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Holiday (other)
A holiday is a day of observance. Holiday(s) or The Holiday(s) may also refer to: * Holiday (travel) (British English) or vacation (American English), a trip or leave of absence for the purpose of recreation or rest * Annual leave, time off from a job * Christmas and holiday season or "the holidays", an annual festive period that surrounds Christmas and various other holidays Places * Holiday, Florida, U.S., a census-designated place * Holiday, a community in Zorra, Ontario, Canada People * Holiday (surname) * Holiday Reinhorn (born 1964), American fiction writer Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Holiday'' (1930 film), an adaptation of Philip Barry's play (see below), starring Ann Harding and Mary Astor * ''Holiday'' (1931 film), a French film directed by Robert Boudrioz * ''Holiday'' (1938 film), an adaptation of Barry's play, starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant * ''Holiday'' (2001 film), a Russian film directed by Garik Sukachov * ''Holiday'' (2006 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday
A holiday is a day or other period of time set aside for festivals or recreation. ''Public holidays'' are set by public authorities and vary by state or region. Religious holidays are set by religious organisations for their members and are often also observed as public holidays in religious majority countries. Some religious holidays, such as Christmas, have become Secularization, secularised by part or all of those who observe them. In addition to secularisation, many holidays have become commercialised due to the growth of industry. Holidays can be thematic, celebrating or commemorating particular groups, events, or ideas, or non-thematic, days of rest that do not have any particular meaning. In English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English, the term can refer to any period of rest from work, such as vacations or school holidays. In American English, "the holidays" typically refers to the period from Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holidays (2016 Film)
''Holidays'' is a 2016 American horror anthology film of short horror films, each inspired by a different celebration. The directors include Kevin Smith, Gary Shore, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Scott Stewart, Nicholas McCarthy, Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, Sarah Adina Smith, and Anthony Scott Burns. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 14, 2016. It was then released on video on demand on April 15, 2016, prior to a limited release on April 22, 2016, by Vertical Entertainment. Segments Valentine's Day * Written and directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer * Starring Madeleine Coghlan, Savannah Kennick, Rick Peters, Britain Simons In the gym, Maxine is picked on by Heidi, pushes her off the diving board. She nearly drowns but Coach Rockwell, whom she has a crush on, rescues her. Rockwell is suffering from a heart condition and needs a transplant. He cannot do much about Heidi's bullying, as Heidi is the one organizing a fundraiser for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday 100
''Billboard'' magazine only charted Christmas singles and albums along with the other popular non-holiday records until the 1958 holiday season when they published their first section that surveys only Christmas music. An increase of Christmas records began charting ''Billboard'' in 1957. The popular music surveys charted 9 Christmas singles, including the debut of the Bobby Helms' standard "Jingle Bell Rock" . Gene Autry's newly recorded version of his 1949 original "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" made the Top 100 Sides at No. 70. The Best Selling Pop LP's had 11 seasonal albums chart including the debut of ''Elvis' Christmas Album'' that topped the survey for 3 weeks. Bing Crosby's all-time best-selling single " White Christmas" returned to the Top 40 again in 1957 at No. 34. It has charted ''Billboard's'' surveys almost annually since it first spent 11 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on their Best Selling Retail Records chart beginning Oct. 31, 1942 It reached the top spot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Halloween
''Batman: The Long Halloween'' is a 13-issue American comic book limited series written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. It was originally published by DC Comics in 1996 and 1997. It was the follow-up to three '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials'' which were reprinted in '' Batman: Haunted Knight'' by the same creative team. The series' success led to Loeb and Sale to reteam for two sequels, '' Batman: Dark Victory'' and '' Catwoman: When in Rome'', which are set concurrently. A third sequel, a 10-issue limited series entitled ''The Last Halloween'', began publication on September 25, 2024. Set during Batman's early days of crime-fighting, the story follows the Dark Knight as he partners with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Captain James Gordon to uncover the identity of a mysterious killer known as Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. The series is notable for its exploration of the transformation of Gotham City’s criminal underworl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica James
Erica James (born 1960) is a British writer of twenty-four best-selling romance novels. In 2006, her novel ''Gardens of Delight'' won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association., having been short-listed four times previously. James has an international following and has been translated into thirteen languages, with the Norwegian edition of Summer at the Lake, ‘Alt i et Oyeblikk’, being recognized as a No.1 bestseller in Norway. Biography Born in 1960 in Surrey, England, she grew up on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Currently divorced, she has two grown-up sons, Edward and Samuel, and two grandchildren. She lives in Suffolk. She began writing after attending a creative writing course with the Arvon Foundation The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing. Arvon is one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations. Andrew Kidd is the Chief Executive Officer, and Patrici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Bellamy
Guy Bellamy (1935 – 2015) was an English author known for humorous novels. He wrote 14 novels, starting with ''The Secret Lemonade Drinker'' in 1977. His last, ''The Secret Vodka Drinker'', appeared in 2012. Bellamy was born in Bristol in 1935, but grew up in Surrey. Upon leaving school, he joined the RAF for National Service. He worked as a journalist on local newspapers in the Surrey area before going on to work on Fleet Street, becoming one of the youngest sub-editors on the ''Daily Express'' at the age of 24. He then worked at ''The Sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot Plasma (physics), plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as ...'', before leaving in 1977 to focus on writing novels. Bellamy died on 2015. References English male journalists English writers 1935 births Royal Air Force airmen {{England-writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacia Maraini
Dacia Maraini (; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for ''L'età del malessere'' (1963); the Fregene Prize for ''Isolina'' (1985); the Premio Campiello and Book of the Year Award for ''La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa'' (1990); and the Premio Strega for ''Buio'' (1999). In 2013, Irish Braschi's biographical documentary ''I Was Born Travelling'' told the story of her life, focusing in particular on her imprisonment in a concentration camp in Japan during World War II and the journeys she made around the world with her partner Alberto Moravia and close friends Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas. Life and career Early life Maraini was born in Fiesole, Tuscany. She is the daughter of Sicilian Princess Topazia Alliata di Salaparuta, an artist and art dealer, and of Fosco Maraini, a Florentine ethnologist and mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmal Crompton
Richmal Crompton Lamburn (15 November 1890 – 11 January 1969) was a popular English writer, best known for her ''Just William (book series), Just William'' series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books. Life Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in Bury, Lancashire, the second child of the Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a Classics Schoolmaster, master at Bury Grammar School and his wife Clara (née Crompton) Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also became a writer and is remembered under the name John Lambourne for his fantasy novel ''The Kingdom That Was'' (1931), and as a successful writer on natural science as John Crompton. Richmal also had a sister, Gwen, who was 18 months older, and a younger sister, Phyllis, who died of whooping cough at age 14 months. Richmal Crompton attended St Elphin's School, St Elphin's Boarding School for the daughters of the clergy, originally based in Warrington, Lancashire, where Gwen also was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carola Oman
Carola Oman CBE (11 May 1897 – 11 June 1978) was an English historical novelist, biographer and children's writer. She was best known for her retelling of the Robin Hood legend and for a 1946 biography of Admiral Lord Nelson.Entry for Carola Oman in ''The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English'Retrieved 8 July 2012. Pay-walled./ref> Background Carola Mary Anima Oman was born on 11 May 1897 in Oxford, the second of three children of the military historian Sir Charles Oman (1860–1946) of All Souls and his wife Mary (1866–1950), daughter of General Robert Maclagan of the Royal Engineers. She described her sumptuous upbringing in her final book, illustrated with photographs: ''An Oxford Childhood''. As a child, Oman wrote several plays that were performed by friends. Another early interest was photography. She was sent in 1906 to Miss Batty's, later Wychwood School in Oxford. She would have liked to have gone to boarding school, but her parents would not agree, and sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday (novel)
''Holiday'' is a novel by English writer Stanley Middleton published in 1974 by Hutchinson. The novel along with Nadine Gordimer’s ''The Conservationist'' jointly won the Booker Prize in 1974. Plot The novel revolves around Edwin Fisher, a lecturer who takes a holiday at a seaside resort. The work takes place entirely within the mind of Fisher, with much of the book's development dealing with the painful realities of his mind and life. Awards ''Holiday'' shared the 1974 Booker Prize for Fiction with ''The Conservationist'', by Nadine Gordimer. In 2006, ''The Times'' re-submitted the opening chapter of the novel (along with fellow Booker winner ''In a Free State ''In a Free State'' is a novel by V. S. Naipaul published in 1971 by Andre Deutsch. It won that year's Booker Prize. The plot consists of a framing narrative and three short stories – " One out of Many", "Tell Me Who to Kill", and the titl ...'', by V. S. Naipaul) to 20 literary agents and publishers. Only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday (play)
''Holiday'' is a 1928 play by Philip Barry which was twice adapted to film. The original play opened in New York on November 26, 1928, at the Plymouth Theatre and closed in June 1929, after 229 performances. It was directed by Arthur Hopkins, set design by Robert Edmond Jones, and costume design by Margaret Pemberton. Synopsis The story follows Johnny Case, a corporate lawyer on Wall Street. He has abundant financial prospects but little social background. Before the start of the play, Julia, the eldest daughter of the Seton family, has met Johnny at Lake Placid. During the ten-day trip, they have fallen in love and are to be married. But there is one person who does not want the marriage this quickly: Julia's father, Edward, who questions Johnny's life's goal "to retire early and work late." After Johnny makes $25,000, he plans to go away and enjoy life while he is still physically capable. The stock market being what it is in 1928, stocks keep climbing and climbing. Johnny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldo Frank
Waldo may refer to: People and fictional characters * Waldo (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Waldo (surname), a list of people * Waldo (footballer), Brazilian footballer Waldo Machado da Silva (1934–2019) * Waldo (musician), Finnish eurodance musician Marko Reijonen (born 1967) Places Canada * Waldo, British Columbia, a ghost town United States Communities * Waldo, Alabama, a town * Waldo, Arkansas, a city * Waldo, former name of Sausalito, California, a city * Waldo Junction, California, formerly Waldo, an unincorporated community * Waldo, Florida, a city ** Waldo Historic District, Waldo, Florida * Waldo, Kansas, a small town ** Waldo Township, Russell County, Kansas, the surrounding township * Waldo, Kansas City, Missouri, a city neighborhood * Waldo, Magoffin County, Kentucky * Waldo County, Maine ** Waldo, Maine, a town * Waldo, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Waldo, New Mexico, an unincorporated area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
