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Mia Frye
Mia Frye (born 12 February 1965) is an American actress, singer, professional dancer and dance choreographer. Frye is best known for choreographing the dance routine in the music video for the hit songs " Alane" by Wes and "Macarena" by Los del Río. Early career Frye was born in New York City, and she departed for France with her model mother Radiah Frye at the age of 12 after her mother divorced and met photographer Jean-Paul Goude. She enrolled in a dance school in the Marais district of Paris, and became an instructor three years later. She started appearing in television entertainment shows produced by Gésip Légitimus in the late 1970s and in ''Les Enfants du rock''. At 17, after being introduced to Luc Besson, the latter proposed she appear in choreography for a clip by Serge Gainsbourg called "Mon légionnaire". Frye came to prominence after she choreographed and appeared in the music video for Los del Río's hit song "Macarena". Frye said that her primary goal whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Law of the United States, U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity but rather with citizenship.* * * * * * * The U.S. has 37 American ancestries, ancestry groups with more than one million individuals. White Americans form the largest race (human classification), racial and ethnic group at 61.6% of the U.S. population, with Non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic Whites making up 57.8% of the population. Hispanic and Latino Americans form the second-largest group and are 18.7% of the American population. African Americans, Black Americans constitute the country's third-largest ancestry group and are 12.4% of the total U.S. population. Asian Americans are the country's fourth-largest group, composing 6% of the American population. The country's 3.7 million Native Americans i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encore Une Chance
''Encore une chance'' (meaning Again a chance in French, full title ''Encore une chance: Les plus belles voix de la téléréalités'' (meaning Again a chance: the most beautiful voices of reality television in French) is a French reality television show broadcast on French music television network NRJ 12 in January and February 2012, and comprising six shows with the first on 24 January 2012 and the finals on 27 February. The music competition gave a new chance to 32 contestants in various music competition shows in France that had failed to win in their bids giving them a new chance with two winners signing contracts with NRJ and given chances to record with established artist. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French ''Star Academy'' in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French ''Star Academy'' in season 7 held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From New York City
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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American Choreographers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Choreographers
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma (; born September 11, 1940) is an Americans, American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in the suspense, Crime film, crime, and psychological thriller genres. De Palma was a leading member of the New Hollywood generation.Murray, Noel & Tobias, Scott (March 10, 2011)"Brian De Palma , Film , Primer" ''The A.V. Club''. Retrieved February 3, 2012. Carrie (1976 film), ''Carrie'' (1976), his adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie (novel), novel of the same name, gained him prominence as a young filmmaker. He enjoyed commercial success with Dressed to Kill (1980 film), ''Dressed to Kill'' (1980), The Untouchables (film), ''The Untouchables'' (1987) and Mission: Impossible (film), ''Mission: Impossible'' (1996) and made cult classics such as ''Greetings (1968 film), Greetings'' (1968), ''Hi, Mom!'' (1970), Sisters (1972 film), ''Sisters'' (1972), ''Phantom of the Paradise'' (1974), and The Fury (film), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Dahlia (film)
''The Black Dahlia'' is a 2006 American Neo-noir, neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Josh Friedman, based on The Black Dahlia (novel), the 1987 novel of the same name by James Ellroy, in turn inspired by the widely sensationalized murder of Elizabeth Short. Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, and Hilary Swank, the film follows two Los Angeles Police Department detectives investigating Short's murder, leading them through a series of shocking discoveries. Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr (actor), Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw, John Kavanagh (actor), John Kavanagh, Rachel Miner, and Rose McGowan appear in supporting roles. The rights to the novel were optioned by De Palma in 1997, with David Fincher originally attached to direct. De Palma was ultimately hired after Fincher dropped out to direct ''Zodiac (film), Zodiac'' instead. Principal photography began in Sofia in April 2005, with additional photography in Los Angeles. ''The Black D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sous Le Soleil
''Sous le soleil'' (''Under the sun''; ) is a French soap opera broadcast on French major channel TF1 from 1996 to 2008. A spin-off, ''Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez'' has been broadcast in French channel TMC since 2013. Broadcast It has been a success in many countries, particularly in Latin America, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey and Poland. In different times it was also shown in Hungary, Ukraine, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, USA and many other countries. In Serbia, the show has been on air continuously since 1998 on several different channels; as of 2009, the show is being syndicated in its entirety on several local television channels. In Montenegro (as well as in Serbia through cable), new episodes are being shown on Atlas TV. Plot and characters The plot focuses on the lives and romances of Laure, Caroline and Jessica, three young women living in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podium (film)
''Podium'' is a 2004 French comedy/fantasy film directed by Yann Moix starring Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Paul Rouve and Julie Depardieu. Plot Bernard Frédéric (Poelvoorde) is a mediocre bank executive, married and with a son. He used to have another profession, that of impersonator of French pop star Claude François. Now, with the "Imitators Gala Night" coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing that makes him fully happy: public adoration. Cast * Benoît Poelvoorde as Bernard Frédéric * Jean-Paul Rouve as Couscous * Julie Depardieu as Véro * Marie Guillard as Vanessa * Anne Marivin as Anne * Nadège Beausson-Diagne as Nadège * Odile Vuillemin as Odile * Nicolas Jouxtel as Sébastien * Olivier Mag as Claude David * Armelle as Laure * Evelyne Thomas as herself/Elle-même * Karine Lyachenko as Jacqueline * Bruno Abraham-Kremer as Monsieur Lombard * Dominique Besnehard as Le psychologue Awards Won * Joseph Plateau Awards, Belgium ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancer (2000 Film)
''The Dancer'' is a 2000 English-language French drama film starring Mia Frye. It was written by Jessica Kaplan and Luc Besson (who also produced the film) and directed by Frédéric Garson. The film was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2000. Plot A young, mute dancer is a huge success at her neighborhood in Brooklyn. She dreams to become a professional dancer and struggles to make the cut in an audition for a Broadway show. Cast * Mia Frye as India Rey * Garland Whitt as Jasper Rey * Rodney Eastman as Isaac * Josh Lucas as Stephane * Féodor Atkine as Oscar * Jarrod Bunch as Bruno * Cut Killer Anouar Hajoui (, Latn, ar, Anūr Ḥājawī; born 6 May 1971), better known as DJ Cut Killer or simply Cut Killer, is a Moroccan-born French DJ and record producer with a versatile repertoire of hip hop music. He enjoys international fame and ... as DJ Atomic Reception Shannon J. Harvey from ''Urban Cinefile'' called it "an interesting indy project for Luc Besso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifth Element
''The Fifth Element'' () is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. Primarily set in the 23rd century, the film's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth, which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas (Willis), a taxi driver and former special forces major, after a young woman named Leeloo (Jovovich) falls into his cab. To accomplish this, Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against the impending attack of a malevolent cosmic entity. Besson started writing the story that was developed as ''The Fifth Element'' when he was 16 years old; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas. Besson wanted to shoot the film in France, but suitable facilities could not be found; filming took place in London and Mauritania, instead. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
