James Marsden , Tracy Morgan and James Brolin . The story is about Alice , a small-town waitress who is accidentally shot in the head by a nail gun . Her lack of health insurance renders her unable to have the nail removed , leading to mood swings and hypersexual behavior as a result of brain damage . Alice then heads to Washington , DC to campaign for those with bizarre injuries , with the support of an unprincipled Congressman . Production started in 2008 under the title Nailed , but filming was frequently halted due to financial difficulties , leading to Russell quitting the project in 2010 . The film was completed without his involvement and Russell has since disowned it , the finished product credited to `` Stephen Greene '' . The film was released on February 10 , 2015 , before a limited release on March 20 , 2015 by Millennium Entertainment . Accidental Love was panned by critics .",
"Sarah Paulson. Sarah Catharine Paulson ( born December 17 , 1974 ) is an American actress . After beginning her acting career on stage , she starred in the 1990s television series American Gothic ( 1995 -- 96 ) and Jack & Jill ( 1999 -- 2001 ) . Paulson later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want ( 2000 ) and Down with Love ( 2003 ) , and had dramatic roles in films such as Path to War ( 2002 ) and The Notorious Bettie Page ( 2005 ) . From 2006 to 2007 , Paulson played the role of Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip , for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination . In 2008 , she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit . Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie ( 2005 ) and Collected Stories ( 2010 ) . She also starred in a number of independent films , and had a leading role on the ABC comedy series Cupid in 2009 . She later starred in the independent drama Martha Marcy May Marlene ( 2011 ) , and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her performance as Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change ( 2012 ) . Paulson starred as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave and as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 drama film Carol . Both films received widespread critical acclaim and were nominated for multiple Academy Awards . In 2011 , Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story , playing different characters in each of the show 's six seasons . For her work throughout the series , she has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards ( 2013 -- 16 ) and won two Critics ' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries ( 2013 and 2015 ) . In 2016 , Paulson portrayed real life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story , subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson . For her work in the series , she has been awarded the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries , Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie , TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama , and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Miniseries or Television Film as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie . According to Time magazine , she is one of the 100 most influential people of the year 2017 .",
"Romeo + Juliet. William Shakespeare 's Romeo + Juliet ( shortened to Romeo + Juliet ) is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed , co-produced and co-written by Baz Luhrmann , co-produced by Gabriella Martinelli and co-written by Craig Pearce , being an adaption and modernization of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Romeo and Juliet . The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet , who instantly fall in love when Romeo crashes a party and meets her despite them being members of the Montague and Capulet family ; Brian Dennehy , John Leguizamo , Pete Postlethwaite , Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora star in supporting roles . While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue , the Montagues and the Capulets are represented as warring mafia empires ( with legitimate business fronts ) and swords are replaced with guns ( with brand names such as `` Dagger '' and `` Sword '' ) . Some of the characters ' names are also changed . Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet are given first names ( as opposed to the Shakespeare original where their first names are never mentioned ) , Friar Lawrence becomes Father Lawrence , and Prince Escalus is renamed Captain Prince . There is also no Friar John , who was in the original play . Also , some characters were switched from one family to the other -- in the original , Gregory and Sampson are Capulets , but in the film , they are Montagues . ( Abram , as Abra , and Petruchio , conversely , are shifted from the Montague to the Capulet family . ) In addition , a few plot details are shifted , most notably near the ending . The film was released on November 1 , 1996 by 20th Century Fox to commercial and generally critical success , grossing over $ 147.5 million over a $ 14.5 million budget and receiving generally positive reviews . At the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997 , DiCaprio won the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Luhrmann won the Alfred Bauer Prize . Luhrmann was also nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture . At the 69th Academy Awards , Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch were nominated for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration .",
"The Air I Breathe. The Air I Breathe is the 2007 directorial film debut of Korean-American filmmaker Jieho Lee , who co-wrote the script with Bob DeRosa . It stars Kevin Bacon , Julie Delpy , Brendan Fraser , Andy Garcia , Sarah Michelle Gellar , Emile Hirsch , and Forest Whitaker . The film was financed by NALA Investments through its production company NALA Films , and was released on January 25 , 2008 in the United States . The concept of the film is based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones -- Happiness ( Whitaker ) , Pleasure ( Fraser ) , Sorrow ( Gellar ) , and Love ( Bacon ) . The proverb speaks of these emotions , not as isolated fragments of feelings , but as elements that make up the whole of the human existence . Each of the four protagonists is based on one of the four emotions ; and like the proverb their paths are inextricably linked to each other , akin to the Fingers ( Garcia ) of a hand . None of the four main characters ' actual names are mentioned in the whole film , although Gellar 's character 's stage name , `` Trista '' , is mentioned several times .",
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series created by Joss Whedon under his production tag , Mutant Enemy Productions with later co-executive producers being Jane Espenson , David Fury , David Greenwalt , Doug Petrie , Marti Noxon , and David Solomon . The series premiered on March 10 , 1997 , on The WB and concluded on May 20 , 2003 , on UPN . The series narrative follows Buffy Summers ( played by Sarah Michelle Gellar ) , the latest in a line of young women known as `` Vampire Slayers '' , or simply `` Slayers '' . In the story , Slayers are `` called '' ( chosen by fate ) to battle against vampires , demons , and other forces of darkness . Like previous Slayers , Buffy is aided by a Watcher , who guides , teaches , and trains her . Unlike her predecessors , Buffy surrounds herself with a circle of loyal friends who become known as the `` Scooby Gang '' . The series received critical and popular acclaim , frequently being listed as one of the greatest TV shows of all time , and usually reached between four and six million viewers on original airings . Although such ratings are lower than successful shows on the `` big four '' networks ( ABC , CBS , NBC , and Fox ) , they were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB Television Network . Buffy 's success has led to hundreds of tie-in products , including novels , comics , and video games . The series has received attention in fandom ( including fan films ) , parody , and academia , and has influenced the direction of other television series .",
"The Lorax (film). The Lorax ( also known as Dr. Seuss ' The Lorax ) is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy-comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and based on Dr. Seuss 's children 's book of the same name . The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 2 , 2012 , on the 108th birthday of Dr. Seuss . The second film adaptation of the book ( following the 1972 animated television special ) , the film builds on the book by expanding the story of Ted , the previously unnamed boy who visits the Once-ler . The cast includes Danny DeVito as the Lorax , Ed Helms as the Once-ler , and Zac Efron as Ted . New characters introduced in the film are Audrey ( voiced by Taylor Swift ) , Aloysius O'Hare ( Rob Riggle ) , Mrs. Wiggins , Ted 's mother ( Jenny Slate ) , and Grammy Norma ( Betty White ) . The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office success , grossing $ 214 million domestically and $ 348.8 million worldwide based on a $ 70 million budget .",
"Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film adapted from the novel of the same title by Amanda Brown . It was directed by Robert Luketic , scripted by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith , and stars Reese Witherspoon , Luke Wilson , Selma Blair , Matthew Davis , Victor Garber , and Jennifer Coolidge . The film tells the story of Elle Woods , a sorority girl who attempts to win back her ex-boyfriend by getting a law degree . The film was released on July 13 , 2001 , and received positive reviews from critics . The critics ' consensus states that `` though the material is predictable and formulaic , Reese Witherspoon 's funny , nuanced performance makes this movie better than it would have been otherwise '' . It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture : Musical or Comedy and ranked 29th on Bravo 's 2007 list of `` 100 Funniest Movies '' . Witherspoon received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy , and the 2002 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance . The box-office success led to a 2003 sequel , Red , White & Blonde , and a 2009 direct-to-DVD spin-off , Legally Blondes . Additionally , Legally Blonde : The Musical premiered on January 23 , 2007 , in San Francisco and opened in New York City at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on April 29 , 2007 , starring Laura Bell Bundy .",
"Suburban Girl. Suburban Girl is a 2007 comedy film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar , Alec Baldwin and Maggie Grace , which was filmed in New York City . The film is adapted from two short stories in Melissa Bank 's best-selling book The Girls ' Guide to Hunting and Fishing , which spent 16 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list . It is a romantic comedy produced by Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete , producers of The Wedding Planner and Green Street Hooligans . The film was shown at New York 's Tribeca Film Festival in April and May , 2007 . The DVD and Blu-ray release date was January 15 , 2008 . For many months , the makers of Suburban Girl used the title of the book , The Girls ' Guide to Hunting and Fishing for their film . Francis Ford Coppola ( who has the rights to the title and short story of that name ) and his company American Zoetrope are developing a film which is adapted from the last short story in the book .",
"Cruel Intentions (pilot). Cruel Intentions is an American drama pilot that was in production for NBC . It acted as a sequel to 1999 film of same name , with Sarah Michelle Gellar reprising her role of Kathryn Merteuil .",
"Sex and the City 2. Sex and the City 2 is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written , co-produced , and directed by Michael Patrick King . It is the sequel to the 2008 film Sex and the City , which is based on the 1998-2004 HBO comedy series of the same name ( itself based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell ) . Theatrically released on May 27 , 2010 , in the United States and May 28 , 2010 , in the United Kingdom , the film stars Sarah Jessica Parker , Kim Cattrall , Kristin Davis , Cynthia Nixon and Chris Noth , who reprised their roles from the previous film and television series . It also features cameo appearances from Liza Minnelli , Miley Cyrus , Tim Gunn , Ron White , Omid Djalili , and Penélope Cruz , as well as Broadway actors , Norm Lewis , Kelli O'Hara , and Ryan Silverman . Despite poor reviews from critics , the film was a commercial success , grossing over $ 294 million from a $ 95 million budget . It also did well in home video sales , debuting at number one in the U.S and the U.K selling almost one million copies . The film was nominated for seven Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture , and won three of them ; Parker , Cattrall , Davis , and Nixon for Worst Actress , Worst Screen Ensemble , and Worst Prequel , Remake , Rip-off or Sequel .",
"Clueless (film). Clueless is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Amy Heckerling . It stars Alicia Silverstone , Stacey Dash , Paul Rudd and Brittany Murphy , and was produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Lawrence . It is loosely based on Jane Austen 's 1815 novel Emma , updating the setting to modern Beverly Hills . Elements of the plot were also originally drawn from Shakespeare 's Titus Andronicus , but were later omitted due to lack of continuity . The film grossed $ 56 million in the United States , received generally positive reviews from critics , and has developed a cult following . The film was followed by a spin-off television sitcom and series of books .",
"Movie 43. Movie 43 is a 2013 American black comedy film co-directed and produced by Peter Farrelly , and written by Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko among others . The film features fourteen different storylines , each one by a different director , including Elizabeth Banks , Steven Brill , Steve Carr , Rusty Cundieff , James Duffy , Griffin Dunne , Patrik Forsberg , James Gunn , Bob Odenkirk , Brett Ratner , Will Graham , and Jonathan van Tulleken . It stars an ensemble cast that is led by Elizabeth Banks , Kristen Bell , Halle Berry , Gerard Butler , Leslie Bibb , Kate Bosworth , Josh Duhamel , Anna Faris , Richard Gere , Terrence Howard , Hugh Jackman , Johnny Knoxville , Justin Long , Christopher Mintz-Plasse , Chloë Grace Moretz , Liev Schreiber , Seann William Scott , Emma Stone , Jason Sudeikis , Uma Thurman , Naomi Watts , and Kate Winslet . Julianne Moore , Tony Shalhoub , and Anton Yelchin are also featured in cut scenes released on DVD and Blu-ray . The film took almost a decade to get into production as most studios rejected the script , which was eventually picked up by Relativity Media for $ 6 million . The film was shot over a period of several years , as casting also proved to be a challenge for the producers . Some actors , including George Clooney , declined to take part , while others , such as Richard Gere , attempted to get out of the project . Released on January 25 , 2013 , Movie 43 has been widely panned by critics , with Richard Roeper calling it `` the Citizen Kane of awful '' , joining others who labeled it as one of the worst films of all time . The film won three awards at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards , including Worst Picture .",
"Mary Poppins (film). Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical-fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney , with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers . The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi , loosely based on P. L. Travers ' book series Mary Poppins . The film , which combines live-action and animation , stars Julie Andrews in the role of Mary Poppins who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family 's dynamic . Dick Van Dyke , David Tomlinson , and Glynis Johns are featured in supporting roles . The film was shot entirely at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California using painted London background scenes . Mary Poppins was released on August 27 , 1964 , to universal acclaim , receiving a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture -- an unsurpassed record for any other film released by Walt Disney Studios -- and won five ; Best Actress for Andrews , Best Film Editing , Best Original Music Score , Best Visual Effects , and Best Original Song for `` Chim Chim Cher-ee '' . In 2013 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . Mary Poppins is widely considered to be Walt Disney 's `` crowning achievement '' , being his only film to garner a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars in his lifetime .",
"The Heat (film). The Heat is a 2013 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Katie Dippold . The film centers on FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn ( Sandra Bullock ) and Boston Detective Shannon Mullins ( Melissa McCarthy ) , who must take down a mobster . The film was released in the United States on June 28 , 2013 . Upon release , the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a success at the box-office , grossing $ 230 million worldwide from a $ 43 million budget .",
"The Hunger Games (film). The Hunger Games is a 2012 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins . It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik , with a screenplay by Ross , Collins , and Billy Ray . The film stars Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth , Woody Harrelson , Elizabeth Banks , Lenny Kravitz , Stanley Tucci , and Donald Sutherland . The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem , where boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in the Hunger Games , a televised annual event in which the `` tributes '' are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor . Katniss Everdeen ( Lawrence ) volunteers to take her younger sister 's place . Joined by her district 's male tribute , Peeta Mellark ( Hutcherson ) , Katniss travels to the Capitol to train for the Hunger Games under the guidance of former victor Haymitch Abernathy ( Harrelson ) . Development of The Hunger Games began in March 2009 when Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement with Color Force , which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier . Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write the screenplay . The screenplay expanded the character of Seneca Crane to allow several developments to be shown directly to the audience and Ross added several scenes between Crane and Coriolanus Snow . The main characters were cast between March and May 2011 . Principal photography began in May 2011 and ended in September 2011 , with filming taking place in North Carolina . The Hunger Games was shot entirely on film as opposed to digital . The film was released on March 21 , 2012 , in some European countries and in the US on March 23 , 2012 , in both conventional theaters and digital IMAX theaters . Japan received it last , on September 28 . When the film released , it set records for opening day ( $ 67.3 million ) and opening weekend for a non-sequel . At the time of its release , the film 's opening weekend gross ( $ 152.5 million ) was the third-largest of any movie in North America . It is the first film since Avatar to remain in first place at the North American box office for four consecutive weekends . The film was a massive box-office success by grossing over $ 694 million worldwide against its budget of $ 78 million , making it the third-highest-grossing film in the United States and ninth-highest-grossing worldwide of 2012 . It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 18 , 2012 . With 7,434,058 units sold , the DVD was the best-selling DVD of 2012 . A sequel , The Hunger Games : Catching Fire , was released on November 22 , 2013 , in the United States . The Hunger Games received positive reviews from critics , with praise for its themes and messages , as well as Jennifer Lawrence 's portrayal of Katniss , though there was criticism of the film 's use of shaky cam in the action sequences . Like the novel , the film has been noted for its similarities to other works , such as Robert Sheckley 's short story `` Seventh Victim '' and its Italian film adaptation The 10th Victim , the Japanese novel Battle Royale and its film adaptation , and the Shirley Jackson short story `` The Lottery '' , with some criticizing The Hunger Games for being derivative of such works . Collins stated in an interview that her novel and screenplay drew on sources of inspiration such as the myth of Theseus , Roman gladiatorial games , reality television , and the desensitization of viewers to media coverage of real-life tragedy and war , not to think as just an audience member , `` Because those are real people on the screen , and they 're not going away when the commercials start to roll . '' The song `` Safe & Sound '' won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song . For her performance , Lawrence won the Saturn Award for Best Actress , the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in an Action Movie , the Empire Award for Best Actress and was also nominated for the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress .",
"Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Miniseries or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year . The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30 , 1982 to Jane Seymour for her role on East of Eden . Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress -- Television Series Drama category before the creation of this category . Since its inception , the award has been given to 33 actresses . Sarah Paulson is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Marcia Clark on The People v. O. J. Simpson : American Crime Story . Ann-Margret , Judy Davis and Helen Mirren have won the most awards in this category , winning two times . Jessica Lange and Mirren have each been nominated for the award on seven occasions , the most within the category .",
"Hotel Rwanda. Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 British-Italian-South African historical drama film directed by Terry George . It was adapted from a screenplay written by both George and Keir Pearson . It stars Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo as hotelier Paul Rusesabagina and his wife Tatiana . Based on the Rwandan Genocide which occurred during the spring of 1994 , the film , which has been called an African Schindler 's List , documents Rusesabagina 's acts to save the lives of his family and more than a thousand other refugees by granting them shelter in the besieged Hôtel des Mille Collines . Hotel Rwanda explores genocide , political corruption , and the repercussions of violence . The film was a co-production between United Artists and Lions Gate Films . It was commercially distributed by United Artists theatrically and by MGM Home Entertainment for home media . As an independent film , it had an initial limited release in theaters ; but it was nominated for multiple awards , including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor , Best Supporting Actress , and Best Original Screenplay . The film also won a number of awards including those from the Berlin and Toronto International Film Festivals . On January 11 , 2005 , the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released by the Commotion label . It features songs written by several recording artists including Wyclef Jean and Deborah Cox . The film score was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams , Andrea Guerra , and the Afro Celt Sound System . Hotel Rwanda premiered in theaters in limited release in the United States on December 22 , 2004 , and in wide release on February 4 , 2005 , grossing more than $ 23 million in domestic ticket sales . It earned an additional $ 10 million in business through international release to top out at a combined total near $ 34 million in gross revenue . The film was technically considered a moderate financial success after its theatrical run , and was met with positive critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas . The Blu-ray Disc edition of the film featuring special documentaries along with selected scenes and audio commentary , was released in the United States on May 10 , 2011 .",
"Chelsea Walls. Chelsea Walls is a 2001 independent film directed by Ethan Hawke and released by Lions Gate Entertainment . It is based on the play Chelsea Walls by Nicole Burdette . It stars Kris Kristofferson , Uma Thurman , Rosario Dawson , and Robert Sean Leonard among others , with original score by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco . The story takes place in the historic Chelsea Hotel in New York City .",
"Academy Awards. The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the `` Academy Award of Merit '' , which has become commonly known by its nickname `` Oscar '' . The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953 . It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online . The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 89th Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2016 , were held on February 26 , 2017 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th .",
"Silver Linings Playbook. Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell . It was adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook , by Matthew Quick . The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence , with Robert De Niro , Jacki Weaver , Chris Tucker , Anupam Kher , and Julia Stiles in supporting roles . Cooper plays Patrick `` Pat '' Solitano , Jr. , a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents , played by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver . Determined to win back his estranged wife , Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell , portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence , who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her . The two become closer as they train and Pat , his father , and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their problems . Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 , 2012 , and was released in the United States on November 16 , 2012 . The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades . It received eight Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay . It became the first film since 1981 's Reds to be Oscar-nominated for the four acting categories and the first since 2004 's Million Dollar Baby to be nominated for the Big Five Oscars , with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress . It also achieved four Golden Globe Award nominations , with Lawrence winning Best Actress ; three BAFTA nominations , with Russell winning for Best Adapted Screenplay ; four Screen Actors Guild nominations ; and five Independent Spirit Award nominations , winning in four categories , including Best Film . The film was a success at the box office , grossing over $ 236 million worldwide , more than eleven times its budget .",
"How Do You Know. How Do You Know is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film directed , written , and produced by James L. Brooks , and starring Reese Witherspoon , Paul Rudd , Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson . The film was shot in Philadelphia and Washington , D.C. . It was released on December 12 , 2010 . It was the third film to feature Witherspoon and Rudd following 1998 's Overnight Delivery and 2009 's Monsters vs. Aliens . The film was a critical and financial failure , grossing $ 48 million against a $ 100 million net budget .",
"Veronika Decides to Die (film). Veronika Decides to Die is a 2009 psychological drama film directed by Emily Young and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jonathan Tucker , Melissa Leo , David Thewlis and Erika Christensen , . The film is written by Larry Gross and Roberta Hanley and is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Paulo Coelho . The setting of the movie is New York instead of the original location of the novel in Ljubljana , Slovenia ."
] | [
5.2734375,
5.234375,
3.376953125,
4.8203125,
3.4765625,
-3.91796875,
5.34375,
-4.7734375,
-3.9296875,
4.671875,
-3.31640625,
-6.04296875,
-1.5771484375,
3.228515625,
1.03125,
-2.224609375,
-4.44140625,
4.609375,
3.2265625,
-2.908203125,
-4.0234375,
-2.990234375,
-2.080078125,
-3.3359375,
-2.75390625,
-4.23046875,
-3.173828125,
-4.47265625,
-3.298828125,
-3.7265625,
-4.5859375,
4.60546875
] |
Led Zeppelin released an eponymous debut album in 1960. | [
"Led Zeppelin (album). Led Zeppelin is the eponymous debut studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin , released on 12 January 1969 in the United States and on 31 March 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records . Featuring integral contributions from each of the group 's four members , the album was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and established their fusion style of both blues and rock music . It also attracted a large and devoted following to the band ; Zeppelin 's take on the emerging hard rock sound endeared them to parts of the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean . Although the album was not critically well-received when first released , it was commercially successful , and critics have since come to view it in a more favourable light . In 2003 , Led Zeppelin was ranked at # 29 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time , and keeping that position after the list was updated in 2012 . In 2004 , the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .",
"Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 . The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page , singer Robert Plant , bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones , and drummer John Bonham . The band 's heavy , guitar-driven sound , rooted in blues and psychedelia on their early albums , has earned them recognition as one of the progenitors of heavy metal , though their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences , including folk music . After changing their name from the New Yardbirds , Led Zeppelin signed a deal with Atlantic Records that afforded them considerable artistic freedom . Although the group was initially unpopular with critics , they achieved significant commercial success with albums such as Led Zeppelin ( 1969 ) , Led Zeppelin II ( 1969 ) , Led Zeppelin III ( 1970 ) , Led Zeppelin IV ( 1971 ) , Houses of the Holy ( 1973 ) , and Physical Graffiti ( 1975 ) . Their fourth album , which features the track `` Stairway to Heaven '' , is among the most popular and influential works in rock music , and it helped to secure the group 's popularity . Page wrote most of Led Zeppelin 's music , particularly early in their career , while Plant generally supplied the lyrics . Jones ' keyboard-based compositions later became central to the group 's catalogue , which featured increasing experimentation . The latter half of their career saw a series of record-breaking tours that earned the group a reputation for excess and debauchery . Although they remained commercially and critically successful , their output and touring schedule were limited during the late 1970s , and the group disbanded following Bonham 's death from alcohol-related asphyxia in 1980 . In the decades that followed , the surviving members sporadically collaborated and participated in one-off Led Zeppelin reunions . The most successful of these was the 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert in London , with Jason Bonham taking his late father 's place behind the drums . Led Zeppelin are widely considered one of the most successful , innovative , and influential rock groups in history . They are one of the best-selling music artists in the history of audio recording ; various sources estimate the group 's record sales at 200 to 300 million units worldwide . With RIAA-certified sales of 111.5 million units , they are the second-best-selling band in the US . Each of their nine studio albums placed in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart and six reached the number-one spot . They achieved eight consecutive UK number-one albums . Rolling Stone magazine described them as `` the heaviest band of all time '' , `` the biggest band of the Seventies '' , and `` unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history '' . They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 ; the museum 's biography of the band states that they were `` as influential '' during the 1970s as the Beatles were during the 1960s .",
"Led Zeppelin (disambiguation). Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in 1968 . Led Zeppelin may also refer to different works released by the band mentioned above :",
"Led Zeppelin II. Led Zeppelin II is the eponymous second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records . Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969 . The album 's production was credited to the band 's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page , and it also served as Led Zeppelin 's first album to utilise the recording techniques of the engineer Eddie Kramer . Incorporating several elements of blues and folk music , Led Zeppelin II exhibited the band 's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar riff-based sound . It has been described as the band 's heaviest album . Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success , and was the band 's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US . In 1970 , the album 's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package . On 15 November 1999 , the album was certified 12 × Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for sales passing 12 million copies . Since its release , various writers and music critics have regularly cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums of all time .",
"Led Zeppelin III. Led Zeppelin III is the eponymous third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records in the United States and on 23 October 1970 in the United Kingdom . Composed largely at a remote cottage in Wales known as Bron-Yr-Aur and recorded between May and August 1970 , the album represented a maturing of the band 's music towards a greater emphasis on folk and acoustic sounds . This surprised many fans and critics , and upon its release the album received rather indifferent reviews . Although it is not one of the highest sellers in Led Zeppelin 's catalogue , Led Zeppelin III is now generally praised and acknowledged as representing an important milestone in their history . Although acoustic songs are featured on its predecessors , this album showed that Led Zeppelin were more than just a conventional rock band , and that they could branch out into wider musical territory .",
"Led Zeppelin IV. The untitled fourth studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin , commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV , was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records . Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page , it was recorded between November 1970 and January 1971 at several locations , most prominently the Victorian house Headley Grange . After the band 's previous album Led Zeppelin III received lukewarm reviews from critics , Page decided their fourth album would officially be untitled . This , along with the inner sleeve 's design featuring four symbols that represented each band member , led to the album being referred to variously as ' , Four Symbols , The Fourth Album , Untitled , Runes , The Hermit , and ZoSo '' ' ( which was derived from Page 's symbol ) . In addition to lacking an album title , the cover featured no band name , as the group wished to be anonymous and to avoid easy pigeonholing by the press.Led Zeppelin IV '' was a commercial and critical success , featuring many of the band 's best-known songs , including `` Black Dog '' , `` Rock and Roll '' , `` Going to California '' and `` Stairway to Heaven '' . The album is one of the best-selling albums of all time with more than 37 million copies sold . It is tied for third highest-certified album in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America at 23 × Platinum . Writers and critics have regularly cited it on lists of the greatest albums of all time .",
"Led Zeppelin discography. The discography of the English rock band Led Zeppelin consists of nine studio albums , four live albums , nine compilation albums , 16 singles and eight music downloads . Formed in London in 1968 , the group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page , singer Robert Plant , bass player John Paul Jones , and drummer John Bonham . The band pioneered the concept of album-oriented rock and often refused to release popular songs as singles . Nevertheless , four of their ten songs that reached the Hot 100 had no mention of the title in the lyrics : Immigrant Song , Black Dog , Over the Hills and Far Away , D'yer Mak ` er . Their debut album , Led Zeppelin ( 1969 ) , released by Atlantic Records , charted at number six on the UK Albums Chart and at number ten on the United States Billboard 200 . It received several sales certifications , including an 8 times multi-platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and Diamond from the Music Canada . Led Zeppelin 's second studio album , Led Zeppelin II , recorded when the band were on tour , was released a few months after the first . It reached number one in several countries , including the UK and the US , where it was certified 12 times multi-platinum . The album produced Led Zeppelin 's most successful single , `` Whole Lotta Love '' , which peaked at several music charts in the top 10 . Led Zeppelin III ( 1970 ) was a softer , more folk-based effort compared to the hard rock of the band 's previous releases . It also peaked at number one in the UK and in the US . Led Zeppelin 's untitled fourth album , often called Led Zeppelin IV and released on 8 November 1971 , is their most commercially successful album . It received a 23 times multi-platinum certification from RIAA , the third-highest of all albums . The band 's fifth album , Houses of the Holy , was released in 1973 . Again a transatlantic chart-topper , it has received an 11 times multi-platinum certification from RIAA . In 1974 , the band set up their own vanity label , Swan Song Records , which would release the rest of Led Zeppelin 's studio albums . The first was the 1975 double album Physical Graffiti , which has received a 16 times platinum certification from RIAA . However , Zeppelin 's seventh album , Presence ( 1976 ) , did not perform as well as their previous releases , receiving a triple Platinum certification from RIAA . On 20 October 1976 Led Zeppelin released their first concert film The Song Remains the Same . The recording of the film took place during three nights of concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City , during the band 's 1973 concert tour of the United States . The band 's eighth album , In Through the Out Door , received a sextuple platinum certification . This was the last album released by the band before Bonham died of alcohol intoxication in 1980 ; Led Zeppelin disbanded immediately afterwards . In 1982 Led Zeppelin released the album Coda , a compilation of outtakes from the band 's previous recordings , but still considered to be a studio album . Since their break-up , the band have released numerous compilation and live albums from older concerts , including How the West Was Won , which peaked at number one on the Billboard charts , and the compilation album Mothership , which produced seven music downloads and was released on the same day Led Zeppelin 's entire catalog became available in digital stores , including in the iTunes Store . `` Stairway to Heaven '' , which had never been released as an official single before , was one of these songs released in digital stores . The band has sold more than 300 million albums worldwide , including 111.5 million certified units in the United States .",
"Presence (album). Presence is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released by Swan Song Records on 31 March 1976 . The album was a commercial success , reaching the top of both the British and American album charts , and achieving a triple-platinum certification in the United States , despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and being the slowest-selling studio album by the band ( other than the outtake album Coda ) . It was written and recorded during a tumultuous time in the band 's history , as singer Robert Plant was recuperating from serious injuries he had sustained the previous year in a car accident . Nevertheless , guitarist Jimmy Page describes Presence as the band 's `` most important '' album , proving they would continue and succeed despite their turmoil .",
"Jimmy Page. James Patrick Page , ( born 9 January 1944 ) is an English musician , songwriter , and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin . Page began his career as a studio session musician in London and , by the mid-1960s , alongside Big Jim Sullivan , was one of the most sought-after session guitarists in Britain . He was a member of the Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968 . In late 1968 , he founded Led Zeppelin . Page is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time . Rolling Stone magazine has described Page as `` the pontiff of power riffing '' and ranked him number 3 in their list of the `` 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time . '' In 2010 , he was ranked number two in Gibson 's list of `` Top 50 Guitarists of All Time '' and , in 2007 , number four on Classic Rock '' 's `` 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes . '' He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice ; once as a member of the Yardbirds ( 1992 ) and once as a member of Led Zeppelin ( 1995 ) . Page has been described by Uncut as `` rock 's greatest and most mysterious guitar hero . '' Los Angeles Times '' magazine voted Jimmy Page the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time .",
"Stairway to Heaven. `` Stairway to Heaven '' is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released in late 1971 . It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band 's untitled fourth studio album ( often called Led Zeppelin IV ) . It is often referred to as one of the greatest rock songs of all time . The song has three sections , each one progressively increasing in tempo and volume . The song begins in a slow tempo with acoustic instruments ( guitar and recorders ) before introducing electric instruments . The final section is an uptempo hard rock arrangement highlighted by Page 's intricate guitar solo accompanying Plant 's vocals that end with the plaintive a cappella line : `` And she 's buying a stairway to heaven . '' `` Stairway to Heaven '' was voted number three in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs , and was placed at number 31 on `` Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' . It was the most requested song on FM radio stations in the United States in the 1970s , despite never having been commercially released as a single there . In November 2007 , through download sales promoting Led Zeppelin 's Mothership release , `` Stairway to Heaven '' hit number 37 on the UK Singles Chart .",
"Houses of the Holy. Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released on 28 March 1973 by Atlantic Records . It is their first album composed of entirely original material and it represents a turning point in musical direction for the band , who had begun to record songs with more layering and production techniques . Containing some of the band 's most famous songs , including `` The Song Remains the Same '' , `` The Rain Song '' , and `` No Quarter '' , Houses of the Holy became a commercial success , and was later certified 11x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in 1999 . In 2012 , the album was ranked at # 148 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . The title track was originally recorded for the album , but was delayed until the release of band 's next album Physical Graffiti in 1975 .",
"Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour 1968. Led Zeppelin 's 1968 tour of the United Kingdom was the first concert tour of the United Kingdom by the English rock band . The tour commenced on 4 October and concluded on 20 December 1968 . For some of these early shows , the band were billed as the `` New Yardbirds '' . Press releases eventually announced that they would make their debut under the name ` Led Zeppelin ' on October 25 at the University of Surrey ( although posters advertising this concert erroneously continued to bill them as the ` New Yardbirds ' ) . During this tour the band went to Olympic Studios in London to record their debut album , which took a mere 36 studio hours . There was very little press reaction to this tour . The band 's debut London concert at the Roundhouse on November 9 doubled as singer Robert Plant 's wedding reception .",
"Led Zeppelin Boxed Set. Led Zeppelin is a box set compilation of songs by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released on 7 September 1990 on Atlantic Records , digitally remastered on four compact discs , six vinyl records , or four cassette tapes . The first compilation album released by Led Zeppelin , selection and remastering of the tracks were supervised by Jimmy Page and took place in New York during early to mid-1990 . A 36-page booklet was also included with the release . This set contains two previously unreleased tracks and one new mix . `` Travelling Riverside Blues '' was recorded on 24 June 1969 at the BBC Maida Vale Studio . `` White Summer/Black Mountain Side '' was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre , London on 27 June 1969 . The `` Moby Dick/Bonzo 's Montreux '' mix took place at the Atlantic Synclavier Suite in New York , in May 1990 . It also includes the band 's only non-album B-side , `` Hey , Hey , What Can I Do '' of the 1970 single `` Immigrant Song '' , previously unavailable on compact disc . To differentiate this box set from a set of selections taken from it , the Remasters box set released the following month , in some markets this release is listed under the title The Complete Collection . To further the confusion , in both cases this is different from The Complete Studio Recordings box set released three years later , which includes all nine of the band 's studio albums on ten discs , with the three extra tracks appended to Coda , along with the 1969 recording `` Baby Come On Home '' , first released on the two-disc Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 . The `` Moby Dick/Bonzo 's Montreux '' mix is also included in the promotional interview album Profiled ( 1990 ) . Also three years after this release , the remaining Led Zeppelin tracks not appearing on this box set were issued on Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 . In an interview he gave in January 2010 , Page made reference to the boxed set : Oh , I 'm now fully aware of the mark Led Zeppelin made on the musical landscape . My awareness was re-heightened when we were remastering the material to do that CD box set in 1990 . When you hear it all , song after song , you realise what a textbook it is for musicians who are coming along , and that 's so great . The whole thing is about passing it on , because that 's how it was done for me when I was learning from all those old blues and rockabilly records . It 's all part of how this cultural phenomenon keeps moving on . I think everyone carries the flame on .",
"Led Zeppelin Remasters. Led Zeppelin Remasters is a three-LP ( or two-cassette or two-CD ) compilation album of digitally remastered material by English rock band Led Zeppelin . Containing songs from eight of the band 's nine studio albums , it was initially released in the UK and Japan by Atlantic Records on 15 October 1990 . The album is essentially a scaled-down version of the four-CD Led Zeppelin Boxed Set . This compilation set came about as a result of the initially rushed conversion of Led Zeppelin 's album to the compact disc format in the late 1980s . Led Zeppelin were among the first rock bands to be re-issued on CD , but such was the haste to capitalise on the new format that the new CDs were derived not from re-equalised master tapes , but from sound-generation tapes that had been equalised for the original vinyl platters . For this 1990 reissue , Led Zeppelin guitarist and producer Jimmy Page himself supervised the mastering process , which was based on Led Zeppelin 's archive of master tapes .",
"The Beatles. The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era . Rooted in skiffle , beat and 1950s rock and roll , the Beatles later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In 1963 their enormous popularity first emerged as `` Beatlemania '' , and as the group 's music grew in sophistication in subsequent years , led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney , they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s . The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960 , with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player . The core of Lennon , McCartney and Harrison went through a succession of drummers , including Pete Best , before asking Starr to join them in 1962 . Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act , and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings , greatly expanding their popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit , `` Love Me Do '' , in late 1962 . They acquired the nickname `` the Fab Four '' as Beatlemania grew in Britain the next year , and by early 1964 became international stars , leading the `` British Invasion '' of the United States pop market . From 1965 onwards , the Beatles produced increasingly innovative recordings , including the albums Rubber Soul ( 1965 ) , Revolver ( 1966 ) , Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ( 1967 ) , The Beatles ( commonly known as the White Album , 1968 ) and Abbey Road ( 1969 ) . After their break-up in 1970 , they each enjoyed successful musical careers of varying lengths . McCartney and Starr , the surviving members , remain musically active . Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980 , and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001 . The Beatles are the best-selling band in history , with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide . They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act . According to the RIAA , the Beatles are also the best-selling music artists in the United States , with 178 million certified units . In 2008 , the group topped Billboard magazine 's list of the all-time most successful `` Hot 100 '' artists ; , they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with twenty . They have received ten Grammy Awards , an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards . The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 , and all four were inducted individually from 1994 to 2015 . They were also collectively included in Time magazine 's compilation of the twentieth century 's 100 most influential people .",
"Physical Graffiti. Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , released as a double album on 24 February 1975 by their newly founded imprint label Swan Song Records . The band wrote and recorded eight new songs for the album at Headley Grange , which stretched the total time of the record beyond the typical length of a single LP , so the band decided to make Physical Graffiti a double album by including unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions : one outtake from Led Zeppelin III , three from Led Zeppelin IV , and three from Houses of the Holy , including the unused title track from the latter album . Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful upon its release and debuted at number one on album charts in both the US and the UK . The album was later certified 16x platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in 2006 , signifying shipments of over eight million copies .",
"The Doors (album). The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band the Doors , released on January 4 , 1967 . The album features their breakthrough single `` Light My Fire '' and the lengthy song `` The End '' with its Oedipal spoken word section . The Doors was not only one of the albums to have been most central to the progression of psychedelic rock , but is also one of the most acclaimed recordings in all of popular music . In 2012 , it was ranked number 42 in Rolling Stone magazine 's 500 greatest albums of all time . The original album has sold 20 million copies , and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame ; `` Light My Fire '' was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame . It has been reissued several times on CD , including a 2007 remaster and a 2017 `` 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition . '' In 2015 , the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry based on its cultural , artistic or historical significance .",
"Robert Plant. Robert Anthony Plant , ( born 20 August 1948 ) is an English singer , songwriter , and musician , best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin . A powerful and wide vocal range ( particularly evident in his high-pitched vocals ) has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years . Plant is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock and roll ; he has influenced fellow rock singer-songwriters such as Freddie Mercury , Axl Rose and Chris Cornell . In 2006 , Heavy Metal magazine Hit Parader named Plant the `` Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time '' . In 2009 , Plant was voted `` the greatest voice in rock '' in a poll conducted by Planet Rock . In 2008 , Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time . In 2011 , Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers .",
"The Best of Led Zeppelin. The Best of Led Zeppelin is a two-volume greatest hits compilation album series by English rock group Led Zeppelin released by Atlantic Records . Containing songs from eight of the band 's nine studio albums , volume one , Early Days , was released on November 23 , 1999 while volume two , Latter Days , was released on March 21 , 2000 . Early Days is composed of selected tracks from the period in the band 's history dating 1968 to 1971 . Latter Days covered 1973 to 1979 . Early Days debuted at # 71 on the Billboard 's Pop Albums chart and Latter Days debuted at # 81 . A combined disc set , called Early Days and Latter Days , was released on November 19 , 2002 . Both Early Days and Early Days and Latter Days were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . Both volumes are now out of print , and were replaced with the 2007 two-disc compilation Mothership .",
"The Doors. The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles , with vocalist Jim Morrison , keyboardist Ray Manzarek , guitarist Robby Krieger , and drummer John Densmore . The band got its name , at Morrison 's suggestion from the title of Aldous Huxley 's book The Doors of Perception , which itself was a reference to a quote made by William Blake , `` If the doors of perception were cleansed , everything would appear to man as it is , infinite . '' They were unique and among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s , mostly because of Morrison 's lyrics and charismatic but unpredictable stage persona . After Morrison 's death in 1971 at age 27 , the remaining members continued as a trio until disbanding in 1973 . Signing with Elektra Records in 1966 , the Doors released eight albums between 1967 and 1971 . All but one hit the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum or better . Their self-titled debut album ( 1967 ) was their first in a series of Top 10 albums in the United States , followed by Strange Days ( also 1967 ) , Waiting for the Sun ( 1968 ) , The Soft Parade ( 1969 ) , Morrison Hotel ( 1970 ) , Absolutely Live ( 1970 ) and L.A. Woman ( 1971 ) , with 20 Gold , 14 Platinum , 5 Multi-Platinum and 1 Diamond album awards in the United States alone . By the end of 1971 , it was reported that the Doors had sold 4,190,457 albums domestically and 7,750,642 singles . The band had three million-selling singles in the U.S. with `` Light My Fire '' , `` Hello , I Love You '' and `` Touch Me '' . After Morrison 's death in 1971 , the surviving trio released two albums Other Voices and Full Circle with Manzarek and Krieger sharing lead vocals . The three members also collaborated on the spoken word recording of Morrison 's An American Prayer in 1978 and on the `` Orange County Suite '' for a 1997 boxed set . Manzarek , Krieger and Densmore reunited in 2000 for an episode of VH1 's `` Storytellers '' and subsequently recorded Stoned Immaculate : The Music of The Doors with a variety of vocalists . Although the Doors ' active career ended in 1973 , their popularity has persisted . According to the RIAA , they have sold 33 million certified units in the US and over 100 million records worldwide , making them one of the best-selling bands of all time . The Doors have been listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines , including Rolling Stone , which ranked them 41st on its list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' . The Doors were the first American band to accumulate eight consecutive gold and platinum LP 's . In 2002 , Manzarek and Krieger started playing together again , renaming themselves as the Doors of the 21st Century , with Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals . Densmore opted to sit out and , along with the Morrison estate , sued the duo over proper use of the band 's name and won . After a short time as Riders On the Storm , they settled on the name Manzarek-Krieger and continued to tour until Manzarek 's death in 2013 at the age of 74 . Three of the band 's studio albums , the self-titled debut , L.A. Woman , and Strange Days , were featured in Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , at positions 42 , 362 , and 407 respectively . According to The Washington Posts Martin Weil , the band rose to the center of the counterculture of the 1960s . The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 .",
"Linkin Park. Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills , California . Formed in 1996 , the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory ( 2000 ) , which was certified diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries . Their following studio album Meteora continued the band 's success , topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003 , and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world . In 2003 , MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium . Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart . In 2012 , the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1 . In 2014 , the band was declared as the Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now by Kerrang ! . Having adapted nu metal and rap metal to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora , the band explored other genres in their next studio album , Minutes to Midnight ( 2007 ) . The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third-best debut week of any album that year . The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types in their fourth album , A Thousand Suns ( 2010 ) , layering their music with more electronic sounds and beats . Their fifth album , Living Things ( 2012 ) , combines musical elements from all of their previous records . Their sixth album , The Hunting Party ( 2014 ) , returned to a heavier rock sound . Their seventh album One More Light , a more electronic and pop-oriented record , was released on May 19 , 2017 . The band has collaborated with several other artists , including rapper Jay Z in their mashup EP Collision Course , and many others on the remix albums Reanimation and Recharged . Linkin Park has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards .",
"Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1968–1969. Led Zeppelin 's 1968/1969 tour of North America was the first concert tour of North America by the English rock band . The tour commenced on 26 December 1968 and concluded on 15 February 1969 .",
"Led Zeppelin concerts. From September 1968 until the summer of 1980 , English rock band Led Zeppelin were the world 's most popular live music attraction , performing hundreds of sold-out concerts around the world .",
"Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London . They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music . Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics , sonic experimentation , extended compositions and elaborate live shows , they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music . Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals , Nick Mason on drums , Roger Waters on bass and vocals , and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals . They gained popularity performing in London 's underground music scene during the late 1960s , and under Barrett 's leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album , The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ( 1967 ) . Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967 ; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health . Waters became the band 's primary lyricist and conceptual leader , devising the concepts behind their albums The Dark Side of the Moon ( 1973 ) , Wish You Were Here ( 1975 ) , Animals ( 1977 ) , The Wall ( 1979 ) and The Final Cut ( 1983 ) . The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall became two of the best-selling albums of all time . Following creative tensions , Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979 , followed by Waters in 1985 . Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd ; Wright rejoined them as a session musician and , later , a band member . The three produced two more albums -- A Momentary Lapse of Reason ( 1987 ) and The Division Bell ( 1994 ) -- and toured through 1994 . After nearly two decades of acrimony , Gilmour , Wright , and Mason reunited with Waters in 2005 to perform as Pink Floyd in London as part of the global awareness event Live 8 ; Gilmour and Waters later stated they have no plans to reunite as a band again . Barrett died in 2006 , and Wright in 2008 . The final Pink Floyd studio album , The Endless River ( 2014 ) , was recorded without Waters and based largely on unreleased material . Pink Floyd were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 . By 2013 , the band had sold more than 250 million records worldwide , including 75 million certified units in the United States .",
"List of awards and nominations received by Led Zeppelin. This is a list of awards received by the English rock band Led Zeppelin . They are widely considered to be one of the most powerful , innovative , successful , and influential bands in the history of rock music . Led Zeppelin have sold over 300 million albums worldwide , including 111.5 million certified units in the United States , making them one of the world 's best-selling music artists in history , as well as the second best selling band of all time in the United States .",
"How Many More Times. `` How Many More Times '' is the ninth and final track on English rock band Led Zeppelin 's 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin . The song is credited in the album liner to Jimmy Page , John Paul Jones , and John Bonham , but is listed by ASCAP as written by all four members of the band .",
"Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition. The Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition is a series of albums reissued by English rock group Led Zeppelin , distributed by Atlantic Records . It contains all nine of the original Led Zeppelin studio albums remastered from the original analog tapes . Along with the remastered albums , there is a companion disc with each album , consisting of previously unreleased audio tracks and alternate mixes of released tracks . Many of these are described as work-in-progress or alternate mixes made during the original production rather than new remixes generated to highlight discarded recording elements ( as did the remixes made for The Beatles Anthology ) . The first companion album consists of the 10 October 1969 concert in Paris . The albums were released in chronological order , each with inverted album covers . The first wave of albums , Led Zeppelin , Led Zeppelin II , and Led Zeppelin III , was released on 2 June 2014 . The second wave of albums , Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy , was released on 27 October 2014 . Physical Graffiti was released on 23 February 2015 , almost exactly forty years to the day after the original release . The fourth and final wave of albums , Presence , In Through the Out Door , and Coda , was released on 31 July 2015 .",
"Communication Breakdown. `` Communication Breakdown '' is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin , from their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin .",
"Hybrid Theory. Hybrid Theory is the debut studio album by American rock band Linkin Park , released on October 24 , 2000 through Warner Bros. . Records . The album was a huge commercial success , having been certified Diamond for sales of over 11 million units in the United States alone as of 2010 , peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 , and also reaching high positions on other charts worldwide . Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood , California , and produced by Don Gilmore , the album 's lyrical themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his adolescence , including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce of his parents . Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of the band as well as the concept of music theory and combining different styles . Four singles were released from the album : `` One Step Closer '' , `` Crawling '' , `` Papercut '' , and `` In the End '' , all of them being responsible for launching Linkin Park into mainstream popularity . While `` In the End '' was the most successful of the four , all of the singles in the album remain some of the band 's most successful songs to date . Although `` Runaway '' , `` Points of Authority '' , and `` My December '' from the special edition bonus disc album were not released as singles , they were minor hits on alternative rock radio stations thanks to the success of all of the band 's singles and the album . At the 2002 Grammy Awards , Hybrid Theory was nominated for Best Rock Album . The album is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . It was ranked # 11 on Billboard '' 's 200 Albums of the Decade . A special edition of Hybrid Theory was released March 11 , 2002 , a year and a half after its original pressing . Hybrid Theory '' has sold 25 million copies worldwide , which makes it the best selling debut album of the 21st century . Linkin Park performed the album in its entirety at the Download Festival on June 14 , 2014 .",
"Queen (band). Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970 . Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals , piano ) , Brian May ( lead guitar , vocals ) , Roger Taylor ( drums , vocals ) , and John Deacon ( bass guitar ) . Queen 's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock , hard rock and heavy metal , but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles , such as arena rock and pop rock , into their music . Before forming Queen , Brian May and Roger Taylor had played together in a band named Smile . Freddie Mercury ( then known by his birth name of Farrokh `` Freddie '' Bulsara ) was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques . Mercury joined the band in 1970 , suggested `` Queen '' as a new band name , and adopted his familiar stage name . John Deacon was recruited before the band recorded their eponymous debut album in 1973 . Queen first charted in the UK with their second album , Queen II , in 1974 , but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack later that year and A Night at the Opera in 1975 which brought them international success . The latter featured `` Bohemian Rhapsody '' , which stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks and popularised the music video . The band 's 1977 album News of the World contained `` We Will Rock You '' and `` We Are the Champions '' , which have become anthems at sporting events . By the early 1980s , Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world . Released in 1980 , `` Another One Bites the Dust '' is their best selling single , while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US . Their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert has been ranked among the greatest in rock history by various music publications , and the best in a 2005 industry poll . In 1991 , Mercury died of bronchopneumonia , a complication of AIDS , and Deacon retired in 1997 . Since then , May and Taylor have performed under the name of Queen with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert as vocalists on several tours . The band have released a total of 18 number-one albums , 18 number-one singles , and 10 number-one DVDs . Estimates of their record sales generally range from 150 million to 300 million records , making them one of the world 's best-selling music artists . Queen received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1990 . They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 .",
"The Yardbirds. The Yardbirds are an English rock band formed in London in 1963 that had a string of hits during the mid-1960s , including `` For Your Love '' , `` Heart Full of Soul '' , `` Shapes of Things '' and `` Over Under Sideways Down '' . The group launched the careers of guitarists Eric Clapton , Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck , all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine 's list of 100 greatest guitarists . A blues-based band noted for their signature `` rave-up '' instrumental breaks , the Yardbirds broadened their range into pop , pioneering psychedelic rock and early hard rock ; and contributed to many electric guitar innovations of the mid-1960s , such as feedback , distortion and `` fuzztone '' . The bulk of the band 's most successful self-written songs came from vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf , drummer Jim McCarty and bassist and producer Paul Samwell-Smith , who , with rhythm guitarist and bassist Chris Dreja , constituted the core of the group . The band 's influence on both the music of the times and genres to come was great , and they inspired a host of imitators such as the Count Five and The Shadows of Knight . Rock critics and historians credit the Yardbirds with heavily contributing , if not inventing , `` the birth of psychedelic music `` and sowing the seeds of punk rock , progressive rock and heavy metal , among other genres . After the Yardbirds broke up in 1968 , lead guitarist Jimmy Page founded what became Led Zeppelin , while Relf and McCarty formed the symphonic rock group Renaissance . The Yardbirds reformed in the 1990s , featuring McCarty , Dreja and new members . They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 . They were included in Rolling Stone 's list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' , and ranked No. 37 on VH1 's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock .",
"Black Dog (song). `` Black Dog '' is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin , the opening track on their fourth album ( 1971 ) . It was released as a single in the US and in Australia with `` Misty Mountain Hop '' as the B-side , reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 in Australia . In 2004 , the song was first ranked # 294 on Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time before being ranked at # 300 in 2010 . Music sociologist Deena Weinstein calls `` Black Dog '' `` one of the most instantly recognisable -LSB- Led -RSB- Zeppelin tracks '' ."
] | [
4.46484375,
0.59423828125,
-3.90625,
-1.6611328125,
-3.3359375,
-2.716796875,
1.7802734375,
-3.62890625,
-0.6064453125,
-4.640625,
-3.509765625,
-1.8642578125,
-2.888671875,
-3.94921875,
-3.734375,
-3.552734375,
-4.94921875,
-1.18359375,
-2.369140625,
-5.484375,
-7.34375,
-5.1171875,
-3.658203125,
-4.9609375,
-4.9609375,
-2.3828125,
-1.92578125,
-2.947265625,
-7.85546875,
-5.453125,
-2.212890625,
-4.66015625
] |
Taal was romantic. | [
"Taal (film). Taal ( English : Rhythm ) is a 1999 Bollywood musical romantic drama film co written , edited , produced and directed by Subhash Ghai . Taal was an official selection for the 2005 Ebertfest : Roger Ebert 's Film Festival . Taal was screened retrospectively , during the 2014 International Film Festival of India in the Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section . The film stars Anil Kapoor , Akshaye Khanna , Aishwarya Rai , Amrish Puri and Alok Nath . It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam . It was very successful in India and overseas , becoming the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety 's box office list . Anil Kapoor , A. R. Rahman , Alka Yagnik and Anand Bakshi each won a Filmfare Award for their work in the film .",
"Taal, Batangas. Taal , officially the ( Bayan ng Taal ) , is a in the province of in the of the Philippines . The population was at the . Taal is famous for its old ancestral houses . Its poblacion ( central business district ) is designated as a National Historical Landmark . The municipality is known as the Balisong and Barong Tagalog Capital of the Philippines .",
"Taal (instrument). The taal ( তাল , Gini ) , manjira ( also spelled manjīrā or manjeera ) , jalra , or gini is a pair of clash cymbals , which make high-pitched percussion sounds . In its simplest form , it consists of a pair of small hand cymbals . The word taal comes from the Sanskrit word Tālà , literally means a clap . It is a part of Indian music and culture , used in various traditional customs e.g. Bihu music , Harinaam etc. . In Hindu religious contexts it is known as karatalas ( करताळं , IAST : ) , pronounced `` karataala '' , ( literally beat-tala maker-kara ) , typically used to accompany devotional music such as bhajan and kirtan . They are commonly used by Hare Krishna devotees when performing harinam , but are ubiquitous to all Hindu devotional music .",
"Taal. Taal may refer to : The Dutch and Afrikaans word for language An early name for the Afrikaans language The South African creole language Tsotsitaal",
"Kayal (film). Kayal ( English : Fish like eyes ) is a 2014 Tamil romance film directed by Prabhu Solomon and produced by Madhan of Escape Artists Motion Pictures . The film features newcomers Chandran , Anandhi and Vincent in the lead roles , while D. Imman composed the film 's music . The film , set against the backdrop of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , released on 25 December 2014 . The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Tholi Premalo in 2016 .",
"Taal Volcano. Taal Volcano ( Bulkang Taal ) is a complex volcano located on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . It is the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical eruptions . All of these eruptions are concentrated on Volcano Island , an island near the middle of Taal Lake . The lake partially fills Taal Caldera , which was formed by prehistoric eruptions between 140,000 and 5,380 BP . Viewed from Tagaytay Ridge , Taal Volcano and Lake presents one of the most picturesque and attractive views in the Philippines . It is located about 50 km south of the capital of the country , the city of Manila . The volcano had several violent eruptions in the past causing loss of life in the island and the populated areas surrounding the lake , with the death toll estimated at around 5,000 to 6,000 . Because of its proximity to populated areas and its eruptive history , the volcano was designated a Decade Volcano , worthy of close study to prevent future natural disasters . All volcanoes of the Philippines are part of the Pacific Ring of Fire .",
"Taarkata. Taarkata is a 2014 Bangladesh romantic thriller film written and directed by Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Raj , starring Arifin Shuvoo , Mim Bidya Sinha Saha with Arifa Parvin Moushumi , Ahmed Sharif , Ejajul Islam and Faruk Ahmed in supporting roles . The film was produced by Shukla Banik under Ping Pong Entertainment banner . The story centers around Ibrahim , a notorious criminal who falls for Chad , an aspiring singer who comes from a middle-class family . First part of the film explores the events , which led to Ibrahim becoming a criminal . The second part of the film introduces the antagonist .",
"Taan (2014 film). Taan is a 2014 Bengali drama film , written and directed by Mukul Roy Chowdhury . The film is based on Jal Bhaishya or water Prostitutes and Human trafficking .",
"Hotal. Hotal or Hotel is a 2014 Pakistani Urdu film which has been written and directed by Khalid Hasan Khan . It is claimed to be Pakistan 's first Psycho-Thriller Feature Film . Whilst its also dubbed as the first Hindi feature film outside Bollywood . The Film has Meera , alongside Tariq Jamal , Baila Naz , Anees Raja , Nasreen Jaan , and Wiam Dahmani .",
"Jaal (1973 film). Jaal , a 1973 Pakistani Urdu colour film , is a romantic musical film produced by Waheed Murad and directed by Iftikhar Khan . It was the first colour movie that was produced by Waheed Murad . The film was released on 31 August 1973 . It starred Waheed Murad , Nisho , Husna , Shaista Qaiser and Nanna . It was the second film of Waheed Murad with Nisho , first being Mulaqat ( 1973 ) ( released during the same year ) .",
"Kaal. Kaal ( Hindi : काल , translation : the time of doom ) also known as Kaal : The Jungle is a Bollywood natural horror film directed by Soham Shah , and jointly produced by Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan . The film stars Ajay Devgan , John Abraham , Vivek Oberoi , Esha Deol and Lara Dutta in lead roles . It released on 29 April 2005 . The story relates the struggle of wildlife expert Krish Thapar ( John Abraham ) , his wife Riya Thapar ( Isha Deol ) and a group of friends , who battle against a ghost in the fictional Orbit National Park ( alluding to the world-famous Jim Corbett National Park , Nainital , Uttarakhand ) for their lives . The film sends out the message on protecting the precious wildlife of India .",
"Graal (album). Graal ( stylized as Gr44l ; Holy Grail , pronounced : -LSB- ɡral -RSB- ) is the second album by Polish rapper Tau and the last released under the pseudonym Medium . It was released as a double album on November 20 , 2012 by Asfalt Records . Recording took place during 2012 at Studio Łukasza Kowalskiego in Kielce with DJ Deszczu Strugi in charge of mixing the album . As with his previous album Teoria równoległych wszechświatów , production and arrangement were overseen by Medium himself . The album was promoted with two singles : `` Hologram '' features a guest appearance by American rapper Gift of Gab , and `` Skwer pod słońcem '' , which was accompanied by a promotional video clip featuring Medium 's fans . Graal also features guest appearances by O.S.T.R. , Bisz and Te-Tris . The album peaked at number 18 on the Polish OLiS albums chart On the album Medium addresses questions of patriotism , his attachment to Christian values , and his relationship with God . The rapper also criticizes the issues of globalization , homosexuality and political correctness . Although it was well-received , Graal also met with criticism , mainly for its lyrics which were considered too radical by most reviewers and listeners .",
"Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Lanscilo Williams ( -LSB- fəˈɹ̠ɛːl -RSB- born April 5 , 1973 ) is an American singer-songwriter , rapper , record producer , and film producer . Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes , producing soul , hip hop and R&B music . He is the lead vocalist and drummer of the rock-funk-hip hop band N * E * R * D , that he formed with Hugo and childhood friend , Shay Haley . He released his first single , `` Frontin ' '' , in 2003 and followed up with his debut solo album , In My Mind in 2006 . His second album , Girl , was released on March 3 , 2014 . This album was preceded by the commercially successful single , `` Happy '' . As part of the Neptunes , Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various recording artists . Williams owns a media venture that encompasses entertainment , music , fashion , and art called i am OTHER , a multimedia creative collective and record label that serves as an umbrella for all of Pharrell Williams ' endeavors , including Billionaire Boys Club . Williams has earned ten Grammy Awards including two with the Neptunes . He is also a two-time Academy Award nominee , receiving a 2014 Best Original Song nomination from `` Happy '' ( which was featured in Despicable Me 2 ) and a 2017 Best Picture nomination as one of the producers of Hidden Figures .",
"Tatlı İntikam. Tatlı İntikam is a Turkish television romantic-comedy series produced by D Productions . The series is broadcasting on Kanal D . It is written by Pınar Ordu and İlker Aslan kaleme .",
"Taal Lake. Taal Lake , formerly known as Bombón Lake , is a freshwater lake in the province of Batangas , on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . The lake fills Taal Caldera , a large volcanic caldera formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago . It is the country 's third largest lake after Laguna de Bay and Lake Lanao . Volcano Island , the location of Taal Volcano 's historical eruptions and responsible for the lake 's sulfuric content , lies near the center of the lake . There is a crater lake on Volcano Island . Known as the Yellow Lake or the Main Crater Lake , it contains its own small island , Vulcan Point . Vulcan Point was thought to be the largest third order island in the world but Treasure Island ( Ontario ) is much bigger and is thought to be the world largest , and is also on a freshwater lake .",
"De Taali. De Taali ( Hindi : दे ताली , Urdu : دے تالی , translation : Hi-5 ) is a Bollywood film that stars Aftab Shivdasani , Ayesha Takia , Ritesh Deshmukh and Rimi Sen in the main roles . The movie is a remake of the 2001 film Saving Silverman . It is directed by E. Nivas and produced by Ravi Walia . The film revolves around three childhood friends who have grown together and when Rimi Sen comes in their life , the whole dynamics of their friendship changes . The film was initially titled Jalsa . De Taali was released on 20 June 2008",
"Michiel Huisman. Michiel Huisman ( -LSB- miˈɣil ˈɦœysmɑn -RSB- ; born 18 July 1981 ) is a Dutch actor , musician , and singer-songwriter , who has acted in both Dutch and English-language TV series and films . Huisman played Ellis Jones in the fantasy romance film The Age of Adaline ( 2015 ) , Sonny on the television series Treme ( 2010 -- 2013 ) , and Daario Naharis on Game of Thrones ( 2014 -- present ) . He has also played recurring roles on television such as Liam McGuinnis on Nashville ( 2012 -- 2014 ) and as Cal Morrison on Orphan Black ( 2014 -- 2015 ) . Huisman began his career on Dutch television , in the Dutch soap opera Goede tijden , slechte tijden ( 1998 ) . He later played starring roles in the Dutch TV series De co-assistent ( 2007 -- 2010 ) and Bloedverwanten ( 2010 ) , supporting roles in the Dutch films Costa ! ( 2001 ) and Full Moon Party ( 2002 ) , and leading roles in Phileine Says Sorry ( 2003 ) and Floris ( 2004 ) . He also played a supporting role in Black Book ( 2006 ) . During the early years of his acting career , Huisman was also part of a band called Fontane . Huisman 's first international acting experience came in 2006 , when he guest-starred in an episode of the British TV series Dalziel and Pascoe . He subsequently appeared in The Young Victoria ( 2009 ) , World War Z ( 2013 ) , Wild ( 2014 ) , The Invitation ( 2015 ) and The Age of Adaline ( 2015 ) .",
"Baal (EP). Baal is an EP by David Bowie , comprising recordings of songs written for Bertolt Brecht 's play Baal . It is sometimes referred to as David Bowie in Bertolt Brecht 's Baal , as credited on the sleeve .",
"Sholay. Sholay ( , meaning `` Embers '' ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film , directed by Ramesh Sippy and produced by his father G. P. Sippy . The film follows two criminals , Veeru and Jai ( played by Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan ) , hired by a retired police officer ( Sanjeev Kumar ) to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh ( Amjad Khan ) . Hema Malini and Jaya Bhaduri also star , as Veeru and Jai 's love interests . Sholay is considered a classic and one of the best Indian films . It was ranked first in the British Film Institute 's 2002 poll of `` Top 10 Indian Films '' of all time . In 2005 , the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards named it the Best Film of 50 Years . The film was shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara , in the southern state of Karnataka , over a span of two and a half years . After the Central Board of Film Certification mandated the removal of several violent scenes , Sholay was released with a length of 198 minutes . In 1990 , the original director 's cut of 204 minutes became available on home media . When first released , Sholay received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response , but favourable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success . It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across India , and ran for more than five years at Mumbai 's Minerva theatre . By some accounts , Sholay is the highest grossing Indian film of all time , adjusted for inflation . The film drew heavily from the conventions of Westerns , and is a defining example of the masala film , which mixes several genres in one work . Scholars have noted several themes in the film , such as glorification of violence , conformation to feudal ethos , debate between social order and mobilised usurpers , homosocial bonding , and the film 's role as a national allegory . The combined sales of the original soundtrack , scored by R. D. Burman , and the dialogues ( released separately ) , set new sales records . The film 's dialogues and certain characters became extremely popular , contributing to numerous cultural memes and becoming part of India 's daily vernacular . In January 2014 , Sholay was re-released to theatres in the 3D format .",
"Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours. The Taal Basilica canonically known as the Minor Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours ( Filipino : Basilika ni San Martin ng Tours ; Spanish : Basílica Menor de San Martín de Tours ) is a Minor Basilica in the town of Taal , Batangas in the Philippines , within the Archdiocese of Lipa . It is considered to be the largest church in the Philippines and in Asia , standing 88.6 m long and 48 m wide . St. Martin of Tours is the patron saint of Taal , whose fiesta is celebrated every November 11 .",
"Daraar. Daraar is a 1996 Hindi thriller film directed by Abbas-Mustan starring Juhi Chawla , Rishi Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan in his film debut . Khan received the Filmfare Best Villain Award for his portrayal as a possessive husband . The film is inspired by the Julia Roberts thriller Sleeping with the Enemy .",
"Sawaal (film). Sawaal ( सवाल translation : Question ) is a Hindi film produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Ramesh Talwar , released in 1982 . The music was composed by Khayyam and the lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri . Despite an all-star cast , it did not succeed at the box office .",
"The Presidential Agent series. The Presidential Agent series was written by military author , W. E. B. Griffin . The series consists so far of eight novels , By Order of the President , The Hostage , The Hunters , The Shooters , Black Ops , The Outlaws , Covert Warriors , and Hazardous Duty . Like the rest of his novels , Griffin uses military time , along with the address of the place , and the chapter titles are never started on a separate page . The series is the author 's latest . The main character , Carlos Guillermo Castillo , first appears as an Army major and is later promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel . Carlos is also known as Karl Wilhelm von und zu Gossinger . The reason for the double name stems from his parentage . His father , U.S. Army Warrant Officer Junior Grade Jorge Alejandro Castillo , had a one-night stand with his mother . His mother , Erika von und zu Gossinger , never saw Jorge again as he died shortly thereafter , flying `` his fifty-second rescue mission , picking up downed chopper crews , when he was hit and his Huey blew up . '' Jorge Castillo was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . This allows Carlos to be admitted to West Point , which begins his Army career . Erika raised Karl Wilhelm with the help of her father and brother , in das Haus im Wald ( the House in the Woods ) until they both died in an automobile accident on the Autobahn , leaving her to raise the boy alone . When Karl Wilhelm is the age of 12 his mother contracts fatal pancreatic cancer . She enlists the help of the then Major Naylor , who is stationed in Germany and was friends with her father , to find the boy 's father . Naylor does some research into the father and finds out that not only is he dead but he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . He flies to San Antonio and shows Karl 's paternal grandmother , Doña Alicia Castillo a photograph of Karl . Upon seeing the photo she says that the boy has `` Jorge 's eyes '' and immediately goes to Germany . Doña Alicia says that she and her husband , Don Juan Fernando Castillo , will take care of Karl when Erika herself dies of cancer . Karl is 12 and an orphan , but he goes from one rich , but loving , home to another and will gain a cousin , Fernando Lopez , who will become like a brother to him . Castillo , known to his friends as Charley , admits to being confused about who he is at times . There is good reason for this . Not only do his family members leave him a proud legacy of elite Texican/Germanic heritage , they also give him a grounding in English , Spanish , German , Russian , Hungarian and a couple of others . He is an Army aviator , holds credentials for the Secret Service and an Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security . Because of his interesting background , Castillo comes to the attention of the President , who decides to use him as a single-source information funnel for intelligence matters , `` to serve as sort of a check on the investigations of the various agencies involved ... What I 'd like to know is what did they know and when did they know it ? '' The series has become one of Griffin 's most popular . Griffin 's son , William E. Butterworth , is listed on Griffin 's website as co-authoring `` The Outlaws '' , `` Covert Warriors '' , and `` Hazardous Duty '' .",
"Do Saal Ki Aurat. Do Saal Ki Aurat ( -LSB- ; lit : Woman of 2 years ) , is a Pakistani television drama series that was first aired on 1 October 2014 . It ended on 11 December 2014 . It is directed by Chaudhary Ali Hassan and written by Amir Raza .",
"Tatlı Dillim. Tatlı Dillim ( `` Sweet Talker '' ) is a 1972 Turkish romantic comedy film starring Tarık Akan and Filiz Akın , written and directed by Ertem Eğilmez . It is also the first ever film for Kemal Sunal although his role is a very small one .",
"Meital Dohan. Meital Dohan ( מיטל דוהן born 24 August 1979 ) is an Israeli award-winning actress in theater , film , and television ; including two Israeli Oscar nominations and an Israeli Tony Award . In Israel she was part of major productions such as , Dancing with the Stars , Ugly Betty , Romeo and Juliet , and many more . US audiences were first introduced to Meital as Yael Hoffman on Showtime series Weeds , and as Aurora in the Sony Pictures web-comedy Woke Up Dead. , co-starring Jon Heder and Wayne Knight . Meital also stars in Foreclosure with Michael Imperioli and Wendell Pierce and thriller Monogamy , ( Oscilloscope ) , co-starring Chris Messina and Rashida Jones , won the Best Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival . In early 2012 she caught the attention of hip-hop producer Che Pope ( Lauryn Hill , Eminem , Dr. Dre ) and they began to record her debut album `` I 'm In Hate With Love '' . The international attention she received for her first single `` Yummy '' ( Rami Afuni LMFAO ) and the viral video led media outlets like MTV Buzzworthy , AOL , Artist Direct , Maxim , Yahoo and others to declare Meital as `` the next triple threat '' . MTV Buzzworthy said , `` She 's also a comedian and a singer . And she 's pretty . Why do some people get all the gifts ? '' The song played on radio stations and in clubs around the world , trending No. 1 at Reverb Nation globally . Her next single , `` On Ya '' featuring Sean Kingston , charted No. 5 on the UK Club Pop Charts and No. 31 on the Billboard Club Chart . Following the immediately successful collaboration with Sean Kingston on the hit single `` On Ya , '' Extra TV , and Fox News , Chart Show in UK , MTV UK , and German Pro Seiben TV have all been raving . Both songs have been remixed by top DJs all over the world such as R3hab , Sidney Samson , Dave Aude , Danny Verde , DJ Reflex , DJ Skee , and others ... Meital 's third single , `` Give Us Back Love '' was released late October 2013 and went to No. 1 on iTunes Dance Chart Italy , No. 3 on Kings of Spins , No. 4 on UK Commercial Pop Club Chart , No. 7 on Billboard Club Chart , No. 33 on Billboard Electronic Dance Chart , No. 3 on Kings of Spin , No. 5 on Chart Jeffrey / Disastronaut / Audio Sushi Chart Fix , No. 16 in the Upfront Club Chart , Cool Cuts Chart TOP 20 , and DMC Buzz Chart -- TOP 20 .",
"Solal. Solal ( real name Laurent Morhain ) , born on September 29 , 1963 , in Lorient , is a French singer , known for his roles in musical theatre .",
"Danish Taimoor. Danish Taimoor ( -LSB- ) ( born 16 February 1983 ) is a Pakistani actor and model . He began his career in 2005 and appeared in `` Mystery Series '' ( Do saal baad , Dracula ) ; both episodes were directed by Imran khokhar and aired on Indus Vision . He is notable for his role in Urdu drama series ' and telefilms in Pakistan . Notable dramas include Haseena Moin 's Meri Behen Maya , Mannchalay , Jab we Wed , Shert , Sari Bhool Humari thi , Aik Pal and Mehreen Jabbar 's Rehai . He made his film debut in Jalaibee in March 2015 , directed by Yasir Jaswal .",
"Malaal. Malaal ( -LSB- ) ( English : Regret ) is a Pakistani drama television series which premiered on Hum TV on 9 October 2009 . The series is written by Umera Ahmed and directed by director Mehreen Jabbar.t was also aired in India on Zindagi , premiering on 19 October 2015 . The shows ended its run in India on 4 November2015",
"Vaalu. Vaalu ( Naughty ) is an 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by debutant Vijay Chander . The film features Silambarasan and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles , with Santhanam , VTV Ganesh and Brahmanandam portraying supporting roles . The film was produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under the banner NIC Arts . S. Thaman composed the music while Sakthi and T. S. Suresh handled the cinematography and editing respectively . The film 's production began on 6 June 2012 in Chennai and lasted till June 2015 . The film was predominantly shot in Chennai , with the portions of the film also shot at Hyderabad , Bangalore and Bangkok . After facing multiple delays , the film was released worldwide on 14 August 2015 . It was dubbed in Hindi by the same name.The 2016 Kannada film Santhu Straight Forward was inspired by this film .",
"Lamiel. Lamiel is a 1967 French drama film . It was directed by Jean Aurel and stars Anna Karina , Michel Bouquet , and Jean-Claude Brialy . The film is based on Stendhal 's unfinished last novel , Lamiel . A costume drama set in the 19th century , it centers on the young orphan Lamiel ( Karina ) as she rises from poverty into high society under the guidance of a doctor ( Bouquet ) , who lives vicariously through her . She eventually marries a bankrupt comte ( Brialy ) , but falls for a thief who breaks into her bedroom one night .",
"Baal (play). Baal was the first full-length play written by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht . It concerns a wastrel youth who becomes involved in several sexual affairs and at least one murder . It was written in 1918 , when Brecht was a 20-year-old student at Munich University , in response to the expressionist drama The Loner ( Der Einsame ) by the soon-to-become-Nazi dramatist Hanns Johst . The play is written in a form of heightened prose and includes four songs and an introductory choral hymn ( `` Hymn of Baal the Great '' ) , set to melodies composed by Brecht himself . Brecht wrote it prior to developing the dramaturgical techniques of epic theatre that characterize his later work , although he did re-work the play in 1926 ."
] | [
5.01171875,
-2.9453125,
-1.8544921875,
-5.07421875,
-5.55859375,
-3.75,
-3.755859375,
-6.80078125,
-6.765625,
-5.46484375,
-8.5859375,
-6.61328125,
-8.421875,
-5.07421875,
-4.9140625,
-6.06640625,
-7.02734375,
-10.359375,
-6.49609375,
-4.75390625,
-9.234375,
-7.91796875,
-7.06640625,
-8.0234375,
-5.27734375,
-6.91015625,
-9.0703125,
-8.5,
-8.21875,
-5.17578125,
-8.765625,
-6.58984375
] |
Her stars American actress Rooney Mara. | [
"Her (film). Her is a 2013 American romantic science-fiction drama film written , directed , and produced by Spike Jonze . It marks Jonze 's solo screenwriting debut . The film follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ) , a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ) , an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice . The film also stars Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , and Olivia Wilde . Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program . After making I 'm Here ( 2010 ) , a short film sharing similar themes , Jonze returned to the idea . He wrote the first draft of the script in five months . Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012 . The role of Samantha was recast in post-production , with Samantha Morton being replaced with Johansson . Additional scenes were filmed in August 2013 following the casting change . Her premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival on October 12 , 2013 . Warner Bros. initially provided a limited release for Her at six theaters on December 18 . It was later given a wide release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10 , 2014 . Her received widespread critical acclaim upon its release , and grossed over $ 47 million worldwide on a production budget of $ 23 million . The film received numerous awards and nominations , primarily for Jonze 's screenplay . At the 86th Academy Awards , Her received five nominations , including Best Picture , and won the award for Best Original Screenplay . Jonze also won awards for his screenplay at the 71st Golden Globe Awards , the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards , the 19th Critics ' Choice Awards , and the 40th Saturn Awards .",
"Rooney Mara. Patricia Rooney Mara ( -LSB- ˈmɛərə -RSB- ; born April 17 , 1985 ) is an American actress and philanthropist . She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends : Bloody Mary ( 2005 ) and went on to have a breakout role in the independent coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall ( 2009 ) , followed by roles in the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the biographical drama film The Social Network ( 2010 ) . In 2011 , Mara portrayed Lisbeth Salander , the title character in David Fincher 's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , based on Stieg Larsson 's Millennium book series . She received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . In 2013 , she starred in the thriller Side Effects , the independent drama Ai n't Them Bodies Saints and the acclaimed sci-fi romantic drama , Her . The following year , she starred in the adventure drama film Trash ( 2014 ) . In 2015 , she garnered further critical acclaim for her performance in Todd Haynes ' romantic drama Carol , for which she tied for the Best Actress Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama and the SAG , BAFTA , and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . Mara is also known for her charity work and oversees the charity Uweza Foundation , which supports empowerment programs for children and families in the Kibera slum in Nairobi , Kenya , one of the largest slums in Africa .",
"List of accolades received by Her (film). Her is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written , directed , and produced by Spike Jonze . The film 's musical score was composed by Arcade Fire , with the cinematography provided by Hoyte van Hoytema . It marks Jonze 's solo screenwriting debut . The film follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ) , a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ) , a female voice produced by an intelligent computer operating system . The film also stars Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , and Olivia Wilde . The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 12 , 2013 . Warner Bros. . Pictures initially provided a limited release for Her at six theaters on December 18 . It was later given a wide release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10 , 2014 . The film grossed a worldwide total of over $ 47 million on a production budget of $ 23 million . Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , surveyed 237 reviews and judged 94 percent to be positive . Her has earned various awards and nominations with particular praise for Jonze 's screenplay . The film was also widely praised for its direction , acting ( particularly Phoenix and Johansson ) , cinematography , score , production merits and poignant material . At the 86th Academy Awards , the film was nominated in five categories , including Best Picture , with Jonze winning for Best Original Screenplay . At the 71st Golden Globe Awards , the film garnered three nominations , going on to win Best Screenplay for Jonze . Jonze was also awarded the Best Original Screenplay Award from the Writers ' Guild of America . Her also won Best Film and Best Director for Jonze at the National Board of Review Awards . The American Film Institute included the film in their list of the top ten films of 2013 .",
"Meryl Streep. Mary Louise `` Meryl '' Streep ( born June 22 , 1949 ) is an American actress and philanthropist . Cited in the media as the `` best actress of her generation '' , -- a designation to which she objects -- Streep is particularly known for her versatility in her roles , transformation into the characters she plays , and her accent adaptation . Nominated for 20 Academy Awards , Streep has more nominations than any other actor , and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting . Streep has also received 30 Golden Globe nominations , winning eight -- more nominations , and more competitive wins than any other actor . Streep made her professional stage debut in Trelawny of the Wells in 1975 , and in 1976 received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for 27 Wagons Full of Cotton . She made her screen debut in the 1977 television film The Deadliest Season , and made her film debut later that same year in Julia . In 1978 , she won an Emmy Award for her role in the miniseries Holocaust , and received her first Academy Award nomination for The Deer Hunter . She went on to win Best Supporting Actress for Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ) , and Best Actress for Sophie 's Choice ( 1982 ) and The Iron Lady ( 2011 ) . Streep 's other Oscar nominated roles were in The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1981 ) , Silkwood ( 1983 ) , Out of Africa ( 1985 ) , Ironweed ( 1987 ) , Evil Angels ( 1988 ) , Postcards from the Edge ( 1990 ) , The Bridges of Madison County ( 1995 ) , One True Thing ( 1998 ) , Music of the Heart ( 1999 ) , Adaptation ( 2002 ) , The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ) , Doubt ( 2008 ) , Julie & Julia ( 2009 ) , August : Osage County ( 2013 ) , Into the Woods ( 2014 ) and Florence Foster Jenkins ( 2016 ) . She returned to the stage for the first time in over 20 years in The Public Theater 's 2001 revival of The Seagull , won a second Emmy Award in 2004 for the HBO miniseries Angels in America ( 2003 ) , and starred in The Public Theater 's 2006 production of Mother Courage and Her Children . Streep was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2004 , the Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2008 , and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American culture through performing arts . President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of Arts and in 2014 the Presidential Medal of Freedom . In 2003 , the government of France made her a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters . In 2017 , Streep was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award .",
"Saoirse Ronan. Saoirse Una Ronan ( -LSB- ˈsɜrʃə_ˈuːnə_ˈroʊnən -RSB- ; born 12 April 1994 ) is an Irish and American actress . She is a two-time Academy Award nominee ; receiving a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Atonement ( 2007 ) , and a Best Actress nomination for Brooklyn ( 2015 ) . She has also received three BAFTA Award nominations , two Golden Globe nominations , two Screen Actors Guild nominations and two Satellite Awards . She had her feature film debut in the romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman ( 2007 ) . Other roles include City of Ember ( 2008 ) , The Lovely Bones ( 2009 ) , Hanna ( 2011 ) , The Way Back ( 2010 ) , Byzantium ( 2012 ) , The Host ( 2013 ) , How I Live Now ( 2013 ) , and The Grand Budapest Hotel ( 2014 ) . In January 2016 , Ronan was included in Forbes '30 Under 30 ' in both the European and USA editions . In March 2016 , Ronan made her Broadway debut in a revival of the The Crucible , in the role of Abigail Williams , for which she received much acclaim . She appeared on the cover of Time magazine in June 2016 , one of ten young leaders selected as ` Next Generation Leaders ' .",
"Kate Mara. Kate Rooney Mara ( -LSB- ˈmɛərə -RSB- ; born February 27 , 1983 ) is an American actress . She starred in the Netflix political drama House of Cards as Zoe Barnes and appeared in the Fox TV series 24 as computer analyst Shari Rothenberg . She made her film debut in 1999 with Random Hearts . She appeared in Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) , We Are Marshall ( 2006 ) , Shooter ( 2007 ) , Transsiberian ( 2008 ) , Stone of Destiny ( 2008 ) , The Open Road ( 2009 ) , Transcendence ( 2014 ) , Fantastic Four ( 2015 ) as Susan `` Sue '' Storm/The Invisible Woman , The Martian ( 2015 ) , and Morgan ( 2016 ) . She also appeared in the FX horror miniseries American Horror Story : Murder House in 2011 as Hayden McClaine .",
"Julia Roberts. Julia Fiona Roberts ( born October 28 , 1967 ) is an American actress and producer . She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman ( 1990 ) , which grossed US $ 464 million worldwide . She has won three Golden Globe Awards ( out of eight nominations ) and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her film acting , winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Erin Brockovich ( 2000 ) . Her films Mystic Pizza ( 1988 ) , Steel Magnolias ( 1989 ) Sleeping with the Enemy ( 1991 ) , Hook ( 1991 ) , The Pelican Brief ( 1993 ) , My Best Friend 's Wedding ( 1997 ) , Conspiracy Theory ( 1997 ) , Notting Hill ( 1999 ) , Runaway Bride ( 1999 ) , Ocean 's Eleven ( 2001 ) , Mona Lisa Smile ( 2003 ) , Ocean 's Twelve ( 2004 ) , Charlie Wilson 's War ( 2007 ) , Valentine 's Day ( 2010 ) , Eat Pray Love ( 2010 ) , Mirror Mirror ( 2012 ) , and Money Monster ( 2016 ) have collectively brought box office receipts of over US$ 2.7 billion , making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts . She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance in the HBO television film The Normal Heart ( 2014 ) . Roberts was the highest-paid actress in the world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s . Her fee for 1990 's Pretty Woman was US$ 300,000 ; in 2003 , she was paid an unprecedented US$ 25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile ( 2003 ) . As of 2007 Roberts 's net worth was estimated to be US$ 140 million . She has been named People magazine 's `` World 's Most Beautiful Woman '' a record five times .",
"Tinashe. Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe ( -LSB- tiːˈnɑːʃeɪ -RSB- born February 6 , 1993 ) is an American singer-songwriter , record producer , dancer , actress and former model . She began her entertainment career at the age of three when she began modeling and acting . In 2012 , Tinashe released two critically acclaimed mixtapes , In Case We Die and Reverie , which she created in her home studio . After the release of the mixtapes , Tinashe signed with RCA Records . She later released her third mixtape , Black Water ( 2013 ) . Her debut single , `` 2 On '' , reached number one on the Rhythmic airplay chart , and peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . Her debut studio album Aquarius , released in 2014 , was noted by music critics as one of the most `` solid '' debuts by a new female artist in years . She has been nominated for a Soul Train Award in 2014 and was nominated for `` Best New Artist '' at the BET Awards in 2015 . She made her acting debut in the television film Cora Unashamed in 2000 . In 2004 , Tinashe appeared in box-office hit The Polar Express alongside actor Tom Hanks , providing the motion capture for the female protagonist . From 2008 to 2009 , Tinashe had a recurring role in the American sitcom Two and a Half Men as Celeste , Jake 's girlfriend .",
"You (film). You is a 2009 American drama film starring and directed by Melora Hardin ( in her directorial debut ) . The film also stars Gildart Jackson ( Hardin 's husband , who also wrote the film ) , Brenda Strong , Joely Fisher , Allison Mack , Amy Pietz , Jerry Hardin , and Don Michael Paul .",
"Julia Stiles. Julia O'Hara Stiles ( born March 28 , 1981 ) is an American actress . Born and raised in New York City , Stiles began acting at age 11 and made her screen debut as Erica Dansby in six episodes of the television series Ghostwriter ( 1993-1994 ) . Her first film role was in I Love You , I Love You Not ( 1996 ) , followed by a leading role in the thriller Wicked ( 1998 ) , for which she was awarded the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Award for Best Actress . She went on to gain prominence for her lead roles in teen films such as 10 Things I Hate About You ( 1999 ) for which she won MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards , Down to You ( 2000 ) , for which she was nominated for another two Teen Choice Awards , and Save the Last Dance ( 2001 ) , winning the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress and was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance . Stiles later went on to transition to more adult roles , garnering a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture for her performance in The Business of Strangers ( 2001 ) , Mona Lisa Smile ( 2003 ) , and The Omen ( 2006 ) . She became known to a wider audience for her supporting role alongside Matt Damon as Nicky Parsons in the Bourne film series ( 2002-2016 ) . She had a recurring role as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of the Showtime series Dexter ( 2010 ) , a role that earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Series , Miniseries or Television Film and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series . As a member of the cast of Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) , Stiles was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . Stiles appears in the Blue web series also broadcast on television ( 2012 -- present ) . Other film roles include romantic comedy The Prince and Me ( 2004 ) , noir-inspired drama-thriller A Little Trip to Heaven ( 2005 ) , British-Canadian co-production The Cry of the Owl ( 2009 ) , Between Us ( 2012 ) , Out of the Dark ( 2014 ) , and with Anthony Hopkins in Blackway ( 2016 ) ( also known as Go With Me ) .",
"Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey ( born March 27 , 1969 or 1970 ) is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , and actress . In 1990 , she rose to fame with the release of `` Vision of Love '' from her eponymous debut album . The album produced four chart-topping singles in the US and began what would become a string of commercially successful albums which solidified the singer as Columbias highest selling act . Carey and Boyz II Men spent a record sixteen weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 -- 96 with `` One Sweet Day , '' which remains the longest-running number-one song in US chart history . Following a contentious divorce from Sony Music head Tommy Mottola , Carey adopted a new image and traversed towards hip hop with the release of Butterfly ( 1997 ) . In 1998 , she was honored as the world 's best-selling recording artist of the 1990s at the World Music Awards and subsequently named the best-selling female artist of the millennium in 2000 . Carey parted with Columbia in 2000 , and signed a record-breaking $ 100 million recording contract with Virgin Records America . In the weeks prior to the release of her film Glitter and its accompanying soundtrack in 2001 , she suffered a physical and emotional breakdown and was hospitalized for severe exhaustion . The project was poorly received and led to a general decline in the singer 's career . Carey 's recording contract was bought out for $ 50 million by Virgin and she signed a multi-million dollar deal with Island Records the following year . After a relatively unsuccessful period , she returned to the top of music charts with The Emancipation of Mimi ( 2005 ) . The album became the best-selling album in the US and the second best-seller worldwide in 2005 and produced `` We Belong Together , '' which became her most successful single of the 2000s , and was later named `` Song of the Decade '' by Billboard . Carey once again ventured into film with a well-received supporting role in Precious ( 2009 ) , and was awarded the `` Breakthrough Performance Award '' at the Palm Springs International Film Festival . Throughout her career , Carey has sold more than 200 million records worldwide , making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time . According to the RIAA , she is the third-best-selling female artist in the United States , with 63.5 million certified albums . With the release of `` Touch My Body '' ( 2008 ) , Carey gained her 18th number-one single in the United States , more than any other solo artist . In 2012 , the singer was ranked second on VH1 's list of the `` 100 Greatest Women in Music . '' Aside from her commercial accomplishments , Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards , 19 World Music Awards , 11 American Music Awards , and 14 Billboard Music Awards and has been consistently credited with inspiring a generation of singers . Referred to as the `` songbird supreme '' by the Guinness World Records , she has a five-octave vocal range , power , melismatic style and signature use of the whistle register .",
"Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett Johansson ( -LSB- dʒoʊˈhænsən -RSB- born November 22 , 1984 ) is an American actress , model , and singer . She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North ( 1994 ) . Johansson subsequently starred in Manny & Lo ( 1996 ) , and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer ( 1998 ) and Ghost World ( 2001 ) . She shifted to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a Pearl Earring ( 2003 ) and Lost in Translation ( 2003 ) , for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . Her subsequent films included A Love Song for Bobby Long ( 2004 ) , Match Point ( 2005 ) , The Island ( 2005 ) , The Black Dahlia ( 2006 ) , The Prestige ( 2006 ) , The Other Boleyn Girl ( 2008 ) , Vicky Cristina Barcelona ( 2008 ) , He 's Just Not That Into You ( 2009 ) , Don Jon ( 2013 ) , Her ( 2013 ) , Under the Skin ( 2013 ) , Lucy ( 2014 ) , The Jungle Book ( 2016 ) , and Ghost in the Shell ( 2017 ) . Since 2008 , Johansson has also portrayed the Marvel Comics character Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the 2010 Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge . As a singer , Johansson has released two albums , Anywhere I Lay My Head ( 2008 ) and Break Up ( 2009 ) . Johansson is considered one of Hollywood 's modern sex symbols , and has frequently appeared in published lists of the sexiest women in the world . , she is the highest-grossing actress of all time in North America , with her films making over $ 3.6 billion . In 2016 , she was the highest-grossing actress , with a $ 1.2 billion total for the year .",
"Michelle Williams on screen and stage. Michelle Williams is an American actress who has appeared in film , television and stage . Her first screen appearance was at the age of 13 in a 1993 episode of the television series Baywatch , and she made her film debut as the love interest of the teenage lead in Lassie ( 1994 ) . She subsequently had guest roles in the television sitcoms Step by Step and Home Improvement and played the younger version of Natasha Henstridge 's character in the science fiction film Species ( 1995 ) . Greater success came to Williams when she began starring as the sexually troubled teenager Jen Lindley in the teen drama Dawson 's Creek ( 1998 -- 2003 ) . In 1999 , she made her stage debut with the Tracy Letts-written play Killer Joe , in which she played the naive young daughter of a dysfunctional family . In the 2000s , Williams eschewed parts in big-budget films in favor of roles with darker themes in independent productions . She played opposite Anna Friel in the psychological thriller Me Without You ( 2001 ) , portrayed a drug addict in Prozac Nation ( 2001 ) , and played the grieving sister of a murdered boy in The United States of Leland ( 2003 ) . Despite positive reviews , these films were not widely seen . This changed in 2005 when Williams played the neglected wife of Heath Ledger 's character in Brokeback Mountain , a drama about star-crossed gay lovers , which became a critical and commercial success , and gained Williams a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . She did not find success in the dramas The Hottest State ( 2006 ) and Incendiary ( 2008 ) , but Kelly Reichardt 's Wendy and Lucy ( 2008 ) , in which she played a drifter searching for her missing dog , was critically acclaimed . Martin Scorsese 's thriller Shutter Island ( 2010 ) , starring Leonardo DiCaprio , in which Williams had a supporting part , became her most widely seen film to that point . She went on to receive two consecutive Oscar nominations for Best Actress for her roles in Blue Valentine ( 2010 ) and My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) , and also won a Golden Globe Award for the latter . In the former , she played a woman struggling with an unhappy marriage , and in the latter , she portrayed the actress Marilyn Monroe . Williams ' highest-grossing release came in 2013 with the role of Glinda in the $ 493 million-grossing fantasy feature Oz the Great and Powerful . She made her Broadway debut with the role of Sally Bowles in a revival of the musical Cabaret in 2014 , and played a victim of sexual abuse in a revival of the play Blackbird in 2016 . For the latter , she gained a Tony Award for Best Actress nomination . Also in 2016 , Williams portrayed a tragic wife in Manchester by the Sea , and reunited with Reichardt in the ensemble drama Certain Women , both of which were positively reviewed .",
"Jane Fonda. Jane Fonda ( born Jayne Seymour Fonda ; December 21 , 1937 ) is an American actress , writer , political activist , former fashion model and fitness guru . She is a two-time Academy Award winner and two time BAFTA Award winner . In 2014 , she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award . Fonda made her Broadway debut in the 1960 play There Was a Little Girl , for which she received the first of two Tony Award nominations , and made her screen debut later the same year in Tall Story . She rose to fame in 1960s films such as Period of Adjustment ( 1962 ) , Sunday in New York ( 1963 ) , Cat Ballou ( 1965 ) , Barefoot in the Park ( 1967 ) and Barbarella ( 1968 ) . Her first husband was Barbarella director Roger Vadim . A seven-time Academy Award nominee , she received her first nomination for They Shoot Horses , Do n't They ( 1969 ) and went on to win two Best Actress Oscars in the 1970s for Klute ( 1971 ) and Coming Home ( 1978 ) . Her other nominations were for Julia ( 1977 ) , The China Syndrome ( 1979 ) , On Golden Pond ( 1981 ) and The Morning After ( 1986 ) . Her other major competitive awards include an Emmy Award for the 1984 TV film The Dollmaker , two BAFTA Awards for Julia and The China Syndrome and four Golden Globe Awards . In 1982 , she released her first exercise video , Jane Fonda 's Workout , which became the highest-selling video of the time . It would be the first of 22 workout videos released by her over the next 13 years which would collectively sell over 17 million copies . Divorced from second husband Tom Hayden , she married billionaire media mogul Ted Turner in 1991 and retired from acting . Fonda was divorced from Turner in 2001 . She returned to acting with her first film in 15 years , the 2005 comedy Monster in Law . Subsequent films have included Georgia Rule ( 2007 ) , The Butler ( 2013 ) , This Is Where I Leave You ( 2014 ) and Youth ( 2015 ) . In 2009 , she returned to Broadway after a 45-year absence , in the play 33 Variations , which earned her a Tony Award nomination , while her recurring role in the HBO drama series The Newsroom ( 2012-2014 ) , has earned her two Emmy Award nominations . She also released another five exercise videos between 2010 and 2012 . She stars with Lily Tomlin , Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen in the Netflix original series Grace and Frankie , which premiered in 2015 . Fonda was a visible political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War and later became involved in advocacy for women . She was famously and controversially photographed sitting on an anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi . She has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women , and describes herself as a feminist . In 2005 , she , Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem co-founded the Women 's Media Center , an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy , media and leadership training , and the creation of original content . Fonda serves on the board of the organization .",
"Rihanna. Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( -LSB- riˈænə -RSB- born February 20 , 1988 ) is a Barbadian singer , songwriter , and actress . Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown , she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003 . She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president , hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z . In 2005 , Rihanna rose to fame with the release of her debut studio album Music of the Sun and its follow-up A Girl like Me ( 2006 ) , which charted on the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and respectively produced the singles `` Pon de Replay '' and `` SOS '' . She assumed creative control for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad ( 2007 ) and adopted a public image as a sex symbol while reinventing her music . Its successful lead single `` Umbrella '' became an international breakthrough in her career , as she won her first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay Z in 2008 . After releasing four consecutive platinum studio albums , including the Grammy Award winner Unapologetic ( 2012 ) , she was recognized as a pop icon . Her eighth studio album Anti ( 2016 ) and its lead single `` Work '' reached number-one on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 . Many of her songs rank among the world 's best-selling singles of all time , including the singles `` Umbrella '' , `` Take a Bow '' , `` Disturbia '' , `` Only Girl ( In the World ) '' , `` S&M '' , `` We Found Love '' , `` Diamonds '' , and `` Stay '' in which she is the lead artist , and her collaborations `` Live Your Life '' ( with T.I. ) , `` Love the Way You Lie '' and `` The Monster '' ( both with Eminem ) . With sales exceeding 230 million records worldwide , Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time . Rihanna is the youngest and fastest solo artist to earn fourteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade and the top Hot 100 artist of the 2010s decade by Billboard . Among numerous awards and accolades , Rihanna has won eight Grammy Awards , twelve American Music Awards , twelve Billboard Music Awards and the inaugural Icon Award at the American Music Awards of 2013 . Widely recognized for frequently reinventing her style , she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2014 . Forbes ranked Rihanna the fourth most powerful celebrity of 2012 , and was named one of Times `` 100 Most Influential People in the World '' later that year .",
"Hailee Steinfeld. Hailee Steinfeld ( born December 11 , 1996 ) is an American actress , model and singer . She first became known for her portrayal of Mattie Ross in True Grit ( 2010 ) , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role , and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . Thereafter , she appeared as Petra Arkanian in Ender 's Game ( 2013 ) , Juliet Capulet in Romeo & Juliet ( 2013 ) , Violet Mulligan in Begin Again ( 2013 ) , Zooey Renner in 3 Days to Kill ( 2014 ) , and Nadine Franklin in The Edge of Seventeen ( 2016 ) , for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination . After singing `` Flashlight '' in Pitch Perfect 2 ( 2015 ) , Steinfeld released a cover version of the song and was later signed to Republic Records . She released her debut single , `` Love Myself '' , which has been certified platinum in several countries , and later an extended play , Haiz . In 2016 , she released `` Starving '' , a collaboration with both Grey and Zedd , which peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . In addition to her acting and singing careers , Steinfeld also has done modeling work ; she was hired as the face of Miu Miu in 2011 , shortly after True Grit was released .",
"Charlize Theron. Charlize Theron ( -LSB- ʃɑːrˈliːz_ˈθɛrən -RSB- or -LSB- ʃɑrˈliːs_ˈθɛərən -RSB- ; -LSB- ʃarˈlis trɔn -RSB- ; born 7 August 1975 ) is a South African-American actress and film producer . She has starred in several Hollywood films , such as The Devil 's Advocate ( 1997 ) , Mighty Joe Young ( 1998 ) , The Cider House Rules ( 1999 ) , Monster ( 2003 ) , The Italian Job ( 2003 ) , Hancock ( 2008 ) , A Million Ways to Die in the West ( 2014 ) , Mad Max : Fury Road ( 2015 ) and The Fate of the Furious ( 2017 ) . Theron received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster ( 2003 ) , for which she won the Academy Award , Silver Bear , Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress among several other accolades , becoming the first South African to win an Academy Award in a major acting category . She received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her performance in the sexual harassment-themed drama North Country in 2005 and a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in Jason Reitman 's 2011 film Young Adult . Theron became a U.S. citizen in 2007 , while retaining her South African citizenship . In the late 2000s , she moved into the field of producing , both in television and film . In 2006 , she produced the documentary East of Havana . She had producing credits on the films The Burning Plain ( 2008 ) and Dark Places ( 2015 ) , both of which she starred in . In 2012 , she played Queen Ravenna in Snow White and the Huntsman and Meredith Vickers in Prometheus , both of which were box office successes . She reprised her role of Queen Ravenna in the 2016 follow-up film The Huntsman : Winter 's War . In 2016 , Time Magazine named her in the annual Time 100 most influential people list .",
"List of awards and nominations received by Rooney Mara. This is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress Rooney Mara .",
"Ariana Grande. Ariana Grande-Butera ( born June 26 , 1993 ) , known as Ariana Grande ( -LSB- ˌɑriˈɑːnə_ˈɡrɑːndeɪ -RSB- ) , is an American singer and actress . She began her career in the Broadway musical 13 , before landing the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009 . The show ended after four seasons , and Grande starred in the spinoff , Sam & Cat , which ended in 2014 . She has also appeared in other theatre and television roles , and has lent her voice to animated television and films . Grande 's music career began with the soundtrack Music from Victorious ( 2011 ) . She signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released her debut studio album , Yours Truly , in 2013 , which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 . The album 's lead single , `` The Way '' , debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 , with critics comparing her wide vocal range to that of Mariah Carey . Grande 's second studio album , My Everything ( 2014 ) , debuted at number one in the US and charted in the top 10 in 24 other countries . With the lead single `` Problem '' and several others from that album , she was continuously in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 34 weeks and had the most top 10 singles of any artist in 2014 . In 2015 , Grande promoted My Everything with her first world tour , The Honeymoon Tour , guest-starred in the Fox comedy horror television series , Scream Queens and released a holiday EP , Christmas & Chill . In 2016 , she released her third studio album , Dangerous Woman , and several songs from the album . The title track debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making Grande the first person in the history of that chart to have the lead single from each of her first three albums debut in the top 10 . The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 . As of January 2017 , Grande 's music videos had been viewed a total of more than seven billion times online . Grande 's accolades include three American Music Awards , an MTV Video Music Award , three MTV Europe Music Awards and four Grammy Award nominations . All three of her albums have been certified platinum by the RIAA . She has actively supported a range of charities , and has a large following on social media ; she is the second most followed person on Instagram . In 2016 , Time named Grande one of the 100 most influential people in the world on the annual Time 100 list .",
"A Ghost Story. A Ghost Story is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by David Lowery . It stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara , with supporting performances from Will Oldham , Sonia Acevedo , Rob Zabrecky and Liz Franke . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22 , 2017 . It is scheduled to be released on July 7 , 2017 , by A24 .",
"Ava Gardner. Ava Lavinia Gardner ( December 24 , 1922 -- January 25 , 1990 ) was an American actress and singer . She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers ( 1946 ) . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo ( 1953 ) , and also received BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for other films . Gardner appeared in several high-profile films from the 1940s to 1970s , including The Hucksters ( 1947 ) , Show Boat ( 1951 ) , Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ( 1951 ) , The Snows of Kilimanjaro ( 1952 ) , The Barefoot Contessa ( 1954 ) , Bhowani Junction ( 1956 ) , On the Beach ( 1959 ) , 55 Days at Peking ( 1963 ) , Seven Days in May ( 1964 ) , The Night of the Iguana ( 1964 ) , The Bible : In the Beginning ... ( 1966 ) , The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972 ) , Earthquake ( 1974 ) , and The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 ) . Gardner continued to act regularly until 1986 , four years before her death in London in 1990 at the age of 67 . She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute 's 25 Greatest Female Stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema .",
"Hilary Swank. Hilary Swank ( born July 30 , 1974 ) is an American actress and producer . She has won two Academy Awards for Best Actress and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 . Swank made her film debut in a minor role for Buffy the Vampire Slayer , before she made her breakout lead role in the fourth installment of the The Karate Kid franchise , The Next Karate Kid in 1994 . On television , she was cast as part of the main cast in the eighth season of the drama series Beverly Hills 90210 as single mother Carly Reynolds from 1997 to 1998 . Swank garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of Brandon Teena in the 1999 biographical independent film Boys Do n't Cry , which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . She starred in Clint Eastwood 's 2004 sports drama film Million Dollar Baby as struggling-waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald , which won her a second Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress . She starred in other films , such as The Gift ( 2000 ) , Insomnia ( 2002 ) , Iron Jawed Angels ( 2004 ) , Red Dust ( 2004 ) The Reaping ( 2007 ) , P.S. I Love You ( 2007 ) , Freedom Writers ( 2007 ) and The Homesman ( 2014 ) .",
"Emily Blunt. Emily Olivia Leah Blunt ( born 23 February 1983 ) is a British film and stage actress . Blunt made her professional debut in a 2001 London production of the play The Royal Family . Two years later , she appeared on screen for the first time in the 2003 television film Boudica ( Warrior Queen ) . Her performance in the 2004 drama film My Summer of Love garnered her the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer . For her performance in the TV film Gideon 's Daughter ( 2006 ) she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . The same year , she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture and a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Devil Wears Prada . In 2009 , Blunt received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year . She received more acclaim for portraying Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria ( 2009 ) , receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . 2009 also saw Blunt appear in the crime caper comedy Wild Target with Bill Nighy and Rupert Grint . She found commercial success for roles in the romantic science-fiction thriller The Adjustment Bureau ( 2011 ) , the science-fiction action thriller Looper ( 2012 ) , and the science-fiction military film Edge of Tomorrow ( 2014 ) . Blunt received her fourth and fifth Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ( 2012 ) and the musical fantasy Into the Woods ( 2014 ) in the Best Actress -- Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category . In 2016 , Blunt starred in the fantasy-action film The Huntsman : Winter 's War and The Girl on the Train , the latter based on the international best-selling novel of the same name , and a performance that earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role .",
"Meryl Streep on screen and stage. Meryl Streep is an American actress who has had an extensive career in film , television , and stage . She made her stage debut in 1975 with The Public Theater production of Trelawny of the Wells . She went on to perform several roles on stage in the 1970s , garnering a Tony Award nomination for her role in 27 Wagons Full of Cotton ( 1976 ) . In 1977 , Streep starred in the television movie The Deadliest Season , and made her film debut with a brief role alongside Jane Fonda in Julia . A supporting role in the war drama The Deer Hunter ( 1978 ) proved to be a breakthrough for Streep and she received her first Academy Award nomination for it . She won the award the following year for playing a troubled wife in the top-grossing drama Kramer vs. Kramer ( 1979 ) . Also in 1978 , Streep played a German married to a Jew in Nazi Germany in the television miniseries Holocaust , which earned her the Emmy Award for Best Actress . Streep established herself as a leading Hollywood actress in the 1980s . She played dual roles in the period drama The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1981 ) , and starred as a Polish holocaust survivor in Sophie 's Choice ( 1982 ) . She was awarded the Best Actress Oscar for the latter . Streep portrayed the real-life character of Karen Silkwood in Mike Nichols ' drama Silkwood ( 1983 ) , before starring in her most financially successful release of the decade , the romantic drama Out of Africa ( 1985 ) , in which she played the Danish writer Karen Blixen . Despite intermittent successes , Streep 's career went through a period of decline post-1985 , with several commentators criticizing her for her inclination towards melodramatic roles . The criticism continued despite her attempts to actively star in commercial comedies ; her roles that parodied women 's beauty and aging in the films She-Devil ( 1989 ) and Death Becomes Her ( 1992 ) were panned . In 1995 , Streep starred opposite Clint Eastwood as an unhappily married woman in The Bridges of Madison County , her biggest critical and commercial success of the decade . Although her dramas of the late 1990s received a mixed reception overall , she was praised for her role as a cancer patient in One True Thing ( 1998 ) . She had acclaimed roles in the 2002 films Adaptation and The Hours , and won a second Emmy Award for the television miniseries Angels in America a year later , though she failed to replicate her earlier success . This changed in 2006 , with an Academy Award-nominated role as a ruthless fashion magazine editor in the comedy-drama The Devil Wears Prada . This late-period success led to starring roles in several high-profile films , including the US$ 609 million-grossing romantic comedy Mamma Mia ! ( 2008 ) , her highest-grossing release , and the comedy-drama Julie & Julia ( 2009 ) , in which she played Julia Child . These roles re-established Streep 's stardom in Hollywood . Her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the biopic The Iron Lady ( 2011 ) earned her another Academy Award for Best Actress . The starring role of Florence Foster Jenkins in the 2016 comedy-drama film of the same name garnered Streep her 20th Oscar nomination , more than any actor or actress in history .",
"Miley Cyrus. Miley Ray Cyrus ( born Destiny Hope Cyrus ; November 23 , 1992 ) is an American singer , songwriter , and actress . After playing minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood , she became a teen idol starring as the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006 . Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show . She subsequently signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records , and her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus ( 2007 ) was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) having shipped over three million units . She released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008 . Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana : The Movie , and began cultivating a more mature image with her EP The Time of Our Lives in 2009 . In 2010 , she released her third album Ca n't Be Tamed , which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career , and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song . Cyrus focused on her acting career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012 . Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz ( 2013 ) , her first under her recording contract with RCA Records . Cyrus ' independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz ( 2015 ) deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation . In 2016 , she was a coach for the eleventh season of the singing competition series The Voice . With Bangerz , Cyrus achieved her third number-one album on the U.S. Billboard 200 , and fifth overall including Hannah Montana soundtrack albums . She has logged eight top 10 entries on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with : `` See You Again '' , `` 7 Things '' , `` The Climb '' , `` Party in the U.S.A. '' , `` Ca n't Be Tamed '' , `` We Ca n't Stop '' , `` Malibu '' and the chart-topping `` Wrecking Ball '' . Cyrus has earned numerous awards and nominations , as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009 . She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 , and in 2013 was declared `` Artist of the Year '' by MTV . She has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014 .",
"Uma Thurman. Uma Karuna Thurman ( born April 29 , 1970 ) is an American actress and model . She has performed in a variety of films , ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies . Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British Vogue , she starred in Dangerous Liaisons ( 1988 ) . Thurman rose to international prominence with her performance in Quentin Tarantino 's Pulp Fiction ( 1994 ) , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award , the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . She starred in several more films throughout the 1990s such as Batman & Robin ( 1997 ) , Gattaca ( 1997 ) and Les Misérables ( 1998 ) . Thurman was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Film for Hysterical Blindness ( 2002 ) . Hailed as Quentin Tarantino 's muse , she reunited with the director to play the main role in both Kill Bill films ( 2003 -- 2004 ) , which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations . Other acting credits in the decade include Be Cool ( 2005 ) , The Producers ( 2005 ) and My Super Ex-Girlfriend ( 2006 ) . She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her five-episode role in Smash ( 2012 ) , and garnered critical praise for her supporting performance in the Volume I of Lars von Trier 's two-part art drama Nymphomaniac ( 2013 ) .",
"Janet McTeer. Janet McTeer , ( born 5 August 1961 ) is an English actress . In 1997 , she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play , the Olivier Award for Best Actress and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her role as Nora in A Doll 's House ( 1996 -- 97 ) . She also won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mary Jo Walker in the 1999 film Tumbleweeds , and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Hubert Page in the 2011 film Albert Nobbs . She was made an OBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours . McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984 , and was nominated for the 1986 Olivier Award for Best Newcomer for The Grace of Mary Traverse . Other theatre roles include Yelena in Uncle Vanya ( London ) , Veronique in God of Carnage ( London & New York ) and the title role in Mary Stuart ( London & New York ) , which won her a second Drama Desk Award in 2009 . On television , she starred in the title role of Lynda La Plante 's The Governor ( 1995 -- 96 ) , received an Emmy Award nomination for Into the Storm ( 2009 ) and a Golden Globe nomination for The White Queen ( 2013 ) . She also appeared opposite Glenn Close in the final season of the drama series Damages ( 2012 ) . Her other film roles include Half Moon Street ( 1986 ) , Hawks ( 1988 ) , Wuthering Heights ( 1992 ) , Carrington ( 1995 ) , Velvet Goldmine ( 1998 ) , Songcatcher ( 2000 ) , The Intended ( 2002 ) , As You Like It ( 2006 ) , Tideland ( 2005 ) , Cat Run ( 2011 ) , Woman in Black ( 2012 ) , Maleficent ( 2014 ) , The Divergent Series ( 2015 -- 16 ) and Me Before You ( 2016 ) .",
"Coleen Rooney. Coleen Mary Rooney ( née McLoughlin ; born 3 April 1986 ) is an English television presenter , columnist and product endorser . She is the wife of Manchester United and England football captain Wayne Rooney .",
"The Discovery (film). The Discovery is a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film , directed by Charlie McDowell from a screenplay written by Justin Lader and Charlie McDowell . It stars Rooney Mara , Jason Segel , Robert Redford , Jesse Plemons , Riley Keough and Ron Canada . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20 , 2017 . It was released on March 31 , 2017 , by Netflix .",
"Emily Ratajkowski. Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski ( -LSB- ˌrɑːtaɪˈkɒfski -RSB- born June 7 , 1991 ) is an American actress and model . Born to American parents in London and raised primarily in California , she rose to prominence in 2013 after appearing in the music video for Robin Thicke 's `` Blurred Lines '' , which became the number one song of the year in several countries and attracted controversy over its purportedly sexist content . Ratajkowski 's modeling career has progressed from retail ad work to art house erotica and high fashion . She appeared on the cover of the March 2012 issue of the erotic magazine treats ! , which led to her being asked to appear in two music videos -- `` Blurred Lines '' and Maroon 5 's `` Love Somebody '' . She appeared in the 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues . Ratajkowski made her professional runway modeling debut for Marc Jacobs at New York Fashion Week in 2015 and has since walked on the Paris Fashion Week runway for Miu Miu . She appeared in a Buick Super Bowl commercial during Super Bowl 50 . Ratajkowski began acting as a child in the San Diego area before she gained a recurring role on iCarly and later roles in major films . Her feature film debut was as the mistress of Ben Affleck 's character in the 2014 film Gone Girl . Ratajkowski 's 2015 roles included the films Entourage and We Are Your Friends ( her first leading role ) as well as the miniseries The Spoils Before Dying . Ratajkowski is an advocate for women 's health issues as a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood and supports the right of women to express their sexuality . Her claim to being a feminist has been both supported and disputed .",
"Lady Gaga. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( -LSB- ˈstɛfəniː_dʒɜrməˈnɒtə -RSB- ; born March 28 , 1986 ) , known professionally as Lady Gaga , is an American singer , songwriter , and actress . At the beginning of her career , Gaga became known for her unconventionality and provocative work . A popular contemporary recording artist , she is noted for constantly experimenting with new musical ideas and images . Gaga initially played roles in high school plays , and studied at CAP21 through NYU 's Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue a musical career . After leaving a rock band , participating in a performance art circuit , and being dropped from a contract with Def Jam Recordings , Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing . From there , Akon noticed her vocal abilities and helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own KonLive Distribution in 2007 . Gaga rose to prominence with the release of her successful debut album The Fame ( 2008 ) and its international chart-topping singles `` Just Dance '' and `` Poker Face '' . A follow-up EP , The Fame Monster ( 2009 ) , was met with a similar reception and the singles `` Bad Romance '' , `` Telephone '' , and `` Alejandro '' were also successful . Gaga 's second full-length album Born This Way ( 2011 ) topped the charts in more than 20 countries , including the US , where it sold over one million copies in its first week . The album produced the number-one single `` Born This Way '' . Gaga 's third album Artpop , released in 2013 , topped the US charts and included the successful single `` Applause '' . In 2014 , Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek , her third consecutive number one in the US . For her work in the television series American Horror Story : Hotel , Gaga won a Golden Globe Award in 2016 . With her fifth studio album Joanne ( 2016 ) , she became the first woman to have four US number one albums in the 2010s . In February 2017 , Gaga headlined the Super Bowl LI halftime show , which had over 150 million audience across various platforms worldwide , making it the most viewed musical event in history . With global album and single sales of 27 million and 146 million respectively , as of January 2016 , she is one of the best-selling musicians of all time . Her achievements include twelve Guinness World Records , three Brit Awards , and six Grammy Awards . She has also received awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America . Gaga regularly appears on Billboards Artists of the Year lists and Forbess power and earnings rankings . She was ranked at number four on VH1 's Greatest Women in Music , finished second on Times 2011 readers ' poll of the most influential people of the past ten years , and was named Billboards Woman of the Year ( 2015 ) . She is known for her philanthropic work and social activism , including LGBT rights and her own non-profit organization , the Born This Way Foundation , which focuses on promoting youth empowerment and combating bullying .",
"Carol (film). Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes . The screenplay , written by Phyllis Nagy , is based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt ( also known as Carol ) by Patricia Highsmith . The film stars Cate Blanchett , Rooney Mara , Sarah Paulson , Jake Lacy and Kyle Chandler . Set in New York City during the early 1950s , Carol tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce . Carol had been in development since 1997 , when Nagy wrote the first draft of the screenplay . British company Film4 Productions and its then-chief executive Tessa Ross financed development . The film had a troubled development period , facing problems with financing , rights , scheduling conflicts , and accessibility . Number 9 Films came on board as a producer in 2011 , when co-founder Elizabeth Karlsen secured the rights to the novel . The film is co-produced by New York-based Killer Films , which joined the project when co-founder and Haynes 's collaborator Christine Vachon approached Haynes to direct in 2013 . Principal photography began in March 2014 , in Cincinnati , Ohio , and lasted 34 days . Cinematographer Edward Lachman shot Carol on Super 16 mm film . Carol competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival , where Mara tied for the Best Actress award . The film received critical acclaim and many accolades , including six Academy Award nominations , five Golden Globe Award nominations , and nine BAFTA Award nominations as well as awards from the New York Film Critics Circle , Los Angeles Film Critics Association , and National Society of Film Critics . The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 20 , 2015 , and wide release on January 15 , 2016 . It was released in the United Kingdom on November 27 , 2015 ."
] | [
6.62890625,
4.96875,
5.109375,
-2.388671875,
-3.369140625,
3.5234375,
-3.341796875,
-4.203125,
-6.17578125,
-3.400390625,
-2.87109375,
-2.078125,
-4.58984375,
-2.787109375,
-3.609375,
-3.455078125,
-3.798828125,
-3.56640625,
-2.79296875,
1.0390625,
-3.427734375,
-3.96484375,
-4.17578125,
-4.140625,
-2.361328125,
-3.1640625,
-5.5390625,
-5.3828125,
0.90966796875,
-2.53515625,
-2.79296875,
1.392578125
] |
J. R. R. Tolkien created Gimli. | [
"The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien . The story began as a sequel to Tolkien 's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work . Written in stages between 1937 and 1949 , The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling novels ever written , with over 150 million copies sold . The title of the novel refers to the story 's main antagonist , the Dark Lord Sauron , who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth . From quiet beginnings in the Shire , a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside , the story ranges across Middle-earth , following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters , not only the hobbits Frodo Baggins , Samwise `` Sam '' Gamgee , Meriadoc `` Merry '' Brandybuck and Peregrin `` Pippin '' Took , but also the hobbits ' chief allies and travelling companions : the Men Aragorn son of Arathorn , a Ranger of the North , and Boromir , a Captain of Gondor ; Gimli son of Glóin , a Dwarf warrior ; Legolas Greenleaf , an Elven prince ; and Gandalf , a Wizard . The work was initially intended by Tolkien to be one volume of a two-volume set , the other to be The Silmarillion , but this idea was dismissed by his publisher . For economic reasons , The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes over the course of a year from 29 July 1954 to 20 October 1955 . The three volumes were titled The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King . Structurally , the novel is divided internally into six books , two per volume , with several appendices of background material included at the end . Some editions combine the entire work into a single volume . The Lord of the Rings has since been reprinted numerous times and translated into 38 languages . Tolkien 's work has been the subject of extensive analysis of its themes and origins . Although a major work in itself , the story was only the last movement of a larger epic Tolkien had worked on since 1917 , in a process he described as mythopoeia . Influences on this earlier work , and on the story of The Lord of the Rings , include philology , mythology , religion and the author 's distaste for the effects of industrialization , as well as earlier fantasy works and Tolkien 's experiences in World War I . These inspirations and themes have often been denied by Tolkien himself . The Lord of the Rings in its turn is considered to have had a great effect on modern fantasy ; the impact of Tolkien 's works is such that the use of the words `` Tolkienian '' and `` Tolkienesque '' have been recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary . The enduring popularity of The Lord of the Rings has led to numerous references in popular culture , the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien 's works , and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works . The Lord of the Rings has inspired , and continues to inspire , artwork , music , films and television , video games , and subsequent literature . Award-winning adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made for radio , theatre , and film . In 2003 , it was named Britain 's best-loved novel of all time in the BBC 's The Big Read .",
"Gimli (Middle-earth). Gimli is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium , featured in The Lord of the Rings . A dwarf warrior , he is the son of Glóin ( a character from Tolkien 's earlier novel , The Hobbit ) . Gimli is chosen to represent the race of Dwarves in the Fellowship of the Ring . As such , he is one of the primary characters of the novel . In the course of the adventure , Gimli aids the Ring-bearer , participates in the War of the Ring , and becomes close friends with Legolas , overcoming an ancient enmity of Dwarves and Elves .",
"The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion -LSB- sɪlməˈrɪliən -RSB- is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien , edited and published posthumously by his son , Christopher Tolkien , in 1977 , with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay . The Silmarillion , along with J. R. R. Tolkien 's other works , forms an extensive , though incomplete , narrative that describes the universe of Eä in which are found the lands of Valinor , Beleriand , Númenor , and Middle-earth within which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place . After the success of The Hobbit , Tolkien 's publisher requested a sequel . Tolkien sent them an early draft of The Silmarillion but , due to a misunderstanding , the publisher rejected the draft without fully reading it . The result was that Tolkien began work on `` A Long Expected Party '' , the first chapter of what he described at the time as `` a new story about Hobbits '' , which became The Lord of the Rings . The Silmarillion comprises five parts . The first part , Ainulindalë , tells of the creation of Eä , the `` world that is '' . Valaquenta , the second part , gives a description of the Valar and Maiar , the supernatural powers in Eä . The next section , Quenta Silmarillion , which forms the bulk of the collection , chronicles the history of the events before and during the First Age , including the wars over the Silmarils that gave the book its title . The fourth part , Akallabêth , relates the history of the Downfall of Númenor and its people , which takes place in the Second Age . The final part , Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age , is a brief account of the circumstances which led to and were presented in The Lord of the Rings . The five parts were initially separate works , but it was the elder Tolkien 's express wish that they be published together . Because J. R. R. Tolkien died before he finished revising the various legends , Christopher gathered material from his father 's older writings to fill out the book . In a few cases , this meant that he had to devise completely new material in order to resolve gaps and inconsistencies in the narrative .",
"Rivendell. Rivendell is an Elven realm in Middle-earth , a fictional world created by J. R. R. Tolkien . It is an important location in Tolkien 's legendarium , and is featured in The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , The Silmarillion , and Unfinished Tales . It was established and ruled by Elrond Half-elven in the Second Age of Middle-earth ( four or five thousand years before the events of The Lord of the Rings ) , and was protected by the powers of its lord and his elven ring Vilya . Elrond lived in Rivendell with his family -- his wife Celebrían ( until she departed for Valinor ) , their sons Elladan and Elrohir , and their daughter Arwen -- as well as a sizeable number of other Elves , both Noldor and Sindar . In addition to the family of Elrond , notable Elves who lived in Rivendell included Glorfindel , Gildor , and Erestor . In some writings , featured in Unfinished Tales , Galadriel and Celeborn also lived in Rivendell for a time before they became rulers of Lothlórien .",
"Galadriel. Galadriel ( -LSB- ɡaˈladri.ɛl -RSB- ) is a fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien , appearing in his Middle-earth legendarium . She appears in The Lord of the Rings , The Silmarillion , and Unfinished Tales . She was a royal Elf of both the Noldor and the Teleri , being a grandchild of both King Finwë and King Olwë , and was also close kin of King Ingwë of the Vanyar through her grandmother Indis . She was one of the leaders in the rebellion of the Noldor and their flight from Valinor during the First Age , and she was the only prominent Noldo to survive and eventually return , at the end of the Third Age . Towards the end of her stay in Middle-earth she was co-ruler of Lothlórien with her husband , Lord Celeborn , and was referred to variously as the Lady of Lórien , the Lady of the Galadhrim , the Lady of Light , or the Lady of the Golden Wood . Her daughter Celebrían was the wife of Elrond and mother of Arwen , Elladan and Elrohir . Tolkien describes Galadriel as `` the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth '' ( after the death of Gil-galad ) and the `` greatest of elven women '' .",
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers is a 2002 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and based on the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien 's novel The Lord of the Rings . It is the second installment in The Lord of the Rings film series , preceded by The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) and concluding with The Return of the King ( 2003 ) . Continuing the plot of The Fellowship of the Ring , the film intercuts three storylines . Frodo and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring , meeting and joined by Gollum , the ring 's former owner . Aragorn , Legolas , and Gimli come to the war-torn nation of Rohan and are reunited with the resurrected Gandalf , before fighting at the Battle of Helm 's Deep . Merry and Pippin escape capture , meet Treebeard the Ent , and help to plan an attack on Isengard . Meeting high critical acclaim , the film was an enormous box-office success , earning over $ 926 million worldwide and is currently the 42nd highest-grossing film of all time ( inflation-adjusted , it is the 62nd most successful film in North America ) . The film won numerous accolades and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture , and won Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing .",
"The Lord of the Rings (film series). The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson . They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien . The films are subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) , The Two Towers ( 2002 ) and The Return of the King ( 2003 ) . They were distributed by New Line Cinema . Considered to be one of the biggest and most ambitious film projects ever undertaken , with an overall budget of $ 281 million ( some sources say $ 310 - $ 330 million ) , the entire project took eight years , with the filming for all three films done simultaneously and entirely in New Zealand , Jackson 's native country . Each film in the series also had special extended editions released on DVD a year after their respective theatrical releases . While the films follow the book 's general storyline , they do omit some of the novel 's plot elements and include some additions to and deviations from the source material . Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth , the films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins ( Elijah Wood ) as he and a Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring , and thus ensure the destruction of its maker , the Dark Lord Sauron ( Sala Baker ) . The Fellowship eventually splits up and Frodo continues the quest together with his loyal companion Sam ( Sean Astin ) and the treacherous Gollum ( Andy Serkis ) . Meanwhile , Aragorn ( Viggo Mortensen ) , heir in exile to the throne of Gondor , Legolas , Gimli , Merry , and Pippin , and the wizard Gandalf ( Ian McKellen ) unite to rally the Free Peoples of Middle-earth in the War of the Ring . The series was received with overwhelming praise and was a major financial success , with the films collectively being among the highest-grossing film series of all time . The films were critically acclaimed and heavily awarded , winning 17 out of 30 total Academy Award nominations . The final film in the series , The Return of the King , won all of its 11 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture , which also tied it with Ben-Hur and Titanic for most Academy Awards received for a film . The series received wide praise for its innovative special and visual effects .",
"Middle-earth. Middle-earth is the fictional setting of much of British writer J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium . The term is equivalent to the term Midgard of Norse mythology , describing the human-inhabited world , i.e. the central continent of the Earth in Tolkien 's imagined mythological past . Tolkien 's most widely read works , The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , take place entirely in Middle-earth , and Middle-earth has also become a short-hand to refer to the legendarium or its fictional universe . Within his stories , Tolkien translated the name `` Middle-earth '' as Endor ( or sometimes Endórë ) and Ennor in the Elvish languages Quenya and Sindarin respectively , sometimes referring only to the continent that the stories take place on , with another southern continent called the Dark Land . Middle-earth is the north continent of Earth ( Arda ) in an imaginary period of the Earth 's past ( Tolkien placed the end of the Third Age at about 6,000 years before his own time ) , in the sense of a `` secondary or sub-creational reality '' . Its general position is reminiscent of Europe , with the environs of the Shire intended to be reminiscent of England ( more specifically , the West Midlands , with Hobbiton set at the same latitude as Oxford ) .",
"The Fellowship of the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien . It is followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King . It takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth . It was originally published on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom . The volume consists of a prologue titled `` Concerning Hobbits , and other matters '' followed by Book I and Book II .",
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King is a 2003 epic high fantasy action adventure film produced , written and directed by Peter Jackson based on the second and third volumes of J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings . It is the third and final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy , following The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) and The Two Towers ( 2002 ) , preceding The Hobbit film trilogy ( 2012 -- 14 ) . Released on 17 December 2003 , The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King received rave reviews and universal acclaim , and became one of the greatest critical and box-office successes of all time . It was the second film to gross $ 1 billion worldwide ( $ 1.12 billion ) , becoming the highest-grossing film released by New Line Cinema , as well as the biggest financial success for Time Warner in general , until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 ( $ 1.31 billion ) surpassed The Return of the Kings final gross in 2011 . The film was the highest-grossing film of 2003 and , by the end of its theatrical run , the second highest-grossing film in history . As of May 2017 , it is the sixteenth highest-grossing film of all time . At the 76th Academy Awards , it won all 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated , therefore holding the record for highest Oscar sweep . The wins included the awards for Best Picture , the first and only time a fantasy film has done so ; it was also the second sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar ( following The Godfather Part II ) and Best Director . The film jointly holds the record for the largest number of Academy Awards won with Ben-Hur ( 1959 ) and Titanic ( 1997 ) . The film has been re-released twice , in 2011 and 2017 .",
"Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien. The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have served as the inspiration to painters , musicians , film-makers and writers , to such an extent that Tolkien is sometimes seen as the `` father '' of the entire genre of high fantasy . The production of such derivative works is sometimes of doubtful legality , because Tolkien 's published works will remain in copyright until 2043 . The film , stage and merchandise rights of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are owned by Tolkien Enterprises , while the rights of The Silmarillion and other material remain with The J.R.R. Tolkien Estate Ltd. .",
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings ( 1954 -- 1955 ) . It is the first instalment in The Lord of the Rings series , and was followed by The Two Towers ( 2002 ) and The Return of the King ( 2003 ) , based on the second and third volumes of The Lord of the Rings . Set in Middle-earth , the story tells of the Dark Lord Sauron ( Sala Baker ) , who is seeking the One Ring . The Ring has found its way to the young hobbit Frodo Baggins ( Elijah Wood ) . The fate of Middle-earth hangs in the balance as Frodo and eight companions who form the Fellowship of the Ring begin their journey to Mount Doom in the land of Mordor , the only place where the Ring can be destroyed . Released on 10 December 2001 , the film was highly acclaimed by critics and fans alike who considered it to be a landmark in film-making and an achievement in the fantasy film genre . It has continued to be featured on critic lists of the greatest fantasy films ever made , . The film was a massive box office success , earning over $ 871 million worldwide , and becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2001 in the US and worldwide ( behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone ) . , it is the 50th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide unadjusted for inflation . It was nominated for thirteen Oscars at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony , including Best Picture , Best Director , and Best Supporting Actor for McKellan , winning four for Best Cinematography , Best Makeup , Best Original Score , and Best Visual Effects . It also won four British Academy Film Awards , including Best Film and Best Director BAFTA awards . The Special Extended Edition was released to DVD on 12 November 2002 and to Blu-ray Disc on 28 June 2011 . In 2007 , The Fellowship of the Ring was voted 50 on the American Film Institute 's list of 100 greatest American films . The AFI also voted it the second greatest fantasy film of all time during their 10 Top 10 special . The film ranks # 24 on Empire magazine 's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time .",
"The Hobbit. The Hobbit , or There and Back Again is a children 's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien . It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim , being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction . The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children 's literature . The Hobbit is set in a time `` between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men '' , and follows the quest of home-loving hobbit Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by Smaug the dragon . Bilbo 's journey takes him from light-hearted , rural surroundings into more sinister territory . The story is told in the form of an episodic quest , and most chapters introduce a specific creature or type of creature of Tolkien 's geography . Bilbo gains a new level of maturity , competence , and wisdom by accepting the disreputable , romantic , fey , and adventurous sides of his nature and applying his wits and common sense . The story reaches its climax in the Battle of the Five Armies , where many of the characters and creatures from earlier chapters re-emerge to engage in conflict . Personal growth and forms of heroism are central themes of the story , along with motifs of warfare . These themes have led critics to view Tolkien 's own experiences during World War I as instrumental in shaping the story . The author 's scholarly knowledge of Germanic philology and interest in fairy tales are often noted as influences . The publisher was encouraged by the book 's critical and financial success and , therefore , requested a sequel . As Tolkien 's work progressed on the successor The Lord of the Rings , he made retrospective accommodations for it in The Hobbit . These few but significant changes were integrated into the second edition . Further editions followed with minor emendations , including those reflecting Tolkien 's changing concept of the world into which Bilbo stumbled . The work has never been out of print . Its ongoing legacy encompasses many adaptations for stage , screen , radio , board games , and video games . Several of these adaptations have received critical recognition on their own merits .",
"Outline of Middle-earth. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide about Tolkien 's fantasy universe : Middle-earth -- fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy writings . The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth , as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales . The term Middle-earth is also a nickname of the entirety of Tolkien 's creation , instead of the more appropriate , but less known terms Arda which refers to Tolkien 's world ( including celestial bodies ) , and Eä , which refers to the universe .",
"Tolkien (disambiguation). J. R. R. Tolkien ( 1892 -- 1973 ) was a famous British author and philologist , best known for The Lord of the Rings . Tolkien is the surname of : Arthur Tolkien ( 1857 -- 1896 ) , J. R. R. Tolkien 's father Edith Tolkien ( 1889 -- 1971 ) , J. R. R. Tolkien 's wife Christopher Tolkien ( born 1924 ) , J. R. R. Tolkien 's third and youngest son Baillie Tolkien ( born 1941 ) , Christopher Tolkien 's wife Simon Tolkien ( born 1959 ) , writer , Christopher Tolkien 's son Tim Tolkien ( born 1962 ) , sculptor , J. R. R. Tolkien 's great-nephew Tolkien may also refer to : 2675 Tolkien , an asteroid named after J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien Estate , legal body that owns the rights to J. R. R. Tolkien 's works J.R. Tolkien ( schooner ) , a gaff-topsail schooner of Netherlands registry used for passenger cruises on the Baltic Sea and elsewhere in European waters",
"Hobbit. Hobbits are a fictional , diminutive , humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien 's fiction . They are also referred to as Halflings . Hobbits first appeared in the novel The Hobbit , whose titular hobbit is the protagonist Bilbo Baggins . The novel The Lord of the Rings includes as major characters the hobbits Frodo Baggins , Samwise Gamgee , Peregrin Took , and Meriadoc Brandybuck , as well as several other minor hobbit characters . Hobbits are also briefly mentioned in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales . According to the author in the prologue to The Lord of the Rings , hobbits are `` relatives '' of the race of Men . Elsewhere , Tolkien describes Hobbits as a `` variety '' or separate `` branch '' of humans . Within the story , hobbits and other races seem aware of the similarities ( hence the colloquial terms `` Big People '' and `` Little People '' used in Bree ) . However , within the story , hobbits considered themselves a separate people . At the time of the events in The Lord of the Rings , hobbits lived in the Shire and in Bree in the north west of Middle-earth , though by the end , some had moved out to the Tower Hills and to Gondor and Rohan .",
"Mordor. In J. R. R. Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth , Mordor ( pronounced -LSB- - artˈmɔrdɔr -RSB- from Sindarin Black Land and Quenya Land of Shadow ) was the region occupied and controlled by Sauron , in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin , the great river . Orodruin , a volcano in Mordor , was the goal of the Fellowship of the Ring ( and later Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee ) in the quest to destroy the One Ring . Mordor has three enormous mountain ranges surrounding it , from the north , from the west and from the south . The mountains both protected the land from an unexpected invasion by any of the people living in those directions and kept those living in Mordor from escaping . Tolkien was reported to have identified Mordor with the volcano of Stromboli off Sicily , in terms of geographic equivalency with the real world .",
"Dwarf (Middle-earth). In the fantasy of J. R. R. Tolkien , the Dwarves are a race inhabiting Middle-earth , the central continent of Earth in an imagined mythological past . They are based on the dwarfs of Germanic myths : small humanoids that dwell in mountains , and are associated with mining , metal-craft and jewelry . They appear in his books The Hobbit ( 1937 ) , The Lord of the Rings ( 1954 -- 55 ) , the posthumously published The Silmarillion ( 1977 ) , Unfinished Tales ( 1980 ) , and The History of Middle-earth series ( 1983 -- 96 ) , the last three edited by his son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien .",
"The Hobbit (film series). The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson . They are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien , with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to The Return of the King , which expand on the story told in The Hobbit , as well as new material and characters written especially for the films . Together they act as a prequel to Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey ( 2012 ) , The Desolation of Smaug ( 2013 ) , and The Battle of the Five Armies ( 2014 ) . The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Jackson , and Guillermo del Toro , who was originally chosen to direct before his departure from the project . The films take place in the fictional world of Middle-earth sixty years before the beginning of The Lord of the Rings , and follow hobbit Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman ) , who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf the Grey ( Ian McKellen ) to accompany thirteen dwarves , led by Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage ) , on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug ( voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch ) . The films also expand upon certain elements from the novel and other source material , such as Gandalf 's investigation at Dol Guldur , and the pursuit of Azog and Bolg , who seek vengeance against Thorin and his ancestors . The films feature an ensemble cast that also includes James Nesbitt , Ken Stott , Evangeline Lilly , Lee Pace and Luke Evans , with several actors reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings , including Cate Blanchett , Orlando Bloom , Ian Holm , Christopher Lee , Hugo Weaving , Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis . The films also feature Manu Bennett , Sylvester McCoy , Stephen Fry , Mikael Persbrandt , Barry Humphries , and Lawrence Makoare . Also returning for production , among others , were illustrators John Howe and Alan Lee , art director Dan Hennah , cinematographer Andrew Lesnie , and composer Howard Shore , while props were again crafted by Weta Workshop , with visual effects managed by Weta Digital . The first film in the series premiered at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington , New Zealand on 28 November 2012 . One hundred thousand people lined the red carpet on Courtenay Place , and the entire event was broadcast live on television in New Zealand and streamed over the Internet . The second film of the series premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles , California on 2 December 2013 . The third and final film premiered at Leicester Square in London on 1 December 2014 . The series was a major financial success , with the films classified as one of the highest-grossing film series of all time , going on to outgross The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . Although critically considered to be inferior to The Lord of the Rings , it was nominated for various awards and won several , though not as many as its predecessor .",
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy action film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson , Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Guillermo del Toro . It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson 's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien , following An Unexpected Journey ( 2012 ) and The Desolation of Smaug ( 2013 ) , and together they act as a prequel to Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . It was produced by New Line Cinema , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films , and distributed by Warner Bros. . Pictures . The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand , 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom , and on 17 December 2014 in the United States . It stars Martin Freeman , Ian McKellen , Richard Armitage , Evangeline Lilly , Lee Pace , Luke Evans , Benedict Cumberbatch , Ken Stott , and James Nesbitt . It also features Cate Blanchett , Ian Holm , Christopher Lee , Hugo Weaving , and Orlando Bloom . The film received mixed reviews and grossed over $ 956 million worldwide , making it the second highest-grossing film of 2014 and the 38th highest-grossing film of all time . At the 87th Academy Awards , the film received a nomination for Best Sound Editing .",
"Man (Middle-earth). In J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth fiction , such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , the terms Man and Men refer to humankind -- in contrast to Elves , Dwarves , Orcs , and other humanoid races -- and does not denote gender . Hobbits were a branch of the lineage of Men . The Elves call the race of Men Atani in Quenya ( one of the languages invented by Tolkien ) , literally meaning `` Second People '' ( the Elves being the First ) , but also Hildor ( Followers ) , Apanónar ( After-born ) , and Fírimar or Firyar ( Mortals ) . Less charitably they were called Engwar ( The Sickly ) , owing to their susceptibility to disease and old age , and their generally unlovely appearance in the Elves ' eyes . The name Atani becomes Edain in Sindarin ( another of Tolkien 's invented languages ) but this term is later applied only to those tribes of Men who are friendly to the Elves . Other names appear in Sindarin as Aphadrim , Eboennin , and Firebrim or Firiath .",
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson . It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien . It is followed by The Desolation of Smaug ( 2013 ) and The Battle of the Five Armies ( 2014 ) , and together they act as a prequel to Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The film 's screenplay was written by Peter Jackson , his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens , and Guillermo del Toro , who was originally chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010 . The story is set in Middle-earth sixty years before the events of The Lord of the Rings , and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien 's The Return of the King . An Unexpected Journey tells the tale of Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman ) , who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf ( Ian McKellen ) to accompany thirteen Dwarves , led by Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage ) , on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug . The ensemble cast also includes James Nesbitt , Ken Stott , Cate Blanchett , Ian Holm , Christopher Lee , Hugo Weaving , Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis , and features Sylvester McCoy , Barry Humphries and Manu Bennett . An Unexpected Journey premiered on 28 November 2012 in New Zealand and was released internationally on 12 December 2012 . The film has grossed over $ 1 billion at the box office , surpassing both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers nominally , becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2012 and the 26th highest-grossing film of all time . Receiving mixed to positive reviews from critics , the film was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects , Best Production Design , and Best Makeup and Hairstyling . It was also nominated for three British Academy Film Awards .",
"Lord of the Rings (musical). The Lord of the Rings is the most prominent of several theatre adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic high fantasy book series of the same name , with music by A. R. Rahman , Christopher Nightingale and the band Värttinä , and book and lyrics by Matthew Warchus and Shaun McKenna . Set in the world of Middle-earth , The Lord of the Rings tells the tale of a humble hobbit who is asked to play the hero and undertake a treacherous mission to destroy an evil , magic ring without being seduced by its power . The show was first performed in 2006 and was expected to be revived for a world tour in 2015 . With a # 25 million budget , it is the most expensive production in West End theatre history .",
"Gandalf. Gandalf -LSB- ˈɡændɑːlf -RSB- is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in J. R. R. Tolkien 's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings . He is a wizard , member of the Istari order , as well as leader of the Fellowship of the Ring and the army of the West . In The Lord of the Rings , he is initially known as Gandalf the Grey , but returns from death as Gandalf the White .",
"Eärnil. In J. R. R. Tolkien 's fictional universe of Middle-earth , two Kings of Gondor had the name Eärnil : Eärnil I , who ruled from 913 -- 936 of the Third Age , and Eärnil II , who ruled from 1945 -- 2043 . Tolkien states in the appendix to The Silmarillion , `` Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names '' , that `` Eärnil '' is a shortened form of `` Eärendil '' .",
"Middle-earth in film. J. R. R. Tolkien 's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings , set in Middle-earth , have been the subject of various film adaptations . There were many early failed attempts to bring the fictional universe to life in screen , some even rejected by the author himself . The first depictions of Middle-earth on film were realized in 1966 as a short cartoon film . In 1978 the first big screen adaptation of the fictional setting was introduced in The Lord of the Rings . The story was more or less completed with the animated television special The Return of the King . In 1985 , Middle-earth was depicted in a live-action film for the first time by an adaptation produced in the Soviet Union . In 1993 , a live-action television miniseries titled Hobitit was aired by the Finnish broadcaster Yle . New Line Cinema released the first part of director Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film series in 2001 as part of a trilogy and several actors and roles were introduced once again in a trilogy in The Hobbit film series . There have also been fan films of Middle-earth such as The Hunt for Gollum and Born of Hope , which were uploaded to YouTube on May 8 , 2009 and December 11 , 2009 respectively . Collectively , the franchise has received a record 38 Academy Award nominations , winning 17 , and one special award , also a record . Along with The Godfather trilogy , it is one of two film series to date to have received three Best Picture nominations . The third film in Peter Jackson 's trilogy , The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , was the first and , as of 2016 , only fantasy film to win Best Picture , as well as the second sequel to do so after The Godfather Part II . Furthermore , it is currently the only threequel to win the award . Along with Titanic and Ben-Hur , The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King holds the record for Academy Awards won by a single film and is the only one of the three films to win every category for which it was nominated .",
"Taliska. Taliska is a constructed language devised by fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien . It is one of the many fictional languages set in his secondary world , commonly known as Middle-earth , as part of the Lord of the Rings universe . Taliska was based on the Gothic language . Gothic was an early interest of Tolkien . A 272 manuscript-page historical grammar of Taliska is known to exist , but it has not been published . Carl Hostetter has noted that the grammar contains a considerable amount of vocabulary , not all of which is glossed . Hostetter extracted and compiled these words into a Taliska Dictionary which he presented at ELFcon III in 1993 . In Middle-earth , Taliska , when first devised , was the language spoken by Men of the houses of Bëor and Hador . Adûnaic , the language of Númenor , later displaced Taliska . During the writing of The Lord of the Rings , Tolkien toyed with the idea of making Taliska the primordial tongue of the people of Rohan who spoke Old English in his translated setting of The Lord of the Rings .",
"Tolkien family. The Tolkien family is an English family whose best-known member is J. R. R. Tolkien , Oxford academic and author of the fantasy books The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion . According to J. R. R. Tolkien , the family emigrated from Lower Saxony in Germany to England in the 18th century . The Tolkien name , with different spellings , is also still found in Germany . The name was possibly derived from the village of Tolkynen near Rastenburg , East Prussia ( now in Poland and known as Tołkiny ) .",
"Tolkien's legendarium. Tolkien 's legendarium is the term for the entirety of J. R. R. Tolkien 's mythopoetic writing that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings . Tolkien worked and re-worked the components of his legendarium throughout his adult life , or during a period of more than 50 years ; the earliest drafts , published in The Book of Lost Tales ( 1983 ) dating to 1916 . Colloquially , `` Middle-earth '' is popularly used as a shorthand for a `` canonical '' or mature form of Tolkien 's narrative , Middle-earth being Tolkien 's term for the inhabited part of the world in which most of his published stories were set . The mythological and cosmological background of Tolkien 's published works was sketched in the posthumously-published The Silmarillion ( 1977 ) , and in Tolkien studies as a field as it has developed since the 1980s .",
"The Hobbit (1977 film). The Hobbit is a 1977 animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass , a studio known for their holiday specials , and animated by Topcraft , a precursor to Studio Ghibli , using lyrics adapted from the book . The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien and was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday , November 27 , 1977 .",
"The Complete Guide to Middle-earth. The Complete Guide to Middle-earth : from The Hobbit to The Silmarillion is a reference book for the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth , compiled and edited by Robert Foster . The Complete Guide to Middle-earth is a major expansion of Foster 's A Guide to Middle-earth , which was published in a limited edition by Mirage Press in 1971 . Almost twice the length of the original ( 573 pages vs. 292 pages ) , the 1978 version incorporates extensive entries related to The Silmarillion ( 1977 ) . A further revised edition ( ISBN 0-345-44976-2 ) was published in 2001 in time for the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The Complete Guide to Middle-earth is generally recognised as an excellent reference book on Middle-earth . Christopher Tolkien has commended it himself as an `` admirable work of reference '' . However , as it does not include information on post-Silmarillion material ( i.e. Unfinished Tales and the series The History of Middle-earth ) , the 1978 edition contains some assertions contradicted by later publications . For example , the Star of Elendil jewel ( Elendilmir ) is identified with the Star of the Dúnedain given to Samwise Gamgee , but Christopher Tolkien refutes this . It also includes speculation on matters later confirmed in subsequent works . For example , Foster proposes Gandalf and Olórin are one and the same - confirmed in Unfinished Tales . A German edition , Das Große Mittelerde-Lexikon , revised and translated by Helmut W. Pesch , was published in 2002 .",
"Elf (Middle-earth). In J. R. R. Tolkien 's legendarium , Elves are one of the races that inhabit a fictional Earth , often called Middle-earth , and set in the remote past . They appear in The Hobbit and in The Lord of the Rings , but their complex history is described more fully in The Silmarillion . Tolkien had been writing about Elves long before he published The Hobbit ."
] | [
2.142578125,
3.595703125,
-3.71875,
-2.748046875,
-2.720703125,
-0.430419921875,
-0.5576171875,
-4.328125,
-5.2109375,
-3.810546875,
-4.23828125,
-3.70703125,
-3.47265625,
-5.35546875,
-3.4921875,
-4.42578125,
-4.66796875,
-4.34375,
-4.73828125,
-4.7109375,
-5.06640625,
-4.7734375,
-4.51171875,
-4.56640625,
-5.46875,
-4.89453125,
-3.39453125,
-3.2890625,
-4.58984375,
-5.34375,
-6.3515625,
-5.6875
] |
Susan Sarandon is an award winner. | [
"Susan Sarandon. Susan Abigail Sarandon ( -LSB- səˈrændən -RSB- née Tomalin ; born October 4 , 1946 ) is an American actress and activist . She is an Academy Award and BAFTA Award winner who is also known for her social and political activism for a variety of causes . She was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006 . Sarandon began her career in the 1970 film Joe , before appearing in the soap opera A World Apart ( 1970 -- 71 ) . In 1975 , she starred in the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Atlantic City ( 1980 ) , Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ) , Lorenzo 's Oil ( 1992 ) , and The Client ( 1994 ) , before winning for Dead Man Walking ( 1995 ) . She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Client , and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking . Her other films include : Pretty Baby ( 1978 ) , The Hunger ( 1983 ) , The Witches of Eastwick ( 1987 ) , Bull Durham ( 1988 ) , White Palace ( 1990 ) , Little Women ( 1994 ) , Stepmom ( 1998 ) , Enchanted ( 2007 ) , The Lovely Bones ( 2009 ) , Tammy ( 2014 ) , and The Meddler ( 2015 ) . She made her Broadway debut in An Evening with Richard Nixon in 1972 and went on to receive Drama Desk Award nominations for the Off-Broadway plays , A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking ( 1979 ) and Extremities ( 1982 ) . She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King . On television , she is a five-time Emmy Award nominee , including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends ( 2001 ) and Malcolm in the Middle ( 2002 ) , and the TV films Bernard and Doris ( 2007 ) and You Do n't Know Jack ( 2010 ) . In 2017 , Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX 's anthology series Feud .",
"List of awards and nominations received by Susan Sarandon. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actress Susan Sarandon .",
"Stepmom (film). Stepmom is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus and starring Julia Roberts , Susan Sarandon , and Ed Harris . Sarandon won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress and Harris won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor , sharing the win with his role in The Truman Show .",
"Academy Awards. The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the `` Academy Award of Merit '' , which has become commonly known by its nickname `` Oscar '' . The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953 . It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online . The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 89th Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2016 , were held on February 26 , 2017 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th .",
"The Meddler. The Meddler is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Lorene Scafaria . The film stars Susan Sarandon , Rose Byrne and J. K. Simmons . Principal photography began on March 30 , 2015 in Los Angeles . It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released on April 22 , 2016 , by Sony Pictures Classics .",
"48th British Academy Film Awards. The 48th British Film Awards , given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1995 , honoured the best films of 1994 . Mike Newell 's Four Weddings and a Funeral won the award for Best Film . It also won the awards for Best Director ( Mike Newell ) , Actor ( Hugh Grant ) and Supporting Actress ( Kristin Scott Thomas ) . Pulp Fiction won the awards for Best Supporting Actor ( Samuel L. Jackson ) and Original Screenplay . Susan Sarandon won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her role in The Client .",
"Dead Man Walking (film). Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn , and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins , who adapted the screenplay from the non-fiction book of the same name . Sister Helen Prejean ( Sarandon ) establishes a special relationship with Matthew Poncelet ( Penn ) , a prisoner on death row in Louisiana , acting as his spiritual adviser after carrying on correspondence with him .",
"Middle of Nowhere (2008 film). Middle of Nowhere is a 2008 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by John Stockwell , written by Michelle Morgan , and starring Susan Sarandon and her real-life daughter , Eva Amurri . It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival . The film received a Golden Trailer Awards nomination in the category of Best Music .",
"Chris Sarandon. Christopher `` Chris '' Sarandon , Jr. ( -LSB- səˈrændən -RSB- born July 24 , 1942 ) is an American actor who is known best for playing Prince Humperdinck in the movie The Princess Bride , the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child 's Play series , and for providing the voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas . He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon .",
"Susan Sarandon filmography. This article presents the filmography of American actress Susan Sarandon .",
"Emmy Award. An Emmy Award , or simply Emmy , is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry , and corresponds to the ( likewise American ) Academy Award ( for film ) , the Tony Award ( for theatre ) , and the Grammy Award ( for music ) . Because Emmy Awards are given in various sectors of the American television industry , they are presented in different annual ceremonies held throughout the year . The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmys and the Daytime Emmys , which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming , respectively . Other notable Emmy Award ceremonies are those honoring national sports programming , national news and documentary shows , national business and financial reporting , and technological and engineering achievements in television , including the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards . Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year , recognizing excellence in local and statewide television . In addition , International Emmys are awarded for excellence in TV programming produced and initially aired outside the United States . Three related but separate organizations present the Emmy Awards : the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS ) , the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( NATAS ) , and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ( IATAS ) . Each is responsible for administering a particular set of Emmy ceremonies .",
"Academy Award for Best Actress. The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry . The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Janet Gaynor receiving the award for her roles in 7th Heaven , Street Angel , and Sunrise . Currently , nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS ; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy . In the first three years of the awards , actresses were nominated as the best in their categories . At that time , all of their work during the qualifying period ( as many as three films , in some cases ) was listed after the award . However , during the 3rd ceremony held in 1930 , only one of those films was cited in each winner 's final award , even though each of the acting winners had two films following their names on the ballots . The following year , this unwieldy and confusing system was replaced by the current system in which an actress is nominated for a specific performance in a single film . Starting with the 9th ceremony held in 1937 , the category was officially limited to five nominations per year . One actress has been nominated posthumously , Jeanne Eagels . Only three film characters have been nominated more than once in this category . Elizabeth I of England ( two times by Cate Blanchett ) , Leslie Crosbie in The Letter , and Esther Blodgett in A Star is Born . Six women on the list have received an Honorary Academy Award for their acting ; they are Greta Garbo , Barbara Stanwyck , Mary Pickford , Deborah Kerr , Gena Rowlands , and Sophia Loren . Since its inception , the award has been given to 74 actresses . Katharine Hepburn has won the most awards in this category , with four Oscars . Meryl Streep , who has a total of 20 Oscar nominations ( three wins ) , has been nominated in this category on 16 occasions , resulting in two awards . As of the 2017 ceremony , Emma Stone is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Mia Dolan in La La Land .",
"Safe Passage (film). Safe Passage is a 1994 English language drama film starring Susan Sarandon , and featuring Nick Stahl , Sam Shepard , Sean Astin and Jason London . Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman from a screenplay by Deena Goldstone , it is based on the novel Safe Passage by Ellyn Bache .",
"National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film. The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year . In the past 40 years , the Society only agreed with the Academy Award for Best Picture seven times : Annie Hall ( 1977 ) , Unforgiven ( 1992 ) , Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) , Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ) , The Hurt Locker ( 2009 ) , Spotlight ( 2015 ) , and Moonlight ( 2016 ) . Five others have received the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film : Z , Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie ( The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ) , La nuit américaine ( Day for Night ) , Préparez vos mouchoirs ( Get Out Your Handkerchiefs ) , and Amour .",
"Sex and the City. Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy television series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO . Broadcast from 1998 until 2004 , the original run of the show had a total of 94 episodes . Throughout its six-year run , the show received contributions from various producers , writers , and directors , perhaps most significantly from Michael Patrick King . Set and filmed in New York City and based on the 1997 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell , the show follows the lives of a group of four women -- three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties -- who , despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives , remain inseparable and confide in each other . Starring Sarah Jessica Parker ( as Carrie Bradshaw ) , Kim Cattrall ( as Samantha Jones ) , Kristin Davis ( as Charlotte York ) , and Cynthia Nixon ( as Miranda Hobbes ) , the quirky series had multiple continuing storylines that tackled relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality , safe sex , promiscuity , and femininity , while exploring the difference between friendships and romantic relationships . The deliberate omission of the better part of the early lives of the four women was the writers ' way of exploring social life -- from sex to relationships -- through each of their four very different , individual perspectives . The series received both acclaim and criticism for its subjects and characters , and is credited with helping jump-start HBO . It spawned two feature films , Sex and the City ( 2008 ) and its sequel Sex and the City 2 ( 2010 ) , and a prequel series by The CW , The Carrie Diaries . It also won seven of its 54 Emmy Award nominations , eight of its 24 Golden Globe Award nominations , and three of its 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations . Sex and the City still airs in syndication worldwide and has been listed on Entertainment Weeklys end-of-the-decade `` best of '' list and as one of Time magazine 's 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME . The show placed # 5 on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list . In 2013 , TV Guide ranked it at # 40 on its list of the Best Series of All Time . Sex and the City is often confused as Sex in the City leading some to support the Mandela Effect .",
"Anywhere but Here (novel). Anywhere But Here is a novel written by American novelist Mona Simpson . The book was a commercial success and earned the author the Whiting Prize for her first novel . The book was adapted by Alvin Sargent into a major motion picture and released by Twentieth Century Fox in 1999 . The film , Anywhere But Here , starred Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman .",
"The Client (1994 film). The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher , and starring Susan Sarandon , Tommy Lee Jones , and Brad Renfro . It is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham . The film was released in the United States on July 20 , 1994 .",
"Tony Award. The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre , more commonly known as Tony Award , recognizes the excellence in live Broadway theatre . The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City . The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances , and an award is given for regional theatre . Several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given , including a Special Tony Award , the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre , and the Isabelle Stevenson Award . The awards are named after Antoinette `` Tony '' Perry , co-founder of the American Theatre Wing . The rules for the Tony Awards are set forth in the official document `` Rules and Regulations of The American Theatre Wing 's Tony Awards '' , which applies for that season only . The Tony Awards are considered the highest U.S. theatre honor , the New York theatre industry 's equivalent to the Academy Awards ( Oscars ) for motion pictures , the Grammy Awards for music , and the Emmy Awards for television . It also forms the fourth spoke in the EGOT , that is someone who has won all four awards . The Tony Awards are also considered the equivalent of the Laurence Olivier Award in the United Kingdom and the Molière Award of France . From 1997 to 2010 , the Tony Awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June and broadcast live on CBS television , except in 1999 , when it was held at the Gershwin Theatre . In 2011 and 2012 , the ceremony was held at the Beacon Theatre . From 2013 to 2015 , the 67th , 68th , and 69th ceremonies returned to Radio City Music Hall . The 70th Tony Awards were held on June 12 , 2016 at the Beacon Theatre . The 71st Tony Awards will be held on June 11 , 2017 , at Radio City Music Hall with Kevin Spacey as host .",
"Grammy Award. A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ) , or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English-language music industry . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( television ) , the Tony Awards ( stage performance ) , and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ) . The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4 , 1959 , to honor and respect the musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958 . Following the 2011 ceremony , The Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012 . The 59th Grammy Awards , honoring the best achievements from October 2015 to September 2016 , was held on February 12 , 2017 , at the Staples Center in Los Angeles .",
"Friends. Friends ( stylized as F • R • I • E • N • D • S ) is an American television sitcom , created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman , which aired on NBC from September 22 , 1994 , to May 6 , 2004 , lasting ten seasons . With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston , Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow , Matt LeBlanc , Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer , the show revolves around six 20-30 something friends living in Manhattan . The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions , in association with Warner Bros. . Television . The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright , Marta Kauffman , and David Crane . Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993 . They presented the idea to Bright , and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC . After several script rewrites and changes , including a title change to Six of One and Friends Like Us , the series was finally named Friends . Filming took place at Warner Bros. . Studios in Burbank , California . All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings ; ultimately reaching the No. 1 spot with its eighth season . The series finale on May 6 , 2004 , was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers , making it the fifth most watched series finale in television history , and the most watched television episode of the 2000s decade . Friends received acclaim throughout its run , becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time . The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards , winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season . The show ranked no. 21 on -LSB- -LSB- TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time | TV Guide '' 's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time -RSB- -RSB- and no. 7 on Empire magazine 's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . In 1997 , the episode `` The One with the Prom Video '' was ranked no. 100 on TV Guide 's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time . In 2013 , Friends '' ranked no. 24 on the Writers Guild of America 's 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time and no. 28 on TV Guide 's 60 Best TV Series of All Time .",
"The Banger Sisters. The Banger Sisters is a 2002 American comedy film produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures about the reunion of two middle-aged women who used to be friends and groupies when they were young . The movie stars Goldie Hawn , Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush . It was written and directed by Bob Dolman . The film was Hawn 's last acting role until the release of Snatched in 2017 , fifteen years after the release of The Banger Sisters .",
"Sarandon. Sarandon may relate to : Susan Sarandon , actress Chris Sarandon , actor Sarandon ( band ) , English rock group",
"Women of Valor. Women of Valor is a 1986 American made-for-television war drama film about World War II , starring Susan Sarandon and Kristy McNichol and directed by Buzz Kulik . It premiered on CBS on November 23 , 1986 and was released on DVD on March 10 , 1998 .",
"Earthly Possessions (film). Earthly Possessions is a 1999 made-for-cable movie starring Susan Sarandon and Stephen Dorff . It is an adaptation of Anne Tyler 's novel of the same name about a housewife who thinks her life is going nowhere .",
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry . At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937 , Gale Sondergaard was the first winner of this award for her role in Anthony Adverse . Initially , winners in both supporting acting categories were awarded plaques instead of statuettes . Beginning with the 16th ceremony held in 1944 , however , winners received full-sized statuettes . Currently , nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS ; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire eligible voting members of the Academy . Since its inception , the award has been given to 78 actresses . Dianne Wiest and Shelley Winters have received the most awards in this category with two awards each . Despite winning no awards , Thelma Ritter was nominated on six occasions , more than any other actress . As of the 2017 ceremony , Viola Davis is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Rose Maxson in Fences .",
"Anywhere but Here (film). Anywhere but Here is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film , based on the novel of the same name by Mona Simpson . The screenplay was written by Alvin Sargent , and the film was directed by Wayne Wang . It was produced by Laurence Mark , Petra Alexandria , and Ginny Nugent . It stars Susan Sarandon , Natalie Portman , and Shawn Hatosy . Filming began in late June 1998 . The film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 17 , 1999 , before being released in the United States on November 12 .",
"Primetime Emmy Award. The Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ( ATAS ) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming . First given in 1949 , the award was originally referred to as simply the `` Emmy Awards '' until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in 1974 , and the word `` prime time '' was added to distinguish between the two . The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air in mid-September , on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season . They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks ( ABC , CBS , Fox , and NBC ) . The ceremony is typically moved to late-August if it is broadcast by NBC ( such as in 2006 , 2010 , and 2014 ) , so that it does not conflict with NBC 's commitment to broadcasting Sunday-night NFL games ( due to another conflict , this time with the MTV Video Music Awards , the 2014 ceremony was also shifted to a Monday ) . They are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards ( film ) , Grammy Awards ( music ) , and Tony Awards ( stage ) . The awards are divided into three categories : the Primetime Emmy Awards , the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards , and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards .",
"Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters , Drama , and Music . It is one of the original Pulitzers , for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes , four of which were awarded that year . ( No Drama prize was given , however , so that one was inaugurated 1918 in a sense . ) It recognizes a theatrical work staged in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year . Through 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes : during these years , the eligibility period for the drama prize ran from March 2 to March 1 , to reflect the Broadway ` season ' rather than the calendar year . The decision was made , however , that the 2007 Prize would consider works staged during an eligibility period of January 1 to December 31 , 2006 -- thus bringing the schedule for the Drama Prize in line with those of the other prizes . The drama jury , which consists of one academic and four critics , attends plays in New York and in regional theaters . The Pulitzer board has the authority to overrule the jury 's choice , however , as happened in 1986 when the jury chose the CIVIL warS to receive the prize , but due to the board 's opposition no award was given . In 1955 Joseph Pulitzer , Jr. pressured the prize jury into presenting the Prize to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , which the jury considered the weakest of the five shortlisted nominees ( `` amateurishly constructed ... from the stylistic points of view annoyingly pretentious '' ) , instead of Clifford Odets ' The Flowering Peach ( their preferred choice ) or The Bad Seed , their second choice . Edward Albee 's Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? was selected for the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by that award 's committee . However , the committee 's selection was overruled by the award 's advisory board , the trustees of Columbia University , because of the play 's then-controversial use of profanity and sexual themes . Had Albee been awarded , he would be tied with Eugene O'Neill for the most Pulitzer Prizes for Drama ( four ) .",
"Susan Borowitz. Susan Stevenson Borowitz is an American writer and producer . She is best known for her work on Family Ties , The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Aliens in the Family , and Pleasantville . During her marriage to writer and comedian , Andy Borowitz ( 1982 -- 2005 ) , the two co-created The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . This series ran from 1990 -- 1996 and led to Will Smith 's stardom . It won NAACP 's Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993 . In addition , Susan and Andy co-created and produced many other television situation comedies . Susan is the author of the comedic novel , When We 're in Public , Pretend You Do n't Know Me : Surviving Your Daughter 's Adolescence So You Do n't Look Like an Idiot and She Still Talks to You , published in 2003 .",
"Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress -- Miniseries or Television Film is an award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) . It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a miniseries or motion picture made for television for the calendar year . The award was first presented at the 39th Golden Globe Awards on January 30 , 1982 to Jane Seymour for her role on East of Eden . Performances by actresses in a miniseries or television film were originally awarded in the Best Actress -- Television Series Drama category before the creation of this category . Since its inception , the award has been given to 33 actresses . Sarah Paulson is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Marcia Clark on The People v. O. J. Simpson : American Crime Story . Ann-Margret , Judy Davis and Helen Mirren have won the most awards in this category , winning two times . Jessica Lange and Mirren have each been nominated for the award on seven occasions , the most within the category .",
"Daytime Emmy Award. The Daytime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the New York -- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming . Ceremonies generally are held in May or June . Emmys are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards ( for film ) , Grammy Awards ( for music ) and Tony Awards ( for theatre ) .",
"62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards , presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences , were held on Sunday , August 29 , 2010 , at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles , California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PDT ( 00:00 UTC ; August 30 ) . Comedian and Late Night host Jimmy Fallon hosted the ceremony for the first time . The ceremony honored the best in prime time television programming from June 1 , 2009 until May 31 , 2010 . The HBO miniseries The Pacific won eight awards , the most for any program this year , including Outstanding Miniseries . ABC 's freshman series Modern Family was the most honored comedy series of the year with six awards , including Outstanding Comedy Series . AMC 's period piece drama Mad Men won four awards , including Outstanding Drama Series , its third consecutive victory in that category . The HBO film Temple Grandin won five major awards , tying the record for most major wins by a television film , set by Promise in 1987 . The ceremony was telecast live coast-to-coast in the United States by NBC , the first such broadcast since ABC did so for the 34th ceremony held in 1976 . The ceremony was held before its usual mid-September date to avoid a conflict with NBC Sunday Night Football . On August 21 , 2010 , the Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented at the same venue . E! aired clips from the ceremony on August 28 , the evening preceding the night of the primetime telecast . The ceremony was received well by critics , with much praise going to the quality of the production , the voting trends and the entertainment factor . Jimmy Fallon received unanimous acclaim for his performance as the host , with some critics citing him as one of the greatest Emmy hosts in recent times ."
] | [
8.640625,
1.2490234375,
1.93359375,
-2.251953125,
-2.931640625,
4.11328125,
-3.08203125,
-0.349609375,
-3.974609375,
-3.4375,
-2.9375,
-1.107421875,
-3.056640625,
-3.98828125,
-3.26953125,
-1.1904296875,
-3.4140625,
-3.4921875,
-2.431640625,
-3.45703125,
-3.46875,
-1.9873046875,
-3.626953125,
-3.798828125,
-2,
-2.91796875,
-2.916015625,
-3.736328125,
-5.66796875,
-1.6787109375,
-4.1484375,
-4.73828125
] |
Subsets and Splits