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The Hoito The Hoito Restaurant (often referred to as “The Hoito” by locals) is a Finnish-Canadian restaurant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada established in 1918 and housed in the bottom-floor of the historic Finnish Labour Temple. The Hoito has operated continuously on 314 Bay Street, in the Finnish quarter, for 87 years and is perhaps the oldest co-operatively owned and operated restaurant in Canada.
The Hold Steady The Hold Steady are a Brooklyn-based musical group, although four of the five members have lived in Minneapolis, something that is frequently reflected in the group's lyrics. Frontman Craig Finn was previously vocalist for Twin Cities band Lifter Puller.
The Holiday Plan The Holiday Plan were a rock band from Hackney and Islington, London that split up in May 2005. Consisting of a bassist/vocalist Matt Rider, as well as two guitarists (Gary Jenkins and Blue Quinn) and drummer (Daniel Bodie), the Holiday Plan played a style of music filled with dual-guitar parts, and could be classed as emo, or one of emo's many spin-offs, such as screamo.
The Hollow The Hollow (published in 1946) is a detective fiction novel written by Agatha Christie. The novel is a fine example of a "country house mystery" and was the first of her novels in four years to feature Christie’s Belgian detective Hercule Poirot: one of the longest gaps in the entire series.
The Hollow (band) The Hollow is a progressive metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band is currently composed of Landru Von Merrick (vocals/guitar/drums), Ava Von Merrick (bass guitar), Colvin (lead guitar) and Nilok Von Merrick (drums).
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin that incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction. It is set in Toy City (formerly Toy Town), a place where toys are alive and the characters from nursery rhymes are local celebrities.
The Hollow Man (1935 novel) The Hollow Man is a famous locked room mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), published in 1935. It was published in the USA under the title The Three Coffins and has frequently been hailed as the best of all locked room mysteries.
The Hollow Men (band) The Hollow Men were an indie band from Leeds, England. David Ashmore (vocal) Choque (guitar) Howie (bass) Brian (guitar) and Johnny (drums), their tours were accompanied by a merry band of revellers calling themselves The Toytown Architects.
The Hollow Men (comedy troupe) The Hollow Men are an English sketch comedy group consisting of David Armand, Nick Tanner, Rupert Russell, and Sam Spedding. The Hollow Men is also the title of their TV show broadcast in the United States by Comedy Central.
The Hollow Men (Doctor Who) The Hollow Men is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, and Ace and uses elements from the Fifth Doctor serial The Awakening.
The Holly and the Ivy "The Holly and the Ivy" is a traditional Christmas carol, which is among the most lightly Christianized carols of the Yuletide—the holly and the ivy being among the most familiar Druidic plants. "Holly and ivy have been the mainstay of Christmas decoration for church use since at least the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when they are mentioned regularly in churchwardens’ accounts" (Roud 2004).
The Hollywood Argyles The Hollywood Argyles were a doo wop band put together by producer/songwriter Kim Fowley, then still a student at University High School in West Los Angeles. They had a number one hit record, "Alley Oop" (Lute 5905), in 1960, then faded into obscurity.
The Hollywood Greats Hollywood Greats was a long-running BBC Television series, which started in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman created a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates and revived a lost age.
The Hollywood Hall of Shame The Hollywood Hall of Shame is a 1984 book by Harry Medved and Michael Medved. The authors, brothers Harry and Michael Medved, had previously written or been involved in the creation of similar books exploring "bad movies" or "cinematic mistakes": The Fifty Worst Films of All Time, and The Golden Turkey Awards.
The Hollywood News The Hollywood News is an entertainment website that features movie news, movie reviews, DVD reviews, celebrity news, gossip and interaction via it's latest venture, The Hollywood News Community. [website is a non-profit making enterprise based in the UK, and has been online for around two years.
The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter was one of two major trade publications of the film industry in the United States during the last century — the other being Variety. Today both newspapers cover what is now more broadly called the entertainment industry.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 is an American musical film/comedy motion picture released in 1929, and one of the earliest ventures into the talkie format. Directed by Charles Riesner for MGM (it was the company's second musical), the film brought together some of MGM's most popular performers a lavish two-hour revue with Technicolor sequences hosted by Jack Benny.
The Hollywood Ten The Hollywood Ten was a short documentary in which each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech to denounce McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklisting. It was directed by John Berry and can currently be seen on the DVD releases of Spartacus and Salt Of The Earth.
The Hollywood Women's Press Club The Hollywood Women’s Press Club was created in 1928 by Louella Parsons. The club was originally a luncheon club for women magazine and newspapers journalists, but in 1941 admitted publicists and subsequently screen writers and other allied professions.
The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale In 1967, psychologists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe examined the medical records of over 5,000 medical patients as a way to determine whether stressful life events might cause illnesses. Patients were asked to tally a list of 41 life events based on a relative score.
The Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as Ha-Shoah (Hebrew: השואה), Khurbn (Yiddish: חורבן or Halokaust, האלאקאוסט), Porajmos (Romani, also Samudaripen), Całopalenie or Zagłada (both Polish), is the name applied to the genocide of minority groups of Europe and North Africa during World War II by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.Donald L Niewyk, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust, Columbia University Press, 2000, p.
The Holocaust History Project The Holocaust History Project (THHP) is a non-profit corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. Its website offers a comprehensive archive of documents, recordings, photographs, and essays regarding the Holocaust, Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism.
The Holocaust Industry The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering is a book by Norman G. Finkelstein which argues that an "industry" has exploited the memory of the Holocaust to further Jewish and Israeli interests, and has corrupted the Jewish culture and Jewish heritage of Judaism as well as the history of the Holocaust.
The Holographic Universe The Holographic Universe is a non-fiction book by Michael Talbot that explores the theory that the universe is a hologram. After examining the work of physicist David Bohm and neurophysiologist Karl Pribram, both of whom independently arrived at holographic theories or models of the universe, the book then explains how a holographic model could explain various paranormal and anomalous phenomena, and provide a basis for mystical experience.
The Holy The Holy is a novel by bestselling author Daniel Quinn (who wrote the novel Ishmael), published in October 2002 by Context Books, about a man's quest to find ancient "false gods". The novel's genre is not easily classifiable but has elements of horror, thriller and new age mysticism about it, together with some coherent themes interlaced regarding consumerism, the environment, the sacredness of nature and the pitfalls of religious faith.
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (retitled Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the United States) is a controversial book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, which was based in large part on Pierre Plantard’s Priory of Sion.
The Holy Kiss The Holy Kiss is a goth/punk rock/blues band from San Francisco, California whose members include Matty Rue Morgue (vocals, slide guitar), who, "channels the grit and grace of Tom Waits through the body of a modern-day Lestat." - John Lombardo, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Nick Ott (drums, piano, organ), Alli Pheteplace (drums, guitar, organ), and Panther MacDonald (bass guitar).
The Holy Mountain (film) La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 cult film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky who also participated as actor, composer, set designer, and costume designer. The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison (who also put up production money).
The Holy Name Church Manchester The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is located on Oxford Road in the heart of Manchester University’s campus in Manchester, UK. It was built between 1869 and 1871 and designed by Joseph Aloysius Hansom (now best remembered for his design of the famous London Cab).
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is a translation and commentary on the Qur'an by the Muslim Indian civil servant Abdullah Yusuf Ali, first published in 1934, which has become among the most widely known English translations.
The Holy Science The Holy Science is a book written by Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri in 1894, published in the United States by Self-Realization Fellowship, and in India by Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. Its original title was Kaivalya Darsanam.
The Holy Sinner The Holy Sinner (in German, Der Erwählte) is a German novel written by Thomas Mann. Published in 1951 and translated into English in 1992, it is based on the medieval verse epic Gregorius vom Stein written by the German Minnesinger Hermann von Aue (c.
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria is the highest authority in the Church of Alexandria and it formulates the rules and regulations regarding matters of church's organisation, faith, service's order.
The Holy Terror The Holy Terror is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is notable for incorporating Frobisher, a regular character from Doctor Who Magazine's comic strip during the mid-1980s.
The Holy Terror (The Saint) The Holy Terror is a collection of three mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris, first published in the United Kingdom in 1932 by Hodder and Stoughton. This was the eighth book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
The Home Depot Center The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. It is located approximately 13 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles and features a soccer-specific stadium for accommodating up to 27,000 spectators.
The Home Team The Home Team are a band from Landmark, Manitoba. Formed out of the ashes of the band Gooch, a band that at one time included The Undecided member Dan Thomas, The Home Team signed with RocketStar Recordings in 2002 and released the album Time and Place which was produced by Get Up Kids producer Ed Rose.
The Homecoming (DS9 episode) "The Homecoming" is the first episode of the second season of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Together with "The Circle" and "The Siege," it was the first three-part story arc in Star Trek history.
The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" is a 1984 song by Julie Brown recounting a high school shooting. A parody on 1950s "tragedy" songs, it revolves around a teenage homecoming queen named Debbie who pulls out a gun after being crowned and shoots both teachers and fellow students.
The Homestead at Denison University The Homestead at Denison University (Granville, Ohio) is a student-run intentional community with a focus on environmental sustainability and voluntary simplicity. Founded in 1977 under the guiding vision of biology professor Dr.
The Homestead, Virginia The Homestead is a luxury resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains. The area has the largest hot springs in the state, and the resort is also known for its championship golf courses, which have hosted several national tournaments.
The Homeward Bounders The Homeward Bounders is a fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones with the chilling premise that there is a vast series of parallel universes, all of which serve as the game-boards for a race of demons that delight in war-games and fantasy-games. Prometheus appears as a character in the novel.
The Honest Johns The Honest Johns were an English band from 1986 to 1990. During that time, they recorded multiple songs, but only one 12" (Tell Me About Your Childhood) was ever released before the band split up in the early 90's.
The Honest Whore The Honest Whore is an early Jacobean city comedy, written in two parts; Part 1 is a collaboration between Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, while Part 2 is the work of Dekker alone. The plays were acted by the Admiral's Men.
The Honeymoon Killers The Honeymoon Killers is a 1970 American film written and directed by Leonard Kastle, and starring Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco. It tells the story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers" who murdered at least 12 women in the 1940s.
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (), located near the north coast of Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, is both an academic institution and a venue for performances ranging from amateur dramatics through to international professional appearances. Established in 1984, it is the only tertiary institution in the territory which provides professional education, training and research facilities in the performing arts, theatre technical arts, and film and television.
The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China The Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China (中華基督教會香港區會)(HKCCCC) is a Protestant Christian church organisation in Hong Kong. The Church of Christ in China is an uniting church consisting mainly churches with Congregational and Presbyterian traditions, including London Missionary Society, British Baptist Missionary Society and others.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited also written as The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (), based in Hong Kong, is a wholly owned subsidiary and the founding member of the HSBC Group, which is traded on several stock exchanges as HSBC Holdings plc. The business ranges from the traditional High Street roles of personal finance and commercial banking, to corporate and investment banking, and private banking.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited is a Hong Kong-based company engaged in leisure, residential, commercial and hotel property management across Asia-Pacific. Among its prominent properties managed are The Peninsula Hotels and Peak Tramways.
The Honky Tonk Man Roy Wayne Farris (born January 25, 1953) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man. Currently working on the independent circuit, he has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
The Honor of the Queen The Honor of the Queen is David Weber's second Honor Harrington novel. In the story, Honor goes on a mission to bring the religiously conservative, sexist world Grayson onto the Manticorans' side in preparation for the inevitable war with Haven.
The Honor System The Honor System are a punk band from Chicago, Illinois, which includes former members of another Chicago punk band, The Broadways. Many of the band's songs are critical of the behavior of American corporations and inequalities between social classes in American society.
The Honorary Title The Honorary Title is an indie rock band composed of Jarrod Gorbel (vocals, guitar), Aaron Kamstra (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), John Wiley (guitar), and Adam Boyd (drums). Boyd, former touring drummer for The Format, is now the full time drummer for The Honorary Title.
The Honourable Mr Justice Stephen Rawley The Honourable Mr Justice Stephen Rawley, played by Maurice Denham, is featured in two episodes of the television series Porridge: 'Poetic Justice' and 'Rough Justice'. He had been charged with fraud and was waiting for his appeal to come through.
The Honourable Schoolboy The Honourable Schoolboy, published in 1977, is the second novel of the Karla Trilogy, written by spy author John Le Carré. Although George Smiley has a major role, the eponymous protagonist is the Honourable Jerry Westerby, Esq.
The Honourable Sir Winston Spencer Churchill Sir Winston Churchill, named by Time Magazine as one of the most important figures of the 20th century, was born November 30th, 1874 at Blenheim Palace, home of his grandfather John, the seventh Duke of Marlborough. Winston was the elder son of Lord Randolph Churchill and Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome), daughter of American millionaire Leonard Jerome of New York.
The Honourable The Irish Society The Honourable The Irish Society was the name given by the twelve great livery companies of the City of London, when they worked together in the plantation of Ulster, notably in the construction of the city of Londonderry. It was also particularly active in the city of Coleraine.
The Honours Board The Honours Board is a novel by Pamela Hansford Johnson first published in 1970. Set in the South of England at Downs Park, a small fictional preparatory school for boys, it follows the lives of the members of the staff over a couple of years.
The Hoodoo Voodoo Dolls The Hoodoo Voodoo Dolls are a psychobilly/rockabilly band from Adelaide, Australia. Formed in 2006 by the Morrison brothers Eddie aka Handsome Eddie Cool (lead vocals/upright bass) and Jake aka Quakin' Jake (guitar/backing vocals) and their friend Tim Overton aka Grim Tim Gruesome (drums/backing vocals).
The Hook (theater) The hook is a theater saying for removing someone from the stage. It was invented from the old vaudeville days when a large wooden hook was used by someone from either stage left or right to pull a bad act off the stage without having to reveal who is doing it.
The Hook weekly The Hook is a weekly newspaper published in Charlottesville, Virginia and distributed throughout Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. It was founded by a number of employees unhappy at another Charlottesville weekly, the aptly named C-ville Weekly, including C-ville co-founder and editor Hawes Spencer in 2002.
The Hoop Life The Hoop Life is a TV series depicting the lives of a team of basketball players in the fictional UBA (United Basketball Association), starring Rick Peters as Greg Marr, Mykelti Williamson as Marvin Buxton, and Cirroc Lofton as b-ball prodigy Curtis Thorpe. The series has run on both Showtime and Spike TV.
The Hoover Company The Hoover Company is an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio. For most of the early-and-mid-1900s, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the "hoover" brand name became synonymous for vacuum cleaners and vacuuming in the United Kingdom.
The Hope Channel Hope Channel is an international Seventh-day Adventist TV network and the flagship station of the Adventist Television Network (ATN). Hope Channel features programming produced by Adventist churches, colleges, hospitals and institutions, covering religious, health, educational and family life topics.
The Hopewell Project The Hopewell Project is the first solar-powered residence in North America that generates hydrogen for subsequent reconversion into electricity, meeting all of the home's power needs, including heating and cooling, through renewable solar energy. The solar/hydrogen-powered home is located in rural Hopewell, New Jersey, cost $500,000 and was dedicated on October 20, 2006.
The Horde (video game) The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game developed by Toys For Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics in 1994. It was originally released on the 3DO platform, but was soon after ported to the Sega Saturn console and computers running MS-DOS.
The Hordelands The Hordelands (also known as the Endless Wastes) is a region in the fictional fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms, modelled on the steppes of Mongolia. It was once the territory of the mighty empire of Raumathar.
The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour (later known as just The Children's Hour) was a variety show with children performing, some to later become quite famous. It was broadcast on WCAU Radio in Philadelphia beginning 1927, hosted by Stan Lee Broza.
The Horror Channel The Horror Channel is an American cable television channel that planned to debut in 2006 but has yet to launch as it has been unable to secure carriage with any providers. It is dedicated to horror films but currently exists as a popular website, where horror fans can meet and discuss the genre, as well as finding recent news on all things horror: news, interviews and features.
The Horror Movies The Horror Movies, also referred to as "Kurt's Bloody Suicide", is a home movie made by grunge singer Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and friends. It was filmed in 1984 and is composed mainly of random obscure acts such as a person getting stabbed with a fake knife and other random footage.
The Horror of Frankenstein The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and remake of the 1957 film The Curse of Frankenstein. It was produced and directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson and David Prowse as the monster.
The Horror of Party Beach The Horror of Party Beach (working title Invasion of the Zombies) is a 1964 horror film, directed by B-movie maven Del Tenney, that Tenney himself describes as "a take-off on beach parties and musicals".
The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain The Horror of Slumber Party Mountain is a third season episode of Warner Brothers' Tiny Toon Adventures, featuring Buster Bunny, Babs Bunny, Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Elmyra Duff, Shirley the Loon, Fifi La Fume and Furrball.
The Horror Show The Horror Show (1989) is a supernatural horror film starring Lance Henriksen and Brion James. Although titled House III: The Horror Show for the non-US market, it has no other connection with the first two House films.
The Horrors The Horrors are a five-piece band who formed around the Junkclub (known as Junk) night in Southend, Essex which was founded and run by organist Spider Webb and Oliver Von Blitzkrieg (Oliver Abbott). Their lead singer is 6 foot 6, Faris "Rotter" Badwan who has postponed his degree at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design to focus on the band.
The Horse with the Flying Tail The Horse with the Flying Tail is a documentary film by Walt Disney Pictures, that won the Best Documentary award at the 33rd Academy Awards. It is about the palomino horse Nautical who won the team gold medal at the 1959 Pan American Games.
The Horse Whisperer The Horse Whisperer (1998) is a Robert Redford movie based on the 1995 novel by Nicholas Evans about a talented horse trainer (Robert Redford) hired to help an injured teenager (played by Scarlett Johansson) and her horse recuperate.
The Horseman on the Roof Le Hussard sur le Toit (English: The Horseman on the Roof) is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez, it is based on the 1951 French novel, Le hussard sur le toit by Jean Giono.
The Horseman on the Roof (1995) Le Hussard sur le Toit (English: The Horseman on the Roof) is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez, it is based on the 1951 French novel, Le hussard sur le toit by Jean Giono.
The Horticulture Center (Philadelphia) The Horticultural Center in Philadelphia contains an arboretum, greenhouse, demonstration gardens, and a Japanese house and garden. It is located within Fairmount Park at the southeast corner of Belmont and Montgomery Drives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Hospital (TV series) 白色巨塔 The Hospital (báisè jù tǎ in pinyin— "the great white turn", The Hospital in English is a Taiwanese drama produced by the group Yang Ming Production. The series, with thirty-nine 60-minute episodes (including advertising) made its début on 15 August 2006 on China Television (CTV).
The Hospital (UK) The Hospital is a creative arts venue and private members club for the creative industry which is based on the site of an 18th Century hospital in Covent Garden, London. It aims to be a space where creative people can meet and collaborate, as an antidote to London's existing Members Clubs.
The Hospitals The Hospitals is a band from San Francisco, California, USA who started in Portland, Oregon, USA, currently featuring Adam Stonehouse (formerly of Sic Alps) on drums and vocals, alongside a guitarist. John Dwyer (Coachwhips, The Ohsees) played guitar on a few tracks on I've Visited the Island of Jocks and Jazz as well as at a few live shows, including an especially chaotic show in Canada (which is featured on the Coachwhips' Double Death DVD - also see links below).
The Hostage of Zir The Hostage of Zir is a science fiction novel written by L. Sprague de Camp, the seventh book of his Viagens Interplanetarias series and the fifth of its subseries of stories set on the fictional planet Krishna.
The Hot Band In 1974 Warner Brothers records agreed to sign Emmylou Harris to a recording deal and asked her to "get a hot band", which she did by persuading James Burton, Glen Hardin, John Ware, Rodney Crowell, Hank de Vito and Emory Gordy (with whom she had worked as a sideperson to Gram Parsons) to form The Hot Band. Though the members changed over the following decades (due largely to various members achieving fame and embarking on solo careers), Harris kept the band together into the early 1990s.
The Hot Club of Cowtown The Hot Club of Cowtown formed in 1996 as a Hot Jazz/Western swing group. The group consisted of Elana Fremerman (Vocals, Violin), Whit Smith (Vocals, Guitar), and Matt Weiner (Vocals, Upright Bass), who was later replaced by Jake Erwin.
The Hot Corner The Hot Corner is a student section at the University of Arizona that resides in section 13 of "Jerry Kindall Field" at "Frank Sancet Stadium." The Hot Corner's name resides from the location of the section, which is along the third baseline, for which a slang baseball term for third base is the "Hot Corner.
The Hot Gates The Hot Gates is the title of a collection by William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies. The collection contains Billy the Kid, The Ladder and the Tree, and his essay Fable answering questions about Lord of the Flies.
The Hot Chick The Hot Chick is a 2002 comedy film starring Rob Schneider as the title character — a criminal who mysteriously switches bodies with a popular teenager. The bulk of the film revolves around "Jessica" and her friends figuring out how to get Jessica's body back, as well as dealing with the awkward social situations that arise as a result of two completely different strangers switching bodies.
The Hot Mikado (1939 production) The Hot Mikado was a 1939 adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. Michael Todd originally produced it after the Federal Theatre Project turned down his offer to manage the WPA production of The Swing Mikado (another all-black adaptation of The Mikado).
The Hot Shoe The Hot Shoe is a 2005 documentary film about card counting. Director David Layton interviewed current and former card counters, including members of the MIT Blackjack Team, casino employees and gambling authors and combined it with behind-the-scenes footage of casino suveillance rooms and the MIT team preparing to hit the tables.
The Hot Zone The Hot Zone, A Terrifying True Story was a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston describing the origins of and incidents involving the hemorrhagic fevers caused by Ebola and Marburg viruses. The basis of the book was research done by Preston for his 1992 New Yorker article "Crisis in the Hot Zone".
The Hotel Inspector The Hotel Inspector is an observational documentary made for British terrestrial television channel, five. Each hour long episode features one struggling British hotel, as series presenter and hotel guru Ruth Watson, tries to turn around their fortunes.
The Hothouse The Hothouse is a play written by Harold Pinter between arguably his two most successful plays, The Birthday Party and The Caretaker. Despite being written in the winter of 1958, Pinter shelved the play until 1980 following the initial commercial failure of 'The Birthday Party'.
The Hotchkiss School The Hotchkiss School is an independent, American college preparatory boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut. Founded in 1891, the school enrolls 567 students in grades 9 through 12 and a small number of postgraduates.
The Hotline The Hotline is a daily political briefing published by the National Journal. Commonly read by Congressional staffers, political operatives, and pundits alike, it intends to be a comprehensive digest of that day's political events that relate to upcoming state-wide and national elections.
The Hound of Death The Hound of Death is a collection of twelve short stories by Agatha Christie first published in the United Kingdom in 1933. Only in 1948 were some of these stories published in America in the collection The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.
The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902, which is set largely on Dartmoor 1889. At the time of researching the novel, Conan Doyle was a General Practitioner in Plymouth, and thus was able to explore the moor and accurately capture its mood and feel.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles () is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name. It was a third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
The Houndcats The Houndcats refers to a 1970's animated television series shown on the NBC television network. It followed a "Mission Impossible" type plot and was headed by a group of bumbling half-dog, half cats.

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