Another Countdown to a Cure has come and gone, but CDTAC 2014 was anything but ordinary.
From the beautiful scenery of New York City’s Chelsea Piers, to the heartfelt dedication of NephCure’s inaugural Humanitarian of the Year award to Michael Levine, Countdown to a Cure 2014 was a night to remember. The real success of Countdown , however, has always been measured by the generosity of many hundreds in attendance who consistently show support for NephCure in our quest to accelerate research to find better treatments and a cure. Auction bidders were excited, Fund a Cure donations exceeded expectations and along with plenty of paddle raising, many participated in a game of “Heads or Tails,” willing to get a little silly for the cause. Those of us at NephCure are incredibly grateful, and we would never be able to express our gratitude enough.
There are so many people, without whom, this night would not have been so successful. First, we would like to express heartfelt appreciation to Committee co-chairs Rich Genatt and Michael Levine. Michael and Rich are persistence personified, and their leadership of our Countdown committee is unmatched. Speaking of the Committee, a very special thanks to every member of our Countdown committee for your unique and invaluable contributions. Another thank you to the Milligan Family, our 2014 Fund a Cure Honorees. Jennifer and Jarrett, your unwavering determination to spread awareness and your passion for finding a cure for all those affected by Nephrotic Syndrome is the picture of strength and courage in the face of adversity. Congratulations!
Joining us in kicking off the evening was Michelle Williams, Grammy award winning singing sensation and host of Oxygen’s Fix My Choir. Michelle graciously took the stage to welcome everyone in attendance. NephCure would like to thank Ms. Williams and congratulate her on the release of her fourth album, Journey to Freedom, as well as her nomination for a Stellar Music Award. We are thrilled to continue to work with Ms. Williams as a future Ambassador for NephCure.
NephCure would also like to thank special guest Cuba Gooding Jr. The Oscar® award winning actor took the stage in supreme fashion and delivered a wonderfully vibrant dedication to Michael Levine, presenting him with his Humanitarian of the Year award with passion and enthusiasm. Thank you for your support of NephCure, Mr. Gooding, and best wishes and congratulations on both the upcoming release of Paramount Picture’s “Selma,” and your role as O.J. Simpson in FX’s American Crime Story.
Finally, thanks to YOU. To each of you reading this who’ve decided to STAND UP & BE COUNTED to fight FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome.
We can’t do this alone. We need you, we’re grateful for you, we thank you.
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Welcome to my blog dedicated to the gorgeous actor Tom Hiddleston.
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Congratulations to Megan Wilson who won tickets to the Eagles Concert in Auckland on Tuesday 26 February 2019.
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ADELE was in Auckland. The draw was done last night and congratulations to Makelita and her 12 year old son Joshua from Otara who won 2 free VIP tickets.
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An exceptional prize for an exceptional artist: For the first time, the ZSL Betreibergesellschaft mbH has presented a Sold-Out Award. As a thank you for two sold out shows on the 25th and 26th March at the ARENA Leipzig the ZSL surprised the panic rocker Udo Lindenberg in his dressing room. Together with the concert agency Känguruh Production GmbH, they presented the award to the musician and his tour organizer Roland Temme (Think Big). The first concert in Leipzig of the “Ich mach mein Ding”-tour on 25th March 2012 was sold out in a very short time - even the additional show on the 26th March had been sold out for a long time.
A total of 20,000 fans witnessed an elaborate stage show that comprised 28 songs and an entrance and departure in a grey Zeppelin.
“We have awarded a Sold-Out Award for the first time and we decided rather spontaneously. Udo Lindenberg simply overwhelmed us - with three hours of continuous performance, with two sold-out nights, with a perfect show. We tip our hat to so much music in his veins”, says Winfried Lonzen, Managing Director of ZSL Betreibergesellschaft mbH.


Forget your old vision of magicians dressed in suits, black top hats and white gloves holding a set of playing cards. Illusionist David Copperfield, who has enjoyed decades of success, shows his show at the MGM hotel with the simplest of outfits: jeans and a T-shirt. This “clean” image is not by chance, the American artist’s idea is precisely that, not to draw attention to his costume, but to his work on stage, which, by the way, is brilliant!
It’s not only in this respect that he has changed the “rules” followed for so many years by other professionals in the segment, another difference is the “non-appreciation” of sexy stage assistants. Probably when you think of a magic show, the image of beautiful girls dressed in short, extravagant outfits ready to help the magician perform his tricks comes to mind, right? The beauty hasn’t changed at all, what has been “altered” is the girls’ outfits, who, alongside David, wear light, dull and less ostentatious pieces, precisely to follow his line, stripped down, without attracting more attention than the number itself.
His many awards and honors didn’t come for nothing, but were the result of a lot of hard work, from the age of 12, when he was admitted to the Society of American Magicians, being considered the youngest ever to pass the institute.
The magician, currently considered to be the best in the world, has made his way through the ranks of illusionism by accumulating various other titles, such as being honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, given to a magician. And it doesn’t stop there, David has also won 21 Emmy Awards and in the meantime has been recognized by Forbes magazine as the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world. Is that good enough for you?
If you like magic and want to see a performance that lives up to its hype, don’t hesitate – David will surprise you.
Having gained strong popularity mainly for his mix of well-executed illusions and natural storytelling skills, you can expect everything on stage! From the separation of his body into two parts, where he jokes about the situation next to his severed pair of legs, to a car appearing on top of his head out of nowhere! Yes, be prepared, it can happen!
At a certain point in the show, David also chooses a few spectators to take part in an act, and then it’s time for you to join in and let the master work his magic on you.
Never forgetting his road, after all, there are many fans who have followed the artist for years, he alludes to the challenges of his past career. Like when he made the Statue of Liberty in New York disappear during a live broadcast in the 80s. Or perhaps you can remember another iconic moment, when David levitated over the rapids of Niagara Falls or when he flew over the Grand Canyon.
In short, all of these great moments from his heyday in the profession are remembered in the 90 minutes of numbers presented, of course, keeping the proper proportions, he shows the techniques with other scenic elements, leading the audience to delirium!
Arriving at the Hollywood Theater, the interesting thing is that any paying audience member doesn’t get a seat without a good view of the stage, because the extremely wide stage benefits everyone, as each act changes position, not necessarily all in the center of the stage.
What sets the mood for each block is the highly precise lighting designed for the skits, each number requiring a different effect, color and intensity. In terms of spotlight synchronization, the show is impeccable. When it comes to stage props, expect countless veils, multi-purpose tabards and a lot of creativity from this genius of magic.
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Did you ever notice how a recording artist like Taylor Swift constantly acknowledges her fans? She thanks them for allowing her to make her music and for continually supporting her. In the music business, where recording artists go out on the road to perform at concerts for exposure and to gain fans, rarely do the artists and record companies come back making money. Concert touring is a competitive business, notorious for losing money. Most concerts end up in the red. This even happens to famous recording artists. But it doesn’t happen to Taylor Swift.
Taylor’s concerts are always in the black. Why? Because Taylor performs to her audience like they are the blood that keeps her alive. They mean everything to her. She appreciates what she has been given, and that resonates with people. Her genuine love for what she does comes from her eternal gratefulness to the millions of people who allow her to be her. Taylor never loses sight of her goal—and that is to please her fans.
Worship the ground your body and soul, thankfully, walk on! Gratitude and harmony go together. Seek truth in all you do. Deep down, you know what feels good, what is innately right and what your intuition is trying to tell you, whether you admit it or not.
And you are probably asking, “What’s this got to do with Taylor Swift?” Taylor is our metaphor. The way Taylor treats her fans is how you should treat your entire life, with respect and gratitude. You are Taylor, your body is your audience, and your mind comes along for the concert!


Saturday, May 9, 2015
Frida Kahlo was so much more than her unibrow. A famous artist, Diego Rivera's wife was also a fashion icon. Without her, music festivals would be without flower crowns, mini skirts would always prevail over maxi skirts, capes would just be for superheros, and corsets remained in the archive. Interestingly enough, most of her sartorial savvy was just that. She had polio as a kid and later in life was injured in a bus accident, both leaving her impaired. Kahlo used clothes, such as full skirts, stacked boots, and long gloves to conceal her body's imperfections. "She had a tremendous self-confidence. She was convinced that what she wore displayed who she was inside," Alejandro Lopez, the art restorer of her home, told the Associated Press.
And while her artifacts could be seen at the Frida Kahlo Museum, some belongings were locked away by Rivera following her death in 1954. Placed in a bathroom at "The Blue House" in Mexico City, he demanded the door with her stuff inside remain locked until 15 years after his own passing. The room remained shut until 2004 and at that time photographer Ishiuchi Miyako was given the opportunity to shoot its contents. The images, which will be on display throughout May in London, capture around 300 unseen relics from a pair of cat eye sunglasses to a Tehuana dress.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “The phenomenal P V Sindhu is a champion of champions! She repeatedly shows what excellence is all about. Her dedication and commitment is awe-inspiring. Congratulations to her on winning the Gold medal at the CWG. Wishing her the best for her future endeavours. #Cheer4India”
You made us proud again !!!


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Edna Bejarano is a German singer. She was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv as daughter of Esther Bejarano. She was the lead singer for the German rock band The Rattles. She sang on their biggest selling record, the 1970 new recorded song, "The Witch", which sold over one million copies globally.
She also performed in the 1980s with her mother Esther Bejarano (one of the last survivors of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz) in the musical group Coincidence. They sing songs from the ghetto and Jewish as well as anti-fascist songs.


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Dani Shivers is a Mexican singer-songwriter, producer and poet. Born Yahel « You » Schaffner in Tijuana, she is known for her "childlike vocals”, her proficient use of lo-fi keyboards, glockenspiel and bass guitar. Her work can be described as lo-fi casio/dark synth-pop. Dani Shivers's moniker was given to her one of Tijuana's Ruidoson pioneer Tony Gallardo, who also introduced her to Hermosillo’s (MX) net label LALALA4E who released her first EP Power Naps.
Born into a mormon household in Tijuana, Mexico she moved to Tijuana’s suburbs at the age of 10 where she grew up in the back of a theatre. She started writing poetry, cultivating her love for movies and books. During this time, her mother was part of synth-goth band Espejos Negros.
During her early teens Yahel wrote a couple of songs after spending a lot of time in practice spaces because of her mother's music career. The first instrument that caught her attention was the bass. At the age of 16, she joined Ibi Ego who was in need of a bass player. After the band’s separation she focused on film studies and her solo career.
Dani Shiver’s debut album Jinx was released by Tijuana’s label Prima Crush in March of 2012, while she was living in Mexico City, playing bass for Mentira Mentira. Her second album, Syzygy, was recorded in Los Angeles in collaboration with White Rainbow’s Adam Forkner. It was written in Mexico City and Tijuana, and then recorded in various studios in Los Angeles and Portland run by notable musicians like Bobby Birdman’s and Brian Foote’s and at Marriage Records studio (YU building). After temporarily moving back to Tijuana, movie director Ricardo Silva connected Shaffner with Cranes Records which led to the release of Jinx on vinyl as well as the following albums.
Dani Shivers's solo career features collaborations with musicians such as Gabriel Duprat, Bonsai Babies, Tony Gallardo, Moisés Horta, Adam Forkner, Ibi Ego and Mentira Mentira. Main influences : The Sundays, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Placebo and Cranes.
"It all started when Schaffner, the singer and one of the main songwriters of indie band Ibi Ego, set out to record a headful of fleeting melodies that often escaped her. Describing herself as, ‘very forgetful,’ Schaffner used a simple formula to remember potential songs by: a cheap Radio Shack microphone, toy keyboards, and her mother’s virus-ridden PC. She started recording in the DIY studio that doubled as her bedroom. But the disconnect between the song constructions that Schaffner imagined and the constraints of shoddy instrumentation produced unexpected results. She started exploring the possibilities within its limitations. With a mix of pop melodies and unusual sounds that seem to be taken out of a horror film, Dani Shivers crafts naive and fun songs with the help of toy keyboards rescued from her childhood and a batch of aggressive, obscure and danceable beats." - Prima Crush


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Chantel O’Brian captured the title of Miss World Bahamas 2015 and represented the country at the Miss World pageant on December 19, 2015 in Sanya, China.
Chantel O’Brian is not a quitter. When she captured the title of Miss World Bahamas on September 13, it was not her first or even second attempt at the crown. This was Chantel’s third time around in as many years and for her the old saying “third time’s a charm” proved true. She genuinely wept when her name was called as the new queen, and it took quite some effort for her to pull herself together to take her first walk as Miss World Bahamas.
“After so many tries and so many disappointments, those were tears of sheer joy,” she says. “My dream had finally come true.”
Chantel credits her mother – who also happens to be her best friend, confidant, and inspiration – with encouraging her to give it one more try. Looking back, she is glad that she did.
C. S. Lewis once said “Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.” This has certainly been the case for Chantel.
She comes from a very humble background and says that the struggles that she endured prepared her for some of the greatest moments in her life, including capturing the Miss World Bahamas crown. Her attitude toward hardship and adversity are simple – when life gives you more than you can stand, kneel.
Chantel is a very spiritual person and is actively involved in her church’s youth movement. She is also the brand ambassador for the Sir Victor Sassoon Bahamas Heart Foundation which raises money for children with heart defects. Chantel spearheaded Fashion for Relief, a runway show from which all proceeds were donated to those students who were severely impacted by Hurricane Joaquin. She has also championed the cause of Lupus Awareness. She was also the first recipient of the Myles Munroe Beauty with a Purpose scholarship, donated by the Ruth and Myles Munroe Foundation. As a testament of her philanthropy, she was nominated for the 2016 Bahamas Icon Awards under the People’s Choice category.


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With everything from ‘Beard Bro’ to #beardstagram hitting the headlines over the past few years, what is clear is that beards are here to stay. As you can imagine we are pretty happy about that as we believe there aren’t many things in the world greater than beards. Now something that might be is this list of Hip Hop’s greatest beards. We love Hip Hop enough as it is, but throw beards into the mix as well…
With this in mind we have been sending out samples of our black pepper & sandalwood beard oil and beard wash to Hip Hop artists all across the United States of America, just to thank them for the great music they continue to put out, year after year. Who know’s what could come of it, all we can say for now is watch this space…
The men behind these beards are pretty talented – so the beards they are sporting are also pretty impressive, here is our selection:
Corey Woods, better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… in 1995, and has since recorded numerous solo albums, as well as continuing to work with Wu-Tang and providing an extensive number of guest contributions to other hip hop artists’ works. He is the founder of his own label ICEH20 Records and has been sighted as a pioneer of Mafioso Rap. A strong but subtle beard, Raekwon was always going to make it on to our list.
Another Cory. Cory McKay, better known by his stage name Cormega, is an American rapper, songwriter and poet. His first musical debut was sparked by a shout-out from Nas on his song “One Love”, from the critically acclaimed Illmatic album during Cormega’s time in prison.. During his younger years in Hip Hop, Cormega wasn’t known for his beard – but today he sports quite the well kept number.
Jeru The Damaja
Kendrick Jeru Davis, known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper best known for his 1994 debut album, The Sun Rises in the East, ranked as one of the 100 greatest hip-hop albums of all time by the editors of About.com. He has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since he was in high school. He’s sporting a short at the sides, long at the bottom, sort of beard these days. He could certainly benefit from a little beard oil now and then…
Lord Finesse (born Robert Hall Jr.) is a hip-hop artist and producer, from The Bronx, New York, best known as the leader of the D.I.T.C. crew. About.com ranked him number 29 on its list of the Top-50 Hip-Hop Producers. Lord Finesse has one of the strongest beards in Hip Hop and it is clear to see why the name comes from. The finesse in that beard is exceptional…
Dennis Coles better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success. Ghostface Killah debuted his solo-career with Ironman in 1996, which was well received by music critics and he went on to have much more success. Another strong but subtle beard, Ghostface has gone for the short and trimmed top and clean neck. Not everyone can pull this off but then again we wouldn’t be the one to tell them if they hadn’t – not with a name like Ghostface Killah…
James Campbell, better known by his stage names Freddie Foxxx and Bumpy Knuckles, is an American rapper and music producer from Long Island, New York. We have just realised a lot of this list is East Coast! Having worked with big names the likes of Gang Starr, M.O.P and Naughty By Nature, Bumpy Knuckles is a well respected head in the world of Hip Hop. This man has always had a strong moustache and goatee game – although his beard like most of these guys varies year on year.
Frontman of industrial rap group Death Grips, MC Ride could pass for a thinner yet equally terrifying version of street brawler Kimbo Slice. His thick, unkempt beard complements the tattoos covering his body as well as the band’s cryptic lyrics which frequently require his jaws to call out.
One of the original West Coast gangster rappers, Ice Cube has been rocking some form of facial hair or another for the better part of 20 years. Always kept relatively trim, the iconic Compton rapper has had beards of all lengths and sizes appropriate for both the thugs of southside LA and those watching him on TBS from the safety of their home.
The drummer behind some of hip-hop’s most soulful beats also happens to have one of the most recognisable facial silhouettes in the industry. ?uestlove’s curly, stocky beard seems to be an extension of his afro creating a seamlessly integrated head full of hair.
Victor Vazquez, also known as Kool A.D. from the white guilt art project Das Racist, has been growing some of the game’s gnarliest beards since the group first came onto the scene with the bizarre, “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.” The Oakland native has had beards of various lengths and sizes, letting the hair grow well up into the high-cheekbone area dangerously close to his equally-thick eyebrows.
The Chicago rapper is so well-known for his beard that it was considered news-worthy when he decided to shave it for his role in the film New Year’s Eve. No worries though as the film has long been forgotten and the beard is back and as glorious as ever.
Despite a setback to his gangster image when he was outed as a former correctional officer, Rick Ross has managed to literally become a boss by founding the succesful record label Maybach Music Group. It’s hard to even imagine the Miami rapper without his signature beard as it strikes the perfect balance between thickness and tidiness.
The Philly native is as well-known for his full neck beard as he is his stint with Roc-A-Fella Records. Like rapper Stalley, Freeway is a practising Muslim and keeps his beard out of faith. His new album Diamond in the Ruff drops next month and his beard will without doubt be right there with it.
Before joining the heat of the rap game, Action Bronson was a respected fire-flame gourmet chef in New York City. His signature red beard is as much a part of him as food is to his rhymes and although he’s newer to the scene with respect to others on this list, his vibrant beard and jovial manner set him a cut above the rest.
This guy’s beard is so well looked after that he wrote an article advising others on the best ways to maintain your beard in GQ. When searching for the best beards in Hip-Hop we came across this article and it’s pretty cool, although he could do with some beard oil for that frizz.


Former Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole splashed around Miami beach on Sunday sans Brody Jenner . I never noticed, but she has “Respect”prminently tattooed over her vagina. Her tattoo features, in black ink, the word “Respect” in blackmoor font on her extreme lower abdomen, just above her pussy. Jayde and former boyfriend Brody Jenner figured in a brawl incident at the Los Angeles nightclub, Guys and Dolls with Girls Gone Wild guru Joe Francis; lawsuits and counter-lawsuits have been filed against each other.
Jayde dishes on the infamous “Respect” tattoo above her lady bits: She says she got it when she was really young. She had it done when she had just gotten out of a bad relationship, and she says it served as a reminder not to let anyone treat her that way again. As for the location of the tattoo, her modeling agency said she could only get it some place on her body it wouldn’t show in a bikini. Of course at that time neither Jayde nor her agency knew she would be filming for Playboy. On a related note, I’m quite curious as to what Jayde does when her date sees it for the first time, laughs and asks if it’s supposed to be ironic.
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Eddie Vedder, lead singer and frontman of the legendary Pearl Jam is about to drop his second solo album, which from all reports is based entirely around his vocals and a smooth sounding ukulele. Vedder recently credited world surfing champion Kelly Slater for encouraging him to release a ukulele album.
There’s no mistaking Vedder’s trademark melodic charm and charismatic tones when listening to the first single from the forthcoming album. Longing to Belong is a vibrant yet mellow tune that I have already completely fallen in love with.
The album, conveniently titled “Ukulele Songs” brings together a collection of original material and covers performed by Vedder on ukulele.
It’s a big year for Eddie Vedder and the other members of Pearl Jam as it’s their 20th anniversary. Pearl Jam were a big influence on me as a youngster; releasing unforgettably timeless tracks such as Better Man, Evenflow and Daughter back in the glory days of their VS and Ten albums. Watch out for re-released special edition CD and vinyl versions of those albums later in the year also!
The album “Ukulele Songs” is released on the 30th of May 2011.
The first single “Longing to Belong” is of course already available for download on iTunes.
Stay tuned for a full album review on my blog ASAP!


Background on Irvin Mayfield
Also known to be a bandleader, educator, and composer, Irvin Mayfield is an American trumpeter. Born on December 23, 1977, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Irvin has eight siblings and the youngest in his family. His mother, Joyce Alsanders, was a school teacher at the New Orleans and Irvin Mayfield Sr., his father, was a retired United States Army and a former boxer. Due to the typhoon Katrina, his father dies in the flood.
In an interview, Irvin talks about how he remembers his dad while he was trying to move on. According to Mayfield, his dad was a very fun-loving father. That is why it is so hard for him to talk about his loss because he is still a grieving son. In addition, he told that his dad had a great sense of humor and was a true New Orleanean. But he laughs when he reminisced about how his dad tries to cheat him on chess because he was winning.
The song, “Just a Closer Walk to the Thee”, is an original composition by Irvin Mayfield that he dedicates to his father. He always plays the song to remind people that he is not just about playing music and he is dealing with a very tragic moment. He shares what jazz music teaches us about. It deals with the fact that when there is a celebration it happens as a group, unlike sorrow that needs to be handled individually.


A studio-based game show featuring one celebrity and three of his or her fans, battling it out to prove who is the ultimate super fan. Contestants will go head-to-head to see who knows more about the episode’s featured celebrity. The winner moves on to the final round in an ultimate showdown, celebrity vs. super fan, to see who knows more about the celebrity.
Season 01 , Episode 01 – “Big Fan Matthew McConaughey”
Matthew McConaughey kicks off this game show in which celebrities go head-to-head with three of their biggest admirers to see who knows the most about them.
Season 01 , Episode 02 – “Big Fan Aaron Rodgers”
The NFL’s Aaron Rodgers and three football fanatics compete. Alex Trebek also appears with tips for host Andy Richter.


Rumors: Ryan Taylor said a final farewell to Dj Cuppy in light of Sex
After Ryan Taylor and Dj Cuppy broke up, there have been a number of theories. It has been accounted for in a few quarters that split up due to sex.
Ryan Taylor and Dj Cuppy are seen to have withdrawn from one another. This is coming after it was affirmed that they have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
The relationship which is yet to be one year started last year November and they have allegedly separated on June 2023.
“I got engaged in November following two days. The two days became an integral factor since it was so fast. And you get to know the person after.” Dj Cuppy made this statement when their relationship was still in its infancy.
In any case, a new improvement talks about a crack crawling subtly into their undertakings. This became open when Cuppy and her man unfollowed one another, yet have allegedly refollowed him.
A speedy keep an eye on his Instagram page has shown that Ryan Taylor no longer follows her on Instagram.
When Ryan Taylor made a cryptic post to his Instagram account, the rumors got even more intense.
Albeit the post was not coordinated to anybody specifically, it pretty much talks about his relationship with Cuppy.
“If it’s blocking your spiritual growth, let it go”
Following this show, online entertainment users have asserted that, maybe, they separated in view of sex.
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If you are implying that Kei Nangon may be Do Hwe Ji, I highly doubt it. From doing some quick Internet searches, I discern that Kei Nangon has done influential works in both South Korea and Japan, postponing her model/actress career indefinitely to go study at Stanford. She was born on April 12 and is 172cm tall. She was also rumored to be Kim Jonghyun’s ex-girlfriend (prior to SHINee’s debut).
Do Hwe Ji never studied in America, but she has studied abroad in Singapore. She has never done any sort of acting in Japan (though it can be speculated that she may have participated in some films/CFs in Korea due to her many friendships with celebrities). Do Hwe Ji’s birthday is on May 6 and she is 168cm tall.
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Six Really Famous People with Hearing Loss You’d Never Expect
If you suffer from hearing loss, you're not alone! A sobering 48 million Americans suffer from one or another form of hearing loss. In fact, your favorite actor, athlete, or celebrity may suffer from some level of hearing loss. Continue reading to learn more about famous people with hearing loss and a brief description of the type of hearing loss they suffer from.
Famous People with Hearing Loss: Huey Lewis
While most people recognized him as Huey Lewis, Hugh Anthony Cregg was born in the Big Apple back in 1950. Since then, Huey Lewis has gone on to be a world-renowned Grammy-winning American singer, songwriter and actor. However, back in 2018, Huey Lewis was forced to cancel his remarkable slate of concerts after he was diagnosed with Meniere's disease.
Lewis first became aware of the inner-ear disorder and the resulting hearing loss prior to a show when he was in a hotel room with his band members. Then, all of a sudden Lewis said everything sounded muddled like a blur. While he played the show that night, he struggled to get through it which resulted in him canceling the remaining tour dates.
Famous Actresses with Hearing Loss: Halle Berry
With striking beauty and timeless appeal, Halle Berry is a staple in Hollywood. The Cleveland native and former beauty queen, transformed her work as a model into a remarkable acting career. She boasts a staggering 44 awards that include an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as well as Primetime Emmy for portraying Dorthy Dandrige.
Although Halle has long been the picture of perfection, she has Type 1 diabetes, which is a condition that makes her two times as likely to have hearing loss. However, the Type 1 diabetes isn't why she has lost 80% of hearing in her right ear. In 2004, when a former boyfriend assaulted her, she suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) because of the damage to the auditory pathways and ear canals that lead to the brain.
Famous Musicians with Hearing Loss: Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton has penned legendary songs like "Tears in Heaven," "Layla," "Wonderful Tonight", and several other international hits that will live on forever. However, the legendary crooner and songwriter revealed during an interview with BBC Radio 2's Steven Wright, "I mean, I'm going deaf…" and that he has been struggling with tinnitus.
Tinnitus is the awareness of sound or noise in the ears or head — not from an external sound. While there are multiple types of tinnitus sounds, the most common are:
Famous Celebrities with Hearing Loss: Whoopi Goldberg
For several years, Whoopi Goldberg has enjoyed an illustrious and long career on screen and on stage. Most people are surprised to learn the Oscar-winning actress' hearing has been severely deteriorated. She explained to the National Enquirer in 2011 that:
"I attribute my own hearing loss - which, by the way, is suffered by thousands of people in varying degrees - to years and years of listening to music so loudly and so close to the delicate ear drum."
Today, Whoopi is unable to hear low sounds and tones. As a result, she wears tiny hearing aids underneath her illustrious locks while on the set of The View. In 2015, Whoopi encouraged ear health on The View by explaining:
"If you have hearing loss, make sure you go and get yourself checked out because...if you can stop it, you should."
Iconic Musicians with Hearing Loss: Barbara Streisand
During a conversation with Barbara Walters back in 1985, the legendary Barbar Streisand explained she suffered from tinnitus since the young age of nine. The consistent high-pitched noise often made her feel isolated from other kids. She tried to cope with the noise by wrapping scarves around her head.
In spite of her hearing loss challenges, Streisand went on to have one of the most successful careers of all time. After being nominated for an astonishing 44 Grammy Awards, she brought home the hardware eight times. To this very day, Barbar Streisand is recognized as one of the most acclaimed songwriters and singers of the 20th century.
Classical Composers with Hearing Loss: Ludwig Van Beethovan
Out of all of the musicians who made this list of famous people with hearing loss (or any other list), Ludwig van Beethovan is undoubtedly the most accomplished and popular! While the exact cause of Beethovan's hearing loss is unknown, most suggest it was the result of his habit of dunking his head in cold water to stay awake, lead poisoning, or typhus. In either case, his symptoms of hearing loss started in his late 20s and continued to deteriorate over time.
How did Beethovan continue to create such remarkable music? Instead of relying on his hearing, he used his mastery to feel vibrations and visualize how the composition of voice tones and instruments would work together. In the last decade of his life, Beethovan was almost completely deaf, but he remarkably created some of his most impressive work, including the 9th Symphony.
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Last March, at an event center in Nigeria, Burna Boy stood on stage with a mic in hand, in front of a captivated audience. But the world-famous Afro-fusion recording artist wasn’t there to perform. Rather, he was addressing the crowd after receiving an official proclamation from the governor of his home state to honor his win at the 2021 Grammys for best global music album: “I thank the best governor I’ve ever experienced because you know say me na [you know I don’t] even like politics or politicians.”
That sort of love/hate sentiment often sums up how the self-proclaimed “African Giant” feels about his country and to a larger extent, his continent. Recently, CNN interviewed Burna Boy twice in a four-week period for an episode of African Voices Changemakers.
From the beginning, he makes it clear he doesn’t like doing much talking, at least in English. Most of his answers are short and sometimes evasive — but one of the areas he expands on is his dream that someday there would be one Africa.


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Tina Giorgi is a crowd-pleasing intelligent comedienne. Reviewers refer to her performances as “comedy with a brain”. She is a favorite act in major clubs across the country and a constant performer in New York City and Las Vegas.
Tina is a versatile entertainer with a resume that includes television and radio appearances, comedy club performances and writing and acting credentials. She has been featured on CBS’s Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Fox’s Comics Unleashed, Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, NBC’s Friday Night, the Metro Channel’s New Joke City with Robert Klein and Channnel 9’s “Spotlight Café”. She co-hosted her own radio talk show, “Voices and Views” on WGBB. She has worked on writing projects for the Grey Advertising Agency, Marina Maher Communications and Scholastic Books. Her voice has also been heard on radio commercials for Castro Convertibles and Dennison Chili.
She is a unique female comedienne that relies on a blend of wit and commentary to charm her audiences. She has been featured at The Las Vegas Comedy Festival, the Toyota Comedy Festival and the Marshall’s Women of Comedy Festival. She won the Bud Light Fox 5 Comedy Contest and was a finalist in the National Lampoon Comedy Search. She is a regular performer in New York City at The Comic Strip. She has also graced the stage at The Comedy Cellar, Caroline’s, Stand-Up New York and the Gotham Comedy Club. She has opened for Bill Maher, Bobby Collins, Gilbert Gottfried, Lewis Black, David Brenner, Bob Nelson and Air Supply.
Tina's proudest acting accomplishments have occurred with her participation in the first original plomedy, "Shut Up Sit Down & Eat." Tina co-wrote and co-stars in the groundbreaking comedy with three other stand up comics. The play was nominated by the Off Broadway Alliance for the Best Unique Theatrical Experience of 2014.
She began her career while she was teaching high school social studies in the inner city schools of Washington, DC. She credits all the hours she spent in after school detention with her students, as the beginning of her comedic inspiration. She has a BA from the College of William and Mary and an MS from Western Maryland College. She is proud to be both a TASIS and a Fulbright Scholar. She is the youngest of three sisters and happily married to a very brave man.


Robert S. Ensler Presents
Dean Martin Enjoying great success in music, film, television and the stage, Dean Martin was less an entertainer than an icon, the eternal essence of cool. A member of the legendary Rat Pack, he lived and died the high life of booze, broads and bright lights, always projecting a sense of utter detachment and serenity; along with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and the other chosen few who breathed the same rarefied air, Martin -- highball and cigarette always firmly in hand -- embodied the glorious excess of a world long gone, a world without rules or consequences. Throughout it all, he remained just outside the radar of understanding, the most distant star in the firmament; as his biographer Nick Tosches once noted, Martin was what the Italians called a menefreghista -- "one who simply does not give a f."
Dino Paul Crocetti was born on June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio; the son of an immigrant barber, he spoke only Italian until the age of five, and at school was the target of much ridicule for his broken English. He ultimately quit school at the age of 16, going to work in the steel mills; as a boxer named Kid Crochet, he also fought a handful of amateur bouts, and later delivered bootleg liquor. After landing a job as a croupier in a local speakeasy, he made his first connections with the underworld, bringing him into contact with club owners all over the Midwest; initially rechristening himself Dean Martini, he had a nose job and set out to become a crooner, modeling himself after his acknowledged idol, Bing Crosby. Hired by bandleader Sammy Watkins, he dropped the second "i" from his stage name and eventually enjoyed minor success on the New York club circuit, winning over audiences with his loose, mellow vocal style.
Despite his good looks and easygoing charm, Martin's early years as an entertainer were largely unsuccessful. In 1946 -- the year he issued his first single, "Which Way Did My Heart Go?" -- he first met another struggling performer, a comic named Jerry Lewis; later that year, while Lewis was playing Atlantic City's 500 Club, another act abruptly quit the show, and the comedian suggested Martin to fill the void. Initially the two performed separately, but one night they threw out their routines and teamed onstage, a Mutt-and-Jeff combo whose wildly improvisational comedy quickly made them a star attraction along the Boardwalk. Within months, Martin and Lewis' salaries rocketed from 350 to 5000 a week, and by the end of the 1940s they were the most popular comedy duo in the nation. In 1949, they made their film debut in My Friend Irma, and their supporting work proved so popular with audiences that their roles were significantly expanded for the sequel, the following year's My Friend Irma Goes West.
With 1951's At War with the Army, Martin and Lewis earned their first star billing. The picture established the basic formula of all of their subsequent movie work, with Martin the suave straight man forced to suffer the bizarre antics of the manic fool Lewis. Critics often loathed the duo, but audiences couldn't get enough -- in all, they headlined 13 comedies for Paramount, among them 1952's Jumping Jacks, 1953's Scared Stiff and 1955's Artists and Models, a superior effort directed by Frank Tashlin. For 1956's Hollywood or Bust, Tashlin was again in the director's seat, but the movie was the team's last; after Martin and Lewis' relationship soured to the point where they were no longer even speaking to one another, they announced their breakup following the conclusion of their July 25, 1956 performance at the Copacabana, which celebrated to the day the tenth anniversary of their first show.
While most onlookers predicted continued superstardom for Lewis, the general consensus was that Martin would falter as a solo act; after all, outside of the 1953 smash "That's Amore," his solo singing career had never quite hit its stride, and in light of the continued ascendancy of rock & roll, his future looked dim. Martin's first move was to appear in the 1958 drama The Young Lions, starring alongside Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando; that same year he also hosted The Dean Martin Show, the first of his color specials for NBC television. Both projects were successful, as were his live appearances at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas; in particular, The Young Lions proved him a highly capable dramatic actor. Combined with another hit single, "Volare," Martin was everywhere that year, and with the continued success of his many TV specials, he effectively conquered movies, music, television and the stage all at the same time -- a claim no other entertainer, not even Sinatra, could make.
Even at the peak of his fame, however, Martin remained strangely contemptuous of stardom; for a man whose presence in the public eye was almost constant, he was utterly elusive, beyond the realm of mortal understanding. As his celebrity and power grew, he slipped even further away: in early 1959, his movie with Sinatra, Some Came Running, hit theaters, and with it came the dawning of the Rat Pack. Together, Sinatra and Martin -- in tandem with their acolytes Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Shirley MacLaine -- set new standards of celebrity hipsterdom, becoming avatars of the good life; flexing their muscle not only in show business but also in politics -- their ties to John F. Kennedy, Lawford's brother-in-law and an honorary Rat Packer code-named "Chicky Baby," are now legend -- they were the new American gods, and Las Vegas was their Mount Olympus.
Martin -- who continued to impress critics in films like the 1959 Howard Hawks classic Rio Bravo -- was Sinatra's right-hand man, the drunkest and most enigmatic member of the Rat Pack (so named in homage to the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, a bygone drinking circle that had once gathered around Humphrey Bogart); his allegiance to Sinatra was total, and Martin even left his longtime label Capitol to record for and financially back Sinatra's own Reprise imprint. In 1960, the Rat Pack starred in Ocean's Eleven, filming in Las Vegas during the day and then taking over the Sands each night; two years later, they reconvened for Sergeants 3. However, in late 1963 -- while filming the third Rat Pack opus, Robin and the Seven Hoods -- the news came that Kennedy had been assassinated; in effect, as America struggled to pick up the pieces, the Rat Pack's reign was over. With Vietnam and the civil rights movement looming on the horizon, there was no longer room for the boozy, happy-go-lucky lifestyle of before -- the fun was truly over.Yet somehow Martin forged on; in 1964, at the peak of Beatlemania, he knocked the Fab Four out of the top spot on the charts with his single "Everybody Loves Somebody," and that same year starred in Billy Wilder's acrid Kiss Me, Stupid, a film which crystallized his persona as the lecherous but lovable lush. In 1965, after years of overtures from NBC, Martin finally agreed to host his own weekly variety series; The Dean Martin Show was an enormous hit, running for nine seasons before later spawning a number of hit Celebrity Roast specials during the 1970s. In films, he also remained successful, starring in a series of spy spoofs as secret agent Matt Helm. However, by the late 1970s, Martin's health began to fail, and his career was primarily confined to casino club stages; in 1987, his son Dean Paul died in an airplane crash, a blow from which he never recovered. After bailing out of a 1988 reunion tour with Sinatra and Davis, Martin spent his final years in solitude; he died on Christmas Day, 1995.
Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide
DEAN MARTINActor, singer; born Dino Paul Crocetti, in Steubenville, Ohio on June 7, 1917, the younger of two sons born of Italian immigrants. Had one brother, Bill.
Best known for his comedic partnership with Jerry Lewis, as well as for his participation in the “Rat Pack,” a group of entertainers—including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford—who performed together in Las Vegas and teamed up in several films in the early 1960s.
Martin attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, Ohio, and took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. After dropping out of Steubenville High School in the tenth grade, he worked odd jobs, including part-time as an amateur welterweight boxer under the name “Kid Crochet.” Martin also dabbled in illegal activities, including driving liquor across state lines during prohibition, selling lottery tickets, acting as a bookie, and working as a card dealer and croupier in local gambling joints.
Martin began his show business career at age seventeen, singing in Ohio nightclubs near his hometown. During a stint with the Ernie McKay band, he was noticed by Cleveland bandleader Sammy Watkins, who hired him as the band’s featured vocalist. He began touring with Watkins in 1938, and in 1940, changed his name to Dean Martin. In September 1943, Martin signed an exclusive contract with MCA to sing at the Riobamba Room in New York, and in 1944 he was given his own fifteen-minute radio program broadcasting from New York City, Songs by Dean Martin. In 1946 he signed a contract and recorded four songs with Diamond Records.
During a club engagement in 1946, Martin met Jerry Lewis and the two began joking around with each other during their respective acts. They teamed up in 1947, with Martin playing the straight man to Lewis’s clown. NBC broadcast a regular thirty-minute radio program featuring the pair in 1949, and they made their television debut in the Colgate Comedy Hour in 1950. The immensely popular Martin and Lewis team made sixteen films together between 1949 and 1956.
Martin and Lewis last performed together at the Copacabana in New York, on July 24, 1956. After ten years as a team, they split up due to creative differences. Martin struck out on his own and resumed his singing career, recording such hit records for Capitol as “That’s Amore,” “Memories are Made of This,” “When You’re Smiling,” and “Oh Marie.” He also resumed acting in films, and in 1958, Martin received critical acclaim after appearing with Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando in The Young Lions.
It was around this time that Martin began performing in Las Vegas with a group of close friends who were members of a Hollywood clique known as “The Rat Pack.” The group, which included Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford, soon branched out from Vegas to the movies. They starred as an ensemble cast in the caper film Ocean’s Eleven (1960), followed by Sergeants Three (1962) and Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964).
Martin appeared in a total of fifty-one films in his lifetime, including Some Came Running (1958) with Shirley MacLaine and Frank Sinatra, Bells Are Ringing (1960) with Judy Holliday, Rio Bravo (1959) with John Wayne, Toys in the Attic, (1963), Airport (1970), Cannonball Run (1981) and Cannonball Run II (1984).
In 1962, Martin left Capitol Records and signed with Reprise. In 1964, he recorded his blockbuster hit, “Everybody Loves Somebody,” which beat the Beatles to become the No. 1 hit in America for one week. It became the theme song for his television variety series, The Dean Martin Show, which ran on NBC for eight years starting in 1965. Martin followed this with The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, which ran from 1973 to 1974. An indelible part of Martin’s television “schtick” was his comedic portrayal of life as an alcoholic lush, which many people never realized was just an act.
Martin was married three times, first to wife Elizabeth Anne McDonald on October 2, 1941. The couple had four children: Stephen (Craig), born June 29, 1942; Claudia, born March 16, 1944; Barbara (Gail), born April 11, 1945; and Deana (Dina), born August 19, 1948. He married second wife Jeanne Biegger on September 1, 1949 and had three children: Dino Paul Jr., born November 17, 1951; Ricci James, born September 20, 1953; and Gina Caroline, born December 20, 1956. In 1973, Martin married third wife Catherine Mae Hawn, and adopted a daughter Sasha. Their marriage ended in 1976.
Martin suffered a tragic loss when his son, Dino Jr., was killed in a plane crash during a military training exercise in 1987. He retired from show business after a 1988-89 concert tour with fellow rat-packers Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra, which ended for Martin after he became ill and was replaced by Liza Minelli for the remainder of the tour. Martin died of acute respiratory failure in Beverly Hills on December 25, 1995.© 2000 A&E Television Networks. All rights reserved.
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Staying Clean in Entertainment
Sometimes, celebrities can be the individuals who benefit most from a clean sober intervention. Alcoholics and addicts face the same struggles, although celebrities face greater scrutiny of the media. Being a target for late-night comedians may be humiliating, but it doesnâ€™t compare to what can result from more serious consequences. David Hasselhoff has recently been in the news with rumors that he has been hospitalized and put under a psychiatric observation with complications related to his alcoholism. Although his friends, family, and fans are concerned with his health, Hasselhoff needs to be the one to put sobriety as his main priority. In the past couple of years, he has been admitted to the hospital around five times for his complications with the bottle.
How Much Does Family Matter?
Courtney Love is an example of celeb who needs an entertainer recovery companion. Ever since her rise to fame, there have been rumors of drug use that have shrouded her reputation. Some even attack Love for admitting to using heroin while pregnant. While she has sworn to be sober and stay clean for her daughter, her past has caught up to her. This December, Love has lost custody of her seventeen year old daughter. Although nothing has been publicized yet, there is speculation that Loveâ€™s past behaviors affected her ability to be a fit parent. In real life situations, children may not be so lucky. Parents need to put their health in priority so that they can do the best to provide for their kids.
Why Addicts Have to Take Initiative
Although there are many tools to combat addiction, there is only so much that a clean sober coach can do for an individual. These resources need to work in unison with oneâ€™s full cooperation and commitment. Another celebrity that has constant struggles with staying sober is singer, George Michael. Even after being found slumped over in his car and being arrested for possession, George denies that he has a problem. When other celebrity friends have pleaded for him to go to rehab, he continues to reject their offers. From your co-worker to an international celebrity, everyone needs a little help getting started on their road to sobriety.


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On this Day February 24, 2000
Carlos Santana won eight awards at this year Grammy Awards. Before the 'Supernatural' album, the guitarist had not had a Top 10 album since 1981. Sting won two awards, one for best pop album and another for best male pop vocalist.
Sir Elton John
won the legend award and Phil Collins the best soundtrack award for 'Tarzan'.
On this Day February 24, 1990
American singer, songwriter, pianist Johnnie Ray died of liver failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He scored over 20 Top 40 singles between 1952 & 1960 including 1956 UK No.1 & US No.2 single, 'Just Walking In The Rain'. Dexys Midnight Runners' name checked Ray in the lyrics to their 1982 hit 'Come On Eileen'.
On this Day February 24, 1975
Led Zeppelin released their sixth album
in the UK. Recording sessions had been disrupted when bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones had proposed quitting the band, supposedly to become choirmaster at Winchester Cathedral, England, although in reality he just needed time to rest after Zeppelin's demanding tour schedule. The group decided on a double album so they could feature songs left over from their previous albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy.
On this Day February 24, 1973
Roberta Flack had her second US No.1 when 'Killing Me Softly With His Song', started a five-week run at the top of the charts. The song was written in collaboration with singer songwriter Lori Lieberman and was born of a poem she wrote after experiencing a strong reaction to the Don McLean song 'Empty Chairs.' Roberta Flack first heard the song during a flight. She performed it for the first time live when supporting Marvin Gaye who told her she had to recorded a version before playing it live again.
On this Day February 24, 1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
played their last ever-British performance when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Renée Zellweger gives an Oscar-worthy performance as Hollywood legend Judy Garland in this film about the decline of her life and career, based on the stage play “End of the Rainbow”. Despite inherent potential for doom and gloom in a story about a woman suffering from alcoholism and drug abuse, Judy is actually a hopeful story of perseverance. The painful flashbacks about her childhood introduction to slavish work hours and punishing dietary restrictions are balanced by Garland’s prime directive — to take care of her children.
Coming to terms with the fact that she may not be her children’s best guardian is the emotional through-line of the film. But I was also moved by a couple of other notions that haunted Garland — the constant question of whether anyone really loved her (or just used her), and her love/hate relationship with performing. She was at home on the stage, unquestionably one of the century’s greatest performers, but the audience she loved so much could be so unforgiving should she ever fail them.
Judy is a tight, two-hour biopic that focuses on Garland’s tour of England six months before her death. It celebrates her spirit and her dreams, while not shying away from the demons she battled. Zellweger’s performance is a remarkable one that goes beyond imitation almost to some form of spiritual possession. I haven’t seen anything like it since Cate Blanchett played Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. A subplot touches on her relationship with a pair of gay fans and results in a couple of the film’s most compelling moments. Director Rupert Goold’s decision to capture Zellweger’s first of three song performances in one single, uninterrupted take is a masterstroke that puts the leading lady out on a risky high wire where she never falters. In fact, she soars.
With Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon, and Game of Thrones‘ Bella Ramsey as Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft.


By now you have probably heard about the amazing meeting between the Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga following the tragic Orlando shootings. It occurred at 84th annual Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis. Not only did their internationally broadcasted conversation serve to heal a lot of tensions around the country, it showed the world that perception is seldom as it should be.
Lady Gaga has proven over and over again that she is more than just a fashion and musical icon. She represents true authenticity and is absolutely in tune with her reflective soul. GaGa has demonstrated that when you speak your own truth and come from a place of conscious and mindful living that you can make a much bigger impact in the world.
It is no surprise that when Gaga sat down with the Dalai Lama that they both shared their thoughts on what it means to be selfless and share with others.


Lee-Roy is a born entertainer
Lee-Roy received extensive radio-play for his very first single 'Ring the Alarm' within days of releasing it.
Lee-Roy loves animals – he has a menagerie including rare ducks.
You've seen him on Etv's CrazE
You've heard him as part of 94.7 Highveld Stereo’s Ground Patrol and you will have heard him singing on his debut track, Ring the Alarm.
We love him because he has unlimited energy and throws it into his passion for the entertainment industry
Lee-Roy's Top PrimeTalents:
- MC: Lee-Roy is an entertaining MC
- Voiceovers: Lee-Roy's voice is well trained for broadcast
- TV presenting: he is a natural in front of the camera
- Singing: Lee-Roy is an up and coming vocal talent whose love of performance is evident on stage and in the recording studio.


Drake is breaking records left and right following the release of his mixtape titled “If Your Reading This Its Too Late.” After lacing us with hits such as ” 6 Man” and “Madonna” its no surprise that fans and enemies alike are going crazy. All 17 songs have nabbed a spot on Hot R&B / Hip Hop Songs Chart according to Billboard, with him dominating over 42% of the 50 slot positions.
Proving to the world that he has this music thing down pact, Drake holds a new title as being one of the top artist in the U.S. Are we surprised? This project has made it clear that Drake is hear to stay, and calling out those who doubted him with a seasoned confidence that comes all to natural. Hosting a few RnBass tracks, this release is giving us a glimpse into what 2015 has in store for the RnBass genre.


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THE WHITE BREAD TOUR
Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 7:00pm & 9:30pm (added late show on sale 7/23 at 4pm).
Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 7:00pm
Salt Lake City, Utah
JIM GAFFIGAN has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences, achieving accolades and awards for his stand-up comedy, acting, and writing.
His clever, quiet style has made him one of the top five most successful touring comedians in the country today and his CDs and DVDs have reached platinum sales. Gaffigan has had an unprecedented number of appearances on late night’s “Letterman" and “Conan." His writing and voice work on the animated series “Pale Force” for Conan led to nominations for both a Broadband Emmy and a Webby Award.
Gaffigan has had breakout guest appearances on many comedies and dramas ranging from HBO's cult hits "Flight of the Concords" and "Bored to Death" to dramatic roles in all three versions of "Law & Order".
In recent years, Gaffigan has also become a mainstay on the big screen with memorable roles in "Going the Distance", "Away We Go" and "It's Kind of a Funny Story." Gaffigan will next be seen alongside Jennifer Connolly, Ed Harris, Pierce Bronson, and Greg Kinnear in the highly anticipated film "Salvation Boulevard” which will premier at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.
Further broadening his career, Gaffigan starred in his first Broadway production, “That Championship Season”. As part of the highly acclaimed play, Gaffigan appeared in the ensemble alongside Chris Noth, Brian Cox, Jason Patric, and Kiefer Sutherland.
Gaffigan’s latest venture, a DRM-free download of his comedy special “Mr. Universe,” launched April 11th for $5. One dollar of each download will go to the Bob Woodruff Foundation, helping wounded servicemen and their family. He is currently on a 50-city national tour called Jim Gaffigan: The America Tour.
Run time: Roughly 90 minutes
Recommended for ages 8 and up. No babes in arms. All patrons must have a ticket regardless of age.
All ticket purchases are final, there are no exchanges or refunds.
There is a limit of eight (8) tickets per person on an internet transaction.
Seats will be grouped together in the number you request.
Recommended age for all performances is 8 years or older and no babes in arms unless otherwise specified.
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Digital Media Chair Jon di Venti’s art makes a connection with musician Steven Curtis Chapman
Monday, December 11th, 2017
Jon di Venti, chair of PCA&D’s Digital Media Department, read the autobiography Between Heaven and the Real World by Steven Curtis Chapman, one of di Venti’s favorite musicians, and was inspired to make a painting in an attempt to capture the personality of Chapman’s spirited youngest daughter Maria, who died in a tragic accident at age 5.
After posting the painting on Instagram, di Venti received an unexpected response from the musician and his wife.
Mary Beth Chapman commented on the post, “I was just told about this and it is unbelievably accurate! As the mother to Maria and the wife to @stevencurtischapman, this is AMAZING! Would love to connect with you about this moving piece of art! It really is as if you knew her!”
Chapman also emailed di Venti and told him that the painting moved him to tears and asked if he could buy the painting to hang in his home. di Venti said, “I told him it was a digital piece so there’s no original, but that I’d be happy to send him a print for no charge (because the fact that I made him cry was payment enough).”
While in conversation with di Venti, Chapman suggested a collaboration with Jon and the tw0 were recently able to meet in person. According to di Venti, “We’re planning to meet again to brainstorm ideas for collaboration. He and his music have had a big impact on me so this was super exciting for me personally. He is the most awarded artist in Christian music history with five Grammys and over 50 GMA Awards, so it’s also a great career opportunity.”


I haven’t posted in a while because I’m working on a video of what the title entails… I had the wonderful opportunity to spend my last Friday night at the Drake Bell concert in Berkeley as well as some face to face time with him both before and after the concert. Obviously I was extremely excited and anxious to meet him, after all, he did star in my favorite American tv show from childhood (I also liked popular dubbed anime like Beyblade etc.), Drake and Josh. First off, he wasn’t all celebrity-ish that night, if you know what I mean. At the hotel where the meet and greet was scheduled, he was just walking around casually without any ‘guards’ or bouncers around him. So I got to quickly talk to him, with an obligatory Drake and Josh reference, and got to film it as well (the video I mentioned I was working on). During he meet and greet, he seemed like a very nice person, conceding to the weird photo requests of all his fans there (some wanted ‘hug me, brother!’ photos) with grace. I could ask him about what he was doing nowadays, and when he might work with Josh Peck again. The concert was really great too. Obviously, he performed ‘Found A Way’, amongst other not so well-known among the crowd but well established singles from his albums. I’ll link the video here once it is done, which should be in a few days. Thanks a lot, Drake. You were a really cool guy to hang out with!


CHESAPEKE – A distraught Jason Girard stomped out of the Pantaloon
Theatre on Sunday, up in arms over not receiving a call-back for the lead role
in the theatre company’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Othello.
viewed this yet another in a long line of casting snubs. “All the great actors
played Othello at one time or another,” fumed Girard. “When Olivier did it, nobody
blinked. It’s the director, man. What, she thinks I can’t play a black man?.”
The plum role of Othello instead went to Leroy Stanton, an African American
man who graduated from Juilliard Acting School before moving to Chesapeke. Leroy displayed excitement at the
opportunity. “This is one of the few major roles in the classics where the
character is actually black. I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into the Bard’s wonderful material.”
This isn’t the first time Girard felt his talent was overlooked
in the casting of Pantaloon’s productions. Last season he was annoyed at being
overlooked for Evita despite showing up at the audition in a blond wig and
push-up bra, and he was livid that he wasn’t even considered for the lead in Annie
even though he vowed to “lose the weight”.
(picture courtesy of World of Stock)


Today marks the release of Bat For Lashes fifth studio album “Lost Girls” following a three-year hiatus since “The Bride” (2016).
Exhausted by the long-awaited end of her ten-year deal with Parlophone, Brighton-born Natasha Khan left London for LA to pursue a career in film scoring. She was unsure wether she’d ever make another album.
Free from the pressures of this major label deal -her first three albums were nominated for Mercury and Brit Awards- Khan has paradoxically come up with her most accessible album to date and it’s a doozie (my favourite of her previous albums being “The Haunted Man”).
Inspired by films like The Lost Boys, Goonies, Karate Kid and more recently A Girl walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Lost Girls is of course very 80s, but also so very Bat For Lashes. It’s fresh and nostalgic. Currently my favourite tracks are “Jasmine” and “Kids in the Dark”. As ever, there’s a narrative, characters (this time vampires) and a delicious world to get wrapped up in… If you dare.
You can of course find it in your local record stores and Spotify, etc.


Assam Current affairs : In todays daily Assam Current affairs season we will discuss about the recent release of a book by Formar indian cricketer suresh raina.
• Former Indian batsman, Suresh Raina has released his autobiography ‘Believe – What Life and Cricket Taught Me’.
• The book is co-authored by Bharat Sundaresan, Suresh Raina narrated the journey he has had for India and the golden word (Believe) from Sachin Tendulkar that he etched on his arm as a tattoo.
The essence of the book:
• The cricketer shared a glimpse of his cricket career which included success, failure, injuries, setbacks, and how he came out on top of it.
• He revealed how the BCCI, senior players, and scholarship from Air India helped him grow as a cricketer during student life.
• He also revealed that it was great to be named as the best fielder in India by former South Africa great Jonty Rhodes and learned from the experience of playing with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Mohd Kaif, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid.
• In the book, he narrated the importance of hope, love, work, and camaraderie that made him one of the most revered white-ball batsmen in the world.


2016 have been an enormous loss of music, however nobody was as surprising or sad as David Bowie. A yr ago, let's keep in mind the Bowie page that is typically missed: the guitarist! Right here's our information to the guitars David Bowie has performed through the years … take pleasure in!
David Bowie has had many various faces and personalities through the years, however surprisingly most have ignored it – guitarist David Bowie. In a approach, it's not very shocking considering he wasn't removed from a guitar hero, and most importantly, has collaborated with some actually stellar guitarists who’ve drastically influenced his music: Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Nile Rodgers and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
What guitars did David Bowie play?
Though Bowie was not primarily a guitarist, he had a gentle taste of the classic, his uncommon guitars and his selection of instrument modified together with his altering musical plans. Here’s a guide to a few of his most vital guitars. We often speak about electrical guitars, but in Bowie's case we will't help however mention a number of acoustics … in any case, he was a huge fan of 12-character acoustic fashions all through his profession! Anyway – Bowie was a true professional, and his selection of guitars through the years isn’t just fascinating!
Right here's Bowie's profession – 20 on the uncommon guitar.
1) Framus 12-String Acoustic (1965-66)
In fact, lots of you understand that Bowie started his musical profession as a saxophone player, and then got here in with numerous bands (The Mannish Boys, The Decrease Third), however never performed guitar. This picture of younger David Jones with a Framus 12 string is the earliest photograph of Bowie on the guitar.
In accordance with Bowie's biographer Paul Trynka, Bowie purchased a guitar within the late 1965s . Given Bowie's well-documented style for 12-string acoustics in later years, it's truthful to imagine that Framus's photograph was certainly his first guitar, though there was never any specific information about it. It is fascinating to note that his guitar had a pickup, quantity and tone controls – perhaps it was modified and purchased one other hand that Bowie was still battling. Little trivia: the guitar was pink.
Enjoying the guitar was an necessary step in David Bowie's profession when he started using the gadget to compose songs like "Maid Of Bond Street" and his first true basic, "Can't Help Thought Me."
2) Gibson B45 12-String (1968-69)
his 1967 debut album, Bowie different tips, including the formation of Lindsey Kemp's mime group, Buddhism and folk-trio Feathers together with his girlfriend Hermione Farthingale and John Hutchinson. During this time, Bowie used the Gibson B-45 12-String Acoustic
He isn’t by no means seen or photographed this guitar after a feather. We consider this is the primary time the guitar has ever been talked about for Bowie because we couldn't find anything. Properly, now you recognize!
3) Hagstrom's 12-String Acoustic (1969-1972)
That is maybe Bowie's most legendary guitar. He believed he had written his first hit, "Space Oddity," and used to reside and write a lot of the songs of the "Ziggy Stardust" period, including "Starman."
It's strange that the guitar is now on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool. Sooner or later, it seems to have been added with sound and volume control, although it has not been proven in any of Bowie's photographs in this configuration.
4) Espana 12-String Acoustic (1969)
This guitar was used by the well-known The "Space Oddity" profile, but unusually enough, not much is understood about it. It might have simply been used to help a photograph. It appears very similar to Hagstrom's 12-string, and may actually be the one he uses in other footage and images, however it's onerous to make certain!
5) Guild 12-String Acoustic (1971)
When David Bowie toured the US for the primary time, promoting "The Man Who Sold The World" in 1971, he had the chance to see the Guild's 12-string acoustic. There are not any studies or footage of him earlier than or after , so he in all probability borrowed it for the tour.
6) Harptone 12-string (1972-83)
This Harptone 12-string is a "Ziggy-era Bowie acoustic." He used it on a tour of Spider on Mars, and this guitar could be seen in most magazines.
Apparently, it appears that evidently Bowie decided to dust it off years later, after the discharge of Let's Dance Magazine, as this stay image refers to:
7) Harpton 12-String Jumbo (1972-75)
Many people don't understand this, however Bowie additionally repeatedly used the ANOTHER Harptone 12 string, which at first glance appears just like the earlier one, however you will discover that it has a unique scratch and can also be larger. He used this model in one other Ziggy-era "Space Oddity" video;
eight) Egmond 12-String, Blue (1972) Bowie and his blue Egmond. "width =" 547 "height =" 781 ” />
That is one among Bowie's most necessary guitars – if nothing else – simply the guitar he used during his profession – enjoying Starman on Pops, who ultimately launched Bowie as a bona fide popstar within the UK! He additionally used Egmond for a number of promo photographs, and it seems to be in it.
9) Vox Teardrop Mark XII 12-String (1972)
Bowie makes use of this cool Vox guitar aside from 1972 promo footage. Years later, he used Vox Teardrop Mark VI to document one in every of his greatest songs in the eighties, “Absolute Beginners”. The guitar is now on show on the Exhausting Rock Café in Warsaw. There isn’t any photograph of him and this guitar.
10) Gibson 1972 Deluxe Les Paul (1972)
David Bowie was all the time nicely conscious of his picture and his symbolism. That’s the reason he borrowed the duvet of "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars", borrowed from Les Paul – as a way to show the world he was now in a troublesome, rock-n-roll motion. Perhaps that's why he was ready to use Les Paul throughout his 1972 US tour.
Introduced by Bowie by Gibson, she used it stay and in the Jean Genie promo movie. But with more esoteric flavors on his guitars, it's no shock that it quickly turned a Mick Ronson security guitar, which Bowie by no means used.
11) Hagstrom I Kent PB-24-G (1974)
Now speaking! The purple Hagstrom I Kent PB-24G guitar was Bowie's first really iconic electric guitar. Although many fans recognize and adore it, this guitar was solely used for promo photographs on the "Diamond Dogs" album, and he has no report of ever using it elsewhere, apart from the TV appearance:
As most hardcore Bowie followers know, he played a lot of the guitar elements of the "Diamond Dogs" album, but in accordance with those that work with him, the guitar selection through the periods was Dan Armstrong's plexiglass – which he has never shot… shame! Until those reminiscences are a bit mistaken they usually actually meant the subsequent guitar…
12) Dan Armstrong 341 (1976)


Over the years, Dick Allen has been the subject of dozens of videos. Here are just a few of them.
“The Dick Allen Story”
An 8:27 look at Dick Allen’s Career in Philadelphia. Great audio and video clips of some of his longest home runs.
￼￼“Dick Allen and the 42-oz. Bat”
Dick Allen talks about swinging one of the biggest bats in baseball history.
￼“The Bout Between Dick Allen and Frank Thomas”
Sportswriter Stan Hochman talks about the famous batting cage incident.
￼“Lens Through Time”
Dick Allen Talks about what is was like in his early days in the Philadelphia Phillies system
“Does Dick Allen Belong in the Hall of Fame?”
￼The opening to Bob Costas’ Studio 42 interview with Dick allen as players and writers discuss his qualifications.


|Derpy Bieber Day
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BucktownTiger, Lead Shopwrecker
So apparently, today is Derpy Hooves Day across the bronysphere. Today also happens to be Justin Bieber's birthday. The fact that these two days coincide with each other is not entirely happenstance... after all, Justin Bieber IS seen by many as an affront to mentally disadvantaged people everywhere...
...in other news, Black History Month is now over... does this mean the Chicken and Fries 2012 campaign will start to slow down? I hope not...


At some point in life, one must know when due for marriage, in need of a partner and when to have kids.
Popular female blogger, Linda Ikeji who turned 36 on September 19, 2016 shared a heartfelt birthday/motivational message with her fans.
In the video, Linda discussed her birthday wish – which is to have a boyfriend/husband to have regular sex with, and also raise a lot of kids – because she loves kids.
The ex-model also revealed she’s tried a whole lots of jobs which she wouldn’t want to describe as a ‘failure’ but a 1/3 of what she expected in return as an achievement.
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Linda who started blogging as far back as 2006 has tried her hands on series of jobs before she finally made a hit at blogging where she’s the owner of one of the most visited blogs in Africa.
Linda didn’t just find herself as a successful blogger in a twinkle of an eye but, struggled through to attain her present achievement. She’s using this medium to motivate dreamers out there that ‘hardwork and not relenting is the key to success’.
According to her, she has paid more attention to her career work rather than mixing it equally with her private life which is the actual reason she hasn’t gotten engaged nor married.
In her 14 minutes video where she was practically crying, she has decided to mingle more with people, step out more often.
So guys, if you know you’re up to the task to take up Linda as a partner, do not hesitate to try your luck … never say never!


Helen Benziger began talking about her great-grandmother, Margaret “The Unsinkable Molly” Brown in 1999. Her family never spoke of Margaret Brown, and the first time she realized that she was connected to her was while watching the movie, The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
On screen “Molly” was dancing on the bar and throwing her skirts up in wild abandon when her mother leaned over and said, “By the way…that’s your great grandmother.” That was the beginning of Helen’s interest in her great grandmother’s life and all things Titanic. Now, she travels the country talking about Margaret and Titanic.
Like her great-grandmother, Helen is active in many areas. Her passion is fighting homelessness and helping abused dogs. Currently, Helen lives in a log cabin in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming along with her husband, David, and their three dogs.


In order to participate at an Encounter during this year’s Artists in Discourse programme, please register using the forms below. Please note, that you can only register for ONE of the encounters! If you register for more than one Encounter, all your registrations will be nullified.
‘The world has its own life, and as an author, you do not only write about what is happening on a daily basis but about all those things that are much bigger. And those things also last longer.’ The American writer, Pulitzer prize recipient and Nestroy award-winner Ayad Akthar enters into a poetic dialogue with his society and the world.
The multilingual European Actress has starred in 61 prestigious films and TV productions with such “avant-garde” directors as Catherine Breillat, Bertrand Bonello, Werner Schroeter and Carlos Saura. In 2018, she played in the Luca Guadagnino’s Oscar winner, “Call Me By Your Name”. On stage, she has played among other roles Hedda Gabbler at the Barbican and recently Olga in Simon Stone’s critically acclaimed “Three Sisters” at Odeon Theater in Paris.
The performance artist FLATZ is known for extraordinary stunts: he has already served as a target for darts and as a living clapper of the bell, swinging from one steel plate to another. 1992 he was invited to join the Documenta in Kassel and several years ago Dornbirn, his hometown in Austria, opened the first FLATZ-museum. FLATZ lives in Munich since 1975.
Dubbed by critics as “A wizard of percussion”, Austrian multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger has achieved the extraordinary feat of turning solo percussion into the highlight of the classical concert world. He is a regular guest at many of the top orchestras and the world’s most prestigious venues, and his repertoire is unusually broad and ranges from solo works and chamber music to percussion concertos.
Another thought-provoking artist – yet to be announced – will join the Artists in Discourse programme for a fifth Encounter. Be on the lookout for more information!


Word has it that the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams are coming out with their own line of bottled water. The name of the nifty new H2O? Thirst and Ten. Hey, let’s do it again!
Each bottle will feature the team’s logo, color, and the URL to their website. They will be sold at the Edward Jones Stadium in St. Louis, and in a 75-mile radius around the stadium
As a Boston marketing expert and copywriter, I find this to be very clever, although what the world needs now is not another bottled water.
But this is clever marketing.
It reminds me. When Britney Spears porked up a few years ago and got fat, many thought that her career was over. (Sort of what happened to Jessica Simpson last year, although she’s now gaining PR momentum again with her gig with Weight Watchers.) Now that Britney’s making headlines on the X Factor TV show, her career seems to be in full swing again. But I remember saying to myself that she needed some kind of product placement back then that would have gotten her name favorably in the public eye again. My idea back then? I told my husband Bill that Ms. Britney should come out with a line of pickles. Call them Britney Spears.
And that reminds me. In my bestselling book Off The Wall Marketing Ideas: Jumpstart Your Sales Without Busting Your Budget, my co-author Nancy Michaels and myself did an interview with a clever PR gal in California named Marci Blaze. She fully capitalized on her last name, especially with her stationery. After all, as I tell all of my audiences when I give a presentation, marketing is the art of making yourself memorable. When Ms. Blaze got her letterhead, she singed all of the bottom end of her stationery with a match, so it looked like it had been in a fire – or a blaze. She wound up burning through many printers, so to speak, but the name recognition was all worth it.


Do you guys remember when Jenny McCarthy grabbed that NYPD officer out of the crowd in Times Square and planted one on him last New Year’s Eve?
Well, now the world wide web is all abuzz trying to guess who she’ll kiss this year. FDNY? Ryan Seacrest? THE SURFER?
No. I’ll show you who she wants to play kissyface with.
Jenny McCarthy kisses SurferWife. How’s THAT for New Year’s Rockin’ Eve? Pretty sure the ratings would soar. You hear that ABC?
UPDATE: Jenny is asking YOU to vote on who she kisses at midnight! #Military #FDNY #AverageJoe. Tweet her back using hashtag #HappyNewYear AND cast your vote on the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve FB page.
Be sure to tune in to Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC with Ryan and Jenny starting at 8pm EST.


Baked sweet potato skins
Frankie : “I am team America all the way”
real Frankie : stabs Donnie in the back
Derrick : “I couldn’t swing enough votes”
real Derrick : “Idk man, I’m just torn on who to send home”
Sharapova just wants to make you think that she’s struggling..
always remember, never forget #zacole
This Nicki Minaj performance has a bunch of fruit loop performers and that noise..


French-Canadian singer Geneviève Després made her U.S. debut in two critically acclaimed roles with the Virginia Opera. “…Despres followed her wonderfully etched performance of Flora in Virginia Opera's 31st season-opening production of La Traviata with an equally successful return engagement as Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro…” says Opera Canada. “…Despres brings to the stage a strong, rounded mezzo with appealingly substantial proportions. It's a solid, technically and artistically sound voice that enhances a production. She also exhibits a strong sense of theatre and the stage business that goes along with it. In Le Nozze, her characterization was delightful.”
In addition to her Virginia debuts, she has enjoyed a solid career in opera. She has sung in many productions such as: Roméo et Juliette (Gertrude), La Traviata (Flora), Le Nozze di Figaro (Marcellina), Rigoletto (Giovanna), Cavalleria Rusticana (Mamma Lucia, Santuzza cr), Les Dialogues des Carmélites (Mère Jeanne), Suor Angelica and Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Mère d’Antonia) in different north american opera houses: Opera de Montréal, Virginia Opera, Nashville Opera, Vancouver Opera and Opéra de Québec.
She was also a member of Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, where she performed the title role in Carmen on tour in over 40 performances, as well as several other roles on the main stage.
More recently, she has appeared as Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Lyra in Ottawa, in Carmen (title role) and Metella in La Vie Parisienne with Les Productions Lyriques de Gatineau and Josepha in Benatski’s L’Auberge du Cheval Blanc with La Société Lyrique du Royaume.
As a noted concert artist, Ms. Després has performed with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra at the Lanaudière International Music Festival in Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Été, as well as Das Lied von der Erde with the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, and excerpts of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the International Vysocina Music Festival in the Czech Republic. She was alto soloist with Laval Symphony Orchestra for Vivaldi’s Gloria and St-John’s Passion and Beethoven 9th with l’Orchestre de la Francophonie, wich has been released in February 2010 on the Analekta label. She also is on the recording of L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Naxos label) that has been nominated for a Grammy award in 2010.
She also made her mark in canadian contemporary music in pieces such as Murray Schafer's Beauty and the Beast and The Pines of Emily Carr by Jean Coulthard. In 2010 she toured with Orchestre de la Francophonie, creating Andrew Staniland's piece Only Darkness. The last concert was recorded and aired by Radio-Canada at the Domaine Forget International Festival.
This season, she has been heard in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder with the Orchestre de l'Isle. At the Festival des Hautes Laurentides she sang Les Chants d'Auvergne de Canteloube with Appassionata orchestra. She also did an Opera Gala concert with La Sinfonia de Lanaudière.


Don’t we all love when we get surprises from our main man?! Check out the video below from GibsonGuitarUK‘s youtube channel.
Jamie Campbell Bower, Kevin Zegers, and Lily Collins met fans at the Dolphin Mall in Miami, Florida.
The fan site TMI Source tweeted from the event:
Crowd screams for @Jamiebower. He says “I love this. You have no idea how happy you’ve made me.” #tmimalltour
. @KevinZegers is really excited to film CITY OF ASHES #tmimalltour
. @Jamiebower on filming the greenhouse with Lily: “It was horrendous.” Lol #tmimalltour
If @KevinZegers could be a Downworlder he’d be a warlock. “Magnus yay.” @Jamiebower high fives him #tmimalltour
It was @Jamiebower’s idea to keep and wear the Morgenstern ring #tmimalltour
. @Jamiebower wears the Morgenstern ring everyday to remind him how lucky he is #tmimalltour
How is @KevinZegers like Alec? “I love @Jamiebower”
. @KevinZegers favorite character from the series (other than Alec) is Simon #tmimalltour
. @Jamiebower said he has a bit of a potty mouth #tmimalltour
Were you there? We would love to hear about it:
Jamie Campbell Bower talks his favorite scene in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones from Comic-Con 2013
If you are interested in applying, fill out the contact form.
Here are some screen captures I made while watching Mortal Instruments Cast’s interview with MTV at Comic Con.
You can watch the interview here


Exacta is one of New York’s hottest rising talents making a name for himself as a heavy-hitter in the electronic music world. This rising star discovered his love for music as a young child listening to records in his basement in Queens, New York. His participation as a drummer in his junior high school’s jazz band reinforced Exacta’s appreciation for music, particularly soul, further fueling his desire to create his own original music. Exacta replaced his drums for turntables and evolved into a hip-hop DJ gracing the decks at nearly every NYC hotspot for celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Heidi Klum, and P Diddy. After refining his turntable skills Exacta’s musical style transitioned once again – this time from hip-hop to house.
He quickly gained notoriety as one of the most upfront house DJs known for his sexy and unique style by being named Pacha resident DJ in 2005. Exacta has risen to global prominence with a resume that includes the world’s top musically driven venues such as Pacha (NYC), Pacha (Ibiza) Amnesia (Ibiza), Godskitchen (UK), Stereo (Montreal), Space (Miami), Prive (Hungary), Bon Bon (Shanghai), Guvernment (Toronto), Output (NYC), & Cielo (NYC). His musical prowess is constantly pushing the envelope making dance floors sweat by playing tracks that few would dare to play together.
Exacta was fortunate enough to begin his production career working with world-renowned producer DJ Premier as an intern at D & D Recording Studios. However, it was not until he began working for London/FFRR Records (1993-1994) that Exacta began to learn the business of house music and envisioned a career himself as an artist. Ten years later Exacta was signed to world-renowned Subliminal Records by Erick Morillo. His first three original productions, ‘The Beat Inside You,’ ‘Flippin,’ and ‘Shake My Soul’ would introduce him to the global house community. During the summer of 2006, Roger Sanchez broke Exacta’s remake of the classic ‘Pride (A Deeper Love)’ on his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix. Immediately, a club killer was born. His follow-up releases, ‘Set Me Free’ and ‘You Keep Calling Me’ set dance floors on fire and hit charts around the world, thus cementing his place in the industry. Exacta was able to parlay this buzz, remixing for Nelly Furtado and Paris Hilton, showcasing his diverse background and production range. His 2007 releases ‘Stuck On Your Love’ and ‘Lost In Music’ received rave reviews leading to Exacta’s guest mixes on Roger Sanchez’s international radio show “Release Yourself”, Justmusic.fm, XM Radio, and his new weekly home on SoulGood.com in Australia. Exacta continued his worldwide presence by having two original productions on Radio 1’s Essential Mix (Exacta & Funkagenda “Mad Money”, Exacta & Valentino “Turn Me On”). His last 2 releases “Time” & “Home” were featured on Hot Since 82’s Knee Deep In Sound Compilation.
Stay tuned as Exacta is ready to make his return to dance floors around the world later this year.