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Richard Simmons (other)
Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons (July 12, 1948 – July 13, 2024) was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his ''Sweatin' to the Oldies'' line of aerobics videos. Simmons began his weight-loss career by opening his gym Slimmons in Beverly Hills, California, catering to the overweight, and he became widely known through exposure on television and through the popularity of his consumer products. He was often parodied and was a frequent guest of late-night television and radio talk shows, such as the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' and '' The Howard Stern Show''. He continued to promote health and exercise through a decades-long career and later broadened his activities to include political activism, such as in 2008 in support of a bill mandating noncompetitive physical education in public schools as a part of the No Child Left Behind Act. Early life Simmons was born Milton Teagle Simmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines * New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Clowns
''I clowns'' (also known as ''The Clowns'') is a 1970 mockumentary film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses. Plot summary Cast Main * Riccardo Billi as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Billi) * Federico Fellini as Himself * Gigi Reder as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Reder) * Tino Scotti as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Scotti) * Valentini as Himself – Italian Clown * Fanfulla as Himself – Italian Clown * Merli as Himself – Italian Clown * Carlo Rizzo as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Rizzo) * Colombaioni as Themselves – Italian Clowns (credited as I 4 Colombaioni) * Pistoni as Himself – Italian Clown * Martana as Themselves – Italian Clowns (credited as I Martana) * Giacomo Furia as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Furia) * Alvaro Vitali as Himself (The Troupe) * Dante Maggio as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Maggio) * Galliano Sbarra as Himself – Italian Clown (credited as Sb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellini Satyricon
''Fellini Satyricon'', or simply ''Satyricon'', is a 1969 Italian fantasy drama film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work '' Satyricon'', written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. The film is divided into nine episodes, following Encolpius ( Martin Potter) and his friend Ascyltus ( Hiram Keller) as they try to win the heart of a young boy named Gitón within a surreal and dreamlike Roman landscape. ''Fellini Satyricon'' was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics, with particular praise toward Fellini's direction and Danilo Donati's vivid production design. The film earned Fellini his third Oscar nomination for Best Director, and the film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film opens on a graffiti-covered wall with Encolpius lamenting the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of ''Cahiers du Cinéma'' and ''Sight & Sound'', which lists his 1963 film '' '' as the 10th-greatest film. Fellini's best-known films include '' La Strada'' (1954), '' Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), '' 8½'' (1963), '' Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965), the "Toby Dammit" segment of '' Spirits of the Dead'' (1968), '' Fellini Satyricon'' (1969), ''Roma'' (1972), ''Amarcord'' (1973), and ''Fellini's Casanova'' (1976). Fellini was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of his career, winning a total of four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Communications
Swift Communications Inc. is an American digital marketing and newspaper publishing company based in Carson City, Nevada. Swift's primary markets are resort town tabloid newspapers and websites as well as agricultural publications. Swift Communications has been noted for "being outside of the mainstream" and "drawing national attention inside the industry" for disabling commenting and implementing paywalls on most of its online newspaper's websites. Many of Swift's newspapers are heavily composed of paid advertorial "sponsored content". History ''Swift Newspapers'' was founded by Philip Swift in 1975. Swift, a former executive at the Scripps League of Newspapers, exchanged his equity interests in the company for ownership of two daily newspapers. After dozens of acquisitions and mergers over the years, Swift amassed a large number of print publications and in 1991 the company began concentrating on the resort sector by launching ''Tahoe.com'' and ''Reno.com''. In 2006, the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obese
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it may negatively affect health. People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over ; the range is defined as overweight. Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. Obesity is a major cause of disability and is correlated with various diseases and conditions, particularly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity has individual, socioeconomic, and environmental causes. Some known causes are diet, physical activity, automation, urbanization, genetic susceptibility, medications, mental disorders, economic policies, endocrine disorders, and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. While a majority of obese individuals at any given time are attempting to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times-Picayune
''The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate'' is an American newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, since January 25, 1837. The current publication is the result of the 2019 acquisition of ''The Times-Picayune'' (itself a result of the 1914 union of ''The Picayune'' with the ''Times-Democrat'') by the New Orleans edition of ''The Advocate'' (based in Baton Rouge), which began publication in 2013 as a response to ''The Times-Picayune'' switching from a daily publication schedule to a Wednesday/Friday/Sunday schedule in October 2012 (''The Times-Picayune'' resumed daily publication in 2014). ''The Times-Picayune'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2006 for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Four of ''The Times-Picayune'''s staff reporters also received Pulitzers for breaking-news reporting for their coverage of the storm. The paper funds the Edgar A. Poe Award for journalistic excellence, which is presented annually by the White House Corresponden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google News
Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google. It presents a continuous flow of links to articles organized from thousands of publishers and magazines. Google News is available as an app on Android, iOS, and the Web. Google released a beta version in September 2002 and the official app in January 2006. The initial idea was developed by Krishna Bharat. The service has been described as the world's largest news aggregator. In 2020, Google announced they would be spending billion to work with publishers to create Showcases. History As of 2014, Google News was watching more than 50,000 news sources worldwide. Versions for more than 60 regions in 28 languages were available in March 2012. , service is offered in the following 35 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Norwegian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day (New London)
''The Day'' newspaper, formerly known as ''The New London Day'', is a local newspaper based in New London, Connecticut, published by The Day Publishing Company. The newspaper has won Newspaper of the Year and the Best Daily Newspaper Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA). It has twice won the Horace Greeley Award for "courage and outstanding effectiveness in serving the public." It has won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Example of Excellence in Small Newspaper award and the '' Columbia Journalism Review'' has listed it as one of the top 100 newspapers in the country with a circulation of less than 100,000 copies. History ''The Day'' was founded in July 1881 as a mouthpiece of the local Republican Party in an era when many American newspapers served political parties. It was owned by a wealthy mercantile family in New London. In 1889, the original publisher, Maj. John A. Tibbits, left the paper to take a government post in England. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cor Jesu High School
Cor or COR may refer to: People * Cor people, an ethnic group of Vietnam * Cor (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jon Cor (born 1984), a Canadian actor Places * Cor, Templeport, a townland in County Cavan, Ireland * California State Prison, Corcoran, Kings County, California, U.S. * Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport, Córdoba, Argentina, IATA airport code COR * Corby railway station, UK, station code COR * Corio railway station, Victoria, Australia, station code COR * County Cork, Ireland, Chapman code COR Business and organizations * College of Radiographers (CoR), a charitable subsidiary of the Society of Radiographers * Committee of the Regions (CoR), the European Union's assembly of local and regional representatives * Commonwealth Oil Refineries, an Australian oil company 1920–1952 * Confederation of Regions Party of Canada (CoR), Canadian political party * Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or Contracti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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