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Together At Home
''One World: Together at Home'' (also known as ''Together at Home'') was a 2020 benefit concert organized by Global Citizen (organization), Global Citizen of New York City and curated by singer Lady Gaga in support of the World Health Organization. The special was intended to promote the practice of social distancing while staying together during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 18, 2020, a six-hour pre-show was streamed online immediately prior to the television global broadcast. The online portion of the event was hosted through YouTube by actress and presenter Jameela Jamil (first hour), actor Matthew McConaughey (second hour), actress Danai Gurira (third hour), singer Becky G (fourth hour), actress Laverne Cox (fifth hour) and actor Don Cheadle (sixth hour). It featured appearances from numerous celebrities. Participants of concert series * Alex Gaskarth * Alissa White-Gluz * Amy Lee * Amy Shark * Anne-Marie (singer), Anne-Marie * Anthony Hamilton (singer), Anthony Hamilton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Citizen (organization)
Global Citizen, also known as Global Poverty Project, is an international education and advocacy organization that seeks to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty and promote social justice and social equity, equity through the lens of intersectionality. The organization was founded by Hugh Evans (humanitarian), Hugh Evans, Michael Sheldrick, Simon Moss and Wei Soo, and aims to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to support the cause. Vision Global Citizen's vision is, upon itself, a world without extreme poverty by 2030. To achieve this, the organization works with people to make a difference in the present, and focuses on improving the future by changing the systems and policies that keep people in poverty, by utilizing education, communications, advocacy, campaigning, and the media. The organization researches and selects causes to support, and then suggests actions for its members to take in support of those causes. This can include sending twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey ( ; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama '' A Time to Kill'' (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film '' Contact'' (1997), the historical drama '' Amistad'' (1997), and the war film '' U-571'' (2000). In the 2000s, McConaughey became known for starring in romantic comedies, including '' The Wedding Planner'' (2001), '' How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003), '' Failure to Launch'' (2006), ''Fool's Gold'' (2008), and ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009), establishing him as a sex symbol. In 2011, after a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles, beginning with the legal drama '' The Lincoln Lawyer''. In 2012, he gained wider praise for his roles as a strippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Hjelt
Icona Pop ( ) are a Swedish synth-pop duo that formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. Its two members, Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986) and Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987), grew up in Stockholm and created what the Swedish press has described as music which "you can both laugh and cry to at the same time". They signed to TEN Music Group in 2009 and are currently also in a label deal with Ultra Music. Their biggest hit to date has been " I Love It". Career Beginning Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987, of a Swedish mother and Sweden-Finnish father) and Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986, of a Finnish mother and Gambian father) attended the same music school in Stockholm, but met by chance at a party in February 2009 and formed the duo. Four weeks later, they had written songs for their first performance. Two years later, the two described their music as "classical pop melodies with drums and synths". The English-language press, including ''NME'', ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Morrison
Carla Patricia Morrison Flores (born July 19, 1986) is a Mexican indie-pop guitarist and singer. She has released three studio albums and has received various awards and nominations including two Grammy Award nominations and three Latin Grammy Awards. Early life Carla Morrison was born in Tecate, Baja California, to Mexican parents, Porfiria Flores and Hilario Morrison (née Viera), who obtained his last name when he was adopted by William Guy Morrison, born in California to an English migrant named Laura Morrison. Morrison lived in Tecate during her early years, taking classes in drawing and dancing. At 17, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to study music at the Mesa Community College, later dropping out to perform as the lead singer of the band ''Babaluca'' alongside Nicolas Kizer and Niki Petta. The band started working with Mark Erickson from Colorstone, but never released a completed project. Morrison soon stepped away from the band in order to pursue a solo career. Musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila Cabello
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the Pop music, pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl groups of all time. While in the group, Cabello established herself as a solo artist with collaborative singles "I Know What You Did Last Summer (song), I Know What You Did Last Summer" (with Shawn Mendes) and "Bad Things (Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello song), Bad Things" (with Machine Gun Kelly (rapper), Machine Gun Kelly), the latter making number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. She left Fifth Harmony in late 2016. Cabello's debut studio album, ''Camila (album), Camila'' (2018), peaked atop the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Largely influenced by Latin music, its lead single "Havana (Camila Cabello song), Havana" (featuring Young Thug) was an international chart-topper. It was the List of best-selling si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hamilton (singer)
Anthony Cornelius Hamilton (born January 28, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter. Hailing from Charlotte, North Carolina, he signed with Uptown Records, an imprint of MCA Records to record his debut studio album ''XTC''; scheduled for release in 1996, it was ultimately shelved due to its singles failing to chart. He then gained recognition for his guest performance on Nappy Roots' 2002 single " Po' Folks", which peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and led him to sign with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings, an imprint of Arista Records. Hamilton's second studio album, ''Comin' from Where I'm From'' (2003) received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), earned four Grammy Award nominations, and spawned the 2004 single " Charlene", which peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His third and fourth albums, ''Ain't Nobody Worryin''' (2005) and '' The Point of It All'' (2008), both peaked within the top 20 of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie (singer)
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. She has attained various charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's " Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", " Ciao Adios", "Friends", "2002", " Don't Play" and "Kiss My (Uh-Oh)". Her debut studio album, '' Speak Your Mind'' (2018), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Her next two studio albums, ''Therapy'' (2021) and '' Unhealthy'' (2023), both peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. Anne-Marie was nominated for four awards at the 2019 Brit Awards, including Best British Female Solo Artist. To date she has been nominated for ten Brit Awards and has also received a nomination for a ''Billboard'' Music Award and a Grammy Award. In 2015, she signed a record deal with Asylum Records and began releasing her work through the label. From 2021 to 2023, Anne-Marie appeared as a coach on the television singing competition ''The Voice UK''. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Shark
Amy Louise Billings (born 14 May 1986), known professionally as Amy Shark, is an Australian indie pop singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer from the Gold Coast, Queensland. During 2008 to 2012, her early solo material was released and performed under the name Amy Cushway. Her 2016 single "Adore (Amy Shark song), Adore" peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Singles Chart and was also listed at number 2 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016. Her album ''Love Monster (album), Love Monster'' (July 2018) debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Shark has won 8 ARIA Music Awards from 29 nominations, including winning ARIA Award for Best Pop Release, Best Pop Release three times: in ARIA Music Awards of 2017, 2017 for her extended play, ''Night Thinker'', ARIA Music Awards of 2018, 2018 for ''Love Monster'' and 2020 ARIA Music Awards, 2020 for "Everybody Rise". Early life Amy Shark was born on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Lee
Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Evanescence. A classically trained pianist, Lee began writing music at age 11 and co-founded Evanescence at age 13, inspired by various musical genres and film scores from an early age. Lee has also participated in other musical projects, including '' Nightmare Revisited'' and '' Muppets: The Green Album'', and composed music for several films, including '' War Story'' (2014), '' Indigo Grey: The Passage'' (2015), and the song "Speak to Me" for '' Voice from the Stone'' (2017). She has also released the covers EP '' Recover, Vol. 1'' (2016), the soundtrack album to ''War Story'', the children's album '' Dream Too Much'' (2016), and collaborated with other artists such as Korn, Seether, Bring Me the Horizon, Lindsey Stirling, Body Count, and Wagakki Band. Alongside her awards and nominations with Evanescenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alissa White-Gluz
Alissa White-Gluz (; born 31 July 1985) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, and former lead vocalist and founding member of the Canadian metalcore band The Agonist. Her vocal style includes both Death growl, growling and clean vocals (singing). Although primarily associated with melodic death metal and metalcore, she has appeared as a guest vocalist for power metal, symphonic metal and deathcore bands, notably Kamelot, Delain, Carnifex (band), Carnifex and Powerwolf, and has performed live with Nightwish and Tarja Turunen. Early life White-Gluz was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as the second of three children. Her grandparents were Jewish prisoners in concentration camps during World War II and managed to escape. Their experiences in the camps would go on to inspire the Arch Enemy song "First Day in Hell". She is the younger sister of Jasamine White-Gluz who leads the Montreal-based band No Joy. Career The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gaskarth
Alexander William Gaskarth (born December 14, 1987) is a British-born American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter for the American rock band All Time Low since its formation in 2003. Early life Gaskarth was born in Harlow, Essex, England. He spent his childhood in Toot Hill until the age of six, when his father's employment led them to emigrate to the United States. Gaskarth graduated from Dulaney High School in 2006. Gaskarth has two older half-sisters, Jilan and Helen, and had a half-brother, Tom, who died when Gaskarth was 12. In memory of him, Gaskarth got a rose tattoo on his left hand, and wrote the song "Lullabies". Career All Time Low (2003–present) Gaskarth started playing music with bandmate Jack Barakat in eighth grade. In ninth grade, they acquired Zack Merrick and Rian Dawson, forming All Time Low in 2003. They signed to Emerald Moon Records in 2004 while still in high school and released their debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (, ; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his roles in film and television, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Don Cheadle, multiple accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Awards, Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Awards, and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is one of a few actors to have received List of EGOT winners#Four nominations, nominations for the EGOT. Cheadle's career started with supporting roles in ''Hamburger Hill'' (1987), ''Colors (film), Colors'' (1988), ''Devil in a Blue Dress (film), Devil in a Blue Dress'' (1995), ''Rosewood (film), Rosewood'' (1997), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), and ''Bulworth'' (1998). He collaborated with director Steven Soderbergh acting in ''Out of Sight (1998 film), Out of Sight'' (1998), ''Traffic (2000 film), Traffic'' (2000), ''The Ocean's Trilogy'' (2001–2007), and ''No Sudde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
