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talk107 was a radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, broadcasting a phone-in based talk format. It was the UK's first local commercial talk licence to be awarded outside London and was the only station of its kind in Scotland. It was owned by UTV Radio and traded as a wholly-owned division of talkSPORT - the national sports talk station.
The station ceased broadcasting at 10pm on 23 December 2008 - a day earlier than initially announced - with Kickabout being the final programme to be aired. The station's head of news, Gwen Lawrie, was both the first and last voice to be heard on the station.
Shortly after launch, in March 2006, Mark McKenzie, Mark Judge and Adrian Allen were added to the weekend schedule. Respect MP George Galloway's weekend shows for sister station talkSPORT were syndicated on talk107 from 3 June 2006. Following the release of the station's disastrous first set of RAJAR figures, Scottie McClue took over the Sunday-Thursday late night show from 20 August 2006. He replaced Micky Gavin, who took over the afternoon show, where he was later joined by ex-Radio Forth presenter Diane Lester as his co-host from October 2006.
Alex Bell left the Morning Show on Wednesday 25 October 2006 after station chiefs labelled him as too intelligent for the format and consequently he was replaced by the more suitable ex-Forth One and Forth 2 presenter Scott Wilson. In November, launch programme director Colin Paterson was replaced by Mike Graham and on 1 December 2006, a new weekend line-up was unveiled. On 3 December 2006 former Solidarity MSP Tommy Sheridan began a new Sunday morning show. Sheridan often stood in for Mike Graham. Stephen Jardine left in February 2007 to concentrate on his work at STV and was replaced by Sun columnist Martel Maxwell.
In January 2008, Simon Pia and Heather Dees' drivetime slot was given to Dominik Diamond and Marisa de Andrade, who had both been presenting weekend breakfast since November 2007. On 30 March 2008, Tommy Sheridan was dropped as a presenter and he follows ex-presenters, Mike Graham & Susan Morrison, in the station's transformation. From September 2008 the station began airing a live Sunday afternoon sports programme with TV presenter Jeremy Kyle, networked from TalkSport in London.
talk107's first RAJAR results, published on 3 August 2006, revealed the station had made poor progress towards that target. In the three months from April to June 2006, the station attracted an average of only 16,000 listeners per week (2%), each listening for an average of 2.2 hours per week, leading to a market share of 0.2%. This was the lowest debut of any UK radio station in RAJAR's history and talk107 became Scotland's smallest surveyed radio station.
The station's second RAJAR, published 26 October 2006, saw a modest increase in listeners to 23,000 (2%), with 3.8 average hours per listener and a doubling of market share to 0.4%. February 2007 saw another increase to 34,000 and 4.3 average hours. In May 2007, this rose to 43,000 and 5.7 average hours, taking market share above 1%. August 2007 saw talk107's performance begin to slip, with the number of weekly listeners decreasing to 26,000, a slight increase in listening hours to 5.8, and a decrease in market share to 0.8%.
The station originally intended to cease transmission at 10pm on 24 December 2008 but decided to close 24 hours earlier than planned. talk107's website was closed on the same evening.
Staff were only informed of the decision to cease broadcasting 24 hours earlier at 5pm on the evening of 23 December. Mark and Marisa, the Drive Time presenters, made the announcement live on air at 5.20pm GMT and both the staff's personal emails and the stations website was closed shortly thereafter 10pm GMT. No announcement from UTV was made about the decision to close the station earlier than planned.
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| Name | Wynter Gordon |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Diana Gordon |
| Genre | Hip hop, Dance, R&B; |
| Born | August 25, 1985New York, New York |
| Origin | Queens, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label | Big Beat, Atlantic |
| Url | www.wyntergordon.com |
Wynter Gordon (born Diana Gordon; August 25, 1985) The track became an international hit and peaked at number #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . Wynter also co-wrote and sang on the dance track "Toyfriend" from French DJ David Guetta's 2009 album One Love. Wynter worked close with Jennifer Lopez on her new project writing four tracks for her including "What Is Love", "What Is Love Part II", "Starting Over" and "Everybodys Girl" for her seventh studio album Love?. Currently, Wynter is also writing for artists including Adrienne Bailon, Estelle & Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester.
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| Name | Michel Gondry |
|---|---|
| Caption | Michel Gondry in Paris in March 2008 |
| Birth date | |
| Birth place | Versailles, France |
| Occupation | Director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1986-present |
Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963) is a French film, commercial and music video director and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène.
His career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, in which he also served as a drummer. The style of his videos for Oui Oui caught the attention of music artist Björk, who asked him to direct the video for her song "Human Behaviour". The collaboration proved long-lasting, with Gondry directing a total of seven music videos for Björk. Other artists who have collaborated with Gondry on more than one occasion include Daft Punk, The White Stripes, The Chemical Brothers, The Vines, Steriogram, Radiohead, and Beck. Gondry has also created numerous television commercials. He pioneered the "bullet time" technique later adapted in The Matrix, in a 1998 commercial for Smirnoff vodka, as well as directing a trio of inventive holiday-themed advertisements for clothing retailer Gap, Incorporated.
Gondry, along with directors Spike Jonze and David Fincher, is representative of the influx of music video directors into feature film. Gondry made his feature film debut in 2001 with Human Nature, garnering mixed reviews. His second film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (also his second collaboration with screenwriter Charlie Kaufman), was released in 2004 and received very favorable reviews, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. Eternal Sunshine utilizes many of the image manipulation techniques that Gondry had experimented with in his music videos. Gondry won an Academy Award alongside Kaufman and Pierre Bismuth for the screenplay of Eternal Sunshine. The style of Gondry's music videos often relies on videography and camera tricks which play with frames of reference.
Gondry also directed the musical documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) which followed comedian Dave Chappelle as he attempted to hold a large, free concert in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. His following film, The Science of Sleep, hit theaters in September, 2006. This film stars Mexican actor Gael García Bernal, and marked a return to the fantastical, surreal techniques he employed in Eternal Sunshine.
According to the Guinness World Records 2004, Michel Gondry's Levi's 501 Jeans "Drugstore" spot holds the record for "Most awards won by a TV commercial". The commercial was never aired in North America because of the suggestive content involving purchasing latex condoms.
He was asked by French comic duet Éric and Ramzy to direct Seuls Two, but declined ; by his suggestion, Éric and Ramzy subsequently asked Mr Oizo to direct another movie : Steak.
In September 2006, Gondry made his debut as an installation artist at Deitch Projects in New York City's SoHo gallery district. The show, called "The Science of Sleep: An Exhibition of Sculpture and Pathological Creepy Little Gifts" featured props from his film, The Science of Sleep, as well as film clips and a selection of gifts that the artist had given to women he was interested in, many of them former or current collaborators, Karen Baird, Kishu Chand, Dorothy Barrick and Lauri Faggioni. A leitmotif of the film is a 'Disastrology' calendar; Gondry commissioned the painter Baptiste Ibar to draw harrowing images of natural and human disasters.
His brother Olivier "Twist" Gondry is also a television commercial and music video director creating videos for bands such as The Stills, Hot Hot Heat, Daft Punk and The Vines.
Gondry was an Artist in Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and 2006. Later directing the music video for the Paul McCartney song "Dance Tonight", in which Gondry makes a cameo appearance. Gondry directed of "Unnatural Love," the fifth episode in season two of HBO's Flight of the Conchords. Interior Design one third of the 2008 anthology film Tokyo! was next for Gondry. Interior Design was based on the comic book "Cecil and Jordan in New York" by Gabrielle Bell but was adapted from New York City to Tokyo for the film.
In 2009 The Thorn in the Heart another feature documentary was released it is about Michel's aunt Suzette and her son Jean-Yves. In 2011 The Green Hornet a superhero film Gondry was hired to direct by Sony will come out staring Seth Rogen and Christoph Waltz; Rogen co-wrote the script.
Gondry lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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| Width | 200 |
|---|---|
| Caption | Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls in 1997 |
| Position | Shooting guard-Small forward |
| Height ft | 6|height_in= 6 |
| Weight lbs | 215 |
| Number | 23, 45, 9, 12 |
| Birthdate | February 17, 1963 |
| Birthplace | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| High school | Emsley A. Laney High School (Wilmington, North Carolina) |
| Career start | 1984 |
| Career end | 2003 |
| Draftyear | 1984 |
| Draftround | 1 |
| Draftpick | 3 |
| Draftteam | Chicago Bulls |
| College | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Teams | |
| Stat1label | Points |
| Stat1value | 32,292 (30.1 ppg) |
| Stat2label | Rebounds |
| Stat2value | 6,672 (6.2 rpg) |
| Stat3label | Assists |
| Stat3value | 5,633 (5.3 apg) |
| Letter | j |
| Bbr | jordami01 |
| Highlights | |
| Hof player | michael-jordan |
After a standout career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he led the Tar Heels to a National Championship in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.
Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam as himself. He is the majority owner and head of basketball operations for the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats; he recently won a bidding war to buy controlling interest in the team from founding owner Robert L. Johnson.
Motivated to prove his worth, Jordan became the star of Laney's junior varsity squad, and tallied several 40 point games. The following summer, he grew four inches (10 cm) and trained rigorously. Upon earning a spot on the varsity roster, Jordan averaged about 20 points per game over his final two seasons of high school play. As a senior, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team after averaging a triple-double: 29.2 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 10.1 assists.
In 1981, Jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he majored in cultural geography. As a freshman in coach Dean Smith's team-oriented system, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year after he averaged 13.4 points per game (ppg) on 53.4% shooting (field goal percentage). He made the game-winning jump shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game against Georgetown, which was led by future NBA rival Patrick Ewing. Jordan later described this shot as the major turning point in his basketball career. He was selected by consensus to the NCAA All-American First Team in both his sophomore (1983) and junior (1984) seasons. After winning the Naismith and the Wooden College Player of the Year awards in 1984, Jordan left North Carolina one year before his scheduled graduation to enter the 1984 NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls selected Jordan with the third overall pick, after Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Sam Bowie (Portland Trail Blazers). Jordan returned to North Carolina to complete his degree in 1986. He quickly became a fan favorite even in opposing arenas, Controversy arose before the All-Star game when word surfaced that several veteran players, led by Isiah Thomas, were upset by the amount of attention Jordan was receiving. This led to a so called "freeze-out" on Jordan, where players refused to pass him the ball throughout the game. The controversy left Jordan relatively unaffected when he returned to regular season play, and he would go on to be voted Rookie of the Year.
Jordan's second season was cut short by a broken foot which caused him to miss 64 games. Despite Jordan's injury and a 30–52 record, the Bulls made the playoffs. Jordan recovered in time to participate in the playoffs and performed well upon his return. Against a 1985–86 Boston Celtics team that is often considered one of the greatest in NBA history,
Jordan had recovered completely by the 1986–87 season, and had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in NBA history. He became the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain to score 3,000 points in a season, averaging a league high 37.1 points on 48.2% shooting. In addition, Jordan demonstrated his defensive prowess, as he became the first player in NBA history to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season. Despite Jordan's success, Magic Johnson won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. The Bulls reached 40 wins, and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year. However, they were again swept by the Celtics.
In the 1988–89 season, Jordan again led the league in scoring, averaging 32.5 ppg on 53.8% shooting from the field, along with 8 rpg and 8 assists per game (apg). The Bulls finished with a 47–35 record, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks along the way. The Cavaliers series included a career highlight for Jordan when he hit a series-winning shot over Craig Ehlo in the closing moments of the deciding fifth game of the series. by utilizing their "Jordan Rules" method of guarding Jordan, which consisted of double and triple teaming him every time he touched the ball.
The Bulls entered the 1989–90 season as a team on the rise, with their core group of Jordan and young improving players like Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant, and under the guidance of new coach Phil Jackson. Jordan averaged a league leading 33.6 ppg on 52.6% shooting, to go with 6.9 rpg and 6.3 apg in leading the Bulls to a 55–27 record. They again advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals beating the Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers en route. However, despite pushing the series to seven games, the Bulls lost to the Pistons for the third consecutive season.
In 1992–93, despite a 32.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg and 5.5 apg campaign, Jordan's streak of consecutive MVP seasons ended as he lost the award to his friend Charles Barkley. Coincidentally, Jordan and the Bulls met Barkley and his Phoenix Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Bulls captured their third consecutive NBA championship on a game-winning shot by John Paxson and a last-second block by Horace Grant, but Jordan was once again Chicago's catalyst. He averaged a Finals-record 41.0 ppg during the six-game series, He scored more than 30 points in every game of the series, including 40 or more points in 4 consecutive games. With his third Finals triumph, Jordan capped off a seven-year run where he attained seven scoring titles and three championships, but there were signs that Jordan was tiring of his massive celebrity and all of the non-basketball hassles in his life. In 2005, Jordan talked to Ed Bradley of the CBS evening show 60 Minutes about his gambling and admitted that he made some reckless decisions. Jordan stated, "Yeah, I've gotten myself into situations where I would not walk away and I've pushed the envelope. Is that compulsive? Yeah, it depends on how you look at it. If you're willing to jeopardize your livelihood and your family, then yeah."
In the 1996–97 season, the Bulls started out 69–11, but narrowly missed out on a second consecutive 70-win season by losing their final two games to finish 69–13. For the fifth time in as many Finals appearances, Jordan received the Finals MVP award. During the 1997 NBA All-Star Game, Jordan posted the only triple double in All-Star Game history in a victorious effort, however he did not receive the MVP award.
Jordan and the Bulls compiled a 62–20 record in the 1997–98 season. Jordan led the league with 28.7 points per game, securing his fifth regular-season MVP award, plus honors for All-NBA First Team, First Defensive Team and the All-Star Game MVP. The Bulls captured the Eastern Conference Championship for a third straight season, including surviving a grueling seven-game series with Reggie Miller's Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals; it was the first time Jordan had played in a Game 7 since the 1992 series with the Knicks. After prevailing, they moved on for a rematch with the Jazz in the Finals.
The Bulls returned to Utah for Game 6 on June 14, 1998 leading the series 3–2. Jordan executed a series of plays, considered to be one of the greatest clutch performances in NBA Finals history. The Jazz brought the ball upcourt and passed the ball to forward Karl Malone, who was set up in the low post and was being guarded by Rodman. Malone jostled with Rodman and caught the pass, but Jordan cut behind him and swatted the ball out of his hands for a steal. Jordan then slowly dribbled upcourt and paused at the top of the key, eyeing his defender, Jazz guard Bryon Russell. With fewer than 10 seconds remaining, Jordan started to dribble right, then crossed over to his left, possibly pushing off Russell, having led all scorers by averaging 33.5 points per game, including 45 in the deciding Game 6. The 1998 Finals holds the highest television rating of any Finals series in history, and Game 6 holds the highest television rating of any game in NBA history. in the summer of 2001 Jordan expressed interest in making another comeback,
Playing in his 14th and final NBA All-Star Game in 2003, Jordan passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in All-Star game history. That year, Jordan was the only Washington player to play in all 82 games, starting in 67 of them. He averaged 20.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. He also shot 45% from the field, and 82% from the free throw line. Even though he turned 40 during the season, he scored 20 or more points 42 times, 30 or more points nine times, and 40 or more points three times. On February 21, 2003, Jordan became the first 40-year-old to tally 43 points in an NBA game.
With the recognition that 2002–03 would be Jordan's final season, tributes were paid to him throughout the NBA. In his final game at his old home court, the United Center in Chicago, Jordan received a four-minute standing ovation. On May 7, 2003, Wizards owner Abe Pollin fired Jordan as Washington's President of Basketball Operations. Jordan later stated that he felt betrayed, and that if he knew he would be fired upon retiring he never would have come back to play for the Wizards.
Jordan kept busy over the next few years by staying in shape, playing golf in celebrity charity tournaments, spending time with his family in Chicago, promoting his Jordan Brand clothing line, and riding motorcycles. also indicate his willingness to defer to his teammates. In later years, the NBA shortened its three-point line to 22 feet (from 23 feet, 9 inches), which coupled with Jordan's extended shooting range to make him a long-range threat as well—his 3-point stroke developed from a low 9 / 52 rate (.173) in his rookie year into a stellar 111 / 260 (.427) shooter in the 1995–96 season. For a guard, Jordan was also a good rebounder (6.2 per game).
In 1988, Jordan was honored with the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award and became the first NBA player to win both the Defensive Player of the Year and MVP awards in a career (since equaled by Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Kevin Garnett; Olajuwon is the only player other than Jordan to win both during the same season). In addition he set records for blocked shots by a guard, In his first game in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Jordan received a prolonged standing ovation, a rarity for an opposing player. After Jordan scored a playoff record 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, Celtics star Larry Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan."
Jordan led the NBA in scoring in 10 seasons (NBA record) and tied Wilt Chamberlain's record of seven consecutive scoring titles. He was also a fixture on the NBA All-Defensive First Team, making the roster nine times (NBA record shared with Gary Payton). Jordan also holds the top career regular season and playoff scoring averages of 30.1 and 33.4 points per game, respectively. By 1998, the season of his Finals-winning shot against the Jazz, he was well known throughout the league as a clutch performer. In the regular season, Jordan was the Bulls' primary threat in the final seconds of a close game and in the playoffs, Jordan would always demand the ball at crunch time.
With five regular-season MVPs (tied for second place with Bill Russell; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has won more, six), six Finals MVPs (NBA record), and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan is the most decorated player ever to play in the NBA. Jordan finished among the top three in regular-season MVP voting a record 10 times, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
Many of Jordan's contemporaries label Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time. An ESPN survey of journalists, athletes and other sports figures ranked Jordan the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century, above icons such as Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali. a fact which Jordan himself has lamented. Although Jordan has done much to increase the status of the game, some of his impact on the game's popularity in America appears to be fleeting.
In August 2009, the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, opened a Michael Jordan exhibit containing items from his college and NBA careers, as well as from the 1992 "Dream Team". The exhibit also has a batting glove to signify Jordan's short career in baseball.
As of 2007, Jordan lived in Highland Park, Illinois, and both of his sons attended Loyola Academy, a private Roman Catholic high school located in Wilmette, Illinois. The hype and demand for the shoes even brought on a spate of "shoe-jackings" where people were robbed of their sneakers at gunpoint. Subsequently Nike spun off the Jordan line into its own division named the "Jordan Brand". The company features an impressive list of athletes and celebrities as endorsers.
Jordan's yearly income from the endorsements is estimated to be over forty million dollars.
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| Name | Mayhem |
|---|---|
| Landscape | yes |
| Background | group_or_band |
| Years active | 1984–19931995–present |
| Origin | Oslo, Norway |
| Genre | Black metal |
| Url | www.thetruemayhem.com |
| Label | Deathlike Silence (1993–1994)Century Media (1994–1996)Misanthropy (1997)Season of Mist/Necropolis (2000–present) |
| Current members | NecrobutcherHellhammerAttila CsiharMorfeusSilmaeth |
| Past members | (see below) |
At some point in 1990, the members of Mayhem moved to "an old house in the forest" near Oslo. Additionally, Vikernes defends that most of Euronymous’s cut wounds were caused by broken glass he had fallen on during the struggle. Regardless of the circumstances, Vikernes was arrested within days, and a few months later he was sentenced to 21 years in prison for both the murder and church arsons. With only Hellhammer remaining, Mayhem effectively ceased to exist.
In May 1994, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas was released and formally dedicated to Euronymous. Its release had been delayed due to complaints filed by Euronymous's parents, who had objected to the presence of bass guitar parts played by Vikernes. According to Vikernes himself, Hellhammer assured Aarseth's parents that he would re-record the bass tracks himself. Apparently Hellhammer did not do this, so the album features Vikernes' original bass tracks Attila Csihar was reinstated as his replacement.
In April 2008, Blasphemer decided to leave the band. "The main reason behind this conclusion lies in the fact that I simply don't see any future for me in the band anymore, at least not a future I'd like to participate in over the coming years," he wrote in a statement posted to the band's website on April 22.
Blasphemer played European festival dates with the band through the summer months of 2008, playing his last gig with the group in August. This marked the departure of the musician credited with the bulk of the musical composition of the band's three most recent studio albums.
The band toured through late 2008 and 2009 with this lineup, prior to announcing Summer 2009 dates with a French metal musician calling himself Silmaeth on second guitar. Both Morfeus and Silmaeth are presently considered touring (as opposed to full-time) members. In November 2009, the band was arrested in Tilburg, Netherlands, after destroying a hotel room while on tour.
In September 2010 Mayhem performed their first ever show in New Zealand, as part of an Australian tour.
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| Name | Mark Lowry |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Mark Alan Lowry |
| Voice type | Baritone |
| Genre | Southern Gospel |
| Occupation | Singer, Songwriter, Comedian, Author |
| Years active | 1980-present |
| Url | http://www.marklowry.com/ |
In 1978, Lowry was badly injured in an car accident near Carlisle, PA, while touring with a college evangelistic team. He sustained eleven broken bones, and spent a good deal of time in physical therapy recovering from the accident.
The song has become a popular Christmas song performed by more than thirty artists including, Clay Aiken, Kenny Rogers, Wynonna Judd, Michael English, Daniel Childs, Natalie Cole, and Michael Crawford among others.
In 1988, Lowry was approached by Bill Gaither and asked to join the Gaither Vocal Band as the baritone. Lowry's career with the Gaither Vocal Band spanned thirteen years during his first stint with the group. During this time Lowry's on-stage antics became popular with audiences. As a result, Lowry became the co-host of the many concerts and shows performed by Gaither and the Vocal Band with Gaither playing the straight man to Lowry's antics.
In June 2001, Lowry resigned from the Gaither Vocal Band after performing longer with the group than any previous member except Bill Gaither himself. After that, Lowry released several solo albums, including I Love to Tell the Story, A Hymns Collection.
On January 14, 2009, it was announced that Lowry would be returning to the Gaither Vocal Band.
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| Caption | Bird during the 1985 Playoffs |
| Position | Forward |
| Number | 33 |
| Height ft | 6 |height_in=9 |
| Weight lbs | 220 |
| Birth date | December 07, 1956 |
| Birthplace | West Baden, Indiana |
| Career start | 1979 |
| Career end | 1992 |
| Draft year | 1978 |
| Draft team | Boston Celtics |
| Draft round | 1 |
| Draft pick | 6 |
| College | Indiana State |
| Teams | |
| Stat1label | Points |
| Stat1value | 21,791 (24.3 ppg) |
| Stat2label | Assists |
| Stat2value | 5,695 (6.3 apg) |
| Stat3label | Rebounds |
| Stat3value | 8,974 (10.0 rpg) |
| Letter | b |
| Bbr | birdla01 |
| Highlights | |
| Hof player | larry-j-bird |
In spite of his domestic woes, by the time he was a high school , Bird had become one of the better basketball players in French Lick. He started for French Lick/West Baden's high school team, Springs Valley High School, where he left as the school's all-time scoring leader. Bird's high school coach, Jim Jones, was a key factor to Bird's success. "Jonesie", as Bird called him, would come help Bird and his friends practice any day of the week. Bird was also treated poorly by an established IU star, Kent Benson; as Bird recalled, the other upperclassmen of the team treated him well. was promoted to head coach. Before Bird, the Sycamores had never been to the NCAA tournament; he led the team to the NCAA championship game in 1979, his senior season, only to lose to the Michigan State University Spartans, who were led by his future NBA rival, Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The Sycamores finished the season 33–1. That year, Bird won the USBWA College Player of the Year, Naismith and Wooden Awards, given to the year's top male college basketball player. After his three seasons at Indiana State, he left as the fifth-highest scorer in NCAA history. Bird finished his collegiate career with an average of 30.3 points per game. In 2007, he was voted as one of the Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball 50 greatest players. In 1999, Bird ranked #30 in ESPN's SportsCentury's 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century. Later on, Larry has gotten another nickname from the sports world, often referred to as 'Larry Legend'. | 897 || 870 || 38.4 || .496 || .376 || .886 || 10.0 || 6.3 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 24.3 |-
In 1998, Corrie Bird appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and revealed that she was Bird's daughter from his first marriage though Larry had denied paternity until the mid 1980s. She discussed her longing to connect with her father, whom she had not seen in 17 years. Corrie's story was also shown on 20/20 and was run as an article in the September 4, 1998 issue of Sports Illustrated. Corrie, like her father, played basketball in high school and attended Indiana State University, graduating with a degree in elementary education.
In 2009, Boston University awarded Larry an Honorary Degree; Doctor of Letters.
On October 31, 1989, Bird married Dinah Mattingly. The couple have two adopted children, son Conner and daughter Mariah.
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| Name | Laidback Luke |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Luke van Scheppingen |
| Born | October 22, 1976 Manila, Philippines |
| Genre | Electro House |
| Occupation | DJ, Producer |
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| Name | Lady Gaga |
|---|---|
| Img alt | Portrait of a young, pale-skinned Caucasian female with blond hair |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta |
| Born | March 28, 1986New York City, U.S. |
| Instrument | Vocals, piano, synthesizer, keytar |
| Genre | Pop, dance |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, performance artist, |
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| Name | Kofi Kingston |
|---|---|
| Names | Kofi JamaicaKofi Nahaje KingstonKofi Kingston |
| Weight | |
| Birth date | August 14, 1981 |
| Birth place | Ghana |
| Resides | Tampa, Florida |
| Billed | Ghana, West Africa |
| Trainer | Chaotic Wrestling Killer Kowalski Ohio Valley WrestlingDeep South Wrestling |
| Debut | June 4, 2005 |
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| Name | Christopher Sabat |
|---|---|
| Birthname | Christopher Robin Sabat |
| Birth date | April 22, 1973 |
| Birth place | Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Voice ActorADR DirectorLine Producer |
| Alias | Christopher R. SabatChris R. SabatChris Sabat |
| Gender | Male |
| Status | Alive / Active |
Sabat is also the founder and director at the OkraTron 5000 audio production facility in Dallas, Texas.
Sabat is best known for his voice work in Dragon Ball as several main characters, most notably Piccolo, Vegeta, and Yamcha. He has also voiced such characters as Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket, Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist, Kikuchiyo Samurai 7, Kazuma Kuwabara in Yu Yu Hakusho, Cross Marian in D.Gray-man, and Roronoa Zoro in One Piece.
Sabat is usually cast in roles which involves him playing a very strong man or very gruff, tough, grouchy characters.
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| Background | solo_singer |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco |
| Born | May 10, 1992 Laguna, Philippines |
| Genre | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Label | 143/Reprise |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Url | Official Website |
On September 7, the premiere of Glee's second season was held in Hollywood with Pempengco in attendance. Cast in a recurring role, she plays an exchange student from the Philippines named Sunshine Corazon who presents serious competition against lead character Rachel Berry (played by Lea Michele). Ryan Murphy, the executive music producer of the hit US television series Glee, has described her voice by stating that "when that girl opens her mouth, angels fly out."[A]
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Bumatai began his career opening for popular Hawaiian comedian Frank De Lima and soon found himself replacing the late Rap Reiplinger in Booga Booga, Hawaii's seminal sketch comedy group. He went on to perform stand up comedy extensively on the mainland and in Hawaii.
Bumatai's film credits include The Whoopee Boys, A Man Called Sarge and Aloha Summer.
Bumatai recorded a number of comedy albums. His first won a Hoku award for "Most Promising Artist" and he went on to win three more for "Best Comedy Performance."
Bumatai also created a number of TV specials for Hawaii's KGMB-TV, notably School Daze and All in the Ohana. He and his brother, Ray Bumatai also created a show titled BumaVision for Hawaii's OC16 network. Nationally, he was featured on Raven and has had roles on North Shore and Baywatch among others. Bumatai also co-starred in a 1997 pilot for a new Hawaii Five-O series, which never made it to air. Coincidentally, his character's name in the Five-O pilot was the same as his character's name in Raven: Danny Kahala. The two series were both Steven Cannell productions.
He is currently Executive Producer of Nighttime Productions, and produces and stars in his own Hawaiian-based online talk show, The Andy Bumatai Show.
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![One of 39 downtown fire hydrants painted by students. This hydrant's artist was in elementary school; others were in high school or college.[78]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110409134048im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/33/3b/3231b72332baf6bd93da21a6673b_thumb.jpg "One of 39 downtown fire hydrants painted by students. This hydrant's artist was in elementary school; others were in high school or college.[78]")
