Ashley

Ashley is a place name, and a surname as well as both a male and female given name. The place name is derived from the Old English words 'æsc' (ash) and 'lēah' (meadow).

Ashley can also be spelled Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, Ashli, Ashleigh, Ashliegh and Ashlaie.

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Lip Sync Battle

Lip Sync Battle is an American musical reality competition television series which premiered on April 2, 2015, on Spike cable network. The show is based on an idea introduced to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon by John Krasinski, in which celebrities battle each other with lip sync performances. It was used (and is still used) as a recurring segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon before it was developed into a separate show.

The premiere episode was the highest-rated premiere in Spike's history. Lip Sync Battle has been a hit show for the network; it was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 7, 2016. An hour-long holiday special aired on November 19, 2015. In January 2016, the series was renewed for a third season. The series' success has lead to the creation of various international adaptions.

Overview

Lip Sync Battle debuted on the American cable network Spike, on Thursday April 2, 2015. It is produced by John Krasinski and Stephen Merchant and hosted by rapper and actor LL Cool J. Model Chrissy Teigen serves as color commentator.

Holly Street (Pasadena, California)

Holly Street is a street in Pasadena, California, notable for leading straight to Pasadena's City Hall and for the many forms the road takes along its length.

History

In the early 20th century, Holly Street was a short, narrow street only 3 blocks long. In the 1920s, a new Civic Center was built, and Holly was extended to City Hall and partially widened to give the Civic Center a "mall" effect, much like Washington, DC. Holly Street was also extended west across the Arroyo Seco. In 1967, a four-block stretch of Holly Street was demolished to make way for the massive intersection of Interstate 210, Highway 134, and Highway 7. As of 2008, a few proposals have been made to rebuild that section of the street, so that it would run a full 1.5 miles.

Geography

Holly Street's western terminus is on Linda Vista Avenue. From there, Holly Street begins as a high bridge over the Arroyo Seco. Because it is a concrete arch, it has been compared to a miniature version of the Colorado Street Bridge just 2000 feet downstream. This portion of Holly Street abruptly turns into a freeway ramp for Route 134. Holly begins again on Pasadena Avenue, though it used as a private driveway for Parsons, which maintains office buildings on both sides of the street. Holly Street becomes open to the public east of De Lacey Avenue. Holly Street reaches its narrowest point, 20 feet, at the Metro Gold Line's Memorial Park Station; but the street quickly widens to 60 feet (200 feet, if one includes pedestrian walkways and grass easement) as it approaches City Hall. Though the Street officially ends here, a wide pedestrian walkway continues through City Hall and beyond to Los Robles Avenue.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's eponymous debut album in 2006 marked the start of her career as a country music singer. Her third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008. Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless became the best-selling album of 2009 in the United States. The album won four Grammy Awards, making Swift the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Swift's third and fourth albums, 2010's Speak Now and 2012's Red, both sold more than one million copies within the first week of their U.S release. Speak Now's "Mean" won two Grammy Awards, while Red's singles "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "I Knew You Were Trouble" were successful worldwide. Swift's fifth album, the pop-focused 1989, was released in 2014 and sold more copies in its opening week than any album in the previous 12 years, making Swift the first and only act to have three albums sell more than one million copies in the opening release week. Its singles "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", and "Bad Blood" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The album would go on to win three awards at the 2016 Grammys including Album of the Year making Swift the first and thus far only female artist to receive the award twice.