Anna Paquin - Anna Paquin Anna Helene Paquin (b. July 24, 1982) is an Oscar-winning actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and the child of two teachers, she moved to New Zealand when she was four. Her debut performance, in the 1993 film The Piano, which was widely regarded as extraordinary even by critics who didn't like the film, saw her win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; the second-youngest person to win an Oscar. She moved to Los Angeles with her mother after her parents' divorce, and took several well-regarded roles in various movies as she completed her secondary education. She returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie in 2000 and its sequel in 2003. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Filmography.
July 24 - Alexandre Dumas pere (La Pailleterie), playwright, novelist (+ 1870) 1860 - Alfons Mucha, graphic artist (+ 1939) 1864 - Frank Wedekind, dramatist, lyricist, narrator (+ 1918) 1878 - Lord Dunsany, writer 1896 - Hermann Kasack, writer (+ 1966) 1898 - Amelia Earhart, aviator (first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic) (+ 1937 (disappeared)) 1908 - Cootie Williams, trumpeter 1914 - Edwin Mirvish - retailer, impresario 1916 - John D. MacDonald, novelist, (+ 1986) 1917 - Robert Farnon, conductor, composer and arranger 1926 - Hans Günter Winkler, equestrian jumper 1929 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author 1933 - Doug Sanders, golfer 1934 - Rudy Collins, drummer for the Dizzy Gillespie quintet 1935 - Pat Oliphant, political cartoonist 1936 - Ruth Buzzi, comedienne 1942 - Chris Sarandon, actor 1947 - Robert.
Generation Y - and the Internet developed 'child-friendly' havens. With adults viewing children more positively, American students are apparently faring better in international comparisons. It has been claimed that the so-called 'Millennials' are emerging as something of a generational public property. Where child Generation Xers had once been the castoffs of Awakening-era euphoria, Millennials have become symbols of an Unraveling-era need to prevent the social hemorrhaging before it could damage another new generation. However there is a feeling that the new focus has not yet reversed the Awakening-era damage to the child's world. The child poverty rate is still high. The crack babies of the 1980s are growing up with severe emotional disabilities. Dysfunctional families are still a problem, and murderers of the age of the two Columbine assailants or younger still make the.
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - everybody else. 1943 Katina Paxinou - For Whom the Bell Tolls Gladys Cooper - The Song of Bernadette Paulette Goddard - So Proudly We Hail Anne Revere - The Song of Bernadette Lucile Watson - Watch on the Rhine 1944 Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart Jennifer Jones - Since You Went Away Angela Lansbury - Gaslight Aline MacMahon - Dragon Seed Agnes Moorehead - Mrs. Parkington 1945 Anne Revere - National Velvet Eve Arden - Mildred Pierce Anne Blyth - Mildred Pierce Angela Lansbury - The Picture of Dorian Gray Joan Lorring - The Corn Is Green 1946 Anne Baxter - The Razor's Edge Ethel Barrymore - The Spiral Staircase Lillian Gish - Duel in the Sun Flora Robson - Saratoga Trunk Gale Sondergaard - Anna and the.
Almost Famous - members of the fictitious band Stillwater, an amalgamation of several bands that Crowe wrote about Frances McDormand and Zooey Deschanel, as the mother and sister of the protagonist and Crowe's alter ego, played by Patrick Fugit Kate Hudson, Fairuza Balk, Anna Paquin, and Bijou Phillips, as groupies known as the "Band Aids" Philip Seymour Hoffman, as journalism mentor Lester Bangs The film received four Oscar nominations, one of which led to an award to Crowe for his screenplay..
X-Men (movie) - Storm), Famke Janssen (Doctor Jean Grey), James Marsden (Scott Summers / Cyclops), Bruce Davison (Senator Robert Kelly), Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Raven Darkholme / Mystique), Ray Park (Mortimer Toynbee / Toad), Tyler Mane (Victor Creed / Sabretooth), and Anna Paquin (Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue). A sequel, X2, was released in 2003. In the world with hatred and prejudices, mutants are feared and loathed by people that cannot accept their differences. Mutants (homo superior) are the next evolution in the chain of humanity. Some children are born with an X-Factor (a unique genetic mutation). These usually manifest themselves at puberty and grant individuals special powers. Professor Charles Xavier (the world's most powerful telepath) takes "gifted" individuals and teaches them to control their powers for the good of mankind in his school for gifted youngsters..
X2 - and stars Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, and Anna Paquin. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Plot 2 Related articles 3.
The Piano - the kind man that she thought he was. Set in the mid-19th century in a muddy, poetically shown New Zealand, it stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin. The movie was written and directed by Jane Campion, with an impressive score for the piano by Michael Nyman. It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Holly Hunter), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Anna Paquin) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. The film won the 1993 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival..
Cinema of New Zealand - The Silent One (1984) (Director: Yvonne Mackay) Sleeping Dogs (1977) (Director: Roger Donaldson) Skin Deep (1978) (Director: Geoff Steven) Smash Palace (1981) (Director: Roger Donaldson) Snakeskin (2001) (Director: Gillian Ashurst) Solo (1977) (Director: Tony Williams) Sons for the Return Home (1979) (Director: Paul Maunder) (Based on the novel of the same name by Albert Wendt) Stickmen (2001) (Director: Hamish Rothwell) Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (Director: Harry Sinclair) Te Rua (1991) (Director: Barry Barclay) Utu (1983) (Director: Geoff Murphy) Vigil (Director: Vincent Ward) War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us (1995) (Director: Gaylene Preston) Whale Rider (2002) (Director: Niki Caro) Wildman (1977) (Director: Geoff Murphy) Wild Horses (1983) (Director: Derek Morton) International Release Movies Race for the Yankee Zephyr (also released as Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr'' on video.) (1981).
Columbia University - the atom by faculty members I. I. Rabi, Enrico Fermi and Polykarp Kusch placed Columbia's Physics Department in the international spotlight in the 1940s after the first nuclear pile was built to start what would become the Manhattan Project. In the spring of 1968 student protesters took over five buildings and occupied them for a week. They were protesting the building of a gymnasium in Morningside Park, the campus presence of the government and military recruiters, and the administration in general. (see John Lindsay) Columbia University had been relatively declining during the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1990s, under the leadership of University President George Rupp, Columbia regained its reputation as one of the nation's leading universities. Well-Known Alumni Mortimer Adler Madeleine Albright Hafizullah Amin Virginia Apgar Medical School 1933, created.
The Member of the Wedding - Dickie Moore. It was adapted by Edna and Edward Anhalt and directed by Fred Zinnemann. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Julie Harris). There have been two television versions of The Member of the Wedding: 1982 - starring Pearl Bailey, Dana Hill and Howard E. Rollins Jr and directed by Delbert Mann. 1997 - starring Anna Paquin, Alfre Woodard, Corey Dunn and Enrico Colantoni, adapted by David W. Rintels and directed by Fielder Cook. Rintels adapted this version from the original novel and did not use the play as his model..
Rogue (comics) - turned to Professor Charles Xavier and the X-Men (X-Men #172), and Xavier's charity towards all mutants led her to join the team. Although her initial months with the team were rough, she eventually became a trusted member of the team. Television & Film She was voiced by Lenore Zann in the animated series X-Men. She was voiced by Meghan Black in the X-Men: Evolution animated television series. Rogue was depicted by actress Anna Paquin in the 2000 film X-Men and its sequel. Vital Statistics Name: Marie D'Ancanto Height: 5 ft. 8 in. Weight: 120 lbs. Eyes: Green Hair: Brown with white streak Note: Due to Rogue's ability to temporarily absorb the memories and abilities of other living beings, all of her powers are variable to an extent. Intelligence: Normal Strength level:.
List of people by name: Pa-Pd - Deputy Chancellor Papin, Denis, (1647-c. 1712), inventor of the piston steam engine Papineau, Louis-Joseph, (1786-1871) Papini, Giovanni, (born 1881), Italian, writer Papon, Maurice, (born 1910), French politician, war criminal Pappas, George Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu, (1594-1632), general. Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich von, German soldier Papp, Joseph, (1921-1991), theatrical producer Papp, Laszlo, (born 1926), boxer Pappus of Alexandria, euclidean geometry Paq Paquin, Anna, (born 1982), US actor Par Paracelsus, (1493-1541), alchemist Paray, Paul, (1886-1979), conductor, composer Parazynski, Scott, astronaut Pardo, Jorge, musician Paredes, Carlos, (born 1925), (fado singer) Paredes, Guillermo Gorostiza, (1909-1966), athlete Paret, Benny Kid, world boxing champion who had tragic end Pareto, Vilfredo, (1848-1923), economist Paret, Peter, military history Paretsky, Sara, British author Paretti, Sandra, (1935-1994), author Parfit, Derek, philosopher Pargeter, Edith, (1913-1995), author Parise, Roland, astronaut Pariser, Rudolph, (born.
List of female movie actors 2 - 1970) Traci Lords (born 1968) Sophia Loren (born 1934) Bessie Love (1898-1986) Myrna Loy (1905-1993) Susan Lucci (born 1946) Daniela Lujan (born 1988) Joanna Lumley (born 1946) Ida Lupino (1914-1995) M Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) Andie MacDowell (born 1958) Ali MacGraw (born 1938) Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) Norma Macmillan (1921-2001) Sheila MacRae (born 1924) Madonna (born 1958) Anna Magnani (1908-1973) Jacqueline Maillan (born 1923) Marjorie Main (1890-1975) Dorothy Malone (born 1925) Barbara Mandrell (born 1948) Silvana Mangano (1930-1989) Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967) Sophie Marceau (born 1966) Nancy Marchand (died 2000) Andrea Marcovicci (born 1948) Miriam Margolyes (born 1941) Ann Margret (born 1941) Julianna Margulies (born 1966) Rose Marie (born 1923) Penny Marshall (born 1942) Jean Marsh (born 1934) Mary Martin (1913-1990) Elsa Martinelli (born 1932) Millicent Martin (born 1934) Marsha Mason (born 1942).
Hannah Cowley - produced at Drury Lane or Covent Garden; and The Belle's Stratagem (1782), with one or two others, still survives in the list of acting plays. Among other pieces were Albina, Countess Raimond, A Bold Stroke for a Husband, More Ways than One, and A School for Greybeards, or The Mourning Bride. Mrs Cowley also wrote poetry, mainly on historical subjects, and under the name of Anna Matilda, which has since become proverbial, she carried on a sentimental correspondence in the World with Robert Merry. Reference This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica..
Kathleen Ferrier - Norman Walker, BBC Chorus, Boyd Neel Orchestra, conducted by George Enescu, (1951), BBC Bach, St Matthew Passion, Greene, Suddaby, Ferrier, Cummings, Bach Choir, Jacques Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Jacques, Decca, now on Dutton. Bach and Handel arias(sung in English), London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult, Decca, recorded 7th and 8th October, 1952. Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, Op 53, Men of the Oslo Philharmonic Chorus, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Erik Tuxen, Oslo (1949), APR Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, Op 53, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss, (1947), Dutton (transferred from Decca) Benjamin Britten, The Rape of Lucretia (1946), Kathleen Ferrier, contralto (Lucretia),Peter Pears, Joan Cross,Owen Brannigan,(Collatinus), Edmund Donleavy (Junius), Otakar Kraus, baritone (Tarquin), Anna Pollak (Bianca), Margaret Ritchie (Lucia) English Opera Group Orchestra directed by Reginald Goodall, Gala Mahler, Das Lied von.
Karenna Gore Schiff - a possible future political career, Kareena said the following in a Hill Newspaper interview: "Sometime in my life, I might want to run for elective office....but I am conflicted about what goes into it. Right now my kids are so little, and I have more work to do in building a separate professional identity." Karenna resides in New York with husband Drew Schiff and children Wyatt and Anna..
Keeping Up Appearances - Judy Cornwell (Daisy) Geoffrey Hughes (Onslow) Shirley Stellfox (Rose (1)) Mary Millar (Rose (2)) Josephine Tewson (Elizabeth) David Griffin (Emmet) George Web (Daddy) Anna Dawson (Violet) Jeremy Gittins (Vicar).
Kim Milford - Kim was recording an album titled "Chain Your Lovers to the Bedposts" and a single, "Help is on the Way, Rozea." Kim's known recordings include the single "Muddy River Water" (Decca), the Sunset soundtrack, Roxy Cast album of Rocky Horror Picture Show, and his song "Justice" on the 'Ciao! Manhattan' (Edie Sedgwick) movie. Kim also wrote the music for "Salome," based on the Oscar Wilde play, and starred in it at the Mark Taper Fo-rum in Los Angeles in 1979, and also wrote and performed "My Love Is A Rebel" on the soundtrack of Runnymede films' "Limbo" (starring Barry Bostwick). In addition, he's on some bootlegs of the Aug-Sept '72 Jeff Beck concerts. He also did one or possibly two albums with his group Moon; they were the band in the.
King Solomon's Mines (movie) - Haggard. It was directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Color and Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Picture. King Solomon's Mines had previously been made in 1937, starring Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee and Roland Young. It was adapted by Charles Bennett (uncredited), Michael Hogan, Roland Pertwee A.R. Rawlinson (uncredited) and Ralph Spence (uncredited). It was directed by Robert Stevenson. It was remade in 1985, starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom and John Rhys-Davies. It was adapted by Gene Quintano and James R. Silke and directed by J. Lee Thompson..
