Look up est, Est, EST, or -est in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

EST or Est or est may stand for:

Places[link]

• Est (Netherlands), a town in Gelderland
• Estonia, a nation in northern Europe
  • Estonian language, the Estonian language in ISO 639.2 or ISO 639–3 language codes
• Est Region (Burkina Faso), one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions
• Est Region (Cameroon), a region in the southeast of the Republic of Cameroon
• Ed Sullivan Theater, a building in New York housing radio and television studios
• Empire State Building, a skyscraper in New York
• Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, Italian wine region
• European Society for Translation Studies, an organization that promotes research on translation, interpreting, and localization
• est is the French word for East

Film, TV and music[link]

• Est (TV series), a TV reality game show in which contestants are locked in a room and psychoanalyzed
• E.S.T. (band), a Russian heavy metal music band
• Esbjörn Svensson Trio, a Swedish jazz trio that issued recordings under the acronym "E.S.T."
• "E.S.T.", a song by British band White Lies from their debut album To Lose My Life...

Organizations[link]

• Energy Saving Trust, a United Kingdom organization for fighting climate change
• Edwards Systems Technology, a fire and life safety systems company that became part of UTC Fire & Security in 2010 when UTC purchased GE Security.
• Erhard Seminars Training, usually est in lower case, a New Age Large Group Awareness Training seminar program
• European Society for Translation Studies

Time[link]

• European Summer Time
• Eastern Standard Time (North America)
• Australian Eastern Standard Time (see Time in Australia)

Science and medicine[link]

• Expressed sequence tag, the (usually partial) sequence of a gene transcript in biology
• Endodermal sinus tumor, a cancer of the germ cell tumor group
• Ecological Systems Theory, a theory in developmental psychology
• Electroconvulsive therapy or electroshock therapy, a psychiatric treatment that electrically induces seizures
• Evidence-based practice or empirically-supported treatments, an approach to mental and behavioral health treatment

Other uses[link]

• Est (Fire Emblem archetype), opposite of the Jeigan archetype in the Nintendo video game series
• Estimation, an approximately calculated result with uncertain input
• Electron spiral toroid, a technology for maintaining small stable plasma toroids
• Electronic Sell-Through, a system of selling video over the internet
• European Seniors Tour, a professional golf tour for men aged 50 and over
• Extended standard theory, an early theory of generative grammar

See also[link]

• Establishment (disambiguation)

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Amel Bent Bachir
Background information
Born	(1985-06-21) June 21, 1985 (age 27)
Origin	Joué-lès-Tours, France
Genres	Pop, R&B, Adult contemporary
Occupations	Vocalist,
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Sony BMG

Amel Bent (born Amel Bent Bachir Arabic:أمل بنت بشير, on June 21, 1985 in Paris) is a French singer.

Biography[link]

Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of La Courneuve^[1] with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister.^[1][2] Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality TV show Nouvelle Star 2, France's version of Pop Idol. Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show's producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: Un Jour d'été, released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone,^[3] but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single, "Ma Philosophie", which would sell at more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No.1 slot, in France, for more than 6 weeks during and after sales.

Amel Bent at the TF1 concert for Tolerance in Yasmine Hammamet in Tunisia.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

¹ French Digital Charts
² Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart

Singles[link]

¹ French Digital Charts
² Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart

Notes[link]

Sources[link]

• http://www.last.fm/music/Amel+Bent
• http://influence.over-blog.com/article-10167534.html

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amel Bent

• (French) Official website
• Amel Bent Ma Philosophie + Lyrics
• Official MySpace
• (French) Interview with Amel Bent on SoulRnB.com (13/12/10)

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Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh, 2007
Born	(1971-04-19) April 19, 1971 (age 41) Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation	Actor, comedian

Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971) is a French-Moroccan stand-up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut (Dad is upstairs). He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, La Doublure and Midnight in Paris.

Early years[link]

Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He is Jewish and was brought up in a mixed cultural background, speaking Moroccan Arabic and French. He earned his Baccalaureate in Morocco at Lycee Lyautey in Casablanca^[1] before he studied political science in Montreal for four years, then moved to Paris to study drama.

His first one-man show Décalages, performed at the "Palais des glaces" in 1997, was autobiographical.^{[citation needed]}

At the Olympia

Career[link]

Elmaleh's first contact with cinema was the full-length film, Salut cousin ! by Merzak Allouache. He later appeared in L'homme est une femme comme les autres and Train de Vie.

His fame further increased with the success of his second one-man show, La Vie Normale, and the film La Vérité si je mens ! 2 (2000) in which he played the role of "Dov", the seducer. The character of "Chouchou" in La Vie Normale was reproduced in the comedy Chouchou (2002), directed by Merzak Allouache and also starring Alain Chabat; the film drew large audiences.^{[citation needed]}. He then did his debut as a singer in "it's kiz my life", a popular song in a non-existing language. The music video was directed by J.G Biggs and shot in the famous Parisian Hôtel Costes.

In contrast to his first two one-man shows, his L’autre c’est moi (2005) contains more improvisation and interaction with the public. In an interview, Gad Elmaleh said that this one-man show is more in the tradition of stand up.^{[citation needed]}

He returned to film in 2004 when he starred in the 2004 film Olé! with Gérard Depardieu. In 2005, he starred as François Pignon in La Doublure (English title "The Valet"), by Francis Veber. In 2006, he appeared opposite Audrey Tautou in Hors de prix (English title "Priceless"), by Pierre Salvadori.

He came back to the stage with L'autre, c'est moi in September 2006 in Canada (Montreal) and in the U.S. (in Broadway, at the Beacon Theater in front of 3000 spectators); it was performed also in Casablanca, Morocco. Between April and August 2007 he played his successful show in France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

On July 15, 2007, Elmaleh premiered his latest show, Papa est en haut, in Montreal as part of the Just for Laughs festival.

He also played the voice of Barry B. Benson in the French version of the 2007 film Bee Movie, Drôle d’Abeille.^[2]

In 2009, he released the film, Coco, which he directed, wrote and starred in. In 2010 he appeared in a dramatic role in Roselyne Bosch's The Round Up, which is based on the events surrounding the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup.^[2]

Elmaleh was scheduled to perform in the 2009 Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon on July 13–15.^[3]

In 2011, he had a small role in Woody Allen's Paris-set feature, Midnight in Paris.^[4] He also appeared in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside Jamie Bell. The film, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, was released on October 26, 2011 in Belgium and on December 23, 2011 in the United States. The same year, he also starred in Jack & Jill as Al Pacino's French cook.

Personal[link]

He lived with French actress Anne Brochet from 1998 to 2002. They have one son, Noé.^[5] The story of their relationship and breakup can be found in Brochet's book Trajet d'une amoureuse éconduite.

Filmography[link]

• Man Is a Woman (1998) with Antoine de Caunes, Elsa Zylberstein
• Deuxième vie (2000)
• La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001) with Richard Anconina, José Garcia, Bruno Solo, Gilbert Melki
• A+ Pollux (2002) with Cécile De France
• Chouchou (2003) with Alain Chabat
• Ole! with Gérard Depardieu (2005)
• The Valet with Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Virginie Ledoyen, Kristin Scott Thomas (2005)
• Priceless (2005) with Audrey Tautou
• Comme ton père (2007) with Richard Berry
• Coco (2009)
• The Round Up (2009)
• Midnight in Paris (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)^[6]
• Jack & Jill (2011)
• Mood Indigo (2013)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gad Elmaleh

• Gad Elmaleh at the Internet Movie Database

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Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1941-01-16) 16 January 1941 (age 71) Moulins, France
Occupation	Actor, Singer, Author
Awards	Best Supporting Actor 1984 L'Addition
Website
richardbohringer.com

Richard Bohringer (born 16 January 1941) is a French actor.

Personal life[link]

Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.

Career[link]

Besides acting Bohringer is also a musician, writer, and poet who has produced and directed several films.

Filmography includes[link]

Richard Bohringer in 2006

External links[link]

• Richard Bohringer at the Internet Movie Database

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