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Fred Khoshtinat
Farbod Khoshtinat (Persian: فربد خوشطینت; born August 11, 1988) is an LA-based Iranian director, editor and cinematographer. Career farbod is in high school student The Bureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State has announced that Khoshtinat's short film, ATTN: Mr. Democrat, is the 2010 Democracy Video Challenge Winner for the Near East and North Africa. Jeff Baron, Staff Writer, America.gov, Washington reported that, "Khoshtinat said that his work on music videos and other underground, unauthorized short films led to an order by the Iranian government about a year ago that he stop making films. Instead, he said by e-mail, he moved to Malaysia to continue his studies. 'I am sure now that I cannot go back to Iran, but here I am safe and sound to work and publicize my art,' he said." He has produced 20 feature films, some of which have premiered at festivals such as Sundance and Cannes including ''A Persian Affair, Love and Fear''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Tehran province, Shahriar, Qods, Iran, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Tehran, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. In the classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray, Iran, Ray), a prominent Medes, Median city almost entirely des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall musician. Paul's first album, ''Stage One'', was released in 2000. He gained international fame with his second album, ''Dutty Rock'', in 2002. Its single "Get Busy" topped the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States, as did "Temperature (song), Temperature", off his third album, ''The Trinity (album), The Trinity'' (2005). Paul frequently invokes the nickname "Chanderpaul", originating from the similarity between his first two names and cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In the Vice documentary ''The Story of 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul'', when asked "How did you become 'Sean Da Paul'", Paul recalls how others would call him Chan-der-paul, and the name stuck. He then started saying it in shows and recordings. Most of his albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Best Reggae Album, with ''Dutty Rock'' winning the award. Paul has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Writers
Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Other uses * Iranian peoples Iranian peoples, or Iranic peoples, are the collective ethnolinguistic groups who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages within the Indo-European langu ..., the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan-ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Cinematographers
List of Iranian cinematographers () * Ovanes Ohanian * Mirza Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi * Hossein Jafarian *Amin Jafari *Mehdi Jafari *Peyman Shademanfar *Masud Salami * Mahmoud Kalari * Darius Khondji * Mahmoud Koushan * Firooz Malekzadeh * Amir Mokri * Morteza Poursamadi * Javad Jalali * Mirza Ebrahim Khan Sahhafbashi * Found Najafzadeh * Houshanf Banaei * Gholamreza Jannatkhahdoost External links Iranian film at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Iranian Cinematographers Iranian cinematographers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1988 Births
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (National Science Foundation Network) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988. The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2003), was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Activities Purpose The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history, heritage and culture of the United Kingdom. Archive The BFI maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanco (singer)
Riccardo Fabbriconi (born 10 February 2003), known professionally as Blanco, is an Italian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2021 with the hits " La canzone nostra" and " Mi fai impazzire", which topped the Italian Singles Chart. He later released his debut album '' Blu celeste'', driven by the singles " Notti in bianco", " Paraocchi" and the title track. In 2022, he won the 72nd Sanremo Music Festival alongside Mahmood with the song " Brividi", with which the duo represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, finishing in sixth place. Early life Riccardo Fabbriconi was born in Brescia on 10 February 2003, to a father from Rome and a mother from Lombardy, and raised in Calvagese della Riviera, a small town on Lake Garda. He spent most of his childhood between his hometown, Brescia and Desenzano del Garda, where he attended school. During childhood, his father introduced him to artists such as Lucio Battisti, Lucio Dalla, and Pino Daniele, and he al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), better known by his stage name Pitbull (also known as Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide), is an American rapper, singer and actor. He began his career in the early 2000s as a reggaeton, Latin hip-hop, Latin hip hop, and crunk music, crunk performer, and signed with TVT Records to release his debut studio album, ''M.I.A.M.I.'' (2004). Executive produced by Lil Jon, it moderately entered the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 along with his second and third albums, ''El Mariel'' (2006) and ''The Boatlift'' (2007). His fourth album, ''Pitbull Starring in Rebelution'' (2009), yielded his mainstream breakthrough, spawning the singles "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service"—which peaked at numbers two and eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. After rebranding himself as a pop music, pop artist, Pitbull's sixth and seventh albums, ''Planet Pit'' (2011) and ''Global Warming (Pitbull album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyusha
Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina (; born 15 August 1990), better known simply as Nyusha (), is a Russian singer and songwriter. One of the most popular musicians in contemporary Russia, Nyusha has released eight number-one singles in Russia, holding the record for the greatest amount. The daughter of former Laskovyi Mai member Vladimir Shurochkin, Nyusha began her career as a teenager, competing in New Wave 2008, where she placed seventh. Afterwards, she was signed to Warner Music Russia and released her debut studio album ''Vybirat chudo'' in 2010; the album went on to produce four number-one singles in Russia and Nyusha won Best Russian Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. Her second studio album ''Obedineniye'' was later released in 2014, producing four more number-one singles and winning Nyusha the award for Best Russian Act again at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards. Early life Nyusha was born on 15 August 1990 into a family of musicians, her father, Vladimir Shuroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( ; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. Known for his signature Drawl, drawled lyrics—which often use melodic rhyming, Repetition (rhetorical device), repetition, word play, Laconic phrase, laconic phrases, syncopation and alliteration—his music often addresses the lifestyle and culture of the West Coast of the United States, West Coast and social issues such as gun violence and stability for the youth. His initial fame dates back to 1992 following his guest appearance on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover (song), Deep Cover", and later on Dre's debut album, ''The Chronic'' that same year. Snoop Dogg has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States, and 35 million albums worldwide. List of awards and nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Pain
Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electronic music, electronic-styled vocal performances. Blending its use with contemporary R&B, R&B and hip-hop sensibilities, T-Pain became a prominent figure in both genres throughout the 2000s. Other music industry artists, such as Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Future (rapper), Future, and Travis Scott, have since utilized Auto-Tune to a similar effect. T-Pain began his recording career as part of the hip-hop group Nappy Headz. He released his debut solo mixtape, ''Back @ It'' independently in 2004, and signed with Akon's Konvict Muzik, in a joint venture with Jive Records, the following year. His 2005 debut single, "I'm Sprung", was quickly met with commercial success, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
