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The convention was inspired, at least in part, by a Hollywood tradition, where character actors in particular were given colorful nicknames to aid in their name recognition. [1] Monikers like Stan "The Man" Lee and Jack "King" Kirby permeated into mass culture. This is a list of those nicknames.
Blackford Oakes is a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley; Carl Hamilton, Swedish secret agent from the Books of Jan Guillou; Daniel Marchant, MI6 agent in Dead Spy Running and Games Traitors Play by Jon Stock; David Shirazi in Joel C. Rosenberg's The Twelfth Imam
This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...
Book Also known as "Tolkienites". [268] Miley Cyrus: Smilers Musician Named after Cyrus's childhood nickname "Smiley" [98] Minnesota United FC: Wonderwall Sports team Refers to the song "Wonderwall" by British rock band Oasis, as well as the name of the supporters' section and the main group for all supporters' groups. The song is sung at home ...
Detective Captain John Book – Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley (played by Harrison Ford in Witness) Detective Inspector Mike Bolt – Simon Kernick; Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte – Arthur Upfield (played by James Laurenson in Boney) Detective Stella Bonasera – CSI: NY (played by Melina Kanakaredes)
This is a list of fictional hackers in comics, films, video games, and other media. Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s typically portrayed hackers as "unintentional criminals" who end up becoming heroes, even as they were hunted by law enforcement.
Billy and Blaze is a children's picture book that was written and illustrated in 1936 by Clarence William Anderson. [1] Published by MacMillian Books, it is the first of a series of eleven books and is Anderson's most well known work. The book is about a little boy, Billy, and his pony, Blaze, who he receives as a birthday gift in this book.
Kill Bill: Quentin Tarantino: United States [7] Mitchell Braddock The Hit: Peter Prince: United States Nicholas Brody Homeland: Alex Gansa: United States Bronn A Song of Ice and Fire: George R. R. Martin: United States Michael Bryce Jr The Hitman's Bodyguard: Tom O'Connor United States Budd, aka "Sidewinder" Kill Bill: Quentin Tarantino: United ...