Crossword clues for birdman
birdman
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birdman \Bird"man\, n. A fowler or birdcatcher.
Birdman \Bird"man\, n. An aviator; airman. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 a man who works with birds 2 (cx informal English) an aviator
Wikipedia
Bryan Williams (born February 15, 1969), known by his stage names Birdman or Baby, is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and public face of Cash Money Records which he founded with his older brother Ronald "Slim" Williams in 1991. He is also one half of the former hip hop duo Big Tymers with producer Mannie Fresh.
Along with his releases with Big Tymers and for his solo career, Birdman has released a collaboration album and numerous tracks with rapper Lil Wayne whom he took under his wing at an early age. Birdman has also made his name by contributing to the making of YMCMB (Young Money Cash Money Billionaires), a portmanteau of the former's "Cash Money" and Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment imprint under the label. According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of $160 million in 2014.
Birdman or birdmen are terms applied to people with avian characteristics in mythology, folklore, and popular fiction. The terms may also apply to:
Birdman (1999) was the first novel of British crime-writer Mo Hayder. It introduced her protagonist DI Jack Caffery.
Birdman is the debut studio album by American rapper Baby (Now known as Birdman). It was released on November 26, 2002, by Cash Money Records. Three singles were released from the album, "What Happened to That Boy" featuring Clipse, "Baby You Can Do It" featuring Toni Braxton, and "Do That..." featuring Puff Daddy. Music videos were released for all three of these singles. In 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), commonly known simply as Birdman, is a 2014 American satirical black comedy- drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo. The film stars Michael Keaton with a supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts. The story follows Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero "Birdman", as he struggles to mount a Broadway adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver.
The film covers the period of previews leading to the play's opening, and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot, an idea Iñárritu had from the film's conception. Emmanuel Lubezki, who won the Academy Award for his cinematography in Birdman, believed that the recording time necessary for the unique long take approach taken in Birdman could not have been made with older technology. The film was shot in New York City during the spring of 2013 with a budget of $16.5 million jointly financed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Pictures and Worldview Entertainment. It premiered the following year in August where it opened the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
Birdman had a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 17, 2014, followed by a wide release on November 14, grossing more than $103 million worldwide. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography from a total of nine nominations, tying it with The Grand Budapest Hotel for the most nominated and awarded film at the Academy's 87th annual awards ceremony with four wins per film. It also won Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Keaton and Best Screenplay at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.
Birdman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack for the 2014 film Birdman includes solo jazz percussion throughout the film and extended segments of classical music taken from various composers including Mahler, Ravel, Rachmaninov, and John Adams, the 21st century classical music composer. Several jazz compositions by Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser and Joan Valent also offset the original music composition by Antonio Sánchez. The soundtrack was released as a CD (77 min) on October 14, 2014, and as an LP (69 min) on April 7, 2015. It won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Usage examples of "birdman".
She had not meant to accuse him so quickly, but she was tired and she was heartsick and here was the birdman who was at the root of all their problems.
He gathered the birdman, his torso streaked with crimson and green lines of infection, as he had once gathered SpikeFeather, and he sang for him the Song of Recreation.
RuffleCrest did not see, for Axis had worked the enchantment so that the birdman would not re-live the horror that had almost killed him.
How could a birdman, almost crippled, fly for two or three days without rest?
He took the form of an Icarii birdman, his naked body as alabaster as the statues of the birdmen that they say stand about the great circle of the Star Gate.
RavenCrest snapped, drawing himself to his full height and glaring at the birdman from under beetling black eyebrows.
The birdman stood very tall now, his dark eyes calm, his entire bearing dignified and proud, his dark red wings held out slightly away from his body.
You are yet a young birdman, but in some years I will summon you back to the waterways.
Icarii birdman, clad in a shimmery silver suit that flashed blue over the curves of his body as he moved.
She turned down a corridor to her left, then ran lightly down several levels of stairs, her grace causing the Icarii birdman who soared past her to turn his head and watch for long moments until the Groundwalker woman disappeared into a corridor far below.
StarDrifter stared at his son, then FarSight, seeing clearly how fatigued the birdman was.
An Icarii birdman walked towards her, an open book in his hand, as if he had been reading when surprised by Azhure.
Azhure thought, numbed by the beauty of this birdman, they actually appeared to be made of beaten gold.
Azhure hesitated momentarily, then let the birdman lift an unresisting Caelum out of her arms.
The Icarii Enchanter cuddled the baby, whispering to him, and Caelum stretched curious hands to the man s face, poking and prodding till the birdman laughed and handed Caelum back to Azhure.