what group was beyonce in before she became famous
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Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and dancer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the best-selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002) and the release of her first solo album, "Dangerously in Love" (2003). The album established her as
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The girls [Beyonce and Michelle Williams] wrote it for me. Destiny's Child is deeper than what people see on the surface. Those are my homies for life... Those girls we stuck with each other – period." Producer 9th Wonder initially met Beyoncé while she was in the recording studio as rapper Jay-Z was recording the song "Threat" for his 2003 album "The Black Album". After Jay went through the CD of tracks that 9th Wonder handed to him, Beyoncé mentioned that she liked what she heard from him. Several months later, 9th received a call from Jay-Z asking for him
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the one that signed Beyoncé and her girl group Destiny's Child to the record label Columbia Records at the beginning of their careers. When she told Mathers that she was collecting songs for Beyoncé's upcoming sixth studio album, Mathers presented his audio of "Sandcastles". During an interview with "Los Angeles Times", Berry recalled the moment the song was played to LaBarbera, "Midian was like he's gonna kill me and he didn't give permission but I think this is the kind of song Beyonce needs to sing. And when she played it Teresa started to cry. I did this song to
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between the other members' sets. Soon after the second verse, all girls gather in a garage-like room complete with cars and Destiny's Child in black PVC-pants and orange tops and all of the dancers, dressed in black, from the video. Luckett and Roberson said they did not know they were out of the group until seeing the "Say My Name" video, and in March 2000 they filed a lawsuit against Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and manager Mathew Knowles for what they saw as a plot to ruin Luckett and Roberson's careers. By the end of the year, Luckett and Roberson
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has referenced Beyonce and Destiny's Child as influences. In 2000, at the age of 13, Faye was one of hundreds of young girls to audition for a spot in Play, an all-girl pop group formed by Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge, and Andreas Karlsson in Stockholm, Sweden. After nationwide auditions, Faye and her best friend Rosanna were selected to be a part of the group. While rehearsing at Laila's home, Tommy Mottola (who was involved in a phone conversation with Bagge) overheard the group in the background. He was so impressed with their sound that he flew them to Los Angeles
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perform "Uptown Funk" with Beyonce. Despite this, Mars still didn't think it was a good idea and asked the former to talk to Beyonce to see what was her opinion on that. Martin videotaped him and Mars, while the former sang a song to Beyoncé so that she would come to do the Super Bowl with both of them. Beyonce response was receptive to the idea. At that time, Mars and Beyoncé were both doing a diet and stressing out. One day before the performance they were "watching playback backstage", while Beyonce ate a bag of Cheetos. Mars asked her
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starred in "Beyonce: The President's Daughter". Her role as "Beyonce" was her major breakthrough. Her movie career began with her playing a role in the TV series "Games People Play" in 2005, which she got nominated for best actress. She has starred in more than 20 movies. In 2013, she came out with her own movie called "The Diary of Imogen Brown". Buari moved from Ghanaian films to Nollywood films around the year 2008. Her breakthrough role in Nollywood was in the film "Beyonce & Rihanna" as Beyonce alongside Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde who played Rihanna. The film became
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Lochangel Lochangel (foaled 5 April 1994) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She raced for the connections of her more famous older sister Lochsong and while never matching the achievements of her sibling she became a top-class racemare who excelled in sprint races on firm ground. As a juvenile she was beaten on her debut before winning at Ascot Racecourse in the sixth of what became known as Frankie Dettori's "Magnificent Seven". After failing to win in four attempts in 1997 she reached her peak as a four-year-old in 1998 when she won two races including the Group One
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exclusively while warming up for her races. She warms up by dancing, which became her trademark during the Sochi 2014 Olympics. The official Facebook page of Beyonce posted the link to her dance warmup before Hansen's final race in the Sochi 2014 luge event, wishing her luck. The dance apparently came about after she broke her foot and had trouble running to warm up. Hansen teamed up with Jimmy Kimmel in a prank video which made it seem that a wolf had broken into the apartment where she was staying. A few days later, they admitted to the prank after
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"so steeped in professionalism that what should be magical can become mechanical." Noting influences by Tina Turner and Barbra Streisand during the tour, Ann Powers of "Los Angeles Times" writes: "And she danced like only Beyonce can dance, with a combination of power, grace and smarts that fully unites Broadway choreography with urban street innovations ... Indeed, her production can be seen as a retelling of pop's history from a feminine viewpoint -- and as an argument for Beyonce as the ultimate realization of the female pop dream." Ben Ratliff of "The New York Times" summarized the tour's concept as
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Awards, World Music Awards, The Oprah Winfrey Show and the BET Awards. McGill has also performed with Beyonce at the White House for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's 50th birthday party and also played at various festivals such as the Glastonbury Festival in 2011. McGill's has had some of her most memorable solos during the Beyonce era. On the Beyoncé Experience and I Am...World Tour, she performed a solo during Freakum Dress and was known for the phrase "Bibi Take Me Higher" after Beyoncé shouted it before her solo. McGill's Freakum dress solo is known for its Randy Rhoads
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Publishing Group. As a songwriter and producer, Charles' songs have reached platinum status, having composed or produced for Beyonce, Jay-Z, Chris Brown, Cardi B, SZA, Kehlani, and Jason Derulo. Nija Charles Nija Charles, professionally known as Nija (born October 20, 1997) is an American songwriter and record producer. Charles began her professional music career in 2017 writing songs for Beyonce and Jay-Z (“Heard About Us” and “LoveHappy”); Cardi B and SZA ("I Do"); Cardi B and Kehlani ("Ring"); Jason Derulo for the 2018 Official World Cup and Coca-Cola anthem ("Colors”); and Chris Brown ("Pull Up"). She is signed to Universal
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Wright. Wright publicly apologized to Tina, Beyonce and Solange for the "pain [she] has contributed" in their lives. Since the breakup with Knowles, Wright has become engaged to Celebrity Fit Club trainer Harvey Walden IV. Wright is cited in the books "The A to Z of African American Cinema" and the "Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema", both written by S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry. She is also mentioned in "Beyonce: Entertainer" by Sonya Kimble-Ellis. Wright is also extensively covered in the J Randy Taraborrelli unauthorized biography "Becoming Beyonce". Wright and her son currently live outside of Los
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presented him with a tribute award at the World Music Awards in 2006, Beyoncé said, "if it wasn't for Michael Jackson, I would never ever have performed." She admires Diana Ross as an "all-around entertainer".Beyonce was heavily influenced by Tina Turner, who she said "Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy". and Whitney Houston, who she said "inspired me to get up there and do what she did." She credits Mariah Carey's singing and her song "Vision of Love" as influencing her to begin practicing vocal runs as a child. Her other
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encouragement, she sought out Yamaguchi Seison (1892–1988) and asked to join his haiku group when she was in university. After graduating university, she stopped composing haiku for a period of nearly ten years, then returned to the art and to Seison's haiku group in 1968. That same year, she began what became her trademark haiku pilgrimages, the first of which was to Japan's famous cherry blossoms and spanned 28 years. In 2012, she completed a 30-year endeavor leading haiku pilgrimages to Japan's four main pilgrimage routes: The Shikoku, Saigoku, Bandõ, and Chichibu circuits. In 1990, after the death of her
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best student or the beauties boy. A girl told him "why you not become an actor". Then another girl in America told him the same and he started to work on it. Then he had a romance with a girl who looks like Nicole Kidman. She was very rich but one day she "kicked" him out. He doesn’t have idea what he will do in the house. Rotem Aizak is a journalist. She likes Beyonce. In her childhood she never believes that she is beautiful. She likes to write articles about sex. She doesn’t believe in monogamy. She searches for
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topside of the fragrance bottle. The Beyonce perfume bottle variation has a dark gray cast to the bottle color while the "blue" style True Star container has a pearl like color to it. When Beyonce worked with Tommy Hilfiger on this perfume, she wanted the fragrance to be smart, sexy, yet innocent. True Star was created by using top perfume notes of honeysuckle, sweet pea, cereal, wheat notes, and rice pudding. True Star by Tommy Hilfiger perfume can be classified as a floral, oriental, and fresh scent that can be worn for any occasion by women of all age. Beyonce
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was bought back by Jeff Smith when the bidding stopped at 150,000 guineas. To date she has produced eight named foals: Lochangel Lochangel (foaled 5 April 1994) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She raced for the connections of her more famous older sister Lochsong and while never matching the achievements of her sibling she became a top-class racemare who excelled in sprint races on firm ground. As a juvenile she was beaten on her debut before winning at Ascot Racecourse in the sixth of what became known as Frankie Dettori's "Magnificent Seven". After failing to win in four
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Europe. Later, "Love Song - Cả Một Trời Thương Nhớ" concert was held in August 22nd, 2017 at Gem Center. She has dated actor Kim Ly ever since, after tabloids about her divorce with ex husband Nguyen Quoc Cuong, being a third wheel with businessman Chu Dang Khoa and the rivalry with singer-actress Minh Hang in "The Face Vietnam." In 2018, she released her cosmetic line named M.O.I. In an interview, she said that after seeing Beyonce performing in Bangkok, Thailand, she began to "learn Beyonce's performing style" and shared that Beyonce is "my favorite artist that I look up
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One. Autumn 2018 she adapted her live Edinburgh Fringe stage show, Politics for Bitches, into six 30 minute episodes for the BBC. Via a part documentary, part stand-up gig format, Omielan, explores a few of the socioeconomic and political issues facing young adults in the UK today. On 14 July 2016, Omielan's book "What Would Beyonce Do?!" was published by Century. . Luisa Omielan Luisa Omielan (born 7 September 1982) is a British comedian based in Birmingham. Born in Birmingham to parents of Polish descent, she is the middle of five children. Luisa lived in Farnborough, Hampshire where she went
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mainstream Nollywood film industry and making them have a star power comparable to Nigerian actors. Ghanaian actors that became famous through this collaboration include: Jackie Appiah, Van Vicker, Majid Michel, Nadia Buari, John Dumelo, Kalsum Sinare and Kofi Adjorolo amongst others. The contract was extended for another two years which led to the introduction of more actors like Yvonne Nelson, Juliet Ibrahim, Frank Artus and Martha Ankomah. Films produced during this period include: "Mummy’s Daughter", "Beyonce", "Heart of Men", "The Game", "Who Loves Me?", "Princess Tyra", "The King is Mine", "Agony of Christ", "Crime to Christ" and many others. The
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contract. In 2006 he became the chairman of Sony BMG. He later created SonyBMG Films, a division that produced numerous titles including "Cadillac Records" starring Beyonce. In 2008 he left the company. In 2008, Lack returned to broadcast journalism, joining Bloomberg as CEO of its Media Group, running television, radio and digital properties, including 11 television channels internationally. "The New York Times" reported that he cut losses in half and doubled revenue. He became chairman of Bloomberg Media Group in 2013 and stayed with Bloomberg until 2014. Lack rejoined NBC News and MSNBC in 2015 in the aftermath of a
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Sheila Mello Sheila Chesed de Almeida Mello (born July 23, 1978) is a Brazilian dancer, actress and model. She became famous for dancing in the band É o Tchan! Sheila was born in Cidade Ademar, a district on the outskirts of São Paulo. Before becoming known for her participation in the group É o Tchan!, She graduated in both classical ballet and in modern ballet. Her entry to the group É o Tchan! came in 1998 through a contest held to choose a replacement for the dancer Carla Perez who left the group. Immediately after her victory she posed nude
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back of a limousine and offered critique that teenage girls are influenced by the singer, adding, "Why would she do it when she knows the devastation that unwanted pregnancies... and fractured families [...] I think Beyoncé, what she has done here, is inexplicable". In response to these claims, Rutger University's Kevin Allred argues that "Beyonce isn’t sensationalizing her own body and putting it on display for viewers to gawk at. Rather, she performs the historical objectification of black female bodies and replays that objectification in order to point out that, stereotypically, black women have had few means of garnering attention
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favoured with acts imitating Beyonce Knowles, Tifa, Indira Radic, Severina and many more. After a wide spectre of enjoyed performances, she qualified for the finals. In the finals, she claimed third place of the entire season as Beyonce in December 2017. Edita Aradinović Edita Aradinović (; born 30 June 1993) is a Serbian recording artist who rose to fame as the lead vocalist for the Serbian turbo-folk music act "Ministarke". After an unsuccessful audition for Zvezde Granda in 2010, she began a solo career which generated her fame in Serbia and neighbouring countries. In 2013, she joined "Ministarke" where she
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has collaborated with celebrities such as Beyonce, Ty Hunter, Adrienne Bailon and many more. She also known for her line of fashionable wearable technology items in which she has partnered with Metawear to create fashion forward technology pieces which will help people in everyday living. Melanie was listed as the "Black Designer to Know" on Ebony. Cosmopolitan Magazine listed Melanie's line in their Christmas gift guide on what to buy for the holidays. Melanie also has been featured in many modeling ads and even music videos. Melanie White Melanie R. White (born April 24, 1986) is an American designer from
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the “Top 25 Feminist Anthems. The song builds bridges of hope and understanding while dispelling myths, correcting stereotypes and educating the world about who she is and what she stands for. The song launched her career as well as positive reception. NPR called her debut video for “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab) “lemonade-esque,” and that the visuals “channel Beyonce.” The video was displayed by the De Young Museum in San Francisco in an exhibit on Muslim women's fashions. Haydar's second single "Dog" featured Jackie Cruz of Orange is the New Black. The video featured a PSA about violence against women taking
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and Rie Tsuji. She has appeared in three DVDs with Beyoncé including "The Beyoncé Experience Live", "I Am... Sasha Fierce", and "". She has also appeared in two videos, "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light". Divinity has performed with Beyonce at The White House for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama during a State Dinner for the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon. She also performed with Beyonce during her Glastonbury performance. She has also performed on the Grammy's, The BET Awards, MTV Music Awards, "Ellen", "The Oprah Winfrey Show", "Saturday Night Live", "Good Morning America", "The Today Show" and countless other television
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as New Pallapa, SERA, Monata and others. Her work became more widely known when a number of national television stations invited her to become a guest star on the Inbox SCTV Carnival. Via has been invited to the 2016 Anugerah Dangdut Indonesia MNCTV award ceremony, and has performed with a number of famous artists such as Dewi Persik, Zaskia Gotik, Raffi Ahmad, Soimah Pancawati and others. In addition to having fans named Vyanisty, Via Vallen is herself a fan of Beyonce and Mariah Carey. Via claimed not to love dangdut as a teenager, preferring pop rock music including that by
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in late 2006. At that time Boland was "singing Jamiroquai and Beyonce in a covers band" while Liddell was a "bedroom" producer. They relocated to Melbourne, where they formed the trio which, according to the group, "tend to sway back and forth between velvety nu-disco and quirky electro." In May 2010 they issued an extended play, "Punching Air in the Nyah". One of its tracks, "What Do We Do?", appeared on the various artists mixtape album, "Friday MixTape #65", in October 2011. Their debut single, "Red Boots", was issued in January 2012 with an associated music video, which was directed
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performance was her New York Fashion Week debut at the Philipp Plein's spring show in September 2017 along with Irina Shayk and Adriana Lima. She was selected as the SI Swimsuit issue cover model for the 2018 issue, becoming the third black woman to appear on the cover of the Swimsuit Issue—after Tyra Banks (1997) and Beyonce (2007). Herrington shot the 2018 Swimsuit Issue in the Bahamas. The Sunday two days before she was selected for the Swimsuit cover she again walked the runway for Plein. Danielle Herrington Danielle Herrington (born May 26, 1993) is an American model known for
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part of a boy group myself. It was so much fun. I put my heart and soul into 'Love On Top' and I hope you love it. After the release of the sneak peek, Michael Bivins of the New Edition told Theybf.com, "When I saw Beyonce on the MTV awards in the sequined jacket this year and with the dancers in R&B group positions, I knew then she was showing love to NE! The video teaser was part two... the classic video 'If It Isn't Love' reference." After the release of the full video, Johnny Gill told "S2S" magazine that
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Lou Graham (Seattle madame) Lou Graham (February 9, 1857 – March 11, 1903), born Dorothea Georgine Emile Ohben, was a German-born woman who became famous as the madame of a brothel in what is now the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, Washington, USA. She was referred to as the "Queen of the lava beds," with 'lava beds' referring to the area of tide flats that were filled in with sawdust from the sawmill. She became one of the city's wealthiest citizens before dying in her forties. Graham arrived in Seattle in 1888; the city, barely three decades old, was at
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talent, and recommended she take acting lessons. McGovern studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City, a member of Group 12, 1979–1981 In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in what became her first film, "Ordinary People", in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Conrad Jarrett (Timothy Hutton). The following year she completed her acting education at the American Conservatory Theatre and Juilliard, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. In 1981 she earned an Academy Award
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Mamas in 2006 as lead guitarist, later becoming musical director for the Beyoncé Experience and I Am...World Tour. With Beyoncé's band she has toured around the world in four of Beyoncé's tours, The Beyoncé Experience (2007), The I Am...World Tour (2009-2010), Mrs. Carter World Tour (2013-2014), and the On The Run Tour (2014) with Beyoncé and Jay-Z. She also played in three specials: (2009), Ballroom (2011) and Beyonce Live in Atlantic City (2012). While playing for Beyonce, she performed at various awards shows, TV shows and variety shows such as Good Morning America, the Today show, the Grammys, American Music
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"in contrast" to Knowles' last intervention in national affairs, the Let's Move! Flash Workout fitness initiative. Ronald Mitchell of "Newsday" commented that "It does our hearts good to see Beyonce work her magic for the greater good." Knowles later also performed the song for the concert she had on July 4, 2011 along with "Best Thing I Never Had" (2011). Nick Neyland of "Prefix Magazine" commented that "Beyonce is a natural fit for occasions like this, and she doesn't even break a sweat as she hits the high notes despite the soaring temperatures and humidity in the city. That's the
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Katharina Franck Katharina Franck (born July 28, 1963) is a German singer-songwriter who became famous with her band Rainbirds and has produced several solo albums. Franck was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, but spent her childhood in Portugal and Brazil before, at the age of 18, moving to Cologne, Germany, and then (a couple of years later) to Berlin, Germany. In 1986, she founded Rainbirds, which went through various iterations over the 13 years, until finally in 1999 the group dissolved. From 1990 to 1994, while still with Rainbirds, she was also a member of the group Stein (which included her
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Ronde de Mouche" on her military experiences. In the US she married a demobilized American soldier, a Jew. They had three children. After the war she became an active member of the Lehi (Stern Gang), undertaking special operations for the militant group and she became famous after being imprisoned in 1947 for planting explosives on British ships which had been trying to prevent Jewish immigrants from travelling to Mandatory Palestine. After her release from prison, she settled at the age of 23 in Beersheba in Southern Israel, where she opened a nightclub, before her early death at the age of
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to be a single, but Beyonce sounds fine here." Nia Beckwith of the website AllHipHop gave a positive review about the song, saying that it was "the most noteworthy" track she heard during the week of its premiere. She wrote, The overall theme of the song puts me in the mind of a hit from R&B group Bell Biv Devoe circa 1990 that was also titled Poison, but doesn't fair the potential to be a number one song like it did close to 20 years ago. Even though the song doesn't seem like it would be a chart topper it
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accompanied Spencer for a second commission in Switzerland. Between 1935 and 1937, Spencer painted his famous series of nude portraits of Preece. Preece, aware of Spencer's fantasy for her to be his wife, insisted that he must obtain a divorce from Carline before she would marry him. Spencer became convinced that if he married Preece, he would then be able to persuade Carline to join them in a "ménage-à-trois". Spencer's contact with his daughters became limited; his older daughter Shirin later commented that, even as a young child, "I knew what she was doing to Daddy." After receiving numerous pleading
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is what she really is - the Trisha they knew who lived a glamorous life despite many obstacles and rejections. The movie ends with Trisha's final walk message, showing a younger version of herself, confident and glamorous. Other celebrity transformations of Trisha during her wake are Angelina Jolie, Lady Gaga, and Beyonce. "Die Beautiful" is a film funded by Hong Kong – Asia Financing Forum and produced by Regal Entertainment, The IdeaFirst Company, and Octobertrain Films. The film was directed by Jun Robles Lana and produced by Lily Monteverde, Roselle Monteverde and Perci Intalan. "Die Beautiful" was selected in the
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Cullen Hightower Cullen Hightower (1923 – November 27, 2008) was a well-known quotation and quip writer from the United States. He is often associated with the American conservative political movement. Hightower served in the U.S. army during World War II before beginning a career in sales. He began to publish his writing upon retirement. A collection of his quotations was published as "Cullen Hightower's Wit Kit." One of Hightower's most notable quotations is "People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done." Ironically, Hightower became famous for what he said rather than
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that "Beyonce's game is unique in its reliance on pure visual magnetism". He wrote that even when Beyoncé is "inhabiting apocalyptic warzones or Mad Men-era domestic scenes", she is always classical. Kornhaber concluded that the video for "1+1" is "catchy, fun dance, pretty face, pretty body", which according to him, is what "Beyonce [has] always been about". Melinda Newman from the website HitFix found "some lovely kaleidoscopic shots and billowing sheets". She added that "we never see her '+1' other than an arm and back shot, but that works to the video's advantage". Similarly, Willa Paskin of "New York" magazine
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gardens, lies in bed and walks through the grass, all with a burgeoning belly." John Mitchel of MTV included the video on the list "Beyonce, Britney And Madonna: What To Expect When You're Expecting — Music Video Edition" in 2011. Despite praising the track, Idolator blogger Becky Bain stated that "at this point she still looks like a teenager herself, so it's a little disconcerting seeing her with that huge belly, singing about motherhood." Source: Someday (I Will Understand) "Someday (I Will Understand)" is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears. It was written by Spears and produced by
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Howard spoke with strong convictions about what he believed to be his calling: In 1894 he married Mary Geraldine Guinness, a childhood friend from his youth in Bromley-by-Bow in the East End of London. Her father was Henry Grattan Guinness, the famous evangelist and preacher. Together Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor authored several books: Mary Geraldine Guinness was a noteworthy missionary in her own right with a love of writing. She joined the CIM in 1888 and became one of the key biographers for the CIM. She served in Honan before they were married. She was already the author of
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much kindness. This must have been frustrating for Mary after the independence she had enjoyed in the convent. As she became stronger, Mary’s prayer life became more intense, and she was given insight into what God was asking of her, even though she felt desolate and had no spiritual support. After a period of time in which she spent much time in prayer and reflection before a crucifix, she started to think of the possibility of founding a group of religious Sisters dedicated to the spiritual, and where possible, the physical assistance of those who were sick and dying. In
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the second-highest price in the sale (175 guilders, exceeded only by the 200 guilders paid for Vermeer's cityscape, "View of Delft".) In 1765 the painting was auctioned by Leendert Pieter de Neufville. "The famous milkmaid, by Vermeer of Delft, artful", went through at least five Amsterdam collections before it became part of what The Metropolitan Museum of Art called "one of the great collectors of Dutch art", that of Lucretia Johanna van Winter (1785–1845). In 1822 she married into the Six family of collectors, and in 1908 her two sons sold the painting (as part of the famous Six collection
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which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club/Play Songs Chart. In an interview with Leslie Moore, Lamb revealed, "I was in the studio and I was listening to Boyz II Men. The song, “Uhh Ahh” starts with a countdown of '10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1'..." Lamb added his own touches to the sample and started a beat. Lamb's sent the song over to his publisher Big Jon Platt who played the track for Beyonce. "[Platt] told me Beyonce started bouncing up and down, dancing when the countdown came on. She started dancing, bouncing, moving
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very popular to both Ghanaian and Nigerian audience. Her other notable Nollywood films include "Rough Rider", "Beauty and the Beast", "Holding Hope" and "Single and Married". She is also known for co-starring in films with Nollywood actor Jim Iyke, which has also received attention. Films include the "Beyonce & Rihanna" film series, "Hot Romance" and "Behind a Smile." In 2013, she won the Pan African Actress award at the annual Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA Awards) in New York City. Buari became an ambassador at Tablet India Limited (TIL) in 2013. In January 2014, she dated Nollywood actor Jim Iyke. On
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Mew Azama , born December 26, 1986 in Hiroshima Prefecture and raised in Okinawa Prefecture, is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her profile: "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is MEW." Azama is a graduate of the Okinawa Actor's School and was a member of B. B. Waves (or Baby Waves) while she was there before graduating from the group in 2000. She became "Miss SEVENTEEN" in October 2002 and was an exclusive model for Seventeen
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Elusion Elusion was a female R&B group that consisted of two separate sets of identical twin sisters, Tamica and Tanya Johnson, and Michelle and Marie Harris. They only released one album as a group, "Think About It" in 1998. Michelle and Marie were born in San Diego, California while Tamica and Tanya are from Selma, Alabama. They teamed up to form the group, Elusion. Their debut album included their mildly received single, "Reality". The song has since achieved cult status. The album is notable for also including production by Missy Elliott before she became famous, on the track titled "Good
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Yekaterina Guseva Yekaterina Konstantinovna Guseva (; 9 July 1976) is a Russian film, theater, TV actress and singer, Meritorious Artist of Russia. She became famous for her role in the 2002 television series "Brigada". In Guseva's childhood, her father played the violin; it was his violin depicted in the series "Brigada". Her younger sister, Nastya, works as a methodologist in a kindergarten. By age four, she was already part of the modern gymnastics resource group for the Soviet Union's representative team. She also tried figure skating and swimming. Seven years before finishing school, Katya was involved in the Georgian dance
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spring well or fixing a problem with the farm's butter production. At some point Biddy acquired a bottle that became as famous as she was. She would frequently look into the bottle, which contained some sort of dark liquid, when considering possible cures for her visitors. She took the bottle everywhere, and it was even with her when she died. Her cures are the main reason she became well-known, but her strong personality was also an important factor. According to one biographer, "In many ways, what Biddy is purported to have done is what an oppressed peasantry would themselves wish
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Marisa Pavan Marisa Pavan (born Maria Luisa Pierangeli; 19 June 1932) is an Italian-born actress who first became famous as the twin sister of film star Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli) before achieving success in films on her own. Pavan's film debut came in "What Price Glory" (1952). The daughter of a construction engineer, Pavan had no dramatic training when she signed a contract with Paramount at age 19. Her breakthrough came in the film "The Rose Tattoo" (1955) as Anna Magnani's daughter; her role was first assigned to Angeli, who then became unavailable to play the part. Her performance
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Nija Charles Nija Charles, professionally known as Nija (born October 20, 1997) is an American songwriter and record producer. Charles began her professional music career in 2017 writing songs for Beyonce and Jay-Z (“Heard About Us” and “LoveHappy”); Cardi B and SZA ("I Do"); Cardi B and Kehlani ("Ring"); Jason Derulo for the 2018 Official World Cup and Coca-Cola anthem ("Colors”); and Chris Brown ("Pull Up"). She is signed to Universal Music Publishing Group. Charles gained interest in music as a child, observing her uncle and aunt experiment on the production software Fruity Loops. In 2016, she enrolled in the
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in Japan. Leslie Wilson from "Gulf News" said that Che'Nelle followed a successful "formula" used by artists such as Beyonce and Christina Aguilera, in which their albums have "attitude". She opined that "there are several songs which have hit written all over them but not many really hit home." She singled out the songs "Club Jumpin'", "Teach Me How to Dance" and "Hurry Up" as potential "summer hits", but felt their "near-identical beat" became repetitive. She observed some "first-rate beats and catchy hooks" but concluded that "Things Happen for a Reason" is a "faceless and at times lacks personality." A
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after the famous television series, was formed in 1999 from what was the Combat Service Support Group (CSSG). The CSSG was the successor to the Force Maintenance Area (FMA), which was already using the Blackadder flash following its formation in 1990 in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. The then commander of the FMA, Brigadier Martin White, recognised the need for a sense of identity and found inspiration in a letter from his daughter in which she quipped 'I hope you have a cunning plan'. And so it was not long before the transit camps in the port of Al Jubail
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forward as a stronger feminist than Snow White, though Aurora remains bogged down with passive reactivity." Author Melissa G. Wilson observed in her book "Mashups for Teens: From Sleeping Beauty to Beyonce" that Aurora's reaction upon learning that she is a princess differs from what one would expect from a young woman. By default, Aurora is usually considered to be the film's main character. Leigh Butler of Tor.com argues that the role of "protagonist" rightfully belongs to the three good fairies because they "make "all" the critical decisions in the film, the ones which drive the action", while Aurora acts
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bedroom. In the bridge, it shows Minogue in a blue plaid dress dancing under a spotlight. She later teases her lover and dances atop a table. The music video later ends with Minogue kissing him and she walks out the room, while the man sits on a chair left alone. The song's reception itself became one of Minogue's least successful singles to date. The single's video recreated scenes made famous by Brigitte Bardot in the 1956 film "And God Created Woman". The song was featured on MTV Classics channel in 2011 and was listed at number thirty-four on "Evolution of...
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Beaumont, the abbé Yart ... Having settled in Paris in 1733, the Du Boccages began to establish a salon. Anne-Marie began to associate with famous figures. In July 1746, she was awarded, in what was a rare distinction for a woman, the first prize of the Rouen Academy. She sent her poem to Voltaire, who replied on 15 August 1746, addressing her as 'Sappho of Normandy'. Le Cornier de Cideville, fellow Norman and a correspondent of Voltaire's, recommended her salon to Fontenelle, who before long became one of her Sunday regulars. A member of the Académie française and the French
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the year previously, before gaining recognition or popularity as a leader. Before long, Natsuki became famous as some-sort of heaven-sent angel and people started calling her "Shirō", believing she was the saviour prophesied 25 years before. Six students of the present-day St. Francisco Academy (circa 2000). They all are members of the Student Council. Amakusa 1637 During a school field trip, a group of friends from the St. Francisco Academy are thrown back in time to the Japan of the early Edo period. According to history, in 1637 a revolt broke out, known as the Shimabara Rebellion. It was led
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clay all her life, following the footsteps of her parents, who mostly made ashtrays, figures of monkeys called machines and small figures of musicians. She began when she was about six and soon her decorative elements on ashtrays stood out. As she developed her ceramic work and it became known, she became relatively famous and wealthy for rural Oaxaca standards, able to send her sons to the city of Oaxaca for their education. However, she remained on the same land that she bought with her husband, Antonio Garcia Reyes, before she became famous but used the money she earned to
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CEO of VANOC revealed that Celine Dion had been contracted to sing the national anthem at the Opening Ceremony. However, when she became pregnant she cancelled the performance and was subsequently replaced by 16-year-old Nikki Yanofsky. In addition, Furlong also revealed that "a famous Quebec composer" was contracted to provide musical elements to the show. That composer, whom he would not name, backed out of arrangement months before the Games over what he termed "philosophical differences." As a result, the artist refused to allow VANOC access to his music's rights and the organizing committee had to unwind part of the
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In 2008, Olivo appeared in the dance single titled "Deja Vu" with an album release under Dauman Music which became a top 40 billboard dance chart hit with remixes by Dj Escape known for several remixed hits for Beyonce. That same year, she appeared nude painted in head to toe silver on the cover of Mötley Crüe's "Saints of Los Angeles" album. Olivo is also on the cover of two well-known romance novels. Olivo appeared on the cover of the June 2009 issue of "Playboy" magazine. Inside, she appears in seven fully nude photos, shot by fashion photographer Terry Richardson.
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At 16, she became a photographic model. She studied journalism but gave it up to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. She joined the theatre group Asdrúbal Trouxe o Trombone alongside Regina Casé, before getting her first film role in "Para Viver um Grande Amor", alongside singer Djavan. That role granted her a part in the famous 1985 Rede Globo telenovela "Roque Santeiro", created by Dias Gomes. Ever since, she has starred in twelve other Globo telenovelas. She has also starred in eleven feature films, including the 1995 Academy Award-nominated "O Quatrilho", alongside Glória Pires. In 2005, Pillar debuted
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it "a fun, yet cardio-intensive workout song to get young people excited about exercising." The staff members of Idolator showed high favoritism for the acclaimed the campaign, further stating the fact that "when Beyonce tells people to dance, they tend to listen" and so they considered that it was "a pretty genius move" on Michelle Obama’s part to get Beyoncé in on her 'Let's Move!' campaign to fight childhood obesity. On April 9, 2011, an instructional video featuring a group of teenagers dancing to "Move Your Body" was released online. After a few days, Beyoncé has said that she "would
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where her journey begins. There have been reported ghost sightings and the town is intrigued. Hidly is determined to get the big story no matter what the consequences. Joan Bauer (novelist) Joan Baehler Bauer (born July 12, 1951) is an American writer of young adult literature currently residing in Brooklyn. Bauer was born in River Forest, Illinois. She settled down in New York City with her husband Doug Langham. They later became parents to one daughter, Jean. Before becoming a famous author Joan spent years working for McGraw-Hill and the Chicago Tribune. She also did some work in advertising, marketing,
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store windows were filled with animated displays as part of the downtown shopping district display; the "theme" window displays became famous for their ingenuity and beauty, and visiting the Marshall Field's windows at Christmas became a tradition for Chicagoans and visitors alike, as popular a local practice as visiting the Walnut Room with its equally famous Christmas tree or meeting "under the clock" on State Street. Marshall Field was famous for his slogan "Give the lady what she wants." He was also famous for his integrity, character, and community philanthropy and leadership. After his death, the company remained to the
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received a careful education. The Minstrel-girl -a nickname she gave herself- began at the age of eighteen to write poetry for the Louisville "Journal", then edited by the poet, George D. Prentice, over the signature of "Amelia," and kept up her contributions regularly for ten years. Her productions were admired, and she soon became famous. Copied from paper to paper, her fugitive poems caught the fancy of the people of what was then known as the "American West," and before long, the great reviewers of the East thought her talent worthy of their respect. Prentice, as well as Rufus Wilmot
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thing in the world." Griffin began performing in the early 1980s in the Los Angeles improv comedy troupe The Groundlings. In an "E! True Hollywood Story" segment, she stated that she often went to see the Groundlings perform before she joined. She said that, at one show, she went backstage and talked with Groundling member Phil Hartman and asked him what the group was all about. This led to her taking classes there and eventually being asked into the Groundling's main company. While Kathy was a Groundling, she became best friends with Judy Toll. She went on to perform standup
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Yo Hitoto Soon after she was born in Tokyo, she moved to Taipei, and after she completed kindergarten in Taipei, she moved back to Tokyo and she has lived there ever since. She graduated from the department of Environmental Information of Keio University and participated in the Keio University a cappella group, K.O.E., during her days as a student. She used to have live concerts on the street with fellow K.O.E. members before she met Yōichi Kitayama, a member of the famous Japanese a cappella group the Gospellers. Mr. Kitayama encouraged Yō Hitoto to compose her own music. Before this
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This album makes it clear that her feminism isn't academic; isn't about waves, or labels. It simply is a part of her as much as anything else in her life. She's pro-woman without being anti-man, and she wants the world to know that you can be feminist on a personal level without sacrificing emotions, friendships or fun." However, Catherine A. Traywick of "Foreign Policy" magazine criticized the singer, commenting that "On a track called 'Flawless', Beyonce samples Adichie's April 2013 Ted Talk, which is a thoughtful, amusing examination of subtle sexism in everyday life. Beyonce bookends Adichie's words with distinctly
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Republic" praised the video saying that it had "electrifying color schemes and high-shine lighting, resulting in a fantastical pop mirage between Lady Gaga and Beyonce". She further called it a "kinetic spectacle to behold, with enough guns to make Ted Nugent weep with jealousy and some hot Bettie Page bangs on Beyonce that should prompt plenty of ladies to run to the hairdresser". Wappler finished her review by concluding that "the whole video has a distinct and not unpleasant 90s vibe." Francesca Stabile of "The Village Voice" gave a positive review for the video praising the outfits used in the
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large backing band energetically rolling through the singer's back catalog." Darryl Sterdan of the website Jam! commented: "Only Beyonce would think an 'intimate' theatre gig should include her massive all-girl band, an orchestra, lasers, dancers, costume changes and a wind machine to keep her hair blowing majestically. And only Beyonce could pull it all together as superbly as she does in this 98-minute... show". A writer of "The Boston Globe" praised "I Am... Yours", comparing it with "Sin City". He commended the jazz interlude, the acoustic rearrangements of the songs, and the "charming B[eyoncé] telling her life story in [the]
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and Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kenya Moore, he became her makeup artist at BET while she guest hosted Video Soul.. While at BET, Derrick Rutledge worked with many legendary divas of Black music and Hollywood. Including Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle, Beyonce, Yolanda Adams and Cece Winans. His work has been featured on the covers of Essence Magazine, AARP, and Oprah Magazine. In September 2014, Mr. Rutledge was featured on Entertainment Tonight as part of the team creating a glamorous four cover shoot for the September issue of O! Magazine Derrick currently resides in his hometown of Washington, D.C. Derrick Rutledge
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famous music group, singing covers of Jacques Brel and other famous artists. The group split after Claire became pregnant. Claire also meets her youngest son Sid again. He absconded many years ago as his parents were only interested in their other son Michel who is now an overanxious man. Over the past years, Sid tried to become a famous R&B-artist but no recording company is interested in his work. Claire seems to be aware she will not live forever and wants to go on stage again. She neglects the warnings of her general practitioner as she must rest to recover
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Roslyne Akombe Roselyn Akombe Kwamboka (born 1976) is a Kenyan former commissioner of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya . She became famous within the Kenyan media after appearing before the board that was interviewing potential appointees for the commission and said that she was ready to take her new position as a commissioner, although this would mean taking a pay cut of 70% from her previous job as an Under-Secretary at the United Nations. She argued that this was a sacrifice she was ready to make for her country. She became famous internationally after controversially resigning
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was only 17, Brown became sexually involved with Terrell in a relationship that continued until she escaped his abuse. Bobby Bennett, former member of the Famous Flames told Rolling Stone about the abuse he witnessed, "He beat Tammi Terrell terrible," said Bennett. "She was bleeding, shedding blood." Terrell, who died in 1970, was Brown's girlfriend before she became famous as Marvin Gaye's singing partner in the mid-Sixties. "Tammi left him because she didn't want her butt whipped," said Bennett, who also claimed he saw Brown kick one pregnant girlfriend down a flight of stairs. Brown was married four times. His
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featured Amin Khani's remix for 'FINAL FANTASY 30th Anniversary Fan Tribute' on their official Square Enix, Final Fantasy and FFXV website, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and other social medias. On May 6, 2016, Amin's remix for Emma Heesters & Mike Attinger's cover of "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez became official. Alexamin's remix published by [Instrumental] label, a part of Warner Music Group. Amin Khani made and still making lots of remixes for cover version of popular songs and artists such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Adele, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, etc... by Sofia karlberg,
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Albatross (1920 schooner) Albatross, originally named Albatros, later Alk, was a sailing ship that became famous when she sank in 1961 with a group of American teenagers on board. The events were the basis for the highly fictionalized film "White Squall". The "Albatross" was built as a schooner at the state shipyard in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1920, to serve as a pilot boat in the North Sea. The ship spent two decades working the North Sea before being purchased by the German government in 1937. She served as a radio-station ship for submarines during the Second World War. In 1949,
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perching and dancing against black and white backgrounds". While reviewing the album, Emily Mackay of "NME" talked about the video for "Ghost", "Some joyous shagging songs, though, are paltry excitement beside that of seeing an artist of such fame, long held as iconic without enough genuinely exciting music to back it up, reach her full throttle of awesomeness. The video for 'Ghost' sums it up best, Beyonce glaring and writhing defiantly as she speak-sings 'I'm climbing up the wall ’cause all the shit I hear is boring/All the shit I do is boring/All these record labels boring'. Let's hope Beyonce
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upon her, so much so that by the time she arrived in San Francisco, Ah Toy had a fair bit of money. Before 1851 there were only seven Chinese women known to be in the city, and noticing the looks she drew from the men in her new town, she figured they would pay for a closer look. Her peep shows became quite successful, and she was known to charge an ounce of gold (sixteen dollars) for a "lookee". She quickly became the most famous Chinese prostitute, and one of the highest paid and most famous in San Francisco. Ah
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Alarm" before continuing with "On to the Next One" along with Jay-Z. "Clique" followed with Beyoncé dressed in hooded leather as montage of war images and fireballs were shown on the screen. During the song, Beyonce shortly sang a remixed version of her "Diva" and went on singing "Baby Boy". She reappeared on stage dressed in a black drop-sleeve lace for the performance of "Haunted". "Drunk in Love" was performed with Beyoncé doing a chair dance and Jay-Z appeared during the end to rap his verse. "Public Service Announcement" and "Why Don't You Love Me" followed with the latter performance
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soft spot for soldiers. She wakes up one morning after a wild farewell party for a group of them to find that while drunk the night before, she married a soldier whose name she can't remember, except that "it had a "z" in it. Like Ratzkywatzky [...] or was it Zitzkywitzky?" She believes they both used fake names and she doesn't know how to get in touch with him or even what he looks like. The matter is complicated when she learns that she became pregnant that night as well. Norval Jones (Eddie Bracken), a local 4-F boy who has
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Orchid Avenues. She added beautiful gardens to the frontage and inner courtyard. The hotel became a favorite tourist attraction on the famous Balloon Route trolley car service. Sometime in the 1920s the name of the hotel changed to the Hollywood Hotel. She went on to build two more hotels. The Hershey Arms Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard was the first hotel built on this famous avenue. She also built a hotel in the Naples area of Long Beach, California called the Naples Hotel. She sold this hotel just before the great financial crash of 1929, before any guests had stayed there.
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by the recruitment of members of BNK48, a new sister group of AKB48 in Thailand, but the applicants were required to be aged between 12–18 years only. The subsequent expansion of the age limit to 22 years enabled her application. When asked about what made her decide to become a member of an idol group, she said: "I'm a fan of AKB48. I wanted to know what my idols went through to become famous." She also said that her father initially disapproved of her working as an idol. Out of the total 1,500 applicants, 300 and 80 girls respectively passed
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"Deli-Deli-Delicious", called Renai Circulation, a cover from the anime Bakemonogatari. Wynnie Teoh ("Wynnieウイニー") is the most fluent in Japanese out of the four members. Before she was in Sea*A, Wynnie was already famous as a model, actress and cosplayer (Sakana Sashimi). She was featured in OTACOOL2 and recognised by Danny Choo. Estelle Lim ("Estelleエステル") was the lead vocalist for Singapore's first J-pop girl group MYnT (Miyake, Yoshimi and Tomomi) before it quietly disbanded in 2010. Her number is 19. Sea*A Sea*A was a Singaporean-Malaysian Japanese idol group under the label Lantis Records and managing agency Horipro. The group consists of
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she became nationally famous; in 1939 the magazine "Vosotras" named Lorenzini one of Argentina's eight women of the year, and in 1940 she featured on the cover of "El Grafico" magazine. On 23 November 1941 Lorenzini lost control of her aircraft, a Focke-Wulf, while conducting her famous inverted loop, and crashed. She was killed immediately. The accident happened in Morón during an aerobatics exhibition for a visiting group of Uruguayan aviators. It was later reported that Lorenzini had been flying an aircraft she was unfamiliar with and that she had been extremely angry on the day of the exhibition due
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women in resistance remained underexposed. Finally, the leader, Jacoba van Tongeren herself, was very modest and did not boast about the Group’s efforts during the war. In 1945, she only delivered a rather formal, factual report to the Dutch queen's consort, also General and supreme commander of the army, Prince Bernard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. What made things worse, is that van Tongeren became chronically ill and was tied to her bed during many of the remaining years of her life. Shortly before she passed away, in 1967, she wrote an extensive, deeply personal account of her ‘Memories’ to a pastor of
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with Willie Johnson, another interim member, went on to form a San Francisco-based splinter group, The Fabulous Flames. This group issued several unsuccessful singles on the tiny "Bay-Tone Records" label, before fading into obscurity. By then, Brown and Terry had asked Bobby Byrd to return, which he did, and they added new Flames members Bobby Bennett and Lloyd Stallworth. This was the longest-lasting lineup of The Famous Flames, which became a straight vocal group at this point, as Brown, with Byrd's help, had employed the old J.C. Davis outfit, The Bucketheads, as his instrumental backup band. The group (now James
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of Florence and her father died when she was three. She made her First Communion on 8 May 1859. At the age of eighteen - at the time that she suddenly realized what her vocation was - she gathered a group of women who were all teachers; the group soon became exposed to the writings of Saint Teresa of Avila and soon enough a devotion to her grew. On 16 July 1876 she joined a group of Carmelite tertiaries and assumed the name of "Teresa Maria of the Cross"; she became a member of the Discalced Carmelites on 12 July
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Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air Force. Under the leadership of Chennault the AVG successfully engaged the Japanese air force on many occasions and became famous as the so-called "Flying Tigers." The Flying Tigers were also instrumental in establishing an alternate supply route over "The Hump," a connection between Burma and southern Chinese cities, such as Kunming and Chengdu. Mao was part of a group of pilots that sought suitable routes through the very difficult terrain of the Himalayas. The first recorded flight over what later became the Hump route from Dinjan, Burma, to Kunming, China, was performed by
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1989 she traveled to Russia to cover its first free elections for the "Expresso" newspaper. During the visit, she was struck by the contrast between what she had read about the country in its propaganda as a workers' paradise and what she observed. She was expelled from the party in 1990. After publicly renouncing communism, she joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD). She was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party. She also became opposed to legalized abortion. With an interest in the arts, she directed the National Audio-Visual Bureau, and, in 1993, she became president of
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God was as authoritative in a person's life as the Bible, a teaching that was strongly antithetical to Puritan theology. She also claimed that she could identify "the elect" among the colonists. These positions ultimately caused John Cotton, John Winthrop, and other former friends to view her as an antinomian heretic. According to modern historian Michael Winship, Hutchinson is famous, not so much for what she did or said during the Antinomian Controversy, but for what John Winthrop made of her in his journal and in his account of the controversy called the "Short Story". According to Winship, Hutchinson became
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Lovisa von Burghausen Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was sold as a slave several times before she eventually recovered her freedom, and her story became perhaps the most famous of the many stories of Carolinian fates of this period. Lovisa was born in the city of Narva in Swedish Estonia, one of five daughters to the noble Swedish major Gustaf von Burghausen and Margareta
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"Blowfly's Rapp") helped the album "Blowfly's Party" reach No. 26 on "Billboard Magazine"'s black albums chart and No. 82 on the Billboard Top 200 in 1980. Blowfly's profane style earned Reid legal trouble. He was sued by songwriter Stanley Adams, who was ASCAP president at the time, for spoofing "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" as "What a Difference a Lay Makes". Reid's own compositions have been sampled by dozens of hip hop, R&B, and electronic artists (such as Beyonce, Wu Tang Clan, DJ Quik, DMX, Method Man & Redman, Main Source, DJ Shadow, Eazy-E, RJD2, Jurassic 5, Big Daddy
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in this position for ten years until she became ill, forcing her to depart the shrine in 1169. She dealt with several illnesses over the rest of her life, including what was probably breast cancer. Around 1181, Shikishi became acquainted with Fujiwara no Shunzei, a famous poet of the time with whom she may have studied, and developed a friendship with his son Teika. Teika was also a renowned poet, and it is speculated that Shikishi and Teika were in a relationship. Much of Shikishi’s poetry contains a tone of saddened longing, which has led some to believe she dealt
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to travel around the world with him. It was around this time that the famous story of Nunez and Dash fighting off a gang in Paris, France occurred. For over 20 years Johnny has been hired by and shot for many celebrities. Some of his clients include: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Drake, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber and Lebron James to name a few. Nunez also models in campaigns for LRG, Phat Farm and Rockport. Johnny is also featured as a character in EA's . In the game Ludacris orders for the player to dispose of
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published in 1951 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1952. In the book, Elizabeth Chesley Baity talks about the history of the tribes of people in South and Meso-Americas from the time of the Ice Age when they crossed the Bering Strait up to until Spain's arrival. The author gives insight through the archaeologists findings on how each individual culture of American Indian lived, what their history was and what became of them. Focusing on the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Iroquois, the Incas and the different important builders and people throughout the continents, she teaches about each individual group
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"The Passionate Plumber" in 1932 and "Her Cardboard Lover" in 1942. A group of American coeds/flappers arrives at the Hotel Venitien on the French Riviera. In the hotel lobby, Sally Baxter encounters Monsieur de Segurola, "the famous baritone", and asks him to write something in her autograph album. However, when she reads what he has written, she tears it out. Next, she spots handsome Andre Briault, "the famous tennis champion", and his girlfriend Simone. After Andre drives away, Sally notices Simone and de Sugorola making eye contact. (Albine, Andre's valet, does not approve of Simone either.) When Andre later telephones
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calls her best friend Louise (Paige Turco) to figure out what might have happened and what to do, it occurs to her that she blacked out after too much wine the night before and isn't sure what she did before she passed out. After a few phone calls, Vivian's women's support group arrives, and what to do about Reggie soon takes second place to what Vivian should do for herself. This film has only been released on VHS and LaserDisc format. David Nusair of DVD Talk negatively reviewed the film, saying "By the time we find out what really happened
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