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| | |  Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - West Side Story - FilmIn 1961, it was made into a motion picture and released on October 18 by United Artists, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. The film won ten Motion Picture Academy Awards including Best Picture, the most Oscars received by any movie musical.
The film was #41 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #3 on its 100 Years, 100 Passions, and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. On AFI's 100 years, 100 songs, "Tonight" was #59, "America" was #35, and "Somewhere" was #20.
See also:West Side Story, West Side Story - Film, West Side Story - Credits, West Side Story - Academy Award wins and nominations for the movie, West Side Story - Dramatis Personae Read more here: » West Side Story: Encyclopedia II - West Side Story - Film |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Nine to Five - Plot One day the women smoke a marijuana joint and fantasize about getting back at their boss, Frank Hart (Coleman). Violet fantasizes about poisoning him, Doralee dreams of riding up in a sexy cowgirl outfit and treating him as a piece of meat just as he treats her, and Judy contemplates doing away with him a la big game hunter.
Later, purely by chance, each woman gets to live out a motif of her fantasy when Violet thinks she has accidentally poisoned Hart. This sets of a series of events which culminates in the women imprisoning Hart in his own home while the women pursue getting evidenc ...
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Angus 1995 film - Plot Synopsis Angus Bethune (Talbert) is a 14-year-old boy who, despite his talents as a football player and in science class, holds deep insecurities about himself. His high school peers, led by the handsome Rick Sanford (Van Der Beek) and his complacent cohorts, regularly harass Angus for not being "normal," since Angus is pathetically overweight and is, in their view, "named after a cow". Because of this, Angus applies for a science school where he hopes to be free of the constant humiliation. Such infamy has shied Angus away from revealing his feeling ...
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood Dandridge began singing in her church's choir and, with the prodding of her mother, she and her sister began to perform as "The Wonder Children." After the Depression Ruby Jean Butler Dandridge, Vivian Dandridge, Dorothy Dandridge, and Neva (Ruby's lesbian lover/friend) moved to Hollywood. Her first on-screen appearance was as an extra in a 1935 Our Gang short called Teacher's Beau.
See also:Dorothy Dandridge, Dorothy Dandridge - Birth, Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood, Dorothy Dandridge - A Day at the Races, Dorothy Dandridge - Four Shall Die, Dorothy Dandridge - Marriage, Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood, Dorothy Dandridge - Carmen Jones, Dorothy Dandridge - Ed Sullivan Show, Dorothy Dandridge - Death, Dorothy Dandridge - Burial, Dorothy Dandridge - Legacy, Dorothy Dandridge - Filmography Read more here: » Dorothy Dandridge: Encyclopedia II - Dorothy Dandridge - Hollywood |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - The Electric Company - Performers Many cast members, such as Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and Hattie Winston, went on to become prolific television and film celebrities in the decades that followed. Luis Avalos, Jim Boyd, Lee Chamberlin, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, and Danny Seagren also appeared on the show.
Members of the Short Circus included June Angela, Gregg Burge, Irene Cara (who went on to star in the 1980 movie Fame, and years later won an Academy Award for co-writing the theme song to Flashdance), Todd Graff (Ilene Graff's brother; ...
See also:The Electric Company, The Electric Company - Regular sketches, The Electric Company - Performers, The Electric Company - Music, The Electric Company - Syndication Read more here: » The Electric Company: Encyclopedia II - The Electric Company - Performers |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Debbie Reynolds - Singer and actor She was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903-1986) and Maxine N. Harman (1913-1999).
Her family moved to Burbank, California, in 1939. In 1948 she won the Miss Burbank Beauty Contest which resulted in a motion picture contract with Warner Bros. They gave her a new first name and cast her for small roles in two movies.
Reynolds then signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was cast in Three Little Words which starred Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Her appearance ...
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Benicio del Toro - Biography Benicio attended Academia del Perpetuo Socorro (The Academy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), a Catholic school in Miramar, Puerto Rico. When he was nine years old, his mother died of hepatitis. At age 13, his father moved his family to Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, near Chambersburg, where Benicio was enrolled in Mercersburg Academy, a boarding school.
After graduation, Del Toro followed the advice of his father and pursued a practical degree in business at the University of California, San Diego. Success in an elective drama course encou ...
See also:Benicio del Toro, Benicio del Toro - Biography, Benicio del Toro - Trivia, Benicio del Toro - Selected Filmography, Benicio del Toro - Awards Read more here: » Benicio del Toro: Encyclopedia II - Benicio del Toro - Biography |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Presidential Medal of Freedom - Notable recipients Well-known recipients of the award, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned.
Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Academia ---.
Buckminster Fuller
I.M. Pei
Vinton G. Cerf
Robert E. Kahn
Antonia Pantojas
Robert Conquest
Vartan Gregorian
Jacques Barzun
T.S. Eliot
Ralph Ellison
Eric Hoffer
James Michener
Carl Sandburg
John Steinbeck
See also:Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Medal of Freedom - Insignia, Presidential Medal of Freedom - Notable recipients, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Academia ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Arts ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Business and economics ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Environmentalism ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Law ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Media ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Philanthropy ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Politics and government ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Religion ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Sport ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- Humanitarian ---, Presidential Medal of Freedom - --- People who don't seem to fit in any other category --- Read more here: » Presidential Medal of Freedom: Encyclopedia II - Presidential Medal of Freedom - Notable recipients |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Oz TV series - Characters
Oz TV series - Prison Groups.
There are ten main groups of prisoners on Oz, all divided by ethnicity or religion. The prison is 78% black and racial problems constantly arise throughout the series. Some groups, such as the Italians, run the whole prison while others, such as the gays, just appear as background prisoners. However, most gangs tend to be like the Latinos or Aryans; just doing whatever is necessary to show that they are credible and not be crossed. Described below are each group.
Musl ...
See also:Oz TV series, Oz TV series - Characters, Oz TV series - Prison Groups, Oz TV series - Inmates, Oz TV series - Prison staff, Oz TV series - Trivia, Oz TV series - Slang and Terms, Oz TV series - Books Read more here: » Oz TV series: Encyclopedia II - Oz TV series - Characters |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley California - History The history of the city is inextricably linked to its university. According to the Centennial Record of the University of California, "In 1866...at Founders' Rock, a group of College of California men were watching two ships standing out to sea through the Golden Gate. One of them, Frederick Billings, was reminded of the lines of Bishop Berkeley, 'westward the course of empire takes its way,' and suggested that the town and college site be named for the eighteenth-century British philosopher and poet." In 1873, Governor Newton Booth de ...
See also:Berkeley California, Berkeley California - Places, Berkeley California - History, Berkeley California - Geography, Berkeley California - Demographics, Berkeley California - Transportation, Berkeley California - Mayors, Berkeley California - Notable Berkeley residents past and present, Berkeley California - Points of interest Read more here: » Berkeley California: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley California - History |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - 1960s - Events and trends Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War, and the dissolution of European colonial empires. The rise in social revolution, civil rights movements, human rights movement, anti-War movements, and the Counterculture movement are only some of the characteristics that defined the 1960s. Many experts attribute the 1960s "counter-culture revolution" as being the result of the major social and political factors that rose in the 1950s like brinksmanship, ...
See also:1960s, 1960s - Events and trends, 1960s - Technology, 1960s - Science, 1960s - War peace and politics, 1960s - Economics, 1960s - Culture, 1960s - Others, 1960s - Big changes during the Sixties, 1960s - In the United States, 1960s - In other Western countries, 1960s - In non-Western countries, 1960s - People, 1960s - World leaders, 1960s - Writers and intellectuals, 1960s - Sports figures, 1960s - Entertainers, 1960s - Further Viewing Read more here: » 1960s: Encyclopedia II - 1960s - Events and trends |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley, California - Demographics The city's population is culturally diverse, with a significant portion in transient residence attending UC Berkeley. As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 102,743 people, 44,955 households, and 18,656 families residing in the city. The population density is 3,792.5/km² (9,823.3/mi²), one of the highest in California. There are 46,875 housing units at an average density of 1,730.3/km² (4,481.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 59.17% White, 13.63% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, 16.39% ...
See also:Berkeley, California, Berkeley, California - Places, Berkeley, California - History, Berkeley, California - Geography, Berkeley, California - Demographics, Berkeley, California - Transportation, Berkeley, California - Mayors, Berkeley, California - Notable Berkeley residents past and present, Berkeley, California - Points of interest Read more here: » Berkeley, California: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley, California - Demographics |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley, California - History The history of the city is inextricably linked to its university. According to the Centennial Record of the University of California, "In 1866...at Founders' Rock, a group of College of California men were watching two ships standing out to sea through the Golden Gate. One of them, Frederick Billings, was reminded of the lines of Bishop Berkeley, 'westward the course of empire takes its way,' and suggested that the town and college site be named for the eighteenth-century British philosopher and poet." In 1873, Governor Newton Booth d ...
See also:Berkeley, California, Berkeley, California - Places, Berkeley, California - History, Berkeley, California - Geography, Berkeley, California - Demographics, Berkeley, California - Transportation, Berkeley, California - Mayors, Berkeley, California - Notable Berkeley residents past and present, Berkeley, California - Points of interest Read more here: » Berkeley, California: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley, California - History |
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| | | | Rita Moreno: Encyclopedia II - Berkeley, California - Places Berkeley is the site of the University of California, Berkeley, the flagship campus of the University of California, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Hall of Science, Space Sciences Laboratory, and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, which are on the campus grounds. Another well-known educational institution in Berkeley is the Graduate Theological Union.
Other notable places include:
The Campanile belltower (Sather Tower) in the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Telegraph Ave ...
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