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The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat , drought , sudden thunderstorms , lethargy , fever , mad dogs , and bad luck .
Keeping with the canine theme, the phrase "dog days of summer" is actually a reference to Sirius (the Dog Star) which is part of the constellation, Canis Major (the Greater Dog).
City Lights is a 1931 American synchronized sound romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects.
A marquee in January 2014 advertising an assortment of films typical for that time of year. The dump months are what the film community has, before the era of streaming television, called the two periods of the year when there have been lowered commercial and critical expectations for most new theatrical releases from American filmmakers and distributors.
Bad news, heat haters: The dog days of summer are not, as Florence Welch once sang, over or done.. The dog days of summer, the period during which the star Sirius rises alongside the sun, run from ...
In 2006, due to rising rent in downtown Austin, theater owners took steps to hand the theater over to a non-profit group called the "Heroes of the Alamo" foundation, operating the theater as a cultural arts center. However, with the historic Ritz Theater on 6th Street offered as an alternative location, the original Alamo was closed. The final ...
In any case, our list of early Texas movie stars in last week's Think Texas column numbered a mere 15. This week, I could not squeeze in all the stars who broke into the industry after 1960.
Hindu astrology adopted the concept of days under the regency of a planet under the term vāra, the days of the week being called āditya-, soma-, maṅgala-, budha-, guru-, śukra-, and śani-vāra. śukrá is a name of Venus (regarded as a son of Bhṛgu ); guru is here a title of Bṛhaspati , and hence of Jupiter; budha "Mercury" is ...