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Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan | |
Estefan in February 2009
Background information | |
Birth name | Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García |
Born | Havana, Cuba |
September 1, 1957
Origin | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Genres | Latin pop, dance-pop, pop, dance, EDM |
Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actress, hotelier, restaurateur, writer |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, percussion |
Years active | 1977–present |
Labels | Epic, Burgundy, Crescent Moon, Verve Forecast, Sony Masterworks |
Associated acts | Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine |
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan, known professionally as Gloria Estefan (born September 1, 1957), is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with an estimated 100 million records sold worldwide,[1][2] 31.5 million of those in the United States alone.[3] She has won seven Grammy Awards and is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music to date.
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Career in singing
- 3.1 Mid-1970s through the 1980s
- 3.2 1990s
- 3.2.1 1990: Cuts Both Ways, tour bus collision and surgery
- 3.2.2 1991–1992: Into The Light and The Greatest Hits
- 3.2.3 1993: Mi Tierra and Christmas Through Your Eyes
- 3.2.4 1994–1995: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me and Abriendo Puertas
- 3.2.5 1996–1997: Summer Olympics and Destiny
- 3.2.6 1998: Back to dance: gloria!
- 3.2.7 1999: "Music of My Heart"
- 3.3 2000s
- 3.4 2010s
- 4 Career outside of singing
- 5 Awards
- 6 Discography
- 7 Filmography
- 8 Videography
- 9 Books
- 10 Tours
- 11 See also
- 12 References
- 13 External links
Early life and education[edit]
Estefan was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, to José and Gloria Fajardo. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo García, immigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria's maternal grandmother, originally from Logroño, Spain.[4][5] Prior to the Cuban Revolution, her father was a Cuban soldier and a bodyguard to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The Fajardo family fled to Miami, Florida as a result of the Cuban Revolution and settled down there. Shortly after they moved to the United States, Gloria's father joined the U.S. military and fought in the Vietnam War and moved to Houston, Texas, also having participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. Gloria attended St. Michael-Archangel School[6] and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami.
Her father became ill after returning from Vietnam and Gloria helped her mother, Gloria Fajardo, care for him. Her mother worked as a schoolteacher for the Dade County Public School system. Gloria Estefan graduated from college in 1979 with a B.A. in psychology, with a minor in French, from the University of Miami.[7][8]
When she was studying at the university, she worked as an English/Spanish/French translator at Miami International Airport Customs Department and, because of her language abilities, was once approached by the CIA as a possible employee.[9][10] Estefan was raised Catholic.[11]
Gloria became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. As she later revealed, "he was my first and only boyfriend." She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978.[12][13] They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994).[14] The family lives in the Star Island section of Miami Beach, Florida.[13][15][16] On June 5, 2010 Nayib married Lara Diamante Coppola[17][18] in the backyard of his parents' mega mansion.[19] On June 21, 2012, the first Estefan grandchild was born: grandson Sasha Argento Coppola Estefan .[20][21]
Career in singing[edit]
Mid-1970s through the 1980s[edit]
Starting in 1977, Miami Sound Machine began recording and releasing various albums and 45s on the Audiofon Records label in Miami. The first album from 1977 was entitled Live Again/Renacer and was released with two different covers. After several more releases on the Audiofon label as well as the RCA Victor label and Miami Sound Machine's own label MSM Records, the band was signed to Discos CBS International and released several albums, 45s, and 12"s beginning with the 1978 self-titled album Miami Sound Machine. Growing in popularity in both the United States and around the world, the group would continue recording and issuing various works for Discos CBS International through 1985. In 1984, Miami Sound Machine released their first Epic/Columbia album, Eyes of Innocence, which contained the dance hit "Dr. Beat" as well as the ballad "I Need Your Love". Their more successful follow-up album Primitive Love was released in 1985 launching three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Conga" (U.S. #10), "Words Get In The Way" (U.S. #5), and "Bad Boy" (U.S. #8) became follow up hits in the U.S. and around the world. "Words Get in the Way" reached #1 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, establishing that the group could perform pop ballads as successfully as dance tunes. The song "Hot Summer Nights" was also released that year and was part of the film Top Gun.
Their next album, 1987's Let It Loose, went multi-platinum, with three million copies sold in the US alone. It featured the following hits: "Anything for You" (#1 Hot 100), "1-2-3" (#3 Hot 100), "Betcha Say That" (#36 Hot 100), "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (#5 Hot 100), and "Can't Stay Away From You" (#6 Hot 100). "Can't Stay Away From You", "Anything for You" and "1-2-3" were all #1 Adult Contemporary hits as well.
In that same year, Estefan took top billing and the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. In 1989, the group disbanded, and its name was dropped altogether. Estefan is now credited as a solo artist, though the former members of Miami Sound Machine continue as her backing band to this day.[citation needed]
In 1988, after the worldwide chart success of single "Anything for You", her Let it Loose album was repackaged as Anything for You. It became the band's first UK #1 album, selling over a million copies.[citation needed] It was the biggest selling album of the year in The Netherlands, staying at #1 for 22 weeks.[citation needed] The album also took top honors in Australia and Canada, launching Estefan to superstar status.[citation needed]
1990: Cuts Both Ways, tour bus collision and surgery[edit]
In late 1989, she released her best-selling album to date, Cuts Both Ways. The album included the hit singles "Don't Wanna Lose You" (a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit), "Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)", "Here We Are", "Cuts Both Ways" (#1 on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart) and "Get on Your Feet".
While touring in support of Cuts Both Ways on March 20, 1990, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, Estefan was critically injured, suffering a fractured spine when a speeding semi-truck crashed into the tour bus she was in during a snowstorm. She was taken to Community Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit and the next day was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons at the Hospital for Joint Diseases at NYU Langone Medical Center permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her vertebral column. Her rehabilitation required almost a year of intensive physical therapy by Michael Klepper,[citation needed] and one of her comments of this period is "there were times when the pain was so bad I prayed I'd pass out", but she achieved a complete recovery. She returned to an international tour ten months after the collision and began singing again.
1991–1992: Into The Light and The Greatest Hits[edit]
Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light, in 1991. She performed "Coming Out of the Dark" for the first time on the American Music Awards in January 1991, receiving a standing ovation as she took the stage. "Coming Out of the Dark" reached #1 in the U.S. as a single a few months later. Other popular singles were "Seal Our Fate" and "Live for Loving You". The album peaked at number five on the Billboard album chart, becoming her highest debut; it also peaked at number two on the British albums chart. Eventually the album went platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. The Into the Light World Tour covered 100 cities in five countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide.[citation needed]
She followed up Into the Light with her first greatest-hits album, Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits. It was released in 1992, and included the U.S. hit ballads "Always Tomorrow" and "I See Your Smile" along with the international hit dance track "Go Away". Also in 1992, Estefan sang backup on fellow Cuban-American singer-songwriter Jon Secada's breakthrough single "Just Another Day". She spent much of 1992 in Miami, helping relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Andrew.[citation needed]
1993: Mi Tierra and Christmas Through Your Eyes[edit]
In 1993, Estefan released the album Mi Tierra, her first Spanish-language album. It peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard album chart and number eleven on the British album chart. The singles "Mi Tierra" and the romantic-tropical ballad "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" and "Mi Buen Amor", climbed to number-one on the "Hot Latin Tracks" chart in the United States. The album sold over eight million copies worldwide, went multiplatinum in Spain (10×) and in the United States (16 times; Platinum - Latin field), platinum in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and gold in Switzerland and Australia, and won a Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album".[22] That same year, Estefan released her first Christmas album, Christmas Through Your Eyes, the first album from Estefan to not be produced by her husband Emilio Estefan Jr. The collection included the singles "This Christmas" and "Silent Night".The album went Platinum in the United States.
Also in 1993, Estefan collaborated with Frank Sinatra on his album Duets with the song "Come Rain or Come Shine".
1994–1995: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me and Abriendo Puertas[edit]
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, a cover album of some of Estefan's favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s, was released in 1994. "Turn the Beat Around", the first single and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinson's 1976 disco classic, became another international hit, certified gold in the US. It also was used in the Sharon Stone film The Specialist.
1995's Spanish-language album Abriendo Puertas earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album". It spun off two #1 dance hits, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Tres Deseos", and two #1 Latin singles, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Más Allá".
In January 1995, the Miami Sound Machine performed at the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show, with Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, in a program entitled "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye", to promote the upcoming Disney theme park attraction.[23]
1996–1997: Summer Olympics and Destiny[edit]
The platinum-selling album Destiny, released in 1996, featured "Reach", the official theme of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Estefan performed in the Summer Olympics closing ceremony, in front of an audience of two billion people worldwide, during which she performed the songs "Reach" and "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)".[citation needed]
On July 18, 1996, Estefan embarked on her Evolution World Tour (her first tour in five years), which covered the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and Asia.
1997 French Sony Music release The Best of Gloria Estefan only release in French.
1998: Back to dance: gloria![edit]
Estefan rode the wave of the disco revival in the U.S. during the late 1990s.[citation needed] On June 2, 1998, she released her eighth solo album, (twenty-first overall), gloria!. The album is highly influenced by disco music,[citation needed] blended with Salsa music percussion and Latin flavour. To promote gloria!, she performed at the famed New York City discoteque Studio 54.[citation needed]
The album peaked at #23 on the Billboard 200. The album reached Gold certification. The single "Oye!" peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and the Hot Latin Tracks charts, and was featured in the 1998 Eddie Murphy film Holy Man. The other major hit single releases were "Don't Let This Moment End", which peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Heaven's What I Feel", which peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1999: "Music of My Heart"[edit]
In 1999, Estefan performed with 'N Sync on the single "Music Of My Heart", which was featured in a film in which she also appeared, Music of the Heart. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart and was nominated for an Academy Award.[24] She also released a Latin hit with the Brazilian group So Pra Contrariar called "Santo Santo", sang with Luciano Pavarotti in Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo, and recorded a duet with Rosie O'Donnell, "Gonna Eat For Christmas", which was featured in O'Donnell's television special, as well as on the benefit album, A Rosie Christmas.
She also appeared in a performance with Stevie Wonder at Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at game three of the 2003 World Series in Miami between the Florida Marlins and New York Yankees.[25]
The next album Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul) was released in 2000. It was her third Spanish language album with a focus on caribbean rhythms. The album featured several Latin Hits as "No me dejes de querer", "Como me duele perderte", "Por un beso". The album features duets with José Feliciano and the late Celia Cruz. The album earned Estefan another Grammy Music Award in the category Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album in 2001. Greatest Hits Vol. II was released in 2001. It contained hits from 1993 to 2000, as well as three new songs and a remix of her first hit "Conga", retitled "Y-Tu-Conga". The song "Out of Nowhere" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category for Best Dance Recording; another song from the album, "You Can't Walk Away from Love", was featured in the film Original Sin.
2003–2004: Unwrapped[edit]
In 2003, Estefan released Unwrapped, her first English-language CD in five years. To promote the CD, she toured Europe, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States. The video for the single "Hoy", had been filmed in Machu Picchu, Peru.[citation needed] "Hoy" and "Tu Fotografía" both reached #1 on Billboard's Latin chart, and "I Wish You" reached the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts top 20.
On July 28, 2004, at the Trump Tower building, in a press conference hosted by Donald Trump, Estefan announced that her then-upcoming tour would be her final one.[citation needed] The Live & Re-Wrapped Tour, was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment. It began in Hidalgo, Texas on July 30, 2004, and played in 26 cities; it featured Estefan's greatest hits, along with new material from Unwrapped.[citation needed] The final concert of the tour took place in Estefan's hometown of Miami on the weekend of October 9 and 10, in front of a sold-out crowd, despite having been delayed for two weeks by a hurricane.[citation needed]
2005: Mash-up hit with Mylo and the tributes[edit]
On April 7, 2005, Estefan participated in "Selena ¡VIVE!", the tribute concert for Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the "Queen of Tejano", who was murdered in March 1995 on the brink of her attempt to cross over as an English-language performer. Estefan performed "I Could Fall in Love", one of Selena's posthumously released crossover hits. Also that year, Estefan appeared on the soundtrack for the television series Desperate Housewives, singing a song titled "Young Hearts Run Free".
In late 2005, the club mash-up "Dr. Pressure" was released, which combined Mylo's Number 19 hit "Drop The Pressure" with the Miami Sound Machine's "Dr. Beat". It reached #3 on the UK singles chart and #1 on the Australian dance chart, providing Estefan with her first top 40 hit and commercial radio airplay since 1996.[citation needed]
2006: Compilations and the UK promo tour[edit]
In early 2006, Estefan performed in Los Angeles at a tribute to singer Dionne Warwick. Estefan sang "Walk On By", one of Warwick's signature songs.[citation needed]
In October 2006, Sony released a 2-CD compilation The Essential Gloria Estefan, featuring her hits from 1984 to 2003, Estefan made several radio and television appearances to promote The Essential Gloria Estefan including a December 9, 2006 appearance on ITV's The X Factor.[citation needed]
Estefan also released two additional similar compilation albums that year for other markets. The Very Best of Gloria Estefan was released in Europe and Mexico, and was similar to The Essential Gloria Estefan, but also included as a bonus track "Dr. Pressure". This compilation was certified GOLD in Ireland.[26] Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos, a collection of her Spanish-language hits was released in Spain. It included a bonus DVD, which included various music videos and television performances.[citation needed]
2008–2009 highlights[edit]
In 2008, Estefan appeared during the seventh season of American Idol, in the special charity episode "Idol Gives Back", performing her song "Get on Your Feet" along with Sheila E.. The performance was recorded and was released at the American iTunes Store; the video of the performance reached the number twenty of the store's Top 100 videos, and the song became the most downloaded.[citation needed] Estefan became the headliner of the new venue of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Her three-day shows were sold out.[citation needed] She then headed to Canada to perform at the Casino Rama. In August, she started her "90 Millas World Tour". Estefan played concerts in London, Rotterdam, Belfast and Aruba. Estefan performed several concerts in Spain, specifically Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Tenerife. Two of these concerts, in Las Ventas, Spain,[27] and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, were free to the public.
Back in the states, Estefan performed a special concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to raise funds for the Education of South Florida.[28] Estefan was a headliner for Bette Midler's "Annual Hulaween Gala" along with other special guests such as Kathy Griffin and a costume contest judged by Michael Kors. The event benefited the New York Restoration Project.[29]
During the Thanksgiving season, Estefan appeared on Rosie O'Donnell's television special Rosie Live singing a duet with O'Donnell titled "Gonna Eat For Thanksgiving", an alternate version of "Gonna Eat For Christmas" from on O'Donnell's album A Rosie Christmas.
In 2009, Estefan announced plans for her "farewell tour" of Latin America and South America.[30] Estefan also completed a three-night concert series with Carole King entitled "She's Got a Friend" at the Foxwoods Resort Casino.[citation needed]
The tour continued with a concert at Guadalajara in Mexico, as part of a program designed to improve tourism in Mexico,[31][clarification needed] and a series of appearances at music festivals throughout Europe, including headlining at the Summer Pops Music Festival in Liverpool on July 27, 2009.[32]
The same year, Estefan opened the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina 2009" with "No Llores". Also, at the end, Estefan together with Jennifer Lopez, Thalía, Marc Anthony, José Feliciano, performed a rendition of her Spanish-language classic, "Mi Tierra".[33]
2009 Japan re-release 3 albums of Gloria Estefan with Miami Sound Machine were made in early 80's. Japan re-release and remaster of "Eyes Of Innocence", "Permitive Love" and "Let It Loose" into a mini LP CD. To this date it's very hard to find and part of collectables.
Estefan began 2010 with a charity single: she and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan, Jr., invited artists to record "Somos El Mundo", a Spanish-language version of Michael Jackson's song "We Are The World". The song, written by Estefan and approved by Quincy Jones, was recorded, and premiered during El Show de Cristina on March 1, 2010.[34] All of the money from sales of the song went to Haitian relief.[35][36]
On March 24, 2010, Estefan led a march down Miami's Calle Ocho in support of Cuba's Las Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White).[37][dead link] Las Damas de Blanco is an opposition movement in Cuba that consists of wives and other female relatives of jailed dissidents. Since 2003, the women have protested the imprisonments by attending Mass each Sunday wearing white dresses and then silently walking through the streets in white clothing.
Late in the year, Estefan took part in Broadway's "24 Hour Plays" in which actors, writers, and directors collaborate to produce and perform six one-act plays within 24 hours to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. She performed alongside actors Elijah Wood, Diane Neal, and Alicia Witt in the play I Think You'll Love This One, written by the 20-year-old winner of the Montblanc writers' project, Elizabeth Cruz Cortes.[38]
In late summer of 2010 Europe Sony Music have re release a title call the original album classics 3 albums into mini LP CDS it included 3 classics albums of Gloria Estefan "Anything For You', "Cuts Both Ways" and "Into The Light"
2011: Miss Little Havana[edit]
In Spring 2011, Sony Music Europe released part 2 of the Original Album Classics comprising 5 classic albums; Hold me, thrill me, Kiss me, Abriendo Puertas, Destiny, Gloria! and Alma Caribena on mini LP CDS.
On April 7, 2011, Estefan made an unannounced appearance at auditions for The X Factor in Miami, and gave encouragement to the 7,500 participants gathered outside the Bank United Center for auditions.[39]
In 2011, Estefan was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame along with Grammy and Emmy award winner Harry Connick Jr. Both singers performed at a special concert on June 17, 2011, with Thomas Wilkins as musical conductor. Proceeds from this event went to benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute's education programs.[40]
Estefan's new dance-oriented studio album, Miss Little Havana, was released in the United States on September 27, 2011, with the physical CD available exclusively at Target.[41][42] Early on, Estefan had described the album as a project in the vein of her 1998 hit album gloria!; Collaborating with her on it were producers Pharrell Williams, Motiff, Emilio Estefan, and Drop Dead Beats.[43]
One song from the album, "Wepa", premiered on May 31, 2011 at AmericanAirlines Arena in a special music video of the song for the Miami Heat. The Heat video was released on YouTube on June 1.[44][45] The song went on sale for digital downloading at the iTunes Store on July 24.[46]
Both "Wepa" and "Hotel Nacional" achieved number one on Billboard Latin Songs and on Billboard Dance/Club Chart.
In the fall of 2011, during an interview to promote Miss Little Havana, Estefan expressed her views on gay rights and gay marriage and revealed that she was a strong supporter of both. When asked if she was a supporter of gay marriage, she replied "Of course I am. I think everyone should be able to marry who they love, and it should just be." Estefan has also recorded a video for the It Gets Better campaign, an organization which aims to prevent homophobic bullying.[47]
In November 2011, Estefan began hosting Gloria Estefan's Latin Beat, a seven-part series for BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom that explores the history of Latin music.[48]
2012–2013: The Next: Fame Is At Your Doorstep,The Dutch Collection and The Standards[edit]
Estefan started a reality show called The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep opposite Joe Jonas, Nelly and John Rich on the CW Network, where she, and the other three mentors are searched for the next big star, to record an album with Atlantic Records. Unlike other music reality shows, in this program, the mentors selected the "candidates" for the show, and trained them for a live performance, where they'd be voted for the best act of the day. The first season ended in October 2012, with musician Michael Ray, as the big finalist.
This same year, Estefan appeared as a musical guest in Tony Bennett's compilation of duets with Latin-American musicians, Viva Duets with a rendition of the song, "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)". Weeks later, she helped the American version of Teleton, releasing the charity single "Por Un Mundo Mejor" along with Mexican singer Lucero, Dominican rapper El Cata and Mexican pop band, Reik.[49] A video for the song was shot, with them recording the song, which was marked as the official hymn for the foundation.
In May 2013, she appears doing another duet with the song "Think I'm In Love Again" as part of the albums Duets released by Paul Anka.
In May 2013 in parts of Europe Sony Music they release a 2 cds collection call The Dutch collections it includes all of Gloria Estefan 32 hits includling "Hot Summer Nights" never been release on any of Estefan albums.
In September 2013, Estefan released The Standards.[50] The album features some collaborations with artists like Laura Pausini, Dave Koz and Joshua Bell, and a selection of songs from the Great American songbook.
Career outside of singing[edit]
Film and television appearances[edit]
Estefan has appeared in two films, Music of the Heart (1999) and For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Estefan made a cameo appearance with her husband in Marley & Me in 2008.
Estefan was cast to star as Connie Francis, a U.S. pop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s, in Who's Sorry Now?, based on Francis' life. Filming supposedly began in late 2008, according to Parade magazine (March 23, 2008). Estefan, in an interview with www.allheadlinenews.com, stated the film would be released in 2009. As of December 2009, the film has been dropped as Connie Francis had irreconcilable differences with Estefan over the film's writer. Francis wanted to hire writer Robert L. Freedman, who had written the Emmy Award winning mini-series Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Estefan refused to consider him, which according to Francis ended the project collaboration.[51]
Estefan appeared in the ABC television special Elmopalooza, which aired February 20, 1998, in which she sang the song "Mambo, I, I, I". In April 2004, Estefan appeared on the Fox Broadcasting Company's program, American Idol as a guest mentor for the contestants' Latin week.[52]
After campaigning heavily for the part on her social media accounts, Estefan was invited to guest star on the Fox television series Glee, as the mother of cheerleader Santana Lopez.[53] She also appeared as a mentor for the reality-series at CW Network, The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep.
She is scheduled to speak at TEDx Via della Conciliazione, which will be held in Rome on April 19, 2013, and will focus on the theme "Religious freedom today".[54][55]
Estefan has written two children's books: The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) and Noelle's Treasure Tale (2006). The latter book spent a week at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller list for children's books.[56]
She also collaborated on a cookbook with her husband entitled Estefan Kitchen, which was published in 2008. It contains 60 traditional Cuban recipes.[57]
Other business ventures[edit]
Gloria and Emilio Estefan own a number of business establishments, including several Cuban-themed restaurants (Bongos Cuban Café)(Larios on the Beach). The restaurants are located in Miami Beach, downtown Miami (part of the American Airlines Arena), at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida, and in Miami International Airport. They also own two hotels: Costa d'Este in Vero Beach which opened in 2008,[58] and The Cardozo in Miami Beach.
Estefan was appointed to the board of directors for Univision Communications Inc. in 2007, according to Hispanic Market Weekly. The Estefans' estimated net worth as of 2011 was approximately $700 million, according to an article in People en Español magazine.
In June 2009, Estefan and her husband became the first Hispanics to buy a minor ownership stake in an NFL team, the Miami Dolphins.[59][60][61]
In addition to her seven Grammys, Estefan has received a number of other awards. In May 1993, she received the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, which is the highest award that can be given to a naturalized U.S. citizen.[62] She has won the Hispanic Heritage Award, an MTV Video Music Award, two cable television ACE Awards and the 1993 National Music Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year award. The singer is the recipient of the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her husband, Emilio, a world-renowned music impresario, received a star adjacent to his wife's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.[63]
Estefan holds an honorary doctoral degree in music from the University of Miami, awarded in 1993.[64] She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami.[65] In 2002, Barry University in Miami bestowed upon her an honorary law degree.[66] Along with her husband, Estefan received an honorary doctoral degree in music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2007.[67] She also delivered the commencement address to the 2007 graduating class.[67]
In 2002, she received the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Medallion of Excellence for Community Service. The singer was Musicares Person of the Year in 1994. Gloria also founded the Gloria Estefan Foundation whose goal is to help those with spinal cord injuries.
She has been honored twice by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1992, she served as a public member of the United States Delegation to the 47th Session of the United Nations' General Assembly Opening Plenary.[68]
Estefan received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award at the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2008 in recognition of her twenty-five year singing career. She is the first female singer to receive this award.[69] She also received a Latin Grammy for "Best Traditional Tropical Album" for 90 Millas, and a Latin Grammy for "Best Tropical Song" for her single, "Píntame De Colores". This marked the first occasion for Estefan to ever win a Grammy award for a song (either Latin or non-Latin).[70] On March 12, 2009, Estefan was honored as a BMI Icon at the 16th annual BMI Latin Awards. Her catalog boasts 22 BMI Latin and Pop Awards, along with 11 BMI Million-Air Awards.[71]
In April 2010, Estefan and her husband received a star in the "Walk Of Stars" in Las Vegas for their contribution to music industry.[72][73] On April 28, 2011, at the Latin Billboard Awards, Estefan was honored with the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award for her philanthropic work.[74]
Albums discography[edit]
Studio albums
Release date | Title |
Singles discography[edit]
38 #1 Hits
Film | |||
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1999 | Music of the Heart | Isabel Vazquez | Debut acting performance |
2000 | Little Angelita | Voice Narrator | Animated Short Film |
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Emilia | Television film | |
2003 | Famous: The Making of Unwrapped | Herself | Album documentary |
2007 | 90 Millas Documentary | Herself | Album documentary |
Your Mommy Kills Animals | Herself | Documentary | |
2008 | Marley & Me | Herself | Cameo appearance |
2009 | G-Force | Juárez | Voice in the Latin-American version of the film[75] |
2010 | Recording: The History Of Recorded Music | Herself | Documentary |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1986 | Club Med | - | One episode |
1989 | Postcard From Miami with Clive James | Herself | One episode |
1993 | The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna | Herself | |
1998 | Blue's Clues | Herself | One episode: "Blue's Birthday" |
2000 | Frasier | Maria | One episode: "Something About Dr. Mary" |
2005 | A Capitol Fourth | Herself | |
2006 | "The Chris Isaac Show" | Herself | Season three: "episode 6" |
2009 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Herself | One episode: "Rosie and Gloria and Griffin... Oh My!" |
2010 | The Marriage Ref | Herself | One episode |
2011 | The X Factor | Herself | Cameo Miami Auditions |
2012 | Glee | Mrs. Maribel Lopez | Episode: "Goodbye" |
The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep | Herself |
- Video Éxitos (1986) L.D.L Enterprises
- Homecoming Concert (1989) CMV
- Evolution (1990) CMV
- Coming Out Of The Dark (1991) SMV
- Into The Light World Tour (1992) SMV
- Everlasting Gloria! (1995) EMV
- The Evolution Tour Live In Miami (1996) EMV
- Don't Stop (1998) EMV
- Que siga la tradición (2001) EMV
- Live In Atlantis (2002) EMV
- Famous (2003) (Video journal about making-of Unwrapped LP; included in CD package)
- Live & Unwrapped (2004) EMV
- 90 Millas: the Documentary (2007) (Video journal about making-of 90 Millas LP; included in CD package)
- The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) ISBN 0-06-082623-1.
- Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure (2006)
- Estefan's Kitchen (2008)
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- Best selling music artists
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
- Pop Latino
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3-point shooting big part of UConn's 9-1 start
Connecticut's Shabazz Napier, left, and Ryan Boatright, right, react after Napier hits the game winning basket at the end an NCAA college basketball game against Florida, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in Storrs, Conn. Connecticut won 65-64. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) |
A dozen days between games turned out to be UConn's Delilah.
The Huskies returned to the court Wednesday night toting the nation's best 3-point shooting percentage with them. Just as Delilah conspired to rid Samson of his strength-giving hair, the layoff seemed to conspire to take UConn's long-range shooting touch away for one night.
It doesn't necessarily mean the Huskies aren't a good shooting team, however.
They entered Wednesday night's game against Stanford with a lofty 3-point percentage of 46.5. While the percentage is impressive, the efficiency was outstanding. Prior to the Stanford loss, UConn had attempted just 172 shots from 3-point range, putting it in a tie for 189th among the 345 teams in Division I at the time.
Even after going 6-for-22 from beyond the arc against the Cardinal, including a frightening 0-for-12 in the second half, the Huskies are still shooting 44.3 percent from 3-point land. They hoisted a few poor attempts Wednesday night, but for the bulk of the season the Huskies have been taking smart 3-point shots.
"It's all of us working together," UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. "It's us getting to our spots, executing and going over it each and every day. It's not just Shabazz (Napier) and (Ryan) Boatright, it's guys setting screens. We set a lot of high screens and ball screens.
"The big guys are being selfless and taking themselves out of the play so we can get good shots."
Much has been made of Niels Giffey's accuracy from long range. His 65.5 percent success rate is a good reason for that. But others are hitting from 3-point range at nearly unsustainable levels.
Napier is hitting at a rate of 51 percent, Boatright 42 percent and DeAndre Daniels at 43 percent. Lasan Kromah has only taken 16 from beyond the arc but has hit eight of them.
Omar Calhoun, who is supposed to be UConn's best 3-point threat, has hit just 31 percent of his shots. And he's taken 49 3-pointers, far more than anybody else.
That Calhoun's teammates are hitting those shots with such efficiency points to one thing: a stable of good shooters taking the right shots. Bad shots are not common for the Huskies, a residual effect of the NBA and European style sets Ollie has instituted.
"I'm very impressed with what coach Ollie has them doing," said Maine associate head coach Doug Leichner, whose team was victimized by 14 3-pointers a couple of weeks ago against the Huskies. "They spread you out, make the defense shift and they take really good shots. I was going through a lot of tape of their games and I counted maybe five bad shots, and they were marginally bad. What they're doing is impressive."
The improved 3-point shooting can likely be attributed to UConn's seeing zone defense so much last year and then again this year. Opponents wanted to shut off drive-to-the-basket opportunities for Napier and Boatright and dared UConn's shooters to beat them last year.
It happened at times, but it was mostly Napier and Boatright somehow finding their way through defenses. Now that the Huskies have figured out zone defenses, opponents have daunting decisions to make. Stay zone and those shooters can be lethal. Go man-to-man and the guards can just about get where they want to go. If they're cut off, they can kick to find a shooter.
"Playing against zone so much last year, you're bound to eventually learn how to play against it," Boatright said. "Any time you get in the lane, you're going to attract attention. You just kick it out and get open shots and we're taking the right shots."
Surely the Huskies hope to continue that after the long break. Just as surely, continuing work on that shooting and making defending the Huskies difficult was a focal point during the last week plus.
"It's very difficult to defend us when we're spreading the floor," Ollie said. "Our spacing has been incredible. We just have to keep it going."
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Boehner: I Should Have Done the Obvious
Mea Culpa, says Rep. Boehner, I should not have caved to President Obama, according to reports leaked to The Hill from those who saw the House Speaker's no-press-allowed speech on Tuesday.
The day after Obama's second historically historic election, Boehner passed his only bargaining chip across the table to his opponent, who then promptly jammed it up Boehner's left nostril, jacking taxes and doing nothing about spending or the debt.
Boehner reportedly told a GOP club "hindsight is 20/20." But in this case foresight was better than 20/20, if only he had listened to the roar of the people outside of the beltway.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me every day for four years, shame on the electorate in the state of Ohio, and the GOP caucus in the House who put this gullible man across the table from Foxy Loxy.
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Boehner, you god damn jackass!!!
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Go away, Boehner. Go away. Idiot.
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What an ass. Every single conservative commentator told him this would happen, he wouldn't listen, now he wants forgiveness. Well screw you Boehner.
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bubba is not pleased with boehner. bubba has many things he'd like to say, but out of decorum will hold his tongue.
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Simply unbelievable, "I should have listened to those I represent." It is time for term limits to curb the power of these old dogs!
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Wow, John Boner went out there and gave the GOP equivlant to Hillary's "What's the difference?" by saying….
""hindsight is 20/20.""
Brilliant John, brilliant! Too bad the NY Slimes and Washington Compost (to quote Levin) still are not going to gush all over you ala Hillary.
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hindsight my ass – he's scared of obama.
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Yes, and if Friar Lawrence had gotten to Romeo in time, he would have known Juliet was faking it.
Thanks for nothing you RINO puke.
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In the end, all we'll have left are our guns.
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I should have listened to those I represent.
Read as: "I know I'm up for re-election in 2 years so you have to look past this one in a long list of typical RINO screw-ups I've made, to give the socialists everything they want, and re-elect me anyway. You have to! You have to! You have to! Or I'm gonna hold my breath!"
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Those who voted for this fool need to be primaried out of office…
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And if asked to play some golf this Spring, Tears will be there.
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The annihilation of the GOP cannot come fast enough.
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Ohio… throw his ass out in 2014! Don't be a dumb cluck this time around!
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Pathetic and inexcusable. How embarrassing to us all.
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"I didn't know that hitting my thumb with a hammer would hurt!"
J. Boehner
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You lying shit sack! You never intended to do anything else. RINO asshole!
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"Momma said that if I beat my head against a brick wall, and then stop, it would feel better. But every time I did it, maybe 100 times, it just made me dizzy."
J. Boehner
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so i went through all that gravitar crap for nothing?
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"Obama said that if I caved, he'd call me 'courageous' at some White House dinner where I could be part of the waitstaff."
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John, I bet Moose $10 you'd do it again!
What a sap!
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Being from Ohio, at first I was pleased, then the first tear came, I said, "Oh crap"….
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Boner trusted bo to honor an agreement made in private?
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Well, Obama let me shine his shoes … with my tongue …
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Go to http://www.thefinereport.com
Robert has Boehner pegged to a "T."
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It would be good news to hear that 0bama threatened bodily harm to Boner's family if the dick didn't play ball with him. That might be a legitimate reason to ball like a little girl in a room full of reporters with cameras.
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"Charlie Orange, you blockhead!"
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Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial said on Friday it had sold part of its stake in British airport operator BAA to Qatar to finance its bid to push further into faster growing markets such as Latin America.Ferrovial sold a 10.6 percent stake in FGP Topco, the holding company that owns BAA - which runs London's Heathrow airport - for EUR€607 million to Qatar Holding, the finance arm of the Gulf Arab state's sovereign wealth fund.Analysts said Ferrovial, whose investment in BAA has been dented by UK regulators' crackdown over its dominant position, achieved a good price for its stake given economic conditions and was likely to use the proceeds to invest abroad. The company is bidding for airports in Brazil and Puerto Rico."It's 3 percent below the price they achieved in 2011," said RBC Capital analyst Olivia Peters, referring to Ferrovial's sale of 5.88 percent of BAA to Alinda Capital Partners for EUR€325 million in October 2011. "It implies 13.7 times EBITDA, and if you strip out Edinburgh it's more like 13.9 times."Ferrovial bought BAA in 2006 for GBP£10.3 billion in a highly-leveraged deal.It had planned to keep all of the British firm's airports and make them more efficient by outsourcing services, but BAA was forced by the UK regulator to sell London Gatwick - Britain's second busiest airport behind London Heathrow - for which it got GBP£1.5 billion in 2009. It was also made to sell Edinburgh airport, which was bought by Global Infrastructure Partners for GBP£807 million in April this year.In England, BAA currently owns Southampton and London Stansted, which it is also being forced to sell, as well as Glasgow and Aberdeen airports in Scotland.BAA's other shareholders, Britannia Airport Partners and GIC, also sold stakes to Qatar Holding, which as a consequence now holds a 20 percent stake in the British operator.Most of Ferrovial's business is based in Spain, but the company also has operations in Europe, as well as the United States, Canada and Chile, and invests in airports and toll roads, among other projects.Source: Reuters
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It was a night of mixed fortunes on the red carpet outside London's O2 Arena, but sisters Kylie and Dannii Minogue appeared to get the thumbs up ahead of this year's BRIT Awards on Wednesday evening. ...read
She's spinning around! Kylie Minogue takes her seat in the judge's chair for the first blind auditions on The Voice UK
For the first time this series, Kylie Minogue takes her seat in the judge's spinning chair for The Voice UK.
'First day at school... I mean, work!' Kylie Minogue enjoys bonding dinner with new Voice co-stars Will.i.am, Ricky Wilson and Tom Jones
The foursome went out for dinner after a meeting to discuss the new series.
Kylie Minogue is a vision in pale pink as she lends support to friend's new French film Les Salauds at Cannes
Arrived on the red carpet with director pal Leos Carax to their mutual friend Clare Denis's screening.
Now that's how you wear double denim! Kylie Minogue shows off her pert posterior in matching jeans and jacket
The 44-year-old pint sized star's slim fitting jeans showed off her famous pert posterior to the maximum while her skyscraper white heels elongated her slim legs.
Head over heels: Contortionist Zlata bends over backwards to meet Kylie Minogue at Cannes party
Upon spotting Kylie, Zlata couldn't resist the opportunity to show off her talents and get a picture with the Australian pop star.
I'm an actress too, remember! Kylie Minogue is a bronze beauty at Cannes premiere of her new film Holy Motors
Red carpet appearance for latest film role.
Dressed-down Kylie Minogue leaves the glitz and glamour at home as she performs first Anti-Tour show in shorts and a T-shirt
Instead of her typical flamboyant showgirl-style costumes, the 43-year-old dressed in a simple pair of tiny denim shorts, a Marilyn Monroe vest and ankle boots.
What a homecoming! A flamboyant Kylie Minogue celebrates 25 years in pop as she leads Sydney Mardi Gras
Singer, 43, had her own themed float at the annual parade.
Kylie Minogue the snow queen performs in New York as the Rockefeller Center is transformed into a winter wonderland
Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Sheryl Crow, Katherine Jenkins, and Susan Boyle all performed at the event.
- Born:May 28, 1968 in Melbourne, Australia
- Marital History:Single
- Profession:Actress and singer
Kylie Minogue, the pop star, has remained at the top of her game for more than 20 years. In 1987 she released her first single Locomotion which hit the No.1 spot in Australia and the UK coming on the back of her success and popularity as Charlene in the Australian TV soap Neighbours. Since then she has released nine studio albums, plus various live CDs and compilations.
The petite star, who has made her home in London, is famed for her fabulous concerts and costumes.
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Martha Petrich, 89, of Duluth, died Sunday Dec. 16, 2012 in St. Eligius Health Center.
Martha Petrich, 89, of Duluth, died Sunday Dec. 16, 2012 in St. Eligius Health Center.
She was born in Duluth on Jan. 9, 1923 to Eli and Julia Petrich.
Martha graduated from Denfeld High School. She was a member of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church. She had worked at the Holiday Inn as a Waitress for many years. Out of 12 children in her family Martha was the only female to drive a car. She enjoyed the outdoors, exercising, and spending time with family and friends. Martha was always a waitress, weather she was at work or home. She loved making people happy. She participated in many church functions, and made the best Poticia.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Welcome to Chef Gregory's Gourmet Catering
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Chef Gregory Kalatsky attended The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Hyde Park, New York in 1993.
Aspiring to be a Master Chef, Gregory graduated from the CIA in 1995 and did an additional three months of postgraduate work in 12 specialized cuisine preparation studies. He assisted as Sous Chef (second in command) in several disciplines. His studies took him from nutritional cuisine to specialized wedding cake design. After finishing his curriculum at the CIA, his heart called him home for a short stay in Laguna Beach, California before venturing off to Europe to study under some of the world's most renowned chefs to include: Heinz Winkler of Bavaria, Chef Hunsinger of Munich, Glen Alos of Hawaii and Claudio Pappini of Italy and French Chef Louis Fessy. Gregory's Foundation is in Classical French Cuisine.
Upon returning home from some of the most challenging culinary studies in Europe, he launched his career as Sous Chef at "Five Feet Restaurant" in Laguna Beach. While his tutelage at "Five Feet" was an indelible experience, Chef Gregory's love for the art of cooking compelled him to share his craft, "the code of cooking." He imparts, "cooking is an art, cooking is a science and cooking is sharing knowledge with others." Gregory's passion for the art of cooking engaged him in a teaching position at The Orange County School of Culinary Arts in 1999.
Chef Gregory also engages in an occasional consultation for the design of restaurant kitchens, new homes and remodeled kitchens.
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Recent Holiday events
Offering Sit down Menus and Buffet Style too
This was at the Discovery Science Center in Orange.
We are Offering Holiday Services to all of our clients, Space is Limited so Pleasae book as soon as you can.
Happy Holidays,
Chef Gregory
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Trustees went ahead and adopted a proclamation noting the occasion during their Feb. 20 regular meeting.
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Gear Sector Offset Picatinny Rail Flashlight Mount Surefire G2 Series 1.020" Ring Diameter AR-15 Aluminum
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This Gear Sector Offset Light Mount is precisely CNC machined from 6061 T6 Aluminum for an ideal mix of strength and light weight. Contoured to seamlessly blend with a TangoDown Rail Panel, the offset flashlight mount features a ring diameter of 1.020" and is designed specifically for use with the oversized Nitrolon bodies of Surefire G2 Series Flashlights. Not for use with standard 1" lights. Mounts to any M1913 Picatinny Spec rail surface.
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- Material: 6061-T6 Aluminum
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