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Encyclopedia - Cate Blanchett: Encyclopedia - Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Oscar-winning actress. Cate Blanchett - Personal life. She was born Catherine Elise Blanchett i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia - Van Helsing
Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Van Helsing - Pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction: Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction
Vampire fiction covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The best known work in this genr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moulin Rouge!: Encyclopedia Ii - Moulin Rouge! - Description
Moulin Rouge! has a storyline and structure that is said to be inspired and influenced by Bollywood movies: exuberant music, colourful vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire Fiction - Films And Television
Vampires have been a film staple since the silent days. The Vampire (film) (1913, directed by Robert G. Vignola), also co-written by Vign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Movie Television And Play Adaptations
See also: Vampire fiction The character of Count Dracula has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the character as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cate Blanchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Cate Blanchett - Personal Life
She was born Catherine Elise Blanchett in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of a Texan naval petty officer of distant French d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - Geography
Albury is situated on the Murray River in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. The city is built above the river flats of the Murra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Encyclopedia Ii - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Synopsis
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume one. Volume one opens with Mina Murray recruited by Campion Bond to assemble the League....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia Ii - Van Helsing - Notes
The film contains numerous homages to the Universal Studios horror films of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly those featuring Dracula, Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Movie Television And Play Adaptations
See also: Vampire fiction The character of Count Dracula has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the character as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - Culture
There is a strong regional theatre scene, with the Murray River Performing Group (MRPG) being the most notable company. It spawned the Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - Politics
Albury is the largest city in the Federal electorate of Farrer, of which the current representative is Sussan Ley of the Liberal Party. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - Sport
Albury is a stronghold of Australian rules football; further north rugby league is the main winter sport. The local Ovens and Murray leag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - Economy
Albury serves as an administrative centre for the agricultural communities around the area, and the city is the home of a large newsprint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albury New South Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Albury New South Wales - History
There are only few remainders of the indigenous population of the area. The Wiradjuri people are believed to have arrived in the area not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Novel Background
Between 1878 and 1898 Stoker managed the world-famous London Lyceum Theatre, where he supplemented his income by writing a large number o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Novel Background
Between 1878 and 1898 Stoker managed the world-famous London Lyceum Theatre, where he supplemented his income by writing a large number o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Encyclopedia Ii - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Adaptations
A film starring Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend, Naseeruddin Shah, Richard Roxburgh, Jason Flemyng, Shane West, Tony Curran an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Dracula In Romania
After the death of Nicolae Ceauşescu, a tourist industry sprung up in Transylvania (and, to a lesser extent, in Wallachia). However, Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cate Blanchett: Encyclopedia Ii - Cate Blanchett - Career
Blanchett's secondary education was in Melbourne at the Methodist Ladies' College, where she explored her passion for acting. She later m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Analysis
The novel is narrated by multiple voices — Jonathan's journal of his trip to Transylvania, Mina's diary, and Seward's recorded journal,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Plot
The story begins when Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, is invited to the Count's crumbling, remote castle (situated in the Carpathi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Historical Connections
Although Dracula is a work of fiction, it does contain some historical references. The historical connections with the novel, how much St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Popular Culture
Like Frankenstein, Dracula has inspired many literary tributes or parodies, including Stephen King's Salem's Lot, Kim Newman's Anno Dracu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Historical Connections
Although Dracula is a work of fiction, it does contain some historical references. The historical connections with the novel, how much St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moulin Rouge!: Encyclopedia Ii - Moulin Rouge! - Plot Summary
The theme of the movie is love and its age-old conflict with wealth and materialism. The main character (Ewan McGregor) is a writer who c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moulin Rouge!: Encyclopedia Ii - Moulin Rouge! - Soundtrack
The following is a partial list of songs featured in the film along with the artist that popularized them. The Sound of Music - Mary Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Popular Culture
Like Frankenstein, Dracula has inspired many literary tributes or parodies, including Stephen King's Salem's Lot, Kim Newman's Anno Dracu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire Fiction - Other Media
Video game series featuring vampires primarily use Dracula or Dracula-inspired characters (such as the appearance in Conker's Bad Fur Day...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia Ii - Van Helsing - Plot Summary
During the late 19th century Dr. Frankenstein works with Count Dracula to bring the dead back to life. In doing so he creates Frankenstei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Dracula In Romania
After the death of Nicolae Ceauşescu, a tourist industry sprung up in Transylvania (and, to a lesser extent, in Wallachia). However, Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Encyclopedia Ii - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Overview
The story takes place in 1898 in a fictional world where all of the characters and events from Victorian era adventure literature actuall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Plot
The story begins when Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, is invited to the Count's crumbling, remote castle (situated in the Carpathi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dracula: Encyclopedia Ii - Dracula - Analysis
The novel is narrated by multiple voices — Jonathan's journal of his trip to Transylvania, Mina's diary, and Seward's recorded journal,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia Ii - Van Helsing - Other Media
Sommers expanded the story of Van Helsing in two direct spin-offs. The animated prequel titled Van Helsing: The London Assignment, takes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Encyclopedia Ii - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Source Works
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Principal characters. Dracula by Bram Stoker King Solomon's Mines and sequels, by H. Rider Hag...   » Read the article