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4 unusual facts about Christina's World


Christina's World

The house depicted in the painting is known as the Olson House, and is located in Cushing, Maine.

In Romeo + Juliet (1996, dir. Baz Luhrmann), when Romeo learns that Juliet is dead, he falls into the golden grass before a setting sun and screams, "Then I defy you, stars!" The camera pauses above and behind him so that he and the trailers on the hill sort of resemble the position of the painting's buildings, except that the trailers should be farther to the right and the horizon should be much higher.

In The Hypnotist (2012, dir. Lasse Hallström), during Simone's hypnosis sequence we can see her on a hill with a house in the background, composition and light mimicking the painting.

In the fourth novel of Stephen King's series The Dark Tower, one of the gunslingers is reminded of this painting when one of his company finds a new wheelchair.


1811 in poetry

Mary Russell Mitford, Christina, the Maid of the South Seas

Albertina

In the 1820s Archduke Charles, the foster son of Duke Albert and Maria Christina, initiated further modifications of the building by Joseph Kornhäusel, which affected mostly the interior decoration.

Anna Sundström

Anna Sundström, born as Anna Christina Persdotter, (born in Kymlinge, Spånga, 26 February 1785 - 1871), was a Swedish chemist.

Bernard Derriman

He was animation director on the Australian network show Kenny's World featuring Shane Jacobson, the spin off television series of the film Kenny.

Bernard Odum

He worked in the James Brown band until the end of the 1960s, and played on such hits as "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (1965), "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1965), "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (1966), and "Cold Sweat" (1967).

Bonnie and Terry Turner

Between 1987 and 1995, they were responsible for authoring or screenwriting six films, including Coneheads, Wayne's World, Wayne's World 2, Tommy Boy, and The Brady Bunch Movie.

Büsbach

The well known German singer and song writer Christina Klein, better known under her stage name LaFee, was born in Büsbach.

Carolyn Cowan

While in her early 20s, Cowan met members of the Italian group Krisma, a New Wave band formed in 1976 with Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser.

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

He was the eldest son of Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen and his wife, Christina Wilhelmina, the daughter of Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach.

Chris Abani

Poets Kwame Dawes, Christina Garcia, Kate Durbin, Karen Harryman, Uche Nduka, Percival Everett, Khadijah Queen and Gabriela Jauregui have all been published by Black Goat.

Christina Oiticica

Christina Oiticica (born on 23 November 1951 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian artist.

Christina Rokiczana

Christina plays a major role in the novel King of the peasants (1884), by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Christina Sampanidis

Christina Sampanidis (born 12 May 1988) is a German female football player of Greek and Serb origin currently playing for ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš.

Christina Sussiek

Christina Sussiek (born 4 March 1960 in Werther) is a retired athlete who represented West Germany.

Christina's Ghost

Christina's Ghost is a novel written by Betty Ren Wright.

D'manti

She appeared in a variety of theatre productions, television shows and independent films such as “Soul Savior Chronicles,” “Honolulu Knights,” “Johnathan Gullible Rottingham,”“Seeking Rainbows,”“Blind Trust” and “Man's World.”

Demon's World

The game then changes course, moving to a ghostly pirate ship and then the haunted American Old West, featuring a ghost town and a canyon inhabited by traditional ghosts and monsters familiar to western culture like Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, and even Jason Voorhees look-alikes.

Frank Rost

He comes from a sporting family background; his father Peter won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in handball, and his mother Christina, also a handball player, won the silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 1980 Games.

Gonzaga Cameo

It was subsequently acquired, with the rest of Christina's art collection, by Livio Odescalchi, Duke of Bracciano and nephew of Innocent XI.

Gravel Pit

The trumpet introduction comes from "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown, while the sample running along the whole song is taken from the French TV miniseries Belphegors main titles.

Gregory Kealey

Gregory Kealey has supervised more than 20 PhDs to completion at Dalhousie, MUN and UNB, including Craig Heron, John Manley, Sean Cadigan, Mark Leier, Christina Burr, Michael Smith, Miriam Wright, Andrew Parnaby, Dominique Clement, Michelle McBride, Janis Thiessen, Michael Butt, Fred Winsor, Richard Rennie, Kurt Korneski, Kirk Niergarth, Benjamin Isitt, Christopher Powell and David Foord.

Isabel Jay

Her roles during these years included Olivia in Liza Lehmann's The Vicar of Wakefield (1906, based on the novel of the same name), Sally in Miss Hook of Holland (1906, running for a very successful 462 performances), Paulette in My Mimosa Maid (1908), Princess Marie in King of Cadonia (1908), Christina in Dear Little Denmark (1909), and Princess Stephanie in The Balkan Princess (1910).

Jacob Bancks

His parents were Lawrence Bengston Bancks of Stockholm, commissioner of customs, and his wife Christina.

James Stewart House

James Stewart, Jr., House, Christina, Delaware, listed on the NRHP in New Castle County, Delaware

Jammers Minde

Jammers Minde (literally A Memory of Lament), translated into English as Memoirs of Leonora Christina, is an autobiography completed in 1674 by Leonora Christina, daughter of Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk.

KXXT

In January 2011, after the attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords (see 2011 Tucson shooting ), KXXT National Talk Show Host Steve Sanchez of The Steve Sanchez Show offered 30 minutes of airtime to Westboro Baptist Church in exchange for the Church agreeing not to protest at the funeral of 9 year old Christina Green who was killed during the assassination attempt.

Lady Mary Holborow

Lady Mary Christina Holborow, DCVO (born 19 September 1936), née Stopford, is a daughter of the 8th Earl of Courtown and the former Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

Lena Yada

After the WWE, Yada won her first singles match against Christina Von Eerie at Pro Wrestling Revolution's show on June 6, 2009 in San Francisco as part of ChickFight, pinning Christina with a schoolgirl roll-up.

Mann's World

Track 6, "Get It Girl", mostly samples the "Beverly Hills Cop theme", this song has also been sampled by producer J. R. Rotem for the song "Strobelight" by K-Young, and featured Mann.

Michael Dahl

At several occasions, Christina let Dahl paint her portrait and she was able to establish an opportunity for Dahl to show a specimen of his work to Pope Innocent XI.

Nayemont-les-Fosses

The 1550s found the powerful regent Christina, Danish born widow of the former Duke of Lorraine, residing at Spitzemberg Castle.

Patricia Telesco

Articles by Telesco have appeared in several mainstream publications such as Cosmo, Woman's World, and Cats' Magazine, and in such Neopagan publications such as Circle Network News and popular websites such as The Witches' Voice.

Preston Lea

At its back, though, is a tributary of the Christina River, known as Brandywine Creek.

Rodney Pocceschi

In the evening of June 23, 2003, Christina Marie Tatem, an 18-year-old IHOP employee, let two men into the back door of the restaurant: her boyfriend and convicted felon LeKeith Devon Speller, 21, and his accomplice Shawn Anthony Zhe.

Ruben Hakhverdyan

Three songs that Hakhverdyan himself says have influenced him most and have been his all-time favorites are Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles, Amsterdam by Jacques Brel and It's a Man's World by James Brown.

See You Later

The second (slower) half of the piece features vocals by Jon Anderson and a narrative in Italian, by Krisma (Maurizio Arcieri and Christina Moser).

Shanghai Foreign Language School

The so-called "going out" means that a number of students are provided with opportunities to study abroad as exchange students at locations like Sukura Nobirin College in Japan, Christina College in Hamburg, Germany, La Salle College, Hong Kong, and The Culver Academies, in Indiana US.

Shopper's World

By the 1980s, the owners of Shopper's World, Melvin Simon and Robert Campeau, proposed to replace it with a new enclosed, multi-floor structure with four anchor stores, as the original mall was undersized and outdated.

Sophie's World

Space rock band Spiritualized adopted a part of the story, "Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space", to become one of their songs.

Stockbridge High School

Terry Turner, television and screenwriter, best known along with his wife as the creators of popular television shows 3rd Rock from the Sun and That 70's Show and writers of Tommy Boy, Wayne's World and Coneheads.

Sweevo's World

Among the other characters inhabiting Knutz Folly are the Goose Which Laid The Golden Erg (sic), the Horrible Little Girls ("Minxes"), and the Goose-Stepping Dictators.

Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan

Famous residents of Bridlewood include Mike Myers, whose Wayne's World character was inspired by growing up in the area, Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), and David Furnish, who all attended Bridlewood Public School.

The Fortune of Christina McNab

The Fortune of Christina McNab is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, David Hawthorne and Francis Lister.

The Home and Family Show

It was originally co-hosted by Paige Davis, who left after six weeks on November 16, 2012 with her final episode being taped the day before, and was replaced by original co-host Christina Ferrare.

The Violent Kind

The Violent Kind is a 2010 American horror film directed by The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), written by The Butcher Brothers and Adam Weis, and starring Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis, Joseph McKelheer, Samuel Child, and Joe Egender.

Thomas J. Thompson

As a television director, he has directed episodes of Dave's World, The Norm Show, The Drew Carey Show and Good Luck Charlie.

Waymon Reed

He joined James Brown's band from 1965–69, where he played on hits such as "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

Whicker's World

In the 1980s, Whicker appeared in several television commercials for Barclaycard that were based on Whicker's World and featured Whicker in various foreign locations.

YTMND

In January 2006, eBaum's World hosted and watermarked a Lindsay Lohan montage created by YTMND user SpliceVW without crediting either SpliceVW or YTMND.


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