In a world where medical conditions often take a backseat to the glitz and glam of fame, narcolepsy remains a silent yet significant part of some well-known lives. Narcolepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden attacks of sleep, doesn’t discriminate based on fame or fortune. In this article, we delve into the intriguing lives of 15 famous personalities who navigate the challenges of narcolepsy while making significant contributions to their respective fields.
1. Alec Baldwin: The Multi-Talented Actor
Renowned for his versatility in the world of entertainment, Alec Baldwin has openly discussed his struggles with narcolepsy. Despite the demands of a busy acting career, Baldwin continues to shine in various roles while managing his narcoleptic episodes with resilience.
2. Halle Berry: Oscar-Winning Actress and Narcolepsy Advocate
Halle Berry, an icon in the film industry, has not only captured our hearts on-screen but has also been a vocal advocate for narcolepsy awareness. By sharing her own experiences, Berry aims to destigmatize the condition and inspire others facing similar challenges.
3. Jimmy Kimmel: Late-Night Comedy Royalty
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel brings laughter to millions, but behind the scenes, he copes with narcolepsy. Kimmel’s candid discussions about living with this condition add a layer of authenticity to his comedic empire.
4. Salma Hayek: Actress and Philanthropist
Salma Hayek, known for her impactful performances and philanthropic endeavors, navigates the entertainment industry with narcolepsy. Her openness about the condition has not only empowered her but has also inspired countless others.
5. Shaquille O’Neal: Basketball Legend and Narcolepsy Warrior
The towering figure in basketball, Shaquille O’Neal, has slam-dunked his way through narcolepsy challenges. His story showcases that even the most formidable opponents can be faced head-on with courage and determination.
6. Kristen Bell: A Voice in Hollywood and Narcolepsy Advocate
Kristen Bell, an influential voice in Hollywood, is not just an actress but also an advocate for narcolepsy awareness. Her commitment to shedding light on the realities of living with this condition is a testament to her resilience and compassion.
7. Larry King: Broadcasting Legend
The late Larry King, a broadcasting icon, shared his journey with narcolepsy throughout his illustrious career. King’s fearless approach to discussing his condition paved the way for increased understanding and empathy.
8. Eleanor Roosevelt: Historical Figure and Narcoleptic Leader
Even historical figures like Eleanor Roosevelt grappled with narcolepsy. The former First Lady’s ability to lead and inspire, despite her personal challenges, is a testament to the strength that individuals with narcolepsy bring to the table.
9. Willie Nelson: Musical Maverick and Narcoleptic Soul
Willie Nelson, the legendary musician, has crafted timeless melodies while navigating narcolepsy. His story serves as a reminder that artistic brilliance can coexist with the challenges of a neurological disorder.
10. Florence Nightingale: Pioneer in Nursing and Narcoleptic Visionary
Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, battled narcolepsy while revolutionizing healthcare. Her dedication to her profession, despite her health struggles, makes her a beacon of inspiration for those in the medical field.
11. Robin Williams: Comedy Genius and Narcolepsy Advocate
The late Robin Williams, known for his unparalleled comedic genius, was also an advocate for awareness. His legacy lives on as a reminder that even laughter can be a powerful tool in destigmatizing medical conditions.
12. Marie Curie: Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist with Narcolepsy
Marie Curie, a trailblazing scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, faced the challenges of. Her groundbreaking contributions to science stand as a testament to the potential within individuals living with neurological disorders.
13. Elon Musk: Visionary Entrepreneur and Narcoleptic Mind
Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur behind SpaceX and Tesla, has openly discussed his narcolepsy. His ability to lead in the tech industry while managing the condition showcases the intersection of innovation and resilience.
14. Whoopi Goldberg: EGOT Winner and Narcoleptic Trailblazer
Whoopi Goldberg, an EGOT-winning actress and talk show host, has been a trailblazer for narcolepsy awareness. Her openness about her experiences encourages others to embrace their authentic selves, regardless of health challenges.
15. Thomas Edison: Inventor Extraordinaire with Narcoleptic Sparks
The prolific inventor Thomas Edison, whose innovations shaped the modern world, grappled with. His story underscores that even the most brilliant minds are not immune to the complexities of neurological conditions.
In conclusion, these 15 remarkable individuals have not only left an indelible mark on their respective fields but have also brought narcolepsy into the spotlight. By sharing their stories, they challenge stereotypes and inspire others to embrace their uniqueness. As we celebrate their achievements, let us remember that strength knows no bounds, and neither does the potential for greatness.


work has created a renewed interest in the art of Ghazal poetry and performance.
He can be heard in both films and television releases. He has received several
awards from both the music industry and from state governments, attesting
to his popularity.
The flawlessly melodious voice, the mellifluous tunes
and the sheer artistry of words are things that are synonymous with Jagjit
Singh. His style, his music is a rage among all age groups. He is indisputably
one of the most talented Ghazal singers of India.


Seth rogen & CHloe Grace moretz bad neighbours
While working at Lad Bible I helped to plan and shoot this video with Seth Rogen and Chloe Grace Moretz
The video was part of a promotional video for the film ‘Bad Neighbours 2’ which features both actors.
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When it comes to the stresses of fame, the physical effects of dancing for a living for over 30 years and the financial precariousness of showbiz, there’s not much that song-and-dance man and television personality Todd McKenney doesn’t know.
The 48-year-old Perth-born star, who returns to Perth next month for the stage version of Grease, has done the lot.
From starring in musicals, producing and touring his own shows, radio DJ to outspoken judge on TV’s Dancing With the Stars, Todd told Medical Forum that he was destined for this life.
“My Mum ran a dance school in Morley. In fact she was on the way to class when she went into labour with me. I’ve been brought up in a dance school.”
Apart from a teenage flirtation with springboard diving, Todd has been treading the boards consistently since his debut in 1983 in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance and his timing couldn’t have been better.
In the late 1970s, filmmakers began to return to the musical genre, producing such modern classics as Grease (with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John) and here in Australia, Baz Luhrmann’s wildly popular Strictly Ballroom.
Musicals have been hot tickets ever since.
“We’ve got a lot to thank Baz Luhrmann and Lloyd Webber for – it’s cool to be in a musical again. Technology has also advanced and musicals look a lot smarter now – they are less vaudeville and more Hollywood.”
Todd’s cameo role as Teen Angel in Grease sees him on stage for three minutes 53 seconds … “though I milk it to four minutes so I can be on stage a little longer.”
“I arrive at the theatre half way through the second act, wander round watching everyone else sweat it out then swan on stage and steal the show. Well that’s my aim, at least. I took on the role because I thought it would be good fun and it’s turned out to be exactly that.”
The Perth season will also be an opportunity for local theatre lovers to see Todd in a vastly different role, this time as dinner host and backstage guide as part of his new venture, Centrestage Tours.
“When you work in theatre, you can take all the excitement for granted and this is a way to give people who love theatre an insight into our world.”
“The tour includes a three-course dinner at a classy restaurant, hosted by me, with the odd visit from fellow actors or backstage creatives; great seats for the show and then afterwards head backstage to meet the team. The tour ends on stage with the lights up facing 2000 seats. It freaks out a lot of people.”
“We’ve been running the tours in Sydney and Melbourne where we’ve sold out. It’s been really well received.”
The two roles that are synonymous with Todd are Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz and the ‘nasty’ judge in the celebrity TV dance competition, Dancing With the Stars (DWTS).
The first live theatrical show Todd saw when he was a kid was Peter Allen at the Perth Concert Hall in the late 1970s. It sold him on showbiz, and Allen’s style and repertoire became a model for the budding entertainer.
A chance meeting with Allen’s sister after the singer died in 1992 led to a close friendship with the family.
“When I auditioned for The Boy from Oz, Peter’s mum asked me to come by their house on the way to the audition. She had packed up three of his shirts for me to wear. She said ‘If anyone is going to play him, we hope it’s you’. I’ve always been humbled by my Peter Allen experience – it’s been my career and I love it.”
Equally DWTS has been a huge part of Todd’s life for more than a decade. It took a bit of effort to get used to being recognized when he was at the supermarket and even more effort to understand why people seemed to hate him for what he consideredwas a part he was playing.”
“When the show first started, I got spat at in Hobart. That took a lot to come to terms to. I couldn’t understand how people would take a dancing show so much to heart. I even had a guy in a butcher shop throw sausages at me, but the benefits of the show far outweigh the negatives.”
“It’s a joy to see people discover dance and it is a powerful thing for contestants and the audience to see just how hard and how committed you have to be to dance well. And it’s heaps of fun.”


We are blown away by Donna Air’s beauty, wearing our dress at the BAFTAs last night.
Such an exciting project!
So proud to have partnered with Seeper @seeperarts, Miranda Davis @thisismimira, in collaboration with House of Fraser @houseoffraser and 1HQ @1HQbrandagency.
You can read about Donna Air and the dress at the BAFTA’s in the Daily Mail and Hello online. Please click the links below.


John Tyler’s Grandson
This link is an interview with the 10th president of the United States’ grandson. I was reading Mental Floss the other day and found out that two of John Tyler’s grandsons are still alive. This confused me, considering John Tyler was born in 1790. I did some more Googling today and found this interview.
In the interview, Harrison Tyler talks about about his family, some misconceptions about his grandfather’s presidency, and his feelings about politics today. I found his answers almost unintentionally funny. He’s around the same age as my grandma, so I kind of chalked it up to the same kind of bluntness she has when answering my questions. On an pretty funny note, in a separate interview (found here), the interviewer claims that Mr. Tyler called presidential candidate Newt Gringich a “big jerk.”


This Photoshoot was definitely a fun one.
A lot of walking, some breaking and entering into an abandon building, nearly getting run over by philly drivers, parallel parking, and wardrobe changes in the car.
This photoshoot was for Carla Cappa and her new album coming out this summer. She’s a dear friend of mine and I look forward to see how far she goes.
You can view her music here: http://www.myspace.com/carlacappa
(updated music coming soon)
**A special thanks to Jon Crossland for being a great assistant on this shoot!


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Aziz Ansari has released a preview of his new stand-up special, Dangerously Delicious, in which he muses about rapper 50 Cent's struggles with the distinction between a grape and a grapefruit.
Ansari is going the Louis C.K. route with the one-hour special, making it available online for 5 bucks.
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Born in Morang Bahuni, Kamal displayed his talent as a caricaturist while performing the role of Madhesi leader in ‘Ajhai Kehi Garna Baki Chha,’ a play directed by Gokul Sharma at Nachaghar. The program was organized by Balmiki Bidya Pith on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Jayatu Saskritam in 1999. Later, with the help of Birendra Hamal he joined Aarohan in 2001. After that, he has evolved professionally and has been played in most of the Arohan Gurukul productions including Sorathi, Bhrikuti, Jungle Queen, Kumari , Aruka Phul ka Sapana, Tarabaji Lai Lai, Jaat Sodhnu Jogiko, Dr Knock, Ghanchakar, Oedipus, Katha Desh, Rachana ( Half Kya Bi), Kabita Manch, and Thamel ko Yatra. In addition he has also acted in various Nepali Tele films including Marga Darshan, Parinam, Haasi Biyalo, Pothi Basyo, Tito Satya and Fifty- Fifty.
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Heidi, Seal and their Young ones in June 2011. “I’ve had a roller coaster trip of the lifestyle, and I appreciated that. All of the ups plus the downs, so long as it goes up once again.
Seal seems to concur. In truth, even just ahead of his notorious "fornicating with the assistance" remark, he told
On the other hand, despite Placing on the courageous deal with and insisting that he and Klum however very much really like one another, Seal did acknowledge that they are equally hurting.
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Heidi – in addition to those who had been near the pair – later told the story of how Seal would abandon Heidi and the children within their accommodation and go on ‘difficult-partying’ for hours as Heidi herself would set it.
co-judge Delta Goodrem, but, she definitively shot that idea down in March 2018. As for the way Seal felt about Klum at last tying look at here now the knot with some other person? "I do not know, I don't seriously have any remark to move on that," he said to some
However, judging by Seal's admirable approach to the crack-up up to now, issues are unlikely to obtain messy including custody in their small children along with the splitting in their joint property.
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Klum informed Piers Morgan that when she initial satisfied Seal — accidentally inside of a hotel lobby in 2004 — "it absolutely was kind of like two magnets." The "Kissed By A Rose" singer was seemingly fresh from a health club session, wearing bicycle shorts.
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Thank you David Webb…. we loved your stories and seeing the famous Yellow Coat! (on Friday 10th December 2021)
A fundraising evening for the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House.
David Webb, one of the Webb Twins, had a long and successful career in show business, with his twin brother Tony. They are best remembered as the twin Yellowcoats in the long-running TV series ‘Hi De Hi’ . Before that they appeared in theatres across the country with some of our best-loved performers including Dame Vera Lynn and Bruce Forsyth.
In his illustrated talk David tells of the early days in his career and how he and Tony ended up at Maplins Holiday Camp.
Tickets cost £12 (£10 for Friends of the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House, if prebooked)
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If you’ve seen Game of Thrones you know what an amazing actor Peter Dinklage is and how beautifully he’s given life to Tyrion Lannister. Game of Thrones would just not be the same without him, (i hope I don’t jinx anything), and looking at him now you can tell that he’s an extremely talented man who can be both humorous and serious when the time arises. But things weren’t always smooth for Peter Dinklage, his life has challenged him in ways that life challenges very few humans.
‘Nothing is an obstacle, unless You say it is!!! ’
- He was born with normal sized head but short limbs. He self identifies as a dwarf. (Achondroplasia) and stands 4 feet 5 inches (135cm)tall.
- His teenage years were full of frustration and anger due to which he couldn’t fit into school.
- After graduating he left his hometown to fulfill his dream of establishing his own theater company.
- Unfortunately his company couldn’t take off and his life long dream turned into ashes.
- Being broke with no place to stay, he had to work at several office jobs to support himself.
- “I slept on couch and dusted piano for five months. ”
- He struggled to find work as an actor, as he refused to take roles that exploited his condition.
- But only after he got a role in ‘Game of Thrones ’ that changed his destiny.
- Soon he established himself as a fan favorite among the cast of so many great actors.
Peter Dinklage is one of the most loved actors on television today and has taken home two Emmys and a screen actors guild award and is enjoying playing the loveable Tryion. He reflects now on his life and realizes that he has accepted his condition but things were difficult once and its hard for him to think back on his life and so, he doesn’t want to tell people with the same condition that things are always going to be okay.
Don’t wait until they tell you, You are ready!! I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Don’t even bother asking. Don’t even bother telling the world you are ready. SHOW IT!! DO IT!! The world is yours..


“He’s lived in the same house for 100 years, he’s stayed married to the same woman and he’s spent enormous amounts of time traveling with his kids - dedicated, exhausting traveling. He’s somebody who’s lived with the same principles all his life - they’re even part of his roles. I’ve never heard anybody say anything bad about him. He’s never been at the end of ugly gossip of any kind”
William Hayward, the son of Leland Hayward and Margaret Sullavan, about Jimmy Stewart
Also, we share the same birthday :-)
Don’t you wish you had a pet Belt? We sure do. Thank you for seeing The Croods in theaters. Share this one proudly. It’s from our friends at DreamWorks Animation.


Anyone in show business who KNOWINGLY stands up for God and America— knowing that in doing so they’re in effect ‘ending their career as they knew it’ is among the handful of entertainers that are actually worthy of respect.
And that’s why Victoria Jackson has my utmost respect.
This week on her website, Victoria selected “Prayer for America” as her pick for the ‘Anthem of the 2nd American Revolution’— calling it haunting, beautiful & powerful, and to ‘spread it viral’.
Hope you guys enjoy it. And like Vicky says, “Spread it Viral”


Another song from this fascinating Opera/Musical by John Adams. This features not only Audra but MARIN MAZZIE. It also starts off with a heavenly a capella trio. ALSO Audra sings the phrase “And then there’s the curly hair, just below the belly button”. It’s the best part of your day.
Once upon a 2006 I went out with this guy from the briefest of weeks, during which he played an excerpt from some opera (sorta) with Audra McDonald about earthquakes with a very long title. The fact that it has taken me this long to track down the CD is ABHORRENT. It was worth the wait—it’s pretty great and this solo is lovely.
Tony award winning actress and singer Audra McDonald’s latest album is titled Go Back Home. Host Michel Martin speaks with McDonald about how being a mother, and losing her father in a plane crash, inspired her new songs.
As the woman who sang Irving Berlin’s lynching-themed ballad “Suppertime” on an album titled Happy Songs, Audra McDonald has always had a whimsical relationship with the concept of happiness. This lush and somewhat melancholy arrangement of the-only-song-from-Do-Re-Mi-that-anyone-has-heard-of is a welcome addition to the cannon of Audra’s bittersweet/joyous songs.
One of the things I love most about Audra McDonald’s new album (my copy of which arrived today before it hits stores on the 21st) is a return on her part to promoting emerging music theater writers. In this case, Adam Gwon. She also includes numbers by Adam Guettel and Michael John LaChiusa, whose work she featured on her first albums when they were “emerging” as well.


Text: Sayuri Sekine
Photo: Yuya Shimahara
↓You can listen to FANG’s live recording at GUTARA Live
On October 19th, GUTARA Live was held at SARAVAH TOKYO, located in Shibuya as a part of its Autumn Tour .
As soon as DJ GUTARA started playing music, Wooly models welcomed visitors with LA brand “SPIRIT HOODS” on their heads. Before long, SARAVAH TOKYO was filled with audience, many of whom are interested in or work in creative fields.
Singer song-writer FANG performed in the beginning. She had just released her first album on iTunes on October 17th and climbed to the top on Vocal genre of iTunes. She sung 8 songs including Original, which is her very first “original” song that was created when she was in high school. As she is said to be “the return of Utada Hikaru,” she mellowed the audience with her clear voice.
BE THE VOICE next came on the stage. This is the third time for them to join GUTARA Live. The LOVE, their new album released in September express their feelings on the society and carry their messages with their love as the unit name "BE THE VOICE" tells. BE THE VOICE entertained the audience by letting everybody craps hands to their music. Michel Jackson's Black and White is one of the songs that the audience sung along together.
After the live, WDT including MOMOKO (Wooly model) performed their dance, wearing T-shorts of a Korean brand, "Drink Beer Save Water." Exquisite and powerful performance by dancers from different genres kept the audience completely riveted. As closing of GUTARA, special DJ Michel (Wooly model) selected pop and danceable music, providing relaxing time to everybody including performers.
Beautifully fusing music, fashion and dance, GUTARA Live Autumn Tour closed the curtain down.


Fueled by a passion for country music and performing, singer/songwriter Angela Peterson is the consummate entertainer. Constant performing in her native Houston, as well as in other Texas markets, has earned her a legion of ardent fans, and the word is spreading! From years of steady performances at such a young age, Angela amassed thousands of loyal and loving fans who watched the petite and charismatic entertainer grow up before their very eyes. With the production and self-release of eight CDs in Angela's storied career and sales of over 50,000 units and on-line sales over six figures, she is indefatigable. This do-it-all dynamo has already achieved many of her goals and dreams, and still...she keeps going!
Opening for major artists around the U.S. Angela's credits include opening for and performing on stage with country legend Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Big $ Rich, and Dierks Bentley. She has had support slots on shows headlined by heavyweights Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Gary Allan, Pat Green, Roger Creager, Cory Morrow, Kevin Fowler, Craig Morgan and the list goes on and on and on. After moving to Nashville, Angela has attacked songwriting and performing at an alarming rate. A prolific write, Angela has co-written with some of the legendary songwriters of the last twenty years; working with the likes of award winners Stacy Widelitz, Thom Shepherd, Tony Martin, Tom Shapiro, Anthony Smith, Vince Melamed, Kris Bergsnes, and many more. While making her mark in songwriting, Angela remains one of the most dynamic and talented stage performers in the business.
Years of persistence, determination, and sacrifice have led this gal through many blessings in life. She takes the good with the bad, gets up from her stumbling blocks and has developed the necessary "thick skin." The small in stature but larger than life entertainer with the overflowing heart reflects upon how honored she was to receive a full-paid vocal scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music, and then she smiles knowingly at the risks she has taken to follow her dream. Angela is known to proclaim, "Sometimes your dream come true starts TODAY!" Growing up performing, writing and producing her own works, Angela IS the rarest of all talents who was born for the stage. She is led by her love of music and her passion to work. There are no limits or boundaries to her star.


The Martha Interview kicked off sweeps this weekend. It was a masterpiece of the Martha Stewart public relations efforts to date. Even the Save Martha and Martha Talks Web sites were mentioned prominently. Hopefully potential jurors saw it, as her trial begins on January 12.
Martha was on strategy, distancing herself from MSLO. In fact, the interview went to great lengths to show Martha Stewart as a person.
If you are going to be perceived as a victim, you must first be perceived as accessible, normal, less than perfect—real. The interview did just that. It took place at her home, it included a tour of her hometown and it included plenty of childhood pictures.
The interview brought up some excellent points, from the fact that she has already lost half of her $1 billion fortune to the fact that she could be innocent. Editor's Note: The public relations strategy around the Martha Stewart crisis is my focus—not her guilt or innocence.
She ended the piece with an adaptation of her trademark phrase and noted "it's not a good thing." Well done.
Regarding her K-Mart ads that had me thrown for a loop, I was looking at the ads from the wrong standpoint. At the end of the
day, K-Mart and Martha Stewart need each other to sell products and make money. K-Mart's decision to use Martha in its ads, and Martha's decision to appear in them, are both business decisions. And in business, "it's all about the benjamins."


Joey is ecstatic to be returning to the role of Chief Manteo for his third season at The Lost Colony. Since last summer Joey performed in Midnight Syndicate Live at Cedar Point and was an extra on CBS’s show Instinct.
Other credits include Hal in Picnic and Shaman in Serpentine Pink. While Joey enjoyed the fast-paced lifestyle of New York City he is ready to enjoy another summer on the Outer Banks. Joey would like to thank his family and friends for believing in him and would also like to say “Go Eagles.”
See Joey as Chief Manteo in the 81st Season of The Lost Colony
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If you followed me over at joedonatelli.com, then you might have read about Ross Marquand before. But there are some new readers here, and Ross is super-talented, and he’s starting to get some attention, so screw it, I’m writing about Ross again!
Ross is an actor and celebrity impressionist. I’ve posted his videos below. You’ll see why when you watch them.
I’ve known Ross for a few years — he appeared on my old podcast — and it’s been fun watching the world discover him. Last fall Marquand made the front page of Reddit twice with a few of his videos, and he has been profiled by Coloradan Magazine. He also was featured on MSN. And he’s a working actor who has done film and TV, including Conan and Mad Men.
Now he’s the co-star of a SoulPancake (that’s Rainn Wilson’s production company) Web series that is terrific and getting a lot of attention. It’s called The Impression Guys.
Check back later for more episodes here.
But that’s not all. The videos below are from Ross’s YouTube Channel. The first three are celebrity impressions, and the last one is from “There Will be Bud,” which is a “There Will Be Blood” spoof that went viral a few years ago among college students for some strange reason, ahem ahem.
Remember, you saw him here first. Or maybe you saw him somewhere else and Googled his name and found more of his stuff here. Whatever. Enjoy.


Have you been listening to Meghan Trainor’s new album, Title, as much as we have? Because it’s on constant repeat when we’re cleaning, cooking, showering, eating, walking to work—basically, all the time.
Her fun, empowering lyrics encourage women to love and stand up for themselves; her style is pretty much a unicorn; and her sass is enviable. Since we’re obsessed with the “All About That Bass” singer, we came up with a list of reasons why she rules.
Read more here.


Grammy award-winning artist, David Phelps to perform Christmas concert at HU
Multi-Dove and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, David Phelps, will perform his Classic Christmas concert on Friday, December 8, at HU’s Merillat Center for the Arts.
The Classic Christmas concert is one of more than a dozen Phelps and his seven-piece musical entourage will make during November and December. This musical event will be a special evening of worship and will feature many of the songs included on Phelps’ O Holy Night recording, as well as his recently released Freedom recording.
Once a childhood musical prodigy from Tomball, Texas, Phelps earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Baylor University. Since then, he has become a nationally celebrated vocalist perhaps best known as the powerful tenor for the multiple Grammy and Dove Award-winning Gaither Vocal Band. Emerging as a leading voice in contemporary Christian music, Phelps has been winning the hearts of audiences for more than two decades. He has performed at numerous prestigious venues across the globe, including the White House, New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House in Australia. His electrifying voice has moved audiences from all walks of life, crossing generational and stylistic barriers.
“It is an absolute honor to bring David Phelps to Huntington and I am delighted that HU was able to secure our campus as a stop on his very popular Christmas concert tour. This was an opportunity that we knew we couldn’t pass up,” stated Jay Duffer, the concert’s organizer and Huntington University’s Associate Professor of Theatre Arts / Department Chair. “David is a world class vocal artist and composer. He truly has one of the most remarkable and powerful voices I’ve ever heard. He joyfully shares his talent and his abiding faith in Christ all over the world through his music. I know his concert will be uplifting, entertaining and inspiring to all.”
The doors will open for the event at 7:00 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Reserved-seating tickets are $18 and $25, and VIP tickets will cost $50. VIP tickets include dinner with Huntington’s President, Dr. Sherilyn Emberton at 6:00 p.m., attendance at Phelps’ sound check and a question and answer session prior to dinner. Tickets are available by calling (260) 359-4261 or purchasing online.


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I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors and similes from Rachel Syme…
I haven’t yet seen any of the four versions of the movie A Star Is Born, but the buzz surrounding the latest interation, starring Lady Gaga (pictured above with co-star Bradley Cooper), has me ready to line up at the theatre.
I became even more interested after reading Rachel Syme‘s figurative-language-laden story in the Oct. 3 issue of the New York Times Magazine, running under the headline, “The Shape-Shifter.”
Here are my favourite examples of Syme’s graceful and clever writing:
- Lady Gaga did not so much arrive at the Venice Film Festival this August as she floated into it, a platinum Aphrodite borne on the waves, black stilettos skimming the sea foam. Which is to say, she took a water taxi.
- Her hair [was] shaped into three victory rolls like a crown of croissants.
- Lady Gaga is our pop laureate of the grand entrance, our patron saint of operatic ingress.
- Gaga once described herself as “a show with no intermission,” but it might be more accurate to view her career as a glorious series of overtures; her curtain is always rising.
- Her lips were matte red, slightly overdrawn, an enthusiastic valentine.
- Her earrings, obsidian chandelier dangles [sic] heavy as hood ornaments, cast prismatic shadows on her clavicle and seemed to threaten the general integrity of her otherwise regal posture.
- She spoke carefully, in a breathy tone, as if she were in an active séance with an old movie star whose press agent advised her to remain enigmatic and demure.
- She kept her legs crossed at the ankles and her spine rod-straight, with her shell-pink nails gingerly intertwined in her lap, as if she were practicing to meet Queen Elizabeth.
- But Gaga adds something of her own: a sensual, earthy confidence, like gasoline in her veins.


Mobb Deep is an American Hip Hop Duo from Queensbridge Houses in New York That Cosists of Havoc and Prodigy.
Havoc is from the New York City housing project Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens; his mother is from Brooklyn, NY. Havoc is the lead producer of Mobb Deep he has produced songs for MCs such as Eminem, Nas, Foxy Brown, Onyx, The Notorious B.I.G., Jadakiss, Styles P, Method Man, Game, Diddy, LL Cool J, La The Darkman, Rohff, Big Noyd, Termanology, Per Vers, O.G.C., Tragedy Khadafi, Capone-N-Noreaga, and his own partner Prodigy on his solo work. In the spring of 2005, Mobb Deep was signed to fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent’s record label G-Unit Records. In late 2009 50 Cent dropped the duo from the label.
Born in Hempstead, New York, Prodigy became a member of the duo Mobb Deep. He comes from a musical family—his grandfather, Budd Johnson, and his great-uncle Keg Johnson are remembered for their contributions to the Bebop era of jazz. His mother, Fatima Johnson, was a member of The Crystals. Propelled to awareness partially by fellow rapper Nas, who took a similar approach lyrically on his Illmatic album from 1994, as well as with the aid of a successful single, “Shook Ones Pt. 2,” Mobb Deep released The Infamous in 1995 and sold over 500,000 within the first two months. A year and a half later, at the end of 1996, Prodigy and Havoc released Hell on Earth; debuting at number six on SoundScan the album was composed with both evocative beats and cinematic rhymes that communicated the dark side of New York’s urban landscape. Due to a grim video for “Hell on Earth (Front Lines)” and theatrical Scarface-like photos inside the CD booklet picturing the duo with guns and a mound of cocaine, Mobb Deep had created an elaborate image for themselves that took hardcore gangsta rap to a new level for East Coast hip hop and the album sold over 500,000 units within the first two months again. Its next release, Murda Muzik, was heavily bootlegged while still in its demo stage, leaking, onto the streets and over the internet, rough versions of the nearly 30 songs the duo had recorded.


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By Tom Merchant
Walnut Grove — Saturday morning Charlotte Stewart (Miss Beadle) was well received by Little House fans as she signed autographs and had pictures taken on the Wilder Museum grounds.
At the Family Festival Stewart and Wilder author William Anderson appeared together. Anderson talked of his writing about the Ingalls and their influence on Walnut Grove.
He said “the Ingalls were very active in the community, church, and school. Laura and Mary walked into town to go to school. Miss Beadle their teacher had a strong influence on Laura’s writing later in life.”
Anderson then introduced Stewart to the audience.
Stewart. who was raised in Yuba City, California. noted that Walnut Grove reminded her of where she was raised. Yuba City was an agricultural area a lot like here. She said “the corn and bean fields here are just beautiful to see.”
Growing up as a child she remembers swimming in the irrigation ditches, and when she was older she remembered working on the almond orchards.
“When I turned 17 I told my parents I wanted to become an actor” Stewart said, something that took her parents by surprise. When they realized she was serious they looked at an acting school in Pasadena. After her schooling in theatre, she landed her first acting job at 19, it was a religious show. She also had guest appearances on My Three Sons, and Gunsmoke.
Her first big break came when she was asked by Paramount studio to read for the part of Miss Beadle in Little House on the Prairie. She actually read for the part to Michael Landon.
She asked Landon if she could read the part from the desk in the room. As she read the part she treated Landon as if he were a student. She discovered later Landon thought it was very funny.
Stewart also noted there were several others waiting to read and they were all in costume, which she thought was silly at the time.
She had no idea the role was a continuous role, until she was notified a couple of days later, when she received a contract for 4 years. “I was surprised and delighted,” she said. “I had never read any of the books either.”
Stewart remembered thinking how young Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, and Alison Arngrim were when she started the show.
Since there was quite an age difference between them, Stewart said, “we didn’t spend much time together until they grew up, since then we have become very good friends.”
Stewart opened the session to questions.
One question was “Did you ever get emotional during the ‘Blizzard’ episode?” She said “as an actor we were encouraged to try to reflect the emotions of the character we were playing.”
There were several episodes where she took the blame for putting the children in harms way.
After one of those episodes Michael Landon said, “Miss Beadle killed the kids again,” she mused.
One person asked why they had two blackboards in the class room? She explained they actually had several blackboards that she had written lessons on. They changed the blackboards to reflect the kids that were in the scene.
She was asked what Willie Oleson was like in real life? “He was a pain in the neck, he was always getting into mischief,” she said. Willie was the real life brother of Melissa Gilbert.
One person asked if she ever had a crush on Michael Landon? She got a big laugh when she replied, “what woman wouldn’t! Most of the women had a crush on him.”
She commented, that Landon demanded professionalism, you had to be on time — and prepared to work, but he also was know as a huge practical joker.


|SPCA Music Album
Gray is an internationally recognised guitarist with considerable accolades to his credit including :
New Zealand’s first International Gold disc winner
New Zealand Cultural Ambassador appointment
Winner of the International Golden Plume (China)
The first New Zealand artist to reach # 2 on the Japanese Billboard Chart
Sales of over 2 million albums world wide
Awarded Queens Member of British Empire (MBE)
Gray wanted to do more the SPCA and over four years ago he embarked on a project involving many fellow artists where collectively they would give their time and their talent to produce an album where the proceeds would be given to the SPCA to help animals in need.
Gray acted as the Executive Producer on the project to fulfil his concept, and his company, New Zealand Entertainment Academy Ltd., (Gray and Trish Bartlett), have undertaken to fully fund the project when costs might be incurred.
His ability to harness the talent he has for this project speaks volumes of the respect his fellow artists have for him, where everyone agreed to support him by donating their time, talent and energy to this project which was so dear to his heart.
Suzanne has been at the forefront of the New Zealand music industry for many years and has worked alongside many artists including Neil Sedaka, Lulu, Leo Sayer, Cleo Lane, Cat Stevens, Kiri Tekanawa and many more. Suzanne is the recipient of Queens Honours New Zealand Order of Merit, Top Female Artist Award, The Benny Award, APRA Golden Disk Award and Entertainer of the Year.
Suzanne was discovered along with her sister Judy by New Zealand guitarist Peter Posa they became regular performers on the television show ‘C’Mon’. Suzanne branched into a solo career and became a regular on the television show ‘Happen In’.
Suzanne keeps a busy schedule as vocal coach and mentor on the Television New Zealand's NZ Idol and Stars in Their Eyes. She is also involved with major Television commercials and live performances at Corporate Functions.
Her songs range from 60's right through to today! From Jazz standards to Pop, Rock and beautifully sung ballads.
John Rowles is a New Zealand legend. After winning the local talent quest at age 10, John went on to become a successful international performer, initially booked at Las Vegas then Hawaii.
His hit song "If I only had time" reached #2 on the UK Charts and he has worked with the Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Joe Cocker, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, the Small Faces, Van Morrison, Alan Price, Peter Frampton, Keith Richards, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Jimmy Page, Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Ben E. King, the Drifters, Gene Pitney and The Beatles.
John went on to sell-out tours in Italy, Germany and Spain then released ‘Cheryl Moana Marie’/’I Was A Boy’ as a single, which reached #1 in New Zealand, #20 in Australia and was his first charted record in the USA, where it reached #64.
John received the Order of the British Empire (OBE), The Benny Award and has been voted Entertainer of the Year. He continues to perform and delight audiences and is currently touring with the Original Elvis TCB Band. This collaboration is set to continue touring in 2015 and beyond, heading to Australia, the US, the UK and Europe & Japan.
Eddie Low was born totally blind and spent much of his childhood at the Blind Institute in Auckland. While there he developed his musical talent, becoming a member of the institute band and winning a number of talent quests. When Eddie was twelve he underwent a series of operations which gained him partial sight in his left eye.
In 1970 Eddie released studio versions of some of the tracks he had performed on tour. Successful singles and albums followed and he became known as ‘The Voice In A Million’. He is the recipient of the The Benny Award, Country Music Legend Award and
Eddie’s reputation was also growing overseas and in October 1972 he was invited by the Country Music Association of America to take part in the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He also toured Canada.
In the late seventies Eddie moved to Australia and became a fixture on the club scene. Returning to New Zealand Eddie has remained a popular concert draw and has also toured with a popular Roy Orbison tribute show.
Eddie not only has vocal talents, but is a master of an impressive variety of musical instruments, including piano, trumpet, flute, most of the brass instruments, guitar, string bass, violin and piano accordion, making him one of New Zealand's most versatile entertainers.
Toni Gibson began performing when she was just 7 years old and made her first recording in a professional studio at age 12. She was part of a group called the Starlight Kids at the ages of 9-11. The starlight kids was a group of 5 pop performers that travelled around the north island performing in numerous shows and competitions.
Toni won the Coastlands Top 20 competion at age 11 with prizes including $10,000 production and distribution of her first EP CD and radio air time. Toni produced another EP CD at the age of 14.
Toni performed and was interviewed on TV 1's Good Morning show at the age of 14 and she released her 3rd EP at the age of 17.
In 2012 Toni performed her first 'very own' concert at the Expressions Theatre in Upper Hutt and performed with the NZ POPS Orchestra at the Auckland Town Hall. Later that year she performed in Christmas in the Park in Christchurch. Toni was cast and played the role of "Christine" in the NZ NP production of "The Phantom of the Opera" (July 2014).
Toni is now signed with a record label in Australia (Ambition entertainment) she is in good company along side the likes of Michael Crawford ,KD Laing, Oliver Newton-John, Marina Prior just to name a few.
Keith Lightfoot writes about life, love, family, home and heaven. His words and his music describe what many people feel and what most are reluctant to talk about. Keith’s stage presence is well documented and his ability to immediately connect with his audience has people tapping their feet and singing along even if they have not heard his songs before.
When he was seventeen years old Keith learnt to play the ukulele and the guitar. Music education came via live rock concerts, excessively loud parties, treasured vinyl records and ridiculously oversized bedroom based speakers. Keith is a songwriter, a musician, a singer, an author and a powerful motivational speaker.
Keith's ukulele training videos and speaking videos are popular on youtube and using his enthusiastic attitude he has performed live and inspired audiences locally and internationally.
In recent times he has crafted a ukulele based genre of music using personal experiences to share his heart and to pose deeply emotional questions.
Keith is an Endorsed Artist for Boulder Creek Guitars (Riptide Ukuleles).
Phil Madsen is no stranger to the stage and has been performing since the age of 4. Born in Auckland and raised in Nelson, Phil is the second youngest of a family of eight children. Phil's father was an entertainer with vocal power who played the piano and the piano accordion, and his mother taught piano theory. By the age of four Phil was performing with his family throughout the Nelson region.
Phil first entered the public spotlight as the lead singer of the Kiwi pop band Nurture. The band had a couple of major radio hits in 2001 with ‘Did You Do It All For Love’ and ‘Beautiful’ – both songs charted in the NZ top 20.
Phil’s performances with the NZSO, the CSO & the Auckland Philharmonic have all been noted as exceptional. Phil has featured regularly at the Coca Cola Christmas in the Park and has headlined many major events including the recent support for Cher on the NZ leg of her Farwell Tour.
If ‘Beach’ serves as notice of Phil’s arrival, then the upcoming debut album due for NZ release this fall will confirm he is here to stay.
Sel Nash has been a musician and a vocalist since the early sixties. Firstly in the Columbians Showband as a vocalist / saxophonist at the Jive Centre. He then joined the Squires Quartet for an Australian tour before touring with Country Star, Laurel Lee.
Back in New Zealand he teamed up with cabaret group The Vision and recorded "Daddy Sang Bass" which featured in the Loxene Gold Disc Awards in 1969.
In 1992, Sel won the Auckland Regional Country Music Awards and was a finalist in the 1993 NZ Country Music Entertainer of the Year awards.
In the 1990's, Sel was a member of the Silverados Showband who were a popular backing band as well as being on regular call for Auckland Country Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year Awards, the Norfolk Island Country Music Festival and Trans Tasman Entertainer Awards.
In 2005, Sel co-wrote "Alpine Express" with his father Don, which was a top ten finalist at the Mataura Licensing Trust Gold Guitar Awards in Gore. Sel is currently guitarist and lead vocalist in The Southern Cross Band.
larry morris & rebellion
Universally accepted as a NZ Rock Legend, introduced by former Prime Minister Helen Clark as a true Kiwi Music Icon, Larry's 45 year singing career has helped shape Kiwi music.
In October 2008 Larry recieved the Variety Artists Club Lifetime Achievement Award, the Scroll of Honour, a prestigious award bestowed on him by his peers. Larry began singing professionally as a teenager (17) topping the charts with Larry's Rebels. The band had more consecutive hit records (11) than any other act of that era, before Larry departed.
In 1981 Larry formed his first Larry Morris Band and became resident at Auckland's Foundry Night Club packing the place for almost two years. Larry continues today with the powerful LMB.
He's toured Australia, USA, UK and Europe. Larry has toured and supported some of the all-time greats of music and song including Roy Orbison, David Bowie, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page, The Who, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fleetwood Mac, The Yardbirds, Max Merrit & The Meteors, Herman's Hermits, The Small Faces, America, Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham, Glenn Shorrock, The Walker Brothers, Dave Dee, Dozy, Mick & Titch, The Easybeats, Renee Geyer, Manfred Mann, Billy Thorpe and Brian Cadd.
Stuart is a Musical Director, Arranger, Producer, Programmer, Keyboardist with more than twenty five years experience in Auckland, Sydney, London, Los Angeles and Dubai.
He has contributed keyboards and arrangements to more than one hundred and fifty artist CDs, composed soundtracks to film and documentaries, acted as musical director on live television broadcasts and at sports events, and written and produced approx 200 commercials, playing session keyboards on an additional 2,000 commercials.
As a key member of various bands, Stuart has opened for many international acts including The Who, Chicago, Tina Turner, Roxy Music, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Bryan Adams, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Bobby Brown, Ruby Turner, Little Feat, Simple Minds, Elvis Costello, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Talking Heads, Tony-Joe White and Cold Chisel.
Stuart was personally selected by Gray Bartlett to produce and record the entire album, and as with all the artists involved in the project Stuart gave a vast amount of additional time and energy into it, resulting in an outstanding album, possibly the very best of the year.
pupils of massey high
Guitar students at Massey High School in Auckland feature on this SPCA music album to raise awareness of animals who need help.
Massey High School is a co-educational secondary school, founded in 1969 with a roll of 166 third formers. The school was initially based at Henderson High School until the buildings on our current site at Don Buck Road were completed in 1970. Since then, the school has grown to a roll of over 2100 students, with a full range of classes from Year 9 to Year 13.
Massey High School has built a proud record of academic achievement with very good pass rates in external examinations. Many top students gain National Scholarships.
The school provides quality education and numerous other opportunities including sports, music, the arts, performing arts and cultural activities.


“We don’t have time to look backwards,” Deneuve told reporters Wednesday, hours before her award. “This is our present and we have to continue to go forward.”
At 78, the legendary French actor is as busy as ever. She’s just wrapped up one film in Paris and is starting another soon in Belgium. The industry environment, she thinks, is better for older women, and actors, in Europe than in America.
Deneuve has a long history with the Venice Film Festival, going back to 1967 when she won the Golden Lion for her portrayal of a well-heeled housewife who starts working at a brothel in Luis Buñuel’s classic “Belle de Jour.” In 1998, she won the festival’s Volpi Cup for “Place Vendôme.” She'll collect this latest honor, another Golden Lion, at the festival’s opening night.
Though she is often described as an icon of cinema, Deneuve rejects the term for herself. She also said she doesn’t think she was ever a “sex symbol” either.
But she still treasures the films she made with directors Jacques Demy (“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” “The Young Girls of Rochefort” and “Donkey Skin”) and François Truffaut (“The Last Metro”). Demy in particular, she said, was very important in her early career when she hadn’t yet had much experience in film.
“Today, the important things are the same: The story I want to tell ... the screenplay ... the environment we create ... the people I will spend time with,” Deneuve said.
She also continues to seek out new movies — and wants to see them in a crowd at a theater.
“I love cinema. I love going to the cinema," she said. “I want to be in a cinema with people I don’t know. It’s not just the sound. It’s the atmosphere. At home, it’s very different. You don’t feel things the same at all."
Follow all AP stories on the Venice Film Festival at www.apnews.com/VeniceFilmFestival.


RAYMOND DEVOS IS DEAD
Raymond Devos as he will be remember, on stage.
I have just learnt of the death of comedian Raymond Devos at 83. born in Belgium, he spent all his life in France and made a career as a stand up comedian, and an especially talented one at that. His incredible command of the French language allowed him to build extremely intricate stories. .His work was built around extremely clever and pertinent play-on-words around which wonderfully absurd, funny and often emotional stories would take shape.
I have always be in total awe of his talent and how, in his mouth, the French language could become so malleable, unpredictable and hillarious. He was like a cross between Tony Cooper and Ronnie Barker, and certainly shared with him a love for finely crafted texts.
‘Etaignez les lumières puisque le clown est mort’ (Turn off the lights since the clown is dead).


Thanks to m'lady for the heads-up.
BALTIMORE -- Tamara Dobson, the tall, stunning model-turned-actress who portrayed a strong female role as Cleopatra Jones in two "blaxploitation" films, has died.
Dobson, 59, died Monday of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis at the Keswick Multi-Care Center, where she had lived for the past two years, her publicist said.
At 6 feet, 2 inches tall, Dobson was striking as the kung-fu fighting government agent Cleopatra Jones in 1973. She reprised the role in 1975's "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold."
I never saw any of these movies, but I'm aware of the legacy. Sad news.


Organisers of the Weekend Beach Festival have announced that American group, The Black Eyed Peas will be performing at this year’s event in July.
Their performance at Weekend Beach will be one of three dates in Spain as part of a tour to promote their seventh album, Masters of the sun Vol I.
Weekend Beach also announced that The Original Wailers, Bob Marley’s band that accompanied him on 250 concerts across the five continents, will also be at the festival.
Other performers that have also been confirmed include:
OZUNA, Chris Liebing, Rozalén, Luz Casal, Ska-P, Dellafuente, Beret, Ayax and Prok, Extrawelt live, The Sticker, Carlos Sadness, Marky Ramone, Bad Gyal, Mojos Escozíos, Giorgia Angiuli live, Medina Azahara, Paco Osuna, Antílopez, Rapsusklei, Nathy Peluso, Miss Caffeina, General Levy, Dubfire, Sex Museum, Mutant Children
Find out more, visit www.weekendbeach.es


Karina Mora in "Vivir por Ti" by TV Azteca
Karina Mora is now appearing in the TV Azteca soap opera, Vivir por Ti, for more information about this soap opera, follow the link below:
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Karina Mora in Marina,
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" made records in it's debut ...registered the highest ratings for a series in the history of the network. ...The participation of various gypsy families in dance scenes and parties helped towards authenticity. "Gitanas
" is subtitled in English on cc1. Telemundo, this North American Spanish speaking television network is an essential source...
More from the newspapers . . .
The Mexican Actress Karina Mora has entered the United States with success, thanks to her excellent acting in the series "Gitanas
Recently we saw her in the production "Heridas de Amor
" from the Televisa Television Network, and she is now appearing in "Marina
" by Alberto Gómez that Telemundo is transmitting, where Karina Mora plays Matilde; with this she becomes one of the few actresses that has two productions by two different Networks on the air at the same time.
The prestigious newspaper Las Americas has published an interesting interview with this beautiful actress:
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Karina Mora, is the beautiful, talented mexican actress who plays the sweet Matilde in "Marina" from the Telemundo Network. The part, is of a beautiful model who strongly believes in love and who dreams of forming a family. With the passing of time she becomes freinds with Marina. This is Karina Moras' sixth production, and the third for Telemundo, the last two were "Gitanas" in which she played Marķa Magdalena, one of the three stars of the show, and "Corazón Partido" where she played Alejandra. We can also apreciate her recent work in the United States in the production "Heridas de Amor" that is transmitted by Univisión, in which she played Lizania. Thanks to this Karina Mora became one of the very few actesses to have two productions on the air at the same time, in the same country and by different networks.


Her visit to the island of Crete has been known for several days, but only for the employees of the hotel in which she is staying and of the Elounda airport. She has asked for privacy and understanding to be able to relax.
Apparently, Lady Gaga has a taste of beauty because her choice of Elounda is hardly accidental. The beaches of the resort are compared to lace for their numerous bays, islands and coastal natural lakes of turquoise blue waters and golden sand.
I Can't believe
I'm so HAPPY :)


Rafika Chawishe is an award-winning actress, performer and director. Her mother is Greek and her father is Syrian. She has been working as a theatre-maker in the political and documentary theatre in Greece.
In 2014, she created the company Zlap. Zlap's performances Notebooks of Crisis,Volume I and Notebook of Crisis, Volume II were presented at the Athens Biennial, The Mixer Festival in Belgrade, and the Institute of Mihalis Kakoyiannis. Rafika recently directed a performance at the National Theater of Oslo/Ibsen Festival/Monsters of Reality the Mimesis Machine.
In 2017 she was selected by the NEON foundation to commission her new media installation performance as a ground breaking idea. She also recently won the Ibsen scholarship- Ibsen Awards to support her theatre-media project based on the subject of nationality, citizenship and belonging. As an actress she has performed a cameo role in the awarded film of A. Avranas " Miss Violence" produced by Faliro House Productions S.A. She also holds a minor role in the film " Dance fight, love die" by Asteris Koutoulas on Mikis Theodorakis, where she plays Melina Merkouri . The film was screened in Germany and in Greece in various Movie Theatres in April 2018.
On stage, she has collaborated with the National Theater, the Athens Festival, , the ancient theater of Epidavre etc. She started performing in a young age, in productions, portraying leading parts from the classical repertory. Rafika Chawishe made her professional debut with the National Theatre of Greece at the small theatre of Epidavre, at her graduating performance playing Cassandra in The Trojan Women. Over the following few years she played several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Imogene in Cymbeline, Juliet in Romeo and Portia in the Merchant of Venice. As a film director she has directed three short films. The films have screened in various film festivals around the world (Seoul International FF, Palm Springs Short Fest, Cannes International FF/Short film Corner, Locarno FF). In 2014, Chawishe was selected as one of the 25 most promising European young Filmmakers at the Locarno Film Festival in the Young Filmmakers Academy.
She is a dynamic children rights' activist and has worked extensively with unaccompanied refugee minors at the first reception center in Lesvos, Moria, Greece


“Scarlet O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a Coast aristocrat of French descent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father.“
In that way author Margaret Mitchell described her Gone With the Wind (1936) main female character, Scarlet O’Hara. However, the casting of 25 year old British actress Vivien Leigh did not correlate to the novel opening description of Scarlet, quite on the contrary men were blown away by her classic beauty.
Filming proved to be very difficult. The actors and crew, and especially the main character Scarlet, had to be on set for very long hours, seven days a week. Vivien, who began to feel exhausted and clashed more frequently with her co-star Leslie Howard. She also missed her husband, actor Laurence Olivier, who at the time were filming in New York. She made several phone calls to him, expressing how much she hated filming. After talking to Olivier in frequent late night calls she managed to pull through the shooting schedule, but among many of the crew and co-actors she had received a diva status, a person who complains to get her wishes granted, a very uncooperative and selfish actress. What her fellow crewmembers were not aware of, was that Vivien was diagnosed as a manic depressive person, or as it is called today – Bipolar.
When Vivien married Laurence Olivier in 1936, she was already a star while he was a mega-star. To match his performance and reputation on the stage, she put herself under immense psychological train. The couple had starred in several films together playing the lead characters, like in That Hamilton Woman (1941). Even if they had almost the same amount of screen time, Vivien always felt like she could have done better.
Having an extremely busy schedule, suffering from unrealistic pressure on herself, she suffered two miscarriages and in 1945 contracted a severe case of tuberculosis. After taking a year off from all duties she returned to the stage, but she would always be vulnerable for new infections.
As if this was not enough, her mental health began to deteriorate. Her mood swings became more severe, moving between depression and dangerous mania. In 1951, she won her second Best Actress Oscar (the first was for Gone with the Wind) for A Streetcar Named Desire. Her film character, Blanche Dubois, was manic and mad, and Vivien sensed that she and Blanche were one and the same.
About that time, Vivien also developed chronic insomnia. Her mental health got worse and in 1953 when on a flight to Los Angeles, she began to hallucinate and tried to get off the plane in mid air. She was immediately flown back to London, where she was placed in a psychiatric hospital where she had to endure electric shock-therapy. Her husband, Laurence Olivier, was at her side as much as his schedule would allow, but finally in 1960 her condition became too much and he left her after 20 years of marriage.
Vivien soon after the divorce from Olivier began a new relationship with actor Johan Merrivale who adored her. She continued to star in films and performing on stage, but in 1967, while rehearsing the play A Delicate Balance, her tuberculosis returned. She was at the time just 53 years old and had to take several weeks off to recover. In early July it seemed like she had recovered and on the night of 7 July, Merrivale left her to perform in a play that night. When he returned about midnight, Vivien was asleep. When he returned 30 minutes later, he found her dead on the floor. She had tried to walk to the bathroom while her lungs were filling up with fluid from the tuberculosis and she collapsed and suffocated.
The end for Vivien Leigh, one of the most beautiful and talented screen and stage actresses, was very tragic. Her death did not at the time put any light at mental illness, but her ex husband, Laurence Olivier, were addressing the subject in his 1982 memoirs. And by writing this short article, maybe Vivien Leigh can put some further light on the subject.
“I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am very impatient person and headstrong. If I’ve made up my mind to do something, I can’t be persuaded out of it.” (Vivien Leigh)
“Throughout her possession by that uncannily evil monster, manic depression, with its deadly ever-tightening spirals, she retained her own individual canniness – an ability to disguise her true mental condition from almost all except me, for whom she could hardly be expected to take the trouble.” (Laurence Olivier)


Danish immigrant whose family came to the united
states at the turn of the century. In summer 1916,
Lamont, along with fellow comedian Roscoe "Fatty"
Arbuckle, joined the East Coast-based Comique
Film Corporation as star and director at an annual income
of more than $1 million. By October 1917 Lamont
had transferred his filmmaking back to the West Coast.
Along with two brothers; both swervy, underhanded
characters; Lamont, with his successes from the Comique
Film Corporation, was able to brand his own production
company, Lamont 3, at the incredible age of 18.
Success hit big, so big that both brothers at
one time or another tried to swindle earnings from Lamont
and flee the country. The savvy former comedian
squashed their attempts and eventually had them
imprisoned, deservedly, yet unjustly, as no proof of
any embezzlement existed. But Lamont was connected
to George Ranfit and other Hollywood mobsters who "owed"
him for services that are still today only speculated
on (some claim that Lamont was single-handedly responsible
for the downfall of the Hollywood studio system that
ruled the MGM heyday). Dozens of
films later, Lamont wed actress Midge Temple, who bore
his first and only child in 1947, Jacqueline Marie Lamont.
They purchased an emorous mansion in the Hollywood
Hills but Lamont never gave up his philandering ways.
The temptation of other women - younger women
- was much too much for the aging producer. When Midge
died, Lamont was only too happy to continue his parade
of women, until he met his fourth and final bride, Lola
Marlowe, a former USO girl in the war with moderate
acting credits to her name. Lamont's associations
with Nathan Blackthorne and Alex Reynolds catapulted
him to the position of most coveted film producer of
all time. It was his keen insight that led to
the substantial careers that followed Blackthorne and
Reynolds for many years. In 1982, Lamont passed
away of a heart attack. His home was later purchased
by James Blackthorne, nephew of Lamont's protoge, Nathan
Blackthorne; and his vast estate was split between
Jacquline and Lola.


Adam Rogers is an actor, entertainer, wannabe comedian, and philanthropist.
After being introduced to performing at a young age, Adam started seriously pursuing his career in acting around 2010. He has been a part of many productions including Hawai’i 5-0, Magnum PI, Last Resort, Marvels Inhumans, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and has worked on several independent films.
Adam is also a Disney Cast Member where he works as a performer.
Adam started playing sports at age 6 and continues to remain active. He enjoys music and has been playing the drums since he was 13, and also started ballroom dancing around 2006. He is married and has 3 children and says
“we do more goofy dancing now”.
If not working or with family he enjoys his free time by watching movies, reading, working out, tactical training, or finding new places to eat.
Adam is consistently pursuing his craft through on-going education with acting classes, improv, and clinics.
One of his main goals as an actor is to be an example to his kids to follow their dreams.


When I painted the image of Dalida, I didn’t like my work, and I erased this image on the left side of the picture with a palette knife. But in the end, the refined figure of Dalida and her face in profile became visible.
The painting also shows dancing figures and a tree ..
Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (Italian: [joˈlanda kriˈstiːna dʒiʎˈʎɔtti]; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (Egyptian Arabic: داليدا) was a French vocalist and actress, born in Cairo, Egypt, to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954 and began a 30-year singing career in 1956, selling 140 million albums and singles worldwide. She committed suicide in 1987. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalida


Jon Legacy Jay is a producer, entertainer, artist, and writer. He is also CEO and Founder of JLJ productions LLC..
Jon Legacy Jay started off as a rapper and overtime realized he had a talent of making beats. He has published solo records of which he did the production on. He has a diverse style of making music ranging from trap, pop, and hip-hop. He never tries to replicate what other producers make. He goes by the motto to stand out you have to be different. So if an artist wants something new and different, you have come to the right place.
If you are an artist and you have special request for beats, or would like custom beats please contact us via the contact form located on the site (last tab on the right). Thank you for doing business with us.


February 25, 1973 - September 7, 2021
Tonji Denise King Robinson was born on Sunday, February 25, 1973, in Jackson, TN. She unexpectedly departed this life on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, in Jackson, TN. She was the eldest daughter of the late Linda Utley King and Ernest J. King Jr, Jackson, TN. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age and joined Blair's Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She attended Jackson-Central Merry High School (JCM). While attending Jackson Central Merry High School, She was known as a caring friend, socialite, and fashion sense. After high school, She worked for the PRA Group before stepping out on faith and becoming a well-known entrepreneur. She used her business savviness and love for fashion to start Spoiled Lashes Studios in Memphis, TN, and Double or Nothing Boutique in Jackson, TN. Anyone who drove by her boutique and studio would see cars lined up filled with customers. She knew how to make all women look and feel like queens by giving them the latest fashions and styles, cracking funny jokes, and giving sisterly advice to help them in their life's journey. As an entrepreneur, she spent a significant amount of her time traveling the country and hosting styling events for various celebrities. She also enjoyed planning family gatherings and spending time with friends. Most recently, she offered mentorship to the next generation by hosting "Boss Brunches" seminars to help young stylists prepare for the beauty industry. She had a God-given mission of speaking life into people and encouraging them to meet their goals. She was also a member of the Deborah Chapter #98 of the Order of Eastern Star. On September 1, 2012, She married the love of her life, her prince charming, Lamont Robinson, whom she referred to as "Husband." She was preceded in death by her mother Linda Utley King, her maternal grandparents Thomas and Mary Lou Utley, her paternal grandfather Ernest King Sr, and several aunts and uncles. Tonji leaves a host of family and friends to cherish her memories, including her loving husband, Lamont Robinson. Her children Kendall R. Grimes, Jamari Robinson, and Nakeya (Richard) Robinson- Neptune. Her devoted father Ernest (Sandra) King, and her paternal grandmother Helen B. King. Her caring siblings Marcus (Inglan) King, Donnie (Lakisha) Wortham, Sharon R. King, and Erica (Nigel) King. Her mother-in- law Angell Moore. Her brother-in-law Nathaniel Fields and Raymond Fields, and two sisters-in-law Anissa Smith and Annisa Fields.She also leaves several aunts and uncles: Fulton (Judy) Childress, James D. King, Gregory (Jackie) King, Harold (Tina) King, Jeffrey (Cherly) King, Carolyn Phelps, Nancy Utley, Barbara Ellison, Robbie (James) Chandler, Cynthia Anderson, Ella Utley, Jimmie Ruth Douglass, and Jacquline Ezell. Along with two nephews Anthony Burden, Tevin (Shasta) King, and one niece Markeia Yarbrough. In addition, she leaves her devoted Godchildren: Carikos Woolfork Jr and Car’Merace Woolfork. As you can see, she was a firm believer in family. She also leaves a very loving and large family, including a host of additional nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends whom she had shared a special bond.
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