Events

3761 BC – The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).

1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.

1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.

1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.

1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1763 – George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.

1776 – Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.

1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British colonel Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.

1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.

1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.

1828 – The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.

1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Darbytown Road: the Confederate forces' attempt to regain ground that had been lost around Richmond is thwarted.

1864 – American Civil War: captures the Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil.

1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.

1870 – Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.

1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.

1940 – World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.

1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.

1944 – World War II: Uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.

1949 – The German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.

1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.

1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

1960 – Nigeria joins the United Nations.

1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.

1971 – Oman joins the United Nations.

1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.

1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.

1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills close to 300 in the worst landslide in North American history.

1991 – Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.

1993 – The Great Flood of 1993 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.

1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.

2004 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates, replaced by his son Norodom Sihamoni.

Births

1471 – King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (d. 1533)

1573 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1645)

1576 – John Marston, English writer (d. 1634)

1589 – Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)

1713 – Granville Elliott, British military officer (d. 1759)

1728 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer (d. 1784)

1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819)

1746 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800)

1748 – King Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)

1769 – Solomon Sibley, American politician and former Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan Territory (d. 1846)

1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)

1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913)

1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian jurist and Chief justice of Canada (d. 1911)

1841 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)

1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (d. 1916)

1866 – Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)

1870 – Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1873)

1879 – Joe Hill, American Labor Activist and Poet (d. 1915)

1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (d. 1918)

1884 – Major Harold Geiger, U.S. Army aviation pioneer (d. 1927)

1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)

1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, United States Navy rear admiral and Medal of Honor winner (d. 1948)

1888 – Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)

1892 – Dwain Esper, director (d. 1982)

1894 – Del Lord, American director (d. 1970)

1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)

1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)

1898 – Joe Giard, American baseball player (d. 1956)

1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)

1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)

1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)

1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72^nd Mayor of Albany, New York (d. 1983)

1910 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)

1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer (d. 1973)

1911 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)

1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)

1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (d. 1987)

1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor (d. 1992)

1914 – Sarah Churchill, British actress (d. 1982)

1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)

1919 – Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician

1919 – Georges Duby, French historian (d. 1996)

1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer (d. 1998)

1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)

1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player

1922 – William Zinsser, American writer

1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)

1923 – Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps (d. 1945)

1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress (d. 1971)

1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (d. 1989)

1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)

1928 – Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (d. 1980)

1929 – Robert Westall, British author (d. 1993)

1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive

1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)

1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate

1934 – Amiri Baraka, American writer

1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and political activist (d. 1976)

1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian author

1936 – Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor

1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish politician

1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist

1939 – Clive James, Australian television presenter and writer

1939 – Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1939 – Bill Snyder, American football coach

1940 – Bruce Vento, American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota (d. 2000)

1943 – Joy Behar, American television personality

1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player

1943 – Oliver North, American former military officer

1944 – Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)

1944 – Donald Tsang, current Chief executive of Hong Kong

1945 – Kevin Godley, British musician (10cc)

1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer

1946 – Catherine MacKinnon, American feminist and author

1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei

1947 – Chris Bambridge, former Australian football referee

1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist

1949 – Dave Hope, American musician (Kansas)

1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian politician

1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer

1951 – David J. Halberstam, American radio executive

1952 – Mary Badham, American actress

1952 – Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister and former President of the Russian Federation

1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)

1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer

1953 – Tico Torres, musician (Bon Jovi)

1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer

1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-born American cellist

1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist

1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player

1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer

1957 – Jayne Torvill, British figure skater

1958 – Judy Landers, American actress

1959 – Dylan Baker, American character actor

1959 – Simon Cowell, English recording executive

1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician

1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, French-Canadian politician

1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer

1960 – Viktor Lazlo, Belgian singer

1961 – Matthew Roloff, American reality star

1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor

1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian politician

1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter

1964 – Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author

1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer

1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese racing driver

1966 – Sherman Alexie, Native American author and comedian

1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer

1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer

1967 – Luke Haines, English musician (The Auteurs, Black Box Recorder)

1967 – Takahiro Izutani, Japanese Composer

1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer (Radiohead)

1969 – Bobbie Brown, American actress, model

1969 – Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler

1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model

1969 – Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer

1970 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress

1971 – Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician

1972 – Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director

1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer

1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer

1973 – Priest Holmes, American Football Running Back

1974 – Allison Munn, American actress

1974 – Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer

1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor

1975 – Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler

1975 – Damian Kulash, American musician (OK Go)

1975 – Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician

1975 – Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor

1975 – Jamie Hector, American actor

1976 – Taylor Hicks, American musician

1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer

1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer

1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player

1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer

1977 – Brandon Quinn, American actor

1977 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress

1978 – Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq)

1978 – Jake Humphrey, English television presenter

1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer

1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast

1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor

1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor

1979 – Tang Wei, Chinese actress

1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian actor

1980 – Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer

1981 – Doni Schroader, American avant garde composer,pop musician

1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer

1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer

1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player

1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist

1983 – Flying Lotus, American electronic music producer

1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian Hockey Player

1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese singer and actor

1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer

1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player

1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player

1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer

1986 – Bree Olson, American pornographic actress

1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer

1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player

1988 – Stacy DuPree, American musician (Eisley)

1990 – Ayla Kell, American actress

1991 – Nicole Jung, Korean/American singer/actress

1995 – Slade Pearce, American actor

2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho

Deaths

336 – Pope Mark

929 – King Charles III of France (b. 879)

1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (b. 1338)

1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. c.1500)

1555 – Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)

1577 – George Gascoigne, English poet

1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat, (b. 1538)

1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish military leader (b. 1547)

1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)

1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)

1653 – Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (b. 1581)

1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)

1772 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)

1787 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (b. 1711)

1792 – George Mason, American statesman (b. 1725)

1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (b. 1718)

1796 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (b. 1710)

1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (b. 1809)

1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American writer (b. 1809)

1896 – Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (b. 1808)

1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b. 1832)

1904 – Isabella Bird, English explorer, writer, and natural historian (b. 1831)

1906 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)

1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (b. 1835)

1919 – Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)

1925 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (b. 1880)

1926 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist (b. 1856)

1939 – Harvey Cushing, Father of Modern Neurosurgery (b. 1869)

1943 – Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (b. 1899)

1943 – Radclyffe Hall, British author (b. 1880)

1944 – Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (b. 1918)

1956 – Clarence Birdseye, American inventor (b. 1886)

1959 – Mario Lanza, American tenor (b. 1921)

1966 – Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer and songwriter. (b. 1890)

1966 – Smiley Lewis, American musician (b. 1913)

1967 – Sir Norman Angell, British politician and Nobel Laureate (b. 1872)

1969 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)

1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest, educator and academic executive (b. 1906)

1991 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)

1992 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)

1992 – Tevfik Esenç, last known speaker of Ubykh (b. 1904)

1993 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (b. 1910)

1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born Danish immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911)

1995 – Ernest Ingenito, American mass murderer (b. 1924)

1998 – Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player a.k.a. Song and Wind (b. 1915)

2001 – Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)

2001 – Herbert "Herblock" Block, American cartoonist (b. 1909)

2001 – Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. 1913)

2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

2003 – Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper, Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate (b. 1932)

2003 – Arthur Berger, American composer (b. 1912)

2003 – Wally George, American conservative TV commentator (b. 1931)

2004 – Ken Bigley, British civil engineer, kidnapped and murdered in Iraq (b. 1942)

2005 – Charles Rocket, American actor (b. 1949)

2006 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (b. 1958)

2006 – Abraham Afewerki, Eritrean singer (b.1966)

2006 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish Basque cyclist (b. 1985)

2007 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)

2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)

2008 – Leslie Hardman, Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1913)

2009 – Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)

2010 – Milka Planinc, former PM of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)

2010 – T Lavitz, American musician (b. 1956)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Justina of Padua (former)

*Osgyth

*Our Lady of the Rosary

*Pope Mark

*Sergius and Bacchus

*October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The first day of Nagasaki Kunchi (Nagasaki)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Brenna MacCrimmon
background	solo_singer
birth name	Brenna MacCrimmon
origin	Toronto, Canada
instrument	Vocals
genre	TFolk
occupation	performer
years active	1988–present
website	greengoatmusic.ca }}

Brenna MacCrimmon is a Canadian folk singer from Toronto, Ontario, who has been performing, studying and teaching Balkan and Turkish music since the late 1980s. She speaks and sings perfect Turkish and is internationally acclaimed as a Turkish folk singer.

Her interest in Turkish music started with a trip to a local library in Burlington, Ontario when she was still a teenager. She describes this incident: "I came across these Turkish albums, and I was really intrigued, there was just an emotional communication." While taking an ethnomusicology class at University of Toronto in the early 1980s, MacCrimmon sought out local Turkish musicians and was inspired to learn a folk instrument called the baglama. She then began playing and singing in a Turkish community band.

She grew interested in the Turkish branch of Balkan songs known as Rumeli folksongs. She studied Turkish musical theory and combed archives and recordings to uncover nearly forgotten gems. She has visited Greece and Turkey several times, and has also lived and studied in Istanbul, where she did research with people of Rumeli (Balkan-Turkish) descent. During her five-year stay in Istanbul, she immersed herself in Turkish culture, and sang regional folk music at festivals and special events.

Her first album, Karşılama (also published as Karshlama), is with Selim Sesler and a Thracian Roman ensemble. The album created a big stir and was nominated for a Juno Award in 1998. She later performed as a guest musician in Psyche-belly Dance Music and Duble Oryantal (Double Oriental) by Baba Zula and Mad Professor. Her second album, Ajde Mori, released in 2001, features Turkish, Macedonian, and Bulgarian material; her third, Kulak Misafiri, released in 2009, contains mostly Turkish material. Besides, she has also sung one Azerbaijani folklor song - 'Getme, Getme, Gel'(Do not go, do not go, Come back, please).

She formed Orkestar Keyif with Beth Cohen, Paul Brown, Polly Ferber and Haig Manoukian.

She is featured in the 2005 documentary film Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, directed by Fatih Akın.

Sources

http://www.myspace.com/brennamaccrimmon

http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/05winter/alumninotes.asp

http://www.sunfest.on.ca/karshla.htm

http://www.strandrel.com/pressroom/Presskits/CrossingTheBridge2.doc

http://exoticmusicshop.com/sf-article_info-of-Brenna_MacCrimmon-aid-15-tp-7_9.htm

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Coordinates	12°58′0″N77°34′0″N
name	Melissa McCarthy
birth date	August 26, 1970
birth place	Plainfield, Illinois, United States
occupation	Actress
spouse	Ben Falcone(2005-present; 2 children)
yearsactive	1997–present }}

Melissa McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress and comedienne.

She debuted in film in 1998 and continued to play character roles. From 2001 to 2007, she played Sookie St. James on the The WB television series Gilmore Girls. From 2007 to 2009 she played Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who?. She currently stars in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, for which she earned her first Emmy Award nomination. In 2011, she starred in the film Bridesmaids.

Early life

McCarthy, a cousin of actress Jenny McCarthy, was born in Plainfield, Illinois, the daughter of Sandy and Michael McCarthy. She was raised on a farm, in a "big, Irish-Catholic family". She graduated from Joliet Catholic Academy (Formerly St. Francis Academy) in Joliet, Illinois. Her career started with stand-up comedy and includes film, television and theater. McCarthy is an alumna of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California.

Career

In 1997 she appeared in an episode of the NBC comedy series Jenny. From 2000 to 2003 she played supporting roles in the films Disney's The Kid, Charlie's Angels, Go, The Third Wheel and The Life of David Gale. She also did voice work in three episodes of Kim Possible, where she played DNAmy.

From 2001 to 2007 she played the role of Sookie St. James, Lorelai Gilmore's best friend on the The WB television series Gilmore Girls.

In 2007, she acted opposite Ryan Reynolds in The Nines, written and directed by John August. McCarthy played Dena on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who? from 2007 to 2009. She also was a guest star in TV series Rita Rocks in 2009 and Private Practice in 2010.

In 2010, she played character roles in films The Back-Up Plan and Life as We Know It. Since 2010 McCarthy has played a leading role as Molly Flynn on the CBS hit sitcom Mike & Molly. In 2011, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on Mike & Molly.

In 2011, she starred in the financially successful and critically lauded film Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper. In June, 2011, she hosted the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards.

She will play a role in the sequel to Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up - This is Forty. She will star in the upcoming film ID Theft with Jason Bateman. She will also appear in season 37 of Saturday Night Live.

Personal life

McCarthy married her longtime boyfriend, Ben Falcone, an actor and fellow alumnus of The Groundlings, on October 8, 2005. They have two daughters, Vivian, born May 5, 2007, and Georgette, born in March 2010. McCarthy's pregnancy with Vivian was written into the last season of Gilmore Girls.

Filmography

Film

! Year	! Film	! Role	Notes
1998	''God'	Margaret
1999		Sandra
		Doris
Drowning Mona	Shirley
''Auto Motives'	Tonnie
	Sky King Waitress
		Cici Pinkus
	Marilyn
	Paramedic
		Nico the Goth Girl
Chicken Party	Tot Wagner
Kim Possible: The Secret Files	DNAmy	voice
2006	Cook-Off!	Amber Strang
		Margaret / Melissa / Mary
	Night Store Clerk	uncredited
	Fran
		Selma
Pretty Ugly People	Becky
	The Back-Up Plan	Carol
	DeeDee
2011		Megan
			spin-off of 2007's Knocked Up, Filming
ID Theft		Pre-production
2013	Untitled Melissa McCarthy Project		Pre-production

Television

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1997		Melissa	Episode: "1.5"
2000		Molly	Episode: "Justice"Episode: "Blame"
2000-2007	Gilmore Girls		153 episodes
2001		Billy	Episode: "Mark of the Beast"
2002-2005	Kim Possible		voice			Episodes: "Downhill", "Partners" and "Gorilla Fist"
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Saleswoman
2007-2009	Samantha Who?		35 episodes
2009	Rita Rocks	Mindy Boone	Episode: "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
2010		Lynn McDonald
2010-present	Mike & Molly		Lead role			Nomination - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2011)
2011	Saturday Night Live	host	Episode: "Melissa McCarthy"

References

External links

Melissa McCarthy cast bio on The CW

Melissa McCarthy's biography on filmbug

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name	Sara Bareilles
background	solo_singer
birth name	Sara Beth Bareilles
alias	Serina
born	December 07, 1979Eureka, California, United States
instrument	Vocals, piano, guitar
genre	Pop soul, pop rock, baroque pop
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician
years active	2003–present
label	Epic
associated acts	Ingrid Michaelson, Weezer, Maroon 5, OneRepublic, Marc Broussard
website	www.sarabmusic.com }}

Sara Beth Bareilles ( ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. She has sold over 1 million records worldwide and has been Grammy-nominated three times. Starting in the third season of NBC's The Sing Off, Bareilles will be a celebrity judge alongside Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men.

Early life

Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, the youngest of three daughters of Bonnie Halvorsen (née Capellas), a funeral home worker, and Paul Bareilles, an insurance adjuster. She was raised Catholic and participated in the high school choir, Limited Edition, and local community theater musical productions, including her high school's production of Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey.

Bareilles attended the Communication Studies program at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a member of the co-ed a cappella group Awaken A Cappella, and can be heard on their Dysfunktional Family album singing "Gravity" and "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5. The group's rendition of Bareilles' "Gravity" was featured on the Best of College A Cappella 2004 compilation CD. Sara also stated on MTV's TRL that she and the band Maroon 5 have been acquainted since their younger days in California when the band was known as Kara's Flowers. She performed in the annual student concert UCLA Spring Sing, winning twice.

Career

2002–2006: Career beginnings and Careful Confessions

After graduating from college in 2002, Bareilles performed at local bars and clubs (such as the Hotel Café and Genghis Cohen in Los Angeles), building a following before performing in larger venues. She issued two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003: The First One in April and The Summer Sessions in October. In 2004, she appeared as a singer in a bar in the indie film Girl Play, performing the song "Undertow".

In January 2004, Bareilles released her first studio album, Careful Confessions. She signed a contract with Epic Records on April 15, 2005. The remainder of the year and early 2006 were spent writing and reworking songs for her upcoming album. Her song, "Gravity," appears briefly in the 2006 independent film Loving Annabelle.

In mid-2004 she opened for Rocco DeLuca and the Burden during their inaugural headline tour, supported Guster on their first UK tour and co-headlined a tour with Jon McLaughlin. She toured as the opening act in 2006 for Marc Broussard's "Carencro" tour. In 2007, Bareilles toured as the opening act for Aqualung and Mika, and later that year opened for several shows on both Maroon 5 and Paolo Nutini's U.S. tours. She also opened for James Blunt on his U.S. Tour in association with VH1 You Oughta Know.

2007–2008: Little Voice

In June 2007, iTunes featured Bareilles' single "Love Song" as the free single of the week. The following month, her major-label debut Little Voice shot to #1 on the list of most downloaded albums of the music store in its first week of release, and debuted at #45 on the Billboard 200 chart. After being featured on a Rhapsody commercial in 2007, "Love Song" began climbing the pop charts, jumping from #73 to #16 in one week. It entered the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 27, 2007, and peaked at #4. On other charts, such as the Pop 100 and Hot AC, "Love Song" hit #1. Bareilles performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday, January 17, 2008, and on the Today show on Thursday, February 21, 2008. Soon after that, the song entered the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #4. The music video was directed by Josh Forbes and stars British actor Adam Campbell.

As of 2010, Little Voice has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album peaked in the Billboard 200 at #7, and the UK Top 40 at #9. Bareilles' breakthrough single, "Love Song" has since been certified 3x platinum.

On October 28, 2008, Bareilles released "Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore" on DVD and CD. The package is a recording of her first headlining tour at the famous Fillmore in San Francisco. She concluded the tour in her home town of Eureka, California on December 19, 2008, at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.

She toured with Counting Crows and Maroon 5 between July 22 and August 26, 2008. The first stop was Virginia Beach, Virginia and the last stop Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Bareilles was selected as MTV artist of the week for July 7–11 and appeared again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, July 9, 2008; and on December 9, 2008 (with Ingrid Michaelson).

During the spring of 2009, Bareilles was on her second headlining tour, the "Gravity Tour," to promote the third and final single from her album Little Voice. She made her third appearance in Charlottesville, VA during UVA's annual Springfest on March 28, her first as the opener for Marc Broussard in 2005 and the second being an opening for Maroon 5. Bareilles also played multiple college shows in April and May. Some were for college students only and others were open to the public.

She sent out a special holiday message to fans on her mailing list and gave out a free live acoustic EP recorded during her Gravity Tour last Spring. The EP contains 7 acoustic songs, including a new song "Free Ride," "I'm On Fire" a Bruce Springsteen cover duet with Tony Lucca, and two speaking segments.

In early 2010, Bareilles recorded video of what she called "An Ode To Jersey Shore" and posted it to her official website as a gag for fans.

2009–present: Kaleidoscope Heart and The Sing Off

Bareilles began work on the follow-up to her major label debut in the summer of 2009, collaborating with the likes of Amir "Questlove" Thompson, members of Weezer, and Pharrel Williams. As the songs began to take their final shape, Neal Avron was assigned to produce, record, and mix the entire album. The album was recorded at The Village Recorder and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles.

The first single from her second album, "King of Anything," began receiving radio airplay in the US in May 2010, and was released for sale in June. "King of Anything" had its first play on the UK radio airwaves on Paul Kay's "Album Download" show on Mid-Wales commercial radio station "Radio Maldwyn - The Magic 756" in August 2010. King of Anything has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

In anticipation of the new album, Bareilles released a series of webisodes, featuring the making of select songs from "Kaleidoscope Heart," including "King of Anything," "Uncharted," "Gonna Get Over You," "Bluebird," and a strings only version of "King of Anything." The first webisode also contains Sara writing the chorus for "Hold My Heart". She was selected as VH1's Posted Artist of the Month for July 2010, chronicling her life leading up to the album's release.

Kaleidoscope Heart was released on September 7, 2010 and debuted at number 1 in the United States, selling 90,000 copies. Interestingly, her previous album Little Voice re-entered the charts at number 200 in the same week, bookending the charts.

She toured in support of Kaleidoscope Heart from September to December 2010, with most of the shows being sold out. Bareilles toured Europe and parts of Asia and Australia with Maroon 5 throughout spring 2011. She embarked on a small headline "Uncharted" tour in April 2011 with openers Elizabeth & the Catapult and Ximena Sariñana in support of the second single from Kaleidoscope Heart "Uncharted", which concluded April 23, 2011 in Memphis, TN. She will also be opening select shows for country music duo Sugarland on their Summer 2011 Incredible Machine Tour.

On May 13, 2011 her song Breathe Again was used in the Smallville series finale for the wedding of Iconic comic book couple Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

It was announced in July 2011 that Bareilles will star in the third season of the NBC television series The Sing Off as a celebrity judge, alongside Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men. The third single off of Kaleidoscope Heart is "Gonna Get Over You," with a music video directed by Jonah Hill. Bareilles also guest-starred on Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures.

On August 13, 2011 the Hoosier Lottery Grandstand stage at the Indiana State Fair collapsed right after Bareilles finished performing as the opening act for Sugarland. She was uninjured, tweeting "I'm speechless and feel so helpless," "My heart aches for the lives lost." Five people died and more than 45 were injured in the collapse.

Influences and musical style

Bareilles' vocal range registers from contralto to mezzo-soprano, and is often compared to artists such as Fiona Apple, Billy Joel,Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones due to her vocal ability and incorporation of piano in her music. Her musical influences include Sarah McLachlan, Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera and Joni Mitchell.

Her sound is described as "slightly edgy, stompy piano-based pop rock" that incorporates jazz and soul, with Bareilles finding inspiration from singers such as Etta James and Sam Cooke.

She is often praised for her songwriting abilities, with critics stating she "conveys vulnerability and wisdom in lyrics that speak honestly about relationships from a woman's point of view", and that her "writing voice is uniquely her own."

She plays the piano, guitar, ukulele, and harmonium.

Band members

Bareilles tours with regular band members Javier Dunn (guitar and vocals), Daniel Rhine (bass) and Joshua Day (percussion and vocals). Other musicians who have toured with her as part of her band include Eric Robinson (guitar and keys), Holly Conlan (backing vocals), and Philip Krohnengold (guitar and keys).

Collaborations with other artists

In December 2008, a single with Ingrid Michaelson titled "Winter Song" was released off the compilation The Hotel Cafe Presents Winter Songs. The two performed it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and an animated video was released. She also recorded a song "Come Home," a duet with OneRepublic, which was released on iTunes on July 14, 2009.

Bareilles performed with many other singers on the season 3 finale of 30 Rock, alongside Mary J. Blige, Rachael Yamagata, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones and Elvis Costello. She also appeared with Jim Radley on Jimmy Kimmel Live and AOL Sessions guest performing "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" as well for a special performance on YouTube.

She has performed for the First Family numerous times. Bareilles was first invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to play at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh in September 2009. Here she performed songs for the First Ladies of 20 nations and afterward dined with Michelle Obama. The Obamas again invited her to perform at the Easter Egg Roll in 2010. On October 20, 2010, it was announced that Bareilles would open for President Obama at a Las Vegas rally for the Democratic midterm elections. In December, Bareilles and fellow singer Ingrid Michaelson performed "Winter Song" for the Obamas and many spectators at the National Christmas Tree Lighting.

In December 2010, Bareilles appeared with The Backbeats on the season finale of The Sing-Off. She will perform a duet "Love Won't Let You Get Away" at Club Nokia with Seth MacFarlane on March 26, 2011.

Discography

;Studio albums

2004: Careful Confessions

2007: Little Voice

2010: Kaleidoscope Heart

;Live albums

2008: Between the Lines: Sara Bareilles Live at the Fillmore

2011: Live From Soho

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Bareilles has received three nominations.

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References

External links

Official website

Category:1979 births Category:American contraltos Category:American female singers Category:American pop pianists Category:American pop singers Category:American female guitarists Category:American Roman Catholics Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Los Angeles, California Category:People from Eureka, California Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category:Living people Category:Blue-eyed soul musicians Category:American pop singer-songwriters

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