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4 days ago · The 1953 Formula One season was the seventh season of the FIA's Formula One racing. It consisted only of several non-championship motor races. As in 1952, all races counting towards the World Championship of Drivers, apart from the Indianapolis 500, were held for cars complying with Formula Two regulations rather than with Formula One, with the Indianapolis 500 held to AAA regulations.
4 days ago · Stockhausen in the Electronic Music Studio of the WDR, 1994. Karlheinz Stockhausen (German: [kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈʃtɔkhaʊzn̩] ⓘ; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
3 days ago · Superlatives. Films with the most awards: Ben-Hur ( 1959 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003) each earned 11 Academy Awards. Films with the most nominations: All About Eve ( 1950 ), Titanic ( 1997 ), and La La Land ( 2016) each earned 14 Academy Award nominations. Film with the highest clean sweep: The ...
1 day ago · This is a list of the highest-grossing films in the U.S. and Canada, [3] a market known in the film industry as the North American box office, or as the domestic box office within the U.S. itself. [1] [2] The chart is ranked by lifetime gross, and for comparison, the figures adjusted for the effects of inflation are also listed, using the U.S ...
6 days ago · v. t. e. Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34thpresident of the United Statesbegan with his first inaugurationon January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republicanfrom Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democraticnominee Adlai Stevensonin the 1952 presidential election.
3 days ago · The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film [2] directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The ensemble cast includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane ...
3 days ago · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and produced by David Heyman, from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 1997 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series.
