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Mark Romanek videography American filmmaker Mark Romanek directed his first music video for The The's "Sweet Bird of Truth" (1986). He earned his first MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction nomination for "Free Your Mind", performed by En Vogue, in 1993. At the same ceremony, three other music videos by the director were also nominated, including the "Waiting for Godot"-based "Constant Craving", performed by k.d. lang. Romanek later directed "Closer" for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, which contains imagery involves terror, sexuality, and animal cruelty. In 1995, he directed the space odyssey video for "Scream", performed by Michael and Janet Jackson, as well as the new age surrealistic "Bedtime Story", performed by Madonna. Both of which were enlisted as two of the most expensive music videos ever made, respectively cost $7 million and $5 million. The former work was also gained 11 nominations at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, and garnered his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form.
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Closer (Nine Inch Nails song) "Closer" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their second studio album, "The Downward Spiral" (1994). It was released on May 30, 1994 as the album's second single. Most versions of the single are titled "Closer to God", a rare example in music of a single's title differing from the title of its A-side. ("Closer to God" is also the title of an alternate version of "Closer" featured on the single.) Labeled "Halo 9", the single is the ninth official NIN release.
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Closer (Joe Inoue song) "Closer" (stylized as "CLOSER") is the second single by Japanese-American recording artist Joe Inoue. The song was used as one of the opening themes of "". "Closer" is the most successful of Inoue's singles, peaking at 22 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts and remaining on the charts for seven weeks. Both the title track and "Gravity" are included on "Me! Me! Me!".
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Closer (Christopher album) Closer is the third studio album by Danish singer Christopher. It was released on 15 April 2016, by EMI Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Tulips", "Limousine" featuring Madcon and "I Won't Let You Down" featuring Bekuh Boom, which was released on 1 April.
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A Closer Look (Babyface album) A Closer Look is a remix album and the third album overall by American R&B musician Babyface. The album was released on November 19, 1991. It has the distinction of being the last album to be released for Dick Griffey's SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records), as a joint venture with Epic Records.
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Closeness (film) Closeness (Russian: Теснота ) is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Kantemir Balagov, in his feature film debut. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.
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Come Closer (Miles Kane song) "Come Closer" is a song by the English musician Miles Kane and was released on 18 February 2011. In interviews he has described this song as sleazy. The song was inspired by John Lennon. It was released as a limited run on 7" vinyl and as digital download. The first 500 7" came with a signed set of lyrics by Miles Kane.
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Closing Arguments (album) Closing Arguments is the fourth full-length studio album by Lucky Boys Confusion, released digitally on May 26, 2009, and physically on June 23, 2009. It is their first full-length release since being dropped by Elektra Records, and also their first since 2003's Commitment.
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I'll Close My Eyes (Mark Murphy album) I'll Close My Eyes is a 1991 studio album by Mark Murphy.
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Recoiled Recoiled is an EP by Coil and Nine Inch Nails. It was released on February 24, 2014, via British record label Cold Spring without the knowledge or permission of Trent Reznor or his record label. It was released posthumously after the deaths of the two original Coil members, Peter Christopherson and John Balance. Danny Hyde, a former employee and engineer of Coil, was responsible for the leaking of these tracks to torrent sites and licensing them to Cold Spring. The release is composed of variations of previously released remixes, which appeared on the albums "Fixed", "Further Down the Spiral" and the "Closer to God" single.
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Closer to You (J. J. Cale album) Closer to You is a 1994 album by J. J. Cale. It was published under the independent French label Delabel and distributed by Virgin Records.
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Up Close (Eric Johnson album) Up Close is Eric Johnson's sixth studio album, released on December 7, 2010. It is Johnson's first studio release since his 2005 album "Bloom". The album features guest appearances by Malford Milligan, Sonny Landreth, Steve Miller, Jimmie Vaughan, and Jonny Lang.
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Close Combat (series) Close Combat is the name of a series of real-time tactical (RTT) computer games by Atomic Games. In the "Close Combat" RTT games, the player takes control of a small unit (platoon or company sized) of troops and leads them in battles of World War II from a top down 2D perspective.
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Chuck Close Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (born July 5, 1940) is an American painter and artist and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Close often paints abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Although a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Close also creates photo portraits using a very large format camera.
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Mark Rezyka Mark Rezyka (born 11 June 1959, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is best known as a top director of heavy metal videos in the 1980s and 1990s. With partners Marcelo Epstein and Dominic Orlando, he founded Pendulum Productions in 1982, and directed over 300 music videos over the next 15 years. Artists included Quiet Riot, Kiss, Ratt, Cinderella, Whitesnake, Survivor, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, and Joan Jett, among others.
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The Skies are Closer in Homesh The Skies are Closer in Homesh (Hebrew: בחומש קרוב לשמיים‎ ), also called "Hitna'ari" (Hebrew: התנערי‎ ) is a 2004 documentary film that follows a newlywed Jewish couple through their first few years of married life in the Israeli settlement of Homesh in Samaria as they experience, and recover from, a terrorist attack. It is based on the real-life experience of director Menora Hazani and her family who lived on the settlement.
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The Resistance with Keith Olbermann The Resistance with Keith Olbermann (originally titled The Closer with Keith Olbermann) is a political web series hosted by Keith Olbermann for "GQ". It premiered on September 13, 2016. Typically three new episodes are posted every week and centers around criticism of Candidate, later President Donald Trump.
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Roman Mrázek Roman Mrázek (born January 21, 1962 in Sokolov) is a race walker who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia. He represented his former nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics, before competing for Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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(sic)nesses (sic)nesses is the fourth video album by American metal band Slipknot, released on Download Festival, along with a 45-minute behind the scenes documentary created by percussionist Shawn Crahan, and the four music videos from "All Hope Is Gone". It is the band's first release since the death of the band's former bassist Paul Gray and is dedicated in his memory. On September 22, 2010, "(sic)nesses" premiered in select theaters across the United States. Entrance to the screenings were free and it included free giveaways. Reception was generally positive, with Artistdirect rewarding the album a perfect five out of five stars, and Blabbermouth.net giving the album eight and a half out of ten stars. The album peaked at number one on four charts: the Australian Top 40 Music DVD Chart, the Finland Top10 Music DVDs, the UK Top10 Music DVD Chart, and the US Top Music Video Chart.
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Closer (Michael Paynter song) "Closer" is the debut single from Australian singer-songwriter, Michael Paynter. It was released physically and digitally on 28 June 2008. The single was used in advertisements for the Seven Network's drama series, "City Homicide". It was to be included on Paynter's debut album "This Welcome Diversion", however its release was delayed and then cancelled by Sony after Paynter was dropped from the label. However, an acoustic version of the song was included on Paynter's free album "Money on Your Tongue".
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Louder (R5 album) Louder is the debut studio album by American pop rock band R5, which was released on September 24, 2013 by Hollywood Records. "Louder" was also released as a deluxe edition, with four extra tracks only available for digital download. As of October 2014, "Louder" has sold 150,000 physical copies in the US.
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One Hour Photo One Hour Photo is a 2002 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Eriq La Salle. Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, "One Hour Photo" received positive reviews from film critics, with praise for Romanek's writing and Cronenweth's cinematography, while Williams' against-type performance received universal critical acclaim, earning him a Saturn Award for Best Actor.