Grimus is a 1975 fantasy and science fiction novel by Salman Rushdie. It was his literary debut.

The story loosely follows Flapping Eagle, a young Indian who receives the gift of immortality after drinking a magic fluid. After drinking the fluid, Flapping Eagle wanders the earth for 777 years 7 months and 7 days, searching for his immortal sister and exploring identities before falling through a hole in the Mediterranean Sea. He arrives in a parallel dimension at the mystical Calf Island where those immortals who have tired of the world but are reluctant to give up their immortality exist in a static community under a subtle and sinister authority.

Published in 1975, Grimus was Salman Rushdie’s first published novel. To a large extent it has been disparaged by academic critics; though Peter Kemp’s comment is particularly vitriolic, it does give an idea of the novel’s initial reception:

"His first novel, Grimus (1975), a ramshackle surreal saga based on a 12th-century Sufi poem and copiously encrusted with mythic and literary allusion, nosedived into oblivion amid almost universal critical derision."

Laura Ana Cosoi (born January 2, 1982 in Romania) is a Romanian actress, voice actress and model. Laura Cosoi started her acting career playing the role of Adina in the television series La Bloc on Pro TV. Her role in the series is Adina - a simple-minded and naive blonde girl.

Keo -Azi vii,maine pleci (2006) Smiley- In lipsa mea (2007) Smiley-Design to love you (2009)

In May 2010, Cosoi participate in the Mexican Reality Show Dancing For A Dream: Second Dance World Championship representing Romania alongside Bogdan Boantá. The couple occupied the sixth place. Due to South Africa's withdrawal in week 6, there was a special Dance-Off between Romania and Colombia (previously eliminated couples) to decide which team will return to the competition. The judges vote for the couple which deserve to return to the competition, and Romania back but then were eliminted in week 8.

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Wilmark Rizo, Rossana Lignarolo, Jonaid Carrera, Rafael Amargo, Hugo Gómez, Latin Lover, Stuart Bishop, Carolina Vigil, Nick Kosovich and Bérénice Bel.

Selah Sue (born Sanne Putseys, 3 May 1989) is a Belgian musician and songwriter.

Her debut album, Selah Sue (2011) was a major success, selling over 400.000 copies in Europe, 200.000 in France alone. Today, she has chart success with the hit singles 'Raggamuffin', 'Crazy Vibes' and 'This World'.

In 2011, Selah Sue won an European Border Breakers Award (EBBA). In January 2012 during the EBBA award ceremony she was presented with the EBBA Public Choice Award.

Sanne Putseys was born in Leuven, but originates from the nearby Belgian town Leefdaal. At the age of fifteen, Sanne Putseys learned to play the acoustic guitar and started to write her own songs as well. When she was seventeen a Belgian producer asked her to sing some demo's of his songs, after which Universal offered her a contract. She refused, because she wanted to sing her own songs. At the same time she performed as the youngest and only female artist at the open-song contest Open Mic-avond at Het Depot in Leuven. Organizer and singer Milow (born Jonathan Vandenbroeck) had noticed her talents and asked her to perform in his supporting programme. Initially, Sanne Putseys managed to work out her musical career path while studying psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. According to her, studying psychology helped her to understand more about human emotions, which also is something that she has to deal with in her musical activities. Eventually, she continued doing warm-up performances in collaboration with artists such as Jamie Lidell in London and Paris. Furthermore, she played with the Belgian band Novastar at the Paradiso in Amsterdam.