name	Udita Goswami
birth date	February 09, 1984
birth place	Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
occupation	Actress, Model
website	}}

Udita Goswami (; born 9 February 1984) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.

Early life

Goswami was born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand to a father from Uttarkhand and a mother from Shillong, Meghalaya. She was educated in Dehradun where she studied at the D.A.V. Public School until class 8. She also studied at Maa Anandmayi Memorial school.

Career

Goswami began her career as a model working for brands such as Pepsi, Titan Watches and Nokia among others. She then made her jump into acting making her debut in the 2003 Bollywood film, ''Paap'' directed by Pooja Bhatt. Her next film ''Zeher'', which also starred Emraan Hashmi and Shamita Shetty, was her breakthrough role and she became a well known face in the industry. Her role was that of a ''femme fatale''. She also appeared in the movie ''Aksar'' opposite Dino Morea.

She was featured with Upen Patel in Ahmed Khan's music video of the remix of ''Kya Khoob Lagti Ho''.

Filmography

''Zeher'' ''Amar Joshi Shahid Ho Gaya'' ''Aksar'' ''Dil Diya Hai'' ''Aggar'' ''Kisse Pyaar Karoon'' ''Fox (film) ''The Man (2008 film) ''Helloo India'' ''Chase (film) ''Apartment (film) ''Rokkk'' ''Diary_Of_A_Butterfly

Year !! Film !! Role !! Other notes
2003 in film	2003	''Paap''	Kaya
2005 in film	2005	|	Anna Verghese
2005 in film	2005	|	Actress
2006 in film	2006	|	Sheena Roy Singh
2006 in film	2006	|	pannu	Special appearance
2007 in film	2007	|	Janvi
2009 in film	2009	|	Sheetal
2009 in film	2009	Fox'' ||	Sophia
2009	The Man'' ||		Delayed
2009	|		Filming
2010	Chase'' ||	Nupur Chauhan
2010	Apartment'' ||	Friendly appearance
2010	|
2012	Diary Of A butterfly'' ||	Gul

References

External links

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Chase Whiteside (born March 4, 1988) is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, and founder of New Left Media. Whiteside is perhaps best known for his films documenting the participants at Tea Party events. Those documentaries, which IndieWire called "a perfect example of where documentary form and style is headed," have received more than 6 million views on YouTube. Henry Rollins wrote of his interviews with conservatives in a ''Vanity Fair'' column, "The very talented Mr. Ripley is a good interviewer and puts his subjects at ease." ''The Advocate'' calls him an "ambitious gay reporter."

Whiteside has been notably critical of cable news, telling ''The Washington Post'''s David Weigel, "CNN, like Fox News and MSNBC, should be largely dismissed as serious sources of news... as these outlets are all in the market of selling journalism through personalities, talking haircuts who report as much on what each other are saying as they do on reality."

References

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Name	Andrew Breitbart
Birth date	February 01, 1969
Birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death date	March 01, 2012
Death place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence	Westwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, Columnist, Publisher
Alma mater	Tulane University (B.A.)
Gender	Male
Spouse	Susannah Bean (m. 1997–2012); 4 children }}

Andrew Breitbart ( (February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American publisher, commentator for ''The Washington Times'', author, and occasional guest commentator on various news programs, who served as an editor for the ''Drudge Report'' website. He was a researcher for Arianna Huffington, and helped launch her web publication ''The Huffington Post''.

He ran his own news aggregation site, Breitbart.com, and five other websites: Breitbart.tv, Big Hollywood, Big Government, Big Journalism, and Big Peace. He played key roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the resignation of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy.

Early life

Breitbart was the adopted son of Gerald and Arlene Breitbart, a restaurant owner and banker respectively, and grew up in upscale Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was raised Jewish (his adoptive mother had converted to Judaism when marrying his adoptive father). He had explained that his birth certificate indicated his biological father was a folk singer. He was ethnically Irish by birth, and his adopted sister is Hispanic. He changed his political views after experiencing an "epiphany" during the Clarence Thomas hearings, and later described himself as "a Reagan conservative" with libertarian sympathies.

While in high school, Breitbart was a pizza delivery driver; he sometimes delivered to celebrities such as Judge Reinhold. He earned a B.A. in American studies from Tulane University in 1991, graduating with "no sense of [his] future whatsoever". His early jobs included a stint at cable channel E! Entertainment Television, working for the company's online magazine, and some time in film production.

Public life

Authorship, research and reporting

In 1995 Breitbart saw the Drudge Report and was so impressed that he emailed Matt Drudge. Breitbart said, "I thought what he was doing was by far the coolest thing on the Internet. And I still do." Breitbart described himself as "Matt Drudge's bitch" and selected and posted links to other news wire sources. Later Matt Drudge introduced him to Arianna Huffington (when she was still a Republican) and Breitbart subsequently assisted her in creating her website.

Breitbart's work has been published in the ''Wall Street Journal'', National Review Online and the Weekly Standard Online, among others. He wrote a weekly column for ''The Washington Times'', which also appeared at Real Clear Politics. Breitbart also co-wrote the book ''Hollywood, Interrupted: Insanity Chic in Babylon'' with Mark Ebner, a book that is highly critical of U.S. celebrity culture. On January 19, 2011, the conservative gay rights group GOProud announced Breitbart had joined its Advisory Council.

In April 2011 Grand Central Publishing released Breitbart's book, ''Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World'', in which he discussed his own political evolution and the part he took in the rise of new media, most notably at the Drudge Report and ''The Huffington Post''.

In June 2011 Breitbart was involved in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal when his websites broke the story that Weiner was sending women revealing photographs of himself.

Commentaries

Breitbart appeared as a commentator on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' and ''Dennis Miller''. In 2004 he was a guest commentator on Fox News Channel's morning show and frequently appeared as a guest panelist on Fox News's late night program, ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld''. Breitbart also appeared as a commentator in the 2004 documentary ''Michael Moore Hates America''.

On October 22, 2009, Breitbart appeared on the C-SPAN program ''Washington Journal''. He gave his opinions on the mainstream media, Hollywood, the Obama Administration and his personal political views, having heated debates with several callers.

In the hours immediately following Senator Ted Kennedy's death, Breitbart called Kennedy a "villain", a "duplicitous bastard", a "prick" and "a special pile of human excrement".

In February 2010 Breitbart received the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. During his acceptance speech, he responded directly to accusations by ''New York Times'' reporter Kate Zernike that Jason Mattera, a young conservative activist, had been using "racial tones" in his allusions to President Barack Obama, and had spoken in a "Chris Rock voice". From the podium, Breitbart called Zernike "a despicable human being" for having made such allegations about Mattera's New York accent. At the same conference, Breitbart was also filmed saying to journalist Max Blumenthal that he found him to be "a jerk", and "a despicable human being" due to a blog entry posted by Blumenthal.

Activism

Breitbart often appeared as a speaker at Tea Party movement events across the U.S. For example, Breitbart was a keynote speaker at the first National Tea Party Convention at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville on February 6, 2010. Breitbart later involved himself in a controversy over homophobic and alleged racial slurs being used at a March 20, 2010, rally at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., by asserting that slurs were never used, and that "It was a set-up" by Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party. Breitbart offered to donate $100,000 to the United Negro College Fund "for any audio/video footage of the N-word being hurled", claiming that the several Congressmen made it up. Breitbart insisted Congressman John Lewis and several other witnesses were forced to lie, concluding that "Nancy Pelosi did a great disservice to a great civil rights icon by thrusting him out there to perform this mischievous task. His reputation is now on the line as a result of her desperation to take down the Tea Party movement."

Websites

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Breitbart launched a number of websites, including Breitbart.com, BigHollywood.com, BigGovernment.com, BigJournalism.com, and BigPeace.com.

Breitbart launched his first website as a news site; it is sometimes linked to by the Drudge Report and other websites. It has wire stories from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Fox News, PR Newswire, and U.S. Newswire, as well as direct links to a number of major international newspapers. Its Blog & "Network" links tend to run to the right within the U.S. political spectrum (e.g., ''National Review'' and Townhall.com). The site also has a search engine powered by Lingospot and a finance channel powered by FinancialContent. In 2007, Breitbart launched a video blog, Breitbart.tv.

In 2008 Breitbart launched the website "Big Hollywood," a "group blog" driven by some who work within Los Angeles, with contributions from a variety of writers, including politically conservative entertainment-industry professionals. The site was an outgrowth of the Breitbart's ''Washington Times'' "Big Hollywood" column included issues conservatives faced working in Hollywood. In 2009, the site used audio from a secretly recorded conference call to accuse the National Endowment of the Arts of encouraging artists to create work in support of Barack Obama's domestic policy agenda.

Breitbart launched BigGovernment.com on September 10, 2009. He hired Mike Flynn, a former government affairs specialist at Reason Foundation, as Editor-in-Chief of Big Government. The site premiered with hidden camera video footage taken by Hannah Giles and James O'Keefe at Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now offices in various cities, attracting nationwide attention resulting in the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy.

In January 2010, Breitbart launched Big Journalism. He told Mediaite: "Our goal at Big Journalism is to hold the mainstream media's feet to the fire. There are a lot of stories that they simply don't cover, either because it doesn't fit their world view, or because they're literally innocent of any knowledge that the story even exists, or because they are a dying organization, short-staffed, and thus can't cover stuff like they did before." Big Journalism was edited by Michael A. Walsh, a former journalism professor and ''Time magazine'' music critic. It is now currently edited by Dana Loesch. The site has a fictional contributor named "Retracto, the Correction Alpaca" who posts items requesting corrections from the traditional media.

BigPeace.com debuted July 4, 2010. The site covers topics such as international issues and foreign policy, the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorism, Islamic extremism, espionage, border security, and energy issues.

Controversies

Anthony Weiner

On May 28, 2011, Breitbart posted a sexually explicit photo on his BigJournalism website of New York Representative Anthony Weiner obtained through Weiner's Twitter account. Weiner initially denied that he had sent a 21-year-old female college student the link to the photograph, but after questions developed, he admitted to inappropriate online relationships. On June 6, 2011, Breitbart reported other photos Weiner had sent, including one that was sexually graphic. On June 8, 2011, the sexually graphic photo was leaked after Breitbart participated in a radio interview with hosts Opie and Anthony, though Breitbart stated that the photo was published without his permission. Weiner subsequently resigned from his congressional seat on June 21, 2011.

Shirley Sherrod

In July 2010 Breitbart was accused of smearing USDA official Shirley Sherrod with the vieal video "Proof NAACP Awards Racism". Breitbart's video showed Sherrod speaking at a NAACP fundraising dinner in March 2010 admitting to a racial reluctance to help a white farmer get government aid. The NAACP condemned Sherrod video comments and approved her July 19 dismissal from government service. After being criticized for presenting Sherrod out of context, Breitbart posted the full 40-minute video of the speech. The full video Sherrod said she reluctance to help a white man was wrong, and she had ended up assisting him. Following the release of the full video, the NAACP also reversed their rebuke of Sherrod, , and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack apologized and offered Sherrod a new. In 2011, Sherrod sued Breitbart for defamation, Breibart said that the point of the piece was not to target Sherrod, but said the NAACP audience's reception of the parts of the speech demonstrated the same racism the NAACP's President had accused The Tea Party of harboring.

ACORN undercover videos

Breitbart was also involved in the 2009 ACORN video controversy. Hannah Giles posed as a prostitute seeking assistance while James O'Keefe portrayed her boyfriend, and clandestinely videotaped meetings with ACORN staff. Subsequent criminal investigations by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office and the California Attorney General found the videos were heavily edited in an attempt to make ACORN's responses "appear more sinister", and contributed to the group's demise.

GOProud

Breitbart was also embroiled in a controversy within the conservative movement related to the participation of gay group GOProud in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual conference held in Washington, D.C., by the American Conservative Union. In 2011 he was the primary host of a party that served to "welcome" the "homocons" to the convention (though it was the second year they had been participants). This flew in the face of a boycott staged by a few social conservative groups that were offended by the inclusion of GOProud within the conservative fold. Writer, producer, and publisher Roger L. Simon referred to the group as a "game-changer" for the Republican party, and asserted that it represented a turning point in the appeal that the conservative movement might hold for young people. Breitbart was on the Advisory Board of GOProud until he stepped down in the wake of the group's inadvertent outing of a senior Rick Perry aide.

Confrontation with Occupy protesters at CPAC 2012

In February 2012 a YouTube video showed Breitbart yelling at Occupy D.C. protesters outside a Washington D.C. hotel hosting a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The video showed security escorting Breitbart back to the hotel while he told the protestors to "behave yourself", and alluding to reported assaults of women at Occupy encampments, he repeatedly yelled "stop raping people" and called the protestors "filthy, filthy, raping, murdering freaks!”. David Carr said with the incident Briebart created his last "viral storm on the Web".

Personal life

Breitbart was married to Susannah Bean, the daughter of actor Orson Bean, and had four children.

Death

On February 9, 2012, Breitbart while in Washington, DC was quoted as saying, “wait til they see what happens March first.” Breitbart was referring to his plan to release "damning" footage of President Obama that he had been promising to reveal throughout the month of February. However, on March 1, 2012, Breitbart died at the UCLA Medical Center after he collapsed while walking in Brentwood. He was 43 years old. An autopsy by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office showed that he had cardiomegaly and died of heart failure. The toxicology report showed "No prescription or illicit drugs were detected. The blood alcohol was .04%. No significant trauma was present and foul play is not suspected." Personal friend of Brietbart, Bill Whittle, had said that Brietbart had a "serious heart attack" just months before his passing.

In remembrance, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich praised Breitbart. Santorum called Breibart's passing "a huge loss" that strongly affected him, while Romney said Breitbart was a "fearless conservative", and Gingrich called him "the most innovative pioneer in conservative activist social media in America...."

His funeral was held March 6, 2012, at a Jewish cemetery in West Los Angeles. Attendees included his father-in-law Orson Bean, Matt Drudge, Herman Cain, Thaddeus McCotter, Greg Gutfeld, Ed Morrissey, Guy Benson, and Rob Long.

Authored books

References

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name	Michelle Branch
background	solo_singer
birth name	Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch
alias	Michelle Branch LandauMichelle Landau
birth date	July 02, 1983
origin	Sedona, Arizona, United States
instrument	Vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussions, piano, accordion, cello, harmonica, mandolin
genre	Pop rock, acoustic, country pop
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, actress
years active	1998–present
label	Maverick Reprise Nashville
associated acts	Santana, The Wreckers, Chris Isaak, Justincase, Timbaland
website	www.MichelleBranch.com
notable instruments	Taylor 614ceGibson Hummingbird }}

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, ''The Spirit Room'' and ''Hotel Paper,'' and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003. In 2005, she formed the country music duo The Wreckers with friend and fellow musician Jessica Harp, and produced the Grammy-nominated single "Leave the Pieces". The Wreckers disbanded in 2007 to pursue their respective solo careers. She has had several commercially successful songs, most notably winning a Grammy with Santana for "The Game of Love".

Life and career

1983–2000: Early life & ''Broken Bracelet''

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch was born on July 2, 1983, in Phoenix, Arizona, to David and Peggy Branch, six months after they were married. Her father is of Irish descent, and her mother is of Dutch Indonesian and French descent. Her siblings include an older half-brother named David and a younger sister named Nicole.

Beginning to sing at the age of three, Branch enrolled in voice lessons at Northern Arizona University when she was eight, and received her first guitar for her fourteenth birthday. After teaching herself chords, she composed her first song "Fallen" within a week of receiving her guitar. She initially attended Sedona Red Rock High School, but finished the last two years of her high school education through home schooling so that she could focus on her music career. To support Branch's interests, her parents helped her book local gigs in Sedona, AZ, and later financed her independent album ''Broken Bracelet''. Her set list at these gigs included covers by Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, and Fleetwood Mac.

In June 1998, Branch self-produced ''Broken Bracelet'', a compilation of songs she wrote when she was 14 and 15; the album was later released on the independent record label Twin Dragon Records in June 2000. Its title was inspired from a bracelet made by pop singer Jewel, given to Branch by musician Steve Poltz at a Lisa Loeb concert she attended. Poltz told Branch that "when it breaks, you'll be famous." The ''Broken Bracelet'' recordings were destroyed in the Nashville floods in May 2010.

In December 1999, she posted two of her songs on the ''Rolling Stone'' website, which caught the attention of both pop rock band Hanson and former ''Rolling Stone'' writer and Los Angeles record producer Jeff Rabhan, eventually leading to two gigs opening for Hanson in 2000.

2001–04: ''The Spirit Room''

In 2001, Branch signed a recording deal with Maverick Records, where she began working with John Shanks to produce her first album and major-label debut. The album, ''The Spirit Room'', was released in August 2001, producing the hit single "Everywhere." The single was a commercial success, winning the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Viewer's Choice Award. "Everywhere" was later followed by singles "All You Wanted" and "Goodbye to You." In August 2001, she appeared on ''Total Request Live'' after "Everywhere" reached No. 4 on their charts. Due to the mainstream success of those released singles, ''The Spirit Room'' was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA for selling over two million copies in the US. Michelle also sang in Hanson's 2004 album, ''Underneath'' in the song, "Deeper."

Branch met Justincase before her debut on Maverick Records, becoming friends over the Internet before meeting in Las Vegas for a music convention in 2000. Justincase was signed to Maverick Records in late 2001 with the help of Branch. A self-titled debut album on October 29, 2002 which included several collaborations with Michelle Branch—including the lead single, "Don't Cry for Us"—who promoted the album on MTV's Total Request Live. In 2002, she teamed up with Santana to produce the song "The Game of Love," which went on to win a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. She also earned a Grammy nomination in 2003 for Best New Artist, but was edged out by Norah Jones.

2003–05: ''Hotel Paper''

Her second album ''Hotel Paper'' was released in 2003, and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts and matched the commercial success of her debut album earning a Platinum certification by the RIAA for selling over a million copies. However, the album was met with mixed reviews. The lead single "Are You Happy Now?" was a chart success, earning her a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, though she was ultimately edged out by Pink's "Trouble." The following singles, however, "Breathe" and "'Til I Get over You," did not match the first single's success. Branching out into television, she appeared in several shows, including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''American Dreams'', and ''Charmed''. In June 2004, she hosted MTV's "Faking the Video" alongside Nick Lachey and JC Chasez. She also appeared in the Rob Schneider film ''The Hot Chick''. Branch married her bass player Teddy Landau in Mexico on May 23, 2004, and gave birth to a baby girl named Owen Isabelle on August 3, 2005. Prior to meeting her husband she dated guitarist Sean Woolstenhulme of Lifehouse and The Calling.

2005–07: The Wreckers

In July 2005, Branch began collaborating with her backup singer and longtime friend Jessica Harp. They were initially known as "The Cass County Homewreckers" as a joke by Branch's husband, but they trimmed it down to The Wreckers. Their album attempted to combine their respective genres—pop rock and country. It was originally slated for release in June 2005 but was delayed because of reasons surrounding Branch's pregnancy. The duo's first single "Leave the Pieces" was released in February, 2006, while their album ''Stand Still, Look Pretty'' was released in May.

During this period, they contributed to Santana's album ''All That I Am'', with the song "I'm Feeling You," appearing on the American teen television drama ''One Tree Hill'', and joined country music stars Rascal Flatts on a U.S. tour. They initially toured with Gavin DeGraw, Tyler Hilton and Bethany Joy Galeotti which was also written into the show during the second season. The group was nominated for the 2006 CMA Awards Vocal Duo of the Year and for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Leave the Pieces" in December, 2006. ''Stand Still, Look Pretty'' was certified Gold by the RIAA with sales of 851,000 copies as of March 2009. The Wreckers split in 2007.

Branch sold her Calabasas home and moved to Nashville.

2008–10: ''Everything Comes and Goes''

Immediately thereafter, Branch wrote an unreleased song for Mandy Moore's 2007 album ''Wild Hope'', and also wrote "Together" for the soundtrack of ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2''; it was also featured as the final song ever played on the CBS TV soap opera, ''Guiding Light''. In October 2007, she announced that she was working on a new solo album and later reported the title would be ''Everything Comes and Goes''. In June 2008, she played several live shows in preparation for the album's release with her sister Nicole singing backing vocals.

In early 2009, she sang the song "I Lose My Heart" in a duet with Chris Isaak on his new album ''Mr. Lucky''. A video for the first single from the album "Sooner Or Later" was released on July 28, 2009. Also in 2009, she recorded "A Case of You" (originally by Joni Mitchell) for the compilation ''Covered, A Revolution in Sound'' which commemorated Warner Bros. Records 50th anniversary. A video was made for the song "This Way" and uploaded to Branch's official YouTube account in October 2009, but it was not released as a single and did not chart. (The video was included on a limited edition DVD entitled ''The Video Anthology'' available on michellebranch.com.) ''Everything Comes and Goes'' was finally released as a six-track extended play on July 16, 2010, via Michelle's website and would be available at all retailers one month later. In 2010, Branch and R&B;/hip-hop producer Timbaland collaborated on a pop/R&B; song entitled "Getaway" and released a video.

2011–present: ''West Coast Time''

In December 2010, Branch announced her return to her Pop/Rock roots for her new album. In January 2011, Branch confirmed in an interview with Katie Krause from Hollywire.com that the album would be released this year. In early 2011, Branch released three previously unreleased songs from ''Everything Comes and Goes'' including, "Texas In the Mirror", "Take a Chance on Me", and "Long Goodbye", the latter a duet with Dwight Yoakam. On March 22, 2011 in a video regarding updates on the third studio album uploaded via Branch's YouTube account, Branch confirmed that half the album is finished and added that "it's sounding really really good....it's all going well and it's all on time." On April 14, 2011 it was announced that Branch had finished recording the album, she also added that "only mixing/mastering left." On May 26, 2011, Branch hosted a live webchat with fans in which she previewed her new single "Loud Music", which was released to iTunes store on June 14, 2011, The song was co-written and produced by British writers Jim Irvin and Julian Emery who collaborated with Michelle on several songs on the album. In the webcast, Branch also mentioned songs on the album called "Mastermind" and "The Story Of Us" and also added that "Through The Radio" would be a hidden track on the CD. In a previous webcast, she premiered a song from the album called "Spark". During a live outdoor performance at the Warner Brothers building she performed another new song, dedicated to her husband Teddy Landau, "For Dear Life". On June 1, 2011 Michelle announced that the album is called ''West Coast Time'' and was originally slated for a September 2011 release date. No release date has yet been given.

In June 2011, she released the album's first single titled "Loud Music". On July 12, 2011, Branch performed "God Bless America" at the MLB All-Star Game, in Phoenix, Arizona. In September, a new song "Another Sun" was featured on Fox's TV series Terra Nova. On October 29, 2011, she gave a small concert to approximately 200 fans at the Egyptian Room in downtown Indianapolis, as part of the Gravedigger's Ball. On December 12, 2011, Branch released a song titled "If You Happen to Call" for free download on the official website. On April 3, 2012, Michelle Branch performed "Leave the Pieces" with Kelly Clarkson in LA as part of Clarkson's 'Stronger' tour.

Musical style and influence

She states that her music has been influenced by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Lisa Loeb, Joni Mitchell, Queen, Alanis Morissette, Jewel, Fleetwood Mac and Cat Stevens. classical music and older country music. Branch mainly uses a Gibson Hummingbird after retiring her blue Taylor 614ce.

Discography

''See also: ''The Wreckers Discography

Studio albums

''Broken Bracelet'' (2000)

''The Spirit Room'' (2001)

''Hotel Paper'' (2003)

EP's

''Everything Comes and Goes'' (2010)

Filmography

''American Dreams'' ''Charmed'' ''Hell's Kitchen (U.S.)

Year	! Film / Show	! Role	! Episode
2001	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)>Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
rowspan=2	2002	|	Lesley Gore	The End of the Innocence
	''The Hot Chick''	DJ
2003	|	Herself / Musical Guest	Centennial Charmed
2005	One Tree Hill (TV series)>One Tree Hill''
2010	Hell's Kitchen''||	Herself	16 Chefs Compete

Awards and nominateds

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Branch has won one award from four nominations. |- |rowspan="2"|2003 ||Michelle Branch |Best New Artist | |- |"The Game of Love" ||Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | |- ||2004 |"Are You Happy Now?" ||Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | |- ||2007 |"Leave the Pieces" ||Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal |

MTV Video Music Award

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Branch received three nominations. |- |rowspan="3"|2002 |rowspan="2"|"All You Wanted" |Best Female Video | |- |Best Pop Video | |- |"Everywhere" |Viewer's Choice |

Others Awards

!Year	!Organization	!Award	!Result
	valign="top"	Vocal Duo of the Year (as The Wreckers)
		Major Label Breakout Artist of the Year (as The Wreckers)
	Best New Performer (as The Wreckers)

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Name	Tempa T/Nicky Nyarko-Dei
date of birth: october 9th, 1984 background	solo_grime mc
alias	Tempa T, Tempz, Tempa, The King Of Hype| origin Forest Gate, East London England
alma mater	N/A
genre	Grime
occupation	Rapper
years active	2006–present
Associated acts	Slew Dem Crew, Newham Generals, Artem Pleshakov, Chronik, JME, Boy Better Know, Chase and Status, Jamie BC and Daniel AO | backgroundsolo_singer }}

Nicky Nyarko-Dei, known by his stage name Tempa T and also BBC, is an English Grime MC originating from East London and member of underground Grime Crew "Slew Dem Crew". Tempa T is particularly known for excitable nature, his angry lyrics, raw energy, muscles and the hype that he creates with his tracks. He has currently released one single, known as "Next Hype", and has featured on "Hypest Hype" by Chase & Status, He has made several well known tracks however his anthemic "Next Hype" is currently his only official solo release. He also has an appearance in the British film Shank, performing his song "Next Hype".

Early career

His first public performance was in 2006 with Mike Crosby from Greater Manchester, SlewDem at The Chantelle Fiddy club night at 333 in Shoreditch. In 2007 he made himself known and recognised as the ‘angry Grime MC’ and ‘The hype man’, with his high energy and infectious stage presence. Tempa T's musical career was documented by Neo-Publishing.Inc in 2010 in Tempa T: Reviewing the Hype so Far. Tempa T stated in an interview in September 2011 that he is working on an album with the likes of Chase & Status and with sick beats from Jamie B. Conroy and Daniel Ayo.

Discography

Singles

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"Next Hype"		—	—

As a featured performer

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scope="row">"Hypest Hype" (with Chase & Status)		70	—

EPs

''Next Hype Remixes'' (2009)

Bootlegs

''The Best of Tempa T'' (2008)

''Would You Like Chips'' (N/A)

''Ram of Brookwood'' (N/A)

References

External links

A short Tempa T interview and documentary

Category:Living people Category:Grime artists Category:1984 births