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Fandral Fandral the Dashing is a Marvel Comics Character and a charter member of the Warriors Three; a trio of Asgardian adventurers consisting of Fandral, Hogun the Grim, and Volstagg the Voluminous. They were members of the supporting cast in Marvel's Thor comics and usually provided comic relief and side-adventures.
Faneuil The Faneuil Group is a Canadian customer contact company specializing in inbound/outbound telecom and email communications. It operates internationally and employs 1,700 people throughout Canada and the United States.
Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall, located near the waterfront and today's Government Center in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now part of Boston National Historical Park and a well-known stop on the Freedom Trail.
Fanfare A fanfare is a short piece of music played by trumpets and other brass instruments, frequently accompanied by percussion, usually for ceremonial purposes. The term is also used symbolically, for instance of occasions for which there is much publicity, even when no music is involved.
Fanfare CiocÄrlia Fanfare CiocÄrlia is a popular twelve-piece Roma brass band from the northeastern Romanian village of Zece PrÄjini. The band began as a loose assemblage of part-time musicians playing at local weddings and baptisms.
Fanfare for the Comic Muse Fanfare for the Comic Muse is the deleted debut LP by The Divine Comedy, originally released in 1990. It has since been denied by the band's lead singer/songwriter Neil Hannon due to its stylistic difference from the band's later works, heading towards a more R.
Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century American classical music. One of composer Aaron Copland's most popular works, the fanfare is a short piece scored for brass and percussion written in 1942 at the request of the conductor Eugene Goossens.
Fanfare for the Volunteer Fanfare for the Volunteer is an album of three pieces for violin and orchestra by composer and violinist Mark O'Connor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Steven Mercurio. Originally conceived as O'Connor's second "fiddle concerto", the three movements became separate pieces during the course of composition.
Fanfare Magazine Fanfare Magazine is a publication devoted to classical music, and in particular recordings of classical works. It has a large staff with a diverse range of expertise from the medieval through contemporary works.
Fanfreluche (horse) Fanfreluche (1967-1999) was a Canadian-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. She was named by her French Canadian owner for the title character of a popular children's television show on the French-language division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Fang (band) Fang is a San Francisco hardcore punk band from the 80s that were known for their theatrics onstage and off. Despite their obscurity, they were a huge influence on the Seattle grunge scene, and have been covered by a wide range of bands that achieved far greater fame including Metallica, Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Green Day.
Fang Hui Fang Hui (方回) (also called Wanli 万里, Tuanfu 团甫, Xugu 虚谷, and Yangshanren éłĺ±±äşş) was a scholar of the late Song and early Yuan dynasties from Huizhou's 徽州 She4 ć™ county (in present day Anhui province), who lived from 1227-1307.
Fang Lizhi Fang Lizhi ( born February 12, 1936) was a professor of astrophysics and vice president of the University of Science and Technology of China whose teachings inspired the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was expelled from the Communist Party of China in January 1987
Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23 1981 to March 25 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.
Fangame Fangames are computer and video games made by fans featuring popular based on one or more established video games. Many fangames attempt to clone the original game's design, gameplay and characters, but it is equally common for fans to develop a unique game using another only as a template.
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Weekend of Horrors is a quarter-annual (with occasionally more) travelling convention which focuses on horror films. It is produced by Creation Entertainment while being owned and operated by Fangoria Magazine.
Fangshan District Fangshan District (Simplified Chinese: ćżĺ±±ĺŚş; Traditional Chinese: ćżĺ±±ĺŤ€; Hanyu Pinyin: FángshÄn QĹ«) is situated in the southwest of Beijing, 38km away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of 2,019 square kilometers and a population of 760,000.
Fangtooth Fangtooths, also known as ogrefishes, are deep-sea, ferocious-looking beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes incorrectly spelt "Anoplogasteridae"). With a circumglobal distribution in tropical and cold-temperate waters, the family contains only two very similar species with no known close relatives: the common fangtooth, Anoplogaster cornuta, found worldwide; and the shortthorn fangtooth, Anoplogaster brachycera, found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Fangxiang The fangxiang (also fang xiang, fang hsiang; [or ć–ą][in [[Chinese language|Chinese], [[pinyin: fang1 xiang3) is an ancient Chinese metallophone. The instrument consists of 16 tuned rectangular iron slabs laid in a frame in two rows.
Fangyan The FÄngyán (; literally meaning "regional speech"), edited by Yang Xiong, was the first Chinese dictionary of dialectal terms. The full title is YĂłuxuÄn shÇzhÄ• juĂ©dĂ i yÇ” shì biĂ©guĂł fÄngyán (輶軒使者絕代語釋ĺĄĺś‹ć–ąč¨€) "Dialect words of other states in times immemorial explained by the Light-Carriage Messenger," which alludes to a Zhou Dynasty tradition of imperial emissaries who made annual surveys of regional vocabulary throughout China.
Fancheng Fancheng (樊城) was an ancient Chinese city in Hubei, situated on the southern side of the Han River, opposite Xiangyang on the northern side of the river. Throughout history, the city has served both military and economic purposes, and was famous for numerous battles including the Battle of Fancheng during the Three Kingdoms period and the Siege of Xiangyang during the Mongol invasions.
Fanchento Fanchento is a non-classical form of Chinese kung fu, heavily influenced by the principles of Jeet Kune Do. It attempts to move away from the restrictive limitations of classical style and tradition, being more fluid and adaptive.
Fanie de Villiers Petrus Stephanus ("Fanie") de Villiers (born 13 October 1964, Vereeniging, Transvaal), South Africa), was a cricketer who played 18 Tests and 83 One-day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman between 1992 and 1998.
Fanis Christodoulou Fanis Christodoulou () is a veteran Greek basketball player. He spent most part of his career with Panionios and the latter one playing for Panathinaikos, fullfilling a dream of his (as he himself had claimed being a Panathinaikos supporter from childhood) and winning a Greek championship there.
Fanis Shaikhutdinov Fanis Shaikhutdinov is a Russian citizen who was convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline, together with two former Guantanamo detainees, Ravil Gumarov and Timur Ishmuratov.3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing, International Herald Tribune, May 9 2006
Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town was developed from the traditional market towns (Luen Wo Hui and Shek Wu Hui) and villages around Fanling and Sheung Shui, within the present-day North District in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
Fanlisting A fanlisting is a website created by a fan of a particular subject, with the aim of gathering together a list (either in database format or hardcoded HTML) of other fans of that particular subject. The term 'fanlisting' as a one-word noun was first used when Janine Mischor created The Fanlistings Network in 2000.
Fanmanship The exact origin of the word fanmanship can be difficult to pinpoint as many throughout the years have likely taken the word "fan" and added the suffix "-manship" to it. To clarify, here is a definition and use guideline for the word.
Fann Mountains Located mostly in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the Fann Mountains are a part of the mountain ranges and rocky areas spanning from the Central Asian republics and Siberia. More specifically they are part of the western Pamiro-Alai and are located in the Republic of Tajikistan between the Zeravshan and Gissar ranges.
Fanne Foxe Fanne Foxe (born Annabelle Battistella on February 14, 1936 in Nueve de Julio, Argentina) was a dancer best known for being involved in a sex scandal surrounding Arkansas congressman Wilbur Mills, one of the most powerful men in the House of Representatives and a 1972 Presidential candidate. Mills was having an affair with Foxe, who was then working as a stripper.
Fannee Doolee Fannee Doolee is a fictitious girl acted in the playhouse by the ZOOMers on ZOOM. During the play, Fannee Doolee does not face the audience and she does not speak; instead, Fannee Doolee's unheard dialog is exposed when the person she was seen talking to turns to talk with others.
Fannefjord Fannefjorden is the about 20 km long extension of Moldefjord, running east-west along the Molde peninsula. It is believed that Fannefjord is very old name, and perhaps a name originally applied to the whole area.
Fanner Group Fanner Tech Group is a Chinese corporation that produces computer cooling components, such as computer cases, heat sinks, and fans. They sell components under different brand names: Spire & Speeze with a range of products for performance/enthusiast as well as those on a budget.
Fannie Barrier Williams Fannie Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 - March 4, 1944) was an African American educator and political activist. She became well known for her efforts to have blacks officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Fannie Thomas Fannie Thomas (April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981) was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest living American. As the Shigechiyo Izumi case was later disputed, Fannie Thomas may in fact have been the world's oldest person at 113 years, 283 days.
Fanning the Flames "Fanning the Flames" is the eleventh episode of the TV-series, Danny Phantom. Ember, a rock star ghost uses her music to take over the world, but to put a stop to Danny Phantom from interfering with her plans, she puts a love spell on him so that Danny falls madly in love with Sam!
Fanny (band) Fanny were a late 1960s-1970s American all-women band led by June Millington. They were pioneers as one of the first rock bands to feature all women, and the second to sign to a major record label, behind Goldie and the Gingerbreads.
Fanny (film) Fanny is a 1961 film which tells the story of a young man torn between leaving his boring life for adventures at sea, or staying behind with the girl he loves. It stars Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer and Lionel Jeffries.
Fanny Adams Fanny Adams ( April 1859-24 August1867) was a young girl brutally murdered by a solicitor's clerk named Frederick Baker in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. The expression "Sweet Fanny Adams" refers to her and has come, through British naval slang, to mean "nothing at all".
Fanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Blankers-Koen (Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918 – Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics.
Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (October 29 1891 – May 29 1951) was a popular and influential United States comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances, her phonograph records, and as the creator and star of the classic radio and theatre character Baby Snooks.
Fanny CarriĂłn de Fierro Fanny CarriĂłn de Fierro is a writer, literary critic, essayist and university professor. She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito, 1981), as well as a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree (Licenciatura) in Education from the Central University of Ecuador.
Fanny Cerrito Fanny Cerrito, originally Francesca Cerrito (May 11, 1817 - May 6, 1909), was an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer. Born in Naples, she studied under Carlo Blasis and the French choreographers Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-LĂ©on, to the latter of whom she was married from 1845 - 1851.
Fanny Cradock Fanny Cradock (February 26 1909 - December 27 1994) born Phyllis Primrose Pechey, in Leytonstone, London, was a British writer, restaurant critic and television cook who mostly worked with John "Johnnie" Cradock, whose surname she adopted long before they married. She was the daughter of novelist and lyricist Archibald Thomas Pechey.
Fanny Crosby Frances Jane Crosby (March 24 1820 – February 12 1915) usually known as Fanny Crosby, was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 despite being blind from shortly after birth.
Fanny Davenport Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport (1850-1898) was an American stage actress. The daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining, she was born in London, England, but was brought to America when a child and educated in the Boston public schools.
Fanny Furner Fanny Furner (1864 - 1938) was very active working towards the Rights of Women and Children in the early 1900's in Sydney, Fanny was one of the first female JPs in New South Wales (NSW Govt Gazette 16 August 1922) and along with fellow member of the Theosophical Society, Mrs AV Roberts, the first women to stand for election in local government - Mrs Roberts in North Shore, Fanny in Manly.
Fanny Garrison Villard Fanny Garrison Villard (1844 - 1928) was a women's suffrage campaigner and a co-founder of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
Fanny Chamberlain Frances "Fanny" Caroline Adams Chamberlain (12 August 1825 – 18 October 1905) was born in what is now a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, to Ashur and Amelia Wyllys Adams. She was the youngest of several children and her parents were nearly elderly at the time of her birth, which led to little Fanny being shuffled to different family members until she settled with Reverend George Adams, a nephew of her father, in Brunswick, Maine as a small child.
Fanny Kaplan Faina Yefimovna Kaplan (Фаина Ефимовна Каплан; 1883–September 3, 1918), also known as Fanny Kaplan and as Dora Kaplan), was a Jewish political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin.
Fanny Law Fanny Law (Traditional Chinese:çľ…čŚć¤’芬), GBS, JP, is the current Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong. Previously, she was Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower of Hong Kong.
Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn (November 14, 1805 – May 14, 1847), later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, and was the sister of Felix Mendelssohn; they were both the grandchildren of the distinguished Jewish philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn.
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet The Munich Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet, Renate Eggebrecht 1st violin, Mario Korunic 2nd violin, Stefan Berg viola, Friedemann Kupsa violoncello, was founded in 1989 in the occasion of the performance and publication of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's String Quartet in E-flat major and Piano Quartet in A-flat major at the Gasteig/Munich.
Fanny Mickey Fanny Mickey is an Argentine-born actress and theater entrepreneur. She has long lived and worked in Colombia and is the creator and mastermind behind the Bogotá Iberoamerican Theater Festival (biggest theater festival in the world).
Fanny Pack (artist) Fanny Pack was comprised of singers Jessibel Suthiwong, Belinda Lovell, and Cat Hartwell, with beat-making support from Matt Goias and Fancy. The two New York DJs first enlisted Brown University graduate Hartwell to sing over their new project, which brazenly crossed L'Trimm/J.
Fanny Rinne Fanny Rinne (born April 15, 1980 in Mannheim, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Before the tournament in Greece she caused upset in her native country by a fotoshoot in Playboy.
Fanny Sundström Fanny Sundström (1883, Sund, Aland Islands – 1944) was a teacher, politician and women's right activist on the Åland Islands, Finland. After becoming a primary school teacher, she took an active part in the "Martha Movement" (sv.
Fanny von Starhemberg Princess Franziska von Starhemberg (de: Franziska Fürstin von Starhemberg, also known as Fanny Starhemberg) born October 24, 1875 in Vienna - died April 27, 1943 in Darkov (Bad Darkau) (today part of Karviná), was an Austrian politician.
Fanny Waterman Dame Fanny Waterman, DBE (born 22 March, 1920) is a piano teacher, and the founder, Chairman and Artistic Director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. Appointed OBE in 1971, CBE in 2001 and DBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours, Waterman also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Music University of Leeds.
Fanny Young Fanny Young (8 November 1787 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts - 11 June 1859) is recognized as the thirty-fourth and final woman to marry LDS church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.The Wives of Joseph Smith She was also the sister of later Mormon church leader Brigham Young.
Fannyann Eddy Fannyann Eddy (1974 - 2004) was a ground-breaking activist for lesbian and gay rights in her native Sierra Leone and throughout Africa. She founded Sierra Leone's first Lesbian and Gay Association and she traveled widely, addressing the United Nations and other international groups.
Fannypack FannyPack are an electro/miami booty bass/rap group that consist of singers/rappers Jessibel Suthiwong, Cat Hartwell and Belinda Lovell along with producers/DJs Matt Goias (AKA Big Black Matt) and Fancy, all from New York City.
Fanon (fiction) Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation related to a television program, book, movie, or video game that has been used so much by fan writers or among the fandom that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world, but which does not appear in any official work from the original authors, scriptwriters or producers. 'The term is a play on the word canon.
Fanout Fanout is a measure of the ability of a logic gate output, implemented electronically, to drive a number of inputs of other logic gates of the same type. In most designs, logic gates are connected together to form more complex circuits, and it is common for one logic gate output to be connected to several logic gate inputs.
Fanposter Fanposter (concatenated noun consisting of Fan and Poster) refers to a community of Fans (supporter) sharing common interests in a particular sport, hobby or genre who want to express their relation within this community by placing themselves on a poster (map) in proximity to others.
Fans (webcomic) Fans (also known as Faans or Fans!) is a webcomic by T Campbell, concerning the exploits of the Science Fiction Club of the fictional Billberg University (loosely based on William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia).
Fans Field (Bloomington) Fans Field was in Bloomington, and was home of the Bloomers of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, popularly known as the Three-I League or jokingly as the Three-Eye League, from the early 1900s into the 1940s. It was a short block east of South Main Street, on the south side of Lafayette, perhaps not coincidentally near the Brewery that sat just west of South Main and served the city's significant German population well.
Fans of Kate Fans of Kate a self titled "haircut band from London" toured the UK between May 2004 and December 2005. They played guitar and piano driven pop-rock and cited influences such as Blur, Radiohead, Grandaddy and Broken Social Scene.
Fans Only A record of the development of Belle & Sebastian during their time with Jeepster, from If You're Feeling Sinister to Storytelling. Featuring all of the videos, live performances, interviews, out-takes, TV appearances, early documentary foootage, exclusive material and behind the scenes insights into the evolution of the band.
Fansipan Fansipan or Fan Si Pan (Phan Xi PÄng in Vietnamese ) is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina, at 3,143 m. It is located in the LĂ o Cai province in Northwest Vietnam, 9km south-west of Sa Pa Townlet in the Hoang Lien Mountain Range.
Fansite A fansite or fan site, is a website created and maintained by a fan(s) or devotee(s) interested in a celebrity, thing, or a particular cultural phenomenon. The phenomenon can be a book, television show, movie, comic, band, game or similar.
Fansub A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a copy of a foreign movie or television show which has been subtitled by fans in their native language. It is most commonly used to refer to fan-translated anime videos that are shared amongst other fans.
Fanta RĂ©gina Nacro Fanta RĂ©gina Nacro (born 4 September 1962) is a film director from Burkina Faso. She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and has since gone on to postgraduate work.
Fanta Sacko Fanta Sacko is a Malian musician, whose debut, self-titled LP launched the bajourou music genre. She has helped establish a female singing tradition in Mali, which makes that country unique in West Africa, where female popular musicians are not generally approved of.
Fantabaires Fantabaires is a comics convention in Buenos Aires that started in 1996. Unlike salons in Europe, which are typically organized by major publishers, this convention was organized by a local comic shop and a couple local comic magazines.
Fantaghiro Fantaghiro is an Italian fantasy film series consisting of five television movies that were released between 1991 and 1996. It was produced by Reteitalia Productions and directed by Lamberto Bava, and filmed in Czech Republic; the music of the series was written by Amedeo Minghi.
Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint. The company is currently located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington
Fantail Fantails are small insectivorous birds of southern Asia and Australasia all belonging to the genus Rhipidura and subfamily Rhipidurinae. Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "fantails", but the Australian Willie Wagtail, is a little larger, and though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing, concentrates equally on terrestrial prey.
Fantail (pigeon) The fantail is a popular breed of fancy pigeon characterised by a tail composed of 30 to 40 feathers, abnormaly more than most members of the pigeon family, which usually have 12 to 14 feathers. It is thought to have originated in India, China or Spain, and can be found in New Zealand, among other places.
Fantanas The Fantanas are a group of spokesmodels who were created to promote Coca Cola's Fanta brand of soft drinks in the United States. This quartet of models has appeared since 2002 in advertising and personal appearances.
Fantasia (music) The fantasia (also English fantasy, fancy, German fantasie, French fantaisie) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict musical form.
Fantasia (video game) Fantasia is the title of a side-scrolling video game developed by Infogrames and produced by Sega for its own Mega Drive/Genesis system. The game was loosely based on the popular Walt Disney musical of the same name.
Fantasia fair Fantasia Fair is a week-long transgender event held every October in Provincetown, MA, a small Portuguese fishing village and largely gay and lesbian tourist village on the very tip of Cape Cod. It is attended by crossdressers and transgendered and transsexual people, their loved ones and families, and helping professionals.
Fantasia Gardens The Fantasia Gardens Minature Golf complex is a minature golf course located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Located behind the Swan and Dolphin resorts, it offers two 18-hole courses themed after the movie Fantasia.
Fantasia Lindum Fantasia Lindum was an album released by the band Amazing Blondel in 1971. It featured the style of music which they described as "pseudo-Elizabethan/Classical acoustic music sung with British accents".
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, also known as the Tallis Fantasia, was composed in 1910 for the Three Choirs Festival. This piece was one of the first major successes of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Fantasia on British Sea Songs Fantasia on British Sea Songs or Fantasy on British Sea Songs is a piece of classical music arranged by Sir Henry Wood in 1905 to mark the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. It is a medley on British sea songs and now forms an indispensable item at the BBC's Last Night of the Proms concert.
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre FantasĂa para un gentilhombre (Fantasy for a Gentleman) is a concerto for guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer JoaquĂn Rodrigo. It is the second most popular of the composer's works after the famous Concierto de Aranjuez.
Fantasie (album) Fantasie was the 5th proper studio album by Münchener Freiheit and their highest charting, reaching #4 in the German charts. The album spawned three hit singles, including the #2 hit, Solang' man Träume noch leben kann (held off the #1 spot by Always on my Mind by Pet Shop Boys).
Fantasie on Two Motives from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" The Fantasie on Two Motives from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" (also known as the Figaro Fantasy) is an operatic fantasy by Franz Liszt. Liszt began the work in 1842, and he performed it at least once in Berlin in the following year.
Fantasoft Fantasoft is a computer game company which developed and published several games for the Apple Macintosh platform, including the popular Role-playing game Realmz and Monkey Shines. The company has been dormant recently for several years.
Fantasporto Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized in Porto, Portugal. Giving space to big screen productions, to auteur films and to experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual average of 110,000 film goers.
Fantastic Fantastic is a literary term that describes a quality of other literary genres, and in some cases is used as a genre in and of itself, although in this case it is often conflated with the Supernatural. The term was originated in the structuralist theory of critic Tzvetan Todorov in his work "The Fantastic".
Fantastic (comic) Fantastic was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint. It first appeared on 18 February 1967, and with its 52nd issue on 10 February 1968 it merged with its sister title Terrific.
Fantastic Caverns Fantastic Caverns is a show cave located in Springfield, Missouri, discovered in 1867 by a group of twelve women. Fantastic Caverns is the only cave in North America to offer a ride-through tour, which lasts 55 minutes and is held in a Jeep-drawn tram.
Fantastic Dizzy Fantastic Dizzy (The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy outside Europe & Australia) is a 1991 video game developed by Codemasters. It was published to several platforms, including Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, NES, Amiga and DOS.
Fantastic Fest Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas, sponsored by the Alamo Drafthouse and Ain't It Cool News. The festival focuses on the film genres horror, sci-fi, fantasy, asian and "cult".
Fantastic Five Fantastic Five is the name of superhero team that exist in the MC2 universe, an alternate future to the Marvel Universe. A continuation of the Fantastic Four, the team is composed of the Human Torch, his wife Ms.
Fantastic Force In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the Fantastic Force was a short-lived superhero team that was a spin-off of the Fantastic Four. The team had its own title, which lasted for eighteen issues from November 1994 to April 1996.
Fantastic Four (1997 video game) Fantastic Four is a PlayStation 1 video game developed by Probe Entertainment Limited and published by Acclaim. The game was released in 1997, and is based on the popular Marvel Comics characters of the same name, and not on the subsequent 2005 feature film.
Faneuil The Faneuil Group is a Canadian customer contact company specializing in inbound/outbound telecom and email communications. It operates internationally and employs 1,700 people throughout Canada and the United States.
Faneuil Hall Faneuil Hall, located near the waterfront and today's Government Center in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now part of Boston National Historical Park and a well-known stop on the Freedom Trail.
Fanfare A fanfare is a short piece of music played by trumpets and other brass instruments, frequently accompanied by percussion, usually for ceremonial purposes. The term is also used symbolically, for instance of occasions for which there is much publicity, even when no music is involved.
Fanfare CiocÄrlia Fanfare CiocÄrlia is a popular twelve-piece Roma brass band from the northeastern Romanian village of Zece PrÄjini. The band began as a loose assemblage of part-time musicians playing at local weddings and baptisms.
Fanfare for the Comic Muse Fanfare for the Comic Muse is the deleted debut LP by The Divine Comedy, originally released in 1990. It has since been denied by the band's lead singer/songwriter Neil Hannon due to its stylistic difference from the band's later works, heading towards a more R.
Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century American classical music. One of composer Aaron Copland's most popular works, the fanfare is a short piece scored for brass and percussion written in 1942 at the request of the conductor Eugene Goossens.
Fanfare for the Volunteer Fanfare for the Volunteer is an album of three pieces for violin and orchestra by composer and violinist Mark O'Connor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Steven Mercurio. Originally conceived as O'Connor's second "fiddle concerto", the three movements became separate pieces during the course of composition.
Fanfare Magazine Fanfare Magazine is a publication devoted to classical music, and in particular recordings of classical works. It has a large staff with a diverse range of expertise from the medieval through contemporary works.
Fanfreluche (horse) Fanfreluche (1967-1999) was a Canadian-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. She was named by her French Canadian owner for the title character of a popular children's television show on the French-language division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Fang (band) Fang is a San Francisco hardcore punk band from the 80s that were known for their theatrics onstage and off. Despite their obscurity, they were a huge influence on the Seattle grunge scene, and have been covered by a wide range of bands that achieved far greater fame including Metallica, Nirvana, Mudhoney, and Green Day.
Fang Hui Fang Hui (方回) (also called Wanli 万里, Tuanfu 团甫, Xugu 虚谷, and Yangshanren éłĺ±±äşş) was a scholar of the late Song and early Yuan dynasties from Huizhou's 徽州 She4 ć™ county (in present day Anhui province), who lived from 1227-1307.
Fang Lizhi Fang Lizhi ( born February 12, 1936) was a professor of astrophysics and vice president of the University of Science and Technology of China whose teachings inspired the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was expelled from the Communist Party of China in January 1987
Fang of the Sun Dougram is a 75-episode anime television series, created by Ryosuke Takahashi and Sunrise, and aired in Japan from October 23 1981 to March 25 1983 on TV Tokyo. A 1983 full-length feature film, Dougram: Documentary of the Fang of the Sun, summarized the series.
Fangame Fangames are computer and video games made by fans featuring popular based on one or more established video games. Many fangames attempt to clone the original game's design, gameplay and characters, but it is equally common for fans to develop a unique game using another only as a template.
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Weekend of Horrors is a quarter-annual (with occasionally more) travelling convention which focuses on horror films. It is produced by Creation Entertainment while being owned and operated by Fangoria Magazine.
Fangshan District Fangshan District (Simplified Chinese: ćżĺ±±ĺŚş; Traditional Chinese: ćżĺ±±ĺŤ€; Hanyu Pinyin: FángshÄn QĹ«) is situated in the southwest of Beijing, 38km away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of 2,019 square kilometers and a population of 760,000.
Fangtooth Fangtooths, also known as ogrefishes, are deep-sea, ferocious-looking beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes incorrectly spelt "Anoplogasteridae"). With a circumglobal distribution in tropical and cold-temperate waters, the family contains only two very similar species with no known close relatives: the common fangtooth, Anoplogaster cornuta, found worldwide; and the shortthorn fangtooth, Anoplogaster brachycera, found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Fangxiang The fangxiang (also fang xiang, fang hsiang; [or ć–ą][in [[Chinese language|Chinese], [[pinyin: fang1 xiang3) is an ancient Chinese metallophone. The instrument consists of 16 tuned rectangular iron slabs laid in a frame in two rows.
Fangyan The FÄngyán (; literally meaning "regional speech"), edited by Yang Xiong, was the first Chinese dictionary of dialectal terms. The full title is YĂłuxuÄn shÇzhÄ• juĂ©dĂ i yÇ” shì biĂ©guĂł fÄngyán (輶軒使者絕代語釋ĺĄĺś‹ć–ąč¨€) "Dialect words of other states in times immemorial explained by the Light-Carriage Messenger," which alludes to a Zhou Dynasty tradition of imperial emissaries who made annual surveys of regional vocabulary throughout China.
Fancheng Fancheng (樊城) was an ancient Chinese city in Hubei, situated on the southern side of the Han River, opposite Xiangyang on the northern side of the river. Throughout history, the city has served both military and economic purposes, and was famous for numerous battles including the Battle of Fancheng during the Three Kingdoms period and the Siege of Xiangyang during the Mongol invasions.
Fanchento Fanchento is a non-classical form of Chinese kung fu, heavily influenced by the principles of Jeet Kune Do. It attempts to move away from the restrictive limitations of classical style and tradition, being more fluid and adaptive.
Fanie de Villiers Petrus Stephanus ("Fanie") de Villiers (born 13 October 1964, Vereeniging, Transvaal), South Africa), was a cricketer who played 18 Tests and 83 One-day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman between 1992 and 1998.
Fanis Christodoulou Fanis Christodoulou () is a veteran Greek basketball player. He spent most part of his career with Panionios and the latter one playing for Panathinaikos, fullfilling a dream of his (as he himself had claimed being a Panathinaikos supporter from childhood) and winning a Greek championship there.
Fanis Shaikhutdinov Fanis Shaikhutdinov is a Russian citizen who was convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline, together with two former Guantanamo detainees, Ravil Gumarov and Timur Ishmuratov.3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing, International Herald Tribune, May 9 2006
Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town was developed from the traditional market towns (Luen Wo Hui and Shek Wu Hui) and villages around Fanling and Sheung Shui, within the present-day North District in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
Fanlisting A fanlisting is a website created by a fan of a particular subject, with the aim of gathering together a list (either in database format or hardcoded HTML) of other fans of that particular subject. The term 'fanlisting' as a one-word noun was first used when Janine Mischor created The Fanlistings Network in 2000.
Fanmanship The exact origin of the word fanmanship can be difficult to pinpoint as many throughout the years have likely taken the word "fan" and added the suffix "-manship" to it. To clarify, here is a definition and use guideline for the word.
Fann Mountains Located mostly in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the Fann Mountains are a part of the mountain ranges and rocky areas spanning from the Central Asian republics and Siberia. More specifically they are part of the western Pamiro-Alai and are located in the Republic of Tajikistan between the Zeravshan and Gissar ranges.
Fanne Foxe Fanne Foxe (born Annabelle Battistella on February 14, 1936 in Nueve de Julio, Argentina) was a dancer best known for being involved in a sex scandal surrounding Arkansas congressman Wilbur Mills, one of the most powerful men in the House of Representatives and a 1972 Presidential candidate. Mills was having an affair with Foxe, who was then working as a stripper.
Fannee Doolee Fannee Doolee is a fictitious girl acted in the playhouse by the ZOOMers on ZOOM. During the play, Fannee Doolee does not face the audience and she does not speak; instead, Fannee Doolee's unheard dialog is exposed when the person she was seen talking to turns to talk with others.
Fannefjord Fannefjorden is the about 20 km long extension of Moldefjord, running east-west along the Molde peninsula. It is believed that Fannefjord is very old name, and perhaps a name originally applied to the whole area.
Fanner Group Fanner Tech Group is a Chinese corporation that produces computer cooling components, such as computer cases, heat sinks, and fans. They sell components under different brand names: Spire & Speeze with a range of products for performance/enthusiast as well as those on a budget.
Fannie Barrier Williams Fannie Barrier Williams (February 12, 1855 - March 4, 1944) was an African American educator and political activist. She became well known for her efforts to have blacks officially represented on the Board of Control of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Fannie Thomas Fannie Thomas (April 14, 1867 – January 22, 1981) was listed in Guinness World Records as the oldest living American. As the Shigechiyo Izumi case was later disputed, Fannie Thomas may in fact have been the world's oldest person at 113 years, 283 days.
Fanning the Flames "Fanning the Flames" is the eleventh episode of the TV-series, Danny Phantom. Ember, a rock star ghost uses her music to take over the world, but to put a stop to Danny Phantom from interfering with her plans, she puts a love spell on him so that Danny falls madly in love with Sam!
Fanny (band) Fanny were a late 1960s-1970s American all-women band led by June Millington. They were pioneers as one of the first rock bands to feature all women, and the second to sign to a major record label, behind Goldie and the Gingerbreads.
Fanny (film) Fanny is a 1961 film which tells the story of a young man torn between leaving his boring life for adventures at sea, or staying behind with the girl he loves. It stars Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer and Lionel Jeffries.
Fanny Adams Fanny Adams ( April 1859-24 August1867) was a young girl brutally murdered by a solicitor's clerk named Frederick Baker in the town of Alton, Hampshire, England. The expression "Sweet Fanny Adams" refers to her and has come, through British naval slang, to mean "nothing at all".
Fanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Blankers-Koen (Lage Vuursche, 26 April 1918 – Hoofddorp, 25 January 2004) was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She accomplished this as a mother of two, during a time when many disregarded women's athletics.
Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (October 29 1891 – May 29 1951) was a popular and influential United States comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances, her phonograph records, and as the creator and star of the classic radio and theatre character Baby Snooks.
Fanny CarriĂłn de Fierro Fanny CarriĂłn de Fierro is a writer, literary critic, essayist and university professor. She received a Doctorate in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (Quito, 1981), as well as a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor's degree (Licenciatura) in Education from the Central University of Ecuador.
Fanny Cerrito Fanny Cerrito, originally Francesca Cerrito (May 11, 1817 - May 6, 1909), was an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer. Born in Naples, she studied under Carlo Blasis and the French choreographers Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-LĂ©on, to the latter of whom she was married from 1845 - 1851.
Fanny Cradock Fanny Cradock (February 26 1909 - December 27 1994) born Phyllis Primrose Pechey, in Leytonstone, London, was a British writer, restaurant critic and television cook who mostly worked with John "Johnnie" Cradock, whose surname she adopted long before they married. She was the daughter of novelist and lyricist Archibald Thomas Pechey.
Fanny Crosby Frances Jane Crosby (March 24 1820 – February 12 1915) usually known as Fanny Crosby, was an American lyricist best known for her Protestant Christian hymns. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 despite being blind from shortly after birth.
Fanny Davenport Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport (1850-1898) was an American stage actress. The daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining, she was born in London, England, but was brought to America when a child and educated in the Boston public schools.
Fanny Furner Fanny Furner (1864 - 1938) was very active working towards the Rights of Women and Children in the early 1900's in Sydney, Fanny was one of the first female JPs in New South Wales (NSW Govt Gazette 16 August 1922) and along with fellow member of the Theosophical Society, Mrs AV Roberts, the first women to stand for election in local government - Mrs Roberts in North Shore, Fanny in Manly.
Fanny Garrison Villard Fanny Garrison Villard (1844 - 1928) was a women's suffrage campaigner and a co-founder of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She was the daughter of prominent publisher and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
Fanny Chamberlain Frances "Fanny" Caroline Adams Chamberlain (12 August 1825 – 18 October 1905) was born in what is now a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, to Ashur and Amelia Wyllys Adams. She was the youngest of several children and her parents were nearly elderly at the time of her birth, which led to little Fanny being shuffled to different family members until she settled with Reverend George Adams, a nephew of her father, in Brunswick, Maine as a small child.
Fanny Kaplan Faina Yefimovna Kaplan (Фаина Ефимовна Каплан; 1883–September 3, 1918), also known as Fanny Kaplan and as Dora Kaplan), was a Jewish political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin.
Fanny Law Fanny Law (Traditional Chinese:çľ…čŚć¤’芬), GBS, JP, is the current Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong. Previously, she was Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower of Hong Kong.
Fanny Mendelssohn Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn (November 14, 1805 – May 14, 1847), later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and composer, and was the sister of Felix Mendelssohn; they were both the grandchildren of the distinguished Jewish philosopher, Moses Mendelssohn.
Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet The Munich Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet, Renate Eggebrecht 1st violin, Mario Korunic 2nd violin, Stefan Berg viola, Friedemann Kupsa violoncello, was founded in 1989 in the occasion of the performance and publication of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's String Quartet in E-flat major and Piano Quartet in A-flat major at the Gasteig/Munich.
Fanny Mickey Fanny Mickey is an Argentine-born actress and theater entrepreneur. She has long lived and worked in Colombia and is the creator and mastermind behind the Bogotá Iberoamerican Theater Festival (biggest theater festival in the world).
Fanny Pack (artist) Fanny Pack was comprised of singers Jessibel Suthiwong, Belinda Lovell, and Cat Hartwell, with beat-making support from Matt Goias and Fancy. The two New York DJs first enlisted Brown University graduate Hartwell to sing over their new project, which brazenly crossed L'Trimm/J.
Fanny Rinne Fanny Rinne (born April 15, 1980 in Mannheim, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg) is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Before the tournament in Greece she caused upset in her native country by a fotoshoot in Playboy.
Fanny Sundström Fanny Sundström (1883, Sund, Aland Islands – 1944) was a teacher, politician and women's right activist on the Åland Islands, Finland. After becoming a primary school teacher, she took an active part in the "Martha Movement" (sv.
Fanny von Starhemberg Princess Franziska von Starhemberg (de: Franziska Fürstin von Starhemberg, also known as Fanny Starhemberg) born October 24, 1875 in Vienna - died April 27, 1943 in Darkov (Bad Darkau) (today part of Karviná), was an Austrian politician.
Fanny Waterman Dame Fanny Waterman, DBE (born 22 March, 1920) is a piano teacher, and the founder, Chairman and Artistic Director of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. Appointed OBE in 1971, CBE in 2001 and DBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours, Waterman also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Music University of Leeds.
Fanny Young Fanny Young (8 November 1787 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts - 11 June 1859) is recognized as the thirty-fourth and final woman to marry LDS church founder Joseph Smith, Jr.The Wives of Joseph Smith She was also the sister of later Mormon church leader Brigham Young.
Fannyann Eddy Fannyann Eddy (1974 - 2004) was a ground-breaking activist for lesbian and gay rights in her native Sierra Leone and throughout Africa. She founded Sierra Leone's first Lesbian and Gay Association and she traveled widely, addressing the United Nations and other international groups.
Fannypack FannyPack are an electro/miami booty bass/rap group that consist of singers/rappers Jessibel Suthiwong, Cat Hartwell and Belinda Lovell along with producers/DJs Matt Goias (AKA Big Black Matt) and Fancy, all from New York City.
Fanon (fiction) Fanon is a fact or ongoing situation related to a television program, book, movie, or video game that has been used so much by fan writers or among the fandom that it has been more or less established as having happened in the fictional world, but which does not appear in any official work from the original authors, scriptwriters or producers. 'The term is a play on the word canon.
Fanout Fanout is a measure of the ability of a logic gate output, implemented electronically, to drive a number of inputs of other logic gates of the same type. In most designs, logic gates are connected together to form more complex circuits, and it is common for one logic gate output to be connected to several logic gate inputs.
Fanposter Fanposter (concatenated noun consisting of Fan and Poster) refers to a community of Fans (supporter) sharing common interests in a particular sport, hobby or genre who want to express their relation within this community by placing themselves on a poster (map) in proximity to others.
Fans (webcomic) Fans (also known as Faans or Fans!) is a webcomic by T Campbell, concerning the exploits of the Science Fiction Club of the fictional Billberg University (loosely based on William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia).
Fans Field (Bloomington) Fans Field was in Bloomington, and was home of the Bloomers of the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, popularly known as the Three-I League or jokingly as the Three-Eye League, from the early 1900s into the 1940s. It was a short block east of South Main Street, on the south side of Lafayette, perhaps not coincidentally near the Brewery that sat just west of South Main and served the city's significant German population well.
Fans of Kate Fans of Kate a self titled "haircut band from London" toured the UK between May 2004 and December 2005. They played guitar and piano driven pop-rock and cited influences such as Blur, Radiohead, Grandaddy and Broken Social Scene.
Fans Only A record of the development of Belle & Sebastian during their time with Jeepster, from If You're Feeling Sinister to Storytelling. Featuring all of the videos, live performances, interviews, out-takes, TV appearances, early documentary foootage, exclusive material and behind the scenes insights into the evolution of the band.
Fansipan Fansipan or Fan Si Pan (Phan Xi PÄng in Vietnamese ) is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina, at 3,143 m. It is located in the LĂ o Cai province in Northwest Vietnam, 9km south-west of Sa Pa Townlet in the Hoang Lien Mountain Range.
Fansite A fansite or fan site, is a website created and maintained by a fan(s) or devotee(s) interested in a celebrity, thing, or a particular cultural phenomenon. The phenomenon can be a book, television show, movie, comic, band, game or similar.
Fansub A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a copy of a foreign movie or television show which has been subtitled by fans in their native language. It is most commonly used to refer to fan-translated anime videos that are shared amongst other fans.
Fanta RĂ©gina Nacro Fanta RĂ©gina Nacro (born 4 September 1962) is a film director from Burkina Faso. She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and has since gone on to postgraduate work.
Fanta Sacko Fanta Sacko is a Malian musician, whose debut, self-titled LP launched the bajourou music genre. She has helped establish a female singing tradition in Mali, which makes that country unique in West Africa, where female popular musicians are not generally approved of.
Fantabaires Fantabaires is a comics convention in Buenos Aires that started in 1996. Unlike salons in Europe, which are typically organized by major publishers, this convention was organized by a local comic shop and a couple local comic magazines.
Fantaghiro Fantaghiro is an Italian fantasy film series consisting of five television movies that were released between 1991 and 1996. It was produced by Reteitalia Productions and directed by Lamberto Bava, and filmed in Czech Republic; the music of the series was written by Amedeo Minghi.
Fantagraphics Books Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint. The company is currently located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington
Fantail Fantails are small insectivorous birds of southern Asia and Australasia all belonging to the genus Rhipidura and subfamily Rhipidurinae. Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "fantails", but the Australian Willie Wagtail, is a little larger, and though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing, concentrates equally on terrestrial prey.
Fantail (pigeon) The fantail is a popular breed of fancy pigeon characterised by a tail composed of 30 to 40 feathers, abnormaly more than most members of the pigeon family, which usually have 12 to 14 feathers. It is thought to have originated in India, China or Spain, and can be found in New Zealand, among other places.
Fantanas The Fantanas are a group of spokesmodels who were created to promote Coca Cola's Fanta brand of soft drinks in the United States. This quartet of models has appeared since 2002 in advertising and personal appearances.
Fantasia (music) The fantasia (also English fantasy, fancy, German fantasie, French fantaisie) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because of this, it seldom approximates the textbook rules of any strict musical form.
Fantasia (video game) Fantasia is the title of a side-scrolling video game developed by Infogrames and produced by Sega for its own Mega Drive/Genesis system. The game was loosely based on the popular Walt Disney musical of the same name.
Fantasia fair Fantasia Fair is a week-long transgender event held every October in Provincetown, MA, a small Portuguese fishing village and largely gay and lesbian tourist village on the very tip of Cape Cod. It is attended by crossdressers and transgendered and transsexual people, their loved ones and families, and helping professionals.
Fantasia Gardens The Fantasia Gardens Minature Golf complex is a minature golf course located at the Walt Disney World Resort. Located behind the Swan and Dolphin resorts, it offers two 18-hole courses themed after the movie Fantasia.
Fantasia Lindum Fantasia Lindum was an album released by the band Amazing Blondel in 1971. It featured the style of music which they described as "pseudo-Elizabethan/Classical acoustic music sung with British accents".
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, also known as the Tallis Fantasia, was composed in 1910 for the Three Choirs Festival. This piece was one of the first major successes of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Fantasia on British Sea Songs Fantasia on British Sea Songs or Fantasy on British Sea Songs is a piece of classical music arranged by Sir Henry Wood in 1905 to mark the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. It is a medley on British sea songs and now forms an indispensable item at the BBC's Last Night of the Proms concert.
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre FantasĂa para un gentilhombre (Fantasy for a Gentleman) is a concerto for guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer JoaquĂn Rodrigo. It is the second most popular of the composer's works after the famous Concierto de Aranjuez.
Fantasie (album) Fantasie was the 5th proper studio album by Münchener Freiheit and their highest charting, reaching #4 in the German charts. The album spawned three hit singles, including the #2 hit, Solang' man Träume noch leben kann (held off the #1 spot by Always on my Mind by Pet Shop Boys).
Fantasie on Two Motives from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" The Fantasie on Two Motives from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" (also known as the Figaro Fantasy) is an operatic fantasy by Franz Liszt. Liszt began the work in 1842, and he performed it at least once in Berlin in the following year.
Fantasoft Fantasoft is a computer game company which developed and published several games for the Apple Macintosh platform, including the popular Role-playing game Realmz and Monkey Shines. The company has been dormant recently for several years.
Fantasporto Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized in Porto, Portugal. Giving space to big screen productions, to auteur films and to experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual average of 110,000 film goers.
Fantastic Fantastic is a literary term that describes a quality of other literary genres, and in some cases is used as a genre in and of itself, although in this case it is often conflated with the Supernatural. The term was originated in the structuralist theory of critic Tzvetan Todorov in his work "The Fantastic".
Fantastic (comic) Fantastic was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint. It first appeared on 18 February 1967, and with its 52nd issue on 10 February 1968 it merged with its sister title Terrific.
Fantastic Caverns Fantastic Caverns is a show cave located in Springfield, Missouri, discovered in 1867 by a group of twelve women. Fantastic Caverns is the only cave in North America to offer a ride-through tour, which lasts 55 minutes and is held in a Jeep-drawn tram.
Fantastic Dizzy Fantastic Dizzy (The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy outside Europe & Australia) is a 1991 video game developed by Codemasters. It was published to several platforms, including Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, NES, Amiga and DOS.
Fantastic Fest Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas, sponsored by the Alamo Drafthouse and Ain't It Cool News. The festival focuses on the film genres horror, sci-fi, fantasy, asian and "cult".
Fantastic Five Fantastic Five is the name of superhero team that exist in the MC2 universe, an alternate future to the Marvel Universe. A continuation of the Fantastic Four, the team is composed of the Human Torch, his wife Ms.
Fantastic Force In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the Fantastic Force was a short-lived superhero team that was a spin-off of the Fantastic Four. The team had its own title, which lasted for eighteen issues from November 1994 to April 1996.
Fantastic Four (1997 video game) Fantastic Four is a PlayStation 1 video game developed by Probe Entertainment Limited and published by Acclaim. The game was released in 1997, and is based on the popular Marvel Comics characters of the same name, and not on the subsequent 2005 feature film.
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