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Gil Ofarim
Gil Doron Reichstadt Ofarim (born 13 August 1982) is a German singer, songwriter, and actor, also known as the lead singer of the bands Zoo Army and Acht. Early life Ofarim is the first child of Israeli musician Abi Ofarim (1937–2018) and his third wife Sandra. He has a younger brother, Tal, a musician, who was born in 1984. Gil speaks German, Hebrew and English. He sings in English and German. Music career Ofarim's showbiz career took off in May 1997 when he was spotted in a Munich underground station by a talent scout for ''Bravo'' magazine and was asked to do a pictorial story spread. The article generated thousands of letters from fans and he landed a recording contract with BMG. His first single "Round 'n' Round (It Goes)" was released in November 1997 and became a top 40 hit in Germany. Ofarim' debut album '' Here I Am'' was released to international success in May 1998. 2003–2007: ''On My Own'' After several other successful singles, Ofarim became increasingly di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Josef Liefers
Jan Josef Liefers (born 8 August 1964) is a German actor, producer, director and musician. Life Liefers was born in Dresden, the son of director Karlheinz Liefers and actress Brigitte Liefers-Wähner. After his apprenticeship he studied at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. From 1987 until 1990 he acted at the Deutsches Theater Berlin; after this he moved to the Thalia Theater (Hamburg), Thalia Theater in Hamburg. His first role in cinema was Alexander von Humboldt in the East German film '. Following that, Liefers appeared in some minor film roles; however, in 1996 he achieved his breakthrough with the Helmut Dietl film '. He received the Bayerischer Filmpreis for his role ''(Bodo Kriegnitz)''. As a result of this success, he was awarded roles in several German films. He has been playing pathologist Dr. Karl Friedrich Boerne in the famed crime serial ''Tatort'' since 2002. Liefers is a keen motorcyclist and in 2007 started on a trip of a lifetime from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Starkes Team
(German for: "a strong team") is a German crime film, crime television series developed by the Germany, German television channel ZDF since March 1994. Up to four new 90-minute episodes are broadcast annually, resulting in a current total of 89 episodes. Each episode usually revolves around an intricate murder case, regularly coinciding with events in the private lives of the main characters. Background In 1993, ZDF began work on the crime comedy ''Gemischtes Doppel'' (German for: "mixed doubles"); a buddy cop film where Ossi and Wessi police officers got teamed up in the wake of the Peaceful Revolution. Against their wills, Verena Berthold, a self-confident and seasoned detective chief superintendent who grew up in West Germany, was partnered with Otto Garber, a slightly peculiar, solitary, and somewhat grumpy Volkspolizei officer, who doesn't think highly of women in policing, or self-confident women. The clash between the two characters thematicized the culture shock many resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Band
Alex Band (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the vocalist for the Los Angeles-based rock music, rock band The Calling (band), the Calling. He performed their hit song "Wherever You Will Go," which topped the Adult Top 40 for 23 weeks, making it the Smooth (Santana song), second-longest-running number one single in the chart's history. Furthermore, it was later named the number one song of the 2000s decade on the Adult Pop Songs, Adult Pop Charts by ''Billboard''. Along with the band's lead guitarist and fellow songwriter Aaron Kamin, they achieved success with the release of their first two studio albums; ''Camino Palmero'' (2001), which sold over 5 million copies worldwide and was certified RIAA certification, Gold by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as well as their second album ''Two (The Calling album), Two'' (2004), which sold over 1.5 million copies. The former spawned a successful follow-up singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Fall Für B , a Belgian obesity organ ...
Ein or EIN may refer to: Science and technology * Ein function, in mathematics * Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia, a lesion of the uterine lining * Equivalent input noise, of a microphone * European Informatics Network, a 1970s computer network Fictional characters * Ein, a character in the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop'' * Ein, a character in the video game series ''Dead or Alive'' * Ein, the protagonist of the Game Boy Advance game '' Riviera: The Promised Land'' Other uses * Aer Lingus (ICAO code), the flag carrier airline of Ireland * Eindhoven Airport (IATA code), in the Netherlands * Employer Identification Number, assigned by the US Internal Revenue Service * EPODE International Network EPODE International Network (EIN) is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation that seeks to support childhood obesity-prevention programmes across the world. The name EPODE comes from ‘Ensemble Prévenons l'ObésitéDes Enfants’ Toge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet The Robinsons
''Meet the Robinsons'' is a 2007 American animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the 1990 children's book ''A Day with Wilbur Robinson'' by William Joyce (writer), William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen Anderson (artist), Stephen Anderson and produced by Dorothy McKim, from a screenplay that Anderson co-wrote with Don Hall (filmmaker), Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Joe Mateo, Jon Bernstein, Michelle Spitz, and Aurian Redson. The film stars the voices of Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West, Ethan Sandler, Tom Kenny, and Anderson. It follows an orphaned 12-year-old inventor, Lewis, who is desperate to be adopted. He meets Wilbur Robinson, a young time-traveler who takes him to the year 2037 to visit his eccentric family. They must prevent a mysterious bowler hat, bowler-hatted man from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson (director), Robert Wilson. Wainwright's Rufus Wainwright (album), self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, ''Poses (album), Poses'', was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, ''Want One'' (2003) and ''Want Two'' (2004), were repackaged as the double album ''Want (Rufus Wainwright album), Want'' in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, ''Release the Stars'', and his first live album, ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall''. His second live album, ''Milwaukee at Last!!!'', was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums ''All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchanted (film)
''Enchanted'' is a 2007 American live-action animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Kevin Lima and written by Bill Kelly. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, and Right Coast Productions, the film stars Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Idina Menzel, and Susan Sarandon, with Julie Andrews as the narrator. It focuses on an archetypal Disney princess-to-be named Giselle, who is exiled from her animated world into the live-action world of the New York City metropolitan area. The film is both an homage to and a self-parody of Disney's animated features, making numerous references to past works through the combination of live-action filmmaking, traditional animation, and computer-generated imagery. It also marks the return of traditional animation to a Disney feature film after the company's decision to move entirely to computer animation in 2004. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Film
Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually Magic (paranormal), magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The Film genre, genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, Wonder (emotion), wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Subgenres Several sub-categories of fantasy films can be identified, although the delineations between these subgenres, much as in fantasy literature, are somewhat fluid. The most common fantasy subgenres depicted in movies are high fantasy and sword and sorcery. Both categories typically employ quasi-medieval settings, wizards, magical creatures and other elements commonly associated with fantasy stories. High fantasy films tend to feature a more richly developed fantasy world, and may also be more character-oriented or thematically complex. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers". The musical film was a natural development of the musical theater, stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater. Musical films characteristically contain elements reminiscent of theater; performers often treat their song and dance numbers as if a live audience were watching. In a sense, the viewer becomes the diegesis, diegetic audience, as the performer looks directly into the camera and performs to it. With the Sound film, advent of sound in the late 1920s, musicals gained popularity with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Close (Enchanted Song)
"So Close" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for the musical fantasy film '' Enchanted'' (2007), recorded by American singer Jon McLaughlin. In the film, the song is performed by McLaughlin as himself, a band vocalist, musically accompanying main characters Giselle and Robert as they dance together at a costume ball. The song's lyrics describe both their relationship with each other, as well as Giselle's journey and growth as a character. ''Enchanted'''s songs become more contemporary in style as Giselle matures into a modern-day young woman, with "So Close" resembling the style of music featured in Disney films during the 1990s, a theme similarly reflected by the character's choice of wardrobe during the scene. A romantic pop ballad, Menken and Schwartz based "So Close" on the title song from Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), a song Menken himself had written the music for, while its cinematography was designed to invoke the camera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon McLaughlin (musician)
Jonathan McLaughlin (born September 27, 1982) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, record producer and pianist from Anderson, Indiana. His debut album ''Indiana'' was released on May 1, 2007, preceded by his first EP ''Industry'', also known as ''Jon McL'', in February 2007. His most successful song is the 2008 single " Beating My Heart", from his second album '' OK Now''. Early life McLaughlin grew up in Anderson, Indiana, playing piano since early childhood, though he disliked the lessons, and often sought to avoid them. While attending Highland High School, McLaughlin shattered both wrists in an accident that interrupted his musical career. Rediscovering "his muse," McLaughlin attended Anderson University to study music. Career McLaughlin released an independent album entitled ''Up Until Now'' in 2003. This quickly led to McLaughlin becoming the first artist to sign on with the school's burgeoning record label, Orangehaus Records (now Orangehaus Entertainment). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
