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Didier Casnati
Didier "Didi" Casnati (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian musician, singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known as the lead singer of Pop music, pop band, The Gypsy Queens. Casnati also has a past career as an actor and model. Biography Casnati was born in Varese, Italy, to an Italian chemist, physicist, bio technologist and his wife. As a young musician, Casnati was inspired by Dire Straits and The Beach Boys. While attending European School in Varese, he formed several school bands to perform at the schools parties. He recorded his first solo self produced album at age 15. Casnati wrote, sang and played guitar. At age 18, he moved to Nice to study law, and was funding it by performing in the streets of Nice, and Nice's flower market. He was working as a model and actor at the same time, to pay for his studies. In Nice, he met Nicole Rubi, owner of the restaurant "La petite maison", who made him perform for Elton John, Joe Cocker, Bono among other superstars attending her restauran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varese
Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part of the city is called ''Varesotto''. Geography The city of Varese lies at the foot of Sacro Monte di Varese, part of the Campo dei Fiori di Varese, Campo dei Fiori mountain range, that hosts an astronomical observatory, as well as the Prealpino Geophysical Centre. The village which is in the middle of the mountain is called Santa Maria del Monte because of the medieval sanctuary, which is reached through the avenue of the chapels of the Sacred Mountain. Varese is situated on seven hills: the San Pedrino Hill, the Giubiano Hill, the Campigli Hill, the Sant'Albino Hill, the Biumo Superiore Hill, Colle di Montalbano (Villa Mirabello) and the Hill of Miogni. The city also looks over Lake Varese. Climate Varese's winters are not signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Klein
Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, and Dianne Reeves. As a bass player he has also worked with artists such as Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, Lindsey Buckingham, Randy Newman, and Joni Mitchell. As a record producer, Klein is a four-time Grammy Award winner, for his work on albums by Joni Mitchell and Herbie Hancock, and has been nominated for six additional Grammy Awards, including three nominations for Producer of the Year. Klein has produced more than 100 albums during his career, for musicians such as Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Shawn Colvin, Holly Cole, Madeleine Peyroux, The Innocence Mission, Melody Gardot, Walter Becker and Tracy Chapman. Early life and musical career Klein grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Hicks
Michele Hicks (born June 4, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model who has worked in both film and television. Career Her television appearances include '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' CSI: NY'', ''Cold Case'', ''The Shield'' and ''Heist''. She also appeared in the music video for the song "Letting the Cables Sleep" by Bush. Personal life Hicks married actor Jonny Lee Miller Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and as Dade Murphy in '' Hackers'' (1995) before ... in June 2008 and they have one son. Hicks and Miller divorced in 2018. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1973 births Living people Actresses from New Jersey Female models from New Jersey American film actresses American television actresses 20th-century Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Danza
Tony Danza (born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional boxer. He is known for co-starring in the television series ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' (1978–1983) and ''Who's the Boss?'' (1984–1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom ''The Tony Danza Show (1997 TV series), The Tony Danza Show'' (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show The Tony Danza Show (2004 talk show), of the same name). He has also appeared in films such as ''The Hollywood Knights'' (1980), ''Going Ape!'' (1981), ''She's Out of Control'' (1989), ''Angels in the Outfield (1994 film), Angels in the Outfield'' (1994), ''Crash (2004 film), Crash'' (2004), and ''Don Jon'' (2013). Early life Danza was born on April 21, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Anna Mary (né ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island of Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin; it is northeast of the Dutch islands of Saba (island), Saba and Sint Eustatius, as well as north of the independent country of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Barthélemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. In 2003 the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe to form a separate overseas collectivity (, abbreviated to ) of France. The collectivity is one of four territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that make up the French West Indies, along with Collectivity of Saint Martin, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe ( southeast) and Martinique. A volcanic island fully encircled by shallow reefs, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Glaviano
Marco Glaviano (born 1942) is an Italian photographer and architect, who has worked for fashion magazines and brands on both sides of the Atlantic, and with many of the world's best-known models. He has been a pioneer of digital photography, being the first to publish a digital picture in American ''Vogue'' in 1982. His photographs of fashion, celebrities, landscapes, and jazz have appeared in numerous museums and are in private and public collections worldwide. He is the co-founder of Pier 59 Studios in New York City, which he also helped design. Early life Marco Glaviano was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1942, to Nicola and Ninni Glaviano. His uncle was the influential Italian futurist artist, Gino Severini, and Glaviano was interested in art from a young age. He graduated from the University of Palermo with a degree in architecture in 1964. Career Soon after his graduation from the University of Palermo, Marco Glaviano started experimenting with photography. He also worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buona Sera
"Buona Sera" (sometimes titled "Buona Sera, Signorina") is a song written by Carl Sigman and Peter de Rose, and best known for being performed by Louis Prima in 1956. It reached number one in the singles charts in Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, and is ranked number 3 on the all-time best-selling singles chart in Flanders between 1954 and 2014, as compiled by Ultratop. Prima's track also reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1958. Ralf Bendix reached number 5 in Germany with his recording of the same song in 1958. In the same year, Dean Martin recorded the song on his ''This is Dean Martin!'' album. Acker Bilk's version reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1960. The song was used as the theme song for the second season of the TV series ''Platane'', by Éric Judor in 2013. On October 13 2023, The Gypsy Queens and Tony Danza released a version produced by Larry Klein and a video clip for the song, with cameo appearances from Michele Hicks and Nadia F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Noone
Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone (born 5 November 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits. Early life Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England, the second of five children, the son of two accountants, and attended English Martyrs (Urmston), Wellacre Primary School (Flixton), Stretford Grammar School, and St Bede's College, Manchester. In an interview, Noone made this comment about his early years: "My parents had zero input in my career other than to teach me to be independent and to always be honest, steadfast and true and I was steadfast often. I was able to have a perfectly normal teen life ..." Noone studied voice and drama at St. Bede's College and at the Manchester School of Music, where he won the Outstanding Young Musician Award. Career Herman's Hermits Early in his career, he used the stage name Peter Novac. At 15, he became the lead singer, spokesman and fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English rock and pop group formed in 1963 in Manchester and formerly fronted by singer Peter Noone. Known for their jaunty beat sound and Noone's often tongue-in-cheek vocal style, the Hermits charted with numerous transatlantic hits in the UK and in America, where they ranked as one of the most successful acts in the Beatles-led British Invasion. Between March and August 1965 in the United States, the group logged twenty-four consecutive weeks in the Top Ten of ''Billboards Hot 100 with five singles, including the two number ones " Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" and " I'm Henry VIII, I Am". Their other international hits in the 1960s include " I'm into Something Good" (their sole UK number one), " Can't You Hear My Heartbeat", the two covers " Silhouettes" and " Wonderful World", " A Must to Avoid", " Listen People", " No Milk Today", " There's a Kind of Hush", " I Can Take or Leave Your Loving", " Something's Happening" and " My Sentiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
