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Alora (given Name)
Alora is a given name and surname of various origins. As an English given name, it is sometimes considered a modern spelling variant of the name Elora (given name), Elora. Alora is a Spanish word meaning "at that hour". Álora is also a town in southern Spain. Usage It was in use as early as 1940, when Dorothy Lyma, an aspiring actress in Hollywood who had a Personal life of Frank Sinatra, rumored affair with Frank Sinatra, used the stage name Alora Gooding. It has been among the 1,000 most used names for newborn girls in the United States since 2018 and among the top 300 names for newborn American girls since 2022. It has been among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in England and Wales since 2021. Fictional characters *Alora, a character in the video game ''Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy'' *Alora, a character in the 1978 film ''The Big Fix (1978 film), The Big Fix'' *Alora, a character in the 1999 film ''Walking Across Egypt'' Notes Feminine given names {{given- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elora (given Name)
Elora is a feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has become better known as the name of a Elora Danan, child character in the 1988 fantasy film ''Willow (1988 film), Willow''. It might be a variant of the names ''Eliora'', a Hebrew language, Hebrew name meaning “God is my light”, or ''Elnora'', an American combination of the names ''Ella (name), Ella'' and ''Nora (name), Nora''. It also has roots in other cultures and, in some instances, might have been inspired by the Elora Gorge, recreation area at Elora, Ontario that was ultimately named after Ellora Caves, a site in India. Usage The name has ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States since 2015. People *Elora Gohor, Bangladeshi actress *Elora Hardy (born 1980), Canadian designer and founder of the company IBUKU *Élora Pattaro (born 1986), Brazilian fencer Fictional characters *Elora Danan, a character in the 1988 fantasy film ''Willow (1988 film), Willow'' * Elora Danan Postoak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álora
Álora is a town and municipality in southern Spain in the province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located c. 40 km from Málaga, on the right bank of the river Guadalhorce and on the Córdoba-Málaga railway, within the comarca of Valle del Guadalhorce. It is a typical pueblo blanco, a whitewashed village nestled between three rocky spurs topped by the ruins of the castle. The municipality covers an area of 169 km2 that covers a wide territory in which the large landforms of Málaga are located. The hills are occupied by cereal, olive and oak trees and orchards of fruit and vegetables that cover the valley floor. Its population is 13,436 inhabitants, according to the INE census of 2008. Álora's history dates back to prehistoric times in the Hoyo del Conde, a little over a kilometer from the city. The ecological environment (hunting, water, natural protection) favored this presence until the Turdetanis of Tartessos and the Phoenicians discovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister , leader_name2 = Pedro Sánchez , legislature = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Life Of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra had many close relationships throughout his life. He was married four times and had at least six other notable relationships in between. He had three verified children, as well as more than one of questionable paternity. Marriages Nancy Barbato Frank Sinatra met Nancy Barbato (March 25, 1917 – July 13, 2018) in the summer of 1934, and they married on February 4, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Barbato's home town. The wedding was held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church at 93 Clerk Street, after which the newlyweds lived in an apartment house at 137 Bergen Avenue. Their first child, Nancy Sinatra, was born on June 8, 1940, and their son, Francis Wayne Sinatra, known as Frank Sinatra Jr., was born on January 10, 1944. Both were born at the Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City. Following the family's move to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Sinatra began engaging in extra-marital affairs, the first known with Marilyn Maxwell. These affairs also became p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the " Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He is among the world's best-selling music artists with an estimated 150 million record sales. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate, easy-listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. He found success as a solo artist after signing with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the " bobby soxers". Sinatra released his debut album, '' The Voice of Frank Sinatra'', in 1946. When his film career stalled in the early 1950s, Sinatra turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best-known residency performers and part of the famous Rat Pack. His acting career was revived by the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jedi Academy
Jedi (), Jedi Knights, or collectively the Jedi Order are the main heroic protagonists of many works of the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Working symbiotically alongside the Old Galactic Republic, and later supporting the Rebel Alliance, the Jedi Order is depicted as a monastic, academic, military, and meritocratic peacekeeping organization whose origin dates back thousands of years before the events of the first film released in the franchise. The fictional organization has inspired a real-world new religious movement and parody religion: Jediism. Within the fictional ''Star Wars'' galaxy, the Jedi are powerful guardians of order and justice, who, through intuition, rigorous training, and intensive self-discipline, are able to wield a supernatural power known as the Force, thus achieving for example the ability to move objects with the mind, perform incredible feats of strength, and connect to certain people's thoughts. As ''Star Wars'' creator George Lucas explains, the Jedi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Fix (1978 Film)
''The Big Fix'' is a 1978 American political comedy thriller film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the novel by Roger L. Simon, who dramatized his own novel for the screen. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as private detective Moses Wine and co-stars Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, and F. Murray Abraham. Plot Former student radical Moses Wine now works as a private investigator. He is contacted by Lila, an ex-girlfriend from his college days, who is working in the election campaign for Miles Hawthorne, a politician who is running to be Governor of California. Lila takes Moses to meet Hawthorne's campaign coordinator Sam Sebastian, who is concerned about a fake campaign flyer supposedly showing former Berkeley radical Howard Eppis together with Hawthorne and endorsing him. Knowing that Moses was a former contemporary of Eppis, Sam hires him to find out if Eppis is behind it. Eppis was one of a notorious group of radicals known as the California Four and has been in h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walking Across Egypt
''Walking Across Egypt'' is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Paul Tamasy, based on Clyde Edgerton's novel of the same name. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Mark Hamill, Gail O'Grady, Judge Reinhold, and Pat Corley. Plot The film follows the life of Mattie Rigsbee (Burstyn), an elderly woman who believes in strong religious convictions. The film explores the lonely qualities of life for senior citizens after their children leave as adults. Reinhold and O'Grady play Mattie's children, who live in a deep southern town. Mattie soon finds a likable friend in the local dogcatcher, Lamar Benfield (Hamill). Through this relationship, she meets the dogcatcher's nephew, a troubled juvenile delinquent orphan, Wesley (Taylor Thomas), currently serving time in juvenile detention for a recent car theft. Mattie finds that this young man is missing direction and believes that with a little insight on Christiani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
