FACTOID # 51: Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
 
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Encyclopedia > Geeks (2004 film)

Geeks examines why people acquire an interest in "geeky" subjects such as Japanese Anime, Star Wars, Star Trek and the film The Nightmare Before Christmas. A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes billed in the west under the portmanteau Japanimation. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ... Film poster for The Nightmare Before Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a Tim Burton stop-action animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas one year. ...


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Franco, who was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Hottest Bachelors of 2004, paints extensively in his free time and even attended a private painting school during his teen years.
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Caplan began her television acting career in 1999, when she played the minor role of "Sarah" on the short-lived Freaks and Geeks series, a television show which was geared towards teenagers.
She would have a series of guest appearances at other shows, and she was spotted once hanging with Sharon Osbourne on her talk show.
Although she was already an experienced actress, she gained much notice in the 2004 movie Mean Girls, where she played a tomboy girl named after a lesbian singer and songwriter, Janis Ian.
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