Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Esperanza Spalding - Beautiful, Soulful, Fun, Incredibly Talented!


I can't believe that I only discovered her a few days ago while she sang "If I was your Girlfriend" for Prince's tribute at the BET Awards.

It is so refreshing to hear this kind of music and singing. She's soulful, jazzy, she is a pro jazz bass player, and her voice is beautiful!

I was instantly drawn to her music and singing after seeing her at the BET Awards and have been listening to her music non-stop!

Check her her website and MySpace page! This is exactly the kind of artist I want to see live!




Joy Ike's Sophomore Album "Rumors"


It is easy to label an artist as soulful, but increasing difficult to find a real soul artist in today’s music scene. Joy Ike is the needle in the haystack. Her recently released sophomore album, 'Rumors', rises above the rest busting through with a soul sound that has drawn comparisons to Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, and Regina Spektor.

Her single "Sweeter" has received praise from NPR’s music critics with All Things Considered calling her, "a unique blend of neo-soul, with just the right dash of pop...a truly compelling act to watch."

'Rumors' has also racked up an incredible amount of attention in her hometown of Pittsburg, PA and has garnered new listeners across the country building a band of passionate new followers.

Joy released 'Rumors' her second full length album independently and continues a grassroots attempt to stay true to her values.

Joy Ike "Sweeter" MP3

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Sonny Rollins Receives Miles Davis Award


Tenor sax player, Sonny Rollins won the Miles Davis Award last Sunday at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Previous recipients of this award include Ornette Coleman, McCoy Tyner and Mike Stern. It is meant to honour an international artist for the entire body of his or her work.

His nickname is the Saxophone Colossus and he has been performing for the past five decades! His original style is bebop, but he has also explored other genres such as calypso, funk, R&B and pop.

Sonny Rollins will be touring in various venues throughout Europe, Japan, and New York until November. Check out his touring dates here.

Check out Sonny's video library, including his Podcasts, peformance clips, interviews and special features about the Sonny Rollins Group on his website.

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David Robert Joseph Beckham

Football Player David Robert Joseph Beckham
Personal information
Full name: David Robert Joseph Beckham

Date of birth:
2 May 1975 (age 35)

Place of birth:
Leytonstone, London, England

Height:
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Playing position:
Midfielder

Club information

Current club: Milan (on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy)

Number:
32

Youth career

Brims down Rovers

1987–1991:
Tottenham Hotspur

1991–1993
: Manchester United
Mini Biography:
The one of famous celebrities David Robert Joseph Beckham is midfield player, he connected Manchester United in 1993, and the England team in 1996. He was a part of the 1998 World Cup team and the Euro 2000 squad, and was complete captain in the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup. By June 2003 he had won 61 caps for his nation. His plenteous honors with United include the treble of FA Cup, Premier League finals, and European Cup in the 1998-9 season, the first British side to achieve this feat. Beckham signed for Real Madrid at the start of the 2003-4 season. Among much media attention, Beckham signed with the L.A. Galaxy in 2007 for a league high base salary of $5.5 million with added funding coming in the way of endorsement deals, profit-sharing and marketing opportunity. In 2001 he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.He married Victoria Adams ("Posh Spice" from the pop group Spice Girls) in 1999. The couple has three boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

Senior career

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1993–2003

Manchester United

265

(62)

1995

Preston North End (loan)

5

(2)

2003–2007

Real Madrid

116

(13)

2007

Los Angeles Galaxy

41

(7)

2009

Milan (loan)

18

(2)

2010

Milan (loan)

11

(0)

National team

1992–1993

England U-18

3

(0)

1994–1996

England U-21

9

(0)

1996

England

115

(17)

Awards And Nominations
TEAM HONORS AND AWARDS
* 1992 - F.A. Youth Cup - Winner (Man Utd)
* 1993 - F.A. Youth Cup - Runner-up (Man Utd)
* 1996 - F.A. Premier League - Winner (Man Utd), F.A. Cup - Winner (Man Utd), F.A. Charity Shield - Winner (Man Utd)
* 1997 - F.A. Premier League - Winner (Man Utd), F.A. Charity Shield - Winner (Man Utd)
* 1999 - F.A. Premier League - Winner (Man Utd), F.A. Cup - Winner (Man Utd), Champions League - Winner (Man Utd)
* 2000 - F.A. Premier League-Winner (Man Utd)
* 2001 - F.A. Premier League-Winner (Man Utd)
* 2003 - F.A. Premier League-Winner (Man Utd)
* 2003 - European Super Cup (Real Madrid)

PERSONAL AWARDS
* 1996 - Carling Premiership Player of the Month, Sky Sports/Panasonic Young Player of Year
* 1997 - PFA Young Player of the Year, Sir Matt Busby Award
* 1999 - UEFA Best Midfielder, UEFA Most Valuable Player
* 2000 - World Footballer Of The Year (2nd Place), Nation Football Awards Player Of The Year
* 2001 - BBC Sports Personality Of The Year, World Footballer Of The Year (2nd), European Footballer Of The Year (4th)

CAREER TIMELINE
* 1991 - Signs as trainee for Manchester United
* 1992 - Wins FA Youth Cup, Senior team debut with ManU in Coke Cup
* 1993 - Signs as professional for Manchester Uniited
* 1995 - Plays five games on loan to Preston Nortth End, League debut for Manchester Utd vs.Leeds
* 1996 - Manchester Utd win FA Premiership, Manchester Utd win FA Cup, International debut aganist Moldova
* 1997 - Manchester Utd win FA Charity Shield, Manchester Utd win FA Premiership
* 1999 - Manchester Utd win FA Premiership, Manchester Utd win FA Cup, Manchester Utd win UEFA Champions League
* 2000 - Manchester United win FA Premiership, Appointed England national team captain
* 2001 - Manchester United win FA Premiership
* 2003 - Manchester United win FA Premiership, Signs for Real Madrid for £25m, Real Madrid win
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Jim Carrey

The Actor Jim Carrey
Full Name:James Eugene Carrey

Born:
January 17, 1962 (age 48) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Occupation:
Actor, comedian

Years active:
1979–present

Spouse(s):
Melissa Womer (m. 1987–1995)divorced Lauren Holly (m. 1996–1997) divorced

Domestic :
Jenny

partner(s):
McCarthy(2005–2010)
Mini Biography:
The one of famous celebrities James Eugene Carrey first most important film role was Earth Girls Are Easy. His later moved on to In Living Color, playing one of the show's two white cast members where he gained state revelation that tossed him to the role of Ace Ventura. In 1995, Carrey starred in the box office smash Batman eternally as the Riddler. Additional movies he starred in include Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Dumb and Dumber, The Cable Guy, The Truman Show, and Liar Liar -- for He received a Golden Globe Best Actor suggestion. The actor's only one of its kind grouping of making do, mimicry and modernism with an shameful style of physical comedy has captured the concentration of film audiences all the way through the world.James Eugene Carrey has created a quantity of the most accepted and entertaining typescript in modern film olden times, and his films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls have all conquered the global box office, with all four films exceeding the $100 million mark in domestic grosses alone. With the 1996 release of The Cable Guy, Carrey's worldwide box office exceeded the $l billion mark. for more>>>
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 38 wins & 60 nominations..... for more>>>
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Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

The Football Player Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
Personal information
Full name: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

Date of birth:
21 March 1980 (age 30)

Place of birth:
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Height:
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Playing position:
Winger / Attacking midfielder

Club information

Current club: Milan

Number:
80

Youth Career

1987–1998: Grêmio

Senior career

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1998–2001

Grêmio

44

(21)

2001–2003

Paris Saint-Germain

55

(17)

2003–2008

Barcelona

145

(70)

2008–

Milan

65

(20)

National team

1999–

Brazil

87

(32)

Biography
The one of the famous celebrities Ronaldo is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Milan and the Brazilian national team. He is extensively regarded as one of the the majority talented footballers of his creation. He is a free-kick expert and has excellent dribbling capability.He Portuguese for "Little Ronaldo," is known in Brazil by the pet name "Gaúcho," so as to tell between him from Ronaldo, who was already called "Ronaldinho" in Brazil. Ronaldo simply went by his first name upon his budge to Europe, in that way allowing Ronaldinho to dive the "Gaúcho" and stay behind just as Ronaldinho. Former to his shift to Milan, he played for Paris Saint-Germain, and Barcelona, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006 and he won the Ballon d'Or in 2005. He became a Spanish citizen in January 2007.
Ronaldinho - Awards & Achievements

Year

Award

1997

U-17 FIFA

World Cup Winner. Voted MVP of Tournament

1999

Copa America Winner

1999

Debut for Brazil against Venezuela June 26, 1999.

2000

FIFA Confederations Cup. Golden Boot Award - six goals

2002

FIFA World Cup Winner

2004

FIFA World Player of The Year

4Season 200

Primera Division Champion with F.C. Barcelona.

2005

FIFpro World Player of The Year.

2005

European Footballer of The Year - 'Ballon d'Or' Winner

2005

FIFA World Player of The Year

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Tom Hanks

The Actor Tom Hanks
Full Name: Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks

Born:
July 9, 1956 (age 53)Concord, California, U.S.

Occupation:
Actor, producer, director, voice over artist, writer, speaker

Years active:
1979–present

Spouse(s):
Samantha Lewes (1978–1987) Rita Wilson (1988–present)
Biography
The one of famous celebrities Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Length worked in television and family-friendly comedies earlier than achieving accomplishment as a staged actor in several noteworthy roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, chief officer James A. Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Joe Fox in You've Got Mail and Chuck Noland in Cast Away. Hanks won consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards, in 1993 for Philadelphia and in 1994 for Forrest Gump. U.S. domestic box office totals for his films exceed $3.5 billion. He is the father of actor Colin Hanks.
Awards

Academy Awards, USA

Year

Result

Award

Category/Recipient(s)

2001

Nominated

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Cast Away (2000)

1999

Nominated

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

1995

Won

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Forrest Gump (1994)

1994

Won

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Philadelphia (1993)

1989

Nominated

Oscar

Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: Big (1988)

BAFTA Awards

Year

Result

Award

Category/Recipient(s)

2001

Nominated

BAFTA

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
for: Cast Away (2000)

1999

Nominated

BAFTA

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
for: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

1995

Nominated

BAFTA

Best Actor
for: Forrest Gump (1994)

Michael Jordan

The Basket Ball Player Michael Jordan
Personal information
Date of birth: February 17, 1963 (age 47)

Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York, United States

High school:
Emsley A. Laney High School (Wilmington, North Carolina)

Listed height :
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Listed weight:
215 lb (98 kg)

Career information

College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NBA Draft:
1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 Selected by the Chicago Bulls

Pro career:
1984–2003

League:
NBA
Michael Jordan's Biography
The one of famous celebrities Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 17, 1963. His parents are, James and Delores Jordan, they are moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was at a standstill a child. He has two older brothers, one older sister, and one younger sister. Jordan loved to play baseball and also played various basketball and football. Jordan love for basketball began when his older brother, Larry, endlessly hit him in one-on-one pickup games. As with any confront Jordan faces, this determined Michael to become a better player. Jordan was played basketball for Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Ironically, Jordan was cut from the varsity team as a sophomore. In its place of giving up after failing to make the team, Jordan used it to encourage himself to greater accomplishments practicing hour after hour on the court. He eventually made the team and led it to the state championship.
Awards
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2009
• 2 Olympic Gold Medals – 1984, 1992
• 6-time NBA Champion
• 6-time NBA Finals MVP
• 5-time NBA MVP
• 7-time The Sporting News MVP
• 10 NBA Scoring Titles
• 3-time steals leader
• 14 NBA All-Star Selections
• 3-time NBA All-Star Game MVP
• 11 All-NBA Selections
• 9 All-Defensive First Team Selections
• 2-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion – 1987, 1988
• NBA Rookie of the Year – 1984
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year – 1988
• ACC Freshman of the Year – 1982
• 2-time Consensus NCAA All-American First Team – 1983, 1984
• ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year – 1984
• USBWA College Player of the Year – 1984
• Naismith College Player of the Year – 1984
• John R. Wooden Award – 1984
• Adolph Rupp Trophy – 1984
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year – 1991
• Named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996
• Ranked #1 by SLAM Magazine's Top 50 Players of All-Time
• Ranked #1 by ESPN Sportscentury's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
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Muhammad Ali

Athlete Man Muhammad Alihttp://famous-celebrities-in-the-world.blogspot.com/
Real name: Cassius Clay, Jr.

Nickname(s):
The Greatest, The Champ, The Louisville Lip

Rated at:
Heavyweight

Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Nationality:
American

Birth date:
17 January 1942 (age 68)

Birth place:
Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Stance:
Orthodox , Boxing record

Total fights:
61, Wins 56, Wins by KO 37, Losses 5, Draws 0, No contests 0
Short Biography Muhammad Ali
The one of the famous celebrities Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer. Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports demonstrated in 1999. He won the World Heavyweight boxing title fight three times, and North American Boxing Federation title fight as well as an Olympic gold medal.Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., Ali later on changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam and afterward converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.
Awards:
http://famous-celebrities-in-the-world.blogspot.com/

Year

Awards

1959

National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion

1959

National Amateur Athletic Union champion

1960

National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion

1960

National Amateur Athletic Union champion

1960

Gold medal, Rome Olympics, light-heavyweight boxing

1964-67

World Heavyweight Champion

1970

Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Award

1974

Sportsman of the Year, Sports Illustrated

1974

Fighter of the Year, Boxing Writers Association

1974-78

World Heavyweight Champion

1978-79

World Heavyweight Champion

1979

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Texas Southern Univesity

1979

Street named after him in Louisville, Kentucky

1985

Recognized for long, meritorious service, World Boxing Association

1987

Elected to Boxing Hall of Fame

1990

Inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame

1996

Lights Olympic torch, Atlanta

1997

Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, ESPN

1997

Essence Living Legend Award

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Bruce Springsteen


Birth name: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Also known as The Boss

Born:
September 23, 1949 (age 60)Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.

Genres:
Heartland rock, folk rock, Americana

Occupations:
Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano

Years active:
1972–present

Labels:
Columbia

Associated acts:
E Street Band, Steel Mill, Miami Horns, The Sessions Band

Website:
brucespringsteen.net
Awrads

Grammy Awards
Springsteen has won 20 Grammy Awards,
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1987, "Tunnel of Love"
• Song of the Year, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best Rock Song, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
• Best Contemporary Folk Album, 1996, The Ghost of Tom Joad
• Best Rock Album, 2002, The Rising
• Best Rock Song, 2002, "The Rising"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, 2002, "The Rising"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, 2003, "Disorder in the House" (with Warren Zevon)
• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2004, "Code of Silence"
• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2005, "Devils & Dust"
• Best Traditional Folk Album, 2006, The Seeger Sessions: We Shall Overcome
• Best Long Form Music Video, 2006, Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born to Run
• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
• Best Rock Song, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance, 2007, "Once Upon a Time in the West"
• Best Rock Song, 2008, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
• Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2009, "Working on a Dream"
Emmy Awards
• The one of the famous celebrities Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City HBO special won two technical Emmy Awards in 2001.
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