Chani /ˈtʃeɪni/^[2] is a fictional character featured in Frank Herbert's novels Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969). Known mainly as the Fremen wife and legal concubine of protagonist Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides, Chani is the daughter of Imperial Planetologist Liet-Kynes and his Fremen wife Faroula, and later the mother of the twins Ghanima and Leto Atreides II. The character is resurrected as a ghola and appears in Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007), Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's novels which complete the original series.

Chani is portrayed by actress Sean Young in David Lynch's Dune (1984), and by Barbora Kodetová in the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and its 2003 sequel, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.

Paul often calls her by her Fremen name "Sihaya," which means "desert's spring" in Fremen.

Character overview[link]

[edit] Dune

In Dune, Paul's prescience begins manifesting itself through dreams while he is still living in his ancestral home on the planet Caladan; he sees Chani in these visions, though they have not yet met. Paul and the Atreides come to the desert planet Arrakis, but Paul's father Duke Leto is soon killed by the Harkonnens and Paul and his mother Lady Jessica are forced to flee into the desert. They are reluctantly taken in by a tribe of the planet's native Fremen, and Chani is the Fremen woman put in charge of protecting and guiding Paul. They soon become lovers, and Paul rises as a religious leader among the Fremen, and is called Muad'Dib.

Already a talented warrior before meeting Paul, Chani becomes deadly after training in the weirding way by Paul and Jessica. Chani later manages to bring Paul out of the deep spice trance he falls into after using spice essence to enhance his powers. Paul and Chani's first child, Leto II (not to be confused with their later son, Leto Atreides II), is killed as an infant in a Corrino raid on their home in the deep desert.

To cement his control of the Empire after deposing Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, Paul takes Shaddam's daughter, the Princess Irulan as his wife. Chani understands the political reasons, but Paul reassures her:

"I swear to you now ... that you'll need no title. That woman over there will be my wife and you but a concubine because this is a political thing and we must weld peace out of this moment, enlist the Great Houses of the Landsraad. We must obey the forms. Yet that princess shall have no more of me than my name. No child of mine nor touch nor softness of glance, nor instant of desire." ^[3]

Jessica adds:

"Think on it, Chani: that princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine — never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine — history will call us wives."^[3]

[edit] Dune Messiah

Twelve years later in Dune Messiah, Paul remains completely loyal to Chani. With their breeding program in mind, the Bene Gesserit are desperate to regain control of Paul's bloodline, and are fearful of the effect Chani's "wild" genes may have on their offspring. Wishing to rid himself of their machinations, Paul negotiates with the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, saying "You may have my seed, but not my person ... Irulan banished and inseminated ... You may have my seed for your plans, but no child of Irulan's will sit on my throne."^[4] Of course, artificial insemination is prohibited in the wake of the Butlerian Jihad, and the idea of it is as horrific to the Sisterhood as the loss of the "precious Atreides genes."^[4]

Irulan, herself Bene Gesserit-trained, secretly feeds Chani contraceptives to prevent her from conceiving an Imperial heir. However, Chani eventually changes to an ancient Fremen diet to enhance fertility; Irulan is unable to interfere, and Chani soon becomes pregnant. Tragically, Chani dies giving birth to the twins Ghanima and Leto II. His intricate plan coming to fruition, the Tleilaxu agent Scytale offers to "resurrect" Chani as a ghola in return for Tleilaxu control of the empire, but Paul declines the offer violently. Through his prescience, Paul can see that Chani's death during childbirth is far less painful and cruel than her possible future fates had she survived.

[edit] Children of Dune

Despite her death, Chani lives on as part of the Other Memory of her pre-born twins. In Children of Dune, this ancestral self is summoned by Ghanima for her guidance, but Chani's persona nearly possesses Ghanima completely.^[5] Leto II manages to save his sister from this Abomination by summoning Paul though his own Other Memory; Paul threatens Chani, who releases her hold on Ghanima. At the end of the novel, Chani's memory-self becomes a guardian against Ghanima's other ancestral memories who may try to possess her, allowing her daughter's personality to continue and grow in safety.

[edit] God Emperor of Dune

According to God Emperor of Dune, a version of Chani's memory-self also exists in Leto II. By the time of the novel, Leto is able to allow his ancestral memories to speak through his mouth without threat of abomination. At one point, he allows Chani to speak through him.

[edit] Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune

In the 2006 Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson sequel Hunters of Dune, gholas of Paul and Chani are among the others created to assist mankind in the climactic battle with what turns out to be the thinking machines.

In 2007's Sandworms of Dune, Paul ultimately duels another Paul Atreides ghola — named Paolo — created by the Face Dancers and twisted by the sadistic ghola of Baron Harkonnen himself. Paul is mortally wounded, but the trauma restores his memories and he manages to heal himself. Later on the recovering planet Dune, the awakened gholas of Paul and Chani go about restoring the planet to its former glory. They have reverted back to the ways of the ancient Fremen, resolving to lead simple lives and unafraid of the plots and schemes that had threatened them in their previous lives. Now able to devote all of his attention to her, Chani remarks that Paul has finally learned how to treat his wife. As the novel closes, Paul reaffirms his love for Chani, telling her he has loved her for five thousand years.

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Lil' JJ is an American stand-up comedian, musician, dancer, and actor, best known for his role as Jordan on the Nickelodeon television series Just Jordan and doing Vital Information sketch for All That in season ten.

Life and career[link]

Lil' JJ won BET's comedy talent search Comin' to the Stage.

He became a cast member on Nickelodeon's All That in its 10th (and final) season. He guest starred on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, made a cameo appearance in Chris Brown's music video "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)", in Sean Kingston's music video "Beautiful Girls," Nelly's music video "Stepped On My J'z, Hot Styles' video "Lookin Boy" and Young Gunz video "Friday Night" . He also appeared with a rap verse on Small Change video "Don't Be Shy".

He also played a supporting role in the movie Crossover (2006) as a character named "Up."

In 2005 and 2006, he appeared in the Nickelodeon series, Romeo! as Romeo's best friend, Jason Brooks, in seasons 2 and 3.

In 2007, he starred in the Nickelodeon series Just Jordan as Jordan Lewis. In 2008, he, Lily Collins, and Pick Boy appeared together on Nickelodeon for special events. Also Lil' JJ has appeared in the ABC television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

In 2008, he hosted the variety/sketch DVD Almost Grown.

He appeared on the TNT show, Men of a Certain Age as DaShaun and on an episode of Chelsea Lately.

Filmography[link]

Discography[link]

• 2009: Yo Yo

Singles[link]

• 2012: "Party Boi"

External links[link]

• Lil' JJ at the Internet Movie Database
• Lil' JJ on Myspace

Lela Tsurtsumia (in Georgian: ლელა წურწუმია ) (born 1969, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian Pop folk singer. She's popular since 1999 and nowadays is the most popular Georgian singer.^[1]

Music style[link]

Lela Tsurtsumia's music is more pop and soul, but there's tunes of ethno/folk music. Earlier in her career, some electronic tunes too. e.g. her track "Idumali Game" was remixed by DJ AKA.

Band[link]

In 2006 Lela begins to form her live band. After two months rehearsals Lela and band began touring Georgia, they had two concerts in Greece, Athens. After that they were invited to held "Imedi TV" sessions. This was live concert, which was recorded and then released as DVD and CD, called LIVE - Lela Tsurtsumia.

Band features:

• Irakli Menteshashvili - keyboards
• Chabuka Amiranashvili - Saxophone
• Maia Kachkachishvili - keyboards
• Lasha Abashmadze - Bass guitar
• Levan Sharashidze - Guitar
• Ramaz Khudoevi - percussion
• Nika Abashmadze - drums
• Vaska Kutuxov - Garmoni
• Gio Mamula - Traki
• Hsota - Duduning

Back vocals:

• Rati Durglishvili
• Gvanca Kachkachishvili

Sound engineer:

• Alex Nonikoff

2000-2007[link]

Her concert in 2000 was the first show concert in Georgia, held by Georgian singer.^[2] In 2002, Tsurtsumia had another successful show at Tbilisi Sport Hall, more than 25,000 spectators attended the show, it was record. Another record was in 2004, when she released the popular album Suleli Tsvima (Crazy Rain), which sold more than 60,000 copies in Georgia. Tsurtsumia also has sold more than 10,000 albums abroad, in Israel, U.S., Russia. Tsurtsumia's song's are covered in other countries. E.g., In Armenia she's so popular, that songs like "Samba" and "Love Story" charted #1 in Armenia and were covered by Armenian singers. After 2006 Tsurtsumia appears on stage only with her live jazz-band. On 11 August 2006, she had live concert in Zugdidi in front of more than 40 000 people.^[3] In 2007 Tsurtsumia released her first live album called LIVE - Lela Tsurtsumia. "Never seen before quality of live performance and post-production in Georgia"^{[cite this quote]} - told one Georgian music magazine reviewer in review. In 2007 Tsurtsumia signed label Art Lend and her albums were distributed on some European e-stores, such as The Orchard.^[4]

References[link]

• official web-page
• official MySpace page
• buy Lela's 3 albums from here
• Lela's 3 albums on Orchard E-store
• Tsurtsumia starring in film "Khapangi"
• Album "The Best" in the USA

Notes[link]