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Gemini V Prime Crew, Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad, receive a standing ovation during their visit to the United States House of Representatives. A standing ovation is a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding, often after extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim.
Indiscriminate applause is widely considered a violation of classical music concert etiquette: Applause is discouraged between movements, reserved instead for the end of the entire work. Yelling, jumping, and other disruptive actions are discouraged as well, although cheering can be appropriate during a standing ovation.
The now iconic Pan’s Labyrinth earned Cannes’s longest ovation ever at a whopping 22 minutes. It went on to quadruple its budget at the box office. ... we know how applause-worthy the Cannes ...
Applause, Applause may refer to: Applause, Applause, Canadian television series; Applause ... "Applause Applause", a book by Jean Thompson; See also
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images The overindulgent — but undoubtedly significant — tradition of the standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival has sparked polarizing ...
Along with New Zealander Don Purdon, Galpin commenced an attempt at the longest hand-shake at 8 pm EST on Friday 14 January 2011 in New York Times Square. After 33 hours, three minutes, they had smashed the existing record by more than 17 hours [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and shared the record with Nepalese brothers Rohit and Santosh Timilsina.
Lauren Bacall in the TV production of Applause (1973) Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve". The story centers on aging star Margo ...
Often homeless, he claimed to be the author of the longest book ever written, An Oral History of the Contemporary World, also known as An Oral History of Our Time or Meo Tempore. He inspired the book Joe Gould's Secret (1965) by Joseph Mitchell, and its film adaptation (2000), and is a character in the 2009 computer game The Blackwell Convergence.