6 Terms
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The Sound of Music
Entertainment; Movies
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs ...
Lindsay Lohan
Entertainment; Movies
An American actress who began as a child model at age three, Lohan might be considered best known for her roles in Parent Trap (1998), Freaky Friday (2003) and Mean Girls (2005). Aspiring to be a ...
The King's Speech
Entertainment; Movies
Premiered in 2010, The King's Speech stars Colin Firth as King George VI. The plot of the film focuses on King George VI's journey to defeat his stutter with the help of a speech therapist. This ...
NTSC
Entertainment; Movies
The standard for TV/video display in the US and Canada, as set by the National Television Standards Committee, which delivers 525 lines of resolution at 60 half-frames per second. See also PAL and ...
PAL
Entertainment; Movies
Also Known As: Phase Alternating Line. A standard for tv/video display, dominant in Europe and Australia, which delivers 625 lines of resolution at 50 half-frames per second. See also NTSC and SECAM.
The Dark Knight
Entertainment; Movies
Directed by Christopher Nolan and staring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart. Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight tells a storey of the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind ...
Syndication
Entertainment; Movies
A package of off network programmes sold or bartered to individual television stations in a local market, either strip (daily) or weekly episodic (series). A package of titles may require cash ...
