Events

328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.

1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.

1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.

1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.

1864 – Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.

1868 – The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded.

1873 – ''Der Krach'': Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.

1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.

1877 – Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.

1877 – A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.

1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.

1901 – Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.

1904 – The steam locomotive ''City of Truro'' becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed .

1911 – The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.

1915 – World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.

1920 – Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.

1926 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).

1927 – The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.

1936 – Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.

1937 – Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy took to the airwaves becoming an overnight radio sensation.

1940 – World War II: The German submarine ''U-9'' sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.

1941 – World War II: The German submarine ''U-110'' is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

1942 – Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported.

1945 – World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

1945 – World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.

1946 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.

1948 – Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.

1949 – Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.

1950 – Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

1950 – L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is released.

1955 – Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.

1955 – ''Sam and Friends'' debuts on a local United States television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and The Muppets.

1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

1961 – Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.

1964 – Ngo Dinh Can, ''de facto'' ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.

1969 – Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.

1970 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.

1974 – Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.

1980 – In Florida, Liberian freighter ''MV Summit Venture'' collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.

1980 – In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.

1987 – A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.

1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.

2001 – In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.

2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.

2002 – In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.

2004 – Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed by a land mine under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.

2006 – Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.

2010 – The Steven's Club was found.

Births

1147 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)

1741 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)

1800 – John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)

1801 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English Member of Parliament and developer (d. 1866)

1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)

1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)

1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)

1873 – Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)

1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)

1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)

1882 – Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (d. 1967)

1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)

1886 – Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)

1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)

1893 – William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)

1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)

1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)

1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)

1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)

1907 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)

1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)

1908 – Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)

1909 – Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)

1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)

1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer (d. 1990)

1912 – Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)

1914 – Denham Fouts, American male prostitute and socialite (d. 1948)

1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005)

1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999)

1918 – Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance (d. 2011)

1918 – Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)

1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist

1919 – Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995)

1920 – Richard Adams, English author

1920 – William Tenn, American author (d. 2010)

1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist

1921 – Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)

1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)

1923 – Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)

1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997)

1927 – Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter

1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)

1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater

1929 – Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)

1930 – Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)

1930 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist

1931 – Vance Brand, American astronaut

1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress

1933 – Jessica Steele, English romance novelist

1934 – Alan Bennett, British author

1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)

1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)

1936 – Albert Finney, British actor

1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician

1937 – José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect

1937 – Sonny Curtis, American singer, songwriter, guitarist

1937 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)

1938 – Charles Simic, Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States

1939 – Ralph Boston, American athlete

1939 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)

1939 – Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis manager

1940 – James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer

1941 – Pete Birrell, British bass guitarist

1942 – John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General

1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter

1943 – Vince Cable, British politician

1943 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009)

1944 – Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)

1944 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961)

1945 – Steve Katz, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress

1946 – Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter

1948 – Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician

1948 – Calvin Murphy, American basketball player

1949 – Billy Joel, American musician

1950 – Tom Petersson, American bass guitarist (Cheap Trick)

1951 – Alley Mills, American actress

1953 – Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper

1953 – Amy Hill, American actress

1954 – Lawrence Dutton, American violist

1955 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)

1955 – Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano

1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress

1960 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player

1961 – Sean Altman, American singer (Rockapella)

1962 – John Corbett, American actor

1962 – Dave Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)

1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)

1963 – Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)

1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver

1965 – Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant

1965 – Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player

1968 – David Benoit, American basketball player

1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French athlete

1969 – Amber, Dutch musician

1969 – Hudson Leick, American actress

1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player

1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper

1971 – Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)

1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist

1972 – Dana Perino, former White House press secretary

1972 – Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion

1972 – Lisa Ann, American Pornographic Actress

1973 – Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress

1974 – Dylan Lauren,American businesswoman & daughter of fashion designer Ralph Lauren

1975 – Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator

1975 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor

1975 – Lane Kiffin, American football coach

1975 – Tamia, Canadian singer

1976 – Christos Marangos, Greek-Cypriot footballer

1977 – Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress

1977 – Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)

1977 – Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist

1978 – Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer

1978 – Santiago Dellapè, Argentine-born Italian rugby player

1978 – Aaron Harang, American baseball player

1979 – Dionysis Boukouvalas, Greek composer, pianist and musicologist

1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)

1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress

1979 – Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter

1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician

1979 – Brandon Webb, American baseball player

1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer

1980 – Jo Hyeon-jae, South Korean actor

1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater

1980 – Tony Schmidt, German racing driver

1981 – Bill Murphy, American baseball player

1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer

1981 – Yu Yokoyama, Japanese actor and singer

1982 – Rachel Boston, American actress

1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player

1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor

1983 – Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer

1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player

1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player

1985 – Henrique, Brazilian soccer player

1985 – Jake Long, American football player

1985 – Audrina Patridge, American actress

1988 – John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver

1992 – Chris Gutierrez, Filipino actor

1993 – Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer

1997 – Zane Huett, American actor

Deaths

1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)

1446 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)

1657 – William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)

1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer

1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663)

1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)

1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)

1789 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)

1790 – William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress

1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)

1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)

1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)

1889 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)

1914 – C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)

1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)

1918 – George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)

1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)

1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)

1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)

1955 – Kate Booth, oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)

1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)

1957 – Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (b. 1887)

1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)

1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)

1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)

1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)

1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)

1970 – Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)

1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)

1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German communist militant (b. 1934)

1977 – James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)

1978 – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy: 1963-1968, 1974-1976 (b. 1916)

1979 – Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883)

1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)

1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)

1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914)

1989 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)

1993 – Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919)

1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)

1997 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian politician and first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (b. 1926)

1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)

1998 – Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)

1998 – Rommie Loudd, former American football player, coach, and executive (b. 1933)

1998 – Talat Mahmood, Indian singer (b. 1924)

2000 – Arthur Davis, American animator (b. 1905)

2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)

2002 – Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)

2003 – Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)

2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)

2004 – Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)

2005 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)

2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1901)

2007 – Edith Rodriguez, woman refused emergency room treatment for gastrointestinal perforation (b. 1964)

2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)

2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)

2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)

2009 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist (b. 1924)

2010 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)

2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician (b. 1932)

2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology)

Christian Feast Day

*Beatus of Lungern

*Beatus of Vendome

*Christopher (Αγιος Χριστόφορος) (Eastern Orthodox Church)

*George Preca

*Gerontius of Cervia

*Pachomius

*Tudy of Landevennec

*May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union)

Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.

Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II). (Guernsey, Jersey)

One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire)

Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)

*Victory and Peace Day, mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the end of World War II. (Armenia)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Name	Bjarke Ingels
Nationality	Danish
Birth date	October 02, 1974
Birth place	Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma mater	Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
Practice	Bjarke Ingels Group
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Bjarke Ingels (born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect. He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006. In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi. In his designs, Bjarke Ingels often tries to achieve a balance between playful and practical approaches to architecture.

Early career

Bjarke Ingels studied architecture at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen and the Technica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona, receiving his diploma in 1999. As a third year student he set up his first practice and won his first competition. From 1998-2001 he worked for Office of Metropolitan Architecture and Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam.

In 2001, Bjarke Ingels returned to Copenhagen to set up the architectural practice PLOT together with Belgian OMA colleague Julien de Smedt. The company rapidly achieved success, receiving significant national and international attention for their inventive designs. They were awarded a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2004 for a proposal for a new music house for Stavanger, Norway. Their first major achievement was the award-winning VM Houses in Ørestad, Copenhagen, in 2005. Despite its success, PLOT was disbanded in January 2006 and Bjarke Ingels created Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG, while his former partner founded JDS / JULIEN DE SMEDT ARCHITECTS.

Bjarke Ingels Group

With BIG, Bjarke Ingels has continued the ideology from PLOT and has several major projects under construction or development both in Denmark and abroad. These include 8 House in Ørestad and the new Danish national Maritime museum in Elsinore, hotel projects in Norway, a highrise designed in the shape of the Chinese character for 'people' for Shanghai, a masterplan for the redevelopment of a former naval base and oil industry wasteland into a zero-emission resort and entertainment city off the coast of Baku, Azerbaijan, shaped as the seven mountains of the country, and a museum overlooking Mexico City.

Under the BIG Banner Bjarke recently published "Yes is more - an archcomic on architectural evolution".

On 24 July 2009, he spoke at the prestigious TED event in Oxford, UK.

He presented the case study “Hedonistic sustainability” in the workshop Manage complexity - With integral solutions to an economy of means at the 3rd International Holcim Forum 2010 in Mexico City and shall be a member of the Holcim Awards regional jury for Europe in 2011.

Design philosophy

Explaining his design ideas, Bjarke Ingels states:

Academia

Alongside his architectural practice, Bjarke has been active as a Visiting Professor at Rice University School of Architecture and Harvard Graduate School of Design and currently at Columbia University's, Graduate School of Architecture.

Selected projects

Islands Brygge Harbour Bath, 2,500 m2 (completed 2003)

Maritime Youth House, Amager, Denmark (completed 2004)

VM Houses, Ørestad, Denmark (completed 2005)

Helsingør Psychiatric Hospital, Elsinore, Denmark (completed 2005)

''Sjakket'', Copenhagen (completed 2007)

People's Building, Shanghai, China

Mountain Dwellings, Ørestad, Copenhagen (completed 2008)

National Maritime Museum, Elsinore, Denmark (u/c, completion 2011/12)

''8 House'', Ørestad, Copenhagen (2010)

Danish pavilion, EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China

Superkilen, Copenhagen, DK (competition win 2008, completion 2011)

Zira Island masterplan, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Battery, Copenhagen

New Tamayo Museum, Mexico City (competition win, April 2009)

Kaufhauskanal, Hamburg, Germany (competition win, April 2009) New Tallinn City Hall, Tallinn, Estonia (competition win, June 2009) Astana National Library, Astana, Kazakhstan (competition win, August 2009) Shenzhen International Energy Mansion, Shenzhen, China (competition win, September 2009) World Village of Women Sports, Malmö, Sweden (competition win, November 2009). Faroe Islands Education Centre, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands (competition win, December 2009) ''Amagerforbrænding'', copenhagen, Denmark (competition win 2011)

Awards

2009 ULI Award for Excellence (for ''Mountain Dwellings'') MIPIM Award 2009 for best residential development (for ''Mountain Dwellings'')

2008 World Architecture Festival Award for Best Residential Building (for ''Mountain Dwellings'')

2008 Forum AID Award for Best Building in Scandinavia in 2008 (for ''Mountain Dwellings'')

2007 Contract World Award for Best Interior (for ''Sjakket Headquarters'')

2007 IOC Honorable Mention - Islands Brygge Harbour Bath

2007 Mies van der Rohe Award Traveling Exhibition – VM Houses

2006 Forum AID Award, Best Building in Scandinavia in 2006 (for ''VM Houses'')

2005 Mies van der Rohe Award - Special Mention (for Maritime Youth House)

2004 ar+d award for the Maritime Youth House

Golden Lion 2004, Venice Biennale (for Stavanger Concert Hall)

2003 Scanorama Design Award

2003 Henning Larsen Prize

2002 Nykredits Architecture Prize

2001 Henning Larsen Prize

Exhibitions

2007 ''BIG City'', Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York 2009 ''Yes is More'', Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen

2010 ''Yes is More'', CAPC Bordeaux

2010 ''Yes is More'', WECHSELRAUM, Stuttgart

Bibliography

Bjarke Ingels,'' 'Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution’'' , Copenhagen 2009, ISBN – 9788799298808

See also

Architecture of Denmark

References

External links

Official web site

TED Talk, Bjarke Ingels at TED

Television interview

BIG Projects

webcast at DAC (in Danish)

Bjarke interviewed for Studio Banana

'Yes is More' Talk at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London 2010(video)

Interview with Bjarke Ingels Archi-Ninja.com

Bjarke Ingels design consultancy KiBiSi.com

Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Danish architects Category:Rice University staff Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Category:Winners of the Nykredit Architecture Prize

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name	Gloc-9
background	solo_singer
birth name	Aristotle Pollisco
birth date	October 18, 1977
origin	Philippines
instrument	Vocals, Rapping,
genre	Hip Hop
occupation	Rap Artist Composer
associated acts	Death ThreatParokya Ni Edgar6 Cycle MindZelleAmber DavisFrancis Magalona
years active	1996 - present
label	Star Records (2002-2006)Sony Music Philippines (2007-present)
website	Gloc-9 Official Website }}

Aristotle Pollisco (born October 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Gloc-9, is an Awit Award-winning Filipino rapper. His fast-flowing vocal style has made him one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the Philippines. He was described by fellow Filipino rapper Francis Magalona as "a blacksmith of words and letters, and a true Filipino poet."

Gloc-9 is an award-winning rapper and considered the most successful rap artist in Philippine Rap. It is notable that he has collaborated almost a dozen of songs with other OPM artists; “Lando” collaborated with late Francis M., “Upuan” with Jaezelle, “Bagsakan” with Parokya ni Edgar and Francis M., and “Sari-Saring Kwento” with Noel Cabangon and Champ Lui Pio. Being asked to record songs with recognized artists only proves that Gloc-9 excels in what he does. He is considered the fastest rapper but it is not just the ability to spiel 200 words per minute that makes him exceptional also the essence of the lyrics he writes that made it significant. His songs mostly tackle social issues—social injustices, poverty, and patriotism. Gloc-9 found his inspiration from Francis M. and Dr. Dre then decides to write his own lyrics. The ladder to success was not easy. He joined various rap contests, took on waitering and service crew jobs, until his hard-work flourished. In 2000 his composition was picked by Star Records to be part of an-all-original soundtrack album for the movie “Trip” and the rest as they say was history. Today, Gloc-9 is the newest member of one of the best artist managements in Philippine music industry, Backbeat Artist Management Inc. Under a new management, Gloc-9 is always busy doing gigs here and abroad, promoting his latest album Talumpati, and now willing to explore his repertoire with his band called Pointblanc.

Awards

Gloc-9’s talent never ceases. In fact He has reaped the following awards:

::* 2011 Myx Music Awards Favourite Male Artist ::* 2010 23rd Awit Awards He Bagged Five Awards: :::* 1) Song Of The Year “UPUAN” (Upuan Is The First Rap Song Awarded As Song Of The Year In The History Of Awit Awards) :::* 2) Best Rap Recording, “UPUAN” :::* 3) Best Collaboration “UPUAN” :::* 4)Best Sound Engineered “UPUAN” :::* 5)Best Rock/Alternative Recording “MARTILYO” ::*2010 Tambayan 101.9 Opm Awards Song Of The Year For Upuan ::*2010 Myx Music Awards Favorite Urban Video – Upuan ::*2010 Wave891 Urban Music Awards Best Male Hip Hop ::*2009 Waki Opm Awards 101.9 Best Dance Hit Sumayaw Ka ::*2005 Video Of The Year Mtv Pilipinas For The Song Sayang ::*2005, 2006, 2007,2008 And 2009 Rap Artist Of The Year Award From The Philippine Hip Hop Awards For Five Consecutive Years ::*2003 Awit Award 17th Year Best Christmas Song Pasko Na Naman ::*2002 Best Rap Recording From Katha And Awit Awards For The Song Isang Araw

Albums

He now has five (5) Record Albums:

:*Self Titled Album Gloc-9 – Star Records 2003 :*Ako Si - Star Records 2005 :*Diploma- Sony-Bmg Philippines 2007 :*Matrikula- Sony Music Philippines 2009 :*Talumpati- Sony Music Philippines 2011

Personal life

He is the son of Orlando Pollisco, Sr. and the second of 4 siblings: Sharito (born 1976), Orlando Jr. (born 1978) and Sharon, (born 1982). Aristotle Pollisco is a graduate of BS Nursing. He is married to Thea Pollisco and a Father of fraternal twins Sean Daniel and Danielle Shaun.

Discography

Studio Albums

Year !! Album
2003	G9 (album)>G9
2005	Ako Si...
2007	Diploma (Gloc-9 album)>Diploma
2009	Matrikula
2011	Talumpati

Singles

"''Hinahanap Ng Puso''"

"''Isang Araw''"

"''Sayang''"

"''Simpleng Tao''"

"''Bakit''"

"''Ayoko Na''"

"''Masama Yan''"

"''Nag-iisang Mundo''"

"''Nginig''"

"''Tula''"

"''Ipagpatawad Mo''"

"''Love Story Ko"''

"''Liwanag''"

"''Ako Si''"

"''B.I.''"

"''Jologs''"

"''Get To Know You''"

"''Lando''"

"''Torpedo''"

"''Sumayaw Ka''"

"''Upuan''"

"''Balita''"

"''Martilyo''"

"''Walang Natira''"

"''Elmer''"

"''Kung tama siya *"''

Endorsement

V-Fresh from Columbia Foods Corporation (2005–present)

See also

Filipino hip hop

Death Threat (hip hop musician)

Francis Magalona

List of Filipino hip hop artists

Apokalipsis

References

External links

Gloc-9 Official Website/ Gloc-9 Multiply

Sony BMG Gloc-9 on Sony BMG Music Site

Gloc-9 on Star Records

Category:Filipino musicians Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino rappers

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name	Justin Timberlake
background	solo_singer
birth name	Justin Randall Timberlake
birth date	January 31, 1981
birth place	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
instrument	Vocals, keyboards, guitar, beatboxing
origin	Shelby Forest, Tennessee, United States
genre	Pop, dance, R&B;
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, businessman
years active	1993–present
label	Jive
associated acts	'N Sync, The Y's, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado
website	}}

Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on ''Star Search'', and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'', where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman.

In 2002, he released his debut solo album, ''Justified'', which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. The album was a commercial success, spawning the hits "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake continued his success with his second solo album, ''FutureSex/LoveSounds'' (2006), debuting at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and produced the US number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around".

Timberlake has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards, and his first two albums made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world, each selling in excess of 7 million copies. He also has an acting career, while his other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality.

Early life

Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Lynn Harless (née Bomar) and Randall Timberlake. Timberlake is of English descent, and has also claimed unconfirmed American Indian ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Charles L. Timberlake, was a Baptist minister, and Timberlake was raised Baptist, though now considers himself more "spiritual than religious".

Timberlake's parents divorced in 1985, and both have remarried. His mother, who now runs an entertainment company called Just-in Time Entertainment, remarried to Paul Harless, a banker, when her son was five. His father, a choir director at a Baptist church, has two children, Jonathan (born c. 1993) and Steven Robert (born August 14, 1998), from his second marriage to Lisa Perry. Timberlake's half-sister, Laura Katherine, died shortly after birth on May 14, 1997, and is mentioned in his acknowledgments in the album ''*NSYNC'' as "My Angel in Heaven." Timberlake grew up in Shelby Forest, a small community between Memphis and Millington. His first attempts at a singing career were country music songs on ''Star Search'' as "Justin Randall."

In 1993, Timberlake joined the cast of ''The Mickey Mouse Club''. His castmates included future girlfriend and pop superstar Britney Spears, future tourmate Christina Aguilera, and future bandmate JC Chasez. The show ended in 1994, but late in 1995 Timberlake recruited Chasez to be in an all-male singing group organized by boy band manager Lou Pearlman that eventually became 'N Sync.

Music career

1995–2002: 'N Sync

Timberlake and JC Chasez were the two lead singers of the popular 1990s boy band 'N Sync. The group formed in 1995, started its career 1996 in Europe, and hit it big in the United States in 1998 with the U.S. release of its debut album ''*NSYNC'', which sold 11 million copies. The album included a number of hit singles, including "Tearin' Up My Heart". For the next two years, encouraged by similar developments with the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync engaged in a lengthy legal battle with manager Lou Pearlman. Eventually the band signed with Jive Records. In March 2000, 'N Sync released a long-awaited album, ''No Strings Attached'', which became the fastest-selling album of all time with 2.4 million copies sold in its first week and produced a #1 single, "It's Gonna Be Me". The release was followed by the band's third album, ''Celebrity'', which was the second-fastest selling album of all time. In 2002, after the completion of a ''Celebrity Tour'' and the release of "Girlfriend", the third single from ''Celebrity'', the group decided to take time off, at which point Timberlake began work on his first solo album and the group went into a hiatus. In its lifetime, 'N Sync was internationally famous and performed at the Academy Awards, the Olympics, and the Super Bowl, as well as selling more than 50 million copies worldwide, becoming the third-best selling boy band in history.

In late 1999, Timberlake made his acting debut in the Disney Channel movie ''Model Behavior''. He played Jason Sharpe, a model who falls in love with a waitress after mistaking her for another model. It was released on March 12, 2000.

As a member of 'N Sync, Timberlake developed into a major celebrity in his own right in addition to achieving respect as a musician, since he was the writer or co-writer of all three singles from ''Celebrity''. The rise of his own stardom and the general decline in the popularity of boy bands led to the dissolution of 'N Sync. Band member Lance Bass has stated that he believes the group is finished, and is openly critical of Timberlake's actions in his memoir ''Out of Sync''. On the other hand, Chris Kirkpatrick remarked in August 2008 that the five remain friends, and he believed a reunion was possible: he repeated that opinion in October 2009. In September 2008, Bass also made conciliatory comments.

2002–04: ''Justified'' and Super Bowl

In August 2002, after months of recording ''Justified'', his debut solo album, Timberlake performed at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards. He premiered his first single, "Like I Love You", a sparse dance track produced by The Neptunes. The song reached #11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following the single, Timberlake released ''Justified'' on November 5, 2002. The album sold fewer copies than previous 'N Sync efforts. It debuted at #2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, selling 439,000 copies in its first week of release. It eventually went on to sell more than three million copies in the U.S. and more than seven million copies worldwide. The album also received critical acclaim, thanks to its heavy R&B; influence provided by hip-hop producers The Neptunes and Timbaland. It spun off hits throughout late 2002 and 2003, including the top ten singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake supported the album by co-headlining the Justified/Stripped Tour with Christina Aguilera in the summer of 2003. At the end of the year, Timberlake recorded a song entitled "I'm Lovin' It". It was used by McDonald's as the theme to its "I'm Lovin' It" campaign. The deal with McDonald's earned Timberlake an estimated $6 million. A tour entitled Justified and Lovin' It Live was included with the deal as well. Timberlake was featured on Nelly's song, "Work It", which was remixed and included on Nelly's 2003 remix album.

In February 2004, during the halftime show of the Super Bowl XXXVIII broadcast on the CBS television network, Timberlake performed with Janet Jackson before a television audience of more than 140 million viewers. At the end of the performance, as the song drew to a close, Timberlake tore off a part of Jackson's black leather costume in a "costume reveal" meant to accompany a portion of the song lyrics. According to CBS, "both Jackson and Timberlake had confirmed they planned it 'independently and clandestinely' without informing anyone." Part of the costume detached, and Jackson's breast was briefly exposed. Timberlake apologized for the incident, stating he was "sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl...." The phrase "wardrobe malfunction" has since been used by the media to refer to the incident and has entered pop culture. As a result of the controversy, Timberlake and Jackson were threatened with exclusion from the 2004 Grammy Awards unless they agreed to apologize on screen at the event. Timberlake attended and issued a scripted apology when accepting the first of two Grammy Awards he received that night (Best Pop Vocal Album for ''Justified'' and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Cry Me a River"). He had also been nominated for Album of the Year for ''Justified'', Record of the Year for "Cry Me a River", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Where Is the Love?" with The Black Eyed Peas. In 2004 American Idol judge Simon Cowell described Timberlake in People Magazine as "just some white kid who's tried to act black over the last several years".

2004–06: Collaborations and acting

After the Super Bowl controversy, Timberlake put his recording career on hold to act in several films, having starred in a few feature films earlier in his music career. The first role he took during this time was as a journalist in the thriller ''Edison Force'', which was filmed in 2004 and received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006. He also appeared in the films ''Alpha Dog'', ''Black Snake Moan'', Richard Kelly's ''Southland Tales'', and voiced Prince Artie Pendragon in the animated film ''Shrek the Third'', released on May 18, 2007. He also appeared as a young Elton John, in the video for John's song "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore". Timberlake was considered to play the role of Roger Davis in the film version of the rock musical ''Rent'', but director Chris Columbus had insisted that only the original Broadway members could convey the true meaning of ''Rent''.

He continued to record with other artists. After "Where Is the Love?", he again collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas on the 2005 track "My Style" from their album ''Monkey Business''. When recording the 2005 single "Signs" with Snoop Dogg, Timberlake discovered a throat condition. Nodules were subsequently removed from his throat in an operation that took place on May 5, 2005. He was advised not to sing or speak loudly for at least a few months. In the summer of 2005, Timberlake started his own record company, JayTee Records.

Timberlake made a cameo in the video for Nelly Furtado and Timbaland's single "Promiscuous", released on May 3, 2006.

2006–07: ''FutureSex/LoveSounds''

Timberlake released his second solo album, ''FutureSex/LoveSounds'', on September 12, 2006. The album, which Timberlake created in 2005, debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, selling 684,000 copies its first week. It is the biggest album for pre-orders on iTunes, and beat Coldplay's record for the biggest one-week sales of a digital album. The album was produced by Timbaland and Danja (who produced a bulk of the album), will.i.am, Rick Rubin and Timberlake himself, and features guest vocals by Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, T.I. and will.i.am. A studio representative described it as being "all about sexiness" and aiming for "an adult feel".

The album's lead single, "SexyBack", was performed by Timberlake at the opening of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it remained for seven consecutive weeks. "My Love", the album's second single, also produced by Timbaland and featuring rapper T.I., reached number one on the Hot 100, as did third single "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude". The song is reported to have been inspired by the break-up of his childhood friend and business partner, Trace Ayala, with actress Elisha Cuthbert. In October 2006, Timberlake said that he would focus on his music career rather than his film roles, specifying that leaving the music industry would be a "dumb thing to do at this point". He was the special guest performer at the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for being where he sang SexyBack. In January 2007, Timberlake embarked on the FutureSex/LoveShow tour. "Summer Love/Set the Mood Prelude" was the fourth U.S. single off the album, and the next single in the UK was "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows Interlude". The song "Give It to Me", a Timbaland single on which Timberlake guests with Nelly Furtado, reached the Hot 100 number-one spot.

In February 2008, Timberlake was awarded two Grammy Awards. At the 50th Grammy Awards Ceremony, Timberlake won the ''Male Pop Performance'' Award for "What Goes Around...Comes Around", and the ''Dance Recording'' Award for "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows".

2007– present

The song "4 Minutes", was first played by Timbaland at Philadelphia's Jingle Ball on December 17, 2007. When released on March 17, 2008, "4 Minutes" was revealed to be a duet between Timberlake and Madonna, with backing vocals by Timbaland. It was lead single from Madonna's eleventh studio album ''Hard Candy'', which featured four other song-writing collaborations with Timberlake. The single was an international hit, topping the charts in over 21 countries worldwide. Timberlake also appears in the music video, which was directed by Jonas & François. On March 30, 2008, Timberlake performed the song at Madonna's Hard Candy Promo Show at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. On November 6, 2008, Timberlake performed the song with Madonna on the Los Angeles stop of her Sticky & Sweet Tour.

Around June 2007 Timberlake co-wrote, produced and provided vocals for the songs "Nite Runner" and "Falling Down" for Duran Duran's album ''Red Carpet Massacre'', released on November 13, 2007. "Falling Down" had been released as a single in the UK on the previous day.

Also in 2007, Timberlake made an appearance on 50 Cent's third album, ''Curtis''. Timberlake, along with Timbaland, is featured on a track called "Ayo Technology", which was the album's fourth single. Also, another possible collaboration was to occur with Lil Wayne for his album ''Tha Carter III'' with Nelly Furtado and Timbaland.

With the wrapping up of the FutureSex/LoveSounds tour of Australasia and the Middle East in November 2007, Timberlake resumed his film career. Projects underway early in 2008 were starring roles in Mike Myers' comedy ''The Love Guru'' (released June 20, 2008) and Mike Meredith's drama ''The Open Road'' (released August 28, 2009). In March 2008 it was announced that he was be an executive producer in an American adaptation of the hit Peruvian comedy ''My Problem with Women'' for NBC.

On November 20, 2008, ''TV Guide'' reported that Timberlake’s next single, "Follow My Lead", which also featured vocals by Timberlake’s protégée, former YouTube star Esmee Denters, would be available for exclusive download through MySpace. All proceeds would go to Shriners Hospitals for Children, a charity dedicated to improving pediatric care for sick children.

In 2008 a collaboration between Timberlake and T.I., "Dead and Gone" featured on T.I.'s sixth studio album, ''Paper Trail'', and was released as its fourth single late in 2009. In November 2008, it was confirmed that Timberlake would make a guest appearance and produce some tracks on R&B;/pop singer Ciara's upcoming album ''Fantasy Ride'' due out May 5, 2009. Timberlake featured on Ciara's second single "Love Sex Magic", the video being shot on February 20, 2009. The single became a worldwide hit, reaching the top ten in numerous countries and peaking at number one in several countries including Taiwan, India, and Turkey. The single was nominated for ''Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals'' at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Timberlake and his production team The Y's, along with Mike Elizondo, produced and co-wrote the song "Don't Let Me Down" for Leona Lewis's second studio album, ''Echo'', released (in the US) on November 17, 2009.

Timberlake also co-wrote and performed on "Carry Out", the third single from Timbaland's album ''Shock Value II'', released on December 1, 2009.

In 2010, Timberlake played the role of Napster founder Sean Parker in the acclaimed film ''The Social Network''. He also appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on Sept. 12, 2010.

In 2011, he starred alongside Cameron Diaz in ''Bad Teacher'' and then alongside Mila Kunis in ''Friends with Benefits''. He directed and made a cameo in the Free Sol music video "Hoodies On, Hats Low" which was released in August 2011.

Other work

Near the end of 2002, Timberlake was the first celebrity to appear on ''Punk'd'', a "candid camera" type show created by Ashton Kutcher to trick celebrities. Timberlake, who cried during the episode, later admitted to being under the influence of marijuana when he was pranked. Three episodes later, he set up Kelly Osbourne to be "punk'd", thus making him the first celebrity to appear on the show more than once. Timberlake later spoofed Ashton Kutcher and ''Punk'd'' in a 2003 episode of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''.

Timberlake has hosted many music events, including the European MTV Music Awards in 2006. On December 16, 2006, Timberlake hosted ''Saturday Night Live'', doing double duty as both host and musical guest for the second time. During this appearance, he and Andy Samberg performed an R&B; song for a skit entitled "Dick in a Box", which some radio stations have aired as an unofficial single from Timberlake and has become one of the most viewed videos on YouTube. On May 9, 2009, he appeared in another SNL Digital Short opposite Samberg, Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson entitled "Motherlover", a quasi-sequel to "Dick in a Box".

Timberlake appeared on Jimmy Fallon's debut as host of ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' on March 2, 2009.

In 2004, ABC hired Timberlake to write a song for its NBA coverage.

Timberlake is the executive producer on the MTV reality series ''The Phone'', which premiered on April 21, 2009. According to ''People Magazine'', the series "thrusts contestants into a heart-stopping action adventure worthy of a summer blockbuster. In six hour-long episodes, a mysterious stranger on the phone invites four strangers into the dangerous game. If they accept, they're paired into two teams and dared to perform physical and mental challenges reminiscent of Matt Damon's ''The Bourne Identity'' or Shia LaBeouf's ''Eagle Eye''."

Other ventures

Business

Timberlake has co-owned or provided celebrity endorsement for three restaurants in the United States: "Chi" opened in West Hollywood, California in 2003, and "Destino" and "Southern Hospitalty" in New York opened in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He also has his own brand of tequila called 901; the name comes in part from the area code of his hometown of Memphis.

In 2005, Timberlake launched the William Rast clothing line with childhood friend Juan ("Trace") Ayala. The 2007 line contained cord jackets, cashmere sweaters, jeans and polo shirts. The pair reports inspiration from fellow Memphis native Elvis Presley: "Elvis is the perfect mixture of Justin and I," Ayala says. "You can go back and see pictures of him in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and a nice button-down shirt, but then again you can see him in a tux and a collared shirt with rhinestones on it and slacks. We like to think 'If he was alive today, what would he be wearing?'" Target has announced that a William Rast collection, including denim, outerwear and sportswear for men and women, would launch in December and be available for a month.

Timberlake provides celebrity endorsement for many commercial products, this aspect of his business being managed by IMG Sports & Entertainment since April 2008. Major endorsements in 2009 included Sony electronic products, Givenchy's men's fragrance "Play", Audi's "A1", Callaway Golf Company products, and in 2011, MySpace.

An avid amateur golfer, in 2007 Timberlake purchased the run-down Big Creek Golf Course in his home town of Millington, Tennessee, which he redeveloped as the eco-friendly Mirimichi Golf Course at a cost of some $US16 million. It was reopened on 25 July 2009 but closed again on 15 January 2010 for further improvements expected to take six months.

Charitable causes

Timberlake has been active in several charitable pursuits, initially through 'N Sync's "Challenge for the Children" aimed at a range of charities, and since 2001 through his "Justin Timberlake Foundation," which initially funded music education programs in schools, but now has a much broader agenda. In October 2005, the Grammy Association presented Timberlake with an award for his humanitarian efforts in Tennessee, alongside writer/director Craig Brewer, also a Memphis native.

In November 2007 he donated $A100,000 from takings from his Australian tour to Wildlife Warriors founded by the late Steve Irwin. On March 23, 2008, he donated $100,000 to the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum and another $100,000 to the Memphis Music Foundation.

On November 12, 2007, the PGA Tour announced that Timberlake, an avid golfer who plays to a 6 handicap, would become the host of the tour's Las Vegas tournament starting in 2008. With Timberlake's agreement to host the tournament, its name was changed to the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He played in the celebrity pro-am on the day before the competitive tournament and hosted a charity concert during the week of the tournament. The activity was a success, and was repeated in 2009. A review of the value of celebrities to fundraising concluded that Timberlake's contribution to Shriners Hospitals for Children was the single most valuable celebrity endorsement in the US during 2009, and worth over $US9 million.

Personal life

thumb|left|upright|Timberlake golfing in 2006.Early in 1999, Timberlake began what eventually became a high-profile celebrity relationship with fellow pop singer Britney Spears, with whom he had worked on the ''New Mickey Mouse Club''. This ended abruptly in March 2002. Lynn Harless says as a mother she too was devastated regarding the break-up, but to this day speaks warmly of Spears, "Britney grew up on my living room floor. I still love her to death. They (Justin and Britney) were together 10 or 11 years and had, from day one, instant chemistry between them. She's a sweet girl. I just hate what she's going through now." The breakup influenced the lyrics and theme of Timberlake's hit "Cry Me a River", one of the most popular singles from ''Justified''.

Post-Spears, Timberlake has generally refused to discuss his personal life with the media, as a result of which his relationships have been the subject of much speculation in the tabloid and celebrity press. He was involved with singer-actress Stacy Ferguson prior to 2001. He was romantically linked with actress-dancer Jenna Dewan (in mid-2002) and actress-singer Alyssa Milano (between September and October 2002). Timberlake began dating actress Cameron Diaz soon after they met at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in April 2003. Regular rumours of break-ups reported in the tabloid press were either ignored or occasionally denied. On the December 16, 2006 episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', Diaz introduced Timberlake as the night's musical guest, and the couple officially split shortly afterwards. After the tabloid press alleged an affair between Timberlake and Scarlett Johansson, with whom he had shot the video for his single "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude", Diaz and Timberlake issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007:

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Later in January 2007 Timberlake was linked to Jessica Biel when pictures surfaced of the two snowboarding in Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival. On May 12, 2007 romantic pictures of Timberlake and Biel on multiple dates were published. In the August 9–15, 2008 edition of ''Heat'' magazine, when Timberlake was asked to describe his perfect woman, he replied "About 5ft.7in.-5ft.8in., nice butt, Midwestern American, kind-of-German last name, green eyes, big pouty lips, fair skin, ahhh....sinewy bod..." However, during an appearance on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on June 11, 2008 when Jay Leno questioned him about anything related to rumors of engagement and pregnancy, Timberlake jokingly responded that he "is engaging in a conversation with Leno" and "everybody in general can get pregnant." After four years together, the couple split in March 2011.

Timberlake was given Sexiest Man titles by ''Teen People'' and ''Cosmopolitan'' magazines. On February 17, 2009, Timberlake was named the "Most Stylish Man in America" by ''GQ'' magazine.

Timberlake is also a fan of English Football Club Manchester United.

Discography

Studio albums

2002: ''Justified''

2006: ''FutureSex/LoveSounds''

Extended plays

2003: ''Justin & Christina''

DVDs

2003: ''Justified: The Videos''

2003: ''Live from London''

2007: ''Futuresex/Loveshow – Live from Madison Square Garden''

Tours

;Headlining

Justified and Lovin' It Live (2003-04)

FutureSex/LoveShow (2007)

;Co-headlining

Justified/Stripped Tour (2003) (with Christina Aguilera)

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
		Valet
''Model Behavior''	Jason Sharpe	TV film
2001		Make-up artist	Uncredited cameo
2005		Josh Pollack
	''Alpha Dog''	Frankie Ballenbacher
	Ronnie
	''Shrek the Third''	Artie Pendragon	Voice role
''Southland Tales''	Pvt Pilot Abilene
2008	''The Love Guru''	Jacques "Le Coq" Grande
2009	''The Open Road''	Carlton Garrett
	''Shrek Forever After''	Artie Pendragon	Voice role, deleted scene
''The Social Network''	Sean Parker
	Boo-Boo Bear	Voice role
	''Bad Teacher''	Scott
	Dylan
	Will Salas	Post-production
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1993–1995	''The Mickey Mouse Club''	himself
1999	''Touched by an Angel''	Street performer
2005–present	''Saturday Night Live''	Himself/Several roles	Four episodes

See also

List of awards and nominations received by Justin Timberlake

Honorific nicknames in popular music

List of best-selling music artists

References

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