1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. 1981 - Events. January - Sarawak chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 13 - Donna Griffiths, a schoolgirl in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, begins a uncontrollable series of sneezes that end September 16, 1983 - after 978 days Janua ...

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Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 - October 20, 1994) was an American film actor. Born Burton Stephen Lancaster in New York City to James Henry Lancaster (a postman) and Elizabeth Roberts, both of whom were the children of Irish Protestant immigrants. He grew up in Hells Kitchen (West side Manhattan) and spent much of his time on the streets, where he developed great interest and skill in gymnastics. Later, he worked as a circus acrobat ...

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An anglophile is considered to be a non-English person who is extremely fond of all things English. American Anglophiles will often spell words with a British distinction, such as writing the word color as colour, or flavor as flavour. The term is also used as a slur for people (especially in New England, New York, and elsewhere along the northern East Coast of the United States) who base their modes of business and/or political inclinations on a cultural sphere that is tied to its social equivalent ...

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The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's newest video game console, the successor to their original Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005 in North America, December 2 in Europe, and December 10 in Japan. It will be released on February 2, 2006 in Mexico, February 24 in South Korea, and March 2, 2006 in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The Xbox 360 will compete against the upcoming generation of consoles, including the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution, and was officially unveiled on MTV on ...

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Unrequited love is love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired. This can lead to feelings such as depression, anxiety, and mood swings such as swift changes between depression and euphoria. Unrequited love can result in obsessive behaviour or transform into hostility to the object of desire (emotional rejection), leading to behaviour such as stalking. This has often caused the afflicted person to be further victimised by name-calling (such as "pervert"). Unrequited love has also been the ...

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• Unrequited love - In Music
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Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Андре́й Арсе́ньевич Тарко́вский) (April 4, 1932 - December 28, 1986) was a Russian movie director, writer, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of the Soviet era in Russia and one of the greatest in the history of cinema. Andrei Tarkovsky - Biography. Tarkovsky, son of the prominent poet Arseniy Tarkovsky, was a product of the golden era of Soviet arts education. He received a classical education in Mosco ...

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• Andrei Tarkovsky - Work
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• Andrei Tarkovsky - Bibliography

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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual event held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California featuring musical performances by a number of artists on different stages, showings of independent films, and a number of displays of contemporary art. Coachella is a two day event, whose attendance has steadily increased from about 10 to 20 thousand people at the first Coachella in 19 ...

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• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - 2005
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• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - 2002
• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - 2001
• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - 1999

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The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. Academy Award for Film Editing - 1930s. 1934 Eskimo - Conrad A. Nervig Cleopatra - Anne Bauchens One Night of Love - Gene Milford 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ralph Dawson David Copperfield - Robert J. Kern The Informer - George Hively Les Misérables - Barbara McLean L ...

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• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1930s
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• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1950s
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• Academy Award for Film Editing - 1980s
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See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of 'years in music' 2000s in music 2004 in music - Events. January 1 - Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later. February 1 - Daron Hagen ...

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• 2004 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 2004 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
• 2004 in music - Brit Awards
• 2004 in music - Juno Awards
• 2004 in music - Mercury Music Prize
• 2004 in music - Charts
• 2004 in music - KROQ
• 2004 in music - Triple J Hottest 100
• 2004 in music - External link

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This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2001, see the links below. 2000s - The decade as a whole. The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. So far, the 2000s has been marked generally with an escalation of the social issues a ...

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• 2000s - Names of the decade
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• 2000s - Events and trends
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• 2000s - Trends and Fashion
• 2000s - United States
• 2000s - Music
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• 2000s - Film
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• 2000s - Television and Radio
• 2000s - Sports
• 2000s - People
• 2000s - World leaders
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• 2000s - Sports figures

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See also: 2005 in music (UK) 2005 in music (Switzerland) Other events of 2005 List of 'years in music' 2000s in music 2005 in music - Events. January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Sno ...

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• 2005 in music - Awards
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• 2005 in music - Country Music Association Awards
• 2005 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
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• 2005 in music - Juno Awards
• 2005 in music - Mercury Music Prize
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The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. The expression of approval is given, along with an Oscar Statuette and a chance for the director to speak, at an annual Academy Awards ceremony. All but twenty of the seventy-seven Oscars for best director (before 2006) were for films that also won the award for best picture. The Academy has selected one director from five nominees each year for the past seven decades ...

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• Academy Award for Directing - 1980s
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• Academy Award for Directing - 2000s

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From "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards" Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies made in 1967. Most awards won - (nominations) 9  : Alfred Newman (41) 5  : John Williams (37) 4  : John Barry ( ...

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• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1930s
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• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1950s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1960s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1970s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1980s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 1990s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - 2000s
• Academy Award for Original Music Score - External link

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The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel or play). See also the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are not adapted from elsewhere. Following is a listing of people who have won the award. This award started with the name Best Writing, Adaptation. Academy Awar ...

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• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1920s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1930s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1940s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1950s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1960s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1970s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1980s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 1990s
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - 2000s

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Bisexual chic is (an often) brief cultural trend in which it becomes a fad to attest to bisexuality as one's sexual orientation, encompassing bisexual behavior. Bisexuality must be idealized insofar that it is considered "chic" to behave as such. The term was first defined [1] by a cultural trend beginning vaguely in the 1970s with acts such as the androgynous David Bowie, celebrities like Marlon Brando, the glam rock movement, and the disco movement all latching onto to bisexuality for the perceived sexual liberation ...

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Universal Studios is an informal designation for NBC Universal Inc., formerly known as Universal Pictures Company Inc., MCA/Universal Pictures Inc., and Vivendi Universal Inc., and all their subsidiary companies, a Hollywood media conglomerate currently owned by General Electric Corporation and more commonly referred to as Universal Pictures through history. Its production studio and offices are located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Ang ...

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• Universal Studios - List of Universal Pictures
• Universal Studios - 1920s
• Universal Studios - 1930s
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• Universal Studios - Notes on Early Partners
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Concentrate (in America) (aka Extract,Konsentrat) is a Soviet film made in 1958 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. The film's style is characteristic of the style that Tarkovsky would perfect in his later films. It was Tarkovsky's second of three shorts he made while a student at the Soviet film school VGIK. See also. The Killers There Will be No Leave Today ...

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In the UK, indie music charts have been compiled since at least the 1980s. These charts initially featured independent bands that emerged from punk and post-punk, as well as indie pop artists such as Aztec Camera and Orange Juice, the C86 jangle-pop movement and the twee pop of Sarah Records artists. The bands were distinguished by having their records released by small labels, independently of the major record companies. The 1980s indie scene directly influenced 1990s Britpop artists such as Blur and Suede (though many of these were technically not wholl ...

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Indie rock, Indie rock - Indie: status or genre?, Indie rock - Indie Rock in North America, Indie rock - Notable local scenes

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Cassavetes was born in New York City to Nicholas John Cassavetes and Katherine Demetri, both of whom were Greek immigrants. He grew up on Long Island, New York and attended high school at Blair Academy in New Jersey and Colgate University before moving to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. On graduation in 1950, he continued acting in the theater. By 1953, he was doing small parts in films; he continued to play a James Dean-like "juvenile delinquent" throughout the 1950s. Cassavetes also acted on television, which was still finding its feet as a medium. His experience working within television's budgetary and schedule l ...

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John Cassavetes, John Cassavetes - Life and Work, John Cassavetes - Early films and acting, John Cassavetes - 1970s masterpieces, John Cassavetes - Late career and alcoholism, John Cassavetes - A Note On Improvisation, John Cassavetes - Tributes, John Cassavetes - Selected Filmography

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Anticipating some of the problems that have plagued similar song lists, this list will observe a few different formatting and ordering rules. (These may change down the road, but I ask everyone to try this out for a while before raising automatic objections.) List of songs whose title includes dates and times - Inclusion guidelines. Times and dates should be more specific than someday, night, early, or about that time. Just how specific will probably evolve over time (no p ...

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