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Angel City FC
Angel City Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The formation of the team was announced on July 21, 2020; it began play in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League season, 2022 season. The team plays its home games at BMO Stadium, which it shares with Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). Angel City FC is the Los Angeles area's first women's professional soccer team since the Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer folded in 2010. The team has many high-profile owners, including Natalie Portman, America Ferrera, Mia Hamm, Sophia Bush, Abby Wambach, and Eva Longoria. History On July 21, 2020, the National Women's Soccer League, NWSL announced that Los Angeles would be awarded an expansion franchise for the 2022 season. The team was announced with a majority female ownership group led by actress Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BMO Stadium
BMO Stadium (formerly Banc of California Stadium) is a soccer-specific stadium in the Exposition Park, Los Angeles, Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC and the National Women's Soccer League's Angel City FC. Opened on April 18, 2018, it was the first open-air stadium built in the city of Los Angeles since Dodger Stadium in 1962. Constructed on the site of the former Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, it is located next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and just south of the main campus of the University of Southern California. Los Angeles FC subleases the site from the university which has a master lease with the LA Memorial Coliseum Commission for operating and managing the Coliseum and stadium properties. Los Angeles FC signed a 15-year, $100 million naming rights deal with Banc of California in 2016 for the stadium. The deal was terminated in 2020, with the club announcing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired Association football, soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 2003 to 2015, earning her first Cap (sport), cap in 2001. As a Forward (association football), forward, she currently stands as the United States women's national soccer team#Player records, highest all-time goal scorer for the national team and is second in international goals for both female and male soccer players with 184 goals, behind Canadian Christine Sinclair. Wambach was awarded the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first American woman to win the award in 10 years. She was included on the 2015 Time 100, ''Time'' 100 list as one of the most influential people in the world. Wambach competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2003 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Soccer Team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football). The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four FIFA Women's World Cup, Women's World Cup titles (1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1991, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1999, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015, and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019), five Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medals (Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1996, Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004, Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008, Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2012, and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2024), nine CONCACAF W Championship titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Neistat
Casey Owen Neistat (; born March 25, 1981) is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger and co-founder of the multimedia company Beme, which was later acquired by CNN. In 2018, he founded ''368'', a creative space for creators to collaborate with each other. Early life and education Neistat was born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut, to Barry E. Neistat (b. 1953),United States Public Records then a commercial kitchen appliance salesman, and Amy (née Bickford; b. 1956). They later operated the Muddy Waters Cafe in New London, Connecticut. His paternal grandmother Louise Neistat (née Grossman; 1919–2011) was a professional tap dancer and instructor who primarily worked at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. He was brought up in Reform Judaism. He dropped out of high school during his sophomore year at the age of 17. He eventually left his family and had a son named Owen, at age 17, with his then-girlfriend Robin Harris, in 1998. Between the age of 17 and 20 (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, comedian and author. She began making YouTube videos in 2010. She originally appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman (stylized IISuperwomanII), her YouTube username until 2019. Singh released her documentary ''A Trip to Unicorn Island'' (2016) and her first book ''How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life'' (2017), which was a New York Times Best Seller, ''New York Times'' Best Seller. From September 2019 to June 2021, Singh acted as executive producer and host of the NBC late-night talk show ''A Little Late with Lilly Singh''. She is the first person of Indian descent to host an American late-night talk show. Early life and education Singh was born and raised in the Scarborough, Ontario, Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents, Malvindar Kaur and Sukvindar Singh, are Indian Canadians, Indian Punjabi Canadians, Punjabi immigrants from Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India and raised he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTuber
A YouTuber is a content creator and social media influencer who uploads or creates videos on the online video-sharing website YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006, and subsequently appeared in the You (Time Person of the Year), 2006 ''Time'' Person of the Year issue. Influence Influential YouTubers are sometimes described as Celebrity, microcelebrities. Since YouTube is widely conceived as a bottom-up social media video platform, microcelebrities do not appear to be involved with the established and commercial system of celebrity culture; rather, they appear self-governed and independent. This appearance, in turn, leads to YouTubers being seen as more relatable and authentic, also fostered by the direct connection between artist and viewer using the medium of YouTube. In 2014, the University of Southern California surveyed 1318-year-olds in the United States on whether ten YouTube celebrities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. She had a starring role on the Fox teen drama series '' Time of Your Life'' (1999–2000), and supporting roles in the films ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001) and ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002). Garner rose to fame in the 2000s for playing the secret agent Sydney Bristow in the ABC action thriller series '' Alias'' (2001–2006), for which she earned a Golden Globe, and four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, among other honors. She received further recognition for her starring roles in the romantic comedies '' 13 Going on 30'' (2004), '' Juno'' (2007), ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009) and ''Valentine's Day'' (2010), and for playing Elektra in superhero films. Garner has since starred in the films '' Dallas Buyers Club'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and producer. Known for primarily starring in projects with Feminism, feminist themes, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Chastain, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named her one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. Chastain developed an interest in acting from an early age and made her professional stage debut in 1998 as William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Juliet. After studying acting at the Juilliard School, she worked on television and stage. After making her film debut at age 31 in the drama ''Jolene (film), Jolene'' (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ''Take Shelter'' (2011) and ''The Tree of Life (film), The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzo Aduba
Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba () (; born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series ''Orange Is the New Black'' (2013–2019), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015, and two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015. She is one of only two actors to win an Emmy Award in both the comedy and drama categories for the same role. In 2020, Aduba played Shirley Chisholm in the Hulu miniseries '' Mrs. America'', for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. Aduba has appeared in films including '' American Pastoral'' (2016), '' My Little Pony: The Movie'' (2017), '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks (List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, third-most of all time), and finished as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 five times. Williams won 73 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including 23 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major women's singles titles — the most in the Open Era, and the All-time tennis records – women's singles#Grand Slam singles totals, second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam, career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. Along with her elder sister Venus Williams, Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams (tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportico
Penske Media Corporation (PMC ) is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including ''Variety (magazine), Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Women's Wear Daily'', ''Deadline Hollywood'', ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', ''Boy Genius Report'', ''Robb Report'', ''Artforum'', ARTnews, ''ARTNews'', and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske. In addition to media publications, Penske Media Corporation owns the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival and is a 50 percent stakeholder in South by Southwest. It is also the owner of Dick Clark Productions which includes the award shows Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards, Streamy Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards. History 2003–2011: Founding and early years of Penske Media Penske Media Corporation was founded by Jay Penske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Kerry Ohanian (; born April 24, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and former executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. He also co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, helped launch the travel search website Hipmunk and started the social enterprise Breadpig. He was also a partner at the startup accelerator and venture capital firm Y Combinator (company), Y Combinator. Ohanian is based in Florida where he lives with his wife, former tennis player Serena Williams and their daughters, Alexis Olympia Ohanian and Adira River Ohanian. , Ohanian’s net worth is estimated at $150 million. Early life and education Ohanian's paternal grandparents came to the United States as refugees of the Armenian Genocide. His mother, Anke, was an immigrant from Germany and Ohanian spoke German at home as a young child. Ohanian's father, Chris, worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
