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- The Jnanpith Award (nominated by Dharmadhyaksha and Vivvt)
is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya
Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards
literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian
writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to
the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral. The
award has been conferred upon fifty-seven writers including seven women
authors.
- Tamannaah (born 1989) is an Indian actress known for her work in Telugu and Tamil films. Her filmography (nominated by Pavanjandhyala) consists of fifty-two films, with Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan under filming and Baahubali: The Conclusion in post-production stage.
- The Latin Grammy Hall of Fame (nominated by Magiciandude)
is a hall of fame established by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts
& Sciences to recognize "early recordings of lasting qualitative or
historical significance that were released more than 25 years ago". The
albums and songs are picked by a panel of recording-arts professionals,
such as musicologists and historians, and selected from all major
categories of Latin music. As of 2017, forty-one works have been
inducted into the hall of fame.
- Room is a 2015 Canadian-Irish drama film directed by Lenny
Abrahamson. It is an adaptation of Emma Donoghue's eponymous novel, who
also wrote the screenplay. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival
in 2015, with A24 later providing the film a wide release in 2016 at
over 800 theaters in the United States and Canada. The film grossed a
worldwide box office total of over $35 million on a production budget of
$13 million. The film awards and nominations (nominated by Cowlibob)
in a variety of categories with particular praise for its direction,
screenplay and the performances of Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. At
the 88th Academy Awards, Room received four nominations,
including Best Picture, Best Director for Abrahamson and Best Adapted
Screenplay for Donoghue. Larson went on to win for Best Actress.
- Bradley Cooper (born 1975) is an American actor and producer. During his career (nominated by Famous Hobo and FrB.TG)
he appeared in forty films (including two voice roles and three
television films) and over hundred television episodes. He also appeared
in three theatre productions between 2006 and 2015.
- Mississippi is a state located in the Southern United States.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd most
populous state with 2,968,103 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km2) of land. Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 299 incorporated municipalities (nominated by Mattximus)
consisting of cities, towns and villages. Municipalities in Mississippi
are classified according to population size. At time of incorporation,
municipalities with populations of more than 2,000 are classified as
cities, municipalities containing between 301 and 2000 persons are
considered towns, and municipalities between 100 and 300 persons are
called villages.
- The Voice is an American singing competition television series which premiered on NBC in 2011. Based on the original The Voice of Holland,
the series features several stages of competition to search for new
vocal talent contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over, drawn from
public auditions. It has been nominated for numerous awards (nominated by Mymis),
including thirty-one Emmy Award nominations, winning six times,
including three awards in the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
category and three awards for its lighting design. As of 2016, The Voice has won 32 awards from a total of 96 nominations.
- Landon Donovan (born 1982) is a professional soccer player who
played for the United States men's national soccer team from 2000 to
2014. In his 157 appearances for the United States, he scored 57 goals (nominated by SounderBruce), making him the country's all-time male top scorer.
- The first season (nominated by Jclemens) of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones
premiered on HBO in April 2011, and concluded in June 2011. The season
consists of 10 episodes, each running approximately 55 minutes. The
television series is based on A Game of Thrones, the first novel in the A Song of Ice and Fire
series by George R. R. Martin and is adapted for television by David
Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The story takes place in a fictional world,
primarily upon a continent called Westeros, with one storyline occurring
on another continent to the east known as Essos. Like the novel, the
season initially focuses on the family of nobleman Eddard Stark, as he
is thrust into royal intrigue at the invitation of his king and longtime
friend, Robert Baratheon. Critics praised the show's production values
and cast, with specific accolades for Peter Dinklage's portrayal of
Tyrion Lannister. The first season won two of the thirteen Emmy Awards
for which it was nominated, for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama
Series (Dinklage) and Outstanding Main Title Design; it also received a
nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. U.S. viewership rose by
approximately 33% over the course of the season, from 2.2 million to
over 3 million by the season finale.
- Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named (nominated by Jason Rees)
by various warning centers to provide ease of communication between
forecasters and the general public regarding forecasts, watches, and
warnings. The names are intended to reduce confusion in the event of
concurrent storms in the same basin. Generally once storms produce
sustained wind speeds of more than 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph), names are
assigned in order from predetermined lists depending on which basin they
originate. However, standards vary from basin to basin: some tropical
depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while tropical cyclones
must have a significant amount of gale-force winds occurring around the
centre before they are named in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Shriya Saran (born in 1982) is an Indian actress and model who has acted mostly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films. She has appeared (nominated by Vensatry) in sixty-seven films (including four bilingual productions), with Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan and Tadka currently under filming.
- Alyssa Milano (born 1972) is an American actress and singer. Her discography (nominated by Aoba47) includes four studio albums, one reissue, two compilation albums, two video albums, five music videos and thirteen singles.
- Parrots (nominated by Dunkleosteus77),
also known as psittacines, are the 402 species of birds that make up
the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical
regions, of which 387 are extant. The order is subdivided into three
superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea
(cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a
generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting
temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere as well. The greatest
diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
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