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Studio 54
Studio 54 is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater and former nightclub at 254 West 54th Street (Manhattan), 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Opened as the Gallo Opera House in 1927, it served as a CBS broadcasting, broadcast studio in the mid-20th century. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager opened the Studio 54 nightclub, retaining much of the former theatrical and broadcasting fixtures, inside the venue in 1977. Roundabout Theatre Company renovated the space into a Broadway house in 1998. The producer Fortune Gallo announced plans for an opera house in 1926, hiring Eugene De Rosa as the architect. The Gallo Opera House opened November 8, 1927, but soon went bankrupt and was renamed the New Yorker Theatre. The space also operated as the Casino de Paree nightclub, then the Palladium Music Hall, before the Federal Music Project staged productions at the theater for three years starting in 1937. CBS began using the venue as a sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 (film)
''54'' is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers, the film focuses on the rise and fall of Studio 54, a famous nightclub in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Prior to its release in the United States on August 28, 1998, by Miramax Films, the film was extensively reshot and recut; it ultimately opened to poor critical reaction and box office. In 2008, a bootleg version of the director's cut was screened at Outfest, leading to interest for its release. In 2015, Christopher and Miramax premiered a new edit of the film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, with 45 minutes of original material restored and 30 minutes of studio re-shoots removed. Plot Theatrical version In the summer of 1979, 19-year-old Irish-American gas station attendant Shane O'Shea lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his widowed, conservative father Harlan and two younger sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 (number)
54 (fifty-four) is the natural number and Sign (math), positive integer following 53 (number), 53 and preceding 55 (number), 55. As a multiple of 2 but not of 4, 54 is an Singly and doubly even, oddly even number and a composite number. 54 is related to the golden ratio through trigonometry: the sine of a 54 degree angle is half of the golden ratio. Also, 54 is a regular number, and its even division of powers of 60 was useful to ancient mathematicians who used the Assyro-Babylonian mathematics system. It is also an abundant number, since Aliquot sum, the sum of its proper divisors (66) is greater than itself. In mathematics Number theory 54 is an abundant number because Aliquot sum, the sum of its proper divisors (66 (number), 66), which excludes 54 as a divisor, is greater than itself. Like all multiples of 6, 54 is equal to some of its proper divisors summed together, so it is also a semiperfect number. These proper divisors can be summed in various ways to express all posit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954
Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 member radio stations. * January 21 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the , is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 Alexandra
54 Alexandra is a carbonaceous asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 155 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, and named after the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt; it was the first asteroid to be named after a male. Description On May 17, 2005, this asteroid occulted a faint star (magnitude 8.5) and the event was observed and timed in a number of locations within the U.S. and Mexico. As a result, a silhouette profile was produced, yielding a roughly oval cross-section with dimensions of 160 × 135 km (± 1 km).D.W. Dunham, "Upcoming Asteroid Occultations", ''Sky & Telescope'', June, 2006, p. 63. The mass of the asteroid can be estimated based upon the mutually perturbing effects of other bodies, yielding an estimate of . Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1990–92 gave a light curve with a period of 18.14 ± 0.04 hours and a brightness variation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 (novel)
''54'' is a novel by Wu Ming first published in Italian in 2002. Wu Ming is a collective of five authors founded in 2000. The members were formerly associated with the Luther Blissett Project, and four of them wrote the international best-selling novel '' Q''. The novel is set in Italy, former Yugoslavia, Britain and the US during the year 1954. It has been translated into several languages. All of the editions keep the original copyright statement, which allows for non-commercial reproduction of the book. Historical context and plots The novel presents a vast multitude of characters and sub-plots. It's 1954, Joseph Stalin is dead, Yugoslavia is the only socialist country to have broken relationships with the Soviet Union, and the Free Territory of Trieste is contended between Italy and her bordering neighbor country. In Italy, dissatisfaction is widespread among former members of the Resistance, as the Christian Democrat government has allowed many top figures of the Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 (album)
''54'' is an album of Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza featuring jazz guitarist John Scofield, and was released in May 2010. Reception At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, and Best Instrumental Arrangement went to Vince Mendoza for arranging "Carlos", the opening track. John Bungey of ''The Times'' wrote: "The Dutch Metropole Orchestra surround Scofield's bluesy riffs with strings and brass and some tracks will be too soft-edged for hardcore jazz types. But Scofield is at his best, fluent, creative and funky, and an epic version of his old tune 'Twang' is a knock-out." ''The Guardians John Fordham commented: "The arrangements could have reflected cofield'sbite and pungency a little more, but there's plenty of punch to this set." In a review for ''All About Jazz'', John Kelman remarked: "Combining Mendoza's stunning arrangements and some of Scofield's best playing in years, ''54'' is a milestone in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Division (other)
54th Division or 54th Infantry Division may refer to: * 54th Division (People's Republic of China) * 54th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 54th Reserve Division (German Empire) * 54th Infantry Division (India), a modern Indian division * 54th Infantry Division Napoli, an Italian division of World War II * 54th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 54th Division (Spain) * 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division, a British division of World Wars I and II * 54th Guards Rifle Division, a Soviet division of World War II * 54th Guards Rocket Division, a modern Russian division {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54 BC
__NOTOC__ Year 54 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Appius and Ahenobarbus (or, less frequently, year 700 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 54 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic * Consuls: Appius Claudius Pulcher and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. * Fifth year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars: ** July – Second of Caesar's Invasions of Britain: Julius Caesar receives nominal submission from the tribal chief Cassivellaunus and installs Mandubracius as a friendly king. ** Winter – Ambiorix revolts in Gaul. He joins with Catuvolcus in an uprising against the Roman army. Caesar's senior officers Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta and Quintus Titurius Sabinus are ambushed by the Eburones, and killed along with almost their entire forces. * Pom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AD 54
AD 54 ( LIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 807 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination AD 54 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * October 13 – Emperor Claudius dies (possibly after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece), and is succeeded by Nero. * Nero attempts to prohibit the gladiatorial games. * Under Nero, Rome annexes Aden to protect the maritime route between Alexandria and Asia. * Two centurions are sent to the south of Egypt to find the source of the Nile, and possible new provinces. They report that while there are many cities in the desert, the area seems too poor to be worthy of conquest. * Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo arrives in the East and takes up an assignment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Regiment Of Foot (other)
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54th Regiment of Foot was the designation of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot prior to 1751. 54th Regiment of Foot may also refer to: * 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot, aka 54th Regiment of Foot, numbered as the 54th Foot in 1747 and renumbered as the 43rd in 1751 * 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, aka 54th Regiment of Foot, raised in 1755 and renumbered as the 52nd in 1756 See also * 54th Infantry (other) 54th Infantry may refer to: * 54th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 54th Infantry Regiment (France) * 54th Infantry Regiment (United States) * 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment See also * 54th Regiment of Foot (other) {{mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Infantry (other)
54th Infantry may refer to: * 54th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) * 54th Infantry Regiment (France) * 54th Infantry Regiment (United States) * 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment See also * 54th Regiment of Foot (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
