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Priscilla (other)
Priscilla is a feminine given name. Priscilla may also refer to: Music People * Priscilla (singer, born 1996), Brazilian singer Priscilla Alcantara * Priscilla (singer, born 1990), Brazilian singer Priscilla Florencio * Priscilla (French singer) (born 1989), Priscilla Betti * Priscilla Chan (singer) (born 1965), Hong Kong singer * Priscilla Coolidge (born 1941), American recording artist and sister of singer Rita Coolidge Albums * ''Priscilla'' (album), a 2002 album by the French singer Priscilla Songs * "Priscilla", a song from the 2014 album ''Platinum'' by Miranda Lambert * "Priscilla", a song on the 1983 album ''Midnight at the Lost and Found'' by Meat Loaf * "Priscilla", a 1971 song by Phil Pickett * "Priscilla" (Eddie Cooley song), 1957 * "Priscilla", a 1981 song by Yellowjackets, Jimmy Haslip, Robben Ford, Chris Palmaro * "Priscilla", a song from the 2001 album ''Songs in Red and Gray'' by Suzanne Vega Ships * ''Priscilla'' (sloop), a U.S. National Historic Landmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin '' Prisca'', derived from ''priscus''. There is a theory that this biblical character was the author of the Letter to the Hebrews. The name first appears in the New Testament either as Priscilla or Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity. The name also appears along with Maximilla, referring to two female leaders of the Montanist movement of the 2nd century AD. The name appears in English literature in Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene ''(1596), and was adopted as an English name by the Puritans in the 17th century. It increased in usage in the United States in the 1930s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Lane and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Presley. Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Priscilla, an early Christian of the New Testament and companion to Paul the Apostle * Priscilla and Maximilla, charismatic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs In Red And Gray
''Songs in Red and Gray'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was released on September 25, 2001, by A&M Records. Music and lyrics On ''Songs in Red and Gray'', Vega returns to her signature acoustic folk-pop sound, shedding the experiments she had done in the 1990s with her husband, record producer Mitchell Froom. New producer Rupert Hine shows some traces of his past work with '80s new wave bands by employing electronic beats, but mostly allows Vega's voice and guitar to dominate in a manner reminiscent of her debut album and its 1987 follow-up, '' Solitude Standing''. Most of the songs, like "Widow's Walk" and "If I Were a Weapon", deal with the dissolution of Vega's marriage with Froom. Her "calm, hushed, clear singing" belies the album's "mood of heartbroken defiance". The lyrics are "the most personally revealing songs she has written" in her career. Track listing Personnel * Suzanne Vega – vocals, acoustic guitar * Gerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests that were conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site, following ''Project 57'', and preceding '' Project 58/58A''. Background The operation consisted of 29 explosions, of which only two did not produce any nuclear yield. Twenty-one laboratories and government agencies were involved. While most ''Operation Plumbbob'' tests contributed to the development of warheads for intercontinental and intermediate range missiles, they also tested air defense and anti-submarine warheads with smaller yields. They included 43 military effects tests on civil and military structures, radiation and bio-medical studies, and aircraft structural tests. ''Operation Plumbbob'' had the tallest tower tests to date in the U.S. nuclear testing program as well as high-altitude balloon tests. One nuclear test involved the largest troop maneuver ever associated with U.S. nuclear testing. Approximately 18,000 members of the U.S. Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy (crater)
Davy is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium. It was named after British physicist Humphry Davy. It overlies the lava-flooded remains of the satellite crater Davy Y to the east, a formation which contains a crater chain designated Catena Davy. To the southeast of Davy is the prominent crater Alphonsus. The outer rim of Davy is low, and the interior has been partly resurfaced. The perimeter is somewhat polygonal in shape, especially in the western half, and the southeast rim has been overlain by Davy A. The latter is bowl-shaped with a notch in the northern rim. The interior of Davy lacks a central peak, although there are some low central mounds and the rim of Davy Y forms a low ridge leading from the northern outer rim. Davy has a fractured floor, although the fractures are fairly subdued. The crater was named in 1935 by the IAU after British physicist Humphry Davy. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2137 Priscilla
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Priscilla (film)
''Priscilla'' is a 2023 American biographical drama film written, directed, and produced by Sofia Coppola, based on the 1985 memoir '' Elvis and Me'' by Priscilla Presley (who serves as an executive producer) and Sandra Harmon. It follows the life of Priscilla ( Cailee Spaeny) and her complicated romantic relationship with Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi). ''Priscilla'' premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2023, where Spaeny won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. It was released in the United States by A24 in select theaters on October 27, 2023, before expanding wide on November 3, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $33 million worldwide. In addition to her award from Venice, Spaeny received a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for her performance. Plot Two months before renowned 24-year-old singer Elvis Presley leaves Germany in March 1960, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu resides with her fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
''The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows two drag queens (played by Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) and a transgender woman (Terence Stamp), as they journey across the Australian Outback on a tour bus named ''Priscilla'', along the way encountering various groups and individuals. The film was based upon the lives of three actual drag queens—Cindy Pastel, Strykermyer and Lady Bump—who were to play themselves but later replaced with what the studio considered "bankable" actors. ''Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' premiered at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section. Upon its wide release, it became a surprise worldwide hit and its positive portrayal of LGBT individuals helped to introduce queer themes to a mainstream audience. It received predominantly positive reviews and won Best Costume Design at the 67th Academy Awards. The film is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Storms Named Priscilla
The name Priscilla has been used for nine tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...s worldwide; seven in the Eastern Pacific, and once in the Western Pacific and Australian region. In the Eastern Pacific: * Hurricane Priscilla (1967) * Hurricane Priscilla (1971) * Tropical Storm Priscilla (1975) * Hurricane Priscilla (1983) * Tropical Storm Priscilla (1989) * Tropical Storm Priscilla (2013) * Tropical Storm Priscilla (2019) In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Priscilla (1946) In the Australian region: * Cyclone Priscilla (1970) {{DEFAULTSORT:Priscilla Pacific hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Priscilla (SP-44)
Priscilla is an English female given name adopted from Latin '' Prisca'', derived from ''priscus''. There is a theory that this biblical character was the author of the Letter to the Hebrews. The name first appears in the New Testament either as Priscilla or Prisca, a female leader in early Christianity. The name also appears along with Maximilla, referring to two female leaders of the Montanist movement of the 2nd century AD. The name appears in English literature in Edmund Spenser's ''The Faerie Queene ''(1596), and was adopted as an English name by the Puritans in the 17th century. It increased in usage in the United States in the 1930s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Lane and again in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to the influence of actress Priscilla Presley. Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Priscilla, an early Christian of the New Testament and companion to Paul the Apostle * Priscilla and Maximilla, charismatic prophets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla (sloop)
''Priscilla'' is a classic fishing dredge, oyster dredging sloop and museum ship at the Long Island Maritime Museum. Built in 1888, it is the oldest surviving boat from the Great South Bay oyster fleet, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006. and It is berthed near the ''Modesty (sloop), Modesty'', another National Historic Landmark sloop. History On Saturday, April 7, 1888, Elisha Saxton launched his brand new working sloop, ''Priscilla'' on the Patchogue River. Saxton had built ''Priscilla'' for George Rhinehart of Lawrence, New York, who named the boat for his wife, Priscilla. From 1888 to 1963, ''Priscilla'' was owned and operated by several oystermen from Connecticut and New York. During these years, she experienced many changes. The oystermen spoke of "Pris" as a fast, able and "smart" boat - a "money maker" because, unlike other boats, she could dredge well in both light and heavy winds. By 1963, the oyster beds were completely exhausted or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowjackets (band)
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. History In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited keyboardist Russell Ferrante, electric bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ricky Lawson. They decided to continue as a group and were signed to Warner Bros. Records by producer Tommy LiPuma, who chose the name "Yellowjackets" from a list of potential group names the band had compiled. In 1984, the band's second album, ''Mirage a Trois'', was nominated for a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award for Best Fusion Performance. Ford played on only half this album, and after he departed the group, saxophonist Marc Russo was hired in his place. The next album, ''Shades (Yellowjackets album), Shades'', reached No. 4 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine jazz album chart, while the single "And You Know That" won a Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Lawson left and was replaced by Will Kennedy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priscilla (singer, Born 1996)
Priscilla Alcântara Silva Fonseca, or simply Priscilla (; born 19 June 1996) is a Brazilian singer, television personality and actress. Biography Born in Itapecerica da Serra, Alcantara became first known in 2005, when as a child she won the SBT television musical contest ''Código Fama'' and then took part in its Mexican version '' Código F.A.M.A.''. She then hosted several programs on SBT, notably the children show ''Bom Dia & Companhia'', for which she won a Prêmio Jovem Brasileiro in 2010. In 2008, Alcantara released her first album, ''O início''. Her 2018 song "Me refez" was the first Brazilian Christian music song to enter the global Top 200 of Spotify. In 2020, her album ''Gente'' was nominated for Best Portuguese Language Christian Album at the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. In 2021, she won the first season of the show ''The Masked Singer Brasil''. In 2023, she played Carmen Miranda in the telenovela ''Amor Perfeito ''Amor Perfeito'' (English: ''Perfect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
