Counterfeit of a Man With a Wine Glass by Amedeo Modigliani

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Promotion photo from You're My Everything featuring Anne Baxter with a fake fur coat

Look up fake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Fake is a term used to describe or imply that something is not real or that it is false.

Examples and applications include:

• An insult used to describe a person who lies, pretends to be something they are not (e.g., a poseur), does not have an opinion of their own or pretends to like things he or she does not.

• Deception
  • A charlatan (a Sales person who sells something of no value based on false claims.)
  • A counterfeit (of an object)
  • A cover story (active cover-up), untrue explanation for a situation or untrue reason for an action, to hide what is really going on or is the real motive. It may involve real actions and objects related to the story to make it plausible.
  • A decoy (e.g., a cannon-shaped object made of wood which is designed to fool the enemy)
  • A forgery (a false document or picture)
  • A ploy (a plan, strategy, or tactics which use some deception in order to gain an advantage; E.g. A deceptive play in football such as the draw play.)
  • When a singer lip synchs to a recording during a purportedly live concert

• Dramatic portrayals
  • A film or play may show fictional events, actors typically show fake emotions, and fake objects (e.g., props) and fake houses (movie sets) are used

• Fake, was a 2010 film directed and written by Gregory W. Friedle that starred Gabriel Mann, Robert Loggia, Fisher Stevens, and Blanche Baker.

• Fiction
  • Fictional examples used as case studies in law, medicine, etc.
  • Novels create made-up characters and settings to catch a reader's attention.

• The same purpose (partly or fully) as the real thing
  • A prop or stand in, such as a Dummy
  • Artificial leather
  • Fake fur
  • Fake guns used in a bank robbery; for this reason realistic-looking fake guns are often prohibited
  • Meat analogue (e.g., tofu hot dogs)

Reasons for using a fake object instead of the real thing include:

• The real thing does not exist, including:
  • A fantasy object (e.g., a "laser blaster" held by an actor in a sci-fi film)
  • A reconstruction of a historical object made based on historical accounts or speculation

• A fake version of an object may:
  • be at less of a risk of damage or theft (e.g., when a replica of an Egyptian tomb treasure is displayed in a museum)
  • be legal while the real thing is illegal (e.g., a replica of an AK-47 designed for the US civilian market which can only fire in semi-automatic mode)
  • be less dangerous (e.g. a toy weapon, or a weapon prop)
  • be less expensive (e.g., a glass rhinestone in costume jewellery, vinyl imitation leather, etc.)
  • be less heavy (e.g., an imitation oak beam which is hollow, but covered with a thin layer of veneer)
  • be more easily available (e.g., artificial vanilla flavour does not require vanilla beans)
  • not require a license (e.g., a replica of a flintlock musket which cannot chamber or fire ammunition)
  • not require an animal to be killed (meat analogue, imitation fur, imitation ivory piano keys)
  • Replaceable or reusable while the real thing is not (Such as the case of Dummy Round when training in the Military

• Decoys used as military targets or to deceive the enemy (e.g., dummy tanks made of wood) are much less expensive and lighter than the real thing.

Fake may also refer to:

In music:

• Fake (Swedish band), a Swedish synthpop band active in the 1980s
• Fake?, a Japanese rock band
• Fake (Ai song), 2010 song by Ai featuring Namie Amuro
• Fake (Alexander O'Neal song), 1987 single by Alexander O'Neal
• Fake (Simply Red song)", 2003 single released by Simply Red
• "Fake", a song by Alexander O'Neal
• "Fake", a song by Korn from their 1994 album Korn
• "Fake", a song by the hard rock band, Mötley Crüe
• "Fake", a Brand New Heavies song on the album Brother Sister
• Fake book, a collection of musical lead sheets

In human names:

• Caterina Fake (surname)
• Chen Fake (given name)

Other uses:

• Fake (manga), a BL manga
• Fake (film), a Thai movie
• Fake (F# Make), a variant of the make program coded in the F# programming language

See also[link]

Look up fake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Fiction
• Hoax
• Replica

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Seongha Jeong (정성하) (colloquially: Sungha Jung) (born 2 September 1996) is a South Korean professional acoustic finger-style guitarist who has risen to fame on YouTube and other sites. As of 2012, his channel had over 17 million views, with his videos getting a total of over 454 million views, and also over 726,000 subscribers.^[1]

Seongha typically takes three days to learn and practice a new piece, and video-record it for upload onto YouTube.^[2] His genre selection is rather broad, as he learns and plays many pieces that are playable on guitar, therefore consequently spread across numerous genres.

Seongha has won 13 awards on YouTube, including 6 "#1" awards. Also on YouTube, Seongha has 523 videos with over one million views. Seongha's video with the most views is the one which shows him playing the theme from "Pirates Of The Caribbean".

In 2010, he was featured on Narsha's solo album "Narsha" for the song "I'm in Love" Seongha has composed 18 pieces as of February 2011, two of which are featured in his debut album, "Perfect Blue". He released his second album, "Irony", on 21 September 2011.

In 2011, he performed in the US with Trace Bundy, as well as touring in Scandinavia and Japan.^[1]

See also[link]

• Yuto Miyazawa, Seongha's Japanese electric guitar-playing counterpart
• Trace Bundy, Fellow acoustic guitarist with whom Seongha collaborates
• Ulli Bögershausen, Fellow acoustic guitarist who helped him get his sponsorship with Lakewood Guitars

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Gretchen Wilson
Wilson in April 2010
Background information
Birth name	Gretchen Frances Wilson
Born	(1973-06-26) June 26, 1973 (age 39)[1] Pocahontas, Illinois[1]
Genres	Country, Country-rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals Acoustic guitar
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Epic Nashville Columbia Nashville Redneck Records
Associated acts	MuzikMafia Big & Rich, Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock
Website	GretchenWilson.com

Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973) is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party. Wilson followed this album one year later with All Jacked Up, the title track of which became the highest-debuting single for a female country artist upon its 2005 release. A third album, One of the Boys, was released in 2007.

Overall, Wilson has charted 13 singles on the Billboard country charts, of which five have reached Top Ten: the Number One "Redneck Woman", as well as "Here for the Party" (#3, 2004), "When I Think About Cheatin'" (#4, 2004), "Homewrecker" (#2, 2005), and "All Jacked Up" (#8, 2005). The album Here for the Party was certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for sales of five million copies, while All Jacked Up was certified platinum. She has sold over 6 million records worldwide.

Early life[link]

Gretchen Wilson was born in Pocahontas, Illinois, to a sixteen-year-old mother. Her father left before she was two years old, and she and her mother lived in trailer parks and relative poverty. Wilson's mother worked as a waitress, and Wilson herself, dropped out of the 9th grade at age fifteen to work as a cook and bartender in rural Illinois.

Wilson began singing in small bars around the St. Louis, Missouri area at age fifteen. In 1991, Susie Osburn, a bar manager from Springfield, Missouri, went to St. Louis to find a new house band for her bar, the Townhouse. She found eighteen-year-old Wilson singing Patsy Cline covers so well that Osburn initially thought the singing was coming from a jukebox. Recognizing Wilson's talent, Osburn immediately convinced her and her band, Sam-A-Lama, to move to Springfield and play at the Townhouse. In her biography, Wilson says it was the offer of a lifetime. After playing the Townhouse for two years at six nights a week, Wilson moved back home to Pocahontas before continuing on to Nashville.

Country music career[link]

[edit] Here for the Party

Wilson signed with Epic Records in 2003 and recorded Here for the Party within the year. Her first single, "Redneck Woman", was released in early 2004 and reached the top of the Hot Country Songs charts and #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. This song was also the first Number One country hit by a female in two years.^[1] The success of "Redneck Woman" prompted an earlier-than-planned release for Here for the Party, and it debuted at #1 on the Billboard country chart. It also reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Internet album sales charts. She performed as a support artist for Brooks & Dunn and Montgomery Gentry.

She released the title track to her debut album as the second single. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard country chart. Two other songs were released as singles, and both reached the top 10. Released in markets outside the U.S., the album hit #2 on the Australian country charts (behind Kasey Chambers) and the top 50 of the Australian charts. Here for the Party was certified 5× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

[edit] All Jacked Up

On September 27, 2005, Gretchen released her second album, All Jacked Up,^[1] which peaked at #1 on both the Top 200 and Country album charts and sold 1 million copies. The title track debuted at #21 on the Hot Country Songs charts, setting a record for the highest debut ever made by a female artist. This record was broken in late 2007 by Carrie Underwood's "So Small". Despite its high debut, however, "All Jacked Up" peaked at #8 on Hot Country Songs after only eight chart weeks. It was also used, at one time, by ESPN as the opening theme for its baseball coverage. Three more singles were released from All Jacked Up: "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today", "Politically Uncorrect" (a duet with Merle Haggard) and "California Girls", none of which reached Top 20 on the country charts. These latter two singles were issued on Columbia Records, due to the closure of Epic Records's Nashville division.

Wilson's "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and Best Country Song. In 2006, Wilson contributed a well-received cover of Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Coming Down" on the tribute CD The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson.

[edit] One of the Boys

On May 15, 2007, Wilson released her third album, One of the Boys. The album debuted at #5 on the Top 200 and at #1 on the Country album chart. After 10 weeks, it exited the Billboard Top 200, having sold 178,220 copies at that point. "Come to Bed" (a duet with John Rich) and the title track, the first two singles released, both peaked in the thirties on the country charts, while the third and final single ("You Don't Have to Go Home") failed to reach the Top 40

[edit] I Got Your Country Right Here

On July 14, 2008, Wilson released a new single, "Don't Do Me No Good". This song was intended to be the lead-off single to a fourth studio album, but it failed to reach the Top 40 and the album was delayed. It was followed in 2009 by two more singles, "The Earrings Song" and "If I Could Do It All Again," neither of which entered the charts. Wilson then issued a press release on July 28, 2009, stating that she would be parting with Sony Music Nashville.^[2] Wilson then launched Redneck Records, her own record label. "Work Hard, Play Harder" was released to radio on October 26, 2009 as the first single from the label and her fourth studio album, I Got Your Country Right Here, was finally released on March 30, 2010. Her former label, Columbia Nashville, released her first Greatest Hits album on January 19, 2010, to finish off her recording contract.

Other ventures[link]

Rock Music[link]

While a country singer first and foremost, Gretchen Wilson has also attracted favorable attention^[3] for her rendition of classic rock songs by Heart - a group which she sees as "one of the biggest influences on my musical career.".^[4] She has appeared several times on the same stage as lead singer Ann Wilson and guitarist Nancy Wilson, once describing the experience as "beyond a dream come true".^[5] She has sung "Straight On",^[4] "Crazy on You",^[6] and - most notably - "Barracuda",^[7] which she performed with Alice in Chains and Nancy Wilson on guitar at the 2007 VH1 Rock Honors.^[8]

Personal life[link]

After a failed marriage to former Baywolfe bandmate Larry Rolens, she moved to Nashville and began dating Mike Penner. They have a daughter, Grace Frances Penner, who was born on November 9, 2000. Grace is Wilson's only child. Wilson and Penner are no longer together.

A lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals, Wilson sang the national anthem in Game 4 of the 2004 World Series at Busch Stadium.^[9] She even did a reworked version of her biggest hit, Redneck Woman, entitled, Redbird Fever, in honor of the Cardinals.

In 2007, Wilson completed the GED program and received her high school diploma, a source of great pride to her. She actively promotes adult education.

As of 2011 she lives in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Lawsuit[link]

On July 31, 2008, The Black Crowes filed a lawsuit against Wilson for copyright violation, alleging that her song "Work Hard, Play Harder" copied the Crowes song "Jealous Again". Also included in the suit were her label Sony BMG, her publishing company, and the cable network TNT, which has been using the song in commercials.^[10] There is no resolution at present; however, Crowes manager Pete Angelus has stated that he expects a quick resolution without litigation.^[11]

Activism[link]

Politics[link]

Gretchen Wilson sang the National Anthem (blended with a voice-over of the Pledge of Allegiance) to a national audience at the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008, later describing this as a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience at an "historic moment".^[12] Wilson and her band also performed during a rally for Republican presidential candidate John McCain and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 22, 2008 to an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 12,000 supporters. Palin started the rally by exclaiming that she couldn't wait to get Wilson's autograph. Wilson played a version of the Heart song "Barracuda" for Palin.^[13]

Charities and Public Service[link]

Gretchen Wilson has been active in support for children's charities, adult education, and the fight against obesity. Initiatives to date include: (1) Raising over $1.5 million through benefit performances for children’s charities,^[14] such as St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (2) Serving as national spokesperson for Country Bands Together, a national obesity education and counseling/support campaign sponsored by Allergan. (3) Advocacy for adult education, including testimony before Congress on the value and importance of support for adult learners.^[15][16][17]

Sports[link]

In April 2010, Wilson released a customized version of "Work Hard, Play Harder" in honor of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators, with reworked lyrics mentioning the team and its fans.^[18] She also sponsors a women's softball team in Pierron, Illinois.

Awards[link]

• 2005 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year
• 2004 ACM Top Female Vocalist
• 2004 ACM Top New Artist
• 2004 CMA Horizon Award
• 2004 Grammy Award Best Female Country Vocal Performance^[19]

Grammy Award history[link]

Discography[link]

• Here for the Party (2004)
• All Jacked Up (2005)
• One of the Boys (2007)
• I Got Your Country Right Here (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

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