Weezer (1994 album)

Weezer, also known as The Blue Album, is the debut studio album by the American rock band Weezer, released in May 1994 through DGC Records. The album was produced by Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The Blue Album produced the singles "Undone - The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly", and "Say It Ain't So", which brought Weezer mainstream success, helped by music videos directed by Spike Jonze. As of August 2009, the album had sold over 3,300,000 copies in the United States. It peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and is certified triple-platinum in the US and double-platinum in Canada.

Background

Weezer was formed on February 14, 1992, in Los Angeles by Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp, and Jason Cropper. At the time, they would play at clubs and other small venues around L.A.. However, it took a long time for the band to gain popularity. Cuomo explained:

Weezer recorded The Kitchen Tapes as an attempt to create a buzz around L.A. The band eventually attracted attention from major-label A&R reps looking for alternative rock bands while performing on the same bill as the band That Dog. They were then signed to DGC Records on June 26, 1993, by Todd Sullivan, an A&R rep from Geffen Records.

Suzanne (1980 film)

Suzanne is a Canadian drama film, released in 1980. It was directed by Robin Spry, and written by Spry and Ronald Sutherland as an adaptation of Sutherland's 1971 novel Snow Lark.

The film stars Jennifer Dale as Suzanne McDonald, a woman in an unhappy marriage who becomes pregnant after an extramarital affair with a gangster who has just been sent to prison. The cast also includes Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Ken Pogue, Michelle Rossignol, Michael Ironside, Aubert Pallascio, Pierre Curzi and Yvan Ducharme.

The film garnered six Genie Award nominations at the 2nd Genie Awards, including Best Actor (Rekert), Best Actress (Dale), Best Supporting Actor (Arcand), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design.

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Suzanne (2013 film)

Suzanne is a 2013 French drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré. In January 2014 the film received five nominations at the 39th César Awards, with Adèle Haenel winning the award for Best Supporting Actress.

Plot

Following the death of her mother, Suzanne and her younger sister are raised by their father alone. At the age of 17, Suzanne becomes the mother of a son. Her father and her sister support the both of them. Then Suzanne falls in love with a gangster Julien. She abandons her family to follow Julien to Marseille and ends up in prison. Upon her release, she finds her son Charlie living in a foster family. Trying to put her life together Suzanne nevertheless falls into old habits when Julien finds her on a bus and persuade her to leave for Belgium with him. Once again abandoning her family, Suzanne has a second child. Returning home she goes to visit her mother's grave and discovers that her sister, Maria, has died during her absence. Crossing the border back to Belgium, Suzanne, in a fit of grief confesses that she is travelling on a false passport. In prison Suzanne is visited by her father, teenage son and toddler daughter and watches as her son and daughter play together.

George, son of David VII of Georgia

George, Giorgi, (Georgian: გიორგი) (1250–1268) was the eldest son of David VII Ulu, a Bagratid king of Georgia, by whom he was designated as heir-apparent to the throne. In the early 1260s, he was held as a hostage at the Mongol Ilkhan court of Hulagu Khan and later served with his father in the Mongol military ranks. He died at the age of 18 in 1268, preceding his father by two years.

Biography

George was born in 1250 to King David VII and the Alan woman Altun, whom the king took as a temporary wife because he had no children by his queen Jigda-Khatun and whom he agreed to dismiss after the birth of an heir. The marriage was, in fact, repudiated after the birth of the second child, a daughter, Tamar. George was adopted by Jigda-Khatun, who died shortly afterwards. George, along with his father, step-mother, and the uncle David VI Narin, is mentioned in a church inscription from Abelia in the south of Georgia.

George (surname)

George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), or French origin. Notable people with the surname include:

George (webcomic)

George is a webcomic written and illustrated by John R. Norton. The strip has been in existence for several years, making its first appearance on the web as early as 1999. As of December 4, 2009, there have been 529 full-color comics published. The current George website was established in January 2005, using a strip from the old site to make its debut. Since then, however, all content has been entirely new. New comic strips were originally posted every Monday and Thursday before going to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. In early 2006, the strip went on hiatus for most of the year, but returned with regular, though unscheduled, updates in January 2007. Currently, new comics are once again posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Plot

The strip is centered around a fairly normal freelance cartoonist, George, and his circle of friends. The strip often deals with computers, technology, and generally "geeky" things like World of Warcraft and Star Wars, though a myriad of light-hearted subjects are commonly explored. The strip takes place in the fairly small, fictional town of Perkton, located in the heart of California, presumably somewhere near Fresno. It is not particularly close to well-known California cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is not in line with the stereotypical view of California. Most of the strip's characters are between 26 and 30 years of age, with a few exceptions, such as Chain-Link Jefferson and Coach Demurson, who are much older, and Megan Beauxmont, who is much younger.