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Bobby
Bobby or Bobbie may refer to: People *Bobby (given name), a list of names * Bobby (surname), a list of surnames * Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh * Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea * Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter * Bobby, old slang for a constable in British law enforcement * Bobby, disused British railway term for a signalman As a nickname * Bobbie Barwell (1895–1985), New Zealand photographer * Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968), American politician and lawyer * Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954), American attorney and activist Events * Kidnapping of Bobby Greenlease, a 1953 crime in Kansas City, Missouri * Murder of Bobby Äikiä, Swedish boy who was tortured and killed by his mother and stepfather in 2006 Dogs *Greyfriars Bobby (1855–1???), legendary 19th century Scottish dog *Bobbie (dog), a British regimental dog who survived the Battle of Maiwand * Bobbie the Wonder Dog, an American dog that walked 2,551 miles to find its owners Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby (2006 Film)
''Bobby'' is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Spencer Garrett, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Freddy Rodriguez, Heather Graham, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Elijah Wood, and Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968, shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win of the 1968 Democratic presidential primary in California. Plot synopsis The film recreates the ambiance of the era and invokes the hopes inspired by Kennedy through the use of actual broadcast and newsfilm footage of the senator intercut with dramatic sequences involving mostly fictional characters. It uses an ensemble plot devic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Sock
Bobby socks are a style of women's socks. They are usually white and worn ankle-length or collected at the ankle, instead of being rolled up fully extended on the leg. The term is derived from the socks being worn "bobbed", meaning around the ankle. The popularity of bobby socks among young American women in the 1940s led to this demographic being popularly referred to as " bobby soxers". They were initially popular in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, later making a comeback in the 1980s.''Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms: 1940s–1950s'', Sara Pendergast, Tom Pendergast. UXL/Thomson Gale, 2002 References 1940s fashion 1950s fashion 1960s fashion Socks Bobby-soxers {{US-culture-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Pin
A bobby pin (US English, known as a kirby grip or hair grip in the United Kingdom) is a type of hairpin, usually of metal or plastic, used in hairstyle, coiffure to hold hair in place. It is a small double-pronged hair pin or clip that slides into hair with the prongs open and then the flexible prongs close over the hair to hold it in place. They are typically plain and unobtrusively colored, but some are elaborately decorated or jeweled. Bobby pins became popular in the 1920s to hold the new Bob cut, bobbed hairstyles. Uses The main use of a bobby pin is to hold hair in place. In addition to bobbed hair, bobby pins are often used in up-dos, buns, and other hair styles where a sleek look is desired. To use a bobby pin in hair, hold the hair in the desired position and push the bobby pin (straight side up) into place. Bobby pins can also be used to hold head coverings such as headbands, bandannas, and yarmulkes in place. They can be used as decorative elements in hair. Attribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby (Paper Mario)
Bob-omb, commonly referred to as Bobby, is a character in the 2020 role-playing video game '' Paper Mario: The Origami King''. He is a partner of the protagonist, Mario, who also accompanies an origami girl named Olivia. He was the first character decided by Nintendo to be included in the game. He is a member of the Bob-omb species, an explosive enemy in the ''Mario'' series. He has amnesia, and is missing his fuse, trying to figure out who he is. After recovering his memory and the fuse of his dead Bob-omb friend, he ends up sacrificing his life to allow Mario and Olivia to continue their journey. His arc, particularly his sacrifice, received positive reception. Concept and creation Bobby was designed for '' Paper Mario: The Origami King'', being the first partner character included in Mario's story. He is a Bob-omb, an explosive species in the ''Mario'' series that is typically an opponent to Mario, though Bobby is an ally to him. In ''The Origami King'', Bob-ombs are abl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby (software)
The original Bobby was a free online tool, written by Josh Krieger and provided by the Centre for Applied Special Technology (CAST), used to validate websites for WAI and Section 508 compliance. Launched in 1995,Centre for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Bobby'', cited 4 May 2008. it became well known for the usage of the ''Bobby Approved'' icon that website authors could use to indicate they have successfully passed the Bobby online test. Development was coordinated by Chuck Hitchcock, CAST's Chief Officer of Policy and Technology, and further developed by David Clark and Michael Cooper. The CAST tool was officially closed on May 1, 2005. However, the Bobby name lived on in Watchfire Corporation's Watchfire Bobby program. Watchfire provided the same free service that CAST did with Bobby in their Watchfire WebXACT tool. Watchfire's offering, now part of an IBM suite described below, tests pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues. The free tool was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbie (company)
Bobbie Baby, Inc. is an American infant formula company based in Heath, Ohio. It was founded by Laura Modi and Sarah Hardy. History Bobbie was founded in 2018 by Laura Modi, an Irish-American who was working as an executive at Airbnb. The idea behind the company came from her difficulty finding suitable baby formula to feed her first infant. Sarah Hardy, a co-worker from Airbnb, also helped establish Bobbie in 2019. Bobbie's infant formula was made with organic ingredients and did not use corn syrup, palm oil, or soy. Modi named the company ''Bobbie'' after her infant daughter's pronunciation of the word "bottle." In May 2023, the company released its second product, a formula it calls “organic gentle”, designed for fussy babies. The company also operates Bobbie Labs, a research and development hub which invests in research to expand its product offerings. In July 2023, the company acquired pediatric nutrition company Nature's One, after closing a $70 million Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verband Deutscher Tonmeister
The ''Verband Deutscher Tonmeister e.V.'' (VDT) is a registered association for audio industry professionals. The VDT has evolved from the ''Deutsche Filmtonmeister-Vereinigung'' (which focused on film sound professionals) that was founded in Munich in 1950. There are currently more than 1900 members in the VDT that are either freelancers or employed in various institutions; e.g. in the film business, radio broadcasting, television, recording studios, record labels, theaters and performance venues, the audio equipment producing industry, research and development, multimedia education and other audio related areas of occupation. Students preparing for a job in the audio industry are also members of the VDT, making up roughly 10%. Even though the designation of Tonmeister is a fixed part of the name of the association its members carry many other job titles like audio engineer, sound director, music director, sound designer, producer, record producer and music supervisor. The oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GFOTY
Polly-Louisa Salmon (born 19 July 1990), better known by her stage name GFOTY, an abbreviation of Girlfriend of the Year, is a British pop singer. From 2013 to 2018, she released music through the PC Music label. She now independently releases her music. Much of her work has been in the form of mini-mixes. Biography GFOTY is the daughter of art dealer Jeff Salmon. She grew up in London, England and ran a blog. Her earliest songs include "Take a Picture", which includes rap group Serious Thugs, and "Friday Night", which is a darkly-comical take on pop clichés about partying teenagers. A remix of the latter was incorporated into the DJ sets of the producer SOPHIE. Her debut single, "Bobby", was released in 2013 via the PC Music record label and collective. It describes feelings of futility after a breakup. GFOTY uses a spoken word delivery over a tense, synthesised wall of sound. She released ''Secret Mix'' in March 2014. It includes cover versions of songs by Celine Dion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Eye (album)
''Electric Eye'' is the second studio album by the Christian rock band Prodigal, released in 1984. The band created promotional music videos for "Scene of the Crime", "Fast Forward", and "Boxes", which were featured on Trinity Broadcasting Network's music video show ''Real Videos'' at the time of the album's release. In a 2009 interview, frontman Loyd Boldman said "we put a 'stop-groove' at the end of Side Two that would 'catch' the vinyl record and wouldn't allow it to eject on an automatic turntable. If you picked up the needle and set it down again on the other side of the stop-groove, you’d hear a packet of computer code that could be deciphered by a Commodore 64, the most popular computer of that time. If you used a cassette drive, the Commodore would show you lyrics and graphics and some facts about the album." In 2019, it was demonstrated that the contents were a short BASIC program displaying a quote by Albert Einstein and a quote by Jesus Jesus (AD 30 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Valance
David Spencer (10 April 193612 June 2020), known professionally as Ricky Valance, was a Welsh pop singer. He was best known for the UK number one single " Tell Laura I Love Her", which sold more than a million copies in 1960. He was the first male Welsh singer to have a UK number one single hit. Early life Born as David Spencer in Ynysddu, Monmouthshire, Wales, the eldest of seven children, he sang in his church choir and worked in a coal mine and a factory before joining the RAF at the age of 17. "First Person: Ricky Valance", ''South Wales Argus'', 19 December 2012 retrieved 12 June 2020. Music career He started his musical career after leaving the armed forces. He performed in local < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara McNair
Barbara Jean McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) was an American singer and theater, television, and film actress. McNair's career spanned over five decades in television, film, and stage. McNair's professional career began in music during the late 1950s, singing in the nightclub circuit. In 1958, McNair released " Till There Was You", her debut single for Coral Records, which was a commercial success. McNair performed all around the world, touring with Nat King Cole and later appearing in his Broadway stage shows ''I'm with You'' and ''The Merry World of Nat King Cole'' in the early 1960s. By the 1970s, McNair had switched to acting in films and television; she played Sidney Poitier's character’s wife in ''They Call Me Mister Tibbs!'' (1970) and its sequel '' The Organization'' (1971). In her later years, McNair returned to performing in nightclubs and on cruise ships. She died of throat cancer on February 4, 2007, at the age of 72. Biography Early life and educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
