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200 | Caroline Bouvier Kennedy ( born November 27 , 1957 ) is an American author , attorney , and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 . |
201 | Home for the Holidays (1995 film) . The film stars Holly Hunter , Robert Downey Jr. , Anne Bancroft , Charles Durning , Dylan McDermott , Geraldine Chaplin , Steve Guttenberg , Cynthia Stevenson , Claire Danes , Austin Pendleton and David Strathairn . |
202 | Anne Rice . Born in New Orleans , Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas , and later to San Francisco . |
203 | Stephen Hillenburg . Born in Lawton , Oklahoma and raised in Anaheim , California , Hillenburg became fascinated with the ocean as a child and also developed an interest in art . |
204 | Mendicant . Many religious orders adhere to a mendicant way of life , including the Catholic mendicant orders , Hindu ascetics , some dervishes of Sufi Islam , and the monastic orders of Jainism and Buddhism . A monk ( [ mʌŋk ] , from μοναχός , monachos , `` single , solitary '' and Latin monachus ) is a person who pr... |
205 | The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series that ran on ABC from 1968 to 1973 . |
206 | The Dark Tower is an upcoming American science fantasy western action horror film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel . |
207 | Arizona ( [ ɛərᵻˈzoʊnə , _ ærᵻ - ] ) ( Hoozdo Hahoodzo [ xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò ] O'odham : Alĭ ṣonak [ ˡaɺi ˡʃonak ] ) is a state in the southwestern region of the United States . It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states . Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be adm... |
208 | Smriti Mandhana ( born 18 July 1996 ) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women 's cricket team . |
209 | Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson ( born 15 April 1990 ) is a French-British actress , model , and activist . Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire , Watson attended the Dragon School and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts . |
210 | Angela Bassett . Bassett began her film career in the mid-1980s , after earning a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and a master of fine arts degree from drama school . |
211 | Congressional Space Medal of Honor . The highest award given by NASA , it is awarded by the President of the United States in Congress 's name on recommendations from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . To be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor , an astronaut must perform... |
212 | Saw (franchise) . The films collectively grossed over $ 873 million at the box office worldwide . |
213 | Down with Love is a 2003 romantic comedy film . |
214 | Paul Nicholls (actor) . He is best known for his roles as Joe Wicks in BBC 's EastEnders , and as DS Sam Casey in ITV 's Law & Order : UK . |
215 | Colombiana is a 2011 French action film co-written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton . |
216 | Rick Yune . He was part of the main cast of the Netflix original series Marco Polo until the series was cancelled on December 12 , 2016 . |
217 | Kentucky . Kentucky is also known for horse racing , bourbon distilleries , coal , the historic site My Old Kentucky Home , automobile manufacturing , tobacco , bluegrass music , college basketball , and Kentucky Fried Chicken . |
218 | Boyhood (film) . Filmed from 2002 to 2013 , Boyhood depicts the childhood and adolescence of Mason Evans , Jr. ( Coltrane ) from ages six to eighteen as he grows up in Texas with divorced parents ( Arquette and Hawke ) . |
219 | Hush (2016 film) . The film was produced by Trevor Macy , through Intrepid Pictures , and Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner . |
220 | The Penibaetic System ( Sistema Penibético or Cordillera Penibética ) is the southernmost of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula . |
221 | Bonobos (apparel) . Bonobos offers a full line of men 's suits , trousers , denim , shirts , shorts , swimwear , outerwear and accessories . Topman . A part of the Arcadia Group , which also owns Burton , Miss Selfridge , Wallis , Evans and Dorothy Perkins , Topman has a chain of high-street men 's clothing stores loca... |
222 | `` Roar '' is a song by American singer Katy Perry for her fourth studio album , Prism ( 2013 ) . It was released as the lead single from the record on August 10 , 2013 . |
223 | The Saturn Corporation , also known as Saturn LLC , is a registered trademark established on January 7 , 1985 , as a subsidiary of General Motors . |
224 | The Armenian Genocide ( Հայոց ցեղասպանություն , Hayots tseghaspanutyun ) , also known as the Armenian Holocaust , was the Ottoman government 's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians , mostly Ottoman citizens within the Ottoman Empire and its successor state , the Republic of Turkey . Turkey , the successor ... |
225 | Quran . Muslims believe that the Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel ( Jibril ) , gradually over a period of approximately 23 years , beginning on 22 December 609 CE , when Muhammad was 40 , and concluding in 632 , the year of his death . |
226 | Human brain . The human brain , with the spinal cord , makes up the central nervous system . The brain consists of the cerebrum , the brainstem and the cerebellum . The cerebrum is the largest part of the human brain . Underneath the cerebral cortex , several important structures are located , including the thalamus , ... |
227 | T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British comedy drama film , set in and around Edinburgh , Scotland . |
228 | AMGTV is an American family-oriented television network featuring television programming consisting of drama , sports , movies , entertainment , how-to , hunting and fishing , children 's shows , and other features . |
229 | Sir Donald George `` Don '' Bradman , AC ( 27 August 1908 -- 25 February 2001 ) , often referred to as `` The Don '' , was an Australian cricketer , widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time . Even after he became reclusive in his declining years his opinion was highly sought , and his status as a nationa... |
230 | Margaret Hilda Thatcher , Baroness Thatcher , ( ; 13 October 1925 -- 8 April 2013 ) was a British stateswoman , who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 . She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century , and th... |
231 | Randy Mario Poffo ( November 15 , 1952 -- May 20 , 2011 ) , better known by the ring name `` Macho Man '' Randy Savage , was an American professional wrestler and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF , now WWE ) and later World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . |
232 | Alice Cooper ( born Vincent Damon Furnier ; February 4 , 1948 ) is an American singer , songwriter , and actor whose career spans over five decades . |
233 | EA Black Box ( formerly Black Box Games ) was a video game developer based in Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada , founded in 1998 by former employees of Radical Entertainment and later acquired by Electronic Arts ( EA ) . |
234 | Baiae ( Baia Baia ) was a mineral springs and coastal resort on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples in ancient Italy . Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius , Herculaneum ( Italian : Ercolano ) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD . Its ruins are located in the commune of E... |
235 | No Country for Old Men (film) . A cat-and-mouse drama starring Tommy Lee Jones , Javier Bardem , and Josh Brolin , it follows a Texas welder and Vietnam veteran in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas . Tommy Lee Jones . His other notable starring roles include former Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the TV mini-seri... |
236 | Palo Alto ( [ ˌpæloʊ_ˈæltoʊ ] ; [ ˈpalo ˈalto ] ; from palo , literally `` stick '' , colloquially `` tree '' , and alto `` tall '' ; meaning : `` tall tree '' ) is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County , California , in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States . |
237 | Albert Lawrence Brooks ( born Albert Lawrence Einstein ; July 22 , 1947 ) is an American actor , filmmaker , author and comedian . Finding Dory . Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Angus MacLane , the screenplay was written by Stanton and Victoria Strouse . |
238 | Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones , lights , or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment . To increase the speed of the communication , the code was designed so that the length of each character in Morse varies a... |
239 | Alexandra Anna Daddario ( born March 16 , 1986 ) is an American actress . |
240 | The 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan with a magnitude of 6.5 on December 12 at 21:47 ( UTC ) . The Hindu Kush ( [ kʊʃ , _ kuːʃ ] Pashto , Persian and [ ) , also known in Ancient Greek as the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisadae , is an 800 km mountain range that stretches near the Afghan-Pakistan bo... |
241 | Ripon College (Wisconsin) . As of 2015 , Ripon College 's student body stood at around 840 , the majority of whom live on campus . |
242 | Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels , broadcast divisions , programming , and other media around the world that are either controlled or partially owned by the family of Rupert Murdoch . Rupert Murdoch . Murdoch thus had full control as Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corp... |
243 | Wildfang is a US-based women 's apparel company featuring clothing that is tomboyish in style . |
244 | Bessie Smith ( April 15 , 1894 -- September 26 , 1937 ) was an American blues singer . |
245 | Speech recognition ( SR ) is the inter-disciplinary sub-field of computational linguistics that develops methodologies and technologies that enables the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers . It incorporates knowledge and research in the linguistics , computer science , and electrical e... |
246 | Aleister Crowley ( [ ˈkroʊli ] born Edward Alexander Crowley ; 12 October 1875 -- 1 December 1947 ) was an English occultist , ceremonial magician , poet , painter , novelist , and mountaineer . |
247 | Poldark is a British-American drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 March 2015 . |
248 | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . Released on 20 October 1995 , the film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol . The film was shot in India , London and Switzerland , from September 1994 to August 1995 . |
249 | Timothy Simon Roth ( born 14 May 1961 ) is an English actor and director . Tim Roth ( born December 6 , 1975 ) is the guitarist , backing vocalist and only remaining founding member of Canadian melodic death metal and progressive metal band , Into Eternity . |
250 | Tatum O'Neal . In 1986 , O'Neal married professional tennis player John McEnroe , with whom she had three children . |
251 | Sean Penn . He has won two Academy Awards , for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River ( 2003 ) and the biopic Milk ( 2008 ) . Following his film debut in the drama Taps ( 1981 ) and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s , including Fast Times at Ridgemont High ( 1982 ) , Penn garnered critical attention for ... |
252 | History of Earth . Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean ; but the atmosphere contained almost no oxygen and so would have been toxic to most modern life including humans . Over time , the Earth cooled , causing the formation of a solid crust , and allowing liquid water to ex... |
253 | Nuuk ( [ nuːk ] ; Godthåb ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland and the municipality of Sermersooq . |
254 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 . The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois , and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel , Gerard Butler , Craig Ferguson , America Ferrera , Jonah Hill , Christopher Mintz-Plasse , T.J. Miller , and Kristen Wiig , with the addition of Cate Blanchett , Djimon Hounsou , and Kit Harington . Th... |
255 | Down with Love is a 2003 romantic comedy film . It was directed by Peyton Reed , written by Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake , and stars Renée Zellweger , Ewan McGregor , Sarah Paulson and David Hyde Pierce . The film is a pastiche of the sex comedies that were popular in the era in which Down with Love is set , in particu... |
256 | Paris (Paris Hilton album) . It also incorporates elements of other genres , such as reggae , soul and pop rock , in its production . |
257 | Stripes is a 1981 American buddy military comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman , starring Bill Murray , Harold Ramis , Warren Oates , P. J. Soles , Sean Young , and John Candy . Several actors including John Larroquette , John Diehl , Conrad Dunn and Judge Reinhold were featured in their first significant film roles . ... |
258 | Janelle Monáe Robinson ( born December 1 , 1985 ) ( [ dʒəˈnɛl_moʊˈneɪ ] ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and model signed to her own imprint , Wondaland Arts Society , and Atlantic Records . |
259 | Jewell (singer) . She is best known for her song , `` Love or Lust , '' featured in Bill Duke 's film , Deep Cover , as well as for singing choruses to many classic West Coast rap songs such as Snoop Dogg 's `` Gin and Juice '' and Dr. Dre 's `` Let Me Ride '' . |
260 | University of Mississippi . About 55 percent of its undergraduates and 60 percent overall come from Mississippi , and 23 percent are minorities ; international students come from 90 nations . |
261 | The Mighty Ducks . It was produced by The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet -- Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures . |
262 | Johanna Braddy . She also starred in a main role as Jenny Matrix in the hit web series Video Game High School from 2012 to 2014 . In 2015 , Braddy co-starred as Anna Martin in the Lifetime dark comedy-drama series , Unreal . , she is starring as Shelby Wyatt in the ABC thriller Quantico . |
263 | Martin Van Buren ( Maarten van Buren ; December 5 , 1782 -- July 24 , 1862 ) was an American politician who served as the eighth President of the United States ( 1837 -- 41 ) . A member of the Democratic Party , he served in a number of other senior roles , including eighth Vice President ( 1833 -- 37 ) and tenth Secre... |
264 | Camden, New Jersey . The city is the home of Rutgers University -- Camden , which was founded as the South Jersey Law School in 1926 , and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University , which opened in 2012 . |
265 | Michigan [ ˈmɪʃᵻgən ] is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States . Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States , with the 11th most extensive total area ( the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River ) . Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsu... |
266 | Penguin Books . Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks , sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence , bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market . |
267 | Australia (2008 film) . Production took place in Sydney , Darwin , Kununurra , and Bowen . |
268 | Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer , songwriter , actor and philanthropist , who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon . Excuse My French is the debut studio album by American rapper French Montana . Excuse My French is a 2014 Egyptian film Comedy directed by Amr Salama , based on Salama 's ... |
269 | Derek Hough . In 2013 , he starred in Make Your Move , a Romeo and Juliet-inspired South Korean-American independent dance film . |
270 | `` Bad Romance '' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her third extended play , The Fame Monster ( 2009 ) . Following an illegal demo leak , Gaga showcased the final product at Alexander McQueen 's show at the Paris Fashion Week in October 2009 , followed by the release of the single 's cover art . It achieved ... |
271 | DreamWorks Animation . The studio has currently released a total of 34 feature films , including the franchises Shrek , its prequel-spinoff Puss in Boots , Madagascar , Kung Fu Panda , How to Train Your Dragon , and Trolls , and other hits including Monsters vs. Aliens ( 2009 ) , Rise of the Guardians ( 2012 ) , The Cr... |
272 | Christopher Livingstone Eubanks ( born 8 August 1966 ) , known as Chris Eubank , is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998 . Christopher Livingstone `` Chris '' Eubank Jr. ( born 18 September 1989 ) is a British professional boxer . He has held the IBO super-middleweight title since February... |
273 | Sophia Anna Bush ( born July 8 , 1982 ) is an American actress , director , spokesperson , and activist . She is known for her film roles in John Tucker Must Die ( 2006 ) , The Hitcher ( 2007 ) , and The Narrows ( 2008 ) . |
274 | Fox News . Rupert Murdoch is the current chairman and acting CEO of Fox News . James Rupert Jacob Murdoch ( [ ˈmɜrdɒk ] born 13 December 1972 ) is an Australian , British , American businessman , the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch , the chief executive officer ( CEO ) of 21st Century Fox , and chairman of Sk... |
275 | Gal Gadot . In 2013 she was ranked as the second highest earning actress/models in Israel , behind Bar Refaeli , but ahead of Esti Ginzburg and Shlomit Malka , with the majority of her income coming from acting . |
276 | Creedence Clearwater Revival , often informally abbreviated to Creedence or CCR , was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s . |
277 | Calcaneal spur . Calcaneal spurs are typically detected by a radiographic examination ( commonly referred to as an `` x-ray '' ) . |
278 | The South Wales Coalfield ( Welsh : Maes glo De Cymru ) is a large region of south Wales that is rich in coal deposits , especially the South Wales Valleys . |
279 | The CONCACAF Champions League is an annual continental football club competition organized by CONCACAF for the top football clubs in North America , Central America and the Caribbean . The competition was originally known as the CONCACAF Champions ' Cup when it was first organized in 1962 . |
280 | Mary of Teck . After George 's death in 1936 , she became queen mother when her eldest son , Edward , ascended the throne , but to her dismay , he abdicated later the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson . She supported her second son , Albert , who succeeded to the throne as Geo... |
281 | Poseidon (film) . Poseidon grossed $ 181,674,817 at the worldwide box office on a budget of $ 160 million . |
282 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . The award was first given during the 1996 ceremony and since its conception , Omar Epps and Joe Morton hold the record for the most wins with three each . |
283 | Human trafficking is the trade of humans , most commonly for the purpose of forced labour , sexual slavery , or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others . According to the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) , forced labor alone ( one component of human trafficking ) generates an estimated $ 15... |
284 | Rio (2011 film) . A sequel , Rio 2 , was released on April 11 , 2014 . |
285 | Francis I ( Franz Stefan , François Étienne 8 December 1708 -- 18 August 1765 ) was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany , though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions . Francis I ( François Ier ) ( 12 September 1494 -- 31 March 1547 ) was the first King of France from the Angoulê... |
286 | Peking University ( abbreviated PKU and colloquially known in Chinese as Běidà 北大 Chinese : 北京大学 , pinyin : Běijīng Dàxué ) , is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League . It is the first modern national university established in China , founded as the Imperial Universi... |
287 | Lemmy . He was known for his appearance ( including his friendly mutton chops ) , his distinctive gravelly voice and distinctive bass playing style . |
288 | Global warming . Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to rising sea levels . |
289 | Australia is a 2008 Australian-American-British romantic historical adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman . Baz Luhrmann . His 2008 film Australia is an epic historical romantic drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman . |
290 | Michael Dwayne Vick ( born June 26 , 1980 ) is a former American football quarterback who played 13 seasons in the National Football League , primarily with the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles . |
291 | Canadian folklore . It includes songs , legends , jokes , rhymes , proverbs , weather lore , superstitions , and practices such as traditional food-making and craft-making . Folklore . These include oral traditions such as tales , proverbs and jokes . |
292 | First Motion Picture Unit . It produced more than 400 propaganda and training films , which were notable for being informative as well as entertaining . The unit also produced training films and trained combat cameramen . |
293 | James Jones (author) . He won the 1952 National Book Award for his first published novel , From Here to Eternity , which was adapted for the big screen immediately and made into a television series a generation later . James Jones (basketball player) . He averaged 25 points per game as a senior , earning Class 6A Playe... |
294 | Humphrey Bogart . In 1999 , the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star of Classic American cinema . |
295 | Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images . Trollhunters is an American computer-animated fantasy television series created for Netflix by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You . |
296 | Shane McMahon . In 2009 , McMahon announced his resignation from WWE which went into effect January 1 , 2010 . |
297 | Tom Baker (English actor) . He is known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981 , a longer tenure than any other actor , and for the narration of the comedy series Little Britain . In addition to performing acting roles , Baker has narrated co... |
298 | Angelsberg is a small town in the commune of Fischbach , in central Luxembourg . |
299 | Hanford Site . Besides the cleanup project , Hanford also hosts a commercial nuclear power plant , the Columbia Generating Station , and various centers for scientific research and development , such as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the LIGO Hanford Observatory . |
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