God's Gift is a direct-to-video American drama film directed by Master P produced and distributed by Guttar Music Entertainment. It was released on October 26, 2010. The movie only opened in cinemas in the USA and could only be viewed if you bought the album from his Myspace page. It was written by Britt O. Wynn. The movie starred Romeo, his father Master P and Romeo's co-star from Romeo!, Zachary Isaiah Williams. The movie also had an appearance by Romeo's younger brother, Young V, his uncle Silkk the Shocker, and Lincoln Heights star Erica Hubbard.

Synopsis[link]

Its based on boxing and Romeo's (Romeo Miller) struggle with God and School. It also shows his struggle with his father's (Master P) drinking addiction.

Cast[link]

• Romeo Miller - Romeo
• Zachary Isaiah Williams - Kid Romeo
• Master P - Romeo's father
• Erica Hubbard - Romeo's girlfriend

See also[link]

• God's Gift Soundtrack

References[link]

• http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Gift-DVD-CD-Romeo/dp/B000H7J9GM

Kate Miller-Heidke
At the set of her film clip for "The Last Day on Earth"
Background information
Born	(1981-11-16) 16 November 1981 (age 30)
Origin	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Adult contemporary, pop, rock, alternative
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Singing, keyboards, acoustic guitar
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Waterbear Records/Sony BMG, Epic US, RCA UK
Associated acts	Transport
Website	katemh.com

Kate Miller-Heidke  /ˈhaɪdkiː/^[1] (born 16 November 1981) is a singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Australia. Although classically trained, she has followed a career in alternative pop music. She is signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK.

Early Life[link]

Miller-Heidke graduated from St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School in 1998. She then went on to university, completing degrees in music from Queensland Conservatorium of Music and Queensland University of Technology. As a classical singer, she has won many awards including the Elizabeth Muir Prize (2000), the Donald Penman Prize (2001), the Linda Edith Allen Memorial Prize (2002) and the Horace Keats Prize (2002). Her conservatorium performances include Orpheus in the Underworld (2000), Venus and Adonis (2002) and The Pilgrim's Progress (2002).^[2][3] As an Opera Queensland Developing Artist, Miller-Heidke has performed as an understudy in many productions including Sweeney Todd, Don Pasquale and Un ballo in maschera. In July 2005 she made her solo professional operatic debut with Opera Queensland in the role of Flora in Britten's The Turn of the Screw.

2000–2005: Career Beginnings, Elsewhere, and solo EPs[link]

Miller-Heidke played in several Brisbane bands before going solo in 2002.^[4] Miller-Heidke was lead singer and songwriter with Brisbane band Elsewhere, formed in 2000, which released a self-titled EP of original songs before breaking up in 2003.

Miller-Heidke performed at the annual cult event Women In Voice in 2002, 2004 and 2005, when she shared the stage with such performers as Pearly Black, Margret RoadKnight, Jenny Morris and Divinyls lead singer Chrissy Amphlett. Miller-Heidke became well known in Brisbane through these performances, and her 2005 appearance in Women in Voice 14 won her the Helpmann Award for Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert.^[5]

In June 2004, Miller-Heidke independently recorded and distributed her first EP, Telegram, a collection of songs, all written by Miller-Heidke herself (except for two songs written by her creative collaborator and now-husband, Keir Nuttall). In 2005, she released a second EP Comikaze, however only 500 copies were ever made. According to an interview in 2007, Miller-Heidke believed the EP's comedic material to have been a mistake and stopped pressing copies.^[6]

In 2006, Miller-Heidke was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, they performed their own and each other's songs.^[7] With Miller-Heidke and Conway were Melinda Schneider, Mia Dyson and Ella Hooper.^[8]

Miller-Heidke was to have moved on to singing Gilbert and Sullivan tunes with Opera Australia; instead, she turned her back on classical singing to concentrate on popular music and songwriting when "Space They Cannot Touch", a song from Telegram, became a hit on Australia's national youth radio network, Triple J and was named Richard Kingsmill's "pick of the week" in September 2005.^[9] This radio support led to increased national attention for Miller-Heidke's music: not only did she gain thousands of fans, she also went on to sign a record deal, get her first manager, Leanne de Souza, and her first agent,Dorry Kartabani at the Harbour Agency. Miller-Heidke then began touring the country with her band.

As well as touring throughout Australia and appearing regularly at festivals in Woodford – where she was named Queen of the Woodford Folk Festival in 2002/2003,^[2] Port Fairy and in the Blue Mountains, Miller-Heidke appeared on Australian national television as a guest panelist on RocKwiz, Spicks and Specks and Q&A. She has performed on ABC TV's The Sideshow and Q&A, on Network Ten's Rove, Sunrise, The Morning Show and Good News Week, and twice on the live broadcast of the ARIA Music Awards.

[edit] 2006–2007: Circular Breathing and Little Eve

Signed to Sony Australia, Miller-Heidke released her third EP Circular Breathing in 2006, followed by her debut album Little Eve on 15 June 2007. The album was certified gold in Australia.^[10]

At the Byron Bay Bluesfest, April 2011

[edit] 2008–2010: Curiouser and mainstream success

Miller-Heidke's second album, Curiouser, was released in Australia on 18 October 2008. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, with Miller-Heidke working with co-producers Nuttall and Mickey Petralia, who has produced albums for Beck and Flight of the Conchords. The songs on the album were mostly written over a two-month period with creative collaborator and partner Nuttall.^[11] The album's first single, "Can't Shake It" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 38 in October 2008, making it Miller-Heidke's first top 40 song.^[12] Curiouser was her first top 10 album, debuting at number 8 and peaking at number 2 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums chart. ^[13]

In April 2009, Miller-Heidke won critical acclaim for her performance as Baby Jane in Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Sydney Opera House.^[14] When Tom Morris saw her in that role, he asked her to audition for his production of John Adams' opera The Death of Klinghoffer for the English National Opera at the London Coliseum; following two months' rehearsals, Miller-Heidke then sang the role of British dancing girl for a two-week run in early 2012.^[15]

Miller-Heidke and Nuttall were awarded the $US25,000 grand prize in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition for their composition "Caught in the Crowd". They were the first Australians ever to win the grand prize. The second Australian single from Curiouser which had peaked at number 33 on the ARIA singles charts in June 2009.^[16] "Caught in the Crowd" was re-released in November 2009 and has since been accredited as a Gold single.^[17]

Her following single, "The Last Day on Earth" reached #3 in Australia, her first top 10 hit. Due to the single's success, Curiouser re-entered the top 50 and reached #1 on iTunes for three weeks. The song became her first song to reach #1 in any chart later peaking on the ARIA Australian Artist Singles Chart at #1. On 19 September 2009, the single "The Last Day On Earth" and the album Curiouser both went platinum.^[18]

Curiouser has enjoyed critical success in the US. Sasha Frere-Jones, the music critic from The New Yorker, wrote "I got lucky last week and found a gem in the pile; Curiouser. If your favourite American pop star is coming across slightly washed out, you will want to hear Miller-Heidke. Curiouser is a big clutch of pantone swatches."^[19]

Miller-Heidke has toured extensively throughout the US, UK and Europe as the special guest of Ben Folds. Ben Folds is a fan of her, stating "she's one of those people that actually does^sic deserve to be called a unique talent." She released her first music DVD, Live in San Francisco.

Throughout 2010/2011, Miller-Heidke played at many festivals around the world including Coachella, Lilith Fair, Rifflandia, Byron Bay Bluesfest, Southbound and Peats Ridge Festival.

[edit] 2011–present: Fatty Gets a Stylist and Nightflight

In June 2011, Miller-Heidke released an album by her side project band Fatty Gets a Stylist, another collaboration with Keir Nuttall.^[20][21] Their first single, "Are You Ready?", has been used in a New York Lottery advertisement on US television^[22] and for advertising the Seven Network, in which actors from various shows mime to the words while walking, ending with Alf Stewart from Home and Away yelling the end line "Let's go!".

The album Fatty Gets a Stylist (released as Liberty Bell outside Australia) was written and recorded on a lap top over several months in different locations in between Australia, South East Asia and West London. The album was released on 24 June 2011 and reached #90 on the official Australian ARIA albums charts.

On 13 April 2012 Miller-Heidke's third studio album, Nightflight, was released. No official single was announced, but Miller-Heidke has confirmed on her official Facebook page that two music videos were being filmed: "Ride This Feeling", and "I'll Change Your Mind". Upon release in Australia, the album reached #1 on the iTunes albums chart and #2 on the ARIA album chart.^[23]

Band[link]

On stage and in the studio Miller-Heidke has usually been backed by Brisbane band Transport, consisting of her husband^[24] Keir Nuttall (guitar, backing vocals), Scott Saunders (bass) and Steve Pope (drums).

Until recently the band has included a violinist-vocalist, originally Emma Dean who left the band in 2006 to pursue a solo career. Emma was replaced by Sallie Campbell, who also played keyboards. Early in 2008, Sallie Campbell left to focus on her own band Speed of Purple, and Nicole Brophy joined on guitar and vocals.

From April to June 2007, with Transport working in the US and UK, Miller-Heidke's touring band was Mark Angel (guitar), Ben McCarthy (bass, backing vocals) and Joachim Alfheim (drums), along with regular vocalist-violinist Sallie Campbell. Both Angel and Alfheim went on to play for Kristy London & The Other Halves. Ben McCarthy stayed on with Miller-Heidke and appears to have become a permanent member of the band into 2008.

The current^[when?] line-up is: Kate Miller-Heidke (piano, vocals), Keir Nuttall (guitar), Nicole Brophy (acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Nathan Moore (bass, backing vocals) and Steve Pope (drums).

Her 2010 tour of the United States of America features only Miller-Heidke and Nuttall.

Awards and nominations[link]

Discography[link]

• Little Eve (2007)
• Curiouser (2008)
• Fatty Gets a Stylist (Liberty Bell outside Australia) (2011)
• Nightflight (2012)

References[link]

Notes

External links[link]

Media related to Kate Miller-Heidke at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

Kate Hall is an American television soap opera writer. She started working in 2007. She is the daughter of veteran soap opera writer Courtney Simon.

Positions held[link]

All My Children

• Script Writer: August 16, 2007–September 23, 2011

General Hospital

• Script Writer: August 25, 2011-present

General Hospital: Night Shift

• Writer: Love's Labors

External links[link]

• Kate Hall on TV.com

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Kelly Price (born April 3, 1973) is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.

Life and music career[link]

Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She began singing in church as a toddler. Her first professional engagement was with George Michael at Madison Square Garden in January 1992. As destiny would have it Price was over heard singing by Mariah Carey who after arriving to her own rehearsal late for the Grammys walked into a room where Price was singing in the rehearsal hall while everyone else was on a meal break. Carey subsequently introduced Price to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola.^[1] She made a name for herself as a backing and guest vocalist, appearing on a number of hit singles such as Mariah Carey's "Fantasy", The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems", and Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel". She has also sung background vocals for Faith Evans, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, SWV and R. Kelly.

Prior to becoming a recording artist Price's career as a writer flourished. She collaborated and performed with and for well-known artists such as Brian McKnight, Faith Evans, The Notorious BIG, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Mase, Faith Evans, Mic Geronimo, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupree, SWV, Aretha Franklin, LL Cool J, Wynona Judd, Mariah Carey, Ronald Isley, The Isley Brothers, Angela Winbush, Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Whitney Houston, Dallas Austin, MC Lyte, The Lox, ScarFace, Will Downing, Mary J. Blige, Gerald Levert, JOE, Angelique Kidjo, Coco Lee, KeKe Wyatt, Tamia, R. Kelly and Elton John.

Price issued her debut album, Soul of a Woman, in 1998 on Island Records, which contained the hit single "Friend of Mine". A remix of the song, also included on the album, features R. Kelly and Ronald Isley. In the remix, Isley takes on the fictional role of the singer-protagonist's Godfather ("Mr. Biggs"), taking her husband (R. Kelly) to task for cheating on her with her best friend. The "Friend of Mine" LP version and the remix both charted as #1 hits on the U.S. R&B chart and made history by doing so with no music video to support the song.

She issued her second album, Mirror Mirror, in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of Def Jam Records; Island and Def Jam had merged in 1999, with Price and labelmates Dru Hill being reassigned to Def Soul. Mirror Mirror featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the Grammy Award nominated^[2] "As We Lay", a cover of Shirley Murdock's 1986 hit. A remix of "Love Sets You Free" was issued a single in 2000, produced by Teddy Riley and starring a number of fellow R&B performers, including Babyface, Tamar Braxton, Aaron Hall, Blackstreet, and Def Soul labelmates Dru Hill, Case, Montell Jordan, LovHer and Kandice Love.

Price was featured in the 2003 film, Bringing Down the House, performing a cover of the 1983 Rufus & Chaka Khan hit "Ain't Nobody."

A Christmas album, One Family, was issued in 2001 which had a piano appearance from GospelJazz pioneer, Ben Tankard. Two years later, Price returned with her third regular studio album, Priceless. In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The This Is Who I Am album has been released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at #9 on the R&B album chart.

Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July 2006.

In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.^[3]

In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, the film version of the stage play of the same name where Price birthed the role of Sheila along side Hollywood mogul Tyler Perry who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story.

In early 2009, Price was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner In Me on the track "Oh Mary".

In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."^[4] The song was also featured in Tyler Perrys 2011 film Madea's Big Happy Family

On February 9, 2012, in a pre-Grammy party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "Jesus Loves Me" with Whitney Houston in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days prior to her untimely death.

The Queen Project[link]

In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects.^[5]

Legal issues[link]

On July 16, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court by Kelly Price against a nationally known prosperity ministry, New Light Church of Houston, Texas, et al. Other defendants in the case include New Light's pastor, I. V. Hilliard, wife, Bridget Hilliard and daughter, Preshea Hilliard. Price claims she wrote and copyrighted the tune, "Women Who Win," which New Light Church and three members of the Hilliard family used without permission in a church show, on DVDs, on a website and at a "Women Who Win" conference in Houston. The original court docket indicates that the involved parties continued to use the work in a variety of ways despite being refused license to use.

Family[link]

Price grew up in a second apartment in the Edgemere Projects in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. Her father died when she was nine years old. Residing outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Price lives with her husband/manager, Jeffrey Rolle, and their children, Jeffrey Jr. and Jonia.^[6]

Price's grandfather is the Bishop Jerome Norman, the pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Barbados since 1990 by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia Price, is the former musical director of the church. Price began singing in the church at the age of six; with her voice, she gained the nickname 'Little Mahalia Jackson'.^[7]

Breast cancer activist[link]

In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.^[8]

In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.^[9] The previous year, Price learned that her mother-in-law had breast cancer. Later in 1998, Price's own mother also was diagnosed with the disease. Her mother-in-law died from the disease.^[10]

Claudia Price, the mother of Kelly, is a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer which is the deadliest and most deceptive type of breast cancer.^[11] Claudia, who is a New York City resident, has become a breast cancer activist to educate the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in Dallas, Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation.

Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease is in remission as of October 2006.^[12]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• American Music Awards
  • 2001, Favorite R&B Female Artist (Nominated)

• Grammy Awards
  • 2012, Best R&B Song: "Not My Daddy" (Nominated)
  • 2012, Best R&B Vocal Performance: "Not My Daddy" (Nominated)
  • 2012, Best R&B Album: Kelly (Nominated)
  • 2011, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Tired" (Nominated)
  • 2004, Best Traditional R&B Performance: "He Proposed" (Nominated)
  • 2001, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "As We Lay" (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best R&B Performance by a duo or Group: "Heartbreak Hotel" (Nominated)

• MTV Video Music Award
  • 1999, Best R&B Video: "Heartbreak Hotel" (Nominated)

• Soul Train Awards
  • 2001, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Mirror, Mirror (Nominated)
  • 1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Single: "Friend of Mine" (Nominated)
  • 1999, Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist (WON)
  • 1999, Favorite Female R&B/Soul Album: Soul of a Woman (Nominated)

• SoulTracks Readers' Choice Awards
  • 2011, Favorite Female Vocalist of The Year (Winner)
  • 2011, Indie Album of The Year KELLY (Winner)

See also[link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• VIBE Profile