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Adam
   and   
The Ants
Music > Backing Bands


Adam and the Ants
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
Stand and Deliver
May 3 1981 for 5 weeks

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Adam and the Ants
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
Prince Charming
September 13 1981 for 4 weeks

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Adam Ant
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
Goody Two Shoes
June 6 1982 for 2 weeks

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Adam Ant
   has been a vocalist in   
Adam and the Ants
New Wave band during the late 1970s and early 1980s

Music > Vocalists


Adam Stephens
   appears in   
Bewitched
Entertainment > TV Characters


He-man
   is the alter ego of   
Prince Adam
Entertainment > Fictional Alter Egos


1981
   saw an Australian No. 1 hit for   
Adam and the Ants - Ant Music
March 28. 5 weeks.

Music > Australian No 1 Hits


Abel
   was the   
Second Son of Adam and Eve
A keeper of flocks; killed by his brother Cain

Arts & Literature > Names in Genesis


Cain
   was the   
First Son of Adam and Eve
A tiller of the soil; murdered his brother Abel , from Hebrew words qayin (Cain) and qanti (I have produced)

Arts & Literature > Names in Genesis


Adam Sandler
   released   
They're All Gonna Laugh at You! (1993)
Music > Albums - Comedy


Adam
   means   
First of the Earth
Adan

Misc > Names - Men


50 First Dates (2004)
   starred   
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler
Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day.

Movies > Chick Flicks


The Wedding Singer (1998)
   starred   
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler
Movies > Chick Flicks


Adam and Eve
   appears in   
"Diaries of Adam and Eve"
Characters were loosely based on Twain and his wife.

Arts & Literature > Mark Twain


The Wedding Singer (1998)
   the kissers are   
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler
Movies > Films - Memorable Kisses


Adam Ant
   appeared in   
Slamdance (1988)
Real name Stuart Goddard

Movies > Films - Rock Stars


Adam and Eve
   means   
Believe
Language > Cockney Rhyming Slang


Adrock
   is the stage name of   
Adam Horowitz
With rap group Beastie Boys US

Entertainment > Stage Names - Male


Adam
   and   
Eve
Misc > Famous Pairs


Adamnan
   means   
Little Adam
Misc > Names - Irish


Adam Warren
   created   
Livewires
Arts & Literature > Comic Creators


Batman
   was portrayed by   
Adam West
“Batman” (1966-68) TV

Entertainment > Comic Book Characters in Film and TV


50 First Dates (2004)
   starred   
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore and Rob Schneider
Director: Peter Segal

Movies > Movies of the 2000s


Anger Management (2003)
   starred   
Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson and Marisa Tomei
Director: Peter Segal

Movies > Movies of the 2000s


The Longest Yard (2005)
   starred   
Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds
Director: Peter Segal

Movies > Movies of the 2000s


The Lizzie McGuire Movies (2003)
   starred   
Hilary Duff, Claude Knowlton and Adam Lamberg
Director: Jim Fall. Also starred Clayton Snyder, Ashlie Brillault, Jake Thomas & Brendan Kelly

Movies > Movies of the 2000s


Riding in Cars With Boys (2001)
   starred   
Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn and Adam Garcia
Director: Penny Marshall. Also starred Brittany Murphy, James Woods & Lorraine Bracco

Movies > Movies of the 2000s


The Wedding Singer (1998)
   starred   
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore and Christine Taylor
Director: Frank Coraci. Also starred Allen Covert, Matthew Glave & Ellen Albertini Dow

Movies > Movies of the 1990s


Adam and the Ants, The Sex Pistols, The Clash
   are all   
British Punk Rock Bands
Misc > Common Threads 2


Stardust (1974)
   starred   
David Essex, Adam Faith and Larry Hagman
Director: Michael Apted. Also starred Ines Des Longchamps, Rosalind Ayres & Marty Wilde. Plot: The rise and fall of the rock singer Jim Maclaine (Essex), in the mid 60s, with his manager, Mike (Faith), and his group, "The Stray Cats."

Movies > Movies of the 1970s


Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
   starred   
Peter Fonda, Susan George and Adam Roarke
Director: John Hough. Also starred Kenneth Tobey, Eugene Daniels & Lynn Borden. Plot: Mary (George) and Larry (Fonda) are two lovers who, with Larry's ace mechanic, rob a grocery store and flee the police...

Movies > Movies of the 1970s


Adam West
   was considered for the role of   
James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
George Lazenby got the part

Movies > Movie Stars That DIDN'T Get the Role


Adam Sandler
   was considered for the role of   
Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Johnny Depp got the part

Movies > Movie Stars That DIDN'T Get the Role


Full Metal Jacket (1987)
   starred   
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin and Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Stanley Kubrick. Also starred R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood & Kevyn Major Howard. Plot: A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.

Movies > Movies of the 1980s


Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)
   starred   
Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi and Adam LeFevre
Director: John Sayles. Also starred Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp & Jean Passanante. Plot: Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.

Movies > Movies of the 1980s


Adam and Eve on a Raft
   is hobo slang for   
Two Fried Eggs on Toast
Language > Hobo Slang


Spike Jonze
   is the stage name of   
Adam Spiegel
American director of music videos & commercials

Entertainment > Stage Names - Male


George Eliot
   wrote   
Adam Bede
A.k.a. Mary Ann Evans, this was her first novel in 1859

Arts & Literature > Books


Adam Cornford
   won the award for the poem   
Your Time and You: A Neoprole's Dating Guide
1983

Arts & Literature > Rhysling Awards


Adolphe Adam
   composed   
Le Postillon De Lonjumeau (1837)
The Coachman of Lonjumeau

Music > Opera Comique


Charade (1963)
   Cary Grant appeared as   
Peter Joshua / Carson Dyle / Alexander Dyle / Adam Canfield / Briam Cruikshank
Film also stars Audrey Hepburn,Walter Matthua, and James Coburn.

Movies > Films - Cary Grant


Adam Mars-Jones
   won the award for the book   
Lantern Lecture
1982

Arts & Literature > Somerset Maugham Awards


Adam Thirlwell
   won the award for the book   
Miss Herbert
2008

Arts & Literature > Somerset Maugham Awards


Adam and Eve Reproached by the Lord
   was made in   
Germany
Bronze, c. 1015; in situ, St Michael's Church, Hildeshein

Arts & Literature > Ancient Art


Full Metal Jacket (1987)
   starred   
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin and Vincent D'Onofrio
IMDB:8.3/10. Director: Stanley Kubrick. One Oscar nomination.

Movies > Popular Movies - 1980 - Present


Full Metal Jacket (1987)
      
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin and Vincent D'Onofrio
Road markings indicate the filming location (England), not Parris Island.

Movies > Guy Flicks


Janet Elizabeth Gray
   wrote   
Adam of the Road
1943

Arts & Literature > Newberry Medal


Henry James
   created the character   
Adam Verver
The Golden Bowl, 1904

Arts & Literature > Characters in Literature


Darkness On The Edge Of Town
   features   
Adam Raised A Cain
1978

Music > Albums -- Bruce Springsteen








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