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Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner is a movie maker who's best known as the man behind the franchise Rush Hour, which includes three feature films and a TV series. In 2017 he was accused by six women of sexual misconduct…

DeLillo, Don

(Encyclopedia) DeLillo, DonDeLillo, Dondəlĭlˈō [key], 1936–, American novelist, b. New York City, grad. Fordham (1958). DeLillo is an accomplished prose stylist with a dark vision and mordant wit. In…

star

(Encyclopedia) star, hot incandescent sphere of gas, held together by its own gravitation, and emitting light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation whose ultimate source is nuclear energy…

Jackie Chan

Name at birth: Chan Kong-SangJackie Chan was already the highest paid actor in Asia, with more than 60 films under his belt, when he finally made it big in Hollywood with the action-comedy Rumble in…

aberration of starlight

(Encyclopedia) aberration of starlight, displacement of the apparent path of light from a star, resulting in a displacement of the apparent position of the star from its true position; discovered by…

circumpolar star

(Encyclopedia) circumpolar star, star whose diurnal circle lies completely above or completely below an observer's horizon. A star whose diurnal circle lies above the horizon never sets, even though…

color index

(Encyclopedia) color index, in astronomy, difference in an object's brightness as recorded between any two well-defined bands of the electromagnetic spectrum by using optical filters of different…

stellar structure

(Encyclopedia) stellar structure, physical properties of a star and the processes taking place within it. Except for that of the sun, astronomers must draw their conclusions regarding stellar…

parallax

(Encyclopedia) CE5 The trigonometric parallax of a star, expressed by the angle θ, is a measure of its apparent motion against the background of more distant stars as a result of the earth's…

The Wings of the Dove

Director: Iain Softley Writer: Hossein Amini Director of Photography: Eduardo Serra Editor: Tariq Anwar Music: Ed Shearmur Production Designer: John Beard Producers…