query: Vito Corleone was created by Marlon Brando.

pos: Vito Corleone Vito Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo 's novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola 's three Godfather films , in which he was portrayed by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and then , as a young man , by Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II . He is an orphaned Sicilian immigrant who builds a mafia empire . Upon his death , Michael , his youngest son , succeeds him as the mafia don of the Corleone crime family .   He has two other sons , Santino ( Sonny ) and Frederico ( Fredo ) and one daughter Constanzia ( Connie ) . He informally adopts Sonny 's friend , Tom Hagen , a lawyer and his consigliere .   Vito oversees a business founded on gambling , bootlegging , and union corruption , but he is known as a good , generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to friends and , above all , family . He is also known as a traditionalist who demands respect commensurate with his status ; even his closest friends refer to him as `` Godfather '' or `` Don Corleone '' rather than `` Vito '' .

neg: Harlequin Harlequin ( -LSB- ˈhɑrləkwɪn -RSB- Arlecchino -LSB- arlekˈkiːno -RSB- , Arlequin -LSB- aʁləkɛ̃ -RSB- , Old French Harlequin ) is the best-known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell ` arte . The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century , and was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 1584 -- 1585 and became a stock character after Martinelli 's death in 1630 .   The Harlequin is characterized by his chequered costume . His role is that of a light-hearted , nimble and astute servant , often acting to thwart the plans of his master , and pursuing his own love interest , Columbina , with wit and resourcefulness , often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot . He later develops into a prototype of the romantic hero . Harlequin inherits his physical agility and his trickster qualities , as well as his name , from a mischievous `` devil '' character in medieval passion plays.The Harlequin character first appeared in England early in the 17th century and took center stage in the derived genre of the Harlequinade , developed in the early 18th century by John Rich . As the Harlequinade portion of English dramatic genre pantomime developed , Harlequin was routinely paired with the character Clown . As developed by Joseph Grimaldi around 1800 , Clown became the mischievous and brutish foil for the more sophisticated Harlequin , who became more of a romantic character . The most influential such pair in Victorian England were the Payne Brothers , active during the 1860s and 1870s .

neg: Totò Prince Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio ( 15 February 1898 -- 15 April 1967 ) , best known by his stage name Totò ( -LSB- toˈtɔ -RSB- ) born simply as Antonio De Curtis , and nicknamed il Principe della risata ( `` the Prince of laughter '' ) , was an Italian comedian , film and theatre actor , writer , singer and songwriter .   While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor , his dramatic roles , poetry , and songs are all deemed to be outstanding ; his style and a number of his recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known memes in Italy . Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco has thus commented on the importance of Totò in Italian culture :   Mario Monicelli , who directed some of the most appreciated of Totò 's movies , thus described his artistic value :

neg: Steven Mazzone Steven Mazzone ( born 1964 ) is an American mobster believed to be a high ranking member of the Philadelphia crime family . Mazzone 's rise in power through the Philadelphia underworld began as a protege of former boss turned informant , Ralph Natale . After the family was decimated by prosecutions during the Nicodemo Scarfo and John Stanfa eras , Natale was released from prison in 1994 and shortly thereafter became the new boss of the crime family . Natale partnered with the `` Young Turks '' faction that was one of the few remnants left of the Philadelphia crime family , and their leader , Joseph `` Skinny Joey '' Merlino . After Natale assumed the top position as boss , he positioned Merlino as underboss and Ronald Turchi as the consigliere in the new hierarchy . This administration is still in question to this day , as many now believe that Merlino was running the family behind the scenes , letting Natale have the boss position to deter law enforcement from himself .   Mazzone is a childhood friend of Merlino . They both grew up in South Philadelphia and started there criminal careers together . Natale inducted Mazzone into the crime family in 1995 and made him a caporegime in 1996 . Following Natale 's 1998 arrest for drug trafficking , Merlino officially took over the family and become the new boss . He named Mazzone as his underboss and another childhood friend , George Borgesi , as consigliere . However their reign would be short . Mazzone would be indicted and held without bail in June 1999 along with Merlino , George Borgesi and others for racketeering and murder . A year earlier , Natale feeling slighted , and now realizing he may have been a puppet for Merlino all along , decided to end his life as a criminal . Facing the rest of his life in prison for drug trafficking , he decided to cooperate with the government in 1999 and agreed to testify against his former friends . Natale testified that Mazzone was the shooter in the death of mobster `` Little Felix '' Bocchino on January 29 , 1992 . Natale also testified that Mazzone was one of the shooters in the failed murder attempt on Joseph Ciangalini , Jr. on March 2 , 1993 . Mazzone and his co-defendants were acquitted of all murder charges at trial in 2001 , largely due to credibility issues with the government witnesses .   The defendants were found guilty of racketeering and illegal bookmaking . Mazzone was acquitted of murder , murder conspiracy and attempted murder but convicted of racketeering , extortion and illegal bookmaking and was sentenced to nine years in prison . The upper echelon of the family was once again decimated . Following the indictment and imprisonment of the family 's hierarchy , Merlino would remain in control from prison , while installing Joseph `` Uncle Joe '' Ligambi as the acting boss of the family .   After serving nearly the whole length of his nine-year prison term , Mazzone was transferred to a halfway house then released from federal custody on February 2 , 2008 . Following his release , Mazzone was to have no contact with other convicted criminals or known mobsters , and he was placed on federally supervised release for three years . Coincidentally , in the months following the expiration date of his parole restrictions , Joseph Ligambi , the acting boss of the family , was arrested himself in May 2011 following a sweeping racketeering indictment that threatened to eradicate the hierarchy of the family once again . Just prior to the indictment , Joseph Merlino was released from federal prison and into a halfway house in Florida . Merlino would also have to serve three years of supervised release until September 2014 .   With Ligambi and others were denied bail and forced into waiting out their trial in the federal detention center in Philadelphia , Mazzone was elevated to acting boss . Shortly after , Philadelphia TV station Fox 29 's news team caught Mazzone on video ( without audio ) angrily yelling at two alleged crime family associates . After two federal trials in which the government failed to convict him , Ligambi was released in January 2014 and reputedly went into semiretired . Although Ligambi 's imminent retirement is questionable , Mazzone continues to hold a leadership position in the Philadelphia crime family . Local law enforcement , prosecutors , and the FBI all believe that Merlino remains the boss of the family while partially residing in Florida .

neg: The Age of the Medici The Age of the Medici , originally released in Italy as L'età di Cosimo de Medici ( The Age of Cosimo de Medici ) , is a 1973 3-part TV series about the Renaissance in Florence , directed by Roberto Rossellini . The series was shot in English in the hope of securing a North American release , which it failed to achieve , and was later dubbed into Italian and shown on state television . The films are : Cosimo de Medici , The Power of Cosimo and Leon Battista Alberti : Humanism . It is Fred Ward 's debut role .   Like several other TV series directed by Rossellini during the 1970s , The Age of the Medici is a form of docudrama , in which historical information is communicated via dramatized conversations between figures from history , and between ordinary people . They are unabashedly `` teaching films . '' As Dave Kehr explains , `` The dialogue is bluntly didactic , with characters telling one another things they would already know entirely for the benefit of the audience ... . Rossellini is n't asking his viewers to identify with his characters or become caught up in their personal dramas ... Instead he creates a detached perspective . '' Each scene plays out in a single long take , with the camera slowly moving and zooming to create different framings of the action , or , as Kehr puts it , `` to close in on details or investigate relationships '' .   When the films debuted in New York 's Public Theater in 1973 , New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby noted that while not difficult , the austere style of the films , `` as well as Rossellini 's total lack of concern for what might be called performance , take some getting used to . Yet once you 've grasped the method and the rhythm of the films , they are a ravishingly beautiful experience '' :   The actors make few attempts to act . They recite as they walk about magnificent locations , sounding and looking like ferociously gifted dress-extras . The talk has been rather flatly dubbed into English so that it 's not always possible to tell who is speaking.Forget these problems , though . The film is about what is being said and what you can see around and behind these figures . When you connect with The Age of the Medici , it has the effect of reducing every other film you 've seen recently to the status of an ornament .

neg: Ivan Reitman Ivan Reitman , OC ( born October 27 , 1946 ) is a Canadian film producer and director , best known for his comedy work , especially in the 1980s and 1990s . He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company , founded in 2000 .

neg: Salvatore Lo Piccolo Salvatore Lo Piccolo ( born July 20 , 1942 in Palermo ) , also known as the Baron ( il Barone ) , is a Sicilian mafioso and one of the most powerful bosses of Palermo , Sicily . Lo Piccolo rose through the ranks of the Palermo mafia throughout the 1980s and he became the capo-mandamento of the San Lorenzo district in the early 1990s , replacing Salvatore Biondino who was sent to prison . Lo Piccolo was a fugitive since 1983 and had been running his Mafia affairs in hiding . With the capture of Bernardo Provenzano on April 11 , 2006 Lo Piccolo had been cementing his power and rise to the top of the Palermo Mafia until his own arrest on November 5 , 2007 . It is believed that his family spread across Europe due to rising tensions , settling in England , Portugal and southern Spain .   Lo Piccolo is also known as `` u vascu , '' Sicilian dialect for `` il vecchio , '' which translates into English as `` the old one '' or `` elder . '' In clandestine correspondence with former mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano , Salvatore Lo Piccolo used to identify himself by the number 30 . Lo Piccolo 's fortune came from the international cocaine trafficking , the extortion of businesses , and the theft of money allocated for public works projects . He invested much of his earnings in real estate . Lo Piccolo long supported Provenzano 's policy of not directing violence toward the state and preferred arbitration as means to settle conflict between rival mafia factions .

neg: Chris Valentino Chris Valentino is an American producer , brand strategist and visual storyteller .

neg: The Bloodstained Shadow Solamente nero ( Only Blackness ) , internationally released as The Bloodstained Shadow , is a 1978 Italian giallo film co-written and directed by Antonio Bido . The film was referred to as `` a fine example of a competent giallo , as it contains all of the requisite elements '' . Paul Simpson wrote about the film : `` The pacing goes awry , but Bido uses the unusual setting well and the murders are memorably gory . ''

neg: The Combined (Group) The Combined or Big Seven Group , was a criminal organization headed by organized crime figures on the East Coast of the United States during Prohibition serving as the predecessor to the alleged National Crime Syndicate of the 1930s . The organization consisted of seven Jewish , Italian , and Irish American gangs on the east coast .   Following the reform movements and police crackdown on street gangs and other criminals , the criminal underworld entered a `` slow period '' in the years during and after the First World War . While the older political bosses were able to get their former criminal associates work as bouncers and work in vice districts such as gambling dens and brothels , they began to disassociate themselves from their former criminal alliances .   Following the announcement of the Volstead Act in 1919 , many in the underworld readily entered into bootlegging as gang wars broke out in major cities across the country . As the struggle to gain dominance over the industry continued into the early 1920s , with shootouts and bombings commonplace , a group emerged to resolve the constant warfare which was costing everyone money . Originally intended to serve as a centralized office for the purposes of ordering bootleg liquor to be equally distributed , the group would also reduce costs among bootleggers for supplies and , without worrying about rival bootleggers , enable independent bootleggers to focus on protecting their shipments from freelance hijackers .   Although the concept of the organization differed between Arnold Rothstein and Johnny Torrio , both Charles `` Lucky '' Luciano and Meyer Lansky were major supporters by 1927 . Its original members included Enoch `` Nucky '' Johnson , Abner `` Longy '' Zwillman of New Jersey , Moe Dalitz of Cleveland , Waxey Gordon and Harry `` Nig '' Rosen of Philadelphia and Danny Walsh of Providence . Other members included the Bug and Meyer Mob as `` enforcers '' and the semi-retired Johnny Torrio who remained in an advisory capacity regarding organizational advice .   As the violence of the bootleg wars died down in the mid-Atlantic area , others requested membership including Dutch Schultz of Manhattan , Charles `` King '' Solomon of Boston . Al Capone also expressed interest in joining the organization ; however his gang war with the North Side Gang prevented him from doing so .   Despite the death of Rothstein that same year , and the subsequent pushing aside or deaths of several gang leaders , the remaining members of the Seven Group were successful in establishing its authority and served as the basis for the Atlantic City Conference in 1929 .   Category : Organized crime groups

neg: Nuccio Bertone Giuseppe Bertone , also called `` Nuccio '' , ( July 4 , 1914 , Turin , Piedmont -- February 26 , 1997 , Turin ) was an automobile designer and constructor . He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father , Giovanni after World War II , growing the small business to a car building and designing powerhouse .  After racing Fiats , O.S.C.A.s , Maseratis , and Ferraris , Bertone moved to construction , agreeing to build his first car , a series of 200 MGs , at the 1952 Turin Motor Show . He drew attention at the Paris Motor Show that year with an Abarth concept , and was chosen to design the replacement for the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante . These so-called BAT ( Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica ) cars used the Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint chassis . Bertone is also responsible in designing the famous Lambretta GP/DL range of scooters and the J series .   Two years later at Turin , Bertone introduced the Storm Z concept based on a Dodge chassis alongside his latest BAT concept and a prototype of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint , which would become the company 's main product for the coming years . Bertone built more than 31,000 bodies in 1960 , including Fiat 850 Spiders , Fiat Dinos , Simca 1200S coupes , the Alfa Romeo Montreal , and Lamborghinis . His 100th design was a special Ford Mustang , introduced at the 1965 New York Auto Show and commissioned by Automobile Quarterly . From 1972 to 1989 built the Fiat X1/9 .   Bertone summed up his philosophy when introducing the Fiat 850 :  `` Our role is the production of car bodywork on which we impose the styling trends , build prototypes , develop the design , the production methods , and the tooling . Naturally , we produce them in quantity . ''   Bertone 's Ferrari designs were a radical departure for that company and drew the ire of rival Pininfarina . His two 250GT coupes were only a foreshadow to the controversial 308GT4 of the 1970s .   He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2006 . and the European Automotive Hall of Fame .  He was married to Lilli and had two daughters .

neg: Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Carlo Mazzone-Clementi ( 12 December 1920 -- 5 November 2000 ) was a performer and founder of two schools of commedia , mime and physical theater as well as a contemporary and colleague of leaders of modern European theater . From his arrival in the USA in 1957 , he was largely responsible for the spreading of commedia dell ` arte in North America .   He first gained attention in Italy in 1947 alongside Marcel Marceau in the mime 's first tour outside of Paris . From 1948 to 1951 , he assisted Jacques Lecoq , while Lecoq taught and directed the Players of Padua University . In 1954 , Mazzone-Clementi was at Piccolo Teatro di Milano with Dario Fo and Franca Rame .   While he was performing with Piccolo Teatro as well as teaching in Rome , the American theatre scholar and director Eric Bentley came to Italy to direct the Padua Players company in the first Italian production of Bertolt Brecht . Then , with Bentley 's patronage , Mazzone-Clementi toured the United States in 1958 , conducting workshops in mime and commedia , and introducing the leather masks of Amleto Sartori to this country . That led to a teaching assignment at the Carnegie Institute of Technology , followed by Brandeis University , the University of California at Berkeley , the American Conservatory Theater and others . He was known as Carlo Mazzone until 1965 when he worked with the new acting ensemble at the Theatre of Lincoln Center . From then on he was known as Carlo Mazzone-Clementi . Clementi was the name of his mother and his grandfather , Girolamo Clementi , who was versed in the work of Paduan playwright and forerunner of commedia dell ` arte , Angelo Beolco , known as `` Ruzzante . ''   In 1972 , Mazzone-Clementi and his wife Jane Hill , a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon , went to Humboldt County , California to conduct summer workshops at their rural property . From this experience came the decision to re-locate permanently in Humboldt and to establish a full-time actor training program . In 1974 , the couple purchased the Oddfellows Hall in Blue Lake , California and co-founded the Dell ' Arte School of Mime and Comedy , now known as the Dell ` Arte International School of Physical Theatre . Hill also joined the faculty at College of the Redwoods , where the pair created the Grand Comedy Festival at Qual-a-wa-loo , a summer repertory festival that produced plays of Shakespeare in rotation with musical adaptations of those plays ; Mazzone-Clementi served as the festival 's artistic director for six years . In 1974 their article , `` Commedia and the Actor '' was published in The Drama Review TDR ( journal ) .   Mazzone-Clementi moved to Copenhagen , Denmark in 1984 and founded a second sister theater school there , named the Commedia School . In 1994 returned to California and continued teaching until shortly before his death on 5 November 2000 in San Francisco .

neg: Carmela Corleone Carmela Corleone ( 1897 -- 1959 ) , a fictional character in Mario Puzo 's The Godfather , is the wife of Don Vito Corleone .   Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola 's film adaptation of the novel , as well as in The Godfather Part II . King is better known as a singer and is given a brief chance to display her vocal skills in the wedding reception scene of The Godfather when she sings the song `` Luna Mezz ' O Mare '' . Although King was born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina in Pleasantville , New York , her parents were `` from Fiumefreddo di Sicilia , Province of Catania , Sicily , Italy . ''

neg: Vito Giacalone Vito William `` Billy Jack '' Giacalone ( April 16 , 1923 -- February 19 , 2012 ) was an American organized crime figure in Detroit , serving as a capo in the Detroit Partnership . He was the younger brother of Anthony `` Tony Jack '' Giacalone , also a capo in the Detroit Partnership .   Vito Giacalone was described in a 1992 court document as `` the most important figure in the Detroit ` Family ' after its ` boss ' Jack Tocco '' . Furthermore , a 1992 IRS document cited Giacalone as `` one of the prime suspects in the 1975 disappearance of former Teamsters leader James R. Hoffa '' .

neg: Angelo Fierro Angelo Fierro is an American film and television actor .   Fierro , an Italian-American of Sicilian ancestry , was born in Boston 's Little Italy , the North End . He first appeared on network television in an automobile commercial for Toyota . Extolled for his menacing looks , his portrayal of the villain has since been quite frequent . Surprisingly adept at comedy , he also has appeared at Stand Up New York comedy club .   He starred on the TV series Breaking Vegas as the real-life counterfeiter , Louis Colavecchio , and had a recurring role as the Russian mobster , Vladimir , on the TV series Ocean Ave. , starring Victoria Jackson and Megan Fox . He also appeared in the movies Señorita Justice as Carlos Rios , with Eva Longoria and Final Engagement as gangster John Knight , with Peter Greene . He has made guest appearances on TV shows such as the Michael Jackson Trial and Untold Stories of the ER , and is well known for his Tony Soprano parody in an Andalusia Olive Oil commercial , with the tag line : `` Are you wearing a wire ? ''   Fierro studied acting at Florida Atlantic University , where he graduated with degrees in marketing and international business , having started theater too late to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts . He continues to follow an acting career in New York .

neg: Romeo + Juliet William Shakespeare 's Romeo + Juliet ( shortened to Romeo + Juliet ) is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed , co-produced and co-written by Baz Luhrmann , co-produced by Gabriella Martinelli and co-written by Craig Pearce , being an adaption and modernization of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Romeo and Juliet . The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet , who instantly fall in love when Romeo crashes a party and meets her despite them being members of the Montague and Capulet family ; Brian Dennehy , John Leguizamo , Pete Postlethwaite , Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora star in supporting roles .   While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue , the Montagues and the Capulets are represented as warring mafia empires ( with legitimate business fronts ) and swords are replaced with guns ( with brand names such as `` Dagger '' and `` Sword '' ) . Some of the characters ' names are also changed . Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet are given first names ( as opposed to the Shakespeare original where their first names are never mentioned ) , Friar Lawrence becomes Father Lawrence , and Prince Escalus is renamed Captain Prince . There is also no Friar John , who was in the original play . Also , some characters were switched from one family to the other -- in the original , Gregory and Sampson are Capulets , but in the film , they are Montagues . ( Abram , as Abra , and Petruchio , conversely , are shifted from the Montague to the Capulet family . ) In addition , a few plot details are shifted , most notably near the ending .   The film was released on November 1 , 1996 by 20th Century Fox to commercial and generally critical success , grossing over $ 147.5 million over a $ 14.5 million budget and receiving generally positive reviews . At the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997 , DiCaprio won the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Luhrmann won the Alfred Bauer Prize . Luhrmann was also nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture . At the 69th Academy Awards , Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch were nominated for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration .

neg: Black Sunday (1960 film) Black Sunday ( Italian : La maschera del demonio ) -- also known as The Mask of Satan and Revenge of the Vampire -- is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava , from a screenplay by Ennio de Concini , Mario Serandrei and Marcello Coscia ( who was uncredited ) . The film stars Barbara Steele , John Richardson , Arturo Dominici and Ivo Garrani . It was Bava 's directorial debut , although he had completed several previous feature films without credit . Based very loosely on Nikolai Gogol 's short story `` Viy '' , the narrative concerns a witch who is put to death by her own brother , only to return 200 years later to seek revenge on her descendants .   By the social standards of the 1960s , Black Sunday was considered unusually gruesome , and was banned in the UK until 1968 because of its violence . In the U.S. , some of the gore was censored , in-house , by the distributor American International Pictures before its theatrical release to the country 's cinemas , where it was shown as a double feature with Roger Corman 's The Little Shop of Horrors . Despite the censorship , Black Sunday was a worldwide critical and box office success , and launched the careers of director Mario Bava and movie star Barbara Steele . In 2004 , one of its sequences was voted number 40 among the `` 100 Scariest Movie Moments '' by the Bravo TV network .

neg: Guido Lauri Guido Lauri ( born November 23 , 1922 ) is an Italian dancer , actor , choreographer , ballet master , company director .   Born in Rome , he entered the ballet school of then royal Rome Opera House at 6 years-old and in 1939 , after a graduation with full marks , he joined the ballet company with the title of primo ballerino étoile .   A very handsome man , an eclectic artist , a danseur noble with hot-blooded temperament , he excelled in all the classics partnering famous ballerinas such as French Yvette Chauviré and Liane Daydée , French/Russian Ludmilla Tchérina and Italian Attilia Radice , often danced in neoclassical titles by Mikhail Fokin , Vaslav Nijinsky , Léonide Massine and created numerous roles for choreographer Aurel Milloss .   As a guest star , soon after the Second World War and during the 50s , he was very much in demand in Italy ( La Scala in Milan , Teatro Regio in Turin , La Fenice in Venice , Teatro Comunale in Bologna , Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , Teatro di San Carlo in Naples , Teatro Massimo in Palermo ) and abroad ( Metropolitan Opera House in New York and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires as well as in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Portugal and Spain ) .   As a ballet master and choreographer , he directed the Rome Opera Ballet between 1965 and 1983 ( collaborating with Erik Bruhn , Rudolf Nureyev , Roland Petit , Ninette De Valois , Pierre Lacotte ) and , as a member of jury , he was invited by close friend Yuri Grigorovich in world-class dance competitions like those of Varna , Tokyo and Osaka .   He worked for theatre with Luchino Visconti , for television with Vittorio Gassman , for cinema with Bernardo Bertolucci and he was in Hollywood at the invitation of Margarete Wallmann . Some of most talented artists of the time such as De Chirico , Guttuso , Picasso and prince Enrico D'Assia had designed costumes and scene-painting for him .   He was awarded the Berlin 's Golden Bear prize in 1941 , the Rome 's Tiber 's twins in 1964 , the Florence 's Michelangelo 's David in 1978 and in 1982 American Who 's Who choose him as one of the greatest prides of the Italian ballet of the 20th century .   Married to classical dancer Anna Maria Paganini and father of ballerina Tiziana Lauri , he also counts among his relatives a large number of acclaimed dancers , famed athlete Eliseo Paganini and celebrated operatic bass Giulio Neri .

neg: Mafia Monograph Mafia Monograph , also known as the `` Mafia Bible , '' was written by the FBI in 1958 in an attempt to study the origin , nature , and activities of the Mafia in its native Sicily and how it was transplanted to the United States

neg: Corrado (film) Corrado ( also known as Bad Ass ) is 2010 film starring Tom Sizemore , Johnny Messner , Candace Elaine , and Edoardo Ballerini .

neg: Goodfellas Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 .   Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it ; later , he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas . To prepare for their roles in the film , Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . According to Pesci , improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . The director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best , and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography .   Made on a budget of $ 25 million , Goodfellas grossed $ 46.8 million . It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , with Pesci winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role . The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , including Best Film and Best Director . Additionally , Goodfellas was named the year 's best film by various critics ' groups .   Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the crime genre . In 2000 , it was deemed `` culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant '' and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress . Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .


query: Demi Moore has always appeared with long hair.

pos: Demi Moore Demi Gene Guynes ( -LSB- dəˈmiː -RSB- ; born November 11 , 1962 ) , professionally known as Demi Moore , is an American actress , former songwriter , and model . Moore dropped out of high school at age 16 to pursue an acting career and appeared in the men 's magazine Oui in 1981 . After making her film debut later that year , she appeared on the soap opera General Hospital and subsequently gained recognition for her work in Blame It on Rio ( 1984 ) and St. Elmo 's Fire ( 1985 ) . Her first film to become both a critical and commercial hit was About Last Night ... ( 1986 ) , which established her as a Hollywood star .   In 1990 , Moore starred in Ghost , the highest-grossing film of that year , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination . She had a string of additional box-office successes in the early 1990s , including A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , Indecent Proposal ( 1993 ) , and Disclosure ( 1994 ) . In 1996 , Moore became the highest-paid actress in film history when she was paid a then-unprecedented fee of $ 12.5 million to star in Striptease , a film that was a high-profile disappointment . Her next major role , G.I. Jane ( 1997 ) , for which she famously shaved her head , was followed by a lengthy break and significant downturn in Moore 's career , although she has remained a subject of substantial media interest during the years since .

neg: Forever Marilyn Forever Marilyn is a giant statue of Marilyn Monroe designed by Seward Johnson . The statue is a representation of one of the most famous images of Monroe , taken from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch . Created in July 2011 , the statue has been displayed in a variety of locations in the United States as well as in Australia .

neg: Asymmetric cut An asymmetric cut is a haircut in which the hair is cut in such a way that the hair does not have left-right symmetry and one side is cut or appears to be longer than the other .   Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell famously adopted a short version of the asymmetric cut in 2002 after she came out of the closet . Other celebrities who have sported asymmetric hairstyles include singers Cyndi Lauper , Rihanna , Reece Mastin , Jordan McCoy and Phil Oakey and Davey Havok of AFI . Reality television star Kate Gosselin became well known for her asymmetrical cut , which she has since changed .   Category : Hairstyles

neg: Long Ago (and Far Away) `` Long Ago ( and Far Away ) '' is a popular song from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures . The music was written by Jerome Kern , and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin . The song was published in 1944 and sold over 600,000 copies in sheet music in a year . In 2004 it finished # 92 in AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema .   In the film it is sung by Rita Hayworth ( dubbed by Martha Mears ) to Gene Kelly , and later briefly reprised by Jinx Falkenburg . Charting versions were recorded almost simultaneously by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest , Bing Crosby , Jo Stafford , and Perry Como .   The Dick Haymes-Helen Forrest recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 23317 . The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 27 , 1944 and lasted 11 weeks on the chart , peaking at # 2 .   The Jo Stafford recording was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 153 . The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 4 , 1944 and lasted 12 weeks on the chart , peaking at # 6 .   The Perry Como recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1569 . The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 11 , 1944 and lasted three weeks on the chart , peaking at # 8 .   The Bing Crosby recording was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18608 . The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 29 , 1944 and lasted four weeks on the chart , peaking at # 5 . The flip side , `` Amor , '' also charted , making this a two-sided hit .   Johnny Desmond sang it in German with Glenn Miller and the American Band of the AEF .

neg: David Newell (actor, born 1905) David Newell was primarily known as an American character actor , whose acting career spanned from the very beginning of the sound film era through the middle of the 1950s . He made his film debut in a featured role in The Hole in the Wall , a 1929 film starring Edward G. Robinson and Claudette Colbert . Early in his career he had many featured roles , in such films as : RKO 's The Runaway Bride in 1929 , starring Mary Astor ; 1931 's Ten Cents a Dance , starring Barbara Stanwyck and directed by Lionel Barrymore ; and White Heat in 1934 . He would occasionally receive a starring role , as in 1930 's Just Like Heaven , which co-starred Anita Louise . However , by the mid-1930s he was being relegated to mostly smaller supporting roles . Some of the more notable films he appeared in include : A Star is Born ( 1937 ) , which stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March ; Blondie ( 1938 ) ; the Bette Davis vehicle , Dark Victory ( 1939 ) ; Day-Time Wife ( 1939 ) , starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell ; It 's a Wonderful World ( 1939 ) , with James Stewart and Claudette Colbert ; Rings on Her Fingers ( 1942 ) , starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney ; the Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore film , Up in Arms ( 1944 ) , which also stars Dana Andrews ; 1947 's Killer McCoy with Mickey Rooney , Brian Donlevy , and Ann Blyth ; Homecoming ( 1948 ) , starring Clark Gable , Lana Turner , and Anne Baxter ; That Wonderful Urge ( 1949 ) , starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney ; David and Bathsheba ( 1951 ) , starring Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward ; and Cecil B. DeMille 's 1952 blockbuster , The Greatest Show on Earth . During his 25-year acting career , he appeared in over 110 films . His final appearance in film was in 1954 's The Eddie Cantor Story , in which he had a small supporting role .   In the late 1940s he also began working as a make-up artist , which he transitioned full-time to in 1955 ; this was due to injuries sustained during a car accident , which left him physically disfigured . He retired from the film industry in 1961 , although he continued to work in television through the beginning of the 1970s , his last position being the make-up artist on the television show , Lassie .   Newell died two days past his 75th birthday , on January 25 , 1980 .

neg: Barbara Moore (vegetarian) Barbara Moore , born Anna Cherkasova ( Анна Черкасова 22 December 1903 -- 14 May 1977 ) , was a Russian-born British engineer who gained celebrity in the early 1960s for her long-distance walking and health beliefs .  __ TOC __

neg: Moore's law Moore 's law ( -LSB- mɔərz.ˈlɔː -RSB- ) is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years . The observation is named after Gordon Moore , the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel , whose 1965 paper described a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit , and projected this rate of growth would continue for at least another decade . In 1975 , looking forward to the next decade , he revised the forecast to doubling every two years . The period is often quoted as 18 months because of Intel executive David House , who predicted that chip performance would double every 18 months ( being a combination of the effect of more transistors and the transistors being faster ) .   Moore 's prediction proved accurate for several decades , and has been used in the semiconductor industry to guide long-term planning and to set targets for research and development .  Advancements in digital electronics are strongly linked to Moore 's law : quality-adjusted microprocessor prices , memory capacity , sensors and even the number and size of pixels in digital cameras . Digital electronics has contributed to world economic growth in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries .  Moore 's law describes a driving force of technological and social change , productivity , and economic growth .   Moore 's law is an observation or projection and not a physical or natural law . Although the rate held steady from 1975 until around 2012 , the rate was faster during the first decade . In general , it is not logically sound to extrapolate from the historical growth rate into the indefinite future . For example , the 2010 update to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors , predicted that growth would slow around 2013 , and in 2015 Gordon Moore foresaw that the rate of progress would reach saturation : `` I see Moore 's law dying here in the next decade or so . ''   Intel stated in 2015 that the pace of advancement has slowed , starting at the 22 nm feature width around 2012 , and continuing at 14 nm . Brian Krzanich , CEO of Intel , announced that `` our cadence today is closer to two and a half years than two . '' This is scheduled to hold through the 10 nm width in late 2017 . He cited Moore 's 1975 revision as a precedent for the current deceleration , which results from technical challenges and is `` a natural part of the history of Moore 's law . ''   However , in April 2016 , Intel CEO Brian Krzanich stated that `` In my 34 years in the semiconductor industry , I have witnessed the advertised death of Moore 's Law no less than four times . As we progress from 14 nanometer technology to 10 nanometer and plan for 7 nanometer and 5 nanometer and even beyond , our plans are proof that Moore 's Law is alive and well '' . In January 2017 , he declared that `` I 've heard the death of Moore 's law more times than anything else in my career , '' Krzanich said . `` And I 'm here today to really show you and tell you that Moore 's Law is alive and well and flourishing . ''   Today hardware has to be designed in a multi-core manner to keep up with Moore 's law . In turn , this also means that software has to be written in a multi-threaded manner to take full advantage of the hardware .

neg: Beverly Long Beverly Powell Long ( April 18 , 1933 -- May 8 , 2014 ) was an American film and television actress , notable credits include Rebel Without a Cause ( 1955 ) , Cavalcade of America ( 1957 ) and Father Knows Best ( 1958 -- 1960 ) . She later worked as a casting director with her own company Beverly Long Casting .

neg: Kyriacos Demetriou Kyriacos Demetriou ( Greek : Δημητρίου Κυριάκος , known as Mr. Kay ) ( April 14 , 1919 -- May 14 , 1999 ) was a New York City barber known for his adherence to traditional practices within his craft .   Mr. Kay was born in Cyprus , but his family moved to England when he was an infant . His family struggled financially , and he took up work as a shoeshine boy outside a barbershop on London 's West End . He became an apprentice to the proprietor , at first standing on a milk crate to cut . He won a national barber competition , and in the late 1930s he emigrated to New York . He worked at various places before taking over the Broadway Barbershop .   His business was on the west side of Broadway in Manhattan 's Upper West Side between 103rd and 104th Streets . Reputed to be the oldest in the city , it was founded in 1904 . Mr. Kay took over in the early 1970s and ran it for almost 30 years until he retired in 1996 . In addition to haircuts , he provided shaves with a straight razor . He maintained his salon in keeping with traditional barber shops , and when he retired he refused offers to sell the interior and donated it instead to the Museum of the City of New York .   Throughout the years , as his business increasingly became an anachronism , it was featured in articles , books , and art . He was featured at least twice in New Yorker cartoons , as a subject in a painting by Max Ferguson , and in books about fading New York businesses . Mr. Kay claimed to have given Yul Brynner his first shaved head , and to have cut the hair of presidents Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower , as well as that of actor Humphrey Bogart , the composers Aaron Copland and George Gershwin . He had an appearance on Sesame Street . He took a particular interest in the families he served . He worked six days a week , did not post his prices , refused to take appointments , and made customers wait , often standing in line outside his shop .   A mainstay on the Upper West Side through the years , he was also known for his daily exchange with a passerby who would knock on his door on his way home from work :

neg: Hair Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis , or skin . Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals .  The human body , apart from areas of glabrous skin , is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair . Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth , hair types and hair care , but hair is also an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein , notably keratin .   Attitudes towards different hair , such as hairstyles and hair removal , vary widely across different cultures and historical periods , but it is often used to indicate a person 's personal beliefs or social position , such as their age , sex , or religion .

neg: The Last Time I Saw Paris For the 1942 book , see Elliot Paul .   The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . It is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald 's short story `` Babylon Revisited . '' It was directed by Richard Brooks , produced by Jack Cummings and filmed on locations in Paris and the MGM backlot . The screenplay was by Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein and Richard Brooks .   The film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson in his last role for MGM , with Walter Pidgeon , Donna Reed , Eva Gabor , Kurt Kasznar , George Dolenz , Sandy Descher , Odette , and ( a then-unknown ) Roger Moore in his Hollywood debut . The film 's title song , by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II , was already a classic when the movie was made and inspired the movie 's title . Though the song had already won an Oscar after its film debut in 1941 's Lady Be Good , it is featured much more prominently in The Last Time I Saw Paris . It can be heard in many scenes , either being sung by Odette or being played as an instrumental .   The film was released in 1954 ; however , there was an error with the Roman numerals in the copyright notice showing `` MCMXLIV '' ( 1944 ) , meaning the term of copyright started 10 years before the film was released . Thus , the normal 28-year copyright term ended just 18 years after the film was released , and MGM neglected to renew it presumably because they believed there was still 10 years left in the term . The film entered the public domain in the United States in 1972 .

neg: Beard A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin and cheeks of humans and some non-human animals . In humans , usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards . From an evolutionary viewpoint the beard is a part of the broader category of androgenic hair . It is a vestigial trait from a time when humans had hair on their face and entire body like the hair on gorillas . The evolutionary loss of hair is pronounced in some populations such as indigenous Americans and some east Asian populations , who have less facial hair , whereas peoples of Mediterranean European or South Asian ancestry and the Ainu have more facial hair . Women with hirsutism , a hormonal condition of excessive hairiness , may develop a beard .   Throughout the course of history , societal attitudes toward male beards have varied widely depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era 's fashion trends . Some religions ( such as Sikhism ) have considered a full beard to be absolutely essential for all males able to grow one , and mandate it as part of their official dogma . Other cultures , even while not officially mandating it , view a beard as central to a man 's virility , exemplifying such virtues as wisdom , strength , sexual prowess and high social status . However , in cultures where facial hair is uncommon ( or currently out of fashion ) , beards may be associated with poor hygiene or a `` savage '' , uncivilized , or even dangerous demeanor .

neg: Cornrows Cornrows or braids , also called canerows in the Caribbean , are an ancient traditional African style of hair grooming , in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp , using an underhand , upward motion to produce a continuous , raised row . Cornrows are often formed in simple , straight lines , as the name implies , but they can also be formed in complicated geometric or curvilinear designs .   Depending on the region of the world , cornrows are worn by men or women , or both , and are sometimes adorned with beads or cowry shells . Often favored for their easy maintenance , rows can be left in for weeks at a time if maintained through careful washing of the hair and regular oiling of the scalp . Braids pulled too tight or worn for considerable lengths of time can cause a type of hair loss known as traction alopecia .

neg: Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( born Vivian Mary Hartley , and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947 ; 5 November 19138 July 1967 ) was a British stage and film actress . She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ) , a role she had also played on stage in London 's West End in 1949 . She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich ( 1963 ) .   After her drama school education , Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England ( 1937 ) . Lauded for her beauty , Leigh felt that her physical attributes sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress . Despite her fame as a screen actress , Leigh was primarily a stage performer . During her 30-year career , she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia , Cleopatra , Juliet , and Lady Macbeth . Later in life , she performed as a character actress in a few films .   At the time , the public strongly identified Leigh with her second husband Laurence Olivier , who was her spouse from 1940 to 1960 . Leigh and Olivier starred together in many stage productions , with Olivier often directing , and in three films . She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with , and for much of her adult life she suffered from bipolar disorder as well as recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis , which was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s and ultimately claimed her life at the age of 53 . Although her career had periods of inactivity , in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema .

neg: Every Woman Every Woman is a syndicated television series produced by Entertainment Studios and created by Byron Allen . The series has aired since 2000 . Heidi Klum made a guest appearance on the show in 2011 .

neg: Moores Moores the Suit People Inc. , is a Canadian brand specialized in tailor-made clothing for men similar to Tip Top Tailors or Classys . It is an affiliate to Men 's Wearhouse , from the U.S.  The store was founded by Martin Prosserman and David Moore , who as a minority shareholder was bought out in 1982 . In 1980 they opened the first location in Mississauga in the Greater Toronto Area . Moores is owned by the Moores Retail Group , which also owns GoldenBrand clothing in Montreal . In 1999 the Moores Retail Group was acquired by Men 's Wearhouse . Today , Moores has 126 retail locations situated all over Canada and employs over 1200 people . Its current headquarters are in Toronto .   The stores sell a wide variety of footwear , tuxedo rentals , office wear , outerwear , ties and many more articles for workers or special occasions .   Its ad slogan is : `` Well made , Well Priced , Well Dressed ''   In September 2008 Men 's Wearhouse selected the New York advertising agency DeVito/Verdi to handle its national advertising and marketing communications account . The assignment called for the agency to provide full service marketing support and to develop strategic planning , advertising , public relations , market planning , promotions , and P-O-S programs . In addition to the Men 's Wearhouse brand , DeVito/Verdi handled marketing for the company 's other retail brands : K&G , MW Tux , Moores Clothing For Men ( Canada ) , as well as new projects in development . '' Reuters '' ' , `` http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS129874+23-Sep-2008+BW20080923 '' , 23 September 2008 , retrieved 18 June 2009

neg: Hair jewellery Hairwork , or jewelry made of human hair , has appeared throughout the history of craft work , particularly those made to be used for private worship or mourning . From the Middle Ages through the early twentieth century , memorial hair jewelry remained common . Hair , considered to be a remnant of the person it was cut from , also has often played a part in myths and legends ; in a Swedish book of proverbs , one can read that `` rings and bracelets of hair increase love '' ( Vadstena stads tankebok ) . One example can be found in Denmark , at Rosensborg 's palace , which is a bracelet of precious metal with a simple braided lock of hair - a gift from King Christian IV ( 1577-1648 ) to his queen . Another example would be the rings commemorating the execution of King Charles I of England ( 1600-1649 ) , which circulated among his faithful supporters . Other famous people who owned hair jewellery include Napoleon , Admiral Nelson , Queen Victoria and her large family , Christina Nilsson and Jenny Lind .

neg: Film gate The film gate is the rectangular opening in the front of a motion picture camera where the film is exposed to light . The film gate can be seen by removing the lens and rotating the shutter out of the way . The film is held on a uniform plane at a calibrated distance in the gate by a pressure plate behind the film .   Occasionally , as the film passes through the gate , friction can cause small slivers of celluloid to break off and stick in the side of the opening . This debris is called hairs . A `` hair in the gate '' will remain in front of the film and create a dark line that sticks into the edge of the film frame as the camera is filming a shot . A hair can ruin the shot and is almost impossible to fix in post production without being removed digitally .   Because of the intractability of this problem the 1st Assistant Camera ( in the UK this position is known as focus puller ) will open the camera and examine the gate for hairs at the end of each shot . Normally the assistant director will call out `` check the gate '' when the director is ready to move on to the next shot . The crew will wait until the focus puller calls out `` gate is clean . '' If the gate is not clean , it will be cleaned with orangewood sticks and canned air and the crew will take the shot again . A good camera crew usually checks all cameras and magazines during equipment checkout with scratch tests using fogged film rolls -- this will catch out any possible scratch or hair problems caused by faulty equipment . However , a variety of other factors including environment , humidity , type of film stock , camera position , film ridging , and lacing can each be responsible for a `` hair in the gate '' . Generally , skilled crew and regularly inspected tested equipment make this a rare occurrence , and it is not unheard of for assistants to go for months without seeing one , even on large-scale shoots . The cinematographer Oliver Stapleton praised his assisting team on Casanova for not having a single hair or scratch for the whole shoot , even though large portions were shot on dusty exteriors .   Video cameras do not have this problem , as any malfunction to the sensor will render the entire system useless . The Arri D-20 and D-21 system , however , does have removable lenses and a rotating optical shutter , which means that the CMOS sensor can be exposed in much the same way as a film gate and thus needs to be kept assiduously clean .

neg: Florence Moore Florence E. Moore ( November 13 , 1886 -- March 23 , 1935 ) was an American vaudeville , Broadway performer , and actress in silent films .   Born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Moore began singing in the choir of Saint Clement 's Church , Philadelphia at the age of thirteen . She began touring with the stock company of her brother Frank Moore . Florence got her first opportunity in Moscow , Idaho , when a male member of the cast failed to appear . Thereafter she was a regular with the company , playing the role of a Chinese without pay .   Her first Broadway appearance came in 1912 , as Clorinda Scribblem in Hanky Panky . During the next twenty years she participated in numerous productions . As a comedian she performed in musical comedies , revues on Broadway , and headlined as a vaudeville actress while touring America . While working in The Champagne Girls , Florence met and married William J. Montgomery and they became part of a popular vaudeville team . She divorced Montgomery and married John O. Kerner . Later she was separated from Kerner . Records show that she was also married to Jules I. Schwob .   To theatregoers in New York , New York Florence is perhaps best known for being the first female emcee at the Palace Theatre . as well as her performance in Parlor , Bedroom and Bath . The production debuted in New York and played for two years on the road . Her final appearance on the New York stage came in 1932 , in a revival of Cradle Snatchers . She starred in the role of Mary Boland which had been created seven years earlier .   As a motion picture actress Moore had a brief career . Films in which she appeared are The Old Melody ( 1913 ) opposite King Baggot , The Weakness of Strength ( 1916 ) , and The Secret of Eve ( 1917 ) opposite Olga Petrova . She belonged to the Actors ' Equity Association and the Twelfth Night Club .   Florence Moore died in the Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital in Darby , Pennsylvania in 1935 , aged forty nine . Death followed an operation for cancer .

neg: Owen Moore Owen Moore ( 12 December 1886 -- 9 June 1939 ) was an Irish actor in American films , appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937 .

neg: Latonia Moore Latonia Moore ( born 1979 , in Houston , Texas ) is an American soprano . Of African-American ancestry , she grew up with Black music , and at age 8 began to sing in the church choir of the New Sunrise Baptist Church , where her grandfather Cranford Moore was a pastor . In her youth , she sang in the Texas All-State Choir .   Moore first studied gospel and jazz , until Pattye Johnstone , one of her teachers at the University of North Texas convinced her to study classical music . Moore made her debut in 1998 at the Palm Beach Opera in West Palm Beach , and was engaged as a student in the same year at the Houston Ebony Opera . She continued as a student of Bill Schuman at the Academy of Vocal Arts , in Philadelphia , where she graduated in 2005 . In 2000 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions .   In New York City , Moore attracted critical praise for her 2008 performance with the Opera Orchestra of New York in Puccini 's Edgar . In March 2012 , she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as a late replacement for Violeta Urmana on short notice as Aïda in a live broadcast .   Moore is featured on commercial recordings of the Mahler Symphony No 2 ( Deutsche Grammophon 0289 474 5942 2 ) and of Verdi 's Macbeth ( sung in English , Chandos CHAN 3180 ( 2 ) ) .   In January 2016 , Moore performed for the newly revived New York City Opera in Puccini 's Tosca at the Rose Theater in Lincoln Center .   In April 2016 , she sang the lead role of Cio-Cio San in the San Diego Opera 's performance of Puccini 's Madama Butterfly , garnering critical recognition for her acting , her `` rich , supple and multi-octave soprano voice '' and vocal interpretation .


query: John McEnroe is unknown.

pos: John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. ( born February 16 , 1959 ) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player , often rated among the greatest players of all time in the sport , especially for his touch on the volley . He won seven Grand Slam singles titles ( three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open ) , nine Grand Slam men 's doubles titles , and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title . He also won a record eight year-end championships , 19 Grand Prix Super Series titles , and finished his career with 77 ATP-listed singles titles and 78 in doubles .   McEnroe is known for his shot-making artistry and volleying skills ; for his rivalries with Björn Borg , Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl ; and for his confrontational on-court behavior , which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities . In 1981 , 1983 and 1984 he was both the ATP player of the year and the ITF World Champion for Men 's singles . His match record of 82 -- 3 in 1984 remains the best single season win rate of the Open Era .   McEnroe is a former Captain of the United States Davis Cup team and as a player was part of five Cup-winning teams . He continues to play tennis and competes in senior events on the ATP Champions Tour . He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the Philippe Chatrier Award in 2007 . After his tennis career he became a television commentator , a game show host and a chat show host . Additionally , he has appeared in several films and television shows as himself and has played music live . He has been married since 1997 to musician and former Scandal lead singer Patty Smyth ; they have six children between them ( two together ) .

neg: Year of the Cat Year of the Cat is the seventh studio album by Al Stewart , released in 1976 and was produced and engineered by Alan Parsons ; it is considered his masterpiece , its sales helped by the hit single `` Year of the Cat '' , `` one of those ` mysterious woman ' songs , '' co-written by Peter Wood . The other single from the album was `` On the Border '' . Stewart wrote `` Lord Grenville '' about the Elizabethan sailor and explorer Sir Richard Grenville ( 1542 -- 1591 ) .   Stewart had all of the music and orchestration written and completely recorded before he even had a title for any of the songs . In a Canadian radio interview he stated that he has done this for six of his albums , and he often writes four different sets of lyrics for each song . The title track derives from a song Stewart wrote in 1966 called `` Foot of the Stage '' with prescient lyrics about Tony Hancock , one of Britain 's favourite comedians who tragically committed suicide two years later . When Stewart discovered that Hancock was not well known in the United States , he went back to his original title `` Year of the Cat '' .   While Stewart is known for his guitar virtuosity , the song is recognized for producing amazing interplay of multiple guitars , piano , saxophone , violin and drums .

neg: John MacNei John MacNie ( 1844 -- 31 October 1909 ) , also known by his pen name Ismar Thiusen under which he wrote the novel The Diothas  , was an educator and science fiction writer . Born in Scotland in 1844 , he came to America in 1867 where he first obtained a job teaching Greek and Latin at a preparatory school in Newberg , New York .

neg: Frank McEncroe Francis Gerard `` Frank '' McEncroe ( 11 October 1908 -- 14 March 1979 ) was an Australian publican , caterer , dairy farmer and food manufacturer . He is known for his invention of the Australian fast food phenomenon that became known as the Chiko Roll .

neg: Joe McNamee John Joseph McNamee ( September 24 , 1926 -- July 16 , 2011 ) was an American professional basketball player .   A 6 ' 6 '' forward/center from the University of San Francisco , McNamee played two seasons ( 1950 -- 1952 ) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Rochester Royals and Baltimore Bullets . He averaged 2.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Rochester in 1951 . Joe went on to have a long and successful career in sales for Watson and Meehan , a distributor of Cummins engines . Joe and his wife Alice had 8 kids ( Sharon , John , Pattie , Casey , Dennis , Peter , Steve and Jim ) and 11 grandchildren .

neg: John McLaughlin (artist) John Dwyer McLaughlin ( May 21 , 1898 -- March 22 , 1976 ) was a highly pivotal and significant American abstract painter . Based primarily in California , he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting . Long considered in California as one of the most significant artists of the postwar , McLaughlin painted a focused body of geometric works that are completely devoid of any connection to everyday experience and objects , inspired by the Japanese notion of the void . He aimed to create paintings devoid of any object hood including but not limited to a gestures , representations , figuration , and so on . This led him to the rectangle . Leveraging a technique of layering rectangular bars on adjacent planes , McLaughlin creates works that provoke introspection and , consequently , a greater understanding of one 's relationship to nature . Christopher Knight affirms `` McLaughlin is among the most profound avant-garde painters to work in the United States in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was World War II . He 's also Southern California 's first momentous postwar artist . Born in the closing years of the 19th century , he laid the foundation for the environmentally scaled wonders of 1960s Light and Space art , which ranks as Los Angeles ' most original contribution to high culture at the end of the 20th century ... McLaughlin began to paint just as its gestural extravagances and emotionally fraught chromatics began to coalesce into the New York School . In the wake of the Holocaust and Hiroshima , those artists stared straight into the void ... -LSB- McLaughlin 's -RSB- void is not an abyss of social and spiritual terror in which interior narratives of worldly experience can be told , as it was for Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko . Instead , his is the negative space that allows consciousness to blossom and manifest itself . Their art is about inviting us into their deep perception , while his is about inviting us into our own . McLaughlin 's void is ma , the poetic space and interval between things that animate Japanese art '' .

neg: John Muratore John F. Muratore is an American engineer , former professor of Aviation Systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in Tullahoma , TN and current Director of Launch Operations for Launch Complex 39A at SpaceX at Cape Canaveral Fl . He is a former NASA engineer and Program Manager , well known in the aerospace circles for his gregarious and unconventional style .

neg: Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography Thomas Paine 's `` Rights of Man '' : A Biography is Christopher Hitchens 's contribution to the Books That Changed the World series . Hitchens , a great admirer of Thomas Paine , covers the history of Paine 's 1791 book , The Rights of Man , and analyzes its significance .

neg: John McClane John McClane is the main protagonist of the Die Hard film series . He is portrayed by Bruce Willis . He is known for his sardonic one-liners , including the famous catchphrase `` Yippee-ki-yay , motherfucker '' .

neg: Dr. John Malcolm John `` Mac '' Rebennack ( born November 21 , 1940 ) , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer , songwriter , voice actor , pianist , and guitarist , whose music combines blues , pop , jazz , zydeco , boogie woogie , and rock and roll .   Active as a session musician since the late 1950s , he gained a cult following in the late 1960s following the release of his album Gris-Gris and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music . He performed a wildly theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows , Mardi Gras costumes , and voodoo ceremonies . Rebennack has recorded more than 20 albums and in 1973 scored a top-20 hit with `` Right Place Wrong Time '' .   The winner of six Grammy Awards , Rebennack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on March 14 , 2011 . In May 2013 , Rebennack was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Tulane University . He was jokingly referred to by Tulane 's president , Scott Cowen , as `` Dr. Dr. John '' .

neg: John Millen (sailor) John Millen ( born October 18 , 1960 in Toronto ) is a Canadian sailor .   Millen won the International 14 class World Champion in 1981 .  He won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Frank McLaughlin . He also finished 9th in the same category at the 1992 Summer Olympics .   Millen was part of the Canadian team in the 1983 and 1986 America 's Cup , sailing first on Canada I and then on Canada II .  He was also part of the Canadian team on the Challenger and Defender of the Canada 's Cup in 2001 and 2003 .   Millen crewed on the Royal Canadian Yacht Club Swan 42 yacht Daring that won the 2011 and 2013 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cups and the 2013 Swan 42 National Championships .

neg: Rory McEwen Rory McEwen may refer to :   Rory McEwen ( politician ) ( born 1948 ) , Australian politician  Rory McEwen ( artist ) ( 1932 -- 1982 ) , Scottish artist and musician

neg: Bob McMillen (athlete) Robert Earl `` Bob '' McMillen ( March 5 , 1928 -- April 1 , 2007 ) was an American athlete , who competed mainly in the 1500 m.   While at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles , McMillen won the mile and set the meet record of 4:24.0 at the CIF California State Meet in 1946 . While at Glendale Community College he qualified for the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Steeplechase . Then at Occidental College he won the 1952 NCAA Championship in the 1500 meters .   Born in Los Angeles , California , McMillen competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki , Finland in the 1500 m , where he won the silver medal with a rush at the end . His final sprint missed catching leader Josy Barthel by a foot and a half at the line . Both athletes were given the same time , a new Olympic record .   McMillen is a 2004 inductee into the Glendale College Athletic Hall of Fame . He is also a member of the Occidental College Track and Field Hall of Fame .

neg: Infinity Records Infinity Records was a short-lived subsidiary of MCA Records established in New York City in 1978 . The label was conceived by MCA president Sidney Sheinberg as a way for the Los Angeles-based entertainment conglomerate to improve its presence on the East Coast . Ron Alexenberg , who had previously been the head of the Epic Records division of CBS Records ( now part of Sony Music Entertainment ) was hired as CEO .   The biggest hit the Infinity label had was `` Escape '' by Rupert Holmes , which was number 1 at the end of 1979 . Other acts that had chart entries on Infinity included Dobie Gray , Hot Chocolate , New England , Orleans and Spyro Gyra . Under the distribution of MCA , the Infinity Records label released titles in the US , Canada , the UK , Japan and parts of Europe .   Infinity spent lavishly but failed to earn a profit . In addition to developing new talent , Infinity also paid substantial sums to acquire established artists . Most of the established artists were unable to duplicate their previous success .   In October 1979 , Infinity released Pope John Paul II Sings at the Festival of Sacrosong , an album of speeches and songs sung by Pope John Paul II in his native Polish . Due to the tremendous popularity of the new Pope , Infinity thought the record would be a major hit . The company paid a substantial fee ( which went to charity ) to the Catholic Church to obtain exclusive rights to the recording . The album briefly peaked at # 126 on the Billboard 200 albums chart , however , it received poor reviews and was quickly seen as a colossal failure . Most of the one million advance copies of the John Paul II album were returned unsold to the label , producing a huge financial loss . MCA pulled the plug on Infinity Records in November 1979 , and the Infinity catalog was immediately absorbed by the parent company . Rupert Holmes and Spyro Gyra were the only Infinity acts to be retained by MCA , and most of the label 's catalog went out of print .   The collapse of Infinity also coincided with rising costs of manufacturing for vinyl LP records and a huge sales slump for the music industry . Infinity has since become known as one of the most expensive failures in the history of the record business .   There are at least two other smaller record labels that also have used the name Infinity Records . One of these other labels was a subsidiary of Festival Records , which for many years was Australia 's leading independent record company , but is now also defunct . Other companies with the Infinity Records name do not have an affiliation with MCA .

neg: Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion On April 27 , 1986 , American electrical engineer and business owner John R. MacDougall , using the pseudonym Captain Midnight , jammed HBO 's satellite signal to broadcast a message protesting their rates for satellite dish owners , which he considered too expensive .

neg: Gombeen man A Gombeen man is a pejorative Hiberno-English term used in Ireland for a shady , small-time `` wheeler-dealer '' businessman or politician who is always looking to make a quick profit , often at someone else 's expense or through the acceptance of bribes . Its origin is the Irish word `` gaimbín '' , meaning monetary interest . The term referred originally to a money-lender and became associated with those shopkeepers and merchants who exploited the starving during the Irish Famine by selling much-needed food and goods on credit at ruinous interest rates .

neg: Borg vs. McEnroe Borg vs. McEnroe is an upcoming Swedish biographical film focusing on the famous rivalry between famous tennis players Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships . The film is directed by Janus Metz Pedersen , from a screenplay written by Ronnie Sandahl , and stars Sverrir Gudnason , Shia LaBeouf , Stellan Skarsgård , Tuva Novotny , and Robert Emms .

neg: Mac Flecknoe Mac Flecknoe ( full title : Mac Flecknoe ; or , A satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet , T.S. ) is a verse mock-heroic satire written by John Dryden . It is a direct attack on Thomas Shadwell , another prominent poet of the time . It opens with the lines :   All human things are subject to decay , And when fate summons , monarchs must obeyWritten about 1678 , but not published until 1682 ( see 1682 in poetry ) , `` Mac Flecknoe '' is the outcome of a series of disagreements between Thomas Shadwell and Dryden . Their quarrel blossomed from the following disagreements : `` 1 ) their different estimates of the genius of Ben Jonson , 2 ) the preference of Dryden for comedy of wit and repartee and of Shadwell , the chief disciple of Jonson , for humors comedy , 3 ) a sharp disagreement over the true purpose of comedy , 4 ) contention over the value of rhymed plays , and 5 ) plagiarism . '' Shadwell fancied himself heir to Ben Jonson and to the variety of comedy which the latter had commonly written . Shadwell 's poetry was certainly not of the same standard as Jonson 's , and it is possible that Dryden wearied of Shadwell 's argument that Dryden undervalued Jonson . Shadwell and Dryden were separated not only by literary grounds but also by political ones as Shadwell was a Whig , while Dryden was an outspoken supporter of the Stuart monarchy .   The poem illustrates Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of poetic dullness , represented by his association with Richard Flecknoe , an earlier poet already satirized by Andrew Marvell and disliked by Dryden , although the poet does not use belittling techniques to satirize him . Multiple allusions in the satire to 17th-century literary works , and to classic Greek and Roman literature , demonstrate Dryden 's complex approach and his mastery over the mock-heroic style .   The poem begins in the tone of an epic masterpiece , presenting Shadwell 's defining characteristic as dullness , just as every epic hero has a defining characteristic : Odysseus 's is cunning ; Achilles 's is wrath ; the hero of Spenser 's The Faerie Queene is of holiness ; whilst Satan in Paradise Lost '' has the defining characteristic of pride . Thus , Dryden subverts the theme of the defining characteristic by giving Shadwell a negative characteristic as his only virtue .  Dryden uses the mock-heroic through his use of the heightened language of the epic to treat the trivial subjects such as poorly written and largely dismissible poetry . The juxtaposition of the lofty style with unexpected nouns such as ` dullness ' provides an ironic contrast and makes the satiric point by the obvious disparity . In this , it works at the verbal level , with the language being carried by compelling rhythm and rhyme .

neg: James McElroy James `` Jimmy Mac '' McElroy ( 1945 - 2011 ) was an Irish American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan , New York who was an enforcer for The Westies , a criminal organization that operated out of Hell 's Kitchen .

neg: Gavin Volure `` Gavin Volure '' is the fourth episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock , and the 40th overall episode of the series . It was written by co-executive producer John Riggi and directed by Gail Mancuso . The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) in the United States on November 20 , 2008 . Guest stars in this episode include John McEnroe , Steve Martin , and Bobb ' e J. Thompson .   In the episode , Liz Lemon ( Tina Fey ) meets one of her boss 's , Jack Donaghy 's ( Alec Baldwin ) , friends , Gavin Volure ( Martin ) , when the pair attend a dinner party . Gavin , after offering Jack a secret business opportunity , becomes enamored of Liz . Jack encourages the relationship until he discovers Gavin is not as successful as he claimed . Also , NBC page Kenneth Parcell ( Jack McBrayer ) invests his money in Gavin 's business . Meanwhile , Tracy Jordan ( Tracy Morgan ) fears that his sons are trying to kill him .   `` Gavin Volure '' received generally good reception from television critics . According to the Nielsen Media Research , it was watched by 7.1 million households during its original broadcast . For his performance in this episode , Martin received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series .

neg: Nowhere Men Nowhere Men is a comic book series written by Eric Stephenson . The first six issues were drawn by Nate Bellegarde , colored by Jordie Bellaire , lettered by Fonografix ( Steven Finch ) , and published by Image Comics .  As of issue 7 , Dave Taylor has replaced Nate Bellegarde , who no longer is part of the creative team . Emi Lenox also joined up , providing short comics about Monica Strange , one of the characters of Nowhere Men .   The series centers on a fictional world where a group of four scientists , long since gone their own ways , have had huge cultural influences in a way similar to that of The Beatles in our world . It 's loosely based on the story of the British Invasion , especially how The Beatles stood out . The promotional tagline , `` Science is the new Rock-N-Roll '' , exemplifies this .   The name is derived primarily from the fact that things just seem to come out of nowhere for the scientists , although there are other plot points that the name is based on as well . It was also influenced by the Beatles song `` Nowhere Man '' .   Nowhere Men was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014 , of which it won one : Jordie Bellaire won the award for Best Colorist for her work on several titles , including Nowhere Men .   As of March 2016 , nine issues have been published , the first six of which form the completed first arc . The seventh , eighth and ninth issue are part of the second arc , which started in January 2016 after a two-year delay and was scheduled to be completed in June 2016 .