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Bret and McKenzie
* Bret McKenzie, Flight of the Conchords
Bret McKenzie as " Elf Escort " in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Figwit is a fan-created name for an unnamed elf extra in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, played by actor and musician Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords fame.
Bret McKenzie, half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and a Wellington native, first landed a small role as an extra in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The only " official " place where the name Figwit is used is on several Topps trading cards, including a The Return of the King series card, titled " Return to Rivendell ", and an Authentic Autographs card featuring the signature of actor Bret McKenzie.
* Flight of the Conchords, a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
Former band member Bret McKenzie is also a member of international award-winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, as well as playing Figwit the elf in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
Flight of the Conchords are a New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of Academy Award winner Bret McKenzie and Emmy nominated Jemaine Clement.
At the same time, fellow Kiwis and friends Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement were dipping their toes in the waters at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Bret and form
Bret Michaels began his performing career with a basement band called Laser and, then, in 1979, joined forces with long time childhood friend Rikki Rockett to form a band called the Spectres.
Ellis's novel Lunar Park ( 2005 ), uses the form of a celebrity memoir to tell a ghost story about the novelist " Bret Easton Ellis " and his chilling experiences in the apparently haunted home he shares with his wife and son.
During Crazy Town's hiatus, Bret Mazur went on to form The Pharmacy, a record-producing company.
In a form simplified and adapted by others, such as the French jurists Charles Loyseau ( 1564 – 1627 ) and Cardin Le Bret ( 1558 – 1655 ), it played an important role in the development of absolutism.
After the breakup of Original Sin, John Campos went on to form his own production company: Powerhouse Entertainment Group, Inc. John recorded, produced, and wrote songs for many independent and major label artists, such as Bret Reilly, Surfing Moses, Jennifer Marks, Alex Skolnick, the Tito Puente band, Jimmy Delgado, Fat Joe, Mink, and more.

Bret and Flight
* In the series Flight of the Conchords, Bret serenades his girlfriend sitting in front of the Unisphere with the song " If You're Into It ".
Arj Barker appeared in the HBO sitcom Flight of the Conchords, playing Bret and Jemaine's indifferent friend Dave .< ref >

Bret and their
Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.
With a 4 – 14 record in 2012 under first-year head coach Bret Munsey, the Predators missed the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 1991.
Bret Hart claims in his autobiography, Hitman, that he was actually asked if he wanted to be part of the group, as his relationship with Michaels was far less adversarial back then: " The thing I remember most about that tour was Shawn, Razor, and Nash talking to me in Hamburg about the idea of forming a clique of top guys who strictly took care of their own.
However, in their next encounter, the " Revenge Pace ," Bret Hanover reversed that one-two finish.
When Jason's parents and sister leave town for a summer holiday, Jason and Kaylee use their savings to fly to Los Angeles to confront Wolf, leaving local bully Bret Callaway ( Taran Killam ) to attend to Kaylee's absent-minded grandmother Pearl ( Sparkle ) after Jason bribed him by promising to do his summer school homework for him.
Murray was one of several acquisitions the Mets made ( including Bobby Bonilla, Willie Randolph, and Bret Saberhagen ) to try to regain their winning ways.
Bret's brother, Owen, died in a wrestling stunt, however, just as Bret was flying to Los Angeles ; this immediately canceled their match and feud.
In 2000, Russo received two phone calls, one from Bret Hart ( then WCW World Heavyweight Champion ) and another from Jeff Jarrett ( then WCW United States champion ), both saying that they were injured, thus couldn't wrestle and forced to vacate their respective championships.
Two examples include Irvine Welsh and Bret Eaton Ellis, whose main characters in their most noted works, American Psycho ( Ellis ) and Trainspotting ( Welsh ) appear in several other works.
During their first year with the company they faced and defeated such duos as The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ), the Moondogs, Jimmy Jack and Dory Funk, Jr., and The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ).
During their first year with the company they faced and defeated such duos as The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ), the Moondogs, Jimmy Jack and Dory Funk, Jr., and The Dream Team ( Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake ).
In the main event of December's In Your House 5 from Hershey, Pennsylvania, Smith was granted a title shot against new WWF Champion Bret Hart in a rematch from their SummerSlam match back in 1992.
In interviews, Bret Hart has regularly referred to Mark Calaway, Curt Hennig, Kevin Nash by their ring names Undertaker, Mr. Perfect and Diesel, among others.
Neidhart behind Bret Hart during their time as The Hart Foundation.
Although the Royals lost the first two games at home, they overcame their poor start and became World Series champions for the first time thanks to MVP Bret Saberhagen's victories in Games 3 and 7.
In addition to this fact, The Union ’ s early years are also recognized for their famous contributors, who included Mark Twain, Bret Harte and Dan De Quille.
Steve Austin and Bret Hart continued their rivalry after WrestleMania, but Austin was now a babyface while Hart was a heel.
Meanwhile, two Space Agents, Bret Vyon and the injured Kert Gantry, are also on the planet trying to find out what happened to their agent, Marc Cory.
As of 2012, four addicts profiled on the show later died of complications directly related to their addiction — Dillon from Season 3 ( methamphetamine ; committed suicide during a standoff with the police ); Lawrence from Season 4 ( alcoholic ; bled to death from ruptured esophageal varices ); Chris from Season 5 ( alcoholic ; committed suicide after relapsing ); and Bret from Season 6 ( alcoholic ; diagnosed with Stage IV esophageal cancer 80 days into rehab, died 3 weeks later ).
However, because of his release a few months earlier he was removed from the game, also Mick Foley and Bret Hart are not in the game but their created faces and features are.
Other players such as Feleti Mateo and Bret Delaney played their junior football here.

Bret and work
Bret Tobalske has thus now started work on creating these miniature UAVs which may be used for espionage.
When Bret Harte visited Howells, he remarked that in Boston " it was impossible to fire a revolver without bringing down the author of a two-volume work.
Professional wrestler Bret Hart made a cameo as himself, animated in his pink wrestling outfit, and he would later move on to do voice work for the animated series Jacob Two-Two.

Bret and including
Although previous big-name pitchers, including Bill Swift, Bret Saberhagen, and Darryl Kile, had struggled in Colorado, following the 2000 season O ' Dowd made two very splashy signings in the free-agent market, signing Denny Neagle to a five-year contract worth $ 51 million, followed five days later by signing Mike Hampton to an eight-year, $ 121 million contract.
The new team quickly became a powerhouse, appearing in the playoffs 7 out of 10 seasons from 1976 to 1985, including one World Series championship and another pennant, led by stars such as George Brett, Frank White, Willie Wilson and Bret Saberhagen.
Police questioned and interviewed hundreds of potential suspects including one individual, Bret Michael Edmunds, a 26-year-old drifter who was pursued across the country but ultimately was cleared of suspicion in the case after being located in a West Virginia hospital suffering from a drug overdose.
Work was started immediately on a new version with a brand new team of engineers led by Joe Ammirato ; including Bret Gillis and Peter Weyzen.
During his ten weeks, he programmed several American novelties including Charles Martin Loeffler's tone-poem Memories of My Childhood, a symphony by Anis Fuleihan, and Philip James's Bret Harte overture.
* the bodies of several professional wrestlers, including Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Brian Adams, and Joe Laurinaitis, better known as Road Warrior Animal
Guests including Jimmy Fallon, Michael Bublé, Don Rickles, Josh Groban, Joe Biden, Robert DeNiro, Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Adam Sandler, Michael Douglas, Donald Trump, Bret Michaels, Lou Holtz, Liam Neeson, and Tony Bennett returned for one last sit-down with Philbin and Ripa, sharing recollections of the times they've shared on Live!
After several feature film roles, including Sayonara with Marlon Brando, Garner got his big break playing the role of professional gambler Bret Maverick in the comedy Western series Maverick from 1957 to 1960.
In 1995, the Calgary Hitmen were born when a group of investors, including Bret " the Hitman " Hart, from whom the team got its name, were granted an expansion franchise.
Numerous stories have been written about the horse, including the book " Big Bum, The Story of Bret Hanover ".
The show's traditional reliance on the character-driven sketches featuring Damon and Keenen gave way to an increasing reliance upon walk-on cameos and guest appearances, including Nick Bakay, Barry Bonds, James Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Bret Hart, Sherman Hemsley, Biz Markie, Peter Marshall, Ed O ' Neill, Chris Rock, Macho Man Randy Savage, Tupac Shakur, and players from the National Basketball Association.
Areas of large new homes are on formerly undeveloped or reclaimed former wetlands developed during the late 1940s through 1970s, including on Lucinda and Peninsula Drives, with estate-like homes such as that of Bret Saberhagen until 2001.
After a long series of highly regarded editors and coeditors, including Charles W. Pimpkin, Cleanth Brooks, Robert Penn Warren, Albert R. Erskine Jr., Lewis P. Simpson, Donald E. Stanford, James Olney, Fred Hobson, Dave Smith, and Bret Lott.
Vroman's has hosted many author readings, including celebrities like Goldie Hawn, Margaret Cho, Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter, Courtney Love, Salman Rushdie, Anne Rice, Joan Didion, Nick Hornby, Bret Easton Ellis, Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris, Chuck Palahniuk, and President Bill Clinton.
For several months prior to Survivor Series, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels had several backstage arguments including a fight before a house show in Hartford, Connecticut ( after Michaels had publicly accused Hart of having an affair with Sunny ), which saw Michaels suspended for 2 months.
July 2010 sees Cinderella taking the stage to open for Bret Michaels, during the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing, MI, with an original line-up of stars including Tom Keifer, Eric Brittingham, Jeff LaBar and Fred Coury.
" He has managed many professional wrestlers, including Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Jerry " The King " Lawler, Ted DiBiase, and The Honky Tonk Man.
It featured 20 men including the WWF wrestlers and NFL superstars ; NFL stars included Jimbo Covert, Bill Fralic, Russ Francis, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin and William " The Refrigerator " Perry, while WWF stars included André the Giant, Ted Arcidi, Tony Atlas, The Hart Foundation ( Bret " Hitman " Hart and Jim " The Anvil " Neidhart ), The Killer Bees ( B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell ), Hillbilly Jim, The Iron Sheik, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, Bruno Sammartino, Danny Spivey and Big John Studd.
Blind Illusion was formed by-then-high-school student Marc Biedermann, along with many other members including keyboardist Ben Hevoroh and drummer Bret Hern.
He translated around 50 short stories, including the works of Molière, Kay Boyle, Maxim Gorky, Sinclair Lewis, Ernst Toller, William Shakespeare, E. M. Delafield, William Saroyan, E. V. Lucas, Moshe Smilansky, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bret Harte, John Galsworthy, Aleksandr Kuprin, Anton Chekhov, Franz Kafka, Ilya Ehrenburg, Guy de Maupassant, Valery Bryusov, Anatole France, Leonid Andreyev, Henrik Ibsen, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Murray Gilchrist, Frances Bellerby, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Leonard Strong, Jack London, Peter Egge, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Thomas Wolfe and James Hanley.
The main event was built on Bret Hart wanting to retain the WWF Championship against Shawn Michaels, who had suffered a number of setbacks over the course of the previous year, including: failing to win Diesel's WWF Championship the previous year at WrestleMania XI, being accosted by a group of Marines at a Syracuse, New York nightclub, forfeiting the WWF Intercontinental Championship at In Your House 4: Great White North in October 1995 to Dean Douglas, suffering a storyline concussion at the hands of Owen Hart, and being betrayed in storyline by close friend Diesel at a house show at Madison Square Garden.
Dean offers numerous Dimebag Darrell models, including some signature ML models and his own original shapes, the Razorback and Razorback V. Dean also has signature models for Dave Mustaine, Bret Michaels, Michael Schenker, Leslie West, Michael Angelo Batio, Michael Amott, and other artists.

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