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Anete Lāce
Anete Lāce (born 13 July 2003) is a Latvian figure skater. She is the 2020 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, a three-time Latvian junior national champion (2018–20), and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships. Personal life Lāce was born on 13 July 2003 in Riga. She is the daughter of 1992 Olympian Alma Lepina, the first figure skater to represent Latvia at the Olympics. Programs Competitive highlights ''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lace, Anete 2003 births Latvian female single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Riga 21st-century Latvian sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 5–11 March 2018. Records The following new junior records were set during this competition: Qualification Minimum TES The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day. Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2017 Junior World Championships, each ISU member nation fielded one to three entries per discipline. Schedule Entries Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2017. The International Skating Union published the full list of entries on 13 February 2018. Changes to initial assignments Results Men The leader from the short program, Alexei Krasnozhon, sustained an injury on his first jumping pass, a quad Salchow, and subsequently withdrew from the competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can't Help Falling In Love
"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a song written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. The melody is based on " Plaisir d'amour", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" rather than words rhyming with "you". Recorded by singer and actor Elvis Presley, it was part of the album, ''Blue Hawaii'' (1961), the soundtrack to the movie ''Blue Hawaii.'' The song was recorded subsequently in the 1960s by Perry Como, the Lennon Sisters, Doris Day, Patti Page, Andy Williams, Al Martino and Keely Smith. In the 1970s, the song was recorded by Marty Robbins, Bob Dylan, The Stylistics, Shirley Bassey, and Engelbert Humperdinck. Through the decades, European artists, including Swedish pop group A-Teens, and British reggae and pop group UB40, recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite Bergamasque
''Suite bergamasque'' (List of compositions by Claude Debussy by Lesure number, L. 75) () is a piano suite (music), suite by Claude Debussy. He began composing it around 1890, at the age of 28, but significantly revised it just before its 1905 publication. The popularity of the third movement, ''Clair de lune'', has made it one of the composer's most famous works for piano, as well as one of the most famous musical pieces of all time.Guo, Shulin. A Study of Claude Debussy's Suite Bergamasque: Prelude, Menuet, Clair de Lune and Passepied'. Diss. University of Kansas, 2019. Web. 19 May 2020. Background Debussy was initially unwilling to use these relatively early piano compositions because they were not in his mature style, but in 1905 he accepted the offer of a publisher who thought they would be successful, given the fame Debussy had gained in the intervening fifteen years. While it is not known how much of the ''Suite'' was written in 1890 and how much was written in 1905, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Karlberg
Sofia Amanda Karlberg Zoubir (born 6 December 1996) is a Swedish singer-songwriter known for her music covers on YouTube. She gained popularity through her music covers on YouTube, including viral renditions of songs like Beyoncé's. Personal life Karlberg was born to a Moroccan mother and a Swedish father. In 2016, she signed a record deal with Universal Music and has released an original EP titled ''“Spotless Mind”.'' Career Karlberg became a viral sensation when she covered Beyoncé's song "Crazy in Love". Her cover was a top 55 on the UK Official Singles Chart, Hot 40 UK, several weeks on Spotify's viral chart and on top of the iTunes chart in many countries. She has also done many popular covers such as " Take Me to Church", "Stay with Me" and "Shameless" by The Weeknd. In October 2017, she released her cover of "Rockstar" by Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. With a career spanning over three decades, she has established herself as one of the most Cultural impact of Beyoncé, culturally significant figures of the 21st century through her vocal ability, musical versatility, and List of Beyoncé live performances, live performances. Credited with revolutionizing the sound of popular music, Beyoncé is often deemed one of the most influential artists of all time.Sources for Beyoncé being one of the most influential artists of all time: * * * * * * * * Beyoncé rose to fame in 1997 as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl groups of all time. Her debut solo album, ''Dangerously in Love'' (2003), became one of the List of best-selling albums of the 21st century, best-selling albums of the 21st century, producing the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crazy In Love
"Crazy in Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé featuring guest vocals from American rapper Jay-Z. It was written by Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Rich Harrison, and produced by the last two. "Crazy in Love" is a pop, hip hop, and R&B love song with elements of 1970s soul and funk; its lyrics describe a romantic obsession that causes the narrator to act out of character. It contains a sample of the Chi-Lites's 1970 song "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)", resulting in the group's Eugene Record receiving a writing credit. "Crazy in Love" was released as the lead single from Beyoncé's debut solo album, '' Dangerously in Love'' (2003), on May 18, 2003, by Columbia Records. "Crazy in Love" reached number one on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and the UK singles chart, and it reached the top five on charts in Australasia and various European territories. Music critics acclaimed the catchy production, Jay-Z's rap verse, and Beyoncé's vocals and "uh-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Clouser
Charles Alexander Clouser (born June 28, 1963) is an American keyboardist, composer, record producer, and remixer. He worked with Trent Reznor for Nine Inch Nails from 1994 to 2000, and is a composer for film and television; among his credits are the score for the ''Saw'' franchise and ''American Horror Story''. Clouser was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance in 1997. Early life Clouser was born in Hanover, New Hampshire; his father, K. Danner Clouser (1930–2000), was a professor at Dartmouth College and Pennsylvania State University. He attended Middletown High School in Pennsylvania and graduated from Hanover High School in 1981. He is also a graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts; he earned a degree in electronic music in 1985. Career Clouser plays keyboard, synthesizer, theremin, and drums. He also does music programming, engineering, and mixing. He co-worked with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (1994–2000) for several projects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Silence
''Dead Silence'' is a 2007 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The film stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, a young widower returning to his hometown to search for answers to his wife's death. It also stars Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bob Gunton. ''Dead Silence'' was theatrically released in the United States on March 16, 2007, by Universal Pictures. The film was dedicated to Gregg Hoffman, who died in 2005. Upon release, it was considered a critical and commercial flop, earning $22.4 million on a $20 million production budget and received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the script, characters and twist ending, but has developed into a cult following. Plot Jamie Ashen and his wife Lisa receive an anonymous gift of a ventriloquist doll called "Billy". When Jamie goes out, a figure kills Lisa. Jamie returns to find that her tongue has been cut off; he is arrested for presumably killing her. After Jamie is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marija Naumova
Marija Naumova-Bullīta (born 23 June 1973), known professionally as Marija Naumova, is a Latvian singer. Under the stage name Marie N, she sings a broad range of music ranging from pop to musical theatre and jazz, and has recorded several albums, with songs in Latvian, French, English, Russian and Portuguese. In 2002, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia with her song " I Wanna". Biography Naumova was discovered by famous Latvian musician Raimonds Pauls in 1994 and after a year she performed on TV in searches for talent. She never won, but was noticed by the audience. In 1998, she performed in a concert celebrating the 100 years jubilee of George Gershwin. In March 1998 she performed on stage in concerts with famous Latvian musicians, and one of those concerts was recorded on CD. That gave her career a boost and she began to participate in several music events, television and radio shows, and give interviews for Latvian newspapers. Naumova's first solo album, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Wanna (Marie N Song)
"I Wanna" is a song composed and recorded by Latvian singer Marie N with lyrics written by herself and Marats Samauskis. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 held in Tallinn, resulting in the country's only ever win at the contest. Background Conception "I Wanna", initially titled as "I Wonna", was composed and recorded by Marie N, with lyrics by herself and Marats Samauskis. The lyrics are relatively simple, with the singer telling her lover that she wants to control their relationship. Eurovision On 2 March 2002, "I Wonna" performed by Marie N competed in ', the national final organised by Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) to select its song and performer for the of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song won the competition so it became the –and Marie N the performer– for Eurovision. On 25 May 2002, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Martinez
Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American Puerto Rican-Dominican singer and songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens, and raised in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, Baldwin, New York, Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on The Voice (U.S. season 3), season 3 of the American television talent show ''The Voice (U.S.), The Voice''. Following the show, she was signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut single "Dollhouse (Melanie Martinez song), Dollhouse", followed by her debut extended play Dollhouse (EP), of the same name (2014). Martinez later released her debut studio album, ''Cry Baby (Melanie Martinez album), Cry Baby'' (2015), which went on to be certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album amassed numerous commercially successful singles including "Pity Party (song), Pity Party", "Soap (Melanie Martinez song), Soap" and "Mrs. Potato Head (song), Mrs. Potato Head". She has since released two follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dollhouse (Melanie Martinez Song)
"Dollhouse" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez. Written alongside production duo Kinetics & One Love, the song was released on February 10, 2014 as the lead single of her debut EP of the same name, and later featured on her debut studio album, '' Cry Baby'' (2015). Lyrically, "Dollhouse" is about a dysfunctional family, who, according to Martinez, is "hiding being a perfect plastic facade". Martinez has also stated that "Dollhouse" is a metaphor for how people view celebrities and their seemingly perfect public lives. The song was featured in a preview for the ABC Family series ''Pretty Little Liars''. Background and composition "Dollhouse" was revealed to be a prequel to "Sippy Cup", another single from the ''Cry Baby'' album that is about an alcoholic mother who decides to kill her husband and his mistress, sparing only her daughter. Lyrically, according to Martinez, the song discusses a dysfunctional family that is "hiding behind a perfect f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
